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Jimi Hendrix

Burning Desire (Black Friday 22 Edition)

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    Part of Dagger Records’ authorized Jimi Hendrix “bootleg” releases. Mixed by Eddie Kramer, compelling examples of Jimi’s remarkable creative explorations through 1969 and early 1970. In the shadow of Electric Ladyland, the original Jimi Hendrix Experience struggled to remain a cohesive unit, and Jimi’s ceaseless creative pursuit would lead to experimental sessions with bassist Billy Cox and drummer Buddy Miles and ambitious attempts to integrate fresh musical elements. On these studio recordings, Jimi can be heard developing exciting new material such as “Ezy Ryder,” “Cherokee Mist,” “Villanova Junction Blues,” “Izabella,” and “Burning Desire.” Burning Desire was originally released on CD via mail order only, seeing its only LP release on black vinyl as part of a previous Black Friday celebration. The double LP will now be available for the first time since, pressed on translucent orange and red vinyl by QRP as part of the new RSD Encores series revisiting popular releases from the indie retail event’s history.

    Jungle

    Good Times / Problemz (Black Friday 22 Edition)

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      Jungle’s 2014 self-titled debut album was a Mercury Prize nominee and is now Gold-certified, while their 2018 follow-up, For Ever, reached #10 on the UK Albums Chart. In 2021 the duo released Loving In Stereo—their highest-charting record to date—to widespread praise. Their three albums have amassed over 750,000 equivalent album sales and over a billion streams worldwide.

      Jungle recently released the double A-side single “GOOD TIMES / PROBLEMZ” digitally to support their robust 2022 touring schedule, which includes stops with Billie Eilish in Europe, global festival appearances, as well as multiple arena shows with Gorillaz. “GOOD TIMES / PROBLEMS” will see an exclusive Record Store Day Black Friday release on classic black vinyl."

      TRACK LISTING

      1. Good Times
      2. Problemz

      Joni Mitchell

      Court And Spark Demos (Black Friday 23 Edition)

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        Court and Spark is Joni Mitchell's most commercially successful album of her career. This LP features the never-before-heard demos from the iconic album, including "Help Me" and "Raised On Robbery".

        TRACK LISTING

        1. Joni Mitchell - Piano Suite: Down To You / Court And Spark / Car On A Hill / Down To You (Court And Spark Demo) (Sound Recording)
        2. Joni Mitchell - People's Parties (Court And Spark Demo) (Sound Recording)
        3. Joni Mitchell - Help Me (Court And Spark Demo) (Sound Recording)
        4. Joni Mitchell - Just Like This Train (Court And Spark Demo) (Sound Recording)
        5. Joni Mitchell – Raised On Robbery (Court And Spark Demo) (Sound Recording)
        6. Joni Mitchell – Trouble Child (Sound Recording)

        John Murphy

        The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special (Original Soundtrack) (Black Friday 23 Edition)

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          The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special is the soundtrack to the television special released on Disney+ in November 2022. The album features an original score composed by John Murphy, plus two songs performed by Old 97’s and Kevin Bacon. Available for the first time on vinyl, this color splatter LP is being released exclusively for RSD Black Friday 2023.Releasing internationally in line with the US/Canada RSD release - 2-Colour Splatter Vinyl

          Jonny Teardrop

          No Problemo

            Slip on your shades, shut the curtains and find some Dutch courage, you're about to hear the debut LP from Jonny Teardrop. Inspired by Native American peyote songs, using his Jaguar as a bass and drum samples from obscure Japanese crust punk songs, the Jonny charges through 13 snarling blasts of dark wired sound snapping polaroids and conjuring fragments of memories. Gritty, corrosive and raw, "No Problemo" adopts the grunge and gloom of Royal Trux, Suicide, Cabaret Voltaire and JAMC to take me all the way back to drunken nights stumbling through the dark of Retro Bar with a warm Red Stripe in hand. A short movie made of 13 scenes, written by himself and directed by Louis Vignat will be presented alongside the album. The 13 videos will be your introduction to Jonny's weird and complex universe; a door that won't be easily closed once opened. 


            STAFF COMMENTS

            Patrick says: Jonny Teardrop makes his debut on Rouge Mécanique with thirteen blasts of corrosive post punk energy. Essential listening for fans of The Kills, JAMC, Suicide and Whitey, this is the stuff of nightmares and eyeliner. All hailz the Dark Wired Sound!

            TRACK LISTING

            A1. Shave My Head
            A2. Shotgun
            A3. 4AM
            A4. Secret Death
            A5. No Mercy
            A6. Gluey World
            A7. Suburb Kid
            B1. The Room
            B2. Eden Rebel
            B3. Dodge
            B4. Fragment
            B5. Internal Server Error
            B6. So I Trudged Upstairs

            Last time we caught up with the GCZ he was strung out in heaven, aligning chakras and hitting the bong with two volumes of "Lushlyfe" for Rush Hour. Now Jordan's back on his own Off Minor imprint, bringing the noise with three versions of "Fission Transmission" for all the freakz in the club. Rattling away along the A-side, the 'Main Mix' lays waste to the competition with wild Italo-disco arpeggiators, swelling, adrenal synthlines and squeeling gremlins trapped deep in the inner workings of the drum box. The "Drum Mix" kicks things on a touch, incorporating a schlamming 4/4 beat and plenty of EBM energy to level any rave bunker you find yourself lost in. Finally, "Suspicion Transmission (No Drum Mix)" bathes us in the brilliance of Czamanski's vintage hardware, bubbling electronics and charming weirdness. 


            TRACK LISTING

            A1. Fission Transmission
            B1. Fission Transmission (Drum Mix)
            B. Suspicion Transmission (No Drum Mix)

            James Brown

            Sho Is Funky Down Here

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              First issued in 1971. Available digitally, CD is out of print. Vinyl has been out of print since at least the mid-90s. 3000 only worldwide. Sho is Funky Down Here and The Grodeck Whipperjenny are a pair of albums that are the result of an unlikely but highly productive musical relationship between James Brown, a superstar at the creative and commercial peaks of his long career, and David Matthews, a then young arranger-musician whose limited professional experience had little or nothing to do with the funk and soul of his collaborator. James Brown’s psychedelic album, created by his then-bandleader David Matthews, and issued at the same time as Matthews’ classic The Grodeck Whipperjenny. Underground, fuzzy, rambling psych-funk. The genesis of Brown’s “Talking Loud And Saying Nothing,” a 1990s hip hop sample staple, informing A Tribe Called Quest, Large Professor, Brand Nubian and others. Lacquered directly from the original master tapes at Capitol Studios. This is the first official reissue of both of this rare titles. Contains an extensive booklet with full annotation, liner notes by Brown historian Alan Leeds and never-before-published photos. Tracks : A Side 1. Sho Is Funky Down Here 2. Don't Mind 3. Bob Scoward B Side 1. Just Enough Room For Storage 2. You Mother You 3. Can Mind.

              Josephine Foster

              This Coming Gladness (RSD20 EDITION)

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                Black Vinyl.Essential reissue of Josephine Foster's crucially revered classic 'This Coming Gladness' ñ for the first time on vinyl since 2008.Comes with brand new artwork and housed in a reverse board sleeve with a download card.

                John Massoni & Sonic Boom

                The Sundowner Sessions

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                  Not previously released on vinyl Originally recorded in Seattle, in 2000 and released on CD only later the same year 'The Sundowner Sessions' is a recording featuring John Massoni (electronics) and Sonic Boom (custom human voice synthesizer). "[Sonic} can make something out of almost anything.He'd just pick out a tape of mine (I have a bunch of tapes with sound and drone experiments), and work something into a piece.His focus and ability not to be undermined by the limits surrounding him is really amazing to watch.We worked well into the night - thus 'The Sundowner Sessions' were born." - John Massoni. Never before released on vinyl but now re-mastered by John Rivers at Woodbine Street Studio especially for vinyl release for RSD 2020.

                  Japanese Television

                  3 (Remixed) (RSD21 EDITION)

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                    Record Store Day exclusive limited edition 500 press on neon green heavyweight vinyl featuring big hitting remixes from James Lavelle's UNKLE, Gabe Gurnsey (Factory Floor), James Welsh (Phantasy Sound), Space Age Freak Out (John Paynter), and International Teachers of Pop (ERC / Moonlandingz) who add a whole new dimension to JTV's critically accalimedthird EP and a further RSD physical exclusive with JTV's remix of Internatianal Teachers Pop's Flood The Club (Themes Water Remix).

                    3 (Remixed) is on vinyl for the first time especially for RSD and JTV say: During lockdown we thought it would be cool to create a remix project with artists we admire. We love collaborating. Itís exciting to have them reimagine our tracks say Japanese Television - who formed with a shared vision of creating a modern psych space-surf soundscape. Gabe Gurnsey add his trademark hard-hitting beats and minimalist synths to otherworldly psych single ëBee Cageí and has already had three plays from Lauren Laverne and two from Gideon Coe on 6 Music and the mix was made John Kennedy's 'X-Posture Hot One. A groove-laden treat, Gabe adds layers of astral beats to create something wholly other. We heard Gabe's remix for Working Men's Club and loved it, we're stoked he's on board. This is followed by James Lavelleís masterful UNKLE Reconstruction of Falling Spikes (the original was named as one Amy Lameís BBC 6 Music Favourite Tracks of 2020), which delivers the trademark eclectic UNKLE sound and twist. James is a living legend and as big fans it's an honour to have him remix, say JTV.

                    With additional mixes from Space Age Freakout (we love the dirty Manchester electronic vibe), International Teachers of Pop (We're big fans of ITOP. Sheffield's finest); and James Welsh (Like Gabe we found James through Erol Elkan's Phantasy Sound label. He's delivered absolute dynamite), say JTV.Japanese Television surf on a swirling wave of reverb-drenched organ, garage-rock guitars, hypno-motorik bass and pounding, ritualistic drums.

                    In 2020 the band released their five track EP III slice of motorik space twang. Preferring to work in a village hall deep in the wilds of the east British countryside, JTV again recorded live to an old 8 track machine with The Wytches Kristian Bell following the success of EPs I & II. The band has been played over 70 times on BBC 6 Music including a session with Marc Riley and have seen acclaim from the likes of NME, So Young, Clash, Arts Desk, WFUV in New York, and The Wire. Only Japanese Television are 100% space surf. Their cosmic glow remains extraordinary.

                    Jesca Hoop

                    The Deconstruction Of Jack's House (RSD21 EDITION)

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                      Jesca Hoop has a tradition of reimagining and rerecording her own albums and having previously created beautifully stark versions of her albums Kismet and Hunting my Dress it is the turn of The House That Jack Built. Recorded in her Manchester based home-built studio in December 2020, these intimate and immediate reworkings shine the spotlight on Hoops intricate, complex song writing with her astonishing vocals front and centre The Deconstruction of Jackís House comes on limited edition white vinyl for Record Store Day 2021.

                      Jimmy James & The Vagabonds / Sonya Spence

                      This Heart Of Mine / Let Love Flow On (RSD22 EDITION)

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                        Joao Donato E Donatinho

                        Sintetizamor (RSD23 EDITION)

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                          Far Out Recordings proudly presents laid back Brazilian groove maestro Joao Donato's synth-heavy collaboration with his son Donatinho

                          Sintetizamor sees the father- son duo jovially hurtle through space and time across ten tracks of sparkling pop, Brazilian boogie and club friendly disco-funk. Joao Donato has been a hugely influential figure in the development of Brazilian music since the mid-1950's. He's played and recorded with virtually every one of his fellow Brazilian masters. Many of his own albums (of which he's recorded over three- dozen) are regarded with such adulation that 'cult- favourites' doesn't quite cut it. Aged 82 at the time, Donato's collaboration with his prodigious, synth obsessed son Donatinho - whose keyboard talents have been called on by the likes of the late Gal Costa, Djavan and Donatinho's contemporaries such as Diogo Strausz - was originally released back in 2017, as a limited Brazil-only release. For Record Store Day 2023, Sintetizamor will be available on vinyl (for the first time outside of Brazil) from participating stores.

                          Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires

                          The Sound Emporium EP (RSD23 EDITION)

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                            Single-sided 12" featuring 2 new originals from RSD US Ambassadors Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires, a reimagined version of "Tour of Duty" from Here We Rest, and a cover of Richard Thompson's "Beeswing". Side B includes a stunning vinyl etching designed by Pearl Rachinsky-Moreland.

                            Jazz Butcher

                            Dr Chomondley Repents: A Sides, B-Sides And Seasides (RSD23 EDITION)

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                              Double vinyl release of Jazz Butcher favourites, oddities, unheard alternate versions + a live radio session from LA's KCRW - many of which have never been on vinyl. Features extensive liner notes and exclusive artwork. The compilation gathers a raft of indie chart hits, plus a host of truly eclectic Butcher tunes from his early Glass recordings through his time at Creation. ìThe Jazz Butcher is one of the most brilliant incisive pop writers that Britain has produced since the glory days of Ray Davies and Pete Townshendî Alan McGee, Creation. This collection compiles an essential alternative world view, tracing pop culture through the kaleidoscope of the ë80s and beyond, filled with a unique brand of wit and wisdom.

                              Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

                              Up Your Alley (RSD23 EDITION)

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                                Lemonade coloured LP Vinyl. 'Warchild' charity release. - Up Your Alley, the sixth studio album from Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, will be released on Lemonade Yellow colored vinyl exclusively for Record Store Day. The Grammy nominated album, originally released in 1988, features ìI Hate Myself For Loving You,î ìLittle Liar,î and ìI Wanna Be Your Dog.î

                                JoBoxers

                                Like Gangbusters (RSD23 EDITION)

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                                  British new wave band JoBoxers' debut album 'Like Gangbusters' was originally released in 1983. The album was produced by Alan Shacklock and contains hit singles "Boxerbeat", "Johnny Friendly" and the double-A-side "Jealous Love / She's Got Sex". It also includes "Just Got Lucky" - the band's huge international hit that reached the top 10 in the UK and top 40 in the U.S. This 40th Anniversary Edition reissue is sourced from the original master tapes, pressed on red vinyl and is a 2023 Record Store Day Exclusive! JoBoxers 'Like Gangbusters' is a must-have record for every 80s new wave music fan.

                                  John Massoni With Sonic Boom

                                  Think Of Me When You Hear Waves (RSD23 EDITION)

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                                    A brand-new John Massoni LP that was produced by his good friend, Grammy nominated producer, Hunter Lea. This is another John Massoni and Pete Kember, aka Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3, EAR, Spectrum) collaboration. It will have one side completely mixed by Sonic Boom. Featuring the excellent track ìGreat Godís Giftî this will be pressed in heavy weight 180g solid mustard coloured vinyl.

                                    Josephine Foster And The Victor Herrero Band

                                    Anda Jaleo (RSD24 EDITION)

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                                      Josephine Foster And The Victor Herrero Band

                                      Perlas (RSD24 EDITION)

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                                        Jamiroquai

                                        Live At BBC Maida Vale (RSD24 EDITION)

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                                          Neon Green x6 trk LP Vinyl. Recorded @ Maida Vale in 2006.

                                          John

                                          A Life Diagrammatic

                                            With March 2023's 7" ‘Theme New Bond Junior’/‘Hopper On The Dial’ reaching No.1 in the UK Vinyl Single Chart, and April 2023's BBC/KEXP supported ‘Trauma Mosaic’ single announcing a debut fifteen date US/CA Tour for October 2023. JOHN consolidate their reputation as a truly uncompromising force with the announcement of their fourth full length A Life Diagrammatic.

                                            The album – which features collaborations with award-winning actor Simon Pegg, and Barry Adamson (formerly of The Bad Seeds and seminal post-punk act Magazine) – is released via Brace Yourself Records & Pets Care Records, and is the follow-up to 2021’s Nocturnal Manoeuvres LP which crashed the top 75 of the main UK album chart.

                                            “Limitations are key for us,” says drummer and vocalist John Newton. “I never view being a two-piece as a minus - it’s a key idiosyncratic element of what the project is.”

                                            For the last decade, and now over four albums, the duo of Newton and Johnny Healey have constantly redefined and expanded the role, function and parameters of what a guitar and drum two-piece can be. No more so is this apparent than on their latest A Life Diagrammatic, a record that harnesses the punch and intensity of their blistering live shows with the band’s increasingly textural, cinematic and expressive sensibilities. “We knew the direction we wanted to go in after the last record,” Healey says of Nocturnal Manoeuvres. “We had started moving towards soundscapes rather than straight-up noise and four to the floor structure.”

                                            The level of thought, ambition and scope is what makes JOHN such a captivating and genre-defying band, and A Life Diagrammatic such a rich and evocative listening experience. And the album artwork is perhaps a perfect metaphor for the band itself: a surface level glance may only reveal the basic function of an ostensible two-piece rock band but undertake a full service and you’ll discover a wealth of complexity, technicality, skill and function. Or quite simply, as Healey himself says, “we're not just a rock band. There's more to it than that.”

                                            Seth Manchester (Big Brave, Battles, METZ) was brought in to mix the album, with Frank Arkwright (Mogwai, Arab Strap, Squarepusher, Autechre) mastering it at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. The aim being to merge the powerful live presence of the band whilst also honing in on some of the more varied dynamics at play. “We wanted to further explore the space and ambience of our instrumentation,” says Newton. “To offer an album that deliberately pushes and pulls in a multitude of directions throughout its duration.”

                                            STAFF COMMENTS

                                            Laura says: On their fourth album John continue to evolve their sound, adding more experimentation to their driving guitar and drums onslaught. As with previous releases, the taut guitar riffs create a tension throughout the album as it sweeps between brooding atmospherics and explosive outbursts, but there’s a more nuanced, cinematic feel this time around. This is typified on “Media Res” which features a strange, slightly unnerving monologue from Simon Pegg - a distorted conversation that you only hear one side of. Typical of the whole album there’s an ambiguity to the narrative that sucks you in and forces you to listen. There’s no snappy sloganeering here, the lyrical depth is integral to the sound as a whole, it’s an album that demands your attention. Still not convinced? Then surely a nod of approval, in the shape of a collaboration on “Riddley Scott Walker”, from the king of cinematic noir, Barry Adamson, should surely seal the deal.

                                            TRACK LISTING

                                            1. At Peacehaven
                                            2. Media Res
                                            3. Côte D’Adur
                                            4. A Submersible
                                            5. A Whole House
                                            6. Service Stationed
                                            7. Construction Site/Summer_22
                                            8. Trauma Mosaic
                                            9. Riddley Scott Walker
                                            10. The Common Cold

                                            Jim Ghedi

                                            In The Furrows Of Common Place

                                              “Instead of landscape sketches I wanted to go into more personal areas of my reality,” says Jim Ghedi of his third album In The Furrows Of Common Place. “To hold up certain aspects of society that were laying bare in front of me.”

                                              Whilst Ghedi’s previous idiosyncratic take on folk has often been instrumental, exploring the natural world and his relationship to it through his music as seen on 2018's A Hymn For Ancient Land. His new album In The Furrow Of Common Place is a deeper plunge inside himself to offer up more of his voice to accompany his profoundly unique and moving compositions. “There were things I was seeing around me and being affected by in my daily life,” he says. “Socially and politically I saw defiance but also hopelessness. I wanted to be honest with the frustration and turmoil I was experiencing.”

                                              The decision to include more of Ghedi’s vocals was a conscious one and driven by a need to say something. However, this isn’t a brash raging political polemic. As is now customary with Ghedi’s work, it is rich in nuance, history, poetry and allegory. Musically, the album is equally locked into this ongoing sense of evolution. Ghedi’s intricate yet deft guitar playing still twists and flows its way through the core, weaving in and out of gliding double bass, sweeping violin, gentle percussion and vocals that shift from tender solos to overlapping harmonies.

                                              As with much of Ghedi’s work, there’s a rich connection between the past and the current. Musically, he continues to sit in a singular position of sounding distinctly contemporary yet also with a touch of traditional flair. This expands itself into the lyrical terrain here too. “I've been exploring contemporary issues and in that process discovering sources that correlate with similar issues in the past,” he says. “Which proves that these issues throughout history - environmental destruction, working class poverty etc - are ongoing.”

                                              For all the socio-political and historical backdrop to the record it is not one that feels overwhelmed by it. Much like Ghedi’s work when it was largely instrumental - and some of it still is here - it flows and unfurls thoughtfully, with space still being utilised masterfully, creating room to pause and reflect. It’s another inimitable record from an artist that truly sounds like nobody else right now. 


                                              STAFF COMMENTS

                                              Barry says: An intoxicating mix of traditional folk, hazy psychedelia and classic rock progressions all enriched with Ghedi's distinctive vocal affectations. It's a heady and transportive affair, and one that will reward richly on repeated listens. Gorgeous.

                                              TRACK LISTING

                                              1. Common Thread
                                              2. The Lamentations Of Round Oak Waters
                                              3. Mytholm
                                              4. Stolen Ground
                                              5. Ah Cud Hew
                                              6. Beneath The Willow
                                              7. Beneath The Willow Part II
                                              8. Son David

                                              Jim Ghedi

                                              In The Furrows Of Common Place

                                                “Instead of landscape sketches I wanted to go into more personal areas of my reality,” says Jim Ghedi of his third album In The Furrows Of Common Place. “To hold up certain aspects of society that were laying bare in front of me.”

                                                Whilst Ghedi’s previous idiosyncratic take on folk has often been instrumental, exploring the natural world and his relationship to it through his music as seen on 2018's A Hymn For Ancient Land. His new album In The Furrow Of Common Place is a deeper plunge inside himself to offer up more of his voice to accompany his profoundly unique and moving compositions. “There were things I was seeing around me and being affected by in my daily life,” he says. “Socially and politically I saw defiance but also hopelessness. I wanted to be honest with the frustration and turmoil I was experiencing.”

                                                The decision to include more of Ghedi’s vocals was a conscious one and driven by a need to say something. However, this isn’t a brash raging political polemic. As is now customary with Ghedi’s work, it is rich in nuance, history, poetry and allegory. Musically, the album is equally locked into this ongoing sense of evolution. Ghedi’s intricate yet deft guitar playing still twists and flows its way through the core, weaving in and out of gliding double bass, sweeping violin, gentle percussion and vocals that shift from tender solos to overlapping harmonies.

                                                As with much of Ghedi’s work, there’s a rich connection between the past and the current. Musically, he continues to sit in a singular position of sounding distinctly contemporary yet also with a touch of traditional flair. This expands itself into the lyrical terrain here too. “I've been exploring contemporary issues and in that process discovering sources that correlate with similar issues in the past,” he says. “Which proves that these issues throughout history - environmental destruction, working class poverty etc - are ongoing.”

                                                For all the socio-political and historical backdrop to the record it is not one that feels overwhelmed by it. Much like Ghedi’s work when it was largely instrumental - and some of it still is here - it flows and unfurls thoughtfully, with space still being utilised masterfully, creating room to pause and reflect. It’s another inimitable record from an artist that truly sounds like nobody else right now. 


                                                STAFF COMMENTS

                                                Barry says: An intoxicating mix of traditional folk, hazy psychedelia and classic rock progressions all enriched with Ghedi's distinctive vocal affectations. It's a heady and transportive affair, and one that will reward richly on repeated listens. Gorgeous.

                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                1. Common Thread
                                                2. The Lamentations Of Round Oak Waters
                                                3. Mytholm
                                                4. Stolen Ground
                                                5. Ah Cud Hew
                                                6. Beneath The Willow
                                                7. Beneath The Willow Part II
                                                8. Son David

                                                Jim Noir

                                                Deep Blue View

                                                  AM Jazz was the moment we all became truly acquainted with Alan Roberts; the melodic maestro beneath Jim Noir’s dandy exterior, whose hypnotic minimalist symphonies waltzed their way to Piccadilly Records’ #2 Best Album of 2020. Not to mention a whole host of great reviews….

                                                  No less than 12 months later arrives ‘Deep Blue View’ – not so much of a follow-up, as a mini-flipside moving the Jazz from AM to PM, between city and sea.

                                                  “I originally had AM Jazz down as walking around some New York backstreet at 4am, smoking in a fedora, looking for crimes to solve but it now ends as night begins,” reveals Al, of his latest tale’s gradual evolution. “Deep Blue View is the night-time album now… like losing yourself deeper in the fog, or disappearing in the sea… would someone, or some 'thing' come to save you or would they , or it , come along for the ride?”

                                                  Usually by now, Daveyhulme’s own could-be John Barry would have left distractions of success for suburban side-projects and writing with his fellow Mancunian musicians, but AM Jazz left unfinished business - and, with 50 or so session recordings leaving a litter of sonic debris strewn about the cutting room floor, one major clean-up. Deep Blue View is 6 brand new tracks crafted from its reconstructed and revived remnants, unfurling like Sinatra’s Wee Small Hours to reinforce the strangely beautiful atmosphere of Al’s now revered repertoire.

                                                  “I had the urge to create something new and started playing around with different EPs and pseudonyms but when I sequenced these tracks, I was really happy how smoothly they flowed; it just needed an opener. I quickly wrote ‘Deep Blue View’ and it fell into place. It’s great, so I carried on, knowing it was time to save the best stuff for myself,” Al grins.

                                                  Just as AM Jazz was created in the spirit of his earlier working style on debut album Tower of Love, Deep Blue View fuses Al’s love of finding the ‘right’ in the odd, weird, back-to-front and everything in between, with the hi-fi meets lo-fi sounds of his crate-digging curiosity and empathy for TV themes and movie soundtracks. Guided by melody, his home-based sorcery of working with analog, tape and field recordings opposed to the lure of studio mechanics allowed his inner subconscious to tap at the door and reveal itself in new musical forms. “In the studio it’s tempting to turn everything up loud but I’ve got bad tinnitus and don’t want to write anything else in a Beatles style. I have done all that now… at home I have a computer, a microphone and just go crazy and lose myself staring at the screen. Then suddenly loads of music is written.”

                                                  Setting his inner autopilot to flight mode, ‘Peppergone’ adds to the tracks’ nocturnal narrative and appears reborn after a last-minute culling from AM Jazz’s initial tracklist. Like a beautifully romantic ode to Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, it is a fitting tribute to dearly departed best friend 'Batfinks', written in the middle of a tough night. “I have no idea why or how the song came about because I was so upset to do anything, let alone record any music. But there you go. Somehow I did and it’s a really special thing. I know he would have dug me using his chords; growing up we’d both try to create the perfect chord sequence. This is his idea of that. I hope he doesn’t think it’s shit,” Al jests.

                                                  Also revived from AM Jazz’s archive is the simmering groove of ‘Night Talk Late Street’ and instrumental ‘Star Six Seven’, whilst ‘Have Another Cigar’ weaves its own semi-autobiographical fairy-tale with lyrics written and sung by long-time pal and former housemate Aidan Smith. Transformed from backing track into a cool morsel of story pop, it recalls the drunken joy of when the pair would make recordings together between singing the Everly Brothers at full volume. “I’m sure it’s about not wanting the musical party to stop and having to get on with real life,” Al says.

                                                  ‘String Beat’ meanwhile, soars like a beautiful Bond theme with the shimmer of Lee Hazlewood holidaying in Palm Springs, alongside perhaps, the waltzing string-like synthonies of some long-lost rhythm and blues orchestra of Davyhulme (whose real-life origins reside with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra), introduced to him by Super Furry Animals’ Cian Ciaran. “I’ve never created anything this moody before and have always threatened to do something John Barry-esque with some slightly dark and spooky musical changes.”

                                                  First may not be worst, but as AM Jazz has proven, second can be best and as a master of suspense Jim’s Deep Blue View arranges the day to night pieces of another puzzle that makes a whole lot of sense.


                                                  STAFF COMMENTS

                                                  Andy says: Another absolutely beautiful record. Gonna be one of my favourites of the year, I can tell already.

                                                  Barry says: Where 'A.M Jazz' wasn't particularly true to its name, 'Deep Blue View' plunges much more readily into smooth jazz waters, with swimming melodies and progressions perfectly befitting Roberts' hazy dreamlike vocal lines. A brilliantly cohesive and fitting follow-up to A.M Jazz, showing the rapid upwards trajectory of this local gem. Brilliant.

                                                  Optimo Music treat all fans of indie miserablism, bedroom gloom and post punk groan to the new album from Jacob Yates (Uncle John and Whitelock). Not only is he one of the label's all-time favourite artists from Glasgow, but he is one of their favourite artists from anywhere. Criminally unknown except to a few who have been long transfixed by his recordings and performances, we hope this release will open a few more ears to his wondrous musical world.

                                                  “The Hare, The Moon, The Drone” is the gloom auteur's third LP. This recording finds the band exploring dark hawthorn hedged lanes, moors and suburban, new build estates. There's something more earthy about the songs but the menace and darkness remains. Musically there is a big shift on this album, a field recording of a folk band from a dark, pine filled glen. The opener, The Car sets the scene for the rural side of the album, dank and stone cold. The tracks then shift through the woods, people turn into animals, we pass a sunlit glade, do you hear a love song? Cassie Ezeji closes the side sweetly lamenting in Gaelic as the snow falls.

                                                  Side two is a more urban affair opening with despair in a bedroom in Belgium, we visit a faith healer and drop in on your lonely mother. Lovatt recounts the story of a karaoke addicted murderer before we finally go home to our new build just outside of town where the pylons tower over Michael and his sister Rachel. It's a journey you can go on, looking out of the window of the bus, glimpses of lives glide by, cards on seats promise to help you. Ding! It's time to get off.


                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                  The Car
                                                  The Human
                                                  The Hare
                                                  The Moon
                                                  The Drone (Part 1)
                                                  The Drone (Part 2)
                                                  Mr. Marouf
                                                  A Scene From An Empty Living Room
                                                  Outside The Needle Exchange
                                                  Michael

                                                  Slinky and incessantly groovy, prime time US house music here from new school mover Josh Aaron who deploys four expertly constructed pieces of club kinetics that shake and wiggly in all the right places. Released on Jordan Fields Trax Research and brimming with Chi-town flavour. TIP! 

                                                  STAFF COMMENTS

                                                  Matt says: Resplendent with that iconic Chi-town wiggle, Josh Aaron graces Jordan Field's Trax Research with four hyperactive groovers. Littered with loose percussion work, and driven by some super catchy hooks; this is sample based disco-house unique to the Chicago catchment.

                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                  A1. Check It Out
                                                  A2. Let Me Out
                                                  B1. Bronze (A Lifestyle)
                                                  B2. Get On

                                                  John Abercrombie, Dave Holland & Jack DeJohnette

                                                  Gateway

                                                    With "daring and visionary spirit", to quote a Downbeat review from the year of this album's release, master improvisers John Abercrombie, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette forged a unique vision of trio interplay on their frst joint effort under the Gateway moniker. The trio tackles Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette originals with a visionary idea of what three- way conversations in jazz could sound like. As The Observer remarked in an article of the time, "the telepathic ensemble playing and perfect execution make it difficult to believe that this music is almost completely improvised". The players' respectively unique instrumental signatures had already fully crystallised here, hinting at the music to come.

                                                    The Luminessence edition of the album arrives in a Tip- on gatefold, complete with previously unseen archival photos and new liner notes by Wilco's Nels Cline.

                                                    "One thing most recordings on the label share in common is the capturing of special moments in real time. That is what "Gateway" is, what it feels like so many years later, for as long as we have ears to listen." - Nels Cline

                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                    1. Back - Woods Song
                                                    2. Waiting
                                                    3. May Dance
                                                    4. Unshielded Desire
                                                    5. Jamala
                                                    6. Sorcery I

                                                    Justin Adams & Mauro Durante

                                                    Sweet Release

                                                      'Sweet Release' is the second album from master musicians Justin Adams & Mauro Durante.

                                                      Three years of worldwide touring has turned what was originally a fusion project into a fully realised and unique entity. Drawing on Durante's Taranta background with Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, as well as his work with Ludovico Einaudi, and Adams' prolific career as guitarist, with everyone from Sinead O'Connor to Robert Plant and Tinariwen, their musical landscape ranges from raw Rockabilly to Sufi ecstasy via Minimalism. For this album they have brought in some guest vocalists adding yet more layers to their distinctive sound. 

                                                      Exploring themes of musical healing and catharsis, the title track and opener 'Sweet Release' is a heartfelt manifesto of the duo's vision, featuring Adams' unmistakeable touch on the guitar and Durante's masterful tamburello frame drum. Along with original tracks such as the shimmering pizzica- based 'Leuca' featuring guest singer Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino's Alessia Tondo and the wildly rocking 'Ghost Train', they cover Lebanese Diva Fairuz's haunting Easter Hymn 'Wa Habibi' with guest singer Yousra Mansour from Bab L' Bluz, which becomes a timely meditation on suffering. CBGB's underground legend Felice Rosser brings vocals to 'Tide Keeps Turning' adding a deeply soulful touch to the ritual Neapolitan Tammurriata beat of Durante's drum, while Adams' starkly beautiful guitar illuminates 'Aurora', inspired by a dawn call to prayer heard in Rajasthan. The anthemic Instrumental 'Ithaca Return' opens brightly before turning into a wild pizzica-like tune led by Durante's rhapsodic violin. 'Qui Non Vorrei Morire', sung by Durante, is a setting of a poem by Vittorio Bodini, another native of Salento, originally recorded by Mauro's late father Daniele, one of the leading lights of the Taranta revival.

                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                      Sweet Release
                                                      Leuca (ft. Alessia Tondo)
                                                      Ghost Train
                                                      Wa Habibi (ft. Yousra Mansour)
                                                      Silver And Stone
                                                      Aurora
                                                      Ithaca Return
                                                      Qui Non Vorrei Morire
                                                      Tide Keeps Turning (ft. Felice Rosser)
                                                      Santu Paulu

                                                      Joseph Allred

                                                      The Rambles & Rags Of Shiloh

                                                        The prominent biblical city of Shiloh was first mentioned in the Book of Joshua: And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. (Joshua 18:1) It held a perhaps unsurpassed place of importance for the Israelites until the construction of Solomon’s Temple and elevation of Jerusalem as the capital of a united Israel some centuries later. The Shiloh, which is our primary matter of interest here, is not the biblical city, but rather a namesake community in rural Overton County, Tennessee, situated in the Upper Cumberland region of the Appalachian Plateau near the Tennessee/Kentucky border. It isn’t a town, but a community made up of a church, two cemeteries, a smattering of houses, some farmland surrounded by forested hills, and a mostly gravel road that is too narrow in many stretches for two cars to pass each other.

                                                        The West Fork of the Obey River tumbles through the area at a fairly leisurely pace, and Joseph’s father, who was born in the adjacent and slightly easier to access community of Allred, always called Shiloh Road “the River Road” since the road and the river often unfurl through the valley side by side. The instrumental pieces for guitars and banjo on the album at hand mostly depict images and events, both real and imagined, that take place in Shiloh and the broader river valley it’s situated in. “I won’t go into the details of the inspiration for each tune here,” Allred comments, “but I will say that Shiloh is a place where the distinction between past and present isn’t always clearly defined. It’s a kind of “mandorla," a place where the spheres of past and present, dead and living, immanent and transcendent, overlap.

                                                        It’s also a place that has attracted some odd characters over the years, or just people who are weary and trying to find refuge.” “Though I grew up in a small town about 25 miles away from Shiloh and have lived in Boston since 2016, my dad’s side of the family has been in the area for over 200 years, and that valley feels a lot like the place I’ll be buried when I die.” With all that said, we present to you The Rambles and Rags of Shiloh.Housed in a gatefold sleeve courtesy of the glorious folk art of Jonny Brokenbrow.

                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                        1) Sweetcorn Ramble
                                                        2) The Dervish
                                                        3) Linville Rag
                                                        4) Overture For Lodge No, 637
                                                        5) Dance Of The Fair Folk
                                                        6) Before The Lord
                                                        7) The Emerald City
                                                        8) West Fork Rag
                                                        9) March Of The True Bugs
                                                        10) Blues For Terry Turtle

                                                        Jason Anderson

                                                        The Hopeful And The Unafraid

                                                          With six officially released albums, two more in the can, four probably-never-to-see-the-light-of-day records in his closet, a few live albums on the shelf and a Myspace song-a-day project, the quietly prolific Jason Anderson returns to K with "The Hopeful And The Unafraid". While he also played guitar in Mount Eerie, has drummed with Tilly And The Wall, and played piano with David Dondero, you've probably heard little about him. "The Hopeful.." was made at Soma Studios in Chicago, on a two-day tour break in January of 2006. Recorded in a matter of hours-tracking the vocals, guitars, and drums simultaneously-Jason's goal was to make an organic documentation of songs he'd been playing every night for half a decade. Thusly, all the vocal parts are first takes. There were some indulgences, though, as some guys who used to play in Magnolia Electric Co. came by to put down pedal steel and guitar leads. The album takes a stab at capturing some of the energy Jason loves putting into every show he plays, whether there are five or fifty people present.

                                                          John Andrews & The Yawns

                                                          Love For The Underdog

                                                            John Andrews is something of an open secret in a certain corner of the music scene: a versatile musician and animator. A film school drop out whose work hat-tips tradition as much as outsider anti-aesthetics. He’s spent over a decade on the DIY circuit, playing early house shows alongside then up-and-coming peers Weyes Blood and Daniel Bachman. Today he is still out there projecting his sketchy hand-drawn animations during his performances in coffee shops, small galleries and non-traditional venues. Andrews’ painterly approach now introduces the listener to his version of New York City, the place he was bound to end up after years of dwelling in Pennsylvania farm towns and New Hampshire barns. There is handmade vibrancy to the world he’s imagined here: intimate moments seen from the interior, looking outward from hole-in-the-wall restaurants, theaters and the fragments of peace found within the restless and dirty street corners.

                                                            Love For The Underdog, his aptly titled fourth release with the Woodsist label, was tracked live to tape in various studios and apartments across the Empire State with help from his bandmates in Cut Worms’ touring outfit, Max Clarke, Keven Lareau and Noah Bond. Buoyant melodies are supported by timeless string arrangements, translated from Andrews’ head to page with the help of friend Simon Hanes. The string quartet follows the tradition of Francoise Hardy, Harry Nilsson, Margo Guryan and Belle and Sebastian, giving the whole thing a cinematic ambience with stark shadows of an Edward Hopper painting. The lyrics tie together narratives of cynical heroes and troubled lovers. Put on the record and sink into well-worn red velvet theater seats, when the lights go down and the flickering of projectors run the title: Love For The Underdog, indeed.

                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                            1. Checks In The Mail
                                                            2. Never Go Away
                                                            3. Fourth Wall
                                                            4. Starving Artist
                                                            5. Walking Under My Loves Ladders
                                                            6. Cloudy
                                                            7. Only Heart
                                                            8. I Want To Believe

                                                            Juriaan Andriessen

                                                            The Awakening Dream

                                                              Jurriaan Andriessen (1925-1996) was a Dutch composer. Although he was actually at home in classical music, he recorded three synthesizer albums in the late 1970s, the first of which, "The Awakening Dream" (1977), is an outstanding excursion into experimental ambient and minimal music. Andriessen himself, 52 years of age at the time, called it a "a trance symphony". The music-perhaps surprisingly for a contemporary classical composer-is less in the tradition of his peers such as Pierre Boulez or Karlheinz Stockhausen and more in tune with the electronic sounds of the Seventies emanating from Berlin, Dusseldorf or Forst, the likes of Cluster, early Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream, in places echoing Conrad Schnitzler.

                                                              Jon Appleton & Don Cherry

                                                              Human Music - 2023 Reissue

                                                                The discography of trumpeter Don Cherry is one of the most fascinating in music. Although famously associated with the ground-breaking free explorations of Ornette Coleman as his career progressed, Cherry delved into all manner of waters from cosmic mediative wig-outs to mainstream funk. He also pioneered what is now branded as world music, At the other end of the spectrum is this delicious collaboration with Jon Appleton called “Human Music”.

                                                                Jon Appleton was an early pioneer of electronic music in America. He established his first primitive studio whilst studying at the University of Oregon in the mid-60s. Assisted by a financial grant this was greatly expanded at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire in the late 60s where Appleton began to record his sonic explorations at his bespoke electronic music studio.

                                                                It seemed only natural that Appleton would come to the attention of the questing ears of Flying Dutchman label supremo Bob Thiele. This led to the album “Appleton Syntonic Menagerie” released on Flying Dutchman in 1969. Recorded at the Dartmouth studio it’s a fascinating album rich in ideas, proto synthesiser sounds and sonic exploration. Listening today, it’s as if Steve Stapleton from Nurse With Wound went back in time to record a secret album.

                                                                It was probably Bob Thiele’s idea to put Appleton and Cherry together. Thus, Cherry went to Appleton’s electronic music studio at Dartmouth College to record an album of improvisations. Apparently, laid down live the four extended tracks are sparse, spacious and a compelling listen and where jazz meets early electronica. As a jazz musician, Cherry not only played wood, bamboo and metal flutes, kalimbas; earthquake drums, coronet with traditional mouthpiece and bamboo reed but listened to Appleton’s oscillations to ensure that his parts fit into this unlikely musical jigsaw.

                                                                This album has been out of print on vinyl for decades and as well as remastering “Human Music” we have made sure to serve it up in its original gatefold sleeve that features striking original artwork by Don Cherry’s Swedish wife Moki ‘Moqui’ Cherry. An exhibition of her work was recently displayed at the ICA between May and September 2023 


                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                Side One
                                                                1. Boa
                                                                2. Oba
                                                                Side Two
                                                                1. Abo
                                                                2. Bao 

                                                                Joe Armon-Jones & Fatima

                                                                Tinted Shades

                                                                  Fatima and Joe Armon-Jones unite for Tinted Shades; a three track EP that asserts personal truths whilst juxtaposing dark times with hopeful optimism - spanning soul, hip hop and R&B. The Tinted Shades collaboration will be released on Armon-Jones’ imprint Aquarii Records.

                                                                  Swedish soul singer with Hip Hop in her blueprint, Fatima is a vocal powerhouse with a beautiful tone who has written and collaborated with the likes of JD Reid, Purist, Larry Heard, Floating Points, Knxwledge, Scoop DeVille, Flako, Dam Funk and Shafiq Husayn.

                                                                  Between his highly acclaimed solo work and his work with the influential Ezra Collective, Joe Armon-Jones is at the epicentre of the London underground scene and has collaborated with the late Tony Allen, Mahalia, Nubya Garcia, Greentea Peng, Poppy Ajudha, Moses Boyd and Ego Ella May.

                                                                  STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                  Millie says: The collab I've always wanted, favourites Fatima and Joe Armon-Jones combine their talents to deliver this soul-drenched 12", a perfect balance of jazz and R&B this just slips down.

                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                  #1
                                                                  Tinted Shades
                                                                  Love Life Hope

                                                                  Joe Armon-Jones & Hak Baker

                                                                  Wrong Side Of Town

                                                                    Joe Armon-Jones teams up with Hak Baker and Nubya Garcia on new EP Wrong Side Of Town. The lead single is all about being priced out of London, something Hak Baker has experienced first-hand growing up in East London, and shares “I think it’s time to scream and shout that we’re here to stay, and if you don’t like it, you must be on the wrong side of the town.”

                                                                    Musicians on the record include Black Midi’s Morgan Simpson on drums, Nubiyan Twist bassist Luke Wynter, Ezra Collective saxophonist James Mollison playing alongside Nubya Garcia, and additional percussion from Horseman. Mixed by Prince Fatty, mastered by Noah Priddle, and released via Armon-Jones own imprint Aquarii Records. This record marks the first of a dubs series on the way, and each release will include a vinyl exclusive track.

                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                    1. Wrong Side Of Town (feat. Hak Baker)
                                                                    2. Dub Side Of Town
                                                                    3. Nubya’s Side Of Town (feat. Nubya Garcia)
                                                                    4. Wrong Side Of The Rhodes

                                                                    Joe Armon-Jones & Maxwell Owin

                                                                    Archetype

                                                                      Archetype’ is an exorcism of South London’s underground spirit. It’s a sound world which draws on its ancestral echoes as equally as it captures the pulse of a city on the edge of evolution.

                                                                      The twelve-track collaborative record is the product of two magnetised forces who should almost repel: producer, composer and keyboard player Joe Armon- Jones, and producer / DJ Maxwell Owin.

                                                                      At the fore of the scene south of the river, they draw on different instincts, different disciplines, different strengths - and converge them to make something which is both challenging and startlingly fresh.

                                                                      Guest features on the record include Lex Amor, Shabaka Hutchings, Fatima, Rocks FOE, O the Ghost, Mala, Maysia Osu and YUIS.

                                                                      ‘Archetype’ is caught somewhere between the club and the bedroom, both communal and intimate - something common to Joe’s world of jazz, soul and improvisation and Maxwell’s, of the sprawling sounds of hardcore continuum, from jungle to dubstep and drill.

                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                      1. Archetype (feat. O The Ghost)
                                                                      2. Ode 2 Reverb
                                                                      3. 4Seasons (feat. Rocks FOE)
                                                                      4. Rago’s Garage (feat. Shabaka Hutchings)
                                                                      5. Grief (feat. Lex Amor)
                                                                      6. Don’t Tip Me Over (feat. Fatima)
                                                                      7. Lost In The Function
                                                                      8. Do I Keep Going
                                                                      9. Pedal Bike
                                                                      10. Sisyphean (feat. O The Ghost)
                                                                      11. Ikigai (feat. Mala, Marysia Osu & YUIS)
                                                                      12. Adrenaline/Oxygen

                                                                      Joe Armon-Jones

                                                                      All The Quiet (Part I)

                                                                        Keyboardist, producer and songwriter Joe Armon-Jones shares his most elevated solo project to date, 'All The Quiet'. A galvanising statement of intent, traversing jazz, funk, dub, hip hop, and soul music, entirely written, produced, and mixed by Armon-Jones himself. As a band member, he is best known as part of the Mercury prize winning Ezra Collective, who capped 2024 by being the first jazz band to headline London’s Wembley Arena. 'All The Quiet (Part I)' is the first chapter of a two part album, released on his own label, Aquarii Records. Guest musicians & features include Nubya Garcia, Oscar Jerome, Goya Gumbani, and more.

                                                                        Six years have passed since Armon-Jones’ last solo album, 2019’s 'Turn To Clear View' was released on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings, but don’t mistake that gap for a break. In this time he’s toured the world, built a studio, contributed to albums from the great and good of UK jazz, and recorded collaborative releases with Liam Bailey, Fatima, Hak Baker, Prince Fatty, Ranking Joe, Maxwell Owin, and dubstep legend Mala.

                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                        1. Lifetones
                                                                        2. Forgiveness
                                                                        3. Kingfisher (feat. Asheber)
                                                                        4. Nothing Noble
                                                                        5. Eye Swear (feat. Goya Gumbani)
                                                                        6. Danger Everywhere
                                                                        7. The Citadel
                                                                        8. Snakes
                                                                        9. Show Me
                                                                        10. Hurry Up & Wait

                                                                        Joe Armon-Jones

                                                                        All The Quiet (Part II)

                                                                          Keyboardist, producer and songwriter Joe Armon-Jones shares his most elevated solo project to date, 'All The Quiet'. A galvanising statement of intent, traversing jazz, funk, dub, hip hop, and soul music, entirely written, produced and mixed by Armon-Jones himself. As a band member, he is best known as part of the Mercury prize winning Ezra Collective, who capped 2024 by being the first jazz band to headline London’s Wembley Arena. 'All The Quiet (Part II)' is the second chapter of a two part album, released on his own label, Aquarii Records. Guest musicians & features include Greentea Peng, Wu-Lu, Yazmin Lacey, Hak Baker, Nubya Garcia, Oscar Jerome, and more.

                                                                          Six years have passed since Armon-Jones’ last solo album, 2019’s 'Turn To Clear View' was released on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings, but don’t mistake that gap for a break. In this time he’s toured the world, built a studio, contributed to albums from the great and good of UK jazz, and recorded collaborative releases with Liam Bailey, Fatima, Hak Baker, Prince Fatty, Ranking Joe, Maxwell Owin, and dubstep legend Mala.

                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                          1. Acknowledgement Is Key (feat. Hak Baker)
                                                                          2. Lavender
                                                                          3. Westmoreland (feat. Asheber)
                                                                          4. PSR Orchestra
                                                                          5. Paladin Of Sound & Circumstance
                                                                          6. Another Place (feat. Greentea Peng & Wu-Lu)
                                                                          7. War Transmission
                                                                          8. 505 Standby
                                                                          9. Journey South
                                                                          10. One Way Traffic (feat. Yazmin Lacey)

                                                                          Joe Armon-Jones

                                                                          Ceasefire

                                                                            Joe Armon-Jones returns with ‘Ceasefire’, the second in a series of dub releases on his own Aquarii label, following the release of ‘Wrong Side of Town’, featuring Hak Baker, earlier this year.

                                                                            This time Joe teams up with legendary reggae deejay Ranking Joe, as well as saxophonist and fellow Ezra Collective band member James Mollison.

                                                                            ‘Ceasefire’ is an uncompromising call for peace at a time of heightened global conflict. Joe Armon- Jones says, “We wrote this song back in 2020 motivated by people who make money off the blood of innocent people. Ranking Joe here is calling for a Ceasefire, not just for the Israeli occupiers but for all those around the globe who would kill another human being, as such an act is despicable and never tolerated.”

                                                                            As well as Ranking Joe and James Mollison, ‘Ceasefire’ features Black Midi’s Morgan Simpson on drums, Nubiyan Twist bassist Luke Wynter, and Mark Mollison guitarist for Loyle Carner and Celeste.

                                                                            Produced and mixed by Joe Armon-Jones with additional vocal mixing by Prince Fatty, mastered by Noah Priddle, and released via Armon-Jones own imprint Aquarii Records.

                                                                            Presented in a printed colour sleeve. Includes artwork print and vinyl-exclusive track, ‘Dubfire’.

                                                                            STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                            Barry says: A rich, dubby call for peace from Armon-Jones, fellow Ezra Collective member, James Mollison and famed deejay, Ranking Joe. Shimmering keys and throbbing bassy dubs, skittering percussion and jazzy lounge. A poignant, evocative selection from some of the greatest musicians of their generation.

                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                            Ceasefire (feat. Ranking Joe)
                                                                            Dubfire
                                                                            Hornsfire (feat. James Mollison)
                                                                            Rhodesfire

                                                                            Joe Armon-Jones

                                                                            Sorrow

                                                                              ‘Sorrow’ is the third in the ‘Aquarii In Dub’ series from musician and producer Joe Armon-Jones, written and produced by Joe in his own studio and released on his own label Aquarii Records.

                                                                              Lead single ‘Sorrow’ sees him link up with Nottingham’s Liam Bailey for a single evoking the sound of classic Studio 1 recordings from the golden era of Reggae and dub.

                                                                              Joe Armon-Jones flexes his versatility by including two additional versions of ‘Sorrow’, one led by Ezra Collective’s James Mollison on sax, and the other lead by himself on keys; both takes reimagine the original track and breathe new life into an already outstanding work.

                                                                              As well as Liam Bailey and James Mollison, 'Sorrow' features Black Midi’s Morgan Simpson on drums, Nubiyan Twist bassist Luke Wynter, and Mark Mollison guitarist for Loyle Carner and Celeste.

                                                                              Produced and mixed by Joe Armon-Jones, mastered by Noah Priddle, and released via Armon-Jones own imprint Aquarii Records.

                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                              1. Sorrow (feat. Liam Bailey)
                                                                              2. Sorrowful Dub
                                                                              3. Sorrowful Horns (feat. James Mollison)
                                                                              4. Sorrowful Rhodes

                                                                              Juan Atkins & Moritz Von Oswald

                                                                              Transport Remixed - 2024 Repress

                                                                                Closely following the release of the Borderland single Riod, the focus returns on Transport, the collaborative album by Juan Atkins and Moritz von Oswald.

                                                                                Long time friend and studio partner of Moritz von Oswald, Carl Craig provides a new take on 'Transport'. Extending and stripping the original sequence to its bone, the illustrious Planet E president and illustrious Detroit proponent also summons a stepping drum sequence and a swaying array of moving delays. This 12“ edit is cut on the A-side.

                                                                                On the flip, DJ Deep & Roman Poncet rework Carl Craig’s remix, adding their signature grooves and myriad of tough drums, to full effect.


                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                1. Transport (Carl Craig Remix - 12” Edit)
                                                                                2. Transport (Carl Craig Remix - DJ Deep & Roman Poncet Rework) 

                                                                                Jessica Bailiff

                                                                                Feels Like Home

                                                                                  "Feels Like Home" is Jessica's fourth full length album, and is the most refined example of her musical vision to date. Jessica combines folk acoustic guitar, droning guitar, gossamer vocals and piano filgrees to create a lush, mysterious world. Beautiful stuff!

                                                                                  Jessica Bailiff

                                                                                  At The Down-Turned Jagged Rim Of The Sky

                                                                                  Kranky was a bit surprised earlier this year when Jessica Bailiff contacted them and asked they wanted to preview her new album for possible release. They had no idea she had even been working on an album, let alone had completed one, and they were rewarded with a listen to her most compelling album to date.

                                                                                  After being in Europe for 5 weeks as a touring member of Boduf Songs, Jessica Bailiff spent much of 2011, writing and recording At the Down-Turned Jagged Rim of the Sky in her spartan home studio. Sequestering herself through the hot summer months until finished, she then passed the tracks on to her friend Odd Nosdam for final mixing.
                                                                                  *Down-tuned, distorted bass guitar adds a new color to her palette, but familiar ones also come into play: fuzzed and delayed electric guitar, organ, piano, cello, and drums. Noisy pop-tinged love songs nestle slyly in a bed of off-kilter lullabies and dark, metallic waltzes.

                                                                                  No need to recycle descriptives like “lo-fi” or “hushed vocals” - these are spurious words. This is another intimate collection of songs recorded entirely by Jessica at home, in a room next to where she sleeps. If you listen carefully, you might hear her dreaming.


                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                  01 Your Ghost Is Not Enough 
                                                                                  02 Take Me To The Sun 
                                                                                  03 Sanguine 
                                                                                  04 If You Say It 
                                                                                  05 Violets & Roses 
                                                                                  06 This Is Real
                                                                                  07 Goodnight 
                                                                                  08 Slowly 
                                                                                  09 Firefly

                                                                                  Jessica Bailiff

                                                                                  Jessica Bailiff

                                                                                    After her first two highly acclaimed albums recorded with Low, Jessica Bailiff's third album is a massive leap forward. The album has a much more acoustic focus than her previous two, with beautiful ambient interludes, violin, piano, tin whistle, smeary guitars and even sitar.

                                                                                    Julien Baker & TORRES

                                                                                    Send A Prayer My Way

                                                                                      After dropping hints for months and following the release of their first single 'Sugar in the Tank', Julien Baker & TORRES are releasing their debut album 'Send a Prayer My Way'. The album has been in the works since the two played their first show together in 2016 and at the end one singer turned to the other and said, “You know, we should make a country album.” This is the origin story, the stuff of legend in the world of country music, and the beginning of a collaboration between two artists already admired for their spare, elegant lyrics as well as the courage to share their struggles with those who love their music. It’s also the beginning of creating a work that, like the most enduring country albums, sustains and inspires, reminding both singer and listener that not one of us is ever totally alone in this world, that music is a steady companion.

                                                                                      Julien Baker & TORRES’ 'Send A Prayer My Way' was written and sung in the best of the outlaw tradition - defiant, subversive, working class, and determined to wrestle not only with addiction, regret and bad decisions, but also with oppressive systems of power. Mercifully, this is only the beginning of the stories TORRES and Baker are determined to tell. Because these are also songs about radical empathy and second chances, and third chances, and while there’s plenty of struggle and regret in here, there’s also humour and defiance.

                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                      1. Dirt
                                                                                      2. The Only Marble I’ve Got Left
                                                                                      3. Sugar In The Tank
                                                                                      4. Bottom Of A Bottle
                                                                                      5. Downhill Both Ways
                                                                                      6. No Desert Flower
                                                                                      7. Tape Runs Out
                                                                                      8. Off The Wagon
                                                                                      9. Tuesday
                                                                                      10. Showdown
                                                                                      11. Sylvia
                                                                                      12. Goodbye Baby

                                                                                      Julien Baker

                                                                                      Little Oblivions

                                                                                        Little Oblivions is the third studio album by Julien Baker. Recorded in Memphis, TN, the record weaves together unflinching autobiography with assimilated experience and hard-won observations from the past few years, taking Baker’s capacity for storytelling to new heights. It also marks a sonic shift, with the songwriter’s intimate piano and guitar arrangements newly enriched by bass, drums, keyboards, banjo, and mandolin with nearly all of the instruments performed by Baker.

                                                                                        STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                        Barry says: Julien Baker returns for another beautifully rich set of crescentic rock, coloured with an unmistakeable country hue. It's a delicate balance and is accomplished here with a beautiful warmth and comforting melodicism. Another wonderful journey, full of emotional duality and songwriting genius from Baker.

                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                        1. Hardline
                                                                                        2. Heatwave
                                                                                        3. Faith Healer
                                                                                        4. Relative Fiction
                                                                                        5. Crying Wolf
                                                                                        6. Bloodshot
                                                                                        7. Ringside
                                                                                        8. Favor
                                                                                        9. Song In E
                                                                                        10. Repeat
                                                                                        11. Highlight Reel
                                                                                        12. Ziptie

                                                                                        Julien Baker

                                                                                        Sprained Ankle

                                                                                          Memphis, TN-based songwriter Julien Baker is the latest addition to the Matador Records roster. The 21-year-old’s devastating and vulnerable debut album, ‘Sprained Ankle’, which was originally released in 2015, is now being made available again. A 7” single by Julien Baker is also being released at the same time.

                                                                                          For years, Baker and a group of close friends performed as the band Forrister (formerly The Star Killers) but when college took her four hours away, her need to continue creating found an outlet through solo work. The intent was never to make these songs her main focus, yet the process proved to be startlingly cathartic. As each song came into shape, it became more apparent that Baker had genuinely deep, surprisingly dark stories to tell from her thus far short life. Tales of her experiences are staggering and when set to her haunting guitar playing the results are gut wrenching and heartfelt, relatable yet very personal. There’s something wonderfully hypnotizing about Baker gently confessing her soul with such tremendous honesty.

                                                                                          “Richly poetic songs of trauma and redemption, moving from almost unbearable fragility to confessional strength.” - The New York Times

                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                          Blacktop
                                                                                          Sprained Ankle
                                                                                          Brittle Boned
                                                                                          Everybody Does
                                                                                          Good News
                                                                                          Something
                                                                                          Rejoice
                                                                                          Vessels
                                                                                          Go Home

                                                                                          Julien Baker

                                                                                          Turn Out The Lights

                                                                                          Julien Baker releases her highly anticipated second album, ‘Turn Out The Lights’, via Matador Records.

                                                                                          ‘Turn Out The Lights’ arrives nearly two years to the day after Baker’s debut album, ‘Sprained Ankle’, which was widely acclaimed by outlets including The New York Times, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Noisey, and MOJO, among others.

                                                                                          Recorded at the legendary Ardent Studios in Baker’s hometown of Memphis, TN, ‘Turn Out The Lights’ expands upon the sound and vision of ‘Sprained Ankle’ while retaining the haunting, confessional songwriting style for which she has become known. Throughout the album, Baker reflects on experiences of her own and those closest to her, exploring the internal conflicts that wrestle inside us all: how we deal and cope with our struggles and how it all impacts both ourselves and our relationships of all kinds. The result is a deeply empathetic album that embraces the greys and complex truths of humanity and mental health.

                                                                                          ‘Turn Out The Lights’ was written and produced by Baker and mixed by Craig Silvey (The National, Arcade Fire, Florence & The Machine).

                                                                                          STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                          Barry says: 'Sprained Ankle' went down a storm in here (was it really that long ago?) and I have no doubt this will surpass that. More heartfelt lyrics, cleverly constructed melodies and introspective moments, all wrapped in that warm veneer of Baker's spellbinding voice.

                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                          Over
                                                                                          Appointments
                                                                                          Turn Out The Lights
                                                                                          Shadowboxing
                                                                                          Sour Breath
                                                                                          Televangelist
                                                                                          Everything That Helps
                                                                                          You Sleep
                                                                                          Happy To Be Here
                                                                                          Hurt Less
                                                                                          Even
                                                                                          Claws In Your Back

                                                                                          Julia Bardo

                                                                                          Bauhaus, L'Appartamento

                                                                                            Debut album from Manchester-via-Italy singer, songwriter and guitarist Julia Bardo.

                                                                                            Produced and mixed by Younghusband’s Euan Hinshelwood, the record firmly establishes Bardo’s musical adventurousness and prowess, and marks a cathartic and self-affirming moment for an artist who found her voice by realizing it's been there all along.

                                                                                            The album is best summed up by the woman who wrote it all: “Bauhaus, L’Appartamento is about loneliness, solitude, separation...but also unconditional love,” Bardo reveals of the record’s overarching themes. “Family, emotional dependency, mental health issues, feelings of emptiness and numbness, feelings of not being enough, inability to be in control of my own emotions, self-doubt, self-reflection, past traumas and dealing with them.”

                                                                                            Named after the apartment complex she lived in when demoing the album’s recordings, but with an Italian twist.

                                                                                            Follows the release of two EPs, Phase and The Raw EP, which saw her experiment further with her wistful and mysterious sound to become the alternative pop artist she is today.

                                                                                            Her musical journey began in Brescia in Northern Italy, where she sang and wrote lyrics for a local band between shifts at her father’s bar. A free spirit craving new inspiration, she relocated to Manchester and it was here she developed her striking style as a solo musician before also meeting and joining post-punk band Working Men’s Club. Never losing her strong desire to have full creative control over her music, she returned to become a solo artist again.

                                                                                            STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                            Emily says: Julia Bardo: Local talent alert!! Gorgeous, off kilter pop songs which have more bite to them than you might expect. Sonorous vocals and deft melodic interplay met with moments of jangling dissonance. FFO Cate Le Bon and Aldous Harding!

                                                                                            James Barnard

                                                                                            Dracula / The Curse Of Frankenstein (OST) - 2024 Reissue

                                                                                              Hammer Films has long held a special place in the hearts of horror fans, defining the British genre during the 1950’s with classics such as Dracula and The Curse of Frankenstein. Composer James Bernard scored both and went on to compose the music to a host of horror films for Hammer during the Sixties and Seventies. His distinctive clashing harmonies, often doubling the musical theme a tone higher, raise the on-screen action to a frenzied pitch, terrifying 20th Century cinema goers to the degree that his scores have become synonymous with the titular monsters.

                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                              Side A: Dracula
                                                                                              1 Main Title From Dracula
                                                                                              2 Arrival At Castle Dracula
                                                                                              3 Plan Revealed/Plea For Help/Dracula's Rage
                                                                                              4 The Mausoleum/Harker Stakes The Bride/Empty Casket
                                                                                              5 The Diary/Van Helsing Finds Harker
                                                                                              6 Sleep Well/Dracula Seduces Lucy

                                                                                              Side B
                                                                                              1 Lucy's Second Encounter/Garlic Flowers
                                                                                              2 Aunt Lucy/Lucy Is Released
                                                                                              3 Mina Ensnared/It Was There
                                                                                              4 Allergic Reaction/Mina's Submission
                                                                                              5 Bloodstained Mina/The Cellar
                                                                                              6 The Final Battle
                                                                                              7 Rhapsody For Lucy (Lucie)

                                                                                              Side C: The Curse Of Frankenstein
                                                                                              1 Main Title From The Curse Of Frankenstein
                                                                                              2 A Brilliant Intellect/It's Alive
                                                                                              3 The Gibbet
                                                                                              4 An Offer Of Help/Goodnight Professor/The Professor's Brain
                                                                                              5 The Creature/He's Gone

                                                                                              Side D
                                                                                              1 The Creature And The Blind Man/You Shoot Well/I'll Give You Life Again
                                                                                              2 Justine's Fate
                                                                                              3 Get Up/Final Confrontation/The Guillotine

                                                                                              Julianna Barwick’s revelatory third album, ‘Will’, is the Brooklyn experimental artist’s most surprising left turn to date. Conceived and self-produced over the past year in a variety of locations, the compelling ‘Will’ departs from the weighty lightness of 2013’s ‘Nepenthe’.

                                                                                              If ‘Nepenthe’ conjured images of gentle fog rolling over desolate mountains, then ‘Will’ is a late afternoon thunderstorm, a cathartic collision of sharp and soft textures that sounds ominous and restorative all at once.

                                                                                              ‘Will’ comes after Barwick’s busiest period to date in her career following ‘Nepenthe’ - a spate of activity that included playing piano for Yoko Ono, performing at the 25th annual Tibet House Benefit Concert alongside such kindred spirits as The Flaming Lips and Philip Glass, releasing the ‘Rosabi’ EP and delivering a reimagining of Bach’s ‘Adagio’ from Concerto In D Minor.

                                                                                              Her life over the past several years has largely been lived in transit and as such the genesis of ‘Will’ was not beholden to location; Barwick reflects on this cycle of constant motion. “You’re constantly adjusting, assimilating, and finding yourself in life-changing situations.” That sense of forward propulsion is largely owed to ‘Will’s synth-heavy textures, an ingredient she was inspired to add to her vocal loop-heavy formula after demoing a new prototype analogue sequencer for Moog.

                                                                                              Another new wrinkle ‘Will’ introduces in Barwick’s sound: Mas Ysa’s Thomas Arsenault, who lends his richly complex vocals to ‘Same’ and ‘Someway’.

                                                                                              The beguiling, beautifully complicated ‘Will’ is the latest proof yet of Barwick’s irresistibly engaging talent as a composer and vocalist.

                                                                                              Julianna has recently collaborated with Moog and MoMa, lending her prestige as both a musician and artist as a whole.

                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                              St. Apolonia
                                                                                              Nebula
                                                                                              Beached
                                                                                              Same
                                                                                              Wist
                                                                                              Big Hollow
                                                                                              Heading Home
                                                                                              Someway
                                                                                              See, Know

                                                                                              Julianna Barwick

                                                                                              Healing Is A Miracle

                                                                                                Four years on from the release of her last, critically acclaimed LP, Julianna Barwick returns with “Healing Is A Miracle”.

                                                                                                A distinctive meditation on sound, reverb and the voice, “Healing Is A Miracle” is a record built on improvisation and a close affinity to a couple of trusted items of gear, from which she spins engrossing, expansive universes. Additionally, Barwick draws on the input of three collaborators with whom she has nurtured deep friendships with over the years: Jónsi (Sigur Rós), Nosaj Thing and Mary Lattimore; who each gently nudge out at the edges of her organically-evolved sound.

                                                                                                Recorded in the wake of a seismic shift in her life following a move from New York—where she had lived for 16 years—to Los Angeles where she is now based, the title of the record came to her after thinking about how the human body heals itself, of the miraculous processes we pay little attention to: “You cut your hand, it looks pretty bad, and two weeks later it looks like it never happened… That’s kind of amazing, you know?” It’s a sentiment that feels particularly apt for the moment. From there, she conceived of the record’s simple statement title, ran it past a couple of friends, and it was settled. Like with the record itself, and all of her work, it’s about following her gut, and seeing where it takes her.

                                                                                                “Healing Is A Miracle” began life in spring of last year, when Barwick sat down with her vocal looping set-up and began sketching out some ideas for new solo material. “It had been so long since I had done that,” she recalls, “making something for myself, just for the love of it… it was emotional, because I was recording music that was just from the heart, that wasn't for an 'assignment' or project… it brought me to tears a little”.

                                                                                                Part of the joy also came from a small but significant switch up to her recording process: the addition of some studio monitors—a birthday gift from Jónsi and Alex (Somers)—having previously recorded all of her music on headphones. “The first song I remember making with those was the first song on the album, Inspirit.” she explains, “When I added the bass I really felt it in my body, you know, in a way you just wouldn’t with headphones… it was kind of euphoric and fun. I got really excited about making the record in that moment, and I think that really had an impact on the sounds I ended up making.”

                                                                                                Excitement too came from the chance to work with three dream collaborators. Her connection to Jónsi began via producer Alex Somers, when Barwick flew to Reykjavík to record some sessions with him for her 2013 record “Nepenthe”, a trip which would begin a long-standing affinity with Iceland and the people she connected with there. “I think he has the best voice in the world,” she says, “and hearing my voice with Jonsi's is one of the joys of my life.” Nosaj Thing—the highly respected electronic producer and stalwart of the LA scene who has worked with the likes of Kendric Lamar—had gotten in touch to express his affection for her 2011 album “The Magic Place”, and they’d since been trying to find a way to work together. Barwick and Lattimore had struck up a friendship over many years performing live together, and had moved to LA around the same time. Finding herself in the same city as all three for the first time, it felt natural to include them in her process, and added to the feeling of newness, support and friendship she had while producing the record.

                                                                                                Beyond her records, Barwick’s impressive live shows have gained incredible praise over the years from the likes of The Guardian—who described her performance as “exquisite in its eloquence, reflection and compassion” in their 5* review—The New York Times, NPR, and more. She has also supported and performed with an amazing array of artists including Bon Iver, Grouper, Explosions in the Sky, Sigur Rós, Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, Perfume Genius, Mas Ysa, and Nat Baldwin.

                                                                                                Barwick has additionally been involved in some head-turning collaborations over the years. In 2015 she took part in The Flaming Lips’s Carnegie Hall show, performing music from their reimagining of “Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band”, alongside Phillip Glass, Debbie Harry, Laurie Anderson and Pattie Smith. That same year she was invited to play two shows with Yoko Ono, one at MoMA (“my favorite thing ever”) and one in Central Park. In 2012 she released a collaborative album with Helado Negro as OMBRE, and has also released a collaborative single with Rafael Anton Isarri, on the super-limited Thesis label, and most recently, the “Command Synthesis” EP, on RVNG Intl. sub-label Commend There, which employed AI to build five tracks that responded to the airborne environment outside a hotel room. In 2019 she teamed up with Doug Aitken on his nomadic art project, and created stunning performances in the Massachusett wilderness.

                                                                                                STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                Barry says: 'Healing Is A Miracle' is an absolute triumph of majestic instrumentation, perfectly balanced atmospherics and tasteful collaboration. 'In Light' with Jónsi couldn't have been a more perfect fit, with both of their voices coalescing into one grand, sonic gesture. Stunner.

                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                Inspirit
                                                                                                Oh, Memory Ft. Mary Lattimore
                                                                                                Healing Is A Miracle
                                                                                                In Light Ft. Jónsi
                                                                                                Safe
                                                                                                Flowers
                                                                                                Wishing Well
                                                                                                Nod Ft. Nosaj Thing

                                                                                                Julianna Barwick

                                                                                                The Magic Place - 2024 Reissue

                                                                                                  "The Magic Place is music for a specific constellation of feelings. They are real, many people share them, and this album owns them completely". - Pitchfork Best New Music 2011.

                                                                                                  Originally released in 2011, Julianna Barwick's debut full length The Magic Place is a nine-piece full-length album of magic and solace, bursting joy, and healing tones. Julianna's mostly acapella music is built from her multi-tracked and looped voice, with backing instrumentation, but it's the vocals-soaring high in reverb-drenched, wordless harmonies-that matter most here. Layered fragments and pieces become an intricate pattern through electronics; it's the sound of a rising thing, a big group harmony as a splash of sunlight through a car window, a sound that feels like hope and ascendance and patience and intimacy.

                                                                                                  Out of print for years, this 2024 version has been fully remastered by Heba Kadry, and is available through Julianna's Florid Recordings, the imprint she started in 2006 to self release her earliest recordings.

                                                                                                  There's a very particular joy in listening to Barwick's music. Free of the constraints of narrative and traceable language, it's the same joy in giving yourself over to opera in a foreign language, of letting go of your pesky rational mind and allowing the feeling to come through in the voices and performance. The title track is next, a reverb-y beauty queen that soars to Promethean heights and builds its own kind of safe haven in the clouds. Even the gaps between songs are essential to the album's listening experience-a sigh between stories or silence-as-drone, each second important.

                                                                                                  The New York Times called the pauses between Julianna's songs, "the small pleasure of a chance to breathe between the greater pleasures of not Wanting to have to." Meet The Magic Place. It's a great place to be...

                                                                                                  One of the three outrageously talented Deenmamode brothers (Mo Kolours & Reginald Omas Mamode IV), Jeen Bassa has carved out a reputation as one of the leading beat-tape producers in the game today. His warm and woozy productions mix up slo-mo, mechanised funk with hues of neon soul and blue, jazz notes. An artist that clearly stands out in a world that’s saturated with bland Dilla and Madlib-esque pastiches.‘All My People’ takes listeners on an electronic journey through hip hop, soul, jazz, funk and pan african sounds, hugely influenced by Bassa’s Mauritian roots.

                                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                  Audio Visual
                                                                                                  Herb & Rhythm
                                                                                                  Dramatise
                                                                                                  Poets House
                                                                                                  My People
                                                                                                  Body Talking
                                                                                                  The Landscapes
                                                                                                  Do The Do
                                                                                                  Latin Fingers
                                                                                                  Cocoa Lotion
                                                                                                  Ode To The Funk
                                                                                                  Outro

                                                                                                  Joe Bataan

                                                                                                  Aftershower Funk

                                                                                                    100% killer Nu Yorican Latin funk masterpiece originally released in New York in 1974, issued here on Soul Jazz Records.

                                                                                                    Alongside ‘Latin Strut’ this is one of the toughest Latin / funk tunes ever recorded. Both sides of this single are super heavy Latin / funk / salsa monsters.

                                                                                                    This single is issued in exact replica label artwork and housed in a bespoke Soul Jazz Records recycled card master sleeve.

                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                    Aftershower Funk
                                                                                                    Fin

                                                                                                    Joe Bataan

                                                                                                    Latin Strut

                                                                                                      100% killer Nu Yorican Latin funk masterpiece originally released in New York in 1974, issued here on Soul Jazz Records.

                                                                                                      ‘Latin Strut’ is Joe Bataan’s take on Deodato’s equally classic ‘Super Strut’, with Bataan adding loads of incredible and infectious percussion, wah wah funk guitar and more, to make a stone- cold classic 45.

                                                                                                      Alongside ‘Aftershower Funk’ this is one of the toughest Latin / funk tunes ever recorded. Both sides of this single are super heavy Latin / funk / salsa monsters.

                                                                                                      This single is issued in exact replica label artwork and housed in a bespoke Soul Jazz Records recycled card master sleeve.

                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                      Latin Strut
                                                                                                      Peace, Friendship And Solidarity

                                                                                                      Jorge Ben / Miriam Makeba

                                                                                                      Xica Da Silva

                                                                                                        Two classic cuts from Jorge Ben and Miriam Makeba take either side of this Mr Bongo Brazil 45 reissue.

                                                                                                        'Xica Da Silva' is one of Jorge Ben's most well-known and well-loved cuts, housed on the legendary Africa Brazil LP that deserves a place in every collection. A magical MPB cut, it instantly transports you to the shores of Rio de Janeiro. With a low- slung funky samba flavour, Ben's absorbing vocal recounts the legend of one of Brazil's oldest black icons.

                                                                                                        On the flip side, Miriam Makeba serves up an entrancing, slowed-down, groovedout version of 'Xica da Silva'. A highly influential singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist from South Africa, this low and slow interpretation is doused in strutting guitar, off-beat piano stabs and hypnotic drums providing the perfect platform to let Miriam's vocal shine through.

                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                        Jorge Ben - Xica Da Salvi
                                                                                                        Miriam Makeba - Xica Da Silva

                                                                                                        Jorge Ben / Baby Consuelo

                                                                                                        Waimea 55.000 / Curto De Veu E Grinalda

                                                                                                          Jorge Ben can do it all - vocalist, songwriter, musician, producer and to many their ‘all-round’ favourite Brazilian artist. Jorge has had an amazing career, involved in music from the early 60s through to the current day, writing countless classic songs for him and other artists. This awesome samba-disco-funk joint ‘Waimea 55.000’’ is a lesser-known production, taken off a 7” B-side released on Som Livre in 1978. This is a gem which needed to be dusted off and given the wider audience it deserves.

                                                                                                          Baby Consuelo with her distinctive voice is one of Mr Bongo’s favourite Brazilian singers. The only female founding member of the mythical group Os Novos Baianos, Baby is a real innovator and pioneer, changing her persona and musical styles over the years, but still staying unique. Here we have Baby at the start in raw psychedelic hippy mode, giving a powerful vocal delivery where she manages to sound simultaneously badass and lovable. This early song was released in 1970 on RGE records on a compacto 7” credited to Baby Consuelo and additionally featured on Os Novos Bahianos’s debut album ‘ Ferro Na Boneca!’ in the same year (re-issued on Mr Bongo in 2019).

                                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                          Jorge Ben - Waimea 55.000
                                                                                                          Baby Consuelo - Curto De Veu E Grinalda

                                                                                                          Jorge Ben & Toquinho / Joao Donato

                                                                                                          Carolina, Carol Bela / A Ra

                                                                                                            Jorge Ben is a name that any lover of Brazilian music will be very familiar with.

                                                                                                            He is widely regarded as the James Brown of Brazilian music and is famed for writing the Brazilian anthem 'Mas Que Nada'. For the duet 'Carolina, Carol Bela' he teamed up with the singer and guitarist Toquinho. Toquinhois best known for his collaborations, as composer and performer, with bossa nova poet Vinicius de Moraes.

                                                                                                            'Carolina, Carol Bela' featured on the album Toquinho by Toquinho. It was originally released in 1970 on the small independent Brazilian label, RGE. The song was sampled by DJ Marky and XRS for their Drum & Bass track 'LK' (V Recordings, 2002). This went on to be a huge chart hit across the world, and a number one hit in the UK.

                                                                                                            Joao Donato is a Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist. He has collaborated with many of the greats of Brazilian Music, including Tom Jobim, Astrud Gilberto and Gilberto Gil. He was one of the few Brazilian artists who went over to perform in the States during the bossa nova boom of the late 60's. The song 'A Ra' was originally released on his seminal albumQuem e quem, (EMI, 1973), an album that is full of great tracks andwas considered as one of the 100 best albums of all time by the Rolling Stone magazine.

                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                            Jorge Ben & Toquinho - Carolina Carol Bela
                                                                                                            Joao Donato - A Ra

                                                                                                            Jorge Ben

                                                                                                            Curumin Chama Cunha Ta Que Eu Vou Contar / Rio Babilonia

                                                                                                              The 80th release in our Brazil 45 series, aptly focusses on the breathtaking 1980s recordings of one of Brazil's musical giants, Jorge Ben. With this 45, you are treated to a double dose of classic cuts from the master in the form of, 'Curumin Chama Cunhata Que Eu Vou Contar (Todo Dia Era Dia De Indio) and 'Rio Babilonia'.

                                                                                                              First up is the addictive, bubbling, sun- kissed grooves of 'Curumin Chama Cunhata Que Eu Vou Contar (Todo Dia Era Dia De Indio)'. Taken from the 1981 Bem- Vinda Amizade album originally released on Som Livre \u200ERecords, its tangible warmth soaks into every fibre of your body. A sentimental homage to the indigenous people and tribes of Brazil, this is quintessential Jorge Ben.

                                                                                                              The flip features one of Jorge's most beloved Brazilian boogie joints, 'Rio Babilonia'. A joyous mid-tempo joint celebrating life in Rio, its feel-good flavour and the city's iconic monuments, with a swaggering synth bass that struts out over Copacabana beach. Originally released on a compacto and taken from the Dadiva album from 1983, there are no surprises that it features arrangements from the late-great, Lincoln Olivetti.

                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                              Curumin Chama Cunha Ta Que Eu Vou Contar (Todo Dia Era Dia De Indio) 
                                                                                                              Rio Babilonia

                                                                                                              One of Brazil’s greatest songwriters, Jorge Ben rarely dwelled on any particular musical style, even the ones he helped create. By the mid 1970s, Ben had already innovated several groundbreaking new twists on the classic samba sound, in the process creating many tunes that became epoch-defining hits for South America’s biggest country — not to mention the world at large. For 1977’s Tropical, he made the controversial decision to rework an album’s worth of his most beloved songs in the new, disco and funk influenced Afro-Samba style he was exploring at the time. As a result, classics like “Chove Chuva,” “Taj Mahal” and “Mas Que Nada” get polished updates, alongside deeper rarities like “Georgia” and “Jesus de Praga,” making Tropical a sensual, sultry counterpoint to other Jorge Ben collections. 

                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                              1. Taj Mahal
                                                                                                              2. Os Alquimistas Estao Chegando Os Alquimistas
                                                                                                              3. Chove Chuva
                                                                                                              4. Georgia
                                                                                                              5. O Namorado Da Viuva
                                                                                                              6. My Lady
                                                                                                              7. Jesus De Praga
                                                                                                              8. Mas Que Nada
                                                                                                              9. País Tropical

                                                                                                              Jonny Benavidez

                                                                                                              My Echo, Shadow And Me

                                                                                                                In collaboration with Timmion Records, Daptone is proud to present My Echo, Shadow and Me, the debut album from the soulful Chicano brother, Jonny Benavidez.

                                                                                                                Hailing from San Diego (via El Paso, TX), Jonny’s desire to sing was influenced by his grandfather, John Lorenzo Guzman, who as a teen in the early sixties spent some time harmonising with groups in El Paso, most notably Sonny Powell and the Night Dreamers. When he was 13, Johnny was given a record player and a box filled with R&B, Doo-Wop, and Soul 45s that he studied obsessively, employing the harmonies and melodies therein to cultivatehis own unique voice. After a chance encounter with the legendary Dimas Garza, Jonny’s career began to blossom and soon he would find himself singing alongside stars like Eugene Pitt and Archie Bell, garnering the interest of Timmion Records..

                                                                                                                Backed by the incomparable Cold Diamond & Mink (Bobby Oroza, Pratt & Moody) two incredibly successful singles were cut and plans for a full length were struck, culminating in 11 original songs penned by Benavidez. From the uplifting bounce of the title track, the doo-wop dinged "Dedicated to You", the Latin flare of “Uncle Sam,” to the Sweet Soul masterpiece "Somebody Cares" (licensed and released on a Penrose Records 45), My Echo, Shadow and Me is not only an aweinspiring display of Jonny's versatility as an artist but also serves as a window into the eclectic array of soulful sounds that inspired him to fall in love with music and become a singer. A must have for fans of Daptone, Timmion, Penrose, et al.

                                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                1. MY ECHO, SHADOW AND ME
                                                                                                                2. PLAYING THE FOOL
                                                                                                                3. UNCLE SAM
                                                                                                                4. TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME
                                                                                                                5. SLOW DOWN GIRL
                                                                                                                6. DEDICATED TO YOU
                                                                                                                7. SOMEBODY CARES
                                                                                                                8. DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO
                                                                                                                9. YOUR LAST SONG
                                                                                                                10. LET'S GET TOGETHER
                                                                                                                11. DEAR MOTHER AND FATHER

                                                                                                                Jehnny Beth

                                                                                                                To Love Is To Live

                                                                                                                  Debut solo album from the Savages frontwoman Jehnny Beth. Her distinctive, dynamic vocals give the album a similar intensity to her work with Savages, but whereas Savages ploughed a very distinct post punk furrow, her solo work doesn’t just blur the genre boundaries, it stomps straight through, taking in everything from industrial noise, jazz and gothic pop.

                                                                                                                  The album features collaborations with Joe Talbot (IDLES) and Irish actor and musician Cillian Murphy.

                                                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                  1. I Am
                                                                                                                  2. Innocence
                                                                                                                  3. Flower
                                                                                                                  4. We Will Sin Together
                                                                                                                  5. A Place Above Featuring Cillian Murphy
                                                                                                                  6. I’m The Man
                                                                                                                  7. The Rooms
                                                                                                                  8. Heroine
                                                                                                                  9. How Could You Featuring Joe Talbot
                                                                                                                  10. French Countryside
                                                                                                                  11. Human

                                                                                                                  Joep Beving & Maarten Vos

                                                                                                                  Vision Of Contentment

                                                                                                                    Acclaimed pianist Joep Beving and cellist Maarten Vos share their first collaborative album, vision of contentment, via Nils Frahm’s LEITER label. It follows work together on 2019’s Henosis, Beving’s third album, which came about after the two musicians shared a bill in Amsterdam in 2018. Mixed by Frahm at LEITER studio in the German capital’s famed Funkhaus complex, the LP contains eight brand new compositions and is available on vinyl as well as via all digital platforms.

                                                                                                                    While Beving’s never recorded an entire album with another artist before, Vos has regularly engaged in such activities, sharing credits with artists such as Julianna Barwick, Nicolas Godin (AIR) and Alex Smoke. For Beving, it was a natural step to take, and arguably overdue. “Doing an album from scratch as a joint project was something Maarten and I wanted to try for a while now,” he says. “When my deal came to an end, we saw an opportunity to start making music. I’m always trying to create small worlds for the listener to temporarily live in. Working with Maarten and Nils has helped immensely in achieving this. Maarten is a sculptor of sound and Nils is, well...the master of sound!”

                                                                                                                    Most of vision of contentment was written and recorded during July, 2023, after Beving and Vos unpacked their gear – recording equipment, various synths, a cello – to join the upright piano awaiting them in de berenpan, a shed hidden away in the forest outside Bilthoven, a small village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. The friends had already spent time together in Beving’s Amsterdam studio as well as Vos’ Funkhaus setup, sessions from which two further album tracks are taken, but their week in the countryside would prove particularly fruitful, if for uncomfortably poignant reasons. Out of their sometimes-sombre work emerged a universal eulogy to what the pianist calls “Finding comfort in the acceptance of the inevitable,” but the album represents far more than this. It’s also an astonishing personal tribute to Mark Brounen, their friend and, in Beving’s case, manager.

                                                                                                                    Vos considers the haunting sounds of vision of contentment “a sonic landscape that encourages imaginative exploration”, and the duo talk of Morten Feldman as a musical guide, and Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto as ‘mentors’. Beving, meanwhile, says he intends to leave listeners with a simple sense of love, adding that he hopes it will also enable “a search for harmony and understanding” that also delivers “a big fuck you to fascists and fear!”

                                                                                                                    Transitions are a theme on vision of contentment, not least because, by the time Beving and Vos had settled down in the woods, their friend Brounen had been fighting cancer for three years. And yet, if his imminent ‘passing over’ cast a shadow upon proceedings, it’s wasn’t exclusively a cause for sadness. “The central theme here is the ‘Blue Hour’, the twilight,” Beving explains. “Transitioning from one state to the other, but also embracing the darkness. Mark had shown a remarkable way of dealing with his disease and impending end. He was at peace with his destiny.”

                                                                                                                    As touching an achievement as The Durutti Column’s A Paean to Wilson, Vini Reilly’s salute to his own manager and Factory Records’ boss Anthony Wilson, vision of contentment may be stylistically very different, but it’s similarly cathartic, spiritually awakening and ultimately full of love.

                                                                                                                    STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                    Barry says: It makes sense that this is on Frahm's label, because not since Frahm's 'Felt' have I heard such a beautifully unassuming suite of tentative piano and in-the-room atmospherics. It's got moments of activity and dynamism, but the pace is beautifully managed and leaves a lot of thinking space for the listener too. Gorgeous.

                                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                    1. ON WHAT MUST BE
                                                                                                                    2. PENUMBRA
                                                                                                                    3. A NIGHT IN RENO
                                                                                                                    4. HADES
                                                                                                                    5. THE HERON
                                                                                                                    6. 02:07
                                                                                                                    7. VISION ON CONTENTMENT
                                                                                                                    8. THE BOAT

                                                                                                                    Jennifer Otter Bickerdike

                                                                                                                    You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone : The Biography Of Nico

                                                                                                                      A redemptive, myth-shattering biography of one of the twentieth century's most underestimated creative and artistic forces.

                                                                                                                      'What I have in common with Nico is the understanding of her furious frustration at not being recognised.' - MARIANNE FAITHFULL

                                                                                                                      The real story of Nico is one of determination, self-destruction and belief in one's artistic vision, at any cost. Nico was an ever-evolving myth, an enigma that escaped definition. Born Christa Paffgen, Nico grew up in war-torn Berlin before being scouted by a fashion photographer in her early teens. At age twenty-seven, she became Andy Warhol's newest Superstar, securing the position of chanteuse for the Velvet Underground. Though she is primarily remembered for contributions to their seminal debut album - and her relationships with Brian Jones, Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison - her own artistry and influence have often been overlooked.

                                                                                                                      Nico spent most of her career as a solo artist on the road, enduring empty concert halls, abusive fans and the perilous reality of being a drug addict. Yet beneath the superficial denigrations and one-dimensional myths was a complicated visionary determined to make art that was truly her own. In You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone, defying the sexist casting of her life as the tragedy of a beautiful woman losing her looks, youth and fame, Jennifer Otter Bickerdike cements Nico's legacy as one of the most vital artists of her time, inspiring a generation of luminaries including Bjoerk, Morrissey and Iggy Pop.

                                                                                                                      Containing over a hundred new interviews and rare archival material, this is an empowering reappraisal of an underappreciated icon.

                                                                                                                      Jade Bird

                                                                                                                      Different Kinds Of Light

                                                                                                                        The British singer-songwriter's second LP, which follows on from her self-titled 2019 debut album.

                                                                                                                        'Different Kinds of Light' is at it's most basic about falling in love, and at its most complex, the chaos of trying to get away from your past.

                                                                                                                        STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                        Barry says: Jade Bird writes in the classic folk tradition, with acoustic guitars and percussion working their way beneath Bird's perfectly pitched vocals, further accentuated with sweeps of synth and electric piano. It's a familiar formula, but done this well it's hard not to be bowled over.

                                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                        DKOL
                                                                                                                        Open Up The Heavens
                                                                                                                        Honeymoon
                                                                                                                        Punchline
                                                                                                                        Different Kinds Of Light
                                                                                                                        Trick Mirror
                                                                                                                        I'm Getting Lost
                                                                                                                        Houdini
                                                                                                                        1994
                                                                                                                        Now Is The Time
                                                                                                                        Candidate
                                                                                                                        Red White And Blue
                                                                                                                        Rely On
                                                                                                                        Prototype
                                                                                                                        Headstart

                                                                                                                        Jade Bird

                                                                                                                        Jade Bird

                                                                                                                          Twisting big themes of disillusionment, divorce, cheating, sorrow into the realities of an independent-minded, modern British teenager, Jade’s music transcends genre with a wealth of influence coming from everywhere, and anywhere. Classic, contemporary, and a total breath of fresh air in the current musical landscape, Jade Bird is that rare, next-generation artist who appears as clued up on the past as she is determined to learn from its lessons: in control, sometimes in your face, and in possession of gifts beyond her years.

                                                                                                                          The debut self-titled debut album via Glassnote Records. Featuring breakthrough singles Lottery, Uh Huh & Love Has All Been Done Before.

                                                                                                                          STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                          Barry says: Jade Bird's voice is simply astounding for someone so young, perfectly capturing the spirit of 70's psychedelic Americana mixed with the more subtle tones of modern emotive pop. Bird's songwriting shines through whatever medium it may present itself, from the more downbeat piano ballads and the more rocking, effusive pieces, this whole outing is an absolute delight.

                                                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                          Ruins
                                                                                                                          Lottery
                                                                                                                          I Get No Joy
                                                                                                                          Side Effects
                                                                                                                          My Motto
                                                                                                                          Does Anybody
                                                                                                                          Know
                                                                                                                          Uh Huh
                                                                                                                          Good At It
                                                                                                                          17
                                                                                                                          Love Has All Been Done Before
                                                                                                                          Going Gone
                                                                                                                          If I Die

                                                                                                                          Jane Birkin

                                                                                                                          The Very Best Of

                                                                                                                            Rediscover the whole universe of Jane Birkin. She embodies the femininity of the 70s and brings the vocal signature to the words and music of Gainsbourg. This is the opportunity to dive back into a brilliant and seductive catalogue where elegance rhymes with sensuality.

                                                                                                                            A Very Best Of LP that covers the highlights of the career of Jane Birkin. 

                                                                                                                            Jherek Bischoff

                                                                                                                            Composed

                                                                                                                              In his 30-odd years, Seattle-based Jherek Bischoff has performed in numerous musical configurations, including Parenthetical Girls, Xiu Xiu, The Degenerate Art Ensemble, The Dead Science, Amanda Palmer and The Wordless Music Orchestra. Described as a “pop polymath” by The New York Times, he’s an instinctive collaborator, trusting himself to be his own best teacher. Indeed, all this music-making has largely been self-taught.

                                                                                                                              This last may be the most remarkable, especially in the context of his new album Composed. A meticulously arranged, multi-tracked orchestral pop album, it features a host of guests, many of whom appeared at the sold-out Ecstatic Music Festival performance in New York that launched the project in February.

                                                                                                                              David Byrne collaborates on ‘Eyes’, as sumptuous a slice of meta-pop as anything he’s produced in years, while Parenthetical Girls’ Zac Pennington and French singer/actor Soko duet on the brilliant ‘Young And Lovely’ (these two songs are released as a limited edition 7” for this year’s Record Store Day). Brazilian Tropicalismo legend Caetano Veloso guests on ‘The Secret Of The Machines’ singing lyrics adapted from a Rudyard Kipling poem. Other vocalists include Carla Bozulich (Evangelista, The Geraldine Fibbers), Craig Wedren (Shudder To Think), Mirah and Dawn McCarthy (Faun Fables). Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier and Wilco’s Nels Cline sprinkle some additional instrumental magic over two of the album’s nine songs.

                                                                                                                              Working in such esteemed company, an even more pleasant surprise is that Jherek manages to make the album his own, without ever falling into the trap of self-indulgence that often besets multi-vocalist projects of this kind. That the album proves to be a consistently rewarding and uplifting body of work is testament to the clarity of his vision.

                                                                                                                              The genesis of this singular project was informed by Jherek’s history of playing in DIY bands, a fervent desire to make great pop music and a love affair with the potential of the orchestra. His approach was illuminated by a desire to shake up the business-as-usual routine of being an independent rock musician.

                                                                                                                              I realised a few years ago that being in several serious touring bands at the same time could be really frustrating, because I tend to work on music at least eight hours a day at home, and on tour you only get to make music for an hour a day,” says Jherek of his experience. “I realised that by producing records, doing soundtracks and collaborating on music for dance, I could be creatively involved with a ton of exciting music, and let it have its own legs without having to always be on tour.”

                                                                                                                              As an orchestral recording Composed is pretty much unique. Do-it-yourself in the purest sense, Jherek first composed the album on a ukulele. Next he arranged, produced and engineered the backing tracks, resolving to achieve an orchestral sound without the orchestral cost by recording the music one instrument at a time using a single microphone and a laptop.
                                                                                                                              “I recorded each individual musician of the ‘orchestra’ in their own living rooms, and then I layered each instrument - sometimes one violinist playing one part twenty times - until it was the size of a huge orchestra. I spent the summer riding my bike from house to house recording each musician. I finished the album by taking a road trip to record all the singers in person, except for Caetano Veloso and David Byrne, who recorded their own parts at home.”

                                                                                                                              The result of this extraordinary jigsaw puzzle is Composed. It took years. We hope you’ll agree it was worth it.


                                                                                                                              James Blake

                                                                                                                              James Blake

                                                                                                                                The past couple of years have seen creative explosions and new generations coming through in both dancefloor electronics and heartfelt, introspective singer-songwriting, but self evidently they’ve remained mutually exclusive genre islands. Until now. With a uniquely emotional electronic production style every bit as deeply personal and impassioned as his voice or songwriting, James Blake is sketching out his own place in the musical universe.

                                                                                                                                When a teenage James first visited the pivotal London dubstep night FWD>> in 2007, he’d already been to drum ’n’ bass nights with schoolfriends, but the music and atmosphere there were unlike anything he’d experienced. This was what James had been waiting for – he just hadn’t realised. This midnight epiphany in Plastic People’s Shoreditch cellar led, in a few short years, to the James Blake of 2010, a surefooted 22-year-old composer whose extraordinary tracks are not so much breaking down existing musical barriers as leaping over them and creating an entirely new kind of pop that belies its author’s tender age.

                                                                                                                                Although loosely tethered to the cutting edge of contemporary electronics, James’s songs possess uncommon grace and soulfulness. Whether intended for the FWD>> dancefloor or, like new single "Limit to Your Love", destined to melt hearts and prick ears, his music is characterised by a playful and arresting honesty, a human touch that, despite his status as a hugely in-demand DJ, naturally aligns him with contemporary artists such as Bon Iver or Laura Marling or the xx.

                                                                                                                                Yet more than this, it is the shock of the new in James’s music that’s causing real commotion: the sounds, that voice, the silence, the rhythm (or lack of it), the waiting, the tension. You have to know the rules in order to break them with such conviction, and by daring to be different, James stands head and shoulders above his peers. No doubt, you’ll remember where you were when you heard tracks like "Limit to Your Love" or "I Never Learnt to Share" for the first time.


                                                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                CD Tracklisting:
                                                                                                                                1. Unluck
                                                                                                                                2. Wilhelms Scream
                                                                                                                                3. I Never Learnt To Share
                                                                                                                                4. Lindesfarne I
                                                                                                                                5. Lindesfarne II
                                                                                                                                6. Limit To Your Love
                                                                                                                                7. Give Me My Month
                                                                                                                                8. To Care (Like You)
                                                                                                                                9. Why Don’t You Call Me
                                                                                                                                10. I Mind
                                                                                                                                11. Measurements

                                                                                                                                LP Tracklisting:
                                                                                                                                Side 1
                                                                                                                                1. Tep And The Logic
                                                                                                                                2. Unluck
                                                                                                                                3. The Wilhelm Scream
                                                                                                                                Side 2
                                                                                                                                1. I Never Learnt To Share
                                                                                                                                2. Lindisfarne I
                                                                                                                                3. Lindisfarne II
                                                                                                                                Side 3
                                                                                                                                1. Limit To Your Love
                                                                                                                                2. Give Me My Month
                                                                                                                                3. To Care (Like You)
                                                                                                                                Side 4
                                                                                                                                1. Why Don't You Call Me?
                                                                                                                                2. Blake I Mind
                                                                                                                                3. Blake Measurements
                                                                                                                                4. Blake You Know Your Youth

                                                                                                                                Mercury Music Prize and GRAMMY®Award winning UK singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer James Blake drops his first album in two years, "Friends That Break Your Heart". His tear-jerkingly poignant, auto-tuned & self-produced style has become a symbol of greatness across the UK scene, and his deeply personal songwriting and lyrical prowess shine through every release.

                                                                                                                                Adding a shimmering patina and haunting presence to soul and pop music's existing framework, James Blake is widely celebrated as a visionary and pioneering UK artist. "Friends That Break Your Heart" sees him emerging into the New Normal with plenty to say, with that familiar, rain-soaked melancholy and sentiment here to ease you through your next heartbreak or internal crisis. Blake makes the sadness more palatable but underlying it all is a sense of overcoming your insecurities & demons, and bettering yourself for times in which we live. It’s a positive message that holds it all together.




                                                                                                                                STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                                Barry says: James Blake has carved out a unique niche of mournful post-dubstep, moving from strength and landing on this, possibly his most emotionally raw outing yet. There are melodies here shrouded in the usual trundling electronics and loungey jazz-indebted ambience, topped with Blakes athletic vocal takes, sometimes simply unadorned and in other instances, stretched with Blake's trademark autotune.

                                                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                CD Tracklist:
                                                                                                                                1. Famous Last Words
                                                                                                                                2. Life Is Not The Same
                                                                                                                                3. Coming Back (feat. SZA)
                                                                                                                                4. Funeral
                                                                                                                                5. Frozen (feat. JID & SwaVay)
                                                                                                                                6. I’m So Blessed You’re Mine
                                                                                                                                7. Foot Forward
                                                                                                                                8. Show Me (feat. Monica Martin)
                                                                                                                                9. Say What You Will
                                                                                                                                10. Lost Angel Nights
                                                                                                                                11. Friends That Break Your Heart
                                                                                                                                12. If I’m Insecure

                                                                                                                                LP Tracklist:
                                                                                                                                Side A
                                                                                                                                1. Famous Last Words
                                                                                                                                2. Life Is Not The Same
                                                                                                                                3. Coming Back (feat. SZA)
                                                                                                                                4. Funeral
                                                                                                                                5. Frozen (feat. JID & SwaVay)
                                                                                                                                6. I’m So Blessed You’re Mine

                                                                                                                                Side B
                                                                                                                                7. Foot Forward
                                                                                                                                8. Show Me (feat. Monica Martin)
                                                                                                                                9. Say What You Will
                                                                                                                                10. Lost Angel Nights
                                                                                                                                11. Friends That Break Your Heart
                                                                                                                                12. If I’m Insecure

                                                                                                                                James Blake

                                                                                                                                Playing Robots Into Heaven

                                                                                                                                  Playing Robots Into Heaven follows the critically acclaimed Friends That Break Your Heart and will see James return to the electronic roots of his Hessle, Hemlock and R&S Records days.

                                                                                                                                  STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                                  Barry says: A beautiful juxtaposition of the smooth post-dubstep bread & butter of musical polymath James Blake, and a wonderfully implemented selection of jagged modular synth lines and tense, rich atmospheric drones. For me, the perfect combination of his already established sound and a more exploratory instrumental direction. Stunning.

                                                                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                  1. Asking To Break
                                                                                                                                  2. Loading
                                                                                                                                  3. Tell Me
                                                                                                                                  4. Fall Back
                                                                                                                                  5. He’s Been Wonderful
                                                                                                                                  6. Big Hammer
                                                                                                                                  7. I Want You To Know
                                                                                                                                  8. Night Sky
                                                                                                                                  9. Fire The Editor
                                                                                                                                  10. If You Can Hear Me
                                                                                                                                  11. Playing Robots Into Heaven

                                                                                                                                  Jahdan Blakkamoore

                                                                                                                                  We Are Raiders

                                                                                                                                    Jahdan Blakkamoore is a Brooklyn local hero. Beloved for his charismatic stage presence, pointed lyrics, and powerful voice, Jahdan brings the perspective of Rasta sufferation to the streets of New York in the post-9/11 landscape. Born in Guyana, after crossing into the US alone and undocumented at the ripe age of 8, he quickly began to absorb the swirl of music that thumps out of car trunks and crackles across the pirate airwaves of the borough of Kings. Making his first impact with NYC's golden-era street rap legends Boot Camp Click, Jahdan has been bridging the gap between hip hop, dancehall and roots reggae ever since. This CD / EP finds Jahdan touching down on deep dub-inflected Cumbia beats from Buenos Aires by Chancha Vía Circuito, synthetic dancehall from Vienna's Stereotyp, plus three riddims from lifelong Manhattan boy Shadetek which both reflect and bend the UK dubstep sound. The set includes vocal and dub versions.

                                                                                                                                    Jonathan Bockelmann is a classical guitarist and composer based in Munich who first made waves in 2023 with his debut album ‘Childish Mind’. His entry into composing were arrangements he had made of pieces by Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Some of these have been released digitally in three editions and are now available on vinyl for the first time. The record comes in high quality packaging with an embossed art print and features both some of Sakamoto’s lesser-known works like the ‘Suite for Krug’ as well as iconic pieces like ‘Bibo No Aozora’.

                                                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                    A1) Aoneko No Torso
                                                                                                                                    A2) Dream 
                                                                                                                                    A3) Bibo No Aozora 
                                                                                                                                    A4) Blu 
                                                                                                                                    A5) A Flower Is Not A Flower 
                                                                                                                                    A6) 20220302 
                                                                                                                                    A7) Opus 
                                                                                                                                    A8) Dancing In The Sky 
                                                                                                                                    B1) Suite For Krug In 2008: Movement I. 
                                                                                                                                    B2) Suite For Krug In 2008: Movement II. 
                                                                                                                                    B3) Suite For Krug In 2008: Movement III. 

                                                                                                                                    You could be forgiven for thinking Basso‘s been hitting the plant food of late. Last time out we took a trip with Trance, and now our esoteric expert nods his head, rolls his shoulders and drops a h-h-h-house record on our unexpecting asses. That‘s right folks, roll up the rug, push the sofa back and enjoy some ‚Personal Growth‘ from James Booth.
                                                                                                                                    Operating a million miles away from the kick and hiss of the trendy lo-fi folks, the Berlin based producer favours subtle rhythms, delicate textures and tender melodies - turning out a string of sophisticated dance floor winners for 100% Silk, Church and No Bad Days. Now he brings his organic house stylings to the Growing Bin with a fresh five-tracker packed with all the warmth of a Tempelhof picnic on a balmy July afternoon.
                                                                                                                                    Emerging from the watery depths of the Drexciyan ocean, opener "Mood" strides calmly through the morning dew, stretching those loose limbs and seeking out Hardcastle‘s rainforest. Drifting freely through immersive, aquatic pads and soft focus melodies, the track takes in a little R&R before snapping electro percussion, cascading synthlines and a rolling rhythm up the intensity. The deepness continues on the A2 as "Dream Precipitation" offers a medicated vision of Debussy doing P-Bar while Lynch rolls the cameras. Syncopated hi-hats, jazzy keys and star-gazing sine waves wrap themselves around your cerebellum, expanding your mind as a steady kick moves your body into the pleasure zone. Booth takes a Derren Brown tip on the flip, imbuing "You" with the kind of mesmeric rhythm that can make the staunchest wallflower pull a Pink Panther on a packed dance floor. The exotic tumble of woody percussion and hissing castanets keep up a fascinating rhythm, driving the titular mantra and snaking synth melody through bursts of slapped bass and subtle 4/4. "Dhoop Stick" stays on board with the boogie hypnotism, weaving its way through celestial melodies, squelching bass and toasty Rhodes before "The Chorus" brings down the curtain with wailing FM vox, military snares and the dreamy synth pop charm of a lost Sheffield classic. Warm, woody and entirely organic, this is the birth of Green House...you heard it here first!

                                                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                    1. Mood
                                                                                                                                    2. Dream Precipitation
                                                                                                                                    3. You
                                                                                                                                    4. Dhoop Stick
                                                                                                                                    5. The Chorus 

                                                                                                                                    Joao Bosco / Antonio Adolfo E A Brazuca

                                                                                                                                    O Rondo Da Cuica / Transamazonica

                                                                                                                                      Two jewels from Brazil's rich musical heritage.

                                                                                                                                      On the A side, prolific guitarist Joao Bosco's MPB masterpiece 'O Ronco Da Cuica'. Originally appearing on his 1976 'Galos de Briga' LP released on RCA Brazil, it had yet to have had an official 7" release. It's an intoxicating blend of passionate vocals, feverish cuica and deftly picked acoustic guitar.

                                                                                                                                      On the flip, Antonio Adolfo E A Brazuca's track 'Transamazonica' is an all-time classic Brazilian jazz fusion gem. Taken from the hard- to- find 1971 self- titled LP on Odeon Brazil, it again had never been released on 7". Adolfo was the founder of Trio 3-D and later played with Elis Regina.

                                                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                      Joao Bosco - O Ronco Da Cuica
                                                                                                                                      Antonio Adolfo E A Brazuca - Transamazonica

                                                                                                                                      Jean-Paul Bourelly

                                                                                                                                      Trance Atlantic (Boom Bop II)

                                                                                                                                        Jean-Paul Bourelly is widely regarded as one of the most gifted electric guitarists in Europe today. On the evidence of "Trance Atlantic" it's easy to see why. Along with drummer Dennis Chambers and sax player Vincent Henry he rips into a set of high eneregy jazz fusion tracks that bite and never let go.

                                                                                                                                        James Dean Bradfield

                                                                                                                                        Even In Exile

                                                                                                                                          EVEN IN EXILE is the second album by Manic Street Preachers frontman James Dean Bradfield “It’s a record that draws you in, first with its story, and then with its songs. A wonderful break from the day-job.” Q, 4* An ultra-vivid eulogy to a brilliant life cut short, EVEN IN EXILE is a beautiful collection of songs that loosely trace to story of the life and death of Chilean poet-singer-activist Victor Jara. At points pure and biographical, at others dreamlike and opaque, Bradfield sets words written specifically for the album by poet/playwright Patrick Jones to some of the most addictive and affecting melodies he’s ever composed.

                                                                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                          1. Recuerda
                                                                                                                                          2. The Boy From The Plantation
                                                                                                                                          3. There'll Come A War
                                                                                                                                          4. Seeking The Room With The Three Windows
                                                                                                                                          5. Thirty Thousand Milk Bottles
                                                                                                                                          6. Under The Mimosa Tree
                                                                                                                                          7. From The Hands OfVioleta
                                                                                                                                          8. Without Knowing The End (Joan's Song)
                                                                                                                                          9. La Partida
                                                                                                                                          10. The Last Song
                                                                                                                                          11. Santiago Sunrise

                                                                                                                                          John Bramwell

                                                                                                                                          Leave Alone The Empty Spaces

                                                                                                                                            I Am Kloot’s songwriter and frontman, John Bramwell, has announced the release of his first studio solo album “Leave Alone The Empty Spaces” The record is a stunning showcase of John’s skillful, widely acclaimed songwriting and his unique voice.

                                                                                                                                            It’s the first completely new collection of songs by John as a solo artist since he started his adventures away from I Am Kloot. “Leave Alone The Empty Spaces” has been inspired by John’s travels around the UK and Europe performing more than 300, intimate solo gigs.

                                                                                                                                            Travelling in his VW Campervan with his dog Henry, the experience allowed John to explore parts of the country hitherto unknown, develop his solo sound and ideas, and meet an awful lot of interesting people...

                                                                                                                                            The album is inspired by the spirit of liberty, independence, adventure and solitude that John has enjoyed on the road, as well as the diverse emotions that escape and travel can bring about - from sadness to exhilaration.

                                                                                                                                            It’s about rediscovering the romance, intimacy and magic of the live music experience, one to one with the audience.

                                                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                            A Field Full Of Secrets
                                                                                                                                            Who Is Anybody
                                                                                                                                            Times Arrow
                                                                                                                                            From The Shore
                                                                                                                                            Sat Beneath The Lightning Tree
                                                                                                                                            The Whipperwill
                                                                                                                                            Tallulah
                                                                                                                                            Leave Alone The Empty Spaces
                                                                                                                                            Meet At The Station

                                                                                                                                            John Bramwell

                                                                                                                                            The Light Fantastic

                                                                                                                                              One of the country's most underrated singer-songwriters, John Bramwell, returns to the fray with a remarkable new album The Light Fantastic via Townsend Music.

                                                                                                                                              Anyone who has heard John's work with seminal Manchester band I Am Kloot, will be cheered by the news of this impending release. Nominated for a Mercury Prize in 2010 for their acclaimed Sky At Night album, I Am Kloot never quite received the widespread success their music deserved.

                                                                                                                                              This new album is a masterclass in emotionally charged and melodically driven tunes for the adventurous. All 12 tracks were written by John except for 'Nobody Left But You' which he co-wrote with album producer Dave Fidler.

                                                                                                                                              "After both my Mum and Dad died, I started writing these songs to cheer myself up," John admits with typical candour. "The themes are taken from my dreams at the time. Wake up and take whatever impression I had from what I could remember of my dream and write that."

                                                                                                                                              Despite the sentiment, the songs are surprisingly uplifting. And will no doubt sound great live.

                                                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                              1. Leave No Traces
                                                                                                                                              2. A World Full Of Flowers
                                                                                                                                              3. It's Just You
                                                                                                                                              4. The Light Fantastic
                                                                                                                                              5. Here It Comes
                                                                                                                                              6. A Sky Full Of Thunder And Lightning
                                                                                                                                              7. I Am The Sky
                                                                                                                                              8. Days Go By
                                                                                                                                              9. The Element Of Truth
                                                                                                                                              10. I Feel Me
                                                                                                                                              11. Nobody Left But You
                                                                                                                                              12. Illegalised

                                                                                                                                              Jaimie Branch

                                                                                                                                              Fly Or Die Fly Or Die Fly Or Die ((world War))

                                                                                                                                                In July of 2022, just one month before jaimie branch’s death sent shockwaves around the world, the trumpet player and composer was in Chicago at International Anthem (IARC) studios putting finishing touches on an album. It was a suite of music she had composed and then recorded with her flagship ensemble, Fly or Die, over the course of a residency at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, Nebraska. In her wake, the album was near complete, with only mixing tweaks, final titles, and artwork to be fully realized. In the months following, her family (led by sister Kate Branch), her band (Jason Ajemian, Lester St. Louis, and Chad Taylor), and her collaborators at IARC (engineers Dave Vettraino and David Allen, comrades Alejandro Ayala and Scott McNiece) banded together to gather memories, texts, emails, photographs, artwork and fragments belonging to jaimie to light the path forward. The goal was always to do what jaimie would have done. Packaged in stunning artwork by John Herndon, Damon Locks, and branch herself, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) is jaimie’s final album with the quartet.

                                                                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                1. Aurora Rising
                                                                                                                                                2. Borealis Dancing
                                                                                                                                                3. Burning Grey
                                                                                                                                                4. The Mountain
                                                                                                                                                5. Baba Louie
                                                                                                                                                6. Bolinko Bass
                                                                                                                                                7. And Kuma Walks
                                                                                                                                                8. Take Over The World
                                                                                                                                                9. World War ((reprise))

                                                                                                                                                A vibrant kaleidoscope of sound, colour and emotion, British multi-hyphenate James Alexander Bright's new album 'Cool Cool' is set for release on 26th July via Athens Of The North. A dynamic set of urgent funkers, gentle soul ballads, head-nodders, fuzzy folkers and straight-up disco bangers span 10 songs that soundtrack fertile daydreams, esoteric dancefloors, languorous reflection, and wild excursions in nature and beyond.

                                                                                                                                                James' voice, pitched somewhere between Eddie Chacon, Beck and Michael McDonald, takes a confident lead on this new record. Whether tenderly caressing on the title track's beautiful soul minimalism or deployed passionately on boogie machine 'Straight Line'; it's an immediately recognisable signature. Impressive multi-instrumentalism sees him perform on guitar, bass, keys, programming, percussion, production and myriad quirky effects; across song subjects that cover searching for truth, imagining the distant future, teen nostalgia, relaxation exploration, aspirations of freedom, and classic tales of love and romance.

                                                                                                                                                "'Straight Line' started out as a wonky homage to 80s & 90s radio", says James. "It's based on the memory of meeting someone you want to stay up all night listening to music with". Disco highlight 'Your Love' is"based on the feeling of love and chasing it. It has a certain kinetic charm but holds a melancholic note also". Similarly, on soulful paean to romance 'Fall For You' James explains"You know when you've loved. To love is a magical thing whether it's an experience, an object, or a person; we've all loved and lost".

                                                                                                                                                "'Cool Cool' is the most stripped back song I've ever written,"he confesses."Recorded in one afternoon with no special effects or production tricks, it feels quite timeless". In contrast the uninhibited 'Aguas Blancas' flexes with exuberance. James explains"It's a homage to one of my favourite beaches on the island of Ibiza. I was imagining being there as I made this. What's not to like about big waves, a buzzing beach shack bar, and nudity?".

                                                                                                                                                As always with James' music, what started as a solo endeavour organically morphed into more of a family affair. Initially written and recorded at his home studio in the rolling hills of the Hampshire countryside, the tracks on 'Cool Cool' were completed in sessions with regular collaborator Peter Lyons in East London and Linkwood at Athens Of The North in Edinburgh. Old friends and new contribute vocals (Kerry Leatham and Katharine Alice), drums (Gillan McLaughlin and Joris Feiertag), and synths (Reuben Vaun Smith on 'Aguas Blancas'), plus collaborations with Wolverhampton electronic duo Letherette on 'I Feel Alive' and Ugandan/Nottingham singer-songwriter and guitarist Daudi Matsiko on 'Hear'.

                                                                                                                                                James says"Some of these people I was in bands with as a kid, which is a pretty magical thing. I've been a fan of Letherette for years so it was a buzz when I asked Andrew to work on some tracks together and he was really into it. When Daudi shared a guitar part he wasn't sure what to do with on his Instagram stories, I messaged him to say "I'll make a track out of this!" and that then became 'Hear'".

                                                                                                                                                The past six years has seen James release a veritable treasure trove of music: 'Mallorca' and 'Strange Folk' EPs, debut album 'Headroom', joyous second 'Float', an album of collaborations and reworks with cosmic Americana-disco DJ/producer duo Flying Mojito Bros, and a new project with Groove Armada's Tom Findlay as Bright & Findlay.

                                                                                                                                                James balances music alongside the creative duality of a job in illustration and the responsibilities and constraints that come with raising a young family. Utilising any spare moment to write and record new ideas, his creative output under various projects had been relentless. Turning his back on apathetic major label offers in his early 20s, he's released through cult DIY label Tape Club Records, German stalwart !K7 Music and now with Scottish tastemaker Athens Of The North, presenting an evolving vision of a sound that has touched on everything from outsider art-rock to machine funk, mystic folk to experimental jazz.

                                                                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                1. Straight Line
                                                                                                                                                2. Your Love
                                                                                                                                                3. Fall For You
                                                                                                                                                4. Cool Cool
                                                                                                                                                5. Catch My Breath
                                                                                                                                                6. Aguas Blancas
                                                                                                                                                7. I Feel Alive (feat. Letherette)
                                                                                                                                                8. YSYSYS
                                                                                                                                                9. Fuzzy Yellow Magic
                                                                                                                                                10. Hear (feat. Daudi Matsiko)

                                                                                                                                                Timeless soul, 'Cool Cool' is the standout title track from James Alexander Bright's recent album. It's an immediately enchanting gem, with tendermusicianship and a stripped back production highlighting James' voice, pitchedsomewhere between Eddie Chacon, Beck and Michael McDonald. Athens of theNorth's in-house band East Coast Love Affair add a delightfully psychedelic Balearicpiquancy with an beautiful dub version on the flip.

                                                                                                                                                'Cool Cool' has been enjoying a plethora of worldwide support; seeing James insession for Gilles Peterson, suppling a Block Party mix for Huey Morgan, interviewedby Bandcamp Weekly.

                                                                                                                                                The past six years has seen James release a veritable treasure trove of music:'Mallorca' and 'Strange Folk' EPs, debut album 'Headroom', joyous second 'Float', analbum of collaborations and reworks with cosmic Americana-disco DJ/producer duoFlying Mojito Bros, and a new project with Groove Armada's Tom Findlay as Bright & Findlay. 

                                                                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                1. Cool Cool
                                                                                                                                                2. Cool Cool (ECLA Beautiful Dub)

                                                                                                                                                James Alexander Bright

                                                                                                                                                Fall For You

                                                                                                                                                Multi-hyphenate artist James Alexander Bright releases soulfully tender paean to romance 'Fall For You', backed with urgent funker 'Viper Flames'. This new music heralds James' third solo album, currently being recorded and mixed, which is planned for release via Athens of the North mid 2024.

                                                                                                                                                On 'Fall For You' James says "You know when you've loved, to love is a magical thing. Whether it's an experience, an object, or a person; we've all loved and lost. The senses, vibration and elements have a wondrous strength and power. Love is the most powerful of all."

                                                                                                                                                Following the release of !K7 debut album 'Headroom' ("Blissful choruses, sweetly nagging refrains and a lo-fi sensibility. Hard not to love" Mojo), James featured on Groove Armada's album 'Edge Of The Horizon', contributed 'Under The Sun' to the Too Slow To Disco: The Sunset Manifesto compilation and released single 'It's Alright' with Feiertag. His second album, the joyous 'Float' ("Vivid intermingling of buoyant breakbeat drum loops, sunkissed psychedelic folk song, retrofuturist synthesisers and hot buttered British soul" Test Pressing), was released in July 2022 with singles 'Drink This Water', 'Wheels Keep Turning' and 'Sundown' feat Fink paving the way. This was followed in early 2023 by 'Mirage In The Mojave' ("One hundred percent proof dancefloor ready" Louder Than War), an album of collaborations and reworks with cosmic Americana-disco DJ/producer duo Flying Mojito Bros. On radio his tracks have been played across BBC 6 Music (where he's recorded guest mixes for Tom Ravenscroft and Huey Morgan), Amazing Radio, Bandcamp Weekly, Worldwide FM, Soho Radio, KCRW, Triple J and BBC Solent (who chose his track 'Tigers Roar' to soundtrack Portsmouth FC's 2019 journey to Wembley – awkwardly James is a Saints fan).

                                                                                                                                                A new project with Groove Armada's Tom Findlay as Bright & Findlay - married around their shared love of machine-led funk, outsider soul, 70s-80s nautica and 21st century basement disco - was released via Athens of the North in summer 2023. Solid tastemaker support included BBC 6 Music's Gilles Peterson, who included 'Slow Dance' amongst his tracks of the year, and Huey Morgan, for whom the duo recorded a Block Party mix.

                                                                                                                                                STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                                                Paul says: Nestled proudly at the front of my record bag ready for my next Sunday session, Athens Of The North never fail to deliver the goods and this modern soul 7" is just the ticket.

                                                                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                1. Fall For You
                                                                                                                                                2. Viper Flames

                                                                                                                                                James Alexander Bright

                                                                                                                                                Headroom

                                                                                                                                                  James Alexander Bright's music is as visual a voyage as it is a sonic one; a kaleidoscope of colours that swirl, swoon, soar and sing. Stepping into his musical world is a multi-sensory experience, one where smooth grooves, wonky rhythms, dreamy melodies and immersive atmospheres coalesce to form their own sphere. “Sound as vision,” says Bright of the audio aesthetic he relates to and aims for. “Music you can bite into.”

                                                                                                                                                  Based in the Hampshire countryside and an illustrator by day, Bright’s world is often a dual one but one where elements overlap and inform one another. “I spend a lot of my day creating things visually and everyday life can be an assault on the senses, ”says Bright.“ Evening is my quiet time; time for my ears. Invariably I’m inspired by the things that people and creatures do in the dark.

                                                                                                                                                  ”This creative duality extends beyond just the visual and the music too. It’s found deep rooted in the music itself, which explores a mix between lo-fi and hi-fi, possessing an intimate bedroom recording-like quality but with production that sounds glowing and golden. Similarly, the sunny sheen found in the music-via a kind of psychedelic pop meets electronic soul-is one born from dichotomy.“I feel at home in the deep south of England,” he says. “I’m in the middle of nowhere with lots of green land, fresh air and head space. I feel like the sunshine in the South in the summer months really reflects in my music. However, I tend to make music in the dark hours and winter months, so it’s almost like the music is my sunshine and happy place in these moments.

                                                                                                                                                  ”The end result is also an album that exists in a dual world, one that at times has enough bounce and buoyancy to fill a dance floor-as on the disco funk strutting “Lead Me Astray”- and others feels perfectly suited to introspective headphone listening as on the breezy, woozy ambience of “Cala Llenya”.The latter track pays tribute to the Ibiza beach of the same name, whereas “Dancing with the Birds”- a delicate exploration of pastoral folk-is a nod to one of Britain’s most beloved treasures. “It’s based on a late night walk having just watched a David Attenborough documentary, featuring these beautiful birds that have a crazy mating dance. I love his documentaries and I was listening to a lot of Bert Jansch. The next night I had this vision of dancing birds come into my mind.

                                                                                                                                                  ”Elsewhere Headroom touches upon, in Bright’s own words, 60’s sunshine doo-wop, mutant disco, and mystic mountain top vibes. It’s an album that explores a great deal yet even amidst its dualities it retains a sense of cohesion throughout. It’s a mixture that Bright feels pleased to have managed to juggle so seamlessly. “I think there is a good balance around experimentation on the record-a nice mix between fun and substance.”


                                                                                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                  A1. Go
                                                                                                                                                  A2. Outside
                                                                                                                                                  A3. Lead Me Astray
                                                                                                                                                  A4. Cala Llenya
                                                                                                                                                  A5. Dancing With The Birds
                                                                                                                                                  B1. Gold
                                                                                                                                                  B2. Damn
                                                                                                                                                  B3. 6AM
                                                                                                                                                  B4. Kip On The Highline
                                                                                                                                                  B5. Friends (Lovers Lost)

                                                                                                                                                  James Alexander Bright

                                                                                                                                                  Straight Line

                                                                                                                                                  Electro-boogie-machine 'Straight Line' is taken from 'Cool Cool', the upcoming third album by British multi-hyphenate James Alexander Bright. "'Straight Line' started out as a wonky homage to 80s & 90s radio", says James. "It's based on the memory of meeting someone you want to stay up all night listening to music with".

                                                                                                                                                  James' passionate voice, pitched somewhere between Eddie Chacon, Beck and Michael McDonald, takes a confident lead over a melange of body-popping LinnDrum beats, a host of swooping, fuzzy synths, and backseat-rocking bass. Initially written and recorded at his home studio in the rolling hills of the Hampshire countryside, 'Straight Line' was completed with regular collaborator Peter Lyons in East London.

                                                                                                                                                  It's backed on 7" vinyl with the wonky dancefloor wobbler 'Oh My', sounding something like Theo Parrish producing Arthur Russell after a sleepless night.

                                                                                                                                                  The past six years has seen James release a veritable treasure trove of music, including 'Mallorca' and 'Strange Folk' EPs, debut album 'Headroom', joyous second 'Float', an album of collaborations and reworks with cosmic Americana-disco DJ/producer duo Flying Mojito Bros, and a new project with Groove Armada's Tom Findlay as Bright & Findlay.

                                                                                                                                                  James balances music alongside the creative duality of a job in illustration and the responsibilities and constraints that come with raising a young family. Utilising any spare moment to write and record new ideas, his creative output under various projects had been relentless. Turning his back on apathetic major label offers in his early 20s, he's released through cult DIY label Tape Club Records, German stalwart !K7 Music and now with Scottish tastemaker Athens Of The North, presenting an evolving vision of a sound that has touched on everything from outsider art-rock to machine funk, mystic folk to experimental jazz.

                                                                                                                                                  A dynamic set of urgent funkers, gentle soul ballads, head-nodders, fuzzy folkers and straight-up disco bangers.

                                                                                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                  1. Straight Line
                                                                                                                                                  2. Oh My

                                                                                                                                                  Jon Brion

                                                                                                                                                  Lady Bird

                                                                                                                                                    Fire Soundtracks and Lakeshore Records release Jon Brion’s acclaimed score ‘Lady Bird’ for the first time on vinyl on February 23rd 2018. Jon Brion’s previous films include the Grammy nominated ‘Magnolia’, ‘Punch-Drunk Love’, ‘Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind’ and ‘I Heart Huckabees’. Known for his songwriting with The Grays and Jellyfish, Jon Brion has also produced records for Kanye West, Fiona Apple, Rufus Wainwright, Robyn Hitchcock, Sky Ferreira and is a well-known collaborator with Evan Dando and Elliot Smith. Winner of Best Director from the National Board Of Review, actor-turned-director Greta Gerwig’s incredible directorial debut ‘Lady Bird’ is one of this year’s most acclaimed films.




                                                                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                    1. Title Credits
                                                                                                                                                    2. Sign Up
                                                                                                                                                    3. Drive Home
                                                                                                                                                    4. LB / Danny
                                                                                                                                                    5. Pick Up
                                                                                                                                                    6. Lady Bird Kiss
                                                                                                                                                    7. Rose Garden
                                                                                                                                                    8. LB Steals Math Grade Book
                                                                                                                                                    9. Thanksgiving In Sacramento
                                                                                                                                                    10. Coffee Shop
                                                                                                                                                    11. Hope
                                                                                                                                                    12. More Hope
                                                                                                                                                    13. Consolation
                                                                                                                                                    14. Hope Against Hope
                                                                                                                                                    15. Model Homes
                                                                                                                                                    16. Maybe
                                                                                                                                                    17. Looking Forward
                                                                                                                                                    18. Summer In Sacramento
                                                                                                                                                    19. Packing Up
                                                                                                                                                    20. Leaving
                                                                                                                                                    21. Hope?
                                                                                                                                                    22. Reconcile
                                                                                                                                                    23. Lady Bird

                                                                                                                                                    ‘Time And Desire’ contains Jan’s exquisite selection of 10 unpublished songs and cinematic tales (recorded 2006-2021) about memory, the journey through life, the passage of time, the constant craving, the burning desire… and some soothing miracle moments.

                                                                                                                                                    We get versatility and unity at the same time. We certainly hear echoes of Absent Music and The Misz (Jan’s projects from the 1980’s), but we especially hear Jan Van den Broeke and friends summarizing life and music (and poetry), while blurring time. The 1980s, the 2020s - who cares?"

                                                                                                                                                    Extremely limited copies! 


                                                                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                    JUNE11 - The Flat Horizon
                                                                                                                                                    JUNE11 - I’m Harriet (A Free Woman)
                                                                                                                                                    JUNE11 - La Vie Est Un Rêve
                                                                                                                                                    JUNE11 - Julia Margaret Cameron
                                                                                                                                                    JUNE11 - No Worries/Libera Amor
                                                                                                                                                    JUNE11 - Memories #2
                                                                                                                                                    JUNE11 - The Breaking Wave
                                                                                                                                                    JUNE11 - Je Trébuche Pas #1
                                                                                                                                                    JUNE11 - Stable Heart (For Joan)
                                                                                                                                                    CANTO DE MUDO - Eno-De Sela #2 (For Lhasa)

                                                                                                                                                    Joanna Brouk

                                                                                                                                                    Sounds Of The Sea

                                                                                                                                                      Joanna Brouk’s most ambitious recording, Sounds of the Sea is a concept album full of mystery and eroticism. A conch shell bookends this journey into the deep, going down and down and down further, never reaching bottom. Drawing inspiration from various legends of mermaids and sailors, Brouk weaves circling flutes, vocals, drones and whale songs to describe a sense of unfathomable longing more clearly than words could ever express. Sounds of the Sea is a hypnotic and profound achievement by one of new age’s greatest composers.

                                                                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                      SIDE A - Atravesta
                                                                                                                                                      1. Invocation
                                                                                                                                                      2. Atavesta
                                                                                                                                                      3. Playing In The Water
                                                                                                                                                      4. Aurora
                                                                                                                                                      5. Diving Deeper, Remembering Love
                                                                                                                                                      6. Going To Sleep

                                                                                                                                                      SIDE B - The Sailor And The Nymph
                                                                                                                                                      1. The Reminder Of Long Ago
                                                                                                                                                      2. The Nymph Rising
                                                                                                                                                      3. Calling The Sailor
                                                                                                                                                      4. First Meeting
                                                                                                                                                      5. Touching The Sky
                                                                                                                                                      6. The Sounding
                                                                                                                                                      7. Return To The Deep

                                                                                                                                                      James Adrian Brown

                                                                                                                                                      Terra Incognita

                                                                                                                                                        Former Pulled Apart By Horses guitarist James Adrian Brown has been tirelessly sculpting his new sonic identity since early 2021. After making the transition from fuzz-soaked guitars to swarming synthesizers, Brown has been regularly releasing singles, remixes, collaborations and composing scores over the past three years. July 19th marks the release of his first EP titled “Terra Incognita.”

                                                                                                                                                        This expansive and cinematic journey, comprising six tracks, represents a meticulously crafted electronic odyssey delving into Brown's psyche during a challenging period. The EP vividly captures the landscape of Brown's mental health struggles, which felt dark and all-encompassing. Yet, through self-discovery and resilience, Brown found his way back to the surface, illuminating a path forward. Initially conceived as Brown's debut album, "Terra Incognita" evolved naturally, reflecting shifts in his life and musical direction.

                                                                                                                                                        The EP showcases Brown's use of tape recording hardware, analogue synthesizers and physical instrumentation, some of which were sourced from the Yorkshire Dales, where his studio is based. From stone xylophones crafted out of railway line sleepers to scaling radio masts to capture air traffic control messages with homemade antennas, "Terra Incognita" explores themes of self-exploration, mental discovery, and inner healing.

                                                                                                                                                        Reflecting on "Terra Incognita," Brown shares, “I had this musical journey in my head, a kind of road trip almost. The intention of creating an album free from expectations, focusing instead on experimenting with instrumental compositions inspired by emotions. All the recording sessions were really immersive and deep physical experiences, incorporating the landscape, countryside, and anything I could find we could capture audio from. As the boundaries of the work became clear and my mental health improved, it just felt artificial to force additional pieces to complete a full record. Rather than store these tracks away to make way for an album, it felt right to release them out into the wild as an EP.”


                                                                                                                                                        STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                                                        Barry says: All-round musical powerhouse James Adrian Brown here with his eagerly awaited first EP and boyyyyy it's a doozy. Emotionally wrought but flecked with beauty, it's a deeply charged and thematically rich monolith but most importantly, it's brilliantly enjoyable electronic music. I can't shake the NIN Fragile-era comparison, and for me that's a massive thing indeed. Brilliant.

                                                                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                        1. Limbic System 
                                                                                                                                                        2. Down In The Doldrums 
                                                                                                                                                        3. Olympus Mons 
                                                                                                                                                        4. UVB-76 
                                                                                                                                                        5. Master Life Clock 
                                                                                                                                                        6. Terra Incognita

                                                                                                                                                        James Brown And The JB's

                                                                                                                                                        Special Versions By Dimitri From Paris

                                                                                                                                                        The incomparable Dimitri From Paris returns with the latest installment of his acclaimed DFP Vaults series, showcasing the deep cuts that solidify his reputation as one of the premier remixers, DJs, and champions of crate-digging culture in dance music today. This particular release holds a special place in Dimitri's heart, as he explains in his own words below:

                                                                                                                                                        "James Brown, the undisputed godfather of soul and the hardest working man in show business, is one of the few artists for whom the term 'legend' feels like an understatement. With a career spanning five decades, countless albums and singles, his unique voice and sound have become synonymous with dance music. Beyond his own recordings, thousands of James Brown samples have permeated our ears since sampling became a cornerstone of music production in the mid-80s—across genres from Hip-Hop to House, Drum 'n' Bass, and everything in between.

                                                                                                                                                        This release is particularly meaningful to me. Since my early days as a DJ, I’ve watched James Brown light up dance floors across cultures and generations with his inimitable swagger and irresistible energy. I bought my first James Brown record in 1981—Soul Syndrome, featuring the track 'Funky Men.' At the time, I was a bit disappointed as it didn’t have the classic 'Funky Drummer' style I was expecting, so it ended up buried in a pile of other James Brown classics.

                                                                                                                                                        Fast forward over 40 years, and I hear 'Funky Men' again, played by my good friend Alex From Tokyo, and it sounds fresher than ever. The unusual disco beat accompanying James Brown’s vocal, which once made the track stand out in a strange way, has now become its greatest asset! I quickly took it to the edit board, using a mix of old and new techniques, to create my 'Special Version' of 'Funky Men,' which has already been tried and tested on dance floors near you.

                                                                                                                                                        For the flip side, I wanted to explore the later, lesser-known disco side of James Brown. The J.B.'s, his personal live band, released a few tracks of their own under his production. Most were instrumentals featuring the breakbeat-heavy sound typically associated with James Brown. However, 'Just Wanna Make You Dance,' with female vocals by Maxxi, offers an almost Caribbean disco vibe. Uniquely, it was released as a 12’’ single with a DJ-friendly remix that included different breaks and drops—something quite rare for a James Brown production at that time. Here again, I’ve given it my own 'Special Version' treatment, respectfully enhanced for maximum DJ impact."

                                                                                                                                                        DFP Vaults is the sister label to Le-Edits Records, both of which are highly collectible. While Le-Edits focuses on classic songs remixed from original master tapes, DFP Vaults takes a more eclectic, DJ-friendly approach, spotlighting underdogs and unreleased versions straight from Dimitri's vault. True to Le-Edits' highest production standards, this release features state-of-the-art mastering, cutting, and pressing, all housed in a heavy 'Tip-On' vintage replica custom sleeve.

                                                                                                                                                        STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                                                        Matt says: Another of those highly desirable, buy-on-sight tweaks from the DFP Vaults. Two fiery joints from JB and co. given maximum titivation and extended nicely for dancefloor enjoyment.

                                                                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                        A. James Brown - Funky Men (DFP Special Version) 
                                                                                                                                                        B. The J.B.'s Feat. Maxxi - Just Wanna Make You Dance (DFP Special Version) 

                                                                                                                                                        Two great soul vibes from the master of funk, Mr James brown. First up from the 'There It Is' LP is one of favourites "Never can say goodbye" which is just an amazing groove and bass vibe. Killer horn lines - Smokin' stuff. On the flip is another soul class from the man. "You Took My Heart" from the getta up offa that thang LP. It has such a lovely swing to it, loads of movement!!! Essential! 

                                                                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                        1. Never Can Say Goodbye
                                                                                                                                                        2. You Took My Heart

                                                                                                                                                        James Brown

                                                                                                                                                        Please, Please, Please - 2023 Reissue

                                                                                                                                                          Originally issued in 1959 to capitalize on the crossover success of his single 'Try Me', James Brown's debut LP Please,Please, Pleaseis a collection of 16 of his A and B-sides recorded for the Federal label between 1956 and 1958. It was also the debut studio album for the Famous Flames, and Originally released as 'James Brown and His Famous Flames'. Evenly split between ballads and up-tempo shouters, the songs here all fall into the same sax-driven, gospel-influenced style that you could hear in any Southern chicken shack or nightclub during the late 1950s. James Brown: lead vocals plus: The Famous Flames: Kenny Burrell, Nafloyd Scott, John Faire, Eddie Freeman (guitar), Clarence Mack, Edwyn Conley, Carl Pruitt (bass), Alvin "Fats" Gonder, Ernie Hayes (piano), Edison Gore, Reginald Hall, "Panama" Francis (drums), Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith, Ray Felder, Cleveland Lowe, Clifford Scott (tenor saxophone), George Dorsey, John B. Brown (alto saxophone), Bobby Byrd, Johnny Terry, Sylvester Keels, Nashpendle Knox, Bill Hollings, J.W. Archer, Louis Madison (background vocals). Produced by Ralph Bass, Andy Gibson. Recorded at King Studios, Cincinnati and Beltone Studios, New York City (NY) between 1956 and 1958.

                                                                                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                          1. Please, Please, Please
                                                                                                                                                          2. Chonnie-On-Chon
                                                                                                                                                          3. Hold My Baby's Hand
                                                                                                                                                          4. I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On
                                                                                                                                                          5. Just Won't Do Right
                                                                                                                                                          6. Baby Cries Over The Ocean
                                                                                                                                                          7. I Don't Know
                                                                                                                                                          8. Tell Me What I Did Wrong
                                                                                                                                                          9. Try Me
                                                                                                                                                          10. That Dood It
                                                                                                                                                          11. Begging, Begging
                                                                                                                                                          12. I Walked Alone
                                                                                                                                                          13. No, No, No, No
                                                                                                                                                          14. That's When I Lost My Heart
                                                                                                                                                          15. Let's Make It
                                                                                                                                                          16. Love Or A Game
                                                                                                                                                          17. This Old Heart

                                                                                                                                                          James Brown

                                                                                                                                                          Sho Is Funky Down Here

                                                                                                                                                            Sho is Funky Down Here and The Grodeck Whipperjenny are a pair of albums that are the result of an unlikely but highly productive musical relationship between James Brown, a superstar at the creative and commercial peaks of his long career, and David Matthews, a then young arranger-musician whose limited professional experience had little or nothing to do with the funk and soul of his collaborator. James Brown – Sho Is Funky Down Here James Brown’s psychedelic album, created by his then-bandleader David Matthews, and issued at the same time as Matthews’ classic The Grodeck Whipperjenny. Underground, fuzzy, rambling psych-funk. The genesis of Brown’s “Talking Loud And Saying Nothing,” a 1990s hip hop sample staple, informing A Tribe Called Quest, Large Professor, Brand Nubian and others. Both albums were lacquered directly from the original master tapes at Capitol Studios. This is the first official reissue of both of these rare titles. Each album contains an extensive booklet with full annotation, liner notes by Brown historian Alan Leeds and never-before-published photos. 

                                                                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                            01. Sho Is Funky Down Here
                                                                                                                                                            02. Don’t Mind
                                                                                                                                                            03. Bob Scoward
                                                                                                                                                            04. Just Enough Room For Storage
                                                                                                                                                            05. You Mother You
                                                                                                                                                            06. Can Mind

                                                                                                                                                            James Brown

                                                                                                                                                            Soul On Top - Verve By Request Series

                                                                                                                                                              In the liner notes to this grooving 1969 album, featuring a big band led by drummer Louis Bellson and arranged by Impulse! star Oliver Nelson, the Godfather of Soul explains that he is a “jazz man at heart.” Brown’s soul consigliere, saxophonist Maceo Parker, helps make this a swinging, spirited and satisfying set of standards and JB hits.

                                                                                                                                                              Verve By Request Series features 180-gram vinyl, pressed at Third Man in Detroit..

                                                                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                              1. Homestretch (Side A)
                                                                                                                                                              2. If You Could See Me Now (Side A)
                                                                                                                                                              3. Passin’ The Buck (Side A)
                                                                                                                                                              4. Soulin’ (Side B)
                                                                                                                                                              5. Soulsphere (Side B)
                                                                                                                                                              6. My Secret Passion (Side B)

                                                                                                                                                              Jeff Buckley

                                                                                                                                                              Grace

                                                                                                                                                                Originally released in 1994, Jeff Buckley's solo debut "Grace" is now considered by many to be one of the best albums of the 90s. "Grace" displays a dazzling array of influences from an artist still developing his craft.

                                                                                                                                                                Recently discovered in the vaults – 10 previously unreleased and virtually unheard studio recordings.

                                                                                                                                                                Including covers of Bob Dylan, Sly & The Family Stone, The Smiths, Led Zeppelin, Bukka White and Jevetta Steele, in addition to the first ever studio recording of his signature song ‘Grace’ and ‘Dream Of You And I’, an unheard original recording which informs the deeply intimate and profoundly personal mood of the album. These recordings represent the breadth of Buckley’s influences and talent for interpretation.

                                                                                                                                                                Recorded prior to the sessions which would become his seminal debut album ‘Grace’, these tracks offer a unique insight in to the creative process of a developing genius and inimitable immerging talent.

                                                                                                                                                                The Columbia/Legacy release of Jeff Buckley's You and I has been overseen by the artist's mother, Mary Guibert.

                                                                                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                                1. Just Like A Woman (Bob Dylan Cover)
                                                                                                                                                                2. Everyday People (Sly & The Family Stone Cover)
                                                                                                                                                                3. Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’ (1st Recorded By Louis Jordan)
                                                                                                                                                                4. Grace (original Studio Version)
                                                                                                                                                                5. Calling You (Jevetta Steele Cover)
                                                                                                                                                                6. Dream Of You And I (original)
                                                                                                                                                                7. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (The Smiths Cover)
                                                                                                                                                                8. Poor Boy Long Way From Home (Bukka White Cover)
                                                                                                                                                                9. Night Flight (Led Zeppelin Cover)
                                                                                                                                                                10. I Know It’s Over (The Smiths Cover)

                                                                                                                                                                Jeff Buckley & Gary Lucas

                                                                                                                                                                Songs To No One 1991-1992 - 2025 Repess

                                                                                                                                                                  Following the success of the Record Store Day 2024 vinyl reissue of ‘Songs To No One’, Knitting Factory Records is making Jeff Buckley & Gary Lucas’ incredible album available again on opaque blue denim vinyl (LP1) and opaque white vinyl.

                                                                                                                                                                  This album captures Jeff Buckley at the very beginning of his devastatingly short career. Jeff is accompanied by his original writing partner, guitar virtuoso Gary Lucas, and a small cast of ‘90s New York music luminaries. These recordings form the intimate foundation of Jeff’s incredible body of work.

                                                                                                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                                  1. Hymne À L'Amour
                                                                                                                                                                  2. How Long Will It Take
                                                                                                                                                                  3. Mojo Pin
                                                                                                                                                                  4. Song To No One
                                                                                                                                                                  5. Grace (Studio Demo)
                                                                                                                                                                  6. Satisfied Mind
                                                                                                                                                                  7. Cruel
                                                                                                                                                                  8. She Is Free
                                                                                                                                                                  9. Harem Man
                                                                                                                                                                  10. Malign Fiesta (No Soul)
                                                                                                                                                                  11. Grace (Live)


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