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STAFF COMMENTS
Andy says: If only Whyte Horses, with their beautiful way with melody, were to ever release an instrumental LP......waiiiiit a minute!!!TRACK LISTING
SIDE A
1. Lost Souvenir
2. Triangular Dreams
3. Interlude 01
4. We Made It
5. Interlude 02
6. Long Way To Get There
7. Tripoli
SIDE B
1. Lonely Jewel
2. Interlude 03
3. Taste Of Gold
4. Interlude 04
5. Thought I Told You
6. Had To Go

This extended version includes seven intimate and previously unreleased songs charged with an undeniable electro energy. While attentive listeners had already caught the very tragic “Dernier des voyages” during her shows, nothing was yet known of “L'Envol” and its existential impulse, the post-breakup tenderness of “Est-ce que tu vas bien?”, the artistic profession of faith on “Ô travers”, the explicit sensuality of “Hab Sex”, or even “Parler l'amour” and lastly “Old Friend” written and recorded with the very one who had given rise to her desire and urgency to make music...”
TRACK LISTING
1. La Fontaine De Sang
2. Aspiration
3. Les Dormantes
4. La Symphonie Des éclairs
5. Les Garçons
6. Langage
7. Dis-moi Que Tu M'aimes
8. Mon Inconnu
9. Je Rêve
10. Tristesse
11. Suffisamment
12. Mon Corps
13. Ne Te Regarde Pas
14. Le Dernier Des Voyages
15. Old Friend
16. Ô Travers
17. Est-ce Que Tu Vas Bien ?
18. Hab Sex
19. Parler L’amour

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- 12"
- £14.99
- Cat Number
- NUNS058V
- Release date
- 28 Jul '23
On the Healer EP, the Istanbul-based producer showcases the more atmospheric, sun-kissed end of her productions, taking a turn away from synth-powered, disco-leaning club tracks towards something more suitable for al-fresco events, sun-down sets, and sofa-bound listening sessions.
Inspired by a poem inscribed on the back cover of the EP, Erbay’s two original instrumental tracks simply ooze with emotion. The poem tells the story of a whale searching for her family while helping others along the way, which acts as a metaphor for our wider search for belonging and acceptance.
This aural narrative unfolds firstly across ‘Heart of a Healer’, a slowly unfurling stunner in which emotion-rich chords, gentle electronic melodies and Erbay’s poignant and picturesque piano motifs, gently rise above a chunky dub disco bassline and mid-tempo, triple-time drums.
Delving further, the effortlessly emotional, life-affirming composition ‘Healer Whale’, where Erbay’s impeccable piano playing ushers in languid, jazz-flecked drums, dubby bass, sumptuous synth-strings and colourful, slow-moving chords.
On remix dutires, NYC-based Italian Danilo Braca, who also mastered the release, provides a fine club-focused fix of ‘Heart of a Healer’, laced with crunchy machine drums and undulating TB-303 acid lines. NuNorthern Soul regular Marshall Watson handles ‘Healer Whale’, first delivering a fine ‘Remix’ version that effortlessly blurs the boundary between dub disco and Balearic nu-disco, before serving up a shorter, ambient ‘Reprise’ version.
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: It might be pissing it down in the UK right now - but we're in peak season Balearic! Phil Coopers' NuNorthern Soul can always be relied upon for the paradisiacal vibrations and this new one by Zeynep Erbay is no exception. Hammocks at the ready!TRACK LISTING
A1. Heart Of A Healer [Original]
A2. Heart Of A Healer [Danilo Braca Remix]
B1. Whale Healer [Original]
B2. Whale Healer [Marshall Watson Remix]
B3. Whale Healer [Marshall Watson Reprise]

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- CD
- £9.99
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- CDSTUMM373
- Release date
- 6 Oct '14
Written on Vashon Island, WA and mixed in Los Angeles, CA by Dean Hurley, ‘Taiga’ follows the widely celebrated albums ‘Versions’ (2013) and ‘Conatus’ (2011). This is Nika’s fourth fulllength album release.
In regards to the album title, Nika explains, “Taiga is the Russian name for the boreal forest. For me it feels very alive… very expansive. It represents a feral, untapped world that could happily exist without us. There are taiga forests in Northern Wisconsin where I was raised, and also in Russia where my ancestors are from, so it also feels very native.”
Liberated in the present and connected to the past, this album is a transition for Zola Jesus. Masterful layers of composition are bathed in familiar atmospheric vocals but a new sensibility is deeply present.
‘Taiga’ is at once challenging and accessible and is undeniably branded with what Nika terms a “piercing ambition.” Such encompassing purpose, she explains, would be impossible without a newfound sense of artistic self. The album is a declaration of that purpose; one faced with jarring clarity in both its content and production. Nika summates, “For me, it feels like my true debut, because it is the first time I have felt so open and liberated.”
TRACK LISTING
1. Taiga
2. Dangerous Days
3. Dust
4. Hunger
5. Go (Blank Sea)
6. Ego
7. Lawless
8. Nail
9. Long Way Down
10. Hollow
11. It's Not Over

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- Coloured LP
- £19.99
- Cat Number
- SBR297LPC1
- Release date
- 24 Jun '22
- Format Info
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- LP
- £19.99
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- SBR297LP
- Release date
- 24 Jun '22
- Includes MP3 Download Code.
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- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- SBR297CD
- Release date
- 24 Jun '22
On previous albums, Danilova had largely played the role of auteur, meticulously crafting every aspect of Zola Jesus’s sound and look. This time, she realized that her habitual need for control was sealing her out of her art. Arkhon sees Zola Jesus’s first collaboration with producer Randall Dunn (Sunn O))), Earth, Mandy soundtrack, Candyman soundtrack) and with drummer and percussionist Matt Chamberlain, whose prior work appears on albums by Fiona Apple, Bob Dylan, and David Bowie. Arkhon runs the spectrum from songs whose weight lies in their bare simplicity, like “Desire,” an elegiac piano composition about the end of a relationship that was recorded acoustically in a single take, to towering, groove-oriented tracks like “The Fall” and the tight, interlocking percussion and samples of a Slovenian folk choir in “Lost,” which propel narratives of collective despair and mutual comfort in kind. Through these turns, Arkhon reveals itself as an album whose power derives from abandon. Both its turmoils and its pleasures take root in the body, letting individual consciousness dissolve into the thick of the beat.
Despite the darkness curled inside reality, there is power, too, in surrendering to what can’t be pinned down, to the wild unfurling of the world in all its unforeseeable motion. That letting go is the crux of Arkhon, which marks a new way of moving and making for Zola Jesus.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: Zola Jesus' music has always been uncompromising, and had a distinct identity all of it's own, but on 'Arkhon', Danilova mixes her distinctive compositional style with a number of collaborators, resulting in a fractured, visceral hybrid of modern industrial music and abstracted synth-pop.TRACK LISTING
1 Lost
2 The Fall
3 Undertow
4 Into The Wild
5 Dead And Gone
6 Sewn
7 Desire
8 Fault
9 Efemra
10 Do That Anymore

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- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- SBR184CD
- Release date
- 8 Sep '17
Fittingly, the 11 electronics-driven songs on Okovi share musical DNA with her early work on Sacred Bones. The music was written in pure catharsis, and as a result, the sonics are heavy, dark, and exploratory. In addition to the contributions of Danilova’s longtime live bandmate Alex DeGroot, producer/musician WIFE, cellist/noise-maker Shannon Kennedy from Pedestrian Deposit, and percussionist Ted Byrnes all helped build Okovi’s textural universe.
With Okovi, Zola Jesus has crafted a profound meditation on loss and reconciliation that stands tall alongside the major works of its genre. The album peaks of tragedy with great wisdom and clarity. Its songs plumb dark depths, but they reflect light as well.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
Last year, I moved back to the woods in Wisconsin where I was raised. I built a little house just steps away from where my dilapidated childhood tree fort is slowly recombining into earth. Okovi was fed by this return to roots and several very personal traumas.
While writing Okovi, I endured people very close to me trying to die, and others trying desperately not to. Meanwhile, I was fighting through a haze so thick I wasn’t sure I’d find my way to the other side. Death, in all of its masks, has been encircling everyone I love, and with it the questions of legacy, worth, and will.
Okovi is a Slavic word for shackles. We’re all shackled to something—to life, to death, to bodies, to minds, to illness, to people, to birthright, to duty. Each of us born with a unique debt, and we have until we die to pay it back. Without this cost, what gives us the right to live? And moreover, what gives us the right to die? Are we really even free to choose?
This album is a deeply personal snapshot of loss, reconciliation, and a sympathy for the chains that keep us all grounded to the unforgiving laws of nature. To bring it to life, I decided to enlist the help of Alex DeGroot, who has been the only constant in my live band and helped mix the Stridulum EP back in 2010. It will be released on Sacred Bones, the closest group of people I’ll ever have to blood-bound family.
TRACK LISTING
1. Doma
2. Exhumed
3. Soak
4. Ash To Bone
5. Witness
6. Siphon
7. Veka
8. Wiseblood
9. NMO
10. Remains
11. Half Life

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- Coloured LP
- £19.99
- Cat Number
- SBR184LPC4
- Release date
- 24 Jun '22
- Format Info
15-year anniversary clear and black splatter vinyl
15-year anniversary clear... [ + ]
Fittingly, the 11 electronics-driven songs on Okovi share musical DNA with her early work on Sacred Bones. The music was written in pure catharsis, and as a result, the sonics are heavy, dark, and exploratory. In addition to the contributions of Danilova’s longtime live bandmate Alex DeGroot, producer/musician WIFE, cellist/noise-maker Shannon Kennedy from Pedestrian Deposit, and percussionist Ted Byrnes all helped build Okovi’s textural universe.
With Okovi, Zola Jesus has crafted a profound meditation on loss and reconciliation that stands tall alongside the major works of its genre. The album speaks of tragedy with great wisdom and clarity. Its songs plumb dark depths, but they reflect light as well.
TRACK LISTING
1. Doma
2. Exhumed
3. Soak
4. Ash To Bone
5. Witness
6. Siphon
7. Veka
8. Wiseblood
9. NMO
10. Remains
11. Half Life

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- CD
- £12.49
- Cat Number
- SBR185CD
- Release date
- 8 Sep '17
-Nika Roza Danilova, June 2017
Collects the early Zola Jesus EPs Stridulum and Valusia in a single volume for the first time.
TRACK LISTING
1. Night (3:37)
2. Trust Me (2:01)
3. I Can’t Stand (4:10)
4. Stridulum (4:22)
5. Run Me Out (3:19)
6. Manifest Destiny (3:16)
7. Poor Animal (4:27)
8. Tower (3:58)

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- LP
- £18.99
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- FKR092LP
- Release date
- 15 Feb '19
TRACK LISTING
Ikarie XB-1
Surveillance On Standby/Alpha Centauri
A Small Stone In Space
Sunflower For A New Star
The Backwoods Of The Universe
Silver Ball (Věra In Cameo)
E.V.A. Will Teach You
The Tigers Breath
The Dark Star
Do Not Eat The Fruit
The Awakening
Voyage To The End (Of The Universe)
The White Planet

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- LP
- £20.99
- Cat Number
- ESOL4LP
- Release date
- 14 Jun '24
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- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- ESOL4CD
- Release date
- 14 Jun '24
Zara McFarlane said “It was when I started to listen to Sarah Vaughan that I really began to appreciate jazz vocals. She had such control across her range and a vocal command that was cheeky, playful and fun yet sophisticated and articulate. I really wanted to pay homage to her as I feel she has been somewhat overlooked amongst the jazz singers. Although I do love Ella and Billie, it's all about Sarah for me.”
‘Sweet Whispers – Celebrating Sarah Vaughan’ was recorded analogue at Durham Studios, London. Giacomo assembled a stellar cast of musicians - Joe Webb on piano, Ferg Ireland on double bass, Jas Kayser on drums, Marlon Hibbert on Steel Pan and Gabriella Swallow on cello – to record 11 tracks live to tape; with minimal overdubs, the recording has retained a live, vintage feel.
A celebration of Sarah Vaughan could be in no better hands than that of Zara McFarlane, who makes an inspired homage to the ‘Divine One’. Beautifully performed in Zara’s own inimitable style, with her own playful swoops and slides, she has added her own touch to the music. With a silken voice and timbre that brings emotional depth, attitude and personality to this collection of Sarah Vaughan songs, this is a masterful celebration.
TRACK LISTING
1. Tenderly
2. Mean To Me
3. Inner City Blues
4. September Song
5. Great Day
6. If You Could See Me Now
7. Interlude
8. Obsession
9. The Mystery Of Man
10. Stardust
11. Sweet Whispers

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- Paperback Book
- £9.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 9798765106754
- Release date
- 14 Nov '24
With barely any vocals recorded, Brock emerged from the hospital with his jaw completely wired shut, and returned to a mostly empty studio. And there, on a diet of painkillers, in a neighborhood that wanted to purge the band from its borders, a creative alchemy took place that would redefine Modest Mouse and indie rock at large.
The fact that the band finished the album at all is surprising. The fact that it is now considered by critics as “hands-down one of the greatest records ever made” (NME) is perhaps an utter miracle.
The Moon & Antarctica is an album so strange and enigmatic, from those sweet opening notes, to the plunging depths of the middle, to the shocking, furious end, that you almost hesitate to listen to it again for fear of it losing its chaotic magic. But then you do, and you discover all-new sounds-a lost harmonic here, a stray percussion element there, a fresh interpretation of a lyric that leaves you thunderstruck.
And that ever-looming question, years on: How the hell did Modest Mouse pull this off?!

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- LP
- £32.99
- Cat Number
- WWSLP86
- Release date
- 3 May '24
TRACK LISTING
1. Al Muqademah 1 (Introduction 1)
2. I'alan (Advertisement)
3. Mashad Al Fahes (Examination)
4. Tango
5. Break
6. Al Muqademah 2 (Introduction 2) - Inst.
7. Al Muqademah (Introduction) - Inst.
8. Tagheer Awal (First Change)
9. Oghniyat El Shahadeen
10. Tagheer Thani (Second Change)
11. Al Piano
12. Tagheer Thaleth (Third Change)
13. Al Jeel (The Generation)
14. Hake Ad Ma Baddak Fee
15. Oghniyat El Gharam
16. Mashhad Al Hob
17. End Of Chapter 1
18. Kabbaret Dancing
19. Kbareah Wa Mhajjaren
20. Slow
21. Mashhad Al Serk
22. Final - Al Adala

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- CD
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- MICRO001
- Release date
- 11 Dec '00

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- 7"
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- SCRU 009
- Release date
- Expected 20 Jun '25
Release date: Expected 20 Jun '25
TRACK LISTING
Trip Through The Galaxy
Supernova Child

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- 7"
- £4.49
- Cat Number
- PUMA 007
- Release date
- 18 Nov '02

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- 12"
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- ER002
- Release date
- 1 Dec '23
The stripped back, bouncy ‘Moving’ features the vocals of London based poet and musician, James Massiah. An eerie synth runs throughout, complimentary to the vocals and choppy drums. The lead track, 'My Luv', is an out and out club-weapon. Chopped up vocals and a deep dark sub bass. This has seen a Summer of being deployed by some of the best DJs in the scene, taking advantage of its ‘obnoxiously long’ breakdown, before descending into chaos.
Complimenting these two tracks, 'Page 365' is a more sensitive body of music, engaging listeners with a strong bassline hook, before progressing into a more heavy hitting club track, with a large focus on groove, taking influence from the UK Funky scene. Finally, the most club-driven track from the record. 'Flatspot' is dominated by its forceful bassline and rolling percussion. This is out and out designed for peak-hour fun.
TRACK LISTING
A1. Moving
A2. My Luv
B1. Flatspot
B2. Page 365

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- 2xLtd LP
- £25.99
- Cat Number
- MP29LP
- Release date
- 7 Jan '22
In this way the album conveys all these primal and ancient emotions in a cybernetically enhanced manner; smothered in a dissolute darkness that only the deepest recesses of space and reveal...
TRACK LISTING
Side 1
1. Bless (interlude) (2:14)
2. Dream But Be Careful (5:50)
3. Noise Hub (6:11)
Side 2
1. Take Me Somewhere (5:30)
2. A Lightning Bolt Strikes The Mountaintop (3:40)
Side 3
1. Compossibility (7:04)
2. Let It Drain From You All (3:46)
Side 4
1. Russian Galaxy (4:29)
2. Trittico (feat Transgressorcorruptor) (4:22)
3. Ethernity (3:47)

Warren Zanes
Dusty Springfield's Dusty In Memphis - 33 1/3
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
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- Paperback Book
- £9.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 9780826414922
- Release date
- 30 Oct '03

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- 12"
- £19.99
- Cat Number
- BDQ 012
- Release date
- 18 Oct '24
TRACK LISTING
A1. Follow My Heart (extended Mix)
A2. Follow My Heart (Bangsy 808 Discomix)
B1. Everlasting

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- 12"
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- PSWEAT001
- Release date
- 15 Jan '16
TRACK LISTING
A1. Killer
B1. Big Bone Bitch
B2. Big Bone Bitch (Bell Towers Edit)

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- 2xLP
- £40.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 5527080
- Release date
- 30 Jun '23
TRACK LISTING
2LP
Side 1
Funky Nothingness
Tommy/Vincent Duo I
Love Will Make Your Mind Go Wild
I'm A Rollin' Stone
Side 2
Chunga's Revenge (Basement Version)
Basement Jam
Side 3
Work With Me Annie / Annie Had A Baby
Tommy/Vincent Duo II
Sharleena (1970 Record Plant Mix)
Side 4
Khaki Sack
Twinkle Tits
3CD
CD 1: Funky Nothingness - The Album
Funky Nothingness
Tommy/Vincent Duo I
Love Will Make Your Mind Go Wild
I'm A Rollin' Stone
Chunga's Revenge (Basement Version)
Basement Jam
Work With Me Annie / Annie Had A Baby
Tommy/Vincent Duo II
Sharleena (1970 Record Plant Mix)
Khaki Sack
Twinkle Tits
CD 2: Zappa/Hot Rats ’70 Session Masters And Bonus Nothingness
Chunga’s Revenge (Take 5)
Love Will Make Your Mind Go Wild (Take 4)
Transylvania Boogie (Unedited Master)
Sharleena (Unedited Master)
Work With Me Annie/Annie Had A Baby (Alternate Edit)
Twinkle Tits (Take 1, False Start)
Twinkle Tits (Take 2)
CD 3: Zappa/Hot Rats ’70 Session Masters And Bonus Nothingness
The Clap (Unedited Master-Part I)
The Clap (Unedited Master-Part II)
Tommy/Vincent Duo (Unedited Master)
Chunga’s Revenge (Take 8)
Halos And Arrows
Moldred
Fast Funky Nothingness

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- CD
- £11.49
- Cat Number
- 0238432
- Release date
- 30 Jul '12

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- Hardback Book
- £22.00
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 9781474623834
- Release date
- 29 Aug '24
But what are the consequences of growing up in a family who spend most of their time naked arguing about sexual/extra-marital liaisons and practising white magic in a free-for-all state of nonconformist, virtuoso abandon?Earth to Moon is a reckoning with self-esteem, the ghosts of the past and a mother and a father who, in the process of leaving their mark upon on the world, scarred their first daughter on home soil. Brutally self-deprecating and funny as hell, it belies a rose-tinted perspective on the 70s and 80s west coast American scene, from within the belly of the beast of the rock and roll world.

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- CD
- £9.99
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- SNDWCD122
- Release date
- 1 Sep '17
The tracks remain profoundly ‘gogo’ with traditional instruments and singing, but are infused with an organic electronic aesthetic. This is an afro-futurist journey that takes in dub, Balearic, ambient and electronic vibrations alongside Zawose’s hypnotic playing and emotive, plaintive vocals.
STAFF COMMENTS
Patrick says: Hypnotic, percussive and trance inducing grooves from Msafiri Zawose here. Fusing traditional rhythms and melodies with buzzing synth bass, off kilter mallets and fx abuse, the Tanzanian musician has created a killer LP which should find favour with the more exotic fringes of the disco/Balearic communities.
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- LP
- £19.99
- Cat Number
- UDACHA 018
- Release date
- 28 Jun '24
TRACK LISTING
Embodiment
Harp Phantasma
XB
Tidal Wave
Alliluya To Love
Volgo Rite
Saturday Daily
Law Inactivating Pholk

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- LP
- £20.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- MRBLP285
- Release date
- 1 Dec '23
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- CD
- £11.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- MRBCD285
- Release date
- 1 Dec '23
Rich in 70's soundtrack cool, the score is packed with orchestrated jazz, chase scene- funk, breaks, psychedelic freakouts and plenty of drama. The loose and quirky break- beat jazz- funk of 'Assalto' feels almost tailor- made for today's hiphop production aesthetic. The opening drum break of 'Esconderijo' is a sampler's dream and has already been reinterpreted by the Turkish Rapper Anil Piyanci, as well as Brazil's DJ Caique.
Carlos Imperial wrote liner notes and was an actor, filmmaker, television presenter, and media figure. His film 'O Esquadrao da Morte' is a violent heist movie starring Beto Bandeira, Claire Chevalier, and Baby Conceicao; in the vein of exploitation films and gritty, raw B- Movie cinema of the day. Both the film and album share striking, macabre artwork by artist Benicio. The instrumentalist, arranger, and singer- songwriter Ze Rodrix has worked with the cream of Brazilian music, having written songs covered by the greats, including Quarteto Em Cy, Ronald Mesquita, Elis Regina, Karma, and Celia, to name just a few. His written arrangements have graced the music of Luli Lucinha E O Bando and Helio Matheus. He was a member of the iconic group Som Imaginario and played piano and synthesizer on Secos & Molhado's classic 1973 album.
Mr. Bongo are super pleased to make this dusty treasure available again. It is a wonderful soundtrack score that more than holds its own with its European and American counterparts of the era.
TRACK LISTING
1. Esquadrao Da Morte
2. Um Homem E Um Homem E Um Homem
3. Chorinho Pro Tio
4. Tema De Amor
5. Bolero De Mangaratiba
6. Motoqueiros
7. Mundo!
8. Assalto
9. Esconderijo
10. Rhumba

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- LP
- £21.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- MRBLP190
- Release date
- 15 Mar '19
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- CD
- £11.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- MRBCD190
- Release date
- 15 Mar '19
TRACK LISTING
Ma
A Felicidade
Toc
To
Vai (Menina Amenha De Manha)
Ui!
(Voce Inventa)
Doi
Mae (Mae Solteira)
Hein?
So (Solidao)
Se
Indice

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- LP
- £33.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 40011
- Release date
- 16 Feb '24
Five of the songs from this album were in included on Brazil Classics Vol.40 - The Best of Tom Ze, compiled by David Byrne and released on Luaka Bop in 1990. "This was the record that took me out of circulation, explained Tom Zé. "Until then I was played on the radio." However, he admitted that "This album is something so joyful that I've done, that I don't even know how to explain. It was the best thing I've accomplished after years of incomprehensible lack of motivation. I noticed that my heart could stand being unpopular, and this conviction spread comfortably inside me. This record had the faculty of bringing back my internal joy. It has brought back the joy of singing, of making music, of creating, of accomplishing."
TRACK LISTING
1. Complexo De Epico
2. A Noite Do Meu Bem
3. Cademar
4. Todos Os Olhos
5. Dodo E Zeze
6. Quando Eu Era Sem Ninguem
7. Brigitte Bardot
8. Augusta, Angelica E Consolacao
9. Botaram Tanta Fumaca
10. O Riso E A Faca
11. Um "Oh" E Um "Ah"
12. Omplexo De Epico

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- CD
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- CDHOLE120
- Release date
- 8 Mar '04

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- Ltd 7"
- £5.49
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- RAF003S
- Release date
- 15 Apr '13

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- LP
- £18.49
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- RAF001LP
- Release date
- 17 Dec '12
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- CD
- £9.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- RAF001CD
- Release date
- 10 Dec '12
Fans of everyone from Bat For Lashes to The Horrors will find something to enjoy here.
The artwork features photos from celebrated fashion photographer Yuval Hen.
The album was written and produced entirely by Rachel and was recorded at Miloco’s The Pool and Abbey Road Studios alongside engineer Ben Thackeray.

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- Coloured LP
- £17.99
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- STR043LP
- Release date
- 29 Mar '19
- Format Info
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- CD
- £8.99
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- STR043CD
- Release date
- 29 Mar '19
The band have once again teamed up with M h of human consciousness and empathetic resistance to injustice. r. Kobo who hasn't disappointed with the beautiful and intricate sleeve artwork and lovingly presented by Mark James Works. For the audiophiles the gorgeous deep berry coloured vinyl will be a feast for the eyes as well as the ears.
Studio sessions helmed by producer and former live band member, Super Furry Animal’s Cian Ciarán, have driven the band to greater intricacy and an audible sense of playfulness, toying with compositional and recording technique. Having crafted their debut album in California, evocative of their cited inspirations including Spiritualized and Beach House, the upbeat trailblazing first single Flying High, recorded at Strangetown Studios in Caridff, suggests new and fertile creative ground has been found to ‘one up’ an already glinting reputation
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: For all of you that love the thrashing, but cohesive madness of the Lovely Eggs, the Zefur Wolves are here to brighten up your day. Throbbing guitars and snapping percussion are coated in an entirely non-eggy haze of shoegazing distortion and extended reverb. Thoroughly brilliant.TRACK LISTING
1) Truth Is In The Stars
2) Flying High
3) Letting Go
4) Contact High
5) Friend Of Mine
6) Under Waves
7) The Polygon
8) Revenir A Vous
9) Sunset In Mendocino
10) Strada Del Paradiso
11) Stars Of Omaha

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- Ltd 12"
- £16.99
- Cat Number
- KNT-41B
- Release date
- 28 Feb '25
A much anticipated return to Kontakt sees three highly atmospheric and unfathomably detailed cuts that ripple, plume and sway with pure finesse. A massage for the mind with rising pads, delicately plucked notes echoing through the mix, deeeeeep as you like bass, rotary arpeggios and shards of electrostatic crunch. The middle (quite literally) piece of the Detroit-Manchester-Berlin dub-tech puzzle! Recommended.
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Another big, epic, dub-techno jaunt from James from across the road! Smothering us with his weighted blanket of dubbed-out synthetics and deep, heady sounds. A cerebral pick-me-up for your mind's eye.TRACK LISTING
A1. Momentum
B1. Exodus
B2. Resolve

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- CD
- £12.99
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- NA5227CD
- Release date
- 13 May '22

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- 12"
- £12.99
- Cat Number
- OBIA004
- Release date
- 3 Nov '23
Followed by “Yeochu” a deeper more mature arrangement of drums characterizes the unseen spirit from the father figure. A message of analogue synth stabs and pads deliver a blessing followed by hypnotic piano riffs. Instructions and spiritual advice are given for those who are able to open up.
“Nights in Leblon” behold the oldest wisest spirit of them all. A breathtaking deep harmonic pad layered by countless drum percussion. The presence of ever evolving synth stabs and piano chords define the tracks rhythm and timbre.
To finish the EP Wendel Sield takes us on a completely different ancestral path. Flipping the script on “Nights in Leblon Acidic Rework” with a solid tb-303 acid line layered with tr-505 drums. The rework focuses on playful rhythm and minimal usage of elements. Surprisingly the record takes on a different harmony mid tune what makes the track ideal for DJs who like to switch it up during their sets.
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Straight up tribal deep house business in a similar vein to Ron Trent or Joe Clausell. "Yeochu" sounds a lot of like Henrik Schwarz's remix of Code 718's "Equinox".TRACK LISTING
Generations
Yeochu
Nights In Leblon
Nights In Leblon (Wendel Sields Acidic Rework)

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- CD
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- MOONCD071
- Release date
- 17 May '04

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- Ltd 7"
- £5.99
- Cat Number
- BBS001EP
- Release date
- 16 Sep '16
TRACK LISTING
1. Every Lil' Bit
2. Every Lil' Bit (Thatmanmonkz Remix Feat Malik Ameer)

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- Coloured LP
- £20.99
- Cat Number
- LC75NY
- Release date
- 11 Feb '22
- Format Info
Neon Yellow Vinyl.
Neon Yellow Vinyl.
RIYL: Tame Impala, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Spacemen 3, TOPS.
A quicksilver track that glides on a buoyant bassline and glistening melodic interplay, “No One” is the sound of joy. While it’s easy to pigeonhole it as a dreampop track, there’s undoubtedly hints of psych, funk and Kraut all nestled in there, The Zephyr Bones blurring the lines with ease in this intoxicating track that shows growth in their sonic heft without losing their feathery lightness.
Beats per Minute
"No One" opens up like a traditional indie dance track, with sparkling guitars and a vibrant synth lead reminiscent of a cut from The Strokes or Tame Impala. But it progresses in a fascinating way, bringing in a crunchy psychedelic guitar solo and a funky instrumental breakdown at the end. This track has a variety of sounds, but it's prog rock more than anything, as the dynamic instrumentation sticks out the most. Every layer here is not only an excellent piece to the larger puzzle while also being technically impressive on its own. Despite these nods to the more experienced rock nerd, what's the most fascinating is how accessible the tune really is. The wild drum beats, dense synth layers, and lightning-quick guitars demonstrate the true cerebral chemistry of the group. The sheer musical talent doesn't hurt either.
Earmilk
When The Zephyr Bones first burst into the scene they crushed everything that got in their way. Their music slapped us like a wave when it reaches shore. It took us by surprise and left us asking yearning for more. They coined their style “beach wave”. All this became a first album titled Secret Place, something like the sonic coordinates of a sunny place with a soundtrack of guitars with reverb and intoxicating melodies. You can’t tell whether you’ve been there or not, but you definitely want to go back.
In Neon Body they are the same people, but it hits differently. Their melodies and suggestive guitar riffs are on point. They are able to take you back to places. You will never finish these 10 tracks in the same place where you were when you first hit play. Speaking of The Zephyr Bones is speaking of pure freedom. And yet, in this second album we get to know them in a different way, more determined and with a renewed intensity. The landscape has also changed and now the tone reminds us of the twilight, and in some songs you can even feel the reflection of neon light on your skin.
But let’s not lose the point. What matters here are the songs, and in this album you can find pretty damn good ones. “No One”, the first single, is an excellent entry into the universe created in Neon Body. Addictive and irresistible, it will instantly get you dancing and singing along. “So High” is a dizzying and fast-paced first track. By the time “Verneda Lights” arrives, you have fully surrendered to Brian Silva (vocals, guitar and synthesizers), Jossip Tkalcic (guitar and vocals), Marc López (drums) and Carlos Ramos (bass). “Sparks” shines with its own light: it is a controlled fire until the final part of the song makes everything burn again. “Plastic Freedom” goes all-in with an infallible riff. “Velvet” is as elegant as its title suggests, and “Rocksteady” hits the bullseye again with a chorus that hits like a poisonous dart. “Neon Eyes’’ lifts you up with heavenly back up vocals and “Afterglow” keeps you with your feet on the ground – Why? Because begs you to dance. And then comes “Celeste V”, a song that speaks about loss that puts an end to the recording.
TRACK LISTING
1. So High
2. Verneda Lights
3. No One
4. Afterglow
5. Sparks
6. Neon Eyes
7. Plastic Freedom
8. Rocksteady
9. Velvet
10. Celeste V

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- 2xLP
- £18.99
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- NEW9253LP
- Release date
- 17 Aug '18
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- 2xCD
- £11.99
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- NEW9331CD
- Release date
- 30 Nov '18
- Format Info
Special edition with an extra 11 tracks.
Special edition with an... [ + ]
Singles taken from the original album included ‘I Have Seen’ featuring Mozez, ‘Destiny’ featuring Sia & Sophie Barker, "In the Waiting Line" featuring Sophie Barker and "Distractions" featuring Sia. The LP has been out of print for almost two decades and second-hand copies of the original pressing are changing hands on Ebay and Discogs for upwards of £100!
STAFF COMMENTS
Andy says: Beautiful, lushly produced downtempo grooves topped with sweet melodies, somewhat akin to French masters Air but with soul and jazz flavours, this is a timeless classic, and every home should have one!TRACK LISTING
LP:
I Have Seen
Polaris
Destiny
Give It Away
Simple Things
Red Dust
Distractions
In The Waiting Line
Out Of Town
This World
Likufanele
CD:
Disc 1:
I Have Seen
Polaris / Destiny
Give It Away
Simple Things
Red Dust
Distractions
In The Waiting Line
Out Of Town
This World
Likufanele
End Theme
Disc 2:
Simple Things (KFOG Session)
Destiny (KFOG Session)
In The Waiting Line (KFOG Session)
Monday Night
Spinning
Salt Water Sound
Distractions (Version Idjut)
In The Waiting Line (Dorfmeister Con Madrid De Los Austrias Dub)
End Theme (Herberts Chop Dub)
Distractions (Block 16 Mix)
Destiny (Photek Remix)

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- 2xLP
- £18.99
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- NEW9259LP
- Release date
- 3 Apr '20
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- 2xCD
- £11.99
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- NEW9370CD
- Release date
- 3 Apr '20
TRACK LISTING
CD1:
Futures
Throw It All Away
Seeing Things
The Pageant Of The Bizarre
You’re My Flame
Left Behind
Today
This Fine Social Scene
Your Place
If I Can’t Have You
Crosses
Waiting To Die
CD2:
Dreaming
Thistles
Carolina
Futures (Acoustic Version)
Seeing Things (Extended 12” Version)
Left Behind (Live Session)
Today (Live Session)
Dreaming (Live Session)
You’re My Flame (Live Session)
Crosses (Live Session)
The Pageant Of The Bizarre (Live Session)
LP1:
Futures
Throw It All Away
Seeing Things
The Pageant Of The Bizarre
You’re My Flame
Left Behind
LP2:
Today
This Fine Social Scene
Your Place
If I Can’t Have You
Crosses
Waiting
To Die

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- 2xColoured LP
- £26.99
- Cat Number
- NEW9271LPC
- Release date
- 25 Oct '24
- Format Info
Heavyweight 180g translucent orange and translucent green vinyl.
Heavyweight 180g... [ + ]
'When It Falls' was a Top 10 album, peaking at No.4 in the UK album charts and spent 24 weeks in total in the charts. It has sold over a quarter of a million copies. Stateside the album entered the Billboard Dance/ Electronic chart at #3 and stayed in the Top 20 of that chart for almost thirteen months. Singles taken from the original album include "Home" featuring Tina Dico, and "Warm Sounds" featuring Mozez . Sia and Sophie Barker also feature on the album, with tracks such as "Somersault" (a UK Top 100 single), "In Time" and Speed Dial No. 2.
TRACK LISTING
Warm Sound. (feat. Mozez)
Home (feat. Tina Dico)
Somersault (feat. Sia)
Passing By (feat. Sophie Barker)
Over Our Heads (feat. Mozez)
When It Falls (feat. Mozez)
The Space Between (feat. Tina Dico)
Speed Dial No. 2
Look Up
In Time (feat. Sophie Barker)
Morning Song

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- 2xLP
- £19.99
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- NEW9275LP
- Release date
- 8 Apr '22
- Format Info
180 gram heavyweight double vinyl.
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- CD
- £9.99
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- NEW9387CD
- Release date
- 8 Apr '22
- Format Info
This new CD edition includes 2 previously unreleased bonus tracks.
This new CD edition... [ + ]
TRACK LISTING
LP Tracks:
Disc 1
1. Count Me Out
2. Mr McGee
3. Swing
1. Everything Up (Zizou)
2. Pop Art Blue
3. Medicine Man
Disc 2
1. Ghost SYMbOL
2. Sleeper
3. Solastalgia
1. The Road
2. All Of Us
CD Tracks:
1. Count Me Out
2. Mr McGee
3. Swing
4. Everything Up [Zizou]
5. Pop Art Blue
6. Medicine Man
7. Ghost SYMbOL
8. Sleeper
9. Solastalgia
10. The Road
11. All Of Us
12. E Sgwers (demo Version)
13. Methods
14. Ghost SYMbOL (Klang Version)

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- LP
- £11.99
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- SC189LP
- Release date
- 9 Feb '09
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- CD
- £8.99
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- SC189CD
- Release date
- 9 Feb '09

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- Coloured LP
- £34.99
- Cat Number
- SC189LP-C1-V1
- Release date
- 9 Aug '24
- Format Info
Clear vinyl plus 7" single.
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From 1979 to 1983, the Indianapolis-based Zero Boys were the finest hardcore blitz in the Midwest if not all the lower 48 states. Compiled and released as a post-mortem following the band’s breakup, History Of… is the proof, if more was needed, that their take of American hardcore wasn’t all white bread numbers. Yeah, they played shows with Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys, Subhumans, and others but in Terry “Hollywood” Howe’s guitar there was harmonious terror and unstoppable cadence. Terry’s licks and chops — a leap beyond two or three chord punk — offered a zone and measured count for drummer Mark Cutsinger and bassist David “Tufty” Clough, a rhythm unit in par with the Minutemen if not The Meters, to run lines like quicksilver. Meanwhile, frontman, Paul “Z” Mahern provides a constant wash from beginning to end. Originally released in 1984 with a limited-edition reissue in 2009, this 40th anniversary edition includes the original LP of ‘History Of…’ and a 7” featuring four live recordings never previously pressed to vinyl and recorded at iconic hardcore/punk venue Crazy Al’s in 1980: “Livin’ In The 80’s”, “Stick To Your Guns”, “Commies”, and “I’m Absent”.
TRACK LISTING
LP - Side A
01 Drive In
02 Black Network News
03 Splish Splash
04 Inergy
05 Johnny Better Get
06 Dingy Bars Suck
07 Seen That Movie Before
08 High Places
09 Blood's Good
LP - Side B
10 Human Body
11 Mom's Wallet
12 Positive Change
13 Amerika
14 New Generation
15 Livin' In The '80s
16 Stoned To Death
17 Stick To Your Guns
18 I'm Bored
19 Piece Of Me
7” - Side A
01 Livin’ In The 80s (Live At Crazy
Al’s, September 6th, 1980)
02 Stick To Your Guns (Live At
Crazy Al’s, September 6th, 1980)
7” - Side B
03 Commies (Live At Crazy Al’s,
September 6th, 1980)
04 I’m Absent (Live At Crazy Al’s,
September 6th, 1980)

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- CD
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- FAT 619-2
- Release date
- 5 Mar '01

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- LP
- £22.99
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- MR462
- Release date
- 4 Oct '24

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- Cassette
- £8.99
- Cat Number
- CTFC004
- Release date
- 15 Jun '15
- Format Info
As usual - eye-bleeding wrap around tape inlay. On tape artwork on slime green C90 tapes. Comes with download to full album.
As usual - eye-bleeding... [ + ]
All compositions have been radionically tapped in real-time from the infinite sonic wisdom of the cosmos and dimensions beyond. Magnetically captured by the divine technological wonders of VHS and its equally majestic audio equivalent - the C90 Cassette Tape.
For the listeners' full enjoyment, safety and peace of mind - full assurance is given that during the process of duplication any physical tape material has been shielded from rogue malicious extra-dimensional entities, and from any real-time psionic black magick interference (or any variant or overlaid magnetised psi-programming)
Recorded at Cerberus Development Laboratories 2014/15
Vocal appearances by: Elizabeth Six & Don Lovedog.
Compiled and edited by Ste Spandex. Additional Musings by Anturio.
Includes unlimited streaming of Shadowcasters via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: The Cerberus space ship rockets onwards! This stupendously good star cruiser is like Manuel Gottsching or Ash Ra beamed deep, deep into a wormhole and coming out sometime close the very end of the known current universe. You know how the new Hubble is gonna show you light from the very beginning of time, well this is the sound vibrations transmitted at the very END of time and captured now, without any red shift. Get ya head 'round that pop pickers.
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- CD
- £12.49
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- CF072CD
- Release date
- 20 May '16
TRACK LISTING
1. They Came For Us
2. No Brains No Balls
3. The Sadist
4. Total Recall
5. Lizard
6. Sin Eaters
7. Giving Up The Ghost
8. Can?t Afford The Basics
9. My Lighter
10. Meat Man
11. Afraid Of The Dark
12. Night Of The Knife

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- Ltd LP
- £29.99
- Cat Number
- EZRDR191
- Release date
- 21 Jun '24
The origin of this record is a weird one. In 2019, we had just returned from two long European tours when we decided to take a “little break” from the road. You all know what happened next. That “little break” turned into a couple of years and during that time Dane, our drummer, decided to quit the band and music in general (no hard feelings).. Sean and I had a discussion and thought about ending the band as a whole, but I knew I had to go out on my own terms. I had an ace in the hole, though. Jeff Murray, drummer from LA rippers The Shrine. I had been friends with Jeff and The Shrine’s founder, Josh Landau since our “Scavenger” 7” came out, around 2012. We had run into them in Berlin a few months back and I knew they weren't playing anymore. I called Josh first, ‘cause asking a dude if you can take his drummer, is like asking your girlfriend's Dad if you can marry her. And Josh said “go for it”. And Jeff was in.
Honestly if he had said no, that would have been the end. I had written a ton of stuff since our last album but I had shelved most of it. I was trying too hard - basically. Eventually Sean, Jeff and I said, ‘Fuck it, let’s make a “Fake Live” record’ - like Kiss or Slayer did. John Dwyer from Osees was opening his new studio, Discount Mirrors and it seemed like the perfect place to record it. We settled on re-recording a bunch of old stuff while simultaneously demoing our new material, as the three of us were now starting to really get in the groove. The result is Strange Masters Vol. 1.
These are not new songs. These are Zig Zags classics re-recorded with a ripping-ass band that’s old and angry and just wants to get on with it. We are already on to recording the next album of new songs. That one is coming soon, but in the meantime, enjoy this one…while you still can!-Jed Maheu-Guitars-Vocals-Zig Zags
TRACK LISTING
1. Scavenger
2. Fallout
3. Brainded Warrior
4. Magic
5. Voices Of The Paranoid
6. Punk Fucking Metal
7. My Lighter
8. No Blade Of Grass
9. They Came For Us
10. Bloodstains

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- LP
- £20.99
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- EZRDR107
- Release date
- 10 May '19
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- CD
- £12.99
- Cat Number
- EZRDR107CD
- Release date
- 10 May '19
He’s cartoon character with a Swastika shirt, nodding off while everyone else loads the gear. I don't care if it's punk - you still gotta be able to play.” - J. Maheu, lead vocals and guitar for Zig Zags 8 years, 7 singles, 3 albums, 3 bass players, 2 drummers and God knows how many shows later - Zig Zags has continually evolved, mutated, transitioned and transformed, rising again and again, like a phoenix emerging from the flame. The addition of the newest member of our triumvirate - multi-instrumentalist, designated bassist (and longtime Zig Zags sound engineer) Sean Hoffman - recalls those golden moments past, when destiny stepped in...like when Neil Peart joined Rush or Bob Rock teamed up with Metallica. In short - the circle is now complete, the cornerstone has been set and the winged serpent rises - once again. Some say it’s luck, but really, it’s about patience.
A band is like a relationship. You have to know when to push, and when to hold back. You gotta listen and you gotta learn. We look to the masters. Like Henry and Glenn, we’ve gone from drinking hooch to pumpin’ iron. We quit smoking. Two of us are married, for chrissakes! After 2017’s brutal European tour, which left us coughing blood and taking names, we sought out Lemmy’s Doctor (Feel Good), who diagnosed us with,”Rock’n’roll Pneumonia”. Like Lemmy, we were pushing too hard. And if you push too hard you’ll end up in an apartment above The Rainbow Room, playing video poker on Christmas Eve (which is also your birthday)...but that’s another story.
TRACK LISTING
01. Punk Fucking Metal
02. Killer Of Killers
03. Fallout
04. No Way Out
05. Ms 45
06. The Shout
07. Why I Carry A Knife
08. They'll Never Take Us Alive
09. Nothing To Do
10. God Sized

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- 2xLP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- SILLP1316
- Release date
- 7 Jul '14
• A limited edition of just 500 copies WORLDWIDE
• Gatefold sleeve double album
• Orange Vinyl
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
1. Vespertilio
2. Eptesicus
3. Myotis
4. Barbastella
SIDE 2
1. Artibeus
2. Tadarida
3. Macrotus
SIDE 3
1. Antrozous
2. Nycteris
3. Molossus
SIDE 4
1. Corynorhinus
2. Lasiurus

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- 3xLtd LP
- £36.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 19802826151
- Release date
- 31 Jan '25
- Format Info
Limited edition 3x180g audiophile vinyl.
Limited edition 3x180g... [ + ] -
- 2xCD
- £18.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 19802826152
- Release date
- 31 Jan '25
THE WORLD OF HANS ZIMMER – PART II: A NEW DIMENSION features Zimmer accompanied by a stellar ensemble of soloists and collaborators, including singers Lebo M, Lisa Gerrard, Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod, and Nokukhanya Dlamini; multi-woodwind wizard Pedro Eustache; bass player Juan García-Herreros; guitarist Alexios Anest; pianist Eliane Correa; cellist Mariko Muranaka; violinist Rusanda Panfili; and percussionists Aleksandra Šuklar, Luis Ribeiro, and Lucy Landymore. Together, they perform alongside the Odessa Orchestra & Friends and the Nairobi Chamber Choir, under the baton of conductor Gavin Greenaway.
The World of Hans Zimmer – Part II: A New Dimension is available as a 2-CD set and a limited edition 3 x 180g audiophile vinyl.
TRACK LISTING
Part 1
Man Of Steel Suite: Part 1 "What Are You Going To Do When You Are Not Saving The World?
Driving (Miss Daisy)
The Rock: Two Parts Suite
James Bond: Two Parts Suite
Interstellar: Two Parts Suite
Dune II - Part 1: Intro + Part 2: "A Time Of Quiet…"
The Prince Of Egypt: Three Parts Suite
Wonder Woman: Two Parts Suite
Sherlock Holmes: Three Parts Suite
Inception: Part 1: Dream Is Collapsing + Part 2: Time
Part 2
The Dark Knight
Gladiator: Four Parts Suite
Pearl Harbor: Two Parts Suite
Kung Fu Panda: Two Parts Suite
Power Of One: Mother Africa
The Lion King: Four Parts Suite
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Two Parts Suite

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- Signed LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- 4AD0756LPE-SIGNED
- Release date
- 11 Oct '24
- Format Info
Signed print, recycled coloured vinyl.
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- Coloured LP
- £22.99
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- 4AD0756LPE
- Release date
- 11 Oct '24
- Format Info
Recycled coloured vinyl.
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- LP
- £21.99
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- 4AD0756LP
- Release date
- 11 Oct '24
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- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- 4AD0756CD
- Release date
- 11 Oct '24
“After years of writing and filling a box with over 500 song sheets, I had finally found my path, my originality, my voice. It had become clear to me that songs of only one kind were worth spending time on: those which had a positive message and a peaceful vibration [...] Just poetry. Little hums that perhaps might lift us all above our daily worries and fears, little hums that try to make the world a better place to live in.” – Tucker Zimmerman
Despite sailing under the radar throughout most of his storied and multi-layered career, the 83-year-old native Californian has received praise from contemporaries like Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker (“Tucker Zimmerman is one of the greatest songwriters of all time,”) and even from one of the greats (David Bowie called Zimmerman, “too qualified for folk.”). Inspired by Lenker’s appreciation for his work, Zimmerman was brought to the States to record the album, with Big Thief (and collaborators Mat Davidson and Zach Burba) serving as his backing band. On many tracks, Lenker meets Zimmerman half-way, their vocals fusing together in a soothing harmony; Zimmerman’s beloved wife, Marie-Claire, who graces the album’s cover also joined the chorus line.
With 'Dance Of Love', listeners will find a multi-faceted and heartfelt record from a songwriter who has had a full and exciting life decorated with meaningful friendships, hard but valuable lessons, worldly experience, and ultimately, lots of love.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: Beautifully warm country-adjacent ballads and folky psychedelic rock that's so perfectly matched to the whole vibe of Big Thief, that their involvement doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Zimmerman's work is evocative and beautiful, and a perfect listen for any fans of Adrienne Lenker or Big Thief.TRACK LISTING
1. Old Folks Of Farmersville
2. Idiot’s Maze
3. Lorelei
4. The Season
5. Burial At Sea
6. They Don’t Say It (But It’s True)
7. Leave It On The Porch Outside
8. The Ram-a-lam-a-ding-dong Song
9. Don’t Go Crazy (Go In Peace)
10. Nobody Knows

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- LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- WWLP064
- Release date
- 11 Apr '25
For this album Zion Train return to their roots with copious amounts of analogue Dub mixing performed by Perch on his TAC Scorpion vintage mixing desk. With mastering at the Pressure Mastering, and artwork by the highly acclaimed anarchist artist Marko Gin from Croatia, this album presents Zion Train at their creative, anarchic best.
TRACK LISTING
1. Corridors Of Breath
2. Travelling
3. Cosmic Serpent
4. Move To Love
5. Love To Dub
6. Rwandan Holiday
7. Protection By Complexion
8. Recession Dub
9. Mother Of Creation
10. Sloe Revenge
11. Things Fall Apart
12. Nepantla (The In Between Space)

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- LP
- £20.99
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- MRBLP243
- Release date
- 25 Mar '22
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- CD
- £10.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- MRBCD243
- Release date
- 25 Mar '22
The trippy, surrealist 60s cover design with hands holding eyeballs is somewhat confusing. Rather than the stoner acid rock record that the art may suggest, 'Alucinolândia' is actually a quintessential 60s gem, mixing samba, MPB, bossa nova, quirky organ-led mod-jazz groovers and easy-listening crooners with a relaxed cool swagger.
Zito Righi aka Isidoro Righi, the Brazilian saxophonist, instrumentalist, conductor and composer brought together an illustrious cast for this masterpiece, including the much-loved vocalist Sônia Santos. Sônia delivers a masterclass on the album's opener, and maybe its crown-jewel 'Poema Ritmico Do Malandro'. The song is fierce and driving with an enticing funk intro that bursts into a Samba / Batucada workout. A real monster that works magic on the dancefloor. Sônia would later re-visit this track in 1971 on a recording for Copacabana Records, which Mr Bongo released as part of the Brazil45 series. The Brazilian songwriter Roberval penned three tracks on the record, including another highlight and the far too short 'Birimbau'; a catchy Brazilian jazzy-samba dancer at its finest. Other musicians include the drummer Fernando who also recorded with the greats Dila & Guilherme Coutinho.
The fact the record was released in 1969 meant it was probably a bit out of step with its contemporaries in comparison to the works of artists such as Os Mutantes, Gilberto Gil et al. The core of 'Alucinolândia' is that of a more optimistic early to mid-sixties party feelgood vibe rather than the angsty, psychedelia, and rebellion of the Tropicália movement. Over 50 years since its release, the work can finally be judged on its own merit; and what a beauty it is.
TRACK LISTING
Poema Ritmico Do Malandro
Somos Todos Irmãos
Once In A While
Birimbau
Primeira Conjugacao
Bye Bye
Love Is Here To Stay
Isnt' A Dream
Sou Feliz Aqui
Adeus Amor
Alvorada
Hert

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- Ltd LP
- £24.99
- Cat Number
- BB386LP
- Release date
- 15 Apr '22

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- Coloured LP
- £28.99
- Cat Number
- MOVLP3525C
- Release date
- 5 Jan '24
- Format Info
Ltd edition of 750 individually numbered copies on 180g gold vinyl.
Ltd edition of 750... [ + ]
TRACK LISTING
Side A
1. Aries - The Fire-Fighter
2. Taurus - The Voluptuary
3. Gemini - The Cool Eye
4. Cancer - The Moon Child
5. Leo - The Lord Of Lights
6. Virgo - The Perpetual Perfectionist
Side B
1. Libra - The Flower Child
2. Scorpio - The Passionate Hero
3. Sagittarius - The Versatile Daredevil
4. Capricorn - The Uncapricious Climber
5. Aquarius - The Lover Of Life
6. Pisces - The Peace Piper

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- Ltd 12"
- £16.99
- Cat Number
- DB013
- Release date
- 31 May '24
Demonstrated perfectly here by the ever-present and hot-to-trot Dirty Blends crew which on this latest mission enlist Zodiac for the downright filthy: "Thanksgvin Beat". Adult content aside, it's that chuggy, low-tom & woodblock combo that's won me over here - irrestible dancefloor hypnosis from a profecient technician.
Label leader The Jak gets busy with Ron Hardy & Robert Owen's Jackmaster Hater track - "Your Mind" - accentuating the dark throb and ghostly drum patterns that populate this anthemic slice of Chi-town voodoo.
One of the best from this champion label! Kipping unrecommended.
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Hard not to blush for the x-rated booty track "Thanksgvin Beat"; but I'm really here for the Ron Hardy sampling "Itz In Ur Head" which receives a tasty update in keeping with the TCP-soaked, Music Box aesthetic.TRACK LISTING
Zodiac - Thanksgvin Beat
The Jak- Itz In Ur Head

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- Ltd LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- DD59
- Release date
- 4 May '18
Described recently as "the finest purveyors of kosmische heaviness on the planet right now" by Shindig! Magazine, the band release their eagerly awaited follow up to the quickfire sell out of “ZOFFF I” in 2017 (separated by an equally hastily sold out live album on Drone Rock recs); “FFF” is released first week of May and again is expected to move out quick style.
Over to Ben Graham for a few words: “ZOFFF are all about light and shade, and the dynamic movement from the subtlest curlicues of gentle sound to the full raging storm of sonic attack, and back again. On their second studio album ‘FFF’, the south coast psychedelic five piece serve up six tracks of improvised instrumental experimentation that blend seamlessly into a consistent whole: a trip, if you will, from First Faltering Feelings to Final Full-blown Freak-out.
'Ye' assembles around a lonesome trumpet overture, before the drums and dirty fuzz guitar kick in and we're off, with no messing around and no ambient noodling: direct to the cranium and the groove with high-energy space rock reversing the polarity and shaking out the ghosts. 'Vav' takes it up another notch: tense and urgent, it climaxes in Coltrane-like sheets of sound over double-time drumming, before 'Har' arrives at a relatively gentle pace, dub-like sonic action swooping and fluttering over a rock-solid beat until the bass takes over and the direction becomes clear: FFForward!!!
Side two starts with the appropriately titled 'Dig'. All the elements are in balance and the band are firing at Full Force. 'Ca' kicks off with horn, static and splash, a classic slow burn taking us up to the final eleven-minute climax of 'Zeta'. This surprisingly exploratory piece doesn't just aim to go out with a bang but takes time to set up new possibilities and juxtapositions, opening new doors right to the end where other lesser bands would already be packing up the scenery.
Recent years have seen ZOFFF reaping acclaim and blown minds wherever they've appeared.
Their live album, (2017’s KOZFEST MMXVI baring striking testimony to this), with psychedelia an increasingly devalued term, ZOFFF remain the connoisseur's choice. That's ZOFFF with three Fs by the way. We wouldn't want you to forget now…”
The LP is released as a (clear) vinyl only pressing of 300 on Deep Distance, the go-to London label for kraut flavoured kosmische with a sold out back catalogue of 60/60 releases including Cavern of Anti-Matter, JD Emmanuel, Colin Potter and many others…

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- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- CAT015CD
- Release date
- 13 May '13
Enter Zolle, self-proclaimed rednecks, on the loose and ready to run amok with the release of their self-titled debut album, an ode to yokel ways of living.
They might not take themselves so seriously but don't be fooled, their music is no hayseed dixie, brace yourself for a ferocious, rampant record of thunderous riffs and robust drum blasts.
Zolle are - Marcello (Lan of Morkobot) playing meaty riffs and Stefano who beefs things up on drums and xylophone. The duo commenced work on their debut album throughout the summer of 2012, and in just two months they had the music ready to commit to tape.
Their self-titled album was recorded in September of the same year by Michelangelo Roberti at Mizkey Studio (MoRkObOt) and mastered by Giovanni Versari (zu, Morkobot, OvO, One Dimensional Man).
It was played almost live, with overdubs reduced to the bone. The drums are of considerable proportion and made of copper and the amplifier an old digital model of the '50s which makes for a mammoth sound. Urlo from Ufomammut and Roberto Rizzo of Quasiviri/Runi add a little synth seasoning to flesh out the album also.
The resulting album is mightily heavy, the short songs are direct and song titles are entrenched in references to redneck living. For example 'Mayale' is a play on the Italian word for pig [Maiale] but is written like 'Maya' to reflect the sacred image of the Mayan pig face adorning the album's cover. Similarly, 'Heavy Letam' is suggestive of 'Letame' which means manure in Italian – not to mention being an anagram of 'heavy metal'.
Zolle may be a no-frills band but there is much more to them than meets the eye. They are far from restrained and their debut album will definitely give you something to chew on.
TRACK LISTING
01 - Trakthor
02 - LeeQuame
03 - Forko
04 - Mayale
05 - Man Ja To Ya!
06 - Melicow
07 - Heavy Letam
08 - Weetellah
09 - Trynchatowak
10 - Moongitruce

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- BB154LP
- Release date
- 25 Mar '22
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- BB154CD
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- 25 Mar '22
"We wanted to remain mysterious, to send cryptic messages" the pair say, "to dive back into a language from another time, like the copyist monks of the Middle Ages".
Recorded with Laurent de Boisgisson at Studio One Two Pass It in Bagnolet, the result is something akin to a reverberating doom orgy. Previous work has always lent itself a cinematic edge - reaching its culmination in the form of two film soundtracks, for French films Irreprochable and L'Heure De La Sortie respectively - but here the sense of atmosphere and the scale of the sound has been blown up yet further. The choral arrangements hint at the work of David Axelrod or Ennio Morricone, with chanted syllables ominously arcing over the top of the likes of Lacrymosa bouncing analogue synth work and Consortium's portentous swirls of gothic sound.
There are bangers to be found within the caverns too. “Nusquam et Unique” admittedly isn't your average 122 BPM floor filler but moves forward with an ominous dubby propulsion while vocoder vocals cut menacingly through. Ring Modulus meanwhile veers between minimal and maximal as it shudders along its more subtle gridlines.
The ubiquitous vocoders are pushed to their limits on the album, while sax, trumpet and percussion come and add further colour.
TRACK LISTING
1. Introitus
2. Vae Vobis
3. Nusquam Et Unique
4. Ring Modulus
5. Aurora
6. Lacrymosa
7. Dissolotum
8. War Is Coming
9. Lux In Tenebris
10. Modus Operandi
11. Erebus
12. Consortium

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- LP
- £22.99
- Cat Number
- BB184LP
- Release date
- 28 Mar '25
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- CD
- £14.99
- Cat Number
- BB184CD
- Release date
- 28 Mar '25
The album kicks off with 'No Cruise Control', a big bad sedan that effortlessly eats up the distance at 120 BPM. Kraut as can be, with a twist. And as far as funk goes, it's not Bootsy Collins, but there's a whiff. Space is structured by synth patterns, for optimized drumming: forward, straight and fluid, top- notch suspension (Cosmic Neman and Dr Schoonberg take care of business on drums). They treat themselves to a diversion via Darmstadt to take some musique concrete on board: mechanical birds chirp, the odd atonal piano here and there. Nerds will appreciate liner notes detailing the equipment used: about twenty synths and they still describe it as minimal.
This was a quick affair, recorded by Laurent Deboisgisson in the studio of Cheveu's singer. A pretty straightforward job, and a far cry from their previous concept album. Let us praise Krikor Kouchian's mix: drums have been resampled with some restraint, and that LinnDrum kick lightens up the overall mix. It marks a notable evolution in the band's sound and adds some dynamic.
The cover, designed by DDDXIE, sets the tone with its reference to 'Motorik Vibes & Stereo Grooves'.
TRACK LISTING
1. No Cruise Control
2. Densite
3. Jungle The Jungle
4. Helix
5. Aurillac Accident
6. Double Z
7. Dodorian
8. Funk Kraut
9. Snare Attack
10. Magmavox Odyssey

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- 2xCD
- £16.99
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- REP5089
- Release date
- 3 Mar '08

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- £28.99
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- V102S
- Release date
- 6 Jul '15
To find an original mint Mono copy involves a long wait and a budget of around £1,000+ to land one. The Stereo version is not far behind either. But we have returned to Abbey Road for our re-issue versions, a more affordable option, now available again in either Stereo or Mono LPs.
All serious record collectors will savour a work that has been the subject of a huge revival of interest. Listen and you will know why American songwriter, producer and musician Al Kooper insisted that Columbia put out the album in the USA, when it was in danger of being overlooked.
This Repertoire reissue is mastered at Half Speed at the legendary Abbey Road Studios, then pressed onto 180g vinyl, offering the listener the best ever sounding version of the album.
The recordings are remastered by Jon Astley (The Who, Led Zeppelin, George Harrison etc).
The sleeves are printed from superior quality scans with detailed reproduction artwork.
STAFF COMMENTS
Andy says: This record is often name-checked by Paul Weller as one of the best psych-pop albums ever. He was right. It's glorious!
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- Coloured LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- NXN029LP
- Release date
- 11 Oct '24
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Limited blood-splatter vinyl w/ lyric booklet & cut out mask.
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- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- NXN029CD
- Release date
- 11 Oct '24
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Jewel case cd with lyric booklet.
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The Band Under Your BedTM returned to the studio (or in this case a creepy old church in Liverpool) to make their first album in ten years, with Stephen Cole from the avant garde “post-music” act a.P.At.T producing. ‘The Call Of Zombina’ is Hammer Horror melodrama as art-therapy, the pank roots of goth-rock meets the strings and harpsichords of baroque.
‘The Call Of Zombina’ seeks to mirror the clamic portmantean horror of ‘The House That Dripped Blood’ or ‘Asylum’, with each track telling its own self-contained story. Musically it’s death rock/ baroque, Joe Meek and James Bernard meets The Damned uptown. Lyrically, the schlocky Americanistas of old have been eschewed in favour of the no less pulpy vernacu lar of Pan Classics paperbacks... and of course the whole thing was recorded in an old spooky church, to capture some of that creaky atmosphere and gigantic reverb.
TRACK LISTING
1) Blood Rite For The Resurrection Of A Sleeping Countess
2) Cemetry World
3) The Black House
4) Vampire’s Kiss
5) Don’t Kick My Coffin
6) I’m Horrified
7) Valley Of The Shadow
8) Dead Birds
9) Ghost Train II: Oblivion
10) No Wonder I’m Always Anxious

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- CD
- £11.99
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- RR75102
- Release date
- 1 Jul '22
TRACK LISTING
1. Guilty
2. Suspicions
3. I Can't Tell You Why
4. Sirius-Eye In The Sky
5. Take You Back (Street Corner Song From Rocky)
6. Takin It To The Streets
7. The Captain Of Her Heart
8. Deja Vu
9. You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
10. America

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- CD
- £10.99
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- CAD3119CD
- Release date
- 11 Jul '11

TRACK LISTING
A1. GASP!
A2. ZKITTLEZ
B1. ZPRITE

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- 2xLtd LP
- £21.99
- Cat Number
- LOVE107
- Release date
- 15 Dec '17
'While it’s difficult to say with certainty, if Mercury’s Rainbow was issued at the same time it was created, it may have arguably altered the course of UK grime instrumentals in much the same way Wiley’s original template coined a whole new genre, essentially making it the last word in grime futurism, proper.' (Boomkat).
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: Stark hi-octane arpeggios and bit-crushed chugs meet street-level kick-slinging, crackling videogame refrains and icy, progressive utopian futures. Fearless, and fantastic.TRACK LISTING
1. Mercury's Rainbow 02:05
2. Choke 02:05
3. Poison 01:51
4. Static 01:40
5. Delvaux 03:28
6. Silver Ocean 02:19
7. Immersion 01:52
8. Waterfall Of Ice 03:01
9. Rigamortis 02:06
10. Whirlpool 02:14
11. Tet5uo 02:48
12. Solar Ashes 03:44
13. Horizon 03:02
14. Patina 01:31
15. X Ray 03:06
16. Atoms

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- 2xCD
- £11.99
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- CAD3305CD
- Release date
- 17 Jun '13
Following the success of his debut, it took him three long, thoughtful years to next break cover, this time with an altogether different record. 'Dedication' (2011) was an after-hours meditation on mortality, weighed down with an audible sadness, and it was abundantly clear why he had taken time out. Not only did it deliver an unexpected twist, its surprisingly human qualities also offered a rare, candid glimpse of an artist who prefers anonymity and little fanfare. The response was unanimous - he had written a modern masterpiece. An accompanying seven-track EP (Nothing) followed six months later, acting both as an encore bow and cue to retreat back to the shadows.
'With Love' is Zomby's third album. An astonishing 33 tracks that collectively trace an arc through dance music’s history, revealing an artist in his most creative phase yet. Touching upon rave, jungle, house, techno, and grime, Zomby once again marks himself as a genre savant free of the cosy nostalgia that weighs down many of his peers. Across two volumes that move invariably between a dancefloor focus and darkened emotional introspection, Zomby points to a different future.
A sonic palimpsest written of true experience, 'With Love' is the work of a producer who has absorbed the shifting textures and plains of electronic music first hand, and reconfigured them into a definitive, sprawling love letter to the soulful dance music of his past.

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- Coloured LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- BR67LP
- Release date
- 30 Aug '24
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Pink and black splatter vinyl.
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Imagine Jaki, JJ and Jarre*** locked in a room together, with a memo from John Carpenter that reads “Goblin + Swans = ?”. Something like that. Raw drums, bass, vintage organs and synths are utilised to brutal effect via 7 epic songs that deliver krautrock disco disquietude, oscillating horror soundtracks and beyond. Or, as the band themselves insist: "the Nicki Minaj of dungeon synth".
The band name, according to Anthony Burgess, is the Greek classifying nomenclature for man: aka The Talking Animal.
TRACK LISTING
1.BRON
2. FANTASTIC SAVAGE
3. Y MARIONET
4. VOID CANTATA
5. IX-XEMX
6. THEME FROM SILVER LOCUST
7. SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

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- SH103CD
- Release date
- 29 Jul '13
The debut full length by Austin duo Zorch is the end result of nearly 5-years worth of material similarly collected, then shredded, condensed and completely remolded into a solid whole. It sounds like two hyperactively creative minds finding ways to cleverly merge together effervescent synth blips, blue-eyed soul vocals, gang-chant backups, blurting EDM bass lines, frenetic drums, hazy psych-drone and even the proverbial kitchen sink taking leads here and there. Each song sounds like it could've been crafted out of samples from several different decades of pop culture history, though it's entirely the work of two exceptional musicians.
If Zzoorrcchh sounds like a photomosaic looks, it's because there is similarly a meticulously organized logic to it all. When Zac Traeger (keyboards, omnichord, vocals) and Shmu (drums, omnichord, vocals) first started playing together in 2008 while studying music in college in Boston, the pair would improvise and record many hours worth of ideas. Some of these songs are direct descendants of those jams; the duo picking out pieces of those recordings, re-organizing and reworking them multiple times and in various studio settings while also adding on and creating new ideas. Demo versions of some of the songs on this album were previously released, only to again be redone a couple of times over for the album. And, Zorch even previously offered up all of the basic audio tracks from early EPs for fans to remix their own versions.
The band are just as intensive about its live shows, often playing upwards of 20 shows during the 4 days of SXSW. Zzoorrcchh kicks off fittingly by easing listeners into their world with a slow fade-in to whirling synths, a stately piano loop and countless layers of sounds comprising "My Joy is Explosion." The minute-long tune immediately segues into the blissfully hyper celebration of life, "We All Die Young." Here, Shmu's rollicking drum pattern that might make Neil Peart's head spin drives Zac's frantic synth arpeggios while several layers of voices sing, "what a day, let's celebrate it/ I want to feel elated." Elsewhere, on "This Is The Way It Goes" neo-rave staccato chords sounding like computer error tones, marimbas and pounding toms meet cheerful vocals singing the song title's seeming lament. "Inopportune Sailing" starts off like a repetitive, perky chiptune from an imaginary 80s video game that morphs into a full-fledged living pop-soul jam. It sounds like Zorch actually beat Daft Punk to the punch at making their own organic recordings sound like vintage song samples. "Zut Alors", a longtime fan live favorite lyrically pokes fun at conspiracy theories of reptilian overlords with the refrain, "giant surprise/ We are lizards disguised/ And we're controlling your lives/ With trilateral spies."
The album is a wild auditory amusement park that gets more and more exciting with each visit. Early support/features confirmed with Pitchfork, Spin, Magnet, Alarm, Consequence of Sound, MSN and much more.
TRACK LISTING
1. My Joy Is Explosion
2. We All Die Young
3. Its Kind Of A Deal Where…
4. This Is The Way It Goes
5. Mutwa
6. Zut Alors
7. Inopportune Sailing
8. Cosmic Gloss
9. Oceans Dawn

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- CD
- £15.99
- Cat Number
- TZA8357
- Release date
- 12 Jan '18

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- CD
- £13.49
- Cat Number
- TZA8339
- Release date
- 29 Jan '16

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- CD
- £19.49
- Cat Number
- TZA8345
- Release date
- 19 Aug '16

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- CD
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- TZA8314
- Release date
- 17 Mar '14

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- CD
- £13.49
- Cat Number
- TZA8312
- Release date
- 3 Mar '14
fragility and extraordinary power.

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- IPC168LP
- Release date
- 18 May '15
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- £9.99
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- IPC168
- Release date
- 6 Apr '15
Zu release their brand new full length via Ipecac Recordings, entitled ‘Cortar Todo’, recorded in the countryside near Bologna, Italy, in the summer of 2014.
The album features some very special guests including keyboard player Joey Karam (The Locust), Italian guitar maverick Stefano Pilia (who plays regularly with the likes of Mike Watt, David Grubbs and Rokia Traore) and, perhaps most unexpectedly, a field recording of an indigenous Shipibo medicine man recorded by Zu bass player Massimo during his travels around the Amazon.
The band have previously toured with Mike Patton as Zu / Patton Quartet.
For Fans of John Zorn, Mike Patton, Noise.
“... combining the abstractions of Sonic Youth with the out-there explorations of the best free jazz” - The Times

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- JRLP064
- Release date
- 9 Dec '16

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- LP
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- OMZUMMO02
- Release date
- 9 Sep '16
“In this project for Optimo, the listener can hear that my musical food pyramid has musicians at top, or maybe they are at the bottom. In any case, they are important. That is why, from track to track, I selected segments in which one player or another is featured in the take. Some may think that we musicians do multiple takes to get the perfect performance, but I like to find the special interactions lurking in each excursion. Different players came forward in each of the takes, which were recorded in the studios Seaside Lounge and Headroom, in Brooklyn, and live in performances at Cube Cinema, in Bristol, U.K., as well as in Long Island City and on Staten Island, New York.
In order to escape the tyranny of the lyric, I am exploring in this release the possibilities of nonsensical and non-emotional lyrics. These kinds of lyrics bring the singing voices into the mix without an overweening message. The tracks include open-form compositions in which the duration was not specified.”
STAFF COMMENTS
Patrick says: Downtown legend and Arthur Russell collaborator Peter Zummo lands on Optimo Music with a sublime set of spiritual frequencies in strung out sleeping bag style. Indian percussion, loose bass and echo drenched trombone float freely on an LP perfect for horizontal journeys and sofa-based space excursions. Jazzy, Balearic and a little bit silly, this should please anyone looking to bathe in the light of the miracle...TRACK LISTING
1. The Tape Is Chill
2. How Does It Feel?
3. Well Let Me Say Something
4. Do You Know What To Wear Do You Know?
5. What Do You Want To Do?
6. Life Is Real
7. Break Up The Pill
8. Well Let Me Tell You Something

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- 2xLtd LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- WOE018LP
- Release date
- 18 Oct '24
- Format Info
Double LP - gatefold, tip-on sleeve, black vinyl - edition of 500.
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With IV, World Of Echo inaugurates a series of reissues by Japanese guitarist, Naoki Zushi. Perhaps best known for his stellar guitar contributions to psych folk group, Nagisa Ni Te, Zushi has had a parallel career, for several decades, slowly releasing solo albums that spotlight his exultant guitar playing. Originally released to CD only by Shinji Shibayama of Nagisa Ni Te’s Org imprint in 2018, IV has Zushi playing and writing at a peak, its six songs slowly unfurling with a kind of paradoxical understated grandeur.
This is psychedelic guitar music at its most paced and considered, yet given to flights of inspiration, and in this respect, Zushi sits within a lineage of guitarists who’ve used their instrument both as textural anchor and improvisatory tool – think of figures like Phil Manzanera and Robert Fripp, but also Roy Montgomery, Liz Harris of Grouper, even Tom Verlaine on his instrumental solo albums. Like those artists, Zushi locates moments of deep emotional resonance amidst luxuriant textural and melodic exploration.
Zushi’s history stretches back to the mid 1970s. While for many, he first appeared on the scene as a founding member of noise legends Hijokaidan, alongside Jojo Hiroshige, his musical contributions predate that encounter. He started out playing progressive rock and improvised music, making home recordings of when he was in high school. He was a member of Rasenkaidan (Spiral Staircase) alongside Hiroshige and Idiot (Kenichi Takayama), the group that soon mutated into Hijokaidan (Emergency Staircase).
Zushi and Takayama would soon form Idiot O’Clock, in 1982; Zushi also led his own Naoki Zushi Unit, starting in 1983. But for many, Zushi’s first significant appearance on record was as a member of Shinji Shibayama’s mid-eighties psych-pop group, Hallelujahs, whose sole album was recently reissued on vinyl. That group mutated into Nagisa Ni Te, and Zushi has played a significant role as their lead guitarist for several decades.
His own solo music has appeared sporadically – Paradise (1987), Phenomenal Luciferin (1998), III (2005) and IV, with a few recent, meditative offerings, For My Friends’ Sleep (2021) and Nocturnes (2022). With IV, though, Zushi achieved something remarkable, a kind of extended exploration of the time-altering properties of echoplexed, hypnotically spiralling guitar interplay.
The opening ‘Mirror’, “a song about the mirror inside me,” Zushi explains, starts out as a lush psych-folk song, slow and gentle, but soon takes to the skies with a cat’s cradle of Fripp-esque guitars, before thick, droning chords sweep the song to a drowsy coda. ‘Nocturne’ weaves silver skeins of guitar melody around a cyclical chord pattern; it gathers energy and quiet intensity through insistent repetition. The rest of the album explores the nuance Zushi can draw out of simple elements, building on what ‘Mirror’ and ‘Nocturne’ offer – the profundity of a chord change; the melancholy of a few quietly sighed words; the exhilaration of a guitar solo bursting out of the speakers; the subtle shifts in emotional register offered by tone and touch.
Throughout, there’s something quiet, yet ineffable, shading the contours of the songs, such that it makes perfect sense when Zushi says, “What I want to express through music may be ‘sense of mystery’.” A few of the songs had their basic parts recorded at LM Studio and Studio Nemu with Shibayama and Masako Takeda joining on bass and drums, respectively; much of the album, however, was tracked at Zushi’s home studio. That seems appropriate for a collection of songs that are expansive in their intimacy.
Asked what drove the sessions, Zushi answers, “I thought I’d make IV an album that particularly focuses on the guitar play.” And focus it does, as Zushi’s sky-scraping, soaring, elemental tone is front and centre throughout. But these are no guitar heroics; rather, Zushi uses the guitar as conduit and diviner, a tool for spirit location, and IV is his most eloquent expression yet of such singular magic.
TRACK LISTING
Side A:
1. ɏ

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- Ltd 7"
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- ICE701
- Release date
- 19 Apr '24
TRACK LISTING
1. Creeping On The Dancefloor (Nile Rodgers)
2. Creeping On The Dancefloor (Ian Broudie)

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- Deluxe CD
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- ICECDX01
- Release date
- 26 Apr '24
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- ICECD01
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- 26 Apr '24
TRACK LISTING
1. Creeping On The Dancefloor
2. Pauline
3. Water
4. In Your Arms
5. Disappear
6. Company
7. The Big Decider
8. Rise
9. Best Of Me

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- Ltd LP
- £19.99
- Cat Number
- SUNLANG4
- Release date
- 19 May '23
In the 1970s, Ellen Zweig was a young poet experimenting with poetry as performance. Her presence in New York’s Downtown scene, even during a period of such creative and artistic fertility, represented an astute and profoundly expressive voice. By 1980, and her two pieces “Network of Letters” and “Sensitive Bones” (both collected here on Fiction of the Physical), Zweig had introduced and perfected a technique she named the “human loop”, directing multiple performers to repeat a single poetic phrase over and over as they recorded to tape. Inevitably, the loops phase in and out of synchronisation over time, creating a sonic collage of drifting, rippling syllabic waves that rise and fall with natural tides. The text becomes performance, and in turn it becomes dreamily and hypnotically abstracted from the written word.
An astonishingly singular collection, created from a unique creative vision, Fiction of the Physical offers few reference points. Zweig intentionally disrupts of fourth wall convention and applies of spoken word as a musical device, a pioneering early female voice in underground avant garde scenes. Even her veil of “ambient music” is made porous enough to allow challenging and atonal sonics into the tapestry.
TRACK LISTING
1. Sensitive Bones
2. Act Of Watching
3. Network Of Letters
4. If Archimedes

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- Ltd LP
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- PRR1
- Release date
- 20 May '13
- Format Info
Limited white vinyl. 300 copies only.
Limited white vinyl. 300... [ + ]
I've always loved the process of writing and recording music, and during the last few years I have compiled quite a large collection of songs. The idea of ZX+ was to write and record songs under rules and guide lines, whether it be time restraints, conceptual ideas, or any other unusual restrictions that do not accompany the freedom involved with writing. I especially liked the songs which resulted from the idea of time restraints, with their unusual structures, and production techniques that were used to disguise mistakes and rushed recordings. The combination of these factors made for a very interesting sound, one entirely different to the songs I would usually write. After the idea of writing songs with rules got a bit boring, I decided to try and write some songs that had similar structures and production techniques to those written under time constraints, without the idea of time constraints preventing me from improving them. I recorded about 30 songs with this idea in mind, and picked the best ones for this album.
I love vinyl, and I still consider it the best way to listen to music. Holding the sleeve of the record, marvelling at it's artwork, reading the notes, watching the record spin - these are all physical aspects of listening to music that are being lost through the way in which digital has taken over the listening experience. This album is only available on vinyl, I hope you enjoy it."

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- Ltd 12"
- £21.99
- Cat Number
- JC 19
- Release date
- 26 Jul '24
- Format Info
Screen-printed sleeve, limited to 100 copies.
Screen-printed sleeve,... [ + ]
TRACK LISTING
Side 1
Ten Acres
Side 2
Ten Acres (MdCL Remix)

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- Ltd 7"
- £12.99
- Cat Number
- SC7069
- Release date
- 12 Apr '24
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: A real special release from Star Creature which sees Zylberman follow up on what many regard as the label's hottest release to date - Ghost's "Expansions / Everybody Loves The Sunshine". Taking on a Brian Bennett masterpiece and also dropping a self-penned original, that highly mellifluous, heavy grooving blend of disco and jazz-funk is apparent once again. Sending us spiralling into the speaker stacks in a gleeful abandon. Do not sleep!TRACK LISTING
A) New Perspective
B) Solstice

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- Coloured LP
- £28.99
Usually ships within: 3-10 days - Cat Number
- 0081227819385
- Release date
- 26 Apr '24
- Format Info
Blue coloured vinyl edition.
Blue coloured vinyl... [ + ] -
- LP
- £25.99
Usually ships within: 3-10 days - Cat Number
- 0603497830596
- Release date
- 26 Apr '24
- Format Info
Black vinyl edition.
Black vinyl edition.
TRACK LISTING
Tush
Waitin' For The Bus
Jesus Just Left Chicago
Francine
Just Got Paid
La Grange
Blue Jean Blues
Backdoor Love Affair
Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers
Heard It On The X