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NEW RELEASES FOR THE WEEK OF 05/02/2016
first section features releases in stock now and ready to be shipped as of MON 05/02/2016
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CLARKE, DAVE: Charcoal Eyes: A Selection Of Remixes From Amsterdam CD (541 507606)
Influential techno and electro icon Dave Clarke presents Charcoal Eyes: A Selection of Remixes From Amsterdam. Includes comprehensive notes explaining the backstory of each track, as well as a special two-verse poem penned by Clarke himself. Based in Amsterdam since 2008, the longtime English dance servant is synonymous with an abrasive, full-throttle brand of electronic music that he has showcased across hundreds of EPs, compilations, and albums since the early '90s. Clarke is also a celebrated radio pioneer, helming his own long-running White Noise show (which also spawned a label of the same name), and finished building his own studio in Amsterdam in 2014, which is where much of this work was completed. Charcoal Eyes finds Clarke taking on a diverse range of artists and adding his own fingerprint to a smorgasbord of sounds. From punk to new beat and fast-rising modern day artists to sadly disbanded bands, a lot of ground is covered, but it is all tied together by the studio nous and singular style of this notoriously outspoken pioneer. Opening up with a crisp rework of Placebo, the collection touches every shade of techno and electro from slick and futuristic to dark and heavy. Importantly, a semblance of the original artist's intentions always remains, and, much like his previous remixes of everyone from Fischerspooner to Depeche Mode, many of these are sure to become cult classics. Includes remixes of tracks by Placebo, Louisahhh!!! & Maelstrom, The Soft Moon, The Neon Judgement, John Foxx, Gazelle Twin, Amazing Snakeheads, Digital 21 + Stefan Olsdal, I Am Kloot, and A Place To Bury Strangers, plus four CD-only bonus remixes: two by Clarke, of I Am Kloot and Amazing Snakeheads, and two by _Unsubscribe_ (the duo of Clarke and Mr. Jones), of Crash Course In Science and House of Black Lanterns (feat. Ghettozoid).
$10.39 EAN: 5414165076063 ELECTRONIC
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BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, THE: Bringing It All Back Home Again 12" (AUK 001EP)
2016 repress; 12" EP version. 2013 release. Originally released in 1999 and now reissued on A Recordings, Anton Newcombe's (The Brian Jonestown Massacre) own record label. On this six-song EP, the band's affecting a more rural, lonesome-sounding tone and a moodier, more deliberate pace; the more traditional feel meshes well with Anton Newcombe's twisting of country-gospel lyrical clichés into rock & roll attitude.
$9.79 UPC: 689492058814 ROCK
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BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, THE: Thank God for Mental Illness LP (AUK 007LP)
2016 repress; Available on 180-gram yellow vinyl with download code for the original CD's 33-minute closing track "Sound of Confusion," excluded from this LP. This the first time that this title has been available on vinyl. At the risk of belaboring a rather obvious point, with Thank God for Mental Illness, their third collection of absolutely stunning music to be released in 1996, The Brian Jonestown Massacre parallels the prolific and effortless brilliance of The Rolling Stones at their fevered late-1960s peak; the sheer scope of their achievements is stunning -- rarely are bands quite so productive, or quite so consistently amazing. Thank God is The BJM's down-and-dirty country-blues outing, all 12-odd tracks supposedly recorded on a single July day at a cost of just $17.36. The Brian Jonestown Massacre is a psychedelic rock band originally from San Francisco, California, led by guitarist and singer Anton Newcombe. Since 1995, The Brian Jonestown Massacre has released numerous albums, first for Bomp!, the label that gave them their start, and later for TVT and Tee Pee. The BJM has been essential in the development of the modern U.S. garage scene, and many LA and SF musicians got their start playing with Newcombe, including Peter Hayes of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Originally, Newcombe was heavily influenced by The Rolling Stones' psychedelic phase -- the band's name combines the name of Stones founder Brian Jones with a reference to cult leader Jim Jones -- 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.
$14.39 EAN: 5055869507561 ROCK
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TENNISCOATS: Music Exists Disc 1 LP (N 049LP)
The first part of a four-part vinyl edition of Tenniscoats' masterpiece Music Exists, a work of intimate, wonderful, psychedelic folk music. Includes double-sided fold-out insert. Tenniscoats have devoted followers all over the world, but their releases have always been hard to find outside of Japan. Except for their album Tokinouta (2011), which saw a very limited run on vinyl, and the seminal Two Sunsets, their 2009 collaboration with The Pastels (and a small handful of 7"s), there were never any vinyl releases, and the CDs were hard to get for anyone who doesn't speak or read Japanese. So this release is a chance to dive deep into the beautiful, unique world of the Tenniscoats and their magnum opus Music Exists. Tenniscoats are a duo that has enjoyed a long career in the music scene of their home country of Japan since their formation in 1996. They have collaborated with unique artists from different backgrounds (Tape, The Pastels, Pastacas, Jad Fair) while maintaining their own laid-back approach and sound. Their songs are built primarily from guitar and vocals with lyrical themes focusing on everyday life. It could be their expansion on simplicity that has captivated music lovers of all ages throughout their existence. Music Exists previously saw a limited release on the Tenniscoats' own Majikick label in 2015. "We started recording around January of 2013 with just the two of us in our 10 tatami-room in Tokyo we were using as a private studio. Arrangements were produced without computers by overdubbing on an analog console with mixing assistance provided by Saya. As we sent selected songs to be mastered by Yasushi Utsunomia, we were able to see the tracks grown into a full length album." Tenniscoats wrote and recorded the album themselves using an analog console, a microphone, and what few instruments they had. As the project developed, they were surprised to find that they had amassed several albums' worth of material, showcasing their unique combination of melodies and unexaggerated arrangements. Co-released by the Germany-based Alien Transistor label and the Tokyo-based Afterhours magazine and label.
$12.99 UPC: 880918223919 ROCK
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LOSOUL: Synchro 12" (APP 004EP)
Remastered reissue of Losoul's classic Synchro, originally released on Playhouse in 1997. Grab a copy of one of the best-kept secrets between Berlin, Offenbach, and Detroit.
$8.99 EAN: 4260038311417 ELECTRONIC
A1. Synchro
B1. Under
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LA BARBARA, JOAN: Voice Is The Original Instrument LP (ALE 005LP)
Voice Is The Original Instrument was the first record released by Joan La Barbara in 1976 on Wizard Records. This is the first time the original LP, with artwork, has been made available again. It has since become iconic as one of the initial examples of extended vocal techniques in experimental music. The human voice is the only instrument on the recordings. The works on Voice is the Original Instrument were some of Joan's earliest compositions, researching the possibilities of the voice, in two rigorous études, "Circular Song" and "Voice Piece: One-Note Internal Resonance Investigation", and the more free-form "Vocal Extensions", which uses live electronic processing. "My reason for producing the LP was to get my music out to the world beyond NYC and the major cities in which I was playing concerts," she says. "At that time, Carla Bley and Michael Mantler had started JCOA/New Music Distribution Service which handled small independent labels, so there were quite a few artists in the NYC area who were producing their own albums and distributing them through that service." Just out of college and living in a Soho loft in New York, Joan began playing shows in New York with jazz and rock musicians, and with those in the new music scene. "I did commercials, which, strangely enough, led me to Steve Reich," she says. "A composer I was working with, Michael Sahl hired me to do some radio commercials and suggested me to Reich who was looking for singers who could imitate instruments, which was something I had been working on for some time and was part of my exploration of the voice. I worked with Reich on the development of "Drumming", imitating the marimba."
$20.39 EAN: 5065002106124 ELECTRONIC
A1. Circular Song
A2. Voice Piece: One-Note Internal Resonance Investigation
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BAUMEL, PATRICE: Balance Presents Patrice Baumel CD (BAL 017CD)
Patrice Bäumel occupies a highly distinctive and less-trodden niche in electronic music. He operates at the intersection of the emotive and the technical, with his keen ear for melody and drama working in tandem with intricate sound design and experimental templates. While one could loosely label him a techno artist, his love of ambient and electronica is just as crucial to his musical identity as any sense of dancefloor machination might be. A stalwart of the Amsterdam scene who held residencies at the legendary Club 11 and Trouw, he has proven himself to be a formidable producer with releases on Kompakt, !K7, Get Physical, My Favorite Robot, and Systematic, in addition to his acclaimed 2010 debut album, Vapour (TRW 001CD). He joins the illustrious Balance Presents canon with a truly cohesive and imaginative piece of work, blending and contrasting the soaring melodies of M83 and ethereal magic of Nils Frahm with the guttural throb of Plastikman; the glistening highs of Max Cooper (remixing Stephan Bodzin) with the dark lows of FKA Twigs. The mix also features three exclusive productions from Bäumel. It opens with his "Intro," hits a moment of high drama with his intense, brooding version of Underworld's "Bird 1," and closes with the mesmeric "Departure," a beatless slice of epic crescendos, penetrating sub blasts, and intense percussion that loses nothing from the absence of kicks. Bäumel painstakingly arranged the whole affair using harmonic matching, automation, transposing looping, and editing, and finally passed it through an analog mixer for a crisp, tight aesthetic. "I hope for the mix to contain enough intelligence and emotion to be a worthwhile listen under many circumstances. It's not all easy listening; some parts really have teeth. So by nature, the mix is not -- and was never meant to be -- for people with a low tolerance for music and sound that is outspoken. I didn't want to dumb it down. I think it's a great after-hour home party mix but I hope that it sparks people's imagination and creativity in all kinds of situations." Also includes tracks by Heathered Pearls, Jon Hopkins, Kurt Baggaley, Christopher Bissonnette, Throwing Snow, Vessels remixed by Barker & Baumecker, Doubtingthomas, Minilogue remixed by Jichael Mackson, Bee Mask, DJ Hell remixed by Playgroup, Guy J, Barry Jamieson remixed by Charlie May, Jesse Somfay, El_Txef_A remixed by Dave DK, and Kangding Ray.
$11.99 EAN: 9345567002335 ELECTRONIC
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KILL DEVIL HILLS, THE: Heathen Songs LP (BANG 017LP)
150-gram LP in gatefold sleeve. Limited edition of 500. The Kill Devil Hills are an Australian band from Perth, which, along with The Drones, formed from the ashes of Gutterville Splendour Six. This band has earned a well-deserved reputation with three absolutely magnificent albums and purely intense concerts. Heathen Songs is their long-unavailable 2004 debut album. One of Bang! Records' all-time favorites from its back catalog, this record is a total must for fans of The Beasts of Bourbon, Johnny Cash, The Drones, and Neil Young.
$14.99 EAN: 8435008888626 ROCK
A1. Changing the Weather
A2. Gun Slinger
A3. Angry Town
A4. The Heathen Song
A5. The People Stain
B1. Drinking Too Much
B2. 6=5
B3. Tryin' to Forget About You
B4. Brown Skin
B5. Kill Devil Hills
B6. Changin' the Weather (Reprise)
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LES FILS DU CALVAIRE: Fils De... LP+CD (BEC 516412)
LP version in standard sleeve with spot varnish. Includes CD. Les Fils Du Calvaire are a Francophone trio from the the new wave of electronic French chanson. Before adopting their current name in 2013, the band was called OP, and already has a solid background in the music production. Indeed, Les Fils Du Calvaire were also used to being among the best hip hop beatmakers of France providing rappers such as Oxmo Puccino and composing for mythical Jamaican figure (Horace Andy & Johnny Osborne). After a first noteworthy single "Rester Avec Toi", they are releasing an album in line with the pioneers of the French chanson, adding a subtle note of humor and derision. Jointly created with Ash Workman (Metronomy, Christine and the Queens), Fils De... is the perfect balance between French tradition and modernity.
$18.99 EAN: 5060421564128 HIPHOP
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ROBERTS, JOHN: Six 7" (BED 002EP)
New single from John Roberts album Plum on limited edition clear 7" flexi disc.
$8.39 UPC: 880319774713 ELECTRONIC
01. Six
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BULL TONGUE REVIEW: No. 5 MAG (BTR 005)
A Quarterly Journal of Post-Rock Cultural Pluralism, edited by Byron Coley. Issue no. 5 In this issue: Ira Kaplan: SFO Super Shuttle VS Hollywood Town Car; Byron Coley & Thurston Moore: Bull Tongue column; Rej T Broth: A Field in England; Michael Hurley: The Accountant; Chris D: Alain & Romy; Alan Bishop: Another Victory for the World's Greatest Game; Leah Singer: Louis Armstrong House; Tom Givan: Best Sellers; Marie Frankland: Big Berghain; Scott Foust: The Big Bluff; Tara Young: David Bowie live at Fort Apache; Tosh Berman: David Bowie & Scott Walker Punched; Mats Gustafsson: Polly Bradfield Solo Violin Improvisations; Matt Krefting: Call Me Lucky; Todd Abramson: Candlewood Suites, Jersey City; Kendra Smith: Chirgilchi Collectible; Ariella Stok: Ornette Coleman's Funeral; Trevor Block: Compilation Albums; Samara Lubelski: Keith Connolly interview; Bruce Russel: Guy DeBord Panegyric; Barbara Manning-Vargas: Die Art Fuer Immer und Ewig; Brigid Pearson: DOOB3D; Sharon Cheslow: Dust on the Nettles; Tesco Vee: Fanzines, Bomdage, Death Threats & the FBI; Suzy Rust: Five-and-a-half Tragic Cleaning Ladies; Ray Farrell: John Fogerty; Beans McCuttone: Romain Gary The Talent Scout; Jessi Leigh Swenson: Get in the Car, You Herbs; Naomi Yang: Girls About Town; Richard Meltzer: Greater and Grander; Brian Turner: Alexander Haacke interview; Chris Stigliano: Hawkwind live Birmingham; Bree: Hermitage; Andrea Feldman: Ilitch & Ruth; Phil McMullen: In Gowan Ring The Serpent & the Dove; Dylan Nyoukis: Joe Jones Solar Music at Sierksdore; Todd Abramson: Two Paragraphs about Bob Lawton; Charles Plymell: Mirian Linna Down Today; Tony Rettman: Ross Lomas City Baby; John Sinclair: Steve Mackay; Bree: Medicaid; Joe Carducci: Alexander Medvedkin and Chris Marker; Ashley Meeks: Melancholia; Irene Dogmatic: Claire Messud The Last Life; Hisham Mayet: Musical Genres Researched in 2015; Michael Layne Heath: Night Final: a Short Story; Nick Mitchell: No Form; Georganne Deen: Lewis Nordan Wolf Whistle; Lili Dwight: November Sundays; Christina Carter: Novitate Phenom; Alex Behr: Observations on a Miscarriage; Emma Young: On Side A; Gregg Turner: Open Mike; Tom Greenwood: Open Space Preserve; Tom Lax: Pass the Ronco I Think I'm Popeil; Suzy Rust: Rags October 1970; Tom Lax: Regurgitations of a Ruminant; David Greenbereger: The Rise to Power of the Letter U; Eddie Flowers, Pamela Beach-Plymell, Georganne Deen & Ira Kaplan: Rock-a-Rama short format reviews; Orchid Spangiafora: Rocket from the Tombs live at Johnny Brenda's; Andy Schwartz: Otis Rush & Albert King; John Sinclair: Rollins/Monk More Than You Know; Emily Hubley: Room; Karen Consytance: Selbe Gehort Musik; Rej T Broth: Nina Simone at Montreux; Owen Maercks: Some Notes on the Guitar; Donna Lethal: Spell M-A-N; Joanne Robertson: Lucy Stein interview; Erika Elizabeth: The Suburban Homes; Sharon Cheslow: Eva Svankmajerova; Maria Kozic: Svengoolie; Marc Masters: Carter Thornton Mapping the Ghost; Hisham Mayet: Trinidad; Gerard Cosloy: Wendy's SF; Lisa Marie Jarlborn: What Do Women Want; Angela Jaeger: What's Your Sign?; Nigel Cross: Wilde Flowers; Bree: Writing Books of Poetry.
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YOUNG, DENNIS: Wave: Electronic Music 1984-1988 CD (BB 219CD)
Dennis Young is best known as the percussionist of the New York band Liquid Liquid, who are themselves known for their 1983 track "Cavern," sampled the same year by Grandmaster Flash for "White Lines." In parallel to his work with Liquid Liquid, Young produced his own solo work, including three cassettes released between 1985 and 1988 that form his tribute to the pioneers of electronic music. Wave: Electronic Music 1984-1988 contains the best pieces from these cassettes, as selected by Young himself. Those who don't know otherwise might guess that this music originated in the '70s. As Young recalls, "My love for electronic music goes back to the late 70's when I decided to buy my first synthesizer, a rare used vintage Davolisint made in Italy, after seeing Keith Emerson perform live with ELP. This lead to my discovery of more electronic music artists using synthesizers such as Klaus Schulze, Tim Blake, Larry Fast, Edgar Froese, Brian Eno, and Cluster just to name a few. My musical challenge was then to create my own electronic music using this instrument. After experimenting in the early 80's with live recordings using a reel to reel tape machine I purchased my first multi-track recording system in 1984. When Liquid Liquid was on hiatus I was able to devote full time to this music and do professional recordings at my home studio in Edison, New Jersey. I added more synthesizers to include a Korg Mono/Poly, a Korg Poly Six, a Moog Rogue, and later the Korg M1. Every track was put through various delay and reverb units and I added vocal parts and along with guitar where I felt it was needed. The music resulted in three now out of print cassette only recordings entitled Concepts (1985), Reflections (1987), and Quest (1988). They were all mixed at Gabriel Farm studios in Princeton, New Jersey, with the help of Andrew Gomory who owned the studio and who himself was a keyboardist. Thanks to Bureau B I have been able to go back in time to put together what I feel are the best songs from that era for you the listener to enjoy." --Dennis Young
$11.99 EAN: 4015698003994 ELECTRONIC
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ARBEIT SCHICKERT SCHNEIDER: ASS CD (BB 221CD)
Three guitarists, three generations, one album. Günter Schickert, Jochen Arbeit, and Dirk Dresselhaus are all renowned Berlin guitarists. They epitomize three generations of experimental musicians; Schickert personifies the krautrock of the 1970s, Arbeit 1980s post-punk, and Dresselhaus the neo-electronica of the late 1990s and 2000s. Their artistic approaches may differ according to their diverse musical backgrounds, yet what they have in common is a fundamental interest in developing the guitar as a sound object and seeking out unusual structures and harmonies. They now present the results of their explorations and ideas with a joint album. The final product is very much more than the sum of its parts, due not only to the participants' different musical philosophies, but also to the use of instruments not usually associated with this type of music (e.g. balafon, conch, mbira, electronic drums, modular synthesizer). Their joint album concocts a kind of musical magic from a myriad of influences (krautrock, psychedelia, free jazz, punk, industrial, techno, minimal electronic . . .) yet simultaneously transcends them to create a new form of music. Günter Schickert (born 1949) has been an active member of the Berlin music scene since 1964. He released two albums in 1974 and 1979 on two legendary krautrock labels, Brain and Sky Records (Überfällig, BB 096CD/LP). Since then he has played in various projects, including the band Ziguri, and pursued a solo career. Jochen Arbeit (born 1961) moved to Berlin in 1980 and joined the Geniale Dilletanten art group, who mixed punk rock and Dada. In 1983 he began touring the world with his instrumental rock band Die Haut. He has been a member of Einstürzende Neubauten since 1997 and Automat since 2012. Dirk Dresselhaus (born 1970) has been involved in various musical fields since the late 1980s. Between 1989 and 1997 he played and sang in noise rock and pop bands like Locust Fudge and Hip Young Things, before focusing more on electronic music from 1997 onward, starting up his Schneider TM project. In 1999 Dresselhaus formed the Angel duo with Ilpo Väisänen.
$11.99 EAN: 4015698004489 ELECTRONIC
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ROMANELLI, EMILIANO: Tabulatura Cassette (SAUNA 029CS)
Tabulatura (2008) is an indeterminate composition for 16 prerecorded guitar parts and computer with custom software. It is conceived as a system to generate different electroacoustic patterns. This cassette documents seven pieces recorded live during four sessions at the 18th-century Palazzo Castagna in Città Sant'Angelo, Italy, between May and June 2015. The album was recorded on two-track, directly on hard drive, without DSP and overdubs. Emiliano Romanelli (b. 1979) is an Italian musician with a background in visual art. His works include sound installation, live performance, and composition; they are based on generative systems and the perceptual relationships between sound, light, and space. His work is published by Terziruolo (IT). He is a co-founder of the multimedia duo Tu m' (1998-2011). Their compositions have been released by labels including LINE (US), Headz (Japan), and Dekorder (Germany), and their audio-visual works have been exhibited in various museums and galleries including the Castle of Rivoli (Turin), the Arnolfini (Bristol), and the Oboro (Montréal).
$6.99 UPC: 769791961241 ELECTRONIC
01. Pattern # 45 (6:00)
02. Pattern # 25 (7:00)
03. Pattern # 46 (2:00)
04. Pattern # 22 (7:00)
05. Pattern # 38 (4:00)
06. Pattern # 49 (7:00)
07. Pattern # 67 (3:00)
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HAYWARD, ROBIN: Rubble Master Cassette (SAUNA 031CS)
The cassette showcases two contrasting explorations of the microtonal tuba. "Rubble Master" explores noise production, with the lips and tongue acting as noise generators that are filtered using half-valve techniques. "Underground Music" uses live electronics to simulate the movement of two related tunings moving in opposite directions, like trains through the abandoned underground station in which the piece was premiered. Program repeats on both sides.
$6.99 UPC: 769791961258 EXPERIMENTAL
A1. Rubble Master
A2. Underground Music
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MAN POWER: Planet Cock 12" (CORR 043EP)
The Planet Cock EP represents some of Man Power's most dance-floor directed work to date, veering from the arpeggiated big room techno-funk of "Stunt Cock", to the stuttering analog stomping of "The Temple", and rounded off by some breaked-up-neo-electro-with-a-middle-eastern-twist (?) as displayed on "Pig Baron".
$8.39 UPC: 880319752810 ELECTRONIC
01. Stunt Cock
02. Pig Baron
03. The Temple
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BORUSIADE: Feelings of Entropy EP 12" (CORR 044EP)
Romanian born, and Berlin based, Borusiade (aka Miruna Boruzescu) makes her Correspondant debut in dazzlingly bleak fashion. With Feelings of Entropy EP the artist manages to channel a wealth of disparate sounds, referencing giallo disco, new wave longing and pitched-down ghetto techno amongst other dark and otherworldly tropes. All of the music on offer here possesses a slow and dark drive that purposes it for the dance floor, but also contain such a wealth of loss despair, and a perverse pathos that elevates them from simple dance music and move them in to a more artistic realm.
$10.39 UPC: 880319755118 ELECTRONIC
01. Feelings Of Entropy
02. Twilight Blindness
03. Sympathy For The Suspicious
04. Brain Bazaar
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SURGEON: Screw The Roses 12" (CBX 008EP)
2016 repress; originally released in 2001. "Brilliant, pioneering Techno" --Hard Wax
$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Prowler
A2. Another Body
B1. Exhibit
B2. (Send The Dogs)
B3. Shaper Of The Unknown
B4. Untitled
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BRITISH MURDER BOYS: Learn Your Lesson 12" (CBX 009EP)
2016 repress; originally released in 2003. All tracks written and produced by Surgeon and Regis. "['Learn Your Lesson' is] one of the most instantly recognisable BMB tunes, and arguably one of the least typical: Regis contributes spoken, reverb-submerged vocals (a tendency that he'd elaborate on in the duo's live shows), affecting a register somewhere between Whitehouse-ish, hate-filled tirade and downcast psycho at the busstop murmuring conspiratorially to himself, before a Basic Channel-esque breakdown lets in the closest thing to sunlight you'll ever encounter in the unwaveringly bleak world of BMB." --FACT, "The Essential... British Murder Boys"
$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Learn Your Lesson
AA1. Rule By Law
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BRITISH MURDER BOYS: Don't Give Way To Fear 12" (CBX 010EP)
2016 repress; originally released in 2003. "The two untitled tracks on Don't Give Way To Fear showcase what Surgeon and Regis do best: build breakbeats that complicate and intensify a techno track's 4/4 momentum, without weighing or slowing it down. Hell, they fit more energy and incident into a 4-bar phrase than your average minimal-monkey manages in a career. The bolshy, brutal rhythm and sandpapery coarseness of the sound design around it is matched with a deft sense of spatial arrangement and emphasis -- not since the days of Mark Stewart + The Maffia have barely suppressed violence and and a trippy, dubwise sensibility worked so naturally and effectively together." --FACT, "The Essential... British Murder Boys"
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A1. [Untitled]
AA1. [Untitled]
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BRITISH MURDER BOYS: All The Saints Have Been Hung 12" (CBX 012EP)
2016 repress; originally released in 2005. "Typical of BMB's malevolent programming genius: each percussion hit feels at once like it's a million miles away and inside your skull, the drum patterns at once spaced-out and throat-tighteningly claustrophobic. Looking back to the Latin swing Surgeon brought to classic solo productions like 'La Real', and looking forward to the swung minimalism that Regis would perfect on his contributions to the Sandwell District catalogue, 'All The Saints Have Been Hung' is the simplest, most confident and arguably most potent track in BMB history." --FACT, "The Essential... British Murder Boys"
$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. All The Saints Have Been Hung
A2. Court Of Conscience
AA1. Hate Is Such A Strong Word
AA2. Anti Inferno
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SURGEON: Floorshow Part I 12" (CBX 013EP)
2016 repress; originally released in 2006. "Finally, after a long wait of over 4 years, Surgeon returns with 3 brand new solo tracks for his own Counterbalance label. After the industrial wasteland inhabited by the British Murder Boys project this astounding release from Surgeon displays a far less oppressive atmosphere, owing much more to his highly regarded Midnight Club Tracks series from 2000 & 2001. The three tracks display a variety of emotion and atmosphere, suitable even for the most jaded techno palate." --Juno Records
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A1. [Untitled]
B1. [Untitled]
B2. [Untitled]
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MORRICONE, ENNIO: Il Grande Silenzio (The Great Silence) LP (RED 229C-LP)
Ennio Morricone's legendary soundtrack for the 1968 film Il grande silenzio (The Great Silence), directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant and Klaus Kinski. This melancholic, emotive score, deeply moving and as cold as the snow-covered landscape of the film (an unusual stylistic choice for a Western), is considered one of the best Western works by Morricone since his collaborations with Sergio Leone for the classic Dollars Trilogy and Once Upon a Time in the West. First vinyl reissue. Double-colored vinyl. Limited edition of 500.
$20.39 EAN: 8013252732294 SOUNDTRACK
A1. Il Grande Silenzio (Restless)
A2. Passaggi Nel Tempo
A3. E L'Amore Verrà
A4. Barbara E Tagliente
A5. Prima Che Volino I Corvi
A6. Immobile
A7. Viaggio Lato
B1. Voci Nel Vento
B2. Gli Assassini E La Madre
B3. Invito All' Amore (Silent Love)
B4. Nel Vecchio Saloon
B5. L'ultimo Gesto
B6. Dopo Il Martirio
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STIMMING: Alpe Lusia CD (DIYNAMIC 014CD)
Hamburg-based electronic musician Stimming presents his fourth album, Alpe Lusia. The work takes its name from a remote little hut in the Italian Alps, in which Stimming secluded himself to work on the album for a full month, all by himself. "When I reduce the outer impulses, I create a sort of artificial understimulation which in turn makes all my gear and equipment appear incredibly attractive again (in the way it actually deserves to be)," explains the artist. Alpe Lusia begins with the rippling noise of a little creek, and in a way, the album itself is precisely that -- a river, which in its course ingests further streams and gains force, while still remaining the same. At times it's as powerful as a rapid, and at others calm as a river bend, but it always originates from the same spring. "I wanted to create something of my own, a journey that (apart from the basic House formula) orientates itself as little as possible on contemporary influences," says Stimming. If you want to rely on his many colleagues' feedback, it seems he has mastered that -- e.g. DJ Koze, who says: "I am amazed. Incredibly warm, stripped down, deep, playful and most of all personal! Almost as if someone sat in front of his gear while cruising on a cutter boat over the ocean all by himself (and on Ritalin)." And the cutter boat is indeed part of the story -- after finishing the production of Alpe Lusia in the lonesome lodge, Stimming went (not without taking a short break among people) onto a container vessel by himself for seven days, sailing through the wintery North and Baltic Seas from Bremerhaven over northern Sweden and back via Rotterdam to the starting point. Stimming used this time to single-mindedly work on his live set for the 2016 worldwide album release tour. Would Stimming recommend this excursion to fellow producers? Not without preparing sufficient material and ideas: "I think starting with a blank piece of paper would be way too tough."
$10.99 EAN: 4018939296186 ELECTRONIC
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COLTRANE, JOHN: Dusseldorf March 28th 1960 LP (ACV 2061LP)
This 1960 set recorded live in Düsseldorf captures the evolution of John Coltrane's journey from sideman to bandleader. Coltrane was unexpectedly thrust into the spotlight when Miles Davis was unable play that day. It's basically a performance of the Miles Davis Quintet without Davis. The lineup includes Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Jimmy Cobb on drums. This European tour was billed as "Norman Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic Presents Jazz Winners of 1960." Two of the other "Jazz Winners" were Stan Getz and Oscar Peterson, both of whom join Coltrane and the band near the end of the Düsseldorf set.
$14.39 UPC: 889397020613 JAZZ
A1. On Green Dolphin Street
A2. Walkin'
A3. The Theme
B1. Yesterdays/Autumn Leaves/ What's New/Moonlight In Vermont
B2. Rifftide
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DAVIS & JOHN COLTRANE, MILES: Copenhagen March 24th 1960 LP (ACV 2062LP)
An astounding performance by the Miles Davis Quintet, including John Coltrane, recorded live in Copenhagen. This is one of the few 1960 recordings by the legendary formation in its only European tour, before Coltrane's departure to form his own band; one can hear the master musician just on the cusp of breaking forward to his more progressive-leaning phase, while still completely rooted in tradition. A must-have!
$14.39 UPC: 889397020620 JAZZ
A1. So What
A2. On Green Dolphin Street (Part One)
B1. On Green Dolphin Street (Part Two)
B2. All Blues > The Theme
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SURGEON: Learning 12" (DTR 002EP)
2016 repress. Originally released in 1997. Learning is four tracks of typically disciplined but rocking Surgeon gear as you might expect from the Dynamic Tension label. As with many of the releases on the label, the four cuts investigate different aspects of the same theme, which is to say that there are sounds and grooves that are common to the four tracks, but as a whole each track sounds very different.
$10.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
01. Untitled
02. Untitled
03. Untitled
04. Untitled
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SURGEON: Compliance Momentum 12" (DTR 010EP)
2016 repress; originally released in 2010. "'Compliance Momentum' [is] classic Surgeon, a rocking breakbeat techno track. . . . Frayed in all the right places, it barges through the front door, ransacks the apartment and leaves without so much as a 'hello.' 'The Crawling Frog Is Torn and Smiles,' though, is something else altogether. It remains firmly in the upper register of techno BPM-wise, but it feels much slower. . . . It's the sound of a Surgeon proud of his work, showcasing a side of his work that we don't see quite as often." --Resident Advisor
$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Compliance Momentum
B1. The Crawling Frog Is Torn and Smiles
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BREAKBOT: Still Waters 2LP (BEC 5156464)
Black vinyl version. Thibaut Berland aka Breakbot presents his second album, Still Waters, the full-length inauguration of the project's duo configuration with collaborator Irfane. Still Waters is an assortment of southern sunrays created according to the duo's well-oiled formula. They each cook up outlines of rhythms and melodies, then modify, complete, and extend them to reach a final draft. Still, Still Waters sees Breakbot trying out a few new moves; unlike Berland's 2012 debut, By Your Side, Still Waters is more the work of intricate workmanship carved out with the help of old analog machines rather than digital software. Some of these tracks were also happy accidents from improvisational sessions; ricochets of voices and chords born of old-school jam sessions. Thirteen bouncy acts with Stevie Wonder and the Motown crowd in the background; spouts of funk and disco on a well-trodden dancefloor. Crafty ideas whipped up in a vintage outfit with techno vibes and futuristic accelerations creating a perfectly current soundtrack. Tomorrow's retro. With Still Waters, Breakbot introduces its new head along with a new uniform. With the help of art director Philippe Jarrigeon, the guy wearing short shorts and knee-high socks has become a character in a cocktail colored costume, like a Florida prince. Image on music. Gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves.
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BORUSSIA: Sour Stroke 12" (ED 092EP)
Borussia is passionate about video games, horror movies and romantic comedies, which might be one of the reasons why he gives us such an explosive cocktail. This record is raw, mad and dirty like a good old Dance Mania. But no need much to say, just try it on a dancefloor you'll enjoy it!
$9.79 EAN: 5060421563718 ELECTRONIC
A1. Sour Stroke
B1. Gradient Groove
B2. Sequence Shift
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LAST BONGO IN PARIS: Bahia Swing 12" (EDR 027EP)
Parisian DJ and producer duo Cléon & Jazzy Pidjay are back as Last Bongo In Paris with a 12" filled with raw drums, heavy breaks, jazzy flavor, and Latin and Brazilian soul-funk vibes. DJ Cléon is one of the finest producers in France for breakdance battle music, and is also respected as a fine wax digger, mixing all kinds of music together, such as disco, funk, soul, jazz, breakbeat, hip-hop, and more, old and new. With Jazzy Pidjay's great production and mixing skills, they give a new dancefloor life to hidden and forgotten musical treasures, through funky, up-tempo tracks.
$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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A SAGITTARIUN: Elasticity CD (EDREAMS 002CD)
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. CD includes three extra tracks.
$11.99 EAN: 4260038311509 ELECTRONIC
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JUNGLE: MAT WALERIAN/MATTHEW SHIPP/HAMID DRAKE: Live at Okuden 2CD (ESPDISK 5009CD)
Mat Walerian: alto saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet, flute; Matthew Shipp: piano; Hamid Drake: drums, percussion. Recorded November 19, 2012, at the Okuden Music concert series. From William Parker's liner notes: "Stepping into the Silence, this is literary music, epic little bouts of brilliance. That expands and stretches across what you might call instant reality, the lining or other side of the cosmic blanket where ordinary yet extraordinary people live; it swings and is balanced, it knows where to stop and begin again. It Bees and it Bops, it is and isn't at the same time, but the main thing is they don't scream -- not that the scream and the shout are bad. It's that you have to play inside your destiny rather than a musical style. It's all about playing free instead of asking others for freedom, so I celebrate Drake, Shipp, and Walerian for choosing life over music. Choosing intuition over tradition."
$10.39 UPC: 825481500920 JAZZ
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FITZPATRICK, ALAN: Fabric 87 CD (FABRIC 173CD)
There can be no doubting Alan Fitzpatrick's position as one of the most influential electronic artists of the moment. Already a universally respected and in-demand producer, Fitzpatrick has succeeded in carving out his own musical niche within the ever-expanding genre of techno. Fabric 87 conveys the rollercoaster rave that is a Fitzpatrick closing set in the club's Room 2, and stands as an expression of the influences and tastes of the audio architect himself. Artists include: 2000 and One, Roman Lindau, Mark Broom, Audion, Bjarki, Charlotte de Witte, Drewxhill, Ilario Alicante, Marcel Fengler, Markus Suckut, Mike Dehnert, Mike Dehnert, Monoloc, Operator, Psyk, Reset Robot, Roberto, Scuba, Session Restore and Truncate & JimmyEdgar.
$11.39 UPC: 802560017326 ELECTRONIC
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MAURICE, CHARLES: AOR Global Sounds 1975-1983 Volume 2 CD (FVR 116CD)
DJ and producer Charles Maurice follows 2015's AOR Global Sounds 1977-1982 (FVR 108CD/LP) with Volume 2, digging even deeper lost international productions for eight forgotten, rare tracks produced between 1975 and 1983 around the globe. At the end of the '70s, many artists all over the world were deeply influenced by such AOR stars as Steely Dan and their classic 1977 Aja LP and strove for the same attention to sound production and detail; this specific West Coast style mixed with pop rock standards, soul, disco, and jazz influences. From the Renée Geyer Band in Australia and Boban Petrović in Yugoslavia to the Carol Ray Band in France and Greg Yoder in Hawaii, Maurice constructs another hot selection of lost tracks clearly infused with this special AOR touch. Fully remastered from the originals with the same attention to sound quality as on the first volume. Also includes tracks by Jay Days, O Ji Ji, Robert Cotter, and Byrne & Barnes.
$11.79 EAN: 3760179353396 ROCK
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MAURICE, CHARLES: AOR Global Sounds 1975-1983 Volume 2 LP (FVR 116LP)
LP version. Tip-on sleeve. DJ and producer Charles Maurice follows 2015's AOR Global Sounds 1977-1982 (FVR 108CD/LP) with Volume 2, digging even deeper lost international productions for eight forgotten, rare tracks produced between 1975 and 1983 around the globe. At the end of the '70s, many artists all over the world were deeply influenced by such AOR stars as Steely Dan and their classic 1977 Aja LP and strove for the same attention to sound production and detail; this specific West Coast style mixed with pop rock standards, soul, disco, and jazz influences. From the Renée Geyer Band in Australia and Boban Petrović in Yugoslavia to the Carol Ray Band in France and Greg Yoder in Hawaii, Maurice constructs another hot selection of lost tracks clearly infused with this special AOR touch. Fully remastered from the originals with the same attention to sound quality as on the first volume. Also includes tracks by Jay Days, O Ji Ji, Robert Cotter, and Byrne & Barnes.
$18.39 EAN: 3760179353389 ROCK
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YODER, GREG: Dreamer of Life CD (FVR 117CD)
Reissue of Dreamer of Life by Greg Yoder, a killer private-press AOR LP infused with folk, jazz, and soul notes. One of the best albums from the Hawaiian scene in this style, fully restored and remastered with great attention to sound quality. Originally from San Francisco, Greg Yoder moved to Hawaii in the early '70s and, after achieving some local fame in the Waikiki area, recorded this one-off LP in 1976 at Audissey Sound studios in Honolulu. The music is smooth and soothing, mixing xylophones, percussion, sweet guitars, and brilliant orchestrations. In short, Dreamer of Life is full of hidden hits and flawless from the first note to the last. Following his various projects at Favorite Recordings, DJ and producer Charles Maurice unveiled this masterpiece in 2016 by selecting the song "Things Were So Easy" for the AOR Global Sounds 1975-1983 Volume 2 compilation (FVR 116CD/LP). And after the label contacted Greg Yoder about it, the idea of reissuing this amazing album quickly became obvious. After its various compilations since 2014, Favorite Recordings is more eager than ever to recover forgotten rare-groove music.
$11.79 EAN: 3760179353594 ROCK
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YODER, GREG: Dreamer of Life LP (FVR 117LP)
LP version in deluxe tip-on sleeve. First vinyl reissue. Reissue of Dreamer of Life by Greg Yoder, a killer private-press AOR LP infused with folk, jazz, and soul notes. One of the best albums from the Hawaiian scene in this style, fully restored and remastered with great attention to sound quality. Originally from San Francisco, Greg Yoder moved to Hawaii in the early '70s and, after achieving some local fame in the Waikiki area, recorded this one-off LP in 1976 at Audissey Sound studios in Honolulu. The music is smooth and soothing, mixing xylophones, percussion, sweet guitars, and brilliant orchestrations. In short, Dreamer of Life is full of hidden hits and flawless from the first note to the last. Following his various projects at Favorite Recordings, DJ and producer Charles Maurice unveiled this masterpiece in 2016 by selecting the song "Things Were So Easy" for the AOR Global Sounds 1975-1983 Volume 2 compilation (FVR 116CD/LP). And after the label contacted Greg Yoder about it, the idea of reissuing this amazing album quickly became obvious. After its various compilations since 2014, Favorite Recordings is more eager than ever to recover forgotten rare-groove music.
$18.39 EAN: 3760179353587 ROCK
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MAGIC SOURCE: Lovestruck 12" (FVR 121EP)
Magic Source, a project led by hard-hitting funk producer Björn Wagner (The Mighty Mocambos, Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, Mocambo Records), debuts with Lovestruck. Showcasing the project's cosmic analog electronic disco sound in advance of its 2016 debut album, "Lovestruck" combines the raw live sound and refined production aesthetics of the disco era with an organic 21st-century club feeling. While maintaining an unedited yet highly hypnotic four-on-the-floor groove, Magic Source leaves the old beaten track of cheesy disco pop and overheard dance classics. This 12" includes remixes by Berlin producer duo Africaine 808 and Favorite labelmates Voilaaa and Patchworks.
$9.79 EAN: 3760179353624 ELECTRONIC
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HOLLOW DECK: Hobson's Choice LP (FTR 239LP)
"The debut LP by this Western Mass duo is a masterpiece of fractured air. The two performers are Andy Allen (from the original line-up of Guerilla Toss, among many other places) and Mia Friedman (whose collaborations apart from this include Lichen and appearances with Lauri McNamara's Carbuncles). Previously issued as a cassette, Hobson's Choice is a blend of traditional and experimental approaches that alternately puts us in mind of several units inhabiting the landscape of Strange Maine over the last decade, and the animated '30s cartoons of Max Fleischer. And Hollow Deck have a unique way of quivering between their two main style poles guaranteed to put hair on anyone's chest. From its first song, the album is a bridge between beauty (as personified by Mia's singing voice) and odd instrumental work that moves from clutter to clack to clam in the space of a blink. A few of the tracks are so sweetly arranged -- rural voice and flute gliding above warm fields -- that it almost feels like insanity is on the wind when the musical proceedings turn dark and unruly. But, as in life, they always do eventually, if only for the nonce. Before you know it, the scene turns into a nursery room theatrical with mice in white gloves capering while the cat naps. Other gorgeous bits recall Joanne Robertson at her most elegiac, singing along to a broken record. Then flutes join the fun, as though representing a pack of wolves mourning the death of the moon. Hobson's Choice is filled with many other such seemingly contradictory juxtapositions. Letting them flow through your head will free you -- if only for a moment -- from the world around us, delivering you somewhere new before snatching you back to reality. Enjoy the trip." - Byron Coley, 2016
$13.79 UPC: 019962203428 ROCK
A1. Hurrah
A2. Eat It
A3. Montana Lite
A4. Necessar Monsters
B1. Here Is My Home
B2. My Joy
B3. Hallowell
B4. Human D'Scent
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TREB, BROMP: Concession Themes LP (FTR 243LP)
"Most dance music cuts up time like a log saw bearing down on a tied up lady. It's dramatic and everything, sure. But you can always tell what's going to happen way ahead of time. What if, instead, you threw all those beats and tempos at the ceiling and then just let the pieces fall wherever? Neil Young Cloaca makes whimsical, jiggling electronics that go from dry to juicy to unintelligible and morph again & again before you even figure them out. He has a pile of mysterious black boxes that wiggle on a table, and if you see him live, you also get a mysterious man with a big rib cage and a homemade haircut that wiggles himself jubilantly alongside the boxes. He pulls faces, leaves the stage, turns the lights on & off, freezes in awkward poses, and usually has more fun than you're supposed to playing music, dance-type or otherwise. Neil has been slinging tapes since 1991, but dove deeper into his beats and noises with the first self-produced Bromp Treb release in 2002. He's best known to out-of-towners as the drummer from Fat Worm of Error, but all along he's been quietly running Yeay! Plastics and pinching out modest releases when moved. This Cloaca has no relation to the Canadian Neil Young by the way, and thank christ because this one is way cooler. Fat Worm has been on hiatus recently, as a couple of members have moved to the other end of the country. So there's been room for more of Neil by himself. And his sound is getting even weirder because of it. Here, finally, is a fat slab of vinyl, his first long-player. You can now dance along to Neil in your house without anyone wondering whether you're epileptic. Careful though, because you're gonna break some of the shit in your room." - Angela Sawyer (2016)
$13.79 UPC: 019962202223 ELECTRONIC
A1. Pulled Punch, Dribbled
A2. Concession Theme
A3. Quit Quiet Quit Quote
A4. Misquote
B1. Pennies From The Bank Of Displeasure
B2. Bouncing Off The Forehead Of A Fallen Statue
B3. Pest Promenade
B4. Bomp Set
B5. Deflation Hymn
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MIDLAND: Blush EP 12" (GRD 003EP)
After a two year hiatus Graded is back with label founder Midland at the controls and it's been worth the wait. Blush EP is left-of-center club music for warehouses and basements alike. The A-side 'Blush' has stuttering rolling percussion and a synth line as bold as it is unusual make this one a very strong club tool. On the B-side 'Outpost' and 'Holdup' take a deeper turn, rich in suspense and expertly programmed drums, they're unmistakably Midland productions drawn from the more obscure corners of his sound pallet.
$10.39 EAN: 4012957240305 ELECTRONIC
A1. Blush
B1. Man Within
B2. Hold Up
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DEADSMOKE: Deadsmoke CD (HPS 032CD)
Deadsmoke is an Italian doom sludge band that sounds like amplifiers buried in the deep, with down-tuned monolithic guitar riffs scraping the soil down to the core of the earth. Slow, hypnotic, dissonant cadences recall the eternal need for isolation and the atavistic fear of nothingness. Sub-frequencies corrode the one last trace of human cognition, apprehension, and judgment. Your soul is already burned -- smoke is what remains. Five monolithic songs, for an incredible debut. The recordings are engineered to perfection; one can easily distinguish the mud and the power of each instrument with pleasure. For fans of: Ufomammut, Sleep, Electric Wizard.
$11.79 EAN: 4024572917296 ROCK
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HOLY GROVE: Holy Grove CD (HPS 036CD)
Remember when heavy rock bands wrote songs? In the early '70s, Grand Funk, Bang, and Deep Purple brought hooks and choruses to seriously weighty tunes. Portland, Oregon's Holy Grove walk in the footsteps of tradition, pitting soulful vocals, searing guitar solos, and swinging grooves into their own dinosaur stomp. After wowing US audiences since their inception in 2013, the doom blues group is now ready to deliver their self-titled debut, with seven tracks full of blazing riffage, piercing wails, and enough rhythmic heft to satisfy today's doom-hungry audience. Andrea Vidal's lyrics of myth and fantasy coast on a massive magic carpet of guitar licks, kept aloft by a pulverizing rhythm section. Holy Grove is far more than a toe dipped in the occult spring. They produce a patiently crafted statement of intent with major love and assistance from master engineer Billy Anderson (Sleep's Dopesmoker, Melvins). For fans of: Blue Cheer, MC5, Clutch, Black Sabbath, Red Fang.
$11.79 EAN: 4024572917258 ROCK
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ADISA-FARRAR & FLORIAN PELLISSIER QUINTET, SHOLA: Lost Myself CD (HC 039CD)
Shola Adisa-Farrar and Florian Pellissier, raised on opposite sides of the Atlantic, combine their talents for Lost Myself. This musical voyage blends New York hard-bop aesthetics and reggae-inspired elements with the jazz of today for a fresh spin on jazz classics and original compositions. Vocalist Shola Adisa-Farrar, a native of Oakland, California, was born into a family of artists and intellectuals. Shola began singing at the age of eight, influenced by her Jamaican upbringing and the soul and jazz classics that played in her home. At a young age, Shola garnered attention for her distinct raspy voice, which enabled her to perform a variety of musical styles as well as secure radio spots as a voice-over artist. After living in New York City for eight years, where she earned a bachelor's degree in Music, she moved to Paris, where she continues to perform and developing her musical style. This album is her exploration into jazz. Florian Pellissier, Parisian pianist and composer, is known for the authenticity and hard-bop style he brings to his music. A graduate of The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, Pellissier has spearheaded his own quintet, with which he has released two successful albums, Le diable et son train (2012) and Biches Bleues (2014). Pellissier has also contributed his musical talent, which includes his command of the Rhodes, to jazz and funk projects such as Setenta, Camarao Orkestra, Chevere Que Son, Cotonete, and Guts. During Shola's year-long residence as a performer for Le Réservoir's Sunday Jazz Brunch, Hot Casa Records' DJ duo introduced Shola to Pellissier, sensing the two artists would musically complement each other. In July 2013, their musical collaboration began. Bonding over their love of jazz autobiographies, swapping music, and improvising together, a studio collaboration was born in the hidden basement of Colorblind Studio on Paris's Left Bank. The result is a collection of eight spiritually tinged jazz tracks recorded live on analog equipment to maintain the traditional quality of the music, from sultry introspections to rhythmic compositions grounded in intense emotion. Included are jazz classics such as "Feeling Good" and "I Have A Dream" (a tribute to Herbie Hancock, whose music has influenced Pellissier ever since his formative years in New York). CD includes three extra tracks.
$8.99 EAN: 3700187661502 JAZZ
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ADISA-FARRAR & FLORIAN PELLISSIER QUINTET, SHOLA: Lost Myself LP (HC 039LP)
LP version. Shola Adisa-Farrar and Florian Pellissier, raised on opposite sides of the Atlantic, combine their talents for Lost Myself. This musical voyage blends New York hard-bop aesthetics and reggae-inspired elements with the jazz of today for a fresh spin on jazz classics and original compositions. Vocalist Shola Adisa-Farrar, a native of Oakland, California, was born into a family of artists and intellectuals. Shola began singing at the age of eight, influenced by her Jamaican upbringing and the soul and jazz classics that played in her home. At a young age, Shola garnered attention for her distinct raspy voice, which enabled her to perform a variety of musical styles as well as secure radio spots as a voice-over artist. After living in New York City for eight years, where she earned a bachelor's degree in Music, she moved to Paris, where she continues to perform and developing her musical style. This album is her exploration into jazz. Florian Pellissier, Parisian pianist and composer, is known for the authenticity and hard-bop style he brings to his music. A graduate of The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, Pellissier has spearheaded his own quintet, with which he has released two successful albums, Le diable et son train (2012) and Biches Bleues (2014). Pellissier has also contributed his musical talent, which includes his command of the Rhodes, to jazz and funk projects such as Setenta, Camarao Orkestra, Chevere Que Son, Cotonete, and Guts. During Shola's year-long residence as a performer for Le Réservoir's Sunday Jazz Brunch, Hot Casa Records' DJ duo introduced Shola to Pellissier, sensing the two artists would musically complement each other. In July 2013, their musical collaboration began. Bonding over their love of jazz autobiographies, swapping music, and improvising together, a studio collaboration was born in the hidden basement of Colorblind Studio on Paris's Left Bank. The result is a collection of eight spiritually tinged jazz tracks recorded live on analog equipment to maintain the traditional quality of the music, from sultry introspections to rhythmic compositions grounded in intense emotion. Included are jazz classics such as "Feeling Good" and "I Have A Dream" (a tribute to Herbie Hancock, whose music has influenced Pellissier ever since his formative years in New York).
$14.39 EAN: 3700187661519 JAZZ
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TEE MAC: Nepa Oh Nepa LP (HC 041LP)
Dr. Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli aka Tee Mac is a Nigerian multi-talented maestro flutist with cross-cultural Itsekiri and Swiss roots. He combined his first degree in economics from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland with a specialization in classical music concert performance and philharmonic compositions at the University of Lausanne. During a rich career spanning over 40 years, Tee Mac formed numerous bands including Tee Mac & Afro Collection in the 1970s with notable Nigerian artists. He recorded his first LP, United, for Polydor International in Germany, with his European band, Tee Mac United, in the late '70s. He then hit the global music charts with two songs -- "Fly Robin Fly" and "Get Up & Boogie" -- and toured extensively with his third band, Silver Convention. With Tee Mac's agreement, Hot Casa has selected the best of his repertoire. This long-awaited best-of collection is juicy, hot, and explosive, threatening to shatter all existing records. Seven beautiful and rare tracks from his albums Party Fever (1978), Mixed Grill (1979), and Night Illusion (1980), with top musicians individually displaying their skill and collectively delivering a classic repertoire. 180-gram LP in gatefold sleeve.
$16.99 EAN: 3760179353488 WORLD
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VA: The Ladies of Too Slow to Disco CD (HDYARE 003CD)
With The Ladies of Too Slow to Disco, the How Do You Are? label takes a look at the women who kick-started the female pop revolution in the '70s -- not only covering the big names like Carole King, Carly Simon, or Rickie Lee Jones, but also unearthing lots of overlooked and lost gems of the 1970s LA music scene. As with the two previous Too Slow to Disco compilations, the goal is to reinstate a few unjustly overlooked talents. But above all this is about the music; that vaulting ambition that pours out of these arrangements, lyrics, and melodies, all played by the finest musicians the LA scene could muster. So take a trip and round out your picture of a decade. The style is still Too Slow to Disco. But the inspiration and the achievement is all woman. These much-loved compilations are the brainchild of Berlin cratedigger DJ Supermarkt, the musical luminary who brought J-pop to discerning Western ears back in the late 1990s with his Bungalow Records label and who has been a champion for the reappraisal of smooth music for decades. The first two volumes of Too Slow to Disco were both rightly acclaimed as Best Compilation of the Year by Rough Trade, and this installment brings together another kick-ass roster of lost pop gems. Includes 16-page booklet with liner notes. Includes tracks by Evie Sands, Rickie Lee Jones, Laura Allan, Melissa Manchester, Franne Golde, Valerie Carter, Teri DeSario, Carole Bayer Sager, Carly Simon, Jaye P. Morgan, Lauren Wood, Renée Geyer, Maria Muldaur, Brenda Russell, Leah Kunkel, Amy Holland, Carole King, Doris Abrahams, and Lyn Christopher.
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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
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LYKEN, MARK: The Terrestrial Sea CD (IMPREC 437CD)
Mark Lyken is an artist, composer, and filmmaker based in rural Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. He creates musical and sound pieces, films, paintings, and installations. The Cromarty Firth is an inlet of the North Sea in the Scottish Highlands. It is an important and protected natural habitat of seabirds and marine mammals, yet it is also an essential berth of the oil and tourism industries. Based in a field station ideally located at the Cromarty Lighthouse, ecologists from the University of Aberdeen study how natural and man-made environmental changes influence the behavior and populations of the Firth's protected species. In 2012 Lyken was artist in residence at the Lighthouse Field Station, where he worked alongside the ecologists and recorded The Terrestrial Sea. He returned to the town of Cromarty in 2014 to collaborate on a companion film with award-winning filmmaker Emma Dove (this CD includes a link to the film). The Terrestrial Sea is the culmination of that work, highlighting the diverse and ever-changing environments that the ecologists are studying through music and film. The Terrestrial Sea is deeply imbued with a sense of place. While sonically evoking the drama and beauty of the land and seascapes of the Cromarty Firth it also explores the tensions that exist surrounding the natural and industrial world. The music combines real-world, electronic, and processed sounds, creating a sometimes incongruous soundworld of corroded melodies, percussive clangs, drilling platform drones, pile-driving booms, intensifying boat noise, local voices, the simulated sounds of weather, and the ever-present sea itself.
$10.39 UPC: 793447543710 ELECTRONIC
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DJ CAM QUARTET: The Soulshine Session LP (DJCQS 001LP)
DJ Cam returns with his one-man Quartet for The Soulshine Session. After the worldwide success of Rebirth of Cool (2008), Stay (2009), and Diggin' (2009), DJ Cam is back with his Quartet for the fourth time, presenting the previously unreleased instrumental versions of his classic 2001 album Soulshine. The Soulshine Session consists of eight songs full of groovy, jazzy, and funky vibes. While the previous releases have been closer to hip-hop, this project is all about live instruments and jazz sounds. Very limited.
$15.79 EAN: 3760179353549 ELECTRONIC
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SLY & ROBBIE: Dub Sessions 1978-1985 CD (JRCD 062CD)
Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare are simply known all around the world as Sly and Robbie. They were the musical drum and bass backbone of Reggae since the early 1970's. They have played on more records than any other set of musicians and to such a high standard that few could reach. The third part of the jigsaw is the mighty Bunny 'Striker' Lee who brought these legends together. These rare dubs are taken from the original master tapes. You may have heard the tunes before, but never these versions. So sit back and enjoy reggae musical history in the making. Respect Jah Floyd.
$9.79 EAN: 5060135762070 WORLD
01. Sly & Robbie The Kings Of Dub
02. Buffalo Solider Dub
03. African Roots Dub
04. Crazy Baldhead Dub
05. Burial Dub
06. Good Ranking Dub
07. Top Ranking Style Dub
08. Liquidation Dub
09. Conference Dub
10. Jah Jah Dub
11. Jah Live Dub
12. Peace Dub
13. Stone Age Dub*
14. Africa Dub*
15. Rasta Man Chant Dub*
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SLY & ROBBIE: Dub Sessions 1978-1985 LP (JRLP 062LP)
LP version. Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare are simply known all around the world as Sly and Robbie. They were the musical drum and bass backbone of Reggae since the early 1970's. They have played on more records than any other set of musicians and to such a high standard that few could reach. The third part of the jigsaw is the mighty Bunny 'Striker' Lee who brought these legends together. These rare dubs are taken from the original master tapes. You may have heard the tunes before, but never these versions. So sit back and enjoy reggae musical history in the making. Respect Jah Floyd.
$10.99 EAN: 5060135762087 WORLD
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AYLER, ALBERT: My Name Is Albert Ayler LP (JD 101LP)
Originally released in 1964, My Name Is Albert Ayler is the debut album by legendary free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler. Recorded in Copenhagen with a Scandinavian rhythm section, this album sets the stage for the sheer brilliance that was to come. Although the backing band plays fairly straight-ahead bop and feels out of place at times, it doesn't detract from the program as a whole, as Ayler's singular sound shines through. This is especially true on the absolutely stunning version of "Summertime." An essential piece of the unique Albert Ayler puzzle, documenting one of the most important jazz musicians of the 20th century.
$15.79 EAN: 8033706211212 JAZZ
A1. Introduction by Albert Ayler
A2. Bye, Bye, Blackbird
A3. Billie's Bounce
A4. Summertime
B1. On Green Dolphin Street
B2. C.T.
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MINGUS, CHARLES: Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus LP (JD 102LP)
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus is bassist and composer Charles Mingus's legendary experiment in a large group setting. Featuring an 11-piece group with new arrangements of some of his best-known compositions, this album is one of Mingus's most timeless and influential releases. Originally released in 1964, Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus is an essential title from one of jazz's most enduring figures.
$15.79 EAN: 8033706211229 JAZZ
A1. II B.S.
A2. I X Love
A3. Celia
A4. Mood Indigo
B1. Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul
B2. Theme for Lester Young
B3. Hora Decubitus
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SUN RA: The Saturn Singles Vol. 1: 1954-1958 LP (JD 103LP)
Herman Poole Blount, better known to the world as Sun Ra, lived more musical lives in his 79 years on this planet (and others) than seems possible. In the '30s he was the most rigorous bandleader in Birmingham, heading the Sonny Blount Orchestra and filling every waking moment with music or philosophical discussions; by the '40s he had moved to Chicago and performed with luminaries such as Wynonie Harris, Fletcher Henderson, and Coleman Hawkins. By the '50s he had changed his name to Sun Ra and began performing with longtime Arkestra bandmates John Gilmore and Marshall Allen. Sun Ra started his own label, El Saturn (or Saturn), to release his own recordings as well as those featuring the Arkestra backing local R&B and doo-wop groups. Though the genres showcased here are more pop than the world has come to expect from Sun Ra, the vibe and feel is purely cosmic, producing some of the wildest, strangest R&B ever created this side of the sun. Essential early Sun Ra performances and productions, 1954-1958.
$15.79 EAN: 8033706211236 JAZZ
A1. A Foggy Day
A2. Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie
A3. Dreaming
A4. Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie
A5. Bye Bye
A6. Somebody's in Love
A7. Medicine for a Nightmare
A8. Saturn
B1. Supersonic Jazz
B2. Happy New Year to You!
B3. It's Christmas Time
B4. Muck Muck
B5. Hot Skillet Mama
B6. Great Balls of Fire
B7. Hours After
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VA: Jean-Luc Godard: Bandes Originales 1959-1963 LP (JD 104LP)
A selection of tracks from some of Jean-Luc Godard's earliest and most memorable films including À bout de souffle (Breathless) (1960), Une femme est une femme (A Woman Is a Woman) (1961), Vivre sa vie (My Life to Live) (1962), and Le Mépris (Contempt) (1963). With works by legendary composers Martial Solal, Michel Legrand, and Georges Delerue, this is an essential collection of music from the films of one of the most important directors of the French New Wave.
$15.79 EAN: 8033706211243 SOUNDTRACK
À bout de souffle (Breathless) (1960):
A1. Martial Solal - La mort
A2. Martial Solal - Duo
A3. Martial Solal - New York Herald Tribune
A4. Martial Solal - Poursuite
A5. Martial Solal - L'amor, la Mort
A6. Martial Solal -Dixieland
A7. Martial Solal - Thème d'amour
A8. Martial Solal - Champagne-première
A9. Martial Solal - A Bout de Souffle
Une femme est une femme (A Woman Is a Woman) (1961):
B1. Michel Legrand - Angela, Strasbourg Saint-Denis
B2. Michel Legrand - Chanson d'Angela, Par Anna Karina
Vivre sa vie (My Life to Live) (1962):
B3. Michel Legrand - Vivre Sa Vie
Le Mépris (Contempt) (1963):
B4. Georges Delerue - Ouverture
B5. Georges Delerue - Camille
B6. Georges Delerue - Generique
B7. Georges Delerue - Capri
B8. Georges Delerue - Paul
B9. Georges Delerue - La Rupture Chez Prokoch
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RITORNELL: If Nine Was Eight CD (KK 091CD)
Austrian duo Ritornell present their third album, If Nine Was Eight, following Golden Solitude (KK 047CD, 2009) and Aquarium Eyes (KK 071CD/LP, 2013). The album sees percussionist Richard Eigner and pianist Roman Gerold create states of suspension and illusion that not only blur the lines between pop and art but also between acoustic and electronic sounds. The ambiguous beauty of their music has been compared to a detailed botanical still life -- one half-expects to see movement among the leaves. Contrabass flute, cello, piano, Rhodes -- these are only some of the ingredients that make up the ten tracks on If Nine Was Eight. Eigner and Gerold collaborate with a number of musicians on the album, including jazz tubist Jon Sass, saxophonist Werner Zangerle, and Swiss avant-garde percussionist Julian Sartorius. Flip Philipp, member of the Wiener Symphoniker, plays marimba and vibraphone. Various flutes are added by Norbert Trawöger, a prolific mediator between old and new music. Mira Lu Kovacs (Schmieds Puls) is responsible for the lyrics and vocals on the track "Old People," Viennese artist Mimu Merz (Book of Now) is once more a part of the team, and the soulful vocals on the track "Sleeping Alone" are courtesy of Tobias Koett of the duo Ant Antic. In Ritornell's protean live performances everything is flexible. Depending on the context, Eigner and Gerold dress their compositions in different guises -- dance tunes can morph into planar, cloudy soundscapes and vice versa. Thus they demonstrate that even if nine can never be eight, at least their music is full of possibilities.
$10.99 UPC: 880918224138 ELECTRONIC
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RITORNELL: If Nine Was Eight LP (KK 091LP)
LP version. Austrian duo Ritornell present their third album, If Nine Was Eight, following Golden Solitude (KK 047CD, 2009) and Aquarium Eyes (KK 071CD/LP, 2013). The album sees percussionist Richard Eigner and pianist Roman Gerold create states of suspension and illusion that not only blur the lines between pop and art but also between acoustic and electronic sounds. The ambiguous beauty of their music has been compared to a detailed botanical still life -- one half-expects to see movement among the leaves. Contrabass flute, cello, piano, Rhodes -- these are only some of the ingredients that make up the ten tracks on If Nine Was Eight. Eigner and Gerold collaborate with a number of musicians on the album, including jazz tubist Jon Sass, saxophonist Werner Zangerle, and Swiss avant-garde percussionist Julian Sartorius. Flip Philipp, member of the Wiener Symphoniker, plays marimba and vibraphone. Various flutes are added by Norbert Trawöger, a prolific mediator between old and new music. Mira Lu Kovacs (Schmieds Puls) is responsible for the lyrics and vocals on the track "Old People," Viennese artist Mimu Merz (Book of Now) is once more a part of the team, and the soulful vocals on the track "Sleeping Alone" are courtesy of Tobias Koett of the duo Ant Antic. In Ritornell's protean live performances everything is flexible. Depending on the context, Eigner and Gerold dress their compositions in different guises -- dance tunes can morph into planar, cloudy soundscapes and vice versa. Thus they demonstrate that even if nine can never be eight, at least their music is full of possibilities.
$14.39 UPC: 880918224121 ELECTRONIC
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AMBARCHI/STEFANO PILIA/MASSIMO PUPILLO, OREN: Aithein LP (KR 023LP)
Oren Ambarchi, Stefano Pilia, and Massimo Pupillo (Zu) team up for an instrumental trip bridging post-rock, drone, and improvisation. Limited 180-gram LP in silk-screened sleeve with artwork by Sara D'Uva. Includes download code. Since the late '90s Oren Ambarchi has been exploring new ground as composer and multi-instrumentalist (mainly focusing on guitar), fusing a wide range of influences and inspiration from improvisation, contemporary music, modern electronics, and rock, and has been building an impressive catalog of solo and collaborative albums with such acclaimed artists as Keiji Haino, John Zorn, Otomo Yoshihide, Jim O'Rourke, Phill Niblock, Evan Parker, and Sunn O))). Bassist Massimo Pupillo has gained high reputation as founding member of Italian jazz-core trio Zu and in different projects and collaborations with F.M. Einheit, Mats Gustafsson, Lasse Marhaug, and both Brötzmanns (Peter and Caspar). Last but not least there's Stefano Pilia on guitar, member of the Belfi/Grubbs/Pilia trio and collaborator of Mike Watt (in Il Sogno del Marinaio), Rokia Traoré, David Tibet, John Parish, and Giuseppe Ielasi. On Aithein, recorded live in Bologna in April 2015, the three embark on a captivating trip that starts quietly with reductive sounds only to raise volume and intensity on its way toward a cathartic peak. Oren Ambarchi: guitar, drums; Stefano Pilia: guitar; Massimo Pupillo: bass.
$14.39 EAN: 5050580648432 ROCK
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RUSH & BUDDY GUY, OTIS: Live In Chicago '88 CD (KL 5058CD)
Otis Rush and Buddy Guy live at the fifth annual Chicago Blues Festival on June 10th, 1988. Given the Windy City's rich blues legacy, it may be surprising to learn that this was only the fifth occasion on which the hugely influential genre was celebrated on one of its true home turfs. As it was, Chicago's 1988 Blues Festival played host to a dazzling showcase of past and present icons. Like Buddy Guy, the wider neglect of Otis Rush's work would eventually give way to a renaissance and built on that, an entire revival by the mid-1980s. Two pathfinders, as unique and important in their own ways as Waters, Wolf and Walter, would finally receive the critical acclaim they so richly deserved. Professionally re-mastered original WBEZ-FM broadcast with background liners and rare archival photos.
$11.99 EAN: 5291012505811 ROCK
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BAUMEL, PATRICE: Speicher 89 12" (KOM EX089EP)
A powerful addition to Patrice Bäumel's steadily growing Kompakt catalog, Speicher 89 is the third contribution to the series from the Dutch producer and former Trouw resident. Hitting dancefloors in the wake of Speicher 81 (2014) and Speicher 85 (KOM EX085EP, 2015), this offering delivers a duo of massive belters, headlined by cyber-calypso manifesto "Dum Dum" and backed with techno string showdown "Surge." Both tracks nourish some serious bass drops while showcasing an artist invested in carefully crafted melody and impeccable flow-- excellent material from a leading beatsmith and DJ who knows how to woo a crowd.
$8.39 UPC: 880319811012 ELECTRONIC
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GIBSON, KENNETH JAMES: The Evening Falls CD (KOMPPA 004CD)
Kenneth James Gibson, one of the most multifaceted artists in contemporary electronic music, presents the fourth installment in Kompakt's Pop Ambient artist album series. He's the mastermind behind the Adjunct Audio label and projects as diverse as [a]pendics.shuffle, Eight Frozen Modules, Reverse Commuter, neo-Americana duo Bell Gardens (with Stars of the Lid's Brian McBride), and noise pop band Furry Things. On The Evening Falls, he deviates from his more beat-infused work and explores vast aural landscapes with an intricately woven tapestry of swelling string drones, shimmering pedal steel, and minimalist piano motives. The first strictly ambient solo offering from this incredibly versatile composer and musician reveals a delicate sense for rich, ruminant textures and fine-grained synth buzz, dispensing organic highs on tracks like opening movement "To See You Drift," the Polaroid-colored "Long Gone Canadian Summer," the meditative "A Conversation Between Friends," or the terraforming blues of "Lateral Decomposition." The iridescent quality of these recordings almost appears to be born out of an auditory illusion, with the arrangements seemingly evolving in time-lapse and slow-motion at the same time. The natural, wholesome flow of the album certainly finds itself influenced by Gibson's 2014 move to a 6000-foot mountain community called Idyllwild. While two of the tracks on The Evening Falls were started in LA, Gibson found that in order to fully realize them and the rest of the album, he needed to transition away from inner-city roaming. "My wife and I heard the calling of the mountains for a while -- getting deeper into meditation and nature and a slower way of life. There've been beatless tracks on many of my albums, but this is the first full-scale ambient album I've done . . . I simply needed to find the right focus." The result is a masterful addition to Kompakt's growing series of Pop Ambient full-lengths, presenting the fully formed vision of a veteran producer who never lost his taste for sonic adventure. CD includes one extra track.
$10.99 UPC: 880319811326 ELECTRONIC
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MORGENSTERN, CHRISTIAN: Remixes 1/8 12" (KSQ 039EP)
Techno legend Christian Morgenstern presents Remixes 1/8. Side A kicks off with Distant Echoe's subtle and dark vision of "Miscellaneous 10", followed by B1 with Mistake Made's remix of "Steigrider". The former gives us a more minimalistic version of Morgenstern's original track that lulls and hypnotizes, while the latter takes us on a ride with saturated, pounding kick drums that pummel through an enchanted forest but wraps up melodiously in a signature Morgenstern way. The final track gives us the re-mastered original version of the timeless "All Night Dancing".
$8.99 UPC: 880319756214 ELECTRONIC
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SETENTA: Paris To Nueva York CD (LBN 101CD)
Founded in 2006, Setenta, the Latin soul band from Paris, spreads a unique mix over the world scene. Following their sparkling 2010 debut, Funky Tumbao (Hot Casa Records), their 2013 follow-up, Latin Piece of Soul (HC 025CD/LP), and successful live experiences that have developed strong ties to New York, the French seven-pieces combo is back with a modern definition of Latin music. Latin soul legend Joe Bataan, with whom Setenta collaborated at Les Étoiles theater in Paris, and JazzMix in Vienne in 2015, joins the group here on "My Rainbow," a rare soulful bolero with spiritual lyrics written by the godfather. Composed collectively, this album mixes Latin, soul, hip hop, funk, modern jazz, psychedelic boogaloo, and more, with strong percussive and vocal sections and lyrics in Spanish, English, Creole, Yoruba, and French. Setenta spreads love, peace, and positive energy all over the world, from Paris to Nueva York.
$11.79 EAN: 3760179353525 JAZZ
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SETENTA: Paris To Nueva York LP (LBN 101LP)
LP version. Founded in 2006, Setenta, the Latin soul band from Paris, spreads a unique mix over the world scene. Following their sparkling 2010 debut, Funky Tumbao (Hot Casa Records), their 2013 follow-up, Latin Piece of Soul (HC 025CD/LP), and successful live experiences that have developed strong ties to New York, the French seven-pieces combo is back with a modern definition of Latin music. Latin soul legend Joe Bataan, with whom Setenta collaborated at Les Étoiles theater in Paris, and JazzMix in Vienne in 2015, joins the group here on "My Rainbow," a rare soulful bolero with spiritual lyrics written by the godfather. Composed collectively, this album mixes Latin, soul, hip hop, funk, modern jazz, psychedelic boogaloo, and more, with strong percussive and vocal sections and lyrics in Spanish, English, Creole, Yoruba, and French. Setenta spreads love, peace, and positive energy all over the world, from Paris to Nueva York.
$17.79 EAN: 3760179353532 JAZZ
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JOEFARR: Spectate EP 12" (LSR 018EP)
On the heels of 2015's hyperactive Longanimity EP and Sense of Purpose JoeFarr returns with Spectate EP, another tactile and punishing contribution to the ongoing Gridlock series complete with an incredible remix from sound scientist Max Cooper. Farr throws down heavy drum grooves on title track "Spectate," with hi-hats and synth zaps creating malevolent movement around a blurry vocal sample. Max Cooper explodes the track on his remix, offering increasingly distorted sections that lure in the listener before shattering the structure. "Comp Killer" and "In Focus" are two slices of deliciously raw techno, featuring shuddering bass and searing melodies.
$8.99 UPC: 880319754814 ELECTRONIC
01. Spectate
02. Spectate (Max Cooper remix)
03. Comp Killer
04. In Focus
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LEA PORCELAIN: Roman Flugel & Benedikt Frey Remixes 12" (PLAYRJC 041EP)
A Lea Porcelain remix package including two reinterpretations by Roman Flügel and Benedikt Frey.
$8.99 UPC: 880319750519 ELECTRONIC
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WORMSTORM, MARKUS: Figure In Field LP (MAX 031LP)
Markus Wormstorm presents his second solo album, Figure In Field, a work characterized by an electrifying urban combination play with African voices, percussion, and classical instruments. Wormstorm loves slow-motion grooves with the attitude of Cape Town's typical hip hop intensity. Figure In Field is the soundtrack to an imaginary African sci-fi movie. In it Wormstorm experiments with downtempo pulses, Bernard Herrmann-style compositions, singing using click consonants, anime sampling, and Xhosa rapping. Wormstorm combines his passion for the culture of South Africa with his expertise in electronic music and classical composition, leading the listener simultaneously into both his fantasy world and the reality of modern South Africa.
$15.79 EAN: 4260065629417 ELECTRONIC
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MCLARDY & DUDLEY STRANGEWAYS, MICHAEL: FMA EP 12" (MOC 009EP)
Dudley Strangeways joins forces with Michael McLardy for FMA EP. Michael McLardy opens proceedings with "Separation", a minimalist techno exploration that slowly builds up by the way of mechanical rolls and undulating synths. "Another Time" is loosely strung with ascending airy synths, while metallic percussion pads keep the groove grounded. Dudley Strangeways' first offering, "Cast" is a moody slice of ambiental tech, with a slow pace aptly accentuated with piercing shrills and clangs. "Hydra" takes us into the deep end of dark techno straight from the get-go with its pounding bassline, crafted by layering minimalist yet memorable arrangement patterns.
$8.99 UPC: 880319771712 ELECTRONIC
A1. Michael McLardy - Separation
A2. Michael McLardy - Another Time
B1. Dudley Strangeways - Cast
B2. Dudley Strangeways - Hydra
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DAVENPORT, ED: Silver Walks 12" (MAEVE 008EP)
The Maeve label, run by close friends Mano le Tough, The Drifter, and Baikal, presents Silver Walks by Ed Davenport. Although perhaps more known for his harder techno releases under his Inland moniker, Davenport returns to his roots on Silver Walks with slower, more emotive, more contemplative tracks, recorded over a pretty short period of focused studio time. "Silver Walks" is a synth-led jam. The arpeggiator holds pride of place as the center of the tune with filter tweaks complementing its progression. "Kuromaku" has a tougher attitude -- heady and cosmic with a deep kick.
$8.99 UPC: 880319744914 ELECTRONIC
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DJ VAX1: Inner Peace EP 12" (MG 114EP)
Mental Groove Records announces the debut release of DJ Vax1 aka Marion Xavier delivering a subtle, gorgeous and much valuable house/electro EP. Headlining the EP is Alexander Robotnick who takes the track to stripped down electronic territories that will fit comfortably in any set with that "satisfaction guaranteed" label. Introducing the Kira Neris remix! With his skilled hands he changed the original into a pure golden nugget for joyous peak time action. We end with Vax1's vocal and instrumental versions. It's grooving without a doubt and is for sure a "grower".
$9.79 EAN: 7640153365491 ELECTRONIC
A1. Inner Peace (Kira Neris Remix) (7:47)
A2. Inner Peace (Original Mix) (6:56)
B1. Inner Peace (Alexander Robotnick Remix) (5:14)
B2. Inner Peace (Instrumental Mix) (6:56)
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DORJI & SHANE PARISH, TASHI: Expecting LP (MIE 039LP)
"Much has been made of the nesting compulsion that overtakes expecting parents. It's fair to suggest that this album owes its name to the fact that Asheville NC residents Tashi Dorji and Shane Parish were both looking forward to parenthood when they made it, and not much of a stretch to say that it expresses something that they both had to say before the babies arrived. That message is one of two guys bonding over shared understandings. They've been known each other for over a decade, during which time they've played both as a duo and as parts of larger ensembles. Both play guitar, and while their discographies map quite disparate interests, they share a devotion to the guitar as a vehicle for improvisation. The eight improvisations that make up Expecting grow out of a dynamic of sharing -- one fellow shows up with a tuning and maybe a string preparation, the other works out a response, and out of that comes not only a piece of music but a renewal and confirmation of a relationship in which two humans share what they love. Expecting parents tend to be anxious ones. Titles like 'Dust Of Dust,' 'Storm Sinks Boat,' and 'Break Up' give the impression that Dorji and Parish weren't free from trepidation when they made Expecting, and the record's discordant moments back it up. Nowadays writers are quick to lay the term experimental music on anything dissonant. But while one could say that this music actually earns that much-abused term because it comes out of a process of proposal and problem solving, an emotionally truer term would be experiential music. It came out of Parish and Dorji's real time communion, and it is informed by their shared history. For them, making the music was an experience; playing the record imparts a different experience, one of receiving rather than making, but it still expresses a dynamic of exchange." --Bill Meyer, Berwyn, Illinois, USA, January 31, 2016
$15.79 UPC: 769791961029 ROCK
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BAD BOYS BLUE: My Blue World LP (MIR 100765LP)
My Blue World is the fourth studio album from German disco and synth-pop legends Bad Boys Blue and features the singles "A World Without You (Michelle)," "Don't Walk Away Suzanne," and "Lovers in the Sand." This would be the last album with original lead singer Trevor Taylor (aka Supa T). Though it was not nearly as big a chart success as some of their earlier and later albums, it's highly regarded among fans of Euro disco and Hi-NRG. Another classic from Bad Boys Blue reissued by Mirumir.
$20.39 UPC: 889397104535 ELECTRONIC
A1. A World Without You (Michelle) (Radio Edit)
A2. Don't Leave Me Now
A3. Bad Reputation
A4. Don't Walk Away Suzanne
A5. Love Don't Come Easy
B1. Lovers In The Sand
B2. Till The End Of Time
B3. Lonely Weekend
B4. Rain In My Heart
B5. A World Without You (Michelle) (Classical Mix)
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BAD BOYS BLUE: The Fifth LP (MIR 100766LP)
The Fifth is the first Bad Boys Blue album without original lead vocalist Trevor Taylor. Original member John McInerney took complete control of the band at this point and is still to this day the only original member performing with Bad Boys Blue. The group toured extensively across Europe for this album, on the success of the singles "Lady In Black" and "A Train To Nowhere" and the album was a hit, especially in Eastern Europe where they remain hugely popular. Another Euro disco and synth-pop classic from Bad Boys Blue reissued by Mirumir.
$20.39 UPC: 889397104542 ELECTRONIC
A1. Lady In Black
A2. Someone To Love
A3. A Train To Nowhere
A4. I'm Not A Fool
A5. No Regrets
B1. Where Are You Now
B2. Fly Away
B3. Love Me Or Leave Me
B4. Show Me The Way
B5. A Train To Nowhere (Train Mix)
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LAWRENCE: Yoyogi Park 2LP (MUSIQ 196LP)
Double LP version. Magical, mystical, and straight from the heart; following Until Then, Goodbye (2009) and A Day in the Life (MUSIQ 046CD/180LP, 2014), the Hamburg-based art curator, DJ, and producer Lawrence presents Yoyogi Park, the third part of an album trilogy for Mule Musiq in collaboration with artist Stefan Marx. The album explores the intersection of Lawrence's own ambient productions, acoustic sound experiments, and the driving force of the dancefloor. The artwork shows a 360-degree view of Yoyogi Park in the heart of Tokyo, which Stefan Marx created for a fanzine for Printed Matter's NY Art Book Fair in 2015. Beyond the gorgeous greenery of Yoyogi Park lies craziness and mystery, and behind Lawrence's abstract beats and compelling functionality lies a magical full-color palette of mind-expanding sounds. Some of the tracks on Yoyogi Park contain live samples of Sky Walking (Lawrence's band with Christian Naujoks and RVDS) and some incorporate field recordings of streets and parks, while other tracks are versions of previously released, dreamily sublime ambient tracks. A one-of-a-kind blend of varied, deep, widescreen, and star-crossed electronica, romantic and enchanting. Lawrence's excellent recordings seduce with in-depth house rhythm sensibilities while spreading otherworldly melodies. Once again, he produced these vividly immersive tracks on the road. Some he started in his cozy backyard studio in Hamburg; he crafted others between cities like Berlin, Buenos Aires, New York City, and Tokyo. They all share some analog warmth while spreading mystery and allure, coming together to form a compelling whole. And although the album is made for the dancefloor, its shimmering brilliance goes far beyond usual club music euphoria. Wonderful, compelling stuff that could be the perfect starting point for anyone interested in delving into Lawrence's unique world of intimate, subtly shifting grooves and tones -- an enchanting world where feelings unfold in rhythms and melodies.
$17.79 UPC: 880319742538 ELECTRONIC
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VA: I'm Starting to Feel Okay Volume 7 Part Two 12" (MUSIQ 199EP)
The second part of the vinyl release of I'm Starting to Feel Okay Vol. 7 (MUSIQ 053CD, 2016), compiled by Toshiya Kawasaki. Exclusive new tracks by DJ Jenifa aka Gold Panda, Johannes Klingebiel, Fred P, and Kim Brown. Mastered by Kuniyuki Takahashi. Artwork by Stefan Marx.
$8.99 UPC: 880319748615 ELECTRONIC
A1. DJ Jenifa - Dresscode
A2. Johannes Klingebiel - Cowbell Piano House
B1. Fred P - Days In Time
B2. Kim Brown - Gated Communities
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GENERATION X: Live At Sheffield LP (MR 355LP)
First vinyl release of this live show from December 1978, featuring mainly tracks from Generation X's first two albums and displaying all the angst and attitude of one of the original UK punk bands. 180-gram LP. "It is hard to realize that on December 10th, 2016, it will be 40 years since Generation X first took to the stage. I was the guitarist and Live At Sheffield is a recording from a later show in 1978, but still has the angst and rock'n'roll spirit that Generation X were known for. Always slightly apart from the initial punk movement with the good looks and fantastic playing, Generation X relished the live shows but up to the end of 1979, when I left the band, had only done a few tours of the United Kingdom, a couple of dates in Paris and a week in Japan. So the amount of people who actually saw Generation X live is pretty limited. Live At Sheffield gives you a chance to enjoy the sound of a Generation X gig (along with fake audience) and feel the power of what we did live. The songs are from the first two albums plus a strange medley of '100 Punks' and 'Kleenex' and the cover of 'Shakin' All Over'. Although the band only lasted three years, the music stands the test of time, and with Billy Idol's later success as a solo artist in America this recording has somewhat of an historical aspect. Billy continues to play quite a few of these songs live to this day and it may be interesting to compare, although comparisons are deadly. . . . At the time of this show Generation X had been on Top Of The Pops numerous times, but this was punk and nobody thought about anything but the moment. Playing live every night in a different town has a certain momentum, and like a great photograph, to capture a moment in time of rock'n'roll is just as visual. Play this loud, as Mark Twain once said about Wagner's music, 'It's better than it sounds'." --Bob "Derwood" Andrews
$13.79 EAN: 8435008835514 ROCK
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GENERATION X: Sweet Revenge LP (MR 363LP)
The third LP by Generation X's original line-up, recorded in 1979 and unreleased until 1998. An essential piece in the discography of one of the original UK punk bands. 180-gram LP. "In early 1979 Generation X went to the English countryside to write and 'routine' the band's third album. We felt we had a new sound, simple songs delivered with more space than most rock'n'roll, so we went into Olympic Studios in Barnes, London and began recording with the house engineer, Doug Bennett, as co-producer. Most of the songs were recorded before our tour of Japan in June '79. On our return Billy came into the studio with an outline of a song called 'Dancing With Myself'. We went to work on it and pretty much finished it quickly and we felt it was the song to lead the album, a single I guess. . . . Then I left the band at the end of the year and carried the fuckin' stack of 1/4'' master tapes around the world for many years. A year or so later they changed the band name to Gen X and re-recorded four or five songs for the album Kiss Me Deadly. Billy later released the re-recorded version of 'Dancing With Myself' for his solo career in America and the rest is history. . . . After years in storage my tapes were nearing the end of their life, so I digitized them in order to save this lost treasure. I named the album KMD Sweet Revenge. Some time later the album was released in Germany, Japan, Spain and supposedly the USA, however the release in America was quashed until Capitol Records put out their own version within a 3-CD anthology of the band, using some different mixes of the songs from cassette tapes. The recordings are almost complete minus a few guitar solos and final mixes. Time on Generation X had run out, but this album clearly shows the direction the band were heading and is worth documenting and certainly worth playing. For your pleasure . . . Sweet Revenge." --Bob "Derwood" Andrews
$13.79 EAN: 8435008836313 ROCK
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RANDOMS: ABCD/Let's Get Rid Of New York 7" (MR 7284EP)
Individual replica reissues of the 14 7"s released on Dangerhouse between 1977 and 1979, including classic tracks by The Weirdos, Avengers, The Alley Cats, X, Black Randy, The Dils, The Bags. . . . Dangerhouse was one of the first independent labels to document the burgeoning West Coast punk rock scene of the late '70s. Although short-lived, its work provided a vital outlet for the bands and other participants and set a template for many to follow. All singles have facsimile sleeves and labels and come inside a clear plastic outer sleeve like the original releases. "Once upon a time (197?) in a magical kingdom called LA, there was a defect in the space/time continuum known as 'punk rock'. Only in such a depraved environment could Dangerhouse have existed. Dangerhouse, created by the triumvirate of yours truly, Pat "Rand" Garrett, and Black Randy, was a highly naive attempt to create a politically and artistically correct playground for the unique, nihilistic talents of the LA punk 'scene'. It was clear something needed to be done. In the beginning there was a lot of musical talent that was going to unrecorded waste. Whereas the English musicians had been set upon by some of the top producers in the business, the very lack of commercialism implicit in LA punk seemed to drive away potential resources. Those were culturally weird times, Saturday Night Fever and burned-out super group remnants filled the airwaves. Clearly SOMETHING was better than nothing. The early groups (like the Screamers, Germs, Weirdos, Black Randy) were very good at manipulating the local venue owners and press, and were able to almost immediately fill clubs and halls with folks who were just plain bored and curious. The Masque, KROQ, Farrah Fawcett-Minor's apartment behind the dirty bookstore, the Starwood, Whisky . . . I refer the reader to the insane, speedenhanced ravings of Claude Bessy in the early Slash magazine as there just isn't enough room for that kind of background. Suffice it to say that the scene had everything: every kind of self-abuse imaginable, negative social patterns, infighting, gender-fucking, etc. What needs to be talked about here are the musicians and other creative forces at work behind the scenes on the Dangerhouse product. Starting out, the studio was anywhere we could plug in; later, our home was the Kitchen Synch with the extremely copasetic Mike Hamilton as engineer. Here was a man who watched us accidentally pour a dark Heineken over a 16-track mixing console (installed that very day) without crying or punching out the culprit. Over the years, Mike patiently sat while irate punks insulted his intelligence, and offered great 8- and 16-track advice to Pat and me, refugees from a 4-track world. To Dangerhouse, and the fans, the sound quality was paramount. (Even KROQ demigod Rodney Bingenheimer stated in a period interview that Dangerhouse put out real records on real plastic!) The do-it-yourself aspect of the production and packaging spoke for itself. We created ideas for affordable products which set the pace for imitators, like the clear plastic-bag 45 sleeves (because traditional sleeves cost more than the records to be pressed) and the multi-color silkscreened picture disc used for 'YES LA'. Sad to say, the downturn of the record business in 1979 due to the soidistant 'oil embargo' hurt everyone in the record industry and made it too rough a row to hoe for Dangerhouse. Tough titty. These recordings still sound as powerful and relevant as the day they were cut. If you, Mr or Ms Consumer, care about creativity as opposed to the number of units shipped, it was a victory. And if there was ever a label that released cool shit, over which I'd rather have been A&R man/Prexy, it sure as hell doesn't come to mind." --David Brown
$5.99 EAN: 8435008872847 ROCK
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BLACK RANDY & METROSQUAD: Trouble At The Cup 7" (MR 7285EP)
"'Trouble At The Cup' was recorded at what used to be a motel but got turned into sort a recording studio. . . . I don't think anyone could really later believe what came out of those sessions, and while the army of teenage hustlers never materialized to fight the LAPD, 'Trouble At The Cup' still makes for a spunky number." --David Brown
$5.99 EAN: 8435008872854 ROCK
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AVENGERS, THE: We Are The One 7" (MR 7286EP)
"Then we talked to a couple of bands, such as the Avengers, who were very popular at that time. I had gotten to known them with the Screamers because we played at the Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco a couple of times with them, and they seemed to be real kindred spirits. . . . The Avengers was the most popular Dangerhouse release." --David Brown
$5.99 EAN: 8435008872861 ROCK
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DILS, THE: 198 Seconds Of The Dils 7" (MR 7287EP)
"The Dils were the most explicitly political band at that time, bouncing up and down the West Coast playing their frenzied Maoist messages. They were always sincere in their uncompromising stance, and were direct in their stage presentation to the point of making one uncomfortable." --David Brown
$5.99 EAN: 8435008872878 ROCK
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WEIRDOS, THE: We Got The Neutron Bomb 7" (MR 7288EP)
"Without a doubt, the Weirdos were the most creative and visually overwhelming band on the scene. Perhaps closest to the sounds of mainline English punk, they created the most convincing wall of distortion/sound of any LA band of the period." --David Brown
$5.99 EAN: 8435008872885 ROCK
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ALLEY CATS: Nothing Means Nothing Anymore/Gimme A Little Pain 7" (MR 7289EP)
"The Alleycats were from Lomita in South Bay. Michigan emigre Randy Stodola was the songwriter/guitarist and driving force, with a penchant for surreal narrative in his lyrics. His wife, Dianne Chai, on bass, and John McCarthy on drums made for one of the tightest outfits around. Musically they probably most resembled meat 'n' potatoes more than any other Dangerhouse punk act." --David Brown
$5.99 EAN: 8435008872892 ROCK
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X: Adult Books 7" (MR 7290EP)
"X provided that rare mix of songwriting, personal charisma and musical expertise. More than any other band, their personalities were evident in their music, and were never even slightly conventional or dull. We'd been good friends with X for some time. I'd actually been in an early incarnation of X. We used to play at their house. I played an electric piano that I think Billy Zoom provided. It was just something that was lying around. That didn't last for very long." --David Brown
$5.99 EAN: 8435008872908 ROCK
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BLACK RANDY & THE ELITE METRO SQUAD: Idi Amin 7" (MR 7291EP)
"I can say anything I want to about Black Randy because he's dead. He was a tragic mixture of genius and self-abuse, writing lyrics in PCP/alcohol/diabetic stupors which mirrored the despair of the human condition in a way that deserved immortality. The Metrosquad, which I had the pleasure to direct musically, revelled in grotesque parody mixed with sophisticated musical texture." --David Brown
$5.99 EAN: 8435008872915 ROCK
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WERTH, HOWARD: Obsolete 7" (MR 7292EP)
"Howard Werth was our token mainstream rock artist. A completely delightful Englishman who had received not nearly enough acclaim in his country with the early 70s band Audience. . . . The incredible guitar sound on this record comes from Howard's homemade Zematis (a 20lb beast made out of metal). Everybody always wondered where the hell that was coming from since it was so much different from the rest of the label. But that was the whole point. 'Obsolete' drew a skew line across the musical scene and proved the seamlessness of the whole realm of unpretentious self-expression." --David Brown
$5.99 EAN: 8435008872922 ROCK
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DEADBEATS, THE: Kill The Hippies 7" (MR 7293EP)
"The musicianship of the young men who comprised the Deadbeats was a joy to behold. Scott Guerin and his brother Shaun played as extensions of the same self, and the band also served to unleash Geza X and Pat Delaney on the world. Their stage act musically and visually confounded every cliche and preconception about what 'punk rock' meant. Their unique, driving sound consisted of treated sax and fuzz guitar layered over flawlessly executed intricate rhythm patterns." --David Brown
$5.99 EAN: 8435008872939 ROCK
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BAGS, THE: Survive 7" (MR 7294EP)
"Suffice it to say that no one who ever saw Alice Bag in action will forget it in this lifetime. With Pat Bag on bass, and the duelin' guitars of the late Rob Ritter and Craig Bag, the Bags generated conflict in their stage shows, and understood the art of arranging like thrash bands never did. . . . I think that's absolutely the best thing we ever put out, I still get shivers down my brainstem when listening to 'Survive'." --David Brown
$5.99 EAN: 8435008872946 ROCK
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EYES: TAQN 7" (MR 7295EP)
"About this time, maybe late 1978, I joined this band called the Eyes. Charlotte Caffey had been playing bass and I think keyboards and stuff. She left to go form the Go-Go's. As a matter of fact, Belinda Carlisle and Jane Wiedlin got their first actual stage experience as members of Randy's Blackettes . . . I know this, I remember this, I have photos to prove it. . . . Joe Ramirez, the leader of the Eyes, was a cerebral master of the unexpected lyric in front of the musical conventions of punk rock. His musical concept fit into the Wire keep-'em-coming-too-fast-to-know groove, and the lyrics he wrote with John Richey were way over most people's heads." --David Brown
$5.99 EAN: 8435008872953 ROCK
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RHINO 39: Xerox/No Compromise 7" (MR 7296EP)
"Then we put out a single by Rhino 39, named for a famous virus on the Lysol can. They were a group of high school kids from Long Beach who passed as a powerful and clever punk band. . . . Just really great kids -- demented and fun-loving in a way I admired. Their manic speed of delivery bordered on speed metal, but these kids had taste and talent to burn, and there was never the slightest tinge of hatred in their message." --David Brown
$5.99 EAN: 8435008872960 ROCK
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BLACK RANDY & METROSQUAD: I Slept In An Arcade 7" (MR 7297EP)
"What's that idiot's name, from Ode Records? Produced the Mamas and the Papas? Lou Adler. He had us flown up to Vancouver and pretend to be punk rock musicians and lipsync to 'I Slept In An Arcade' in this movie he was making about punk rock. Randy actually got this very nifty role where he became the bad guy in the movie, which was totally appropriate because he wanted to be the bad guy." --David Brown
$5.99 EAN: 8435008872977 ROCK
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NO. INC.: G@ng5ta CD (NO 911CD)
No. Inc. are Material Object and Atom TM. With their second album, titled G@ng5ta, they deliver a trippier version of ambient music, triggered by an unexpected genre collision appropriately numbered No. 911. Mixing arguably two of the most opposed ends of the musical spectrum -- traditional electronic ambient and gangster rap -- the artists create an urban soundscape for lysergic adventures in the concrete jungle. Starting off with a frozen gunshot sound, the album continues exploring where No. Inc. began their first album, Early Reflections (No. 900, 2014): floating textures and drones that create a dense journey through, in this case, the subconscious landscape of a West Coast gang member. With slightly less synthetic elements, such as the track "Street Texture 911" (which incorporates US police radio recordings and pays tribute to the works of Tetsu Inoue) G@ng5ta expands ambient music into truly unexpected realms. Grand Theft Autonomy of your audio senses in this album-length No. adventure. Enjoy it all without leaving the comfort of your own head.
$11.99 EAN: 4260038312780 ELECTRONIC
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RECENT ARTS: Recent Arts CD (NSP 013CD)
Recent Arts is a duo formed by Chilean visual artist Valentina Berthelon and German musician Tobias Freund. Together they present live audio-visual shows ranging from experimental improvisations to works that are more aligned with the global electronic music club scene. Recent Arts manipulate sound and image in real time during their stage shows. The music is created and performed by means of an application based on Max/MSP. This application was developed by Max Loderbauer and Tom Thiel, and finalized based on ideas by Tobias Freund. It is a "Loop Based Computer Controlled Engine" that repeats and processes sounds in a free and natural way -- which feels like listening to the flowing water of a creek, or to the sound of the wind. Repetitions are constantly being modulated, and no patterns are the same. In addition, the musical structure is combined with a full range of analog synthesis to achieve a wide spectrum of frequencies.
$11.99 EAN: 4260038312551 ELECTRONIC
01. The History Of Darkness
02. Emptiness Syndrome
03. Colors In Motion
04. The Form Of Time
05. Static Universe
06. The Extension Of Expansion
07. Into Infinity
08. Zero Theorem
09. Branwelt
10. Recent Dawn
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JUNTO CLUB: Warm Me Up 12" (OM 033EP)
Glasgow's Junto Club return with their second EP, Warm Me Up. In their own words ... "Naturally, this was shaped by our experiences of the first EP. While the first EP developed through our experimentation with new sounds behind closed doors, this EP was the result of our attempts to retrospectively understand those creations and the interpretations of others. Warm Me Up is not the same as the Junto Club EP because those virgin sessions can never be recreated. This is the middle aged existential crisis of the Junto Club. And we hope you enjoy dancing to it."
$8.39 UPC: 880319733215 ELECTRONIC
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VA: Zehn / Funf 12" (OSTGUT 020-5EP)
Standalone edition of Zehn | Fünf, 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. DVS1's "[Ecks]" is a deep, hypnotic techno cut with meandering bleeps, well suited for and paying homage to the early hours and calmer moments of Berghain's cavernous main room. Answer Code Request's "Zeitspielraum" layers break-heavy rhythms, luscious synth pads, and spiraling melodies. Steffi and Martyn -- as Doms & Deykers -- deliver the eight-minute "Whirling," which opens with an Amen break-inspired rhythm section before evolving into something bordering on electro and acid house.
$8.39 UPC: 880319727719 ELECTRONIC
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VA: Zehn / Sechs 12" (OSTGUT 020-6EP)
Standalone edition of Zehn | Sechs, 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. Barker & Baumecker's playful ten-minute gem "Love Is A Battlefield" is a gentle nod to Pat Benatar, with pop on the one hand and abstract UK breakbeat on the other. The title of "Stromlinien" by Uwe Schmidt aka Atom TM translates to "streamlines," which captures the essence of this reduced but cleverly evolving and pumping analog synth dub techno piece. Anthony Parasole's "Heartbeat" goes straight for a speedy, muscular kick at about 132 BPM.
$8.39 UPC: 880319727818 ELECTRONIC
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DJ KOZE: Pampa Vol. 1 2CD (PAMPA 011CD)
DJ Koze presents Pampa Vol. 1, the first compilation from his Pampa label. From 2014-2016, the label chased down friends and admired artists, making sure that every single track is a star. All tracks have been produced exclusively for this compilation and haven't been released before. Includes tracks by Lianne La Havas remixed by Matthew Herbert, Roman Flügel (including a remix by DJ Koze), Ada, Axel Boman, Nasrawi, Funkstörung, Jackmate feat. Nik Reiff, Lawrence, Dntel, Josef, Michel Cleis, Die Vögel, Mount Kimbie, Stimming, Isolée, Jamie xx & Kosi Kos, Gold Panda, and Acid Pauli. Double CD version in pocketpac sleeve.
$14.99 UPC: 673799291128 ELECTRONIC
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DJ KOZE: Pampa Vol. 1 3LP (PAMPA 011LP)
Triple LP version. Includes download code. DJ Koze presents Pampa Vol. 1, the first compilation from his Pampa label. From 2014-2016, the label chased down friends and admired artists, making sure that every single track is a star. All tracks have been produced exclusively for this compilation and haven't been released before. Includes tracks by Lianne La Havas remixed by Matthew Herbert, Roman Flügel (including a remix by DJ Koze), Ada, Axel Boman, Nasrawi, Funkstörung, Jackmate feat. Nik Reiff, Lawrence, Dntel, Josef, Michel Cleis, Die Vögel, Mount Kimbie, Stimming, Isolée, Jamie xx & Kosi Kos, Gold Panda, and Acid Pauli.
$18.39 UPC: 673799291111 ELECTRONIC
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CAMARA: Before We Sleep LP (PAR 008LP)
Born in Canada, Fatima Camara was raised in a large Portuguese family where traditional song and dance were as integral to her family gatherings as food, laughter, and wine. Before We Sleep, her debut album, is as a collage of diverse musical influences that have defined each chapter of her storied life. Bass guitar lines wrought with the new-wave sound that marked her formative adolescence, drums that echo the electronic music she migrated to during her early adulthood in Toronto's dance music scene, and an overriding melancholy that signals the conflicted feelings she has when considering the thin layer of dust that has collected upon her chair at the family dinner table since she made her move to Berlin. Apart from music, Fatima appreciates happy accidents, blended horizons, and unlit corners.
$12.99 UPC: 880319756719 ELECTRONIC
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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
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MANIK: Weights & Measures 12" (PFR 173EP)
Having already dropped dance-floor bombs on the likes of Hot Creations and Ovum, MANIK's Weights and Measures EP solidifies his emerging reputation as fresh voice on the scene. The release kicks off with "Thirsty Crow" a tightly wound groove that breaks down the barriers between house and techno effortlessly. "Weights & Measures" is a deeply acidic affair that finds space for some luscious pads, while "Complexity" riffs off a classic house vibe but throws in some deeply leftfield sounds and rhythms.
$9.79 EAN: 4250382432357 ELECTRONIC
A1. Thirsty Crow
B1. Weights & Measures
B2. Complexity
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SAND CIRCLES: Motor City LP (PI 162LP)
Stockholm-based musician and producer Martin Herterich has released and performed under various guises since the mid-2000s, with Sand Circles being both his longest-running and most recognized project. With this reissue of Motor City (originally released on cassette in 2012 by Not Not Fun Records), Sand Circles' first major appearance on vinyl is rightfully made with his most important work. The arpeggiated motifs that circle Herterich's hazy rhythms, as well as the cool-dawn synths, casually point to Detroit from a distance, while the tape-saturated, cinematic synth lines and the simple electronic percussion present the idea of a metropolis.
$17.79 EAN: 5055869540070 ELECTRONIC
01. Entering Motor City
02. White Sand
03. Motor City
04. Downtown Holdup
05. Innercity Haze
06. Distant Lights
07. Endless Nights
08. Motor City ll
09. Descending into Space
10. Summer Echoes
11. Summer Echoes II
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PANHANDLE: Panhandle CD (PT 8052CD)
Though producer Rodger Bain is principally known for his influential collaborations with Black Sabbath and other hard rock acts, in 1971 he oversaw this obscure one-off studio project. Featuring (among others) the legendary guitarist Chris Spedding, bassist Herbie Flowers, singer P. P. Arnold, and even Dudley Moore on keyboards, it's a superb set of tough-edged rock and pop standards, and is reissued here for the first time since its 1972 release.
$11.99 EAN: 4753314805217 ROCK
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HOOKFOOT: Headlines 2CD (PT 8053CD)
Caleb Quaye, Ian Duck, David Glover (later replaced by Freddy Gandy), and Roger Pope were session musicians who'd acted as Elton John's backing band before embarking on a recording career themselves in 1971. Over the course of four studio LPs and one live set, they established themselves as one of the UK's most musical rock bands, drawing on rock 'n' roll, country, funk, blues, and more, with Quaye standing out as a truly exceptional guitarist. This double compilation initially appeared in 1975, following their split in 1974, and includes a cross-section of material from their studio albums, as well as four previously unreleased tracks. It's reissued here for the first time, together with background notes and images.
$16.39 EAN: 4753314805316 ROCK
1.01. Don't Let It Bring You Down
1.02. Movies
1.03. S.B.W.
1.04. Shoe Shine Boy
1.05. Nature Changes
1.06. Bluebird Revisited
1.07. Coombe Gallows
1.08. Gimme Shelter
1.09. Fire & Rain
2.01. Sweet Sweet Funky Music
2.02. Living In The City
2.03. If I Had The Words
2.04. Good Times A Comin'
2.05. Cruisin'
2.06. Just A Little Communication
2.07. Nothin' Changes
2.08. Tradin' Riffs
2.09. Rockin' On The Good
2.10. So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star
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CINELLI, FRANCO: Space Funk EP 12" (PF 001EP)
Driving force in the South American underground music scene and Argentina's most respected producer, Franco Cinelli introduces a new record Space Funk EP as part of his Psyfunk series. His expansive discography and a long series of wildly successful forays into the north have established him as an internationally-renowned master of the dance floor. Space Funk EP provides minutely crafted and slowly-evolving extended DJ tools.
$8.39 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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CARLSON/MICHAEL STIRLING/DOUG THERIAULT, MATT: Aakash LP (RS 101LP)
Aakash marks the debut recording of the Portland, Oregon-based trio of Matt Carlson (Golden Retriever), Michael Stirling (a disciple of the late Hindustani master Pandit Pran Nath and a student of Terry Riley), and Doug Theriault. Derived from live improvisational performances, the record finds Carlson's rich analog synthesizers joined by real-time processing of Stirling's lilting voice and Theriault's idiosyncratic guitar work and electronics. Dipping into a kind of liminal void, Aakash isn't just cosmic raga. It's a subtle journey; microvisions of inner terrain. Includes download code.
$11.99 UPC: 880918222097 ELECTRONIC
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SAND: His First Steps CD (ROTOR 005CD)
Previously unreleased album by German trio Sand, recorded in 1972. His First Steps is a forerunner of Golem (ROTOR 006CD/LP/BLU-LP/PIC-LP), the legendary 1974 album from the cosmic and psychedelic genius that is Sand. After the split of P.O.T., the early Sand submerged as a threesome in the basement of Claudiusstrasse and built up an alchemical assembling shop, where they resurrected the archetypical Golem. Sand considered themselves as an exile community in a fascinating area -- full of distinctly bizarre energy. Cover painting by Babs Santini, 2009.
$11.79 UPC: 769791961333 ROCK
01. Helly Copter
02. An Old Loggerhead
03. When The May Rain Comes
04. Standing On The Corner
05. Julia
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SAND: Sylph Ballet CD (ROTOR 008CD)
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
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SAND: North Atlantic Raven CD (ROTOR 009CD)
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
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NURSE WITH WOUND: Chromanatron CD (ROTOR 011CD)
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
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VIVENZA: Modes Réels Collectifs CD (ROTOR 023CD)
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
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VIVENZA: Réalité De L'Automation Directe CD (ROTOR 026CD)
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
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VIVENZA: Veriti Plastici CD (ROTOR 029CD)
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
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VIVENZA: Fondements Bruitistes 2CD/BOOK (ROTOR 033CD)
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
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HOLLY & THE CRICKETS, BUDDY: The "Chirping" Crickets LP (RUM 2011124LP)
Lubbock, Texas's most celebrated sons, Buddy Holly and his group, The Crickets, released this, their debut album way back in 1957. Though it's nearly 60 years old, the sounds are familiar to most everyone who has not been living under a rock. If you want only one taste of the pure and true brilliance of Buddy Holly, this record is it. Its track listing reads almost like a greatest hits album; "Oh Boy!," "Not Fade Away," "Maybe Baby," and "That'll Be The Day" are all found on this LP. Buddy would be dead less than two years later, in that infamous plane crash of February 3, 1959, "The Day The Music Died," but his music lives on, immortal. An essential American rock and roll staple on Rumble.
$14.39 UPC: 889397105167 ROCK
A1. Oh, Boy!
A2. Not Fade Away
A3. You've Got Love
A4. Maybe Baby
A5. It's Too Late
A6. Tell Me How
B1. That'll Be The Day
B2. I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love
B3. An Empty Cup (And A Broken Date)
B4. Send Me Some Lovin'
B5. Last Night
B6. Rock Me My Baby
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WEDDING PRESENT, THE: 4 Lieder EP 10" (SCOPITONE 042EP)
RSD 2013 release. Includes download code. Four songs from The Wedding Present's 2012 album Valentina (SCOPITONE 037CD) sung in German. The music was recorded in France, the lyrics translated in Brighton, and the vocals recorded in L.A, with bassist Pepe le Moko singing backing vocals in her native language. These songs would sound magnificent in any language . . . "The Girl From The DDR" (originally a duet in German and English) features the mighty Swollen Pickle pedal on Graeme Ramsay's guitar; "524 Fidelio" is the oddball, with its eccentric timing, hypnotizing backing vocals, and huge pop chorus.
$6.99 EAN: 5024545652710 ROCK
A1. Back A Bit... Stop! (German Version)
A2. The Girl From The DDR (German Version)
B1. You Jane (German Version)
B2. 524 Fidelio (German Version)
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DAS BIERBEBEN: Schwarze Spinne EP 10" (STRIKE 158EP)
RSD 2016 release. German group Das Bierbeben return to their roots with the Schwarze Spinne EP, their first release since 2012. After three albums -- No Future No Past (STRIKE 047CD/LP, 2004), Alles Fällt (STRIKE 073CD/LP, 2006), and Das Bierbeben (STRIKE 103CD/LP, 2009) -- the group delivers four tracks shaped by truth, chiseled from insight, demanded by sense, and right on the mark. "Nervy new wave electroclash punk-pop Neue Deutsche Welle never sounded quite so good." --AllMusic, reviewing Das Bierbeben
$8.39 EAN: 4260217561046 ELECTRONIC
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BETKE: Paris-Beirut-Texas 12" (SOL 008EP)
Stefan Betke (Pole) returns with the driving, funky dub techno of "Paris-Beirut-Texas." Originally produced in 2008 as a rough sketch, the track finally saw completion at the end of 2015. Japanese producer So Inagawa (Cabaret Recordings cofounder) turns the original version into a light-footed swinging house track with his remix. Baaz (owner of Office Recordings) adds a stripped-down-to-the-ground version of "Paris-Beirut-Texas," creating a warm, mysterious dub house atmosphere with echoing sounds and voices from the deepest depths.
$8.39 UPC: 880319750410 ELECTRONIC
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BLUMM & NILS FRAHM, F.S.: Tag Eins Tag Zwei CD (SONIC 023CD)
Followers of the Sonic Pieces catalog will already be familiar with both F.S.Blumm and Nils Frahm, as well as their acclaimed work as a duo. But although it finds them making use of familiar instruments, their third full-length collaboration, Tag Eins Tag Zwei, manages to add a new tone to their already unique language. By trading in the post-processed sound sculptures that made up the two preceding albums for intimate pieces of improvisation, this collaboration merges into the most soothing and life-affirming recording the two have produced so far. Guitars and toys flow next to piano and harmonium in an organic combination, shaping nine pieces that abnegate any common categorization. Incorporating classical, jazz, and folk influences, it's the genuine use of tricks and delays that lift these improvisations above the ordinary and make them both incredibly relaxing and exciting at the same time. The result is a perfect example of how immediacy can be the most powerful approach to creating music. Based on a remarkable understanding of each other's phrasing, the pair of sessions that form this album shows two vivid artists at the peak of their game -- unconditional spontaneity. CD in handmade cardboard sleeve.
$14.39 UPC: 880918224381 ELECTRONIC
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PESSANHA, JORGINHO: To Muito Na Minha LP (SPLP 006LP)
Remastered limited-edition reissue of this 1971 Brazilian samba/jazz rarity, for fans of Cartola, Bezerra da Silva, Caetano Veloso, João Donato. Jorginho Gomes Pessanha (1931-1981) released two solo albums in the 1970s. Born and raised in the Parada de Lucas neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Pessanha was the son of the founder of the United Samba School Chapel. Pessanha ultimately joined the hugely influential Imperio Serrano school of composers under the tutelage of Imperio president Moacyr Rodrigues, who was part of Brazil's delegation to the First World Festival of Black Arts in Senegal in 1966. This is a hard-to-find piece of first-tier Samba, recorded in 1970, which will appeal to fans of Brazilian funk and jazz. Easily the rarest and best work by one of Imperio Serrano's major figures.
$15.79 EAN: 3700187657994 WORLD
A1. A Sort Moudu
A2. Ha Quem Diga
A3. Nem Meu Amor
A4. Mulata
A5. Hoje Nao
A6. Romance De Amor
B1. E Isso Ai Moco
B2. Mundo De Madeira
B3. Que Samba E Esse
B4. A Historia Do Ze
B5. Tem Que Ter Tamborim
B6. Ex Amor
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MOIRE: Lines + Colours 12" (SPC 133EP)
London-based producer Moiré presents his debut for Ghostly International sister-label Spectral Sound. Moiré released his debut EP, Never Sleep, on Actress's Werkdiscs label in 2013 and, one year later, released his first full-length, Shelter, to instant acclaim. Here, Moiré pares down his songs to their essential elements -- quick blips of sound, minimalist rhythms, quick flashes of textured vocals. On "Brixton," the same two-note phrase blinks over and over, and the song's use of symmetrical structures slowly becomes hypnotic the longer it goes on. The title-track is more hectic, with its darting pointillist electronics and dry, steady rhythm. "Red Circle" features Bones.
$8.99 UPC: 804297713311 ELECTRONIC
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MATO: "T" Stands For Trouble/Enter The Dragon 7" (STIX 044EP)
Percussionist, composer, and producer Thomas Blanchot began a career as reggae producer in 2006 under the Mato alias. Since then he's released on labels including Makasound, EDR, Big Single, and Stix, developing his trademark of turning hip-hop and pop classics into roots reggae dubs. His 2014 Homework Dub album (STIX 039LP), which presented his vision of Daft Punk's classic 1997 album, won international acclaim. Here, Mato returns with renditions two film soundtrack pieces -- the amazing "'T' Stands For Trouble" by Marvin Gaye and "Enter The Dragon" by legendary composer Lalo Schifrin -- in advance of his 2016 album Hollywoo Dub.
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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.
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ROB(U)RANG: Ofo CD (SR 408CD)
Contrasting directions from techno to modern tribal, the Rob(u)rang project deals in experimentation, repetition, and the use of rhythm boxes. Gabriel Séverin initiated Rob(u)rang in 2000, but has only released handful of albums since. Here, Séverin draws his inspiration from yorùbá spells (collected in Nigeria and Benin) initially designed to cure diseases or solve problems. The results resemble raw Afro-rock full of lively percussion (warming up the chill of drum machines) led by a possessed, trance-inducing voice. Now and then, lighter moments and dub-like surprises pop up, pleasantly cooling things down before entering the next entranced state. On this recording Séverin is assisted by a few multi-instrumentalist friends: Xavier Klaine (Winter Family) on organs, Alain Lefebvre (Digital Dance, The Durutti Column, Tuxedomoon) on percussion, Quentin Hanon (aka Johnny Superglu, Fan Club Orchestra) on bass and guitar, Gil Mortio (Joy As A Toy, collaborator of Pierre Vervloesem) on bass and guitar, Laurène Laroche (Babelouze) on flute, and Céline Mouffe on clarinet. The booklet contains all the texts in yorùbá with their English translations. Gabriel Séverin (born 1963) is a founder and member of a string of bands including Ultraphonist, Babils, Dead Hollywood Stars, Jardin d'Usure, Logatomistes, Moonsanto, Silk Saw, and more. Séverin explores several musical styles and various artistic disciplines. He is fascinated by obscure avant-gardes (in 2009 he released an album of his own interpretations of raw literature and writers like Henri Michaux). He works as a mastering engineer for several labels and records, mixes, and produces many artists.
$10.99 EAN: 5411867114086 ELECTRONIC
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TAIKO & LE LION: Flummox EP 12" (SUBALT 010EP)
"De Maya" - Taiko teams up with the talented dutchie Le Lion, to deliver a fusion of their distinct styles: a fierce display of percussion and heavy subs which evolves into a hypnotic drum circle chant. "Flummox" - Out of another dimension comes the unique "Flummox". Building tension through driving melodies and synths, this anthem has yet to find its match. A post-apocalyptic 8-bit atmosphere perfectly fused with tasteful Grime elements. "Stick Fight" - With a merciless cascade of percussion and pure weight, this forward thinking 130 cut is known to knock people out clean. Handle with care.
$9.79 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
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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. 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."
$19.79 UPC: 800071004675 ELECTRONIC
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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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ATKINS & MORITZ VON OSWALD PRESENT BORDERLAND, JUAN: Transport CD (TRESOR 285CD)
Juan Atkins and Moritz von Oswald -- the two indispensable protagonists of the "Electric Garden" -- plug back into the wilderness. Transport brings together a set of studio-refined sequences aimed at colonizing some of the dark energy that pulsates through those areas that are thoroughly electrified, even if not on the grid. The Detroit-Berlin axis triangulates to a third point that, like the atomic particle that lives in two places at once, flickers between a form of techno-charged ambience and a futuristic club-jazz that cannot be broken down into constitutive parts. Borderland remains caught in a state of enraptured stillness, invisibly moving between every imagined future for electronic sound making. The result: a font from which springs serene and exhilarating musical ideas that vibrate with refined energy for 60 seconds in every minute. CD version includes exclusive transitions.
$10.39 UPC: 666017302928 ELECTRONIC
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IKIN, KANE: Modern Pressure LP (TYPE 129LP)
You might not have come across Melbourne's Kane Ikin before, but he's far from a newcomer. A member of experimental duo Solo Andata, Ikin also released material on Taylor Deupree's influential 12k imprint, working with a variety of different sounds and elements over the last decade. Modern Pressure is a milestone for Ikin, written at a trying time that was the producer's hardest financially but most creative musically. Selling equipment to pay the rent, Ikin wrote track-after-track in quick succession to hone his skills, using the process as both a form of escapism and reflection. The resulting album is a mirror of this struggle, a collision of stomach-churning bass and searing percussion that overwhelms your senses, staying with you long after the music has subsided. Ikin manages to harness a variety of influences, folding the sound of early '80s industrial tapes and no wave with the relentless pulse of house and techno, the intense low-end of hardcore and the eerie mood of John Carpenter's most menacing soundtracks. It's an album with a defined narrative that looks to the past without ever losing sight of the future. Dark, shimmering and textured, Modern Pressure is an album for our era - damaged, but not without hope. Mastered & Cut by Matt Colton. Edition of 500 copies.
$12.99 EAN: 5060165481620 ELECTRONIC
A1. Partial
A2. Haze Shimmer
A3. Crosstalk
A4. Tap Tap Collapse
B1. Smoke Hood
B2. Auto Dialer
B3. Pulp
B4. Closer Closer
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SATO & WOLFGANG DAUNER, MASAHIKO: Pianology LP (VP 9030LP)
Masahiko Satoh's fourth album is a duet with German pianist and composer Wolfgang Dauner. Dauner is one of the very early European avant-garde jazz pianists, and he recorded the first free jazz album in Germany back in 1964. Dauner played with Eberhard Weber and Jean-Luc Ponty, and in the late '60s, he experimented with choral music. Being a passionate innovator and experimenter, in 1970 he discovered electronic devices and started using them in his music. He experimented with ring-modulated Hohner clavinets and pianos and recorded several albums for ECM. During his Japanese tour in spring 1971, he met one of the most advanced Japanese pianists of that time, Masahiko Satoh. The five compositions on this album were recorded in Tokyo in March 1971, but were not released until that autumn. It's interesting that a few months later, Masahiko Satoh will record and release his best-known, and in some sense, legendary album, Amalgamation (ASH 3040CD) -- an eclectic mix of musical genres and sounds that was probably influenced by his earlier collaboration with Dauner. Pianology, released soon after Amalgamation, wasn't as strong in comparison, and stayed in its shade for decades. Pianology is a collection of freeform classical and jazz piano duo improvs, spiced with ring modulator sounds. Includes printed inner sleeve.
$16.99 UPC: N/A JAZZ
A1. Everything
A2. They Got Rhythm, Too
A3. For Chinatsu And Regina
B1. Thousand Summers
B2. Jin-Juppo-Kai
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ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND, THE: At Fillmore East 2LP (VL 900259LP)
2016 repress. Two 180-gram LPs with two bonus tracks. Considered by many to be one of the best live albums of all time, this classic album by The Allman Brothers Band, recorded at the pinnacle of their success, was a huge hit for the band. In 1971 The Allman Brothers Band was already one of the most popular groups in America, but by the time this album hit the streets their brand of Southern rock had become a national obsession. One of Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time," it was the band's last with guitar hero Duane Allman, who was killed in a motorcycle accident later that year.
$25.79 EAN: 8013252900259 ROCK
A1. Statesboro Blues
A2. Done Somebody Wrong
A3. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
B1. Don't Keep Me Wonderin'
B2. You Don't Love Me
C1. Hot 'Lanta
C2. Stormy Monday
C3. Drunken Hearted Boy
D1. Whipping Post
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GAYE, MARVIN: Let's Get It On 2LP (VL 900310LP)
2016 repress. Two 180-gram LPs with 15 bonus tracks from the deluxe CD edition. Despite his huge success with his 1971 political concept album What's Going On, Marvin Gaye left social concerns behind for those of a more intimate nature with this 1973 album. Let's Get It On album broke new ground, gaining its place in history as one of the most sexual albums ever recorded, laying the basis for every slow jam ever after, and making Gaye both socially concerned and sexy -- a potent commercial combination.
$25.79 EAN: 8013252900310 ROCK
A1. Let's Get It On
A2. Please Stay (Once You Go Away)
A3. If I Should Die Tonight
A4. Keep Getting'] It On
A5. My Love is Growing*
A6. Symphony*
B1. Come Get To This
B2. Distant Lover
B3. You Sure Love To Ball
B4. Just to Keep You Satisfied
B5. You Are The Man*
C1. Song # 3*
C2. Cakes*
C3. I'd Give My Life For You*
C4. I Love You Secretly*
C5. We Can Make It Baby*
C6. I'm Gonna Give You Respect*
D1. Where Are We Going?*
D2. The World Is Rated X*
D3. Try It, You'll Like It*
D4. You are The Special One*
D5. Running From Love*
D6. Mandota*
*bonus tracks
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VELVET UNDERGROUND, THE: Velvet Underground And Nico PIC. DISC (VL 999051P-LP)
2016 repress. 180 gram picture disc LP in deluxe sleeve. The Velvets legendary debut album with the Warhol's Banana cover art printed on vinyl. Although Warhol, who was listed as producer on the album, allegedly gave the Velvets free reign over their sound, it was on his insistence that Nico performed on this album. However, this does not detract from the fact that when this album was made the Red Sea parted, and the Velvet Underground crossed into the Promised Land.
$15.79 UPC: 889397102296 ROCK
A1 Sunday Morning A2 I'm Waiting For The Man A3 Femme Fatale A4 Venus In Furs A5 Run Run Run A6 All Tomorrow's Parties B1 Heroin B2 There She Goes Again B3 I'll Be Your Mirror B4 The Black Angel's Death Song B5 European Son
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DER MUSIKANT: Musikantenmusik 1980-1984 2LP (VOD 142-12LP)
Limited edition of 100. Der Musikant is Rolf Schobert from South Germany. His music from the early '80s and his incredibly rare tape releases are a must-have for every serious collector and lover of minimal synth and/or NDW music. His purely minimal, straightforward powerful synth sounds in combination with his extraordinary and highly emotional vocals have a truly unique character. Rolf is also one half of famous Heute together with Georg Alfred Wittner. This limited double LP combines almost all these great tracks recorded between 1980 and 1984. Also available as part of the Bu/Bu-Musikverbreitung - Recordings 1980-1985 box (VOD 142LP).
$24.39 UPC: 769791961470 ELECTRONIC
LP1:
Der Lustige Musikant - Mord und Totschlag (Bubu 1, 1980):
A1. Ich will zurück (3:07)
A2. Ich bin ein Feigling (2:23)
Der Lustige Musikant - Schöne Musik für schöne Menschen (Bubu 2, 1980):
A3. Abschied (2:03)
A4. Fernsehen (1:28)
Der Lustige Musikant - Huch (Bubu 4, 1981):
A5 Ich bin neidisch (2:10)
A6. Wir sehen Kühe (1:27)
A7. Alles was du tust (2:48)
A8. Rumbum (2:00)
A9. Reiss dich zusammen (1:50)
A10. Kain und Abel (2:33) (Sampler aus Südwest)
A11. Armer Tropf (3:03)
A12. Finsteres M (1:08)
A13. Schlafrock (1:44)
A14. Puehhch (2:15)
Der Lustige Muskant - Unerhört (Bubu 3, 1981):
B1. Die Beerdigung (2:40)
B2. Die kleinen Rädlein (2:02)
B3. Düdl Düdl (2:25)
B4. Freundlich und Hilfreich zu Allen (1:34)
B5. Der böse Kapitän (2:09)
B6. Locken (2:29)
Der Künftige Musikant - Veitstanz 7" (1982):
B7. Warten Auf Das grosse Ha-Ha (2:42)
B8. Zu Tot um zu Sterben (1:31)
B9. Es Ist kalt (3:27)
B10. Ja Ja (1:01)
B11. Die Doofe(n) Lawine(n) (2:40)
B12. Mein Freund (2:00)
B13. Ich bin zu weit weg für dich (3:00)
LP2:
Der Ewige Musikant - 5 Kleine Seele (Bubu 5, 1982):
A1. Der Raum Zeit Tanz (2:35)
A2. Kleine Seele springst im Tanze (2:02)
A3. Tanz 1 (2:02)
A4. Einsames Sterben (1:58)
A5. Tanz 2 (1:26)
A6. Fragment 6 (1:28)
A7. Fragment 7 (1:36)
A8. Fragment 2 (1:23)
A9. Fragment 3 (0:45)
A10. Fragment 4 (1:21)
A11. Delinquententanz (1:53)
A12. Der Ewige Musikant (2:25)
A13. Sandmann (4:26)
A14. Tanz 3 (2:32)
Der Musikant - Brot und Spiele (Bubu 6/7) und mehr:
B1. Lachender Egoist (Ebbes Musik aus dem Ländle) (1:12)
B2. Ladydumm (2:41)
B3. Lied für einen Stern (Brot und Spiele 6) (5:44)
B4. o Casio (Ebbes Musik aus dem Sieda) (1:47)
B5. Sabberseibel (2:22) (Brot und Spiele 6)
B6. Oh ich armer Tropf (3:05)
B7. Der/die Raucher (4:09)
B8. Der Stummel (2:07)
B9. Meine Welt (Schwabenseckel Compilation) (2:58)
B10. Opus 19 (Nr. 5) (1:49)
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HEUTE: Prazisionsmusik 1982-1985 2LP +7" (VOD 142-34LP)
Limited edition of 100. Heute is an ongoing minimal synth project run by Georg Alfred Wittner alias GAW and Rolf Schobert alias Der Musikant. Since the beginning of the '80s Heute have released several remarkable and outstanding tapes on their own Bu/Bu Musikverbreitung label and on other labels such as Biber Records, Schrott, Kassetto Fix and Intoleranz! The latter released their classic tape Noch ist Polen nicht verloren in 1983. This limited double LP combines almost all their great tracks recorded between 1982 and 1985. Also available as part of the Bu/Bu-Musikverbreitung - Recordings 1980-1985 box (VOD 142LP).
$28.39 UPC: 769791961487 ELECTRONIC
LP1:
Heute - Noch Ist Polen Nicht Verloren:
A1. Weltuntertan (6:23)
A2. Orgasmus (5:43)
A3. Unkenntlichkeit (2:42)
A4. Frühling (3:28)
A5. Kinder der Ohnmacht (3:06)
A6. Traurig/lustig (3:00)
A7. Sterne (3:24)
Heute - Noch Ist Polen Nicht Verloren plus bonus:
B1. Noch ist Polen nicht verloren (7:42)
B2. Sterne (8EP Sampler-Version) (2:38)
B3. Platzangst (4:52)
B4. Schon Lange (3:10)
B5. Nichts ist versäumt (1:57)
B6. Sehnsucht (1:48)
B7. Wie hart schmeckt Glas (1:55)
B8. Freu dich zu früh (3:25)
LP2:
Heute - Logarhythmus Plus Compilation-Tracks:
A1. Geisterreiter (4:45)
A2. Langeweile (4:09)
A3. Music for Videos (4:47)
A4. Psycho (3:28)
A5. Lauf (2:15)
A6. Traurig Lustig (8EP Sampler) (3:03)
A7. C&A (3:30)
A8. Jeden Morgen jeden Tag (3:22)
Heute - Compilation-Tracks:
B1. der Kanal (Sampler aus Südwest) (4:28)
B2. Sonne (Sampler aus Südwest) (1:52)
B3. Kadelbach (8EP Sampler) (1:44)
B4. Weltuntertan (8EP Sampler) (3:18)
B5. Ntroi (EP Sampler) (1:28)
B6. Schlachthof (Schwabenseckel, Live-Version) (3:42)
B7. Sterne (Schwabenseckel, Live-Version) (2:45)
B8. Traurig Lustig (Schwabenseckel, Live-Version) (3:18)
B9. Zufall (4:35)
7": Heute - Rollator Baby
A1. Mondlied
A2. Rollator Baby
B1. Afghanistan (Weck mich wenn ich schrei!)
B2. Tanztee
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HEUTE & DER MUSIKANT: Bu/Bu-Musikverbreitung - Recordings 1980-1985 4LP BOX/7" (VOD 142LP)
Limited edition of 400. After ten years of planning and intensive artists-convincing, a dream for many collectors of minimal synth music and has become reality. A vinyl box with early-'80s audio formerly released only on super-rare and highly collectable tapes and 7"s by two of the most radical minimal synth artists from South Germany, Rolf Schobert and Georg Alfred Wittner, with their projects Heute and Der Musikant (solo project of Schobert with name variations as Der Künftige Musikant, Der Lustige Musikant, Der Ewinge Musikant). Almost four hours of greatest minimal synth-based tunes (two LPs each by Heute and Der Musikant plus a bonus Heute 7") compiled by VOD from more than ten different early-'80s tape releases, all released and distributed on their own Bu/Bu Musikverbreitung label in the early-to-mid-'80s. The label and artists released their very own style of minimal "präzisionsmusik," music as unique as minimal synth only can sound, standing the test of time, managing the path between the past and the future. Emotionally loaded, rhythmic, straightforward tracks, with superbly schizophrenic, antagonistic, and neurotic lyrics.
$64.00 UPC: 769791961463 ELECTRONIC
LP1:
Der Lustige Musikant - Mord und Totschlag (Bubu 1, 1980):
A1. Ich will zurück (3:07)
A2. Ich bin ein Feigling (2:23)
Der Lustige Musikant - Schöne Musik für schöne Menschen (Bubu 2, 1980):
A3. Abschied (2:03)
A4. Fernsehen (1:28)
Der Lustige Musikant - Huch (Bubu 4, 1981):
A5 Ich bin neidisch (2:10)
A6. Wir sehen Kühe (1:27)
A7. Alles was du tust (2:48)
A8. Rumbum (2:00)
A9. Reiss dich zusammen (1:50)
A10. Kain und Abel (2:33) (Sampler aus Südwest)
A11. Armer Tropf (3:03)
A12. Finsteres M (1:08)
A13. Schlafrock (1:44)
A14. Puehhch (2:15)
Der Lustige Muskant - Unerhört (Bubu 3, 1981):
B1. Die Beerdigung (2:40)
B2. Die kleinen Rädlein (2:02)
B3. Düdl Düdl (2:25)
B4. Freundlich und Hilfreich zu Allen (1:34)
B5. Der böse Kapitän (2:09)
B6. Locken (2:29)
Der Künftige Musikant - Veitstanz 7" (1982):
B7. Warten Auf Das grosse Ha-Ha (2:42)
B8. Zu Tot um zu Sterben (1:31)
B9. Es Ist kalt (3:27)
B10. Ja Ja (1:01)
B11. Die Doofe(n) Lawine(n) (2:40)
B12. Mein Freund (2:00)
B13. Ich bin zu weit weg für dich (3:00)
LP2:
Der Ewige Musikant - 5 Kleine Seele (Bubu 5, 1982):
A1. Der Raum Zeit Tanz (2:35)
A2. Kleine Seele springst im Tanze (2:02)
A3. Tanz 1 (2:02)
A4. Einsames Sterben (1:58)
A5. Tanz 2 (1:26)
A6. Fragment 6 (1:28)
A7. Fragment 7 (1:36)
A8. Fragment 2 (1:23)
A9. Fragment 3 (0:45)
A10. Fragment 4 (1:21)
A11. Delinquententanz (1:53)
A12. Der Ewige Musikant (2:25)
A13. Sandmann (4:26)
A14. Tanz 3 (2:32)
Der Musikant - Brot und Spiele (Bubu 6/7) und mehr:
B1. Lachender Egoist (Ebbes Musik aus dem Ländle) (1:12)
B2. Ladydumm (2:41)
B3. Lied für einen Stern (Brot und Spiele 6) (5:44)
B4. o Casio (Ebbes Musik aus dem Sieda) (1:47)
B5. Sabberseibel (2:22) (Brot und Spiele 6)
B6. Oh ich armer Tropf (3:05)
B7. Der/die Raucher (4:09)
B8. Der Stummel (2:07)
B9. Meine Welt (Schwabenseckel Compilation) (2:58)
B10. Opus 19 (Nr. 5) (1:49)
LP3:
Heute - Noch Ist Polen Nicht Verloren:
A1. Weltuntertan (6:23)
A2. Orgasmus (5:43)
A3. Unkenntlichkeit (2:42)
A4. Frühling (3:28)
A5. Kinder der Ohnmacht (3:06)
A6. Traurig/lustig (3:00)
A7. Sterne (3:24)
Heute - Noch Ist Polen Nicht Verloren plus bonus:
B1. Noch ist Polen nicht verloren (7:42)
B2. Sterne (8EP Sampler-Version) (2:38)
B3. Platzangst (4:52)
B4. Schon Lange (3:10)
B5. Nichts ist versäumt (1:57)
B6. Sehnsucht (1:48)
B7. Wie hart schmeckt Glas (1:55)
B8. Freu dich zu früh (3:25)
LP4:
Heute - Logarhythmus Plus Compilation-Tracks:
A1. Geisterreiter (4:45)
A2. Langeweile (4:09)
A3. Music for Videos (4:47)
A4. Psycho (3:28)
A5. Lauf (2:15)
A6. Traurig Lustig (8EP Sampler) (3:03)
A7. C&A (3:30)
A8. Jeden Morgen jeden Tag (3:22)
Heute - Compilation-Tracks:
B1. der Kanal (Sampler aus Südwest) (4:28)
B2. Sonne (Sampler aus Südwest) (1:52)
B3. Kadelbach (8EP Sampler) (1:44)
B4. Weltuntertan (8EP Sampler) (3:18)
B5. Ntroi (EP Sampler) (1:28)
B6. Schlachthof (Schwabenseckel, Live-Version) (3:42)
B7. Sterne (Schwabenseckel, Live-Version) (2:45)
B8. Traurig Lustig (Schwabenseckel, Live-Version) (3:18)
B9. Zufall (4:35)
7": Heute - Rollator Baby
A1. Mondlied
A2. Rollator Baby
B1. Afghanistan (Weck mich wenn ich schrei!)
B2. Tanztee
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VA: Magnetophonics - Australian Underground Music 1978-1984 7LP BOX (VOD 144LP)
Massive and comprehensive overview of Australian underground music originally released as tapes/cassettes or vinyl between the late '70s and early to mid '80s. The first two LPs, called Edge City Broadcasts are Andrew Lonsdale's (Browning Mummery) selection of rare and essential tracks representing the great variety and diversity of sounds inside the Australian underground music scene of the period. LP3 is dedicated to one side each of label recordings from the Lymph Products catalogue (The Horse He's Sick, Cerebral Haemorrhage, Kurt Volentine, Cut With The Kitchen Knife); and the home label of Browning Mummery--Boxmusik Tapes. LP4 is compiled by Garry Bradbury (former member of Severed Heads) with focus on bands, projects and collaborations that released on the famous Terse Tapes label such as Wet Taxis, Rhino Rhino, and Pissy Relay Switches. LP5 contains the split LP of Hiroshima Chair and a selection of M-Squared-Label related bands such as Systematics, Scattered Order, Ya Ya Choral, and The Makers of the Dead Travel Fast. LP6 and LP7 are fully dedicated to the earliest recordings by Tom Ellard's Severed Heads, containing the highly collectable LPs "Clean," "Ear Bitten" and the "Side 2" tape. The 7 LPs are accompanied by a large and extensive 48-page LP-sized booklet with lots of valuable information, insights and photos/scans compiled and written by David Courtney. A must-have for those who are willing to explore and dig into the universe of Australian underground music of the late '70s/early 80s.
$103.80 UPC: 769791961494 EXPERIMENTAL
LP1: EDGE CITY BROADCASTS
A1. Negative Reaction - Land Of Surrender
A2. Thrush & The Cunts - Little Miss Responsible
A3. The Go Set - Junk Logic
A4. Stand By Your Guns - Caught Up In It
A5. The Oroton Bags - Bachelors
A6. The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living & Became Mixed Up Zombies - Dub Version
A7. Nervous System - Rendition
A8. Xero - Strangers Immigrants & Bandits
A9. Wild West - Chinchilla
A1. Phil Turnbull - Slow
A11. Yclept Dinmakers - Kapu Or Higgins
A12. A Cloak Room Assembly - Has Anybody Seen My Body
B1. Hugo Klang - Mad Bakes The Problematic Head
B2. ZGlutz - Funky Jonestown
B3. Xerox Dreamflesh - Track 3
B4. Pork - Warming Up The Pipes
B5. Knapp - Vocal Claws
B6. Laughing Hands - Seven
B7. Wrong Kind Of Stone Age - Toil
B8. The Unconscious Collective - Untitled Extract 1983
B9. Winding Up Toys - Matter (With Spin Dry Smiles)
LP2: EDGE CITY BROADCASTS
A1. Art Poetry - Oral Licks
A2. Man Made Haze - How To Erase All Human Life
A3. Swsw Thrght - Space Junk
A4. Volapuk - We Are Not Laughing
A5. Social Interiors - Raisecine
A6. Gestalt - Adventures Of A Flea Chained To The Floor
A7. Gestalt - Latent Doings
A8. ismISM - Resolution
A9. Systematics - Stringbag Of Death
A1. Scattered Order - Villa Life
A11. The Loop Orchestra - First Performance Untitled
A12. Nada - Movement VIII
A13. Nada - Broken
A14. Chemical Newsfront - Tank Music
B1. Lumbarjack & Educational Survey - Chapel Of The Holy Innocents (VII)
B2. Volenti Non Fit Injuria - Sylvestre Matuachka & Five People Called Leo
B3. Vormittagsspuk - Vormittagsspuk
B4. Bleak - Systems Of Feedback
B5. War Meat & The Dictator - War Meat & The Dictator
B6. Krang - Diabolis
B7. Atomic Disease - Ballistic
B8. Boxmusik - Kommunion (I)
B9. Violence In Spring - Facing A Hand
B1. No -Hiss
B11. Educational Survey - Salted Pictures
LP3A LYMPH PRODUCTS
A1. The Horse He's Sick Untitled Rec 1982 Concrete Crash (Lymph 000, 1982) 1:43
A2. The Horse He's Sick Untitled Rec 1982 Concrete Crash (Lymph 000) 1:48
A3. The Horse He's Sick Untitled Rec 1982 Concrete Crash (Lymph 000) 3:32
A4. The Horse He's Sick Untitled Rec 1982 Concrete Crash (Lymph 000) 2:36
A5. The Horse He's Sick Untitled Rec 1982 Concrete Crash (Lymph 000) 1:48
A6. Cerebral Haemorrhage Kissing Their Chains of Slavery Cerebral Haemorrhage (Lymph 001, 83) 3:26
A7. Kurt Volentine excerpt from Rivet NourishmentTelegram Deviance (Lymph 002) 1:26 (live to air 2MBS-FM March 1983) (released 1984)
A8. Cut With The Kitchen Knife Bedlam is Not Jam (original version) Gnaw (Lymph 003) 2:14 (released 1983)
A9. Cut With The Kitchen Knife We All Play Dead (original version) Gnaw (Lymph 001) 3:25 (released 1983)
A10. The Horse He's Sick Hypnotrigger Chloroform (Lymph 005) 2:10 (released 1985)
A11. The Horse He's Sick Hot Millions Chloroform (Lymph 005) 1:50 (released 1985)
A12. The Horse He's Sick Don't Know Where You Came From Loopy But Chic Insane Music Contact (Belgium) (released 1985)1:53
B1. I.T.G. [live 1982. Evidence Of Ritual, boxmusik tapes 1983 / Zero Cabal] 1:00
B2. Dancing With The Dead. [1983. Evidence Of Ritual, boxmusik tapes 1983 / Zero Cabal] 2:14
B3. Sensory Automatism [alt. edit. 1983. Oracles & Prescriptions, boxmusik tapes 1983. Uncredited final track.] 0:55
B4. Kommunion (ii) [live 1983. Evidence Of Ritual, boxmusik tapes 1983 / Zero Cabal; & Browing Mummery, Undata Vol. 1, Extreme 1987] 2:30
B5. Professio Exacta [1983. Opera, CCP 1989] 3:12
B6. Mass In Time Of War [alt. edit. 1983. Undata Vol. 1, Extreme 1987] 1:35
B7. Waking Knowledge Of Sleep [unreleased. 1984. Square soundtrack/performance] 5:47
B8. The Last Judgement [alt. edit. 1984. Obiter Scripta, Extreme 1985 -- only on that label release] 3:35
B9. Invisible Corpse In Orbit [unreleased. 1984] 2:23
B10. Study In Masochism [unreleased. live to air, 2MBS-FM, 1984] 1:14
B11. Bicardiac Clutch [unreleased alt. version. 1984. Obiter Scripta, boxmusik tapes 1984 / Extreme 1985] 3:07
Side 4/A TERSE-RELATED-BANDS
01. Wet Taxis Donny and Marie 1:02
02. Severed Heads Petrol (live) 4:33
03. Go Back To Your precious Wife and Son Rhythmic Arc 1:05
04. Wet Taxis Dare You!´2:51
05. Severed Heads Deano's Couch ´2:33
06. Wet Taxis Fellate Your Baby 4:10
07. Rhino Rhino RH+ Mr Hat ´2:20
08. Rhino Rhino RH+ My Mother the Car´3:01
09. Rhino Rhino RH+ RFMOD ´2:06
Side B TERSE-RELATED-BANDS
1. Rhino Rhino RH+1 Utensil 4:19 .
2. Mr and Mrs No Smoking Sign Come Home and Have Your Tea 2:27
3. Mindless Delta Children Go Go Dancer PVC Apron 2:46
4. Holiday Fun Each Tick 2:18
5. Holiday Fun Sounds Familiar 0:50
6. Pissy Relay Switches Snack and Chips 1:25
7. Pissy Relay Switches Diskettes 3:01
8. Pissy Relay Switches Good Times Too 1:38
9. Pissy Relay Switches Good Times 2:24
10. Mindless Delta Children All Clones Look the Same to Me 2:11
TOTAL 23:19
LP5A HIROSHIMA CHAIR
1. Spastic Antelope Bit 3:48
2. Forefinger Kinda Beckon 3:04
3. Tu 3:57
4. I think That Dress Is Completely Ruined (I Really Do.2) 3:28
5. Kick 4:34
LP5B M-SQUARED & RELATED
1. Splendid Mess NASA Secret Anzac 4.06
2. Systematics Midnight On Balancing Day 3.19
3. Makers Of The Dead Travel Fast The Dead Travel Fast 6.33
4. Height/Dismay Picnic On The Nile 2:11
5. Prod A Brick Short 3:30
6. Scattered Order Heat 3:51
7. The Barons Always Lurking 1:12
8. Ya Ya Choral Cowboys Are Pt 2 3:23
LP6A Severed Heads Clean
1 Love 2:06
2 Don't Saxophone 3:13
3 Book 4:19
4 Tiny Fingers 3:02
5 Heavily Tattooed Men And Women 3:20
6 Violins And Moonlight 3:37
LP6B Severed Heads Clean
1 Traumat 2:10
2 Our Own Home 2:06
3 Charivari 2:36
4 Nightsong 7:05
5 Car Advertisement 2:49
LP7A Severed Heads Ear Bitten
A1 All Rights Reserved 4:09
A2 God Factory 3:08
A3 Hawaii Torso 97 Cigarettes 2:47
A4 Acid Fur 3:03
A5 Dance 4:17
A6 New York Is A Lonely Town 1:37
A7 Unlisted Track 1:54
LP7B Severed Heads Side 2
B1 Much About Bones 3:04
B2 Scat 4:03
B3 Pander to the Natives 3:51
B4 For Garry 1:44
B5 The Monkey is Safe 3:27
B6 1-2-3 A Baby Buggy 2:58
B7 34 Pin-Stripe-Bus 8:39
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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!
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UMILIANI & I SUOI OSCILLATORI, PIERO: Il Mondo Dei Romani LP (WRWTFWW 010LP)
First vinyl reissue. Limited edition of 500 orange LPs (vinyl only; no digital release). Remastered from the original reels. The sought-after experimental gem Il Mondo Dei Romani, by soundtrack and avant-garde maestro Piero Umiliani, is now available on vinyl for the first time since its original release in 1972. Originally recorded for a TV documentary about ancient Rome and released on Umiliani's Omicron label, Il Mondo Dei Romani finds Umiliani experimenting with electronic instruments (Suoi Oscillatori or "his oscillators") to offer a fascinating rendition of what synthesizer-based avant-garde ancient Roman music would sound like. It's a weird and extremely hypnotizing retro-futuristic experience of faux cithara, lyre, organ, and trumpet sounds driven by proto-techno sequences and minimalist rhythms. This brilliant electronic oddity is the perfect companion to We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records' previous Umiliani reissue, Tra scienza e fantascienza (WRWTFWW 003LP, 2015). Born in 1926, Piero Umiliani began his career as a jazz pianist (occasionally recording with Chet Baker) and started working on film soundtracks in the late '50s. Known as the man who brought jazz to Italian cinema, he left his mark on a long series of notorious giallo and mondo movies, soft sex films, and Eurospy thrillers, garnering praise for mastering sleazy funk, experimental electronica, and jazzy themes, and making a name for himself among his peers, including Ennio Morricone or Riz Ortolani. It was with the 1968 Italian mondo film Sweden: Heaven and Hell that Umiliani landed his biggest hit, "Mah Nà Mah Nà" (originally "Viva la Sauna Svedese" ("Hooray for the Swedish Sauna")), which would later be used on Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, The Benny Hill Show, and many more.
$17.79 EAN: 7640153365460 SOUNDTRACK
A1. Roma Amor
A2. Eliogabalus
A3. Delenda Cartago
A4. Bucolica
A5. Bucina
A6. Neronis Cetra
B1. Roma Opulenta
B2. Cicero Pro Domo Sua
B3. Veni, Vidi, Vici
B4. Si Vis Pacem
B5. Para Bellum
B6. Musici
B7. Miles Gloriosus
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JAMES, BRYONY: Feeling Good CD (ZG 9106CD)
This New York-born half-Cuban vocalist came to London in 1967 and had her sole album released in the UK in 1969. It finds her tackling a number of jazz and popular standards in sultry style, backed by the percussive, jazzy grooves of the Laurie Holloway Quartet. A considerable rarity in its original vinyl form, it's reissued here for the first time.
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SCHWARTZ, BERNIE: The Wheel CD (ZG 9107CD)
By the time he released this solo album in 1970, Bernie Schwartz was a veteran of the Hollywood music scene, having collaborated with The Everly Brothers on some unsuccessful singles, written songs for The East Side Kids and The Yellow Payges, and played with psych-pop band The Comfortable Chair. Co-produced with Wesley Watt and Bill Lincoln of Euphoria, The Wheel effortlessly spans wild psychedelic rock and gentle ballads. Expertly written, played, and sung, it's a lost classic, reissued here for the first time.
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FIRST, DAVID: Same Animal, Different Cages Vol. 1: Études For Acoustic Guitar LP (FABRIC 040-1LP)
"Fabrica Records announces the first volume in the Same Animal, Different Cages series by American composer and improviser David First. On Études for Acoustic Guitar, First twists and bends notes from his steel-string acoustic guitar, an instrument traditionally associated with American folk, country and blues music. And in fact, those genres are central to First's explorations here, constituting portions of a palette that also encompasses jazz and Indian classical music. In this series of stylistic hybrids, an expansive tonality is propelled with rhythmic authority. The effect is similar to that of tape manipulation, or to the challenges posed to the inner ear by Phil Niblock's shifting dissonances. It's almost as if the room itself speeds up and slows down as First performs in it, anchoring himself in three humble dimensions and letting time do what it will. The Same Animal, Different Cages series serves as the latest chapter in the oeuvre of a musician whose defining quality is arguably his curiosity. First asks the right questions, and there are no wrong answers. Subsequent volumes in the series will include similar explorations on analog modular synthesizer, harmonica, sitar, computer, voice and electric guitar."
$18.50 UPC: N/A EXPERIMENTAL
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JOPLIN, JANIS: Janis: Little Girl Blue DVD (MVD 8304DVD)
"Musician Cat Power narrates this documentary on Janis Joplin's evolution into a star from letters that Joplin wrote over the years to her friends, family, and collaborators." 105 minutes; NTSC Region 0 format.
$13.75 UPC: 760137830498 ROCK
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WALKER & THE WALKER BROTHERS, SCOTT: Everything Under The Sun CD (GOLF 015CD)
"Having officially disbanded in late 1967 following a hugely successful career in the UK, The Walker Brothers - non-related American natives to a man - were persuaded by management to undertake a short tour of Japan together in the opening month of 1968. 'Brother' Scott Walker (née Engel) had adopted the most prominent role in the trio by this juncture and was pursuing a solo career too, which was proving both successful and critically acclaimed. Having released his first solo album Scott a few months before - a record which climbed to No. 3 on the UK albums chart, beating by as many points the last WB album - he still came out of the trio penniless. Knowing that to make further solo works was going to cost dear, he agreed to a final (or so he believed at the time) fling with his fake brethren, Gary and John. The shows at the Osaka Festival hall between the 2nd and 4th, recorded for television transmission, were as riotous as any pop concert in 1960's Japan was ever going to be - still an ultra-conservative albeit democratic and modern Asian territory. The songs performed can be described best as a motley collection of numbers from the group's back catalogue, plus a single strike from Scott and a rag-bag selection of covers. That being said, the results prove to be a thoroughly enjoyable live run through of both the big hits and some of the finest cuts from the Brothers' four, often underrated, albums together. With performances of such lost classics as 'Living Above Your Head,' 'In My Room,' 'Everything Under The Sun' and Scott's marvellous 'Saturday's Child' alongside 'Make It Easy On Yourself' and 'The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore,' and while the flow may be a little disjointed, the editing for television somewhat unorthodox to western ears and the between song announcements - well, judge those for yourself - this rare recording will prove a must-have CD for fans of both Scott Walker and of the group with which he came to the world's attention."
$10.50 UPC: 823564674728 ROCK
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SKIN CRIME: Case Studies In Early Taxidermy Techniques 20CD BOX (HOS 400CD)
"Deluxe 20xcd cloth bound foil stamped box with ribbon including individual wallets, 40-page booklet and 2-sided poster. Edition of 300. Despite being the creator and main operator of the legendary and eerie Self Abuse records, Patrick O'neil founded Skin Crime in 93/94 out of the morbid surrealism of mother project -- Hanged Man's Orgasm. One of the earliest and most influential American noise institutions from the '90s, Skin Crime could be said to be the missing link between European Musique concrete, Japanese noise, and the gritty abstract electronics of what became the glory and gory days of 'American Harsh Noise.' The special and largely undocumented moment at which the 'noise' broke away from 'industrial' to destroy further its electronic roots. Its synthetic sound sources associated with industrial became so self abused that their electronic origins were rendered indecipherable and turned into a rotten organic abstraction. Skin Crime distinguished themselves as not just another 'bedroom project' but a real dedicated live noise band. With a rotating lineup surrounding their core as a three piece, their highly detailed ascending compositions offset with their forceful and dynamic textures quickly secured them a place in the rapidly emerging international noise subculture. Appearing on such cult releases as The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn tour VHS and An Evening Of Serious Noise tape box, their unique live model saw the band performing alongside heavyweights such as the Haters, Merzbow, and Masonna, outlasting many of their peers. Through careful selection yet extensive depth their key works as well as vital secrets are preserved here with respect to the mystery."
$95.00 UPC: 616892371441 ELECTRONIC
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LILES, ANDREW: Miscellany - Lussuoso (electronics: 1990 To 2015) 3CD (JNANA 002CD)
"This triple-disc album is a three-hour anthology of 52 previously unreleased electronica and ambient soundscapes from the last 25 years - a mature blend of brand new material, updated and adapted pieces, and raw, untouched and unadulterated tracks from yesteryear. It comes packaged in a deluxe eight-panel foldout digipak."
$16.00 UPC: 708191755548 ELECTRONIC
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CONNELLY & MICHAEL BEGG, CHRIS: New Town Nocturnes CD (JNANA 003CD)
" New Town Nocturnes is a collection of strange, fractured, impressionistic versions of memories from a time in my life both real and imagined, coming to me like almost inaudible radio waves from my past, the sound of people I loved walking carefully through my heart and sometimes staying there. I am not sure if these are poems or songs with no singing -- there is certainly no symmetry to these words -- but there is a strange geography that takes in my beloved Edinburgh and reaches out from the New Town to Causewayside, the Union Canal and beyond the city to the Pentland Hills and to Bavelaw. These are the places I was, and these are the things I think I remember. "These words were brought to life and turned into the sculptures they are by my friend Michael Begg, who read them and then created these sonic landscapes, textures, rooms and streets for me to be in. This album was inspired by the Edinburgh poet and artist Stanley Roger Green, for whom I wrote the piece 'Cairn' as an answer to his poem, the mighty 'Bavelawin Winter' from the book A Suburb of Belsen which has been a constant inspiration to me for the past 35 years." -- Chris Connelly
$10.75 UPC: 726630604394 ROCK
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MELT YOURSELF DOWN: Last Evenings On Earth LP+CD (BAY 101LP)
LP version. Includes CD. "Question: it's the end of the world, how are you going to spend it? Last Evenings on Earth is the apocalyptic second album by Melt Yourself Down, evangelical hawkers of DNA-rearranging post-punk exotica. Snatch your passport and let this hydra-headed serpent take you for a dizzying, continent-hopping voyage around a globe spinning ever more rapidly off its axis. If the band's self-titled debut was a series of feverish nocturnal visions beamed from a sub-Saharan desert where voodoo spirits were raised from dusty catacombs, then this is an even headier trip. Here the rhythm has migrated to the city to merge with the pulses and dark currents that run through it."
$15.00 UPC: 843190010110 ROCK
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SCHULZE'S U.S.O., KLAUS: Privee CD (MIG 1412CD)
"Klaus Schulze's U.S.O.Privée originally was released 2000 as part of the strictly limited and long exhausted (wooden) boxset Contemporary Works U.S.O. are Razoof Lear aka Uwe Lehr, Klaus Schulze and Olli Finken aka O'Finken: not a permanent group, but a loose studio session turn, comprising of two members of the Cologne DJ/musician-collective 'Solar Moon System' (SMS) and Klaus Schulze. A circle of friends, allowing a look through the keyhole for the listener - to a spontaneous and inspirational performing electronic theater of improvisation, in which some grinding synthesizer pads, pounding guitars and e-drum-patterns produce maximum dramatic effect. Less is more. Tension is created in the syntheses of ambient, dub, trance and hip hop, through the art of simplicity. Space is created between the notes, the instruments and the musicians in which even the smallest details develop into something hypnotic and fascinating which draws you on and leaves an inner labyrinthine complexity which stays in your head long after the notes have stopped. Bonus track in a stylish digipack."
$14.00 UPC: 885513014122 ROCK
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WEATHER REPORT: Rockpalast, Offenbach 1978 2CD/DVD (MIG 80090CD)
"By September of 1978 Weather Report's headlining status afforded them the opportunity to play a very long set amounting to two hours in length. Given the previous year's success with the poll winning Heavy Weather album one might have expected them to concentrate on this more or less exclusively, but instead, fans were treated to material from right across the bands career and solo spots by everybody. 'Black Market' opens this concert and straight away it's apparent that the energy level is high and the relaxed pace of the studio version has been superseded by a slightly faster tempo. An explosive tenor and drum duet by Shorter and Erskine also forms part of this and must have surely put an end to the feeling in some quarters at the time that the saxophonist was no longer at his best. Also on board were flamboyant electric bassist Jaco Pastorius, a genuine innovator, and newly arrived drummer Peter Erskine a master technician brought into the group to add more of a jazz feel. Joe Zawinul was keen to stress that Weather Reports music was their music, a product of the group's identity, and not simply jazz-rock akin to that of many bands of the time. Although he was known for his strong opinions it's clear that no other group mixed improvisation, formal structures and electronics quite like them. One night in Germany is clear proof of this."
$14.00 UPC: 885513800909 JAZZ
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VA: Mississippi Grind Complete Collection (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2LP (MVD 8108LP)
"'The film bubbles and bursts with blues, rock, and soul from the likes of cats like John Lee Hooker, Memphis Minnie, Memphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy, Paul 'Wine' Jones, and more." --Consequence Of Sound
$23.00 UPC: 760137810810 SOUNDTRACK
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RAMONES, THE: Eaten Alive CD (SMCD 939CD)
"But 1976 and 1977, the years of punk in the US and UK, was the group's finest era. And it was towards the end of this era that the show represented on this CD was performed. A live broadcast on FM radio, this recording features perfect sound quality and includes live versions of cuts from the groups first 4 records, all released between 1976 & 1978 - along with a couple of choice covers, with which all fine Ramones gigs were graced."
$10.50 UPC: 823564648422 ROCK
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CONRAD WITH FAUST, TONY: Outside The Dream Syndicate LP (SV 048LP)
Repressed; LP version. "Violinist, composer and filmmaker Tony Conrad started his career in New York in the early 1960s. As a member of the Theater of Eternal Music (a.k.a. the Dream Syndicate) alongside John Cale, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela and Angus MacLise, he participated in now-legendary and often legendarily loud drone performances with many pieces having no beginning and no end. During a fateful trip to Germany in 1972, Conrad met with avant-rock visionaries Faust and made the very first record to bear his name. Outside The Dream Syndicate, originally released in Europe only in 1973, is a stunning debut. Two side-long tracks -- 'The Side Of Man And Womankind' and 'The Side Of The Machine' -- show just how far Conrad had moved beyond his minimalist peers. Werner Diermaier's repetitive drum beat and Jean-Hervé Peron's stripped-down bassline conjure a tense, ascetic groove, while Conrad's seamless violin, initially so controlled, reveals a surprising adaptability. The music shifts almost on a subliminal level, pushing and pulling to the drone's internal pulse. It is hard to imagine Conrad's trajectory from downtown Manhattan to a farmhouse in the German countryside that ultimately resulted in Outside The Dream Syndicate, yet no other record captures -- so completely and instantly -- the intersection of avant-garde and rock forms. Outside The Dream Syndicate remains ahead of and bracingly outside of its time. This first-time vinyl reissue and long out-of-print CD release have been carefully been carefully mastered from the original master tapes and include liner notes by musician Jim O'Rourke and author Branden W. Joseph."
$17.50 UPC: 855985006888 ROCK
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LITHICS: Borrowed Floors LP (WW 013LP)
"Lithics is a four person minimalist punk band from Portland, Oregon formed in late 2014. Over the last year and a half they have refined a sound focusing on interlocked bass and drum rhythms paired with shrill guitar counterpoint and stark female vocals. While counting Wire, The Fall, Devo, Pylon, The Shadow Ring, and Captain Beefheart's Magic Band as reference points, the band's concerns are contemporary and urgent. An injection of uptight, nervous energy into the reverb drenched complacency of today's musical underground."
$11.75 UPC: N/A ROCK
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SANFILIPPO, BRUNO: The Poet CD (MDC 032CD)
Bruno Sanfilippo is a classically trained musician and composer who has been creating music for more than 20 years. His focus alternates between the exploration of minimalist piano concepts and electroacoustic music. During the years, he has made soundtracks for feature films. He has performed live & multimedia events at different stages and festivals. Live performances usually consist of performing improvisations on piano and strings. "Simple and elegant, mesmerizing and haunting. I absolutely love turning up the volume, and letting every hypnotic and melancholic note weep gently through the night. For the lovers of Max Richter, Eluvium, Rafael Anton Irisarri, and Zbig-niew Preisner. I highly recommended this gem!" - Headphone Commute
$12.39 EAN: 7340149000695 CLASSICAL
01. The Poet (3:35)
02. Before Nightfall (3:40)
03. Silk Offering (3:55)
04. Dead's Hope (1:19)
05. The Legend Of The Sailor (4:08)
06. An Omen (4:29)
07. The Book Without Words (4:55)
08. Seventy Seven Years Later (5:17)
09. Iron Horse (3:44)
10. The Four Keys (2:52)
11. Abandoned Carousel (2:03)
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MARCHAL, JULIEN: Insight II CD (MDC 034CD)
Julien Marchal studied jazz and modern music at the Conservatoire of Bordeaux. At the same time he graduated from the University of Musicology where he discovered minimalism while listening to composers like Pärt, Glass and Gorecki. Fascinated by minimalism and contemporary music, he nevertheless explores the vast world of electronic music and came to Aphex Twin, Burial, Müm, Jon Hopkins but especially Boards of Canada. He started composing at university but it was not until some years afterwards that he found an audience. He recorded his first solo EP Insight in 2014. This four little piano pieces drew attention and ears of several artists including Robot Koch (Musician Award Winning & Electronic Producer) with which he created together two pieces appeared on the label Monkey Town Records. One of the two, "Care", was used in the American TV series How To Get Away With Murderer (ABC). Always a tireless discovery process, Julien landmark Philippe Lamy, a Teacher in Fine Arts at the Architectural University of Toulouse in France and artist of many resources (musician, painter, draftsman). From this encounter is born the project "Piano Augmenté" or the delicacy and subtlety are orchestrated at the heart of piano and electroacoustics.
$12.39 EAN: 7340149000688 ELECTRONIC
01. Insight XIV
02. Insight XV
03. Insight XVI
04. Insight XVII
05. Insight XVIII
06. Insight XIX
07. Insight XX
08. Insight XXI
09. Insight XXII
10. Insight XXIII
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INTERPOL: Everything Is Wrong (Solomun Remix) 12" (2DIY4 016EP)
Solomun reveals his latest remix for popular NYC rock band Interpol. Taken from Interpol's latest album El Pintor, "Everything Is Wrong" has been given a dancefloor-ready makeover from Solomun. His remix preserves the gritty guitar line, adding a subtle but deep bassline and echoed percussion. The vocals are slightly tweaked, their electronic twang reminiscent of '80s bands. As Solomon's strings slowly grow throughout the track. Solomun's remix of "Everything Is Wrong" preserves the mood and melody of the original, yet is a clearly recognizable production of his own.
$8.39 EAN: 4018939299958 ELECTRONIC
A1. Everything Is Wrong (Solomun Stripped Remix)
B1. Everything Is Wrong (Solomun Remix)
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VA: Paradise 25 Years 3LP (541 541529)
In 1991, the Pacha Ibiza vibe was brought to Belgium by Patrick Soks, who has been hosting the Paradise parties at Café d'Anvers since then. Derrick May, Derrick Carter, Stacey Pullen, Todd Terry, Pete Tong, Dimitri, Marcello, Doc Martin, Laurent Garnier, Sven Väth, Bob Sinclar, Luciano all played their first Belgian DJ set at this legendary Belgian party. Enjoy this anniversary release full of seminal tracks. Music is the answer! Features: That Kid Chris, Virgo Four, Omniverse, Mr. Marvin, Kevin Saunderson Presents The Reese Project, Carl Craig, Different Noodles, Choice, Crustation, Mood II Swing, Night Communication, In Dub We Trust, Psychotropic, and KC Flightt.
$25.79 EAN: 5414165076407 ELECTRONIC
A1. That Kid Chris - Keep On (Pressin' On) (Rhythmix)
A2. Virgo Four - In A Vision
B1. Omniverse - Antares
B2. Mr. Marvin - Hammond Groove
C1. Kevin Saunderson Presents The Reese Project - I Believe (Carl Craig B-Dub Mix)
C2. Different Noodles - Banana Resort
D1. Choice - Acid Eiffel
E1. Crustation - Flame (Mood II Swing Dub)
E2. Night Communication - Lose Control (In Dub We Trust Mix)
F1. Psychotropic - Only For The Headstrong
F2. KC Flightt - Let's Get Jazzy (Dope Mix)
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DAVID J WITH FEDERALE AND FRIENDS: The Day That David Bowie Died 10" (AUK 125EP)
David J with Federal and Friends preseent a tribute to David Bowie. Below David J expresses how it happened: I purchased Blackstar on the day of it's release. The album blew me away. The following night David Bowie left the planet. In a state of shock I played the new album for the second time. Listening to it in a strangely exalted state I was struck by Bowie's incredibly complex swan song. By the end I was weeping copiously. Those tears ended up in "The Day David Bowie Died". I recorded it the next day.
$9.79 EAN: 5055869507707 ROCK
A1. David J with Federale and Friends - The Day That David Bowie Died
B1. David J - Ascension
B2. David J & Tim Newman - Ascension' (Instrumental)
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AMP STUDIO: Uncertainty Principles 2CD (AMP 019CD)
Uncertainty Principles is the new Amp Studio album, the solo project of Richard Amp of A.M.P.. As the album's name suggests, it is an homage to the beauty that can manifest itself when random or complex processes are allowed to flow in the production and creation of musical or visual works. Serendipity and random or pseudo random events have been integral to the making of this record. The sleeve artwork has also been created using processes that produce coincidental imagery. It was an "out of the blue" request for a copy of the track "Tiller" that led to the formation of this album. The act of finding and locating the master for this track, lead Richard to the realization that there were sounds and tracks in the archive, "Tiller", "Slip", "Misstype Dolittle" and "Sleep City Drone" that deserved re-evaluation and an opportunity for a new lease of life. He set about working on new material, using sounds and field recordings, both new and re-discovered, mixing the new and remixing the once forgotten. The album traverses terrains of intersections and juxtapositions from the shorelines of "Sliptwo" to the event horizon perceived in "Photon Sphere". Spiral deconstructions and city noise chaos combine to create the expressionist drone of "Spinfactors" and the lo-fi rap of "Sleep City Drone". The combinations of the sound effects of a typewriter, used as percussion, analogue synth sweeps, and washed out distorted drone sonic guitar on "Misstype Dolittle" is signature Richard Amp in his Amp Studio guise. We drift though 'Slip' almost as an interlude before the full randomality speaks in "Mort Irritées", an homage to music-concrete and the work of Pierre Henry. "Tiller" concludes CD 1 like a blissful balm, steering us outward towards some distant horizon, piano echoes calling the imagination to float free in a minimal sea. A chance invitation to perform in Bethnal Green, East London resulted in the making of "Uncertainly Alive", a transcript version of the performance, which forms the core of CD 2.
$10.99 UPC: 859714527361 ELECTRONIC
CD 1:
01. Sliptwo
02. Photon Sphere
03. Spinfactors
04. Sleep City Drone
05. Misstype Dolittle
06. Slip
07. Mort Irritées
08. Tiller
CD 2:
09. Uncertainly Alive
10. Flashbacks
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GESING/BJORN MEYER/SAMUEL ROHRER, KLAUS: Amiira CD (AMEL 711CD)
Songs without words, suggestive and emotional transparency and connection, contemplation and departure, meditation and attack: this music fascinates from the very beginning. It has no need to boast or become talkative, but stays true to itself as it casually develops its poignant pulse and lets it grow, and grow. The web of sounds soon begins to radiate from within, it inspires images in one's head, and invites to musing and introspection. Against the background of a wide horizon the details of their music join, develop a life of their own, and lift off to collective flights of ideas. This music is an invitation to listen without prejudice, offering a way to get lost in dreams while, at the same time, remaining solidly grounded and completely awake. There are many connections between bass clarinetist/soprano saxophonist Klaus Gesing, bassist Björn Meyer and drummer Samuel Rohrer. The experience of playing together and sharing their innovative spirit is a pre-requisite for the artistic co-operation of this new trio, in which the love of adventure and improvisation takes precedence over the pre-composed. Because of this the evocative power of their interaction can generate such strength, the give-and-take of their musical discourse being so intimate. In this music a unique sound structure grows from within itself, layer-by-layer, and involves and enchants the listener. It is broadly emotional and without mystique or pretension. How else could these delicate dialogues develop such gravitational pull and magic? Acoustic and electronic sounds, sensuous rhythms, sumptuous woodwind-songs, earthen and ethereal bass lines, grooves and vibrant atmospheres all merge with one another and graciously rise from silence to hypnotic beauty. The inner logic of the trio's interaction is compelling for it neither strives for attention nor takes the listener unawares. It grows and spreads coherently like a natural organism. The three of them have, each in their own right, worked with outstanding vocalists. Samuel Rohrer with Laurie Anderson and Sidsel Endresen, Klaus Gesing with Norma Winstone, Björn Meyer with Asita Hamidi - all of whom are vocalists that can evoke textures with delicate poise, avoiding trends, and express them in an entirely personal way. It also characterizes the unique quality of this trio's instrumental music: richly colored, highly concentrated and finely balanced, it develops a life of its own without ever imposing itself on the listener.
$11.99 UPC: 880319753725 ELECTRONIC
01. Shine On Me
02. Minne
03. Fulminate
04. Flimmer
05. After You Left
06. Source One
07. Clouds Below
08. Refraction
09. Sirènes Sacrées
10. What We Leave
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GESING/BJORN MEYER/SAMUEL ROHRER, KLAUS: Amiira LP (AMEL 711LP)
LP version.
$18.39 UPC: 880319753817 ELECTRONIC
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LES RALLIZES DENUDES: France Demo Tapes CD (BAM 7017CD)
This just might be the single greatest side of OTT psych/noise guitar oblivion ever put to disc from the most legendary Japanese underground group of all time, Les Rallizes Denudes: the mysteriously-named France Demo Tapes have previously only circulated on wildly dubious CD-R burns, often with contradictory and conflicting track listings/material but the session (whether it was actually recorded in France or not) is consistently dated as being from some time in the late '80s. This gloriously out-of-nowhere release finally delivers on the hype surrounding this much whispered-about session, two massively deformed versions of their classics "Night Of The Assassins" and "The Last One". You have heard nothing" like this and when Mizutani is on this kind of form it's hard to believe that any other rock music exists outside of this singular, blasted universe. If you buy one electric guitar album this lifetime...
$11.99 EAN: 4752817701712 ROCK
01. Strung Out Deeper Than The Night
02. The Last One
03. An Awful Eternity (Cruel Love)
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MCDONALD, JEFF: Jeff McDonald LP (BANG 104LP)
Jeff Mcdonald, co leader of Redd Kross, recorded this self-titled music gem back in 1997 in Los Angeles and now it is being released on vinyl for the very first time. Recorded between Redd Kross' master pieces Phaseshifter and Show World, that is exactly what this record sounds like, a mix between both albums. Spine shivering melodies full of rock, glam, pop melodies, choruses and beauty, Jeff McDonald gives us the opportunity now to discover this wonderful record which will make all Redd Kross fans worldwide feel in heaven.
$14.99 EAN: 8435008888589 ROCK
A1. To You
A2. Follow The Leader
A3. What´s The Matter Now
A4. Streets Of Shame
A5. Sandstone Engine
B1. Pleasure Seekers
B2. Getting Back To You
B3. I Don´t Mind
B4. Gigi Canova
B5. Straight Lookin' Genie
B6. Third World Hustler
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PRINCE: Lotus Flow3r 2LP/2CD (BEC 5156206)
2016 repress. Originally released in 2009. For more than thirty years, Prince indefatigably attacked the bulwarks which separate funk, rock, pop and hip-hop. This is a deluxe gatefold release composed of two slabs of vinyl (Lotusflow3r and MPLSound also included on CDs) as well as a poster. "On LotusFlow3r Prince has a specific mission: showcasing his long-underrated guitar playing. Whether it's the spare funk of 'Wall of Berlin,' the metal grind of 'Dreamer' or the hazy cover of 'Crimson and Clover,' the music kicks into high gear when Prince starts soloing, delivering one epic face melter after another in a style halfway between David Gilmour's and Eddie Hazel's." Gavin Edwards (Rolling Stone, 2009)
$18.39 EAN: 5060421562063 ROCK
Lotusflow3r:
01. From The Lotus...
02. Boom
03. Crimson And Clover
04. 4ever
05. Colonized Mind
06. Feel Good, Feel Better, Feel Wonderful
07. Love Like Jazz
08. 77 Beverly Park
09. Wall Of Berlin
10. $
11. Dreamer
12. ...Back 2 The Lotus
MPLSound:
01. (There'll Never B) Another Like Me
02. Chocolate Box
03. Dance 4 Me
04. U're Gonna C Me
05. Here
06. Valentina
07. Better With Time
08. Ol' Skool Company
09. No More Candy 4 U
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CHEVALREX: Futurisme CD (BEC 5156452)
Since the release of the album Catapulte in 2013, media have been used to describing Chevalrex' music as "miniature symphonies". For Futurisme, Rémy Poncet, the handyman that plays himself all the instruments, writes his own lyrics and even makes his own cover, has decided to keep the same path but meanwhile, has grown in melodic power and maturity. "I finally let my teen life behind, and from now on, offer me some peaks" he sings in "Aussi Loin". With Futurisme, there is reason to wager that Chevalrex will be one of the future pearls that will be used as a reference for those who will venture out on the roads of French pop. CD version comes in a two panel digisleeve with an eight-page booklet.
$11.99 EAN: 5060421564524 ROCK
A1. Aussi Loin
A2. Stand De Tir
A3. Pour Cible
A4. Movimiento
A5. Avec Mon Frère
A6. Orléans
B1. Serpents
B2. Ventre & Cervelle
B3. Où Es-Tu?
B4. Vautours
B5. Nocturne ≠ 1
B6. Futurisme
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CHEVALREX: Futurisme LP+CD (BEC 5156453)
LP version.Comes in gatefold printed on uncoated card. Includes CD.
$17.79 EAN: 5060421564531 ROCK
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PRINCE: MPLSound CD (BEC 5772570)
2016 repress. Originally released in 2009. On MPLSound, Prince took his retro mission to offer up such tight, funky electro grooves as "(There'll Never B) Another Like Me" and "Ol' Skool Company." Part of what was originally released as a triple album was also released as a double LP with Lotusflow3r. "Prince played every instrument on MPLSound just like the old days, only now he gets obsessive with Pro Tools. He isn't as bawdy as he once was (becoming a Jehovah's Witness will do that), but he's still got a lot of humor and swagger. On the funky '(There'll Never B) Another Like Me,' he sings about his beauty routine (it involves olive oil in his hair), and on the seven-and-a-half-minute 'Ol' Skool Company,' he covers issues from the TARP bailout to the state of radio ('If the White House is black/We gotta take the radio back')." - Gavin Edwards (Rolling Stone, 2009)
$11.99 EAN: 5060107725706 ROCK
01. (There'll Never B) Another Like Me
02. Chocolate Box
03. Dance 4 Me
04. U're Gonna C Me
05. Here
06. Valentina
07. Better With Time
08. Ol' Skool Company
09. No More Candy 4 U
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AF URSIN: Aura Legato CD (BLACKEST 012CD)
Blackest Ever Black presents the first CD edition of Af Ursin's 2005 masterpiece Aura Legato. Af Ursin is the alter ego of Finnish autodidact composer/improviser Timo van Luijk. His work is rooted in the use of acoustic instruments (wind, percussion, strings), but his special sensitivity to the timbral qualities of each instrument, and his deft blurring of them, results in a sound-world that is mysterious, amorphous and hallucinatory, full of suggestive shadows, creaks and whispers. Van Luijk's process begins always with pure improvisation: music played in an intuitive, sensual way, without the employment of conscious technique. He performs and overdubs each instrumental component himself, and out of this process micro-structures and loose arrangements emerge: the piece becomes an improvised composition. Aura Legato is one of van Luijk's darker and more acutely psychedelic offerings: a work of profound interiority, but one that also conjures images of old Europe and fin-de-siècle decadence - dabblings in Thelema, the fog of the opium-den - and has earned comparisons to Third Ear Band, Nurse With Wound, Mirror and HNAS.
$12.39 EAN: 5055869540537 ROCK
01. Rêverie En Mineur
02. Capsule Détachée
03. Tableau Fluide
04. Aphanes
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AF URSIN: Aura Legato LP (BLACKEST 012LP)
LP version.
$20.99 EAN: 5055869540520 ROCK
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FORNO, CARLA DAL: Fast Moving Cars 7" (BLACKEST 052EP)
Fast Moving Cars is the debut solo single from Carla dal Forno (F ingers, Tarcar). Poignant, alluring, happy/sad art-pop?Both a song of devotion and a dream of leaving. Languid, dub-wise, but with a heartbreaking clarity and economy of expression. The arrangement is stark, if not austere: rooted bassline, dry snare, noirish synth-drift and whispers of reverb conspire to open space rather than fill it. It's perfect for Carla's voice, a floating understated alto. "Don't be so daft, do something exciting? ". The lyrics are frank; fluent in the feelings that underpin the beginning, middle and end of a relationship.
$7.79 EAN: 5055869540513 ELECTRONIC
A1. Fast Moving Cars
B1. Better Yet
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MUSUMECI & OLDERIC: Compost Black Label Series Vol.6 CD (COMP 483CD)
Limited edition hand-numbered gatefold Pocket-Pac CD. Olderic and Musumeci's friendship and close alliance is layering on their deep passion for electronic music, are stepping up to compile and mix the sixth instalment of Compost Records' Black Label Series DJ mix compilation. Both artists steadily and successfully shaping and contributing a modern, forward thinking approach of dance music and club culture - made in Italy. Olderic, heading from Venice, is resident DJ at one of the most influential underground clubs in Italy - CirQ - where he's got a perfect platform to shape his unique style as a DJ but also gaining invaluable inspiration for his own productions. His Alma EP released on Compost Black in 2015 as well as his recent remix for Musumeci & The Element and a soon to be released collaboration with Peter Pardeike (both for Connaisseur) are state of the art house music and received support by the likes of Mano Le Tough, Âme, Laurent Garnier, Tale Of Us or Ewan Pearson to name a few. Whereas Sicily based Musumeci, also part of the project Human Machine who is making big waves with their 146 EP these days, is one of the masterminds behind the superb Italian underground label Engrave Ltd - and a top notch DJ of course. Compost is happy to have Olderic & Musumeci now teamed up to compile and mix the next chapter of our Black Label Series. The duo did a superb job digging the crates and putting their favorite tunes of Compost's rich and eclectic catalog into motion. Paying attention to the labels recent years true highlights as well as adding some of their personal secret weapons in form of "Musumeci & Olderic special edits" - now exclusively available as part of the compilation for the first time. Olderic and Musumeci drawing a very personal picture and show how to shift from more left-field and disco-tinged territories to modern house, techno and beyond to otherworldly regions of dance music with this fluent yet diverse mix which is touching all the right spots and senses, on and off the dancefloor. Features: Marsmobil, Jay Shepheard, Phreek Plus One, DJ T., Mr. White, The OhOhOhs, Space Coast, Shahrokh Dini, DJ Yellow & Flowers and Sea Creatures, Konstantin Sibold, Yokto, Rafael Da Cruz, André Lodemann, Olderic, Robinn, Nathaniel Pearn, Cocolores, Compost Allstars, Robert Owens, SHOW-B, Turntablerocker, and Zwicker.
$10.99 UPC: 673794248325 ELECTRONIC
01. Marsmobil - Patience (Reprise Long Version)
02. Jay Shepheard - Otter Bronze (Musumeci & Olderic Special Edit)*
03. Phreek Plus One - Passion (feat. Mr. White) (DJ T. Remix)
04. The OhOhOhs - Wu (Space Coast Remix)
05. Shahrokh Dini - Shayan (Space Mix)
06. DJ Yellow & Flowers and Sea Creatures - No One Gets Left Behind (Konstantin Sibold Remix)
07. Yokto - Two For Wood
08. Rafael Da Cruz - Rex (André Lodemann Remix)
09. Olderic - Oasis (Musumeci Remix)
10. Robinn (feat. Nathaniel Pearn) - The Game Is Now Over (Cocolores Dub Mix)
11. Olderic - Alma
12. Compost Allstars (feat. Robert Owens) - Good Day (SHOW-B Instrumental)
13. Turntablerocker - Hand In Hand (Musumeci & Olderic Special Edit)*
14. Zwicker - Oddity (Musumeci & Olderic Special Edit)*
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VA: Magnum Vol. I 3LP (DOC 011LP)
With Magnum Vol. I, D.O.C. Records has positioned itself as the home for both veteran and freshman artists. Filled with exclusive brand new tracks from Monolink, AnT, L_cio, M.A.S., Shadow Movement, Elekfantz, HNQO, Come and Hell and Monotype, this compilation meets the high demands of the music scene, thanks to a particularly strong line-up showcasing both the best sellers and the personal favorites. What's most striking, however, is how a pool of artists as distinct as L_cio, AnT, Monotype, Elekfantz or M.A.S. can find harmony in diversity, aiming to define D.O.C.'s current sound in 2016. The different family-members did wonderful and powerful tracks easily reaching their goals. In this release, D.O.C. Records has definitely established itself as a label to be watched as one of the bets for the years to come. This compilation is a must-have for anybody that has been following D.O.C. It´s a milestone in the label´s history and all in all it´s the best gift you could imagine. Packaged in gorgeous gatefold. Limited to 500 copies.
$25.79 UPC: 880319753138 ELECTRONIC
A1. Monolink - Faces
A2. AnT - Two Strangers
B1. L_cio - Schwantes
B2. M.A.S. - Driven By You
C1. Shadow Movement - Lies
D1. Elekfantz - To The Bone
E1. HNQO - Balinese Death
F1. Come And Hell - Waste
F2. Monotype - Começo
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CTMF: SQ 1 CD (DAMGOOD 452CD)
Painter/poet Billy Childish has released over 140 independent albums. (SQ 1 is something like his 150th - no one knows for sure.) As always great lines are delivered with deadpan humor: "The reason we didn't sound like the Smiths is because we wanted to sound like this" is Billy's reply to all the reviews of his band's work during the '80 and '90s - in the days when they stood all but alone as "the kings of garage rock" (New York Times). SQ 1 could be seen as a manifesto of punk rock defiance, a celebration of musical independence or simply a true document home-made rock and roll delivered as art, not commerce.
$10.99 EAN: 5020422045217 ROCK
01. A Song For Kylie Minogue
02. SQ 1
03. Turn And Run
04. The Good Mind
05. It Points To The Clue
06. By The Way Of Love And Hate
07. CTMF
08. A Glimpse Of Another Time
09. When I Think About You
10. It's Over
11. A Fallen Tree
12. Cadillac
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CTMF: SQ 1 LP (DAMGOOD 452LP)
LP version. Colored vinyl.
$13.79 EAN: 5020422045224 ROCK
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CTMF: A Song For Kylie Minogue b/w True 7" (DAMGOOD 454EP)
On transparent red or transparent yellow vinyl. Each limited to 400 copies! A-side is taken from the band's latest LP SQ 1 and is backed with an exclusive B-side "True".
$6.39 EAN: 5020422045477 ROCK
A1. Song For Kylie Minogue
B1. True
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JOHNNY MOPED: Everything Is You b/w Post Apocalyptic Love Song (full version) 7" (DAMGOOD 455EP)
With exclusive B-side featuring full non-album version of "Post Apocalyptic Love Song"! Third single from their recent It's A Real Cool Baby album. On neon orange or neon yellow 7" vinyl!
$6.39 EAN: 5020422045576 ROCK
A1. Everything Is You
B1. Post Apocalyptic Love Song (Full Version)
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LILES (FEATURING DAVE ANDERSON/HAWKWIND), ANDREW: A Million Infant Breaths 10" (DPROM 110EP)
The first side of A Million Infant Breaths is a short story written by Michel Faber - the author of the Whitbread-shortlisted novels Under the Skin, The Crimson Petal and The White, which was adapted into a TV series for the BBC in 2011, amongst many other achievements. Side Two is a cover of the classic Hawkwind song "Master of the Universe" and features a special guest appearance from Dave Anderson who played bass on the original recording. Limited to 300 copies. Comes in a stunning "mirror" sleeve.
$12.99 EAN: 5060174959202 ROCK
A1. A Million Infant Breaths
B1. Master Of The Universe
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HABER, CHARBEL: Of Palm Trees And Decomposition LP (CREP 026LP)
Co-founder and member of longstanding Lebanese post-rock group, Scrambled Eggs, Charbel Haber's work encompasses a wide range of disciplines and styles such as film, video art and theatre, both as a solo artist and as a member of Scrambled Eggs, Malayeen and Johnny Kafta Anti Vegetarian Orchestra. As a solo artist, Haber has collaborated with various visual artists and composed music for a variety of film and theatre performances, both in and outside his native Lebanon. With Of Palm Trees And Decomposition, Haber presents his first solo album since his month long residency at renowned EMS in Stocklom, Sweden. The result is a unique blend of Haber's trademark guitar melodies filtered through an infinite array of modules and synths to present another perfect example of non-western experimental music.
$17.79 EAN: 5055869501040 ROCK
A1. Last Evenings On Earth
A2. We Haven't Seen Night For Days
B1. 22 21
B2. And The Morning After
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GONZO: Dies Irae LP (CREP 027LP)
Gonzo is musician, DJ and Discrepant head honcho, Gonçalo F Cardoso. Since starting the label back in 2010, Gonzo has released a series of limited collage tapes on the label, Dies Irae being the very first one back in 2012. He now decides to give it the vinyl treatment with specially commissioned artwork from Belgium artist, Elzo Durt. It unapologetically stitches together field recordings, sound generators, random loops and "unfinished" compositions to accompany weird spoken word moments. It kick started the self-penned Gonzo collage style. "Gonzo has created one of the best tapes I've ever heard, bar none, with Dies Irae. Never to these ears, at least on a cassette, has a collage-style collection of samples and other assorted sounds/noises/atmospheric devices come together so convincingly, as if each element was created strictly to serve the purposes of the end product.'' - Tiny Mix Tapes
$17.79 EAN: 5055869501057 ROCK
A1. Dies A
B1. Irae B
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BLOOD STEREO/HAIR & TREASURE: Split LP LP (CREP 029LP)
First split LP in a brand new series of collaborations, pairing artists working on the fringes - or not at all. This first split pairs Brighton's Blood Stereo's tape gonk with Hair & Treasure's farm life loops. Blood Stereo are Dylan Nyoukis and Karen Constance, a British institution, the sound complete immersion for people who don't immerse easily. Idiot twins Burchill and Slim may behave as though they own Sussex, but Constance and Nyoukis are immune to their surroundings, making livid eyes at confused glitter vixens up and down this squalid Isle. Hair & Treasure are Alex Jones and Gonçalo F Cardoso, a prankster randy dust duo from nowhere dwelling on tape loops and webbed finger piano ballads. The material was culled from a mound of who cares electro-acoustic improv sessions as an offering to the associated deities of the zwieback buttermilk trade.
$17.79 EAN: 5055869501071 ROCK
A1. Six Sodden Scenes
B1. Juno Lake Loop Pt. 1
B2. Juno Lake Loop Pt. 2
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PAPER EYES: Source Cognitive Drive - Transmissions 1996-1998 2LP (ELP 018LP)
Documenting the prescient, early work of Gavin Russom upon moving from Providence to New York City in the late '90s, Source Cognitive Drive - Transmissions 1996-1998 is a compilation that reflects the visceral and overwhelming experience of an artist getting familiar with the data overload of a megatropolis and all its 24 hour thrills and poly-cultural topography. As Russom explains: "Arriving in New York City I found myself surrounded by an incredibly intense field of stuff to take in; late night radio mixes which featured distinctly New York sounds like freestyle and hip hop, clubs where house, techno and jungle played to drugged-out and/or completely sober sweaty crowds and beard scratchers alike, no wave, new wave, disco, afro-Carribean, art rock and experimental music records I would pick up at thrift shops or used record stores, abstract turntablism, video toasting, Japanese noise imports, house parties and basement dance caves, drag clubs, DIY theater productions, underground warehouse art and music events that would last days and feature vivid sound and visual excursions as well as breakfasts and conversation areas, squatter punk noise and drumming freak-outs, high-brow "new music" events and installations, video booths, burning buildings, car accidents, abandoned buildings, late nights, early mornings, Coney Island?" In effect, these tracks are a series of snapshots or graffiti-like doodles and sketches of the feelings and textures absorbed during late night dérives from his loft on 31st St. and around the Williamsburg locale, all channeled through a rugged set-up including: Sony TC-155 and TC-102 reel-to-reel tape machines a Silvertone guitar, ATUS AM100 mixer, Boss Harmonizer, a tiny Radio Shack mic, a Radio Shack Realistic Electronic Reverb, Casio MT-40, Univox Compac 2 and Casio SA-41. Imagery of policemen and truck drivers picking up prostitutes, along with the whistling signals of crack buyers and sellers on the corner, for example, become transcribed into screeching scrabble and blow-out paroxysms of noise, interspersed with passages of bittersweet, rudimentary melody and swaggering, drugged-up rhythms, recalling a prickly and often uncomfortable experience as sticky, fucked-up and phantasmagoric as finding yourself in a new city can be. Compiled by Not Waving. Mastered by Matt Colton. Includes download code.
$18.39 EAN: 5060165480869 ELECTRONIC
01. Mysterious Package (1:05)
02. Beats (6:47)
03. The Clicker (2:13)
04. Synthesis Energy (1:49)
05. Ghosts (Version 1) (3:48)
06. The Ship Is Landing (4:04)
07. Gem Mountain (1:59)
08. Aerial Tones (3:33)
09. Organ (2:50)
10. Intermittent Beat Transmission (5:03)
11. Shake (3:45)
12. Twinkle (2:40)
13. Flash (0:46)
14. I Am The 6th Gender (Beats Only) (3:38)
15. Dance Party (Vocal) (3:51)
16. Compute This Sucka (2:06)
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ESSEL, HANS: Saitensack LP (ET 314-01LP)
2013 release. Saitensack is the first-ever release for Darmstadt-based composer Hans Essel who has been active in improvised music and Grundlagenmusik (foundational music) for more than 20 years. The album showcases his project Saitensack (string-bag) in which he develops new ways of playing the violin and viola. Comparisons could be drawn to other experimental violinists like Tony Conrad and Takehisa Kosugi but Hans Essel uses a far more stripped-down approach: The instruments are neither modified nor amplified. Strings are not pressed by fingers but rather damped. Only through bowing, they are excited to complex free vibrations, sometimes harsh and noisy, at other times reminiscent of uilleann pipes with cracking and breaking like in yodeling. Saitensack focuses on the origin of tones out of the noise, zooming into the very character of string instruments. Saitensack is pure violin - the essence of violin playing. Side A features an overtone-rich performance from 1994. Side B has a harsher 1999 recording: 24 minutes of pure violin noise bliss. Edition of 500. Includes printed inner sleeve featuring a Saitensack discussion transcript.
$16.39 UPC: 769791961692 EXPERIMENTAL
A1. December 10, 1994 at Festival Experimentelle Musik, Munich
B1. November 26, 1999 at Kunstfabrik, Arheilgen
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VOSTELL, WOLF: Concert Fluxus Sara-Jevo LP (ET 314-02LP)
2014 release. Wolf Vostell - Actions, electronics, tapes; Nancy Bellow - Soprano; Mercedes Guardado - Ximbomba. Edition of 450. Comes in full-color gatefold sleeve plus printed inner sleeve featuring photos of the concert.
$19.79 UPC: 769791961708 EXPERIMENTAL
A1. Concert Fluxus Sara-Jevo (Pt. 1)
B1. Concert Fluxus Sara-Jevo (Pt. 2)
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PANHUYSEN, PAUL: Pendulum Change Ringing LP (ET 314-03LP)
2014 release. First vinyl LP edition by Dutch sound and visual artist Paul Panhuysen since 1986. In terms of sound art, Paul Panhuysen is well-known for his long string installations, yet he has produced a vast amount of other sound installations using different materials and sound sources ranging from various instruments to animals such as birds. This LP contains a recording of the installation "Pendulum Change Ringing", displayed at Pand Koloniale Waren in Hasselt (Belgium) in 2012. The installation consists of twelve engraved Turkish metal platters, each mounted onto a black plastic bin, and placed in a 20-meter long row. The rim of each platter is hit by a metal pendulum operated by a tiny electromotor. Each hit causes the platter to resonate with a rich sound texture full of dissonant overtones. During the recording, the twelve pendulums are activated one after the other. The paces at which they swing differ due to their rods having different lengths. This causes interlocking rhythmic patterns to emerge that become more complex with each step and never stay the same. Hits aggregate into clusters, then thin out again. The sound is not chaotic, yet its regularity is hard to comprehend. "You might call 'Pendulum Change Ringing' a typical Paul Panhuysen piece: it works according to a system, quite a simple one in fact, but its effect surpasses that apparent simplicity by far." - René van Peer. Edition of 300. Full-color sleeve with photos of the installation and liner notes by René van Peer. Black poly-lined inner sleeve.
$16.39 UPC: 769791961715 EXPERIMENTAL
A1. Pendulum Change Ringing (Pt. 1)
B1. Pendulum Change Ringing (Pt. 2)
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ZELLER, HANS RUDOLPH: Hans Rudolf Zeller LP (ET 314-04LP)
2014 release. Hans Rudolf Zeller (b. 1934 in Berlin) is best-known for being a music theorist, essayist and writer on contemporary music. His essays on Dieter Schnebel, Iannis Xenakis, micro-tonality etc., often published in the German journal Musik-Konzepte, are deemed being among the best ever written on new music. Apart from that, he has since the 1960s maintained his own artistic work, most of which has not been published or only seen the light of day in private micro-editions. Zeller's work often involves combining multiple dimensions (texts, vocals, visual projections) into one cinematological literature. This LP edition is an attempt at collecting various elements of Zeller's work. All recordings have been made between 2006 and 2016, yet many of the underlying concepts date back to the 1960s or 1970s. Contained are two scriptophonies (works combining writing and vocals, with the notion of writing being extended in ways not unlike those Carlfriedrich Claus and Gerhard Rühm have shown), two vocal improvisations, one piece of Tesa sounds (sounds produced by adhesive tape), and one piece for horn. The full-color sleeve and inner sleeve show Tesa pictures made between 1961 and 1970, and one collage from 2010. There is one insert with detailed liner notes by Zeller in German and English, and another insert showing a relic of a scriptophony. Edition of 300.
$17.79 UPC: 769791961722 EXPERIMENTAL
A1. Tesa-Klänge
A2. Vokalphantasie
A3. Scriptophonie
A4. Musiktext
B1. Parallelität
B2. Stimmimprovisation
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MACIUNAS ENSEMBLE: 1976 LP (ET 314-07LP)
2015 release. The Maciunas Ensemble was founded in 1968 by Dutch musicians and sound artists Paul Panhuysen, Remko Scha and Jan van Riet. It has existed ever since, though having gone through a number of membership changes until today. The group's intention was to realize the piece "Music for Everyman" by Fluxus initiator George Maciunas which they interpreted as allowing boundless freedom in the sounds being produced. The group met at a regular basis, usually improvising on a number of instruments that were at hand. Every session was recorded. Before playing, they listened to the recording of the previous session and discussed it. No rehearsing or fine-tuning of pre-conceived material took place. To the view of Paul Panhuysen, their method of making music is closely linked with the oral tradition of folk music. This LP edition features two pieces, both recorded on December 19, 1976, and never released before on any format. Here, the group comprised Paul Panhuysen, Remko Scha, Jan van Riet, Leon van Noorden and Hans Schuurman. "This music is literally polyphonic - a composition of multiple voices. The members of the ensemble do not engage in virtuoso playing. Although each may go down his individual path, no one attempts to outdo the others in exuberant soloing. Their approach to improvisation bears none of the hallmarks of jazz. It is a group effort. They operate as a band in the anthropological sense: a small, mobile, and fluid social formation without clear-cut leadership." (from the liner notes by René van Peer) Edition of 250.
$16.39 UPC: 769791961739 EXPERIMENTAL
A1. 1976
B1. Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
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RIEHN, RAINER: Chants de Maldoror 2LP (ET 314-09LP)
Rainer Riehn (1941-2015) was a German musicologist, conductor and composer of avant-garde music. He is best known for being the long-time partner and collaborator of Heinz-Klaus Metzger with whom he published the journal Musik-Konzepte between 1977 and 2003, devoted to the musical avant-garde of all eras. Together, they also founded the Ensemble Musica Negativa in 1969, committed to radical music by John Cage, Morton Feldman, Dieter Schnebel, for which Riehn served as the conductor and organizer. Nevertheless, his own small but impressive compositional oeuvre of chamber and electronic music remained mostly unpublished. Between 1965 and 1971, Riehn was a student with Gottfried Michael Koenig at the Institute of Sonology in Utrecht where he realized a number of electronic pieces of which only one, "Chants de Maldoror", was released on Deutsche Grammophon in 1970. This edition for the first time collects all surviving pieces he made during this period. Included are two versions of "Chants de Maldoror", one side-long piece in a similar vein, and two shorter conceptual pieces. The double LP is presented in a gatefold sleeve with a 4-sided insert, reproducing an essay by Riehn on his way of composing ("Art and Feces") and an extensive interview about his time in Utrecht. All texts are printed in German and English. Edition of 300.
$27.59 UPC: 769791961746 EXPERIMENTAL
A1. Chants De Maldoror (Version 1)
B1. Chants De Maldoror (Version 2)
C1. Schatten Von Liedern Und Der Leidenschaft Stimme Oder Gegen Die Süße Der Zeit
D1. Après Une Écoute De Fontana Mix
D2. Hommage À M.
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MYTHIC SUNSHIP: Ouroboros LP (EPR 033LP)
Debut album from Copenhagen quartet, Mythic Sunship . The destination is transcendence alright, but the vehicle, ultimately, is assembled from decades of rock - where ferocious drum-pounding and thick, geezery basslines adds fuel to an endless pyre of blazed-out dual fuzz guitar action. This stuff is wild. Spiritually, the band seems connected to present day So-Cal psych-rock, but listening to Ouroboros, also reveals the band's strong ties to the Copenhagen underground scene: members of the band brushing elbows with the avant-garde noise of the record label Posh Isolation as well as the Mayhem venue. There's plenty of blissed-out riff-worshipping here, but there's also something slightly unsettling in the band's skyward travels - perhaps a longing for spiritual redemption. Maybe the road to satori isn't necessarily pretty after all. File next to: Amon Düül II, Earthless, Guru Guru, Travellin' Flower Band .
$17.79 EAN: 5024545745719 ROCK
A1. Ophidian Rising
A2. Year Of The Serpent
B1. Leviathan
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ELLIOTT, RYAN: Fabric 88 CD (FABRIC 175CD)
A compelling groove-oriented mix can be one of the most challenging for a DJ to realize, but with Fabric 88, Detroit-born Ryan Elliott has done so with considerable style and panache. Deftly avoiding common pitfalls, the highly-esteemed Berghain/Panorama Bar resident interlaces a variety of textures and timbres from across the techno spectrum in a non-linear sequence, allowing the mix to ebb and flow without ever losing impetus throughout its 70-minute duration. Features: King Cheetah, Borrowed Identity, Wincent Kunth, Black Boxx, DJ Skull, Phil Moffa, Fiedel, Lapien, Kid Sublime, Tensal, Bas Mooy, 3KZ, The Persuader, Anna Caragnano & Donato Dozzy, DVS1, James Ruskin, Robert Hood, Mike Parker, Orion, Steve O'Sullivan & Ben Sims, Sub Space, Z.I.P.P.O, Jack Murphy, Anne-James Chaton with Alva Noto & Andy Moor, Tallmen 785 and UK Gold.
$11.39 UPC: 802560017524 ELECTRONIC
01. King Cheetah - Water Maze
02. Borrowed Identity - LFI
03. Wincent Kunth - Unknown Deep
04. Black Boxx - B1 from Black Boxx EP2
05. DJ Skull - Revenge Of The Synth
06. Phil Moffa - Ignition
07. Fiedel - Back Door (Tallmen 785 Remix)
08. Lapien - Searching
09. Kid Sublime - The Loop
10. Tensal - Achievement 3
11. Bas Mooy - Nearby Silent Horses
12. 3KZ - Machine
13. The Persuader - Inre Stenen
14. Anna Caragnano & Donato Dozzy - Parola
15. DVS1 - Tracking
16. James Ruskin - The Outsider
17. Robert Hood - Master Jack
18. Mike Parker - Luminescent Black
19. Orion - Patos
20. Steve O'Sullivan & Ben Sims present High-Life - Five Fingers In The West (UK Gold Remix)
21. Sub Space - Eleven + Twelve (Locked Grooves)
22. Z.I.P.P.O - Shift
23. Jack Murphy - B1
24. Anne-James Chaton with Alva Noto & Andy Moor - Chapitre VIII: Nihon No Tabi
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SAUNA YOUTH: Dreamlands CD (WAAT 049CD)
Sauna Youth is an evolving band of young future humans making truly irregular punk not quite comparable to anything else. Sauna Youth's debut long-player, Dreamlands was a joint release between Gringo Records and Faux Discx. This is its first time on CD. 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. As Kurt Cobain once asked "Why can't we be both Black Sabbath and The Beatles?", Sauna Youth consistently and urgently pose the question, "Why can't we be both The Ramones and Steve Reich?"
$8.39 EAN: 5055869506519 ROCK
01. Town Called Distraction
02. Planned Designs
03. Snapback
04. Psi Girls
05. Viscount Discount
06. Hairstyles
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BYRNE AND BARNES: An Eye For An Eye CD (FVR 118CD)
Favorite Recordings proudly presents this new official album reissue of An Eye For An Eye by Byrne & Barnes: A true West Coast/AOR masterpiece, produced in legendary music city Muscle Shoals (Alabama) and originally only released on Japanese label Climax. In 1981, Robert Byrne followed up to his 1979 album, Blame It On The Night, by teaming-up with multi-instrumentalist Brendan Barnes to record this rare West Coast classic. If they never recorded any other music together, both display incredible music career and went on to produce for many famous artists such as Pointer Sisters, Patti Austin, Earth Wind & Fire, Phil Collins, Brian McKnight, or Boyz II Men to name just a few. An Eye For An Eye features amazing and sophisticated songs, and parades all the elements of the AOR style: a jazzy sometimes fusion approach, with modern soul and groove flavors. If it's almost unknown in Byrne & Barnes' country of origins and in most part of the world, it's become hugely popular and sought-after in Japan and for all West Coast music lovers. After Charles Maurice recently selected the song "Love You Out Of Your Mind" in the AOR Global Sounds 1975-1983 Vol.2 compilation, it quickly felt obvious for Favorite Recordings to arrange a proper reissue of the full album. Fully restored and remastered with great attention to sound quality.
$11.79 EAN: 3760179353617 ROCK
A1. Never Gonna Stop Lovin' You
A2. One More Try For Love
A3. Love You Out Of Your Mind
A4. I'll Try A Little Every Day For You
A5. Crack The Whip
A6. Standby Lover
B1. Keep On Running
B2. Making Love For The First Time
B3. Be My Baby
B4. An Eye For An Eye
B5. Right Through The Heart
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BYRNE AND BARNES: An Eye For An Eye LP (FVR 118LP)
LP version. Housed in tip-on jacket.
$18.39 EAN: 3760179353600 ROCK
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PAINE, ANDREW: Sky Movers Must Fight On CD (REDUX 006CD)
Quietly and without fuss, Andrew Paine has established himself as one of the UK underground's most progressive thinkers and most diverse operators, his modes ranging from solo voice, through layered howling guitars, gentle piano interludes, oblique electronics and wherever he likes in between. He initially broke cover collaborating with Richard Youngs in their progressive rock group project Ilk. Following their second album Canticle (2005), he became particularly prolific, releasing many collaborative titles both with Youngs and with fellow Glasgow resident Caroline McKenzie as well as several solo titles. He founded his own Sonic Oyster Records in 2006 to release much of his work and co-founded the progressive kraut-rock power trio, Space Weather. Current duties extend to bass guitar with punk trio The Flexibles, one half of theosophical thinkers The Blue Tree, with long-time collaborator, Matthew Shaw, and co-founder of Turds of the Reformation. Sky Movers Must Fight On is his first release for Glass Redux. Its short-sharp futuristic bursts capture Paine monologuing to the electronic horizon. Dada with beats. Mixed by Reuben Bough.
$11.79 EAN: 5051996900626 ROCK
01. Effective Trigger (3:15)
02. Discrepancies (2:55)
03. Frankfurter (2:59)
04. All Grass (3:46)
05. Caravan Park (3:33)
06. Free Shoes (3:32)
07. Sky Movers Must Fight On (3:07)
08. On Your Future (3:07)
09. Ambitious Men and Women (2:56)
10. Colonel Blood (3:32)
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ODEKO: A History With Samus 12" (GOB 019EP)
A History With Samus is the debut release by rising producer Odeko. A History With Samus''s influences are rooted in 21st century - and beyond - communication and evolution. Fact Magazine profiled Odeko among 10 grime producers to watch in 2016 writing "What we've heard hints at an expansive approach exploring the hidden connections between Rapid at his most lovelorn and electronic experiments by James Blake or Oneohtrix Point Never. He's got a ton of potential to add nuance and shading to the label's emotional grime deconstructions, and the outside influences carry a welcome influx of new ideas."
$10.39 EAN: 5055300388926 ELECTRONIC
01. Setsuko
02. The Yumato Spring
03. Sugar Acid
04. Tsundoku
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BURNT HILLS: Live At The Low Beat LP (ROWF 055LP)
Live At The Low Beat was recorded to digital handheld recorder and mastered in Manchester by Dom Tanner, took place on December 4th 2014, at a local eatery regularly frequented by Burnt Hills. It was the first of what, it has been decided, will be an annual Burnt Hills performance outside the basement. Nine of the ten full-time members of the band were in attendance on this night and it's safe to assume that they were all pretty well smoked, fed and oiled by the time they took to the stage. Close to 50 minutes in total, this is the most savage, raging, oblivion-bound Burnt Hills set yet committed to wax. There's a whole bucket-load of sensitive noodling amidst the chaos - along with the obligatory shred - but it's, of course, the six-guitar pile-up that really takes this crescendo-obsessed troupe of suburban weirdos into the "Lord take me now!" zone. Edition of 250 copies. 140g vinyl in super heavyweight casebound jackets with black paper inners. Cover art by Dylan Hughes (Desmadrados Soldados De Ventura).
$22.99 EAN: 5060366783363 ROCK
01. Live At The Low Beat
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ACHER, CONNIE: For Giving LP (ROWF 072LP)
Connie Acher is the songwriting pseudonym of NYC artist Melodie Provenzano. Known primarily for her hyper-realist paintings, which undermine her love of 20th Century detritus, her debut album for Golden Lab Records, For Giving, gives way to similar thought paths. Titles such as "Treasure", "Rats" and "Precious" (with its repeated pay-off, "Someday we'll all be gone") tells stories of a young woman in early 21st Century New York City, which are at once banal and weighty. Her deadpan voice delivers sublime melodies over sauntering cadences of unadorned instrumentation - acoustic guitar, bass, drums, Casios, Crumars and their ilk - which reinforce a junkshop theme. They're everyday songs of love and loss - drab revenants of 20th Century ideals doomed to haunt us through our memory of promise. Stunning in their understatedness. they take us back to a simpler time. 180g vinyl with super heavyweight casebound tip-on jackets.
$24.99 EAN: 5060366783417 ROCK
A1. For Giving (4:51)
A2. Save Yourself (4:00)
A3. My Good Friend (3:14)
A4. Treasure (3:06)
A5. Sweetheart (3:32)
B1. Loosen Up Lady (3:26)
B2. Precious (4:06)
B3. Rats (5:33)
B4. Gold & Jade (3:51)
B5. Newborn (2:37)
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JACNO: Tant De Temps 2LP (FBK 006LP)
Most known as the composer of cult-synth track "Rectangle" (1980), Jacno had a long, eventful life. He formed the first French punk band with Elli & Jacno, then produced the '80s French avant-garde (Lio, Etienne Daho, Mathematiques Modernes) and finally started his own solo career, seeming like a perfect crossover between David Bowie (the look), Bryan Ferry (the style) and Serge Gainsbourg (the glamorous way of smoking), both in equal measure. Initially released in Paris in 2006, Tant De Temps is the seventh and last studio album from Jacno, sadly dead three years later. Back from the grave with this double LP collection version, Tant De Temps can be heard as glam covered by a French vampire loving cigarettes, drinks and debauchery (French habits, let's say). With his single manifesto "Le Sport", he quotes Winston Churchill and as The Quietus is saying about that album, "We live in an imperfect world, because in a perfect one, this song would be No.1 for a decade in all of the world's countries." With friends aside (Etienne Daho, Stereo Total or Thomas Dutronc, son of Jacques) as guests, Tant De Temps sounds like the final heritage of dandiest Frenchman of the past twenty years. Now presented again for your pleasure.
$16.99 UPC: 769791961654 ROCK
A1. Tous Ces Mots-Là (4:18)
A2. Le Sport (4:01)
A3. Tant De Temps (4:42)
B1. T'es Mon Château (4:20)
B2. L'Homme De L'ombre (5:00)
C1. Les Amants, Les Clients (3:24)
C2. Si Je Te Quitte (3:11)
C3. Avec Les Yeux (4:40)
D1. Baiser Empoisonné (5:10)
D2. Mars Rendez-Vous (Feat. Stereo Total) (4:06)
D3. Code 68 (4:21)
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MARRIED MONK, THE: The Belgian Kick 2LP (FCK 003LP)
Having successfully reissued French cult self-titled LP Marie Et les Garcons (FBK 001LP), Gonzaï Records now strikes back with another French rock UFO, never released on vinyl since its beginnings in 1993: The Married Monk. Twelve years after its first CD release (Ici d'Ailleurs, 2004), here comes critically acclaimed album The Belgian Kick, a French glam-rock goldies record recorded at Yann Tiersen's studio by Jim Waters (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Missing Foundation, etc) with appearances on sax by Etienne Jaumet (Zombie Zombie), but also from Yann Tiersen on viola. Sounding like an impossible meeting between a Mark E. Smith with a cockney-disco accent and Ziggy Stardust lost in Paris, The Belgian Kick includes two incredible covers, "You Only Live Twice" by John Barry and "Observatory Crest" by Captain Beefheart, an improbable sample from Robert Palmer for the overture "Tell Me Gary" and a bunch of songs getting the weirdness of French rock at its best. Never heard before, nor after, The Married Monk are maybe the best hidden French treasure from the past 20 years that you can discover. The Belgian Kick is presented as a double vinyl collector edition. Includes an inside sleeve and download code. Sounds likes: Shannon Wright, Tindersticks, Calexico, Yann Tiersen, Violent Femmes.
$16.99 UPC: 769791961661 ROCK
A1. Tell Me Gary
A2. Love Commander
A3. Night Prince
B1. The Belgian Kick
B2. Totally Confused
B3. Observatory Crest
C1. Handsome
C2. Pretty Lads
C3. Last Flight
D1. Skip The Summer
D2. You Only Live Twice
D3. Bird On Board
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POINTE DU LAC: Pointe Du Lac LP (NFS 008LP)
Having successfully reissued French cult prog album Pole by Besombes and Rizet, Gonzai Records now pursues its exploration of kosmische and repetitive music with the vinyl release of Pointe Du Lac's self-titled album, initially brought out digitally in October of 2014. Pointe Du Lac (Point of the Lake) is a French trip to Kosmische Land oscillating between the German autobahn of Kraftwerk and one of the most romantic Parisian subway stations, which gave its name to the project led by Julien Lheuillier. "When they opened this station approximately three years ago" says Julien, "I said to myself that the name of the station opened an imagination, big deserted spaces. I wanted the music to be the reflection (dreamlike and contrasted) of that vision. We can hear imaginary lakes and subways there, old and brand new synthesizers. The eight tracks of Pointe Du Lac does not represent a kind of hallucinated vision of a route towards the Point of the Lake station, but a station which doesn't exist, or which would be somewhere in the cosmos." Following the lead of the contemporary French avant-garde (Chassol, Bajram Bili, Jonathan Fitoussi) and sometimes sounding like an echo to Air's Virgin Suicides, Pointe du Lac is one of the most beautiful instrumental records recently heard. "The inspiration behind the eight album pieces by Pointe Du Lac might have been inspired by krautrock and other German electronic music, but it has definitely killed the Buddha and succeeded in express feelings with its own musical language." Harald Grosskopf (Wallenstein, Ash Ra Temple, Klaus Schulze) Influences: Neu!, Harmonia, Cluster, Arvo Pärt, Terry Riley, Kraftwerk
$14.39 UPC: 769791961678 ROCK
01. Echo
02. Purple Line
03. A Progressive Approach To The Lake
04. The Depths Of The Lake
05. Ca Ressemble A De La Creme Aux Oeufs
06. Iridescent Lake
07. Nuitpluie
08. End Theme
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LOVED DRONES, THE: Good Luck Universe! LP (NFSR 007LP)
Based in the industrial steel mining town of Liege in Belgium, The Loved Drones created a mind-expanding suite of instrumental tracks built on meditative drones. Good Luck Universe!, their second album, takes in krautrock, post-rock, electro and heavy rock, as well as more reflective sitar strewn musical mantras to drift away to. The album was recorded in a now defunct industrial zone behind a high-speed overpass in Liege. It's a ghost town that conflates the psycho-geography of somewhere like Halifax with the deserted streets of Detroit. And "it smells like coffee," according to head honcho Benjamin Schoos, belched out every day by an enormous, ominous chimney hovering over the skyline. Liege is like some surrealist Magritte painting of the senses. Good Luck Universe! is an album as diverse as its influences, and it's also a record that manages the neat trick of telling a story with no words. It's a narrative that over six amazing tracks releases you from the bondage of fear, and allows you to bathe in the deep, luxuriant loving kindness of "Canyons" at the conclusion. Sounds like: Brainticket, Alice Coltrane, Ravi Shankar, Klaus Schulze, CAN, John Carpenter.
$14.39 UPC: 769791961685 ROCK
01. Nomad
02. Escape From The Terror Drones (Listen To It Here)
03. Drone Alone-Crimson Skies
04. Pulse Radar Love
05. Electric Blue Moon
06. Canyons
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SCOTT & THE LA EXPRESS, TOM: Live - Paul's Mall, Boston, '75 CD (HH 3041CD)
Tom Scott & The LA Express live at Paul's Mall, Boston on May 5th 1975. By 1975 the saxophonist Tom Scott was already a veteran composer, bandleader and session musician, having collaborated with Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Barbra Streisand and many others. He formed L.A. Express in 1973, and together they swiftly established a reputation as a leading exponent of jazz-fusion. Originally broadcast on WBCN-FM 104.1 Live, this superb set finds Scott on fiery form, backed by Robben Ford (guitar), Larry Nash (piano), Max Bennett (bass) and John Guerin (drums). It's presented here together with background notes and images.
$11.99 EAN: 5297961304116 JAZZ
01. Rock Island Rocket
02. Backfence Cattin'
03. Spindrift
04. Band Introductions
05. Love Poem
06. L.A. Expression
07. Refried
08. Mondo
09. Band Introductions / Encore Break
10. Nunya
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BARBIERI, GATO: Fiesta Caliente! Live '76 CD (HH 3060CD)
Gato Barbieri live at Paul's Mall, Boston in 1976. Gato Barbieri left his native Argentina for Europe in 1962. By the end of the decade he was based in America, and established as one of the world's leading jazz-fusion saxophonists and composers. Best-known for his classic score for Last Tango In Paris (1972), he also recorded many albums, finding his greatest success with Caliente! in 1976. The superb performance here was broadcast on WBCN-FM that October, and finds him at the peak of his powers. It's presented here together with background notes and images.
$11.99 EAN: 5297961306011 JAZZ
01. Radio Introduction
02. Europa
03. Don't Cry Rochelle
04. Band Intros
05. Fireflies
06. Fiesta / Instrumental
07. Behind The Rain
08. Adios Parts 1 & 2
09. I Want You
10. I Want You (Reprise)
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FAIRPLAY, TIMOTHY J.: The Cat Prowls Again/A Strange Servant 7" (HNR 015EP)
Timothy J. Fairplay is perhaps best known for his work with Andrew Weatherall. Originally operating as Weatherall's engineer the pair went on to form The Asphodells. Fairplay is also a DJ and producer with solo records on Bird Scarer, Emotional Response, Astro Lab and more. On this 7" he delivers a jacking and chugging A-side named "The Cat Prowls Again". Sustained (and prowling) freak-outs guaranteed. B-side, "A Strange Servant", is a bit more laid back but lovely, cold and dark. Slow-motion psychedelic dance music for forward thinking freaks.
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A1. The Cat Prowls Again
B1. A Strange Servant
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JAMMZ: Keep It Simple/The World 12" (IAG 001EP)
Jammz is the MC at the forefront of grime's new generation, receiving support from the elder states-men of the scene (Kano, P Money Wiley) and artists outside the grime world (Bok Bok, Kode9, Sleaford Mods, Toddla T). He's also a respected producer, and fresh from coming off tour with Kano, this is his first instrumental 12" release. Grime fans have been desperate for these tracks to see re-lease for a year, after heavy DJ support from Slimzee, Spyro, Logan Sama, J Cush, Oil Gang, Spooky, Terror Danjah, Rude Kid and more.
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01. Keep It Single
02. Keep It Simple VIP
03. The World
04. The World VIP
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WILD STYLE LION (FEAT. KIM GORDON): Wild Style Lion 12" (IMS 028EP)
Wild Style Lion's limited vinyl 12" collaboration with Kim Gordon. "Grey Sedan" featuring Kim Gordon was exclusively produced for the teenage-horror flick Der Nachtmahr by director Akiz Ikon. The song marks the dramatic end scene in which the female hero drives into the night blasting the song and making friends with her monster-alter-ego. "Lovewasinme", the second Kim Gordon track sounds like running a Teutonic truck against a wall-of-sound. The B-side "Up In Smoke" is a film score in itself, yet to be screened in your private head-theater.
$6.99 EAN: 4260217561015 ROCK
01. Grey Sedan (Kim Gordon Version)
02. Lovewasinme (feat. Kim Gordon)
03. Up In Smoke
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SPATIAL: Emergence #2 12" (INFRA 007EP)
Spatial presents the second part the three-part series, Emergence, which encompasses music and digital art. "Reanimator" is primarily characterized by an alertness to the emergence of new possibilities, as well as suggesting a desire for experimentation in fields with ambiguous potential. "Tensegrity" is characterized by a mood of tension in response to a large but otherwise unknown event rapidly approaching. On the 12" vinyl a URL is printed which leads to track information alongside an evolving visual work generated by a genetic algorithm. Pressed on 180g silver vinyl and housed in a printed transparent sleeve.
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01. Reanimator
02. Tensegrity
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BARROTT, MARK: Cascades 12" (IFEEL 053EP)
The International Feel label is a favorite of all musical persuasions. It's carefree grooves have been supported by the likes of Gilles Peterson through to i-ÚD magazine. Spearheaded by Mark Barrott for the last seven years, it has both broken new artists such as Len Leise and resurrected legends such as Jose Padilla."Cascades" is an elegant wash of synths and percussion, creating an emotional texture in its rhythm and serenity in its simplicity. "Tago Mago" creates more action through its dense percussion and temporal melodies, all set upon the subtle field recordings that Barrott has become infamous for.
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A1. Cascades
B1. Tago Mago
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JUNIOR BOYS: Big Black Coat (Robert Hood Remix) 12" (JIAOLONG 017EP)
"Big Black Coat", the title track of the celebrated Junior Boys album, has received praise for its unconventional mix of techno elements and the signature laid-back Junior Boys sound. Detroit techno legend Robert Hood was an obvious choice for a remix, but with this reworking of the track he has once again outdone himself. As much as the original is in parts a nod to him, Hood's remix in turn gives "Big Black Coat" special treatment. Rather than opting for an all-out techno banger, he carefully deconstructed the original material, rebuilding it as an essentialist industrial club anthem.
$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Big Black Coat (Robert Hood Remix)
B1. Big Black Coat (Album Version)
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KOTTKE, LEO: Warner Theater Washington September 1978 2CD (KH 9072CD)
Leo Kottke live at the Warner Theater, Washington on 29th September 1978. By the late 1970s, Leo Kottke was rightly regarded as a master of the acoustic six and twelve-string guitar, with a distinctive finger-picking style that effortlessly synthesized the folk, jazz and blues traditions. This superb performance on 29th September 1978, was broadcast on WHFS-FM radio, and finds him performing a cross-section of material from the breadth of his career to date. It's presented here with background notes and images.
$16.39 EAN: 5291012907226 ROCK
Disc One
01. June Bug
02. Vaseline Machine Gun
03. Pamela Brown
04. Julie's House
05. Grim To The Brim
06. Last Steam Engine Train
07. Stealing
08. Chat
09. Range
10. Instrumental
11. Can't Quite Put It Into Words
12. Endless Sleep
13. Orange Room
Disc Two
01. The Fisherman
02. Bean Time
03. Airproofing
04. The Quiet Man
05. Louise
06. I Don't Know Why
07. The Driving Of The Year Nail
08. I Called Back
09. Up Tempo
10. Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring
11. Standing In My Shoes
12. Busted Bicycle
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ATLAS: Solitude EP 12" (LDN 062EP)
Debut EP from Atlas - contemporary of Keysound family member Etch. The Solitude EP's title track has a pensive melodic tension broken only by skeletal drum flickers and sub gravity. It builds through layers of abstraction over four minutes towards a massive emotional apex. "On the Cusp" explores similar themes, using fragments of wistful dialog interwoven with skeletal drums. The EP concludes with "Alone In A Timespan", yet further taking the form & function to near collapse. Finally, it pulls back, returning to more familiar club dynamics with the dubby, bass-heavy rolling of "Calm".
$9.79 EAN: 5055300388711 ELECTRONIC
01. Solitude
02. On The Cusp
03. Alone In A Timespan
04. Calm
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PYE CORNER AUDIO/DALHOUS: Run for the Shadows EP 12" (LPS 013EP)
Run For The Shadows EP released by Lapsus Records. The kinematics and bubbling sonic frequencies of "Stream Four" and the emotional techno low pulse of "The Simplest Equation" will be well appreciated by fans Pye Corner Audio. Two extraordinary pieces of analog electronic music whose slow-motion dynamics adhere to the already mythical Black Mill Tapes. As for Dalhous, the beautiful and incredibly melancholic melodies of "The Essential Wander" are surrounded by an extraordinary rhythm section full of surprising twists. The brief but intense "Another Witnessed By Resolution" closes one of the best chapters in the history of Dalhous.
$11.79 EAN: 5055300388674 ELECTRONIC
01. Pye Corner Audio - Stream Four
02. Pye Corner Audio - The Simplest Equation
03. Dalhous - The Essential Wander
04. Dalhous - Another Witnessed By Resolution
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STANISZEWSKI, JACEK: Zawstydzajacy Dar CD (LUMB 026CD)
"Long, long ago, when there was no Polish bus to Warsaw, when the Internet counted on pulses and cost a fortune, and each telephone bill in my house was punishable by a prison dinner and having to kneel in the corner on a packet of frozen peas, music was for me the most important significance in the world. I cannot remember how I came across terra.pl, where music and personal polemics never ended, and the wellspring of artistic inspiration and news beat a strong and constant stream. It was then that I came across this guy, whose erudition, humor and mind, sharp as a razor, cut adversaries with little anesthetic. This was Jacek Staniszewski, a mysterious figure, and thoroughly fascinating. I also found that Jacek founded the absolutely cult Neurobot (you won't be able to associate this name, because at that time were probably listening to Laibach or Nirvana) and he also worked as Facial Index. From the perspective of the 'eighteen, clumsy and shy' environment, AltF4, or the 'Warsaw laptop scene', this was totally hermetic and elitist, plus there was nothing there my friends would also appreciate, but the memories of those gigs where even my ankles shook due to associations with music and experiments which until this point could only be read in Machina or Bruma remain alive in me. However, I do realize that such affiliation has its own rules and can draw memories more vividly than it should. Anyway, Jacek is back in a big way, if not more, because this is his own personal work and is probably not suitable for any one of the contemporary Polish scenes. There is the same electronic goodness, without fatigued nodules or summary fashion, but his adjusting of bass and treble controls is in itself a revealing recommendation. The front cover of this CD was prepared by the modest, but devilishly talented Alexandra Waliszewska, darling of not only the southern part of Poland, but respected very much by the likes of Andrew Liles and David Tibet." - Iwona Palka
$10.99 UPC: 859716762746 ELECTRONIC
01. Pengr
02. Toglos
03. Boibgee
04. Zefx
05. Shquip 0-4
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BERIDZE, NATALIE: Guliagava CD (MONIKA 087CD)
"Guliagava, by Natalie Beridze, TBA, Tusia Beridze is like her previous albums, it was recorded in Tbilisi, south-easternmost Europe. The Georgian metropolis is far from pop-cultural arteries, nevertheless its youth observes precisely what is happening outside, and installs that otherness in their own world with a delicate hand. Yet they never run the risk of piddly writing a diary, on the contrary, they again make this now expanded own, this enriched own available for the outside world. Natalie Beridze's cooperation with Monika Enterprise began in 2005 - she was one of four artists on the compilation 4 Women No Cry Vol.1. Her album Forgetfulness followed in 2010. Over the last two years Beridze produced Guliagava. Three pieces - "Museum On Your Back", "Those Things", "Opening Night" - were created with Gacha Bakradze. "Opening Night" is also part of the soundtrack to the award-winning film When the Earth Seems to Be Light by Salome Machaidze ,David Meskhi and Tamuna Karumidze. The song "Hello" Beridze wrote with Gio Koridze, a student at Tbilisi's media university CES, where she teaches composition. The words to "Fishermen 2015" come from the farewell letter of a Syrian refugee who drowned in the Mediterranean. Guliagava is a fantasy word that Natalie Beridze's little daughter Lea once seemed to hear in a Russian lullaby. She speaks the word Guliagava when she needs comfort, when she needs a hand to cling to. Natalie Beridze's music is of a rare, bewitching beauty - even when her beats are shredded or when she rocks with an abrasive four-to-the-floor. She moves within her own characteristic tonality of diminished chords that frequently extends into the minor harmony - a tonality within which an unsettling, questioning undertone often resonates alongside the sense of melancholic longing. In her older releases lines could be drawn to IDM and Broken Beats or Detroit Techno, and an admiration for musicians such as Autechre, Aphex Twin or the Cocteau Twins could be detected, here there is a suggestion of R&B over dubstep. But it's a kind R&B over Dubstep based on the bold assumption that both styles clearly trace their lineage to Kate Bush. Her vocals have never been so animated, her songwriting has never sounded so complete, and her arrangements, for all their complexity, have never been so round. Guliagava is Beridze's tenth album and it is nothing less than her masterpiece." - Andreas Reihse (2016)
$10.99 UPC: 880918224220 ELECTRONIC
01. For Love (5:25)
02. Fishermen 2015 (4:27)
03. Hello (5:24)
04. Light Is Winning (4:57)
05. Museum On Your Back (3:42)
06. Those Things (4:35)
07. Tore Up All My Maps (4:47)
08. Docha With Fading Grey (4:48)
09. Black Spring (4:26)
10. Opening Night (5:37)
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BERIDZE, NATALIE: Guliagava LP (MONIKA 087LP)
LP version. Edition of 300. Includes download code.
$12.99 UPC: 880918224213 ELECTRONIC
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MARAKA/MASHROU LEILA/RESSALA, AZIZ: Leka@eka3 CD (EKA 1001CD)
2010 release. Leka@eka3, the Regional Fusion Tour, was established in 2009. Artists that have built their musical language and audience separately in each country got the chance to meet and fuse their genres to blast a new experience across the Middle East. Jordanian artists included Aziz Maraka & RAZZ , Sign of Thyme, and Jadal. Egyptian artists included Ressala and Omar Kamel, while Mashrou' Leila and I-Voice participated from Lebanon.
$16.99 EAN: 6254000201224 WORLD
01. Eh El 3ebara?
02. Fasateen
03. Ma Bagool Asef
04. 3am Badafe3
05. Falling In Dowar El Shams
06. Embembelela7
07. Ma7sobko Madas
08. 3ada
09. Eka3 2009. All Rights Reserved.
10. Open Fusion
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SALEH, MARYAM: Mesh Baghanny CD (EKA 1202CD)
2012 release. Mesh Baghanny, Maryam Saleh's debut album, presents her works, ones which grew throughout the previous years in music, performance and politics. Maryam Saleh, Egyptian singer and songwriter, is a major creative force and a powerful voice for her generation. Saleh composes and performs music that is personal, political and philosophical; intense, intelligent Egyptian music with Arabic language and influences of trip-hop and psych-rock.
$11.99 EAN: 6254000201309 WORLD
01. Roba3iyat Shagar El Tout (El Donia)
02. Hasr Masr
03. Kashf Asary
04. Watan El Akk
05. El Ghareeba
06. Toul El Tareeq
07. Roba3iyat Shagar El Tout (El Kedb)
08. Wahdi
09. Sor3et El Ayam
10. W Leh Tenrebet ?
11. Ana Mesh Baghanny
12. Roba3iyat Shagar El Tout (El 3omr)
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GHAZALEH, TAMER ABU: Mir'ah CD (EKA 801CD)
2008 release. Tamer Abu Ghazaleh's debut album Mir'ah (Mirror) was released in 2008. Recorded with a group of Palestinian and Egyptian performers, the record's seven entrancing and sometimes frenzied songs were written during a turbulent period of demonstrations, bombardment and invasion of Palestinian cities. Composed during curfews, the album expresses everyday human emotions - love, hate, comfort, boredom, excitement - that were informed by the unreal experience of living in Palestine during that period. Tamer Abu Ghazaleh is a leading figure in modern Arabic culture. The Palestinian singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer has over the past few years collaborated in many music projects and founded eka3, a regional platform dedicated to promoting, producing, distributing, and touring independent Arabic music.
$12.39 EAN: 6254000201019 WORLD
01. 7ob
02. Takhabot
03. Alshibak
04. Mir'ah
05. Dawameh
06. Hawwel Ya Ghannam
07. Sokoot
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SALEH & ZEID HAMDAN, MARYAM: Halawella CD (MST 001CD)
2015 release. Halawella is an experimental musical partnership between Maryam Saleh and pioneering electro-music producer Zeid Hamdan, who has been described as the "godfather of Lebanese underground music". The duo have developed their blend of traditional Arabic songs, hip-hop and electronica to produce raw, energetic and sophisticated music. Includes original music by both artists, alongside covers of classic Arabic songs.
$12.39 UPC: 713179936062 WORLD
01. Watan El Akk
02. Valerie Giscar D Estaing
03. Nixon Baba
04. Eslahat
05. Emchi Ala Rimchi
06. Ghaba
07. Youyou
08. Walaa Soda
09. Halawella
10. Chal El Hawa
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FLOORPLAN: Victorious CD (MPM 028CD)
Floorplan is already well known as Robert Hood's house outlet, which this year evolves into a family affair with co-production alongside his daughter, Lyric. Victorious is the second Floorplan album and follow-up to 2013's Paradise. The new album itself is preceded by the double-headed single "Music"/ "Tell You No Lie". As Robert once again extends his minimal techno sound, he also returns his focus to house, disco, funk and gospel to the Floorplan show, which now takes a surprising twist. Having watched her father DJ the world, Lyric Hood comes center-stage alongside her father. "Hear my soul speak, is the only way I can describe the way I feel about Floorplan, (Victorious) music is in my soul, my blood, I eat and sleep beats, music, rhythms, it's in my DNA. So please, hear my soul speak." The Floorplan project first came to light in 1996 when Hood used it to announce his Drama imprint with the highly sought after Funky Souls EP. Launching with the heady house swirl of "Spin", Robert and Lyric then drop the deeper stylings of lead single "Music" which builds into a hypnotic, bass-driven anthem. Picking up on Hood's trademark razor-sharp percussion "The Heavens & The Earth" brings the Bible to the floor (with added funk) and "Good Thang" shows the strong influence of Chicago as a simple refrain turns into a house missile from the pulpit. "He Can Save You" continues the Chicago/gospel theme but with a more driving techno edge whilst "Mmm Hmm Hmm" marries powerful chords to trumpets, dynamic bass, booty refrains and skillful sampling creating yet another hands up anthem. "Ha Ya" has that stripped back minimal feel we all know and love and perhaps the closest we get to touch on the classic Hood sound whilst "Tell You No Lie" is pure, un-adulterated disco-string drenched fun(k) and already tearing down dancefloors as we speak. "Push On" takes us back to the tight, knife-edged percussion of Chicago's house vanguard, reminding of the tougher sounds of DJ International and DJ Deeon, DJ Funk and Boo Williams. "They Can Tell" kicks in with a no-nonsense, foot stomping kick drum as Floorplan chop up the vocal refrain into what becomes the main hook of the track and finally "Sun In the Sky" brings the disco back with yet another string-laden anthem to bring the Floorplan show to a fittingly, uplifting end.
$11.79 EAN: 5414165076742 ELECTRONIC
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01. Spin
02. Music
03. The Heavens & The Earth
04. Good Thang
05. He Can Save You
06. Mmm Hmm Hmm
07. Ha Ya
08. Tell You No Lie
09. Push On
10. They Can Tell
11. Sun In The Sky
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A1. Spin
A2. Thang
B1. The Heavens & The Earth
C1. He Can Save You
D1. Mm Hm Hm
D2. Ha Ya
E1. Push On
F1. They Can Tell
F2. Sun In The Sky
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FLOORPLAN: Victorious 3LP+CD (MPM 028LP)
Triple LP version. Full color outer and inner sleeves.
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ANGELES DE OPIO: Angeles de Opio LP (NRC 003LP)
Ángeles De Opio was an underground heavy-psych power trio formed in 2005 by Spanish guitar god JC Sisto (Mater Dronic, Shakti's Delirium) plus Sergio and Adrián Ceballos (RIP KC, Melange). This project was born just after Sisto released his psych opus, Mundo Espectro, under the Mater Dronic name in 2005. Ángeles de Opio ("Opium Angels") played only a few shows, being ignored by virtually everyone, as their extreme, heavy psychedelic jamming & improvised sound was too much for Spanish audiences at the time. In 2006, some of their private, raw recordings saw the light under the name Fuzzy Lady (probably a wink to obscure psych bands like Wicked Lady and Fuzzy Duck) but only as homemade CDs which circulated between "those in the know" at the time. For the first time on vinyl, we present some of those recordings. Two side-long tracks of wild acid-fuzz-wah guitar jamming. You all know that JC Sisto is a killer guitar player but on these recordings he pushes his guitar to the stratosphere without any limits. 100% acid-fried guitar damage which brings to mind fellow Japanese travellers like High Rise or Mainliner and '70s hard-rock beasts like Stoned Guitar era Human Instinct. File under: Loud-In-Your-Face-Heavy-Psychedelic-Rock.
$18.39 EAN: 4040824086008 ROCK
A1. Protogénesis (21:29)
B1. Demónico Inmódico (19:21)
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ORIGIN ONE FT. PARLY B: Mi Bredrin 7" (NUP 026EP)
Origin One come in heavy with their first release for Nice Up! enlisting the help of one of the UK's finest and most prolific dancehall MCs - Parly B. Having previously worked with heavyweights such as Mungo's Hifi, The Skints and Reggae Roast, Parly brings his trademark toasting to the bubbling dancehall beats of "Mi Bredrin", creating an instant dancefloor killer.
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A1. Mi Bredrin
B1. Mi Bredrin (Instrumental Version)
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ATOM TM: Texturen II CD (NO 912CD)
Part two of Atom TM's minimalist, ambient magnum opus, Texturen, airdrops you into a void of undulating sonic modulation with nothing but the dream of silent huskies for company. Uwe Schmidt has always been a maestro of harnessing non-repetitive repetition and on Texturen II he takes that to a psychedelic extreme, constructing a smooth, digital crystal within the stereo field. Almost imperceptible sheets of binary sleet superimpose themselves on flows of deep, glacial pulse-width gestures. The ensemble is minimal but ever-fluctuating, expansive but hyper-detailed. A frozen mirage. Here, the vistas are endless, the peaks illusory, the troughs few and the symmetries pure. Eat your rations, try to keep moving and don't go snow blind. Available on limited edition compact disc.
$11.99 EAN: 4260038313558 ELECTRONIC
01. Texturen II (54:00)
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ELEKTRO HAFIZ: Elektro Hafiz CD (PHS 032CD)
Pharaway Sounds are proud to present the first solo album by Elektro Hafiz, an incredible blend of Turkish psychedelia, funk and grooves. Elektro Hafiz is a musician, born and raised in Istanbul, who has since moved to Cologne, Germany. Already well known in Turkey, he can look back on 20 years as a professional musician. With his former band Fairuz Derin Bulut he created and released three albums, which represent a milestone in the Anatolian psychedelic rock music of the second generation in Turkey. Elektro Hafiz has shown and proven openness to various and sometimes contradicting music styles by mixing eastern instruments like the electric saz, darbuka and finger cymbals with different genres. He loves to play with contrasts and create new compositions from there. This open and experimental approach is still his trademark, as well as his charming provocative style that is complemented by a healthy dose of humor. His diverse compositions are heavily influenced by his Anatolian roots, which are reflected in his instrument of choice, the electric saz, in most of his pieces. A further ingenious characteristic of him is using the electric guitar as a rock instrument while at the same time applying the Anatolian harmony system, or scale. Elektro Hafiz, his first solo album, showcases a more open and progressive format to his main base influence - the Anatolian psychedelic music. On this album he played a lot of different instruments by himself and also invited artists from different countries such as Kenya, France, Turkey, Switzerland, Austria and Germany to contribute. There are nine songs on this album and except for one cover song, all lyrics and the music are written by Elektro Hafiz.
$11.99 EAN: 4040824086138 WORLD
01. Hayat Bu Malum
02. Günahkar Helvasi
03. Belki Son Kez
04. Ne Diyeyim
05. Dubb-I Akbar
06. John Dere
07. Deutsche Freunde
08. Destur III
09. Nossa Bowa Gitara
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ELEKTRO HAFIZ: Elektro Hafiz LP (PHS 032LP)
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$18.39 EAN: 4040824086121 WORLD
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ELEKTRO HAFIZ: Elektro Hafiz - Dub Version CD (PHS 033CD)
A dub-mix release of the debut-album from Elektro Hafiz, with mixes from: Grup Ses, Fedayi Pacha, Komadub, Onofon, Alpadub, F.D.U., Hey Douglas. The legacy of the pioneers of Anatolian rock in a new format: eclectic psychedelic sounds, backed by dub, Anatolian funk rock, electric baglama and progressive rhythms. Elektro Hafiz is a musician, born and raised in Istanbul, who has since moved to Cologne, Germany. Already well known in Turkey, he can look back on 20 years as a professional musician. With his former band Fairuz Derin Bulut he created and released three albums, which represent a milestone in the Anatolian psychedelic rock music of the second generation in Turkey. Elektro Hafiz has shown and proven openness to various and sometimes contradicting music styles by mixing eastern instruments like the electric saz, darbuka and finger cymbals with different genres. He loves to play with contrasts and create new compositions from there. This open and experimental approach is still his trademark, as well as his charming provocative style that is complemented by a healthy dose of humor. His diverse compositions are heavily influenced by his Anatolian roots, which are reflected in his instrument of choice, the electric saz, in most of his pieces. A further ingenious characteristic of him is using the electric guitar as a rock instrument while at the same time applying the Anatolian harmony system, or scale. Elektro Hafiz, his first solo album, showcases a more open and progressive format to his main base influence - the Anatolian psychedelic music. On this album he played a lot of different instruments by himself and also invited artists from different countries such as Kenya, France, Turkey, Switzerland, Austria and Germany to contribute. There are nine songs on this album and except for one cover song, all lyrics and the music are written by Elektro Hafiz.
$11.99 EAN: 4040824086152 WORLD
01. Günahkar Helvasi (Grup Ses Dubmix)
02. John Dere (Fedayi Pacha Dubmix)
03. Destur Iii (Komadub Dubmix)
04. Ne Diyeyim (Onofon Dubmix)
05. Belki Son Kez (Komadub Dubmix)
06. Deutsche Freunde (Hey Douglas Dubmix)
07. Hayat Bu Malum (Onofon Dubmix)
08. Dubb- I Akbar (Alpadub Dubmix)
09. Nossa Bowa Gitara (F.D.U. Dubmix)
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ELEKTRO HAFIZ: Elektro Hafiz - Dub Version LP (PHS 033LP)
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$18.39 EAN: 4040824086145 WORLD
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XENOGEARS: Second Room EP 12" (PUSH 014EP)
Machine soul hi-techno funk rooted cuts from the Berlin based analog cops as Xenogears. Included a space acid solid remix by Mattia Trani.
$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Secondroom
A2. Volkswagon
B1. Goldenretriever
B2. Second Room (Mattia Trani remix)
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GNOD: Mirror CD (LAUNCH 090CD)
Just as dramatically as their restless disposition morphed their sound to a binary-driven direction for their last work, now Gnod strip their electronic setup to a viscous attack, as redolent of the primal punishment of early Swans, as the angularity of prime Public Image Ltd, yet shot through with a mercurial power and fiery intensity that could come from no-one else. The opening title-cut of Mirror seethes with lithe energy and dubbed-out vitality, whilst elsewhere the eighteen-minute closing track "Sodom & Gomorrah" may be the most dystopian piece of music the band have yet created; a harrowing yet fiercely compelling colossus of bleak abjection. "The tracks were pretty much written on the road in May 2015" elaborates Gnod's Paddy Shine. Reflecting and refracting the uncertainty of a darkening era, Mirror is a work of bold reinvention and raw renewal, sculpting chaos and discord into a formidable statement of intent. Only one thing is certain - wherever Gnod choose to go next, their ire and inspiration blaze as brightly as ever.
$11.79 EAN: 5055300384010 ROCK
1. The Mirror
2. Learn To Forgive
3. Sodom & Gommora
4. Mirror (Raikes Parade Remix) (CD version only)
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GNOD: Mirror LP (LAUNCH 090LP)
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$19.79 EAN: 5055300384003 ROCK
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OHRN + THE LIBERATION/GNOOMES, JOSEFIN: Repetitions EP 12" (LAUNCH 092EP)
Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation's side starts with a radio edit of live favorite "Green Blue Fields". Then for the first time on vinyl we have "Lucid Sapphire" - a motorik-driven, rock stomper. The side is finished with a remix of their single "Take Me Beyond" by Gnoomes. Gnoomes' side starts with a new version of "Myriads Of Bees". This version strips the song back to a minimal kosmiche pulse. Then we have the radio edit of their hit single "Roadhouse". Then the final track of the EP sees Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation return the remix favor.
$12.99 EAN: 5055300384096 ROCK
A1. Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation - Green Blue Fields (Radio Edit)
A2. Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation - Lucid Sapphire
A3. Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation - Take Me Beyond (Gnoomes Remix)
B1. Gnoomes - Myriads Of Bees
B2. Gnoomes - Roadhouse (Radio Edit)
B3. Gnoomes - Roadhouse (Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation Remix)
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MUNGO'S HI-FI: Jump In line/Send Di Water 7" (SCOB 061EP)
Jump in the line - rock your body in time - this calypso classic was originally written by Lord Kitchener in the 1940s and covered several times. It has remained a favorite for a full 80 years, appearing in films such as Beetlejuice where Winona Rider wines out to it. This version comes out of it being an old time classic show stopper for Mungo's Hi Fi from around 2001, so much so that they rebuilt the track in their own style. The single features the original Acker Bilk vocal, as well as a rare Mikey Murka carnival cut.
$8.99 EAN: 5060124571973 ROCK
01. Mungo's Hi-Fi - Jump In Line
02. Mungo's Hi Fi Feat. Mikey Murka - Send Di Water
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S TO S: S to S CD (SOMM 030CD)
S to S is one of those obscurities that have remained unknown to collectors of hard rock for many years. Sommor Records presents the first ever reissue with the band's story told for the first time. S to S emerged out of the ashes of the band Etna, featuring the Cannella brothers: Fulvio on lead guitar and Mirco on bass along with George Abry on drums. After the demise of Etna, the Cannella brothers decided to form a power-trio: S to S was born. Upon meeting producer Michel Dickenscheid, they were offered a deal: the band would help Michel to build a new recording studio in exchange of free studio time with the intention of recording their first album, which would be produced by Michel. So they built a state-of-the art studio with their own hands and soon after recorded S to S. Mirco switched from bass to guitar so they recruited a new bass player, Picci Salvatore, who abandoned the band just after the recording sessions. A friend of the band played occasional keyboards and Michel, the producer, played sax on "I'm Fool", the most psychedelic sounding song of the album, similar to early Hawkwind. The rest of the songs are prime examples of pure hard rock featuring layers of fuzzed-out guitars and killer riffs by Fulvio, a monstrous sound created by producer Michel using primitive homemade pedal effects and up to four guitar overdubs. The album was completed in early 1977 but remained on the shelf until the following year. The band members were very pissed off when they received the albums from the pressing plant and discovered that their manager had included a logo with Sig runes lettering in the cover without consulting them. Only 300 copies were pressed on their own Overcome label. Remastered sound. Insert with detailed liner notes by Pascal D'Hooghe and rare photos. Highly recommended to anyone into Raw Power era Stooges, Back in the USA era MC5, Pink Fairies, early Motörhead, Hawkwind.
$11.99 EAN: 4040824086022 ROCK
01. Great Billy
02. It's OK
03. The Night Of Nicky
04. I'm A Killer
05. I'm Fool
06. Kids Of The Night
07. Children Killers
08. Stay Of Victor Feinberg
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S TO S: S to S LP (SOMM 030LP)
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$18.39 EAN: 4040824086015 ROCK
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S3A (SAMPLING AS AN ART): Code 3711 EP 12" (SOSR 020EP)
S3A (Sampling As An Art) is house project by Max Fader based on the idea that electronic music is a blend of different cultures and music. Started in 2001 when Max began jamming on analog machines and samplers with different projects from techno (FriendShip Connection) to S3A. It is through S3A that he expresses his taste for soul and house music. Similar to MCDE, Floating Points, he uses the process of sampling as a basis to color his music with sounds of all his inspirations. Code 3711 EP is the perfect definition between underground house music and dancefloor efficiency.
$12.39 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Bush
A2. Disco Funk Rules
B1. Marsyon
B2. Ré Hiphop
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SPECTRUM: Live Chronicles Volume 1 CD (ORBIT 042CD)
Limited edition re-release of the Spectrum album Live Chronicles Volumes 1. Presented in shrink-wrapped 6 panel fold out card wallets. The optikinetic illustrations used on the CD covers are based on the work of Japanese artist Hajime Ouchi. The CD disc art is by French artist Jean Larcher. The gatefold artwork and rear booklet illustrations are from the book Harmonographs by Anthony Ashton.
$10.99 EAN: 5023693104225 ROCK
01. Transparent Radiation (5:36)
02. Che (5:54)
03. When Tomorrow Hits (5:04)
04. Call The Doctor (6:52)
05. Sweet Running Water (6:29)
06. Set Me Free (2:35)
07. Revolution (7:13)
08. Intro (3:08)
09. Lonely Avenue (3:17)
10. The World Is Dying (4:10)
11. Help Me Please (5:01)
12. Pretty Baby (6:48)
13. Rock 'N' Roll Is Killing My Life (4:29)
14. If I Should Die (2:58)
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SPECTRUM: Live Chronicles Volume 2 CD (ORBIT 043CD)
Limited edition re-release of the Spectrum album Live Chronicles Volumes 2. Presented in shrink-wrapped 6 panel fold out card wallets. The optikinetic illustrations used on the CD covers are based on the work of Japanese artist Hajime Ouchi. The CD disc art is by French artist Jean Larcher. The gatefold artwork and rear booklet illustrations are from the book Harmonographs by Anthony Ashton.
$10.99 EAN: 5023693104324 ROCK
01. Set Me Free (2:16)
02. Revolution (4:39)
03. True Love Will Find You In The End (3:01)
04. How You Satisfy Me (3:50)
05. I Love You To The Moon & Back (Instrumental) (5:12)
06. Capo Waltz (Live Coventry Poly 24/11/90) (6:01)
07. Take Your Time (4:09)
08. I Know They Say (6:26)
09. Mary-Anne (3:58)
10. Lord I Don't Even Know My Name (4:03)
11. Undo The Taboo (5:56)
12. Santa Claus (2:35)
13. Suicide (11:11)
14. Soul Kiss (Long Version) (6:39)
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VA: Jukebox Fever Vol. 1 (1956) 10"/CD (STAGO 077LP)
September the biggest TV show in the US - The Ed Sullivan Show - was begging Elvis Presley not to shake his hips or pucker his lips on primetime TV. Nothing would ever be the same again. Rock 'n' roll had been gestating for some years. A collision of R&B, blues and hillbilly country, it spawned a monster that, in 1956 had many different heads and came in a variety of flavors. Jukeboxes all over the globe were being bent out of shape. Three songs could change everything? forever. On 1956 Stag-O-Lee are featuring rare and cool 45s that might have made their way onto a dusty jukebox in the middle of nowhere. Compiled and annotated by Dave Henderson (Mojo, Righteous Records, etc.). Great Hatch Show Print-style cover art by Chris Moore. Features: Mabel King, The Willows, Otis Blackwell, Dusty Owens And Donna Darlene With The Rodeo Boys, The Peace River Rangers, Bob Regan, Roy Moss, Mac Curtis, Sonee West, Donna Darlene, Abbie Neal And Her Ranch Girls, Betty Brent, Jimmy Nolen, Lattie Moore, Boogaloo And His Gallant Crew and The Creel Sisters.
$16.99 EAN: 4030433007716 ROCK
A1. Mabel King - Alabama Rock 'n' Roll
A2. The Willows - Don't Push Don't Pull Don't Shove
A3. Otis Blackwell - Let The Daddy Hold You
A4. Dusty Owens And Donna Darlene With The Rodeo Boys - It's Goodbye And So Long
A5. The Peace River Rangers (Featuring Bob Regan) - Teen Age Boogie
A6. Roy Moss - You're My Big Baby Now
B1. Mac Curtis - If I Had Me A Woman
B2. Sonee West - Rock-Ola Ruby
B3. Donna Darlene - You're Not Doin' Me Right
B4. Abbie Neal And Her Ranch Girls (Vocal By Betty Brent) - I'll Take Back That Heartache
B5. Jimmy Nolen - The Way You Do
B6. Lattie Moore - Juke Box Johnnie
Bonus tracks on the included CD:
Boogaloo And His Gallant Crew - Talk About A Party
Lattie Moore - Pretty Woman Blues
The Creel Sisters - Stop The Clock Rock
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HAYMAN KUPA BAND, THE: Someone to Care For/What Happened 7" (VAN 303EP)
The Hayman Kupa Band is a super-group comprising Darren Hayman, Emma Kupa formerly of Standard Fare and currently of Mammoth Penguin, Fever Dream drummer Cat Loye and Michaelmas a.k.a. Michael Wood on bass. Back in 2014 Darren asked Emma to sing on his Fortuna Pop single "Boy, Look At What You Can't Have Now" and a fruitful and productive working relationship blossomed from that first meeting over the following months producing a set of co-written songs. Cat and Michael were recruited to bring the songs to life and form The Hayman Kupa Band.
$7.79 EAN: 5060446120804 ROCK
A1. Someone To Care For
B1. What Happened
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MATO: Hollywoo Dub CD (STIX 045CD)
Thomas Blanchot, percussionist and drummer, started his production structure Mato Production in 2001, where he collaborated and directed for many projects. Composer, music publisher and producer of music for TV, advertising, films and records, he also began a career as reggae producer since 2006, under the name Mato. Since then he's released music through various projects concepts, coming out through labels such as Makasound, EDR Records or Big Singles. In the meantime he developed a real trademark: taking over classics in French, hip-hop, or pop songs, and creating roots reggae-dub versions. Since 2010, Mato has built a solid reputation thanks to his hot remixes of hip-hop classics on Stix Records. In 2014, he presented Homework Dub, giving his own vision of the multiplatinum classic album by Daft Punk, quickly acclaimed internationally as a true performance. Mato is back with another target for his special skills as a tailor of reggae music, this time focusing on classic musical themes from original soundtracks. Imagine if Lalo Schifrin, Nino Rota, Giorgio Moroder, Ennio Morricone or John Williams had been blunted at Lee "Scratch" Perry's Black Ark studio - There you go, this is Hollywoo Dub!
$11.79 EAN: 3760179353723 ROCK
A1. 20th Century Fox Dub
A2. Enter The Dragon Dub
A3. Shaft Dub
A4. Coffy Is The Color Dub
A5. Love Theme From The Godfather Dub
A6. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Dub
B1. "T" Stands For Trouble Dub
B2. Condor Dub!
B3. Psycho Dub
B4. The Imperial March Dub
B5. Close Encounters Of Third Kind Dub
B6. "T" Stands For Trouble Dub Version
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MATO: Hollywoo Dub LP (STIX 045LP)
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$14.99 EAN: 3760179353716 ROCK
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PURPLE IMAGE: Purple Image CD (STCCD 3010CD)
Cleveland's Purple Image faced an uphill climb in an era and country that expected "negro" music from its "negroes": In a Hendrix landscape, young, black bands had slowly started to emerge from the soul neighborhoods and R&B backdrop. Purple Image traded on a thumping, harder-than-Parliament psychedelic noise fortified by powerful group vocals and the twin guitar attack of Ken Roberts and Frank Smith. Aside from their singles and super rare album, they managed only a few profile gigs with the likes of Steppenwolf and Country Joe as a local support act. However, along with bands such as Black Merda, Fugi, Pure Hell and Death, Purple Image would inevitably lay the foundations for future black crossover acts such as Fishbone, Bad Brains, Living Colour. Stoned Circle proudly presents the intoxicating head sounds of Cleveland's psychedelic upstarts. Equipped with the essential period quota of fuzz, wah-wah and organ, their sound could best be described as: "purple with yellow flashes". Professionally re-mastered original sound recording with expansive liners and rare archival photos.
$11.99 EAN: 3802037301016 ROCK
01. Living In The Ghetto
02. Why
03. Lady
04. We Got To Pull Together
05. What You Do To Me
06. Marching To A Different Drummer
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BEAT OF THE EARTH: Beat Of The Earth CD (STCCD 3011CD)
After being discovered by fans of '60s underground psychedelia in the late 1980s, the sole self-titled 1967 album by Orange County band Beat Of The Earth has grown into a classic within the field, in spite of its rarity. The improvisational music on the album cannot be easily categorized, but most would agree that it represents a unique link between mid-1960s California and the droning acid rock of the later era. From a preternatural surf-era 45 and a local b-movie soundtrack, Phil Pearlman's ascent (or descent) presents a fascinating slice of music history for anyone to chew on. Unbeknown to Pearlman and friends, they had unleashed a primal head record that astounds still. Recorded in 1967 in Hollywood with legendary producer Jim Sidore, Beat Of The Earth's legacy remains as fresh and inventive today as it did in 1967. Stoned Circle proudly presents a collision of vision and artistry. Professionally re-mastered original sound recording with expansive liners, interviews and rare archival photos.
$11.99 EAN: 3802037301115 ROCK
01. Beat Of The Earth Part One
02. Beat Of The Earth Part Two
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CLIQUES: Dotted EP 12" (TEMPA 107EP)
Cliques - the collaborative project of Hamish Dixon and George Nicholas - fuse rolling techno momentum with a sound system focus. They present the Dotted EP. Title track "Dotted" sees Cliques take their sparse productions to the limit, focusing on intricate drum programming, an intense bassline and a tightly wound melody. "Untitled" features skittering hats and bassline giving way to a melancholic breakdown. Dro Carey remixes "Dotted" and mutates the melody of the original even further, the broken drum patterns playfully switching up and releasing the tension. Finally, "8th" rounds off the EP with swung drums and murky atmospheres.
$9.79 UPC: 800071004736 ELECTRONIC
A1. Dotted
A2. Untitled
B1. Dotted (Dro Carey Remix)
B2. 8th
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ESCHATON: Eschaton II 12" (TOKEN 061EP)
Eschaton is Ancient Methods & Orphx. For this project they use their combined hard-edged industrial palette to produce a frighteningly convincing apocalyptic prophecy. As the second product of this collaboration, Eschaton II has taken a more varied, yet ever menacing turn, moving between the raw and punky energy of "Answer My Prayer", and the droney shamanic mysticism (reminiscent of some early Ancient Methods releases) of "No Other Gods Before Me". "Those Who Obey" strikes relentlessly like an archaic battle anthem, while the slow build of "Deus Irae" gradually progresses to the climactic thrashing promised in the preceding tracks.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Deus Irae
A2. Those Who Obey
B1. Answer My Prayer
B2. No Other Gods Before Me
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SCOTT, SIMON: Floodlines CD (TONE 053CD)
Floodlines was recorded live at Cafe Oto as part of "Touch presents" on January 31st, 2016. Simon Scott is a sound ecologist and multi-instrumentalist from Cambridge, England. His past albums include Insomni (Ash International) and Below Sea Level (Kesh/TouchLine). His work explores the creative process of actively listening, the implications of recording the natural world using technology and the manipulation of natural sounds used for musical composition. He plays the drums in Slowdive and has recently collaborated with artists James Blackshaw, Spire, Taylor Deupree (Between), Isan and many more. This is his first physical release for Touch. Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering. Artwork & Photography by Jon Wozencroft.
$8.99 EAN: 5027803905320 ROCK
01. Floodlines (30:51)
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MONIC: Four Sides Of Truth EP 12" (TRESOR 286EP)
Tresor Records proudly presents Monic's Four Sides of Truth EP. "Four Sides Of Truth" opens a conversation between pristinely defined low frequencies and an infinity of fleeting, chirping synth layers. This discussion will continue throughout the record, taking additional drums into the exchange and swirling into "Point To The Sun" in full panning effect. Lower frequencies undoubtedly take over and win the argument in "Self Doubt Is Worthless". UK-based Kamikaze Space Programme contributes with a revisited version of "Morse", initially released on the Parsons Hill EP, preserving the abrasive textures of the original.
$8.99 UPC: 666017304168 ELECTRONIC
A1. Four Sides Of Truth
A2. Point To The Sun
B1. Self Doubt Is Worthless
B2. Morse (Kamikaze Space Programme Remix)
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BARTOS, KARL: 15 Minutes Of Fame 7" (TR 20614EP)
Communication is the debut solo album by ex-Kraftwerk member Karl Bartos. Originally released in 2003, 13 years after leaving the legendary electronic group. Originally released in 2000, the programmatic track "15 Minutes of Fame" was the first single Bartos released and was an exciting peek into the world that was his upcoming full album. Inspired by Andy Warhol's statement, "In the future, everybody will be world famous for 15 minutes," Bartos used this as a template to comment on the increasing rise of celebrity culture unleashed by casting shows, reality TV programs, cooking contests etc.
$5.79 EAN: 4015698005172 ELECTRONIC
01. 15 Minutes Of Fame (Remastered, Single-Edit)
02. 15 Minutes Of Fame (Remastered, Album Version)
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METAL URBAIN: Panik 7" (VIRUS 479EP)
"Meet the inventors of synth-punk: France's Metal Urbain! It all started with this record; at the time they called it "electro-punk." Out of print since 1977, the long vanished Metal Urbain debut returns! Backed with two guitars--no drumkit or bass--the band fired angry French-language vocals over scathing mechanical noises using their mother tongue as a weapon like no one had before, and few have since! Their influence in their home country was so huge that a tradition of homegrown drum-machine punk bands continues to this day. Some like Berurier Noir and Ludwig Von 88 would become much bigger then Metal Urbain, but none were as nasty. Jello Biafra, who discovered the band while traveling as a "teenage hippie" in France, says: "As far as I'm concerned, Charles de Goal, Kas Product, Ludwig von 88 and Berurier Noir, and even America's Big Black, Digital Leather and the even-more-extreme Atari Teenage Riot owe their very existence to Metal Urbain." Alternative Tentacles is proud to offer this rare 7-inch as a one-time special release exclusively on Record Store Day. Limited to 1,000 copies, it is only a teaser of what will be a three-volume LP Metal Urbain reissue series by the label, which will include 1980's Les Hommes Morts Sont Dangereux, 2006's J'Irai Chier Dans Ton Vomi (produced by Biafra) and 2008's Creve Salope. This is no longer nostalgia, but once again a band of the future, sure to appeal to fans of Suicide, Killing Joke, Ministry, Berurier Noir and Atari Teenage Riot. Engarde!"
$5.50 UPC: 721616047974 ROCK
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JINO OHNO MITCHELL MILLS: Kobe Session 12" (AX 070EP)
"Axis audiophile series high quality record series: 180g vinyl 48k 32bit, Mastered for high fidelity sounds, Pure virgin vinyl Kobe Session was a special improvisational performance created by Jeff Mills for the Exhibitionist 2 DVD project. Along with 3 other musicians, with a limited amount of preparation and rehearsal time, their objective was to create, shape and perform compositions in front of a live audience setting. Debuting in Tokyo, Sept 18 2015 at Terrada Warehouse during TodaysArt JP, this live recordings was captured in Kobe, Japan the following night on September 19th 2015 at Kobe Art Village Center."
$11.25 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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NANCE, DAVID: More Than Enough CD (BING 113CD)
"David Nance lives in a world where rock has been influenced as much by This Kind of Punishment and The Pin Group as by The Velvet Underground and The Rolling Stones. Omaha's best-kept secret, up to now known primarily to DIY tape collectors and record club subscribers, Nance welcomes all with More Than Enough, his first full-band full-length, which follows the stellar but criminally under-heard 2013 Actor's Diary LP on Grapefruit Records, as well as a string of limited-edition, over-modulatingly intense and emotionally destructive cassette releases. Recorded in Los Angeles, scrapped, then re-recorded after a move back to his Omaha hometown with his wife, More Than Enough sounds like the very last record to have undergone any process longer than a few hours of recording. It's that immediate and on fire. The recipe: (a) get a shit-hot group of musicians; (b) cut songs down to their most "on" moments, or alternately let them ride a groove into the sun; (c) capture it all on actual tape. That's the Nance approach, and it's as much an ode to home-recorded brilliance as it is to whoop-ass inspiring rock."
$6.75 UPC: 600197011324 ROCK
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NANCE, DAVID: More Than Enough LP (BING 113LP)
"LP version. David Nance lives in a world where rock has been influenced as much by This Kind of Punishment and The Pin Group as by The Velvet Underground and The Rolling Stones. Omaha's best-kept secret, up to now known primarily to DIY tape collectors and record club subscribers, Nance welcomes all with More Than Enough, his first full-band full-length, which follows the stellar but criminally under-heard 2013 Actor's Diary LP on Grapefruit Records, as well as a string of limited-edition, over-modulatingly intense and emotionally destructive cassette releases. Recorded in Los Angeles, scrapped, then re-recorded after a move back to his Omaha hometown with his wife, More Than Enough sounds like the very last record to have undergone any process longer than a few hours of recording. It's that immediate and on fire. The recipe: (a) get a shit-hot group of musicians; (b) cut songs down to their most "on" moments, or alternately let them ride a groove into the sun; (c) capture it all on actual tape. That's the Nance approach, and it's as much an ode to home-recorded brilliance as it is to whoop-ass inspiring rock."
$13.00 UPC: 600197011317 ROCK
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KONKOLO: Rezos 10" (BC 007-10EP)
"'Puntilla took me to his house, they put me in front of the sacred drums. I kneeled down, I prostrated, and they did a consultation with the sacred drums to see if the spirit of the drum, the Ana, accepts me as his son.' This is how Abraham Rodriguez, lead singer of Okonkolo, describes his introduction to the Santeria religion. In the decades that followed, he would become a priest and master drummer, using these sacred bata drums to bring the Orishas (Santerian gods) down to earth. The Santeria religion endured the transatlantic slave trade from Africa to the solares of Cuba and arrived in New York by way of Caribbean migrants who sought a better life in the barrios of the Bronx and Brooklyn. This is where Rodriguez met Okonkolo producer and guitarist Jacob Plasse. The musical prayers that make up Okonkolo's debut EP Rezos (Prayers) are some of the most complex and beautiful that any classical tradition has produced. They are also some of the oldest, addressing Obatala, the creator of the world, Ochun, the goddess of love and beauty, and Chango, God of the drum. Okonkolo is a result of this collaboration - Abrahams soulful voice calling down the Orishas, the bata drums and voices soaring through the horns and guitars of Plasses's production. The beauty and otherworldliness of these prayers endures, the rhythms and chants reimagined in a way that is somehow both ancient and new."
$11.75 UPC: 349223000719 WORLD
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AGGRAVATORS & REVOLUTIONARIES: Guerrilla Dub CD (BSR 984CD)
"Classic 1978 album recorded at King Tubby's studio and mixed by Ossie Hibbert. Features Sly and Robbie. First time on CD!"
$11.75 EAN: 5036436099825 WORLD
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AGGRAVATORS & REVOLUTIONARIES: Guerrilla Dub LP (BSR 984LP)
"180 gram reissue of classic 1978 album recorded at King Tubby's studio and mixed by Ossie Hibbert. Features Sly and Robbie."
$15.50 EAN: 5036436099726 WORLD
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REVELATION: Book Of Revelation + Variation On A Theme CD (BSR 985CD)
"Revelation's debut album from 1978 coupled with their live album recorded at the 100 Club for the first time on CD."
$11.75 EAN: 5036436099627 WORLD
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REVELATION: Book Of Revelation LP (BSR 985LP)
"Revelation's long out of print debut album from 1978 reissued on 180 gram vinyl."
$15.50 EAN: 5036436099528 WORLD
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REVOLUTIONARIES: Burning Dub CD (BSR 986CD)
"1979 reggae dub album issued on CD for the first time. Dub set from the Revolutionaries, featuring Sly & Robbie and focusing on Junior English productions from Channel One Studio."
$11.75 EAN: 5036436099429 WORLD
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REVOLUTIONARIES: Burning Dub LP (BSR 986LP)
"1979 reggae dub album remastered and issued on 180 gram vinyl with a full color insert. Rare and revered Dub set from the Revolutionaries, featuring Sly & Robbie and focusing on Junior English productions from Channel One Studio."
$15.50 EAN: 5036436099320 WORLD
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SMART, LEROY: Dread Hot In Africa + Propaganda CD (BSR 987CD)
"1977's Dread Hot in Africa coupled with 1978's Propaganda (available on CD for the first time). Roots reggae recorded at Channel One studios with the Revolutionaries as Smart's back up band."
$11.75 EAN: 5036436099221 WORLD
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SMART, LEROY: Dread Hot In Africa LP (BSR 987LP)
"Re-issue of Leroy Smart's 1977 album remastered and pressed on 180 gram vinyl with full color insert. Backed up by the Revolutionaries (including Sly & Robbie) and recorded at Channel One, this is top notch roots reggae music."
$15.50 EAN: 5036436099122 WORLD
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DYNAMITE HEMORRHAGE: Issue #3 MAG (DH 003)
$5.25 UPC: N/A Misc
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TURMAN & AARON DILLOWAY, ROBERT: Blizzard 2LP (FABREC 037LP)
"Recorded in the midst of an actual extreme winter weather event, Blizzard conjures the early synthesizer experiments of Popol Vuh and Tangerine Dream combined with the gritty reel-to-reel tape manipulations long employed by both Aaron Dilloway (Hanson Records / ex-Wolf Eyes) and Robert Turman (founding member of the pioneering industrial outfit NON and a celebrated solo artist in his own right). As the story goes, Blizzard was recorded in January 2009 during an Ohio snowstorm which hit on the very day that Dilloway was preparing for a move to Michigan. Alone, his wife and child already settling into the new place, and stranded in a cold and empty house, he was welcomed into Turman's home. They decided to make the best of the occasion and hunkered down for a few days of late-night recording. Crawling synth drones and looped effects keep things bleak throughout. The wind gusts outside are strangely regular. Snow scratches at the windows more rhythmically than seems natural. Are those woodwinds or animal calls? Are the streetlights obscured by blown branches, or are they slowly strobing? Suddenly a normal house in a common Midwestern blizzard feels like a house stalked by a sentient storm, bearing down for a final freeze. Throw another log on the fire and make yourself comfortable for the last time. Blizzard was originally released on CD by Hanson Records in 2009. This first-time vinyl edition is limited to 500 copies."
$25.00 UPC: 322732037117 ELECTRONIC
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RASMUSSEN/PAUL FLAHERTY/CHRIS CORSANO, METTE: Star-Spangled Voltage LP (HOT 017LP)
"Star-Spangled Voltage captures the first meeting of Mette Rasmussen (alto saxophone) and Paul Flaherty (alto & tenor sax). Providing connective tissue behind the drums is frequent collaborator to both saxophonists, Chris Corsano, who also recorded and mixed the album. Long-time purveyors of the hated music, Flaherty & Corsano began playing together in 1998. A whole slew of records and tours followed, both as a duo and in collaboration with people like Joe McPhee, Thurston Moore, Heather Leigh Murray and Christina Carter, Tony Conrad, and Jim O'Rourke, among others. Rasmussen and Corsano are a newer duo, with their first meeting in 2013 being released on Relative Pitch Records as All the Ghosts at Once. But it wasn't until June 2014 that these three fire musicians found themselves under the same roof, which they would quickly proceed to blow right-the-hell off the joint. The near-telepathic connection between the three isn't something you'd expect from the first meeting of such disparate histories, but why look a gift-horse in the mouth? Flaherty's free-form gale forces and tear-jerking cries have been heard blowing in and out of his native state of Connecticut since the early '70s. In true DIY fashion, he self-released his first record, Orange-In The Midst of Chaos in 1978. Danish-born, Norway-based Rasmussen has fewer records under her belt, but in recent years she has stormed the European scene, whether it be as a soloist, in trio with Alan Silva, or in Mats Gustafsson's Fire Orchestra. Here, Rasmussen plays with pitch-wisdom well beyond her, or most anybody's, years while Flaherty unleashes with all the screaming exuberance of youth; and the two continually snake lines around Corsano's blasts as he moves between time-keeping and time-destruction. There's plenty of all-out, high energy playing on Star-Spangled Voltage, but there's also an underlying sensitivity to musicality and collective sound, so the proceedings never turn into a battle of egos. And the group has freely improvised/spontaneously composed architecture, breaking down at times into solos and duos. 'Salt', a duet between Rasmussen's prepared-sax and Corsano's bowed metal, builds an alien inner-ear landscape of difference tones, unisons and near-unisons to end side A. The album closes with a sax duet, 'In the Light of Things,' with Rasmussen and Flaherty already sounding like old friends."
$13.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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RANDOM, ERIC: Words Made Flesh CD (GG 212CD)
"Eric Random is a multi-instrumentalist from Manchester. He formed The Tiller Boys with Pete Shelley in the late 70s, released a solo album in 1980 and then fronted the group The Bedlamites. At that time, a lot of world music influences appeared in Eric's music. The group was also Nico's band during her last years, and Random the bandleader. Ties were formed with the Sheffield music scene, and soon Cabaret Voltaire worked with Eric, producing the seminal album Time-Splice. In the 1990s Eric reformed another side project of his, The Free Agents. A whole album was recorded, but only two tracks ever saw the light of day. After a longer hiatus Eric returned to the scene with his solo album Man Dog in 2014 and started playing live again. Klanggalerie are now proud to present the all-new album Words Made Flesh. It is dancier than Man Dog, and the world music traces have disappeared. On one song, Random has teamed up with Stephen Mallinder of Cabaret Voltaire and more recently Wrangler. Watch out for Eric live in 2016."
$14.00 EAN: 4013438101054 ELECTRONIC
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SCHULZE, KLAUS: Trancefer CD (MIG 1422CD)
"Re-Release of the originally 1972 released Klaus Schulze Album Trancefer. Always a soundwave in front of the rivalry, Schulze presents his album together with the percussionist Mike Shrieve (Santana), who performs real marvels on his two barrels, and the cellist Wolfgang Tiepold, who forms a pleasant contrast to Schulze's often hard and strictly synthesizer patterns with his warm touch. (Stereoplay, Germany, 1982)"
$14.00 UPC: 885513014221 ELECTRONIC
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SCHULZE, KLAUS: Irrlicht CD (MIG 1482CD)
"Re-release of 1972 Klaus Schulze album Irrlicht. Klaus Schulze: Irrlicht has more connections to Musique concrete than with today's electronics. I had not owned a synthesizer at the time. I had a damaged amplifier, a modified organ and a cassette recorder with a cheap microphone. I just went to a Colloquium Musica Orchestra rehearsal with it and recorded it. I just wanted to have the sound and played the tape backwards afterwards."
$14.00 UPC: 885513014825 ELECTRONIC
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SLUM VILLAGE: The Fan-tas-tic Box 4CD BOX (NMG 5760CD)
"This New And Extensive Collection From The Group's Dilla-helmed Era Is The Most Comprehensive Edition Ever Of Fan-Tas-Tic V.1 and V.2. The Four CDs, Five Colored Vinyl 7-inches And Complete Liner Notes Are Packaged In A Premium Flip-Top Box! The contributions of the late Detroit producer James DeWitt Yancey -better known to the world as J Dilla- to the world of hip-hop can't be overstated, and nowhere is his legacy more apparent than his work as a member of Slum Village. A founding member of the trio, (Alongside rappers T3 and Baatin) Dilla provided the group's distinctly esoteric, free-wheeling sound, built around winding basslines, quirky drumbeats, subtle low-end frequencies, and classic jazz & soul samples. Against the backdrop of Dilla's rich production, T3 and Baatin's free-flowing style of rhyming would also earn wide critical praise, leading to comparisons as the successors to A Tribe Called Quest. (A label they themselves have rejected.) Dilla himself went on to earn his own legend of brilliance, inspiring a slew of classic artists like Nas and The Pharcyde, to newcomers like Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar."
$47.50 UPC: 769413576013 HIPHOP
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NGOZI FAMILY: Day Of Judgement LP (NA 5115-1LP)
"Proto-punk and garage Zamrock: the celebrated guitarist Paul Ngozi's essential debut album. Featuring Chrissy Zebby Tembo. Guitarist/vocalist Paul Ngozi's debut album ? under the name Ngozi Family - is an important record: not just in the Zamrock genre, but in the global rock canon. Day of Judgement is an introduction to the most intense, raw and inimitable golden era Zamrock recorded, as it paved the way for a dozen Paul Ngozi and Ngozi Family releases (the most famous being drummer Chrissy Zebby Tembo's My Ancestors) that straddled the line between funk and punk, of driving hard rock and Zambian folk melodies and rhythms. Day of Judgement was released in 1976, the same year as other, now famous, Zamrock albums, from WITCH's Lazy Bones!! to Rikki Ililonga's Zambia. But it sounds like none of its counterparts. Part of that stems from its frenzied primitivism, the Ngozi Family's attempt to overcome a lack of musical acumen with sheer force of will. That will allowed Paul Ngozi to overcome a humble upbringing to become the most unlikely combination: Zamrock's most beloved star in its brief but now-well chronicled arc; the only musician to maintain his fame and recording prowess in the dark ages of the '80s; an inspiration to not only aging but young Zambians ? and now others, beyond Zambia's borders. But one cannot imagine Paul Ngozi without this album, a full-on aural assault that sounds as wild nearly forty years after its release as it must have sounded in the developing Zamrock landscape from which it emerged. We listen to this anachronistic yet prescient album now as a wholly original, completely unpredictable album in line with those from mavericks from across the world - from the Ramones to the Sex Pistols to Death. And, though it's been over two decades since Paul Ngozi's passing, his voice and vision still seem exciting, powerful, unique, unvarnished, new."
$15.50 UPC: 659457511517 ROCK
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VA: Wake Up You! Vol. 2 CD (NA 5125CD)
"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 to stardom after 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. Presented in two volumes, each in a 100 page book full of never-seen photos along with detailed liner notes by Nigerian musicologist and researcher Uchenna Ikonne (Who Is William Onyeabor?), with all tracks fully licensed from the bands themselves."
$18.00 UPC: 659457512538 WORLD
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VA: Wake Up You! Vol. 2 2LP (NA 5125LP)
"This Double LP Is Packaged With a Stand Alone 100 Page Full Color Book, Filled With Incredible Photos And Words By Nigerian music historian Uchenna Ikonne (Who Is William Onyeabor?)
$30.50 UPC: 659457512569 WORLD
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CLOUD ONE: Funky Disco Tracks of Cloud One LP (LP 4040LP)
"Cloud One was always a studio outlet for Patrick Adams to experiment. Even after the success of Atmosphere Strut, Adams continued to experiment with synthesizers (in particular the minimoog) to make this his signature sound or 'voice' as he called it. An indeed his usage of the synth was completely different from some of his contemporaries. With titles like Jump, Jump, Jump, Funky Track, Stomp Your Feet and Dance or Music Funk, it was clear the spirit of this music was in Harlem. It's no surprise Adams felt at home in the many P&P subsidiaries. "P&P became this place where artists could be free, as opposed to an Atlantic Records or a Columbia Records, where everything is high spit and polished...We never told anybody on P&P what they could or couldn't do, what they should or shouldn't do. It was like, 'Go for it, if you want to bang pots and pans together, that's your sound." And what a Funky Sound it was. Official Reissue of the Rare Sophomore LP by Cloud One"
$14.50 UPC: 706091117015 ROCK
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SUICIDE: Suicide LP (SV 109LP)
"Suicide's landmark self-titled LP was originally released in 1977, seven years after the group's initial conception as part of the performance art scene on the Lower East Side. It is hard to overstate the importance of the seven tracks on Suicide, which paved the way for punk, industrial, hip hop, noise and beyond. "Ghost Rider" accelerates with brutal anguish and desire for everything rock 'n' roll. Martin Rev's utterly singular "instrument" pounds out a synthetic soundscape, while Alan Vega's oversaturated vocals obsess over motorcycle getaways. "Rocket U.S.A." distills the duo's dynamic power down to a ghostly pulse, while the psycho-drama of "Frankie Teardrop" (Bruce Springsteen's all-time favorite song) delves even further into cinematic storytelling and, at the same time, clears the room at the end of the night. Superior Viaduct is honored to present Suicide - restored from the original mixes, fully sanctioned by the band and with liner notes by Thurston Moore. If there can be a quintessential New York band, it is without a doubt Suicide."
$16.00 UPC: 855985006093 ROCK
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SUICIDE: Alan Vega Martin Rev LP (SV 110LP)
"After crystallizing a reputation for confrontational live performances and releasing their essential debut LP, Suicide went into the studio to record their stunning follow-up. Producer Ric Ocasek lends a pop sensibility to the band's sound, constructing an atmosphere at once light and catchy, yet still crazed and venomous. Originally released in 1980 on ZE Records, Alan Vega Martin Rev features an array of glistening keyboards and early preset rhythm machine sounds whose harsh simplicity suggests the discreet zones and confined movements of urban life. While his vocal treatments are more refined than before, Alan Vega is still cool as ice, visceral and evocative. Superior Viaduct is honored to present Suicide's under-appreciated second album. For the first time since its initial release 35+ years ago, this vinyl release includes the original track list and artwork. If there can be a quintessential New York band, it is without a doubt Suicide."
$16.00 UPC: 855985006109 ROCK
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FALL, THE: Live At The Witch Trials LP (SV 111LP)
"The first full-length album of The Fall, Live At The Witch Trials, is not actually a live album. Emerging out of a two-day studio session at Camden Sound in North West London during a sickly December of 1978, Witch Trials amounts to the sinister foundation of the band's diverse sound. Every song explores drastically different styles and wild terrain, leaving much to decipher over its eleven tracks. "Frightened" has magnetic attraction / repulsion that shifts between Martin Bramah's skeletal guitar, Yvonne Pawlett's plastic keyboards and the lurching rhythm section of Marc Riley and Karl Burns. Mark E. Smith's mesmerizing bark and eerie lyrics warp the cosmic context with each repeated non-chorus. "Rebellious Jukebox" takes yet another turn and showcases the band's more melodic leanings. One gets the sense that The Fall are in a time-travel hallucination (from 19th century witch trials to a scathing critique of the late-70s punk scene) where the band's snot-nosed scrabble afflicts the shape of pop to come. As Smith dictates, "We are The Fall, northern white crap that talks back." Superior Viaduct's edition is the first time that Live At The Witch Trials has been available on vinyl domestically since its initial release in 1979. Liner notes by Brian Turner."
$16.00 UPC: 855985006116 ROCK
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FALL, THE: Dragnet LP (SV 112LP)
"Dragnet is arguably The Fall's best-known album. With the departure of Martin Bramah after Live At The Witch Trials, the band underwent yet another lineup shift in late 1979. Marc Riley switched to guitar and Steve Hanley joined on bass; the latter's signature basslines would become a major part of The Fall for the next two decades. Opening track "Psykick Dancehall" strikes like an elusive, working-class anthem with its bouncy tempo changes and Mark E. Smith's unfiltered vocals raining down on the dance-floor. "Dice Man" takes its direction from disheveled beats, stuttering lyrics and asymmetrical phrasing. Somehow Dragnet manages to be even more lo-fi than The Fall's debut, yet reveals a cohesive sound and fierce songs that would further build the band's cult following. Superior Viaduct's edition is the first time that Dragnet has been available on vinyl domestically since its initial release in 1979. Liner notes by Brian Turner."
$16.00 UPC: 855985006123 ROCK
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CHAPMAN, MICHAEL: Solo Acoustic Volume Eleven LP (VDSQ 015LP)
"The godfather of alternative guitar returns with an all-instrumental album, Homages, in tribute to his influences and contemporaries. Summoning the spirits of some of the greatest guitarists of all time, Michael Chapman proves again that he stands among them."
$13.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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LOUISE, SARAH: Solo Acoustic Volume Twelve LP (VDSQ 016LP)
"Combining an elemental Appalachian spirit with a modern compositional approach, VDSQ Solo Acoustic Volume 12 serves as the vinyl debut for Sarah Louise, whose deeply ornate and engaging playing adds rich new colors to the palate of contemporary guitar."
$13.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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DORJI, TASHI: Solo Acoustic Volume Thirteen LP (VDSQ 017LP)
"Rarely has a guitarist emerged with as distinctive and singular a voice as Tashi Dorji has with this series of nylon-string improvisations. Recorded in the U.S. and Bhutan, VDSQ Solo Acoustic Volume 13 stands as a defining document of a great 21st Century guitarist."
$13.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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HARALDSDOTTIR, KRISTIN THORA: Solo Acoustic Volume Fourteen LP (VDSQ 018LP)
"A widescreen, cinematic vision for acoustic guitar composition from this classically trained Icelandic artist, Kristin Thora Haraldsdottir. From minimal tone poems to densely melodic ballads, VDSQ Solo Acoustic Volume 14 presents a deeply personal approach to modern guitar that takes us on a journey of unexpected beauty."
$13.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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LARAAJI & SUN ARAW: Professional Sunflow 2LP (W25 001LP)
"Professional Sunflow is the first-time collaboration between Laraaji & Sun Araw, two colossal forces in contemporary electronic music. Laraaji's musical radiance has continued to shine brightly over four decades since being discovered by Brian Eno in New York's Washington Square Park in 1979. Sun Araw emerged out of Los Angeles' experimental scene in 2008 with transformative releases on a variety of trend-setting labels (Not Not Fun, Drag City and more). The live performances on this double LP - recorded in Germany and Switzerland - combine prewritten elements and improvisation. Laraaji's soulful vocals and signature instrument, zither, blend beautifully with the free-floating rhythms of Sun Araw's Cameron Stallone's (guitar / keyboards) and Alex Gray (computer synthesis) to shape Professional Sunflow's unique sound: dreamy layers of percussion, ambient textures and vibrant melodies. W.25TH is proud to present Professional Sunflow as our inaugural release. As a sub-label of Superior Viaduct, W.25TH will focus on inventive sounds from current artists."
$18.00 UPC: 855985006871 ROCK
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