Forced Exposure Store Update

FORCED EXPOSURE STORE UPDATE

NEW RELEASES FOR THE WEEK OF 04/11/2016

first section features releases in stock now and ready to be shipped as of MON 04/11/2016

second section features forthcoming releases; release dates are given for reference, but can be approximate, depending on the label

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MM STUDIO: Good Star Dubs LP (ALB 008LP)

LP version. Includes download code. This album by Tadd Mullinix and Daniel Meteo originates from a studio session that took place in Berlin in 2007. Mullinix presented the idea of working on a series of rhythms he had made in the style of the mid-'80s early digital age of Jamaican producers (starting with Prince Jammy's "Sleng Teng" in 1985). One very intense week later, Mullinix and Meteo mixed down about 15 tracks of original dub beats that included handmade recordings of guitars, organs, keys, off-beats, and melodies with plenty of echoes, delays, drop-outs, and the vintage character of the Berlin studio. With the exception of two tracks they contributed to compilations released by labels run by mutual friends (Monkeytown and Shitkatapult), Mullinix and Meteo never put these recordings out for others to hear. The two maintained a strong friendship, and eventually decided that it was the right time to release a complete album featuring six of the recordings plus two alternate mixes. Listening to Good Star Dubs in its final form, the music seems to have even more bittersweet deepness, rolling out touching basslines, deep space echoes, and a reductive, intense musical approach. Mullinix lives in Ann Arbor, MI, and has produced countless EPs, singles, albums, and remixes under several monikers including JTC, 2AMFM, and Charles Manier, to name a few. He is probably best known for his advances in hip-hop production as Dabrye (on Ghostly International). Meteo lives in Berlin and runs the record labels Shitkatapult and Albumlabel. He also works with Random Noize Musick, with which he publishes the music of artists such as Apparat, Oval, and T.Raumschmiere. Meteo has released two solo albums and several others as half of the duo Bus, a collaboration with Sun Electric's Tom Thiel.

$12.39 EAN: 4260217560872 ELECTRONIC

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KUNLUN: Time Remaining Unknown LP (AUDIOMER 014LP)

Kunlun is but one of the many aliases of French artist Max P., who's known to the world as the man behind percussion-driven psychedelia projects like High Wolf and Black Zone Myth Chant. Since 2009 he has released LPs through Not Not Fun, Holy Mountain, Editions Gravats, and Leaving Records. With Time Remaining Unknown, he serves up a dish of eccentric library/new age music gone wrong. The LP is based on improvisations recorded in the summer of 2011, marking Kunlun's first steps in analog synthesis with a very simple set up. Some of those improvisations were also featured on a 2012 Winged Sun tape called Kunlun III. The A-side offers five tracks that explore a sort of heavily layered chamber acid, diving into low frequencies and gravelly bass synthesizer with weirdly disorienting, fluctuating time signatures. Side B is one long trippy maelstrom of seismic submarine bass hypnotism with deep, eroding noise bursts blasting through. As a whole it makes for a dark and claustrophobic piece of psychedelia that will delight fans of Hieroglyphic Being, Bernard Fièvre, Ron Morelli, or Low Jack. Artwork by Belgian artist Lore Vanelslande.

$13.79 EAN: 5414165076544 ELECTRONIC

Side A
01. Time
02. Time 2
03. Time 3
04. Time 4
05. Time 5
Side B
06. Time : Over

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ROGALL, DON: Shake Your Hips: The Sound of Bassy Club Volume 2 Compiled by Don Rogall LP (BASSY 002LP)

The Bassy Club, Berlin. One big bow to the music and lifestyle of the '50s and '60s. Its DJs have popularized many tunes that had been mostly forgotten or unavailable, and which were eventually reissued, making the club's own compilation an obviously good idea. Resident DJ Don Rogall presents a selection of songs that have been mainstays at Bassy for years, along with previously unreleased tunes, collecting numerous specially remastered and restored versions for this one-of-a-kind compilation. The cover art features an homage to Tura Satana by Lou on the Rocks, a dancer at the club's Hoochie Koo night. This fine compilation opens with the charming, exotic, and (mostly) forgotten "Bermuda," performed by Ray Sharpe and produced by Lee Hazlewood, followed by Ric Cartey's driving, danceable cover of Willie Dixon's "Mellow Down Easy," one of the greatest juke joint dancers ever. Like most of the versions on this compilation, it differs from the previously released material -- and the same goes for Slim Harpo's "Shake Your Hips." This alternate mix of an all-time classic will rock your socks off. The Valentines' "That's It Man" is a loud, irresistible boogie like no other. Kenny Loran's "I Chickened Out" is a fun little tune with an irresistible, boppy beat -- but again, only on this version. The only tune here from Europe is Bulgarian jazz singer Lea Ivanova's version of Adriano Celentano's "Basta con la Luna," and it's a real gem. "Daddy Lolo" by Ganimian & His Orientals is a true classic of exotica; Rogall played the single for decades, until he found this original instrumental take of Charles Gaminian himself. It's overdubbed here with vocals by Saudia Young, who performed it in a sound system style at a Hoochie Koo night at the Bassy Club. Side B kicks off with a version of Rogall's signature tune, an exclusive version of a John Lee Hooker cut credited here to John Lee Booker, followed by an up-tempo version of "Double Eyed Whammy" by New Orleans singer and bandleader Tommy Ridgley. The Robins' "The Turkey Hop" was conducted by Johnny Otis, a hero of the genre -- just like Buddy Johnson, who directed the orchestra for his sister Ella Johnson in this tough but smooth version of "No More Love." The Coasters' "Young Blood," Jewel & The Rubies' "Kidnapper," and Guy Mitchell's "99 Years - Dead or Alive" close it out.

$14.99 EAN: 4018939295103 ROCK

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BAKRADZE, GACHA: Drift EP 12" (BWR 016EP)

Gacha Bakradze, a multi-talented DJ and producer from Georgia, opens his Drift EP with the title-track, which blends rhythm and beats with warm, flowing soundscapes. He brings in more hypnotic lead sounds with the second track, "Golshifteh." The B-side opens with a techno-infused remix from Berghain resident Norman Nodge, elevating "Drift" to real dancefloor bliss. "Tiresome Walk" moves through playful melodies and laid-back rhythms in a majestic slow burn, suitable as both a stirring set opener and an emotional end.

$8.99 UPC: 880319725913 ELECTRONIC

Side A
01. Drift
02. Golshifteh
Side B
03. Drift (Norman Nodge Remix)
04. Tiresome Walk

COMMODO: How What Time 2LP (ACRE 007LP)

Commodo, one of the UK underground's best-regarded producers, returns with How What Time, following his impressive 2015 collaborative double-12" with Kahn and Gantz (Deep Medi Musik). An artist with deep roots in bass music's history and present, Commodo experiments with a variety of underground elements, using components of hip hop, grime, dubstep, and more. On his debut album he pushes his sound further while managing to uphold the basic formula of space and bass. Continuing to add a thoughtful touch to the deeper ends of UK bass music, How What Time sees Commodo create deeply meditative jams that harness a raw energy and sub-bass power. Made in several different places in the UK, Turkey, and Germany, the album sees Commodo fuse the UK's raw and vibrant grime and hip hop scene, as heard in the fierce and murky soundscapes of "Itchin" with an unmistakable vocal from Trim. The album's standout track "Set It Straight" features Croydon's fast-rising rapper and beatmaker Rocks FOE, and like Commodo's 2014 Jme-featuring hit "Shift," is an instant underground anthem. Commodo blends Madlib-style hip hop beats with the fierce spirit of grime, while the addition of Rocks FOE's straight-talking charisma and energetic flow transitions "Set It Straight" into an up-tempo head-banger. Commodo's inherently unique and accomplished production style has earned him recognition right from the outset of his ascendancy, garnering attention from a host of key figures within the electronic community. While making How What Time he sought to "strike a balance between a sample-heavy, rap style sound palette and the energy of the 140bpm based music." From the tough bass weight of his dancefloor-leaning productions to the tonally rich and immersive qualities of the album's more intricate tracks, How What Time maintains a resounding freshness throughout.

$25.79 UPC: 666017298511 ELECTRONIC

A1. Hej
A2. Pea Souper
A3. Itchin (feat. Trim)
B1. Hadi Hadi Ah
B2. My Liege
B3. Russian Glass
C1. Floods
C2. How Dare You
C3. Sleepwave
D1. HWT
D2. Set It Straight (feat. Rocks FOE)
D3. Kofte Cloud

SULLY: Vamp 12" (ACRE 061EP)

Sully delivers a plate of austere but bass-heavy Black Acre wrongness. Departing from his junglist output, Sully turns in a distinctly futurist and spacious collection of bangers. "Vamp" is a six-in-the-morning drama piece that explodes into a juked-out binary code rinser. "Arco" features a pure military grime skank with fizzing synths, hectic percussive switch-ups, and Roger Corman's laser cannon. "Bronze" returns to seeming familiar places as the tempo is ratcheted up for an eastern junglist detour full of mystery and deft drum programming.

$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC

Side A
01. Vamp
Side B
02. Arco
03. Bronze

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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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BULL TONGUE REVIEW: No. 1 MAG (BTR 001)

A small re-print of the elusive issue No. 1 from January/2015. A Quarterly Journal of Post-Rock Cultural Pluralism, edited by Byron Coley. In this issue: Todd Abramson, Steve Albini, Alan Bishop, Bree, Rej T. Broth, Joe Carducci, Lisa Carver, Benoit Chaput, Sharon Cheslow, Byron Coley, Karen Constance, Nigel Cross, Chris D, Irene Dogmatic, Lili Dwight, Ray Farrell, Andrea Feldman, Tom Givan Tom Greenwood, Mats Gustafsson, Angela Jaeger, Elaine Kahn, Ira Kaplan, Maria Kozic, Matt Krefting, Ted Lee, Donna Lethal, Owen Maercks, Marc Masters, Hisham Mayet, Richard Meltzer, Thurston Moore, Dylan Nyoukis, Gary Panter, Tony Rettman, Bruce Russell, Suzy Rust, Andy Schwartz, Chris Stigliano, Brian Turner, Naomi Yang Ω. 50 pages, black & white 8.5" x 11".

$3.75 UPC: N/A Misc

FIEGEN, SEBASTIAN: Theofidelity 12" (CADENZA 108EP)

German producer Sebastian Fiegen rolls out his debut solo release for Luciano's Cadenza with a trio of excellent house cuts. "Dopeman" opens the EP with a rolling Chi-town house-style groove, a simple yet effective filtered vocal loop, and sustained strings. Fiegen keeps up the pace with the drum-led house grooves of "Anando" as the vocal refrain cuts in and out and the bassline and woody percussion maintain the bouncing vibes. "TH01" brings more of the feel-good factor with its use of the looped samples and lazy, hypnotizing drums.

$9.79 EAN: 4260038310601 ELECTRONIC

Side A
01. Dopeman
Side B
02. Anando
03. TH01

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FACCINI & JAW, PIERS: Traitor Creator (Nôze Remix) 12" (CCL 001EP)

JAW (dOP) returns to "Traitor Creator," a collaboration with British singer-songwriter Piers Faccini from JAW's 2014 Midtown project (CC 016CD). It's a haunting track very much led by Faccini's fragile vocal, with JAW laying down a subtle undercurrent of harmony over delicate guitar and sparse percussion. Nôze maintain the pensive mood with their remix, mixing the vocals to further accent the singers' interplay. Using a stripped-back beat and choice slices of guitar alongside light touches of synth, Nico and Eze draw on the fundamental spirit of the track and take it to a new, equally captivating place for a club-friendly remix.

$9.79 EAN: 4260038311981 ELECTRONIC

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RIONEGRO: Rionegro 2LP (COMEME 006LP)

In January 2013, Sebastian "Sano" Hoyos, Gregorio "Gladkazuka" Gómez, Natalia Valencia, and Matias Aguayo gathered at Rionegro, a town on the outskirts of Medellín, Colombia. Others, like Byron Idárraga, Natalia Lara, Luis Miguel "Cuchara" Jaramillo, and more, would soon join the sessions. The project followed a musical spirit that Sano initially invoked by playing salsa, descarga, boogaloo, merengue rhythms on contemporary machines. Each participant was conscious of the aim to create something to which one could dance with the same steps as those used with the great salsa classics, and an authentic representation of the group's love for music, rather than a mere a fusion of styles. Based in a house by the mountains, they recorded during extended late-night jams in and around the house (which is why barking dogs and other background noises are sometimes audible). Gladkazuka worked drum machines and sequencers, recorded, and played his distinct minimalist electric guitar riffs of dark Latin psychedelia, recalling moments when beat and rock 'n' roll embraced cumbia. Sano worked to reinvent the dirty, distorted salsa cowbells, the conga cascades of the energetic descargas, and the aggressive trombones from old vinyl, with production help from Gregorio Gomez and Aguayo. Aguayo programmed drum machines, played rhythms and guitar, and wrote lyrics. Valencia, a composer, was also present for the whole project, and appears on several tracks playing the keyboards, which add another level of ghostly, magical notes and colors to the production. Jaramillo, a young percussionist from Medellín, comes from a family deeply rooted in salsa; he brought his playfulness and groove to most of the songs. Idárraga is something of a musical mentor to all, not only as a living encyclopedia of salsa, house music, and new wave, but also a great rhythm programmer, especially on the 707. After the recordings, the Rionegro crew set out to play in Medellín and Bogotá, testing out their tracks on sound systems and dancefloors. The young house-and-techno-loving audience that grew up with salsa embraced the tracks immediately. The track "Descarga," for instance, with its technoid sound and salsa rhythm, quickly incited salsa dancing in the crowd. People also joined in with the repetitive chants, while Jaramillo delivered his tropical rhythms on electronic drum pads. Rionegro is another installment in Cómeme's quest to create music for the dancers, wherever they may be. Includes covers of tropical classics by Los Mirlos, Willie Colón, and Afrosound.

$17.79 UPC: 880319722530 ELECTRONIC

Disc 1

LP 1: Side A
01. Lugareña
02. Negro Empelota
LP 1: Side B
03. Carruseles
04. Amazonas
05. Perro Negro

Disc 2

LP 2: Side C
06. Llegó el Don
07. Merecumbé
08. Mojada
LP 2: Side D
09. La Descarga
10. El Byron

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MICROWORLD: Orange Sun 10" (CURLE 055EP)

Marbled orange 10". Everyone knows Microworld from his legendary 1999 EP on Derrick May's Transmat label. His output has been rather limited since then, with only a handful of releases on labels like Styrax Leaves and Millions Of Moments. He sent Curle a demo after hearing some of the label's releases, and Curle was thrilled to say the least. The best Detroit techno to come out of Australia, and that's a fact.

$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC

Side A
01. Grey Melody
02. Orange Sun
Side B
03. Step Sequence

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BATONGO: El Cuarto EP 12" (DEGU 019EP)

The obscure Batongo is back with his fifth EP. Three tracks so close and yet so different: a candid peak into sins and temptations, a eulogy to the erotic world of clubbing, and finally a debate on a society close to collapse.

$8.39 UPC: 880319752711 ELECTRONIC

Side A
01. Say Yes
02. Ah Yes
Side B
03. La Notte dei Tempi

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ORIOR: Strange Beauty 2LP (DDS 017LP)

Orior's Elevation 7" was released in 1979 and is one of the records that Sean Canty and Miles Whittaker of Demdike Stare shared an obsession over around the time they started working together 30 years later. Spurred on by rumors of an unreleased LP, Demdike were determined to track them down but had scant information to go on, just the names "Clip and Phil" credited on the 7", and an out of date contact for the obscure label Crystal Groove. After some detective work, and with a little help from Frank at Vinyl On Demand, they managed to get a postal address for Clip that was ten years old and sent a note over. Fortuitously, a letter was returned in reply from a Jeff Sharp (Clip) who was extremely surprised to be asked about recordings he had long forgotten about. This started a rewarding process: the master tapes were found in Jeff's loft, but were in poor condition so were passed on to Andy Popplewell at AMR to bake and transfer. As Miles Whittaker explains: "The day I went to AMR to collect the masters, before I'd even listened to anything, the engineer Andy Popplewell told me there was 'pure gold' on those tapes. He said it was an absolute joy to listen as the tapes were being recorded, so our anticipation was through the roof..." The material is indeed special, in some respects typical of the era -- lots of experimental drum machine experiments and so on, but also possessed of a totally unexpected character: there are moments that recall the dense atmospheric pieces of Angelo Badalamenti, others that evoke classic Vangelis, or indeed the eerie soundscapes of Leyland Kirby. There are passages that bring to mind Bruce Gilbert's Dome project, and parallels can be drawn with the Fourth World ambience of Jon Hassel and Brian Eno, as well as early Coil. In short -- it's a revelatory set of recordings that, were it not for some resourcefulness and an awful lot of good luck, would have just rotted away in an attic somewhere in South East England. Lucky for us, we can now hear it in all its expansive glory, spread across two meticulously curated LPs on this wonderful label.

$18.39 UPC: N/A ROCK

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JAMES K: Pet LP (DIAL 035LP)

New York native James K has spent the 2010s quietly honing her sound and peculiar aesthetic; equally organic and electronic, her sound is a combination of odd dreams, industrial beats, and vocals, both incomprehensible and appealing, with a thick layer of glitter on top. James K is a concentrated dose of emotion mixed with sorrowful iciness, which in turn ties together ripped, broken, morphed, and enchanted samples. James K stands for a fusion of visual and sonic elements, deeply rooted in both conscious art practice and downright freak-out. James K creates a mythology of her own. Her debut album, Pet, is a co-release by Dial and her own label, She Rocks! In James K's words, "The underlying desire of Pet divides into two parts: an escape into ethereality and a mischievous denial of my own experience. It narrates my search for honest expression by means of the premature denial -- a childish excursion into a world of monstrosity and innocence. Pet reflects my mental state during its production -- as a person, I was owned, objectified and hurt by other, and that wound I then unwillingly internalized. I turned to my music as a way to dissect these thoughts. The product became my possession, or 'pet.' In retrospect, this process gives me strength over myself; love -- knowledge and wisdom enacted. The arrangement of the music and the Pet itself relates to my endless struggle, namely, my attempts to reclaim myself." Pet follows James K's appearance on Dial's 2015 15th-anniversary compilation All (DIAL 032CD) and a 2015 mini-LP from her noise-pop project Seth (with producer Gobby) released on 1080p. Includes poster.

$14.99 UPC: 880319747113 ELECTRONIC

Side A
01. Bow (Submit Now!)
02. Drunktrack
03. Sokit to me Baby
04. Jellisy
05. Rihanna
06. Luv Me Too
Side B
07. R.I.P.
08. Nova
09. Wetstone
10. Blu (Soda)
11. Paranormal

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L/F/D/M: Crocodiles in the Ceiling EP 12" (ELP 019EP)

Richard Smith aka L/F/D/M reports four barreling hardware shots from London's EBM and techno underworld with the tense, nervous energy of his Crocodiles in the Ceiling EP for Not Waving's Ecstatic label following a slew of 'floor-wreckers with Optimo Trax and Diagonal (as Bronze Teeth and Green Gums with former Factory Floor member Dom Butler). This EP finds him flexing a buzzing set of dancefloor prongs amid the sweat-mist and strobelights. The result is a visceral, animated style, pushing at the most frayed, wild-eyed aspects of post-industrial/acid/techno with inarguably potent impact and effect.

$10.39 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC

Side A
01. Lego Train Crashes
02. Elek F
Side B
03. Take A Chance
04. Rum + Black

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ICHIYANAGI, TOSHI: Shikisokuzekuu-Kuusokuzeshiki CD (OPA 020CD)

The details of Shikisokuzekuu-Kuusokuzeshiki (1964) are unknown except that it was created at the NHK electronic music studio. According to Toshi Ichiyanagi, there were various discussions about the title, but it would seem to have been eventually broadcasted on the radio with the title Kuu after a producer renamed it. Here, the original title is used, following Ichiyanagi's initial intention. This work has no relation to the short experimental film Shikisokuzekuu (1974), produced by filmmaker Toshio Matsumoto with tape music by Ichiyanagi. Extended Voices was released in 1967 on the Extended Voices LP on Columbia's Odyssey sublabel; a new version mixing baritone voices of Takashi Matsudaira to a monaural tape part was released by Omega Point in 2014 (OPX 013CD), but since the stereo version was found later, it is added here as a tape work without voice. Tape recording provided by Gregor Meyer. Gatefold cardboard sleeve. Liner notes in Japanese and English. Edition of 500 copies.

$18.39 EAN: 4560283218234 EXPERIMENTAL

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A SAGITTARIUN: Elasticity 2LP (EDREAMS 002LP)

Double LP version. Ambient techno exponent A Sagittariun fires off another full-length album transmission on his own Elastic Dreams label. Elasticity is the Bristol-based artist's second long-player and the follow-up to his acclaimed 2013 debut, Dream Ritual (EDREAMS 001CD/LP). Dream Ritual firmly established A Sagittariun as an artist whose musical chops and integrity operate largely outside of the mainstream, and as a producer who chooses to put the music firmly at center-stage while opting to remain relatively anonymous within the music scene. Elasticity marks a return for A Sagittariun follow a trio of singles in early 2015 (for Hypercolour, Secretsundaze, and Elastic Dreams), and fans of the slippery and elastic sounds that hallmarked his debut album will not be disappointed. As A Sagittariun explains, "Elasticity was recorded over quite a short period, but the sketches and ideas have been germinating for some time, so sonically it's very coherent and consistent and moves in a way that I personally like albums to move in, with a narrative and flow that holds you right to the end. The recipe for Elasticity was always to be malleable and pliable with the sounds and tempos; for me it's all about the listening experience, and creating a landscape and a world within that one can really get deep into and explore, it's optimistic and progressive music for the head, heart and feet. I really do advise the listener to don headphones and take the trip with me." Over the album's tracks, and a supporting set of "Transmissions" from the likes of Robert Anton Wilson and Terence McKenna, Elasticity delves into a myriad of textured sounds and pliable rhythms, touching on ambient, industrial, breaks, and dub influences.

$16.99 EAN: 4260038311516 ELECTRONIC

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CLOUDS: Timeslip Roadmender 12" (EDLX 046EP)

Clouds (Calum Macleod and Liam Robertson) grow more gnarled, savage, and formidable than ever with four scuzzy techno cuts full of rattling irreverence that settle in nicely between AnD's gunslinging and Sawlin & Subjected's heady, virulent soundscapes. "Maverick Scrabble" dives in without pausing for breath while "Castres Olympique" weaves together dramatic chords, rattles, bells, static noise, and industrial pangs for a densely packed and textural number. "Coast Range Arc" is like a blast from some cavernous subterranean workshop fathoms below the surface, leaving "Polgate Slamen" to close things on a tough, tight, and itchy tip.

$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC

A1. Maverick Scrabble
A2. Castres Olympique
B1. Coast Range Arc
B2. Polgate Slamen

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TAYLOR, CARL: Debbie's Groove (Robert Hood Remix) 12" (EPM 002EP)

EPM Music celebrates its 2016 15-year anniversary with a limited repress of the most sought-after release in its catalog, Debbie's Groove by Carl Taylor (2013), featuring the now-legendary disco-tech stormer remix from the one and only Robert Hood. "Debbie's Groove" sees Taylor in full-on jacking mode, with tinges of disco and a stomping beat. With his remix of "Debbie's Groove," master technician Robert Hood adds a deep bassline, funky claps, and a vocal snippet that echoes his Floorplan sound. Taylor's "Good Vibrations" offers the deep blend of house and techno for which he has become known, with its tough, syncopated groove reaching dizzying heights.

$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC

A1. Debbie's Groove (Robert Hood Remix)
AA1. Debbie's Groove
AA2. Good Vibrations

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SATIN JACKETS: Panorama Pacifico 2LP (ESK 507585)

Double LP version. Includes download code. Electropop darlings Satin Jackets (German producer Tim Bernhardt and lead performer Den Ishu) unveil their debut artist album, Panorama Pacifico, featuring a string of cameos from vocalists jetting in from LA, Berlin, London, Belgium, and Australia. Scaling the heights of the Hype Machine right from their first release and clocking up almost ten million plays on Spotify, the duo deals in an original brand of diva funk and smooth disco that has whetted the taste buds of the likes of Majestic Casual and i-D (the latter of which called the duo's work "super sexy, infectious house music thats filled with the vibe of summertime"). Their smash single, "You Make Me Feel Good," has accumulated close to three million plays on SoundCloud and YouTube at the time of this release, while their eponymous live show has relentlessly toured the US, Canada, Mexico, and Europe, opening their fluid pop appeal and accessible four-to-the-floor groove up to the world at large. Bernhardt recalls the origins of their debut album: "The idea came from our character, Mr. Satin Jackets, who's been travelling the world quite a bit the past two years. Four continents, about twenty countries, he's on the West Coast and takes a break. He watches the ocean to put his mind at ease and . . . Panorama Pacifico." This idyllic perspective is launched by the vocals of Scavenger Hunt, the Los Angeles-based electropop four-piece who have been charted by Billboard and featured by the likes of Nylon, while Nigeria-born, Birmingham-based UoB's Got Talent winner IsaacO contributes to "Keep Moving On." The album also takes a peek into the past successes of Satin Jackets, with 2015's smash single "Shine On You" featuring UK-born, Berlin-based talent Esser (which Clash called "an exploratory glimpse into the mind-expanding side of Satin Jackets' electronics") and 2016 single "We Can Talk" featuring vocals from Emma Brammer. Further collaborators include Ghent-based collective I will, I swear; Melbourne's Kids At Midnight; and Belgian pop diamonds-in-the-rough Marble Sounds. Fellow Eskimo artist and Greek producer NTEIBINT and KLP from Australia also feature. Three-quarters of the tracks are fresh and introduce exciting guest vocalists and producers. These are complemented by the duo's much-loved staples, "Girl, Forever" and "You Make Me Feel Good."

$19.79 EAN: 5414165075851 ELECTRONIC

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LENTILS, THE: My Pillow Lava Part Negative One: Legitimate ASMR LP (FTR 222LP)

"As the Lentils shift their lip-movements to the land of the rising sun (Cali), they have prepared a final kiss for the New England-based fans who have loved Luke Csehak through the many pangs of his early iterations. Half of the record is a studio recording, continuing the emotional saga begun on the Lentils' 2014 debut LP (FTR 150LP). The music is a bit more scrambled and broken this time. The riffs are sometimes buried under more outsider confabulation than we're used to, as though everyone is wearing big rubber boots that have just come from mucking out the stalls. It's what you'd have to call a real Crackabaggy Sound, with all the sweat and smoke and stink that implies. It's the sort of music that goes through your head when you're looking at a big field you have to plow, and you can only think about the rocks. The tunes themselves have a truly heroic glow, but the bridges between them are haunted by winter's brute strength. The second side was recorded live on a cold January night in Turners Falls. This is the Lentils in their finest proletarian mode -- playing loose angular pop like a friendly cross between The Strapping Fieldhands and Great Plains. There are sleeper-pop moves on here so heavy you're bound to become a believer. And you'll miss them already. Even if you never heard 'em before. S'long!" --Byron Coley, 2016. Edition of 400.

$13.79 UPC: 019962204029 ROCK

A1. The Genius Of Loss
A2. The Foam's Game
A3. Conversations With The Ouija Board
A4. The Wrong Wings (Take Two)
A5. Put Down The Gun (Take Two)
B1. Another Placebo Please
B2. A Theory of Drowning
B3. The Bed Is The Killer
B4. The Wrestler
B5. The Placebo Effect
B6. The Loaves of Oblivion
B7. That Sweet Disease

BUCK GOOTER: Stainless Steel Mirrors LP (FTR 244LP)

"The last AIDS Wolf tour with Unicorn Hard On we came through Virginia. I looked in the tour book and it said, support: BUCK GOOTER. Buck what? Valerie said, 'you never heard of Buck Gooter? Man, you're in for a treat.' It was a bleak time for the music in general and the pattern was that each opening band was more horrible than the last and each promoter along the way seemed to give less and less of a fuck. Somehow, underneath this Ethiopian restaurant in Harrisonburg Virginia, I met the two gentlefolk known as Buck Gooter: Lightening Hands Billy and Terry Turtle and I've never been the same henceforth. I could see Buck Gooter being a circuit riding evangelical concern in a John Brunner near-future bummer in which weeeird pathological plutocrats run a landscape on fire and these cats show up and spell it out . . . Oh wait! That's EXACTLY how it ACTUALLY is. Never mind. 'Stainless Steel Mirrors' is the sound of Buck Gooter listening to themselves wrapped across a piece of steel. A reflection in sound crafted by none other than Don Zientara at Inner Ear Studio (he recorded the Faith/Void split lp, among . . . uh . . . others). . . . 'Dustless Grinding' sounds the closest to Laughing Hyenas anyone's come in recent memory. Billy says it's more like the 'Blue Monday' beat and that, furthermore, any band that's been around 10 plus years inevitably hits that point. . . . 'Who Put You In Charge?' This one is a neon-lit Del Shannon cyberclunk weeper. The band took out all the swear words at the last minute on this one and had to relearn the tune. Rakim, the greatest MC to ever rap, never swore once on a tune. RE SPEK. 'Waste Treatment' shows off the range in Billy's singing. Like somehow the Tornado Kid who atoms about the stage during a typical Goot performance is gonna slow down a moment and belt one out, croon for the moon, sing like the birds in Dolphy's backyard. . . . Terry and Billy will likely be buried next to each other; playing burnt Theremin lines off gruff, day-glow guitar boogies, only 'the Silent Ground' will hear. This is the way it is meant to be. But now: Here they are together alive. So you can hear" --Alexander Moskos, Montréal, March 2016. Edition of 200.

$13.79 UPC: 019962201424 ROCK

A1. Stainless Steel Mirrors
A2. Trampled By Your Nightmares
A3. Rat Layer
A4. Stone The Drones
A5. Dustless Grinding
B1. Music Is Everything
B2. Who Put You In Charge
B3. Waster Treatment
B4. Too Low For The Fog
B5. The Silent Ground

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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

BIXIO/FRIZZI/TEMPERA: Magnetic Systems LP (FKR 084LP)

LP version. Limited edition of 2000. 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.

$18.99 EAN: 5060099505966 ROCK

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EATING SNOW: Eating Snow LP (FREUDE 014LP)

LP version. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl. Includes poster and download code. From a festival to a feature to friendship; from techno to electronica to a band. Douglas Greed and Mooryc met in 2010 at a festival in Poland, and soon developed the joint tracks "Pain" and "Morning Gloria," which were released on Douglas Greed's 2011 debut album KRL (FREUDE 006CD/LP). They arrived at a common sound despite their different musical roots, which range from sensual indietronica to powerful house and perfectly-grooving pop moments. The full range of this sound is spread over 13 tracks on their debut as Eating Snow, which was developed in Poznan, Poland; Wustrow, Germany; Jena, Germany; and, of course, Berlin, where Mooryc has been living, and where Douglas Greed spent some time in the summer of 2014. The two of them spent the majority of that visit together in the studio, drinking lukewarm beer and having fun around the clock. They discovered a common passion for the darker elements of pop music, and bound electronic beats, melodies, and lyrics together in a magical combination; Mooryc's unique voice joins with the melancholia and euphoria of Douglas Greed's musical tendencies as the pair entirely sheds any dancefloor categorization. The album begins with the sensually-meandering "Over," which gets the listener in the mood for the impending musical trip. "The Cut" delivers a heartthrob beat with hypnotically-oscillating synthesizers, smooth piano modulations, and Mooryc's bittersweet vocals. The deep pop of "Let You Down" precedes "Mine," which transitions to much calmer notes, and the restrained "Beauty of Destruction." "Gravel and Trees" increases the beats-per-minute before "Forever Is Gone by Now" finds its way into a yearning sensitivity. "This Emptiness Is Mine" conjures a mysterious atmosphere and "Chameleon" returns to instrumental paths, opening up broad spaces and making room for a fantastic melody and the sound of playing children. The dreamy, deeply personal "Last Summer Day" and an album version of the previously-released "Siamese Twins by Choice" deliver the album's acoustic conclusion. Artwork by street art duo HeRAKut.

$15.79 UPC: 880319713033 ELECTRONIC

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 EAN: 5414165075936 ELECTRONIC

A1. Back To Basics
A2. Do It
B1. On & On
B2. Fresh

TEORA, ANTONELLO: The Art Of Hate 12" (GLD 001EP)

Antonello Teora presents The Art Of Hate, the first installment in the Goldenboy techno vinyl series produced by Blackwater exclusively for Antonello Teora's productions. Includes free poster. A single-sided 12" with two proper techno tracks, straight and rough. Hate and violence are conveyed and transformed from negative energy into positive, consciously metabolize information for a final result of pure love.

$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC

A1. The Art Of Hate
A2. Forgotten Trampled Cut

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MUNK: The Correspondant Gomma Joints 12" (GOMMA 219EP)

Mathias "Munk" Modica lives in France and has worked with many Parisian artists including Chloé, the Ed Banger crew, and Black Strobe. Here, Modica teams up with Jennifer Cardini's Paris-based Correspondant label for a collaborative release with his Germany-based Gomma label. Munk's tracks here are influenced by psychedelic ideas and the 1990s Detroit electro-funk sound of labels like Red Planet. Analog instruments, funk loops made on a MPC, and weird, sick synthesizer melodies. Includes remixes by LA's finest psychedelic electronic producer, Secret Circuit (Beats In Space Records), and German star Lauer (Tuff City Kids with Gerd Janson).

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ELLIOTT, MATT: The Calm Before CD (IDA 102CD)

Matt Elliott presents The Calm Before, the seventh album under his own name, following his 2013 album Only Myocardial Infarction Can Break Your Heart and the 2016 20th-anniversary reissue of his 1996 debut as The Third Eye Foundation, Semtex (IDA 111CD/LP). For The Calm Before, Elliott is joined again by producer David Chalmin, who coproduced Only Myocardial Infarction Can Break Your Heart, as well as the musicians who contributed to that album. The six masterpieces collected here fit the logical continuum of Elliott's previous work, but a deeper listen reveals the true strength of the music and lyrics, capturing the essence of what Elliott's art is all about -- folk guitar virtuosity influenced by the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe; songs that start with whispered melodies and end with noisy storms; Elliott's deep, strong voice reaching new levels; and a tendency to avoid any well-known way of making music. Elliott's poetry is also an art in its own right. He prefers to leave his words open to interpretation, but offers a few thoughts about The Calm Before here: "'The Calm Before' is obviously a reference to the expression 'The calm before the storm'. The song itself is about those points in life when a storm arrives, be it a circumstance or a person & the mix of feelings, turbulence, trouble that comes with it but a storm also brings something, it clears the air & can push you into a new situation. . . . 'Wings & Crown' is a song about those who ride high oblivious to the precariousness of their power. It discusses a grand fall from grace. . . . 'The Allegory of the Cave' is very obviously about Plato's famous allegory. . . . about humanity in relationship to the great universe and what lies beyond the Pale. . . . The song is an existential ramble, are we just a bunch of cells? Will what makes our minds carry on after death?" Elliott would argue that we simply cannot know, and that endless return and eternal void are both ideas too tragic to contemplate. Nevertheless, with The Calm Before Elliott delivers another masterpiece, adding a precious stone to his path through contemporary folk music.

$7.79 EAN: 3700398715186 ROCK

ELLIOTT, MATT: The Calm Before LP (IDA 102LP)

LP version. Matt Elliott presents The Calm Before, the seventh album under his own name, following his 2013 album Only Myocardial Infarction Can Break Your Heart and the 2016 20th-anniversary reissue of his 1996 debut as The Third Eye Foundation, Semtex (IDA 111CD/LP). For The Calm Before, Elliott is joined again by producer David Chalmin, who coproduced Only Myocardial Infarction Can Break Your Heart, as well as the musicians who contributed to that album. The six masterpieces collected here fit the logical continuum of Elliott's previous work, but a deeper listen reveals the true strength of the music and lyrics, capturing the essence of what Elliott's art is all about -- folk guitar virtuosity influenced by the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe; songs that start with whispered melodies and end with noisy storms; Elliott's deep, strong voice reaching new levels; and a tendency to avoid any well-known way of making music. Elliott's poetry is also an art in its own right. He prefers to leave his words open to interpretation, but offers a few thoughts about The Calm Before here: "'The Calm Before' is obviously a reference to the expression 'The calm before the storm'. The song itself is about those points in life when a storm arrives, be it a circumstance or a person & the mix of feelings, turbulence, trouble that comes with it but a storm also brings something, it clears the air & can push you into a new situation. . . . 'Wings & Crown' is a song about those who ride high oblivious to the precariousness of their power. It discusses a grand fall from grace. . . . 'The Allegory of the Cave' is very obviously about Plato's famous allegory. . . . about humanity in relationship to the great universe and what lies beyond the Pale. . . . The song is an existential ramble, are we just a bunch of cells? Will what makes our minds carry on after death?" Elliott would argue that we simply cannot know, and that endless return and eternal void are both ideas too tragic to contemplate. Nevertheless, with The Calm Before Elliott delivers another masterpiece, adding a precious stone to his path through contemporary folk music.

$11.79 EAN: 3700398715193 ROCK

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O'MALLEY, STEPHEN: End Ground LP (IDEAL 135LP)

End Ground forms the 3rd and final installment in a series of records documenting the solo prowess of Sunn 0)))'s Stephen O'Malley released on Sweden's iDEAL Recordings. It was performed on electric guitar thru Sunn model T amps, and captured on zoom H4 at Centre Cultural Suisse, Bad Bonn Carte Blanche, Paris, France, on October 18th, 2013. In solo mode, stripped of his usual accomplices and collaborators, O'Malley is no less than an elemental force. His durational meditations absorb and consume with steady-handed wave after wave of charred, sustained, and sub-harmonized chords casting the mesmerizing minimalist practice of La Monte Young into the physicality of Black Sabbath's original, heavy metal die. The A-side/first half of this 45 minute performance features O'Malley tentatively coaxing out languorous riffs which turn the air around him to a pensive, vibrating mush. As the 2nd half dawns he begins to deliver more crushing blows, drawing out and subsiding the chords with a patented, gut-wrenching and vivifying power that transcends rock, avant-garde, minimalism -- all of that -- to awaken dormant senses not usually experienced with other musics or concise temporality. As with many of the most affective heavy drone recordings by Sunn 0))), among others, a modicum of patience is required in order to attain the right state for reception, but once your mind and body are malleable, the impact is deliciously visceral, primal and whelming. Mastered and cut by Matt Colton. Individually hand-numbered edition of 700 copies.

$16.99 UPC: N/A ROCK

Side A
01. Side A
Side B
02. Side B

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VITELLI, COSMO: Last Train To Marzahn 12" (CLICHE 064EP)

I'm a Cliché boss Cosmo Vitelli presents the first release to come out of his studio in Berlin's Marzahn district. The emotional, up-tempo "A Cruel Story" draws influences from genres that end in "wave" and the spirit of sentimental electro. "Ketamine Karaoke" further explores and reinterprets the melancholic and melodic potential of older genres with gently modulating analog synths and vintage drum machines. "Chiens de l'Enfer" is structured around brooding percussion, hypnotic melodies, sinister synths, and an entrancing bassline. I:Cube's remix of "A Cruel Story" enhances the hypnotic elements of the original for a tense, dark, but quite debonair work.

$10.39 UPC: 880319760716 ELECTRONIC

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BEACON SOUND CHOIR, THE: Sunday Morning Drones 10" (IGR 009EP)

Gold-colored single-sided 10" with silkscreened B-side. Includes insert, photograph, and download code. Edition of 300. The Beacon Sound Choir, a project instigated by multi-instrumentalist Peter Broderick, presents Sunday Morning Drones, a work of improvised vocal drone in two parts. Comprising over 30 singers, The Beacon Sound Choir explores the oscillating harmonics of the choir as individual voices coalesce into that of a group. Peter Broderick has released numerous albums with labels such as Bella Union, Erased Tapes, and Type. He has frequently collaborated with musicians including Gabriel Saloman, Machinefabriek, and Nils Frahm. From 2007-2012 Broderick was a touring member of the Danish band Efterklang.

$20.39 UPC: 880918224435 ELECTRONIC

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01. Drone 1
Side B
02. Drone 2

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LEISE, LEN: Lingua Franca Remixes 12" (IFEEL 052EP)

180-gram 12". Len Leise's acclaimed Lingua Franca mini-album (IFEEL 049LP, 2015) was the first release in International Feel's mini-album series, which accompanies each mini-album with a 12" featuring a remix by the artist and another respected producer. Here, Leise and Gilb'R revisit the work that Thump called "2015's undoubted Balearic masterpiece." Len Leise turns "O Caminho" (also included in its original form) into a dub-heavy ride -- basslines rumble and congas move. With his remix of "El Modelo," French native Gilb'R, a living legend in the house scene, delivers a timeless piece of house music made with the dancefloor in mind.

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TATUM TRIO PLUS, THE JAMES: Contemporary Jazz Mass LP (JMAN 084LP)

LP version. Includes insert and download code. Limited numbered edition of 1000. A gem of independent Detroit jazz, reissued for the first time. James Tatum's stunning, spiritualized Contemporary Jazz Mass is one of the only true jazz masses ever released. Inspired by Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts, Tatum's masterwork was recorded during its first-ever performance at St Cecilia Church in Detroit, and released on Tatum's own private label in 1974. A professional music educator and jazz composer, Tatum had been working as a teacher in Detroit, and in the long aftermath of the 1967 riots he began teaching music to local children in St Cecilia's. The church commissioned the mass in 1972, and Tatum put together an ensemble of singers from within the church, backed by his own trio and local jazz musicians. Looking toward the great sacred works of Ellington, but with lyrics drawn straight from liturgy, Contemporary Jazz Mass is a unique work of sanctified vocal jazz -- nourishment for the spirit and soul, brought back to you by Jazzman Records as part of its esteemed Holy Grail Series. The CD version also includes Tatum's independent second release, Live at the Orchestra Hall & Paradise Theater (1980). Another breathtaking long-form vocal jazz composition, it was conceived as a trip through the deep history of African-American music, expressing the spirit and sound of the past through the medium of jazz music and song. All tracks fully licensed and digitally restored. Includes comprehensive, detailed liner notes with pictures and information from Jazzman's interviews with James Tatum himself.

$16.99 EAN: 5036468000844 JAZZ

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IN AETERNAM VALE/BRONZE TEETH: Vernal Equinox Edition 12" (KHEMIA 001EP)

Limited clear 12". The first release from London-based electronic music label Khemia Records, which follows a curatorial agenda that reflects the programming of the KAOS London events. Split between In Aeternam Vale and Bronze Teeth, Vernal Equinox Edition delivers two muscular, tensile tracks extending over more than nine minutes. In Aeternam Vale's "La Grille" is a propulsive techno monster and a master class in hypnotic sonics, with the insistent momentum of its hammered rhythms, reverberating echoes, and intense emotional crescendos. Bronze Teeth's "Rude Movements" is a virtuosic attack of left-field modular electronics with the construction of a caustic, industrial, broken-beat experiment.

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MORGAN, DERRICK: This Is Derrick Morgan LP (KSLP 062LP)

LP version. Derrick Morgan is one of the greats of Jamaican music, and the undisputed king of ska. But his recording career did not stop in 1967 when the sound of ska slowed down into rocksteady. Nor did it stop in 1968 when rocksteady evolved into the early sound of reggae. This set was first released in 1974, when reggae was king, under the name In the Mood, but the working title had been This Is Derrick Morgan. The working title follows the format by which the world of reggae would normally introduce a new singer with a showcase album. In this case, for the first reissue of this album, the working title is restored to reintroduce Derrick Morgan to the new reggae sound -- though an artist of Morgan's caliber really needs no introduction, as his voice works on any rhythm put his way. One of the greats of Jamaican music showing the world -- with the help of producer Bunny Lee -- that he can roll with the reggae sound.

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01. What A Something
02. Don't Blame The Man
03. Hey Little Girl
04. Seeing A Girl Is Not Knowing Her
05. My Snow Ball Baby
06. Never Gonna Give Up
07. Keep On Fooling Me
08. I Have Nothing
09. Tell Him I Am Not Home
10. Kings Heart
11. Big Two
12. Still Around

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RAZEN: Endrhymes LP (K 086LP)

Brussels-based group Razen present Endrhymes, a work of hardcore melodic minimalism and raw, dystopian deep listening. Exclusive artwork by Bryan Lewis Saunders. The four pieces on Endrhymes thrive on an almost compulsory focus and improvisation carefully developed during many concerts. As a trio, Razen erase the acoustic deep listening from their previous album to explore territory of raw, melodic, and psychedelic minimalism that refers to the massive works of Louis Andriessen. The first and last tracks are raw, pulsating improvisations built out of short, melodic motives that create a slowly changing arch of musical tension, while the centerpieces destroy the musical center and drop the listener into a cold, dystopian place, left alone and subject to powers beyond knowledge. Razen leave the listener no choice: immerse. Layout by Jeroen Wille, Mastered and cut by Rashad Becker. Includes download code for MP3, FLAC, and other formats. Edition of 320.