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Pharoah Sanders
Harvest Time (Radio Edit) / Love Will Find A Way (Radio Edit) (RSD24 EDITION)
Luaka Bop
Renowned for their visceral sonic assault and immersive live performances, A Place To Bury Strangers has cemented the end-all-be-all space for over-the-top post- punk / shoegaze destruction. With this special vinyl collection, the band invites listeners to delve deeper into their sonic universe, exploring uncharted territories and hidden gems. Don't Turn The Radio / This Is All For You is the third release.
"When looking back at the recordings that were done around the time of See Through You there were a bunch of great tracks that just captured life back then and really had something incredible going on. Even though they are a bit raw and a bit personal, I thought it would be a mistake if they didn't come out. I thought it would be best to go back to my roots and put out a series of 7"s the way A Place To Bury Strangers started. That strange weird format where the tracks each speak for themselves, no album context to muddy the water. These tracks are such a contrast to the way I am feeling now and the current songs we've been working on so slip back into this moment in time." says APTBS' Oliver Ackermann.
TRACK LISTING
Don't Turn The Radio
This Is All For You
BBC Sessions Sleevenotes
Session 1
John Peel! Abbey Road! The Fabs! The Fall! what are we doing here? Did they make a terrible mistake? Young, eager, dumb, like an indie punk Monkees - Sam is Nesmith - talented and sarccy, Phil is Pete Tork - wide eyed and excited, Sarah a smiling Davy Jones, I'm a more sullen, inept Dolenz and Jax is Jax - stoic and beyond monkeehood, 3 songs! Why? I dunno... big white room, men in lab coats, school canteen vibes, "will they tune our instruments for us?", wandering St. Johns Wood in awe - is that David Hemmings eating a sandwich with some sherry on the bench? I think I saw Marianne Faithfull poke her head round when you did that guitar solo, 'Say Yes' becomes 'Say No'... "is the guitar supposed to sound like that at the start? The laboratory man says "uh....yeaaa...I guess" - I wonder what Peelie will say after our songs - (all these years later I totally forget even though this was such a part of it - yet I recall his "that young man certainly has some rum thoughts running through his head" (or something) after a Julian Cope song. Well, we made Peel Session at Abbey Road and half of us are signing on and I have no idea what these chords are called and how to tune this bastard thing. Thank fuck for punk rock!
Session 2
We're supposed to be pop contenders now? I think the label thinks so - shit, we know more chords too, Sam and Sarah's songs stretch out and flower, mine hide in my grouchy beatnik cave, Subway Sect! Dub basslines! Oh, we're in a smaller studio now, no Beatles for us contenders, the hippy engineer takes us to the pub for rock advice, I hummed 'Bortsal Breakout' to myself and missed it all - shit! Our second LP's done and it's gonna be a hit! Except it never comes out and we break into 2 groups instead, small whiffs of squabbling kids permeate the BBC air but it's all good now,' songs we never released – that's good right? That's what Peel sessions are supposed to be! 'Love And Hate On The Radio' wrote the day before and not heard again by me for 20 years, I wonder what clothes we were wearing, did we make a BBC effort? Did we go to blow up afterwards and drink champers with all the other pop-stars-in-waiting? Did we hear the sound of one door closing and another collapsing. Brit Pop. New Mod. Riot Grrrl. International Pop Underground. New wave of new wave. Romo. Mojo. Skol. Mad Dog 20/20. What are we? What should we do? It's funny that something that started in an arc of almost always falling apart comes together so wonderfully just to fall apart this time from the heart. But good, solid, golden, eager, yearning, learning times for weekend groovers like we was.
Session 3
Hey kids its - a new Comet Gain! This time let's make it jagged and randomly ripped, our moment's gone so fuck it! Sweet skinhead Blair our secret weapon - he knows how to play his guitar! Darren, Rachel, Kay and me are learning on the job, although Kay is already some kind of immoveable fuzz bass machine, one old(ish) song and 3 new ones written in a midnight speed trial, stretch em out or rush to the finish, was Jon there? Jon was always there but sometimes he wasn't, y'know, actually there, or he'd turn his amp off so he could just hang out onstage looking like a young lion, I don't remember the session at all, perhaps we got drunk in the nearest old pub first, sure we'd be all nervous, the nervousness of pouring out all that eager electricity in one burst of ragged YEAH, "we don't need to rehearse - it'll sound better", we kept to that method forever, 'back to the restart' that one goes out to chrisser and the peechees, new friends new family found in an unexpected insane US tour, reignited, full of purposeless purpose, ok guys, it'll never happen for us now thank god, so let's enjoy the amble into beautiful obscurity! Upwards, onwards and down, down, down! Yeah!
Session 4
Ah so much time has passed, so, we have a 'body of work' now, they put the word 'cult' in front of our name now (I THINK that's the spelling) so many stories, so many rings on that tired old tree, who are we now? Most of the faces have changed yet again, James, Woodie, Ben, Anne-Laure though they've been here forever pretty much, we have to go to MANCHESTER?! and play a gig the same night! Whose idea was...oh was it... oops, Marc Riley! The Fall again, nice dude, cheap pints in the beeb, we are professional now, well I'm not but standards need to be maintained, the birth and death of groovy Tony, I didn't know we had to TALK! And not swear? Oh shit, we are so ingrained in the rock behemoth machinery now we actually 'play songs from our new album' and a golden oldie with a side order of the seeds, I can't hear my guitar but I'm not allowed to turn it up to ear destroying levels this time, its the BBC doncha know, all in a circle waiting for the Riley nod, then a quick 'seeya mate' - 'yeh seeya mate' and its off for fish n chips and a gig then a bottle of baileys in the back of the van back home, next stop Coney Hatch Lane and sleep - working in Soho tomorrow, see you guys the next time the rock gods call 'yeh seeya mate', is this what it's come to? Almost acting like a normal band, we could even tune our guitars ourselves, well I say let's not do THAT again.
My recollections of all these pivotal points in the ever winding road of shame that is Comet Gain are as you can see sparse and pointless, we lived in those small moments, those fast and scorched afternoons pouring our ashes into the BBC air, I mean it's not like anyone is ever gonna want to put this shit out on a RECORD, ha! No, let's leave these precious lost days and spontaneous exhort- ations where they are buried, never to bother those nice people out there...
Ah wait, I've just got an email from Tapete - I'll be with you in a minute .......oh bugger...
DAVID CHRISTIAN, LACANAU, MAY 2023
TRACK LISTING
A1) Say Yes Kaleidoscope Sound
A2) Stripped
A3) Pier Angeli
A4) Strip Poker
A5) I Can't Believe
A6) Chain Smoking
A7) Love And Hate On The Radio
B1) Emotion Pictures
B2) Tighten Up
B3) Young Lions
B4) We Are All Rotten
B5) Working Circle Explosive!
B6) Thee Ecstatic Library
B7) After Midnite, After It's All Gone Wrong
B8) Saturday Night Facts Of Life
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- LP
- £17.99
- Cat Number
- TG252LP
- Release date
- 4 Nov '22
TRACK LISTING
A1. Satellite
A2. Staring At The Sun
A3. Blind
B1. Young Liars
B2. Mister Grieves
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- LP
- £29.99
- Cat Number
- TG254LP
- Release date
- 5 May '23
Praise From The Press: … their songs politicize emotion in stinging turns of phrase, over a beat that makes you want to get up and dance. Interview Magazine.
The experience is baptismal. XLR8R Magazine.
What’s most frightening is that, mighty as Desperate Youth… is, their real stone killer is probably yet to come. Uncut.
It’s an arty, impressionistic and sometimes oddly beautiful album steeped in the fear, paranoia and pain of a post-Sept. 11 world, a quite catharsis couched in an utterly novel yet strangely simple musical language. Washington Post.
TRACK LISTING
1. The Wrong Way
2. Staring At The Sun
3. Dreams
4. King Eternal
5. Ambulance
6. Poppy
7. Don’t Love You
8. Bomb Yourself
9. Wear You Out
10. You Could Be Love (vinyl Only Bonus Track)
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- Coloured LP
- £28.99
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- TG268LPC1
- Release date
- 6 Oct '23
- Format Info
Limited orange vinyl.
Limited orange vinyl.
This was the album that established once and for all that TV on the Radio were more than just a great idea for a band; they were a great band, period - Stereogum, 2016 // TV On The Radio's story is one of synchronicity, of serendipity, of epiphany. TVOTR began with Tunde Adebimpe (vocals) and David Sitek (multi-instrumentalist and production kingpin) being roommates, drinking way too much coffee, making art: comics, movies, paintings. They started trading tapes of each other's four track recordings and thought it'd be fun to try to make "a real record" out of all that stuff.
Touch And Go released TV On The Radio’s stunning EP "Young Liars" in July 2003, and it immediately marked them out as one of the most musically innovative bands to have emerged in years. Their debut full-length "Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes" set 2004 off to a dramatically positive start. With new member Kyp Malone sharing songwriting, guitar and vocal duties, TVOTR was quickly on the path to the being one of the most talked-about new groups in America. After touring as a trio, Jaleel Bunton (drums) and Gerard Smith (bass) joined the band to create the official TVOTR line up. The band's second studio album, Return to Cookie Mountain, leaked in early 2006 and garnered pre-release praise from such outlets as Pitchfork before its official release in July. Return to Cookie Mountain is filled with guest appearances from David Bowie, Celebration, Antibalas, Blonde Redhead, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner.
TRACK LISTING
1. I Was A Lover
2. Hours
3. Province
4. Playhouses
5. Wolf Like Me
6. A Method
7. Let The Devil In
8. Dirtywhirl
9. Blues From Down Here
10. Tonight
11. Wash The Day
Light Touch Band & Magic Touch
Chi - C - A - G - O (Is My Chicago) B/w Sexy Lady (Radio Edit)
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- Coloured 7"
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- ES089LP-C1
- Release date
- 10 Nov '23
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- 7"
- £8.99
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- ES089LP
- Release date
- 10 Nov '23
- Format Info
Black vinyl
Black vinyl
TRACK LISTING
A. Chi - C - A - G - O (Is My Chicago)
B. Sexy Lady
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- 2xColoured LP
- £40.99
- Cat Number
- 0093624872733
- Release date
- 27 Oct '23
- Format Info
Double pink vinyl.
Double pink vinyl.
This release is a recording of the last show of the UK dates in January 2003 at London’s Forum Theatre. The 15-song show was broadcast nationally by the BBC. In addition to playing key songs from “Yoshimi” album, the set list includes fan-favourites such as “She Don’t Use Jelly”, “Waitin’ For A Superman” and “Race For The Prize”.
TRACK LISTING
1. Introduction
2. Race For The Prize
3. Fight Test
4. Lucifer Sam
5. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
6. Lightning Strikes The Postman
7. In The Morning Of The Magicians
8. Happy Birthdays
9. She Don't Use Jelly
10. All We Have Is Now
11. Do You Realize??
12. Waitin' For A Superman
13. A Spoonful Weighs A Ton
14. What Is The Light?
15. The Observer
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- Ltd 7"
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- CHK7084
- Release date
- 13 Oct '23
TRACK LISTING
1. Shockwave
2. Mouthful Of Exhaust
3. Sadie Hawkins Atom Bomb
4. Theme From The Munsters
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- Ltd 12"
- £15.99
- Cat Number
- ESP115
- Release date
- 8 Sep '23
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Tectonic power that bangs and rumbles in all the right places. Summoning up ghosts of rave's past and present, and shaking warehouses to their very foundations.TRACK LISTING
A1. Gossip Is The Devil's Radio
A2. Good Question
B1. Strings Of Sorrow
B2. Perpetual Conflict
B3. G.E.L.
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- LP
- £23.99
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- BELLA1408V
- Release date
- 11 Aug '23
Self-recording and production is a core part of Laura’s songwriting process. “I remember years ago getting hold of some basic recording software and being instantly drawn in. The idea of being able to layer up my voice was a dream, like building an orchestra out of what I had at home.” The passion for home-recording, using the resources available at the time, working through limitations and capturing textures through layering, forms the foundation of Groves’ experimental and off-centre pop music and electrified folk music. The sound world of Radio Red is made up of echoes and snapshots of half-remembered pop songs, piano ballads, chopped up TV theme tunes, ambient synthesised sounds and electronic music; tuning in between channels without fully belonging to any one of them, with the comfort, familiarity and strangeness that can come with hearing voices on the radio.
TRACK LISTING
1. Sky At Night
2. Good Intention
3. Synchronicity
4. D 4 N
5. I'm Not Crying
6. Any Day Now
7. Time
8. Sarah
9. Make A Start
10. Silver Lining
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- Coloured LP
- £24.99
- Cat Number
- IARC68LPI
- Release date
- 28 Jul '23
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'New future city shimmer' coloured vinyl.
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- LP
- £22.99
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- IARC68LP
- Release date
- 28 Jul '23
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- CD
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- IARC68CD
- Release date
- 28 Jul '23
In a hyperactive 40-minute, 18-track suite that runs like a boombox mixtape, the two prolific multi-media artists contemplate community, transformation, and the future through the programmatic format of a pirate radio station for the people.
These two artists have worked together from the peak days of the late 90s / early 00s Chicago music scene up through the present day, which has seen Locks featured as lead vocalist of the multiple critically-acclaimed Exploding Star Orchestra albums composed/produced by Mazurek. In recent years, Locks has also earned great renown from his revolutionary, expansive latter-day gospel/jazz project Black Monument Ensemble.
New Future City Radio finds the duo creating a natural but innovatively-assembled blend of the sounds of those two projects, with Locks’s BME-style sample-based sound collage creating compositional beds underneath the signature Orson Wells-like vocal delivery he’s developed through his work with ESO, alongside Roland SP flourishes and arresting brass improvisations by Mazurek. The album is also filled with vignettes as fractured radio transmissions, featuring contributions by guests including Roberto Lange (Helado Negro) and Mauricio Takara (Sao Paulo Underground). It’s a deep avant-garde echo of the legendary Bomb Squad (Locks even sounding a bit like a tape-delayed Check D on the vox), with beat artifacts spanning the whole gamut from pre to post golden era hip-hop - mixing OG Brooklyn boombox sound with the sci-fi boom-bap of late 90s Def Jux and/or Dan The Automator’s 75 Ark.
STAFF COMMENTS
Martin says: Locks & Mazurek's ongoing collaboration results in an endlessly transforming dialogue, expertly crafted by these avant-garde jazz pioneers. It's free-flowing nature and organic drift is offset by the pirate-radio static and electronic glitch, a fascinating and terrific adventure.TRACK LISTING
1. 5-4-3-2-1
2. Yes!
3. The Sun Returns
4. Breeze Of Time
5. Your Name Gonna Ring The Bell
6. New Future
7. Droids!
8. The Concord Hour
9. Future City
10. 10mins Past The Hour
11. Support The Youth (With Sound)
12. The Beat
13. Las Niñas Estan Escuchando (The Children Are Listening)
14. Flitting Splits Reverb Adage
15. Twilight Shimmer
16. Suspense In The Grip Of Suspense
17. Polaris Radio
18. Drop
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- LP
- £20.99
- Cat Number
- BWOOD304LP
- Release date
- 14 Jul '23
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- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- BWOOD304CD
- Release date
- 7 Jul '23
‘Radio Sechaba’ provides an intimate view into South Africa’s multifaceted people - and an opportunity for global connection through music. The meaning behind ‘Sechaba’ in the album title is nation. The record hones into the related topics of nation-building and unity and this is no ordinary topic for Dyer, who was born into a Botswanan community in exile from apartheid. The title of this thought-provoking album echoes that of “Radio Freedom” - the voice in exile of the African National Congress.
Dyer’s career highlights include acclaim as a solo artist (including being named the Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for Jazz in 2011) and with his trio (the Bokani Dyer trio’s Neo Native won the South African Music Award for Best Jazz Album in 2019). Bokani features on the opening track of the critically acclaimed Johannesburg scene jazz compilation, ‘Indaba Is’ - released in early 2021.
TRACK LISTING
1. Be Where You Are
2. Mogaetsho
3. Move On
4. State Of The Nation
5. Tiya Mowa
6. Ke Nako
7. Picturesque
8. Spirit People
9. Victims Of Circumstance
10. Amogelang
11. Ho Tla Loka
12. Resonance Of Truth
13. You Are Home
14. Medu
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- Coloured LP
- £20.99
- Cat Number
- DTTR227INDIES
- Release date
- 7 Jul '23
- Format Info
Indies exclusive Black / White marble vinyl.
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- £17.99
- Cat Number
- DTTR227VINYL
- Release date
- 7 Jul '23
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- CD
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- DTTR227CD
- Release date
- 7 Jul '23
Feeling like a band reborn The Pigeon Detectives have never really gone away, having quietly built a resurgent following at headline gigs and festivals across the UK with their high octane live show, the set is peppered with sing-a-long hits that have passed the test of time with flying colours attracting a younger audience to shows alongside a contingent of Pigeon ‘die hards’.
Produced by Rich Turvey (Blossoms / The Courteeners / The Coral / Vistas / Oscar Lang / Jamie Webster) the album holds onto the infectious energy that drove the band to huge audiences on their early records, but has a contemporary feel to the production, arrangements and lyrics reflecting a band that have honed their craft and grown as a band and people.
TRACK LISTING
SIDE A
1. Falling To Pieces
2. Summer Girl
3. Lovers Come And Lovers Go
4. The Warning
SIDE B
1. Dreaming Of A Song
2. I Can't Stop
3. TV Show
4. Would It Be So Bad?
5. Purple Skies
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- 2xLP
- £35.99
- Cat Number
- TR538LP
- Release date
- 7 Jul '23
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- 2xCD
- £19.99
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- TR538
- Release date
- 7 Jul '23
The most unique thing about the radio session recordings is that they encompass a mixture of concert and studio. The bands are freer than in studio recordings at the same time more focused than in live performances - gems from the bands repertoire which might not have been played live are often preserved only in the radio sessions.
The Monochrome Set - Radio Sessions contains all the BBC 6 sessions recorded for and hosted by the great Marc Riley from the years 2011-2022. 32 songs in total including well-known hits like "Eine Symphonie des Grauens", "Jet Set Junta" and "Alphaville" as well as fantastic versions of seldom heard or not so well-known songs like "Rain Check" or "Hip Kitten Spinning Chrome". With the kind support of the BBC, we are now able to release these recordings of the most demonstrably intelligent, dark, witty and British of all guitar pop bands on record for the first time. Radio Sessions" by THE TELESCOPES and COMET GAIN are planned for the near future. Stay tuned!
TRACK LISTING
LP1/CD1
A1) Eine Symphonie Des Grauens
A2) The Mouse Trap
A3) Alphaville
A4) Jet Set Junta
A5) Hip Kitten Spinning Chrome
A6) Streams
A7) They Call Me Silence
A8) Cauchemar
B1) Super Plastic City
B2) The Time I've Spent Doing Nothing
B3) Lefty
B4) Strange Young Alien
B5) The Z Train
B6) Iceman
B7) Fantasy Creatures
B8) Rain Check
LP2/CD2
C1) Cosmonaut
C2) Reach For Your Gun
C3) Stick Your Hand Up If You’re Louche
C4) Fele
C5) I Feel Fine
C6) Maisieworld
C7) Mrs Robot
C8) Oh Yes I'm Going To Be In Your Dreams Tonight
D1) Rest, Unquiet Spirit
D2) Summer Of The Demon
D3) I Can't Sleep
D4) La Chanson De La Pucelle
D5) Allhallowtide
D6) Hello, Save Me
D7) Really In The Wrong Town
D8) Resplendent In A Darkness
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- Ltd LP
- £23.99
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- DOC332LP
- Release date
- 30 Jun '23
‘Live at Radio City Music Hall’ features performances by Nubya Garcia and Khruangbin.
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- LP
- £18.99
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- DTTR177VINYL
- Release date
- 17 Mar '23
After swapping a one-bed flat in London for the big skies, reed beds and sunsets of rural Suffolk, Tommy found himself writing about relationships with family and friends, along with a sense of place and its significance. Recorded in a series of secluded retreats tucked away in the hidden corners of the UK, an affinity for location and nature permeates the record. You can hear the trickle of streams in the woods of the Scottish Borders, birds spinning off the sea-cliffs of Zennor in Cornwall and the misty autumn chill of days spent recording in Suffolk and Pembrokeshire. Throughout ‘Lamplighter’, Tommy reminisces over many fond childhood memories of wandering wild Scottish woodlands with his parents, his grandma’s enthusiasm for naturalist poetry and folk music or nights spent sneaking into pubs and bars to play the blues with his dad. As the album unfolds the songs muse over these memories. You get a sense that Tommy is trying to come to terms with how these personal connections have changed over the years and how they’ve come to shape him as an individual.
TRACK LISTING
1. Running
2. My Old Man
3. Moonflower (Best Friend)
4. Closer
5. When Love Goes Dark
6. Floorboards
7. Not That Far To Go
8. A Beautiful Day
9. Safe And Sound
10. Lifeline
11. Which Way The Wind Blows
12. Weigh Me Down
13. Comeback Kid
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- LP
- £22.99
- Cat Number
- COOKLP829
- Release date
- 20 Jan '23
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- CD
- £11.99
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- COOKCD829
- Release date
- 20 Jan '23
TRACK LISTING
1. Devil's Island
2. Downtown
3. London Bridge
4. 1000 Miles
5. HK
6. Tape Measure, Feat Juliyah
7. Machines Like Me
8. Black Sheep
9. Volcano
10. Who's Asking
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- 2xLtd LP
- £25.99
- Cat Number
- PIASR565DLPR
- Release date
- 2 Dec '22
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- CD
- £10.99
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- PIASB065CDR
- Release date
- 16 Dec '22
This was a mix so giddy, creative, genre-blurring and downright fun that it could only be considered equal to a full-length album – which is exactly what happened, tallying Album of the Year and Album of the Decade accolades from the likes of The New York Times, Spin, The Face, Pitchfork and more, and shifting over half a million copies globally.
As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2 is now reissued featuring Richard Young’s iconic original photography. To celebrate this 20th anniversary, 2manydjs will perform at London’s Brixton Academy on Saturday December 17th alongside Miss Kittin, Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul and other 2002-specific special guests to be announced.
The Belgian brothers-in-arms are also known to many as electronic/indie rock band Soulwax, the adored group whose combination of rock, rave and gleaming white suits has proved irresistible to record buyers and festival-goers from the 1990s to the present day.
Through their Ghent-based studio and record label Deewee, the Dewaeles continue to push cutting-edge electronic music, including Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul’s infectious Topical Dancer, one of 2022’s most celebrated electronic pop albums. They have also kept up a hot streak as remixers, applying their signature jagged-yet-refined electro touch to the likes of Róisín Murphy, Peggy Gou, Robyn, Sylvester, Fontaines D.C., Wet Leg and Marie Davidson. Despacio, the roving audiophile soundsystem which the Dewaeles undertake alongside LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy, completes the picture.
Alongside like-minded allies such as Erol Alkan, Tiga and Jacques lu Cont, 2manydjs swept dancefloors into delirium, gifting a rock ‘n’ roll attitude to club culture. With As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2 as their genre-blurring calling card, the Dewaeles’ unique style managed to be deeply credible and hugely scalable, propelling the brothers to dance music’s summit, a vantage point from which they never came back down.
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: I’m not joking. In 2002 (the year this was released), this was THE mixtape to be seen with. Period. Infact, your very success with the opposite / same sex depended largely on whether you had this (at the time) bootleg CD-R in your collection. It got hammered so much we all knew the tracklist and running order off by heart. It introduced us then-teenagers to the joys of the mash-up, and propelled a then-burgeoning David and Stephen Dewaele into the ears of the youth, the dancefloors of the (young) adults, and the columns of the hottest music press at the time. It was and still is quite a phenomenal landmark in music culture. Referenced a million times over and played even more so.I’ve never seen it on vinyl. Ever. Whether that’s my own ignorance, turning my back on my teenage dreams as I matured into adulthood or, as it happens, it’s actually quite rare! (it’s the latter – I just checked at the 2012 press goes for about £200!).
It’s still the ultimate soundtrack to get ready for your Saturday night. Capturing that youthful energy and hitting us with hit after hit presented in the most unusual and infectious ways. Unfortunately it’s unlikely to piss yer parents off as much as it did in 2002 cos they probably already know it!
TRACK LISTING
Kylie Minogue – Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (Soulwax
Elektronic Remix) * CD Only
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Peter Gunn (Live)
Basement Jaxx – Where’s Your Head At (Head-A-Pella)
Peaches – Fuck The Pain Away
The Velvet Underground – I’m Waiting For The Man
Polyester – J’aime Regarder Les Mecs
Sly And The Family Stone – Dance To The Music
Ready For The World – Oh Sheila (A Capella)
Dakar & Grinser – I Wanna Be Your Dog
Ural 13 Diktators – Disko Kings
Bobby Orlando – The “O” Medley
Felix Da Housecat – Silverscreen-Shower Scene
The Stooges – No Fun
Salt ‘N Pepa – Push It
Hanayo With Jürgen Paape – Joe Le Taxi
The Jets – Crush On You (A Capella)
Funkacise Gang – Funkacise
Soul Grabber – Motocross Madness
Lil Louis And The World – French Kiss
Zongamin – Serious Trouble
Garbage – Androgyny ‘Thee Glitz Mix’ By Felix Da Housecat
Frank Delour – Disc Jockey’s Delight Vol. 2
The Residents – Kaw-Liga (Prairie Mix)
Carlos Morgan – Shake Your Body
Alphawezen – Into The Stars (Firebirds Remix)
Interstellar – Concepts
Nena – 99 Luftballons
Destiny’s Child – Independent Women Part 1 (A Capella)
10cc – Dreadlock Holiday
Dolly Parton – 9 To 5
Royksopp – Eple
Arbeid Adelt – Death Disco
Jeans Team – Keine Melodien Feat. Mj Lan
Skee.Lo – I Wish (A Capella)
Maurice Fulton Presents Stress – My Gigolo
The Breeders – Cannonball
The Cramps – Human Fly
The Wildbunch – Danger! High Voltage
Op:l Bastards – Don’t Bring Me Down
Adult – Hand To Phone
Vitalic – La Rock 01
Queen Of Japan – I Was Made For Loving You
New Order – The Beach
Detroit Grand Pubahs – Sandwiches (A Capella)
Lords Of Acid – I Sit On Acid (Soulwax Remix)
Streamer Feat. Private Thoughts In Public Places – Start Button
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- Coloured LP
- £22.99
- Cat Number
- JNR415LPC1
- Release date
- 25 Nov '22
- Format Info
Lavender coloured vinyl
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- CD
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- JNR415CD
- Release date
- 23 Sep '22
The result is the most realized Eerie Wanda album yet, building on the project's guitar pop past for a more experimental, other worldly, serious grown-up affair that ventures into sensitive, motional territory.
"Pet Town is delightfully airy; a set of songs that have drifted in on a breeze from some strange and foreign landscape you won't find on any map.” Gold Flake Paint.
“Tadic’s melody here is part of that Brian Wilson lineage … she sets those notes adrift with a casually graceful minimalism… It evokes a pleasant stroll through a city at the moment when night begins to fall on a daydream.” Stereogum.
TRACK LISTING
1. Sail To The Silver Sun
2. NOWx1000
3. Long Time
4. On Heaven
5. Confess
6. Nightwalk
7. Someone's In My House
8. Sister Take My Hand
9. Birds Aren't Real
10. Puzzled
11. Bon Voyage
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- 3xDeluxe LP
- £62.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 4596893
- Release date
- 11 Nov '22
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- 2xDeluxe CD
- £13.99
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- 4596903
- Release date
- 11 Nov '22
Featuring his Experiment band with Casey Benjamin on sax/vocoder, Derrick Hodge on bass and Chris Dave on drums, the album boasted a rollcall of special guests including Erykah Badu, Yasiin Bey, Lupe Fiasco, Bilal, Lalah Hathaway, Ledisi, Chrisette Michele, Musiq Soulchild, Meshell Ndegeocello & others.
Black Radio would go on to debut on four different Billboard charts peaking at #1 Jazz, #4 R&B/Hip-Hop, and even reaching #15 on the Top 200. The cherry on top came in February 2013 at the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards when Black Radio was awarded Best R&B Album.
Now, a special 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition presents the full Black Radio experience by expanding it to 3-LPs featuring the original album plus three bonus tracks previously unreleased on vinyl, and the remix EP Black Radio Recovered which featured additional contributions from Questlove, Solange, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Pete Rock, 9th Wonder, and more.
TRACK LISTING
VINYL TRACKLISTING:
LP 1 | Black Radio | Original Album
Side A
Lift Off / Mic Check Feat. Shafiq Husayn
Afro Blue Feat. Erykah Badu
Cherish The Day Feat. Lalah Hathaway
Always Shine Feat. Lupe Fiasco And Bilal
Side B
Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.) Feat. Ledisi
Move Love Feat. King
Ah Yeah Feat. Musiq Soulchild & Chrisette Michele
The Consequences Of Jealousy Feat. Meshell Ndegeocello
LP 2
Side A | Black Radio | Original Album
Why Do We Try Feat. Stokley
Black Radio Feat. Yasiin Bey
Letter To Hermione Feat. Bilal
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Side B | Black Radio | Bonus Tracks*
Twice
A Love Supreme
Fever Feat. Hindi Zahra
*Previously Unreleased On Vinyl
LP 3 | Black Radio Recovered | The Remix EP
Side A
Afro Blue Feat. Erykah Badu (9th Wonder's Blue Light Basement Remix)
Black Radio Feat. Yasiin Bey (Pete Rock Remix)
Twice (Questlove's Twice Baked Remix Feat. Solange Knowles & The Roots)
Side B
The Consequences Of Jealousy (Georgia Anne Muldrow's Sassy Geemix)
Letter To Hermione Feat. Bilal (Robert Glasper And Jewels Remix Feat. Black Milk)
Dillalude #2
CD TRACKLISTING:
1. Lift Off / Mic Check Feat. Shafiq Husayn
2. Afro Blue Feat. Erykah Badu
3. Cherish The Day Feat. Lalah Hathaway
4. Always Shine Feat. Lupe Fiasco And Bilal
5. Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.) Feat. Ledisi
6. Move Love Feat. King
7. Ah Yeah Feat. Musiq Soulchild & Chrisette Michele
8. The Consequences Of Jealousy Feat. Meshell Ndegeocello
9. Why Do We Try Feat. Stokley
10. Black Radio Feat. Yasiin Bey
11. Letter To Hermione Feat. Bilal
12. Smells Like Teen Spirit
13. Twice
14. A Love Supreme
15. Fever Feat. Hindi Zahra
16. Afro Blue Feat. Erykah Badu (9th Wonder's Blue Light Basement Remix)
17. Black Radio Feat. Yasiin Bey (Pete Rock Remix)
18. Twice (?uestlove's Twice Baked Remix Feat. Solange Knowles & The Roots)
19. The Consequences Of Jealousy (Georgia Anne Muldrow's Sassy Geemix)
20. Letter To Hermione Feat. Bilal (Robert Glasper And Jewels Remix Feat. Black Milk)
21. Dillalude #2
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- Coloured LP
- £18.99
- Cat Number
- DTTR168VINYL
- Release date
- 4 Nov '22
- Format Info
Translucent red vinyl.
Translucent red vinyl.
From Jake:
This album is a process of healing and reflection on a crazy time a few years ago where I lost my Dad, my relationship at the time ended and my band I’d grown up with broke up - all within a few months of each other. I stopped making music for years after that, I worked at Starbucks by day and stayed at home by night. It took years before I picked up the guitar again and when I did everything started to come out in the songs I wrote. The pain of losing my Dad, my past relationship and my struggles with depression and bigger questions about spirituality and life. The album has been my therapy and crux, in part helping me heal and equally throwing me into some of the hardest times of my life.
Musically I was inspired by Tom Petty, Neil Young, Bob Dylan as well as more 90’s rock like Nirvana and The Smashing Pumpkins, to name a few. It’s both what I grew up listening to and what I discovered on my own. Some of the songs are brand new, others are years old. It’s eclectic and that’s what I wanted it to be, both intimate Americana and more hard hitting rock songs too. The album is more of a look over your shoulder into past than it is based in the present, and in that I can see multitudes of snapshots from my life in it, I hope you can see something in it too.
TRACK LISTING
1. Slow Motion
2. Absence
3. The Trail Went Cold
4. Halfway Down The Street
5. Jake Germain-Whiskin
6. Headfirst Dive
7. Satanic Panic Love Song
8. Long Way Home
9. Heatwave
10. Half Asleep
11. Cold Morning
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- Ltd LP
- £22.99
- Cat Number
- SL059LP
- Release date
- 7 Oct '22
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- CD
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- SL059CD
- Release date
- 7 Oct '22
Motel Radio generated early buzz in their adopted hometown of New Orleans on the strength of their 2015 debut EP, Days & Nights, which helped land them dates with the likes of Kurt Vile and Drive-By Truckers in addition to festival slots at Firefly, Jazz Fest, and more. The band followed it up with the similarly well-received Desert Surf Films in 2016 and their first full-length, Siesta Del Sol, in 2019, touring the country on a seemingly endless loop as they built up their devoted following one night at a time.
Since then, the band had set a goal of becoming more self-sufficient and learning to record on their own, and when it came time to cut The Garden, they dove in headfirst, cutting half the collection in an old fishing camp south of New Orleans with the help of engineer Ross Farbe (Video Age, Esther Rose) and the other half fully remotely while engineering themselves. "There was this real creative freedom that came with working remotely and learning how to run the sessions on our own," explains co-lead singer Ian Wellman. "Synths, samples, beats, plug-ins; suddenly these whole new worlds of sound were at our fingertips and the possibilities were limitless."
That creative liberation is easy to hear on The Garden, which opens with the mesmerizing "Wise." Like much of the album, it's a gentle meditation on finding joy and fulfillment, on spreading love and positivity. "I've gotta open my eyes," co-lead singer Winston Triolo sings over dreamy guitars and a hypnotic digital drum loop. "I only get one life, well now how can I live it wise?" The airy "Outta Sight" celebrates the simple pleasures of letting go and being present, while the washed-out "Sweet Daze" revels in the warmth of human connection, and propulsive "Happiness Pie" looks for ways to share the comfort and contentment that comes with self-acceptance. On The Garden, they've realized there's no sweeter garden than the one you grow yourself.
TRACK LISTING
1. Wise
2. Happiness Pie
3. Stress
4. Automatic
5. Outta Sight
6. Heat Wave
7. Sweet Daze
8. Always
9. Birdie
10. Me & My Sunshine
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- Coloured LP
- £21.99
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- SC450LP-C1
- Release date
- 20 May '22
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Forest green translucent vinyl.
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- Coloured LP 2
- £22.99
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- SC450LP-C3
- Release date
- 20 May '22
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Indies exclusive baby pink vinyl.
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- £20.99
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- SC450LP
- Release date
- 20 May '22
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- CD
- £10.99
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- SC450CD
- Release date
- 20 May '22
Following Every Bad’s release in 2020, Margolin was quickly becoming regarded as one of the most magnetic band leaders around. But if Every Bad established Dana’s bravery in laying herself bare, her band’s third record takes that to anthemic new heights. While there are moments of guttural release, she also finds soft power on songs. “I used to think I had to be loud to be heard,” she admits, “but now I’m definitely less afraid of being gentle.” The band’s first new single, ‘Back To The Radio’, sets out their stall, a lurching call to arms that contrasts Dana’s lyrics of panic and closing herself off. This song is just one of example in WDBLTTS that explores something that has long been an important part of Porridge Radio’s process: playfulness. “I think the album needed to have that balance,” Dana explains.
Balance: that’s the word the album seems to be eternally striving for – joy, fear and endlessness in harmony but also self-acceptance. Dana is more aware of how she’s creating a persona as her star continues to rise, and how she’s singing personal songs that now belong to other people which gives her purpose. She says, “I wrote these songs for myself, but I think everyone wants to feel like what they’re doing is useful in some way. I’m ready to embrace it all now, whatever happens.”
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: There's a wonderful strength around the new Porridge Radio LP, it's bold and it's nuanced and anthemic but it's also defiant, with moments of instrumental and lyrical fragility perfectly offset by grand crescendos and almost post-rock levels of intensity. Beautifully written and melodic throughout, but with both moments of divine joy and passages of honest vulnerability.TRACK LISTING
SIDE A:
1. Back To The Radio
2. Trying
3. Birthday Party
4. End Of Last Year
5. Rotten
6. U Can Be Happy If U Want To
SIDE B:
7. Flowers
8. Jealousy
9. I Hope She’s OK 2
10. Splintered
11. The Rip
12. Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky
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- CD
- £11.99
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- WEDGECD0121
- Release date
- 25 Mar '22
The Radio Tisdas Sessions feature songs from Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, Kedou Ag Ossad, Mohamed Ag Itlal aka ‘Japonais' who passed away on February 14th 2021, and Foy Foy.
Tinariwen are Tuaregs, children of a nomadic Berber tribe who have roamed the Saharan desert for thousands of years. Over recent centuries, colonialism has seen the Tuareg’s ancestral territory partitioned into distinct countries - Mali, Algeria, Libya, Niger. This drawing of borders has turned the Tuareg into ishumar, a displaced people in search of a homeland lost to them. Tinariwen’s music – a blend of West African traditional music and electrified rock’n’roll – speaks directly to this feeling of longing: a sound that critics have called “desert blues”.
TRACK LISTING
Side A
A1 Le Chant Des Fauves
A2 Nar Djenetbouba
Side B
B1 Imidiwaren
B2 Zin Es Gourmeden
Side C
C1 Afours Afours (5:27)
C2 Tessalit (3:58)
C3 Kedou Kedou (6:13)
Side D
D1 Mataraden Anexan
D2 Bismillah
D3 Tessalit - Live At Festival Au Desert - Tin-essako
D4 Ham Tinahghin Ane Yallah (Bonus Unreleased)
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- 2xLtd LP
- £30.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 7240031
- Release date
- 25 Feb '22
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- CD
- £12.99
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- 7240030
- Release date
- 25 Feb '22
In 2012, Glasper delivered his album Black Radio that hit the scene as the first album in history to debut in the top 10 of 4 different genre charts simultaneously: Hip Hop R&B, Urban Contemporary, Jazz and Contemporary Jazz. The feat was then repeated by Black Radio 2. The ongoing Black Radio series has since become Glasper’s calling card, upholding a place at the heart of a trailblazing community: from long-time sonic brothers Mos Def and Bilal, to legends including Ledisi, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Jill Scott, and Erykah Badu.
"Robert Glasper has established himself as a master of the territory where jazz, hip-hop and R&B overlap" – Rolling Stone
“No one has shaped the resurgence of jazz in black music more than Robert Glasper in the 2000s” – Nate Chinen (NPR)
Black Radio and Black Radio II are landmark albums that have shaped the genres of jazz, hip hop and r&b for the past decade. Direct lines can be drawn to Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, Kendrick Lamar, and black music writ large.
For Black Radio III, 4-time grammy® winner Robert Glasper cements his legacy as producer, curator and cultural icon. These collaborations range from the most powerful voices in contemporary black music (Killer Mike, ty dolla $ign, D Smoke, PJ Morton) to the most important lyricists and performers of the past 30 years (Jennifer Hudson, Ledisi, Common, Gregory Porter, Musiq Soulchild, India.Arie)
Black Radio III is also a statement for these times. It is Glasper’s most direct statement of the frustration and opportunity of a world disrupted by social change.
It is at once beautiful, powerful and innovative.
TRACK LISTING
1. In Tune Ft. Amir Sulaiman
2. Black Superhero Ft. Killer Mike + BJ The Chicago Kid + Big K.R.I.T.
3. Shine Ft. D Smoke + Tiffany Gouché
4. Why We Speak Ft. Q-Tip + Esperanza Spalding
5. Over Ft. Yebba
6. Better Than I Imagined Ft. H.E.R. + Meshell Ndegeocello
7. Everybody Wants To Rule The World Ft. Lalah Hathaway + Common
8. Everybody Love Ft. Musiq Soulchild + Posdnuos
9. It Don't Matter Ft. Gregory Porter + Ledisi
10. Heaven's Here Ft. Ant Clemons
11. Out Of My Hands Ft Jennifer Hudson
12. Forever Ft. PJ Morton + India.Arie
13. Bright Lights (with Ty Dolla $ign)
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- LP
- £17.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- DTTR147
- Release date
- 26 Nov '21
- Format Info
Black vinyl.
Black vinyl.
“Scuzzed out indie with lashings of synths, their post-punk leaning songwriting has a surreal pop instinct running through it” – Clash.
“Brilliant new garage rock… classic garage rock sounds that join with post-punk fury.” – Gigwise.
“Its really charming. Great.” Laura Snapes (The Guardian / Pitchfork - For 6 Music Roundtable).
TRACK LISTING
Side A
Take Arms
Don’t You Ever Sleep
I Choose Live News
Never Enough
Sometimes I Wish (I Was A Different Person)
Side B
The Real Thing
Human Behaviour
I Tell You What
Commercials
The People, This Place
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- 12"
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- JAKARTAXTT
- Release date
- 10 Sep '21
Toy Tonics label head Kapote as well as TT label artists Cody Currie, Rhode & Brown and Sam Ruffillo deliver four high quality club renditions from FRC. The EP, only 500 copies pressed, is to be released via Jakarta Records on September 3rd. Musically, the EP combines the feel-good, beat factor of "Fidelity Radio Club" with the dancefloor ready house, disco and funk grooves that Toy Tonics are known for. The EP will be a perfect follow-up to S. Fidelity's previous Jakarta releases, which have gained more than 3.3M cumulative streams on Spotify alone.
The 1st single, "Me At The Zoo feat. Àbáse (Cody Currie Remix) is to be released on August 13th along with announcement of the pre-order for the Limited 12" EP. The upbeat collaboration with Cody Currie – who has more than 2M cumulative streams on Spotify – takes the swinging groove of the original and gives it a Balearic, percussive, dance-ready vibe. Currie, a London-born DJ and producer has been on the rise since moving to Berlin and teaming up with talent from the city's jazz and house scenes. He's released two EP's with Grammy nominated pianist Joel Holmes on Toy Tonics as well as the mini album "Atlantic Exchanges, Vol. 1" with Felipe Gordon on DJ Haus' Shall Not Fade in 2021. This year Currie also shared his first solo 12" on Toy Tonics, "Moves EP", which showcases his sublime ability as a producer to blend elements of feel-good house, disco, jazz and UK garage into each other.
The three other tracks are set to be released as digital singles on the physical release day, September 3rd, in order to maximize playlist reach and hit each of the artists release radars. Toy Tonics head honcho Kapote, a.k.a. Mathias Modica, takes S. Fidelity's boogie tune "Something Good" and spices it with a catchy piano lead line, infectious drum programming and several synth solos. Kapote, with more than 3.5M cumulative Spotify streams and over 97K Monthly Listeners, ran Gomma Records for more than 15 years, where he produced and released the likes of WhoMadeWho and Rammellzee.
Rhode & Brown remix "Presumably Broccoli", a straightforward hip-hop instrumental, which they flipped and "reverso-ed" into a just as straightforward high energy dancefloor gem. The duo from Munich have been delighting house music fans with rock solid productions on such labels as Toy Tonics, Permanent Vacation, Public Possession, Shall Not Fade and their own Slam City Jams imprint, establishing themselves as one of the most consistent house producers groups. Most recently they released their debut album "Everything Is In Motion" on Permanent Vacation. Bologna-based Sam Ruffillo rounds out the EP with a deep and meditative house rendition of S. Fidelity's "Higher" featuring Àbáse on keys and a prolific vocal recording of Steve Arrington. The Italian DJ and producer debuted on Toy Tonics just a year ago with the pandemic inspired EP "Sport House", offering jazzy-house alternatives to dancing while clubs remained closed. Sam Ruffillo received co-signs and spins by the likes of Romare, Folamour and Spotify's Fresh Finds: Basement playlist.
The release will primarily be promoted by the artist's and label's social media accounts and profiles.
TRACK LISTING
1. Me At The Zoo (Cody Currie Remix) [feat. Abase]
2. Something Good (Kapote Remix)
3. Presumably Broccoli (Rhode & Brown Reverso Mix) [feat. Suff Daddy]
4. Higher (Sam Ruffillo Remix) [feat. Àbáse & Saint Ezekiel]
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- Ltd 7"
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- 7216481
- Release date
- 23 Jul '21
“Radio Free Europe” was later re-recorded for the band’s first album release on major record label I.R.S. Records and went on to land the band their chart debut, peaking at number 78 in the Billboard Pop Chart. That album, Murmur, went on to reach number 36 in the album charts, and set the band steadfastly on the path to college radio domination and critical acclaim. The band’s 1988 compilation album, Eponymous, included what was called the Original Hib-Tone single, but what was in fact Easter’s original mix, not Hibbert’s.
This limited edition 7” pressing represents the first-ever re-release of the original Hib-Tone recording of “Radio Free Europe,” and comes housed in a replica sleeve.
TRACK LISTING
Side A
Radio Free Europe
Side B
Sitting Still
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- Coloured LP
- £16.99
- Cat Number
- DFINA12B
- Release date
- 23 Oct '20
- Format Info
Limited pink vinyl.
Limited pink vinyl.
Gainsbourg remains the master of chiaroscuro, double meaning and a true poet with caustic irony.
In these eight moving songs, Gainsbourg adopts the figure of the disappointed lover as well as the one of the cynical disillusioned man, accompanied by notes of piano or by a guitar and a double-bass. These original recordings perfectly summarize the first decade of his career.
TRACK LISTING
A1. Le Rock De Nerval
A2. La Recette De L’amour Fou
A3. Les Goémons
A4. La Javanaise
B1. Le Talkie Walkie
B2. Elaeudanla Téïtéïa
B3. Intoxicated Man
B4. Ces Petits Riens
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- LP
- £18.99
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- MOD008LP
- Release date
- 23 Oct '20
- Includes MP3 Download Code.
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- CD
- £10.99
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- MOD008CD
- Release date
- 13 Nov '20
This comes after a year in which Porridge Radio's Every Bad, their first on Secretly Canadian, led to top reviews in Pitchfork, The Guardian, NME, The Times, The Quietus, Clash, Uncut, Q, The Independent, LOBF, DIY, Stereogum, Paste, Vice, amongst others, and then being shortlisted as one of the Hyundai Mercury Prize's 12 Albums of 2020.
Porridge Radio started as Dana Margolin’s bedroom project, but grew to a Brighton-based band who, on this debut, inelegantly knotted together tender melodic pop songs with vicious and furious emotional outpour. After a series of home-recorded solo demos and the growing legend of their live shows on the UK DIY scene, they originally released this lofi debut full band LP in 2016. The album documents struggles with life, love and boredom - spelt out with sticky fingers by five idiot savants. RP&OF's lyrics, title and artwork, as well as the group's name, brings to mind a certain scrapbook absurdism at the core of Porridge Radio's earlier work. Faced with the dark abyss of existence, Margolin and co. scrape together some value from the nonsensical and the pointless, and then cling to it, giggling, for dear life
TRACK LISTING
A1 Danish Pastry Lyrics
A2 Lemonade
A3 Barks Like A Dog
A4 Walking The Cow (Daniel Johnston Cover)
A5 Can U Hear Me Now?
B1 Sorry
B2 Worms
B3 And I Was Like
B4 Eugh
B5 Our Love Is Shrinking Down
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- Coloured LP
- £32.99
- Cat Number
- 0190295272388
- Release date
- 9 Oct '20
- Format Info
Translucent yellow vinyl with 16-page booklet.
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- Coloured LP
- £22.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- THM001LP (#AUGDROP)
- Release date
- 29 Aug '20
LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.
Red colour vinyl.Limited to 500 copies.A seminal work now available for the first time on vinyl! MOJO "Chamber pop pastoralists make great leap forward...Who knew that what the music of Steve Reich has been crying out for all these years is a Krautrock makeover?" North Sea Radio Orchestra; born in the alleys and lanes of the City of London, then spreading out across the metropolis, performing shows in churches, concert halls, galleries and festivals, two album releases with glowing reviews and several BBC6 sessions.This is their third album; 'I a moon'. Written throughout the Autumn and Winter of 2010/2011 by band leader and guitarist Craig Fortnam with a pencil and paper, guitar and piano and recorded 'at various locations in southern England on his laptop', 'I a moon' retains the unique NSRO line-up of strings, woodwind, percussion, guitars, keyboards and voices but with a darker, less pastoral sound, with synth and percussion taking a more prominent role than on their previous two albums.Another departure is a move away from using poetry to the more personal use of self-penned lyrics : 'I a moon, orbiting myself.Sometime gravity pulls me closeÖ.'. On this release, the influences apparent on the first two albums (Britten, Vaughan Williams, Reich, ISB, 70's prog) have been augmented by a distinct whiff of Krautrock (on the instrumental 'Berliner Luft') while the angular guitars of 'Ring Moonlets' show a debt to the dual guitar textures of Deerhoof.NSRO continue to blend their influences in a highly imaginative and unusual way, while all the time having an ear for the beautiful, be it in melody, texture or chord.North Sea Radio Orchestra - 'I a moon'; beautiful, redolent, ancient and modern, English and world, unique.
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- 2xColoured LP 3
- £23.99
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- SC393DLX-C2
- Release date
- 4 Dec '20
- Format Info
Deluxe Edition - Purple & Blue Nebula vinyl.
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- £19.99
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- SC393LP
- Release date
- 13 Mar '20
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- CD
- £9.99
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- SC393CD
- Release date
- 13 Mar '20
Inspired by interpersonal relationships, her environment - in particular the sea - and her growing friendships with her new bandmates (bassist Maddie Ryall, keyboardist Georgie Stott, and drummer Sam Yardley) Margolin’s distinctive, indie-pop-butmake-it-existentialist style soon started to crystallise. Quickly, the band self-released a load of demos and a garden-shed-recorded collection on Memorials of Distinction, while tireless touring cemented their firm reputation as one of UK DIY’s most beloved and compelling live bands.
As the band’s sound – bright pop-rock instrumentation blended with Margolin’s tender, open-ended lyrics – has developed and refined, Porridge Radio have also received enthusiastic radio airplay on the BBC, Radio X and more. Now, they are taking that development a step further, as they put out their label debut, Every Bad.
TRACK LISTING
SIDE A
1. Born Confused
2. Sweet
3. Don't Ask Me Twice
4. Long Nephews
SIDE B
1. Pop Song
2. Give/Take
3. Lilac
4. Circling
5. (Something)
6. Homecoming Song
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- 2x10" LP
- £22.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- DC761
- Release date
- 18 Oct '19
- Format Info
Split colour vinyl, green and black.
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The songs continue to evolve; two each from the classic OM releases Advaitic Songs and God Is Good, encompassingly recorded and mixed with the pristine quality that BBC engineers (and OM) bring to recorded sound.
TRACK LISTING
Gethsemane 11:17
State Of Non-Return 8:22
Cremation Ghat I 3:43
Cremation Ghat II 5:37
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- CD
- £8.99
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- THM001
- Release date
- 12 Jul '19 (originally released 11 Jul '11)
"Chamber pop pastoralists make great leap forward... Who knew that what the music of Steve Reich has been crying out for all these years is a Krautrock makeover?" MOJO 4**** 'What makes the North Sea Radio Orchestra so special is Fortnam's gift for orchestration, the deft and original way he puts deceptively simple materials in the hands of sophisticated performers. Melody pours from his pen on every page.' The Guardian *****
On this release, the influences apparent on the first two albums (Britten, Vaughan Williams, Reich, ISB, 70's prog) have been augmented by a distinct whiff of Krautrock
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- 2xLP
- £30.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- TG424LP
- Release date
- 14 Jun '19
- Format Info
2LP is on 180g vinyl and includes a CD of the full album.
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- 2xCD
- £13.99
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- TG424CD
- Release date
- 14 Jun '19
Audio quality is paramount, as always, with Shellac. The LP was mastered by Chicago Mastering Service. The vinyl is manufactured at RTI in Camarillo, CA. The pressings are 180 gram audiophile quality.
Other than the informational sheet you hold in your hand (or virtual hand), this record will have no formal promotion. There will be no advertisements, no press or radio promotion, no promotional or review copies, no promotional gimmick items, and otherwise no free lunch. Photos of the band are available. And the band is available for email or telephone interviews.
The band will continue to play shows or tour at the same sporadic and relaxed pace as always. There is no correlation between shows and record releases.
The Band: Steve Albini / Guitar, Todd Trainier / Drums, Bob Weston / Bass.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: There's not much to say about Shellac that you won't already know, but it's safe to say that hearing a band this legendary in top form, for the late great John Peel is enough of a draw. It's an incendiary and mindblowing set, comprised of some of their most recognisable pieces. Recorded perfectly, and performed as if you were there. Essential purchase.TRACK LISTING
1994 Peel Session.
Transmission: John Peel Radio One Show, 22 July 1994, Programme Number: 00YJ7271.
Recorded 14 July 1994, BBC Maida Vale Studio 3.
Track Listing:
1. Spoke
2. Canada
3. Crow
4. Disgrace
2004 Peel Session
Transmission: John Peel Show, 2 December 2004,
Reference: XLN448/00JY3660.
Recording: Live From Maida Vale Session, 1 December 2004,
BBC Maida Vale Studio 4.
Track Listing:
1. Ghosts
2. The End Of Radio
3. Canada
4. Paco
5. Steady As She Goes
6. Billiard Player Song
7. Dog And Pony Show
8. Il Porno Star
Beth Gibbons And The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 (Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs)
Domino
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- LP
- £21.99
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- Release date
- 29 Mar '19
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The performance took place at The National Opera Grand Theatre in Warsaw on November 29th 2014, and was part of an evening of programming that also featured Jonny Greenwood's (Radiohead) 48 Responses To Polymorphia and the world premiere of Bryce Dessner's (The National) Réponse Lutosławski.
Following an invitation to collaborate at the concert, Beth Gibbons undertook an intense preparation process, including tackling the challenge of learning the original text (and the emotional weight it carries) without speaking the mother language. Typical to Beth though - the elusive yet iconic frontwoman of one of the most important British bands of the last two decades - the challenge was met and exceeded. Her performance alongside the maestro Penderecki has been hailed as triumphant, as you can see and hear on this release.
The film, was produced by the National Audiovisual Institute, Poland and directed by Michał Merczyński.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: There's no denying that Beth Gibbons is one of the most cherished and highly recognisable vocal talents of the past several decades, but hearing her in this context is nothing less than astounding. The latent sadness inherent in Gorecki's 3rd symphony is only enhanced by Gibbons' stunning vocal range and perfect delivery. Astounding.TRACK LISTING
I. Lento - Sostenuto Tranquillo Ma Cantabile
II. Lento E Largo - Tranquillissimo
III. Lento - Cantabile-semplice
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- CD
- £11.49
- Cat Number
- DTTR073CD
- Release date
- 24 Feb '17
“On this album we felt we owed it to [our fans] to deliver something real that documents the journey we’ve all been on together. If you listen hard enough and take some time over the record, you’ll realise it’s an ode to everyone that’s ever bought an album or turned up to a show.” - Matt Bowman
TRACK LISTING
1. Wolves
2. Lose Control
3. Munro
4. Enemy Lines
5. Sounding The Alarm
6. Falling In Love
7. A Little Bit Alone
8. Stay With Me
9. Postcards
10. Change My World
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- £9.99
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- LAB158
- Release date
- 21 Oct '16
The band was formed in the early 2000's and released their debut 'Lesser Matters' on Labrador in 2003, later re-issued on XL in 2004. The album is considered a Swedish classic and appeared on the NME "Albums of the decade" list in 2009.
In 2006 Sophia Coppola chose to feature three of their songs in the film ‘Marie Antoinette’ which further helped them to achieve worldwide recognition and the same year the critically acclaimed album 'Pet Grief' was released and they topped the charts and received the 'best new music' accolade on Pitchfork.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: 'They're using a lot of minor keys here, it seems quite sad' might say someone who isn't getting paid to write something more profound than that, but they'd be right! It is not a self-indulgently gloomy take on things, but more of a resigned apathy towards the state of the world today. Equally adept at pulsing synthetic new-wave electronic pieces as they are at melodic pop songs , this is a seamless and confident combination of the two, And a brilliant collection of emotive gems.TRACK LISTING
Sloboda Narodu
Swedish Guns
We Got Game
Thieves Of State
Occupied
This Thing Was Bound To Happen
Can't Be Guilty
Commited To The Cause
Running Out Of Love
Teach Me To Forget
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- CD
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- THM004
- Release date
- 9 Sep '16
As well as releasing Arch Garrison's 2014 CD, 'I Will Be A Pilgrim' (Craig as singer-songwriter, singing songs about old roads and chalk downland in a psych-folk haze), Craig also spent the first half of 2014 immersed in the music of Robert Wyatt, having been asked to direct and do all arrangements for a performance of Wyatt's music for the Nuits de Fourviere Festival in Lyon, with North Sea Radio Orchestra as house-band. 'I A Moon', NSRO's previous album was very much concerned with the tragic illness that befell Craig's good friend Tim Smith (that underrated genius from pop/prog/punk legends Cardiacs), so that album felt almost unbearably sad at points.
For this release Craig wanted there to be no 'meaning' or particular theme but of course life often intervenes in such plans; half way through making the record Craig suffered a close family bereavement, naturally having a huge impact on the outcome of this album 'Dronne' still contains all the elements that have made NSRO special to their fans and wholly unique in British music; the ability to produce beautiful music without being over-sweet, the combination of large-scale instrumentals ('Dinosaurus Rex Parts 1 and 2') with smaller pieces and songs, the beautiful voice of Sharron Fortnam, and the ability to marry seemingly disparate influences (Britten, Vaughan-Williams, Cardiacs, early Kraftwerk etc), all wrapped up in a very English/Northern European harmonic and melodic language.
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- £16.99
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- BAY102V
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- 15 Jan '16
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The perfect (post) Christmas gift for discerning fans of cutting edge analogue electronica. And Kraftwerk!
Radioland was initially devised as a breathtaking audio-visual live experience by the Anglo-French trio of Matthew Bourne (synthesisers, voice), Franck Vigroux (electronics) and visual artist Antoine Schmitt.
The original music has been transformed with hurricanes of modulated electronics, earth-shattering bass frequencies, vocoders ebbing and throbbing and the occasional drop into periods of eerie near-silence.
Using a variety of vintage analogue synthesisers and electronics, they have recreated the futuristic, industrial world of ominous darkness and dazzling light imagined by Kraftwerk in 1975 and reconstructed in this bold new manifestation for 2015.
The album is mastered by Denis Blackham, who mastered Kraftwerk’s classic 1974 album Autobahn.
“A darkly intriguing contemporary spin on the seminal Teutonic band Kraftwerk’s electronic concept… a mix of hard-edged industrial grooves and ethereal, moog-infused soundscapes” - Selwyn Harris, Jazzwise.
“Bourne, a staggeringly talented pianist, also has an ability to explore the synthesiser’s most Kraftwerkian properties” - John Lewis, The Guardian.
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- LP
- £15.99
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- HVNLP106
- Release date
- 29 Dec '14
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- £9.99
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- HVNLP106CD
- Release date
- 20 Oct '14
Lanegan’s generous collaborative spirit sees him deliver an excellent co-write with British guitarist Duke Garwood, with whom he made last year’s dustbowl-desolate Black Pudding, and who now offers the music for I Am The Wolf, a Lanegan signature tune. Mark’s favourite song on the album, meanwhile, is Torn Red Heart, an intensely tender meditation for a broken heart that’s like The Velvet Underground’s Pale Blue Eyes orchestrated by Angelo Badalamenti. He also has a special mention for Floor Of The Ocean, which balances sheer catchiness with a deceptively bleak lyrical reflection on a life lived on the hard shoulder: “Clear eyes, can’t avoid the searchlight/Hope that they don’t find me/Find me where I’m lying.”
TRACK LISTING
1. Harvest Home
2. Judgement Time
3. Floor Of The Ocean
4. The Killing Season
5. Seventh Day
6. I Am The Wolf
7. Torn Red Heart
8. Waltzing In Blue
9. The Wild People
10. Death Trip To Tulsa
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- Ltd CD
- £12.49
- Cat Number
- 4711106
- Release date
- 17 Nov '14
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- Ltd LP
- £15.99
- Cat Number
- DEKORDER069
- Release date
- 23 Dec '13
- Format Info
Picture disc vinyl.
Picture disc vinyl.
Future contributions will feature new & exclusive recordings by Leyland Kirby, Excepter, Sonic Boom (EAR), Bill Kouligas (PAN Records), Vindicatrix and Black To Comm. Hybrid-Vinyl is a newly devised combination of a Picture-Disc on one side and a regular vinyl release on the other. The audio will be cut into the black vinyl side to utilise the superior audio quality of classic vinyl (compared to the often weaker sounding picture disc pressings).
"Kugeln" is Alien Radio's 3rd release after the sold-out split-LP with Keith Fullerton Whitman and a 4-way split 7" on the Belgian Kraak label with Köhn, Ducktails and Peaking Lights. AR is one of many aliases of Northern Germany's Ulf Schütte, a (part-time) member of Datashock, Black To Comm, Aosuke, Phantom Horse, etc. and founder of the Tape Tektoniks cassette label (Heatsick, Ducktails, Cloudland Canyon, etc.).
Like his previous works "Kugeln" has been produced mainly on Schütte's Modular Synthesizer. His music has (rightly) been compared to the works of Ursula Bogner, Conny Plank, Dick Raaijmakers, Cluster/Harmonia and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. There's an atmosphere of ease and playfulness in Schütte's compositions and his melodies and arrangements have over time become more and more varied and exciting.
A 3rd bonus track presents a gnarled & coarse remix of "Kugeln" by up-and-coming Hamburg producer Jem Circs.
Mastering by Sonic Boom (aka Pete Kember of Spacemen 3, Spectrum, EAR)! Artwork by Marc Richter (Black To Comm).
Highly collectable vinyl-only release (no repress!) on a new format. Cut by Lupo at Calyx Mastering.
TRACK LISTING
1. Kugeln (05:48)
2. Wallerfangen (06:09)
3. Kugeln Rmx By Jem Circs (06:33)
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- CD
- £13.49
- Cat Number
- ALIVE0126CD
- Release date
- 10 Oct '11
This, their 3rd album, is their most psychedelic and powerful work to date. It was recorded, mixed, and mastered analog at the legendary Prairie Sun recording in Northern California. In order to achieve the true natural sound they were looking for, the band used vintage Supro, Gibson, and Alamo amps, as well as other off-beat gems, while Parker Griggs sometimes ran his vocals through a tape echo, a Leslie cabinet or an old Gibson reverb tank. The Great Escape of Leslie Magnafuzz is an amazing album that updates an old-school style with craft, passion and plenty of psychedelics.
TRACK LISTING
1. Little Eyes
2. No Time
3. Speed Freak
4. Creepin'
5. Turtle Back Rider
6. Densaflorativa
7. I Don't Need Nobody
8. Misleading Me
9. Summer Of 1942
10. Insideout
11. Deep Down Below
12. Open Your Eyes
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- LP
- £44.99
- Cat Number
- 5099996601914
- Release date
- 16 Nov '09
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- £12.99
- Cat Number
- 5099996601921
- Release date
- 12 Oct '09
TRACK LISTING
1. Geiger Counter (2009 Digital Remaster)
2. Radioactivity (2009 Digital Remaster)
3. Radioland (2009 Digital Remaster)
4. Airwaves (2009 Digital Remaster)
5. Intermission (2009 Digital Remaster)
6. News (2009 Digital Remaster)
7. The Voice Of Energy (2009 Digital Remaster)
8. Antenna (2009 Digital Remaster)
9. Radio Stars (2009 Digital Remaster)
10. Uranium (2009 Digital Remaster)
11. Transistor (2009 Digital Remaster)
12. Ohm Sweet Ohm (2009 Digital Remaster)
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- £5.99
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- 7231574
- Release date
- 14 Sep '09
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- Ltd 7"
- £3.99
- Cat Number
- STEREO0451
- Release date
- 26 May '08
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- Ltd 10"
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- DTTR025 (OVERSTOCKS)
- Release date
- 12 Feb '07
- Format Info
Was £4.99.
Limited edition one sided 10" the other side being etched. White label style sleeves. LAST FEW COPIES!
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- £11.99
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- XLCD205
- Release date
- 4 Sep '06
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CD comes in a super-swish lenticular (tilt it and the picture changes) outer cover.
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- £9.99
- Cat Number
- BN040CD
- Release date
- 23 Jan '06
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- £12.99
- Cat Number
- RADIO4-1
- Release date
- 8 Mar '04
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- £8.99
- Cat Number
- NCC1708
- Release date
- 28 Jan '02
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- £13.99
- Cat Number
- 170 236 2
- Release date
- 24 Sep '01
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- Cat Number
- SPCD553
- Release date
- 27 Aug '01