An intimate, mesmerising record about loss and change, ‘sorry i thought you were someone else’ is K-LONE’s most personal album to date and his debut release on Incienso. Made after his father’s passing, the album became a place of escape and reflection. It’s a warm, hypnotic space to drift within.

It's a gentle and considered contrast to his more upfront, bass-heavy club trax on Tempa and Fabric, but with just as much attention to sound design and rhythmic structure. Finding a natural home on Incienso with its 4/4 propulsion, crackly textures, feathery beats and sublime atmospheres. It's a more mellowed out, fathoms deep, house flavoured distillation of this unique producer's sound. 

TRACK LISTING

A1. Someone Else
A2. Slide By Side
B1. Fauna
B2. Fair Enough 2 Be Fair
C1. Slk
C2. Sslip
C3. Gurgle
D1. Sonder
D2. Rezz
D3. The Haze

Wisdom Teeth co-founder K-LONE returns with his second full length project, ‘Swells’: a kaleidoscopic and expansive record that looks to deep house, synthpop, leftfield R&B and beyond for a spellbinding masterwork of melodic electronica.

His debut LP ‘Cape Cira’ became the accidental soundtrack of the long strange summer of 2020 - its lush marimbas, hazy atmos and synthesised bird calls providing the ideal soundtrack for some much needed collective escapism. The record was widely deemed one of 2020’s standout electronic LPs, gaining glowing reviews in Pitchfork, DJ Mag, Mixmag and Resident Advisor, and ranking highly in end of year lists by Crack Magazine, Bleep.com and beyond.

Approaching its follow up, the Brighton-based producer felt a fresh perspective was needed. Originally landing on the name ‘Swells’ as a secret pen-name to write the record under, the intention was to keep the project as separate as possible from ‘Cape Cira’ to avoid settling into familiar territories - but as the record took shape it became clear that it made perfect sense amongst his already diverse discography.

Like ‘Cape Cira’, there is a distinct and intentionally limited sound palette at play on ‘Swells’. Looping vocal cuts, rich cluster chords and undulating arpeggios sit front and centre here - as does the lo-fi plonk of of the CR78 drum machine. But while the record clearly takes influence from a range of vintage sound sources, its overall aesthetic is unmistakably contemporary. Sounds are not artificially degraded nor obscured under washes of sampled tape hiss. Rather, everything is processed with a gloss, hi-fidelity sheen. The record’s rhythms are bright, dry and snappy, and its melodies are processed with a neon poppy glow.

The producer’s unabashed love of contemporary pop music is most obviously exemplified by the appearance of British singer-songwriter Eliza Rose. The pair met for a session at a North London studio back in 2021, and the now Brit Award-nominated singer’s warm, emotive vocal takes became an immediate source of inspiration early in the record’s conception. As such, Rose’s voice is heard in various states of manipulation throughout its duration - initially as reduced and looped phrases, and then finally in full form on ‘With U’: a low-lit, dubbed-out slice of leftfield R&B that beckons comparisons with Tirzah, Little Dragon and even Erykah Badu.

Elsewhere, there are references to G-Funk (‘Oddball’), Autonomic drum and bass (‘Shimmer’), hip-house (‘Love Is’) and even Metronomy-era electro pop (‘Love Me A Little’).

As always, the true magic of K-LONE’s artistry is to present complex, subtle and original ideas in ways that feel familiar and immediate. Melodies are introduced as effortless earworms, only to be twisted out of shape into strange and unusual formulations. Looping rhythms unspool into washes of hazy, dubbed-out ambience before rebuilding themselves. Refined and endlessly creative, ‘Swells’ marks a captivating next step for a producer and record label that have both reliably positioned themselves at the very forefront of contemporary electronic music.

TRACK LISTING

1. Saws
2. Love Me A Little
3. Oddball
4. Strings
5. Shimmer
6. With U (feat. Eliza Rose)
7. Gel
8. Love Is
9. Volcane
10. Multiply

Classic 1990 debut LP from Hit Squad family member K-Solo. Erick and Parrish provide their trademark beats for this highly gifted MC to flex his high-speed rhyme skills over. Check his crazy S P E L L I N G style on the wicked "Spellbound"!! Class old school action for EPMD fans.

Under the guidance of the outrageously talented Ghanaian force of nature Kweku Sackey, aka K.O.G, and the whirlwind of energy that is Jamaican rapper Franz Von, the Zongo Brigade deliver infectious, high-energy West African grooves via Sheffield, drawing on Afrobeat, soul, funk, rock, hip hop and reggae which has fast gained recognition in London and all over the UK.
K.O.G’s signature mix of high-energy songs, raps, operatic vocal effects, along with the hard-hitting patois raps from the spirited Franz Von and a dedicated band of serious musical badmen, has led the band to perform on some of the biggest stages including Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds Festivals and numerous clubs and venues around Europe.

Deeply rooted in stories from Africa, the album draws on love, peace and social issues. K.O.G & the Zongo Brigade’s motto “Unity in Diversity” stems from Kweku’s African origins and also embraces the eclectic mix of nationalities which make up the band.

With a backdrop of unmistakeable African rhythms that include electric brass, thunderous percussion and sharp-edge guitar, ‘Wahala Wahala’ takes possession of the body as the words excite the mind. Racism, rejection, inequality, exile - the subject matter is always serious but the delivery irresistibly upbeat and rhythmic, guaranteed to get the feet moving because in every pain, there is also joy.

TRACK LISTING

For My People
Money
Suro Nipa
Medowo
Imela
Home
Agoro
Dr Mensa
Mona Lisa
Transmission
Mad Up
Wahala
Wonderful Life
Sahara

If you haven’t encountered The K’s impassioned bangers, catch up. In the last 12 months alone, they’ve sold out a UK tour, and sold every ticket for their upcoming Manchester Academy show in under 24 hours. They opened the main stages at Isle of Wight and Neighbourhood Festivals, as well as gracing the main stages at Leeds, Reading and Kendal Calling, and tore the roof down at this year's Tramlines, with hundreds unable to get into the big top to see them play. They’ve supported Liam Gallagher, James and Blondie, their streams are also getting comfortably in the millions…not bad for a band from Warrington.

Their gigs are a guaranteed riot, with the recent 13 date sellout UK and Ireland tour leading them to being asked to put in a Royal Albert Hall appearance with Kasabian on their day off. This pulsing live reputation shouldn’t overlook the sophistication that gives The K’s their immediately identifiable blueprint though. Their debut single “Sarajevo” was one of the few rock and roll songs to namecheck Austro-Hungary, whilst notching up over 4 million streams in the process, and their recent single ‘Hoping Maybe’ became a phone-lights-on live anthem that reached number 2 on the iTunes chart, kept off the top spot only by Miley Cyrus.

So where next? The band have just been announced as main support on the upcoming tour for the recent number 1 album success story that is The Reytons, taking in arenas, warehouses and Academy venues.

Their debut album is released in early 2024 on thriving Manchester indie LAB Records. With each new release, The K’s just keep growing. A cult sensation, an irresistible, irrefutable spirit, welcoming to anyone who wants to join and escape into a better, more hopeful world.

BBE Music are proud to reissue one of the most elusive and sought-after Afro-Funk LPs of all time: Son Of Africa, by Remi Kabaka. Now a proud 85 years of age and enjoying retirement in America, Remi was the cornerstone of British West African music in the 50s, 60s and 70s, along with Ginger Oloronso Johnson, Fela Kuti and others. But while Ginger played mambo and cha cha cha in Soho clubland and Fela released his early ‘highlife jazz’ records on the Melodisc label, Remi Kabaka was fully ensconced in the UK Rock world, playing sessions and live shows with The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood and countless others. As the 60s became the 70s, Kabaka developed yet another string to his bow: the development of a UK based West African Funk scene, that found its genesis in the legendary Osibisa, but with an influence and an inspiration that spilled over into every contemporary Brit Funk band from Cymande and the Equals to The Average White Band, Matata and beyond. Son Of Africa was originally released by Chris Blackwell’s Island records in 1976, to little acclaim, very few reviews, and with almost no promotion. African music was a hard sell when the 70s Black British record market wanted reggae first and foremost, and with Bob Marley on the books, Island understandably had other priorities at the time. The record disappeared. Until it reappeared in the early 2000s, as a £700-plus collectors’ item. It’s barely 30 minutes long. But every single minute is drenched with sinuous, spare funk: no spacey psych rock, no disco, no boogie, no over-the-top production: just 90-110 BPM grooves that go straight to the body. So: whether you’re a turntablist, a hip hop sampler, or just an honest-to-goodness African Funk lover, catch this limited reissue (with full, updated liner notes) while you can. There won’t be another chance.

TRACK LISTING

1. Kabaka
2. New Reggae Funk
3. Sure Thing
4. Future Of A 1000 Years
5. All Black Festival
6. Aqueba Masaaba
7. African Hustle
8. Meteorite
9. Blue Lagos
10. Follow Your Needs

Originally released in 1982 on the short-lived Lyncell Records imprint, BBE Music is excited to present the brilliant and ultra-rare album ‘African Sunset’ by South African band Kabasa. Formed in Soweto by vocalist and bassist Tata “TNT” Sibeko, guitarist Robert “Doc” Mthalane (described as the Jimi Hendrix of South Africa) and percussionist OupaSegwai, Kabasa recorded a trio of powerful albums in early-80s Johannesburg. Having been part of the iconic Afro-rock band Harari, the first ever local black pop band to appear on South African TV, Mthalane and Segwai decamped to team up with Sibeko for Kabasa’s eponymous debut in 1980. ‘African Sunset’ is their third and final album and is produced by the band with songwriting duties shared between founding members Sibeko and Mthalane as well as newly-joined percussionist and flautist Mabote “Kelly” Petlane. Taking in psychedelic rock influences alongside shades of jazz, funk and more traditional sounds, ‘African Sunset’ is a timeless album, standing out to this day thanks to its heavy grooves, great songwriting and superior musicianship. With original pressings of ‘African Sunset’ now virtually impossible to find, BBE Music is delighted to present this carefully remastered version that includes original artwork. Available on vinyl, CD and digital formats.

The first ever reissue for this ultra-rare 1982 album by South African band Kabasa. Kabasa was formed in Soweto by vocalist and bassist Tata “TNT” Sibeko, guitarist Robert “Doc” Mthalane (a former member of iconic Afro-rock band Harari, the first ever local black pop band to appear on South African TV). A unique and timeless album taking in psychedelic rock influences alongside shades of jazz, funk and more traditional sounds. Carefully remastered and pressed on heavyweight vinyl, complete with original artwork. Original copies of the LP are now almost impossible to find, fetching hundreds of pounds when they occasionally surface.

TRACK LISTING

1. Rainbow Children
2. Mafeteng
3. African Sunset
4. Feeling Of The 60's
5. Walking In The Jungle
6. Awundiva
7. Happy To Be Me
8. Sengiyesaba

Kaela is a genre-blurring singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer based in Los Angeles.

Her debut solo album 'Supraliminal' is released on Other Suns, the label founded by M83's Anthony Gonzalez, who remarked: "This album takes me places I've never been before," calling Kaela an "intriguing and fantastical artist."

Written and produced in her LA studio, Supraliminal is an immersive journey through ambient textures, experimental pop structures, and analog synth landscapes. The title refers to the psychological concept of information existing above the threshold of conscious awareness. "I'm interested in the moment something crosses that threshold," Kaela explains, "when a hidden truth rises to the surface, whether through memory, art, or intuition."

'Supraliminal' transports listeners to a spectacular new world in a sonic sandbox of glitter. Shifting seamlessly between psychedelic ambience and energetic, beat-driven tracks, the album defies easy classification. Shimmering synthesizers, analog textures, and transcendental vocals animate a colorful, futuristic soundscape where surrealism meets subconscious messaging, inner demons meet the higher self, and childlike wonder communes with deep grief. Kaela describes the album as a "holographic world" that balances innocence and revelation, introspection and adventure.

Kaela is also known for her long-standing role as a key member of M83, contributing to both live and studio projects since 2016, including the band's 2023 album 'Fantasy' and its worldwide tour. With 'Supraliminal', she fully steps into her own artistic identity, crafting a deeply layered and visionary debut. At once cerebral and visceral, cosmic and intimate, it's a record that doesn't just ask to be heard; it asks to be felt.

TRACK LISTING

1. Eternal Posture
2. Pool
3. Tender
4. Valley Of The Moon
5. Channel 2
6. Waves Of Tapasia
7. Age Of Innocence
8. Superluminal
9. Care Of The Offspring
10. Ending (Skull Waterfall)
11. Devotion
12. Time Crystals

Eagerly awaited debut album from Nottingham, UK teenage alt-rock trio Kagoule

Produced by Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys - AM) at 2Fly Studios in Sheffield

Tipped by Rolling Stone as "The Artist To Watch in 2015"

“They’re part of a new wave of British bands (remember bands?) making a rock noise (remember rock noise?) that includes Royal Blood, Drenge and Southern... It is indeed a cause for celebration, if you happen to enjoy being whomped about the head by more than mildly momentous guitar, bass and drums, delivered with some of the feral power of Pixies.” – THE GUARDIAN

“Nottingham three-piece Kagoule are making a play for our hearts and minds and they’re treading a battle-path worn by the Pixies to get there. A perfect blend of melody and brutality.” – NME

" A fun little bummer of a record." – ROLLING STONE

TRACK LISTING

1.Gush
2.Adjust The Way
3.Glue
4.Damp Sand
5.Empty Mug
6.Greenbeefo
7.Centralwing
8.Made Of Concrete
9.Open Mouth
10.Mike
11.It Knows It
12. The Bastard *
13. Mudhole *
PLUS – Download Card/code Included To Access 3 More Bonus Tracks ‘Monarchy’, ‘Encave’ And ‘Puppet’*

* - Available On Indies Exclusive CD Only.

Over the past year, GRAMMY Best New Artist-nominated Vermont singer & songwriter Noah Kahan has exploded from his New England roots into the global mainstream and has been touted as one of this year’s biggest and best new artists. This limited-edition transparent 7” will have ‘Dial Drunk’ and ‘Dial Drunk’ ft. Post Malone. 

TRACK LISTING

Side A:
1. Dial Drunk

Side B:
1. Dial Drunk Ft. Post Malone

Over the past year, GRAMMY Best New Artist-nominated Vermont singer & songwriter Noah Kahan has exploded from his New England roots into the global mainstream and has been touted as one of this year’s biggest and best new artists.

The global sensation is back with a deluxe version of Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever). The Deluxe CD showcases seven additional tracks from Kahan’s Platinum-Certified Stick Season album as well as his

Double Platinum-Certified and first career top 10 hit “Stick Season” and Platinum-Certified top 40 hit “Dial Drunk”.

'The Great Divide', the highly anticipated new album from 2x Grammy Nominee Noah Kahan.

A reflection on Noah’s past, his now-complicated relationship to family, friends, his native Vermont, as well as the disconnect and distance that silence and unspoken truths create between people.

Produced by 'Stick Season' collaborator Gabe Simon as well as new collaborator Aaron Dessner

TRACK LISTING

TBC

Pre-orders essential on this super limited NDATL release featuring two remixes from the legendary Larry Heard!

Mega!

TRACK LISTING

A.Take A Chance (Mr. Fingers Full Ambient Acid Instrumental)
B1.Take A Chance (Kai Alce Original Dub Mix)
B2. Take A Chance (Larry Heard Dub Remix)

On 'Strange Medicine', acclaimed roots musician Kaia Kater succeeds in the act of transformation, alchemizing grief into joy, sorrow into hope. Kater's captivating songs celebrate the power of oppressed people and act as an antidote to centuries of exploitation, fear, and greed. This collection of ten songs, featuring appearances by today's finest roots musicians such as Allison Russell, Aoife O'Donovan, and Taj Mahal, showcases Kater's biting topical songwriting and deft arranging chops. 'Strange Medicine's' intricate orchestrations were inspired by diverse sources: composer Steve Reich's propulsive minimalism, the frenetic jazz drumming of Brian Blade, the unsettling orchestral scores of film composer Jonny Greenwood, and the spiraling rhythms of the West African kora. Furthermore, Kater's delicate yet robust banjo playing charts new territory well beyond what's expected of the instrument. With 'Strange Medicine', Kater taps into the full kaleidoscope of her artistry, creating an outlet for our collective grief and celebration and inviting the ancestors to a place of honor at the table.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Witch Ft. Aoife O'Donovan
2. Maker Taker
3. Mechanics Of The Mind
4. In Montreal Ft. Allison Russell
5. The Internet
6. Fedon Ft. Taj Mahal
7. Floodlights
8. Often As The Autumn
9. History In Motion
10. Tigers

'This North London band go full thrust with powerful tracks and strong melodic vocals. Despite meandering through their mid twenties, their sound has been described as old school rock soul burnt at the edges with a fresh and new perspective, hard hitting rhythms, jazzy keys, riff laden guitars and soaring vocals.'

Firmly one of today’s essential artists, Venezuelan/Guatemalan-American singer-songwriter KAINA announces her new album titled ‘It Was A Home’ that is slated for release on March 4th via City Slang. In celebration, the beloved artist shares her smoldering new single, “Anybody Can Be In Love”, along with an enchanting companion video. Directed by Weird Life Films, the visual brings to life KAINA’s whimsical world inspired by the quintessential Mr. Rogers TV series. “Anybody Can Be In Love” embodies the sentiment of authentically accepting love in its various forms. ‘It Was A Home’ will showcase KAINA’s stunning new artistic direction, the result of her own personal evolution and newly found sense of self, while maintaining roots in her signature sound. The album will include features from beloved artists such as Sleater-Kinney, Helado Negro and Sen Morimoto.

Born in Chicago to immigrant parents, KAINA creates generational music that surpasses borders and speaks to a far-reaching community of people that grew up in between languages, cultures, regions, and genres. KAINA has been catapulted to the forefront of a new wave of artists transforming the music landscape through deep representation. Her previous projects, the 2016 EP sweet asl. and her debut 2019 album Next To The Sun, cemented KAINA as a critically acclaimed artist and established her cult following. The projects showcased her signature sound that is lined with a sweet-hearted optimism, devastating authenticity and one that she uses as a means to uplift and build community. She has previously collaborated with Saba, The O’My’s, Sen Morimoto, and through multidisciplinary work around Chicago with various organizations.

“’Anybody Can Be in Love’ is about letting go and accepting love when it comes to any sort of relationship, romantic or platonic. I’ve seen myself and my close friends miss out on a really great moment we’ve wished for or a great relationship because we’re so fixated on getting hurt or being fearful. ‘Anybody Can Be in Love’ is a little reminder to keep it simple and enjoy the moments you’ve been waiting for. Sonically, I wanted the track to sound very psychedelic and dreamy. Almost like love is taking over and you’re just losing yourself in a moment. It was a pleasure working on this with first time collaborator Biako along with Sen Morimoto and longtime bandmate Michael Cantella on bass.” - KAINA ON “ANYBODY CAN BE IN LOVE”

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Kaina's soulful vocals ride beautifully atop a background of swooning loungey percussion and rich rolling bass. We get 60's psychedelia, eastern influenced grooves and hazy downbeat stagger. It's a beautiful and wonderfully written collection, and a constantly evolving gem.

TRACK LISTING

1. Anybody Can Be In Love
2. It Was A Home
3. Good Feeling Ft. Sen Morimoto
4. Sweetness
5. In My Mind
6. Ultraviolet Ft. Sleater-Kinney
7. Come Back As A Flower
8. Blue Ft. Helado Negro
9. Casita
10. Apple
11. Friend Of Mine
12. Golden Mirror

The hugely anticipated debut album from one of the most hotly tipped bands around at the moment, hot on the heels of two great pop singles: "I Predict A Riot" and "Oh My God". Fans of their releases so far won't be disappointed the album ebbs and flows nicely between jaunty energetic pop reminiscent of Super Furry Animals quirky pop, and gentler more reflective moments.

Originally released in March 2005, ‘Employment’ peaked on the UK album chart at No. 2, and has since spent more than 17 months on the Top 40, selling more than 2.1 million copies in the process, and being certified 7 x Platinum status by the British Phonographic Industry. Similarly successful across Europe, the album’s longevity was aided by the hits singles ‘Oh My God’, ‘I Predict A Riot’, ‘Everyday I Love You Less And Less’ and ‘Modern Way’.

To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their debut album (usually commemorated with the gift of china), Kaiser Chiefs have shared a bunch of
additional tracks, including a selection of B-Sides and CD single bonus tracks for this 'China Anniversary’ edition.

TRACK LISTING

LP Tracklisting:
1. Everyday I Love You Less And Less
2. I Predict A Riot
3. Modern Way
4. Na Na Na Na Naa
5. You Can Have It All
6. Oh My God
7. Born To Be A Dancer
8. Saturday Night
9. What Did I Ever Give You? 
10. Time Honoured Tradition
11. Caroline, Yes 
12. Team Mate
13. Take My Temperature
14. Less Is More 
15. Wrecking Ball 
16. Brightest Star 
17. Not Surprised
18. Think About You (And I Like It)
19. Hard Times Send Me
20. Sink That Ship
21. The Letter Song
22. Seventeen Cups
23. It Ain't Easy (Demo)
24. Run Again
25. People Need Light
26. Moon
27. Formative Years
28. Don't Get Me Wrong

CD Tracklisting:
1. Everyday I Love You Less And Less 
2. I Predict A Riot 
3. Modern Way
4. Na Na Na Na Naa
5. You Can Have It All 
6. Oh My God 
7. Born To Be A Dancer 
8. Saturday Night 
9. What Did I Ever Give You? 
10. Time Honoured Tradition 
11. Caroline, Yes 
12. Team Mate 
13. Take My Temperature
14. Wrecking Ball 
15. Brightest Star 
16. Not Surprised
17. Think About You And I Like You 
18. Hard Times Send Me 
19. Sink That Ship 
20. Less Is More 
21. The Letter Song
22. Seventeen Cups
23. It Ain't Easy (Demo)
24. Run Again
25. People Need Light
26. Moon
27. Another Number
28. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
29. Modern Way (Rhythms Del Mundo Version)
30. You Can Have It All (Light Orchestral)
31. Oh My God (Demo)
32. Born To Be A Dancer (Demo)
33. Caroline Yes (Demo)
34. I Predict A Riot (Demo)
35. Modern Way (Demo)
36. Saturday Night (Demo)
37. Everyday I Love You Less And Less (Spike Stent Remix)
38. I Predict A Riot (Spike Stent Remix)
39. Na Na Na Na Naa (Polysics Remix)
40. Everyday I Love You Less And Less (Boyz Noize Remix)
41. I Predict A Riot (Big Nurse Remix)
42. Sink That Ship (BBC Radio 2 Session For Mark Radcliffe 17/10/2005)
43. Modern Way (BBC Radio 2 Session For Mark Radcliffe 17/10/2005)
44. Everyday I Love You Less And Less (Live At The Mod Club, Toronto 29/05/2005)
45. Hard Times Send Me (Live At The Academy, Birmingham 24/01/2005)
46. Na Na Na Na Naa (Live At Glastonbury, Worthy Farm 25/06/2005)
47. Oh My God (Live At Georg-Elser-Hallen, Munich 04/11/2005) 
48. Born To Be A Dancer (Live At T In The Park, Kinross 10/07/2005)
49. Saturday Night (Live At Joseph's Well, Leeds 28/09/2003)
50. Sink That Ship (Live At The Cockpit, Leeds 13/12/2004)
51. Take My Temperature (Live At The Fillmore, San Francisco 25/07/2005) 
52. Time Honoured Tradition (Live At The Metro Theatre, Sydney 29/11/2005)
53. Caroline, Yes (Live At The Metro Theatre, Sydney 29/11/2005)
54. I Predict A Riot (Live At V Festival, Hylands Park, Chelmsford 20/08/2005)
55. Take My Temperature (Live At Leeds Town Hall 11/05)
56. Oh My God (Live At The Metro Theatre, Sydney 29/11/2005)

Almost two decades in the game, and armed with an extensive back-catalogue of stadium belters, and record-breaking success, Kaiser Chiefs return with their brand new studio album.

Produced by Amir Amor (Rudimental), the album sees the Kaiser Chiefs return with a fresh and bold new sound. From the Nile Rodgers co-write of new single 'Feeling Alright', to the frantic 'Beautiful Girl', horn-laden Kaiser Chiefs throwback 'Job Centre Shuffle' and joyous punch in the gut that is 'Jealousy', these ten tracks are a true statement of intent from a band that continues to deliver the goods again and again.

Where 2019's Duck straddled the tide between Northern-Soul euphoria and early '00s antithesis, 2024 will see Kaiser Chiefs stepping into a renewed spotlight; a hook-heightened universe in which Ricky Wilson, Andrew "Whitey" White (guitar), Simon Rix (bass), Keyboardist Peanut and Vijay Mistry on drums, come together to once again create what they craft best; breakthrough belters for the world's dancefloor.

TRACK LISTING

Feeling Alright
Beautiful Girl
How 2 Dance
The Job Centre Shuffle
Burning In Flames
Reasons To Stay Alive
Sentimental Love Songs
Jealousy
Noel Groove
The Lads

Formed in Edinburgh in 1992, The Kaisers set out to bring the excitement and joi de vivre of the early ‘60s beat era back to the Scottish music scene. Armed with junk shop guitars and tiny amplifiers, they quickly gained a reputation as one of the country’s most exciting live bands, belting out forgotten rock ‘n’ roll gems and their own period-perfect compositions with unsurpassed rawness.

As their fame spread, they were soon firing their beat salvos at audiences from America to Japan. The broadcasting authorities took notice and radio sessions for John Peel, Mark Radcliffe and many others followed, both at home and abroad.

The Kaisers released seven albums plus many singles and EPs – all on vinyl and always in mono. One EP was recorded during a particularly wild night at New York’s famous CBGB. Although their records featured plenty of the good-humoured sonic violence that their fans craved, heartfelt yet visceral ballads were never off the musical menu.

After a 13 year hibernation, The Kaisers returned to the stage via the festivals circuit and continue to appear at festivals across Europe. The resurgence of interest in the band has led to the writing and recording of a brand-new album ‘More From The Kaisers’, due for release on the 28th of June, 2024.

TRACK LISTING

1. That Kind Of Fun
2. Keep Walking That Way
3. Do You Wanna Twist
4. You Tell Me
5. Cruelty
6. Tremblin'
7. Guillotine Twist
8. Hey Lulu
9. Monkey Train
10. Come On And Tell Me
11. Voodoo Lily
12. Ain't Gonna Talk
13. She's Long And Tall
14. Shaking And Stomping

Son of Todd Osborn (Soundmurderer/Ghostly) Kaito Ian makes a hugely impressing first outing on the Galaxy Sound Co label with a series of lo-fi hip-hop beat-strumentals that cannot fail to get your head nodding. He is a dedicated music lover and skater with a deep knowledge of his craft and that shows here with some refined sounds starting with the soul drenched 'Revert', then on to the warped angelic vocal samples of 'Sequoia' and the percussive jumbled and scratching of 'Trek'. 'Wait Up' is another excellently blissed out joint and 'Sloan' is a sunny, laid back, lazy vibe to close down a superb EP.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Phwoooar 'ave some of THAT! Todd Osborn's son (!!) drops a tidy package of hip-hop instrumentals which lands somewhere between DJ Dez (Andres), Madlib and some of the beat tapes we've had through Fat Beats. You'll be clambering after a whole LP once you've digested this 7"!

TRACK LISTING

Revert
Sequoia
Trek
Wait Up
Sloan

Wewantsounds continue its extensive Meiko Kaji reissue program in partnership with Teichiku Records and Meiko Kaji herself, with the release of "Gincho Wataridori," her debut album from 1972. This is the first time the album is reissued since release and it comes with its original Japanese artwork and newly remastered audio. Famous for her 70s exploitation movies ('Lady Snowblood', the 'Female Prisoner Scorpion' and 'Stray Cat Rock' series) and revered by Quentin Tarantino, Meiko Kaji also released a string of great albums on Teichiku mixing Japanese Pop and cinematic grooves. This reissue comes with deluxe Gatefold sleeve LP, OBI strip and a 2-p insert featuring new liner notes by Hashim Kotaro Bharoocha.

TRACK LISTING

1. Ginchou Wataridori
2. Jingi Komoriuta
3. Koini Inochio
4. Ginchou Buruusu
5. Hakodate Monogatari
6. Inochino Namida
7. Hamabeno Meruhen
8. Yogirino Sukina Anata
9. Kanashii Egao
10. Kokoro Nokori
11. Shitto
12. Aieno Kitai

Wewantsounds continues its extensive Meiko Kaji reissue program - in partnership with Teichiku Records and Kaji herself - with the release of Yadokari, her third album from 1973. This marks the first time the album has been reissued on vinyl, featuring its original artwork and newly remastered audio. Renowned for her iconic 1970s films (Lady Snowblood, the Stray Cat Rock series) and admired by Quentin Tarantino, Meiko Kaji also released a string of outstanding albums on Teichiku, blending Japanese pop with cinematic grooves. Yadokari, is reissued here with its original deluxe gatefold sleeve andOBI plus a two-page insert featuring new liner notes by Hashim Kotaro Bharoocha. As a special bonus, this edition includes a 7" EP single featuring Shura No Hana, famously featured on the Kill Bill soundtrack.

TRACK LISTING

1. Yadokari
2. Sunset
3. Watashi Umarete Fushiawase
4. Yamaneko
5. Arijigoku
6. Kakioki
7. Hagure Bushi
8. Ayatori
9. Ah...
10. Aru Deai
11. Onna Negai Uta
12. Kiba No Ballad
13. Shura No Hana (Flower Of Carnage)
14. Hō Yare Ho

Ata Kak created a peculiar slice of Ghanaian music history with his debut album “Obaa Sima”. While it barely made a ripple at the time of its release in 1994, the cassette found a new life online in 2006. A not-sounderground cult obsession grew after it appeared on the blog Awesome Tapes From Africa as its very first post, a sort of manifesto for the project. His addictive amalgam of left-field electronic music and Twi-language hiplife reached surprising levels of awareness among music fans of many stripes. The mystery behind the musician’s identity grew. Eventually Yaw Atta-Owusu came out of the shadows, from his quiet home in Kumasi, to tour the world playing high-energy, sweat-soaked performances at major festivals like Glastonbury, Sónar and Pop Montreal.

Now, for the first time since 1994, Ata Kak releases new music. Honed in studios around Kumasi over the last several years, the songs feature the rapper-singer’s acrobatic rap, signature scatting, dramatic drums and even traditional Akan harp. The compositions are more ambitious than his earlier work, with more complex arrangements and layered harmonies. Ata Kak’s new songs are also the natural expression of a restless artist—he is a prolific poet and author of a half-dozen books, as well as an active gardener and busy painter. Born in Ghana in 1960, Ata Kak wasn’t always involved in music. But his travels and openness to the world lead him into the music industry. While living in Germany, he was invited to play drums in a reggae band and subsequently played in highlife bands in Ontario after moving to the Toronto area. He recorded “Obaa Sima” there at his home studio and released it in Ghana in 1994. He didn’t participate in music much in the intervening years until “Obaa Sima” was reissued in 2015. He started performing his song live with the help of a brilliant cast of Londonbased musicians and has toured three continents and played to thousands of fans in venues of all kinds.

TRACK LISTING

1. Batakari (4:58)
2. DJ (3:54)
3. Medoba (4:47)
4. Osoowa (4:41)
5. Yasi Town (4:34)
6. Kae (3:27)

There is no bigger surprise internet music success story than that of Ata Kak. The Ghanaian rapper-singer released a tape quietly in 1994 only to be rediscovered online in 2006 as the pre-streaming blog-fueled online music collector movement was in full swing. The wildly addictive confluence of lo-fi house with earnestly-rendered, full-throated Burger Highlife captured the hearts of music heads around the globe in the mid-2000s. With the help of his London-based band Ata Kak played shows worldwide and graced enormous stages performing to thousands of fans. The seven songs on Obaa Sima have delighted and confounded listeners since it appeared as the inaugural post on the Awesome Tapes From Africa blog. A well-documented years-long search for the singer concluded with a reissue in 2015. Despite painstaking work by ATFA’s longtime mastering engineer collaborator Jessica Thompson, the audio source was not of superior fidelity. The original DAT tape was moldy and disintegrating. Now, after years of searching for the highest quality source cassette, Ata Kak is making available the Obaa Sima Anniversary Remaster. We can finally hear the now-legendary left-field dance floor classic in glistening-clear audio for the first time. The original Obaa Sima reissue has shipped more than 10,000 LPs and the cassette has been downloaded from the original blog post hundreds of thousands of times. Ata Kak played intensely-energetic shows at clubs and festivals all over on the strength of this classic recording. The deluxe edition of the new remaster includes a splatter-colored LP and a DVD documentary with previously unreleased footage.

TRACK LISTING

1. Obaa Sima (5:38)
2. Moma Yendodo (5:33)
3. Adagya (4:54)
4. Medofo (2:45)
5. Daa Nyinaa (6:08)
6. Yemmpa Aba (4:32)
7. Bome Nnwom (5:28)

"Kevin und Sandra" is a strong, technoid, rocking yet poetic introduction to the album. Hypnotic driving synths howling over a stoner rock alike drum beat and a fluid rollin' synth-bass. On top of that Kalaspatz tells the story of a raver couple on their way to a festival. Not much more than a little bag of excstasy pills in their pockets, the guys hoping to earn a little extra, failing grandiosely but ultimately experiencing great things while getting lost in the vortex of that festival night. "Springbrunne" is a great "Rap without Rap" hymn featuring the elegant and relaxed voice of Kayyak. Over a heavy beat he's toastin' about reinventing himself through the splatter of a fountain before Deacon Blues, better known as Seth Troxler, suddenly joining in, droppin' philosophic wisdom while the track slowly but surely rolling down the disco lane - driven by the brass and a walking bass. The titlesong of the new album, "Let Love Rumpel" is an ode to the joy of raving together but and the perfect soundtrack for sunrise. Spending a long night toghether, taking care about each other and then turn the night into day. Kalabrese always regards his music as second- or hidden floor music, going straight to the heart - softly embracing the tipsy and raptured. "Eight Bars" is massive Rumpelfunk, showing that it doesn't need more than a simple bassline and groove to lean back in the spirit of Funk. "Get Up And Try" is the nimble answer towards the exhausting polemic about measures within the pandemic and know-all caprices. A children's choir over a mid tempo house-beat, a beautiful chello by band buddy Dominik Löhrer and the swingin' trumpet, performed by Rumpeljazzer Benjamin Danech, who's immortalizing his big potential on this piece one more time. "Explore Yourself" is a collaboration with the talented newcomer Palma Ada who caused a stir with her vocal contributions on "Let Love Rumpel Pt. 1" already and settled so well in the Rumpelkosmos joining the Rumpelorchester for the recent live shows. Power-Rumpel-Techno, made to shake head and dance the pain away. On point and not a minute too long. "Die Kette feat Zoé Miku" is a powerful and hypnotic mid-tempo balearic house jam. A sunset, somewhere in the Pyrenees, listening to the contemplative vocals of Zoé Miku, who's in fact teaching people on the yoga mat in her daily live but equally enjoys the hazyness of a rave and unfolding on Kalabrese's playground. Free, without blinders or fixed confessions. "Healthy Again feat. Palma Ada" is the defiant statement why she - even as a ex upand- coming fence talent - is currently not able to do her fitness programme efficiently. She rather sings about letting herself go in the moody melancholy of a hangover - backed up by a wonderful brass section. "Middle Of The Night" is a stripped back, lyrical segment - made for lonely taxi rides around midnight and for all people struggling with insomnia. Carefully sculpted sounds, smooth and low bass tones and a captivating simple rhythm. Kala is drifting away in his Rumpelkammer - a truly intimate moment! The next track, "Halftime Blues" is quite the opposite; heavy and slow, a dub without echoes with a slightly dystopic texture to it. Written in dark wintertime, at the climax of the pandemic when a couple of Uber's were the only thing one could spot in the haze of the streets. With "Don't Loose The Center feat. Kayyak" Kalabrese is celebrating the Rumpelfunk again - this time pimped up with a lot of piano and boogie while Kayyak is lifting his voice, really singing for the very first time and prooves why he's matching so well in the Rumpelzirkus without loosing his uniqueness as an artist. Rumpelorchester's bass player Marci Dobozi accidentally delivered the magnificent piano, cluelessly producing a the hook by foolin' around in the studio while Kala's is celebrating the bassline on his beloved Juno 60. It's such a gift that those wonderful creative minds and musicians were able to let loose and just start jamming together during the pandemic.

TRACK LISTING

1. Kevin Und Sandra
2. Springbrunne (feat. KAYAK & Deacon Blues)
3. Let Love Rumpel
4. Eight Bars
5. Get Up And Try
6. Explore Yourself
7. Die Kette (feat. Zoé Miku)
8. Healthy Again (feat. Palma Ada)
9. Middle Of The Night
10. Halftime Blues
11. Don't Loose The Center (feat. KAYAK)

South African Warrick Sony is a ground breaking composer who was behind the Kalahari Surfers project which now gets a vital spotlight courtesy of Emotional Rescue. This compilation shows how effortlessly eclectic his sound was - from jive rhythms to jazz, tabla to political speeches and much more in between. A Hindu pacifist who was once conscripted into the South African Defense Force, he founded this group as a way out getting his ides out there, calling on other musicians as and when he needed them. It was the first radical white anti-apartheid pop in South Africa and as this vital collection shows it explored polyrhythms, slow motorik, dub sound collage and even a goofy cover of Nancy Sinatra.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Free State Fence
2. Crossed Cheques
3. Running Out Of Time
4. Beat About The Bush
5. Ten Dirty Fingers
6. Hillbrow 2

Side 2
1. Don't Dance
2. Beatle Love Song
3. I Wonder Why
4. Song For Magnus
5. Messer Im Kopf
6. Telephone
7. "Perpetual Emotion"

"This is an album made during a crucial period in South Africa’s history during which there was a palpable feeling of a slow turning towards the collapse of the apartheid state side by side with an increasingly well-organised culture of resistance through the formation of the United Democratic Front (UDF) and various affiliated bodies. However, as a result, there was increased pushback from the state security establishment, a turning to dirty tricks and the formation of hit squads whose members murdered and tortured many of our friends and created chaos throughout South Africa as well as neighbouring countries. This album is situated in this political environment however it took advantage of the new do-it-yourself music technologies available at that time. Technologies that made it possible to make and release records without interference from traditional record company executives.

Two musician friends of mine pooled their resources after their respective bands had broken up. Ivan Kadey (National Wake) and Lloyd Ross (Radio Rats) built an 8-track recording studio control room and fitted it out in a second hand caravan and called it Shifty. They parked it in a garage attached to the only house left in a demolished and derelict mining village near Soweto on the outskirts of Johannesburg. All the work on this album was completed there, mainly after hours and mostly alone where I enjoyed an exhilarating freedom to develop a whole new set of musical skills and ideas, incorporating my love of a wide range of music I’d grown up with. Influences of 1970s progressive/kraut/and psychedelic rock combined with mbaqanga bass styles, early reggae/dub and Indian tabla rhythms. Stockhausen, early Zappa and Holgar Czukay were radio text and shredding influences, and Chris Cutler’s band Henry Cow & Art Bears helped me see a way to political expression. Mostly though was the exciting post-punk and nowave music coming through to us from Europe and America: bands like This Heat, the Mekons, Raincoats, Sonic Youth and Pere Ubu were immensely important to me as was my reading from the period: J.M.Coetzee’s first 3 novels are strong influences on Free State Fence; the stark landscape, superstition, ritual, and sexual repression are in many of his settings. JG Ballard was a constant presence throughout that period, especially whilst living in such a surreal environment, surrounded by mine dumps, but mostly I think the whole French post-modern philosophical movement—Derrida, Foucault and of course, Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulation—set out a new sense of possibilities, possible ways to express oneself, ways to think, and ways to try and analyse the political intersection of public and private life.

Most important at that time was the influence of sound recordings I had made and experiences garnered from working as a sound recordist on documentary films. These financed my work and later the studio and were consistent employment throughout the 1980s. Film work also enabled me to experience much of South Africa that was hidden from most. The track Independence Day is a good example; drawn from some time spent in the rural homeland of Venda. This then was the first full length Kalahari Surfers album, completed in summer of 1984 it was taken to EMI pressing plant but rejected by the cutting engineer as being "political, pornographic and anti religious". Chris Cutler at Recommended Records took up the challenge and released the album through his label. He wrote the original liner notes." - Warrick Sony, 2025, Johannesburg

TRACK LISTING

Side A
A1 Free State Fence
A2 The Surfer
A3 Prayer For Civilisation
A4 Hillbrow 1
A5 Hillbrow 2

Side B
B1 Hippo In Town
B2 Independence Day
B3 Don't Dance
B4 Crossed Cheques
B5 September 1984"

Cosmoba is a brand new Manchester based imprint from Kalcagni. Fresh from releasing his "Manners" EP on Distrito 91, Kalcagni dishes up 4 slices of funk-fueled electro for this label debut.

Lead track "Lost In The System" features retro stylings and gritty electro bass hooks. This is swiftly followed up by "Multislacking", the result of a weekend spent twisting up a modular rig, with wonky bass squelches and 80s pads underpinned by slamming beats.

On the flip side, "Culture Vulture" introduces some heavy 303 workouts, before "After The Fact" rounds off the EP nicely, taking the acid vibe in a slightly darker direction with wonky Reese synth fills and jacked up breaks.

There's a rich sense of cybernetic atmosphere throughout, with just the right amount of squelch and snap present in Kalcagni's synths and drum machines. The EP is mixed and mastered cohesively; with a dull layer of sonic oxidation giving it a rough but penetrating edge.

RIYL: Ceephax, Roy Of The Ravers, Analord-era AFX, Luke Vibert etc. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: New local producer from Levenshume debuts on his own label. We're really liking the sound of this - stronger and tougher than 95% of the new electro also-rans; Kalcagni clearly has his collection of machines under control.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Lost In The System
A2. Multislacking
B1. Culture Vulture
B2. After The Fact

Following up on Cosmoba’s debut release. "Lost In The System", label owner Kalcagni returns with another 4 tracker of vibey electro and breaks; setting out his mission statement with a clear intent as he handles his modest array of machines with dexterity and poise.  

Kicking off with "Mute Mode", which is perhaps the most anthemic we've heard the producer thus far. Channeling deep house and acid melodics, laced over chunky breaks and a warm analog bass; it has a post-peak afterglow and invigorating energy oft lacking from the electro genre.  "Up Here (In The Head)" follows up with another 303 workout, layered with infectious bass hooks and effected synth trills and driven by a high octane electro groove full of wet splashy snares and skeletal hi-hat rhythms.

On the flip side, "System Addict" ups the BPM’s and flexes a more upfront electro groove, with beefy drums, gnarly stabs and a twisted, resonant bassline that bites at the ankles of the dancefloor. Meanwhile "Worn Out Version" provides a more mellow and alternative vibe to close out the EP, with squelchy modular synth riffs and lush minor chords that recall Radioactive Man's playful mainframe excursions.

Seriously promising stuff from this local producer - don't get left in the void!

RIYL: Ceephax, Roy Of The Ravers, Analord-era AFX, Luke Vibert etc. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: The second of two EPs introducing a new local talent from Levenshume. Kalcagni's ability to juxtapose deep atmospheres with jarring rhythms and robust productions is beautifully displayed across these four storming electro growlers. Big tip and a producer to keep an eye on.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Mute Mode
A2. Up Here (In The Head)
B1. System Addict
B2. Worn Out Version

This is the USA Kaleidoscope, not to be confused with the UK band of the same name. They combined Middle Eastern exotica with West Coast psyche.

Look through any self respecting quality music publication or web site and peruse through a list of the most important and influential psychedelic albums of all time and you can be pretty sure to see KALEIDOSCOPE’S ‘Tangerine Dream” ranked high up there, along with your ‘Sgt Peppers’, your ‘Forever Changes’ ‘Satanic Majesties Request’ ‘Axis Bold As Love’ ‘Odyssey & Oracle’ and ‘The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators’……..

This seminal album of quintessential English psychedelia is one of the most highly prized artifacts that define the psychedelic genre and like some of the most highly collected and prized albums from that time, mint copies can now go for way in excess of £1000.

Thus given the record`s rarity & collectability, matched to the recent explosive interest in all things psyche, garage & underground, you would be excused for thinking that this slice of perfect late 60’s progressive underground pop would have been given the full reissue and remastering treatment already. Surprisingly though, you would very much be mistaken. But to those of you who know the checkered history of Kaleidoscope this will perhaps come as no surprise!?!!

Thankfully after 3 years of painstaking detective work, chance encounters with Universal archivists, heavy negotiations with major label legal executives and some good fortune, we are delighted to announce that this record will finally not only get its first proper official reissue in over 5 decades, but thanks to a lot of pure persistence it can now be presented to its listeners in the manner in which it was supposed to have been heard, following the discovery of a batch of the original master tapes that were languishing in the vaults of Universal that have laid largely unheard for 50 years!

Furthermore following a couple of shared festival billings at Austin and Copenhagen Psyche Festival, with another legend of the scene, Mr Pete Kember aka SONIC BOOM of SPACEMEN 3 fame, Sonic has been holed up in his Lisbon studio, painstakingly remastering the album from the original ¼” tapes.

The remastering of these ¼” tapes though is only part of the story, as along with the discovery of these a significant number of ½” tapes and other material was also discovered which is penned for a future release when the band`s entire works will be presented in a definitive boxset of all four of their studio albums (including all their Fairfield Parlour recordings) plus BBC Sessions, live recordings, alternative takes, new mixes, unreleased tracks and material from the band`s own archive including pre-Kaleidoscope demos when they were known as both The Sidekicks and The Key.

TRACK LISTING

1. Kaleidoscope
2. Please Excuse My Face
3. Dive Into Yesterday
4. Mr. Small, The Watch Repairer Man
5. Flight From Ashiya
6. The Murder Of Lewis Tollani
7. (Further Reflections) In The Room Of Percussion
8. Dear Nellie Goodrich
9. Holidaymaker
10. A Lesson Perhaps
11. The Sky Children

Bonus 7"
1. Kaleidoscope (earliest Known Recorded Version)
2. Dream For Julie (earliest Known Recorded Version)

Kalev is a five piece band based in London. They produce dark electronic guitar music, made with pounding rhythms and white noise. The band has come from the rethinking of Stockholm Syndrome, a Lichfield-based post-punk band set up while the members were half way through high school. Kalev have a wide range of influences, including: At the Drive-in, Nirvana, Squarepusher, Tool, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Radiohead, Led Zepplin, Kraftwerk, The Micronauts, The Doors, Joy Division, Aphex Twin and Depeche Mode.

Finnish songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and tram driver Jaakko Eino Kalevi follows up on the global exposure of his essential Beats In Space release with a glorious LP of oddball pop songs-not-songs. Vivid, sensual and technicolour, the self titular LP sees the musician meld elements of disco, new wave, R&B, house, dub, pop and prog into a record that’s adventurous, original and full of charm. "JEK" opens the LP in emotive synth-soul form before fan favourite "Double Talk" bathes us in drifting new wave beauty. "Deeper Shadows" fuses pastoral prog melodies with a slick Timbaland style R&B groove and dub production, while "Say" and "Night At The Field" update "More Songs About Buildings And Food" for the modern listener. On "Mind Like Muscle", Destroyer, The XX and John Cale get nice and intimate in Jaako's mind, before he takes a leaf out of Ariel Pink's book for "Don't Ask Me Why". The final three tracks on this kaleidoscopic listening experience take in the leftfield disco of Arthur Russell, Laurie Anderson experimentalism and Jean Michel Jarre's "Souvenirs De Chine" to round off a career defining LP.

STAFF COMMENTS

Martin says: Jaakko Eino Kalevi's output has drawn comparison with Aerial Pink's, but that would be a little misleading. There is irony in the music, but not just that; he undeniably loves the crisp, faultlessly crafted blend of soft rock, electronic pop and Euro-disco he is affectionately sending up. Perhaps it wouldn't be Finnish if it weren't shot through with a hint of melancholy, but that only adds to its strange charm.

TRACK LISTING

JEK
Double Talk
Deeper Shadows
Say
Mind Like Muscle
Night At The Field
Don’t Ask Me Why
Room
Hush Down
Ikuinen Purkautumaton Jännite

Welcome to Jaakko Eino Kalevi’s garden of earthly delights! Chaos Magic is the Finn’s wildest statement yet – a double-album of elemental pop and baroque electronics that plots a thrilling course through the Jaakko universe, drawing on cosmic jazz, dub reggae, neon synthpop, tender ballads and psych-rock nirvana, the whole thing laced with melody and mystery.

Largely written and recorded by Jaakko in his new home of Athens, Chaos Magic features musical contributions from Alma Jodorowsky, Jimi Tenor, Faux Real, Yu-Ching Huang and John Moods, as well as artwork by Flaminia Veronesi and illustrations by Vilunki 3000.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: There really is no way to narrow down Jaakko Eino Kalevi's music into genre, there is a propulsive edge to all of it but the propulsion ranges from drenched, Balearic groove to dusty minimal-wave percussion and swooning pop.

Finnish psych-pop voyager Jaakko Eino Kalevi returns with a new release called ‘Dissolution’ via Weird World. Never one to repeat himself, these seven songs come from a sparkling new constellation in the Kalevi universe as he draws deep for a set that explores the cosmic implications of a life being well lived. On this release, Jaakko teams up with the Berlin- based Taiwanese singer Yu-Ching Huang; as he sings in his native tongue, she responds: “I won’t make contact / I enter the limit state.

STAFF COMMENTS

Patrick says: Finland's king of psychedelic curveballs, quirky Balearic and off kilter synth jams returns with 'Dissolution', continuing his groove heavy journey into absurdist pop but with deeper emotional connection and a richer sound than ever before.

TRACK LISTING

Out Of Touch
Dissolution
I Am Looking Forward
Uutiset
The Source Of The Absolute Knowledge
The Search
Conceptual Medierranean (Part 2)

In this age of constant connectivity, switching off has become one of the great luxuries of modern life and it’s one of the reasons Jaakko Eino Kalevi has called his new album ‘Out Of Touch’. He explores what he calls this “essential, blissed out” state on his second album for Weird World as he meditates, in classic Jaakko fashion, on the merrygo- round of the daily grind.

TRACK LISTING

China Eddie
Emotions In Motion
Outside
This World
Ballad Of A Cloud
Night Chef
Conceptual Mediterranean (Part 1)
People In The Centre Of the City
Fortune Cookie
Lullaby

Music for Intersecting Planes marks the first collaborative release between cellist Leila Bordreuil and organist Kali Malone.

Minimal in means yet expansive in effect, the music unfolds like beads on a thread, punctuated by silence and deep breaths. Shifting currents of air pressure emerge from the manually pumped organ, enriched by the cello’s finely drawn harmonics to form a microscopic and granular perspective of timbre. Interference patterns spin the sound mass as Malone and Bordreuil play against the stillness of sine waves. Church bells ring in the distance. Undulating feedback gives rise to insistent calls from the organ before yielding to a tragic cello motif. The album then closes with the brief and jubilant pizzicato exclamation, “Endless Dance of Eternal Joy.”

Recorded by candlelight at the Temple de Saint-Théoduoe in La Tour-de-Peilz in Switzerland, the music balances patience and intensity, composition and chance, severity and tenderness. In this collaboration, new facets of both artists come to light: Bordreuil’s playing with heightened tonal and formal clarity, and Malone’s organ work in its most raw and textural form.
Music for Intersecting Planes is a meeting of minds honoring the timeless intrigue of acoustic phenomena.

TRACK LISTING

1. INTERSECTING PLANES I(12:56)
2. INTERSECTING PLANES II(08:22)
3. PILOTS IN THE NIGHT(09:22)
4. ENDLESS DANCE OF ETERNAL JOY (01:30)

THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2014 EXCLUSIVE, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

"A World Of Peace Must Come is his masterpiece. That was fantastic." - Brian Wilson
"'Be Still' is the only song I've ever heard that made me want to be a better person." - Brian Barr, The Seattle Weekly

"The only other artist as pure as him is Captain Beefheart." - Bill Bentley

Stephen John Kalinich was born in Endicott, New York and grew up in Binghamton. In his early teens, he stared writing poems and articles about World Peace. He first came to California around 1964, fell in love with it, and promptly transferred from Harper College in upstate New York to UCLA.

Kalinich found himself immersed in the vibrant anti-War culture of late 60’s California, often writing songs and poems against the War. He found a musical partner and kindred spirit in Mark Lindsey Buckingham. They cut a demo for a track called "Leaves of Grass," inspired by the famous Walt Whitman poem "Leaves Of Grass", and Kalinich started taking demos around.

In the mid 60s, it was either at Brother Records or while pumping gas that Kalinich first met the Beach Boys. He hit it off with Brian, Carl and Dennis right away. As the first artist signed to the Beach Boys new label Brother Records, Carl Wilson produced a record for him. His first songs that saw release were "Little Bird" and "Be Still," which he wrote with Dennis and were released on the Friends album. His relationship with Dennis would lead to a number of further collaborations and Kalinich / Dennis Wilson co-writes, including: 20/20 - "All I Want To Do," Hawthorne, CA - "A Time to Live in Dreams", Pacific Ocean Blue - "Rainbows," and Bambu - "Love Remember Me.”
A World of Peace Must Come was recorded at various LA studios and Brian's house in Bel-Air in 1969. The tapes were promptly lost, not to be heard again until our discovery of them in 2008. Following the CD-only reissue in that year, this is the first time this timeless snapshot of an era and an ethos will be available on vinyl for Record Store Day 2014.

Two fields of existence collide as Nolla (Finnish psych/space rockers) & Mike Vest (Maximalist guitar guru, Bong, Blown Out, Drunk In Hell, Artifacts & Uranium, Modoki, Tomoyuki Trio, Mienakunaru etc) merge their creative visions for the third time.

Creating a steady and surreal exploration through astral planes. Nolla improvised the ground layer in their signature minimal space-rock style and MikeV wrapped everything up in lavish layers of fuzz, phased and U-Wah layered guitars.

Blending octaval tones, around an array of electronics & vocal harmonies. Resulting in a constant trance like psychedelic drone rock.

It's time to join the extraterrestrial communion, beyond the skies, convert into the mode of light and pay homage to his mighty eminence.

TRACK LISTING

A1. As We Convert (8:48)
A2. The Chariot (10:03)
B1. His Eminence (12:30)
B2. Dispersion (7:27)

In August 2022, Australia-based, French born fourth-world music legend Ariel Kalma was invited to participate in BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction series of special collaborations. The program pairs artists that have not previously collaborated to create new music together. Kalma was quick to suggest working together with two musicians whom he has never met – the International Anthem recording artists Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer, whose critically-acclaimed duo debut Recordings from the Åland Islands had been released just a few months earlier. Kalma sent an invitation to Chiu and Honer, which was received with great enthusiasm.

Chiu had been a fan of Kalma’s work for a long time, even citing him as a major influence on his approach to electronic music composition. After meeting their goal of 20 minutes worth of music for the program (which was four pieces total), the three musicians were satisfied in what they would present, and sent along their work to the producers of Late Junction; but simultaneously they felt like there was much more to be said, more work to be done. There were several pieces that they had nearly completed that weren’t sent for inclusion in the radio program, and there were many ideas for refining those that had. The three musicians collectively agreed that they would continue work together and try to push the music further. The Closest Thing to Silence is the result of their efforts to take the collaboration further. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Ten Hour Wave
2. Breathing In Three Orbits (Intro)
3. Breathing In Three Orbits
4. The Closest Thing To Silence
5. Dizzy Ditty
6. Une Ombre Légère
7. New Air
8. Écoute Au Loin
9. A Treasure Chest
10. Stay Centered
11. Stack Attack 

The borders between London’s musical tribes have always been porous. For Yussef Kamaal, the sound of the capital – with its hum of jungle, grime and broken beat – has shaped a selftaught, UKtipped approach to playing jazz. In the states, the genre’s longrunning to-and-fro with hip hop – from Robert Glasper to Kamasi Washington – has reimagined it within US culture. On Black Focus, Yussef Kamaal frame jazz inside the basssaturated, pirate radio broadcasts of London.

Taking inspiration from the anything-goes spirit of ‘70s jazzfunk, on albums by Herbie Hancock or the Mahavishnu Orchestra, it’s a loose template with plenty of room to experiment. The pair, made up of Yussef Dayes and Kamaal Williams (aka Henry Wu), have had little in the way of formal training. Instead, their musical tastes – and approach to playing – are indebted to Thelonious Monk’s piano as much as the drum programming of Kaidi Tatham.

“It's all about the drums and the keys,” Williams says. “Not to take anything from anyone else, but that's where it all originates from: the chords, the rhythm of the chords and the drums.” Born out of a oneoff live session to perform Williams’ solo material for Boiler Room, it soon became a project in its own right. Coming together as Yussef Kamaal, they played a series of live shows where little more than a chord progression would be planned before taking to the
stage.

Bringing that unspoken understanding to the recording sessions (engineered by Malcolm Catto of The Heliocentrics), the unplanned, telepathically spawned grooves retain the raw energy of their live shows. “It's not so much about complete arrangement, it's more about flow,” Dayes says. “A lot of the tracks are just made spontaneously – Henry will be playing two chords, I'll fill in the groove and we'll just leave the arrangement naturally.” Both hail from South East London, crossing paths in 2007 as teenagers playing their first pub gigs around Peckham and Camberwell. Dayes drums for cosmicallyinclined, afrobeat outfit United Vibrations, while Williams – on top of drumming and playing keys in different incarnations over the years – has made waves with his solo, synthdraped house 12"s for muchfêted labels like 22a and Rhythm Section.

Moving in the same circles but never playing together previously, rhythm underpins an innate musical understanding. As Williams explains, “The way we approach it is all about the energy and the feeling. We just get in there and we feel it out.” Drawing influence from all corners of London’s shapeshifting musical makeup, the sound of Black Focus is distilled – or focused – down to the core interlock between drums and keys.

STAFF COMMENTS

David says: The purists might argue that this isn't strictly jazz, I'm happy to argue back. It might use elements of broken beat and house on its journey but jazz is the final destination.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Black Focus
A2. Strings Of Light
A3. Remembrance
B1. Yo Chavez
B2. Ayla
B3. O.G.
B4. Lowrider
B5. Mansur's Message
B6. WingTai Drums
B7. Joint 17

A crucial introduction to the ‘King of Kikuyu Benga’.

17 tracks that run the gamut from vibrant dancefloor chants with high life-esque guitars, to afro funk, drum machine and keyboard-driven disco grooves and folk style laments.

The music is raw, immediate, danceable, and packed full of memorable hooks. The incisive lyrics range from protest songs to relationship advice.

Joseph Kamaru was an incredibly popular figure in his native Kenya, connecting with everyone from high-powered politicians to the rural and urban working class, and his music deserves a much wider international audience.

Compiled by his grandson, the sound artist KMRU, in partnership with Disciples, the tracks have been carefully remastered from original tape transfers by Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin.

Sleeve designed by Karolina Kołodziej using original archive material from the Kamaru family vaults.

Extensive liner notes include essays by Kenyan academic Maina wa Mũtonya, music journalist Megan Iacobini de Fazio and KMRU himself.

TRACK LISTING

Kenya Kũrũngara (1977)
Ke Wapendane (1977)
Kwandĩkwo Ti Gũciarwo (1976)
Gari La Trela (1982) With City Sound Band
Wa Mwene Nĩ Ũmwe (1976)
Njohi Ndĩrĩ Mwarimũ (1966)
Karolina (1982) With Kamaru Super Stars
Ngũnĩa Ngũrũ (1985) With Kamaru Mixed Grill And Kamaru Super Stars
Kĩmiiri (2007)
Ikĩhanda Mũnyũgĩ (1988)
Chunga Rũrĩmĩ (1989) With City Sound Band
Rĩrĩa Mũgũtwenja (1975) With City Sound Band
J.M. Kariũki (1975) With Kamaru Celina Band
Ndari Ya Mwarimũ Pt. 2 (1969)
Mũhiki Wa Mikosi (1988)
Andũ A Madaraka (1969)
Nĩ Kĩrume (2007)

Kamazu's certified kwaito floorbanger from 1991 is one of the high watermarks of the genre. Featuring those heavily swung, slowed house drums, big Roland bass and those infectious township vocals that make the hairs on your neck stand to attention - it's further bolstered by a piano line that'd have half the Hacienda erupting into action. Such is the might and crossover potential of this dancefloor hit, certified godfather of disco, Dimitri From Parish take it upon himself to offer us a tasty reworking of the track across a whole side of wax for Afro Synth - tasty!

On the flipside we find another dope kwaito gem "Mjukeit" taken from Kamazu's 1997 CD, "Ghetto Style". Perhaps not as mainroom as its predecesor, its deep gliding subs, sweltered vox and relaxed, seriously swung drums recalls a thousand fiery sunsets dancing on the outdoor stage of your choice surrounded by like minded souls all succumbing to the unifying power of the house music groove. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Uplifting piano-led kwaito backed with a slower, edgier number made for ghost-riding old Mercs around Durban. Absolutely wicked reissue from Afro Synth.

TRACK LISTING

Indaba Kabani (Dimitri From Paris Re-Edit)
Mjukeit

Kanaan from Oslo, Norway is back with their 2nd album in 2020. Following the impromptu Odense Sessions with Causa Sui guitarist Jonas Munk released in February, Double Sun is a different beast all together: Treading the same path as their 2018 debut Windborne, Double Sun is a studio effort in the best sense of the word. Perfectly balanced on the edge of dynamic improv, throbbing beats sizzled in scorching fuzz and topped off with deeply layered soundscapes. This album sees Kanaan reach a new plateau. Kanaan presents a unique perspective to psychedelic rock, painting with a wide palette that includes jazz and post-rock. Double Sun devotes as much energy to sonic colour as it does to groove and energy. The spirit of experimentation is everywhere: From the savory, pastoral sounds of opening track Worlds Together, to the soaring exploratory paths of the two-part title track. In the creative process, Kanaan dived deep into the possibilities of the studio, adding intricate layers and twists and turns to these tunes: acoustic guitars, percussions & synthesizers embrace and enhance the Norwegian modern day version of a power-trio. T

TRACK LISTING

1. Worlds Together
2. Mountain
3. Öresund
4. Worlds Apart
5. Double Sun Pt. 1
6. Double Sun Pt. 2

‘A Mythology of Circles’ is the new album from Brooklyn-based composer and musical artist Faten Kanaan, her first to be released on Fire Records. Cyclical patterns and 'variation through repetition' are central to Faten’s music. Harmony and counterpoint are composed intuitively and treated as narrative tools- with sound, silence, and the resulting mystical relationship between notes used as gestures to tell a wordless story. The album is separated into a ‘dusk to evening’ side, and an ‘underworld/dream-state’ side; highlighting the myths of Ishtar, Inanna, Orpheus, Persephone, and others.

Inspired by cinematic forms and mythological story structures: from sweeping landscapes and quiet romances, to patterned tensions and dream sequences; Faten brings an earthy, visceral touch to electronic music. In symbiosis with technology is an appreciation for the vulnerability of human limitations and nuances.

All the sections are played in real time, neither looped nor sequenced- allowing for subtle changes to unfold. The use of VST sampled choral voices in this album embodies the forlorn state of technological acceleration, and the desire to return to a vulnerable human sound. The album art also explores a complicated relationship with technology: the statue comes from a series of digital replicas, returning in its last stage to a more intimate and handmade feel.

Composed, produced and mixed by Faten Kanaan, the album was mastered by Heba Kadry (Bjork, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Julianna Barwick).

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: I've been a fan Of Faten Kanaan's work since her superb split 7" with Pye Corner Audio on Polytechnic Youth a few years ago. What we have here is the spiritual and logical culmination of an artist working hard at their already considerable skills in the intervening years. It's a stunning work of scope, beautifully transportive and haunting.

TRACK LISTING

1. Patagonia Motet 1: Lago
2. The Archer
3. Hesperides
4. Birds Of Myrrh
5. Night Tide / Anteros
6. Sleepwalker
7. Mist & Madrigal
8. Rêve-Rivière
9. Erewhon
10. Patagonia Motet 2: Andes
11. The North Wind
12. The Heron
13. Ishtar Terra

Faten Kanaan's fifth LP Afterpoem is a mysterious, smudgy, bittersweet, and uniquely playful album. Deeply melodic, it continues her poignant exploration of counterpoint as a narrative tool.

From the repetitive structures of modern minimalism and early music/baroque influences - to more languid textural ebbs & tides, there's a warmth in her use of electronic instruments that gives the album a curiously timeless feel. Composing intuitively, her music has often been described as 'strange', mostly because it creates its own world - one that isn't easily categorised.

The album's title refers to the haze of a poem's intended meaning being abstractly fleeting and barely graspable. Glistening threads of understanding still touch us - the poetry becoming intimately personal, and no further literal explanation is needed.

"I find pleasure in music as a language that nudges and hints. There's a potential that lives in things left unsaid... meanings drifting in and out of focus... hovering like spirits. It's a romantic and earnest album... of yearning for lost places and people, while still looking out at the world with tenderness and humour".

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Instantly transporting you to a ancient, medievalesque world - Kanaan's palette of manipulated strings, harpsicord, organ and such like conjures up vivid images of places and times you've never experienced. Its intensely absorbing music for solitary listening. Shut the curtains, light a candle and get totally engrossed. Just no animal sacrifice please - leave that to the ancients.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
A1 Fin Août, Début Septembre
A2 Trenchcoat
A3 Ard Diar
A4 Ebla
A5 Florin Court
A6 Snowing
A7 Domari's Lamp
Side B
B1 Votive
B2 La Smorfia
B3 Castling
B4 Falconers
B5 Cascando
B6 Storm Signal

Minimal and nuanced, 'Diary of a Candle' is a consoling, melodic suite from acclaimed experimental composer, musician, and producer Faten Kanaan. On this album Faten uses counterpoint as a narrative tool to create music that is mysterious, smudgy, and deeply melodic. From the repetitive structures of modern minimalism and early music/baroque influences - to more languid textural ebbs and tides, there's a warmth in her use of synthesizers that gives her work a curiously timeless feel. Composing intuitively, her music creates its own world - one that isn't easily categorised.

'Diary of a Candle' is punctuated with tender woodwinds and richly-layered strings, touched by the hazy atmospheres of 1970s/1980s films. Its understated heart-on sleeve romanticism follows the rhythm of nature: it bends in the breeze, drifts through the air, and settles on the ground. The ambiance is not an escapism, but the re-focusing of a lens through which humans are no longer the protagonists. Instead, a landscape's intimate details become the central figures.

With the sparseness of Hiroshi Yoshimura's 1982 album 'Music for Nine Post Cards' as a starting-point influence, Faten's music exudes a wistful yet hopeful sentiment, honouring moments of beauty in the world around us. Some of the album titles are inspired by East-Asian rites and folkloric superstitions, often related to nature.

All music written performed and mixed by Faten Kanaan and mastered by Heba Kadry.

TRACK LISTING

1. Afternoon
2. Celadon
3. Tsukumogami (Sensu)
4. Book Of Changes
5. Supercore
6. Acorns
7. Soseol
8. Alcoyana-Capri
9. Scene For A Wooden Room
10. Sondol Baram
11. Barjees
12. Naming The Cloud (Version 2)

East Coast synth darlings kanda come up trumps with their anticipated debut full length. They trade off boy / girl vocals mixed with a glorious blend of old skool sounds and futuristic beatz. Unashamedly retro and irresistably pop. This is the synthpop record Brian Wilson never made!!!!

New Ray K on cult label E-Beamz. One of the lo-fi house OGs that's broke out and found fame outside of the genre - namely on Arcane; here he returns to his roots for a four track cruncher for the vape generation. "Needless To Say" gets split across two parts. The first part is a steady climb, tumbling toms and ratcheting stabs creating a sense of excitement and tension; leaving what's around the corner purely to our imagination. Part 2 seems to up the tempo and the deepness in equal measure; straying away from the obvious and expected to plummet heads down into the speaker stacks for an amphetamine-fuelled fist-pumper of the highest order! I can feel the sweat flicking across the dancefloor now! "See Outside" offers from shimmering, reflective beauty, a contrast to the jagged and full throttle energy of side A, this revels in a seductive charm that'll get people moving closer to each other on the dancefloor. "Ray" concludes by cleverly matching Guy Called Gerald's "Voodoo Ray" to mechanized, slow-n-steady cerebral beats, flipping the mood of the original entirely and coming out with summat pretty heady and narcotic. Ace!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Needless To Say (Part I)
A2. Needless To Say (Part II)
B1. See Outside (Part II)
B2. Ray

A meeting of like minds surfing the sonic highways to tonal oblivion.
These four castaways on Sonic Island (this may be too much) have delivered an album that evokes the long lost and revered genre “Drug-Rock” a true mind melt of acid abandonment! Tab-era Monster Magnet, Sessions Era- The Heads… purely visceral and pummelling workouts of a krautrock and pschedelische (surely the most overused term of now..but finally in its right place) from these masters of the art.

Lets not beat about the burning bush here, this is an original Monster Magnet member and three of the Heads… this is pedigree not to be overlooked.

Tune in, Turn on, droned out!!

Mutually appreciated riffs, drones and tones floated across the oceans (via the internet). Conceived by Simon Price, Wayne Maskell, and Hugo Morgan and their US conspirator John McBain.
They’ve created a modern masterpiece, straight from the off, the album feels like it has been hurled from riff valley, laden with trips aplenty.. catch a sonic wave here fellow psychonauts!!!
(Liquid aural lava, it will encase your brain with a sike glazed crust.)

Mastered by John Mcbain for full sonic immersion, and cut at 45rpm to enable a further immersion into the molassess when sped down to 33rm… this works so well, that the CD comes as a double with CD one a 45rpm (normal) master and CD 2 the treacle trap murk of it slowed to 33rpm.. the come down stretched further… a psychedelic morass..all encased in a sike glazed crust of quality packaging.

Wig out and get your oblivion set, strap this on and soar into space.

DIVE DEEP AND FLAME ON!

TRACK LISTING

CD DISC ONE (or LPs At 45rpm)
1 Blowed Out (45 Rpm)
2 Holy Syke (45 Rpm)
3 Megladon't (45 Rpm)
4 Chant Of The Ever Circling (Last Vulture) (45 Rpm)
5 Pelagic Blue Haze (45 Rpm)

CD DISC TWO (LPS At 33rpm)
6 Really Blown Out (33 Rpm)
7 Holiest Syke (33 Rpm)
8 Megladon't Ever (33 Rpm)
9 Chant Of The Ever So Slowly Circling (Last Vulture)(33 Rpm)
10 Pelagic Deep Blue Haze (33 Rpm)

Brand new studio full length from Bristol based sike-o-nauts, orbiting in the Heads’ realm and led by Heads’ Simon Price.

For fans of: Popul Vuh, Parson Sound, Amon Duul, Neu!, The Heads, Spacemen 3, Harmonia, Moon Duo, Carlton Melton, Fripp & Eno.
k3 continues the trajectory of outer space excursions found on previous kandodo releases.

Recorded over the past three years and aided by fellow Heads types H O Morgan and Wayne Maskell, this album was recorded in Bristol and on Price’s 4 track.. Mastered once again at Optimum by Shawn Joseph.
Out of focus, relaxed and expansive vibes fuse together into serpentine rivers of minimalist rhythms and echoed tones, drawing the listener into tunnels of sound and scorched sonic landscapes.

It's one for the headphones at 30,000 feet or late night deserted drives.
k3 finds three heads taking time out to dive into the dronal repetitions of deep space, 3 psychonauts killing time in the only way they know how; head-nodding drumfuzz layered with creamed strings. Guest guitar from fellow sike-head John McBain on the final half of the 40 minute trip which makes up sides 3 and 4.

k3 takes the autobahn, veering left past the sun and heading on till morning. There are no black holes 'cos we're in it: just do the half. The colours will come back with the dawn.

Settle in for the long haul and ….

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Hazy sun-dappled ambient psychedelia doesn't come any more satisfying than this, with slow-mo Earth-like progressions and weighty clean guitar plucks meander over a satisfyingly hypnotic undercurrent of staggered distorted bass and whirling sine waves. Properly hypnotic stuff here, perfect for phasing out in the sunshine.

TRACK LISTING

King Vulture
Lapwinger
Everything - Green's - Gone
Holy Debut
The Gaping Maw
Lounge Core
High On Planes/Drifter

The Heads’ Simon Price returns to his kandodo project with 'theendisinpsych'; "primitive pieces of psychedelic tuneage+years of wasted time=43 minutes of headphone bliss." It's the follow up to the 2019 collaboration with Wayne Maskell and Hugo Morgan, Kandodo 3 – K3, but this time back in solo-mode. He is now relocated in Northumbria, and has recorded the album himself in his home studio, drawing on his wide collection of music/instruments and the rural environment for inspiration. The new album fizzes and crackles with a verve that will activate the “turn on, tune in, drop out” sense in all listeners… Simon explained the album in a focused/out of focus track by track way… is this Price’s paean to his obsession with Bowie? chamba7 - octave mandolin through fuzz, tambo beat, in praise of Bowie compilations. chamba is malawian weed theendisinpsych - bought a reel to reel tape off ebay in 2005, ('Bowie radio interview tape, USA, 1970, 3 minutes?') then bought a machine to play it on in 2015. Heard the words and laid them onto a fuzzy break bed. Thought it all too relevant to today, prophetic David from his 'hippy' days (not a prophet or a stone age man) fuzzy oceans - played on 1 string spamjo, bouncing echo over 70's drum machine, 'we've fucked the oceans' freefalling - rolling cello and hissing cymbals with vocoder dreams comes with african/stationtostation artwork stylings for the sleeve..pre-apocalypse blues (and pinks), the world isn't going a good way a sumptuous 4 course sonic supper, tuck in.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Heady, lysergic psychedelia that feels wonderfully free-flowing and beautifully surprising at every turn. Slowly morphing soundscapes and barely restrained monolithic cosmic freak-outs. A wonderfully exciting endeavour.

TRACK LISTING

1. Chamba7
2. Theendisinpsych 
3. Fuzzy Oceans
4. Freefalling

Following a chance “no frills session” with psych-rock duo Sunglasses For Jaws at the band’s Hackney studio, Miles’ fourth solo album ‘Change the Show’ really began to take shape. “I saw myself in their energy, but also their taste and their knowledge of music,” Miles explains. “It was the first time I’d felt old!”

Opening with the honest soft croon of ‘Tears are Falling’, the album is a joyous ride from start to finish and features a surprising, but spectacular appearance from Grammy-nominated singer Corinne Bailey Rae for a duet on ‘Nothing’s Ever Gonna Be Good Enough’. ‘Don’t Let It Get You Down’, the first track released from the record, is Miles Kane at his very best: energetic, infectious and full of swagger, the track opening with a sample from fellow Wirral alumnus Paul O’Grady. It's an album that best represents Miles himself: charmingly authentic, and like nothing else you'll hear in pop music today.

“This album was born out of an intense period of self-reflection; having all this unexpected time on my hands,” Miles said of the last 18 months. “I wrote songs about big highs, big lows, daydreams, true friends and deep feelings. I learnt to let the future unfold of its own accord, while staying true to myself and that has led to what feels to me like a really uplifting album!”

A record for fans both new and old, ‘Change the Show’ is the Miles Kane album we’ve all been waiting for. The apotheosis of his previous works, incorporating those classic rock and glam influences, but focusing more closely on Motown, soul, and Fifties R&B.

TRACK LISTING

1. Tears Are Falling
2. Don’t Let It Get You Down
3. Nothing’s Ever Gonna Be Good Enough (Feat. Corinne Bailey Rae)
4. See Ya When I See Ya
5. Never Get Tired Of Dancing
6. Tell Me What You’re Feeling
7. Coming Of Age
8. Change The Show
9. Constantly
10. Caroline
11. Adios Ta-ra Ta-ra

Miles Kane returns with a blistering new album One Man Band, out August 4th on Modern Sky Records. The album’s first offering is the exuberant indie banger ‘Troubled Son’.

Opening the record, ‘Troubled Son’ is raw, pop-driven indie, made for festival stages. “It’s about the struggle we all have in life,” Miles said of the track. “Sometimes we have our shit together and sometimes we don’t. This is me acknowledging my faults and my fears and showing the journey I’m taking as I try to figure it all out.

Miles returns to his guitar hero best on One Man Band as he focuses on big hooks and even bigger anthems. Sharp, infectious, urgent and packed to the brim with singalong moments, it’s Miles on the top of his game. A deeply personal record, Miles returned to Liverpool to work on the album, finding himself reflecting on his journey.

“Making the album back in Liverpool with my family really helped to bring this out of me,” Miles said of the writing process. “We left no stone unturned. Sometimes you have to go backwards to go forwards, and this album helped me rediscover why I picked up a guitar in the first place. This album is like a brand new, yet somehow familiar leather jacket. A comforting melting pot of all the music that has inspired and continues to inspire me every day.”

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Miles Kane returns for his most focused outing yet, clearly showing his role in the hugely popular Last Shadow Puppets with Alex Turner. Asymmetrical indie-rock, full of soaring melodies and Kane's distinctive vocal drawl.

TRACK LISTING

1. Troubled Son
2. The Best Is Yet To Come
3. One Man Band
4. Never Taking Me Alive
5. Heartbreaks The New Sensation
6. The Wonder
7. Baggio
8. Ransom
9. Doubles
10. Heal
11. Scared Of Love

Miles Kane’s (acclaimed English rocker and co-founding member of The Last Shadow Puppets with Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys) 2025 release, 'Sunlight In The Shadows', marks his first Easy Eye Sound album teaming up with GRAMMY-winning producer Dan Auerbach. Co-written with Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Daniel Tashian and Pat McLaughlin. The guitar-driven album signals a fresh direction in Kane’s ever-evolving solo career. Featuring 'Love Is Cruel', 'I Pray', and 'Electric Flower'.

TRACK LISTING

1. Love Is Cruel
2. Electric Flower
3. Sunlight In The Shadows
4. Coming Down The Road
5. Always In Over My Head
6. Blue Skies
7. My Love
8. Without You
9. Sing A Song To Love
10. Slow Death
11. I Pray
12. Walk On The Ocean 

The official soundtrack to SIRĀT, written and produced by David Letellier aka
Kangding Ray.

Set deep in the wild terrain of southern Morocco, SIRĀT is a visceral, atmospheric odyssey following a father (Sergi López) and son as they search for their missing daughter and sister. Their journey leads them through the throbbing heart of a nomadic rave scene where music becomes both guide and ghost — a haunting pulse that drives the narrative into the desert’s burning isolation.

At the film’s core is its mesmerizing original soundtrack, a fusion of electronic minimalism and grainy sonic textures that underscore the film’s themes of disappearance, connection, and liberation through sound.

TRACK LISTING

1. SIRĀT
2. HORIZON
3. EN LA NOCHE
4. KATHARSIS
5. DESIERTO
6. LA ROUTE
7. THE FALL
8. RITUAL
9. LES MARCHES
10. SURAH MARYAM (EXCERPT)
11. BLANK EMPIRE (SIRĀT HU REMIX)
12. AMBER DECAY (SIRĀT REMIX)

Helsinki tenor saxophonist Jussi Kannaste's debut album as a band leader has been a long time coming. A top musician in the local scene revered by his contemporaries and sought after as a band member, Kannaste now presents his new work Out Of Self and Into Others on We Jazz Records. His quartet, Kannaste4, brings together Finnish musicians Tomi Nikku (of Bowman Trio) and Joonas Riippa, plus Berlin-based Swedish bassist Petter Eldh (of Koma Saxo / Post Koma and Y-OTIS), and features an all original program penned by Kannaste. His music is highly personal contemporary jazz leaning into modes of avantgarde expression. At times quiet as a whisper, at times fiery and swinging, Out Of Self and Into Others is a product of a deep marinade, a debut album that feels like much more than "just" that.

Singles "New Life" and "No Name" fit well for showcasing the different energy levels of the album. "New Life", which has existed as a live version already during previous iterations of Kannaste's live band, invites the listener right in, and soon surprises by presenting him in a hushed solo setting, sans the rhythm section, during which the saxophonist provides a brief introduction into each of the compositions on the album. This album, full of compositional innovation that feels at the same time natural and unique, peels back and adds layers from the first moments on. "No Name", a hauntingly beautiful quiet time ballad is a captivating listen, its sparsity lending the track remarkable quiet intensity. "It's All Good", another key piece, is offered here as two versions bookending the LP edition's side B. The lax vibe of the piece delivers its message that feels soothing yet almost radical in its momentary acceptance of it all.

Jussi Kannaste (born 1976) is a saxophonist and educator based in Helsinki. Prior to launching Kannaste4, he has been a key part of the scene for 20+ years, performing in highly acclaimed bands such as Antti Lötjönen Quintet East, 3TM, Jaska Lukkarinen Trio, Ricky-Tick Big Band, and many more. As the head of the department of Jazz at Sibelius Academy, Kannaste is also a key figure in internationally admired Finnish jazz education system.

TRACK LISTING

1. New Life
2. The Bridge
3. Ups And Downs
4. No Name
5. It's All Good
6. Different Worlds
7. Pause
8. Elegy
9. It's All Good – Reprise

Cowboy Bebop (Soundtrack from the Netflix Original Series) is now available on vinyl! Yoko Kanno and the band SEATBELTS, the artists behind the music in the original anime series of Cowboy Bebop, have returned to bring their signature dynamic, jazzy sound to the Netflix live-action show. The resulting compositions are characters themselves - constant companions to the crew of the Bebop and brimming with just as much personality.

COWBOY BEBOP is an action-packed space Western about three bounty hunters, aka “cowboys,” all trying to outrun the past. Long on style and perpetually short on cash, bounty hunters Spike, Jet and Faye trawl the solar system looking for jobs. As the crew of the Bebop, they make up a ragtag team that chases down the galaxy's most dangerous criminals. They'll save the world... For the right price!

This release is a treat for Bebop fans in an additional way - it features over twenty new tracks only available on vinyl! This wide release is pressed on red marble vinyl discs in a gatefold jacket with printed inner sleeves. 

TRACK LISTING

A1. A Day In The Bebop*
A2. Kickin' Colt
A3. A Hole To The Universe*
A4. What Planet Is This??*
A5. Twilight*
A6. Weekend Ana*
A7. Julia's Song
A8. The Adventures Of Losers
B1. Rouge*
B2. Sleuthing Two*
B3. Suit And Tie*
B4. Funky Stuff
B5. Faye's Sky Fall*
B6. Time*
B7. IKA Pod*
B8. Net Rush
B9. Headphone*
B10. Ein*
B11. Waltz In High Socks
B12. Beans Be
C1. TANK!
C2. Cat Attack Part 1
C3. Dedicated To Sergio*
C4. Woodcock
C5. Rooftop Kung Fu
C6. Milky Cheat
C7. My Bean At 5*
C8. Blood Brothers
D1. Sad End Fad*
D2. Muddy Road*
D3. Lord Of The Empty
D4. Sushi Truck*
D5. Into Noir*
D6. The End Of Friendship*
D7. The Fate Of Three
D8. Earthland Entrance*
D9. El Rey Bar*
D10. Hello To Ya Blues*

*Vinyl Exclusive Track 

FullTime Production present the new vinyl edition of Kano's "Turn It Up / Unconditional Lover" featuring remixes by Danny Krivit, Les Inferno, Fresco Edits and Dr Packer.

TRACK LISTING

Turn It Up Danny Krivit Extended Edit
Turn It Up Les Inferno Dude Boogie Remix
Turn It Up Fresco Edits Remix
Unconditional Lover Dr Packer Remix

Kanyon (John) is a NYC based producer / DJ who has cut his teeth in the underground US techno scene through raw live sets, and dynamic DJing. Keeping the quality high with his signature, no-BS style of production and performing, he has played live supporting legends like Steve Poindexter, DJ Hyperactive, and Francois K. His productions have garnered support from Ben Sims, Akua, Ron Like Hell, Kush Jones and many others.

The "Duplex EP" is a split record featuring John's house alias DJ John Brooklyn on the A side (A1, A2, locked groove) & techno alias Kanyon on the B side (B1, B2). Exploring NY house and trippy, dubby minimal techno respectively, "Duplex EP" is a heady start to 2026.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Block party techno flavoured cuts that packs bare punch. Have 'em pogo'ing for a good thirty mins+ with the five tracks here that's got that New York spirit running wild.

TRACK LISTING

A1. C U Dance
A2. Disco Freak
A Side Locked Groove
B1. Clemencia
B2. Plasma Link

1959 saw Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and the other members of Miles's sextet come together to record the bestselling jazz album of all time: Kind of Blue. 3 Shades of Blue follows the paths of Miles, Coltrane and Evans to the mountaintop of 1959 and their roads on from there. It's a book about music and business, race and heroin, and an astonishing meditation on creativity and the strange hothouses that can produce its full flowering.

But above all this is the story of three very different men - their struggles, their choices, their inspiration. The tapestry of their lives is, in James Kaplan's hands, an American Odyssey.

Wave Theory Records release a limited edition vinyl of a single written for Stanley Kubrick’s masterwork, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The song, subtitled “A Garden of Personal Mirrors”, was written in 1968 by the film’s marketing strategist Mike Kaplan. Kubrick proposed it immediately following an unsuccessful pitch by MGM Records, who wanted to release a single to tie in with the film, and amid reports the Beatles were also writing a song. Presented by Wave Theory as a historical release, 2001: A Garden of Personal Mirrors adds a new chapter to the film’s mythology. This limited edition 7” vinyl will be available for the first time ever on 26th November 2021

2001 is infamous in the annals of film music history for the way that Kubrick abandoned Alex North’s original score in favour of classical and popular pieces that have become synonymous with the movie. Following a digital release last year that caught the imagination of the film’s fans, Wave Theory is now releasing a limited edition vinyl that will give the opportunity for soundtrack aficionados to own a piece of movie history.

Mike Kaplan explains, "The Single's intent was to capture the different responses 2001 was generating from audiences and the media, the many levels of interpretation and appreciation, from its hypnotic visuals to its metaphysical illuminations. We also wanted to instil curiosity among audiences who had not yet seen what was becoming a cultural phenomenon.”

Co-founder of Wave Theory Records Dan Jones said, “Attempting to write any music for Kubrick would be a daunting task, as Alex North — and now we discover Mike Kaplan — were both to discover. Both of them are examples of the complex creative interactions that Kubrick’s films distilled.”

Lucy Kaplansky has developed into a songwriter of great humanity and vision and this is, without doubt, her best album yet. Revealing and intimate and a real joy to return to again and again.

Following a spur-of-the-moment cross-country trip with a pair of fiery European girls, Vikesh Kapoor left school for a brief yet inspiring stint as a mason’s apprentice. The America he had previously known resided narrowly between his childhood home in rural Pennsylvania and the New England university he left home for. Alongside his parents’ own immigrant struggles, these experiences quickly witnessed Kapoor to the scope of the American dream.

A few years later, Kapoor performed at Howard Zinn’s memorial service in Boston, in front of Zinn’s family and colleagues (including Noam Chomsky). Roused by Zinn’s lifelong battle against class/race injustice, Kapoor spent the next two years in Portland, Oregon working on his full-length debut record. The Ballad Of Willy Robbins, a concept album loosely based on a newspaper article, chronicles the brutal but hopeful story of a working class man who slowly loses everything: ambitions, health, family and shelter. It’s a worker’s tale, less specific to the blue-collar life as it is about anyone struggling to make something of themselves.

Co-produced by Adam Selzer (M. Ward) and features Nate Query (Decemberists, Black Prairie), Jeff Ratner (Langhorne Slim) and Birger Olsen (Denver).

THE NEW YORKER: “a series of sharply etched portraits of struggling Americans that points back along a road of socially conscious songs. Woody Guthrie is standing at the head of that road”

More exquisite house music from Toytonics label boss, Kapote. Imbuing the fun and party ethos of the label, the producer drops four tracks that traverse sample-based disco-house, old skool 90s flavours, tuff Nu Groove styled thumpers and on final track, "The Slide" more contemporary flavours a la GAMM and Local Talk.

It's a brilliantly dazzling and high gloss affair, with the veteran producer demonstrating no lack of skills behind the dials. But rather than get bogged down on EQ fidelity, the quest for the perfect kick drum, or synthesizing the latest cranium splitting sounds; he simply takes cues from the decades of party music that proceed it - disco and early house music, particularly from the US, and coalesces it into his own funky and friendly style. Don't let this irreverence fool you though - this is top drawer tackle for the club, disco, car, or after party; and well deserved of a place in your house section! Recommended. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: We get excited every time a new Toytonics drops. The label's quality control department do a sterling job of making sure there's absolutely no tripe across its catalogue. Kapote's on the dials for this latest joint and it's another sure fire winner for the house fraternity.

TRACK LISTING

A1) The Party (Extended Version)
A2) The See Me (Extended Version)
B1) The Come On (Extended Version)
B2) The Slide

Big remix package for Toy Tonic's boss Kapote. His song "Mystery" from the last album reworked by Harvey Sutherland, Opolopo, Close Counters with a bonus remix by french house master Cassius. Turning Kpaote's new school house anthem into a variety of flavours touching on jazz-funk, disco, and  proto-house moods along the way. 

Opolopo brings his legendary touch to "Mystery." With a career spanning decades and a reputation for fusing boogie, funk, and broken beat; his remix promises a soulful journey. An artist who's famously remixed everyone from Gregory Porter to Stevie Wonder, Opolopo's version is pure, unadulterated groove.

Straight from the heart of Melbourne's electronic underground, Sutherland delivers his signature 'neurotic funk' style. The celebrated synthesist and producer, known for his distinctive analog textures and a discography that's earned him ARIA Award nominations, injects his unique genre-bending energy into the track.

The duo from Melbourne, Close Counters, turn "Mystery" into an electrifying fusion of house, soul, and jazz. Known for their dense synths and infectious energy, they have earned praise from tastemakers like Gilles Peterson and have wowed crowds at festivals like Splendour in the Grass.

Finally, the package features "Berlin Boogie Town" with a new interpretation from Parisian legend Cassius, adding some uplifting French Touch filter vibes.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Toytonics set their crosshairs on the European disco community with an almost endless touring and event schedule, spreading their funky gospel far and wide and proving that it's not all about techno in Berlin!

TRACK LISTING

A1) Mystery (Harvey Sutherland Remix)
A2) Mystery (Opolopo Remix)
B1) Mystery (Close Counters Remix)
B2) Berlin Boogie Town (Cassius Remix)

We told you Star Creature were properly 'on one', as we like to say here in Manchester. Well, the boogie bombardment continues this week with an all-star release from label stalwart Andre Espeut, who's joined by synth revivalists Kappekoff and Reggie Got Beats for the sweet, sparkly single: "Sugar". Ripe with squiggly lead lines, explosive slap bass, Jomox drums and soulful lead vocals from Esput. Comes with instrumental.

Limited copies. 

TRACK LISTING

A. Sugar
B. Instrumental

For Fans Of...Surprise Chef, Magic In Threes, The Rugged Nuggets, The ProTeens, Ikebe Shakedown.

First LP to be co-released under Colemine Records and College of Knowledge. Band shares members with Australian band Surprise Chef. Karate Boogaloo are proud to present Hold Your Horses, a mesmerizing new long-playing disc of original instrumental tunes from Melbourne, Australia's most dedicated. Sitting at the core of Melbourne's burgeoning movement of cinematic instrumental soul, Karate Boogaloo's roots go deep into the fabric of the DIY soul idiom. A mainstay of the Melbourne underground over the last decade, their now sought-after series of LPs delving into hip-hop sample culture and its relationship to funk music, The 'KB's Mixtapes', are evidence of their long-standing contribution to the development of the Melbourne cinematic soul sound.

Henry Jenkins, Hudson Whitlock, Callum Riley, and Darvid Thor have been playing music together since their playground days. Meeting as high school preteens, these four friends explored the teachings of the great small combo instrumental bands à la Booker T & The MG's and The Meters. With these lessons in one hand and their characteristic sense of goofy humor in the other, the ensuing 15+ years saw Karate Boogaloo develop the kind of shared musical language that can only be built through countless hours spent together existing as friends and musical allies. Karate Boogaloo's singular bond shines brightly on Hold Your Horses, the second album of original Karate Boogaloo compositions. Following on from the cult classic Carn The Boogers (College Of Knowledge Records, 2020), Hold Your Horses is a document of KB's distinct interpretation of instrumental funk.

A bona-fide journey from start to finish, each tune melds seamlessly into the next, deftly creating a world built on moments of cinematic tension, whimsical melodies and eerie discordance and underpinned by undeniable super heavy funk. Hold Your Horses respectfully builds on a legacy of soul music whilst remaining unimpeachably unique and authentic. Recorded and mixed by bassist Henry Jenkins, the mind responsible for the sound of the entire College Of Knowledge catalogue (Surprise Chef, The Pro-Teens, Let Your Hair Down, Karate Boogaloo), Hold Your Horses employs a methodology for writing and recording music that mirrors KB's long relationship together.

"It's always instrumental, and it's always recorded live. We have a strict no overdubs policy," Jenkins explains. All of the songs were written collaboratively in the studio, with no pre-prepared material being brought in by any member. It's a process specifically designed to maximize the strengths of the band and their relationship to one another; KB's MO is enabled by their innate understanding of one another as people and musicians. Stylistically, links can be drawn to the deep funk of the late 60s and early 70s, certain examples of European film music and new wave of instrumental soul. The restrained instrumental palette is limited to drums, guitar, bass and organ, establishing a distinct and consistent tone throughout, yet the use of dynamics, space and finite execution in the playing carves the experience, keeping the listener glued to their headphones from start to finish.

The artwork, created by organist Callum Riley aka Drez, is a stunning visual representation of the 12-track medley. To add to the experience, the LP cover creates an interactive optical art experience, straight from the brain of someone uniquely equipped to convey Karate Boogaloo's sounds into a visual representation. Karate Boogaloo is a quartet greater than the sum of its parts; and the parts are very, very good. 

TRACK LISTING

1. All Aboard
2. The Early Bird Catches
3. Eyes On The Prize
4. Not For The Last Time
5. PS EmmyLou
6. One Hand One Bounce
7. Onwards And Upwards
8. Family Song (Sing-A-Long)
9. 8th Movement
10. Incredible Wonderful
11. There Is No Rush
12. Alighting Lullaby

Crashing at the unlikely intersection of posthardcore, slowcore, and jazz-rock, Karate spent a dozen years producing peerless recordings in their adopted hometown of Boston.

Collected here are their six albums - ‘Self-Titled’, ‘In Place of Real Insight’, ‘The Bed Is In The Ocean’, ‘Unsolved’, ‘Some Boots’, ‘Pockets’, plus the ‘Cancel’ / ‘Sing’ and ‘In The Fish Tank’ EPs, singles, and split 7”s, a whopping 69 tracks spread across eight glorious compact discs.

Leor Galil’s career spanning essay is illustrated with dozens of period-appropriate photos in the accompanying 80-page book.

TRACK LISTING

CD1 - ‘Self-Titled’, ‘Death Kit’ Single, ‘The Schwinn’ &
‘Cherry Coke’
Gasoline
If You Can Hold Your Breath
Trophy
What Is Sleep?
- - -
Bad Tattoo
Every Sister
Bodies
Caffeine Or Me?
Death Kit
Nerve
The Schwinn
Cherry Coke

CD2 - ‘In Place Of Real Insight’ & ‘Operation: Sand’ /
‘Empty There’ Single
This, Plus Slow Song
New Martini
Wake Up, Decide
It’s 98 Stop
New New
The New Hangout Condition
On Cutting
Die Die
Today Or Tomorrow
Operation: Sand
Empty There

CD3 - ‘The Bed Is In The Ocean’
There Are Ghosts
The Same Stars
Diazapam
The Last Wars
Bass Sounds
Up Nights
Fatal Strategies
Outside Is The Drama
Not To Call The Police

CD4 - ‘Unsolved’
Small F Ires
The Lived-But-Yet-Named
Sever
The Roots And The Ruins
Number Six
One Less Blues
The Halo Of The Strange
The Angels Just Have To Show
This Day Next Year

CD5 - ‘Cancel’ / ‘Sing’
Cancel
Sing

CD6 - ‘Some Boots’
Original Spies
First Release
Ice Or Ground
South
In Hundreds
Airport
Baby Teeth
Corduroy
Remain Relaxed

CD7 - ‘Pockets’
With Age
Water
“The State I’m In” Aka “Goode Buy From Cobbs
Creek Park”
Cacophony
Alingual
Tow Truck
Pines
Concrete

CD8 - ‘In The Fishtank 12’
Strange Fruit
The Only Minority
Tears Of Rage
Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs
Need A Job
This Ain ’t No Picnic
Colors
A New Jerusalem

Karate’s first five years, boxed in classic Numero fashion and annotated by frontman Geoff Farina. Collaging DC posthardcore, De Stijl, and Django Reinhardt, this five LP set includes their self-titled debut, In Place of Real Insight, The Bed Is In The Ocean, period 7”s, and previously unissued 1993 demo. 41 late millennium accounts of 2AM bike rides, punk house floors, skinny dipping, regrettable tattoos, and Interstate 95 commuting, all remastered from the original tapes and housed in sturdy tip-on sleeves for the discerning Karate enthusiast. Don’t drown.

TRACK LISTING

LP1 S/T
A1 Gasoline
A2 If You Can Hold Your Breath
A3 Trophy
A4 What Is Sleep?
A5 - - -
B1 Bad Tattoo
B2 Every Sister
B3 Bodies
B4 Caffeine Or Me?

LP2 In Place Of Real Insight
C1 This, Plus Slow Song
C2 New Martini
C3 Wake Up, Decide
C4 It’s 98 Stop
D1 New New
D2 The New Hangout Condition
D3 On Cutting
D4 Die Die
D5 Today Or Tomorrow

LP3 The Bed Is In The Ocean
E1 There Are Ghosts
E2 The Same Stars
E3 Diazapam
E4 The Last Wars
E5 Bass Sounds
F1 Up Nights
F2 Fatal Strategies
F3 Outside Is The Drama
F4 Not To Call The Police

LP4 Demo
G1 Cherry Coke
G2 Remembering To Forget
G3 Hard Song
G4 First Time
H1 Dating Is Stupid
H2 Starfish
H3 Schwinn
H4 Remembering Reprise

LP5 7” And EPs
I1 Death Kit
I2 Nerve
I3 Cherry Coke (7inch Version)
J4 The Schwinn (7inch Version)
J5 Operation: Sand
J6 Empty There

Karate’s defiant and (then) final studio album that punctuated a 12-year discography that spanned harDCore-style catharsis to feedback-saturated improv. This ’04 classic skipped the Friendster migration for back-to-basics songwriting suffused with jazz phrasings and beat-inspired lyricism. Featuring Codeine/Come guitarist Chris Brokaw, Pockets is remastered from the original analog tapes and housed in a deluxe tip on sleeve with reproduction lyric sheet.

TRACK LISTING

1. With Age
2. Water
3. “The State I’m In” Aka “Goode Buy From Cobbs Creek Park”
4. Cacophony
5. Alingual
6. Tow Truck
7. Pines
8. Concrete

As Warped Tour pop-punk and American Apparel indie rock dominated the strange post-Y2Kguitar-band milieu, Boston’s Karate delivered an engrossing shot of rock that constantly shifted between several shades of subterranean sounds. The quiet moments on Karate’s millennium busting fourth album carry much of that old, unbridled intensity, braided into subdued jazz melodies and slowcore restraint. This 25th anniversary edition of 'Unsolved' replicates the original 2000 pressing’s side D, and includes the 'Death Kit' 7” and split with Crown Hate Ruin. God forgive us.

TRACK LISTING

1. Small Fires
2. The Lived-But-Yet-Named
3. Sever
4. The Roots And The Ruins
5. Number Six
6. One Less Blues
7. The Halo Of The Strange
8. The Angels Just Have To Show
9. This Day Next Year
10. Cherry Coke
11. Death Kit
12. Nerve

The first new music from the postemo trio in two decades. Out of the brain of Geoff Farina spills 10 new tales from their unlikely reunion, tracked with long-time Karate collaborator Andy Hong. Make It Fit crams 35 minutes of Wes Montgomery homage, Fugazi dub plate party rocking, Lynott lyricism, and Clash city crooning into a graceful seventh album.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Defendants 2:39
2. Bleach The Scene 2:05
3. Cannibals 2:25
4. Liminal 4:23
5. Rattle The Pipes 4:32

Side 2
1. Fall To Grace 4:59
2. Around The Dial 2:37
3. People Ain’t Folk 2:32
4. Three Dollar Bill 3:29

On 2002’s Some Boots, Boston indie rock trio Karate further plumb the depths of their omnidirectional musical explorations. Every chord and beat works to deepen the pensiveness of Geoff Farina’s impressionistic lyrics, that explore the emotional complexities of nostalgia. The eight-song LP is housed in a tip-on jacket, and includes a replica lyric sheet for the original kids and spies alike

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Original Spies
2. First Release
3. Ice Or Ground?
4. Remain Relaxed

SIDE B
1. In Hundreds
2. Airport
3. Baby Teeth
4. South

At the turn of the century and after three albums, Karate’s tenure within the insular east coast indie rock scene had expired, but the band was just getting started. Collected here is the band’s spacious, adventurous, and sometimes difficult second half presented in fastidious detail. This five LP box includes the trio’s Unsolved, Some Boots, and Pockets albums, a first time vinyl pressing of their Cancel/Sing EP, and recently unearthed rehearsal recordings of two unreleased tracks, all annotated by Geoff Farina’s account of Karate’s adulthood and Andy Hong’s insights into the trio’s recording process.

TRACK LISTING

A: Unsolved
1 Small Fires
2 The Lived-But-Yet-Named
3 Sever

B: Unsolved
4 The Roots And The Ruins
5 Number Six
6 One Less Blues
7 The Halo Of The Strange

C: Unsolved
8 The Angels Just Have To Show
9 This Day Next Year

D: Unsolved
10 Get Reborn (Rehearsal)
11Old Code (Rehearsal)
12 The Angels Just Have To Show (Rehearsal)

E: Cancel/Sing
13 Cancel

F: Cancel/Sing
14 Sing

G: Some Boots
15 Original Spies
16 First Release
17 Ice Or Ground?
18 Remain Relaxed

H: Some Boots
19 In Hundreds
20 Airport
21 Baby Teeth
22 South

I: Pockets
23 With Age
24 Water
25 “The State I’m In” Aka “Goode Buy From Cobbs Creek Park”
26 Cacophony

J: Pockets
27 Alingual
28 Tow Truck
29 Pines
30 Concrete

WRWTFWW Records is happy to announce a new collaborative album between Polish producer, multi-instrumentalist and sound engineer Albert Karch (notably known for his superb 2019 album Celestially Light featuring Ichiko Aoba) and Irish ambient master and label’s favorite Gareth Quinn Redmond (Ar Ais Arís, Laistigh Den Ghleo, Umcheol albums from the WR catalogue). The 6-track LP comes as a limited edition of 300 copies worldwide with an artwork by Dublin artist Barry Gibbons and liner notes. It is available in digital format as well.

Recorded in at Albert Karch’s studio in Warsaw in January 2023, Warszawa is conceptually rooted in the reason the two artists met in the first place: the work of Japanese composer Satoshi Ashikawa (Still Way - Wave Notation 2) who sought to compose a time that was stationary. Sparse in approach but sharp with intention, the 6 pieces of the collaborative album were sculpted with precise and floating use of piano, drums, synthesizers, and strings. The result is gentle but emotionally deep minimalistic ambient, reassuring environmental music with an indescribable Mark Hollis touch, also an artist whose worked influenced the recording sessions.

Gareth Quinn Redmond’s previous albums, Laistigh Den Ghleo, another ode to the work of Satoshi Ashikawa, Umcheol, mixing ambient with traditional Irish music instruments, and his tape loops wonder Ar Ais Arís are still available on WRWTFWW Records - complete the collection now!

Warszawa by Albert Karch and Gareth Quinn Redmond is dedicated to the memory of Satoshi Ashikawa.

- For fans of ambient, minimalism, environmental, Satoshi Ashikawa, Mark Hollis, Erik Satie, Midori Takada, piano, synth, quiet Winter nights in a warm place, with a friend, or two.

- Limited edition (300 only!) vinyl of Albert Karch and Gareth Quinn Redmond’s ambient collaborative effort dedicated to the memory of Satoshi Ashikawa, with an artwork by Barry Gibbons.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Ajar
A2. Palette
A3. A Life (1955 - 2019)
B1. For Ashikawa
B2. 251536
B3. Warszawa

Hounds Of Love invites you to not only listen, but to cross the boundaries of sensory experience into realms of imagination and possibility. Side A spawned four Top 40 hit singles in the UK, ‘Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)’, ‘Cloudbusting’, ‘Hounds of Love’ and ‘The Big Sky’, some of the best-loved and most enduring compositions in Bush’s catalogue. On side B, a hallucinatory seven-part song cycle called The Ninth Wave broke away from the pop conventions of the era by using strange and vivid production techniques that plunge the listener into the psychological centre of a near-death experience. Poised and accessible, yet still experimental and complex, with Hounds Of Love Bush mastered the art of her studio-based songcraft, finally achieving full control of her creative process. When it came out in 1985, she was only 27 years old.

This book charts the emergence of Kate Bush in the early-to-mid-1980s as a courageous experimentalist, a singularly expressive recording artist and a visionary music producer. Track-by-track commentaries focus on the experience of the album from the listener’s point of view, drawing attention to the art and craft of Bush’s songwriting, production and sound design. It considers the vast impact and influence that Hounds Of Love has had on music cultures and creative practices through the years, underlining the artist’s importance as a barrier-smashing, template-defying, business-smart, record-breaking, never-compromising role model for artists everywhere.

This book charts the emergence of Kate Bush in the early-to-mid-1980s as a courageous experimentalist, a singularly expressive recording artist and a visionary music producer. Track-by-track commentaries focus on the experience of the album from the listener’s point of view, drawing attention to the art and craft of Bush’s songwriting and sound design. It considers the vast impact and influence that Hounds Of Love has had on music cultures and creative practices through the years, underlining the artist’s importance as a barrier-smashing, template-defying, business-smart, record-breaking, never-compromising role model for artists everywhere.

Karen O says:  “After making music for the past twenty years and embarking on making this record with Danger Mouse I knew a couple things: one was that the spirit of collaboration between us was going to be a pure one, and two was that the more I live the less is clear to me. When you create from a blurry place you can go places further than you’ve ever been. I think we both were excited to go far out.”

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: The voice of the Naughties teams up with the producer to the (cool!) stars and the result is stunning! Karen O has been rather quiet lately. Her lo-fi solo record ‘Crush Songs’ (2014) was preceded by the least interesting Yeah Yeah Yeahs record so far (2013's ‘Mosquito’) so it’s really refreshing to firstly hear her in a new context, and secondly, singing some flipping good pop songs again. The title of this record loosely translates as “luxury first” and yes, it does what it says on the tin! Dangermouse mines a similar sonic seam to his cinematic soundscapes with Daniel Luppi (2011’s ‘Rome’) whilst of course staying true to his downtempo template. But with sweeping strings and beautiful blends of funk, pop, soul and disco, all luxuriously spacey and deliciously swoony, you’ll be in for a nice surprise: the mix with Karen’s distinctive voice really does work. She’s never sounded better.

TRACK LISTING

Lux Prima
Ministry
Turn The Light
Woman
Redeemer
Drown
Leopards Tongue
Reveries
Nox Lumina

First re-press since the initial 2019 release of critically acclaimed album featuring Yeah Yeah Yeahs' lead vocalist Karen O, and Danger Mouse, one of the most influential artist/producers of the 21st Century.

Debuting in March 2019, Lux Prima was hailed by Pitchfork as a “dreamy and poignant collaboration.” It featured the single “Woman,” which was accompanied by a memorable Spike Jonze-directed live performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The single was also nominated for the Best Rock Performance Grammy.

The new package includes the original artwork plus a 16 page booklet highlighting their interactive exhibition “An Encounter with Lux Prima”, held at Los Angeles’ Marciano Arts Foundation featuring a 360 degree soundscape of the album mixed at famed Skywalker Ranch.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Lux Prima
2. Ministry
3. Turn The Light
4. Woman

SIDE B
5. Redeemer
6. Drown
7. Leopard’s Tongue
8. Reveries
9. Nox Lumina

From early on in her artistic journey, composer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Rebekka Karijord, has been fascinated by the human voice.

Known for her sweeping film scores (like for the Hulu Greta Thunberg documentary I Am Greta) as well as her work with artist Jessica Dessner and The National's Bryce and Aaron Dessner in the group Complete Mountain Almanac, she brings a unique musical perspective and skillset to every one of her projects. The Bell Tower, her seventh solo album, is one of her most ambitious records to date.

The Bell Tower is many things at once: it's an ode to our planet in peril; it's a missive from a mother to her children; it's a meditation on humanity and our place within the natural world. On top of that, it's also an experiment, something that evolved from a tiny idea into an all- encompassing work that touches upon 19th- century poetry, environmental activism, and the cross-section of digital and organic instrumentation. There's admittedly a lot to unpack, which becomes even more impressive when you actually give the album a spin and realize that Rebekka has managed to stack all of these ideas and moods into something that is balanced, harmonious, and at times, even calming. One reason for this is the way she has produced the album- which features voice only-in a way that is as engaging as it is innovative.

It takes a great deal of technical knowledge to successfully create experimental or ambient-leaning music, and The Bell Tower's many complex layers are solidly built by Rebekka's expertise.

TRACK LISTING

Lacrimosa 
Sanctuary 
Fugue
Serenade
You, Mountain 
City By The Sea
Megafaun
9th Duino Elegy 
Earth
Let This Darkness Be A Bell Tower
Vespera

OONA Recordings is thrilled to announce a limited edition environmentally conscious vinyl pressing of the ‘I Am Greta’ soundtrack by Rebekka Karijord and Jon Ekstrand. Manufactured at RPM Records in Denmark, every step in the production process was carefully considered in order to achieve the most environmentally friendly product possible. The records are made of 100% recycled PVC, and the covers printed on wood free 350 gsm 100% recycled uncoated card stock using plant-based inks. The records are protected by a 100% recycled 250 gsm paper inner sleeve and the cover is sealed with a sticker printed on recycled material. No plastic or shrink wrap will be used in the packaging or production apart from the recycled PVC in the vinyl record itself. One can read more about the process and the drive to create more sustainable productions at www.rpm.dk/eco.

'I Am Greta', the intimate Hulu documentary by Swedish director Nathan Grossman, tells the story of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg through compelling, never-before-seen-footage. Starting with her one-person school strike for climate action outside the Swedish Parliament, Grossman follows Greta - a shy student with Asperger's - in her rise to prominence and her galvanizing global impact as she sparks school strikes around the world. The film culminates with the extraordinary wind-powered voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to speak at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York City. The synergy between the two composers with very different backgrounds as well as the blend of classic instrumentation and usage of electroacoustic elements led to a unique, compelling score: The score consists of a string octet, modular synthesizers and a voice instrument built by Rebekka of 25 unique singers sampled in their full range.”Rebekka and Jon’s dynamic score to 'I Am Greta' is huge and intimate, uplifting and melancholic, and manages to carry the emotional nuance of Greta's story. The score forms a musical parallel to Greta's journey and narrative voice throughout the film. It’s energy, urgency and emotional depth reminds us that the time for climate action is now.” - Nathan Grossman, director of 'I Am Greta'.

TRACK LISTING

A Side:
1.Tic Toc.
2.Fridays For Future.
3.Riksgatan.
4.Depression.
5.Childhood.
6.The Wind.
7.Nervous Feet.
8.Katowice.

B Side:
1.Fridays For Future (alternative Version).
2. The Movement.
3. Grief.
4.The Ocean.
5. The Arrival.
6. People Are Waking Up.
7. Grief (credits Version)

An eclectic mix of diverse influences from U2 to Puressence, to the Dandy Warhols from this North West five piece.

To Be is the first album release from Karman Line Collective. Recorded by artist Wolfgang Buttress with Kevin Bales and Tony Foster (Spiritualized, Julian Cope) and Justin Goodyear, To Be is a phenomenal, immersive new soundscape for Buttress’ latest art installation - BEES: A Story of Survival - a multi-sensory experience at World Museum, Liverpool. This exhibition highlights the essential role these ingenious pollinators play within the planet’s ecosystems, as well as the existential threat faced by both bees and humanity alike due to our mistreatment of the planet.

Eight years ago, along with thousands of bees, Wolfgang Buttress worked with Bales and Foster as BE to soundtrack his multi award-winning art installation The Hive in Kew Gardens, London. The album ONEcollected that soundscape and was released on Caught by the River’s Rivertones label to much critical acclaim and featured in multiple best album of the year lists, including those of Rough Trade, The Quietus and The Guardian.

The soundscape for BEES: A Story of Survival builds on and evolves the group’s previous work on The Hive and develops it as one of the exhibition’s main narrative devices. Buttress has likened moving through the exhibition to following the contours of a song: verse, chorus, verse, chorus, middle eight, drop, chorus, chorus - much like how the eight installations in the piece meld into and inform each other. The music - along with light, sound, projection and scent - take the visitor on an emotional and sensorial journey into the secret world of bees.

Created over three years of writing and recording, To Be beautifully combines previously unheard recordings of bee communications with deeply enveloping meditative music. These unique bee communication sounds are used as raw musical stems within the composition; some are processed through guitar pedals to augment the music creating an entirely new library of sounds. Throughout the record, the listener will hear bees communicating in various ways, from the vibrations produced by their famous ‘waggle dance,’ to the sounds melittologists refer to as bees’ tooting, quacking and purring.

Over the course of the record, Karman Line Collective take the listener on a reflective journey, making connections to the changing seasons of life and our increasingly fragile relationship with nature. The music flows with it’s own mysterious beauty offering a sense of empathy and connection where the sounds of bee and human are harmoniously integrated..

To Be was recorded, mixed and produced by Karman Line Collective (Kev Bales, Wolfgang Buttress, Tony Foster, Justin Goodyear) with help from Camille Christel (words, vocals), Deirdre Bencsik (cello), Robert Howard (guitar), David Harris (trumpet) and Ian Downing (saw).

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Crackling, bucolic drones and glistening melodies hidden beneath washes of string and slowly building mountains of reverb and delay. An impeccably built world that's both hugely listenable and evocative, straying just the right amount into fantastical storytelling and earthly, natural majestly.

TRACK LISTING

1. Melittology
2. Portal
3. Meadow
4. Be
5. Swarm
6. Vanishing
7. Memory
8. Symphony 

Syrian-Armenian-American singer and producer KÁRYYN returns with her highly anticipated second album, 'PHYSICS UNIVERSAL LOVE LANGUAGE (PULL)', out via Mute.

KÁRYYN creates music at the intersection of sound, spirit, and physics – sonic worlds that don’t just describe emotion, they conduct it. 'PHYSICS UNIVERSAL LOVE LANGUAGE' exemplifies this with a title that encapsulates her lifelong endeavour to translate love into systems of energy and truth. At its heart, 'PULL...' is about courage: the courage to collapse, to love, to surrender, and to emerge.

Sonically, 'PULL...' is crafted from KÁRYYN’s voice, strings, modular synths, and gravitational beats, tuned to 432Hz – a frequency believed to support vibrational healing. Co-produced by KÁRYYN alongside Hudson Mohawke and James Ford, the record was further enriched by Marta Salogni’s sensitive and immersive mix, Jacques Greene’s melodic touch on ‘FWD’, and Joker’s detailed mastering. The result is a meticulously crafted work that is both deeply personal and expansively communal.

'PULL...' is a bold, transcendent journey through KÁRYYN's own human revolution. It is about gravity. About the collapse and coherence that define human experience. It is, in every way, a gravitational pull toward the truth: a sonic architecture of love, rupture, and rebirth.

TRACK LISTING

1. COLLAPSE PHASE
2. ELSEWHEN
3. FURTHER WE FALL
4. GROUND
5. END TO KNOWING YOU
6. PULL
7. The 6TH
8. KEEPER
9. MIND OVER HEART
10. FWD

Written and recorded over a seven year period, "The Quanta Series" tracks K Á R Y Y N’s movements across continents on a voyage of self-examination. Beginning in 2011 following the death of two relatives in Aleppo, K Á R Y Y N left her native LA for Cherry Valley, upstate New York to process her grief in seclusion. During the 18 months she lived in Cherry Valley, K Á R Y Y N wrote two songs for "The Quanta Series". The first was a visceral, emotional piece recorded in one take called "Today I Read Your Life Story 11:11". The second, a musing on impermanence and understanding the impact of our choices called "Segment & The Line".

Over the years that followed, K Á R Y Y N spent time living in Berlin where she wrote "Purgatory!, a song inspired by a memory from her childhood spent in the Forty Mountains of Idlib province in Syria. As she travelled, she found inspiration everywhere, leaning into her own familial legacy, feelings of grief and love and observations on human interaction. A deep connection to her lineage is a concurrent theme in K Á R Y Y N’s work, with an interpretation of traditional Armenian folk song "Ambets Gorav" present on the album plus a beautiful choral patchwork called "Mirror Me" providing an introspective break in the album - a track about 'facing yourself, the good, the bad; searching for the parts in us that have been lost.'

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: With shimmering, echoed reverb and tentatively delivered vocal shards, K A R Y Y N has crafted a stunningly original juxtaposition of choral ambience and direct, modern electronics. Rife with changes in pace and unexpected slabs of withering gloom before launching once again into a euphoric resolution. It's a gorgeous LP and one that reveals more on every subsequent listen.

TRACK LISTING

1 Ever
2 Yajna
3 Purgatory
4 Binary
5 Ambets Gorav
6 Un-c2-see
7 Mirror Me
8 Cytokinesis
9 Aleppo
10 Today I Read Your Life Story 11 11
11 Segment& The Line

This will be the first release of the band’s sophomore album on 12” vinyl, having previously only been available on 2 x 10” vinyl. This solid red vinyl pressing of their Double Platinum certified album features the key tracks Shoot The Runner, Empire and Me Plus One.

TRACK LISTING

1. Ill Ray (The King)
2. You're In Love With A Psycho
3. Twentyfourseven
4. Good Fight
5. Wasted
6. Comeback Kid
7. The Party Never Ends
8. Are You Looking For Action?
9. All Through The Night
10. Sixteen Blocks
11. Bless This Acid House
12. Put Your Life On It

'Eighth studio album, ''Happenings'', The follow-up to 2022's 'The Alchemist’s Euphoria'. Feature their summer 2023 single 'Algorithms', as well as the new fresh, dance-infused 'Call', the first song frontman Serge Pizzorno wrote for the record. 

The LP was penned and initially recorded at Pizzorno's home studio, The Sergery, before final sessions were co-produced by the singer and Mark Ralph. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: A new one from Kasabian, positioning themselves part-way towards the dancefloor with pieces like the disco-jewelled 'Coming Back To Me Good', while they've retained their glooms heavy-rocking gothic sulk elsewhere on the LP. In all, a much more upbeat and dynamic number than their first LP with Pizzorno in the driving (singing) seat.

TRACK LISTING

A Happening
Darkest Lullaby
Call
How Far Will You Go
Coming Back To Me Good
G.O.A.T.
Passengers
The Hell Of It
Italian Horror
Bird In A Cage
Algorithms

With scuzzy beats, trippy keyboard squiggles and vocals 100% full of attitude and belief, these Midlanders seem to have the lot. Like a more brazen Beta Band (similar 60's references, similar use of beats) or prime-time Happy Mondays, some of these songs are like chants or mantras that get right under your skin. It's powerful, low-slung-funky, effortlessly catchy fun!

This is the first release of the band’s sophomore album on 12” vinyl, having previously only been available on 2 x 10” vinyl. This vinyl pressing of their Double Platinum certified album features the key tracks 'Shoot The Runner', 'Empire' and 'Me Plus One'. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Empire
2. Shoot The Runner
3. Last Trip (In Flight)
4. Me Plus One
5. Sun Rise Light Flies
6. Apnoea
7. By My Side
8. Stuntman
9. Seek & Destroy
10. British Legion
11. The Doberman

Kasabian is the debut studio album by British rock band Kasabian, released on 6th September 2004. The album's highest chart position on the UK Albums Chart was number 4, making it the band's only studio album not to reach number one. Five singles were released from the album.

TRACK LISTING

1. Club Foot
2. Processed Beats
3. Reason Is Treason
4. I.D.
5. Orange
6. L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever)
7. Running Battle
8. Test Transmission
9. Pinch Roller
10. Cutt Off
11. Butcher Blues
12. Ovary Stripe
13. U Boat

Kasabian make a most welcome return this summer with a series of must see shows, armed with a high-octane new album fuelled by their trademark swagger. New single ‘Scriptvre’ arrives in the wake of their snappy track ‘Alygatyr’ and heralds a brave new world from Serge’s magic kingdom.

Produced by Serge Pizzorno and Fraser T Smith, mixed by Spike Stent and written by Serge, ‘Scriptvre’ is one of the many standout tracks on their eagerly anticipated new album ‘The Alchemist’s Euphoria’. Serge says: ‘Scriptrve is about rewriting the story you tell yourself. Editing your own script’. Of the new album, Kasabian’s seventh, he adds: “One thing about this record I feel over the other ones, is it definitely feels like a body of work that belongs together. It was a beautiful moment in mastering hearing it as a piece. I think it really holds up in our seven albums….The Magnificent Seven”.

The Greatest High School Band Of All Time Plays Hard Soul, Funk And Jazz On This Double LP. The word is out The Kashmere Stage Band was the greatest high school band - ever. The bandleader at Kashmere High School, Conrad Johnson, transformed a bunch of rough-hewn Houston high schoolers into a band that could compete with any in the nation – professional, or otherwise. Forget high school bands, we're talking about sixteen year old kids who would give the JBs a run for their money! The Kashmere Stage Band released a total of eight albums and three 45s on Johnson’s Kram label. The band’s best tracks are collected on Texas Thunder Soul 1968-1974

TRACK LISTING

A1. Boss City
A2. Burning Spear
A3. Take Five
A4. Super Bad
A5. Keep Doing It
A6. Thunder Soul
B1. Do You Dig It, Man?
B2. Headwiggle
B3. Do Your Thing
B4. Scorpio
C1. Thank You
C2. Al’s Tune
C3. All Praises
C4. Shaft
D1. Kashmere
D2. $$ Kash Register $$
D3. Zero Point – Pt.1 & Pt. 2 (45 Version)
D4. Getting It Out Of My System

Following releases on Love On The Rocks and Pinchy & Friends (the massive 'Leave Your Life' and 'Strings of Eden' which now goes for big bucks on Discogs) Alex Kassian arrives with the first release on the new label from the Test Pressing team.

Lead track 'Voices' arrives in three mixes that run from an expansive journey, to a pure club version, followed by the ambient excursion 'Lifestream' - an electronic piece focussing on what Alex does best, quality production with amazing sounds and melody. This is the first in a three part series of Alex Kassian releases building to an album next year.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Voices (Jenova Mix)
A2. Voices (Swarm Mix)
B1. Voices (Materia Mix)
B2. Lifestream

Following on from last year's massive E2-E4, Alex Kassian returns to Test Pressing Records with the next in the rework series. This time tackling Spooky's 'Orange Coloured Liquid' taken from their seminal debut LP, 'Gargantuam' released in 1993. Spooky, alongside acts like Underworld and Leftfield were at the forefront of the burgeoning progressive house scene at the turn of the 90's. Now 32 years later, man of the moment, Alex Kassian has proved once again that he can do no wrong with two versions that run from the club to the home. John Beltran also makes welcome appearance under his Placid Angles alias and the original version rounds off the release.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: After winning our 12" of last year with his reworking of "E2-E4", Alex Kassian returns with another monumental reworking. Now I might be ruffling some feathers here, but I actually prefer "Orange Coloured Liquid" to "E2-E4" (eeek!), so I had a keen ear on Alex and Placid Angels here to do this track justice. And do it justice they do! A second triumph in the series! Destined to be huge!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Orange Coloured Liquid (Part I)
A2. Orange Coloured Liquid (Part II)
B1. Orange Coloured Liquid (Placid Angles Remix)
B2. Orange Coloured Liquid (Original)

A new project featuring members of LSD March and Tenniscoats. Folk-psych folks will be psyched about this bizarre collaborative excursion. A gloriously subdued affair, largely comprised of simple guitar arrangements, stripped-down percussion and soft singing (male and female) punctuated by bouts of power tools and gated feedback. The somber psychedeliosis is embedded in a loose atmosphere of echo and electronics recalling the beautiful ambiguity of Deux Filles; or Joao Gilberto if he fell off a Durutti Column into a vat of mescaline. Duulicious!

Reissue of the 3rd album of Patrick Jean-Marie recorded in 1985, produced by Mambo Chick for Symbole Records.

Introducing “Women” by Kat-Tet, a unique musical gem straight from Guadeloupe, 1985. This rare album, the only studio-recorded masterpiece by the brilliant pianist Patrick Jean-Marie, transports us to a soundscape where every note is a journey.

It was a true opportunity for Patrick Jean-Marie and his band to showcase their talents, recorded under professional conditions, resulting in a sound of exceptional quality. The meticulous attention to orchestration is evident throughout, revealing a solidly crafted masterpiece.

Following the bold experiments with Atika and a solo album in 1983, “Women” marks a new chapter in Patrick Jean-Marie’s career. The album showcases a more structured approach that allows Kat-Tet to create a magical space for organized solos and climax. The dialogue between Patrick Jean-Marie’s piano and Luther François’s alto saxophone is constantly surprising and some powerful bridges by Patrick Jean-Marie are unforgettable.

A true classic in its genre, “Women” by Kat-Tet LP was a hard-to-find treasure in the vinyl world. Today, Symbole is thrilled to bring this exceptional album back into the spotlight, sharing the beautiful and timeless music from Guadeloupe, 1985, with a high taste of jazz!

LINE UP :
Patrick Jean-Marie : piano
Toto Jean-Marie : bass
Eric Danquin : drum
Luther Francçois : Saxophone Alto / Saxophone
Charlie Chomereau Lamotte : percussions

AUDIO :
Restored by Christophe Henault (Art et son Studio) with special care to the transfer. Already very well produced in 1985, the album “Women” only got a light restoration cause we Symbole are treating recordings as historic document.

ART :
Original cover based on the original photo of restored by Poca Studio.

VINYL :
Cut by Mathieu Berthet (MB Studio)
Manufactured by La manufacture de vinyle

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Beautiful and highly fragrant jazz-funk LP from Guadeloupe which grows to an almighty, almost spiritual crescendo across its five tracks. A holy grail release given all the necessary treatment it deserves.

TRACK LISTING

Nikita
Sky 2000
Kat-teswing Hibiscus
Solange
Hommage

Founded in 2014, Katalyst Collective has never been one for labels. Rather than strictly a live act, they’ve acted as an incubator for a fresh crop of local talent, helping hone the voices and talents of individual members, while collectively advancing like a phalanx. Each ‘Kat’ writes their own solo material, and everyone contributes and works together on each project, feeding off the communal energy. Leading to the group’s upping collaboration for Jazz Is Dead, Katalyst has poised themselves as the next breakout stars of Los Angeles’ rapidly expanding Jazz universe - a small army of creative firebrands, each burning more brightly together.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Avenue
2. Daybreak
3. Corridors
4. Summer Solstice
5. Juneteenth
6. Dogon Cypher
7. Reflections

Nintendo and Laced Records are linking up to bring the sweeping music of The Legend of Zelda™️: Breath of the Wild to vinyl records. This collaboration marks the first time a Nintendo soundtrack has been commercially released on vinyl outside of Japan. 

The unforgettable music of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild introduced bold new musical textures to the series, while embracing classic themes. From the first spine-tingling piano notes of 'Main Theme' to the final choral-orchestral stirrings of 'Epilogue', the soundtrack follows the ups and the downs of Link’s epic adventure. Each element of the game enjoys a distinct musical palette, including the iconic minimalist piano of the open world, the alien sounds of Sheikah technology, the tension-filled rhythms of enemy encounters, and the orchestral grandeur of the Divine Beast battles. The composition team comprised Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata, and Hajime Wakai. 

TRACK LISTING

8LP Tracklisting:
LP1:
1. Main Theme
2. A Sheikah Tower Emerges
3. Sheikah Tower
4. The Shrine's Trial Begins
5. The Shrine's Trial
6. The Temple Of Time
7. The Old Man's Secret
8. One Hundred Years Ago
9. Impa Speaks
10. A Legendary Tale
11. The Stables
12. Kass's Theme
13. Kass: Song Of Shrines
14. Kakariko Village
15. Hateno Village
16. Kass: Legendary Verse

LP2:
1. The Great Plateau
2. Overworld (Day)
3. Galloping (Day)
4. Galloping (Night)
5. By The Water
6. Ruins
7. Overworld (Freezing)
8. Overworld (Fiery Heat)
9. Overworld (Scorching Desert)
10. Overworld (Battle) - Original Soundtrack Ver.
11. Battle (Shrine) - Original Soundtrack Ver.
12. Stone Talus Battle
13. Hinox Battle
14. Guardian Battle
15. Battle Inside The Divine Beast
16. Molduga Battle
17. The Lord Of The Mountain
18. Omen Of The Blood Moon
19. The Blood Moon
20. Game Over

LP3:
1. Sidon's Theme
2. Zora's Domain
3. Vah Ruta, Divine Beast Of Water
4. Recovered Memory: Mipha's Touch
5. Battle With Divine Beast Vah Ruta
6. An Accord With Sidon
7. Exploring Divine Beast Vah Ruta
8. A Blight Ganon Appears
9. Battle With Waterblight Ganon
10. A Heart Container Appears
11. Reuniting With Mipha
12. A Champion's Divine Gift
14. A Divine Beast's Majesty
15. Mipha And The Divine Beast
16. Naydra, Possessed
17. Attendants To The Sacred Springs
18. Restoring Malanya's Power
19. Malanya's Spring
20. Lurelin Village

LP4:
1. Cave
2. Vah Medoh, Divine Beast Of Wind
3. Rito Village
4. Recovered Memory: Revali's Flap
5. The Flight Range
6. Minigame: Flight Range
7. Battle With Divine Beast Vah Medoh
8. Teba's Encouragement
9. Warbler's Nest Melody
10. Kass's Theme (Song Of The Hero Ver.)
11. Exploring Divine Beast Vah Medoh
12. Battle With Windblight Ganon
13. Reuniting With Revali
14. Revali And The Divine Beast
15. Pondo's Lodge
16. Minigame: Bird-Man Research Study
17. Restoring A Great Fairy's Power
18. Great Fairy Fountain

LP5:
1. Lava Landscape
2. Vah Rudania, Divine Beast Of Fire
3. Goron City
4. The Abandoned North Mine
5. Recovered Memory: Daruk's Mettle
6. Battle With Divine Beast Vah Rudania
7. Exploring Divine Beast Vah Rudania
8. Battle With Fireblight Ganon
9. Reuniting With Daruk
10. Daruk And The Divine Beast
11. Minigame: Contest Of Endurance
12. The Lost Woods
13. Korok Forest
14. Meeting The Deku Tree
15. Master Sword Obtained
16. Memories Of The Sword
17. Tree And Sword: Words Of Wisdom
18. Hestu's Dance

LP6:
1. Vah Naboris, Divine Beast Of Thunder
2. Kara Kara Bazaar
3. Gerudo Town
4. The Yiga Clan Hideout
5. Proud Master Kohga
6. Battle With Master Kohga
7. Recovered Memory: Urbosa's Hand
8. Vah Naboris Lookout Post
9. Battle With Divine Beast Vah Naboris
10. Exploring Divine Beast Vah Naboris
11. Battle With Thunderblight Ganon
12. Reuniting With Urbosa
13. Urbosa And The Divine Beast
14. Minigame: Sand-Seal Race
15. Sand-Seal Race: Win

LP7:
1. Recovered Memory: Zelda's Awakening
2. Zelda's Behest
3. Hyrule Castle Town Ruins
4. Hyrule Castle
5. Calamity Ganon Appears
6. The Champions' Power Mobilized
7. Battle With Calamity Ganon (First Form)
8. Battle With Calamity Ganon (Second Form)
9. Dark Beast Ganon Appears
10. Battle With Dark Beast Ganon
11. Do You Really Remember Me?
12. Staff Credits
13. Epilogue

LP8:
1. Tarrey Town
2. Trothed In Tarrey Town
3. Hateno Ancient Tech Lab
4. Akkala Ancient Tech Lab
5. 2017 Nintendo Switch Presentation Trailer
6. Shrine Of A Champion
7. The Final Trial
8. The Monk Maz Koshia
9. The Princess And The Champions
10. The Champions' Ballad: Finale
11. The Champions' Ballad

2LP Tracklisting:
1. Main Theme
2. Overworld (Day)
3. The Shrine's Trial
4. The Stables
5. Galloping (Day)
6. Hateno Village (Day)
7. Kakariko Village (Day)
8. The Temple Of Time
9. Overworld (Battle) - Original Soundtrack Ver.
10. Battle (Shrine) - Original Soundtrack Ver.
11. Stone Talus Battle
12. Hinox Battle
13. Guardian Battle
14. Kass's Theme
15. Great Fairy Fountain
16. Attendants To The Sacred Springs
17. The Lost Woods
18. Korok Forest (Day)
19. Zora's Domain (Day)
20. Battle With Divine Beast Vah Ruta
21. Reuniting With Mipha
22. Rito Village (Day)
23. Battle With Divine Beast Vah Medoh
24. Reuniting With Revali
25. Gerudo Town (Day)
26. Battle With Thunderblight Ganon
27. Reuniting With Urbosa
28. Goron City (Day)
29. Reuniting With Daruk
30. Hyrule Castle
31. Battle With Calamity Ganon (Second Form)
32. Battle With Dark Beast Ganon
33. Do You Really Remember Me?
34. Epilogue