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FORCED EXPOSURE STORE UPDATE
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NEW RELEASES FOR THE WEEK OF 02/29/2016
first section features releases in stock now and ready to be shipped as of MON 02/29/2016
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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AGNES: Accent Grave EP 12" (AGD 001EP)
Agnès inaugurates his Accent Grave Disques label with his first release since 2013, the Accent Grave EP. Genuine MPC build beats with Agnès's signature blend of raw house music, made in Western Switzerland.
$9.79 EAN: 4260038311707 ELECTRONIC
A1. El Porvenir (Jugo Total Mixx)
A2. Brother This Is
B1. Prune Canelle & Beurre Salé
B2. Runnnin'
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AMBIQ: ambiq Remixed by Thomas Fehlmann and Margaret Dygas 12" (AMEL 710EP)
ambiq presents the second 12" of remixes of tracks from their 2015 album ambiq 2 (AMEL 708CD/LP), following Ricardo Villalobos and Tobias Freund's 2015 remixes. Thomas Fehlmann (The Orb) remixes "Meta" with classic rolling techno elements, while maintaining the eerie musical saw quivers and drum kit chatter of the original; it's a mutant dub that permeates every corner of listener's active imagination. Margaret Dygas's noir-tinged remix of "The Mother" incorporates all kinds of clever low-end subtleties and sliced-and- diced sound fragments while still leaving plenty of room for ambiq's woodwinds and percussive commentary.
$11.79 EAN: 7640138448928 ELECTRONIC
A1. Meta (Thomas Fehlmann Remix) (9:09)
AA1. The Mother (Margaret Dygas Remix) (9:39)
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SEI A: Space in Your Mind 2LP+CD (AUS 006LP)
Scottish producer Sei A presents his third album, Space in Your Mind. Sei A is Andy Graham, an ever-evolving producer who has cooked up many different shades of house and techno since emerging in 2008. With work that moves from dark and melodic to swinging and bass-heavy, Graham is not one to repeat the same trick twice, as his two previous albums and more than 15 EPs on labels like Turbo, Life and Death, Kompakt, Simple, and Aus Music have shown. As if to cement the point, this full-length finds Graham straying from the dancefloor to cook up an album that stands up to introspective home-listening. "The LP came from writing a lot of music in a short space of time," says Graham. "I felt I had grasped a sound and I wanted to expand it further. Musically I was finding that the material had much more space within the sound, with the main structure of it being melodies, therefore giving it quite a rich feel throughout. I was also aiming to expand on writing actual songs that take in verse/chorus, verse/chorus structures." And he has sure accomplished that, because with the help of guest collaborators Will Samson and Daudi Matsiko on four tracks, Space in Your Mind is an absorbing listen with melodies and vocal lines sure to linger in the listener's memory.
$18.39 UPC: 401295710061 ELECTRONIC
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HAWKES & BLAKE: Love Precipitation 12" (AUS 1692EP)
Timothy Blake and Marquis Hawkes, who both released their first Aus Music 12"s in 2015 (Blake with The Stormy Search (AUS 1586EP) and Hawkes with Chances (AUS 1589EP)), join forces as Hawkes & Blake for Love Precipitation. The Stormy Search featured a remix by Hawkes, and here the artists build on that studio chemistry with a pair of no-frills bombs built strictly for the dancefloor. Expertly crafted 909 drums propel playful piano lines and jubilant synths, recalling in equal measure the classic garage sound of Detroit and the soulful grooves that emanated from New Jersey in the '90s.
$9.79 EAN: 4012957109206 ELECTRONIC
A1. Flip a Coin
B1. Love Precipitation
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SALMON, KIM: My Script 2LP (BANG 097LP)
Two 150-gram LPs in gatefold sleeve. Limited edition of 500. Australian living legend Kim Salmon presents My Script. Salmon presents his versatility in the style of minimal sounds à la Kim Salmon & The Surrealists, with a strong base of UK glam like Slade and T. Rex, while also finding his way into the melodies of The Only Ones, all of it with his unique personal stamp. 100% composed and performed by Salmon, this music will be immediately recognizable to fans of Kim Salmon the world over. No need to say more -- Kim Salmon in his purest essence.
$21.79 EAN: 8435008888732 ROCK
A1. Patholigise Me
A2. Destination Heartbreak
A3. Sign Apps
A4. It's Not Forgetting
A5. Making Me Better
B1. Fucking Shit Up
B2. Client JGT683
B3. Already Turned Out Burned (Slow Burn)
B4. It's Not 4 Getting
B5. You're Safe with Me
C1. Already Turned Out Burned Out (Fast Burn)
C2. It's Not Four (Getting)
C3. It's SOdiSTOPic
C4. It's Not (for) Getting
C5. Animal Man
D1. Gorgeous and Messed Up
D2. Tell Me About Your Master
D3. It's Not (4) Getting
D4. Tempest
D5. It's Not for Getting
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GUMMIHZ/NIKOLA GALA/KINDIMMER: Five Years Claap 12" (CLAAP 020EP)
Released on the occasion of the Claap label's 2015 fifth anniversary, Five Years Claap opens with "Paraphonic State" by GummiHz, which moves between Detroit techno and minimalism and explores the beauty of paraphony with nothing but a drum machine and a paraphonic synthesizer. Nikola Gala presents a 2015 version of his 2011 track "Paradise" (CLAAP 003EP), turning it into a powerful cut that's tight, dirty, and raw. Kindimmer's "Everything Looks Yellow" is another excellent production; a smooth melody locks over some solid drums that carry Kindimmer's trademark rough sound.
$8.99 EAN: 4260038310724 ELECTRONIC
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COIL: Backwards 2LP (CSR 203LP)
2016 repress; Gatefold double LP version. Includes insert and download code. After the groundbreaking release of 1990's Love's Secret Domain album, Coil were not dormant; their main project was Backwards, which was started in 1992, updated considerably between 1993 and 1995, and transferred in 1996 to New Orleans, where it was finished in the magic of the Nothing Studios of Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails). The album saw the fruition of Jhonn Balance's recent vocal-coaching, which produced haunting, passionate vocals while reaching new heights. Now, in 2015, 23 years after its initiation, these tracks have been beautifully preserved by Danny Hyde and are finally available in highest quality audio. Differing substantially from the later, remixed incarnation, The New Backwards (2008), Backwards contains the original versions of Coil's much-loved tracks "A Cold Cell" and "Fire of the Mind," which have appeared on various compilations over the years, and are now presented as originally intended. This album is the essential bridge between LSD and the later Musick to Play in the Dark series; an essential conduit to understand the journey that Coil took.
$20.39 UPC: 641871744602 ELECTRONIC
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FANGO: Tuono Remixed 12" (DEGU 018EP)
Fango presents an EP of remixes of tracks from his 2015 Tuono album (DEGU 001CD/016EP). Rebolledo's remix of "Dritto" premiered on Maceo Plex's BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix; it's a driving track that expertly draws out the original's drama. Norwegian DJ extraordinaire and space disco heavyweight Prins Thomas remixes "Saetta" with warm, funk-tinged basslines complemented by driving synths and Latin folk guitar elements. Prins Thomas's remix of "Tuono" wraps the original around a driving bassline and horn synth textures. Magazine cofounders Barnt and Jens-Uwe Beyer open their remix of "Tei" with a cinematic flute before kicking up the percussion.
$8.39 UPC: 880319746314 ELECTRONIC
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FLASHBACK: Flashback #8 Spring 2016 MAG (FLASHBACK 008)
Issue #8 of Flashback, Spring 2016. Edited by Richard Morton Jack, Flashback covers overlooked '60s and '70s music in depth, with expert writing, original research, and many rare and previously unseen images. In this issue: The Koobas: This Liverpudlian quartet released numerous 45s; toured with The Beatles; gigged with Jimi Hendrix, The Who, and Pink Floyd; made a fine album in 1968; and became stars in Switzerland -- but success at home proved hard to find. Richard Morton Jack tells their story for the first time. Jukebox: Michael Tanner of The A. Lords and United Bible Studies on 12 tracks that have inspired him. Album by Album: David Hitchcock oversaw classic records for Caravan, Genesis, Camel, and many others. Here he talks Flashback through his productions one by one. Time Out: Starting in August 1968, Time Out quickly became the most important source of information about what London had to offer, musically and otherwise. First Person: Robert Calvert recalls the short and intense career of Catapilla, with contributions from his bandmates Hugh Eaglestone, Brian Hanson, and Ralph Rolinson. Paternoster: Swiftly recorded and only released in their native Austria, Paternoster's sole album is one of the most despairing and enigmatic recordings of its time. Stephan Szillus tells its tale for the first time. The Human Beast: Though this Edinburgh trio disowned their weird, hard-rocking LP, it has gone on to become a firm favorite around the world. Richard Morton Jack speaks to them. George Martin: A long-lost and revealing 1968 interview with The Beatles' producer, conducted by the late J. Marks and exhumed from the pages of Eye magazine. The Evolution of Rock Critics: Aaron Milenski explores the changing tastes of rock critics -- and how they shaped his own tastes as a teenager. Mushroom: These Dublin teens had a big hit in 1973, toured Ireland relentlessly, and made one of the best "Celtic rock" albums of all time. Richard Morton Jack gets their story straight. Tamam Shud: Tamam Shud was one of the first Australian bands to embrace late '60s acid culture. Ian McFarlane tells their story. The Parlour Band: This Jersey quintet made one of the most highly regarded progressive pop albums of the early '70s. Austin Matthews gives their full history. British Private Pressings: Fifty of the best privately released albums from the heyday of British underground music. Reviews: Thorough coverage of recent CDs, LPs, and books, taking in household names (The Beatles, David Bowie, Van Morrison), cult heroes (Captain Beefheart, Procol Harum, Françoise Hardy), and ultra-obscurities (Robbie The Werewolf, Fuchsia, Lucifer). Crying to Be Heard: The enigmatic Day Breaks by John Wonderling, lost since 1973.
$15.79 EAN: 9772049866015 ROCK
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EL_TXEF_A: We Walked Home Together Remix Pack III 12" (OFOC 002EP)
The final remix pack for El_Txef_A's 2014 sophomore album We Walked Home Together (FIAKUN 002CD/LP). Kompakt co-owner Reinhard Voigt delivers a weird, dry, yet easy and acid-influenced reinterpretation of "The Love We Lost (feat. Woolfy)." Dave DK is the first one to rework "Mugarrirantz (feat. Napoka Iria)," showing his love for the Basque Euskara language in which the song is written. Bringing in the classic analog flavor is Damian Schwartz with a classic MPC sound for "Claim of Planet Earth." Finally, El_Txef_A delivers a reinterpretation of the same track, giving it a mystic feel reminiscent of Orbital's first albums. Limited edition of 300.
$9.79 UPC: 880319745515 ELECTRONIC
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RANDWEG: Meanderlust LP (FUNKEN 002LP)
Includes download code. With their second album, Meanderlust, Randweg undertake a trip along melodic fields and rhythmic turns. They make feel-good music with an experimental core, using clarinet, guitar, bass, cajón, and computers to tread previously untrodden paths. The duo breaks with any expectations one might have for this kind of instrumentation; the clarinet playing in particular "has nothing to do with the usual clichés one may associate with this in itself innocent and lovable instrument. On the contrary, its sounds remind us a lot more of our well-loved vintage analog synthesizers" (Groove). Andreas Ernst has played the clarinet since he was 12 years old. The way he puts his instrument to use is exceptional; the clarinet serves as something of a natural oscillator, as its vibrations are alienated with effects and transferred to a different world of sound. A woodwind instrument as a controller for sound transducers, filters, and delay. Ernst's distinctive playing style can also be found on tracks by Ripperton, Ellen Allien, and Der Dritte Raum. David Baurmann forms the musical counterpart on bass and guitar and enriches Randweg's electronic beats with cajón. Firmly anchored in the electronic music scene of Aachen, Germany, as a DJ, here he is a multi-instrumentalist, giving the duo's music its peculiar band-like sound. Following the 2013 release of Randweg's debut, Equisetales (FUNKEN 001LP), the duo began performing live and laid the foundation from which they have since meandered into further-out territory, with releases on Dock Records and Nachtdigital. The ten seamless songs of Meanderlust effortlessly wander across genre boundaries, from folk melodies and jazzy playfulness to clubby electronics -- sometimes even with an open sympathy for epic rock.
$16.39 EAN: 4260038310960 ELECTRONIC
A1. Wokules Walzer
A2. Firletanz
A3. Bassas
A4. (the beautiful world of) Larry Farrey
A5. Morning Glory
B1. Drommeldar
B2. Gobold's Riddle
B3. Mars Mellow
B4. Life One
B5. Pool
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STRATEGY: Information Pollution LP (FUR 101LP)
180-gram LP. Includes printed inner sleeve. Like some ingenious combination of John Cage's chance operations and the numbers station data stream captured on The Conet Project, Strategy's Information Pollution immerses listeners in baffling sonic waters. It's a riveting work that converts the enigmatic effluvia of shortwave and dispatch radio chatter into thrumming, static-riddled clouds of ambience. An undercurrent of unease wafts through Information Pollution's four lengthy tracks, as barely audible molecules of aural junk never meant for public consumption are repurposed into an unsettling strain of inverted chillout music. Information Pollution was born out of restraints. After moving into a new house with little space to set up his studio properly, Strategy (Portland producer Paul Dickow) could only work with a few devices at a time. He'd acquired an old Akai reel-to-reel tape deck with tube preamps from his father, who'd recently cleaned out his own studio. Using radios, homemade effects boxes, and the tape deck, Strategy recorded these sound collages live to tape, without touching any synths or deploying any samples. "I discovered a lot of ghostly shortwave sounds," Dickow says, "but also ambulance, parking, and school bus dispatch channels on forgotten frequencies that I think might have been once used for police or broadcast TV." The result falls somewhere between Philip Jeck's eroding turntable symphonies and William Basinski's poignantly decaying Disintegration Loops. Dickow explains that he uses the term "Information Pollution" to classify "any spam, broadcast saturation, junk mail, invasion of unwanted information [that enters] the socialemotional public realm." As with the material Strategy created with cassette tape loops on his previous Further release, 2015's Noise Tape Self (FUR 096LP), "there's a sense of machines having their own life, beyond our control." But instead of chaos, Strategy has produced an artful alchemization of discarded tones. Although Information Pollution sounds unlike anything in Strategy's sprawling catalog, he likens the album to his activities within Portland's '90s/early-'00s experimental/noise scene. The reason he hasn't issued anything in this style till now? He wanted to wait until he was sure he'd "given it the necessary rigor and study." With this album, Strategy has shaped the random output of radios into a gripping document. As Dickow puts it, "This is the audio equivalent of photographing the oil slicks that appear in the puddles of parking lots."
$16.99 EAN: 4260038311172 ELECTRONIC
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BRAVE TIMBERS: Hope LP (GZH 063LP)
Includes download code. Hope is the second album by North Shields, England-based Brave Timbers, originally the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Sarah Kemp. It follows the 2010 debut of the project, For Every Day You Lost (which sold out of its limited pressing), and contributions to Second Language's Minute Papillon (2011) and Music and Migration (2010) compilations (alongside artists including Peter Broderick, Vashti Bunyan, Hauschka, and Dustin O'Halloran). Joined by Andrew Scrogham, Kemp recorded Hope in a Victorian concert hall in Salford, England. It is a reflective, pastoral album of carefully built ambient landscapes. These 11 instrumental compositions demonstrate the minimal clarity of Brave Timbers, with the piano and violin circling one another and creating a sense of space and terrain. There's also dreamy timelessness within the music's flow and weave, from the gauzy atmospheres of "Swimming in the Isar" to the brittle warmth of "The Well Worn Path." Hope has a purity and a simplicity that Brave Timbers bathe in a golden, spectral light.
$16.99 UPC: 880319728914 ROCK
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SIMON12345 & THE LAZER TWINS: Cheveux Propres, Cheveux Gras 12" (HOLGER 009EP)
Carving out their own niche with Doumen Records and its main project Praezisa Rapid 3000 since 2013, Simon12345 & The Lazer Twins now join the Holger family with a record that fits the label philosophy quite perfectly. Cheveux Propres, Cheveux Gras is yet another record in between everything; it's loud but with sensitive moments, stomping and danceable, fuzzy and wild, and demanding at times yet always a pleasure to listen to. An up-and-down journey off the beaten path, willfully ignoring conventional rules and listening habits. Typical Holger -- a radical statement of self-expression, full of character and highly personal.
$9.79 UPC: 880319718410 ELECTRONIC
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PERRY, LEE 'SCRATCH': The Return Of Pipecock Jackxon LP (HJR 109LP)
2016 repress; LP version. Originally released in 1980, this album from Lee "Scratch" Perry is the final work to emerge from the Black Ark studio, before its permanent destruction. It concludes a series of such LP masterworks such as Super Ape, War In Babylon, Police And Thieves, and Return Of The Super Ape. Enthrallingly, it crosses the sound world of Roast Fish Collie Weed & Cornbread with new hybrids -- like the irresistible 11-minute opener, rolling and delirious, a kind of reggae prophesy of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing," but musically richer, and more glazed, randy and visionary. Includes an insert with extensive notes by David Katz.
$10.39 UPC: 827670410416 WORLD
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DMX KREW: You Exist 2x12" (HYPE 005LP)
Ed DMX aka DMX Krew, the visionary British electronic producer responsible for a slew of excellent releases for labels like Rephlex, Spectral Sound, and Permanent Vacation and his own Breakin' Records and Fresh Up Records since the mid-1990s, presents You Exist, his debut appearance on Hypercolour. Nine tracks of beautifully crafted, melodic electronic sounds. From the opener, "Spiritual Encounter," DMX sets the tone perfectly with oodles of pitch-perfect synth riffs and driving drums, working his way through snappy and bright pop moments like "Hard Copy" to darker, more melancholic cuts like "Computational Paradigm Shift." DMX breezes in and out of electro techno territory and more contemplative IDM vibes with ease. You Exist is a consistent, engaging work that captures a truly genuine musical form, produced and delivered with love from one of the scene's unsung heroes to please the ears of discerning listeners everywhere.
$20.39 EAN: 4012957250519 ELECTRONIC
A1. Spiritual Encounter
A2. Bombay Mix
B1. Hard Copy
B2. Dark Rider
B3. Daylight Saving
C1. Woolly Hat
C2. Parallel Universes
D1. Computational Paradigm Shift
D2. Black Poppy
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BERTOIA, HARRY: Complete Sonambient Collection 11CD BOX (IMPREC 419CD)
Harry Bertoia's Complete Sonambient Collection features all 11 of Bertoia's original records newly restored from their master tapes and housed in replica jackets. A heavy duty box, printed with metallic inks, holds the 11 discs as well as a 100-page book containing a lengthy historical essay, an interview with Harry Bertoia from the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, exclusive Sonambient-era material from the Bertoia archive, modern and archival photos of the Bertoia barn, and reflections on Bertoia from David Sefton, Tom Welsh, David Harrington (Kronos Quartet), and all three of Bertoia's children. The Complete Sonambient Collection celebrates 100 years of Harry Bertoia in 2015, the centennial of his birth. In the late 1950s, Harry Bertoia (1915-1978), already a renowned American sculptor, began creating long-form, improvised pieces of music utilizing pure acoustic tones evoked from his sound sculptures. Around this time Bertoia came up with the term "Sonambient" to describe the music and environment created by his tonal sculptures and their lush harmonic overtones. In a renovated barn on his property deep in the Pennsylvania woods, Bertoia curated a harmonious selection of his sculptures and gongs, often recording his frequent, intuitive sound experiments using four overhead microphones and a ¼" tape recorder. Bertoia dedicated the last 20 years of his life to his Sonambient work and in 1970 he released the first Sonambient LP. In 1978, in the final months of his life, he selected recordings from his archive and produced ten more Sonambient records. He would not live long enough to see or hear these records himself. Bertoia died in 1978, at age 63, and was buried beneath a giant gong behind his Sonambient barn. Bertoia's recordings are as much a celebration of sustained tones, slow decay, healing vibrations, and shimmering harmonics as Indian classical music, singing bowls, La Monte Young, or Benjamin Franklin's glass armonica. Through these rich harmonics, pulsing tones, and pure gongs Bertoia was able to more clearly articulate his inner spirit than he could with sculpture alone -- a point he made himself many times in interview. His single greatest piece of art is the totality of his life, which is nearly impossible to measure but easy to feel. Important Records hopes that somehow this box set evokes some of the same sacred, personal feeling that one has in Bertoia's barn. "I don't hold onto terms like music and sculpture anymore. Those old distinctions have lost all their meaning." --Harry Bertoia, 1976
$64.20 UPC: 793447541921 EXPERIMENTAL
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VOIGT, REINHARD: Reisen & Speisen 12" (KOM 338EP)
Returning to his classic style of rugged, explosive techno, Kompakt luminary and cofounder Reinhard Voigt certainly isn't one to mince beats; Reisen & Speisen delivers two intense, minimalist bangers with lean and efficient structures finely tuned for maximum impact. The title-track drops a simple yet mind-melting synth horn into a seething primeval soup of stoic bass and stomping drums; it's a dead-aim floor projectile packing a worrying amount of punch. Flipside surprise "Wühler" showcases a rare electro exploit by an artist mostly known for unerring techno, indulging in a gnarly new wave bassline and some expertly placed synth splashes.
$8.99 UPC: 880319809910 ELECTRONIC
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ORB, THE: Alpine 12" (KOM 339EP)
Pioneers The Orb (Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann) followed their acclaimed 2015 album Moonbuilding 2703 AD (KOMP 124CD/KOM 330LP) with a contribution to Pop Ambient 2016 (KOM 345LP), the joyously meandering cut "Alpine Dawn." But this track was only one piece of a psychedelic puzzle, and the full Alpine trilogy now gets the attention it deserves. Spiritually and texturally akin to "Alpine Dawn," "Alpine Morning" starts off with actual cowbells and looping synth pads before changing lanes several times and introducing a relaxed downbeat flavor mid-track. Centerpiece "Alpine Evening" comes comfortably grounded in a heavy-duty rhythm section reminiscent of classic Kompakt stomp.
$8.99 UPC: 880319809514 ELECTRONIC
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PORTABLE: I Reflect Thee 12" (PLAYRJC 040EP)
Alan Abrahams, better known as Bodycode and Portable, returns with a fragile and romantic piece of house music, "I Reflect Thee," under the Portable alias. "I Reflect Thee" features all of his great signature moves, and is backed here with an a capella version for brave DJs and a serious "Flutramental."
$8.99 UPC: 880319744716 ELECTRONIC
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DE LA CALLE, EDUARDO: Analog Grooves (Collected) 6x12" BOX (MG 112LP)
Six-12" box set version. Limited edition of 150. Clear vinyl. Deluxe thick matte black box with reflective golden print. DJ and producer Eduardo de la Calle presents a complete collection of tracks from his four Analog Grooves 12"s released from 2012 to 2015. "Among De La Calle's expansive output of 60 records over the past half decade -- and aside from releases on his own label Analog Solutions, and the likes of Nonplus, Cadenza and Semantica -- is a series of four for Mental Groove, collected under the Analog Grooves banner. Started in 2012, the project focuses on a more experimental, and more meditative, approach to techno, one suffused with jazz sensibilities and a cosmic mindset" --Brian Kolada, Resident Advisor. Rather than a collection of disparate dance tunes, the 12"s were initially intended to form a complete journey, which is fully realized in this collection. The cover artwork reproduces the cover of the Voyager Golden Record, which was included aboard both Voyager spacecraft launched in 1997, intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form or future humans. The 12" labels reproduce selected images from the 116 images contained in the Voyager Golden Record. The fifth and sixth 12"s include three vinyl-only tracks -- the rare "SP0000," originally released as a single-sided 12" in an edition of 50 in 2012; the exclusive track "The Window Rocket"; and a 20-minute live space jam inspired by the classic KLF album Chill Out (1990) and Galaxy 2 Galaxy's seminal "Metamorphosis (The Creation Of I.S.F. Unit ZC-121861 Stardate: 05 30 93)" (1993) -- plus ten locked grooves of vinyl-only loops inspired by the Solar System.
$107.80 EAN: 4260038311011 ELECTRONIC
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TARON-TREKKA: Akvarium EP 12" (MMR 025EP)
Taron-Trekka are back on Milnormodern. Two tracks for the club on limited vinyl. Written and produced by Daniel Müller-Sachs and Andreas Kriester.
$8.99 UPC: 880319743719 ELECTRONIC
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BRECHT, JOHANNES: Freedom Walks Henrik Schwarz Remix 12" (MUSIQ 197EP)
Henrik Schwarz remixes Johannes Brecht's "Freedom Walks" in advance of Brecht's 2016 debut album.
$8.99 UPC: 880319744617 ELECTRONIC
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VA: Zehn / Drei 12" (OSTGUT 020-3EP)
Standalone edition of Zehn | Drei, originally included as one of ten 12"s in the 2015 Ostgut Ton | Zehn box released for the Ostgut Ton label's 2015 ten-year anniversary. Len Faki's remix of "Roller" by Luke Slater (as L.B. Dub Corp) featuring Dave Sumner aka Function is a subtle but intensifying update of the original's nuanced kick drum. With "DX3_Analog_Bass_Seq," Function focuses on pulsing, modulating, warm synth basslines with subjacent, haunting blank spaces and a straight drum beat. "Keine Angst" by Substance aka DJ Pete offers a fleet-footed stomper with lots of drive and some jacking vocal samples.
$8.39 UPC: 880319727511 ELECTRONIC
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VA: Zehn / Vier 12" (OSTGUT 020-4EP)
Standalone edition of Zehn | Vier, originally included as one of ten 12"s in the 2015 Ostgut Ton | Zehn box released for the Ostgut Ton label's 2015 ten-year anniversary. Matthew Styles's vinyl-only dub remix of Dinky's "Planes" takes the original in a totally new direction, focusing on synth pads and piano melodies. Nick Höppner's percussion-heavy contribution "Double-Cross" is in the vein of his critically acclaimed 2015 album Folk (OSTGUT 033CD/019LP). The soulful vocals of Virginia's "Never Underestimate" (released in advance of her 2016 debut album) correspond nicely with the track's electro-influenced, percussive, and dreamy vibe.
$8.39 UPC: 880319727610 ELECTRONIC
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OTTO, ANDI: Bangalore Whispers (feat. MD Pallavi) 7" (PING 052EP)
South-Indian singer M. D. Pallavi, one of the most prominent protagonists of Bangalore's traditional music scene, has collaborated with Andi Otto (aka Springintgut) in various theater productions; the duo now present their first track together, "Bangalore Whispers" (preceding more to collaboration in 2016). Otto's composition for "Bangalore Whispers" creates the spine for Pallavi's virtuoso performance of carnatic (traditional South-Indian) syllables. The track pulses at 95 BPM with an organic cluster of piano, cello, and psalterium strings, over which the vocals erupt in a mesmerizing vocal solo in the middle of the track. The euphoric B-side, "6-6-6-5," was made exclusively for this 7".
$8.39 UPC: 880319751011 ELECTRONIC
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POLE: Wald 2LP (PL 013LP)
2016 repress; Double LP version. Etching on side D. "Wald begins immediately, ends abruptly, and is divided into three acts of three tracks each. It is the first studio album under Stefan Betke's Pole moniker in eight years... half an eternity in the digital age -- yet the pieces on Wald seem timeless, or to have fallen from time. Stefan Betke: 'After Steingarten (SCAPE 044CD, 2007) I was on tour for two years. At the same time, Barbara Preisinger and I set up our record label ~scape. Those were two hindering circumstances that were not exactly conducive to a creative restart... I couldn't have really added anything new in the wake of Steingarten and the dub declensions I had made in previous years.'... Over several years, long walks in the woods preceded the resumption of the production of his own material: 'Walks through the Isar valley, but also through the forests in the Alps... You have to go through life with an open mind and with extended antennae. If something strikes you and inspires you to create new music, then it will be for a reason...' For Pole, it was the forest; its spatiality... manifested, for example, in raw sounds (second act) and in psychedelic structures (third act), which sound as if they might be guitars (but are actually distorted synthetic lines)... From the tangible experience of the forest, a rather abstract question emerges: 'How can I take what I have seen or felt and make it audible?' This question becomes a narrative, a storyline. The initial story is that Pole went into a dialogue with his instruments, and the second story can be heard in the three acts of Wald. The new compositions on Wald do not deny their inheritance within the continuum of dub, yet they bring an entirely new vocabulary to Pole's sonic and spatial universe... 'If Wald had nothing to do with the world of Pole, then I would have come up with a new alter ego and produced it under a new name.' The structures, forms, and processes that Betke perceived in the forest were translated into musical structures, forms, and processes that inherently sounded like Pole. Perhaps the forest simply produces reverberations (just like the echo in the mountains!) that give rise to a bounty of thoughts. The story behind it is told in music, without the use of words -- as has previously so often been the case with Pole." --Max Dax
$16.39 UPC: 880319726231 ELECTRONIC
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RAAM: Raam 004 12" (RAAM 004EP)
Raam is back with a killer EP, moving deeper into his gritty and heavy soundscapes with influences from both Detroit and Chicago. "Alvar" is a straight-up chord-driven banger, with classic 909 drum patterns. "Unfold" is a warm, spaced-out Chicago track, reminiscent of Boo Williams. "Brink" has that magic disco flair; woofing basses and sparkling pads create a shimmering atmosphere. This track is perfect to play whenever, wherever.
$8.39 UPC: 880319749315 ELECTRONIC
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DUCROS/L. SIMONCINI, R.: America Amore Amaro LP (SME 013LP)
180-gram LP. Limited edition of 500. First reissue. One of the most elusive Italian library records on the Edi-Pan label, America Amore Amaro is an inspired musical interpretation of mid-'70s young America with spacey funk breaks and strung-out Italian sounds of the period. A sure shot from Remigio Ducros and Luciano Simoncini (Arawak, Jason Black, etc.), originally released in 1977. A fantastic record for those who are into the classic Simoncini/Ducros sound, very reminiscent of Arawak's Accadde A......... (1970) and Jason Black recordings. Tight drums, stoned flute sections, shouting horns, Fender Rhodes, heavy basslines, and that signature spacey wah-wah guitar that's on all of the earlier Simoncini recordings, plus variations on Ducros's 1970 "Sgambata" theme -- not to mention that Daniela Casa is probably the person playing all the wah-wah and cosmic fuzz distortions. Great samples for producers and DJs. As with much of Ducros and Simoncini's collaborative work, America Amore Amaro seems to be a geographical tour of America, and shows the duo's take on American culture at the time.
$16.99 UPC: 769791959583 ROCK
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DE FILIPPI, RINO: Riflessi LP (SME 014LP)
180-gram LP. Limited edition of 500. First reissue. Riflessi is a slick stand-out Italian library LP for your delectation; this reissue replicates the Italian Edi-Pan label's 1978 release, which changed the title, track list, and cover art from the original 1973 release on the Italian Smash label (the cover of the Edi-Pan release bears the butterfly so common in library sleeves of the era). Chock-full of keyboard-laden moods and grooves, the entire record features stunning, moody, down-tempo funk accompanied by groovy synthesizer electronics. Lounge breaks and themes tinged with prog -- a total must-have.
$16.99 UPC: 769791959590 ROCK
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ROCCHI/GODI/CHIAROSI: Pop-Paraphrenia.... LP (SME 015LP)
180-gram LP. Limited edition of 500. First reissue. Absolutely one of the best library LPs by Italian jazz pianist Oscar Rocchi, 1972's Pop-Paraphrenia...., released on the Italian Fonovideo label, was also released on the Italian Music Scene label under the title Jungle Birds, with the same matrix number stamped on dead wax. Totally killer jazz-funk vibes with outstanding Tullio de Piscopo drumming to die for, and Oscar Rocchi on Fender Rhodes and organ accompanied by his colleague Giancarlo Barigozzi on flute and soprano sax. A fantastic album, featuring the best jazz-funk breaks for samples on side A and stellar experimental avant-garde jazz sounds on side B. Psychedelic and moody, and as beautiful as its original edition is rare. Some tracks were used in 1972 and 1973 as soundtracks for Italian TV shows.
$16.99 UPC: 769791959606 JAZZ
A1. ...Morbosa
A2. ...Fantastica
A3. ...Parossistica
A4. ...Tattile
A5. ...Imprevedibile
A6. ...Confutabile
A7. ...Itinerante
B1. ...Ricorrente
B2. ...Olfattiva
B3. ...Esplosiva
B4. ...Sistematica
B5. ...Pseudo 800
B6. ...Psycoromantica
B7. ...Pseudomistica
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FABIO FABOR: Aquarium LP (SME 016LP)
180-gram LP. Limited edition of 500. First reissue. Welcome to the peak of underwater Italian library music. This is Fabio "Fabor" Borgazzi's Aquarium (1980), a totally amazing underwater modal jazz and lounge album with loads of vintage electronic keyboards, marine echoes, whirling organs, weird underwater synthesizers, jazzy drumming, and so on... This record is clearly a Holy Grail, with a bunch of lascivious tracks that simply let the listener's enjoyment grow so smoothly -- after many a delightful replay, one is moved to call it a perfect masterpiece.
$16.99 UPC: 769791959613 JAZZ
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SAVINA, CARLO: Grand Tour LP (SME 017LP)
180-gram LP. Limited edition of 500. First reissue. Killer Italian library LP by Carlo Savina and his orchestra, originally released on Fabio Fabor's Edizioni Musicali Minstrel sublabel Ring. Shocking and still underrated panoramic electronic lounge sounds spaced out by jazz-funk, dope funk breaks, and amazing electronic underwater effects. Music inspired by the sea and islands for a total aquatic lounge trip. A stunning bassline opens "Canaries," the best shot from this album, with Fender piano over slow drums, infectious acoustic guitars, and insane breaks.
$16.99 UPC: 769791959620 JAZZ
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VA: The Beat from Badsville Vol. 4: Even More Trash Classics from Lux & Ivy's Vinyl Mountain 2x10" (STAGO 076LP)
Brought up on the radio shows of such legendary rock 'n' roll DJs as the moondogging Alan Freed, Mad Daddy, and, later, the ghostly Ghoulardi, it was hardly surprising that The Cramps' Lux Interior and Poison Ivy began trawling thrift stores for juvenile delinquent tunes, lip-curling bad boy rock 'n' roll, strange exotica, bizarre novelty 45s, dysfunctional doo-wop, psychedelic weirdness, and instrumentals made by madmen. In America in the 1950s and 1960s there seemed to be small-town versions of such vinyl madness everywhere that, by 1970s, were remaindered and -- to the majority of people -- unwanted. To the fledgling Cramps this was nothing short of heaven. The duo filled their house with novelty memorabilia, schlock horror furniture, and a record collection to die for. Lux eventually gravitated to his own Purple Knif radio show and The Cramps delivered their versions of some of the stuff they'd found. The duo name-checked many a 45 along the way and seeking them out and sampling their eccentricities is nothing short of mind-blowing. This 24-track collection positively effervesces with eccentricity. As with every installment in the series, these tracks are divided into four themes: The Rock'n'Rollers, New Dance Trend, Instrumentals, and The Mad Daddies. Every track pirouettes dangerously and at times haphazardly around the expected. These are songs for strange times by artists who can definitely be considered strange people. Gems and nuggets that sparkle even more bright in the manufactured music maelstrom of the 21st century. The population of Badsville welcomes you aboard. Includes tracks by Gary Link & the Rock-a-Fellas, Buddy Starr & the Starliners, The Saints, Jamie Coe, Bo Toliver & His Timers, Dossie Thunderbird Terry, The Vocaleers, Celestine, Young Jessie, Creel Sisters, The Phaetons, Burt Keyes with Teddy McRae & His Orchestra, The Downbeats, The Stereos, The Ramblers, The Storms, The Renegades, Nightmares (Jimmie Maddin Orchestra), Don Johnston, Jivin' Gene and the Jokers, Freddy Montell, Terry Corin and Her Boyfriends, and Mr. Undertaker.
$15.79 EAN: 4030433007617 ROCK
The Rock'n'Rollers:
A1. Gary Link & the Rock-a-Fellas - Rhythm Rock
A2. Buddy Starr & the Starliners - Hold It
A3. The Saints - Call My Name
A4. Jamie Coe - Summertime
A5. Bo Toliver & His Timers - Begging
A6. Dossie Thunderbird Terry - Fool Mule
New Dance Trend:
B1. The Vocaleers - The Cootie Snap
B2. Celestine - Shake, Baby, Shake
B3. Young Jessie - Shuffle in the Gravel
B4. Creel Sisters - Stop the Clock Rock
B5. The Phaetons - Fling
B6. Burt Keyes with Teddy McRae & His Orchestra - Stop Jivin' Start Drivin'
Instrumentals:
C1. The Downbeats - Midnight Express
C2. The Stereos - Hot Rod
C3. The Ramblers - Devil Train
C4. The Storms - Tarantula
C5. The Ramblers - Rambling
C6. The Renegades - Charge
The Mad Daddies:
D1. Nightmares Jimmie Maddin Orchestra - (Oooh I'm Scared) Of the Horrors of the Black Museum
D2. Don Johnston - The Whipmaster
D3. Jivin' Gene and the Jokers - Up... Up... And Away
D4. Freddy Montell - (Ooey Gooey) Green Cheese
D5. Terry Corin and Her Boyfriends - Sick! Sick! Sick!
D6. Mr. Undertaker - Here Lies My Love
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DUNGEN: 4 LP (SUBL 030LP)
2016 repress; this is the clear-vinyl Swedish edition of Dungen's fourth studio album (released on CD in the U.S. via Kemado; no longer in print on vinyl from Kemado however), extending the acclaimed Swedish outfit's sound past psychedelia into something far more rare. Moving beyond mere stylistic concerns, 4 finds Gustav Ejstes' focus on the extremes of Dungen's sound separating into two entities. Blazing, raw guitar workouts have their own time and place, but now, so do stirringly orchestrated, jazz-cooled compositions with cinematic undertones. Bandleader Gustav Ejstes has made many allusions to his creative process as it likens to that of a hip-hop producer. On 4, that process is more evident than ever, both in the feel of each piece, and in the sense of intuition and control within the members of the group. New drummer Johan Holmegard joins guitarist Reine Fiske and bassist Mattias Gustavsson, while Ejstes steps away from guitar for the entire album, focusing on the piano as his lead instrument. Together, they have honed a classic and seamless sound, constructed with lavish studio flourishes and moving, narrative arrangements, and yet able to toughen up to tear veins of fierce blues-psych instrumentals up from the surface. The ten tracks on 4 comprise Dungen's most concentrated effort to date, beats surging forth and atmospheres changing as their sound continues to evolve. Every song here runs under five minutes, pushing the group to introduce confident melodies and arresting ambiance in tighter frameworks.
$18.39 EAN: 7393210134362 ROCK
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ALGARNAS TRADGARD: Framtiden är ett svävande skepp, förankrat i forntiden 2LP (SUBL 110LP)
2016 repress. Subliminal Sounds presents a vinyl reissue of Älgarnas Trädgård's 1972 debut album Framtiden är ett svävande skepp, förankrat i forntiden, a rare and totally flipped-out psychedelic underground space rock masterpiece from Sweden. The band name translates to "The Garden of the Elks" and the album title to "The Future Is a Hovering Ship, Anchored in the Past." A long, long time ago, long before our time, there was high-standing civilization on earth. It was then that the elks lived. In their garden was a huge generator of pink glass that radiated the four elements. It was a sort of primal force for everything that one might call God. These elks eventually learned to master the matter and then went into the astral transcendental plane. Since then nobody has seen them... This reissue is a facsimile deluxe re-release from the master tapes. Includes additional LP with previously unreleased recordings from the same time period. Features never before seen photos and liner notes by the band.
$30.99 EAN: 7393210134485 ROCK
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RODRIGUEZ JR.: Mistral (Remixes) 12" (SYST 110EP)
French DJ and producer Olivier Mateu aka Rodriguez Jr. stands for sophisticated and musical techno music, with releases on imprints like F Communications, Mobilee, and Systematic. His productions always have a certain passion and love that most producers don't deliver. "Mistral" was first released on the 10 Yrs Systematic compilation in 2014 (SYST 020CD), and after massive public demand, it's now available on vinyl with two epic, energetic, symphonic remixes by none other than Marc Romboy and Stephan Bodzin, Systematic's two best-selling artists.
$8.99 UPC: 880319747519 ELECTRONIC
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NOTHING: The Wrong Answer Became Right Cassette (TTW 082CS)
In 2001 Savage Pencil, Zenlo, and Skylon formed an improvising trio named Nothing. Aptly, nothing was ever released. But now, The Tapeworm rectifies this with The Wrong Answer Became Right, a limited single-sided cassette in an edition of 100 copies. Zenlo: soprano sax, harmonica, psalmody. Skylon: beats and electronicz. SavX: forgotten Fender. Recorded at The Garage, Highbury and Islington, London, UK, June 30, 2001. Recorded live and totally improvised.
$4.99 UPC: N/A ROCK
A1. AUM
A2. Sudterranean
A3. Going To Mela's
A4. Raising Fire
A5. Tight Time... Wonder
A6. Summer Pow
A7. Summer Pow Coda
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HASHISH: A Product of Hashish LP (WOAH 020LP)
The long-awaited debut album from Hashish. Limited edition of 499. Deluxe silver foil sleeve. Includes poster. Top-class psychedelia, taking the genre to a new level with a sophisticated approach to afro-funk grooves accompanied by dreamy, playful melodies that range through a spectrum of Scandinavian occult psychedelia, minimal synth, surreal electronic soul disco, and rare groove. Some have described Hashish as a project that picks up what Goat started. Welcome to tomorrow. The sounds transport the listener into a forgotten world where the future looks different from what it became. On his soft, subtle island capped with clouds of cool fire, Pan weaves his teachings with the wind and the sun, raining sacred melodies on the hearts and minds of humanity and bestowing desperate loves and yearnings with songs of sainthood and madness. Transient temples of the flesh, laughing at death, clothe our lives in fire. On rippling altars of skin we sensual magicians worship bright burning desire.
$20.99 EAN: 7320470209394 ROCK
A1. Bliss
A2. Fly Away
A3. The Light
B1. Revel
B2. Outer Spaced
B3. Can You Make It
B4. Miracles
B5. The Light pt.2
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VA: ZE Christmas Record - ReLoaded 2004 CD (ZE 015CD)
2016 restock. The Ze Christmas album, originally reissued in 2004. In 1981 and 1982 ZE Records published its own Christmas album under the supervision of Michael Zilkha. All the American artists on ZE answered the call and came up with a Christmas track. Cristina, with the two Was brothers, went to Detroit to record 'Things Fall Apart,' David & Don Was also recorded 'Christmas Time in Motor City' with their band Was (Not Was). August Darnell drew inspiration from New York for his 'Christmas on Riverside Drive.' Chris Butler composed a piece for his band The Waitresses entitled 'Christmas Wrapping,' later covered by Spice Girls. Material, Bill Laswell's gang along with Nona Hendryx, recorded 'It's a Holiday' during the 'Bustin' Out' sessions. James White, in the 1982 version, spent 'Christmas with Satan.' Charlelie Couture as a French guest interpreted a track in English: 'Christmas Fever,' the only recording by this artist for ZE Records. Davitt Sigerson shared his angelic version of 'It's a Big Country.' Alan Vega and Martin Rev offer two magnificent variations on the same theme: 'Hey Lord' by Suicide and 'No More Christmas Blues' by Alan Vega. In order to add a personal touch, I have added three new songs to the original track list: 'Sleigh Ride,' which was recorded in 1988 with Lio, Helena Noguerra & Marie France, during a TV show with Lio at the Lido in Paris. This year also Miss OD and Gentleman League pay indirect homage to Brian Wilson, to whom the present album is dedicated. LISI, also a new recruit in the ZE team, generously offers us the gift of a very personal and utterly contemporary version of a 'Rock & Roll Christmas.'
$11.39 EAN: 5413356669527 ELECTRONIC
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LIO: Suite Sixtine CD (ZE 017CD)
2016 restock. 2005 reissue; originally released in 1982. Only one year after her hugely successful debut, Lio, the emerging Belgian/Portuguese sexy pop icon went on to record her sophomore project: Suite Sixtine. Ze Records has now remastered this second release, originally released in 1982, which features English versions of her past songs plus various new singles. At the time of this recording, Lio was still divided between schoolrooms and studio sessions and the idea of adapting her songs into English was crucial to launching her '80s digital French pop on a global scale. On top of that, Lio collaborated on this project with Californian producers Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks-fame. It was a genuine challenge for Lio to retain her strong personality while immersing herself in the Mael brothers' very particular musical world view. Lio proved her composure and nerve against the frenetic synths of "Marie Antoinette" and "Housewife Of The Year," and on the hypnotic hook of "I'll Expose You." Alongside the disco-oriented hit single "Sage Comme Une Image" and the more pop (ular) "Mona Lisa," this album is also marked by the apparition of amazing French songwriter Serge Gainsbourg (with the cover of "Baby Lou"), and Alain Chamfort who will produce her next album. Instant child-star in the early eighties, Lio's popularity has never really decreased, whether she's insouciantly smoking out candy-coated Human League-infused pop songs, or whether she's burning up the silver screen.
$11.39 EAN: 5413356701524 ROCK
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LIO: Amour Toujours CD (ZE 018CD)
2016 restock. 2005 reissue. This is Lio's third album, originally released in 1983, now remastered and reissued with five bonus tracks by Ze Records. At 20 years old the pop singer/icon was already catapulted to fame overnight, her image plastered across the covers of mainstream European music magazines, and her reputation of "techno pop" artist was already established. Lio decided to stir things up a bit with Amour Toujours. With its fine and delicate melodies, its daring but nevertheless gentle vocals, Amour Toujours falls within the scope of purely traditional French songs with an ambiance perfectly displayed by famous photographer Robert Doisneau who shot the album cover and the pictures included in this booklet. Producer Alain Chamfort brings his whole variété background to Lio's Lolita universe: from the typically French association ensues a series of sincere and touching songs ("La Vérité Toute Nue," "Je Voudrais Bien Me Sentir Mal," "Motus à La Muette") where you can still notice the distinctive lyrics of songwriter Jacques Duvall. After the energetic effervescence of her first albums, Lio shows her ability to follow a softer and milder path. Far from being disappointed, the audience was still pleased with Lio's new direction, soon confirmed by the commercial success of the later released single "Tétéou" (which is included here on the bonus tracks). Whatever the team behind the desk, whatever the color of her songs, Lio's music is still what a Belgian reviewer/archivist once said: "...perfect French bubble-gum pop by a vivid young girl."
$11.39 EAN: 5413356701227 ROCK
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LIO: Pop Model CD (ZE 019CD)
2016 restock. 2005 reissue. This is Lio's fourth album, originally released in 1986, now remastered and reissued with seven bonus tracks by Ze Records. After a little break in her musical career -- filled with delightful movie appearances, Lio headed to Los Angeles with her new partner/producer Michel Esteban to start on the Pop Model recording sessions. Joined by legendary Tom Tom Club member Steven Stanley, the new team was certainly impressive. In addition to being part of one of the most influential dance acts ever, Shanley was also a fantastically talented Compass Point Island Studios resident sound engineer who collaborated with Grace Jones, Bob Marley, B52s and Talking Heads and who also co-produced the classic, numerously sampled, "Wordy Rappinghood." Recorded between Los Angeles and Gilberto Gil's own studio in Rio de Janeiro, there was a special communicative euphoria among the musicians, Lio and additional producer teammate, John Cale. Vibrantly colored by the wonderful lyrics and bongo and brass accompaniment for "Pop Song," and the orchestral "Veste Du Soir," driven by hit singles "Les Brunes Comptent Pas Pour Des Prunes," "Fallait Pas Commencer," and boosted by Hollywood-budget videos for "Barbie" (inspired by Ciao Manhattan), Pop Model established itself as a critically-acclaimed solid album, which catapulted Lio to the status of perpetually-winking cover girl. Not bad for the "French variété Lolita." Lio is a permanent surprise, constantly redefining herself for the pleasure of our amazed ears.
$11.39 EAN: 5413356701128 ROCK
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LIO: Les Pop Songs: Best Of CD (ZE 023CD)
2016 restock; originally released in 2005. Les Pop Songs: Best Of and Les Ballades: Best Of comprise two CD compilations encompassing the very best of Lio's pop songs and ballads. Twenty-five years? From the 17 year-old Wanda, hanging out in her room, listening to Blondie, Chiffons or Jane Birkin, to the established artist in the European music scene with more than eight albums, numerous singles, some amazing videos (with such directors as Jean-Pierre Jeunet), and hundreds of worldwide shows. These compilations are a journey into Lio's universe, filled with delightful images and insolent dreams; from the stirring "Sage Comme Une Image" or "Les Brunes Comptent Pas Pour Des Prunes," to the softer and emotional "L'Autre Joue" and "Je M'ennuie De Toi." Whether it is on Pop Songs or Ballades, you'll find that the songs lie somewhere between cynicism and tenderness, a subtle mix of naïve character and strongly shaped personality. Lio's legendary energy and cheeky enthusiasm are felt all over this compilation, sometimes in a cheerful way, sometimes through poetic melancholy. The cover illustration of Pop Songs and Ballades, by famous artist Guy Peeleart, symbolizes perfectly this artful and sympathic duality, or, to be true to Lio's verbal combinations, this "sweet schizophrenia."
$11.39 EAN: 3760137350030 ROCK
Les Pop Songs: Best Of:
01. Le Banana Split
02. Amoureux Solitaires
03. Amicalement Votre
04. Suite Sixtine
05. Mona Lisa
06. Sage Comme Une Image
07. Zip A Doo Wah
08. Tétéou
09. Les Brunes Comptent Pas Pour Des Prunes
10. Fallait Pas Commencer
11. Pop Song
12. Les Filles Veulent Tout
13. Chauffeur Suivez Cette voiture
14. Can Can
15. Allergique
16. Tu Es Formidable
17. La Bamba
18. The Girl From Ipanema
Les Ballades: Best Of:
01. Si Belle Et Inutile
02. You Go To My Head
03. Baby Lou
04. Je Voudrais Bien Me Sentir Mal
05. J'aime Un Fantôme
06. Motus à la Muette
07. Plus Je T'embrasse
08. Je M'ennuie De Toi
09. Dallas
10. Barbie
11. Veste Du Soir
12. Je Suis Sa Chose
13. Malaise Sur La Falaise
14. Seules Les filles Pleurent
15. El Mayor
16. L'Autre Joue
17. Chanson Pour Un Caméléon
18. Les Voyages Immobiles
19. Garde à Vue
20. Soirs De Tour Eiffel
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DESCLOUX, LIZZY MERCIER: Best Off CD (ZE 025CD)
2016 restock; originally released in 2006. Ze Records presents a compilation of some of the best work from Lizzy Mercier Descloux. Having already established herself as Paris' punk muse as a correspondent for Rock News, in 1978 Lizzy Mercier Descloux moved permanently to New York City and took a huge empty loft in Soho with friends Patti Smith and Michel Esteban, who would later go on to found Ze Records. They used the space as a workshop to play guitar, produce art and music. Under this incredibly influential umbrella, Lizzy and DJ Banes started a pretty obscure and nervous combo called Rosa Yemen. Drawing from the fertile grounds of punk, new wave and avant garde from the likes of Arto Lindsay, Lydia Lunch, James Chance/White and the rest of the new Ze Records signings, Lizzy eventually produced her own infamous first full-length Press Color (1979), which sounded like nothing that came before it, with angular guitar raves, feminine punk scrawls, and African-influenced dance beats, all liberated by Lizzy's yelps. Her versions of "Fire" and "Mission Impossible" would soon fill the dance floors in Tokyo, London, Paris and Berlin, signalling the transition from the grit of punk to the cheekiness of New Wave. Lizzy continued to expand her palette by recording in the Bahamas, South America and South Africa, recruiting musicians who would bring their diverse worldbeat influences to develop soul/funk/dance/no wave crossbreed records of inimitable originality. For her second record, Mambo Nassau (1981), Lizzy would work with Steve Stanley (who would also work with Grace Jones, and the Tom Tom Club) and employ the talents of Wally Badarou (Herbie Hancock, Level 42, Black Uhuru) as well as no wave founding father Arto Lindsay. After much acclaim for her next record Gazelles (1984) which won Album of the Year award in Paris, she then went on to record One From the Soul, in which she collaborated with Brazilian musicians and jazz trumpeter Chet Baker. After one more somewhat unsuccessful release, and some appearances in films, Lizzy moved to the West Indies, devoting herself to her painting, though she would record one last, unreleased album in 1995. Best Off is a compilation of the most riveting of Lizzy's work, showcasing worldbeat, discordant punk, celebratory no wave, boisterous Latin-infused funk, to comprise a joyful, frenetic celebration of this pioneering, unforgettable artist.
$11.39 EAN: 3760137350061 ROCK
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DESCLOUX, LIZZY MERCIER: Zulu Rock CD (ZE 026CD)
2016 restock. 2006 reissue. This is the third record Lizzy Mercier Descloux recorded, originally released by CBS Records (France-only) as Gazelles in 1984, now repackaged by Ze Records, including five bonus tracks. After having spent the previous few years promoting the Mambo Nassau album, Lizzy became enamoured of her trips to Africa and its music: highlife, Zairian rumba, Manu Dibango's makossa, King Sunny Adé's Juju music and Fela Kuti's Afrobeat and Julius Levine's African pop. The music you will hear on Zulu Rock is as diverse as the blend of ethnic groups in South Africa itself: it is mbaganga -- which literally means "the poor South-African stew," a musical blend of different local styles and Anglo-Saxon pop. A heavy and emphatic bass line characterizes this sound, with a technique inspired by Zulu guitars. Against all expectations, the record was very well received in France, both by the critics, who awarded it Best Rock Album of the Year, and by the public. "Mais oét Passé Les Gazelles?" went on to be the unlikely hit single of summer 1984. .
$11.39 EAN: 3760137350078 ROCK
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DESCLOUX, LIZZY MERCIER: Mambo Nassau CD (LITA 137CD)
"Remastered from the original tapes. Essay by 'Punk Professor' Vivien Goldman, interviewing key players. CD includes full album plus 6 bonus tracks. After 1979's Press Color - reissued by Light In The Attic - Lizzy Mercier Descloux went tropical. Mambo Nassau, released in 1981 on Philips Records, saw the vagabond Parisian poet, artist and musician decamp from New York to the Bahamas with her manager and sometime lover, Michel Esteban. The effect on her music was not as expected. Press Color had been an album of dissonant, distorted disco influenced by the New York no wave scene, but Chris Blackwell's Compass Point Studios provided a hermetically sealed environment into which the island's relaxed atmosphere did not seep. Instead, music from within those four walls -- made by Tom Tom Club and Grace Jones -- had the effect of a feedback loop. The album, meanwhile, reflected the growing confidence of Descloux as a musician, an increasing interest in African music and the input of two new collaborators: synthesizer innovator Wally Badarou and Jamaican engineer Steve Stanley, the album's de facto producer. 'Since 1975, we had spent seven years in New York and it felt like the end of a cycle,' says Esteban, who co-founded ZE Records, on which label Descloux's first album was released. 'We wanted to get out of Manhattan and move towards Africa. We needed new adventures and change. Mambo Nassau was our next stage.' Mambo Nassau's skip through styles is like a tour of Lizzy's musical DNA, embracing not just mutant funk, disco and punk but a pastiche of Bavarian oompa music ('Milk Sheik') and even cocktail jazz chanson ('Les Baisers D'Amants'), a duet with DJ Philippe Krootchey. Mambo Nassau did speak to the mavericks enamored of Lizzy's free spirit but it did not sell well. 'We never were commercial,' notes Esteban. The album is presented now with bonus tracks including 'Mister Soweto', 'Corpo Molli Pau Duro' and a cover of Bob Marley's 'Sun Is Shining', all of which were intended to help score a record deal that would allow her to record in Soweto, South Africa. It worked. With the follow-up, Zulu Rock, on the horizon, Descloux's African adventure was only just beginning..."
$11.25 UPC: 826853013727 ROCK
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DESCLOUX, LIZZY MERCIER: Mambo Nassau LP (LITA 137LP)
LP version. Includes download code for full album plus six bonus tracks.
$17.50 UPC: 826853013710 ROCK
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DESCLOUX, LIZZY MERCIER: Zulu Rock CD (LITA 138CD)
"Remastered from the original tapes. Essay by 'Punk Professor' Vivien Goldman, interviewing key players. CD includes full album plus 5 bonus tracks. In the course of three albums, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, the rogue poet, artist, and singer-songwriter, travelled on a musical voyage from Manhattan (1979 debut Press Color) to The Bahamas (1981 follow-up Mambo Nassau) and apartheid South Africa (1984's Zulu Rock) -- a controversial cultural boycott in protest of the nation's racially divided society. One place Descloux had never visited was the pop charts, but that changed when 'Mais Où Sont Passées Les Gazelles? (Where Have The Gazelles Gone?)' -- a reworking of a South African Shangaan disco hit -- went all the way to the top spot in her native France, giving her a platform and a profile in the land she'd fled many years before. Recorded at Satbel Studios in Johannesburg, the album followed what her mentor Michel Esteban describes as 'an extraordinary adventure' through eastern Africa following the footsteps of 19th century poet Rimbaud through Sudan, Ethiopia, the East Coast. A socially conscious person, Descloux wanted to use her music to draw some attention to the situation in South Africa, even obliquely, but there were musical motivations too -- she was tapping into a hot and little-heard dance music in the aforementioned Shangaan disco, Soweto jive and mbaqanga, the style Malcolm McLaren had mined for his mash-up hit 'Duck Rock' a year before. The music of South Africa seduced, subsumed, and molded Lizzy, who sounds surer and more swinging than ever before throughout Zulu Rock, but credit must also go to British producer Adam Kidron, then best known for his work with Scritti Politti, who joined Esteban and Descloux for the entire African journey. Lizzy and Adam's was a battle of wills from the start, but his insistence on getting Lizzy to sing in a more conventional, tuneful way resulted in an emotional, ambitious, creative power struggle that delivered arguably her best vocals yet. In Vivien Goldman's new liner notes for this reissue, Kidron says: 'My first impression of Lizzy was that she couldn't sing but that she had that crazy Madonna, Neneh Cherry, Nina Hagen attitude thing going on and a magical way with words -- a marketer's gift for getting to the essence of a feeling or idea.' And for once, on this album, the marketing did itself."
$11.25 UPC: 826853013826 ROCK
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DESCLOUX, LIZZY MERCIER: Zulu Rock LP (LITA 138LP)
LP version. Includes download code for full album plus five bonus tracks.
$17.50 UPC: 826853013819 ROCK
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DESCLOUX, LIZZY MERCIER: One for the Soul CD (LITA 139CD)
"Remastered from the original tapes. Essay by 'Punk Professor' Vivien Goldman, interviewing key players. CD includes full album plus 2 bonus tracks. By the time poet, singer-songwriter, and artist Lizzy Mercier Descloux recorded 1984's Zulu Rock, she'd marked herself out as both a globe trotter with more passport stamps than Tintin and a musical innovator whose loose, arty spirit could be applied to styles as varied as no wave, Bavarian oompa and Soweto jive. She'd also established a tight-knit threesome with muse/former lover Michel Esteban and producer/on-off lover Adam Kidron, who all reunited to follow Zulu Rock -- a surprise hit in her native France -- with something that, once again, represented a complete about-turn. The location, this time, was Rio De Janeiro, a suitably exotic location to follow their sojourn in Soweto given that Brazil had recently emerged from twenty years of dictatorship. But unlike Zulu Rock's broad appropriation of the local sound, One For The Soul borrows very liberally from Brazilian culture. The aim, says Kidron, was to 'reimagine the blues', but Lizzy's musical essence was in flux. 'A Word Is A Wah' meshes reggae with her beloved accordion, 'Women Don't Like Me' is wild, new wave pop, and she even wanders into soul territory, with whispery lounge versions of Al Green's 'Simply Beautiful'. Most notable is the album's foray into jazz, and the fact that Chet Baker, the master jazz trumpeter, blew his last on 'Fog Horn Blues' and the sensuous 'Off Off Pleasure'. Rio was to be the last great hurrah of Lizzy and Michel's global recording adventures, and although work proceeded apace, the experience was often quite tense. 'The sessions were tough work,' says Kidron, in the new liner notes by Vivien Goldman accompanying this deluxe reissue. 'Lizzy never quite got singing, no matter how much she drank, and no matter how hard she tried. Chet was very much at the drug-ravaged end of his life and had very little stamina or dexterity left... but there is a deep, sad, lyrical tone to his performances on the album.' So fraught were the sessions, it's a miracle that such a cohesive, sparky record emerged. The record-buying public did not agree, and as the album crashed and burned, so did the relationship between its three heroes. Lizzy was, for the first time, about to take on the world alone -- and there was but one album left in her."
$11.25 UPC: 826853013925 ROCK
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DESCLOUX, LIZZY MERCIER: One for the Soul LP (LITA 139LP)
LP version. Includes download code for full album plus two bonus tracks.
$17.50 UPC: 826853013918 ROCK
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DESCLOUX, LIZZY MERCIER: Suspense CD (LITA 140CD)
"Remastered from the original tapes. Essay by 'Punk Professor' Vivien Goldman, interviewing key players. CD includes full album plus 6 bonus tracks. By the time bohemian singer/poet/artist Lizzy Mercier Descloux recorded her fifth album, 1988's Suspense, she'd enjoyed a recording career that was as far from the clichés of music lore as is possible, flitting between genres, continents and collaborators, enjoying great success and equally great failure and even stealing the final breaths of master trumpeter Chet Baker for 1986's One For The Soul. When she came to make Suspense -- reissued here as the final album in our series -- she was, for the first time, working without her longtime muse, partner and manager Michel Esteban, with whom she'd first moved from their native France to New York, where it all began. The pressure was on to repeat the success of 'Mais Où Sont Passées Les Gazelles', a smash hit in France, and Descloux's label were keen to make a conventional artist of her, pairing her with John Brand, an in-vogue producer with a style geared to a big, shiny 1980s chart sound -- an approach Lizzy had never experienced before, nor intended to. Recorded in Oxfordshire and Wales, it features songs recorded in both French and English, with lyrics by Mark Cunningham, the trumpet player of the avant-garde band MARS, and James Reyne, the Australian artist who co-wrote much of One For The Soul. In Vivien Goldman's new liner notes, Esteban notes that Suspense sounds 'less Lizzy than the other records, less open,' but in splitting herself into two -- English and Francophone -- the album has two personalities too; oddly, it shines a light on the real Descloux that her cultural experiments never did. Though the initial aim was to make a folky, acoustic album, the pop sound suited the singer, and 'A Room In New York' is as fine and sparky as AOR gets. But when early single 'Gueule D'Amour/Cry of Love' stiffed, EMI lost confidence and buried the LP. Bound by her contract to the label, Descloux moved away from music and focused on painting. She eventually settled in Corsica, the French island, where she died, aged 48, of cancer. Descloux's musical career ended, therefore, with the aptly titled Suspense. It was only a matter of time before this furiously creative artist's work was re-evaluated, and with these deluxe reissues, that time is now."
$11.25 UPC: 826853014021 ROCK
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DESCLOUX, LIZZY MERCIER: Suspense LP (LITA 140LP)
LP version. Includes download code for full album plus six bonus tracks.
$17.50 UPC: 826853014014 ROCK
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BOOKBINDERS: Bookbinders EP 12" (MEANDYOU 004EP)
"Featuring four close affiliates: vintage Even Tuell, from Workshop; some dark, slowly building Sul; the Belgian producer Sensu, making his recording debut with some paranoid, trippy lo-fi; and Fabric, from Mego and Spectrum Spools, back on Meandyou with some dubwise cut-and-thrust."
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EYE: Come On 12" (EYEREC 003EP)
"The third Eye, as per -- intrepid, ecstatic, off-grid wandering; one-sided, etched discs resplendent in hand-painted sleeves. Epic, this time . . . drenched, dazed, debauched . . . with Sly, Prince and Marvin amongst its guiding stars. Refreshing; very limited. Support from Benji B, Gilles Peterson and NTS."
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TESSELA: With Patsy/Swimming 12" (POLY 004EP)
"Following on from Haroon Mirza's locked grooves, Tessela returns to Poly Kicks with a two track single of weighty, rhythmically satisfying techno, in his own trademark style."
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FRASER & DEBOLT: This Song Was Borne 2LP (ROAR 039LP)
"Allan Fraser & Daisy DeBolt met in the summer of 1969. They had both been working individually on the coffeehouse circuit in their native Canada; over the next five years, as the duo of Fraser & DeBolt, they created a sublime body of work that still sounds remarkably fresh decades later. They recorded two albums for Columbia which garnered rave reviews at the time, but saw little commercial success. Both have since become cult classics in psychedelic folk circles; the first, With Ian Guenther, being particularly beloved amongst a coterie of die-hard fans. Their combination of ragged-but-right / salt & pepper harmonies, evocative lyrics, beautiful songs shot through with occasional dissonant grace notes, and careful arrangements that still managed to sound off-the-cuff made for some of the most beguiling music of the day. Now, Roaratorio is proud to present This Song Was Borne, a double LP collection of previously unreleased demos, studio outtakes, radio sessions and live recordings from Fraser & DeBolt's archives, spanning their entire career, in a deluxe tip-on gatefold jacket with detailed liner notes from Allan and Daisy. Download coupon included."
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CHAPMAN, MICHAEL: Journeyman 2CD/DVD (SEC 113CD)
"A two CD/single DVD package recorded live at Barrel's Ale House in Berwick-on-Tweed 15th August 2003."
$21.00 EAN: 5036436093427 ROCK
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MM/KM: Have You Seen Them? 12" (TTTPALACE 001EP)
"Taking a torch to a drum machine, getting biscuit crumbs stuck in between synth keys. There's MM, fresh off a couple of EPs in the past year or so, and there's KM, who stays doing whatever the fuck he wants to. Then, there's MM/KM, who stitch burnt-out house jams together for the listening/buying public (note that their self-titled release has been $old out for a minute). This latest 12" is business as usual for the duo, sculpting some seemingly weightless trax that revel in doing it wrong, a tidy mess of beats, surface noise and any/everything that sticks. Bust a move, end the funk, flip Have You Seen Them? over and do it all again. I just wanna know: when do we get to hear more?" --Tiny Mix Tapes
$20.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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BOTO CONLEY'S MUSIC WORKSHOP, ARTHUR: Don't DJ & Metasepia 12" (TBG 006EP)
"Travel by Goods is a German label run by the ethnomusicologist Arthur Boto Conley. After investigating the socio- cultural conditions of live-performances in the field of electronic music, the topic of the latest release TBG06 is the history and perception of the euclidean rhythm pattern. The three tracks on the stamped 12"-vinyl which is housed in a gatefold cover were produced by the elusive german producer Don't DJ. Comes with a transcription of a conversation between Florian Meyer (producer) and Wouter Hisschemöller (software-engineer) about the Euclidean rhythm pattern generator, bugs and the future of musical production."
$12.50 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, THE: Smoking Acid LP (AUK 016LP)
180-gram single LP version, on green vinyl, of The Brian Jonestown Massacre's Smoking Acid EP, originally released as a double 12" in 2009. Following the band's extensive tour of Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and a few select dates in New York (including at ATP supporting My Bloody Valentine et al.) in 2008, Anton Newcombe went to Berlin to focus on his next album. Four weeks before hitting the US tour in April 2009, Newcombe was bursting with ideas and went to Iceland where this five-track EP was recorded. Originally, Newcombe was heavily influenced by The Rolling Stones' psychedelic phase, but his work in the 2000s has expanded into aesthetic dimensions approximating the UK shoegaze genre of the 1990s and incorporating influences from world music, especially Middle Eastern and Brazilian music. This work mixes the traditional Brian Jonestown Massacre sound with Eastern influences and brings it up to date with the benefit of all the additional weirdness that's been discovered in the past 40 years.
$10.39 EAN: 5055300302526 ROCK
A1. The Serious Matter
A2. Í Alvöru Talað
B1. Tempo 116.7 (Reaching for Dangerous Levels of Sobriety)
B2. Tempo 116.7 (Clean Acid/Dirty Beats)
B3. Super Fucked
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PRAED: The Fabrication of Silver Dreams CD (END 012CD)
Founded by Lebanese visual artist and musician Raed Yassin and Swiss musician Paed Conca in 2006, Praed is a band whose musical oeuvre can be described as a mixture of Arabic popular music, free jazz, and electronics. Over the years, the duo has collaborated with renowned musicians from across the globe, including Axel Dörner and Johannes Bauer from Germany, Hans Koch from Switzerland, Takumi Seino and Maki Hachiya from Japan, and Stéphane Rives from France, among others. Praed's body of work explores the terrain of shaabi (Arabic popular music) and its interconnectedness with other hypnotic music genres. Since its inception, the duo has shown a keen interest in this music as a medium that reflects Egyptian society's complicated fabric. Through their research and thanks to numerous concerts in various Egyptian cities, Conca and Yassin discovered a strong cultural connection between shaabi sounds and the mouled music played in religious trance ceremonies. The hypnotizing psychedelic effect embedded in this genre incited Praed to explore other popular music from around the world that also employs forms of sonic delirium, such as free jazz, space jazz, and psychedelic rock, among others, and effectively incorporate these in their own musical concoctions. The Fabrication of Silver Dreams is the duo's fourth album and their second for Lebanese independent music label Annihaya Records. Paed Conca: electric bass, clarinet, electronics, percussion; Raed Yassin: keyboards, electronics, vocals. With: Fadi Tabbal: electric guitar; Sharif Sehnaoui: electric guitar; Khaled Yassine: riq. Recorded and mixed by Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Studios, Beirut. Mastered by Stefan "Lopazz" Eichinger at Mixmastering.
$16.99 EAN: 5055869539913 WORLD
01. Stoned Crocodiles
02. The Odyssey of the Blue Flies
03. Pyramids in the Sky
04. Hatem Imam the Love of the Millions
05. Cut Me in Half
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CATER, SEAMUS: The Three Things You Can Hear CD (END 013CD)
Born in England, son of an Essex folk singer, Seamus Cater was surrounded by English revivalist folk music from day one. He eventually moved to Amsterdam in 2000, where he has been working on different kinds of music; acoustic, electronic, composed, and improvised. Cater organizes two Amsterdam concert series, DNK Amsterdam and Pest House, and is the founder of Nearly Not There Records, a small stock, non-profit record shop in Amsterdam specializing in new music in many forms, mostly avant-garde and experimental. The Three Things You Can Hear follows Cater's 2010 collaboration with NYC banjoist Woody Sullender (When We Get to Meeting) and his 2012 collaboration with Finnish multi-instrumentalist Viljam Nybacka (The Anecdotes). Recorded in Amsterdam and Berlin, The Three Things You Can Hear is a solo album consisting of a group of songs developed over a period of about three years. They were written and performed using a duet concertina made in 1941 (serial number Crabb 9807), which Cater found in a junk shop in Amsterdam. Given Cater's folk music background, and the fact that his father also played a concertina, it was a fortuitous event to find an instrument such as this, a black leather squeeze-box made in London. The slow repair and learning of this instrument led to a close relationship and unconventional playing style. By no means a concertina virtuouso, Seamus set out to find simpler, more primitive techniques of playing, and as the songs became ready, he invited some Berlin musicians to accompany him on different songs. The album includes contributions from Kai Fagaschinski and Michael Thieke (The International Nothing), Koen Nutters and Morten J. Olsen (from The Pitch), and Johnny Chang (of Konzert Minimal). When asked about the influences that informed the making of the album, Cater mentions Scottish folk singer Ivor Cutler and English folk singer Peter Bellamy, as well as music from other cultures, chiefly African, Arabic, South American, Indonesian. . . . His distinctive phrasing recalls at times the fragile music of Robert Wyatt's solo releases, and at others the elaborate folk constructions of Peter Blegvad and John Greaves, particularly their surreal 1977 concept album from Kew. Rhone. Seamus Cater: voice and duet concertina. With: Koen Nutters: double bass; Morten J. Olsen: bass drum and vibraphone; Michael Thieke: clarinet; Kai Fagaschinski: clarinet; Johnny Chang: viola; Han Jacobs: saw. Recorded by Seamus Cater, mixed by Clare Gallagher, and mastered by Jeff Carey.
$16.99 EAN: 5055869540018 ROCK
01. Crabb 9807
02. Fluorescent
03. Lunora
04. Pin Drop
05. Pretty Girls All in a Row
06. The Foreshift
07. Like These Very Walls
08. Smoking and Smiling
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PURMAN, NICO: AOM002.1 12" (AOM 002EP)
Berlin-based Argentine producer Nico Purman presents the first EP in a two-part release on his Art Of Memory label. Bass moves the soul while synth and space free the mind. The late 1960s and early 1970s gave us five years of moon missions, the first view of our lonely blue dot, the inspiration of math and science, and new wave science fiction. Purman draws upon this vaulted era to create AOM002. To label AOM002 techno would be tantamount to calling Kubrick's 2001 a film or the Saturn V merely a rocket.
$8.99 UPC: 827170608160 ELECTRONIC
A1. Phas3
A2. Infinite
A3. Growl
B1. Maths
B2. B.I.2
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DALHOUS: The Composite Moods Collection Vol. 1: House Number 44 2LP (BLACKEST 051LP)
House Number 44 is the first volume of The Composite Moods Collection, a cycle of Dalhous recordings that examines the relationship between two individuals cohabiting in a confined space -- their interactions, their sense of self and of each other, and the pregnant space between. One of these people, perhaps the protagonist of House Number 44, is (or at least feels) in fine mental health. The other appears distinctly unwell -- detached, isolated, often feeling helpless and unable to influence the world; at other times prone to committing acts of extraordinary aggression and manipulation. The title of The Composite Moods Collection nods to the world of film and library cues, riffing on the utilitarian idea of music "to suit the mood" and the appealing if archaic notion that a "mood" can be a discrete or fixed thing, a unit of feeling. Dalhous's Marc Dall takes this notion and runs with it, attempting to convey a bipolarity of mood, with each movement contradicting or erasing what came before. And so, while a finely crafted and very deliberate narrative connects each cue to the next, it is not a smooth or a linear path. On the contrary it is jarring, complex, subject to severe and sudden modulations. Though Dalhous's R. D. Laing trilogy -- An Ambassador For Laing (BLACKEST 003CD/LP, 2013), Visibility Is A Trap (BLACKEST 029EP, 2014), and Will To Be Well (BLACKEST 007CD/LP, 2014) -- is now complete, Laing remains a spectral presence in their work, and The Composite Moods Collection ultimately cleaves closely to recurring Dalhous themes of identity, behavioral modification, and self-help. Longtime followers of Dalhous will observe that House Number 44 contains some of their sparsest, most malevolent-sounding work to date (see especially the brooding synthesizer throb of "Response To Stimuli" and "End Of Each Analysis") but some of their most disarmingly beautiful too, with indelible melodies and atmospheres as deep as thought, including "Methods of Élan," "On A Level," and the elegiac "Lines To Border." Dall's enduring affection for neo-noir film scores of the '80s and early '90s, with their gleaming electronics and submerged existential torment, is more palpable here than ever, and you may also hear echoes of Klaus Schulze, Pete Namlook, or Eno's The Shutov Assembly -- but Dalhous continue to plot their own course, obsessively and meticulously, oblivious to contemporary trends and unconstrained by historical influence; driven, indeed, by their own demons.
$17.79 EAN: 5055869539968 ELECTRONIC
A1. Response To Stimuli (4:16)
A2. It Itself, Is Harmless (2:33)
A3. Running Sheets (4:53)
B1. Ecstasy As A Mask Or A Shield (4:13)
B2. Conscience Of Nerves (2:31)
B3. Research Network (1:13)
B4. On A Level (2:22)
B5. End Of Each Analysis (4:27)
B6. Mimetic (2:55)
C1. Content For Feelings (3:27)
C2. Zero Point Zero Six Per Cent (1:52)
C3. Implicit Use Of Abstraction (1:30)
C4. Statistical Order (0:42)
C5. Results (2:22)
D1. Vestibule (1:08)
D2. Everything They Wanted To Hear (5:30)
D3. Bahy-Oh-Feed-Bak (3:44)
D4. Methods Of Élan (4:06)
D5. Lines To Border (2:58)
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_UNSUBSCRIBE_: Penultimate 12" (BNR 154EP)
_Unsubscribe_ is the production duo of Dave Clarke and Mr. Jones. The pair met through Clarke's White Noise radio show in 2011 but it wasn't until a couple of years later that they began working together. Their debut single, Spek Hondje, came out on Houndstooth in 2013 (HTH 004EP). Here, _Unsubscribe_ join the Boysnoize Records family with the pounding Penultimate EP. With three unrelenting original productions and a remix courtesy of Housemeister, Penultimate is a confident reminder of Clarke and Mr. Jones's fierce style and abilities.
$8.39 UPC: 673790032256 ELECTRONIC
A1. The Opener
A2. The Middeler
B1. Penultimate
B2. Penultimate (Housemeister Remix)
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ALLIEN, ELLEN: LISm LP+CD (BPC 264LP)
First vinyl edition of Ellen Allien's LISm, originally released on CD in 2013 (BPC 264CD). LISm is a milestone in the history of Ellen Allien's BPitch Control label; rarely has an album from the circle of BPC artists deviated so far from the club context. Ellen Allien radically disposes of all established musical templates and creates space for 45 minutes of sonic experiments that lie well beyond any functional paradigm; a highly emotional soundtrack for one's inner cinema, but also a creative progression with a considerable fun factor.
$14.99 UPC: 673790032157 ELECTRONIC
A1. LISm 1
B1. LISm 2
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FRIEND/L/F/D/M, THE: Fuck Sunsets/Balearic Fisting 12" (CDR 12017EP)
The Friend delivers four tracks of sludge techno straight from the source in Detroit, from the creeped-out stylings of "Room(s)" and the bleeped-out techno of "Star" to the menacing groove of "Bent" (with The Significant Other) and the pure bass of with "Stripping" (with Selande). L/F/D/M (loves flaccid disco muscle) drops four varied tracks on the B-side, from the full-on raging acid techno of "Belton" and the intricate drones of "Drome Version II" to creepy sex loops on "88" and the degraded synths of "Untruths."
$14.99 EAN: 5055300388773 ELECTRONIC
A1. The Friend - Star
A2. The Friend and The Significant Other - Bent
A3. The Friend - Room(s)
A4. The Friend and Selande - Stripping
B1. L/F/D/M - Drome Version II
B2. L/F/D/M - Belton
B3. L/F/D/M - 88
B4. L/F/D/M - Untruths
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TOBAR, RICARDO: Collection Remixes Part One 12" (COR 134EP)
Ricardo Tobar's first remix 12" comes with two stunning rearrangements of his work by Canadian minimal techno hero Fairmont and tech house grandmaster John Tejada. Fairmont's remix of "Angora" has a strong Border Community vibe -- dark but at the same time pushing and hedonistic. Tejada's remix of "Invierno" is deeper than deep, with a pushing Detroit and KMS vibe. It's almost like a lost all-time techno and house classic.
$9.79 EAN: 4260038310687 ELECTRONIC
A1. Angora (Fairmont Remix)
B1. Invierno (John Tejada Remix)
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ALSI: Vincastatic EP 12" (COLOUR 015EP)
Colourful Recordings welcomes Romanian duo Alsi to the family. Vincastatic is a three-track EP showcasing the unique sound of Alsi. Mastered by Andreas at Schnittstelle.
$8.39 EAN: 4260038310731 ELECTRONIC
A1. A lu'Alsi
A2. Vinca
B1. Thermostatic
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SIREN: Paradise (Incl. Gavin Russom Rmx) 12" (COMP 478EP)
Siren is Darshan Jesrani (Metro Area, Startree) and Dennis Kane (Disques Sinthomme, Ghost Town). Their third single, "Paradise," They follow 2015's sweeping and euphoric "A/Way" (COMP 471EP) with "Paradise," a slowly unfolding workout as haunting as it is thumping and propulsive; it hints at the compositional economy of that liminal mid-'80s period when R&B and the developing sound of club music met, as downtown NY icon Felice Rosser effortlessly delivers a powerful but breathy and emotionally evocative vocal. Gavin Russom (Black Meteoric Star, DFA) delivers a dark, mechanical techno dub of "Paradise" on the B-side.
$8.39 UPC: 673794247816 ELECTRONIC
A1. Paradise (Original Mix) (8:54)
B1. Paradise (Gavin Russom Dub) (10:07)
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NANA, EMILIE: The Meeting Legacy 2LP+CD (COMP 480LP)
Emilie Nana, a Lyon-born, Geneva-based artist of Cameroonian descent, has immersed herself in a creative outpouring since 2012. With her debut album, The Meeting Legacy, she pulls together an eclectic selection of 11 tracks, including "I'm Childish, So What!", which first caught the attention of the music community in July 2015. The only track on the album with French-language vocals, it evokes a loopy, no-rules feel and is an absolute imaginative jewel. The album opens with "Off The Street," crashing through the implications of a girls night out before the warm, playful "Music," which bears influences from early-'90s Janet Jackson and Prince. "Nothing On Our Shoulders" features Toma Izzo and finds Nana signaling her soul to the audience with semi-audible sounds, in a uniquely authentic and direct approach to the interpretation of her being. It's the last track in the unofficial first part of this two-part album, before the second part begins with the title-track. "The Meeting Legacy" draws from Elaine Brown, an American prison activist, writer, singer, and former Black Panther Party chairwoman. The bass and vocals on this slow-stalking symbol of struggle poignantly position this track before "Black Like Me," a warm, melodic creation, with the simplest of lyrics and marimbas bobbling in the background, that embodies Nana's lived experience while serving as a musical interpretation of journalist John Howard Griffin's 1961 book Black Like Me. The Meeting Legacy is the outpouring of Nana's delicate yet vibrant being, successfully striving to transcend the rules that often limit art. Reimagining her life, Nana offers various perspectives on subculture, struggle, and social influences. Having spent four years producing this prized work, Emilie Nana delivers an album that matches her unique, playful, yet mature spirit, summing up her soul in The Meeting Legacy. Emilie Nana is also DJ and has been spinning regularly since 2008, with various residencies in Geneva.
$15.79 UPC: 673794248011 ELECTRONIC
01. Off The Street
02. Music
03. Tolstoy' Changes
04. James' Story
05. Nothing On Our Shoulders (feat. Toma Izzo)
06. The Meeting Legacy
07. I'm Childish, So What!
08. Black Like Me
09. Inward Path
10. Confession Of No Language
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INDOOR LIFE: Voodoo Remixes 12" (CODIS 013EP)
Four remixes of tracks by American band Indoor Life, who were anthologized by Compost in 2013 (COMP 407CD). Berlin-based DJ-and-producer duo Discodromo turned heads with their wild 2014 Boiler Room appearance, and are known for their legendary CockTail d'Amore parties with Beghain resident Boris; here, they remix "Blue Grey Green" and "Contre Nature." Cologne-based Chocolate Garage Production deliver a remix of "Voodoo," while DJ, producer, remixer, label owner, and club promoter JD Twitch (Optimo (Espacio)) remixes "Revely." Artwork -- as with all Compost Disco sleeves -- designed by Benjamin Röder (Charlie, Spectacle).
$8.39 UPC: 673799281310 ELECTRONIC
A1. Blue Grey Green (Discodromo Remix) (7:10)
A2. Voodoo (Chocolate Garage Prod. Mix) (5:40)
B1. Contre Nature (Discodromo Remix) (5:51)
B2. Revely (JD Twitch Remix) (5:06)
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T_A_M: Watty 12" (COY 012EP)
Aberdeen, Scotland-based producer T_A_M returns to Coyote for his debut proper after contributing the snarling, percussive workout "Graze tha Trax" to the label's second Coyote Kings compilation in 2014. "Watty" picks up where he left off (albeit following releases for Tuff Wax and Apothecary Compositions), employing frenzied drum patterns and a sprawling mix of abstract, positively bonkers FX for a stark, unapologetic melee of sound, squarely aimed at the club. On the flip, Tarquin -- widely recognized as one of 2015's breakout grime-club producers after a standout debut on Mr. Mitch's Gobstopper label -- scrambles T_A_M's drum work with his "Don't Get Lemon Edit."
$9.79 EAN: 5055300388407 ELECTRONIC
A1. Watty
B1. Tarquin's Don't Get Lemon Edit
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ABSTRACT MATTERS: Uncertain Future 12" (CYN 092EP)
The Abstract Matters duo returns after releasing the hottest title on the Cynosure label in 2014, their self-titled debut EP (CYN 096EP) -- with regular play from legends like Derrick May and Danny Tenaglia. The follow-up is sure to land the similar crates and rock dancefloors from Ibiza to Detroit. This EP delivers a combination of raw and rock-solid techno grooves that border on the familiar or old school but maintain the contemporary sensibility that makes a proper techno 12".
$8.99 EAN: 4260038310571 ELECTRONIC
A1. Can't Do It
B1. Uncertain Future (Live Mix)
B2. Oizo's Theme
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ASA MOTO: Stay Awake/Wanowan Efem 12" (DEEWEE 011EP)
Asa Moto are two mysterious producers from Belgium who have been honing their sound at Deewee for a number of months, delivering with their first release two futuristic pieces for the slowed-down dancefloor.
$9.79 EAN: 4260038312186 ELECTRONIC
A1. Stay Awake
B1. Wanowan Efem
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WAZE & ODYSSEY: Go Go Go/We Go Home 10" (DIRT 095EP)
Waze & Odyssey return with their first release on Dirt Crew since 2013's Please Don't Dance EP (which featured an excellent Detroit Swindle remix). Go Go Go/We Go Home follows the duo's 2015 hit "On the Downlow." "Go Go Go" is a filtered house banger that hearkens back to mid-'90s house. On the B-side is the deeper and more electrified "We Go Home," which delivers some nasty breakdowns and maniacally pitched ascending lead.
$9.79 EAN: 4260038310397 ELECTRONIC
A1. Go Go Go
B1. We Go Home
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BAND OF PAIN/NURSE WITH WOUND: Noinge 10" (DPROM 124EP)
RSD 2016 release -- late addition. Orange 10" in a beautiful gatefold sleeve with Babs Santini art and an insert. This record is the first collaboration between Nurse With Wound and Band Of Pain. Each artist has used the other's music as source material to create a sumptuous feast for all discerning and adventurous audio palettes. There is no B-side, only the A-side and Side 1.The Band Of Pain side exclusively uses material from the NWW album A Sucked Orange (DPROM 101CD, 1990). It has been processed like a high street burger, with little meat of the original left. The result is a superb piece of musique concrète that sounds like it belongs in another century and another universe. The Nurse With Wound side uses various Band Of Pain pieces that are battered and deep-fried beyond recognition. The results were sprinkled with an array of exotic spices, additional sauce, and chemically enhanced additives. The final outcome is a dense, creamy, rich slice of vintage Nurse With Wound -- with a twist.
$13.79 EAN: 5060446120675 ROCK
A1. Band Of Pain - Noinge Part 1
A2. Band Of Pain - Noinge Part 2
11. Nurse With Wound - Gloakid with Phendrabites
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PITA: Get In CD (EMEGO 218CD)
After the 2004 release of his last solo album, Get Off (HAPNA 019CD), Editions Mego founder Peter Rehberg embarked on a series of soundtracks for the French artist and choreographer Gisèle Vienne. Out of this collaboration were planted the seeds for the prolific KTL, Rehberg's guitar/computer duo with Stephen O'Malley. After a surprise return to live performance in 2015, Rehberg now returns to his Pita alias with the full-length document Get In. Get In extends the perennial Pita sound into a paradox of intimidation and beauty. "20150609 I" teases the juncture between the human and the tool, the improvised and the composed, and the analog and the digital. "Aahn" inhabits a field of electronic nebula, simultaneously inviting and alien. "Line Angel" could be a new form of minimalism for the post-internet crowd. "S200729" evokes an acid most splintered while "Mfbk" completes proceedings as an ambient drift underscored with classical overtones. Get In is a beautiful, engaging, and unsettling listen. A multi-headed hydra presented as the ultimate dystopian sonic journey. Recorded and mixed by Peter Rehberg at Twisted, Vienna, March 2015-January 2016. Mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin, January 2016. Artwork by Tina Frank. Dedicated to Thomas Jerome Newton.
$10.99 EAN: 5050580651586 ELECTRONIC
01. Fvo
02. 20150609 I
03. Aahn
04. Line Angel
05. S200729
06. 9U2016
07. Mfbk
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PITA: Get In LP (EMEGO 218LP)
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$14.99 EAN: 5050580651579 ELECTRONIC
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CAUSA SUI: Return To Sky CD (EPR 030CD)
Causa Sui are back with Return To Sky, the successor to 2013's Euporie Tide (EPR 013CD), which consolidated the band as a crucial underground force in the European psych scene and spread their unique brand of warm-toned stoner rock to a wider audience. Return To Sky is a condensed piece of acutely experimental yet immensely engaging instrumental rock. Each of the album's five epics unfolds as a microcosm of the band's genre-transcending psychedelia at large, yet adds something different to the whole. There's a kind of musical metamorphosis taking place that's deeply ingrained in the band's natural flux by now; heavy, detuned riffs are transformed into wide, pastoral soundscapes, and fluid minimalism warped into swirling crescendos and back again. Occasionally the band even manages to sound turbulent -- fuzzed-out yet strangely peaceful at the very same time. While so much of today's psychedelic scene comes off as merely a tribute to a certain period of the past, Causa Sui seem to be on a different mission. More than any other album in their catalog Return To Sky declares their roots in the avant-rock of the late 1990s, when different eras and genres merged into something that resonated as with the present as much as it celebrated the past. It also reveals the fact that members of the band have had their hands in many different projects since the band's debut album in 2005, including solo excursions into synthesizer music, collaborations with members of Sunburned Hand of the Man and Tortoise, film soundtracks, guest spots with krautrock legends Faust and Damo Suzuki, and various improv sessions. It has all worked a subtle influence on the kind of band they have become. Causa Sui's music is now more earthy and heavy than ever before, but its ability to absorb everything from shoegaze and vintage Italian film music to spiritual jazz, Afrobeat, and minimalism into its fabric has matured as well. Never before has Causa Sui sounded as deep and mesmerizing as on this set. Jonas Munk: guitars and electronics; Jess Kahr: bass; Jakob Skøtt, drums and percussion; Rasmus Rasmussen: keys and electronics.
$11.79 EAN: 5024545737127 ROCK
01./A1. Dust Meridian (10:08)
02./A2. The Source (6:36)
03./A3. Mondo Buzzo (8:31)
04./B1. Dawn Passage (8:20)
05./B2. Return To Sky (11:38)
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CAUSA SUI: Return To Sky LP (EPR 030LP)
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$15.79 EAN: 5024545737110 ROCK
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BIXIO/FRIZZI/TEMPERA: Magnetic Systems CD (FKR 084CD)
From the same vibrant cinematic landscape of '70s studio supergroups as Goblin, The Pawnshop, The Feedback, and The Braen's Machine comes the Magnetic System, the Italian incognito dream-team composed of Milano prog keyboardist Vince Tempera, Cinevox sibling Franco Bixio, and video nasty maestro Fabio Frizzi (whose career it launched). Bridging giallo jazz-bass-driven prog and the arrival of home studios and synthesizers, the film music of the Magnetic System marked a sea change in Italian genre film music, promoting melodic electronics to the forefront of Italian pop culture and preempting the first murmurs of Italo disco and synthpop. Masterminded in the mid-'70s at the apex of Italian film music's most exciting transitional period, the Magnetic System was created to encapsulate the combined efforts of three of the country's most prolific and adventurous soundtrack composers and retarget their lauded behind-the-scenes personas toward the Italian commercial instrumental pop market. In the early 1970s, with a climate that nurtured instrumental rock such as the work of Franco Battiato, Sensations' Fix, and Le Orme, the soundtrack specialist label Cinevox (founded by Cesare Andrea Bixio) identified opportunities within their roster, finally finding chart success with the rebranded writing team known as Goblin. By 1977 the union of Franco Bixio, Fabio Frizzi, and Vincenzo Tempera as the Magnetic System would join a list of retitled outfits like The Pawnshop (featuring Alessandro Alessandroni, Giuliano Sorgini, and Giulia De Mutiis), The Braen's Machine (featuring Alessandroni and Rino De Filippi), and The Group (a drum-heavy version of Morricone's Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza), all of which took brief hiatuses from their soundtrack and library music day jobs to throw overqualified prog pop on the commercial craps table. The unfortunate low demand for these ambitious unchartered excursions resulted in small runs, which (with time as a healer) would cause future record collectors to salivate -- the one and only 7" single by the Magnetic System being no exception to this phenomenon. Also experimenting under further alter egos such as the day-glo Fruit Of The Gum and the Spaghetti Western-cum-disco Benjamin Franklyn Band, the group's third moniker, the Magnetic System, specifically showcased the trio's more aggressive, brooding, and heavier sound in comparison to its sister groups. This compilation gathers a wider selection of the trio's compositions that fall within the stylistic parameters of the Magnetic System's creative blueprint; culling drum-heavy synthesized psychedelic soundtracks with sympathetic leanings to the white funk/cosmic disco murmurings of the era. Limited edition of 1000.
$11.99 EAN: 5060099505973 ROCK
01. Allucinazioni Mistiche
02. Escape
03. Death's Song
04. Facce Violente
05. Attesa Insopportabile
06. Chaco
07. Vai Gorilla
08. Night Club Dance
09. Sette Note In Nero
10. Electronic Sound (Excerpt)
11. Avangiu
12. Godzilla
13. The Hunt Down
14. Concession Naturali
15. Escape
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BIXIO/FRIZZI/TEMPERA: Magnetic Systems LP (FKR 084LP)
LP version. Limited edition of 2000.
$18.99 EAN: 5060099505966 ROCK
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BARD: Rain and Pressure EP 12" (FK 001EP)
The debut EP from young North Londoner Bard. Neuroscientist by day, maker of deep, loopy techno by night, occasional creator of center label images -- synesthetic multi-tasker. Early plays from associate Scuba via his BBC Radio 1 residency and DJ sets worldwide. Support from: Claptone, Orde Meikle, Shadow Child, Martin Landsky, Ardalan, Danny Tenaglia. . . . The cover image is derived from a fluorescently marked zebrafish neuron, imaged on a Zeiss 710 confocal microscope.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Still Early
A2. Clunk!
B1. Boxed
B2. Rain & Pressure
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KNAPP, TOM: Mophoc Rez 12" (GESTELL 003EP)
150-gram 12" in full-color direct-to-board jacket with gloss varnish finish; designed by Joe Gilmore and Cameron Shafii. Limited edition of 222. Tom Knapp has been active in the UK underground since the late 1990s, as a DJ, musician, label owner, and promoter for the Leeds-based electronic music night Vector; Knapp ran the Icasea label and was in Mortal & Chemist (Skam Records). Knapp's Ge-stell debut unfurls through hard-edit juxtapositions and morphological destabilizations, with recurring digital malformations and asymmetrical percussive patterns alongside crunchy digital signal processing. Each track is a free-time computer-based composition. Mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at D&M, Berlin.
$13.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Apnea (2:59)
A2. Ingeborg (6:41)
B1. Grnrs (3:45)
B2. Neunauge (5:56)
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GOPHER, ALEX: Back to Basics EP 12" + CD (GO4 019EP)
180-gram yellow 12". Includes CD. Following his 2015 track "Smile" with Etienne de Crécy, Alex Gopher is back with a four-track EP on his own GO4 imprint. Soulful French house music!
$10.39 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Back To Basics
A2. Do It
B1. On & On
B2. Fresh
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SAUNA YOUTH: Dreamlands LP (WAAT 048LP)
180-gram reissue of Sauna Youth's 2012 debut LP, Dreamlands, following their well-received 2015 album Distractions (UTR 071CD/LP). Sauna Youth, attracted to the possibilities apparent within a DIY philosophy, have been self-recording and self-releasing their own music since 2010, creating a number of split 7"s and cassettes. "Weird" is a meaningless platitude, and "art punk" is a classifier that shouldn't be required. Sauna Youth journey into the far-reaching wilds of the unfolding psyche and feast on the chaos within, quickly collapsing any pre-conceived notions within minutes of impolite introduction.
$13.79 EAN: 5024545645118 ROCK
A1. Town Called Distraction
B1. Planned Designs
B2. Snapback
B3. PSI Girls
B4. Viscount Discount
B5. Hairstyles
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VA: Hamburg Elektronisch 3 2CD (HFNDISK 031CD)
Hamburg, Germany's second-largest city, is home to a music scene that reflects its people's cool modesty. While there is a lot of buzz in the media about creatives being envious of Berlin, the music scene, especially in the electronic fields, has been thriving in Hamburg. hafendisko, the Hamburg-based sublabel of hfn music, now puts an end to Hanseatic understatement with the 29 tracks of Hamburg Elektronisch 3, the third installment of a compilation series of awesome electronic beats from the river Elbe. When approaching the Hamburg music scene, one must be sure not to confuse its estimable past with the present. From the legendary Golden Pudel, the jazz and minimal techno of Golem, and the Frappant collective's off-scene exhibitions and screenings to open-air shows at the Grünanlagen park, as well as clubs like PAL in Karoviertel, TurTur in Wilhelmsburg, Uebel & Gefährlich, and many more, it's clear that Hamburg values music and dancing over the bottom line. Off the beaten track, there's a vivid scene of dedicated hosts and labels such as Smallville, Pampa, Derivé Schallplatten, Baalsaal Records, and Diynamic Music, not to mention hafendisko itself. Hamburg Elektronisch 3 includes previously released tracks by DJ Koze, Christopher Rau, Isolée, Lawrence, Remute, Smallpeople, Tilman Tausendfreund, Vincenzo, Boris Dlugosch remixed by Session Victim, Florian Kruse & Hendrik Burkhard, Miyagi, Monte, Extrawelt, and André Winter presents D-Saw remixed by H.O.S.H., and 15 exclusives by Erobique, Wareika, Deo & Z-Man, Suburb, Les Loups, RVDS, Lance, Joney, Tobias Schmid, La Boum Fatale, RSS Disco, Chris Gruber, Patlac, Oliver Huntemann, and Clark Davis. Two CDs in a digipak for a special price. Disc two is mixed; its tracks are available in unmixed form via the included download code.
$11.99 EAN: 4250382432081 ELECTRONIC
CD1:
01. Remute - Summer Slump
02. Wareika - Teufelsbrück *
03. DJ Koze - XTC
04. Erobique - Teknomusi *
05. Deo & Z-Man - Nehmet und Esset *
06. Suburb - Nowa Huta *
07. Les Loups - Fuhl's Gold *
08. RVDS - Catwalk *
09. Smallpeople - Cricket Orchestra
10. Lance - Heartbeats *
11. Joney - Pop Corner *
12. Tobias Schmid - Uwe *
CD2 (mixed):
01. La Boum Fatale - Tide *
02. Tilman Tausendfreund - Twenty Nine Years
03. Christopher Rau - RG en el Casa
04. Vincenzo - Such Great Heights
05. Boris Dlugosch - Keep Pushin (Session Victim Mix)
06. RSS Disco - Dove *
07. Isolée - Floripa
08. Chris Gruber - BaSchu *
09. Patlac - U3 *
10. Florian Kruse & Hendrik Burkhard - Move In Slow Motion
11. Oliver Huntemann - Kiez *
12. Miyagi - Illusion
13. Monte - Radical
14. Extrawelt - Splendid Nausea
15. Clark Davis - 22159 *
16. Lawrence - Dawn 808
17. André Winter presents D-Saw - Track 10:30 (H.O.S.H. Remix)
* exclusively produced for Hamburg Elektronisch 3
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BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, THE: La Façon Dont La Machine Vers l'Arrière 7" (HNR 014EP)
Necessary evil activities -- messy but clean -- from The Brian Jonestown Massacre. The band formed in San Francisco in 1988. Led by Anton Newcombe, their output spans psych, folk, shoegaze, kraut, kosmische, etc. Here, they deliver dark organic beats with "La Façon Dont La Machine Vers L'Arrière." On the B-side, Al Lover -- San Francisco's own DJ Shadow -- takes the listener on a remixed space odyssey. Hand-printed sleeve. Limited edition of 500.
$6.99 EAN: 7071245217686 ROCK
A1. La Façon Dont La Machine Vers L'Arrière
B1. La Façon Dont La Machine Vers L'Arrière (Al Lover Remix)
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HAYWARD, ROBIN: Stop Time CD (IMPREC 436CD)
Robin Hayward plays microtonal tuba in Catherine Christer Hennix's ensemble; Stop Time is his first composition to be released on Important Records. Stop Time was commissioned for a festival of the same name that took place in Leuven, Belgium, in 2013. It is the first piece to use a subset of the three-dimensional physical version of the Hayward Tuning Vine software, invented in 2012, as a musical score. The harmonic space implied within the four cubes contained within the subset, based on prime numbers two (octave, color-coded gray), three (perfect fifth, color-coded blue), and five (major third, color-coded red), is explored by the acoustic instruments and projected via the surround-sound system onto the physical space of the performance area. In this performance, the color-coding is made explicit by spotlighting each musician according to the color of the pitch played. In the middle of the piece, when the central black ball is sounded, the lighting therefore momentarily disappears. The idea is not so much to simulate synesthesia as to explore possible interactions between sound, vision, space, and time. Harmonic space is projected over time onto physical space, thus "stopping time." The recording and photos are from a September 2014 performance at De Bijloke, Ghent. Wannes Gonnissen: live electronics; Robin Hayward: microtonal tuba, composition; Pieter Matthynssens: cello; Bertel Schollaert: baritone saxophone. Marieke Berendsen: scenography. Tania Kelley: photograph of physical Tuning Vine.
$10.39 UPC: 793447543611 EXPERIMENTAL
01. Stop Time (30:34)
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CUTTLEFISH & ASPARAGUS: Rough Times 12" (KKS 005EP)
After a strong release by Soul In The Hole's disco godfather Sadar Bahar (KKS 004EP, 2015), Kalakuta Soul Records returns with a strong three-tracker from the hands of West Atlantis's best kept secret, Cuttlefish & Asparagus, celebrating their third release on the label. This time, the duo dedicates the A-side to never-ending dances with a touching vocal that goes through body and soul. The B-side is a sure shaker and a massive dancefloor-oriented set of tracks that brings out the boogie in every single person in the club.
$9.79 EAN: 4260038311783 ELECTRONIC
A1. Rough Times
B1. Freaks
B2. Keep The Dream Alive
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ASTRONOMY DOMINE: Elementi 12" (KPT 004EP)
Two tracks of dark, psychedelic drone, drawing influences from Tropic of Cancer and Death in June; post-techno that could be easily filed under cold wave. "Fuoco Acqua" is a calm, relaxing track full of percussion and rhythm, while "Spazio Terra" close the EP with a dark, hypnotic hymn. Single-sided 12".
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Fuoco Acqua
A2. Spazio Terra
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MR BROWN: KU-023 7" (KU 023EP)
Solid instrumental beats from Mr Brown, who dug through his vast library and picked out four dusty, sample-filled boom-bap productions. Two beats per side.
$9.79 EAN: 5055300388766 ELECTRONIC
A1. Weathered
A2. Now See Me
B1. Tiny Sunset
B2. Bluey
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UNDER, ALEX: Olas de Quila Quina 12" (KOM 349EP)
Madrilenian producer Alex Under -- one of Spain's most sought-after electronic artists -- follows releases on such iconic imprints as Trapez, Soma, and Plus 8, with Olas de Quila Quina, his first outing for Kompakt. The title-track only needs a handful of carefully processed sounds to tell a highly evocative story -- a focused, geometrical jam that nonetheless allows for freewheeling outbursts of creativity. The same can be said for the punching, asymmetrical acid of "El Reflejo Del Lacar" and the full-bodied bass bounce of "Lolog," as both cuts juxtapose sharp-edged shards of electronic texture with chewy, melodic synths.
$8.39 UPC: 880319810510 ELECTRONIC
A1. Olas De Quila Quina
B1. El Reflejo Del Lacar
B2. Lolog
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BJORK, HARALD: Kris & Konflikthantering I/III 12" (KLN 007EP)
Vinyl only. Limited edition of 300. Printed sleeve with artwork by Malin Gabriella Nordin. Harald Björk put together this work while taking a course called "Kris & Konflikthantering," which translates to "crisis and conflict management." Björk created Kris & Konflikthantering in semi-unconscious conditions -- all recorded on the Studer B67 master tape recorder, the heart of the Kranglan Broadcast studio. This first EP of the three-part release contains three tracks with traces from Björk's 2015 Fritids EP on Studio Barnhus (BARN 036EP), as well as a remix by Petter Nordkvist under yet another moniker.
$8.99 EAN: 4260038310489 ELECTRONIC
A1. Pass Proceed
A2. Phenomenology
B1. So Serving
B2. Pass Proceed (Last Springsteen Remix)
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GRAND PIANORAMAX: Soundwave CD (MG 116CD)
Grand Pianoramax is a supergroup consisting of three strong personalities, each possessing outstanding mastery of their craft, from the acute lyricism of Geneva-based pianist Leo Tardin's keyboards and the immediate intimacy of Black Cracker's wild poetry to the powerful, razor-sharp, and pugnacious drums of Dom Burkhalter. The virtues of this rare alloy illuminate each of their concerts, which have taken place all around the globe. With four albums already under their belt, Grand Pianoramax now presents Soundwave, their second release on Mental Groove Records following 2015's Big Easy mini-album. Staying true to their instantly recognizable signature sound at the crossroads of post-jazz, art rock, and hip hop, Soundwave is another step in the ambitious artistic path of the trio. As opposed to their previous works, this album is characterized by less polished DIY production, in a better reflection of the spontaneity that shines through during the trio's live performances.
$11.99 UPC: 827170149823 JAZZ
01. Carefree (4:04)
02. No Doubt (4:15)
03. Thight Rope (4:34)
04. You Can Feel It (4:34)
05. High Tide (4:43)
06. Big Easy (4:46)
07. Lovely Day (3:46)
08. Come With Me (3:55)
09. Que Sera (2:52)
10. Strollin' (4:16)
11. Lovely Day Reprise (1:31)
12. That Story (4:15)
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VOORN, ORLANDO: Collected EP #1 12" (MPD 002EP)
First EP (of four) released in advance of the double-CD Orlando Voorn anthology Collected, showcasing the best from the Dutch producer in his early days. This EP focuses on Voorn's housier side, with tracks from 1991-1996 originally released under the aliases Basic Bastard, Baruka, Designer Loops, and Dope Dog. Voorn started in the late '80s as a successful DMC DJ in the Netherlands; his unique early productions, with analog tweaks, funky beats, and cosmic chords, quickly attracted the attention of the likes of Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, for whom he produced game-changing classics like Atkins's "Game One" and "Fix (as Flash)."
$9.79 EAN: 7640157611884 ELECTRONIC
A1. Basic Bastard - Smooth
A2. Baruka - Jazzy
B1. Designer Loops - I Believe
B2. Dope Dog - Keep House Undaground
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PEEL, HANNAH: Rebox 2 12" (MOP 003LP)
RSD 2016 release -- late addition. Gold vinyl edition of Hannah Peel's seven-track mini-album Rebox 2, featuring four music box covers and three instrumental pieces. The songs are all from 2014 and '15, starting with a version of Perfume Genius's "Queen" from 2014. Peel also covers John Grant's "Pale Green Ghosts," a song about self-awareness and acceptance as the singer looks back at his younger self. "Palace" follows -- the Wild Beasts' song from 2014. The final cover on the album is "Heaven, How Long," originally written by East India Youth. All four songs are linked by new music written for the project by Peel and co-producer Erland, including the looped, playful "Let The Laughter In," "about not letting the negativity seep in"; the piano-led daydreaming of "Reverie"; and the synthetic pulse of "Premonition," which "looks to the future" before segueing into "Heaven, How Long."
$17.79 EAN: 5060079264005 ELECTRONIC
01. Queen
02. Let The Laughter In
03. Pale Green Ghosts
04. Reverie
05. Palace
06. Premonition
07. Heaven, How Long
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EASY CHANGES: Karen EP 12" (NM 001EP)
Limited repress of NM001 by Easy Changes, featuring a remix by Cabanne. Originally released in 2009.
$9.79 EAN: 4260038311806 ELECTRONIC
A1. Gneedos
B1. Karen
B2. Gneedos (Cabanne Remix)
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NARGILE, ASIQ: Yurt Yeri LP (ROKU 014LP)
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Nargilә Mehtiyeva aka Aşıq Nargilә has been playing saz (long-necked lute) and singing since the age of 15. Fluent in Azerbaijani, Georgian, and Russian, Nargilә represents the cosmopolitan heritage of old Tbilisi, a city once known as a meeting point for multilingual aşıq bards who would travel through the region serving as conduits for news, ideas, music, and culture. Nargilә is currently the only female aşıq living and performing in the ethnic Azeri region of Georgia, and has been teaching the art to new generations. This is a recording of Aşıq Nargilә's first concert in the UK, recorded live at Cafe OTO on October 18, 2014, by James Dunn. The pieces performed are named after the traditional saz aşıq havası (melodies) on which they are based. Lyrics are taken from destan epics, regional poetry, and Nargilә's own lyrics to match the rhyming patterns of these melodies. "Yanıq Kerem" and "Ruhani" are both instrumental pieces that depict their own stories without words. "Ay Ceyranım" is a popular song performed at weddings across Azerbaijan. Aşıq Nargilә Mehtiyeva: saz (long-necked lute) and söz (vocals).
$17.79 UPC: 769791961272 WORLD
A1. Yaniq Keremi
A2. Yurt Yeri
A3. Ibrahimi
A4. Dubeyti
B1. Ay Ceyranim
B2. Bas Saritel
B3. Ruhani
B4. Orta Saritel
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TURNER/YUKIHIRO ISSO, ROGER: Takanehishigu LP (ROKU 015LP)
Born in 1964, Yukihiro Isso is a Japanese Noh flutist (hayashikata fuekata) from a family that has been playing this instrument since the 16th century. He received his initial instruction in flute playing from his father, Yukimasa Isso, and performed on the Noh stage for the first time at the age of nine. Beginning in his middle school years, he began listening to a variety of different kinds of music and studying new instruments including the recorder and piano. An acclaimed performer of classical Noh repertoire, Isso is also an accomplished improviser and has performed with the likes of Cecil Taylor, Peter Brötzmann, and John Zorn. Born in 1946, Roger Turner grew up among the Canterbury musical life of the 1960s with a strong jazz foundation. Since 1974 his work has been concentrated on exploring a more personal percussion language through the processes of improvisation. Solo work; collaborations with experimental rock musics and open-form song; extensive work with dance, film, and visual art; involvements in numerous jazz-based ensembles; and workshop residencies have formed part of that development. Takanehishigu is the audio documentation of the first time these artists played together. The results are a breathtaking new music that remains respectful to the individual traditions while simultaneously subverting them. Yukihiro Isso: Nohkan (Noh flute), shinobue, dengakubue, gemshorn, and recorder. Roger Turner: percussion. Recorded live at Cafe OTO on September 23, 2016, by Shaun Crook, mixed by John Chantler, and mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi. Artwork by Paul Abbott. Edition of 500.
$17.79 UPC: 769791961289 ROCK
A1. [Untitled] (23:29)
B1. [Untitled] (15:16)
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LEE/BILL ORCUTT, OKKYUNG: Live at Cafe OTO LP (ROKU 017LP)
The full recording of the first meeting between Bill Orcutt (USA) and Okkyung Lee (South Korea). Individually these players have focused on an idiosyncratic approach to their chosen instruments and technique. Okkyung is one of the most singular voices to compromise the cello's classical origin, while Orcutt has spent many years developing a unique abstraction of traditional guitar blues. Live at Cafe OTO is an uncompromising combination of these individual elements and an ecstatic improvised assault of mind and sense. Okkyung Lee: cello. Bill Orcutt: guitar.180-gram LP in matte sleeve with artwork by Bill Orcutt. Limited edition of 500.
$17.79 UPC: 769791961296 ROCK
A1. [Untitled] (6:55)
A2. [Untitled] (8:40)
B1. [Untitled] (11:13)
B2. [Untitled] (5:34)
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CHYMERA: The Divided Self 12" (OVM 264EP)
Chymera's beautifully melancholic "The Divided Self" (named after psychiatrist R. D. Laing's The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness (1960)) is pensive, poignant, restrained, and ruled by minor chords. The bassline of "Canavan Calling" (named after Joseph Payne Brennan's short horror story) is so broad, rich, and textured it's almost overwhelming. It was created on an original Minimoog, an instrument with which Chymera fell in love while attending a Studio Stekker week alongside Mathew Jonson, Sebastian Mullaert, The Mole, and others. Starlit synths soon enter the mix, soaring further upward to create a natural, rolling organic build and payoff.
$9.79 UPC: 678414002646 ELECTRONIC
A1. The Divided Self
B1. Canavan Calling
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LAMONT: Pondering/Shadows 12" (PPCS 002EP)
Two cuts from fast-rising Bristol producer Lamont. "Pondering" is up first, featuring Beezy on vocals setting the murky tone over a low-slung roller as razor-sharp fragments fling out from below the elasticated low-end and the precise bounce of the drum pattern, sure to give the rig a good test. The B-side features the instrumental goodness of "Shadows," proving Lamont's skill in the field of nu-age darkside garage music once again.
$9.79 EAN: 5055300388698 ELECTRONIC
A1. Pondering (feat. Beezy)
B1. Shadows
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VA: Selected Label Works 5 2CD (PERMVAC 145CD)
The fifth installment in Permanent Vacation's Selected Label Works compilation series. Bits and pieces, dusty nuggets, and hidden treasures from the depths of the Permanent Vacation catalog of 2013-2015. Stop looking any further -- this has it all. Hypnotic house by Mano Le Tough and Lake People; vocoder poetry by New Jackson; techno by Tuff City Kids featuring Shan, Locked Groove, and North Lake; disco gold by Midnight Magic (remixed by Session Victim), Lauer, and Thomalla; dancers' favorites by TB, Daniel Bortz & Sascha Sibler; cinematic electro by Dollkraut (including a remix by Invisible Conga People); widescreen rave by Lord Of The Isles; meditation madness by Alex Burkat (remixed by Barnt), The Drifter & Benjamin Fröhlich; and more from Woolfy vs Projections (remixed by Fröhlich) and Drvg Cvltvre. Twenty-two tracks jammed on two steamy compact discs to feed your frenzy.
$14.39 UPC: 673795714522 ELECTRONIC
1.01. Alex Burkat - Pay The Rent (Barnt Remix)
1.02. Lord Of The Isles - 301C Symphony
1.03. New Jackson - Made It Mine
1.04. Woolfy vs Projections - Combination (Benjamin Fröhlich Spooky Edit)
1.05. Dollkraut - Fire
1.06. Drvg Cvltvre - Night Time Is The Right Time
1.07. Lake People - Uneasy Hiding Places
1.08. TB - City Girl
1.09. Locked Groove - Thesseus
1.10. Mano Le Tough - I See Myself In You
1.11. Daniel Bortz & Sascha Sibler - Tomorrow We Start A New Life Again
2.01. Midnight Magic - Same Way I Feel (Session Victim Remix)
2.02. Lauer - Ward
2.03. Thomalla - Funfair
2.04. Dollkraut - Fire (Invisible Conga People Remix)
2.05. Lake People - Brooklyn
2.06. Daniel Bortz & Sascha Sibler - If Not Tomorrow Maybe Someday
2.07. The Drifter & Benjamin Fröhlich - Waterville
2.08. Lord Of The Isles - co2o (6mins)
2.09. North Lake - Prism
2.10. Tuff City Kids - Lambsgame (feat. Shan)
2.11. New Jackson - Having A Coke With You
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NOUMENO: Exosomatic Artifacts 12" (PRTLS 005EP)
Exosomatic Artifacts inhabits the world of ideas while enacting the decay of the body. In "Sensorial Surrogate," the human sensorial experience is stripped of its physicality and mediated through plastic and glass, pixels and vibrating cones. "Envenomation" is an orgy of geometrical luminescent constructions of abstract realities, conceived and perceived by swarms of connected brains. "Computer Worm," a virus infecting a vast biosphere of code; occupying, multiplying, and corroding from within. When are we no longer the computer and in fact the worm? Features remixes from Fis (Tri Angle, Exit, Samurai Horo) and Shapednoise (Type, Hospital Productions, Opal Tapes).
$12.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
01. Sensorial Surrograte
02. Evenomation
03. Computer Worm
04. Sensorial Surrofate (Fis' Wall of Crystal Version)
05. Sensorial Surrogate (Shapednoise Remix)
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ERLANDSSON, MATS: Valentina Tereshkova LP (PI 165LP)
Valentina Tereshkova is the debut LP by Swedish musician Mats Erlandsson. Erlandsson is an electronic composer and musician based in Stockholm, where, in addition to his artistic activities, he works as a studio assistant at Elektronmusikstudion (EMS). A student of music since age 10, Erlandsson holds a master's degree in composition from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. While mainly focused on solo electronic music, he has also composed music for dance and chamber ensembles as well as work for live electronics together with various collaborators. On June 16, 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to fly in space. She spent two days and 22 hours alone in space, manually operating the Soviet spacecraft Vostok 6. Erlandsson's Valentina Tereshkova is a record made up of six pieces of electroacoustic music. It would be easy to argue that the Valentina of the Soviet space mission and the Valentina of Erlandsson's record are different characters all together, but there is a feeling of spatiality in Erlandsson's music that one could speculate is not unlike that of being in a vessel like Vostok 6 -- a small room surrounded by infinite space, and, maybe most importantly, a room that allows for just one person. Erlandsson is a craftsman, a quality most keenly felt in the focused structure of his drone pieces. This is reflexive, heavy-hearted music that almost cynically dissects itself for the listener; the pieces themselves apologize for their melancholia with their compositional brilliance. A stunning debut of a strong new voice in Scandinavian electronic music.
$16.39 EAN: 5055869539937 ELECTRONIC
01. Ivory Towers
02. Eterrum
03. Simulacra
04. Glances
05. Valentina Tereshkova
06. 1671 Chaika
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RSD: Corner Dub (Blue & Red Mix)/Pretty Bright Light 12" (DRUNK 003EP)
Limited edition repress of a classic Punch Drunk release. Bristol music godfather Rob Smith (Smith & Mighty) was a major force in the first-wave Bristol dubstep scene, not only as a huge musical influence on the likes of Pinch and Peverelist but also as a producer in his own right. This typically dubwise 12", originally released in 2007, is one of his best from that era.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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VON KALINOWSKY, REBECCA: Ceres 12" (ROLI 007EP)
With "Ceres," Rebecca von Kalinowsky marks her first release on Rote Liebe. An atmospheric and bass-heavy offering, this one-sided 12" will fit into techno and half-step settings alike.
$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Ceres
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COILECTIF: In Memory ov John Balance & Homage to Coil CD (ROTOR 001CD)
2006 release. Coilectif consists of French bands from the genesis of industrial, experimental, and free jazz musics -- for the most part unclassifiable underground musics -- and more recent artists from the same vein. These artists explore and express, openly and without limits, what Coil's heritage suggests to them, an opportunity to pay homage to Geoff Rushton aka John Balance following his death on November 13, 2004. Coilectif is also an homage to all the musicians, as well as illustrators Scherer & Ouporov, united for the first time under such an outline, all expressing what Coil's universe evokes to them through lunar, astral, and visionary excursions, while keeping their own artistic identities. It is not a compilation of remixes of Coil, nor a catalog of previously released tracks, but a genuine concept of creation in which this collective of artists homogenizes itself around a real artistic project. The 17 tracks form an intimate, magnetic, and timeless piece of work. Each band composed, recorded, and mixed their own exclusive track. Mastered by Laurent Pernice. Graphic design by Patricia Leclerc from the artwork of Scherer & Ouporov. Includes works by Ilitch; De Mange Machine; Servovalve; Bela Goosy; Laurent Pernice & Jacques Barbéri; Pacific 231; Vivenza; Désaccord Majeur; Art&Technique; Othila; Gas Anorex; Vox Populi! (as Gitanjali & The Masters Of Mystic Entertainment); Les Nouvelles Lectures Cosmopolites; Palo Alto; Déficit Des Années Antérieures; Étant Donnés; Jac Berrocal, Marie France & Jack Belsen.
$9.79 UPC: 769791960183 ELECTRONIC
01./A1. Ilitch [vs Coil's Samples] - Swim And Fly (5:57)
02./A2. De Mange Machine - Phénomènes Vitaux (4:02)
03./A3. Servovalve - Naked Tank (3:46)
04./A4. Bela Goosy - A Staircase's Revenge (2:37)
05./A5. Laurent Pernice & Jacques Barbéri - Four Minutes Before (4:16)
06./B1. Pacific 231 - Ordo Ab Chaos (4:11)
07./B2. Vivenza - Dans Son Être Propre Absolu (5:38)
08./B3. Désaccord Majeur - Time Is Always Now (4:19)
09./B4. Art&Technique [vs John Balance's Voices] - Voices (4:07)
10./C1. Othila - ∞ (5:05)
11./C2. Gas Anorex - Vision (4:00)
12./C3. Gitanjali & The Masters Of Mystic Entertainment - Koro Wild (5:19)
13./C4. Les Nouvelles Lectures Cosmopolites - How Do Angels Fall (5:30)
14./D1. Palo Alto - T Is For The Thirteenth Of November (5:12)
15./D2. Déficit Des Années Antérieures - L'onde De Voix (4:00)
16./D3. Étant Donnés - Chair (5:16)
17./D4. Jac Berrocal, Marie France & Jack Belsen - Marie-Antoinette Is Not Dead (4:50)
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COILECTIF: In Memory ov John Balance & Homage to Coil 2LP (ROTOR 001LP)
Clear double LP version. Includes quotations from various artists and a text written for the project by writer and philosopher Jean-Marc Vivenza called méditation sur la mort. Limited numbered edition of 400.
$25.79 UPC: 769791960701 ELECTRONIC
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PACIFIC 231: Ethnicities CD (ROTOR 002CD)
2006 release. Ethnicities is a collection of previously unreleased recordings from Pacific 231's post-industrial period. Successive and consecutive cuts were made before the artist put together the concept of the album as a pluricultural diversity of sounds, with tropical steams, exotic journeys, electronic manipulations, urban dins, and industrial mazes. An unexpected psychedelic patchwork from Pacific 231. Composed, recorded, mixed and produced by Pierre Jolivet. Mastered by Laurent Pernice. Graphic design by Patricia Leclerc from pictures from Pierre Jolivet.
$9.79 UPC: 769791960190 ELECTRONIC
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01. Ethnicities
LP:
A1. [Untitled]
A2. [Untitled]
A3. [Untitled]
A4. [Untitled]
B1. [Untitled]
B2. [Untitled]
B3. [Untitled]
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PACIFIC 231: Ethnicities LP (ROTOR 002LP)
Clear LP version. Limited numbered edition of 400.
$12.39 UPC: 769791960718 ELECTRONIC
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BERROCAL/MARIE FRANCE/JACK BELSEN, JAC: Marie Antoinette Is Not Dead 7" (ROTOR 003EP)
2008 release. Clear and white 7". Mythical trumpeter and poet Jac Berrocal, his associate Jack Belsen (soundtrack composer, cofounder of Messageros Killers Boys with F.J. Ossang), and iconic singer and actress Marie France -- a cabaret muse fond of unpredictable and stunning collaborations, put the words of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France from 1774-1791, to music. "Je vous veux" is a cosmic, sensual ballad, a perfect compromise between the lascivious, velvety words of Marie France, Belsen's powerful, solemn machines, and Berrocal's flute. "Marie-Antoinette is not dead ou dans quelle position je vous laisse" plunges into the dead of night, when Marie Antoinette writes her last letter.
$10.99 UPC: 769791960725 JAZZ
A1. Je vous veux
B1. Marie antoinette is not dead ou dans quelle position je vous laisse
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SAND: Golem (Blue and White Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 006BLU-LP)
Blue and white LP version in deluxe heavy-duty sleeve with vintage artwork. Limited numbered edition of 500.
$16.99 UPC: 769791960732 ROCK
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SAND: Golem CD (ROTOR 006CD)
2010 reissue; originally released in 1974. German trio Sand's first album, Golem, is a legendary work of cosmic psychedelic genius. This is its first reissue. There is something magical and inexplicable in creation, and Sand absolutely manifest these mysterious phenomena. Storytellers, musicians, shamans, geniuses -- Sand were known, at the end of the '60s, as P.O.T. (Part of Time). Then Sand -- Ludwig Papenberg, his brother Ulrich Papenberg, and Johannes Vester -- developed a more avant-gardist, proto-industrial, visionary, experimental approach, becoming a truly unique entity in the history of music. Not dependent on a classic krautrock style, Sand is nevertheless part of this movement of German cosmic/psychedelic bands, in addition to being the originators of proto-industrial musics. CD in six-panel digipak.
$11.79 UPC: 769791960206 ROCK
01./A1. Helicopter
02./A2. Old Loggerhead
03./B1. May Rain
04./B2. On The Corner
05./B3. Sarah
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SAND: Golem LP (ROTOR 006LP)
LP version in deluxe heavy-duty sleeve with vintage artwork. Limited numbered edition of 500.
$15.79 UPC: 769791960749 ROCK
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SAND: Golem (Picture Disc) PIC. DISC (ROTOR 006PIC-LP)
Deluxe 200-gram picture disc version with special sleeve design. Limited numbered edition of 500.
$15.79 UPC: 769791960756 ROCK
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SAND: Desert Navigation CD (ROTOR 007CD)
2011 release. Previously unreleased album by German trio Sand, recorded 1973-1982. Live events in the quarry and an archaic sound formed the background music of the young atomic age. In the meantime, after endless trance garage sessions, Sand drifted from the mythical landscapes to Berlin and mingled with various oriental influences. Vultures were scudding along the urban canyons while burning houses illuminated the skyline. Sand navigated in obscure spheres and discovered Tendrara. There is something magical and inexplicable in creation, and Sand absolutely manifest these mysterious phenomena. Storytellers, musicians, shamans, geniuses -- Sand were known, at the end of the '60s, as P.O.T. (Part of Time). Then Sand -- Ludwig Papenberg, his brother Ulrich Papenberg, and Johannes Vester -- developed a more avant-gardist, proto-industrial, visionary, experimental approach, becoming a truly unique entity in the history of music. Not dependent on a classic krautrock style, Sand is nevertheless part of this movement of German cosmic/psychedelic bands, in addition to being the originators of proto-industrial musics. Johannes Vester: lyrics, vocals , synthesizers, guitar, organ, harmonium. Ludwig Papenberg: synthesizers, organ, generator, guitar, bongos. Ulrich Papenberg: bass. Guests: Christa Schunke, chorus; Claudia Utke, synthesizer; Dietmar Burmeister, drums; Jörg Hahnfeld, acoustic guitar; Klaus Pankau, electric and acoustic guitars; Martine Rossi-Merue, vocals; Michael (Micky) Westphal, bass. Remastered by Hervé de Keroullas, 2008. Graphic Design by Frédéric Tacer, 2011. Cover painting by Babs Santini, 2009. CD in six-panel digipak.
$11.79 UPC: 769791960213 ROCK
01./A1. Vulture I (5:39)
02./A2. Touch The Tyrants (6:21)
03./A3. Tendrara (6:20)
04./B1. Desert Storm (10:44)
05./B2. Burning House (2:06)
06./B3. Vulture II (3:55)
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SAND: Desert Navigation LP (ROTOR 007LP)
200-gram LP version in deluxe heavy-duty sleeve.
$15.79 UPC: 769791960763 ROCK
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SAND: Desert Navigation (Orange and White Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 007ORG-LP)
200-gram orange and white LP version in deluxe heavy-duty sleeve.
$16.99 UPC: 769791960770 ROCK
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SAND: Sylph Ballet (Rubine and Black Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 008BLA-LP)
200-gram rubine and black LP version in deluxe heavy-duty sleeve. Limited numbered edition of 333.
$16.39 UPC: 769791960787 ROCK
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SAND: Sylph Ballet (Rubine and Blue Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 008BLU-LP)
200-gram rubine and blue LP version in deluxe heavy-duty sleeve. Limited numbered edition of 333.
$16.39 UPC: 769791960794 ROCK
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SAND: Sylph Ballet CD (ROTOR 008CD)
2012 release. Previously unreleased album from the '70s by German trio Sand. Still living in the mythical landscapes, Sand not not only created Golem (ROTOR 006CD/LP/BLU-LP/PIC-LP, 1974), who was a being of the earth. Something else pulsated with a different energy of oscillation. The invisible beings of the air performed their dances. The Golem was large, mighty and of compact matter. He needed an external spirit to be navigated. Sylph creatures moved with the clouds and the wind -- from gentle breezes to violent storms, always sensitive to the chimes of the motions. The sylphs are the children of the moonlight as well as the elves with broken wings. The Sylph Ballet is riding upon ethereal horses and its airy spirit comes true in dawn levitation. There is something magical and inexplicable in creation, and Sand absolutely manifest these mysterious phenomena. Storytellers, musicians, shamans, geniuses -- Sand were known, at the end of the '60s, as P.O.T. (Part of Time). Then Sand -- Ludwig Papenberg, his brother Ulrich Papenberg, and Johannes Vester -- developed a more avant-gardist, proto-industrial, visionary, experimental approach, becoming a truly unique entity in the history of music. Not dependent on a classic krautrock style, Sand is nevertheless part of this movement of German cosmic/psychedelic bands, in addition to being the originators of proto-industrial musics. Johannes Vester: lyrics, vocals, guitar, VCS3, harmonium, collateral piano, natural brooklet. Ludwig Papenberg: guitar, drums, collateral piano, VCS3, bubbling brook. Ulrich Papenberg: bass, generator. Guest: Jörg Welz: grand piano. Mastered by Hervé de Keroullas. Layout by Frédéric Tacer. Cover painting by Babs Santini, 2009. CD in six-panel digipak.
$11.79 UPC: 769791960220 ROCK
01./A1. Coastal Nightwalk (2:52)
02./A2. Amelith/Room (3:34)
03./A3. Dawn Levitation (4:52)
04./A4. The Morning Has Blown You Away (5:24)
05./A5. Giving Golem Respiration (3:25)
06./B1. Her Broken Wing -- Passing My Window (3:29)
07./B2. Upon Eleven Black Horses (6:34)
08./B3. A Cosy Trance Of Hibernation (7:25)
09./B4. Water (1:18)
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SAND: Sylph Ballet LP (ROTOR 008LP)
200-gram LP version in deluxe heavy-duty sleeve. Limited numbered edition of 333.
$14.99 UPC: 769791960800 ROCK
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SAND: North Atlantic Raven CD (ROTOR 009CD)
2014 release. Previously unreleased album by German trio Sand, composed and recorded in 1973, '75, and '76. The once-croaking raven now flies silently over the ocean, higher and higher. Where are you rolling, sun-ball, and why don't you fall? The sandy Golem crumbled into dust. His brave struggle against the mighty forces of darkness soon dissolved in voiceless space. There is something magical and inexplicable in creation, and Sand absolutely manifest these mysterious phenomena. Storytellers, musicians, shamans, geniuses -- Sand were known, at the end of the '60s, as P.O.T. (Part of Time). Then Sand -- Ludwig Papenberg, his brother Ulrich Papenberg, and Johannes Vester -- developed a more avant-gardist, proto-industrial, visionary, experimental approach, becoming a truly unique entity in the history of music. Not dependent on a classic krautrock style, Sand is nevertheless part of this movement of German cosmic/psychedelic bands, in addition to being the originators of proto-industrial musics. Johannes Vester: vocals, guitar, VCS3. Ludwig Papenberg: congas, VCS3, drum box, guitar, organ. Ulrich Papenberg: bass. Guests on "High Tension": Klaus Pankau, electric guitar; Micky Westphal, bass; Dietmar Burmeister, drums. Cover painting by Babs Santini. CD in six-panel digipak.
$11.79 UPC: 769791960237 ROCK
01./A1. Golemanation (19:41)
02./B1. Dance On (5:27)
03./B2. High Tension (12:40)
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SAND: North Atlantic Raven LP (ROTOR 009LP)
LP version in deluxe heavy-duty sleeve. Limited numbered edition of 500.
$15.79 UPC: 769791960817 ROCK
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SAND: North Atlantic Raven (Orange and White Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 009ORG-LP)
Orange and white LP version in deluxe heavy-duty sleeve. Limited numbered edition of 500.
$16.99 UPC: 769791960824 ROCK
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CURRENT 93: When The May Rain Comes CD (ROTOR 010CD)
2010 release. "When the May Rain Comes" is a cover of a track by German trio Sand, whose work has had a profound effect on David Tibet's work. The track first appeared on Current 93's influential 1992 album Thunder Perfect Mind. It appears here with an alternate version of the same track, originally released as a CD single accompanying the first 1000 copies of Ultrasonic Seraphim (1996), David Tibet and Steven Stapleton's collection of material by Sand. Current 93 is David Tibet's eclectic, idiosyncratic, hallucinatory, apocalyptic artistic project, begun in 1982. David Tibet is the only person permanently present in the group, although Steven Stapleton of Nurse With Wound, whom David met in 1983 at London's Equinox Event, has appeared on virtually all of Current 93's releases. David Tibet has worked with many individuals since he formed Current 93, including Michael Cashmore, Steve Ignorant (Crass), John Balance (Coil), Nick Cave, Marc Almond, Antony Hegarty, Sebastian Horsley, Andrew W.K., Rickie Lee Jones, Shirley Collins, and Bonnie "Prince" Billy. Current 93 has many faces, but has always primarily reflected David Tibet's beliefs and obsessions. His vision continues to grow increasingly personal and intense, inspired by his translations of non-canonical Coptic and Gnostic texts. Other important influences upon his work have been the New Testament, the works of Count Stenbock, cats, the Kabbalah, seahorses, and Birdsong in the Empire. Cover painting by Babs Santini. CD in six-panel digipak.
$8.99 UPC: 769791960244 ROCK
01./A1. When The May Rain Comes
02./B1. When The May Rain Comes (Phaser Mix)
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CURRENT 93: When The May Rain Comes 12" (ROTOR 010LP)
200-gram 12" version in deluxe heavy-duty sleeve.
$12.39 UPC: 769791960831 ROCK
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CURRENT 93: When The May Rain Comes (Purple Vinyl) 12" (ROTOR 010PUR-LP)
180-gram purple 12" version in deluxe heavy-duty sleeve.
$13.79 UPC: 769791960848 ROCK
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CURRENT 93: When The May Rain Comes (Purple and White Vinyl) 12" (ROTOR 010WHT-LP)
200-gram purple and white 12" version in deluxe heavy-duty sleeve.
$16.39 UPC: 769791960855 ROCK
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NURSE WITH WOUND: Chromanatron CD (ROTOR 011CD)
2013 release. Chromanatron consists of Nurse With Wound's collages of no less than five albums by the mythical German band Sand from the late '60s and '70s. These five experimental psychedelic krautrock albums include their first oddity, Golem (ROTOR 006CD/LP/BLU-LP/PIC-LP, 1974), which has long been a great source of inspiration for Nurse With Wound. A hallucination on the music of Sand by Andrew Liles and Steven Stapleton, with Ian Hinton-Smith, guitar; Rick Tomlinson, French horn; and Matt Waldron, atmospheric grooves. Recorded at The Bear Den, West Yorkshire. Engineered by Andrew Liles. Cover art and insert art by Babs Santini. CD in six-panel digipak.
$11.79 UPC: 769791960251 ROCK
01./A1. Chromanatron Pt. A
02./B1. Chromanatron Pt. B
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NURSE WITH WOUND: Chromanatron LP (ROTOR 011LP)
LP version in deluxe heavy-duty sleeve with silver metal embossing. Limited numbered edition of 500.
$16.39 UPC: 769791960862 ROCK
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NURSE WITH WOUND: Chromanatron (Picture Disc) PIC. DISC (ROTOR 011PIC-LP)
Picture disc version in special window sleeve. Limited numbered edition of 500.
$15.79 UPC: 769791960879 ROCK
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NURSE WITH WOUND: Chromanatron (Red and Gray Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 011RED-LP)
Wine-red and gray LP version in deluxe heavy-duty sleeve with silver metal embossing. Limited numbered edition of 500.
$17.79 UPC: 769791960886 ROCK
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ETHER: Music for Air Raids V2.0 LP (ROTOR 012LP)
2009 release. A different version of Ether's Music for Air Raids (2000), recomposed for the vinyl format and entirely remastered. The distant roar that opens Music for Air Raids V2.0 is a prelude to the waves of polyrhythmic drums and unremitting guitars, of powerful and constructive poundings that shake the listener to the core throughout the album. A tour de force end-to-end, with raids of drums, percussion, and guitars -- sometimes as howls, sometimes as dull roars and atmospheric drones -- but always structured and substantial. To this thoughtful, structured, and energetic chaos is added a great originality in the choice of elements, textures, and machines. Epic, atmospheric, primal, and vibrating, Music for Air Raids V2.0 represents Ether rare mastery of their craft. Ether formed in 1994. Their music is unequivocal rock and roll, but the sound draws heavily from the experimental lineage. Ether has a huge instrumental dynamism, and is able to function bereft of sung lyrics, a conscious decision by the group that lends elasticity and classicism to its recordings. With no traditional demarcations and no imposed conceptions, Ether's music is abnormal and intense, and makes you wonder just how far rock music can go.
$13.79 UPC: 769791960893 ROCK
A1. Dresden
B1. Tokyo
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M.B.: Persecutionem (Purple Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 013PUR-LP)
2012 purple vinyl edition; originally released in 2009. "I've taken inspiration for this medicative work from the sordid persecution of the early Christians, but in other ways we receive objectivistic persecution every day from this standardized system, from our wretched condition and from the modern persecutors which are hidden behind their threatening countenances. The appropriate soundtrack of such perturbed sufferings is this justifiable work, Persecutionem, in which the semblances of our gaolers are inherents on these obstructed sounds, and the hopeful liberation of our existences are culminating on the eschatologic modulations. The deliberate epilogue is contained in the derogatory elevation of our reinstated spirituality for a repulsive capital sentence in order to transform the alienated persecutor into an inalienable victim of persecution" --Maurizio Bianchi, February 2009. Maurizio Bianchi/M .B.: scourged martyrized pre-recorded sounds and tortured waves, with the persecutory interferations by Siegmar Fricke. Maurizio Bianchi is a non-musician active since August 1979. Coming from the punk movement in the mid-'70s, M.B. became soon a pioneer in noise and industrial music. His music was characterized by uncompromising, noisy musique concrète abstractions, produced by turntable, loops, and tape-recorder. The sound he created at that time was the result of permanent frustration in life, love, religion, and politics, reflecting his inner soul and expressed his condition of being lost in a web of sounds and nightmares. After 14 years of mental purification the second M.B. phase began, characterized by a very spiritual approach. Siegmar Fricke, qualifying Bianchi's second-phase works as "Pharmakustik," shares the same fascination for clinical sound abstractions and electronic modulations as M.B., and has done several collaborations with him. Bianchi has worked with various other artists including Aube, Telepherique, Nimh, and Stefano Gentile. Maurizio Bianchi's main inspiration remains human alienation, and his goal is to awaken sleeping consciences.
$14.99 UPC: 769791960909 ELECTRONIC
A1. Persecutionem (5:44)
A2. Captured! (10:17)
A3. Towards The Execution (7:30)
B1. In The Arena (9:39)
B2. Martyrdom (7:49)
B3. From Persecutor... (7:13)
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VIVENZA: Réalités Servomécaniques CD/BOOK (ROTOR 014CD)
2015 reissue; originally released in 1985. CD with 32-page A5 book. First reissued by Rotorelief in 2009. Features reworked visuals. Vivenza presents sounds -- noises -- in their rawest and most genuine aspect; sounds are machines and machines are sounds. Thus Vivenza captures the essence of factories with a strong sense of austerity and radicalism, evoking the thick smoke and intense darkness of industrial landscapes. Réalités servomécaniques directly refers to the triumph but also decline of heavy industries in the '80s. The cogwheels, forges, and machines smash us in the face in a radically powerfully vivid way, plunging us into the midst of the machines -- and into the machines themselves -- with a surprising and striking strength. Since his first works in the mid-'70s, Jean-Marc Vivenza has theoretically and politically linked himself with the Italian Futurists and Russian Constructivists, and qualifies his music as "bruitist futurist" rather than "industrial." He enacts the re-appropriation of noise as a formal plastic aid. He explores the field of perspectives that the plastic-acoustic material offers and works on a concept that he calls "the objective materiality of noise," basing his work on the Futurist thesis of Luigi Russolo proclaimed in his 1913 manifesto The Art of Noises. He is then the first, between 1976 (with the band Glace) and 1979, to build a bridge between the thesis of Luigi Russolo and our time. The originality of Vivenza lies in his use of sonorous industrial material in the literal sense of the word (machines, workers in action, factories). Noises and machines recorded and mixed by Vivenza in Grenoble, France, 1984. Mastered by Hervé de Keroullas, 2009. Graphic Design by Peter Mendelsund, 2009. Photography from Vivenza's personal archives.
$15.79 UPC: 769791960268 ELECTRONIC
01./A1. Prolétariat & Industrie (8:57)
02./A2. Mécanismes Du Bruit (5:58)
03./A3. Automatismes Concrets (8:38)
04./B1. Matérialité Objective (6:05)
05./B2. Unité Des Machines (9:00)
06./B3. Réalités Servomécaniques (5:00)
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VIVENZA: Réalités Servomécaniques (Red Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 014RED-LP)
Red LP version.
$14.99 UPC: 769791960916 ELECTRONIC
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PACIFIC 231 & LIEUTENANT CARAMEL: Just Digging the Crazy Art LP (ROTOR 015LP)
2009 release. A collaboration between Pacific 231, pioneer of experimental noise and industrial music, and surreal sonic alchemist Lieutenant Caramel. Pacific 231 creates a dark aquatic atmosphere into which Lieutenant Caramel introduces some zings and pops. Reflexive and mental, Just Digging the Crazy Art is the launch of a vast undertaking of brainscrambling. Pacific 231 puts aside his metallic sonorities of the '80s and brings atmospheric waves in harmonic spirals while Lieutenant Caramel flutters about, striving toward infinity. Composed, recorded and mixed by Pierre Jolivet and Philippe Blanchard. Mastered by Laurent Pernice. Graphic design by Peter Mendelsund.
$13.79 UPC: 769791960923 ELECTRONIC
A1. Dreamcatcher
B1. 24 coups au vif
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PACIFIC 231 & VOX POPULI!: Aramesh CD (ROTOR 016CD)
2009 release. A collaboration between Pacific 231 and Vox Populi! A synthesis of East-meets-West colliding with the most experimental sounds and collages. Building up stacks of multi-directional creations using binaural technology to fully immerse the listener. Axel Kyrou: JD-800 and Pro One synthesizers, MC-808 and ASR-X workstations, resonant objects, field recordings, voice. Pierre Jolivet: electronics, effects, acousmatic, spatialization. Chester Harlan: guitar on "Gharb." François Poli: voices on "Sawt." Mitra Kyrou-Khalatbari: vocals on "Sawt." Arach Khalatbari: flute on "Alif." Fr6 Man: bass and guitar on "Asas." Recorded, produced, and mixed by Axel Kyrou and Pierre Jolivet, 2009, Paris and Dublin. Graphic design by Peter Mendelsund, 2009. Tracks 01, 04, 05, 09, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 are binaural recordings.
$9.79 UPC: 769791960275 ELECTRONIC
01. Ajr
02. Dumai
03. Gharb
04. Loomhe
05. Sawt
06. Waartve
07. Chamal
08. Berz
09. Janub
10. Mumb
11. Alif
12. Asas
13. Dumai
14. Maktum
15. Ubud
16. Unzur
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ILITCH: Life Out of Time LP (ROTOR 017LP)
2010 release. Life Out of Time the selective combination of the first two Ilitch CDs, Hors Temps/Out Of Time (2004) and Lena's Life & Other Stories (2007), rearranged and reorganized to create a multifaceted album. Minimal synthpop, punchy rock, unusual popular music . . . as Ilitch's music comes directly out of his states of mind, not taking only one path, it can be dark and merry, difficult or bouncy, satisfying different audiences. He consistently associates his music with imagery and tells stories with wide influences, including Philip Glass, quality popular music, contemporary music, Pink Floyd. . . . Ilitch is the work of mostly one person, Thierry Müller; since the '70s, he's been using unconventional instruments with a heavy use of electronics, adding new wave, krautrock, and cold wave elements to create relevant, bold, sharp music. Limited edition of 215 numbered copies.
$13.79 UPC: 769791960930 ELECTRONIC
A1. G3 Quant Investing G4
A2. Desire
A3. La Voie
A4. Lena's End
B1 . Stillintrouble
B2 . Breaking Thunder
B3. Lena's Life
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BRUME: Ainsi Soit-il! LP (ROTOR 018LP)
2010 release. Limited edition of 250. Alone, you have to listen to Brume alone, and lie down far from the neon lights, traffic, and gossip, with your lights filtered. In the dominating dark and night, Brume carries an atomized reality to a world where chaos rhymes with spatial waverings, where atmosphere is devoid of impurity, rich with rhythms and sonorities, and dense with emotions, for a mysterious -- but undoubtedly innovative -- energetic trip. Rich, complex, and experimental Ainsi Soit-il! envelopes us. Brume (Christian Renou) is a prolific French musique concrète composer/sound sculptor who has won himself a place of his own with his crossover between sound collages, electroacoustics, and noise. His compositions rely on dense, rapid-fire montage and wed cacophony and dynamics, emphasizing both the elements of discontinuity and continuity. 1978: first steps with a Farfisa organ, inspired by surreal soundscapes à la Fripp & Eno and experiments experiments experiments. Tries to make a compromise between electronic and electroacoustic. 1985: creation of the Brume Rec. label. 1986-2000: many LPs, CDs, and cassettes, and some soundtracks for visual artists. 2000: Brume stops everything. Regeneration. 2008: 30 years after his first sound, Brume starts his experimentation again. For our pleasure.
$13.79 UPC: 769791960947 ELECTRONIC
A1. Ainsi Soit-il! - Part 1
B1. Ainsi Soit-il! - Part 2
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ROXY EPOXY: 1000 12" (ROTOR 019EP)
2010 release. A collection of previously unreleased new wave and synth-infused tracks by Roxy Epoxy, sometimes punchy and sometimes languorous and velvety, showcasing her oh so particular voice. Also notable is the reprise of the mythical and mysterious synthpop band Nine Circles, in Roxy Epoxy's version of "What's There Left."
$9.79 UPC: 769791960954 ELECTRONIC
A1. 1000
A2. Dark Dance
B1. Move Your Lips
B2. What's There Left
B3. Bad Stars
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LE SYNDICAT: Festin D'Acier LP (ROTOR 020LP)
2010 release. Festin D'Acier is perhaps the most "industrial" of Le Syndicat's albums, even though Le Syndicat has always distanced itself from industrial music, striving instead to go further than music. Festin D'Acier is designed for those who know and appreciate Le Syndicat's rhythm albums. The title, which translates to "Steel Feast," is a deviation from Burroughs's bestseller Naked Lunch (1959). To Le Syndicat, Burroughs was a visionary, describing a world that never ceased to transform itself, led by basic human characteristics: power, domination, submission, cupidity. For Le Syndicat, we bathe in this world. Everywhere, artists from all horizons tell of the world's destruction. The steel feast is all that remains to eat during this apocalypse that we are living, the twilight of the fascist liberal world domination. Our old rusty tools, the dismantled leftovers of our glorious industries . . . Festin D'Acier, an end to the world's deeds, a dance of death -- but also a work in praise of strength, promoting rebellion. There's blood, sweat, survival instincts, muscles in motion, truth down there. . . . Le Syndicat was founded by art students J.M. Onni aka Ruelgo and Van Minh L aka Zyklon in Paris in 1982. The first goal of this association was to make noise performances. A year later, the tape label Le Syndicat was created with help from Zorïn, painter, graphic designer, and visual scientist. Their fascination with chaos, strength, and violence was not motivated by provocation but by the sheer pleasure of manipulating noise material. This was the main difference between industrial music and Le Syndicat's empiric bruitism. After releasing some intense noise albums in the mid-'80s, Ruelgo, with new member Veïdt Mjölnïr, turned to more musical styles, experimenting with ambient loops, heavy rhythms, etc. Limited edition of 333.
$13.79 UPC: 769791960961 ELECTRONIC
A1. Koloss
A2. Combustion
A3. Diviance
A4. Idol Breaking
B1. No Pain No Gain
B2. Report From Earth
B3. Unité A La Base
B4. Festin D'Acier
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COH: Z-Rated CD (ROTOR 021CD)
2010 release. Pop-up sleeve. Z-Rated coincides with the premiere of Takashi Miike's 2010 farcical action film Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City, and the album carries many of the ironic connotations found in the original film. Yet Z-Rated is so much more. . . . It is a reference to the raw power of no-budget creation below that of B-movies. The album contains pieces from various years, as far back as the early '90s -- music that was hitherto kept hidden and is now revealed at last, including obscure and odd tracks and rare live recordings. Diverse in style and form, Z-Rated undoubtedly carries Ivan Pavlov's own uninhibited touch all in the power and finesse characteristic of all of the CoH productions. Active in the avant-garde electronic scene since the '90s, Ivan Pavlov aka CoH is a spearhead of radically modern electronics whose work always carries a human emotional charge.
$11.79 UPC: 769791960282 ELECTRONIC
01. ANYTHING GOES!
02. Untitled introduction
03. Menuet Max
04. STARLUST [post-pop@7Hz]
05. The Dakota Strawberries [Ripe Forever]
06. Untitled #2 -
07. BLEEPS&BEEPS 2004
08. KI-NETIC
09. untitled #3 Cakewalk 5.0
10. [Masakatsu Agatsu]
11. SUPER SUPREMATISM
12. OKA
13. STARLUST vs E=mc^2
14. KOCMOC 2003
15. COH & Eel Perfect+Free
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PHARMAKUSTIK: Neurochemie LP (ROTOR 022LP)
2010 release. Pharmakustik's Neurochemie consists of eight pieces that involve complex arrangements of clinical ambiences and experiments in granular modulations. Some works also contain modified robotic sounds, vocoded electronic voices, and dismembered rhythmic particles. Neurochemie sums up all the experiences of previous Pharmakustik releases by concentrating on total modulation of sound and its effect on the nervous system using a wide range of plug-in effects and many external sources. The album represents Siegmar Fricke's perspective on Pharmakustik sound in 2010. Extramitochondrial synthesis and neurochemical maturation electronically generated by Siegmar Fricke at Pharmakustik-Studio, Germany, December 2009 - January 2010. Siegmar Fricke: synaptosomal transformations, granulom programmings, neurodynamics, endocrine modulators, excitatory inputs. Siegmar Fricke started making musique concrète experiments with magnetophones and shortwave radio signals in 1981, and became intensely active in the European tape scene between 1985 and 1993. He has collaborated with Miguel A. Ruiz, Maurizio Bianchi, Giancarlo Toniutti, and others. Since 2001 Siegmar Fricke has characterized his musical universe as "Pharmakustik": audioclinical investigation; sound research; implantation and re-implanation of acoustic fragments; exclusion of harmonies/melodies/traditional song structures; generation of completely electronic and highly abstract tissues; intermodulating soundpools related to medical subjects; neurochemical ambiences; formant-modulation of selected voice-particles; bitcrushed fractures of rhythm; complex combinations of plugins/modulators/effect-periphery. The current techniques of the Pharmakustik sound research are characterized by intermodulating, morphing particles and their mutual interaction in the stereophonic panorama. Automated inspection of otoneurosurgical, motorcortical fragments for the atraumatic listener. Pharmaconstructive audiofluxus 2010. Design by Frédéric Tacer.
$13.79 UPC: 769791960978 ELECTRONIC
A1. Viszeromotor (4:43)
A2. Distraktion A (5:38)
A3. Chemsynaps (5:08)
A4. Refraktärzeit (6:35)
B1. Distraktion B (5:39)
B2. Pulskontur (5:19)
B3. Malabsorber (5:08)
B4. Formantprothetik (5:58)
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VIVENZA: Modes Réels Collectifs CD (ROTOR 023CD)
2010 remastered reissue. Modes réels collectifs is the first work published in 1981 under the Vivenza banner, following Jean-Marc Vivenza's time with the bands Glace (1976) and Mécanique Populaire (1979). It represents a genuine manifesto that would become emblematic of all Vivenza's subsequent work. By suggesting, from philosophical and sonic points of view, an idea of opening to the reality directly inspired from Futurist theories, Vivenza was presenting what he had brought from his relationship with machines and sounds of factories, to evoke the brutal concrete of the heavy industry world. This album shows this concern about participating in the energy of the future, with the reciprocal mediation linked to the productive activity of the world. As Vivenza puts it, "By working and through the strengths of work, in the sonorous magma of the industrial society, at the heart of the forges and weirs, of the rolling mills and power stations, reactors and artificial intelligence, nature reveals its dynamic characteristic. The power of machines, and of industry in general, are the truth of the world." Thus, industry and technique are what we could call the principle of any reality, because, like the Futurists said, "The machine is indeed the richest symbol of the mysterious human creator strength" (Enrico Prampolini, Ivo Pannaggi, and Vinicio Paladini, Manifesto of Mechanical Art, 1923). CD in six-panel digipak.
$10.99 UPC: 769791960299 ELECTRONIC
01./A1. Modes Réels Collectifs - Partie 1
02./B1. Modes Réels Collectifs - Partie 2
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VIVENZA: Modes Réels Collectifs LP (ROTOR 023LP)
LP version. Limited numbered edition of 575.
$15.79 UPC: 769791960985 ELECTRONIC
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DALL, BRYIN: Deconstructing Hank LP (ROTOR 024LP)
2011 release. "I wanted to share Hank with a world that was unfamiliar with him and unable to grasp the despair, hurt and loneliness that he lived, unable to absorb the words or the sentiment, unable to hear the words, 'Like a piece of driftwood on the sea, may you never be alone like me'. I asked Derek Rush if he would be interested in doing Hank Williams songs with me, he put them in a minor key and arranged them while I re-interpreted the melody and sang the words of Hank Williams, adding my guitar sculpture. I was contacted on my personal MySpace page by a biographer of Hank Williams. I was afraid he would be mortified by my versions, but I was pleasantly surprised when he wrote that I was the first person, since Hank originally recorded the songs, that captured the pain. Rotorelief contacted me and asked to release these songs on vinyl. You are holding the results. . . . When I was very little, my parents force-fed me country music, but as I got older, I listened to Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Sparks, Bowie, Roxy Music, XTC, Bauhaus, Joy Division, Jesus & Mary Chain, etc. Then I discovered Throbbing Gristle. My entire musical world changed. My first band was The End, and I moved to NYC. Another project was Loretta's Doll, then I explored unconventional music further under the name 4th Sign of the Apocalypse. Darkness was always prevalent in my music from the start. Derek Rush joined me and we became A Murder of Angels, a dark ambient project. . . . Then I met Genesis P-Orridge at my local post office in NYC and within a month I was half of his musickal project, Thee Majesty, still playing shows all over the world. I am listening to country (this time on my own accord): Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Buck Owens, or Hank Williams (Sr. or III, never Jr.), etc." Bryin Dall: vocals, noise, prepared guitar. Derek Rush: acoustic guitar, bass guitar, bass-o-lin, synth strings, percussion. All songs written by Hank Williams. Selected by Bryin Dall. Produced and arranged by Derek Rush. Recorded and mixed by Derek Rush with Bryin Dall at Waxy Yellow Buildup Studios and Elsewhere Studios, NYC. Mastered by Bryin Dall at Waxy Yellow Buildup Studios, NYC. Photos by John Colin. Book deconstruction and graphic design by Éric Collet.
$14.99 UPC: 769791960992 ROCK
A1. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
A2. Alone and Forsaken
A3. You Win Again
A4. There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
A5. I'm So Tired of it All
B1. All the Love I Ever Had
B2. Why Should We Try Anymore
B3. Lost On the River
B4. Cold Cold Heart
B5. May You Never Be Alone Like Me
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LES BELLES NOISEUSES: Whiter Than White LP (ROTOR 025LP)
2011 release. The title Whiter Than White sounds like a soap advertisement; advertisements and soap are precisely what Les Belles Noïseuses blame. Or, more precisely, they blame what they represent -- consumption, conformity, economic liberalism. However, don't expect to get a speech from Les Belles Noïseuses. Only feelings, emotions, dreams, and nightmares are conveyed through their refined musical structure. The doom-jazz double-bass recalls the best of Mick Karn. The minimalist guitar scrapes atonal melody to the bone. The sepulchral, velvety voice envelopes you to take you to hell. Whiter Than White: an impulsive dance of death. Lust for life, joy of dying! Les Belles Noïseuses were created in 1992 as an outlet. When they let themselves go in a chaotic and abrasive way, only the sky was the limit . Little by little, the trio set up a dark acoustic and melancholic music, charming and modest, a languorous dark folk livened up with various influences, from psychedelic pop to cold wave. But under this dark veneer hides a tender irony. Despair gets mocking. Bela Goosy, voice; Bill Ottomo, guitar; Spotzy Blackcycle, double bass. Guests: Jay Mooken, drums; François Ammeter, percussion on "A presage of evil"; Olivier Adjedj, keyboards. Lyrics, music, and recording by Les Belles Noïseuses, 2010, except "Burning house" by Sand, 1975. Mix and premaster by Olivier Gangloff, Romain Ferrey and Les Belles Noïseuses, 2010. Mastered by Hervé de Keroullas. Graphic design by Éric Collet from engravings by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). Includes insert.
$13.79 UPC: 769791961005 ROCK
A1. When the border becomes thinner (4:17)
A2. The last one kills (3:47)
A3. Whiteness (5:04)
A4. A presage of evil (2:56)
A5. Downtown ghosts (4:45)
B1. Ursa Majoris 47 (3:27)
B2. Spineless nightmare (3:58)
B3. Dance of death (2:55)
B4. Sound #13 (2:28)
B5. Burning house (2:50)
B6. Forever with your ectoplasm (6:25)
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VIVENZA: Réalité De L'Automation Directe CD (ROTOR 026CD)
2011 reissue; originally released in 1983. "Bruitism is the representation of a living, biological body, not unrelated but on the contrary intimate to the substance. The nature/technique gap is totally, in The Art of Noises, the most accomplished form of a reconciliation with industrial mechanization. By highlighting the autonomy of the dialectical movement in its inaugural tension, bruitism reestablishes this relationship with the pure objectivity of the substance, which is the cornerstone of the program of futurism and remains more than ever valid for the future of all futures. The sonorous world, the noises of life, are not just a simple residual environment but the material of a new art, The Art of Noises! Luigi Russolo declares: 'In a few years the engines of our industrial cities can all be skilfully sounded so as to make from each factory an exhilarating orchestra of noises'. The futurist objective is 'a will for a back to original forces', it finds in bruitism the most intense form of a participation to the universal energy of the being of the world" --extract from L'art des bruits futuristes (The Art of Futurist Noises), Vivenza, 1982. Since his first works in the mid-'70s, Jean-Marc Vivenza has theoretically and politically linked himself with the Italian Futurists and Russian Constructivists, and qualifies his music as "bruitist futurist" rather than "industrial." He enacts the re-appropriation of noise as a formal plastic aid. He explores the field of perspectives that the plastic-acoustic material offers and works on a concept that he calls "the objective materiality of noise," basing his work on the Futurist thesis of Luigi Russolo proclaimed in his 1913 manifesto The Art of Noises. He is then the first, between 1976 (with the band Glace) and 1979, to build a bridge between the thesis of Luigi Russolo and our time. The originality of Vivenza lies in his use of sonorous industrial material in the literal sense of the word (machines, workers in action, factories). Noises and machines recorded and mixed by Vivenza in Grenoble, France, 1982. Mastered by Hervé de Keroullas, 2011. Graphic design by Matthieu David, 2011. Photography from Vivenza's personal archives. CD in six-panel digipak.
$10.99 UPC: 769791960305 ELECTRONIC
01./A1. Partie 1 -Réalité De L'Automation Directe
02./B1. Partie 2 -Réalité De L'Automation Directe
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VIVENZA: Réalité De L'Automation Directe LP (ROTOR 026LP)
LP version. Limited numbered edition of 500.
$14.99 UPC: 769791961012 ELECTRONIC
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VIVENZA: Réalité De L'Automation Directe (Red Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 026RED-LP)
200-gram red LP version. Limited numbered edition of 200.
$16.39 UPC: 769791960312 ELECTRONIC
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TAKAAAKI: Netsu LP (ROTOR 027LP)
2011 release. As Takaaaki says, this is not typical dubstep. His work evolves to a new form of dubstep, with a heavy, dark, aggressive side; it retains the bass and various BPMs, but some harmonies and even hints of melodies take all these sounds to a new level, creating a mutant dubstep that hypnotizes the listener, evoking lunar seas and snowy landscapes. But be aware that with Takaaaki decadence and craziness are never far. As a high school student, Takaaaki (Ueda Takaaki) was influenced by hardcore music. At 20, he went to New York where he discovered electronic music; he began making music in 2005, while wandering through the UK, Germany, and the Czech Republic, where he experienced club music. In 2006 he started performing live, particularly at Noon in Osaka, as a member of Depth. His heavy, hypnotic, eccentric sounds have had a massive impact on the Japanese dubstep scene. All tracks composed, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Takaaaki, 2006-2010. Graphic design by Frédéric Tacer, 2011.
$13.79 UPC: 769791960329 ELECTRONIC
A1. Mare Nubium (7:10)
A2. I Will Suffocate You (3:47)
A3. Dull Blast (6:06)
A4. White (4:29)
B1. Fuji Sea (3:49)
B2. Snow Deadens Noises (9:16)
B3. Chaos Theory (3:17)
B4. Complot (4:02)
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BRUME: Xerxès LP (ROTOR 028LP)
2012 release. Brume (Christian Renou) is a prolific French musique concrète composer/sound sculptor who has won himself a place of his own with his crossover between sound collages, electroacoustics, and noise. His compositions rely on dense, rapid-fire montage and wed cacophony and dynamics, emphasizing both the elements of discontinuity and continuity. "Xerxeswas the King of Persia in 500 B.C. and could be considered today as a symbol of 'blitzkrieg'. His aggressive instincts allowed him to defeat the Greek army in a quite short period of time thanks to his great armada. Xerxes can be considered as a symbol of aggression, of invasion and let's say of penetration by all meanings of the word. . . . This sonorous material bearing the same name tries through sonorous metaphors but also through direct resonances to concretise this notion of ultra-violent aggression inherent to all periods of Humanity. . . . Today in 2011 all systems, and this thanks to new techniques of 'information', keep on bombarding and formatting the masses with high-flying high-tech systems suitable to their ideals. . . . The end of tyrannosaurus isn't coming any time soon!" --Christian Renou, May 2011. Composed, recorded, and mixed at Colleville Studio, April and May 2011. Christian Renou: all instruments, voice, taped voice, effects. Mixed and mastered by Christian Renou.
$14.99 UPC: 769791960336 ELECTRONIC
A1. Xerxès, Part # 1
A2. Please, Die !!!
A3. Dark Forest
A4. Systematiks
B1. Erection In Church (New Version)
B2. White Birds
B3. Xerxès, Part # 2
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VIVENZA: Veriti Plastici CD (ROTOR 029CD)
2012 reissue. Veriti Plastici, the third part of the first works of Vivenza, was recorded and completed in 1983 and represents a fundamental step in the definitive formalization of the bruitist perspective. Made of objective industrial atmospheres, this recording is the bridge between the pure experimental approach and the rigorous structuring of the works that would follow (including Fondements Bruitistes in 1984 (ROTOR 033CD/AB-LP/ABRED/DC-LP/DCRED) and Réalités Servomécaniques in 1985 (ROTOR 014CD/RED-LP)). The release of Veriti Plastici was accompanied by a text, Le Programme Futuriste De Retour A La Realite Materielle, which describes Vivenza's theory of bruitism as follows: "The futurist objective, which is 'a will to a return to the original forces', will thus find in bruitism the most intense form of a participation to the universal energy of the being of the world. Bruitism is a radical attempt of the carrying out of the futurist project in its will of participative communion to the dialective future sensed in the mechanical power of industry. The attentive examination of bruitism on each machine generating a noise-sound, reveals an organic vision of the industrial and urban network: 'the large and fabulous breathing of a sleeping town is so strange, wonderful, fascinating. . . . a breathing only interrupted now and then by the whistle of a train; a breathing which is the result of all different industries (electric power stations, gas factories, train stations, printings, etc.) continuing their activities in the quiet nightlife' [Luigi Russolo, The Art of Noises, 1913]. The transfigurative wave of the dialectic movement of the Vortex, 'the point of the highest energy' [Ezra Pound, Blast, 1914], expresses the vertiginous transparency of the abyss; only the knowledge-contact through the exercise of the decentering of the subject can offer the possibility of a uniting participation to this abysmal reality." Noises and machines recorded and mixed by Vivenza in Grenoble, France, 1983. Mastered by Hervé de Keroullas. Layout by Matthieu David, from pictures, logo, and text from Vivenza's personal archives. CD in six-panel digipak.
$10.99 UPC: 769791960343 ELECTRONIC
01./A1. Veriti Plastici - Partie 1
02./B1. Verti Plastici - Partie 2
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VIVENZA: Veriti Plastici LP (ROTOR 029LP)
Black LP version in deluxe heavy-duty sleeve. Limited numbered edition of 333.
$14.99 UPC: 769791960350 ELECTRONIC
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VIVENZA: Veriti Plastici (Red Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 029RED-LP)
Red LP version in deluxe heavy-duty sleeve. Limited numbered edition of 333.
$16.39 UPC: 769791960367 ELECTRONIC
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VIVENZA: Veriti Plastici (White Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 029WHT-LP)
White LP version in deluxe heavy-duty sleeve. Limited numbered edition of 333.
$16.39 UPC: 769791960374 ELECTRONIC
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PARAZITE: Le Bunker de la Dernière Rafale LP (ROTOR 030LP)
2013 release. Le Bunker de la Dernière Rafale (The Bunker of the Last Gunshots), made in 1981 by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, is a 26-minute retro-futuristic silent film bursting with punk and industrial culture, in the tradition of expressionist cinema. Caro's soundtrack, a work of his Parazite project, was initially presented in monaural sound for the 35mm film. A stereo version was made through the Arkamys process when the film was released on DVD in 2001. Marc Caro presented a 5.1 surround sound version at the 30th-anniversary screening of the film at L'Étrange Festival in 2011. This edition contains the stereo mix of this live cinema performance version. Personnel: Marc Caro, Joëlle Coulombeau, Antenna Meadows, Spot Phelizon.
$14.99 UPC: 769791960381 SOUNDTRACK
A1. Le Bunker de la Dernière Rafale - Partie A
B1. Le Bunker de la Dernière Rafale - Partie B
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PARAZITE: Le Bunker de la Dernière Rafale (Red Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 030RED-LP)
Red LP version. Limited numbered edition of 333.
$16.39 UPC: 769791960398 SOUNDTRACK
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FUJAKO: Landform Erosion LP (ROTOR 031LP)
2012 release. Producer duo Fujako (Jonathan Uliel Saldanha aka HHY and Nicolas Esterle aka Ripit) work with echo, bass, and space to summoning unlooped hip hop and telluric dub from the geological strata. Here they present an eroded version of their 2009 debut album, Landform, venturing into the cosmic wilderness of haunted grounds and landscapes. Tracks eroded by HHY, Ripit, and the following remixers: Spectre, explorer into the realm of low-frequency manipulation; Brussels-based musician and video artist Tzii, half of Solar Skeletons with Ripit; A034, an electronic wizard from Milan, Italy; Le Syndicat, French industrial breakbeat avant-gardists since 1982; and Brussels-based producer and engineer Rob(u)Rang (Silk Saw). Featuring the following MCs: Native, a polyglot freestyler based in Paris; Scalper, ex-frontman of Fun-Da-Mental and 2nd Gen; Sensational, longtime collaborator of Spectre, with other collaborators including Ghostigital; Paris-based MC Cheravif; and Seraphim, longtime collaborator of Raz Mesinai. Also features French lo-fi turntablist DJ Urine, whose previous work includes collaborations with The Locust, Otto von Schirach, Mike Patton, Q-Bert, and others. All tracks composed by Jonathan Uliel Saldanha (HHY) and Nicolas Esterle (Ripit). HHY is a Porto-based multi-instrumentalist and producer; he is active in many projects including United Scum Soundclash, Besta Bode, Sikhara, and more, ranging from conceptual sound installation, improvised big band music, and electronic metal to modular choir music, traditional Indian music, and tribal dub. He has collaborated with Mark Stewart (The Pop Group), Steve Mackay (The Stooges), Adrian Sherwood (On-U Sound), and others. Brussels-based producer Ripit has collaborated with Marshall Allen, Mike Watt (Minutemen), Otto von Schirach, and others; he's also a live sound engineer for numerous bands and a mastering wizard. Mastered by Frédéric Alstadt and Nicolas Esterle at Angstrom Mastering. Cover painting by Erik Audoubert. Layout by Alexandra Sebbag.
$13.79 UPC: 769791960404 HIPHOP
A1. Preparation (feat. Native and DJ Urine) (eroded by Spectre) (5:54)
A2. Stone Fire (feat. Scalper) (eroded by HHY) (5:29)
A3. Mal'ak (eroded By Tzii) (6:03)
B1. Ahjar Phantom (eroded by A034) (4:49)
B2. Sulphur Goat (feat. Sensational) (eroded by Ripit) (4:40)
B3. Irradiés (feat. Cheravif) (eroded by Le Syndicat) (4:18)
B4. Queda De Regoufe (feat. Seraphim) (eroded by Rob(u)Rang) (4:30)
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FROG: Frog 2 LP (ROTOR 032LP)
2013 release. Frog 2 is a work of percussion of all sorts -- electronic, metallic, and beyond -- bathed in atmospheres of humid tessituras. The music is simple, and unlike Christian Renou's work as Brume, accessible! Beyond its rhythmic arrangements, the work focuses on textures -- mainly electronic (analog and digital). Most of the sounds are filtered by vintage analog synths using the whole range: VCO, VCF, VCA, envelope modulators, etc. Frog 2 rewards active listening, but also works as background music -- you can listen to it while making dinner, or with an active ear from your favorite armchair (in the dark if possible, with a glass of wine). Simple, multi-use music. Electronics, metal, field recordings, electroacoustic sounds composed, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Christian Renou at Colleville Studio, 2011-2012.
$14.99 UPC: 769791960411 ELECTRONIC
A1. Gelatin babies # 1 (4:39)
A2. Fly-Tox (6:13)
A3. A rusty car in my living room (7:56)
B1. Stuka-girl (6:20)
B2. She's in love with a worm (6:26)
B3. Dragonflies & mosquitos (2:30)
B4. Seven (8:29)
B5. Gelatin babies # 2 (7:13)
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VIVENZA: Fondements Bruitistes 1 LP (ROTOR 033AB-LP)
Part one of two LP versions. Limited numbered edition of 300.
$14.99 UPC: 769791960428 ELECTRONIC
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VIVENZA: Fondements Bruitistes 1 (Red Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 033ABRED)
Part one of two LP versions on red vinyl. Limited numbered edition of 200.
$16.39 UPC: 769791960435 ELECTRONIC
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VIVENZA: Fondements Bruitistes 2CD/BOOK (ROTOR 033CD)
2015 release. Fondements Bruitistes d'Action (Bruitist Foundations of Action), originally released in October 1984, opens the period in Vivenza's work on bruitist sound when he started to incorporate the question of the relationship between the technological and mechanical industrial fabric, on the one hand -- which makes up the reality of the modern world -- and the human and social environment on the other. This is the first-ever release of the entire 1984 Fondements Bruitistes session. Includes Luigi Russolo's 1913 Futurist manifesto The Art of Noises as a 108-page book with pictures and texts in English, French, and Japanese.
$20.99 UPC: 769791960442 ELECTRONIC
2CD:
1.01. Fondements Bruitistes
1.02. Mécanismes & Industries I
1.03. Essentialité Métallique
1.04. Logique Mécanique
1.05. Mécanismes & Industries II
1.06. Détermination Concrète Du Bruit
2.01. Structure Rationnelle De Réalisation
2.02. Mécanismes Opérants
2.03. Structures Magnetiques I
2.04. Structures Magnétiques II
2.05. Servomecanismes
2.06. Forces Productives
LP1 (ROTOR 033AB-LP/ABRED):
A1. Fondements Bruitistes
A2. Mécanismes & Industries I
A3. Essentialité Métallique
A4. Logique Mécanique
B1. Mécanismes & Industries II
B2. Détermination Concrète Du Bruit
LP2 (ROTOR 033DC-LP/DCRED):
C1. Structure Rationnelle De Réalisation
C2. Mécanismes Opérants
C3. Structures Magnétiques I
D1. Structures Magnétiques II
D2. Servomécanismes
D3. Forces Productives
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VIVENZA: Fondements Bruitistes 2 LP (ROTOR 033DC-LP)
Part two of two LP versions. Limited numbered edition of 300.
$14.99 UPC: 769791960459 ELECTRONIC
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VIVENZA: Fondements Bruitistes 2 (Red Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 033DCRED)
Part two of two LP versions on red vinyl. Limited numbered edition of 200.
$16.39 UPC: 769791960466 ELECTRONIC
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LE SYNDICAT & SEKTOR 304: Geometry of Chromium Skin LP (ROTOR 034LP)
2013 release. In 2011, Le Syndicat and Portuguese industrial band Sektor 304 began to exchange sounds, driven by a mutual artistic respect and the will to create a project together. The goal was to rearrange, transform, mutate, and sometimes destroy each other's sounds to create real collaborative tracks that efficiently meld the sounds and styles of each band. The result is a gathering of amazing, powerful sound treatments and compositions, pushing the limits of sensations that music can provoke. Produced in 2011 and 2012 by Le Syndicat in collaboration with Sektor 304, by mutual exchange of sound sources, data, and strategies. Ruelgo: electronics, beats, bass frequencies, sound processing, FX, sonic destruction. André Coelho: electronics, sound collage, dirge bass, processing, vocals; João Filipe: scrap metal percussions, junk abuse; Gustavo Costa: cymbals, metal percussion; Henriques Fernandes: electronics; Manuel Neto: text dissection, voice; Antonia Reis: voices. Limited numbered edition of 333.
$14.99 UPC: 769791960473 ELECTRONIC
A1. Fallout (6:40)
A2. Geometry Of Chromium Skin (9:11)
A3. Mannequin (7:49)
B1. Valhalla Errectum (16:43)
B2. ...Ruins Everything (7:23)
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MINAMATA: Mit Lautem Geschrei LP (ROTOR 035LP)
2014 remastered reissue; originally released in 1984. Minamata started its activities in 1984 and proposed an extreme music of dark and tortured atmospheres and aggressive voices full of hate. The metallic rage of Minamata was in line with the precursors of the industrial movement, driven to fight against the media manipulation and the power of the politics. In 1984 the group released its first tape, Mit Lautem Geschrei. This is its first vinyl reissue, released as part of the Archives Des Musiques Industrielles De France. Limited numbered edition of 300.
$14.99 UPC: 769791960480 ELECTRONIC
A1. Ich Liebe Dich Für Eine Nacht
A2. Sex En Deuil
A3. Mit Lautem Geschrei
A4. J'En Veux Plus
B1. Schamlose Liebschaft
B2. Auf Der Suche Nach
B3. No Death
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MINAMATA: Mit Lautem Geschrei (Red Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 035RED-LP)
Red LP version. Limited numbered edition of 200.
$16.39 UPC: 769791960497 ELECTRONIC
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BRUME: Friction LP (ROTOR 036LP)
2015 release. Friction contains a selection of tracks from the first two official Brume tapes, Frikture (1985) and Le jour du cochon (1987), plus the previously unreleased track "Friktion." A very experimental electro-ethnic-industrial-oriented period, marking the change from Brume's analog works to his electroacoustic hybrids using synthesizers and computers. Part of the Archives Des Musiques Industrielles De France. Limited numbered edition of 300.
$14.99 UPC: 769791960503 ELECTRONIC
A1. Frikture 1
A2. Matrix Degenerate
A3. Frikture 2
A4. Friktion
B1. Muzak Stimulattak
B2. Rawa Ruska
B3. Microbes Part 1
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BRUME: Friction (Red Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 036RED-LP)
Red LP version. Limited numbered edition of 200.
$16.39 UPC: 769791960510 ELECTRONIC
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M.B.: Weltanschauung (Brown Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 037BRN-LP)
Brown LP version. Limited numbered edition of 333.
$16.39 UPC: 769791960527 ELECTRONIC
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M.B.: Weltanschauung LP (ROTOR 037LP)
2013 reissue; originally released in 1982. At the beginning of 1981, Maurizio Bianchi sent some demo tapes to William Bennett's Come Organisation in England; extracts from these tapes were then blended together to form Weltanschauung. The track "Under The Victory Banner," an anachronistic and detrimental track for the rest of the album, has been replaced here "Plutoniumetrio," a track from the same set, originally released on Come Organisation's 1982 compilation Für Ilse Koch. Come Organisation was a record label founded in London in 1979 by William Bennett, initially as a vehicle for his group Come, and later specializing in extreme electronic or controversial music -- in particular the work of Bennet's subsequent group Whitehouse, but also the work of other artists including Maurizio Bianchi, Nurse With Wound, and Charles Manson. When Whitehouse went on hiatus at the end of 1985, Come Organisation was dissolved. Limited numbered edition of 444.
$14.99 UPC: 769791960534 ELECTRONIC
A1. Weltanschauung (18:34)
A2. Plutoniumetrio (4:15)
B1. Endoradiation (12:10)
B2. SS 20 Attack (12:32)
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BRUME + VOMIR: UNstable LP (ROTOR 038LP)
2014 release. "The involvement in the improbable challenge of a collaboration with another musical entity takes on its full meaning when the two characters have radically different personalities. In 2001, the merger of Brume with the American project Bastard Noise would have seemed surreal. One works in the field of musique concrète, and the others in what we can call power electronics, making their own sound generators. The first album of this association materialised with a very successful CD. 2012 . . . up pops up this 'alien', unique in the French music scene: Vomir, the project of Romain Perrot. Some monolithic hard-liner 'walls of noise' stretching endlessly. . . . The paradox of the music of Vomir is that this sonorous fire ship manages to blow you away, this magma being so hypnotic, similar to the German long electronic tracks of the '70s. Amazing. Armed with his experience with Bastard Noise, Brume contacted Vomir for a new musical experience, a new challenge. . . . The result was arranged by Christian Renou in his own home studio. Any description would be shallow to describe the result. Sharpen your ears and let yourself drift away with these thermonuclear explosions" --Christian Renou, January 2014. Limited numbered edition of 300.
$15.79 UPC: 769791960541 ELECTRONIC
A1. UNstable Pt. 1
B1. UNstable Pt. 2
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BRUME + VOMIR: UNstable (Red Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 038RED-LP)
Red LP version. Limited numbered edition of 200.
$16.99 UPC: 769791960558 ELECTRONIC
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CROMAGNON: Orgasm LP (ROTOR 039LP)
2015 reissue; originally released in 1969. Certainly one of the weirdest experimental psychedelic albums out there, with noise and industrial moments, first released by legendary free jazz label ESP-Disk' in 1969 (ESPDISK 2001CD/LP). An absolute psychedelic UFO of proto-industrial noise, with a pioneering touch of Throbbing Gristle, SPK, Whitehouse, and Test Dept mixed with something fully stoned . . . way ahead of its time in the '60s. Remastered with the same real rough sound and the same feeling sought at the time, but with more volume added. 180-gram LP in deluxe heavy-duty silver chromium gatefold sleeve. Limited numbered edition of 333.
$20.39 UPC: 769791960565 ROCK
A1. Caledonia
A2. Ritual Feast Of The Libido
A3. Organic Sundown
A4. Fantasy
B1. Crow Of The Black Tree
B2. Genitalia
B3. Toth, Scribe I
B4. First world Of Bronze
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CROMAGNON: Orgasm (Picture Disc) PIC. DISC (ROTOR 039PIC-LP)
Picture disc version in deluxe window sleeve with PVC inner sleeve. Limited numbered edition 500.
$19.79 UPC: 769791960572 ROCK
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CROMAGNON: Orgasm (Silver and Black Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 039SLV-LP)
180-gram silver and black LP version in deluxe heavy-duty silver chromium gatefold sleeve. Limited numbered edition of 777.
$20.99 UPC: 769791960589 ROCK
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LE SYNDICAT: Second Empire LP (ROTOR 040LP)
2014 release. Bruitism, empiricism, explosion, process, labor, loss, fracture, abstraction, to throw, to rebuild, to leave, to doubt, to corrupt, to wrap up, to close, to forget, to macerate, to forsake, to perforate, energy, pleasure, method, existence, survival, exhibition, abstraction, history, terror, resistance, construction, progression, music, Second Empire. Le Syndicat was founded by art students J.M. Onni aka Ruelgo and Van Minh L aka Zyklon in Paris in 1982. The first goal of this association was to make noise performances. A year later, the tape label Le Syndicat was created with help from Zorïn, painter, graphic designer, and visual scientist. Their fascination with chaos, strength, and violence was not motivated by provocation but by the sheer pleasure of manipulating noise material. This was the main difference between industrial music and Le Syndicat's empiric bruitism. After releasing some intense noise albums in the mid-'80s, Ruelgo, with new member Veïdt Mjölnïr, turned to more musical styles, experimenting with ambient loops, heavy rhythms, etc. Deluxe silver sleeve. Limited numbered edition of 300.
$14.99 UPC: 769791960596 ELECTRONIC
A1. Fondation
A2. Sky Driving
A3. Sword
A4. Legion
B1. Marche
B2. Titan
B3. Indestructible Objet
B4. Old School
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LE SYNDICAT: Second Empire (Red Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 040RED-LP)
Red LP version in deluxe silver sleeve. Limited numbered edition of 200.
$16.39 UPC: 769791960602 ELECTRONIC
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M.B.: Neuro Habitat LP (ROTOR 041LP)
2014 reissue; originally released in 1982. "In order to create this sound system, I used the conduction of psychomotor pulses merging it with neurosis signals circulating within the hypertrophic experimentation to get a plant immune-sensitive, so that the metabolism of rumoristic environment emerges with the syndrome dissonant electronics, and the result was Neuro Habitat" --Maurizio Bianchi, 2013. Limited numbered edition of 300.
$14.99 UPC: 769791960619 ELECTRONIC
A1. Möder Unter Uns
B1. Neuro Habitat
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M.B.: Neuro Habitat (Purple Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 041PUR-LP)
Purple LP version. Limited numbered edition of 200.
$16.39 UPC: 769791960626 ELECTRONIC
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LE SYNDICAT: Audiostatik Repress LP (ROTOR 042LP)
2015 reissue; originally released in 1983. A certified head-cleaner of brutalist/bruitist/rhythmist/industrial noise. Le Syndicat's The rhythm and noise evolved through a process mingling tape loops, overblown drum machine programming, shortwave radio experiments, short-circuited consumer electronics, and eventually rudimentary sampler technology. Audiostatik Repress is a visionary early-80s vision of what was to come in the next decade. Part of the Archives Des Musiques Industrielles De France. Limited numbered edition of 300.
$14.99 UPC: 769791960633 ELECTRONIC
A1. Rotor
A2. Vortex
A3. Hachoir
A4. Stator
B1. Pandemonium
B2. Siphon
B3. Revolution
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LE SYNDICAT: Audiostatik Repress (Red Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 042RED-LP)
Red LP version. Limited numbered edition of 200.
$16.39 UPC: 769791960640 ELECTRONIC
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DIE FORM: Die Form ÷ Fine Automatic 1 LP (ROTOR 043AB-LP)
2015 release. French industrial group Die Form, led by Philippe Fichot, formed in the late '70s and released Die Form ÷ Fine Automatic in 1982, a split with Fichot's Fine Automatic project. The complete original album is released as two separate LPs as part of the Archives Des Musiques Industrielles De France; this is part one. Limited numbered edition of 300.
$15.79 UPC: 769791960657 ELECTRONIC
A1. Caddy Musak
A2. Freezer Musak
A3. Flipper Musak
A4. Autolyse 4024
A5. Life Inside The Machines
A6. OrgasMechanism B05
B1. Disabled Landscape
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DIE FORM: Die Form ÷ Fine Automatic 1 (Red Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 043ABRED)
Red LP version. Limited numbered edition of 200.
$16.99 UPC: 769791960664 ELECTRONIC
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DIE FORM: Die Form ÷ Fine Automatic 2 LP (ROTOR 043DC-LP)
2015 release. French industrial group Die Form, led by Philippe Fichot, formed in the late '70s and released Die Form ÷ Fine Automatic in 1982, a split with Fichot's Fine Automatic project. The complete original album is released as two separate LPs as part of the Archives Des Musiques Industrielles De France; this is part two. Limited numbered edition of 300.
$15.79 UPC: 769791960671 ELECTRONIC
C1. T.L.D. 1 (Tolerable Level Of Destruction)
C2. M (Part. 1-3)
D1. H.T.D.W.D. (How To Die With Dignity)
D2. Séquence Viol
D3. No Name (12/84v2)
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DIE FORM: Die Form ÷ Fine Automatic 2 (Red Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 043DCRED)
Red LP version. Limited numbered edition of 200.
$16.99 UPC: 769791960688 ELECTRONIC
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M.B.: Symphony for a Genocide (Green and Black Vinyl) LP (ROTOR 044GRN-LP)
2015 reissue; originally released in 1981. "The moral of this work is: The past punishment is the inevitable blindness of the present. Death camps were established through the process of dehumanized engineering, to destroy the will of the individual, and to create industrialisation of death. The modern parallel is to override the individual human choice through mass-media that established the city of death, in which marketing has become synonymous with mass destruction. A pathetic symphony for both is inevitable. To prevent physical destruction of the inner sound, I accomplished the noisy dignity of an electronic apparatus with the aim of prosecuting the masses minds that massacre and organize new dehumanization. Symphony for a Genocide is a pseudo-symphonic legislation that make no compromises with the modern musical de-evolution" --Maurizio Bianchi. "Battle green and black" vinyl. Limited numbered edition of 500.
$17.79 UPC: 769791960695 ELECTRONIC
A1. Treblinka
A2. Auschwitz
A3. Majdanek
A4. Auschwitz (Reprise)
B1. Belzec
B2. Chelmno
B4. Sobibor
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WEDDING PRESENT, THE: Live 1993 2CD (SCOPITONE 064CD)
Live 1993 takes the 12th of The Wedding Present's infamous Live Tape series (cassettes that the band sold at concerts and through their fanzine in the '80s and '90s) and pairs it with a previously unreleased live recording. The Wedding Present's Live Tape series was unavailable elsewhere, so the cassettes have since become rare collectors' items. This is the seventh in the Scopitones label's series of beautifully mastered double-CD re-releases, all of which have been graciously received by the band's loyal fans. Live 1993 includes mixing-desk recordings of Wedding Present concerts in Tokyo on March 17, 1993, and at the legendary and long-gone Old Trout in Windsor, England, on October 28, 1993, and contains 32 tracks in total. The 1993 Japanese tour was the band's first-ever trip to Japan. This set precedes The Wedding Present's 2016 studio album Going, Going...
$10.39 EAN: 5024545739527 ROCK
CD1: Tokyo Shibuya On Air (March 17 1993)
01. Kennedy
02. Dalliance
03. Dare
04. The Queen Of Outer Space
05. Suck
06. Silver Shorts
07. Loveslave
08. Crawl
09. Heather
10. Sticky
11. Brassneck
12. Blonde
13. Blue Eyes
14. Go-Go Dancer
15. Corduroy
16. Flying Saucer
CD2: Windsor Old Trout (October 28 1993):
01. Let Him Have It
02. Blue Eyes
03. Go-Go Dancer
04. Dalliance
05. Dare
06. Catwoman
07. The Queen Of Outer Space
08. Sticky
09. Silver Shorts
10. Kennedy
11. Loveslave
12. Crawl
13. Come Play With Me
14. Corduroy
15. Flying Saucer
16. So Long, Baby
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ATKINSON AND JEFRE CANTU-LEDESMA, FELICIA: Comme Un Seul Narcisse LP (SHELTER 070LP)
French artist Félicia Atkinson teams up with New York-based experimentalist Jefre Cantu-Ledesma for Comme Un Seul Narcisse, their first collaborative effort. Recorded between NYC and the Alps, Comme Un Seul Narcisse is an epistolary conversation of postmodern times between Cantu-Ledesma and Atkinson, who -- strangely enough -- met just once in person, in San Francisco in 2009. But the record is also a detour. Though it follows Cantu-Ledesma's haunting A Year With 13 Moons (Mexican Summer, 2015) and Atkinson's most intimate effort to date, A Readymade Ceremony (SHELTER 055CD/LP, 2015), their combined music sounds like everything but these works, filling in the gaps between their solo outputs. What is it to wander? What is it to be -- as Baudelaire would put it -- a flâneur from one continent to another? From the subways of NYC to the crooked trails of the Alps, the two musicians exchanged fragments of sounds and melodies, composing and building a new landscape neither bucolic nor urban, just outside nomenclatures or the postcard images of site-specific recordings. Here there's no specific site but a construction built from heterogeneous elements brought together in a virtual ecosystem. What is it to wander . . . in a non-specific site? Is it a fragmentation? A sedimentation? The title of the album and its tracks are inherited from Susan Sontag's application of Baudelaire's flâneur to photography in On Photography (1977): a flâneur sees himself in the documents and media he uses and integrates them into his own perception, and the act of recording becomes again an act of feeling. Somewhere between some Fluxus collages and more contemporary musicality, this "neither/nor" music confronts abstraction with the impermanence of concrete materials, building something on its own, like a standing still ceramic or a pond. Comme Un Seul Narcisse is a record to live with -- or, as Jacques Rancière would put it, a partage du sensible ("distribution of the sensible") -- standing as it is, unresolved, but not as a simulacra. There's no image to watch here but the possibility of a shared a moment, inviting the listener to complete the experience. Mastered by Helmut Erler at Dubplates & Mastering. Photography by John Wiese after a piece by Félicia Atkinson. Design by Bartolomé Sanson. First edition of 550 copies.
$14.99 UPC: 769791961074 ELECTRONIC
A1. O
A2. B
A3. J
A4. E
A5. TS
B1. ME
B2. LA
B3. NC
B4. OLI
B5. QUES
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LINUS + OKLAND/VAN HEERTUM: Felt Like Old Folk CD (S-R 029CD)
"The music of Linus (guitarist Ruben Machtelinckx and reedist Thomas Jillings) does not have a fixed trajectory that stifles the imagination. Onland (2014), Linus's first album, featured compositions at the crossroads of folk, minimalism, and improvisation. Jazz, however, was always within reach, as was melancholy. It was meditative, without becoming too maudlin or too simple. Linus's second album, a 2015 collaboration with guitar and banjo player Frederik Leroux and percussionist Øyvind Skarbø, stepped out into less familiar terrain. The sound palette became more eclectic and the improvisation and exploration became more pronounced, an evolution that continues with the quartet captured here. For their third album, the duo not only engaged old acquaintance Niels van Heertum (euphonium and flugelhorn, member of Ifa y Xango and Chantal Acda's band), but also violinist Nils Økland, a representative of the flourishing Norwegian scene who operates in between contemporary music, improvisation, and minimalism. Økland is a specialist of the Hardanger fiddle and an associate of Skarbø's in the trio 1982; he has won acclaim for his solo work and his work at the side of Christian Wallumrød and Arve Henriksen, among others. On Felt Like Old Folk, improvisation is no longer only an element. Instead it has become the main ingredient, the real heart of the music. The musicians play by feeling, without preparation or strategy, but also without haste or inhibition. The sounds resonate endlessly, fluctuate, and resolve when new ideas arise. If it sounds chilly, solitary, and contrary at times, there is also a great calm that flows from the minimalistic interplay. This form of music is not simply an agreeable pastime. It is a social interaction. It is cooperation as in an ancient rite. It is a moment of contemplation. It displays curiosity, openness, and interest, for each other and for the possibilities of the individual instruments and their inexhaustible combinations" --Guy Peters. Ruben Machtelinckx: acoustic baritone guitar, banjo; Thomas Jillings: tenor and C-melody saxophone, alto clarinet; Nils Økland: Hardanger fiddle; Niels Van Heertum: euphonium. Recorded by Christophe Albertijn on February 14, 2015, at The Rabbitfield, Belgium. Mixed by Werner Pensaert at Linster Studios. Mastered by Gert van Hoof at Cochlea. Artwork by Ante Timmermans. Photography by Dirk Pauwels. Graphic design and screenprinting by Levi Seeldraeyers. Presented in screenprinted open sleeve on kraft stock with insert in heavy PVC outer sleeve.
$14.39 EAN: 5055869536936 JAZZ
A1. Old Folk
B1. Felt
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LINUS + OKLAND/VAN HEERTUM: Felt Like Old Folk LP (S-R 029LP)
LP version. Screenprinted open sleeve on heavy kraft stock with insert in heavy PVC outer sleeve.
$23.79 EAN: 5055869536929 JAZZ
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GOLDMAN, VIVIEN: Resolutionary (Songs 1979-1982) CD (STAUB 141CD)
There's a myth about music critics according to which they are frustrated wannabe performers. Evidence to the contrary: Vivien Goldman. The London-born, New York-based Goldman is one of the foremost chroniclers of the perfect storm of reggae, punk, hip hop, and Afrobeat, but between 1979 and 1982, she was also a working musician, creating songs that, years later, would be sampled by The Roots and Madlib. These rare girl grooves are now collected for the first time on Resolutionary, covering Goldman's first three musical formations; first as a member of experimental British new wavers The Flying Lizards, next as a solo artist with her single "Launderette" featuring post-punk luminaries, and then as half of the Parisian duo Chantage with Afro-Parisian chanteuse Eve Blouin. Goldman's eclectic musical crew included PiL's John Lydon, Keith Levene, and Bruce Smith; avant-gardists Steve Beresford and David Toop; The Raincoats' Vicky Aspinall; the mighty Robert Wyatt; Zaire's Jerry Malekani; Manu Dibango's guitarist; Viv Albertine, then of Goldman's good friends The Slits; and dubmaster Adrian Sherwood, who produced the majority of these tracks. Goldman sang in a lilting, clear-toned soprano honed during childhood. She began her singing career in the late '70s, doing backup with Neneh Cherry and Ari Up (The Slits) on Sherwood records by reggae artists including Prince Far I. Goldman was grooving to the innovations of dub. The contrast between Goldman's high, lilting tones and the deep rumble of the bass is a hallmark of all her work, giving a haunting frisson of sex and alienation to songs like The Flying Lizards' "The Window." Reggae had been her London soundtrack, but after moving to Paris in the early '80s, she absorbed music from Africa, an interplay audible in exultant Chantage tracks like "It's Only Money," a mix of steelpan, African soukous guitar, and sobbing Romani violin riding ferocious funk. As the 1990s began, Goldman moved to Manhattan and became New York University's "Punk Professor," teaching original courses on punk, Bob Marley, David Bowie, and Fela Kuti. But she never stopped singing and writing songs. Chicks on Speed released a later cut, "7 Days," on their 2006 Girl Monster compilation (COSR 033CD). Her house 12" records with artists including Berlin's Moritz von Oswald are compiled on LPs. Goldman has also co-written tracks with Massive Attack, Coldcut, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Luscious Jackson. Early in 2016, she performed dub readings onstage with Boston's Berklee Marley Ensemble. Her multimedia beat goes on.
$11.99 EAN: 4015698002065 ROCK
01. Vivien Goldman - Launderette
02. Vivien Goldman - Private Armies
03. Vivien Goldman - P.A. Dub
04. The Flying Lizards - Her Story
05. The Flying Lizards - The Window
06. Chantage - Same Thing Twice
07. Chantage - It's Only Money
08. Chantage - Tu M'Fais Rire
09. Vivien Goldman Interview
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GOLDMAN, VIVIEN: Resolutionary (Songs 1979-1982) LP (STAUB 141LP)
LP version.
$14.39 EAN: 4015698002072 ROCK
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KANGDING RAY/RROSE: Ardent/Swallows 12" (SA 027EP)
Stroboscopic Artefacts veterans Kangding Ray and Rrose present a split release -- a fitting partnership, as both individuals are known for advancing the progress of rhythmic electronic music while drawing from creative influences and movements that were not previously associated with the techno lineage. Kangding Ray's "Ardent" is a gripping and propulsive piece formed in the same spirit as the songs from his 2015 full-length Cory Arcane (R-N 167CD/LP). Rrose, meanwhile, presents an elegantly arching set of multiplying and disintegrating waveforms that rewards those with the courage to return its insistent gaze, revealing the wealth of detail concealed within its deceptive minimalism.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Kangding Ray - Ardent
B1. Rrose - Swallows
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VA: An Anthology of Turkish Experimental Music 1961-2014 2CD (SR 390CD)
This anthology features works by Turkish artists ranging from the electronic music of the 1960s to all forms of experimental music of the 2010s. This is Sub Rosa's second release exploring experimental music by zone or sphere of influence. The constellation built between 2000 and 2012 with Sub Rosa's seven-part Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music continues to expand through the Early Electronic collection (consisting mostly of tracks composed between the '50s and the '80s) and these "area anthologies," this one released following An Anthology of Chinese Experimental Music 1992-2008 (SR 265CD). This collection covers a much wider time-frame than its predecessor; this is because, in Turkey, two exceptional composers emerged very early on to show the way to future generations that then followed in a piecemeal fashion. Indeed, Bülent Arel and İlhan Mimaroğlu did not have immediate followers. The explosion happened later, through the "serious music" of conservatories and universities (Cenk Ergün, Koray Tahiroğlu, Mehmet Can Özer) and the electronic/noise music avant-garde (Nilüfer Ormanlı, Utku Tavil) -- the great wave of the 2000s and 2010s. The beauty of this collection lies in its multifaceted nature; it features purely formal music, hijacked electronica, remnants of Turkish harmonies, and pieces that are more conceptual or even political (vaguely or strongly) in design. Batur Sönmez and Erdem Helvacıoğlu have managed to capture this diversity and energy. And it so happens that this profusion of music, related to an urgency to live and think freely, is blooming within an increasingly stifling space. Call it the spectacular beauty of an explosion. Most of the material included here has not been released before. Includes works by Bülent Arel, İlhan Mimaroğlu, Erdem Helvacıoğlu, Batuhan Bozkurt, Alper Maral, Batur Sönmez, Cenk Ergün, Korhan Erel, Sair Sinan Kestelli, Koray Tahiroğlu, Mehmet Can Özer, Nilüfer Ormanlı, Utku Tavil, Asaf Zeki Yüksel, SIFIR (Zafer Aracagök), Cem Güney, Tuna Pase, 2/5BZ, Cevdet Erek, Reverie Falls On All, and Burçin Elmas, as well as CD-only works by Tolga Tüzün, Başar Ünder, Osman Kaytazoglu, Volkan Ergen, Mete Sezgin, Mors, D2GG, and Meczup.
$12.99 EAN: 5411867113904 EXPERIMENTAL
2CD:
CD1: Electronic Music:
01. Bülent Arel - Postlude from Music for a Sacred Service (1961) (3:57)
02. Batuhan Bozkurt - Kun (2012) (6:30)
03. Alper Maral - Sho (2001) (2:04)
04. Batur Sönmez - Flash Mental Experiment No.23 (2012) (5:54)
05. Cenk Ergün - Forge (2008) (2:57)
06. Erdem Helvacıoğlu - Resonating Universes Part 1 (2010) (7:27)
07. Korhan Erel - Con-structure 2 (Death of Komarov on re-entry) (2006) (4:09)
08. Sair Sinan Kestelli - Earthworks (2007) (2:01)
09. Koray Tahiroğlu - İki El (2012) (5:48)
10. Mehmet Can Özer - Plug-Out: Balzklar II (2007) (6:01)
11. Tolga Tüzün - Uncomfortable Possibilities of Seamless Unions (2012) (8:04)
12. Başar Ünder - Diving (2012) (6:09)
13. Nilüfer Ormanlı - Life in the Mist of Finer Thoughts (2012) (5:25)
14. İlhan Mimaroğlu - Prelude No.17 (Istanbul Fog) (1996) (4:01)
CD2: Politic, Samplers, Ambient Music:
01. Utku Tavil - SUTT (2012) (2:01)
02. Asaf Zeki Yüksel - Democracy Lessons (2013) (5:59)
03. Osman Kaytazoglu - The Monopoly of Victim Status (2012) (5:59)
04. SIFIR (Z.Aracagök) - I Want to be a Suicide Bomber (2011) (8:48)
05. Cem Güney - Procession A.D. (2012) (3:19)
06. Volkan Ergen - Sublimation F (2012) (5:28)
07. Mete Sezgin - Subconscious Memories (1994) (5:59)
08. Mors - PerfYAy (2008) (5:38)
09. Tuna Pase - Nefes (2007) (7:41)
10. D2GG - 3 Çakzl Ta (2012) (7:42)
11. 2/5BZ - Anadolog (1997) (3:20)
12. Cevdet Erek - Strob (2005) (3:52)
13. Reverie Falls On All - Eta Carinae (2012) (4:25)
14. Burçin Elmas - So Far (2003) (3:32)
15. Meczup - Sworn Mother (2012) (5:21)
2LP:
A1. Bülent Arel - Postlude from Music for a Sacred Service (1961) (3:57)
A2. Batuhan Bozkurt - Kun (2012) (6:30)
A3. Alper Maral - Sho (2001) (2:04)
A4. Batur Sönmez - Flash Mental Experiment No.23 (2012) (5:54)
A5. Cenk Ergün - Forge (2008) (2:57)
A6. İlhan Mimaroğlu - Prelude No.17 (Istanbul Fog) (1996) (4:01)
B1. Erdem Helvacıoğlu - Resonating Universes Part 1 (2010) (7:27)
B2. Korhan Erel - Con-structure 2 (Death of Komarov on re-entry) (2006) (4:09)
B3. Sair Sinan Kestelli - Earthworks (2007) (2:01)
B4. Nilüfer Ormanlı - Life in the Mist of Finer Thoughts (2012) (5:25)
B5. Mehmet Can Özer - Plug-Out: Balzklar II (2007) (6:01)
C1. Utku Tavil - SUTT (2012) (2:01)
C2. Asaf Zeki Yüksel - Democracy Lessons (2013) (5:59)
C3. SIFIR (Z.Aracagök) - I Want to be a Suicide Bomber (2011) (8:48)
C4. Cem Güney - Procession A.D. (2012) (3:19)
C5. 2/5BZ - Anadolog (1997) (3:20)
D1. Cevdet Erek - Strob (2005) (3:52)
D2. Koray Tahiroğlu - İki El (2012) (5:48)
D3. Tuna Pase - Nefes (2007) (7:41)
D4. Burçin Elmas - So Far (2003) (3:32)
05. Reverie Falls On All - Eta Carinae (2012) (4:25)
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VA: An Anthology of Turkish Experimental Music 1961-2014 2LP (SR 390LP)
Double LP version.
$16.99 EAN: 5411867333906 EXPERIMENTAL
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PHON.O: Afterglow EP 12" (TEC 092EP)
Established Berlin-based producer Carsten Aermes aka Phon.o kick-starts the Afterglow EP at 137bpm with "Mercurial," melting the boundaries between techno, dubstep, and footwork with effortless grace. A strange, cosmic journey with polyrhythmic layers of percussive interplay; kick drums bounce, snares crack, and the melody builds with mysterious intent. Recalling echoes of jungle music alongside techno sensibilities, "U8 Phunk" follows on again at 137bpm with a series of hyperactive drum hits and twisting percussive man oeuvres. The spacious "Bell Blender" further develops themes of broken breakbeats and grimy sci-fi atmospherics, this time at a tempo more accessible to techno dancefloors.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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HORSEPOWER PRODUCTIONS: Crooks, Crime & Corruption CD (TEMPA 025CD)
Horsepower Productions and their ever-present head honcho Benny Ill, revered in underground music circles as among the key early innovators of dubstep, return with their much-anticipated fourth album, Crooks, Crime & Corruption. An ambitious and varied work, it finds the group expanding their horizons and broadening their sound palette while maintaining the unparalleled production chops that first made them such a force in the scene. Their pioneering early singles sought to strip UK garage of its slickness, adopting a stripped-down, dubbed-out approach that emphasized roughness and powerful bass. This was music for real heads, not commercial dancefloors. When You Hold Me/Let's Dance launched the seminal Tempa label in 2000, and even the term "dubstep" was first popularized in a 2002 XLR8R cover story about Horsepower. Their 2002 debut album In Fine Style (TEMPA 001CD) stands as one of the finest documents to emerge from the UK underground, while To The Rescue (TEMPA 003CD), which followed in 2004, saw the group play a vital role in shaping the direction of the music they had made possible. Crooks, Crime & Corruption is certainly the most sonically varied and rhythmically diverse Horsepower album yet. If previous Horsepower records were defined in part by a commitment to darkness, then Crooks, Crime & Corruption sees a certain amount of light emerging through the cracks. Just check the summer BBQ vibes of "Bak 2 NY" or the balmy shuffle of "Kuriosity.'" At the other end of the spectrum lie the sticky weed paranoia and industrial clank of "Ruf Justice," all gunfire and sirens over punishing sub-bass. "Good Ole Dayz" and "Justify" -- originally released together as a 12" in 2011 (TEMPA 059EP) -- both appear here in new versions. "Good Ole Dayz" marries dubstep wobble with an explosion of color, while the decidedly psychedelic "Justify" (a collaboration with guitarist Harry Keyworth) falls somewhere between Hawaiian surf and Morricone Western. Immaculately constructed and immaculately realized, Crooks, Crime & Corruption draws from numerous facets of the UK underground and further afield for a compelling, wholly immersive journey. Features Orson on "GBU."
$9.79 UPC: 800071004668 ELECTRONIC
01./A1. Legends
02./A2. GBU (feat. Orson)
03./A3. Justify (feat. Harry Keyworth) (L.P. Version)
04./B1. Bak 2 NY
05./B2. Kuriosity
06./B3. Boardwalk Emperor 2
07./C1. Change
08./C2. Ruf Justice
09./D1. Good Ole Dayz (L.P. Version)
10./D2. Criminally Insane
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HORSEPOWER PRODUCTIONS: Crooks, Crime & Corruption 2LP (TEMPA 025LP)
Double LP version. Each plain, unprinted inner sleeve is wrapped by hand in custom-printed barricade tape created by London design studio Give Up Art, sealing in the discs and making each pressing unique.
$19.79 UPC: 800071004675 ELECTRONIC
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DOZZY, DONATO: Squadra Quadra EP 12" (BK 015EP)
It's difficult to imagine The Bunker New York without Donato Dozzy. As Dozzy recalls, "When I went to Brooklyn for the first time and spent an endless amount of time in Bryan and Seze's loft listening to an incredible Emeralds record, I can easily say that moment was a turning point in my life." Squadra Quadra marks Donato Dozzy's first solo appearance on The Bunker's record label. "Quadra Sette" features an undulating synthesizer buoyed by rollicking drums and a perfectly placed handclap. "Quadre Nove" shows off Dozzy's darker side with a head-cleaning synth line straight out of a science fiction movie.
$8.39 UPC: 769791961081 ELECTRONIC
A1. Quadra Sette (6:25)
B1. Quadra Nove (5:54)
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RUSSELL, PATRICK: The Bunker Remixes 12" (BK 016EP)
Patrick Russell (Interdimensional Transmissions), is perhaps best known for his genre-bending DJ sets at the now-infamous No Way Back parties in Detroit and beyond. Here, he delivers three cuts of heady, cerebral bliss. In Russell's hands, Clay Wilson's "E4" becomes a spaced-out stepper's delight. His rework of Romans' "Coptos" lets the acidic undertones of the original run free while snappy percussion holds focus. And his remix of Zemi17's "Rangda," stripped to its bare essentials, is almost a purer representation of the original than the original itself, designed to lift a willing crowd into a trance state.
$8.39 UPC: 769791961098 ELECTRONIC
A1. Clay Wilson - E4 (Patrick Russell Remix) (8:31)
B1. Romans - Coptos (Patrick Russell Remix) (6:07)
B2. Zemi17 - Rangda (Patrick Russell Remix) (6:31)
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ZEMI17: Zipper EP 12" (BK 017EP)
Zemi17's first release for The Bunker New York, Impressions (BK 007EP, 2014), was a landmark release for the label, a record that brought the swirling, shifting sounds of minimalist music to the dancefloor. Zipper sees him expanding his musical palette considerably, in which his gamelan-derived sound design pushes further out toward the expanses of techno's realm. While gamelan provides the foundation for the EP's sound design, Zipper is definitely a techno record -- the rollicking electro rhythms of "Trickles in the Dark" and the hypnotic, dark mood of "An Army of Crickets," for instance, will set dancefloors alight.
$8.39 UPC: 769791961104 ELECTRONIC
A1. Zipper (6:50)
A2. Trickles in the Dark (6:07)
B1. An Army of Crickets (5:26)
B2. Remission (7:16)
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VISUALS: The State Of Things 12" (SONG 008EP)
Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Visuals debuts on thesongsays with the beautifully well-rounded EP The State Of Things, following his 2013 debut EP on Nicolas Jaar's Other People imprint (OP 005EP), and continues to excel with his distinctive vocal style, melodic richness, and the acute subtlety of his lyrical content. The title-track is pure tropical melancholia, with quirky textures and post-production courtesy of DARKSIDE member Dave Harrington. On the flip, the buoyant bassline and infectious chorus of "Days Of Our Youth" precede closer "No Handle" -- pensive, deep, and hypnotic for the noir corners of early-morning dancefloors.
$8.39 EAN: 4260038311639 ELECTRONIC
A1. The State Of Things
B1. Days Of Our Youth
B2. No Handle
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NIGHTY NITE, THE: Dimples 12" (TROST 109EP)
2011 release. The Nighty Nite creates a tragic black comedy soundtrack to a meaningless existence, as if Woody Allen made a horror movie about a punk rock band. For the project, John Congleton, founding member of The Paper Chase and renowned recording engineer, and Jason Garner (The Paper Chase, The Polyphonic Spree, The Deathray Davies) enlisted members of Wires Under Tension (Chris Tignor), Shearwater (Kevin Schneider), and Hospital Ships (Jordan Geiger) for new project the nighty nite. Their debut EP echoes John Cale's sardonic mix of pop, orchestra, and skronk and the atmospheric doom of late-period Scott Walker.
$10.39 EAN: 9120036680678 ROCK
A1. Dimes in Their Dimples
A2. This Silly Bag
B1. In My Hospital Gown
B2. Meaningless
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BROTZMANN/HEATHER LEIGH, PETER: Ears Are Filled With Wonder LP (TROST 147LP)
"Ears Are Filled With Wonder, the debut release from the duo of pedal steel player Heather Leigh and reedist Peter Brötzmann, blows the old adage about improvised music somehow not being best appreciated via the recordings to beautiful pieces. This is a music that demands re-visiting, that seems to alter, slightly, every time it is played, with new details emerging, new relationships of tone and style, new romance, even. Recorded during a mammoth stint in Kraków, Poland, where Brötzmann and Leigh played as part of big bands, trios, quartets, and duos, this duo performance represents the diamond heart of the sessions, an improvised set that bears little relation to what either of the players has achieved outside of its prodigious gravity. We mentioned romance and really Ears Are Filled With Wonder, a play on a line from the poet Kenneth Patchen, showcases the full reach of Brötzmann's rebel lyricism, his lover man style, now smoky, seductive, late night, now roaring and vibrating with energy. Leigh plays it extremely subtly, sometimes fixing on the most suggestive detail and from there spinning luscious webs of repeat-time bliss that make for some of the most psychedelic and otherworldly settings of strings and horn. Elsewhere the two of them tear the roof off with tactile fuzz and horn ascensions. It's a music of organic depth, of endlessly evocative unfolding, as themes bloom and sigh and disappear and arise and it feels curiously out of time, even as both players push their instruments into futuristic configurations. As such it doesn't sit neatly in either players' extensive catalogs. . . . Ears Are Filled With Wonder is a coming together of two of the most original voices on their respective instruments and the title reflects the joyful uncovering of a whole new way of listening and relating. Indeed, it might well be the first ever freely improvised electric pedal steel and saxophone duet ever put to tape. Either way it is one of the most startlingly beautiful combinations of players and temperaments to orbit the European jazz scene in years. And this is only the beginning. So hold tight." --Moshe Idel, Ronda, Spain, February 2016
Heather Leigh: pedal steel guitar. Peter Brötzmann: tenor saxophone, bass and B-flat clarinet, tárogató. Recorded November 8, 2015, in Kraków, Poland.
$15.79 EAN: 9120036682245 JAZZ
A1. [Untitled]
B1. [Untitled]
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JULES, JIMI: Bogotá EP 12" (WG 029EP)
Jimi Jules, a regular fixture at both the Watergate club and its international showcases, joins the Watergate Records roster with the Bogotá EP. "Hundeblick" kicks things off with massive, rolling low end and swirling tones; it's a trippy, big-room burner bursting with tension. Twisted tune "Modulation" relies on just a few integral elements and an insanely infectious groove. Rounding out the EP is Jules's most passionate tune of the group, "Bogotá." Layers of harmony, silky guitars, and field recordings combine with hints of jazz influence, resulting in a perfect tune for the most intimate dancefloor moments.
$8.39 EAN: 4260038311486 ELECTRONIC
A1. Hundeblick
B1. Modulation
B2. Bogotá
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CARPENTER, JOHN: Dark Star (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Expanded & Remastered) CD (WRWTFWW 007CD)
The original motion picture soundtrack for John Carpenter's Dark Star (1974), with added bonuses that are sure to satisfy all cult sci-fi soundtrack completists of the galaxy (and beyond). Limited edition of 500. This CD contains a remastered version of the original motion picture soundtrack consisting of incidental music, sound effects, John Carpenter's synth experimentations, dialogue excerpts, and vintage interferences extracted directly from the film roll. The bonuses include "Ode to a Bell Jar" remade by loyal Carpenter collaborator Alan Howarth (Escape from New York (1981), Christine (1983), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), They Live (1988)...), the fan favorite "Benson Arizona" remade by Dominik Hauser, and the very sought-after "When Twilight Falls on NGC 891" by Martin Segundo and the Scintilla Strings (in the real world, James Clarke's "Spring Bossa" (1968)). It all comes in slick thermostellar-triggering digipack with brand-new artwork and invisible hyperdrive electronics -- the best way to relive the Dark Star adventure and celebrate John Carpenter's first directorial feature film, co-written by (and starring!) all-around legend Dan O'Bannon (Alien (1979), Lifeforce (1985), The Return of the Living Dead (1985)). Let there be light!
$11.99 EAN: 7640153365606 SOUNDTRACK
01. Music, Sound Effects and Dialogue Excerpts Part 1 (Remastered) (25:10)
02. Music, Sound Effects and Dialogue Excerpts Part 2 (Remastered) (25:51)
03. Martin Segundo and the Scintilla Strings - When Twilight Falls on NGC 891 (3:47)
04. Alan Howarth - Doolittle's Solo (Remake) (1:19)
05. Dominik Hauser - Benson Arizona (Remake) (2:37)
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WHITE HORSE: The Revenant Gospels 3x12" BOX (WYS 003LP)
White Horse is the somber vision of musician Ben Chisholm, who is also a full-time member of Chelsea Wolfe. Recording under the name White Horse since 2010, he has released a number of highly praised experimental solo recordings including Final Coordinates (2010). In 2012, Chisholm retired White Horse and adopted the Revelator moniker, under which he released a split 7" with Jacob Bannon's Wear Your Wounds project in 2012. This deluxe box set collects Chisholm's three Revenant Gospels EPs on vinyl for the first time; they were previously available as digital releases in 2010 and 2011. "All vocals performed by those whom are no longer with us." Somewhere between life and death, in a Lynchian in-between, a human face awakens, its eyes misty and feet walking on ground that it still does not recognize. This music is a mix between brutal reality, prosaic lo-fi, and hypnotic moods. The first two volumes of The Revenant Gospels contain songs from dusty records from the early 20th century, directly unloaded from the abyss of oblivion and accompanied by a piano from beyond the grave and strings straight out of horror films. Volume III takes us on a journey through other generations and points on the map, as old field recordings give way to more contemporary voices, though the overall concept and style is the same. Suffocating and mysterious, the music of White Horse still manages to remain melodic and pure, thus magnifying the wonderfully chaotic and sublimating Chisholm's excessive taste for heavy atmospheres tormented by a thin but continuous strand of seraphic light.
$110.40 EAN: 5055869539982 ELECTRONIC
A1. ^
A2. The Blessing Of Heaven Is Visibly Upon Me
A3. Cold Was The Ground
B1. Death Send Me Over
B2. 1417
B3. Let Those Swim Who Can, The Heavy May Sink
C1. Slouching Towards Bethlehem
C2. She's Gone
C3. Trouble With The Horses
C4. The Dream Is Over
D1. So That Death Will Tremble To Take Us
D2. Angola
D3. The Escape
D4. Rival Churches
E1. Elegy
E2. Bohemian Guilt
E3. Sewn Shut
F1. Wade Out Into The Water
F2. The Mourning Son
F3. Nothing Was Beautiful And Everything Hurt
F4. Elegy II
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CAROL: Breakdown/So Low 7" (WYS 012EP)
Every enthusiast of dark, cold minimal synth from the early '80s has encountered those two classic songs composed by Carol and Snowy Red (Micky Mike). Originally released in 1981, "Breakdown" and "So Low" have both achieved mythic status since, and are finally reissued here for the first time.
$11.79 EAN: 5055869539975 ELECTRONIC
A1. Breakdown
B1. So Low
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BACAO RHYTHM & STEEL BAND: Love Like This/Dog Was A Doughnut 7" (BC 004-7)
"With their highly anticipated debut full length 55 hitting in early May, Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band hits us with another killer two sider 7" sure to be in every DJ's box. The A side is an incredibly catchy cover of Faith Evan's smash hit 'Love Like This'. Instantly recognizable from the first note they work their way through the tune in proper BRSB fashion. Advance 'Test Press' copies were sent to tastemaker DJs across the globe, the results have all been the same. This one is a dance floor killer and has crowds captivated and curious. The B side is a gritty punchy interpretation of the classic Cat Stevens tune 'Dog Was A Doughnut'. BRSB really pushing the genre envelope with this one, using steel pans on an otherwise dark electro backdrop sprinkled with killer open drum breaks."
$6.25 UPC: N/A ROCK
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REVOLUTIONARIES: Dub Out Her Blouse & Skirt V.1 CD (BE 031CD)
"Long needed reissue of producer Donovan Germain's first dub LP from 1979. Rhythms laid at Channel 1 with the Revolutionaries, and mixed at Joe Gibbs' studio by Errol T and Errol Brown. Featuring killer dubs to some of Germain's best productions of the time, including tracks by roots harmony legends Cultural Roots. This LP was originally released thru Brooklyn's legendary Keith's record shop, and a couple of the song titles give a nod to the shop's crew. The brilliant cover art shows you a couple well on their way to what the title suggests."
$10.75 UPC: 816372003125 WORLD
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JAGGER BOTCHWAY GROUP, THE: Odze Odze CD (COS 016CD)
"Jagger Botchway is most famous for his work with the Hedzoleh Soundz and Hugh Masekela. Jagger was also the driving force behind the highly sought-after Ghanaian afro-funk masterpiece Moving World by the Kelenkye Band. Deano Sounds, along with Voodoo Funk's Frank Gossner, teamed up to release the Kelenkye Band's later material, Jungle Funk, back in 2012. Jagger went back into the studio with a group of musicians he had played with from various points in his career to record an album of unique soca and highlife sounds. What was put down on tape was a heavy mix of percussion, striking highlife guitar lines and futuristic synth stabs with soaring African voices. Deano Sounds and Jagger rescued the original multi-track DAT tapes that were hiding in obscurity in Ghana. Cultures of Soul invited a host of today's best remixers to give them the freedom to create their own interpretations of the material. These producers include Berlin's Africaine 808, Manchester's Ruf Dug, Switzerland's Alma Negra and New York's Names You Can Trust."
$11.75 UPC: 820250001622 WORLD
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JAGGER BOTCHWAY GROUP, THE: Odze Odze 2LP (COS 016LP)
Double LP version.
$18.00 UPC: 820250001615 WORLD
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NOVOS BAIANOS/DOM SALVADOR: Juventude Sexta E Sabado/Uma Vida 7" (COS 114EP)
"When Greg Caz and Deano Sounds teamed up to create The Brasileiro Treasure Box Of Funk & Soul they created a collection of vintage Brazilian music that stretches across the scope of funk, soul, and psychedelic. Co-compiler and Brazilian music aficionado, Greg Caz says: 'Without necessarily having a central theme other than funky nuggets from the first half of the 70s, we believe this compilation displays its own particular sense of logic, and that these songs ultimately all sound fantastic together. Regardless of one's familiarity, or lack thereof, with artists like Antonio Carlos & Jocafi, Os Incríveis, Toni Tornado or Celia, the material on these 45s speaks its own truth and justifies their inclusion here. Many of these were originally available as singles, while others were taken from albums, but all are guaranteed to find their way into many DJ boxes and playlists.' The stunning 45s from this set will now be available for individual sale. The series wraps up with a split 45 featuring Novos Bainos haunting Jeventude Sexta E Sabado on the A Side -- on the flip, the cinematic sounding Uma Vida, the 1971 cut from Dom Salvador E Abolicao"
$5.75 UPC: 820250011478 ROCK
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REID, TERRY: The Other Side Of The River CD (FDR 629CD)
"Remastered from the original analog tapes. Track notes by Terry Reid. 6 never before heard Reid compositions, plus 5 very different alternate takes -- all previously unreleased British musician Terry Reid is a relatively unsung legend. With his incredible voice (that earned him the nickname 'Superlungs'), spot-on songwriting, and underrated guitar skills, Reid invented new sounds and others followed suit. His 1973 LP, River, is an under-theradar but deeply loved album. Our special new release, The Other Side Of The River, features all previously unreleased material from the River sessions, including six never-before-heard Reid compositions and five very different alternate takes of tracks from River. Over the decades, as River went in and out of print, there were rumors of a mythological double album's worth of unreleased material. The rumors turned out to be true, as the entire album was recorded twice: once with British producer Eddy Offord and again with the legendary Tom Dowd. The sessions captured Reid's free-associative mix of folk, blues, rock, jazz, bossa-nova, soul, and samba, recalling at times Tim Buckley and Van Morrison, while featuring some remarkable guests including Gilberto Gil on percussion, Ike & Tina Turner's Ikettes on vocals, and David Lindley, of psych band Kaleidoscope, on violin. The Other Side Of The River includes songs that even Terry had forgotten -- rockers in the style of the River track 'Dean,' Latin grooves with percussionist Willie Bobo, and beautifully sparse vocal material not unlike David Crosby's If Only I Could Remember My Name and John Martyn's Solid Air. Reid's vocal prowess earned him offers to front both Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, but he turned down both opportunities to carve out a distinctive solo career. Instead, he rocked on the sidelines, ultimately touring with Cream and Fleetwood Mac, writing songs for CSNY, and opening for The Rolling Stones on their 1969 tour. More recently, Terry's songs have been covered by a number of younger artists including the Raconteurs, and his voice can be heard on DJ Shadow's track 'Listen'. This spring he will be touring the East Coast and U.K. Though his 'superlungs' would have no doubt served Zepp well, perhaps his solo status allowed him to be more experimental and nuanced than he would've been able to be as a mainstream frontman, and for that we are grateful. The Other Side Of The River stands alone as a fresh and utterly groundbreaking Terry Reid gem."
$11.25 UPC: 826853062923 ROCK
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REID, TERRY: The Other Side Of The River 2LP (FDR 629LP)
"Double LP housed in a Stoughton gatefold 'tip-on' jacket"
$21.50 UPC: 826853062916 ROCK
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ROCK & C.L. SMOOTH, PETE: All Souled Out LP (GET 52723LP)
"1991 was the year that it all broke loose for producer Pete Rock and his rhyme partner, CL Smooth. But the duo was far from an overnight sensation. The two friends had been on the grind since high school in Mt. Vernon, NY in the mid-'80s, and Pete had been building up to his big moment since he first manned the decks on WBLS's hugely influential In Control With Marley Marl radio show, starting in 1987. In '91, Pete's talent finally forced him from the studio shadows into the spotlight, and after remixes and co-productions for Heavy D (1989's Big Tyme album); Johnny Gill (Rub You The Right Way, 1990); and Elektra label-mates Brand Nubian (Slow Down, 1990); it was time for top billing. As Pete's rep skyrocketed with a revolutionary remix to Public Enemy's Shut 'Em Down in 1991, the stage was set. The duo's debut EP, All Souled Out, was the perfect set-up -- and bridge to -- their flawless LP, Mecca & The Soul Brother, which appeared only one year later. Fans new (thanks to a recent revival, resulting from the song's use in a Google / Android commercial) and old are sure to know the EP's only single, 'The Creator.' The cut is a perfect slice of early '90s hip-hop -- jumpy, funky and rolling along at a sprinter's pace, with killer horns that sew up the chorus. Interestingly, it's the only song on the EP where Pete Rock rhymes (and solo at that, with lines written by Brand Nubian's Grand Puba). The remaining five of the EP's songs, with CL Smooth in full charge of the mic, are no less impressive. The sleeper is perhaps 'Go With The Flow,' a kinetic groover with an egregiously thick, muted bassline, surgical cuts and never-endingly captivating lines by the liquid-tongued CL. All Souled Outboasts all of the Pete Rock trademarks -- a jumpy, filtered bassline; beautifully stitched horn samples on the hook; and this time with a faster tempo. CL has no issues with Pete's BPM challenge, proving he can drop knowledge at any speed. And of two different versions of 'Good Life' on the platter, the EP's final cut, the 'Group Home Mix,' is perhaps the winner, with an abundance of musical action to back up CL's lyrical musings on ways to achieve success and comfort in life. 25 years after its initial impact, All Souled Out sounds as heavy and essential as ever, and will remind fans how important this duo was to the artform."
$15.50 UPC: 664425272314 HIPHOP
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D.O.C., THE: No One Can Do It Better LP (GET 52725LP)
RSD 2016 release. "Get On Down is very proud to announce a Record Store Day reissue of one of the West Coast's most revered, yet underrated, hip-hop classics: The D.O.C.'s No One Can Do It Better. Produced entirely by Dr. Dre and out of print on vinyl in the U.S. for 25 years, this limited edition on black vinyl features original album artwork and thirteen tracks of rap heaven. When his debut album hit in mid-1989, The D.O.C. was in the vortex of the biggest hip-hop happening on the planet: the rise and rule of N.W.A. The group's breakout album Straight Outta Compton had hit one year prior and had created both controversy and worldwide critical acclaim. As rap history buffs and industry insiders know, the D.O.C. was a crucial behind-the-scenes member of the N.W.A. inner circle -- his most important role in the early days of the group, besides his close working relationship with Dr. Dre, was writing many of Eazy-E's rhymes, including his hit 1988 single 'We Want Eazy.' But The D.O.C. wasn't in N.W.A. and never wanted to be -- he was his own man, with his own vision. And after Compton proceeded to blow up (much like Eazy's 1988 LP, Eazy-Duz-It), the next crew album was No One Can Do It Better. Significantly, it was the first album where Dr. Dre showed his greatness as a solo producer for one MC. And the Dallas-born D.O.C. lived up to the challenge of Dre's funky, expertly-produced tracks by bringing his A-game on the mic. Boasting four singles -- 'The D.O.C. and the Doctor'; 'Mind Blowin''; the smash 'It's Funky Enough'; and 'The Formula' -- the album is flawless from beginning to end. Of particular note beyond the singles is 'The Grand Finale,' which was the last time that Ice Cube, M.C. Ren and Eazy-E would rhyme on a track together. Skillfully rhyming over both fast and slow tracks, The D.O.C. showed on this amazing record that he was one of hip-hop's most talented MCs, especially on the West Coast scene. He nearly died in a horrific car crash as the album was catching fire in the late summer of 1989, but he survived and continues to make new music and act as a sounding board for Dr. Dre to this day."
$18.00 UPC: 664425272512 HIPHOP
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OL' DIRTY BASTARD: Brooklyn Zoo/Shimmy Shimmy Ya 12"/PIC DISC (GET 52726EP)
RSD 2016 release. "Hip Hop has never seen another album quite like Ol' Dirty Bastard's 1995 solo debut Return to the 36 Chambers. With RZA guiding production, the album allowed Dirty the creative license to make one of the most bizarre, entertaining and original LPs in the history of the genre. Return became an instant hit, selling over 1 million copies and earning a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Album. The album stands as a high water mark in the Wu-Tang Clan's collective creative output and was selected as one of the Best 100 Rap Albums by The Source. In honoring the legacy of one of hip-hop's most innovative releases, Get On Down is proud to present this incredible shaped picture disc. The vinyl features the first two singles, Brooklyn Zoo & Shimmy Shimmy Ya, released from this seminal full-length and is a recreation of the iconic 'food stamp card' that serves as the album's cover art."
$21.50 UPC: 664425272611 HIPHOP
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BROWN REVUE, THE JAMES: Live At The Apollo 1972 2LP (GET 54082LP)
RSD 2016 release. "For the ten years leading up to 1972, the James Brown Revue was an outright superfunk freight train, speeding around the world and crushing all competition. This dominance stretched beyond the charts, too -- the group was even more dynamic and exciting on stage, a fact that kept them sleepless and on the move, as audiences demanded more. From 1963 to 1971, James Brown had released not one but three albums recorded live at Harlem's famed Apollo Theater. The first volume of the series is still rightfully revered today as one of the greatest live albums of all time. But Volumes II (1968) and III (1971 -- aka Revolution Of The Mind) were no slackers either, showing James and his incredible band (with talent including 'Pee Wee' Ellis, Fred Wesley, John 'Jabo' Starks, Clyde Stubblefield, Maceo Parker, Lyn Collins, Bobby Byrd and many more) at the peak of their respective powers each time, playing a litany of JB hits. Because of this, it will always be a mystery as to why Volume IV, which was recorded at the Apollo on September 14, 1972, was shelved. This is in no small part because the performers and songs heard here are some of the Godfather of Soul's (and the JBs') strongest. But shelved it was, full of fire but languishing for decades in the Polydor vaults. Thankfully we can now put that all behind us, with the first-time-ever-on-vinyl release of this incredible concert, from more than four decades ago. One look at the tracklist will make you salivate: from instrumental JBs classics like 'Pass the Peas,' 'Gimme Some More' and 'Hot Pants Road' to James' own 1972 smash vocal 'There It Is,' the assembled group of musical geniuses -- including trombonist and bandleader Fred Wesley; saxophonist St. Clair Pinckney; guitarists Hearlon 'Cheese' Martin and Jimmy 'Chank' Nolan; bassist Fred Thomas; and Brown himself on organ -- smash through James' New New Super Heavy Funk with ridiculous power, control and panache. Included here, beyond the music, are in-between song introductions and banter, which bring you right into the front row. This live album stands apart because it was conceptualized to showcase James Brown's favorite players -- The JBs -- and vocalists, Bobby Byrd and Lyn Collins, who had their own R & B smashes on the People label. And these supreme talents get plenty of space to shine here: Collins' 'Do Your Thing' and 'Think (About It)' and Byrd's 'Keep On Doin' (What You're Doin'),' alongside 'I Know You Got Soul' simply levitate the bandstand. This future classic is a clear reminder that James Brown was as much of a talent scout as he was a more-than-legendary performer. And while other Live At The Apollo releases focused on his own incredible music, here he gives the stage to the musicians that brought his work to life and kept his legend going for decades. Future generations won't have to wonder why this music was held back for so long, because they will always have this album -- and once you hear the first notes, you won't worry any more either. You will sit back, let some of the greatest musicians of all time blow your mind, and smile for several days straight. So put the needle on the record and let it begin."
$23.00 UPC: 664425408218 ROCK
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YOUNGE PRESENTS GHOSTFACE KILLAH, ADRIAN: Blackout/Resurrection Morning/Life's A Rebirth 7" (LL 028-7)
"In 2015 Adrian Younge provided Ghostface Killah with a sonic backdrop equal parts hip hop and Italian horror, as much Ennio Morricone as sweet boom bap. Select singles from the project will now be available, presented here Blackout b/w Resurrection Morning/Life's A Rebirth in a full color jacket. 12 Reasons To Die II is vividly brought to life with the help of Younge's never-endingly evocative and unique brand of cinematic, psychedelic soul. The music -- on which Younge himself plays upwards of 10 instruments -- was recorded strictly on analog tape, to bring out the true grit of the '70s era that provides the Twelve Reasons backdrop. Younge's work of course sounds great -- as presented here, it looks as good as it sounds with the Italian horror inspired graphics splattered all over the full color jacket."
$7.00 UPC: 856040005587 HIPHOP
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VA: Wake Up You! (Vol. 1) The Rise and Fall of Nigerian Rock (1972-1977) 2LP (NA 5120LP)
RSD 2016 release. "This double LP is packaged with a standalone 104-page full color book, filled with incredible photos and words by noted expert on Nigerian music, Uchenna Ikonne. The Western world was in the throes of peace, love and flower power as Nigeria descended into Civil War in 1967. The rock scene that developed during the following three years of bloodshed and destruction would come to heal the country, propagate the world-wide ideal of the Modern Nigerian, and propel Fela Kuti to stardom after the conflict ended in 1970. Wake Up You! tells the story of this time, pays homage to these now-forgotten musicians and their struggle, and brings to light the funk and psychedelic fury they created as they wrested free of the ravages of the late 1960s and created thrilling, original Nigerian rock music throughout the 1970s. Along with the double vinyl, Wake Up You! Includes a 104 page book full of never-seen photos and detailed liner notes by Nigerian musicologist and researcher Uchenna Ikonne (Who Is William Onyeabor?; Brand New Wayo, etc.), with all tracks fully licensed from the bands themselves."
$27.00 UPC: 659457512057 WORLD
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LEMAIRE, CHRISTOPHE: Can't You Hear Me? CD (NA 5131CD)
"Globetrotter of parallel subcontinents and digger of rare, forgotten records, Eothen 'Egon' Alapatt tracks sounds from the dawn of time to the four corners of the world. On the other side of the globe, French designer Christophe Lemaire stays forward thinking and audacious in his choices: far from our deified present, he cultivates a love of timeless designs and mixed influences; a passion for iconoclastic music hidden in the dark corners of a global cultural industry. This extraordinary openness has been at the heart of their friendship since 2007. Their exceedingly eclectic, fierce rock discoveries gave birth to a first anthology, Where Are You From? (Now-Again, 2010), the fruit of Lemaire's excavating Alapatt's archives. That was a postgeographic exploration in psych, rock and funk territories from 1968 to now; this second anthology celebrates their impressionist vision and explores garage rock from the 1970s, voicing the struggles of independence in Zambia, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. Can't You Hear Me comes from a track by charismatic Zamrock icon Paul Ngozi, a Lemaire favorite. Ngozi's title track sets the tone for a drastic selection of seventeen songs with rebellious undertones, riddled by an infectious groove, the forsaken writing about a forgotten chapter in the history of music. Ngozi, WITCH, Chrissy Zebby Tembo, Amanaz, Wells Fargo, Eye Q and the Funkees represent a generation fighting for their freedom, armed with fuzz guitars, symbolic objects of a new movement. They played in Fela's kingly shadow, were influenced by Hendrix's psychedelic solos, Jefferson Airplane's penetrating chords and Cream's repetitive melodies. The music of their colonial oppressors they reassembled and reinterpreted with pure energy, without nod to hymn or flag. A halo of cosmic design and pure lines, the cover for the anthology by Sanghon Kim transports us in this whirling odyssey in space and time while composer/producer Pilooski concludes the album with an edit of WITCH's 'No Time,' an expression of the critical need to open up to new perspectives, new imaginations and to keep unearthing riches of our universal heritage. 'Through these tracks we can feel the communicative energy, this pure vitality, not only of Africa , but of youth and hope," Lemaire states. "And I find it quite universal and timeless. It is not about music as an industry, or as product, but music as a craft. And one can immediately recognized when music is created with heart and soul.'"
$13.00 UPC: 659457513122 WORLD
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LEMAIRE, CHRISTOPHE: Can't You Hear Me? 2LP (NA 5131LP)
Double LP version. "70s African Nuggets and Garage Rock. From Nigeria, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Download card included."
$18.00 UPC: 659457513139 WORLD
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PRICE & THE KEYSTONES, CONNIE: Wildflowers: The Expanded Version CD (NA 5139CD)
"Connie Price and the Keystones are the Los Angeles musical group whose 7" releases kick started the Now-Again label way back in 2002 -- and whose Wildflowers album was the first full length release by a new band on the label. Way back then we called it 'cinematic soul' and wouldn't you know it -- the originator of the style, Lalo Schifrin, himself agreed. Seriously. Read the quote above. It's real. Wildflowers contained contributions by the Heliocentrics' producer/drummer Malcolm Catto and Poets of Rhythm/Whitefield Brothers/Karl Hector & The Malcouns founder/guitarist Jay Whitefield. Now that Now-Again is the home to the previous ensembles and more (artist albums by Seu Jorge, Chop, Fabiano do Nascimento and MRR-ADM have come out on the label), it seemed fitting to revisit where it all started, with an expanded version of the album that kick started it all. Includes previously unreleased Malcolm Catto tracks and tracks previously only available on out of print vinyl"
$11.75 UPC: 659457513924 ROCK
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CLARKE, MARY: Take Me I'm Yours 12" (ZUD 310EP)
"While being a rare Patrick Adams and Billy Nichols production, Mary Clark's 'Take Me I'm Yours' has in recent years become one of the most celebrated Disco tracks by contemporary Deejays. This borderline Gospel-Disco Gem has all the elements of a timeless Disco Cut; a driving bass line, powerfully arranged strings and horns, but most importantly, a very soulful performance by Mary Clark. Like many of Peter Brown's 'affliate' labels, little is known about them or the artists recorded. Originaly released in 1980 on 'La Shawn', it is rumored to have been no more than 200 records originally pressed, making this one of the most sought 12 inches among collectors. However Leave it to someone like Dimitri from Paris who edited and included 'Take me I'm Yours' on his The Kings Of Disco compilation from 2004 to give this virtually unknown song a new life and a whole new audience. Even as recently as last year, Mary Clark's song of 'devotion' made it's way into a BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix, courtesy of Floating Points, and frankly, there's probably not a bigger audience than that."
$10.75 UPC: 706091116315 ELECTRONIC
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J DILLA: The Diary LP + 7" (PJ 007LP)
RSD 2016 release. "PayJay Productions, Inc. was the company James Dewitt 'J Dilla' Yancey founded in 2001 to house his production company and his publishing company. The Estate of James Yancey has revived PayJay as a functioning imprint, and announced the release of J Dilla's long lost vocal album, The Diary. The tracks come straight from multi-track masters found on 2-inch tape shortly after Dilla's passing in 2006. Many were mixed by Dilla himself. Those that weren't have been mixed by engineer Dave Cooley, who worked extensively with Dilla during his years in Los Angeles. Using Dilla's original demo mixes as his guide, Cooley attempted to finalize Dilla's vision for these tracks, while keeping all of the elements that Dilla had in place in his original demos present. The Diary is an album of vocal performances recorded between in the early 2000s over production by the likes of Madlib, Pete Rock, Nottz, House Shoes, Karriem Riggins and others. The Record Store Day vinyl issue of The Diary includes a special 7" pressing of The Ex that will only be found on the RSD issue of the LP."
$18.00 UPC: 706091800719 HIPHOP
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AMANAR DE KIDAL: Tumastin LP (SAHEL 031LP)
"Lush studio compositions with rolling rhythms and wistful melodies from Northern Mali's standout Tuareg guitar band. Disrupted by political conflict in the Sahara, Amanar's follow up is years in the making. Soulful call and response in a charged reclamation to the origins of Tuareg guitar: messages to a people divided. Songs about change, nostalgia, and hope from Mali's band-in-exile."
$12.50 UPC: N/A WORLD
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SEIDI GHALI & ALAMNOU AKROUNI, FATOU: Les Filles de Illighadad LP (SAHEL 033LP)
"Sublime recordings from rural Niger. Two very different sides of Tuareg music - dreamy ishumar acoustic guitar sessions, and the hypnotic polyphonic tende that inspires it. Guitarist Fatou Seidi Ghali and vocalist Alamnou Akrouni lead their collective, named after the village. Recorded in the open air studio of the desert."
$13.00 UPC: N/A WORLD
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LUKA PRODUCTIONS: Mali Kady Cassette (SSC 016CS)
"Future beats from rapper/producer Luka, one of the freshest talent of Bamako's Hip Hop scene. Rapid fire raps over blinged out baliphone and shocking synths. Drawing on expansive Malian tradition, reimagined into décalé infused dance and Sahelian club bangers. Featuring a host of guest MCs, a sampling of Bamako's finest. Cassette limited to 250."
$5.00 UPC: N/A WORLD
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PHARCYDE, THE: Labcabincalifornia Instrumentals 2LP (BIC 109LP)
"It took three years for The Pharcyde to follow up on their debut release, Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde. Not that they didn't keep busy in that period with supporting slots for De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest as well as a successful spot on Lollapalooza's 1994 tour. Of course J-Swift had parted ways with the group just before the conclusion of the Bizarre Ride sessions. Rather than try to out an out replace Swift, production on Labcabincalifornia was handled by the Pharcyde's own Bootie Brown, Fatlip and Slimkid3 along with contributions from Diamond D, M-Walk and very notably the work of a recent arrival in LA, Jay Dee aka J Dilla. The resulting project, Labcabincalifornia, maybe calmer than the group's debut but it's no less warped with stand out cuts like the She Said, Drop, and Runnin'. Traffic Entertainment and The Bicycle Music Company are now proud to bring you the instrumentals of the entire project on this special double vinyl edition."
$17.00 UPC: 829357610911 HIPHOP
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PHARCYDE, THE: Ya Mama 7" (BIC 110EP)
"Originally released in November of '92, Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde emerged at a time when gangsta rap dominated what people were hearing, seeing and buying, especially on the west coast. The Pharcyde's refreshing sound -- lively, humorous and inventive lyrics over lush jazzy productions -- changed hip hop's trajectory and influenced generations of artists. Now, two of the landmark singles from Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde are available in a limited 7" colored vinyl pressing housed in ultra-deluxe full color sleeves."
$8.25 UPC: 829357611079 HIPHOP
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PHARCYDE, THE: Ya Mama (UK Version) 7" (BIC 111EP)
"Originally released in November of '92, Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde emerged at a time when gangsta rap dominated what people were hearing, seeing and buying, especially on the west coast. The Pharcyde's refreshing sound -- lively, humorous and inventive lyrics over lush jazzy productions -- changed hip hop's trajectory and influenced generations of artists. Now, two of the landmark singles from Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde are available in a limited 7" colored vinyl pressing housed in ultra-deluxe full color sleeves."
$8.25 UPC: 829357611178 HIPHOP
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PHARCYDE, THE: Soul Flower 7" (BIC 112EP)
"Originally released in November of '92, Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde emerged at a time when gangsta rap dominated what people were hearing, seeing and buying, especially on the west coast. The Pharcyde's refreshing sound -- lively, humorous and inventive lyrics over lush jazzy productions -- changed hip hop's trajectory and influenced generations of artists. Now, two of the landmark singles from Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde are available in a limited 7" colored vinyl pressing housed in ultra-deluxe full color sleeves."
$8.25 UPC: 829357611277 HIPHOP
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PHARCYDE, THE: Passin' Me By 7" (BIC 113EP)
"Originally released in November of '92, Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde emerged at a time when gangsta rap dominated what people were hearing, seeing and buying, especially on the west coast. The Pharcyde's refreshing sound -- lively, humorous and inventive lyrics over lush jazzy productions -- changed hip hop's trajectory and influenced generations of artists. Now, two of the landmark singles from Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde are available in a limited 7" colored vinyl pressing housed in ultra-deluxe full color sleeves."
$8.25 UPC: 829357611376 HIPHOP
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