Forced Exposure Store Update

FORCED EXPOSURE STORE UPDATE

NEW RELEASES FOR THE WEEK OF 08/28/2017

first section features releases in stock now and ready to be shipped as of MON 08/28/2017

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

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DAVIS, RICHARD: Safety Net EP 12" (ACC 003EP)

Richard Davis is a gentleman with a proper musical history moving from London to Berlin in the late '90s and having some spectacular releases under his belt as a producer, composer, and a singer. As a vocalist, Richard has collaborated with, among others, Swayzak, Trentemøller, and Bomb The Bass. On Safety Net EP, he turns his composing skills back to the future and his voice and songs sound like post new wave meets 1980s Scott Walker. Alongside fantastic remixes by Hamburg's Ada, as well as Norwegian Berlin dude Jarle Bråthen, this EP is a masterful piece of modern pop music.

$9.79 EAN: 4260544820564 ELECTRONIC

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MEANIES, THE: Televolution LP (BANG 090LP)

Bang! Records present the first vinyl edition of The Meanies' Televolution, originally released on CD in 1994. Australian legends of grunge punk pop did their only release in USA back in the early '90s and, as if could be done another way, it was released in Seattle, land of their friends Mudhoney, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc. This release was only available on CD. Now for the first time, this album is released on vinyl, remastered in order to get The Meanies' most brutal sound and essence. This is a must have album for all fans of Australian underground and American grunge. 150 gram vinyl; Edition of 500.

$17.79 EAN: 8435008888749 ROCK

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KLYNE: Klyne LP+CD (BEC 5156993)

Klyne, the pop duo from the Netherlands, present their self-titled debut album. Klyne first caught everyone's attention with their critically-acclaimed debut EP Paralyzed on Aesop Label (2015), as well as their debut remix, a rework of Disclosure's "Omen", featuring Sam Smith, before signing to Because Music and going on to release the 12" Water Flow (BEC 5156679, 2017). Both "Don't Stop" and "Water Flow" hit the #1 spot on Hype Machine whilst garnering support from i-D, Pigeons & Planes, The Fader, and Noisey, as well as receiving airplay support from BBC R1, 1Xtra, 6 Music, and Beats1. Includes CD.

$16.39 EAN: 5060421569932 ELECTRONIC

LIDO: Everything 2LP (BEC 5543069)

For someone who went from growing up in a secluded Norwegian forest to producing for some of the biggest hip-hop and pop megastars on the planet, Peder Losnegård has had quite the journey. It was through a series of remixes that Lido catapulted into the sets of the most high-profile DJs around the globe, capturing the ears of numerous notable tastemakers. Reworking acts like Disclosure and Bill Withers, the producer set the internet ablaze with talk of his four-note piano tag and speculation as to who was underneath the moniker. His playful, restless musicality saw him adopt an array of aliases -- but he'll keep those under wraps for now. Debuting with 2014's I Love You EP (BEC 5161926), followed by the Superspeed EP (2015), and remixes of Banks, Alt-J, and MØ, Lido's anti-formulaic style emerged. His tracks bounce from one idea to another voraciously, but always with that clear Lido stamp. You don't just get a drum and a bassline on a track of his; you're more likely to get an entire string or brass section that elevates his sound to cinematic heights. Comes on black-and-blue splattered LPs; Comes in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner-sleeves.

$19.79 EAN: 5060525430695 ELECTRONIC

A1. Catharsis
A2. Murder
A3. Dye
B1. So Cold
B2. Crazy
B3. Falling Down
B4. Citi Bike
C1. Only One
C2. You Lost Your Keys
D1. Angel
D2. Tell Me How To Feel

GROSSKOPF, HARALD: Synthesist LP (BB 158LP)

Repressed; LP version. "Harald Grosskopf was in his early twenties when LSD 'blew [his] reality away,' as he recalls. Born in Hildesheim in 1949, he had previously drummed in fairly conventional rock bands, most recently for Wallenstein. Their label-boss Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser was fond of facilitating jam sessions for musicians on his Ohr und Pilz label, often supplying his 'cosmic couriers' with LSD (unbeknown to them, on occasion). In one such session, the drug inspired something of an epiphany in Grosskopf: 'There I was playing the drums when, in the midst of my euphoria, I realized that I had been imitating other drummers. Suddenly a voice spoke to me: stop trying to sound like Billy Cobham or Ginger Baker. From that moment on I felt liberated, free to drum without having to shine in a particular role.' Having discovered his own musical identity, Harald Grosskopf understood that a standard rock combo was not the ideal conduit through which to express it. Grosskopf: 'I was completely in thrall to electronic music and the total freedom that it offered. This was the music I wanted to create. I knew it would be a success, the energy levels were so high.' Grosskopf consequently left Wallenstein. 'I fell into a hole at first, wondering what I was going to do. So I sold my prized drum kit and used the money to buy a guitar, amp and echo device.' A few days later, the doorbell rang. It was Manuel Göttsching, on his way back to Berlin from a tour of France. They knew each other from Berlin's electronic scene and recording sessions for the likes of Ash Ra Tempel. Göttsching invited Grosskopf to sign up for his new project Ashra and the rest is history: Ashra (Grosskopf, Gottsching, Lutz Ulbrich alias Luul) released a series of successful albums in the years that followed. It was not until the summer of 1979, however, that he finally felt ready to release a solo album. Synthesist comprises eight instrumentals, recorded largely by Grosskopf on his own. His melodies, carried along by synthesizers and drums, were reminiscent of works by Berlin electronic friends such as Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream, as well as those 'cosmic' sessions of the early 1970s -- yet each melody retains a unique timbre. Synthesist is thus regarded as a classic by electronic music enthusiasts all over the world, evoking a thrilling musical era of the past with equal capacity to excite today." --Christoph Dallach

$15.79 EAN: 4047179829014 ELECTRONIC

CLUSTER: Konzerte 1972/1977 LP+CD (BB 240LP)

Repressed; LP version with CD. The two authorized recordings presented on Konzerte 1972/1977 vividly conjure up the atmosphere, perhaps even the magic, of a Cluster performance back in the day. One took place in 1977 during a science fiction festival in Metz (France). The other dates back to an earlier show in Hamburg's Fabrik venue. Cluster played three gigs in the city in 1971/1972, including the one partially included on 1972's Cluster II (LR 335LP). Cluster shows routinely lasted six hours or more, luring both the band and the audience into a state of intoxication, no doubt acutely enhanced by the intake of certain substances. The buzzwords of the moment were: psychedelic, magical, ritualistic, corresponding more or less to the Dionysian hedonism which pervades certain styles of contemporary music culture today. It is worth noting this context as useful background when listening to the live recordings presented here. In the beginning, Cluster's music was rough, brutal, and spontaneous, created with the most rudimentary tools. Unlike many of their colleagues in this pioneering age, Cluster did not use any synthesizers, sequencers, or high-end amps. But this proved to be their strength, rather than a disadvantage. Roedelius and Moebius played in the truest sense of the word, untroubled by mechanical processes. They used their machines but were not dependent on them. Intuition was the dominant force, the risk of potential failure was readily understood to be as much a part of their vibrant art as success. Perfection had become a concept associated with convention. Indeed, anyone who was lucky enough to witness Cluster play in the 1970s will testify that things sometimes went badly wrong. But mostly they did not, and then the real magic was tangible. A utopian, previously undiscovered world of sound was created in the presence of the beholder. The sound quality of these two documents is average. A successful performance was considered more important than a perfect recording thereof. As listeners, this should be accepted today. Konzerte 1972/1977 provides a short journey into the nascent heart of Cluster's creative universe, just after the big bang.

$15.79 EAN: 4015698004694 ELECTRONIC

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ARMSTRONG/SCOTT FRASER, CRAIG: Rosa Morta LP (CMAR 001LP)

The first vinyl edition of Craig Armstrong and Scott Fraser's Rosa Morta, released on CD in 2016 (CMAR 001CD). From the outset, Craig Armstrong and Scott Fraser decided their collaboration would be based on an electronic aesthetic: "We intentionally limited ourselves almost entirely to using vintage synthesizers, modern hardware synths and soft synths. The use of electronic bass and piano were the only exception to this rule. As a composer who regularly works with orchestras this was of course liberating and fun. Out of mutual fascination with early synthesizers from a young age this was often the catalyst for the beginning of each track. Each track was composed within one day often without much change thereafter. This gives the tracks an improvised feel. We also gave no limitation to the length of the tracks; they are as long as felt necessary or as short as they demanded. The direct melodic and immediacy of impact was purely the result of each working day and what felt right at the time. Musically we are influenced by electronic music from throughout the decade but only subconsciously after a lifetime of listening and playing. As composers, we have written in several genres and feel all musicians should feel free to express themselves whether in the abstract, tonal, experimental, song improvisation etc." Two tracks were used in the soundtrack to Peter Mullan's 2010 film NEDS, a film about gang culture in the 1970s in Glasgow. Includes download code.

$13.79 UPC: 880918228204 ELECTRONIC

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NASTIA & EINZELKIND: In The Mix: Cocoon Ibiza (2017) 2CD (CORMIX 056CD)

The annual Cocoon Ibiza mix is back with another bang with the essential 2017 edition mixed by two top talents, Nastia and Einzelkind. Nastia is one of the hottest DJs in the world right now. The Ukrainian is headlining clubs and festivals around the globe and showcasing not only great technical skills, but also a real breadth and depth of techno knowledge. Focusing on DJing rather than production, Nastia has also run her own festival, Strichka, and has been resident at key clubs Arma17, Fuse, and Ampere. As such she is a perfect fit for this job. Kicking off with vital veterans 100 Hz, she wastes no time in getting down to a thumping, jazz-tinged groove. From there, techno pioneers like Luke Slater sit next to d&b don Calibre and Detroit legends like Terrence Dixon. The resulting mix is tight and cohesive, and journeys through acid, jacking drum tracks, and driving stuff that never lets up. Taking care of the second disc is Einzelkind, the German who runs three labels including JAX and Pressure Traxx, and for more than a decade has been releasing on Get Physical, Playhouse, and Cécille, amongst others. He is a no-nonsense DJ who has played the likes of fabric and Space, and as such, has helped put his hometown of Frankfurt on the underground dance map. His selections call upon plenty of his own tracks, both solo and produced, with the likes of Ricardo Villalobos, Robin Scholz, and Markus Fix. The resulting 70-odd minute mix is more stripped back and cerebral than the first. It is always married to a slick underlying groove and is embellished with minimal synths and brain-melting pads that work perfectly in the late night and freaky hours in the club. Always keeping you on your toes, it ducks and dives, bobs and weaves in fluid fashion, and is a nice heady yin to the more physical yang of disc one. Once again, both of these mixes embody what it is to head to the legendary Cocoon party at Amnesia each Monday of an Ibiza summer. Also features: Theorem, Plastic, Slam, Sanasol, Bernard Badie, Oscar Schubaq, Kuniyuki Takahashi, Cobblestone Jazz, Pacou, Present Perfect, Differ-Ent, DJ Bone, John Daly, Implosive Inc., Hot City Orchestra, Charlotte T., and Rhythm Factory.

$13.79 EAN: 4260038317105 ELECTRONIC

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MCPHEE, JOE: Cosmic Love 7" (CVSD 001EP)

2014 release. Joe McPhee on seven inches of pure loving vinyl. Features two versions of the 1970 classic "Cosmic Love". McPhee rocking the cosmic wavelength on space organ and tenor sax. Recorded in Poughkeepsie, NY, 1970; Produced by John Corbett; Vinyl project coordinated by Marc Bonadies. Cover artwork by Dick Higgins. 33 1/3 rpm.

$5.79 UPC: 701017953968 JAZZ

A1. Cosmic Love (5:58)
B1. Cosmic Love Number Two (5:49)

PREHN QUARTET, TOM: Axiom CD (CVSD 019CD)

2015 release. A reissue of arguably the rarest LP of European free jazz, Axiom, recorded in 1963 for the Swedish label Sonet. Test pressings were released to the musicians, but they were not approved and the label never printed more than the two first copies. Tom Prehn's music, which is exclusively known from a 1967 release that was reissued on the Unheard Music Series, is not only impossibly uncommon, it is also exceptionally wonderful, featuring an extended tenor saxophone solo by Frits Krogh that is clearly influenced by Sonny Rollins but has a unique character. The rhythm section is deep into non-metrical time, something unusual in a European context before 1965, and comparisons to Cecil Taylor are valid, though Prehn's playing has little in common with the American master, exploring chords and clusters rather than linear runs. The two tracks of the original LP, mastered from both extant copies of the test master, are augmented by a single track from 1966, never before released. Personnel: Frits Krogh - tenor saxophone; Tom Prehn - piano; Poul Ehlers - bass; Finn Slumstrup - drums. Recorded in Copenhagen, October 13th, 1963. Mastered at Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, January 2015. Produced by John Corbett.

$10.99 UPC: 701017953906 JAZZ

BROTZMANN/VAN HOVE/BENNINK: 1971 CD (CVSD 020CD)

2015 release. Recorded at the height of their powers as the leading free jazz trio in Europe, 1971 includes some of the hottest and heaviest music ever made by Peter Brötzmann, starting with an inflammatory, incandescent 26-minute live track recorded at the New Jazz Meeting auf Burg Altena. Only available on a nearly-impossible-to-find LP sampler issued at the time by the festival, this marks the first appearance of "Just for Altena" on CD. Two more tracks come from pristine studio recordings made shortly before the festival, and they show an entirely different side of the trio, with delicate and harmonically intricate work by the Belgian pianist Fred Van Hove and typically wide ranging and mondo offerings from Han Bennink, at the time when the Dutch percussionist was using a huge, ragtag setup with metallic flotsam and jetsam augmenting his traditional kit. Cover image and design by Peter Brötzmann. Mastered at Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, August, 2014; Produced by John Corbett.

$10.99 UPC: 701017953913 JAZZ

MCPHEE, JOE: Alone Together CD (CVSD 021CD)

2015 release. In his upstate New York secret laboratory, home-based in Poughkeepsie, Joe McPhee diligently documented his activities throughout the '70s, with the help of Craig Johnson, the producer who started CjRecord Productions as an outlet for McPhee's music. Among the unreleased tapes waxed in that span, Alone Together is unique and especially beautiful. Like Sound On Sound (CVSD 005CD, 2010), these recordings make use of multitrack recording, overdubbing McPhee upon McPhee, however where those earlier recordings had an experimental tendency, the Alone Together tracks were more compositional in nature, allowing the multi-instrumentalist to build and sculpt each piece, creating complete wind ensembles one track at a time. In 1974 and then again in a longer session in 1979, McPhee recorded in concise solo, duo, and trio contexts, and in more extensive brass and reed quartets -- all McPhee, all the time. Going head-to-head with the best of the saxophone foursomes of the era, McPhee is a one-man-World Saxophone Quartet, his probing investigations and lyrical statements as incisive and insightful as those of his best-known recordings. McPhee's own enthusiasm for these never-before-heard recordings betrays their significance in his large and ever-mounting discography. Corbett Vs. finally make them available. Recorded by Craig Johnson in Poughkeepsie, New York, from 1974-1979. Cover photograph by Christina Ramberg, Remastered at Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, in 2014. c. 1974, courtesy of the Estate of Christina Ramberg and Corbett vs. Dempsey; Produced by John Corbett.

$10.99 UPC: 701017953920 JAZZ

LYONS, JIMMY: Push Pull 2CD (CVSD 022CD)

2016 release. A reissue of Jimmy Lyons's Push Pull, originally released on Hat Hut Records in 1979. Long known as Cecil Taylor's most reliable and loyal colleague, alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons has a select discography as a leader, and among its best entries is Push Pull, originally issued by Hat Hut Records as a massive three LP set. Recorded during a single marathon performance at the Collective for Living Cinema in New York in 1978, Push Pull features five extended pieces, all by Lyons, with his working quintet that included his wife Karen Borca on bassoon, Hayes Burnett on bass, Munner Bernard Fennell on cello, and Roger Blank on drums. Jolting, quicksilver free jazz with terse themes and brilliant interplay, the music is quintessential Lyons -- searching, pliant, and sincere. Remastered from the original tapes, this first reissue of Push Pull compiles the original tracks -- two of which were split to accommodate the 20-minute limit of LP -- into their original full-length, fitting the whole program onto two CDs, lovingly repackaged featuring the original Klaus Baumgärtner cover. Recorded by Karen Borca on May 6, 1978 at the Collective for Living Cinema in New York. Photos by Ken Brunton and H.L. Lindenmaier; Cover by Klaus Baumgärtner. Remastered at Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, 2015; Tapes transferred at Chicago Mastering Service, 2015; Reissue produced by John Corbett.

$13.79 UPC: 701017954033 JAZZ

Disc 1

01. Mary Mary
02. After You Left

Disc 2

01. Tortuga
02. Push Pull
03. Breakout

HARDE, STAFFAN: Staffan Harde CD (CVSD 024CD)

2015 release. A reissue of Staffan Harde's self-titled album, originally released on Svenska Jazzriksförbunded Records (SJR) in 1972. Based on the tiny Swedish fishing island of Smogen, guitarist Staffan Harde created a wholly unique and wondrous approach to his instrument, documented assiduously on hand-made reel-to-reel tapes and this lone LP from 1972, which features Harde solo and with small groups. His accomplices included pianist Lars Sjösten, bassist Lars-Urban Helje, and the acclaimed percussionist Bengt Berger, one of Don Cherry's close associates. The music presented on this extremely rare record is unusually singular. With an unadorned guitar tone, simple and straightforward, and low action, Harde's slinky, spidery runs and knotty, weirdly shaped chords have a surprisingly fresh sound four decades after he recorded them, with heavy chromaticism and a defiant rhythmic freedom. Basically unknown since this lone release, which he thought would gain more traction than it did, Harde retreated to work in a bakery on the island. A testament to both his strangeness and his brilliance, the eponymous LP has never before been reissued. Corbett Vs. Dempsey worked with Harde's family and saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, a huge Harde fan who lovingly produced the CD reissue for Corbett Vs. Dempsey. Photography by Björn Lindelöw. Remastered at Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, 2015; Produced by Mats Gustafsson and John Corbett.

$10.99 UPC: 701017953937 JAZZ

SMITH, WADADA LEO: Red Chrysanthemums: Solos 1977 CD (CVSD 025CD)

2015 release. On the occasion of improviser and composer Wadada Leo Smith's exhibition Ankhrasmation: The Language Scores, 1967-2015 at Chicago's Renaissance Society, Corbett Vs. Dempsey present Red Chrysanthemums, a previously unreleased live recording of solo performances by Smith, documented in Los Angeles in December of 1977. Three adventurous, spacious tracks that feature Smith's unique and innovative trumpet, as well as percussion, tuned percussion, and flute, all captured as Smith was in the process of confirming his place in the pantheon of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians greats. A candid snapshot of one of the most vital musicians to extend the jazz tradition, testing his craft and artistry with a bright, pure-toned sensibility and deeply soulful melodic imagination. Personnel: Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet, flugelhorn, flute, steelophone, percussion, gongs. Recorded in Los Angeles by Lee Kaplan in December of 1977.

$9.79 UPC: 701017953944 JAZZ

CALVIN AND DEVIN JOHNSTON, BRIAN: Some Hours CD (CVSD 026CD)

2016 release. At the end of his time in Chicago, in 1999, Brian Calvin recorded a batch of new songs with poet Devin Johnston. Designed to be an album, mostly recorded and mixed by Jim O'Rourke, who also plays bass and contributes background vocals on some cuts, they were never released, languishing in the vaults for almost two decades. Calvin and Johnston had both been members of USA, the band that recorded an LP and an EP for Drag City in the two years before this music was recorded. On the occasion of The Meditations (2016), Calvin's retrospective survey of the Chicago years, he and Johnston returned to the music and selected the keepers for a wonderful five-song CD EP titled Some Hours. Sparse and beautifully arranged, funny and poignant, they recall a time when people were debating the Windy City's role in "post-rock" and folk-infused singing, and songwriting was melding with all sorts of other musical input, from Vandermark to Van Dyke Parks. "Noon", "March And April", "All We Know So Far", and "Three Walls" were recorded and mixed by Jim O'Rourke in Chicago, March 1999; "Goodbye" was recorded and mixed by Paul Oldham in Shelbyville, Kentucky, July 1999. All tracks were mastered by Konrad Strauss. Drawing by Brian Calvin.

$9.79 UPC: 701017953951 ROCK

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WILSON, PHILLIP: Esoteric CD (CVSD 027CD)

2016 release. The first ever reissue of Phillip Wilson's Esoteric, originally released on Hat Hut Records in 1979. In November 1977 and May 1978, months before drummer Phillip Wilson recorded his great LP Duet with trumpeter Lester Bowie for the Improvising Artists Inc. label (1978), Wilson hit the studio for Esoteric, a recording of solos and duets with cornetist Olu Dara. Wilson (1941-1992) was one of the key percussionists in creative music, the Art Ensemble of Chicago's early trapsman, one third of the fusion band Full Moon, and an all-around fountain of invention and sensitivity. In addition to his work in the jazz and improvised music realms, he was a member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and did session work for Stax Records in the '70s. The little known LP Esoteric, which was issued on Hat Hut Records as their twelfth release, finds Wilson in an extremely intimate mode, sometimes exploring the sonority of his kit, sometimes extrapolating on a beat, and on several tracks working with his comrade Olu Dara, one of the great figures of the loft era and a wonderfully polymath musician. Together they conjure more than an avant-garde drum and bugle corps, Wilson's decisive touch and Dara's exploratory voice stretching all the way out on three dedications to Mr. Bowie. A rare taste of what the masterful Wilson does in the driver's seat, Esoteric has been remastered from the original tapes and features Klaus Baumgärtner's original cover design. Personnel: Phillip Wilson - percussion; Olu Dara - trumpet, horn (serpent). Recorded in Paris by Jef Gilson, from 1977-1978. Photo by Thierry Trombert. Production coordination by Craig Johnson of CjR Productions; Remastered by Alex Inglizian at Experimental Sound Studio, 2015; CD reissue produced by John Corbett.

$10.99 UPC: 701017953975 JAZZ

KLANKEN: Vier/Vijf 12" (DEEWEE 024EP)

Klanken are two Belgian brothers. Klanken by name. Klanken by nature. "Vier" is motorik. Highway engine sounds over rumbling bass. "Vijf" kicks. LFO gone Benelux. These two tracks are the sound of new beat reinvented from its Belgian home. Metallic machine sound for dancefloors and heads. Sleeve design by Ill Studio, Paris.

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Side A
01. Vier
Side B
02. Vijf

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LOWE, ROBERT AIKI AUBREY: Levitation Praxis Pt 4 LP (DDS 025LP)

Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe's incredible experiments with Harry Bertoia's sound sculptures are here documented on this beautiful new edition for Demdike Stare's DDS imprint, coinciding with his appearance on Semtember 2017's issue of The Wire magazine. Lowe is something of a polymath; having started out as part of math rock outfit 90 Day Men and doom metal trio Om, he progressed to forge his own solo work (often under the Lichens moniker), as well as a whole slew of collaborations, including work with Johann Johannsson on scoring both Arrival (2016) and Sicario (2015), an acclaimed album with Ariel Kalma for RVNG Intl's FRKWYS series, plus active involvement in site-specific video art and sound installations. His most recent work under his own name has seen him release diverse music for Type, Latency, More Than Human, and, of course, DDS who have, with this album, presented what might just be the most beautiful Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe artefact thus far. In 2016, Lowe was commissioned by New York's museum of Arts and Design to contribute to a Harry Bertoia exhibition, which he undertook alongside video director Johann Rashid. He was asked to create sound recordings with Sonambient sculptures; metal rods and gongs that produce highly distinct, resonant sounds when struck, brushed, or touched. Beginning in 1968, Bertoia set up an eighteenth-century stone barn on his property in Barto, Pennsylvania, to house these sculptures and from which he would go on to record works for his highly collectable Sonambient label, as recently documented on Important Records' breathtaking box set (IMPREC 419CD, 2016) and reissue series. Lowe was given full access to the barn, beautifully filmed footage of which can be found on YouTube. Lowe's work with these sculptures is quite unlike anything you might have heard from those original Bertoia recordings. Instead of serendipitous improvisation, Lowe weaves his way through the sculptures on a path that was mapped out in advance, imbuing them with a more "composed" and arranged feel. As well as that familiar and distinct sound palette, he subtly manipulates and feeds in vocal layers that take proceedings into ever more ethereal and haunting dimensions. Mastered and cut by Matt Colton.

$15.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC

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

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GILA: Pick Six EP 12" (DEV 001EP)

Denver's Gila debuts on Benji B's Deviation Music with Pick Six EP. Building on the territory explored on Genkidama EP (XLT 774EP, 2016), Pick Six EP sees Gila continue to toy with hard-body US rap production techniques and sound palettes. From the sino tones of fluttery opener "Swirl Suit" to booming, 808 heaters like title-track "Pick Six", this is an EP redefines the boundaries of rap-inspired club music. Gila plays with atmosphere too, none more so on ghoulish and pensive "Psycho Dabber" or the rippling "Frost On Leaf", spotlighting a deftness in and around the rougher edges of his work.

$9.79 UPC: 666017317663 ELECTRONIC

Side A
01. Swirl Suit
02. Pick Six
03. Psycho Babbler
Side B
04. Hoot Hoot
05. Frost On Leaf
06. Code Eater

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KOEHLER: Oblivious Pool 12" (ORKL 010EP)

Die Orakel present three spaced-out excursions by Koehler.

$9.79 EAN: 4260038318942 ELECTRONIC

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VA: Avant Garde Is Happening CD (DPROM 132CD)

Full title: Avant Garde Is Happening Because Collaborations Are Happening As Long As The Desire To Interact Fuels Our Hearts We Will Find Swarms That Build Moments And Space To Shelter The Worlds That We Are. Released to coincide with the re-emergence of the festival at Schiphorst, Germany to celebrate "three days of utopia". The Avantgarde Festival is the legendary gathering of experimental music and performing arts brought to life by Jean-Hervé Péron (faUSt), Carina Varain, and friends. The festival was reborn in with the help of Jeanne-Marie Varain, who grew up with the Avantgarde Festival and curated its program in 2014, and Ines and Julia (MuD, Logotorium, Krarque Jamarić) who scouted several actions at the festival in 2013 and 2014, and decided to team up and figure out a new format that supports collaboration and at the same time is able to sustain itself. The CD features exclusive material from the likes of Nurse With Wound, faUSt, Qluster, Asmus Tietchens. Also features: V!V!V!, Haricot Massacre, Giardini, Ronny Wærnes, VED, Octopus Ride, EXO//ENDO, Dieter Bornzero Bornschlegel, Psykisk Tor-Tur, Blood Oath, Friederike Jäger, and Ernsthafte Angele-Genheiten. Packaged in a heavy board, mini-LP sleeve, complete with an inner sleeve.

$10.39 EAN: 5060446121566 ELECTRONIC

MERZBOW: Hyakki Echo CD (DPROM 133CD)

Hyakki Echo is a brand new release from Merzbow and it sees a totally new direction for this true innovator. Whatever you may have expected, this will surprise and thrill. With much more of a foot in free improvisation than the more traditional psyched-out, extreme "noise" that you may have come to expect, Hyakki Echo is a masterpiece in experimental music. The format should surprise and intrigue too. One side is a three-minute piece that is a vinyl record, the other a full-length CD. The package comes with the necessary adapter you need to play the vinyl side. Artwork by Masami Akita (Merzbow). The set is packaged in a die cut digipak sleeve. Note: This disc must not be used with a "slot-in" CD player.

$15.79 EAN: 5060446121528 ELECTRONIC

CD Side:
01. Hyakki Echo Part 1
02. Hyakki Echo Part 2
03. Hyakki Echo Part 3
04. Hyakki Echo Part 4

Vinyl Side:
01. Amadare Guitar

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BOSAINA: New York April-July 2013 / Two Names Upon The Shore LP (CREP 045LP)

Collection of two thoughtful EPs by Cairo based artist Bosaina. Bosaina is a Syrian/Egyptian singer, songwriter, and producer known for her work in the Kairo Is Koming collective, as well as her involvement in music-space-turned-club-night VENT. Her autobiographical work takes on a magical insular quality through field recordings and sentimentally driven compositions that unfold in stolen time. On both EPs, presented here, her love affair with cinema, interrupted by decaying urban life -- New York April-July 2013 -- and literature -- Two Names Upon The Shore -- serve as the focal points for her intimate productions; fragmented and wistful soundscapes that combine her affection for the piano with ambient textures from sea-shore to life underground. A unique album to get lost into on long summer nights.

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01. New York, June 29th 2013
02. New York, May 30th 2013
03. New York, April 26th 2013
04. New York, July 8th 2013
05. New York, June 3rd 2013
06. New York, May 25th 2013
07. Unexpected Warmth
08. A Hundred Other Longings
09. Abalone On The Grass

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MATEO, PABLO: Fazing Tress EP 12" (DRD 003EP)

Pablo Mateo makes his debut with Dred and the hype is real. Pablo delivers two cuts of machine man house and techno. "Fazing Trees" is an emotional ride transporting spirits beyond physical worlds and deploys house music's most formidable instrument, the piano. "Free Drama" arrives with urgency and melodies that glide the dancefloor on an internal journey of light. John Osborn remixes the title track with swirling effect chains, huge kicks, and cascading pads. This release is a timeless club hit. No repress, ever.

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NILSEN, BJ: Massif Trophies LP (EMEGO 233LP)

BJNilsen is a composer and sound artist based in Amsterdam. His work primarily focuses on the sounds of nature and how they affect humans. Recent work has explored the urban acoustic realm and industrial geography in the Arctic region of Norway and Russia. His original scores and soundtracks have been featured in theater, dance performances, and film. Celebrating 27 years as a recording artist, Massif Trophies is his first solo release for Editions Mego. In 2015, he set off on a month-long hiking trip in Gran Paradiso to explore the acoustic environments in the alpine landscape. Drawn to the monotonous and physical effort that mountains and high altitudes contribute, this became one of the main inspirations for Massif Trophies, reflecting upon the perception of the landscape during several hours of physical difficulty, let alone rapid weather changes, horizontal thunderstorms, and rock avalanches. Massif Trophies is also about the scope of details and perception of the path and the myth of the mountain as the accursed or sacred place. The five pieces contain narratives based on experiences and recordings from the trip. All source material recorded in Gran Paradiso, July 2015; Engineered at Odd Phasing and Echoes, Amsterdam NL; Photography by BJNilsen. Includes download card.

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A1. Alpe Djouan
A2. Rough Grazing
A3. La Descente
B1. Eaux Rousses
B2. Camping Europa

JAEGER, KASSEL: Aster 2LP (EMEGO 235LP)

The frontier for French electroacoustic mystical music has traversed much ground since Pierre Schaeffer shuffled on the past and laid out a map without borders or designated ground. Seventy years in this land of the fried, there are a plethora of Ideas and ongoing potential coming from all corners of the globe. Inheriting the wisdom of past masters whilst forging a signature style of his own, Kassel Jaeger sits as one of the premier explorers of these unknown worlds today. Comprised recently recorded tracks, Kassel Jaeger presents a work of revisits and re-workings, one which acts as a hinge in both closing this particular chapter, whilst opening up the windows to a new sound world. In Aster, rich deep music is replete with dark ambient sonorities swirling amongst intense buzzing tones. Often chilling and ominous, this is a fearless music with abstracted corners and dynamic leverage. Unafraid to embed itself in the ongoing whirlpool of sonic progress. Jaeger's output remains a thrilling body of exploration and ongoing transformation. Photos by Ende Wieder; Design by Stephen O'Malley.

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SHIT AND SHINE: Some People Really Know How To Live LP (EMEGO 238LP)

Shit And Shine's sidestep from percussion-led bunny rabbit rock ensemble performance based glee to ultimate heavy fools of the sticky dancefloor remains one of the more inspiring turn around's in recent years. With highly acclaimed releases on Editions Mego, Diagonal, Riot Season, and others, Shit And Shine have wasted no time clearing away the rubbish whilst cutting up their own path towards giddy bass-heavy shape-shifting dance mutations. Snapping the twigs of disco, hurling clouds of exquisite dissonance, mangling modulations, boiling beats, twisting tweaks... this is a crew that will throw anything at the wall, and you. Some People Really Know How To Live presents a machine music built for the house, the street, the beat. For now, for never. In paradise, all (earlybird) tickets are free and as you face your maker it is Shit And Shine who will truly set you free. Recorded in Austin, Texas; Photography by Coco Clouse; Design by Stephen O'Malley.

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01. Behind You Back
02. Dish 2 Dish
03. Lil Wannabe Gangsta
04. Raining Horses
05. South Padre Low Life
06. Notified
07. Man Bunny
08. Blick Von Der Berg
09. Girl Close Your Eyes
10. The Crocodile

TONE, YASUNAO: AI Deviation #1, #2 CD (EMEGO 241CD)

Yasunao Tone on AI Deviation #1, #2: "I have had an idea if I apply the neural network to create my sound work for long time. When I had a performance at Centre Pompidou with Peter Rehberg and other friends I tried to talk about the idea with a French guy from IRCAM. But, he couldn't understand my idea, which by using neural network the sound I create would never have any repetitions. That was 2002 and I had to wait until 2015 when I had a grant from New York State Council on the Arts through ISSUE Project Room, then its director Lawrence Kumpf applied for my new work. The grant finally made possible for making my cherished idea, the neural network piece, reality. I had talked about the idea with Prof. Tony Myatt at Surrey University, UK and he developed the software for the piece with a team included Dr. Paul Modler. At the lab in the University a series of my performances of my MP3 Deviation were captured and used to train Kohonen Neural Networks to develop artificial intelligences that simulate my performances. Hence a birth of new piece AI Deviations. I had a premiere at ISSUE Project Room on June 9th, 2016 and the venue was more than packed and here is the performance of the piece." Recorded at ISSUE Project Room, Brooklyn, June 9th, 2016 by Bob Bellerue. Photo by Cameron Kelley; Layout by Stephen O'Malley. Mix and mastered by Russell Haswell.

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LANDSTRUMM, NEIL: Kris P Lettuce LP (EGR45 006LP)

Get ready for some true wonkiness, courtesy of Neil Landstrumm. This is techno purely for those rock-solid psyches who lack that element of the deranged, the off-kilter, and the strange -- on the dancefloor and in their own mental constitution. If you're even slightly in doubt of your sanity, stay well clear of this cut. The fact that Neil's been using Elektron instruments probably means it's even more important to have that straightjacket at the ready. Even that won't stop you from dancing, though. Neil has been making wonky techno since antiquity, hell, he's the progenitor of the genre, but what you probably didn't know is that he's also been doing graphics for Rockstar Games, the software house that brought you Grand Theft Auto.

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A1. Kris P Lettuce
A2. The Lady Spirit
B1. Heads, Knees And Toes
B2. Fresh Meat

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BOGNER, URSULA: Winkel Pong 7" (FAITICHE 015EP)

Faitiche present a new Ursula Bogner record. Winkel Pong contains three previously unreleased pieces from the archive of the sound researcher who died in 1994. In 2008, Jan Jelinek put together a first album from Bogner's tape archive, Recordings 1969-1988 (FAITICHE 001CD, 2014). A second followed in 2011, compiled this time by Andrew Pekler Sonne = Blackbox (FAITICHE 005CD, 2011). For Winkel Pong, the tape archive was passed on to Lucrecia Dalt. The Berlin-based Colombian sound artist and musician chose three tracks from the 1980s (exact dates unknown), editing the tape recordings for their release on Winkel Pong.

$6.99 UPC: 880918226927 ELECTRONIC

01. Atmosphärische Energie (3:41)
02. Winkel Pong (2:03)
03. Feldspat (2:21)

GESELLSCHAFT ZUR EMANZIPATION DES SAMPLES: Uguisubari 7" (FAITICHE 016EP)

Faitiche present the launch of its new Acoustic Surveillance Series. Each 7" vinyl single in the series presents a historical system for acoustic surveillance, beginning with Uguisubari by Jan Jelinek's field recordist pseudonym G.E.S.. The pieces feature recordings of uguisubari -- special floors in Japanese temples and castles. The nightingale floor was a popular acoustic warning system. It was very simple: when someone stepped on the floorboards, the nails holding them in place rubbed against metal clamps mounted on the underside of the boards, raising the alarm by creating a squeaking noise that resembled the chirping of the Japanese nightingale.

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01. Nijo-Jo
02. Nanzen-Ji

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DONKEY NO NO: Tandoori Chicken (The Neverending Story) Vol. 1 LP (FTR 310LP)

"Second boss LP by this bossest of Western Mass trios. Comprised of Jenifer Gelineau on violin & electronics, Omeed Goodarzi on guitar, and Edward 'Ted' Lee on bowed cymbal, Donkey No No create the sort of instrumental hallucinations you'd expect to hear in the background of a film by Jodorowsky or Arrabal. It's very cool, because they use the very instruments you'd hear in some shitty Ken Burns documentary, in order to play music that would make Ken's sallow head explode if he tried to wrap his noggin around it. With sometimes scratchy violin as the ostensible lead instrument, theoretical comparisons to old timey music are inevitable. But Donkey No No's sound is old timey only in as much as its tendrils are as timeless as smoke. Every note they generate heads in such weirdly trippy directions you can immediately suss why these guys are such a favorite of Gary Panter (king of the hippies). Much of their flow is an unstoppable lateral gush, reminiscent of mid-points in long sets by classic-if-lost Bay Area bands like Patrick Kilroy's New Age trio or Serpent Power. They create an aura that is filled with breath and light in a way that few other bands have ever mustered. It's crazy to think that because they're a new band, on a label not known for its psych releases, that it's gonna take heavy duty psych heads YEARS to find the damn thing. Only when it is no longer in print, and Feeding Tube is an empty brush warehouse once again that the big boys will figure this one out. Which gives you a chance to get a jump on these turds. So do it. If you appreciate the sound of sliding through golden portals, this record was made for you. Whether you like curry or not." --Byron Coley, 2017. Edition of 300; Silk screen fold over covers by Neil Burke.

$16.39 UPC: 752830272118 ROCK

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DOOMED BIRD OF PROVIDENCE, THE: Burrowed Into The Soft Sky LP (FANDF 046LP)

The Doomed Bird Of Providence's third album Burrowed Into The Soft Sky follows the acclaimed Will Ever Pray (2011) and Blind Mouths Eat (2013). On this occasion, they have discarded Mark Kluzek's vocals in favor of two twenty-minute instrumentals that continue Kluzek's obsessive and singular foray into early colonial history, while also being a significant departure in terms of approach. The underlying themes for each track are contrasting yet tie together via their historical context; a period where indigenous Australian belief systems and day-to-day lives were irrevocably assaulted. The song "Burrowed Into The Soft Sky" is based on a passage from Patrick White's novel Voss (1957). The book is very loosely based on the final journey through the northern regions of Australia by explorer Ludwig Leichardt. Kluzek took a passage from the book where a comet passes over and Voss, his team, and a tribe of Australian Aboriginals engage with and interpret the experience until it is "burrowed into the soft sky". "The Blood Dimmed Tide Is Loosed" takes a significantly darker turn, shining a light on a pattern of atrocity that took place in the north east of Australia at a time where a dynamic of back-and-forth, invariably initiated by colonists, took place, culminating in a "dispersal" of a tribe.

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A1. Burrowed Into The Soft Sky
B1. The Blood Dimmed Tide Is Loosed

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CHAOS U.K.: One Hundred Percent Two Fingers In The Air Punk Rock LP (HARB 159LP)

Harbinger Sound present a vinyl reissue for the long-lost and scarce UK hardcore classic, Chaos U.K.'s One Hundred Percent Two Fingers In The Air Punk Rock. Originally self-released in a very small run in 1993, original copies now command over $100 on the collectors market. This reissue collects the original material on the album, alongside tracks from that same period that were only released in Japan. This new edition was put together by the band themselves. It features an extensive collection of unseen photographs and sleeve notes, and it comes housed in a swanky gatefold sleeve. The same iconic front cover used on the original album graces this edition too. Edition of 500.

$15.79 EAN: 5023903278753 ROCK

01. Happy Spastic
02. A Swindle
03. Wall Street Crash
04. Ronnie Was A Rebel Pt 1
05. Ronnie Was A Rebel Pt 2
06. The Alcoholic
07. Secret Men
08. Government Snares
09. Edge Of A Knife
10. Lying On Your Side
11. Making A Shilling
12. Farmyard... Drunk Again !

NACHTHEXEN: EP 10" (HARB 172EP)

Nachthexen are a band -- possibly a coven -- from Sheffield, making fresh, fiery, and eminently danceable synth punk. This record follows on and includes re-released songs from their cassette The Other (2015) and self-titled 7" (2016). With themes of social anxiety and isolation, feminist protest, and sanctuary in sisterhood, Nacthexen's sound involves outsider occultist eeriness with classic punk ferocity and '80s post-punk and new wave catchiness. Reminiscent, at times, of Goblin, Gary Numan, and Siekiera, it also recalls the punchy attitude and hooks of women pushing punk forward in the late '70s and '80s, think Kleenex or Suicide Squad.

$13.79 EAN: 5023903279958 ROCK

01. Panic
02. Awkward
03. What Am I Doing ?
04. Girls
05. Ring Ring
06. Fuck The Diet
07. Drunk Lads
08. Cheer Up Luv

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PASTORIUS, JACO: Kool Jazz Festival NYC 1982 CD (HH 3055CD)

Jaco Pastorius, live at the Kool Jazz Festival in New York on June 27th, 1982. Jaco Pastorius established himself as one of the greatest electric jazz bassists before forming a big band, Word Of Mouth, in the early 1980s. Taken from a National Public Radio "Jazz Set" broadcast of a concert at the Kool Jazz Festival in New York Lincoln's Center on June 27, 1982, this set features versions of songs from both Word Of Mouth albums. Also included is "Mr. Fone Bone", a composition by Word Of Mouth member Bob Mintzer that would never be issued on a Pastorius album during Jaco's lifetime. The entire NPR broadcast is presented here, digitally remastered, with background liners.

$11.99 EAN: 5297961305519 JAZZ

PASTORIUS, JACO: Kool Jazz Festival NYC 1982 LP (HH 3055LP)

LP version. Jaco Pastorius, live at the Kool Jazz Festival in New York on June 27th, 1982. Jaco Pastorius established himself as one of the greatest electric jazz bassists before forming a big band, Word Of Mouth, in the early 1980s. Taken from a National Public Radio "Jazz Set" broadcast of a concert at the Kool Jazz Festival in New York Lincoln's Center on June 27, 1982, this set features versions of songs from both Word Of Mouth albums. Also included is "Mr. Fone Bone", a composition by Word Of Mouth member Bob Mintzer that would never be issued on a Pastorius album during Jaco's lifetime. The entire NPR broadcast is presented here, digitally remastered, with background liners.

$16.99 EAN: 5297961305526 JAZZ

HUBBARD, FREDDIE: The CTI Years 1970-1973 2CD (HH 3066CD)

Freddie Hubbard, the CTI Years 1970-1973. When top jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard began recording for the CTI label in the early 1970s, he combined his mastery of bop with forays into fusion and imaginative interpretations of contemporary rock and soul hits. With more than two hours of music, this two CD compilation showcases Hubbard at the head of several lineups at four different concerts, broadcast on different radio stations: WRSU-FM, WBCN-FM, and KCUV-FM. Hubbard performs songs from his popular albums Red Clay (1970), First Light (1971), and Straight Life (1971). It is presented here, digitally remastered, with background notes and images.

$13.79 EAN: 5297961306615 JAZZ

Disc 1

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (Spring 1970) WRSU-FM
01. Ugetsu (Fantasy In D)
02. Red Clay (Bass Solo)
03. Calypso Fred
The Jazz Workshop, Boston (September 26th,1972) WBCN-FM
04. First Light
05. The Intrepid Fox (Drum Solo)

Disc 2

The Jazz Workshop, Boston (September 26th, 1972) WBCN-FM
01. Mr Clean
The Jazz Workshop, Boston (October 9th, 1973) WBCN-FM
02. Betcha By Golly Wow
Ebbet's Field, Denver (October 30th, 1973) KCUV-FM
03. Spirits Of Trane (Drum Solo)
04. Uncle Albert > Admiral Halsey

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FONTAN: The Convenanza Remixes 12" (HNRUK 005EP)

Fontän's music has fascinated and captured a choosy audience for over a decade now, and many are those who have, or have wanted to remix their material. In the shape of an ambitious 12" EP, various artists' love for the band's music shines brightly. Fontän have had the honor to be remixed by some of the most interesting names in electronic music: Red Axes, Timothy J. Fairplay, Khidja, Mythologen, and Pardon Moi give their take on tracks from the duo's latest release Fontän (HNR 010LP). The music moves in the landscapes of leftfield, techno, house, and new wave.

$11.79 EAN: 7071245387877 ELECTRONIC

01. Sen Sen No Sen (Red Axes Remix)
02. Mangsebung (Timothy J. Fairplay Remix)
03. Gangri (Khidja Remix)
04. Bardo (Mythologen Remix)
05. Shadows (Pardon Moi Remix)

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FAGIOLINI, GIULIO: Dietro A Un Vetro CD (HOMEN 101CD)

Dietro A Un Vetro is the debut album from Giulio Fagiolini. Giulio's calm and short piano sketches may easily take you to Japan; they instantly feel innocent, clean, pure, and wistful. Perhaps the most instant reference point would be Joe Hisaishi. For those that don't know, Joe Hisaishi is the composer for almost all of the Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli films. The music is so simple, so direct, and just so childlike; it imbues the films with a certain old-world (or at least, not of this modern world anyway) innocence. The line between sickly-sweet and this is very fine indeed, but Joe Hisaishi always matches the mood and gets just the right amount of innocence in such a beautifully restrained way. To say the music of Giulio Fagiolini might leave you with the same feeling as Hisaishi's music is all you need to know, hopefully. In an age of innate greediness and willingness to use an instrument or genre to soullessly pilfer, Dietro A Un Vetro is incredibly refreshing. It's simple, pure, direct, and innocent. The power of music to remind one that there is something so pure, despite all the grime, is a bit of a revelation really.

$10.39 EAN: 5902249000702 ELECTRONIC