Forced Exposure Store Update

FORCED EXPOSURE STORE UPDATE

NEW RELEASES FOR THE WEEK OF 07/10/2017

first section features releases in stock now and ready to be shipped as of MON 07/10/2017

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

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MANURA, CHRIS: Dauerfliege EP 10" (ADUB 033EP)

Chris Manura's Dauerfliege EP on Acker Dub.

$8.39 UPC: 880319869310 ELECTRONIC

Side A
01. Into The Woods
Side B
02. Thunder And Lightning

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LOVE THEME: Love Theme LP (ALT 034LP)

If there's a single guiding motif to this debut recording from Love Theme, it's the melancholic throb of love learnt and love lost, a descent that tumbles and slips through the overall feeling of looking back. As intimately and carefully as its parts cohesively lament a narrative, it's the after-image that catches your breath, like a memory morphing as it is observed. Comprised of Alex Zhang Hungtai, of the now defunct project Dirty Beaches, along with Austin Milne, and Simon Frank, Love Theme is arranged from an improvised session with twin saxophones, synthesizer, percussion, drum machine, and voice. The aching wane of the saxophone arrangements frisk the propulsive aggro of the mixed percussion, forcing a melancholic halo upon the queasy stupor of the synthetic swing that closes each side of the record. It's a bizarre lust for life that's being divined from equal parts dislocation and invigoration, a potent remedy which perhaps Love Theme can call their own. Percolating and finding form over time, the record instinctively follows a travel narrative, moving across a series of landscapes, reflecting the innate experiences of the expressions and voices that were first collected in South London back in February 2015.

$13.79 UPC: 724190342077 ELECTRONIC

01. Desert Exile
02. Late Crossing
03. Docklands - Yaumatei - Plum Garden
04. She's Here
05. All Sky, Love's End

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CHAIN OF FLOWERS: Let Your Light In/Flesh, Blood And Bone 7" (ALT 703EP)

Cardiff's Chain Of Flowers return to Alter with their first new material since 2015's self-titled debut album (ALT 022LP/CLR-LP). Despite "Let Your Light In" offering a more optimistic tone to what fans of their debut may be used to, the charismatic guitar hooks, hazy vocals, and fist-to-the-horizon anthemic qualities of the group are no less present. "Flesh, Blood And Bone" on the other side channels perfectly the bombastic new wave ambition of early Simple Minds, alongside the dramatic post-punk melancholy of the Chameleons.

$5.79 UPC: 724190342107 ROCK

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VA: Five Years Of Loving Notes 2LP (ATN 5YEARS)

Made of 14 sketches -- each reflecting one of the many shades of Antinote's catalog -- Five Years Of Loving Notes features new names as well as those artists who have been involved with the label since it's very beginning, like Geena or Iueke. The music on this compilation covers a wide spectrum of moods and atmospheres, from the dark and raw excursions from Tolouse Low Trax or Iueke, to the lush instrumental crafted by Nico Motte and Syracuse's Antoine Kogut; however as the listener gets deeper into the compilation, the whole of the tunes, sitting side-by-side on the record, start to make sense as they all seem to point towards the same direction. If one should try isolating a common trait from all these songs, they come to the conclusion that it lies in the way they all speak directly to the listener's emotional receptors, unvarnished and without abusing of producer's "tricks". This is a 63-minute long testimony of exclusive music by the artists who have been shaping Antinote's sound for five years; from the opening Latvian arabesques from Domenique Dumont to the Pink Floyd-ian ending from the latest addition to the label, Alek Lee, via Leonardo Martelli's smoggy electro and Raphael Top Secret's ominous talk-over. Also features: Stéphane Laporte, DK, Inoue Shirabe, Geena, Natsukashii, The Simplists, Or Edry, and Yovav. Comes in a gatefold sleeve.

$20.99 UPC: 769791966925 ELECTRONIC

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IDLES: Brutalism LP (BALLEY 001LP)

LP version. Bristol's finest post-punk polemics Idles have been promising to do great things for some time now, and with their debut album Brutalism, they absolutely fulfill that promise, a furious promise at that. Politically charged, refreshingly confrontational, and infectiously volatile, Idles are a band like no other. Bringing the unsettling reality of the world we live in into their frantic assault on the senses, they are a band that until now could only be truly understood by witnessing in a live environment. But with Brutalism, it surely feels like they have captured the intensity of that live sound. Bottled up here are the abrasive, memorable lyrics of Joseph Talbot delivered with all of the spite and wry humor he puts across on the stage. Dedicated in part to the loss of his mother, who adorns the record's cover, and partly to a perceived decimation of society, from the NHS to public services across Britain, Brutalism is a deadly serious indictment on popular culture.

$15.79 EAN: 5055869522342 ROCK

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I MARC 4: Candy/Roman Blow Up 7" (BCR 45001EP)

2013 release. The backing band to the most admired composers of the '70s, from Ennio Morricone to Piero Umiliani, I Marc 4 had a unique "Italian soundtrack" style. I Marc 4 recorded several albums on their Nelson label between 1970 and 1976, featuring Antonello Vannucchi's incredible use of his Hammond C3, Roberto Podio's kicking rhythm section, and the legendary Maurizio Maiorana on bass, not to forget the real soul of the band, their guitar player, Carlo Pes. This series of limited 7"s in company sleeves, selects six hyper-groovy tunes off that repertoire. Edition of 333 (hand-numbered).

$5.79 EAN: 8592735001459 ROCK

A1. Candy
B1. Roman Blow Up

I MARC 4: Sweet Beat/Ray Ban 7" (BCR 45002EP)

$5.79 EAN: 8592735001466 ROCK

A1. Sweet Beat
B1. Ray Ban

I MARC 4: Blues Work/Suoni Moderni 7" (BCR 45003EP)

$5.79 EAN: 8592735001473 ROCK

A1. Blues Work
B1. Suoni Moderni

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BLANK FORMS: Magazine Book (BLANK 001BK)

Magazine is the inaugural issue of Blank Forms' journal, bringing together a combination of never-before published, lost, and new materials that supplement the non-profit's live programs. It is envisioned as a platform for critical reflection and extended dialogue between scholars, artists, and other figures working within the world of experimental music and art. Following "Let Freedom Fry" -- a short statement by Joe McPhee drawing out the contemporary political climate in relation to his practice as a creative improviser -- the magazine is bookended by four texts surrounding the practice of pioneering sound artist Maryanne Amacher; an essay by Bill Dietz on his collaborations with Amacher and his work with her archive; an unpublished 1988 interview highlighting Amacher's ideas around her Long Distance Music and Mini Sound Series; a conversation between Marianne Schroeder, Stefan Tcherepnin, and Lawrence Kumpf revealing the archival questions raised by Amacher's work; and science fiction writer Greg Bear's short story Petra, a tale of gargoyles coming to life and breeding with humans in a post-apocalyptic Notre Dame, from which Amacher's 1991 piece got its name. This issue also includes Branden Joseph's interview with The Dead C's Bruce Russell, accompanied by Russell's essay exploring the Situationist tradition of "mis-competence" in New Zealand electronic music. Charles Curtis contributed notes on the interpretive challenges posed by a posthumous performance of Terry Jennings's minimalist classic Piece For Cello And Saxophone. Shelley Hirsch, Richard Skidmore, and Dennis Hermanson provide a series of writings on and remembrances of the late Ralston Farina, whose scarcely documented "visual poetry" was an important precursor to what we now call "performance." And from her own 2016 performances at the Emily Harvey Foundation, Dawn Kasper supplies her original proposal document and score notes for an improvisational interpretation. Magazine features two new French-translations: an excerpt from François Bonnet's book of phenomenology, The Infra-World, translated by Robin Mackay, and a Christophe Broqua interview with enigmatic huntress of sounds Anne Gillis, translated by Adrian Rew. Ian Nagoski's rare 1998 conversation with Éliane Radigue, conducted and largely ignored at a time when there was little interest in her music, provides one of the clearest overviews of the visionary composer's early work and life. Supplementing the texts are numerous archival photos and documents, plus "Dark Matters", a poem by Joe McPhee. Edited by Lawrence Kumpf and Joe Bucciero.

$14.39 EAN: 9780692881682 Misc

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VA: Disque La Raye: 60's French West-Indies Boo-Boo-Galoo LP (BORNBAD 096LP)

LP version. Printed inner sleeve. In 1966, a new pulse spread like wildfire on the sidewalks of Spanish Harlem and local radio waves. Like no music genre ever before, boogaloo brought together African Americans and Latinos. As the ultimate musical syncretism of popular genres in the Barrio, boogaloo is often described as "the first Nuyorican music". A revolutionary hurricane was then blowing on Amerika: in the trail of the Black Panthers and the Young Lords Organization, minorities were gathering in the streets to reclaim their rights from the establishment. Boogaloo was the soundtrack of a social revolution overtaking the country, before it got overshadowed by salsa. Boogaloo's energy seduced young people from different backgrounds, well beyond the borders of the USA, and especially in the Caribbean cradle land. From Fort-de-France to Pointe-à-Pitre, old biguines and mazurkas from West Indian orchestras strong of a bloodline of virtuosos, from father-to-son, became outdated by those modern beats. On Fred Aucagos's "Ti Man'zelle", there's a subtle mix of imports from the mainland, the USA, and the neighboring islands. Musicians dabbled with boogaloo, coming up with rather unorthodox interpretations. This is precisely what gives this compilation its singularity. It incorporates influences from the African continent thanks to the Rico Jazz (an adaptation of "Si Tu Bois Beaucoup" of the Congolese rumba orchestra O.K. Jazz). It rubs elbows with the "Jerk Vidé" of a David Martial before he turned in a doudouiste cliché. With the cheeky humor of the Guyanese Dany Play ("Mais Tu Sais"), the perkiness of Joby Valente ("Disk La Rayé" with Camille Soprann on sax), the listener (re)discovers classics published on two historic Guadeloupean labels: Aux Ondes of producer Raymond Célini, and Disque Debs, whose boss Henri Debs can be heard on "Ou Pas Z'ami En Moins". "Ou Qué Di Moin" from Monsieur X is a Creole funk pamphlet, neither Latin, nor festive, and not strictly boogaloo for that matter. The Nuyorican rhythm is a tiny fraction of what the West Indies orchestras were playing, as they often incorporated biguine and Haitian kopi elements. Assisted by Jean-Baptiste Guillot, Julien Achard spent over three years compiling this best of the Creole boogaloo. Also features: Maurice Alcindor, Gabby Siarras, Les Bois Sirop, Le Ry-Co Jazz, and Les Vickings. LP version comes with a printed inner sleeve with liner notes in English and French.

$11.79 EAN: 3521381543124 ROCK

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VA: Import/Export 12" (CHALICE 002EP)

The Fasaan Recordings crew break out a second volume of their Chalice Records imprint. Malmö-based Fullstandiga Rattigheter delivers the deranged digital guitar strumming of "1988". Manchester cyber-punk Ruf Dug offers the dreamy cut "Cassette Boogie 1", which bounces along to a b-boy beat steeped in lo-fi tape hiss. Tallinn composer Ruutu Poiss turns on his limping drum machine and leads the listener on a wonky trip. Copenhagen-based PRAAH pitches in with a brooding, bass-heavy 808 jam. Fachrur Riaz Hasbullah slides in from Bandung, Indonesia to deliver the ridiculously smooth stepper "Muram". Dubliner Compassion Crew offers "II Y A (Chalice Mix)".

$8.39 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC

01. Fullstandiga Rattigheter - 1988
02. Ruf Dug - Cassette Boogie
03. Fachrur Riaz Hasbullah - Muram
04. PRAAH - Luxor Equinox
05. Ruutu Poiss - Heinas
06. Compassion Crew - II Y A (Chalice Mix)

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HANNANEH, MORTEZA: Tchashm-e-Del LP (CLPMR 003LP)

The Paris-based Collapsing Market label unveil a gem of found art with Tschashm-e-Del: a radio play recorded in Iran sometime during the '60s by Morteza Hannaneh, co-founder of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra with Parvis Mahmoud, and the grandfather of Collapsing Market co-owner Cyrus Goberville, who discovered the recording on a tape at his home. Without definitive records to go from, Tschashm-e-Del was presumably recorded in the '60s (certainly pre-revolution) and quite possibly broadcast on Radio Tehran. Now restored from the original reels, it reveals a gorgeous and important suite of music set to a Ghazal -- an ancient Arabic ode, or poetic expression of the pain and beauty of love, loss or separation -- written by Hatef Esfehani, who was a famous Iranian poet of the 18th century. The ghazal deals with the founding principles of Sufism and monotheism through a love story between Hatef and a Christian girl, with Morteza Hannaneh's musical arrangement matching the specific rhyming structure of its ancient classical form, itself rooted in tradition stretching back to at least the 10th century, whilst also incorporating string elements of western orchestration relating to Hannaneh's background in composing for cinema. It's the kind of music you might expect to turn up on a Folkways or Dead-Cert release. It's presented with artwork made by Thomas Jeppe, a noted artist familiar with Persian culture; the sleeve image depicts the Ashura procession. Edition of 500.

$14.39 UPC: N/A WORLD

INLAND: Coriolis 12" (COUNT 009EP)

Ed Davenport continues his techno experiments as Inland with an elegant EP entitled Coriolis. "Coriolis" is a moody ten-minute voyage with a morphing synth array at its core -- bright, detuned stabs are layered upon tough rhythmic foundations. The jagged metallic lead builds, unearthing harmonic bleep accents and syncopated FX swells before folding in on itself. "D10D3" plows forward with an urgent staccato sequence, segueing into Italo-horror filter sweeps and noise-laden moments of drama. Finally, "Tsereteli" is a more reduced modern dub study, continuing Ed's long running fascination with tranced-out time stretching and after-hours vibes. Cover art by Guy Archard.

$9.79 UPC: 880319872716 ELECTRONIC

Side A
01. Coriolis
Side B
02. D10D3
03. Tsereteli

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FOCUS: Zulu EP 12" (CROWN 001EP)

Zulu EP brings the slow burning dancefloor energy of 1980s South Africa into sharp focus. Comprised of Sello Mmutung and Keith Hutchinson, the original six track album Zulu Disco was recorded in Johannesburg circa 1983. Each track shows the fever for American funk and disco that was sweeping through South Africa at the time, but with unmistakable township elements, infectious grooves, simple melodies, and deep synth workouts. Side A is for the dancefloor and Side B is full of deep, Afro-centric chuggers. Zulu EP includes the original version of "Moger", later covered by Starlight and Ray Phiri's side project, Kumasi.

$13.79 UPC: N/A WORLD

01. Hay-Hay
02. Rock Batlanga
03. Moger

ELEKFANTZ: Blush 12" (DOC 019EP)

The incredibly gifted Brazilian duo Elekfantz return with this beautiful 180 gram limited edition "translucid clear vinyl", including an extended version of "Blsuh" and a massive remix by label boss Gui Boratto. "Blush" is pure Elekfantz beats, pushing its melodic DNA with beautiful vocals and synths at its best. While Gui Boratto gives his well-known techno punch and unique touch to it, "Blush" is a dancefloor jewel in any town and club. If the forecast is anything to go by, so is Elekfantz, the indie heroes who joined D.O.C. to spread their music and explosive energy.

$8.99 UPC: 880319866111 ELECTRONIC

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CENTRAL: Pillow Peace 12" (DKMNTL 048EP)

Central on Pillow Peace: "This album with the semi-melancholic song 'Pillow Peace' is very personal to me. After a year of forgetfulness, my Dutch friends collected the number. Marco helped me mix it completely and together we made the alternate version. 1000 thanks to Casper and Marco."

$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC

01. Pillow Peace
02. Pillow Peace (Andet Mix)

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ATOBE, SHINICHI: From The Heart, It's A Start, A Work Of Art 2LP (DDS 023LP)

From The Heart, It's A Start, A Work Of Art has its origins in early 2000, before Chain Reaction released the legendary Ship-Scope 12" (later released by Demdike Stare in 2015, DDS 014EP). Three of the tracks here are taken from an acetate cut at Dubplates & Mastering at that time, but which wouldn't see the light of day until now, including another batch of tracks taken from original masters. Only five copies of that acetate were ever made, so this is the first time any of these tracks are available for public consumption, and they rank among the finest and most distinctive in either the Chain Reaction or Shinichi Atobe's vaults. The material is effectively some of the Japanese producer's earliest work, showcasing the sort of tender, feminine pressure that would bubble up on the Ship-Scope EP and later be revealed in his new productions, Butterfly Effect (DDS 010CD) and World yet, for many reasons, they would lay sunk in his archive for the next 17 years. The tracks taken from that acetate are labeled "First Plate 1-3" and really are quite remarkable, having taken on so much character and added weight over the years that the incidental crackle of surface noise imbues proceedings with an added dimension that's hard to fathom. It basically sounds like a lost transmission making its way from Paul-Lincke-Ufer at the turn of the millennium to a new, completely changed world all these years later. The patina of crackle lends a mist-on-bare skin feeling akin to summer garden parties at Berghain in the stepping "First Plate 1", and gives a foggier sort of depth perception to the hydraulic, Maurizian heft of "First Plate 2", but it's the submerged euphoria of "First Plate 3" that hits the hardest; a heady, bittersweet reminder of days gone by. The other four tracks are crisply transferred from master tapes, relinquishing a sublime, impossible to categorize house variant that recalls everything from DJ Sprinkles to Ron Trent, yet with that weird, timeless production tick that by now has become something of a signature for this most distinctive and hard to categorize producer. Buoyant dub house and techno with lush, gaseous synths and keys. Remastered by Matt Colton from original tapes and worn actetates -- grit included; Limited copies.

$18.39 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC

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MARLEY & THE WAILERS, BOB: Soul Revolution Part II PIC. DISC (DOP 8015LP)

Doxy present a picture disc reissue of Bob Marley and The Wailers' Soul Revolution Part II, originally released in Jamaica in 1971 and produced by Lee 'Scratch' Perry. Soul Revolution Part II is a sequel of sorts to Bob Marley And The Wailers' debut LP, 1970's Soul Rebel. The Wailers' work with Scratch is considered by many reggae fans to mark career pinnacles for all involved, and classic hymns like "Don't Rock My Boat" or the re-visitation of Curtis Mayfield's "Keep On Moving" were destined to become among the more widely hailed efforts in the repertoire of Bob Marley. A historical milestone in early reggae history, pressed in a beautiful limited edition picture disc; Includes two bonus tracks.

$14.99 UPC: 889397680152 WORLD

A1. Keep On Moving
A2. Don't Rock My Boat
A3. Put It On
A4. Fussing & Fighting
A5. Duppy Conqueror
A6. Memphis
A7. Mr. Brown*
B1. Riding High
B2. Kaya
B3. African Herbsman
B4. Stand Alone
B5. Sun Is Shining
B6. Brain Washing
B7. Soul Rebel*

*Bonus track.

CASH, JOHNNY: Original Sun Sound Of Johnny Cash PIC. DISC (DOP 8016LP)

Doxy present a picture disc reissue of Original Sun Sound Of Johnny Cash, originally released in 1964. Though Johnny Cash had been at Columbia for several years by the time this LP was originally released, he recorded and released such a tremendous amount of music between 1955 and 1958 at Sun Studios in Memphis, that Sun Records was releasing his work long after he had defected to a new label. Featuring 12 fantastic recordings with his Tennessee Two and others, including "The Ballad Of A Teenage Queen", his wonderful take on "Goodnight Irene", and the immortal "Big River". Reissued here on a beautiful limited edition picture disc.

$14.99 UPC: 889397680169 ROCK

A1. Always Alone
A2. It's Just About You
A3. Luther Played The Boogie
A4. Wide Open Road
A5. Thanks A Lot
A6. Blue Train
B1. Get Rhythm
B2. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
B3. New Mexico
B4. Goodbye Little Darlin'
B5. Two Timin' Woman
B6. Leave That Junk Alone

DYLAN, BOB: Robert Zimmerman Plays Bob Dylan PIC. DISC (DOP 8017LP)

Doxy present a picture disc reissue of Robert Zimmerman Plays Bob Dylan, a compilation released by the label in 2013. As the title, Robert Zimmerman Plays Bob Dylan, implies, these recordings show the young man everybody knows as Bob Dylan, finding his way in New York City after bumming a ride from Madison in the early months of 1961. Featuring songs that were left off of his first two Columbia LPs, Bob Dylan (1962) and The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), as well as other assorted demos and unreleased recordings, this essential LP of early recordings perfectly captures his growth from traditional folk music interpreter into what he would become: America's greatest living songwriter. Presented here on a limited edition picture disc.

$14.99 UPC: 889397680176 ROCK

A1. He Was A Friend Of Mine
A2. Man On The Street
A3. Hard Times In New York Town
A4. House Carpenter
A5. Rambling, Gambling Willie
A6. Talkin' Hava Negeilah Blues
B1. Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
B2. Let Me Die In My Footsteps
B3. Quit Your Low Down Ways
B4. Worried Blues
B5. No More Auction Block
B6. Kingsport Town

BEATLES, THE: Thirty Weeks in 1963 PIC. DISC (DOP 8018LP)

Doxy present a picture disc reissue of Thirty Weeks in 1963, originally released by the label in 2014. Deluxe picture disc LP documenting the first days of Beatlemania. Through 30 weeks, from February 11 to September 12, the best band of all-time is captured here in the days before their American invasion. Presented here on a limited edition picture disc.

$14.99 UPC: 889397680183 ROCK

A1. I Saw Her Standing There
A2. There's A Place
A3. Do You Want To Know A Secret
A4. A Taste Of Honey
A5. Misery
A6. From Me To You
A7. Thank You Girl
A8. One After 909
A9. I'll Be On My Way
A10. Baby It's You
A11. Love Me Do
B1. Slow Down
B2. Crying, Waiting Hoping
B3. To Know Her Is To Love Her
B4. Long Tall Sally
B5. Glad All Over
B6. You Really Got A Hold On Me
B7. Honey Don't
B8. Ooh My Soul!
B9. Can't Buy Me Love
B10. Hold Me Tight
B11. Don't Bother Me

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SCIENTIST: Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires LP (MIR 100739LP)

2017 repress; LP version. Rids the World of the Curse of the Vampires (1981) not only ably displays Scientist's varied approach, but also clocks in as one of his best outings. Scientist keeps things lively with plenty of reverb and echo-treated percussion, ghostly piano parts, video game sound effects, and other wobbly interjections from the mixing board. The record's expert evocation of the Halloween spirit also includes some fiendishly-voiced intros, the cover art's cartoon potpourri of horror film characters, and the dubious claim made in the liner notes that Scientist mixed it all at midnight on Friday the 13th. Along with Keith Hudson's Pick a Dub (1974) and Lee Perry's Blackboard Jungle Dub (1973), this is one of the essential dub albums.

$15.79 UPC: 889397104078 WORLD

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JOR-EL: Tilted Reality EP 12" (ECHO 074EP)

Swedish artist Joel Alter, under his Jor-El alias, offers Tilted Reality EP, comprising three originals. Alter return under his Jor-El guise under which he first started releasing material on DJ Hell's International Deejay Gigolo imprint. Up first is title track "Tilted Reality", laid out over seven minutes with a slowly unfolding dynamic feel, encompassing spiraling atmospherics, distorted rhythms, and blooming stab sequences. "Elevation" follows and takes a more direct groove-driven approach via straight four-four percussion and hooky bass chops. "Solitude" closes out the package delving into deeper realms with soft ethereal dub chords, acid-tinged leads, and emotive strings.

$8.99 UPC: 880319863110 ELECTRONIC

Side A
01. Tilted Reality
02. Elevation
Side B
03. Solitude

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DESVARIEUX, JACOB F.: Anthology Pt.2 12" (EF 080EP)

The second part of the Jacob F. Desvarieux anthology on Endless Flight. "Sika" by Georges Décimus, bass player of Desvarieux's band Kassav, features outer-national synth works driven by salsa-like percussions and sweet steel-drum melodies. It appeared on Décimus's solo debut La Vie (1983). "Avèou Doudou", written by the former Kassav keyboarder Jean-Claude Naimro, was released in 1985. His tune spreads feathery synth-laden Caribbean boogie vibes. "Do Bay Lan Main" comes from zouk pioneer and former Kassav singer Patrick Saint-Éloi. Japanese producer Kuniyuki delivers a unique edit of "Sika".

$10.99 UPC: 880319857416 ELECTRONIC

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NANGLE, JONATHAN: Pause LP (ERGODOS 027LP)

Jonathan Nangle is a Dublin composer whose work explores many diverse fields -- from notated acoustic and electro-acoustic compositions, through live and spatially distributed electronics, to video, sound installation, and electronic improvisation. His transcendent music for strings comes to life in these luminous recordings by Crash Ensemble, Ireland's leading ensemble for adventurous new music. This is music of serene focus; often fragile, always intricately woven. In "Where Distant City Lights Flicker On Half-Frozen Ponds", Nangle enhances a solo violin with electronic resonators which subtly color the musical material like a heat shimmer. "My Heart Stopped A Thousand Beats" is a slow ritual for viola and cello, unfurling into a series of fragments. The mercurial title track "Pause" was inspired by the idea of data glitches in both music and visual media. A snippet of music by early twentieth-century American composer Charles Ives is processed, rearranged, and deliberately glitched, serving as a springboard to new material. The two "Fragment" tracks also featured on the album are short improvisations on passages that occur within "Pause" -- reflections of fleeting images. The album closes with "Tessellate" for cello and electronics, inspired by the phenomena of tessellations, where a shape is repeated over and over again, covering a plane without any gaps. RIYL: Kronos Quartet, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Max Richter, Kevin Volans, David Lang, Ólafur Arnalds, Nico Muhly.

$14.99 UPC: 751570946167 CLASSICAL

01. Where Distant City Lights Flicker On Half-Frozen Ponds
02. Fragment I
03. My Heart Stopped A Thousand Beats
04. Fragment II
05. Pause
06. Tessellate

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NOMADE ORQUESTRA: Entremundos LP (FARO 198LP)

LP version. Nomade Orquestra return from the stratosphere via Brazil with their second offering: Entremundos ("Between Worlds"). Gazing outward through a kaleidoscope from the heart of Sao Paulo's jazz scene, the collective consciousness of the ten-man orquestra has dreamt up an adventurous amalgam of earth's most far reaching musical cultures. Recorded at Red Bull Studios, Sao Paulo, Entremundos is like a cosmic musical playground where Ethio-jazz, Indian classical, and Oriental sounds dance around Afro-Brazilian roots rhythms and Northern hemisphere jazz, funk, soul, library music, and hip-hop influences. The sheer vastness of the album is astounding, Nomade Orquestra have quite literally conquered the world in sound. Nomade Orquestra are some of the most accomplished musicians in their city. They're also avid record collectors, citing the coming-together of their expansive musical knowledges as key to their unique sound. Album opener "Jardim De Zaira" -- a tribute to the neighborhood on the outskirts of the famous ABC region, where the band meet and rehearse -- hosts a playful unison of vibraphone, guitar, horns, and keyboards reminiscent of Stereolab's funkiest late '90s output. "Felag Mengu" lies somewhere between the groovy, brooding Ethio-jazz of Mulatu Astatke and Tinariwen's hazy desert rock, and "Olho Do Tempo" is another enchanting incarnation of the band's impossible to define brand of global roots music. The album's wildest moment comes from the roaring off-road, big-band joy-ride "Rinoceronte Blues" with hillbilly harmonica, soulful organ stabs, and soaring horn arrangements, further highlighting the depths of Nomade Orquestra's endless span of influences. With Gilles Peterson singing their praise and rave reviews from the likes of Wax Poetics, Record Collector, and Songlines, Nomade Orquestra's self-titled debut album (FARO 189CD/LP, 2015) launched them from their humble beginnings to international recognition. They also embarked on their first tour outside of Brazil.

$12.99 EAN: 5060211503474 WORLD

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TORCINOVICH, MATTEO: Buy Or Die! Ralph Records Artworks 1972-2015 Book (GF 77006BK)

Goodfellas present Buy Or Die! Ralph Records Artworks 1972-2015, the first ever book of its kind on the history of the artwork of The Residents and their label Ralph Records. The life of Ralph Records and The Residents has always been cloaked in obscure mysteries, woven by the anonymous Cryptic Corporation, around which many luminaries have revolved; painters, graphic artists, cartoonists, musicians, film-makers, and writers. All have been channeled together by a powerful creative synergy that helped champion a new, mercurial and thoroughly multi-faceted artifact. Buy Or Die!, for the very first time, brings together a collection of images that represented the sounds of Ralph from 1972 to the present. A historical journey that traces the path of one of the most innovative record labels of the last fifty years. A collection of original, rare, and remarkable images drawn from record covers, fan catalogs, posters, and a wide variety of promotional material, demonstrating the technological and stylistic adaptations undergone through the arc of half a century. 400-page color book in English and Italian.

$39.60 EAN: 9788899770068 Misc

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SQUADRA OMEGA: Materia Oscura LP (GRA 003LP)

Squadra Omega represents the vast spectrum of the Italian underground. Psychedelic, avant-garde, jazz-rock, improvisation, kraut-rock, rock in opposition, and ethno-tribalism blend seamlessly into the work of a collective that moves and expands, depending on the urgency of the moment, focused around a core that rotates around the two members OmegaMatt and OmegaG8. In the band's wide discography, you'll find compositional freedom, improvised jam-sessions, and an amplitude of references, all of which move between different spaces and times. Materia Oscura ("dark matter") offers a glimpse at the same time the soil of the "rock" matter as well as the alien, seen from multiple points of view, neighbors, and materials, distant and mysterious. Three tracks that stretch their eyes at the Orient or Africa, as well as into the depths of the cosmos, landing on the side of the art-rock of the '70s and towards some psychedelic, visionary, cinematic drives that explode into a real ecstatic trip. Inputs from Coltrane, Canterburian jazz-rock, Grateful Dead, and synthy-space views are melted into free-form landings until they discover their own personal form of prog. Different universes collide and coexist in the band in a constant mutation, maintaining faith in one single ideal: "music for the third eye". The album comes in a thick carton cover with a central hole.

$17.79 EAN: 8055323520812 ROCK

A1. Massa Mancante
A2. Mondo-Brana
B1. Le Oscillazioni Dell'universo Giovane

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FAKE LAUGH: Fake Laugh LP (HEADCOUNT 051LP)

LP version. Whilst perpetually in tune with the digital disconnect of contemporary life, Fake Laugh's self-titled album is a vivid rummage through sixties US-pop standards and British alternative stalwarts. Fake Laugh showcases a familiar world of love, confusion, and self-questioning, refocused through the bright lens of the London/Berlin based artist Kamran Khan. Tirelessly writing and recording whenever he can, a busy 2016 saw Khan release the energetic Ice EP, the bubbly trepidation of double A side with Mind Tricks/Birdsong Lullaby, and the more complex and serene Great Ideas EP (2016). All three were important steps towards manifesting the right combination for this eagerly anticipated debut. Khan confesses that once upon a time, Fake Laugh was "a bit of fun on the side". However, now with the project his sole focus, there's a revitalized commitment to recording that has seen him finishing the album in 2017. Reuniting once again with producer Theo Verney (Traams, O.Chapman) in Brighton, Khan has brought the intimacy of his bedroom and added it to a more luscious environment. Certain parts of the record date as far back as 2013, whilst others were recorded only just months before the album's release. The result is a record that flows with a wise but youthful abandon. Echoing latter Belle & Sebastian records -- that retained their adolescent flare and longing -- Khan has fortified his dreams rather than forgotten them.

$20.99 EAN: 5024545784916 ROCK

01. Melt
02. Short Of Breath
03. Kinda Girl
04. As I Get To Know You Better
05. Hiding Place
06. Freely
07. You Would Find Out
08. Wouldn't Bother
09. Physical
10. You Do Know
11. Time To Die

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REBOLLEDO: Mondo Re-Alterado 3LP (HIPPIE 010LP)

Triple LP version. Includes download code. Following 2016's much-acclaimed solo album Mondo Alterado (HIPPIE 008CD/LP), original Pachanga Boy and Hippie Dance mentor Rebolledo returns to the limelight with the jam-packed Mondo Re-Alterado, tapping into his vast and varied network of friends and fellow soundsmiths. Artists such as Superpitcher, DJ Tennis, Maceo Plex, Red Axes, Fango, or Fantastic Twins deliver stunning takes on Rebolledo's unique signature sound, creating a full suite of exclusive remixes, cover versions, and reinterpretations. From the super-energetic club rumblings of Maceo Plex's "Discótico Pléxico" to DJ Tennis's dreamy "Pimiento Drive Version" of "A Numb Gas To The Future" or Fantastic Twins' party bomb "Fantastic Pow Pow", the journey through Mondo Re-Alterado is full of twists and turns -- a world where an epic, cinematic soundscape such as Superpicher's "Rainboy Super Space" sits comfortably alongside the claustrophobic, punishing banger that Fango sculpted from stand-out cut "Pow Pow". Meanwhile, Red Axes turn the casual narrative of "Life Is Strange, Life Is Hard, Life Is Great" into a bouncing workout -- a great companion piece to "WANT", Danny Daze and Shokh's propulsive, jagged dub version of "Fears Come True". Other highlights include Jörg Burger aka The Black Frame with the lush "Black Rainbow Woman", Paulor's country rock extravaganza "Discótico Desértico" and not one, but two excellent contributions from former Italians Do It Better honcho Mike Simonetti. It's a magical, surprising ride that finds beauty in contrasts -- while staying tuned to Rebolledo's spirit of adventure and powerful sense of style.

$29.59 UPC: 880319823435 ELECTRONIC

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ULTRA SATAN: USA/USB 7" (HNR 020EP)

Ultra Satan works with the concept of "More is More" and with that principal, they capture the zeitgeist of over consumption, global warming, and skewed resource allocation. The music presents one part of the whole ambition of this group, and is the strongest sounding source right now. But the more long-going plans of this collective, band, or whatever you want to call it, is by secret networks to connect all the freaks who also sense that the end of the world as we know it will come to an end sooner than later.

$6.99 EAN: 7071245383152 ROCK

FAIRPLAY, TIMOTHY J.: Mindfighter EP 12" (HNRUK 004EP)

The feeling of full control characterizes every second of Timothy J. Fairplay's Mindfighter EP, his second release on Höga Nord Rekords. T.J.F picks up influences from everywhere and creates a unique sound: house, techno, electro, kraut, and psychedelia. Drips of discrete and contrasting nuances colors hypnotic grooves and creates the effect of double exposition, like on "Jennifer Has Some Strange Ideas", a love affair between hi-fi and lo-fi. In "Nightmare City", the melodies are reminiscent of horror soundtracks by John Carpenter or Fabio Frizzi. The craftsmanship is undoubted on this trip into a dystopic Europe, a not so distant future.

$8.99 EAN: 7071245217877 ELECTRONIC

01. Mindfighter
02. Nightmare City
03. Lost In The Mirror Maze
04. Jennifer Has Some Strange Ideas

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ROMBOY & DORTMUNDER PHILHARMONIKER, MARC: Reconstructing Debussy 2LP (HYPE 004LP)

Double LP version. Includes download code. Claude Debussy (1862-1918) was one of the most popular and forward-thinking composers associated with impressionist music. His innovative and at this time new way to compose music with non-traditional scales and chromaticism inspired countless artists from the likes of Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Miles Davis, and Herbie Hancock. Remarkable attributes of his music include the usage of parallel chords, bitonality, and the many compositions using whole-tone and pentatonic scales, all of which are reminiscent of contemporary electronic music where you hardly find limits or boundaries when it comes to traditional, harmonic sounding scale tone music. After studying countless composers of the last centuries, Marc Romboy decided to accept the challenge to edit, remix, and reconstruct several works of his favorite French composer, ranging from "La Mer" to "Prélude À L'Après-Midi D'Un Faune". Romboy on Debussy: "One sentence of Debussy impressed me a lot when he said that he simply intents to write new sounding music. This is and has been exactly my goal, to create kind of unheard sounds." On the album, Romboy performs together with the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra, the renowned conductor Ingo-Martin Stadtmüller, the well-respected Düsseldorf based concert master Miki Kekenj, and sound programmer Ali Khalaj. The recordings were directed December 12th, 2016. It's the first live recording ever released on an album where electronic sounds and classical components are merged in such manner. Mastered by Steffen Müller. Includes dropcard with download code; High grade artwork and packaging by FELD, Berlin.

$19.79 UPC: 880319868634 ELECTRONIC

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LTO: Storybook LP (INJA 006LP)

LTO is a member of mysterious electronic collective Old Apparatus. Their music -- anonymous, dark, ghostly, subterranean -- was reminiscent of garage and grime scenes, but sheened with a nocturnal miasma and a fierce intellect. Acclaim for Old Apparatus is widespread, with very positive reviews coming from The Wire, Dummy Mag, The Quietus, Gilles Peterson, among plenty more. Storybook combines gentle, dulcet synthesis with deep percussive lines, piano dexterity, and alien-landscape sound-design, softly echoing in-and-out of the space, like Katie Gately remixed into Brian Eno's ambient records, or the poise of Max Richter filtered through Chris Clark's production lens. It has fluidity and elasticity, a human-ness that enwraps the mechanical parts. A highly accomplished pianist (indeed, a piano teacher in his civilian life), LTO's astute musicality is the foundation stone beneath the magic and abstractions of Storybook. 180 gram vinyl.

$16.99 EAN: 5070000100326 ELECTRONIC

Side A
01. Change
02. Tape Loops
03. Enchantment
04. Rise
Side B
05. Storybook
06. When
07. Partners
08. Moment
09. Moment

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OCTUAL: Untold Places EP 12" (JT 015EP)

The next EP on Just This comes from Octual, an established figure on the Dutch underground techno circuit. His third release to date is an exploration in melody and beat composition -- a journey through uncharted territory. "Jupiter's Moon" presents a fleeting view of different landscapes -- claps and hi-hats depict the lights and shadows of a sublunary word. "Untold Places" reaches an otherworldly place where rhythm and meter counteract each other and obscure sounds sway us in and out of reality. Amsterdam based electronic pioneer Sterac provides two remixes, analyzing and repurposing the molecular details of Octual's productions.

$8.99 UPC: 880319863516 ELECTRONIC

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SEBASTOPOL: Gahalowood 12" (KOM 366EP)

French sound-smith Sebastien Bouchet returns to Kompakt under his new moniker Sebastopol. Gahalowood seamlessly merges Bouchet's leftfield sensibilities and unlikely riffs with a strong dancefloor drive. "Gahalowood" gets things off the launch pad quickly, thanks to its stoic kick drum and surging synths -- the vocals evolve from atmospheric swabs of texture to full-blown early '80s new wave mumble-core. "Flash Pool" deploys an intimate groove with whispering upfront, but takes an unexpected turn into psychedelic cowbell territory with feral bleeps and growing hooklines. "Heaven" presents a comparatively straightforward house arc, while still sniffing out some trippy goodness.

$8.99 UPC: 880319824517 ELECTRONIC

Side A
01. Gahalowood
Side B
02. Flash Pool
03. Heaven

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DAVIS: Perle 12" (PLAYRJC 046EP)

The debut single by Davis on Live At Robert Johnson, titled Perle.

$8.99 UPC: 880319868818 ELECTRONIC

Side A
01. Metal Clouds
02. Perle
Side B
03. Reverse Fault
04. Plenitude

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NACHT'RAUM/BANDE BERNE CREMATOIRE: Expanded 1982-1984 LP (MNQ 096LP)

Mannequin Records present an LP compilation of Michael Antener's (Swamp Terrorist) early '80s minimal synth/industrial projects Nacht'Raum (with Michael Stämpfli) and his solo project Bande Berne Crematoire. Heavily influenced by the works of SPK and Nocturnal Emissions, Michael Antener made his first recordings in the basement of his parents' house in a small village nearby Bern, Utzensdorf. He started BBC in 1980, a hybrid of Neue Deutsch Welle and noise/experimental, making a household name in the international home recording scene of the time and participating to many tape compilations. Teaming up with Michael Stämpfli as Nacht'Raum, he self-released the untitled mini-LP in 1983. Coming out from the same town of Grauzone, the duo moved into the darkest minimal electronic sounds, choosing German as main language for the lyrics and a Roland TR-808 as main drum machine, bringing the sound to a proto-electro dimension. Nacth'Raum is a real gem in '80s Swiss underground electronic music, together with Mittageisen, Grauzone, LiLiPut, and The Vyllies. Michael, by the way, later teamed up with Ane Hebeisen. They went by the name of Swamp Terrorists, releasing seven albums and touring throughout the world until the end of the '90s. At the end of the '90s, he sold all of his instruments and became an independent graphic artist. Mastered by Rude 666. Includes two inserts; Edition of 500.

$14.39 UPC: 769791966789 ELECTRONIC

POLICE DES MOEURS: Dedales LP (MNQ 110LP)

Montréal synth pop band Police Des Moeurs are one of the finest and rawest bands in the minimal synth/wave and cold wave scene. Dédales, their third full-length album, keeps the pure energy of their previous efforts while leaving greater room for atmospheric and textural considerations. Dédales leads you into the passage zone between civilization and wilderness, a mysterious place where truth, lies, light, and darkness collide. For fans of New Order, Martin Dupont, Rational Youth, Xeno & Oaklander. Mastering by Rude 66; Graphic design by Alessandro Adriani. Edition of 500.

$14.39 UPC: 769791966796 ELECTRONIC