Zzzahara's latest album came to them in a dream. Despite being born and raised in Los Angeles, Zzzahara had never really gotten into David Lynch. When he died at the start of 2025, they dove into his archive of films and interviews. "He's so weird", they laugh. "Always talking about how everything's a dream! And you know what? At that moment, I couldn't remember the last time I dreamed. I thought, that's fucked up. So I started taking magnesium and shit, trying to see what it was like to dream again". The dreams that followed were heavy and strange. In one of them, Zzzahara was a teenager drifting through space, talking with their brother, who passed away when they were 12. "He was asking, like, do you remember me? It really fucked me up". Their fourth album 'Distant Lands' grew from the idea of communing with their brother - talking to him about all aspects of my life across a long period of time. The title reflects the sense that they now exist in different worlds, touching from afar, as well as the disconnected headspace Zzzahara experienced during opioid use in their early twenties. "I would often feel like I was in a different world, a dream world, blacked out and trying to connect to something that's not there". Until now, Zzzahara's songwriting has largely centred on their love life. 'Distant Lands' marks a shift. The dream about their brother encouraged them to dig deeper and zoom out, writing beyond their usual themes of sex and romance. Instead, they explored long-standing feelings about family and their experiences with addiction. In recent years Zzzahara has immersed themselves in other people's fictional worlds rather than stewing in their own feelings.

Their deep consumption of films and books began shaping their songwriting on 'Spiral Your Way Out', where writers like Charles Bukowski and Joan Didion influenced its themes of reclaiming agency after a relationship that pushed them to become someone else. 'Distant Lands' draws more from Wong Kar Wais films and their flawed characters and restless longing, as well as literature that embraces uncertainty, particularly the work of Milan Kundera. Zzzahara describes this self-driven cultural education as something that has helped bring perspective and stability without dulling their wild streak. "With this record I thought, what can I say about my life that's authentic without it being woe is me? So that's how I wrote the songs. Let me tell it like the facts, they say. My whole life I've always been so fucking sad, and at some point you get addicted to the sadness. You get addicted to people treating you like shit. You get addicted to the feeling of hurting. Now Ive reached a place where I'm like, nah, dude. I think I'd rather not." Staking a flag in the ground for living truthfully - and that not necessarily meaning perfectly - 'Distant Lands' is laced with the stoic acceptance of life's currents, positive and negative. There's no bullshit to be found here - no solipsism, and certainly no regrets. As long as you're young and you still have energy then you should do things you love, because you never know, they say. You gotta just put your whip to the sky and fucking crack it.

TRACK LISTING

1. Whispering Tree
2. Wandering Eyes
3. She Doesn’t Want Me To Exist
4. Speed Racer
5. Chinese Tobacoo
6. My Little Dove
7. Butterflies
8. Count The Roses
9. Garden
10. I Don’t Understand
11. Andy’s Got A Gun
12. Rainy Days
13. I Can Be Yours Feat. Winter

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Get ready to immerse yourself in a world where the soundscapes of sunbaked sands and the cold sea breeze blend seamlessly to create one dank groove blast. The cratediggers of Jazz Dispensary present The Golden Hour: a new stash of sizzlers that evoke the feeling of floating on a cool, lone wave while soaking in the last sunbeams of the day. Features tunes from renowned groove-masters Johnny Hammond, Sonny Rollins, Chico Hamilton, Vince Guaraldi, Catalyst, and more. Featuring artwork by acclaimed visual artist Kamil Czapiga, who filmed special color inks reacting to songs from the album with microscopic cameras to create the cover art.  Pressed on Golden Wave Swirl vinyl.

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The Soul And Songs Of Young Curtis Mayfield chronicles the rapid growth of the young Black “Gentle Genius” who would leave a lasting mark on American music. Featuring tracks from The Impressions, Jerry Butler, Gene Chandler and more, this compilation showcases Mayfield's recording, producing and songwriting journey at Vee-Jay Records. The audio has been remastered from the original analog tapes by Paul Blakemore and the package includes new liner notes from noted rock historian Jim Miller. Record Store Day Exclusive.

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School Daze and RPM proudly present a compendium of the demo cassette generation from the early 1980’s, filtered through (principally British) independent women of the post-punk era.

‘Sharon Signs To Cherry Red’ began life as the archetypal independent single released on the obscure Lowther International label by archetypal independent act, The Kamikaze Pilots, the review of whom by Danny Kelly in the NME gives us the starting point: “Disturbingly, also from Norwich…comes this plaintive tribute to/assassination of all the earnest misery gobs ever signed to Cherry Red’s roster, with particular reference to the Tracey Thorn pantheon”. What was a gentle mocking of The Marine Girls et al is now the starting point for this meander through the 80s’ underground, a period which enabled more involvement from women in independent music, a slight, if not complete, freeing up of the male-dominated hegemony that had existed before punk. Many of these artists were night-time John Peel session regulars, fighting for daytime coverage in the press, walking the fine line of questioning from the NME (hip young gunslingers asking sexual politics) and Smash Hits (Milton Keynes readers asking which hairspray they used).

‘Sharon…’ is but an overview of a fertile time, when the democratization of music through punk had resulted in new viewpoints, talents and perspectives finding their voice. The breadth here is a joy: from the sugary Dorothy (originally on Throbbing Gristle’s Industrial Records) to ex-Dolly Mixture Debsey Wykes’s Coming Up Roses, from the punked scrawl of The Petticoats to the avant funk of Bristol’s Scream & Dance, the one thread all these groups have in common is their fierce independence. That and their XX chromosomes. Some of these recordings are surfacing for the first time on “Sharon Signs To Cherry Red,” while others are from rare 7”s and compilation releases.

School Daze is a new imprint from the Glasgow-based Night School, focusing on discovering and sharing the past.

Since its inception in 2010, A Love from Outer Space (ALFOS) has been a steady presence in the underground music scene, fostering a close-knit community with its regular, transformative dancefloor experiences.

Founded by the late Andrew Weatherall and Sean Johnston, both highly regarded DJs and producers, ALFOS was born out of a shared love for slower-paced music and quickly became a lasting and adventurous clubbing experience. Initially conceived as a response to the fast-paced mainstream scene, ALFOS took a different approach, maintaining a tempo of no more than 122 bpm.

The club night started in the intimate surroundings of The Waiting Room in North London, where its distinctive musical ethos found an immediate following. Over time, it evolved into a British clubbing institution, expanding to larger venues and eventually reaching an international audience.

ALFOS became known for its eclectic and hypnotic sound, blending everything from kosmische and house to dub and post-punk. The night developed a loyal following, with residencies at London's Phonox and Glasgow's Berkeley Suite, and it has taken its sound to various settings, from the Croatian coastline to the Golden Lion Pub in Todmorden.

Following Andrew Weatherall's passing in 2020, Sean Johnston has carried on the ALFOS legacy. During the pandemic, he launched the A Love from Outer Space Emergency Broadcast System, a series of livestreamed DJ sets that kept the community connected during a challenging time. These broadcasts were crucial in maintaining the ALFOS spirit when live events were paused, attracting a global audience and reinforcing the collective bond of the community.

This compilation reflects the music that has shaped ALFOS over the past 15 years while also hinting at its future. Compiled and mixed by Johnston, the 19-track album pays tribute to the club night’s rich history and its commitment to pushing musical boundaries forward.

Johnston explains, "The thing about ALFOS is that while we've always had one eye on the past, much of the music we play is forward-looking. This compilation seeks to captures that balance."

The album features a variety of exclusive tracks, including the sought-after Neville Watson remix of The Blow Monkeys and Brioski's "Call 626," alongside a wide range of sounds that both honour the past and embrace the future.

As ALFOS prepares to celebrate its 15th anniversary, its influence remains strong, offering a space for music lovers to come together, slow down, and explore new sounds.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: One of the most legendary labels in the electronic music space, and a compilation that perfectly outlines their unique musical vision. Act quick on that Piccadilly exclusive version!

TRACK LISTING

Vinyl:
A1. Blow Monkeys - Save Me (Neville Watson's Dub)
A2. Cisco Cisco - If You Want Me (Jay Shepheard Remix)
A3. Bongo Entp. - Drømmen (SIRS Remix)
B1. Darlyn Vlys - Wuzu (Tyu Tribe Remix)
B2. Kimo - Whirl
B3. Discoscuro - Discoscuro
C1. Popular Tyre - Feel Like A Lazer Beam
C2. Class B Band - Repli-can (Edit)
C3. Bal5000 - Bleu Infini
D1. Phil Kieran - Find Love (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
D2. Das Komplex - 89
D3. Brioski - Calling 626 (Edit)

CD:
Disc 1 (Mixed)
1. The Blow Monkeys - Save Me (Neville Watson Remix)
2. Jonny Sender - Zhivago Zhivago
3. Cisco Cisco - If You Want Me (Jay Shepheard Remix)
4. Laars – None
5. Duncan Gray - Gone & Forgotten (feat Dominic Silvani)
6. Secret Circuit - JungleBones (Tiago Mix)
7. Bongo Entp. - Drømmen (SIRS Remix)
8. Feon - Round Earther
9. Darlyn Vlys - Wuzu (Tyu Tribe Remix)
10. Niv Ast - Jungle Marvin
11. Kimo – Whirl
12. Bal5000 - Bleu Infini
13. Discoscuro – Discoscuro
14. Popular Tyre - Feel Like A Lazer Beam
15. Class B Band - Repli-can
16. Phil Kieran - Find Love (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
17. Jazxing, Das Komplex - Neu Nostalgia (Das Komplex Remix)
18. Das Komplex – 89
19. Brioski - Calling 626

Disc 2 (Unmixed)
1. Blow Monkeys - Save Me (Neville Watson's Dub)
2. Cisco Cisco - If You Want Me (Jay Shepheard Remix)
3. Bongo Entp. - Drømmen (SIRS Remix)
4. Darlyn Vlys - Wuzu (Tyu Tribe Remix)
5. Kimo - Whirl
6. Discoscuro - Discoscuro
7. Popular Tyre - Feel Like A Lazer Beam
8. Class B Band - Repli-can (Edit)
9. Bal5000 - Bleu Infini
10. Phil Kieran - Find Love (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
11. Das Komplex - 89
12. Brioski - Calling 626 (Edit)

Don’t call it a sequel, it isn’t a Part Deux, ‘Pop Psychédélque: Les Extras’ is simply another slice of fine French Psychedelic Pop from Two-Piers, the label that brought you the groundbreaking compilation ‘Pop Psychédélique’ in 2021. L’es Extras’ is the perfect partner for the original and brings you a whole new bunch of quite simply brilliant pieces of French Pop and Psychedelic flavours from the 1960’s right up into the 2000s.

Pressed on Limited Edition Coloured vinyl for Record Store Day 2025 this is an essential purchase for anyone with a love of French Psychedelic Pop, or anyone who just loves great music for that matter.

‘Pop Psychédélique: Les Extras’ features some of the finest French pop divas of the 1960’s & 1970’s such as Jacqueline Taieb, Brigitte Bardot, Christe Laume, Brigitte Fontaine, alongside artists like Marie Laforêt’s wonderful take on the Rolling Stones ‘Paint it Black’, and the brilliant ‘Les Cactus’ by Jacques Dutronc. Fast forward to the 2010’s and we have tracks from the French Psych scene and lush curiousities from Brigitte, Étienne Daho, The Limiñanas and Ricky Hollywood added into the mix. This Record Store Day Vinyl release includes hard to find tracks on vinyl for the first time.

French Pychedelic Pop, a scene so joyous you can’t help but fall in love…. Les Extras anyone?

TRACK LISTING

A1. Jacquelne Taieb – Le Coeur Au Bout Des Doigts
A2. Jacques Dutronc – Les Cactus
A3. Dani – La Machine
A4. Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg – Bonnie And Clyde
A5. Christie Laume – Rouge, Rouge
A6. Brigitte Fontaine – Je Suis Inadaptée
A7. Leonie – Lennon
A8. Marie Laforêt – Marie Douceur – Marie Colère
B1. Stella – Le Silence
B2. Brigitte Bardot – Je Danse Donc Je Suis
B3. Fabienne Delsol – Vilaines Filles Mauvais Garcons
B4. Bernard Chabert – Helga Selzer
B5. Brigitte – Battez-Vous
B6. Étienne Daho – Voodoo Voodoo
B7. The Limiñanas – Je Ne Suis Pas Très Drogue
B8. Ricky Hollywood – Je T’èclate La Gueule

Now into its sixth year, NuNorthern Soul’s "Summer Selections" series has become a popular annual fixture. Like its predecessors, 2026’s edition showcases a variety of Balearic dancefloor workouts, sensual soundscapes and tracks tailor-made for poolside sun-down sets.

As usual, "Summer Selections Six" is a vinyl-first affair, offering wax enthusiasts a chance to cop killer cuts set to feature on a swathe of forthcoming NuNorthern soul releases – including some that would otherwise be unavailable on physical formats.

To begin, is It Balearic? label regulars and Rotation Sound System crew members Wrekin’ Havoc turn their attention to NuNorthern Soul favourite B.J Smith’s 2014 cover of Outkast’s "Prototype". Their take, which will be featured on a forthcoming collection of reworks of Smith’s NNS material, places the long-serving producer’s beautiful, beguiling vocals atop lo-fi 80s electro beats, moody pads, squelchy synth sounds and far-sighted electronics.

Up next is label newcomer Sasha Foam, a fast-rising Lisbon-based DJ/producer whose "Memoria EP" is set to land soon. "Curios", his contribution to "Summer Selections Six", is a propulsive and ear-catching affair, with joyful synth melodies, rushing piano riffs and cheerful TB-202 style acid tweaks rising above a crunchy, drum-machine driven mid-tempo groove.

Rounding off side A is "Call To Wind", a rootsy, warming and sun-baked slab of Balearic dub gorgeousness from Strictly Dub Records founder Saimon AKA Roots Artefact. The track, which marks his first new material since last year’s NuNorthern Soul debut "Different Perspective", is one of the many highlights set to be featured on the Estonian’s forthcoming "Rocking Boat EP".

Turn to the flipside and you’ll find three more inspired, immersive treats. Dan Dub Lounge, Muzka and Simon Sheldon being their Visions of Light project back to NuNorthern Soul with the borderline genius "[Re]Born Slippy", an exotic, intoxicating and sitar-laden slow-motion instrumental cover of the Underworld favourite taken from their soon-come collection of mild pitch takes of dance and electronic classics.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Phat Phil's iconic label continues to be a beacon of Balearic sunshine as it presents a selection of its summer roster.

TRACK LISTING

A1 - B.J. Smith - Prototype (Wrekin Havok Remix)
A2 - Sasha Foam - Curious
A3 - Roots Artefact - Call To Wind
B1 - Visions of Light - [Re]Born Slippy
B2 - Lonely Deckchair - Adaflo
B3 - Perth Lewis - Monolith 

Marking the 30th Anniversary of the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Transformers The Movie comes this collector's edition, double vinyl package including two etched, coloured vinyl LPs in a Transforming gatefold sleeve. LP1 is pressed on red vinyl and etched with the Autobot logo, while LP2 is pressed on purple vinyl and etched with the Decepticon logo. The gatefold sleeve completely "transforms" all four sides from an Autobot themed jacket to a Decepticon themed jacket. This original 1986 cult classic, remastered and re-imagined, has never sounded or looked better! Transformers, There's More Than Meets The Eye!

TRACK LISTING

The Touch
Instruments Of Destruction
Death Of Optimus Prime
Dare
Nothin's Gonna Stand In Our Way
The Transformers Theme
Escape
Hunger
Autobot / Decepticon Battle
Dare To Be Stupid 

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Don’t call it a sequel, it isn’t a Part Deux, ‘Pop Psychédélque: Les Extras’ is simply another slice of fine French Psychedelic Pop from Two-Piers, the label that brought you the groundbreaking compilation ‘Pop Psychédélique’ in 2021. L’es Extras’ is the perfect partner for the original and brings you a whole new bunch of quite simply brilliant pieces of French Pop and Psychedelic flavours from the 1960’s right up into the 2000s.

Pressed on Limited Edition Coloured vinyl for Record Store Day 2025 this is an essential purchase for anyone with a love of French Psychedelic Pop, or anyone who just loves great music for that matter.

‘Pop Psychédélique: Les Extras’ features some of the finest French pop divas of the 1960’s & 1970’s such as Jacqueline Taieb, Brigitte Bardot, Christe Laume, Brigitte Fontaine, alongside artists like Marie Laforêt’s wonderful take on the Rolling Stones ‘Paint it Black’, and the brilliant ‘Les Cactus’ by Jacques Dutronc. Fast forward to the 2010’s and we have tracks from the French Psych scene and lush curiousities from Brigitte, Étienne Daho, The Limiñanas and Ricky Hollywood added into the mix. This Record Store Day Vinyl release includes hard to find tracks on vinyl for the first time.

French Pychedelic Pop, a scene so joyous you can’t help but fall in love…. Les Extras anyone?

TRACK LISTING

Jacquelne Taieb – Le Coeur Au Bout Des Doigts
Jacques Dutronc – Les Cactus
Dani – La Machine
Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg – Bonnie And Clyde
Christie Laume – Rouge, Rouge
Brigitte Fontaine – Je Suis Inadaptée
Leonie – Lennon
Marie Laforêt – Marie Douceur – Marie Colère
Stella – Le Silence
Brigitte Bardot – Je Danse Donc Je Suis
Fabienne Delsol – Vilaines Filles Mauvais Garcons
Bernard Chabert – Helga Selzer
Brigitte – Battez-Vous
Étienne Daho – Voodoo Voodoo
The Limiñanas – Je Ne Suis Pas Très Drogue
Ricky Hollywood – Je T’èclate La Gueule

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Well, lookee here, Record Store Day, a time to put some crazy stuff out right? Agitated talked to some friends, scrounged up 4 exclusive tracks,found a bunch of unused sleeves, then went and made a record to fill them sleeves.. theres only going to be 350 of these things, we might number them, if we can find the time: but theres 4 exclusive tracks from: CARLTON MELTON, MUGSTAR, RITUALS FROM THE HEADS & BIG NATURALS, and KOOLAID (ALIEN BALLROOM). yep, 350 only for the world.

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Features four brand new tracks, all of which are appearing on vinyl for the first time!

Alice Russell hooks up with USA soul legend Darondo for 'Breakdown', a track recently featured on Steven Soderburgh’s Magic Mike.

Natural Self produces a sublime cover of Electrelane’s 'The Valleys'.

The Hot 8 Brass Band continue their rich vein of tributes with their version of the Stevie Wonder classic 'All I Do'.

Plus previously unreleased and completely exclusive 'Enough Now' from 23 year old soul singer and new signing to Tru Thoughts Harleighblu (that’s her real name!)

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TRACK LISTING

A1. Alice Russell - Breakdown (Feat. Darondo)
A2. Harleighblu - Enough Now
B1. Hot 8 Brass Band - All I Do
B2. Natural Self - The Valleys

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A four-way split featuring the cream of London's vibrant indie scene. The 12" EP, limited to 1000 pressings, includes the acid-fried rock of Gross Magic, the scuzzed-up pop of The History Of Apple Pie, an ethereal, ambient take from Echo Lake and a grunge pop anthem from Novella. This 12" is a repressing of the original sold-out 2011 release.

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TRACK LISTING

A1. Gross Magic - Yesterdays
A2. The History Of Apple Pie - Tug
B1. Echo Lake - Burial At Sea
B2. Novella - Santiago

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Until now, for some unknown reason, the psychedelic rock movement in Singapore and Malaysia, aka Pop Yeh Yeh, has never been given the worldwide attention it deserves. This compilation -- Pop Yeh Yeh - Psychedelic Rock from Singapore and Malaysia - 1964-1970: Vol. 1 -- is the first of its kind to focus solely on the Malay rock groups of this region. The Pop Yeh Yeh era, which took place roughly between the years of 1964 to 1970, coincided with the rapid modernization happening at the time in Singapore and Malaysia. Sublime Frequencies has already released many incredible compilations from neighboring Indonesia, so it's about time that the Malaysian groups got some attention! Pop Yeh Yeh artists instinctively cross-pollinated electric sounds of the West with Malay melodies, and added their own local poetic voice to the lyrics they wrote -- sung in Malay (and sometimes Bawean). The Pop Yeh Yeh musicians started out playing in styles inspired by Western groups like the Beatles and Cliff Richard, but they eventually succeeded in creating a sound all their own -- a sound that is not only accessible to the Western ear, but also retains an undeniable Malay personality. Nearly eight years in the making, this compilation was exhaustively researched and compiled by Carl Hamm and features 26 classic tracks of the very best bands and singers from Singapore and Malaysia's Pop Yeh Yeh era, including M. Osman, Orkes Nirwana, Adnan Othman, A. Halim, Roziah Latiff, and the Jayhawkers, J. Sham, Hasnah Haron, Zaleha Hamid, and many more. This 2LP deluxe edition comes in a gorgeous heavy-duty gatefold jacket with a full-size 12-page full-color booklet packed with insanely extensive liner-notes including band/artist bios, an overview of the era, translated lyrics, and plenty of rare photos taken from vintage magazines, album covers, and the artists' own personal collections.

TRACK LISTING

1. Adnan Othman & The Rythmn Boys - Budi Bahasa
2. M. Osman & Orkes Nirwana - Kisah Disampang
3. Roziah Latiff And The Jayhawkers - Aku Kechewa
4. Fatimah Amin & The Clans - Oh Teruna
5. Afida Es & The Siglap Boys - Jangan Goda
6. Raja Ahmad & Dendang Irama - Oh Ya Ya
7. M. Said & Les Remaja - Temasha Ria
8. Fabians Boys (feat. Halipah) - Bersiar Siar
9. M. Osman & Les Fentones – Dara
10. Azizah Mohamed & Orkes Nirwana - Syurga Idaman
11. Halim "Janda-Ku" Yatim & The Sangam Boys - Jauh Pandangan
12. Zaleha Hamid & The Black Cats - Nelayan Bersampan 13. A Ramlie & The Rythmn Boys - Kasih Tak Sudah
14. Salim I & The Wisma - Bersiar Di Taman Hiboran
15. A. Rahman Hassan & Orkes Nirwana - Bimbang
16. M Rahmat & The Teruna - Mula Bertemu
17. Adnan Othman & The Wanderers – Revolusi
18. Nur Azilah & Desa Bersaudara - Ayah? Kini Ku Bercinta 19. A. Halim & De'Fictions - Kembali Lagi
20. Siti Zaiton & The Twilite - Rindu
21. Zaleha Hamid & Orkes Zindegi – Bertemasha
22. Noor Hamza & Band Mesra - Sidia Siapa
23. J. Sham & The Wanderers - Surat Ku Untuk Mu
24. A. Halim & De'Fictions - Kan Hilang Nanti
25. A. Rahman Hassan & Orkes Nirwana - Tak Mengapa
26. Hasnah Haron & The Spiritual 70s - Bintang Pujaan

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For the lowriders, the souleros, or just anyone with a still-working CD player in their hooptie and a penchant for driving with even a slight gangster lean. Numero pays tribute to the aftermarket sounds of “sweet” soul music still emanating from the West coast, or East Side, depending on your perspective. Inspired by, and paying tribute to the countless cruising compilations, legitimate and (mostly) otherwise, that provide the soundtrack for lowrider and soulero culture, South Side Story is the latest in the Numbero line of takes its aesthetics from the timeless East Side Story series, and its music from Chicago soul groups (mostly, of course, from our mythic South Side). Included here are songs that are completely unreleased, others that are never before issued other than in minuscule pressings on 45, and a few chrome-coated classics, already seen on scads of flash-in-the-pan boots. The Numero Group’s crack team of researchers cut loose on the city of Chicago to assemble the perfect lowriding companion, and the results are unparalleled. From high school rivals The Si-Berians and The Intentions, who both feature their sole recordings here, to unheard material from the original Calvin Harris, to the elite Latino ensemble known as The Mystics, to the missing link in “sweet-as-sugar” Renaldo Domino’s lonely post-Twinight recording, this dazzling collection slices out a delectable cross-section of the city’s sweetest sounds. 13 perfect “souldies” as they are occasionally called, allowing you to throw away any of your many volumes of Gangster Soul Harmony, Lost Soul Oldies, East Side Story, Hood Dreams, Shady Side of Town (or any of the thousands of other similar iterations)

TRACK LISTING

1. The Si-Berians - This Is The Ending Of Our Love
2. The Mystics - That’s The Kind Of Love
3. Renaldo Domino - I’ll Get You Back
4. The Notations - I’m Still Here
5. Harlem Meat Company - I’m Not Gonna Be Anybody’s Fool
6. Calvin Harris - It Ain’t Fair
7. The Notations - I Don’t Wanna Be Late
8. Brand New Faces - I Don’t Wanna Cry
9. The New Day - Wait A Minute
10. The Final Solution - Gotta Get Through To You (CD Only Bonus Track)
11. Young Souls - Puppet On A String
12. Donnell Pitmann - You Hurt Me
13. The Intentions - Blowing With The Wind

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This is a 180 gram limited edition LP and includes a FREE download card allowing you to download the full album with bonus tracks.

TRACK LISTING

Nelson Y Sus Estrellas - Aguardiente Y Pollo
Federico Y Su Combo Latino - Todo El Mundo
Mario Allison Y Su Combo - Bamba Curé
Los Kenya - Esa Mujer
Gilberto Sextet - Do You Want To Be Free
Piper Pimienta Y Su Orquesta - Pensamiento
Spanglish Fly - My Shingaling Boy
Los Po - Boy
Citos - Estelita’s Boogaloo
Rumba Caliente - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
Rumba Caliente - Papa Fue
Ray Lugo - Yo Lo Que Quiero Es Vacilar

RE:WARM Records are very pleased to announce their next release ‘Rituals’, a new compilation series from the curator and DJ, Josh Mason-Quinn, aka Somewhere Soul.

For Volume 1 Josh takes us on a journey through the various shades of his ritualistic listening habits across twenty-four hours. From rising first thing in the morning, radiating positive energy throughout the day, retreating into the evening before finally releasing your inhibitions on the dancefloor.

The compilation spans four sides of vinyl and is presented in a double gatefold sleeve. The release will also be available on CD and digital formats.

The album is a celebration of new and emerging talent from the underground Jazz, Soul, World and House Music spheres, sitting neatly alongside artists already carving their way into the collective conscience of those who have been curious enough to dig deep.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: A lovely collection of jazzy drifters and mellow grooves, from the ever reliable RE:WARM label. A beautifully presented collection, smoothly moving from more ambient drifters to housey grooves and even the peripheries of the dancefloor.

TRACK LISTING

1. Allysha Joy & Finn Rees - Murmuring
2. Chip Wickham - Last Day On Earth
3. Amanda Whiting - The Other Side
4. Emanative - Space Is The Place
5. Edbl & Raelle – Enough
6. Matt Wilde & Miranda Joan - Like You
7. Blue Lab Beats – Item
8. Melodiesinfonie - Sa Ka Fête (ft. Keza)
9. MATTERS UNKNOWN - Dream Of The Contest (ft. Megiapa)
10. Opek – Delight
11. E. Lundquist – Yellow
12. Isolde Lasoen - Things Left Unsaid
13. SHOLTO – Manzana
14. MOMO. - Cavalo Marinho
15. Charif Megarbane - The Cartesian Joint
16. Yarni – Smile
17. Bamia, Mitchum Yacoub - Métele Más (ft. Lourdes Iri)
18. TEYMORI - Manu Vision
19. Divorce From New York - Merzouga (ft. Arturo Martin)
20. Marla Kether - Morning Light (ft. Naima Adams)

System Olympia presents a bold, cinematic compilation that redefines the sound of sensuality. Love Language is an 18-track double-vinyl release pressed on both heavyweight velvet red and white linen colour vinyl, also a deluxe heavyweight black vinyl. The CD and full-length digital package expand the experience to 20 tracks, that comes mixed & unmixed. It’s accompanied by a provocative, limited-edition 24-page fanzine, exclusive to 18+ audiences.

This is not just a compilation, Love Language is a manifesto. A carefully curated sonic journey through eroticism, artistic rebellion, and liberation, it spans nearly five decades of music and features exclusive edits and rare gems that illuminate System Olympia’s radical aesthetic vision.

Various Artists – curated by System Olympia "Love Language"
Since her emergence on the electronic underground, System Olympia has carved out a distinct, sensual sonic universe, equal parts vulnerable and defiant. With Love Language, she presents her most audacious project to date: a compilation rooted in what she calls The Aesthetics of Sexual Desire in Sound.

It’s a daring declaration that desire is more than a feeling - it’s a language. Across 20 tracks, including her own sultry opener “The Heat Of The Night (feat. REINEN)” and a rare System Olympia edit of Working Men’s Club’s “Ploys”, this compilation speaks in rhythms and textures that evoke longing, intimacy, and ecstatic release.

This is not a traditional compilation. System Olympia’s sequencing is cinematic and deliberate. Every track a scene in a film that exists only in the listener’s imagination. From the retro-futurist seduction of Flavia Fortunato’s Italo gem “Se Tu Vuoi” to the deep, extended tension of Musclecars’ “Running Out of Time,” each piece plays its part in an arc of anticipation, climax, and reflection.

Uniting artists as diverse as Daniele Baldelli, Piero Umiliani, and DJ Rocca, Love Language refuses boundaries of genre, era, or expectation. It dances between vintage Italo-disco, dreamy electronica, sweaty club tracks, and avant-garde jazz, forming a rich tapestry of sound and sensation.

System Olympia explains, “This is music for lovers, outsiders, and dreamers. It's a rebellion made of velvet and basslines.”

The accompanying 24-page fanzine insert, restricted to adults, further deepens the narrative, with erotic visual fragments and poetic texts that amplify the compilation’s raw, sensual energy. A tangible extension of the music’s spirit, the zine invites listeners to step into Olympia’s world and engage their senses fully.

As much a provocation as it is a celebration, Love Language is a deeply personal curation and a radical act of creative freedom. It champions eroticism as art, desire as dialogue, and music as a liberatory force.

TRACK LISTING

LP Tracklisting:
1. System Olympia - The Heat Of The Night (feat. REINEN)
2. Flavia Fortunato - Se Tu Vuoi 
3. See Thru Hands - Hot City
4. Daniele Baldelli, Francesca Amati - Inner Light 
5. Ruins - Sexual Desire 
6. Midnight Magic - Beam Me Up (Eli's Mix) 
7. Musclecars - Running Out Of Time 
8. Working Men's Club - Ploys (System Olympia Edit) 
9. Royalty - Heart Strings 
10. Dirty Art Club - Daysleeper 
11. Admiral - Soho Girl 
12. Tom Sharkett & Raf Rundell - Where's It All Go? 
13. Gina Calabrese - Nobody Lives Forever 
14. Romolo Grano, Gianni Oddi & Edda Dell'Orso - Kilimangiaro 
15. LNDFK - Hana-bi 
16. Fitness Forever - Vederti Distante 

CD Tracklisting:

CD1 - Mixed:
1. System Olympia - The Heat Of The Night (ft REINEN)
2. Daniele Baldelli, Francesca Amati - Inner Light
3. Flavia Fortunato - Se Tu Vuoi
4. See Thru Hands - Hot City
5. Tom Sharkett & Raf Rundell - Where's It All Go?
6. Royalty - Heart Strings
7. Musclecars - Running Out Of Time
8. Midnight Magic - Beam Me Up (Eli's Mix)
9. Working Men's Club - Ploys (System Olympia Edit)
10. Starr Traxx - Let Yourself Go
11. Dirty Art Club - Daysleeper
12. Admiral - Soho Girl
13. Stefano Torossi - Feeling Tense
14. Piero Umiliani - Chaser
15. LNDFK - Hana-bi
16. Ruins - Sexual Desire
17. Gina Calabrese - Nobody Lives Forever
18. DJ Rocca - Basik Drinc
19. Romolo Grano, Gianni Oddi & Edda Dell'Orso - Kilimangiaro
20. Fitness Forever - Vederti Distante

CD2 - Unmixed:
1. System Olympia - The Heat Of The Night (feat. REINEN)
2. Daniele Baldelli, Francesca Amati - Inner Light
3. Flavia Fortunato - Se Tu Vuoi
4. See Thru Hands - Hot City
5. Tom Sharkett & Raf Rundell - Where's It All Go?
6. Royalty - Heart Strings
7. Musclecars - Running Out Of Time
8. Midnight Magic - Beam Me Up (Eli's Mix)
9. Working Men's Club - Ploys (System Olympia Edit)
10. Dirty Art Club - Daysleeper
11. Admiral - Soho Girl
12. Piero Umiliani - Chaser
13. LNDFK - Hana-bi
14. Ruins - Sexual Desire
15. Gina Calabrese - Nobody Lives Forever
16. DJ Rocca - Basik Drinc 24
17. Romolo Grano, Gianni Oddi & Edda Dell'Orso - Kilimangiaro
18. Fitness Forever - Vederti Distante

Crate digger and music enthusiast James Endeacott compiles ‘Unlock Your Mind With Morning Glory’ for Two-Piers Records – A glorious heady mix of the weird and wonderful eclectic music from his radio show ‘Morning Glory’

“One weekday afternoon towards the end of 2017 I sat in The Lyric pub on Great Windmill Street, Soho with my dear friend Raf. I’d just finished another of my weekly Soho Radio shows and was starting to think about the next one. Raf had been on as a guest playing some of his favourite tunes of the day. We had a few drinks, told a few stories and started to plot and scheme. It was always a dream of mine to have a daily radio show. Radio had always informed and excited me from my early teens listening to John Peel under the blanket when I should’ve been either sleeping or revising right up to the present-day musical excursions of NTS, WFMU and numerous internet based stations.

We decided to speak to Adrian and Dan who ran Soho Radio to see if they’d be up for us doing a daily morning show. To our surprise they were into the idea and within 5 minutes Adrian came up with the name Morning Glory. We all liked it. We were all excited. It was all systems go. In December 2017 Raf and myself started a daily 2 hour show. We did the show together, got guests in and the musical policy was whatever we felt like that day. After several months Raf found the mornings too much. Off he went into the distance occasionally coming back with a smile, and a bag of new music. I carried on alone and then suddenly in March 2020 the world stopped, and we went into lockdown.

We set up in my house in Catford, Southeast London and carried on. The show became 3 hours a day and I started to invite friends, record labels, record shops, bands etc.. to supply me with hour long mixes that I played every day. The show took off during this time. My musical tastes expanded as I spent all day long searching for new sounds from around the globe. People started to send me more and more music. I became obsessed with the show. The audience started to take to social media and ask for certain tracks or artists to be played. I got listeners to make me mixes to play on the show and I did several phone interviews with musicians while playing some of their favourite tunes.

I was grateful that Soho Radio left me to my own devices. They never told me what to do or what to play – they trusted me and I trusted my instincts.

The music on this compilation is not a ‘best of’ it’s just how I felt when I compiled it at the start of 2025. Apart from a couple of tracks they are all things I’ve come across since the show started in December 2017. If I did a list of tracks now I’m sure it would be completely different. Surely that’s the point. We never stick in one place. We are always moving and searching. Always trying to unlock our minds. Put it on. Take your time and let it take you somewhere” James Endeacott 2025

TRACK LISTING

A1) Anuradha Paudwal – Gayatari Mantra
A2) Baba Zula – Arsiz Saksagan (Cheeky Magpie)
A3) Orchestra Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp – So Many Things (To Feel Guilty About)
A4) Christopher Martin – Playing Games With My Heart
B1) Geir Sundstøl - C’est Vide En Ville
B2) Brother Ah – Transcendental March (Creation Song)
B3) Les Abranis – Therrza Rathwenza
B4) Sparkels – That Boy Of Mine
C1) Maximum Joy – Stretch (7” Mix)
C2) Chillera – SCHAX
C3) Elijah Minnelli – I Hope The Goats Come Back (ze-hood De-sham Lichdal)
C4) Siti Muharam – Pakistan
D1) Muriel Grossmann – Traneing In
D2) Catford Gyrations – Land Of 1000 Presets **
D3) Living Daylights – Let’s Live For Today
D4) Natalie Bergman – Shine Your Light On Me
** Exclusive Track On Vinyl

CD Tracklist:
1) Anuradha Paudwal – Gayatari Mantra
2) Baba Zula – Arsiz Saksagan (Cheeky Magpie)
3) Orchestra Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp – So Many Things (To Feel Guilty About)
4) Christopher Martin – Playing Games With My Heart
5) Geir Sundstøl – C’est Vide En Ville
6) Brother Ah – Transcendental March (Creation Song)
7) Les Abranis – Therrza Rathwenza
8) Sparkels – That Boy Of Mine
9) Maximum Joy – Stretch (7” Mix)
10) Chillera – SCHAX
11) Elijah Minnelli – I Hope The Goats Come Back (ze-hood De-sham Lichdal)
12) Siti Muharam – Pakistan
13) Muriel Grossmann – Traneing In
14) The Living Daylights – Let’s Live For Today
15) Natalie Bergman – Shine Your Light On Me

JACK WHITE, JEFF TWEEDY, FUN., JARVIS COCKER, JACK BLACK, AND A HOST OF OTHERS JOIN BECK TO BRING ACCLAIMED SHEET MUSIC-ONLY ALBUM TO LIFE

The now legendary Beck, Song Reader - twenty Beck compositions previously released exclusively as stunningly illustrated sheet music in partnership with McSweeney’s - receives a long awaited traditional release when Warby Parker/Capitol Records issues the Beck Song Reader compilation album, produced by Beck and Randall Poster, known for his music supervision work with directors Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, Sam Mendes and many others. Warby Parker will commemorate the release of Song Reader by reissuing limited-edition Carmichael frames created in collaboration with Beck, this time in Black Cherry—as well as a new edition of the Song Reader book, featuring two new prints from artist Marcel Dzama.

The 20-track all-star collection features exclusively recorded versions of Song Reader charts by the likes of Jack White, Jeff Tweedy, David Johansen, Jason Isbell, Fun., Eleanor Friedberger, and several more including Beck himself.

The Warby Parker release of Beck Song Reader marks the first officially recorded incarnation of the project, which has already inspired interpretations from hundreds of musicians the world over. The record includes the studio-quality debut of songs previously only played live either by Beck himself or at one of the handful of Song Reader concerts staged over the last two years. The most recent of these was presented by the L.A. Philharmonic in partnership with McSweeney’s and Warby Parker at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on November 24, 2013. Described by The Los Angeles Times as an “expertly delivered and received night… another big step in Beck's long, fascinating evolution,” the show’s highlights included Jarvis Cocker’s interpretively danced “Why Did You Make Me Care?" and Jack Black’s borderline frightening “We All Wear Cloaks,” the latter of which makes its recorded debut on the Beck Song Reader album.

TRACK LISTING

1. Moses Sumney Title Of This Song
2. Fun Please Leave A Light On When You Go
3. Tweedy The Wolf Is On The Hill
4. Norah Jones Just Noise
5. Lord Huron Last Night You Were A Dream
6. Bob Forest Saint Dude
7. Jack White I’m Down
8. Beck Heaven’s Ladder
9. Juanes Don’t Act Like Your Heart Isn’t Hard
10. Laura Marling Sorry
11. Jarvis Cocker Eyes That Say “I Love You”
12. David Johansen Rough On Rats
13. Jason Isbell Now That Your Dollar Bills Have Sprouted Wings
14. The Last Polka Marc Ribot
15. Eleanor Friedberger Old Shanghai
16. Sparks Why Did You Make Me Care?

'I didn't make a record. I couldn't be bothered to make a record. It would have been too difficult. It was easier not to make a record.' So says cult artist David Shrigley of the original "Worried Noodles", a lyric book from 2006. Formatted in glorious 12" format, the one missing element was music. Now, a selection of stellar musicians including David Byrne, Franz Ferdinand, Hot Chip, Deerhoof, Liars, TV On The Radio and Final Fantasy have endeavoured to finish the job, turning Shrigley's lyrics into fully-fledged songs, exclusively available on this album. The result - titled "Worried Noodles" after the original songbook - is a unique and unprecedented marriage of art and music, and one of the year's finest compilations.

In 1979, Neil Fraser (artistically known as Mad Professor) founded Ariwa Sounds, the longest-serving and one of the most influential independently owned Reggae studios and record labels in the UK. From humble beginnings set up in the front room of Neil's home in South London recording on 4-track and homemade equipment, Ariwa would go on to record and release over 300 albums including works from some of the most impactful and storied artists of their time in the genres of Reggae, Dub, and Lovers Rock

Whilst our previous release in collaboration with Ariwa captured the label's early sound, a shared performance with Neil in Osaka and regular visits to his South London studio inspired us to assemble this 15-track compilation, showcasing the label's output across 45 years. Our release emphasizes some of the label's greatest vocalists: Johnny Clarke, Sandra Cross, Kofi, U Roy, Sister Nancy, Queen Omega, Aisha, Garnett Cross, Abel Miller, Horace Andy and more — presenting the Motown and Stax influences in the Lovers Rock, but also provides a glimpse into the dubbier and more experimental side of the label, showcasing Ariwa's commitment to quality but also their personality, philosophy and their humour. Love songs, break-up songs, socially engaged songs, dub experimentations — this compilation is not a "best of" Ariwa but a diverse and honest celebration of the label through the lens of Melodies International.

The compilation is mastered from the original tapes by Frank Merritt (the Carvery), pressed at Optimal, artwork created by Jason Evans with design and assembly contributions from Nevil Bernard and Will Sweeney, animated teaser by Nevil Bernard and Melozine designed by Mafalda Meireles.

TRACK LISTING

1. Johnny Clarke - Come Back To Me
2. Sgt. Pepper - Wake Up
3. Mad Professor & Joe Ariwa feat. Horace Andy - Non Violence Dub
4. U Roy - Old School Music
5. Davina Stone - Silly Wasn't I
6. Kofi - Didn't I
7. Sandra Cross - Can't Let Dub Go
8. Mad Professor feat. Mafia & Fluxy - 6 Million Dub
9. Ariwa Posse feat. Abel Miller - Everytime I See My Baby
10. Kofi - Losing Time For Love
11. Aisha - Can You Feel It (1990)
12. Sandra Cross - I Lived For You
13. Sister Nancy - Live The Life You Love
14. Queen Omega - Rocking and Popping
15. Ranking Ann - Liberated Woman

Classic videos from the Asian Man stable all gathered together on this one tape. Promo clips from the likes of MU330, Alkaline Trio, Blue Meanies, Korea Girl, Slow Gherkin, Lawrence Arms, Link 80, Honor System, Slapstick, The Chinkees and more. Also included is bonus live footage from Skankin Pickle, Alkaline Trio and Bruce Lee Band (featuring Mike Park and Less Than Jake).

Now celebrating 10 years, So Young is a creative platform fuelled by the vibrant and underreported creative scenes within alternative music and the visual arts.

This compilation collects twelve vital bands who have shared demos, unreleased tracks and live recordings for you to hear exclusively on 12" vinyl.

TRACK LISTING

Palma Violets - Best Of Friends
Splashh - So Young (Demo)
The Big Moon - Eureka Moment
Childhood - California Light (Demo)
Shame - The Lick (Demo)
Sorry - Rub (Demo)
Sports Team - Blood (Demo)
Goat Girl - The Man (Demo)
Fontaines DC - Hurricane Laughter (Demo)
Wunderhorse - Teal (Live At The Forum) 
English Teacher - Wallace
Been Stellar - Kids 1995 (Demo)

A heavyweight collection of classic Jamaican dub drawing on recordings from the genre's golden era.

Featuring legendary artists and studio collectives including The Revolutionaries, The Aggrovators, Niney & The Observers, Twelve Tribes of Israel, Ken Boothe, Gregory Isaacs, Jimmy Riley and Phil Pratt , this release delivers deep basslines, spacious mixes and timeless rhythms.

TRACK LISTING

Jah's Children In Style - Page One & The Observers
Harmony Dub - Fred Locks & The Twelve Tribes Of Israel
Penny For Your Dub - Junior Soul & The Revolutionaries
Happiness (Version) - Revelation
Majority Rule Dub - Jimmy Riley
Garvey Dub - The Aggrovators & The Revolutionaries
Star Wars Dub - Phil Pratt (& The Revolutionaries)
Disco Fashion - Ken Boothe (& The Revolutionaries)
Dread Morning - Little Roy & The Twelve Tribes Band 
Public Eyes - Gregory Isaacs (& The Revolutionaries)
Mafia Dub - The Revolutionaries
Hunting Man Dub - Lawes Rockers Aka The Revolutionaries

A new chapter in Butter Sessions' ongoing Japanese exchange sees Sapporo sound sculptor Kuniyukire-opening a 2015 tour collaboration with label heads Sleep D- a deep, spatial beatdown powered by dub pressure and percussive hypnosis. Shadow-lurking prodigy Mosam Howiesondrops in with his trademark scatterbrain techno, while Hasvat Informantlocks into joint-consciousness big-room radioactivity.

Opening the B-side, Fader Capfuses Balearic psy-ence with Mike Dunn-esque utilitarian jack, hovering somewhere between '80s memory and future vision. Tokyo's Mayurashkafollows with Survival Guide, big beat colliding with drug chug, before Albrecht La'Brooyreunite for a divine chill-out tent slowdown, magnifying sample detail with exacting flow. We're adrift until Sunju Hargunlights the beacon with スカイサーファ(Sky Surfer), Thailand's emissary of ritualistic minimal trance.

Whether taken alone or folded into the three-disc triptych, each instalment stands as a bag-ready constant, charged with Butter Sessions' curatorial finesse.

TRACK LISTING

1. Sleep D & Kuniyuki - 2015 (Kuniyuki Dub Version)
2. Mosam Howieson - Undulate
3. Hasvat Informant - Turnstile
4. Fader Cap - 86 Chambers
5. Mayurashka - Survival Guide
6. Albrecht La'Brooy - Backseat
7. Sunju Hargun - スカイサーファー

Disc Three entrantRBIserves up a tweaked-out psy-not-psy cut with a built-in spin-back upending the room, beforeUnsolicited Joints- siblingsCousinandBen Fester- slide in with a deep dub techno shuffler. Tokyo mainstayHarukaseals the side withEventide, a serotonin-tipped house curveball made in collaboration with Rotterdam'sCharlton Bakeliet, one of the last internationals to grace the Mercat X booth.

The B-side blooms with OK EG's zoned, psychoactive techno, handing over toHybrid Manto diffuse the tension with their morphing dubwise excursion.Yuzo Iwatacontinues his uncategorisable strain, self-described as EPM (Electronic Psychedelic Music), marked by Japanese ingenuity and free of genre boundaries. Finally,Sleep Dround out the set with a rogue link-up withPosseshot, a raw and adrenalised raver laced with a vocal that snarls closer to The Prodigy than hip-hop.

Whether taken alone or folded into the three-disc triptych, each instalment stands as a bag-ready constant, charged with Butter Sessions' curatorial finesse.

TRACK LISTING

1. RBI - Willoughby
2. Unsolicited Joints - Sleeper
3. Haruka & Charlton - Bakeliet Eventide
4. OK EG - Gunma Rain
5. Hybrid Man - Midnight Drift
6. Yuzo Iwata - Yukimushi
7. Sleep D - Step On It (feat. Posseshot)

'1977: The Year Punk Broke' kickstarts what we hope will be a new year-based series of compilations, celebrating the explosion of a new British phenomenon in 1977. This triple-CD box set follows the success of the 4-CD compilation Action Time Vision (2016), documenting Punk on indie labels, and 2017’s Power Pop/New Wave set Harmony In My Head. Punk’s Year Zero was 1976. But very few Punk records were actually released that year. The most significant musical developments happened in 1977, with a burgeoning, self-supporting network of clubs, performers, fanzines, indie labels and distributors creating an unstoppable groundswell that would revolutionise UK music and have an enduring impact on pop culture. '1977: The Year Punk Broke' reflects how a thrilling, controversial scene developed over those tumultuous twelve months. Joined by sympathetic but more experienced acts (Deaf School, Graham Parker, Motorhead, etc.), a welter of new, young bands created a sonic explosion, with sub-three minute adrenalin rushes of raw excitement.

Many of the year’s major breakthrough acts and cult favourites are included, including The Jam, The Damned, The Boomtown Rats, Buzzcocks, The Stranglers, Generation X, Sham 69, The Only Ones, The Rezillos, Ultravox!, 999, X-Ray Spex, ATV, The Boys and The Vibrators. The older guard – variously labelled Pub Rock, New Wave or Art Rock – are represented by Doctors Of Madness, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Deaf School, The Tyla Gang, Graham Parker & The Rumour, The Gorillas, The Count Bishops, Radio Stars, Spider and Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias. Other key names include Motorhead (Lemmy’s new venture after splitting with Hawkwind, a metal band loved by punks) and The Heartbreakers, Johnny Thunders’ band who recorded in London. Also present are a host of obscure indie Punk 45s and other rarities. The deluxe clamshell package includes a weighty booklet full of illustrations, with a 15,000-word sleeve-note and band-by-band biographies by compiler David Wells.

TRACK LISTING

Disc One
1. Boredom – Buzzcocks
2. London Lady – The Stranglers
3. Gatecrasher – The Gorillas
4. Neat Neat Neat – The Damned
5. Capaldi’s Café – Deaf School
6. Bad Time – The Vibrators
7. I Don’t Care – The Boys
8. Away From The Numbers – The Jam
9. Born To Lose – The Heartbreakers
10. Thinkin’ Of The U.S.A. – Eater
11. On The Edge – The Outsiders
12. Sick Of You – The Users
13. You Really Got Me – Chartreuse
14. I Wanna Be Free – The Rings
15. Man Of The Year – Models
16. Peter And The Pets – The Only Ones
17. Motorhead – Motorhead
18. Mony Mony – Celia And The Mutations
19. Runnin’ Riot – Cock Sparrer
20. I Need You – The Count Bishops
21. Let’s Go – Blitzkrieg Bop
22. Naive – The Killjoys
23. Incendiary Device – Johnny Moped
24. I Wanna Be Your Man – The Rezillos
25. No Russians In Russia – Radio Stars
26. Fascist Pigs – The Nosebleeds
27. Jubilee ’77 – The Exile

Disc Two
1. Lookin’ After No. 1- The Boomtown Rats
2. Whole Wide World – Wreckless Eric
3. I Can’t Come – The Snivelling Shits
4. Where Have All The Boot Boys Gone – Slaughter & The Dogs
5. For Adolfs Only – The Valves
6. Bulletin – Doctors Of Madness
7. Day By Day – Generation X
8. Television Viewer – The Vacants
9. Kill – Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias
10. You Can’t Rock And Roll (In A Council Flat) – Puncture
11. Enemies – Radiators From Space
12. Just Want To Be Myself (7” Version) – The Drones
13. Red London – Sham 69
14. Deranged Demented And Free – P.V.C.2
15. Oh Bondage Up Yours! – X-Ray Spex
16. 2-4-6-8 Motorway – Tom Robinson Band
17. Nasty, Nasty – 999
18. Rockwrok – Ultravox!
19. Family Planning – The Depressions
20. Radio Fun – Zeros
21. Pool Hall Punks – Tyla Gang
22. Klean Living Kids – The Stukas
23. Freak Show – The Lurkers
24. Hold My Hand – Jerks
25. Bleak Outlook – The Unwanted
26. Blood On The Wall – Some Chicken
27. Insane Society – Menace
28. Drab City – The Features
29. Back To The Wall – Spider
30. Just Another Teenage Anthem – New Hearts
31. (You Keep On Tellin’ Me) Lies – The Pleasers

Disc Three
1. Innocents – John Cooper Clarke
2. How Much Longer – Alternative TV
3. She Made Magic – The Wasps
4. Regulations – Neon Hearts
5. New York Shuffle – Graham Parker & The Rumour
6. Trash – The Doll
7. Ain’t No Legend – Maniacs
8. In My Love For You – Satan’s Rats
9. Police Car – Larry Wallis
10. Quit This Town – Eddie & The Hot Rods
11. Development Corporations – The Now
12. High Rise Living – Chelsea
13. Arabs In ‘Arrods – Art Attacks
14. Priorities – Trash
15. Dynamo – The Method
16. Naive – Public Zone
17. Jailbait – Left Hand Drive
18. Ripped And Torn – Swell Maps
19. I Can See You – Acme Sewage Co.
20. First Mistake – The Rats
21. Natty Punko – Brainiac Five
22. Defiant Pose – The Cortinas
23. Help I’m Trapped – The Carpettes
24. Tell Me The Truth (Live At The Vortex) – Neo
25. Raped – Raped
26. Flies – Fruit Eating Bears
27. Ru12 – Hobbies Of Today
28. Left Right And Centre – Drug Squad
29. I’m A Punk – Norman And The Hooligans

Music that has passion and spirit. Featuring key cutting edge bands in hardcore such as American Nightmare, Count Me Out, Sworn In and I Defy.

'20th Century Paddy - The Songs of Shane MacGowan' is a sonic love letter to a catalogue that shaped generations. The album features a wide ranging mix of icons and contemporary disruptors, each bringing a unique perspective to the tracks that defined Shane MacGowan's career.
The lineup of artists include:

Amble / Bob Geldof / Bruce Springsteen / Camille O’Sullivan / Cronin / Damien Dempsey / David Gray / David Keenan / Dropkick Murphys / Garron Noone / Glen Hansard / Hozier / Jimmy Artache / Johnny Depp / Johnny Mac and The Faithful / Kate Moss / Kingfishr / Liam Ó Maonlaí / Lisa Moorish / Lisa O'Neill / LYRA / Madra Salach / Moya Brennan / Mundy / Picture This / Pinch of Snuff / Primal Scream / Steve Earle / The High Kings / The Jesus and Mary Chain / The Libertines / The Murder Capital / The Pogues / Tom Creagh / Tom Waits / U2

TRACK LISTING

1. A Rainy Night in Soho - Bruce Springsteen
2. Fairytale of New York - Hozier
3. Sayonara - The Libertines
4. Aisling - Picture This
5. Streets of Sorrow / Birmingham Six - LYRA
6. Turkish Song of the Damned - Madra Salach
7. The Body of an American - Dropkick Murphys
8. The Snake With the Eyes of Garnet - Amble
9. The Broad Majestic Shannon - Liam O'Maonlai
10. If I Should Fall From Grace With God - Steve Earle
11. Fiesta - Johnny Mac and The Faithful
12. Paddy Public Enemy No.1 - Tom Creagh
13. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah - U2
14. Gabrielle - The Pogues
15. A Pair of Brown Eyes - Primal Scream
16. The Sunnyside of the Street - Kingfishr
17. Victoria - Mundy
18 Donegal Express - Pinch of Snuff
19. The Old Main Drag - David Gray
20. I'll Be Your Handbag - The Jesus and Mary Chain
21. Streams of Whiskey - The High Kings
22. The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn - David Keenan
23. USA - Jimmy Artache
24. Rain Street - Lisa Moorish
25. White City - Garron Noone
26. Summer in Siam - Tom Waits
27. Sally MacLennane - Damien Dempsey
28. Mother Mo Chroi - Moya Brennan
29. The Song With No Name - The Murder Capital
30. Lonesome Highway - Kate Moss
31. Haunted - Johnny Depp & Imelda May
32. Dark Streets of London - Lisa O'Neill
33. St John of Gods - Bob Geldof
34. Bottle of Smoke - Glen Hansard
35. London You're a Lady - Cronin
36. You're The One - Camille O’Sullivan

• Ace Records is thrilled to be working with seminal singer-songwriter, toast of this year's Olivier Awards and all-round Sheffield legend Richard Hawley on this, the first volume of a compilation series of some of his favourite singles. This is a selection of 28 7''s that Richard has collected on his travels around the globe, through friends, family, collectors, word of mouth, thrift shop finds, pub jukebox gems and everything in between. Richard refers to the glue that joins these selections together as 'Little Bangers' as they are all mini hand grenades; bright lights that explode and fizzle out, some big names, some rarities, some lost souls, some obscurities, some by artists he actively enjoys knowing almost nothing about other than they want to get him on his feet and dance. Many are garage instrumentals, exposing the guitar-line as lead melody and the art of telling a story without lyrics.

• As Richard puts it, 'I’m fascinated by the 7-inch single because of the discipline of it. A 7-inch single can only contain a certain amount of information... So, you have to learn the discipline of cramming all that information and craft into a short space of time. If you imagine this album as a piece of bacon, there’s absolutely no fat on it at all. It’s just juicy meat. There aren’t flabby recordings, they are very nimble.'

• We're extra proud that the Hendrix Estate have allowed us to include Curtis Knight & The Squires' ferocious and never previously licensed 'Hornet's Nest' which naturally we proudly kick off with. We feature the five-minutes-plus long version that has never been released before. The pace never slackens, taking in the Shadows, Link Wray, the Troggs, the Champs, Jimmy Gordon and so many more besides. It's joyful, it's relentless, and you can listen to it on repeat for a thousand miles.

To give Richard the last word: 'My advice to everybody, is keep on the surfboard, motherfucker. These records have kept me on my surfboard for decades, you know what I’m saying?'

STAFF COMMENTS

Laura says: Richard Hawley was schooled on rock’n’roll; his dad was a musician in the 60s and 70s and growing up he was always surrounded by musicians. So, it’s no surprise that he’s compiled these 7” gems from that era, collected on his travels. As he says: “They’re called Little Bangers because they’re like miniature musical hand grenades!”

TRACK LISTING

SIDE ONE
1. HORNET'S NEST –
Curtis Knight & The Squires Feat. Jimi Hendrix
2. NASTY - The Time Keepers
3. PATH THROUGH THE FOREST - The Factory
4. GET ON THIS PLANE - The Premiers
5. SCOTCH ON THE SOCKS - The Shadows
6. QUASIMOTO - The Road Runners
7. LAZY REBEL - Twangy Rebels
SIDE TWO
1. SWINGING DRUMS - Ronny Kae
2. CUTTIN' OUT - Rockin’ Ronald & The Rebels
3. HONKY - The Ho-Dads
4. BLACK NIGHT - Cheryl Thompson
5. LONG LINE RIDER - Bobby Darin
6. POPPIN' POPEYE - Link Wray
7. HOT-ROD - King Curtis
SIDE THREE
1. FEELS LIKE A WOMAN - The Troggs
2. CUTTIN' OUT - The Pirates
3. WHERE YOU GONNA GO - Art Guy
4. NEB'S TUNE - Ahab & The Wailers
5. BUZZZZZZ - Jimmy Gordon
6. JUNGLE WALK - The Dyna-Sores
7. SURFIN' & SWINGIN' - Les Brown Jr
SIDE FOUR
1. TAHITI - Jimmy & Stan
2. BAWANA JINDE - Al Duncan
3. DEAD END PART 1 - The Executioners
4. REQUIEM FOR LOVE - Bobbie Gentry & Jody Reynolds
5. 3/4 MASH - The Champs
6. EL GATO - The Chandelles
7. IT’S NOTHING TO ME – Sanford Clark

29 Speedway is a record label and performance series based in Brooklyn, NY featuring forward-thinking improvisational music and live multimedia. Founded in 2020 by Ben Shirken a.k.a. Ex Wiish (‘Shards Of Axel’, Incienso 2023), 29S serves as a platform for artists exploring the fringes of interdisciplinary art and music. Hosting D.I.Y-guerrilla style sound and performance art concerts at Pioneer Works (NYC), Public Records, and in Europe in partnership with Index Records, they have worked with artists such as James Hoff, J. Albert, Yolabmi, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, AceMo, Flora Yin Wong, Nexcyia, Young Boy Dancing Group, UMFANG, Color Plus, Poncili Creación, Special Guest DJ, Arushi Jain, Drumloop, Isabella Koen, Ben Bondy, Kamran Sadeghi, Yawning Portal, James K., Syndey Spann, Debit, Pent and many others.

Resident Advisor called their most recent compilation record ‘Channel Plus’ “one of the most stunning documents of the ‘modern ambient-techno movement pioneered by labels such as Motion Ward and West Mineral’, with a focus on New York as well as a global outreach that encompasses chilled-out trap, electro, downtempo and even early '00s electroacoustic music”. Their debut solo artist release from J. Albert and Will August Park, entitled “Flat Earth” (2023), was based on free improvisation and ambient jazz, receiving praise from Philip Sherburne, Shawn Reynaldo, and was included in RYMs top EPs of the year. 29S has been written about on ID, Bandcamp Daily: Best Ambient, Boomkat, Paper Mag, Artnet, Dazed, Clot Mag, Nina Protocol, and Document Journal.

The newest release from 29 Speedway, UltraBody, is a compilation record featuring the music of Jake Muir, Pent & Dylan Kerr, Nexcyia & Mu Tate, James K, Flora Yin-Wong, Ex Wiish & Dorothy Carlos, Kamran Sadeghi, Tati au Miel, James Hoff, Eric Frye, Muein and Maxwell Sterling. The record is emblematic of the artists who have performed at 29 Speedway shows in New York and Europe during the past two years, and is the third in a series released by the label.

The record was born out of a desire to investiage how the self, spirituality, and language are intertwined with the intervention of subjectivity by new technologies. With increasingly sophisticated tech, and the supposed ability to remake the world and ourselves, what differentiates our individual discretion from the will imposed upon us by software? Quoting Walter Chaw from his piece on David Cronenberg’s Videodrome, “Decades of rampant, unregulated and ill-considered technological leaps have begun to evolve, to mutate, humans at a biological level”. This haphazard acceleration towards a techno-utopic transformation of humanity has faulted, and as William Gibson put it, is leading us to live in a “half assed singularity”. In this reality, artistic processes are influenced by excessive access to computational tools and assistance, but not utterly controlled.

This in-between state of dominion is explored in 29 Speedway: UltraBody. “Incoherences” samples the utterances of Dylan Kerr’s voice processed between Pent’s percolated glazes, muddying the gulf between vaporous ambient and reflexive sound design. The voice on James Hoff’s “A... ...Cha.... A... I feel l” was created by trying to get voice cloning technology to sing a gps data stream, the music an extrapolation from an earworm he got stuck in his head while shopping in Kyoto. On “Plogue Chain”, Eric Frye’s most speculative sci-fi observations spiral into a glazed pool of digital cacophony, while Kamran Sadeghi’s “Formula Fiction” is an experiment in (un)controlled generativity. Incorporating minimal pings from a 3D simulation scene based on gravitational interaction, cello bits evolve on “Assimilation”, a collaboration between Ex Wiish & Dorothy Carlos.

On UltraBody, sound has no separate existence from space. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Seriously stunning sonics on display here as 29 Speedway delve straight down the mainframe and into a wormhole of fractured, holographic sounds, red-shifted frequencies and continuous flow states with a plethora of molecular vibrators at the controls.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Jake Muir - Mirage
A2. Pent & Dylan Kerr - Incoherences
A3. Flora Yin Wong - Oath
A4. Qwqwqwqwa - Shadow (ft. Sop.io)
A5. Ex Wiish & Dorothy Carlos - Assimilation
A6. NEXCYIA & Mu Tate - Sans Titre
A7. Tati Au Miel - House Of Gold
B1. Kamran Sadeghi - Formula Fiction
B2. A... ...Cha.... A... I Feel Like A Ghost Uh
B3. Eric Frye - Plague Chain
B4. Maxwell Sterling - Xiahe Tears
B5. Muein - Creep
B6. James K - Sketch 4

Thirty years deep, Freerange continues to evolve. '30 Years Of Freerange' assembles 30 tracks from 30 artists, released across five EPs in a measured rollout that leads to a lovingly curated box set built for lasting impact beyond the churn of trends and algorithms. With Volume 3, the project draws together key figures from the label’s past alongside a new generation reshaping its future direction, stitching together the signature Freerange energy: soul-rooted electronics, future-facing rhythms, and grooves that pull you in.

Atjazz steps up for his debut original production for the label and it feels like the perfect fit. 'Love You Day One' is pure, unmistakable Atjazz - warm chords, fluid basslines, and that rolling, emotionally-charged groove that hits somewhere between the heart and the hips.

Next up we have new blood and serious weight. Blue Method channels Swiss precision and Cameroonian rhythm into 'Agora' - a deep, emotive burner with a powerful lift that will ignite South African floors. Hypnotic, elegant, and quietly explosive.

With her London roots and Lisbon energy, Megatronic continues her ascent with 'Questions' featuring Belgian Mona Lee’s smoky, introspective vocal weaving through textured drums and late-night synth work. Soulful but searching - a track that lingers long after the lights come up.

Flipping over we welcome back Andre Lodemann with a track entitled 'For Those Who Care'. Lodemann delivers one of his most reflective pieces to date - stripped emotion, deep atmospheres, and a groove that breathes. Electronic music with genuine soul, for those tuned in.

Another lead figure in Freerange's history, Manuel Tur locks into a lean, synth-driven rhythm track that speaks in low frequencies and late hours. 'Key Race Alert' is minimal but loaded and built for heads-down moments - the kind of cut you might catch Ben UFO or Gerd Janson dropping in their sets.

Manchester producer James Kumo closes the EP with an expansive, dub-tinged journey entitled 'Jazz Dimensions'. Loose, expressive, and deeply rooted in the lineage of Ron Trent-style house. Improvisational energy meets dancefloor intent.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Part 3 of the series that celebrates this esteemed UK label. Have you bought the box yet? I'd hate for you to have them unhoused and running free around your record collection in the wild!

TRACK LISTING

A1 - AtJazz - Love You Day One
A2 - Blue Method - Agora
A3 - Megatronic - Questions ft. Mona Lee
B1 - Andre Lodemann - For Those Who Care
B2 - Manuel Tur - Key Race Alert
B3 - James Kumo - Jazz Dimensions

Thirty years deep, Freerange continues to evolve. '30 Years Of Freerange' assembles 30 tracks from 30 artists, released across five EPs in a measured rollout that leads to a lovingly curated box set built for lasting impact beyond the churn of trends and algorithms. 

Volume 4, the penultimate edition, and it's a doozy of house heat from players new and old. All do a fine job of staying withint the label's remit: infectious, musical & organic; natural, flow-state house music, refined around the edges with tidy arrangements and lavish sound palettes. A true UK institution, Freerange continue to gently push this thing we call house forward with their own unique personality and sentiment. And for that they should be celebrated. 

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1.Dam Swindle - I Met Her Last Summer
2.Rocco Rodamaal - Body & Soul (feat Oliver Night)
3.Andy Ash - Bailey

Side 2
1.Black Loops - Body Frequencies
2.LDF & Trinidadian Deep - African Dream
3.Greg Paulus - Waitin' (Krol mix)

This compilation has been put together by in memory of Botchit label boss Vini Medley, who died of a brain tumor in 2000. All the artists involved have given one exclusive track each. Includes Atomic Hooligan, Rennie Pigrem, Backdraft, Uncouth Youth etc.

Acid Jazz presents a very special compilation marking the 40th Anniversary of group label Countdown Records. Countdown was originally founded by Eddie Piller, Maxine Conroy and Terry Rawlings and distributed by legendary UK independent Stiff Records. The label reflected the burgeoning Mod revival scene of the mid ‘80s, alongside a vibrant New Wave sound, as Ed began to find his way as a label executive. It was a fresh and unique take on Mod that attempted to place the scene’s main acts in the mainstream world. It almost worked too. But despite the brilliance of the signings, it was tripped up by the demise of Stiff, and the corporate domination of the mid-80s charts. Lessons would be learned and applied with Piller’s next label Acid Jazz, where Countdown refugees such as James Taylor, and Mother Earth’s Chris White went on to greater success. This collection tells the label’s story through the best of its musical output, from mainstays such as Makin’ Time, The Prisoners and The Kick, alongside classics and and rarities from their groundbreaking compilations, from which this release in turn takes inspiration.

TRACK LISTING

1. Pump It Up – Makin’ Time
2. Whenever I’m Gone – The Prisoners
3. I Can’t Let Go – The Kick
4. Falling For You – Long Tall Shorty
5. I Don’t Need No Doctor – Fast Eddie
6. Guilty – The All Jacks
7. The More That I Teach You – The Prisoners
8. Here’s My Number Baby – Makin’ Time
9. Dreams Come True – The Combine
10. Don’t Ever Change – The Ambassadors
11. Stuck On The Edge Of A Blade
12. Ivor The Engine Driver – The Daggermen

File Under: Annual label showcase featuring the latest 12” single highlights by Marcel Dettmann, Atoms For Peace, Cosmin TRG, Benjamin Damage, Phon.o, Bambounou and more, as well as 2 additional unreleased exclusive bonus tracks by Truncate and datei42.

The vinyl version features mostly out of print titles, plus 2 the unreleased exclusive bonus tracks by Truncate and datei42. 2012 was 50 Weapons most successful year so far. Voted as the number 1 label of the year by XLR8R (USA), number 2 label of the year by the readers of De:Bug (Germany) and ranked in the Top 10 of Top Labels 2012 by Resident Advisor (UK), amongst listenings in many other “Best Of The Year” categories in media around the world, never before has the label gained so much attention.

“50 Weapons of Choice # 30-39” aims to present some of the 12” single highlights of the past months in a cohesive manner. Label regulars Cosmin TRG, Phon.o, Anstam, Bambounou, Dark Sky, Addison Groove, Benjamin Damage, Marcel Dettmann are accompanied by A Made Up Sound and Thom Yorke-led group Atoms For Peace.

On the series' fourth installment of the series two new guests contribute exclusive bonus tracks: US techno veteran Truncate and mysterious Berlin based youngster duo datei42. Dive into the colourful worlds of 50 Weapons with this action packed adventure tale!

TRACK LISTING

1. Dark Sky - Shutter Speed
2. Phon.o - Schn33
3. Addison Groove - I Go Boom
4. Bambounou - Deepstaria
5. Atoms For Peace - Other Side (Stuck Together Remix)
6. Anstam - Feed The Pigs
7. A Made Up Sound – Malfunction (Despair)
8. Cosmin TRG - Sommer
9. Marcel Dettmann - Linux
10. Benjamin Damage - Swarm
11. Datei42 - They Explore Themselves
12. Truncate - Switch

The tracklist contains some of the world´s biggest producers of electronic music including Moderat, Shed, Marcel Dettmann, DJ Friction, Robert Hood, Chris Liebing, Legowelt, Miles, Truncate, Benjamin Damage, Lee Gamble, Anstam, Siriusmo, Tale Of Us, Modeselektor and many more. At 50 Weapons we are aiming to have a slightly different focus each year. We want to keep it fresh and exciting for us and our followers. In 2012 we had a strong focus on album releases. Benjamin Damage & Doc Daneeka, Addison Groove, Phon.o, Shed, Anstam and our youngster Bambounou all released albums with us. On the downside, the label released less singles for Djs. This year, we still released 2 fantastic albums by Benjamin Damage and Cosmin TRG, but the main focus was on a strong series of DJ tailored singles. To spice it up a bit, we also did a series of remix singles. Something we normally wouldn’t do. Before we are shifting our focus back to artist albums again in 2014 (many strong ones are already lined up), we are releasing this very special compilation to close the first chapter on remix singles. 9 single releases plus 4 unreleased exclusives by Tale Of Us, Marcel Dettmann, Chris Liebing and DJ Friction make for an impressive package with 2 hours of forward thinking club music.

TRACK LISTING

CD 1
1. Moderat - Rusty Nails (Shackleton Remix) 09:35
2. Moderat - A New Error (Headhunter Remix) 06:04
3. Moderat - Rusty Nails (T++ Remix) 05:46
4. Addison Groove - I Go Boom (Rashad Remix) 06:14
5. Addison Groove - I Go Boom (Doc Daneeka Remix) 05:04
6. Benjamin Damage - Delirium Tremens (Robert Hood Remix) 11:23
7. Benjamin Damage - Delirium Tremens (Long Version By Benjamin Damage) 08:14
8. Modeselektor & Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team - Negativity (Bambounou Remix) 06:46
9. Benjamin Damage - 010X (Truncate Remix) 05:58
10. Benjamin Damage - 010X (SCNTST Remix) 04:37
11. Cosmin TRG - New Structures For Loving (Marcel Dettmann Remix) 05:30

CD 2
1. Cosmin TRG - Noise Code (Lee Gamble Remix) 07:19
2. Moderat - Gita (Anstams Dustified Dance Edit) 05:19
3. Siriusmo - Stinky Wig (Anstams Bustified Breaks Edit) 03:57
4. Cosmin TRG - Terminus Abrupt (Legowelt Remix) 05:52
5. Cosmin TRG - Noise Code (Miles Against The Grain Remix) 08:47
6. Moderat - Bad Kingdom (Head High Remix) 06:15
7. Moderat - Bad Kingdom (Marcel Dettmann Remix) 05:46
8. Cosmin TRG - Vertigo (Tale Of Us & Fargo Remix) 07:54
9. Benjamin Damage - 010X (SCNTST Remix Chris Liebing Edit) 06:17
10. Moderat - Bad Kingdom (Marcel Dettmann's Pitch & Stretch Mix) 06:01
11. Addison Groove & Sam Binga - Rzor (DJ Friction Remix) 05:17

Celebrate the 15th anniversary of “500 Days of Summer” with the beloved soundtrack that has stood the test of time. Featuring a curated selection of indie and alternative hits from iconic artists like The Smiths, Regina Spektor, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Simon & Garfunkel and more, this soundtrack serves as a journey through the highs and lows of love and self-discovery. Relive the magic of this soundtrack as it continues to stand out as a vital component of the film's enduring legacy.

TRACK LISTING

"A Story Of Boy Meets Girl" - Mychael Danna And Rob Simonsen
"Us (2005 Remaster)" - Regina Spektor
"There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" - The Smiths
"Bad Kids" - Black Lips
"Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" - The Smiths
"There Goes The Fear" - Doves
"You Make My Dreams" - Daryl Hall & John Oates
"Sweet Dispositions" - The Temper Trap
"Quelqu'un M'a Dit" - Carla Bruni
"Mushaboom" - Feist
"Hero" - Regina Spektor
"Bookends" - Simon & Garfunkel
"Vagabond" - Wolfmother
"She's Got You High" - Mumm-Ra
"Here Comes Your Man" - Meaghan Smith
"Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" - She & Him

Now marking eight years in the underground, Blur Records delivers a various artist collection that reflects its sound across always floor-facing cuts across a house and disco spectrum tinged with retro flair. 'Back To The Disco' by Hotmood opens with big loops and a hands in the air grove that is high on funky-disco vibes, while Delfonic keeps things tight on 'Let's Do The Magic' which centres a vocal hook and busy chords. Elsewhere, Crackazat's sultry rework of Scruscru's 'Just House' adds a jazz-leaning touch and 'Touch Me' shifts into a more restrained, late-night mood. Closing with the deep, plump drums of Sven Wegner's sexy, sax-laced 'Chuck The Boom', the collection stays consistently accessible and groovy throughout.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Loopy-house fist pumpers, RIYL: Shir Khan's Black Jukebox, Instruments Of Rapture, Freerange, Lumberjacks In Hell etc.

TRACK LISTING

Hotmood - Back To The Disco
Delfonic - Lets Do The Magic
Reiner Von Vielen & Disko Dust Trip - Get Loose
Scruscru - Just House (Crackazat Remix)
Shaka - Touch Me
Sven Wegner - Chuck The Boom

Blur Records marks eight years of international artists and bright, instrumentally rich disco jewels with the second part of its anniversary compilation. The super reliable Monsieur Van Pratt opens things joyfully with 'Just Wanna Make You Dance' complete with strutting bass and disco-house grace that never stops soaring. Delfonic's 'Diamonds' brings filtered depth and a soulful sparkle that supports the glittering vocals. Reiner Von Vielen & Dizko Kreme's 'Good For You' rounds out the A-side with more rooted, chugging disco and a vocal that tugs at the heart. Flip it over and N.W.N.'s seven-minute 'Twin Souls' is a soulful house dreamer, Andy Bach's 'Keep Going On' samples a classic horn riff in a rolling groove, and Sven Wegner & Reiner Von Vielen close with the sophisticated and jazzy house cool of 'Inside Of Me'. Here's to the next eight.

TRACK LISTING

Monsieur Van Pratt - Just Wanna Make You Dance
Delfonic - Diamonds
Reiner Von Vielen & Dizko Kreme - Good For You
NWN - Twin Souls
Andy Bach - Keep Going On
Sven Wegner & Reiner Von Vielen - Inside Of Me

'Columbia Records and Searchlight Pictures present ‘A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)’ . Featuring tracks from the film like “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall,” “Like A Rolling Stone,” and “Girl From The North Country,” the soundtrack includes performances from Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan, Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, and Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash.

Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. He forges intimate relationships with music icons of Greenwich Village on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking and controversial performance that reverberates worldwide. Timothée Chalamet stars and sings as Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, the electric true story behind the rise of one of the most iconic singer-songwriters in history. 

'A Giant Has Nowhere To Go: Tongue Master Records Presents Selections From Comes With A Smile (2000-2006)' is a celebratory vinyl-only release drawn from the magazine's sixteen cover-mounted compilation CDs. Across some 300 tracks, the magazine presented previously unheard tracks from its eclectic array of interviewees drawn from the worlds of the Singer Songwriter, Americana, Post-Rock, Electronica, and all things Indie.

Comes With A Smile's designer/editor Matt Dornan’s association with Tongue Master Records began with the first TM 7" and has continued to the present day. In some ways the association has come full circle with this curated release. The selections on this album represent the place where the worlds of Tongue Master and Cwas converge. Most remain exclusive to the magazine, and all appear on vinyl for the first time.

Side one features artists who appear in the Tongue Master discography - from established masters Mark Eitzel, Mark Mulcahy and Howe Gelb to the equally idiosyncratic stylings of New York’s The Scene Is Now, Athens’ Sigmatropic (featuring Edith Frost) and London’s cinematic The Real Tuesday Weld. The latter revisits a CWAS favourite, featuring a newly recorded vocal by Sephine Llo, exclusive to this release. Other contributions include intimate demos from Eitzel and Gelb (better known in embellished form by American Music Club and Giant Sand respectively), to standalone gems like Mulcahy’s 'Elephantine' (which gives this collection its title) and the bruised avant-garde blues of The Scene Is Now’s 'The Word'.

The tracks on side two and the accompanying 7” are a diverse selection drawn from the sixteen CDs CWAS issued between 2000 and 2006 that reflect and complement the oeuvre of Tongue Master Records. Here you will find the dense literature-infused art-folk of Lullaby For The Working Class, the sparse acoustic balladry of Nina Nastasia and the curious Matmos-enhanced stylings of veteran polymath and fellow New Yorker David Grubbs. In their wake comes an epic jazz-tinged duel between Douglas McCombs’s Brokeback and sometime labelmates Chicago Underground Duo, and the raw gothic Americana of Blanche. The LP concludes with a haunting lo-fi lament by the sorely missed Jason Molina in his Songs: Ohia guise. The 7" presents two further gems: a concise edit of the lengthy title track from a 2005 12” tour EP from CWAS regulars The American Analog Set, and an acoustic rendition of a track from the album ‘The Great Destroyer’ by shapeshifting veterans Low from the same year.

Together the fourteen tracks hint at the breadth of the CWAS archive, a treasure trove from a not-too-distant musical past. With full lyrics, a special four page insert tracing the history of the magazine, and an Alex Wharton Abbey Road cut, this quality release is a testament to the legacy of Comes With A Smile.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Scene Is Now - Words
2. Howe Gelb - Wolf Pup
3. Mark Mulcahy - Elephantine
4. Sigmatropic Featuring Edith Frost - Haiku 4 (Alt)
5. Mark Eitzel - Bought A Book
6. The Real Tuesday Weld Featuring Sephine Lo - Dreaming Of You
7. Lullaby For The Working Class - In Defense Of Abstractions
8. Nina Nastasia - I Will Never Marry
9. David Grubbs - Aging Young Lovers
10. Brokeback With Chicago Underground Duo - Chomsk, Live!
11. Blanche - Never Again (Demo)
12. Songs: Ohia - Untitled

7”
1. The American Analog Set - Everything Ends In Spring (Edit)
2. Low - Walk Into The Sea (Acoustic Version)

'A HIDEOUS COLLECTIVE' sees Opus Kink pulling artists together and curating the best of current indie in aid of Music Venue Trust & UK Artist Touring Fund, including never before heard songs, unreleased live tracks, alternative versions, demos & more. Released on Hideous Mink Records, Opus Kink's own label, in collaboration with SO Recordings (SO HIDEOUS).

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: A who's who of modern indie, electronica and psychedelia from Hideous Mink and SO Recordings, in aid of the music venue trust and it's EXACTLY as incendiary as you'd expect from the tracklist. A superb collection.

TRACK LISTING

1. Steve Lamacq - A Foreword From Steve Lamacq
2. BIG SPECIAL - COOKED FISH
3. Katy J Pearson - Tonight
4. LUVCAT - He's My Man (live In Cologne)
5. Honeyglaze - Turn Out Right
6. Matt Maltese - Please Don't Kill Me
7. Opus Kink - Thank You Satan
8. Lambrini Girls - Big Dick Energy (live In Seattle)
9. Warmduscher - YAKUZA
10. TTSSFU - Upstairs
11. Hamish Hawk - Burning Up
12. Wunderhorse - Rain (live)
13. Antony Szmierek - Independent Venue Week Poem
14. Friedberg - Haha
15. HOT WAX - Chip My Teeth (Live At Rough Trade East)
16. Getdown Services - AONB
17. Gurriers - Approachable (Chris W. Ryan Version)
18. Nova Twins - Monsters (live)
19. Cumgirl8 - Goblin
20. The Oozes - The Entertainer
21. Los Bitchos - Turkish Delight
22. Oracle Sisters - Wait For Me
23. English Teacher - Yorkshire Tapas
24. Mary In The Junkyard - Ghost (demo)

A LA ALTURA, or “To The Height” brings recognition to Mexican musicians who, in the last decades of the 20th century, ventured into experimental territories with electronic and indigenous instruments, in dialogue with minimalism, ambient, jazz and new age aesthetics. Over a decade in the making and lovingly curated by Mexican journalist, musician and DJ, Carlos “Tropicaza” Icaza & dublab radio founder and LA Phil Creative Producer Mark “Frosty” McNeill, A LA ALTURA is sourced from original tapes and masters featuring unreleased, long out of print and private–press recordings.

Volumes 1 & 2 feature 25 visionary artists who were actively engaged in a form of consciousness raising, whether by questing for the stars through their music or by elevating the artform itself. Just as boldly, these two volumes make the statement that Mexican artists and composers like Luis Pérez, Arturo Meza, Jorge Reyes, Ana Ruiz, and Antonio Zepeda should be spoken in the same breath as Michael Rother, Terry Riley, Hiroshi Yoshimura, and the many other artists who have been rightly feted for their spirit of experimentation.

TRACK LISTING

1. Antonio Zepeda y Eugenio Toussaint – Viento De Lluvia
2. Jorge Reyes – Sazilakab
3. Tito – Anáhuac
4. Antonio Russek – La Trama de la Vida
5. Luis Pérez - Suite Al Culto
6. Solar – Ketzalkoatl Yauh Miktlan
7. Xavier Zetina – Bahía Azteca
8. La Pirámide – Pirámide
9. Tribu – Cantar de la Dualidad (Ometekuikatl)
10. Arturo Meza – El Bordado Celeste de Mamá Felipa
11. Humberto Alvarez – Akoyalistli
12. Ronny – Último Encuentro
13. Aristeo – Ascenso

Celebrating innovative Mexican musicians who merged electronic and indigenous instruments with minimalism, ambient, jazz and new age aesthetics.

Featuring 25 visionary artists including Luis Pérez, Arturo Meza, Jorge Reyes,Ana Ruiz, and Antonio Zepeda, amongst others . Includes 4 previously unreleased tracks.

Compiled and produced by Mexican journalist, musician and DJ, Carlos “Tropicaza” Icaza & dublab radio founder and LA Phil Creative Producer Mark “Frosty” McNeill.

A LA ALTURA, or “To The Height” brings recognition to Mexican musicians who, in the last decades of the 20th century, ventured into experimental territories with electronic and indigenous instruments, in dialogue with minimalism, ambient, jazz and new age aesthetics. Over a decade in the making and lovingly curated by Mexican journalist, musician and DJ, Carlos “Tropicaza” Icaza & dublab radio founder and LA Phil Creative Producer Mark “Frosty” McNeill, A LA ALTURA is sourced from original tapes and masters featuring unreleased, long out of print and private–press recordings.

Volumes 1 & 2 feature 25 visionary artists who were actively engaged in a form of consciousness raising, whether by questing for the stars through their music or by elevating the artform itself. Just as boldly, these two volumes make the statement that Mexican artists and composers like Luis Pérez, Arturo Meza, Jorge Reyes, Ana Ruiz, and Antonio Zepeda should be spoken in the same breath as Michael Rother, Terry Riley, Hiroshi Yoshimura, and the many other artists who have been rightly feted for their spirit of experimentation.

TRACK LISTING

CD1
1. Antonio Zepeda y Eugenio Toussaint – Viento De Lluvia
2. Jorge Reyes – Sazilaka
3. Tito – Anáhuac
4. Antonio Russek – La Trama de la Vida
5. Luis Pérez - Suite Al Culto
6. Solar – Ketzalkoatl Yauh Miktlan
6. Xavier Zetina – Bahía Azteca
7. La Pirámide – Pirámide
8. Tribu – Cantar de la Dualidad (Ometekuikatl)
9. Arturo Meza – El Bordado Celeste de Mamá Felipa
10. Humberto Alvarez – Akoyalistli
11. Ronny – Último Encuentro
12. Aristeo – Ascenso

CD2
1. Radnectar – Nge*
2. Airwaves – The Garden Trellis
3. Masos – Inicio
4. Ana Ruiz – Ananecia 12*
5. Walter Schmidt – L’Vampire
6. La Música De Erich Zann – Hipno
7. Oxomaxoma – La Guelageisha
8. F. Steel – Improvisación
9. Ariel Guzik – Célula Base y Tambor
10. Antonio Zepeda y Jorge René González – Mantram*
11. Duda Mata – Duda Mata
12. Luis Flores – Canción Ausente 7*
13. Gerardo Bátiz – Amarillo

*Previously unreleased

A LA ALTURA, or “To The Height” brings recognition to Mexican musicians who, in the last decades of the 20th century, ventured into experimental territories with electronic and indigenous instruments, in dialogue with minimalism, ambient, jazz and new age aesthetics. Over a decade in the making and lovingly curated by Mexican journalist, musician and DJ, Carlos “Tropicaza” Icaza & dublab radio founder and LA Phil Creative Producer Mark “Frosty” McNeill, A LA ALTURA is sourced from original tapes and masters featuring unreleased, long out of print and private–press recordings.

Volumes 1 & 2 feature 25 visionary artists who were actively engaged in a form of consciousness raising, whether by questing for the stars through their music or by elevating the artform itself. Just as boldly, these two volumes make the statement that Mexican artists and composers like Luis Pérez, Arturo Meza, Jorge Reyes, Ana Ruiz, and Antonio Zepeda should be spoken in the same breath as Michael Rother, Terry Riley, Hiroshi Yoshimura, and the many other artists who have been rightly feted for their spirit of experimentation.

TRACK LISTING

1. Radnectar – Nge*
2. Airwaves – The Garden Trellis
3. Masos – Inicio
4. Ana Ruiz – Ananecia 12*
5. Walter Schmidt – L’Vampire
6. La Música De Erich Zann – Hipno
7. Oxomaxoma – La Guelageisha
8. F. Steel – Improvisación
9. Ariel Guzik – Célula Base y Tambor
10. Antonio Zepeda y Jorge René González – Mantram*
11. Duda Mata – Duda Mata
12. Luis Flores – Canción Ausente 7*
13. Gerardo Bátiz – Amarillo

*Previously unreleased

Leon Russell was one of the most esteemed studio session men in rock history, having appeared on an eye-popping number of records by legends such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Bobby Darin, Phil Spector, Frank Sinatra, the Byrds, and the Beach Boys. Russell's solo work benefited from his amazing collaborators, as the likes of George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson, various Rolling Stones and others helped Russell put the finishing touches on his albums through the years. The ‘master of space & time,’ Russell blended together Southern soul, gospel, country, rock and piano-man singer/songwriter stylings.

“A Song For Leon” celebrates Leon’s life and career, consisting of iconic acts such as Pixies, Orville Peck, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, U.S. Girls featuring Bootsy Collins and other incredible artists. Showcasing the impact of Leon Russell’s songs, “A Song For Leon” is meant to educate experienced Leon Russell fans by highlighting other versions of his music, but also bring new fans into the fold by highlighting how many of today’s rising musicians have taken inspiration from him.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Stranger In A Strange Land (Margo Price)
2. Out In The Woods (Durand Jones & The Indications)
3. Tight Rope (Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats)
4. This Masquerade (Orville Peck)
5. Superstar (U.S. Girls & Bootsy Collins)
SIDE B
1. Crystal Closet Queen (Pixies)
2. A Song For You (Monica Martin)
3. Back To The Island (Bret McKenzie & The Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
4. Laying Right Here In Heaven (Tina Rose, Amy Nelson & Jason Hill)
5. “Prince Of Peace (Hiss Golden Messenger)

Milan Records release this tribute to legendary Japanese composer, artist, producer & environmental activist Ryuichi Sakamoto. A 13 song collection of songs from Sakamoto's vast catalogue, newly reworked & remodelled by contemporary artists & collaborators, including David Sylvian, Thundercat, Devonte Hynes, Hildur Guonadottir, Cornelius, Alva Noto, Liam Giong & more... 

After releasing a handful of singles / EPs, Manchester label Valentine Records celebrates its first birthday with the release of their first full length album. The album includes some of the highlights of the label's releases so far, along with five previously unreleased tracks. Includes tracks from Palo Alto, Ladyboy, Bynatone, Les Flames and more.

Since releasing Anti-Flag's newest full length, A-F Records has become the newest 'buzz' label to come out of the underground since Fat Wreck Chords exploded onto the scene in the early 90s. Here's their bands on a cheap, cheap compilation.

A celebration of our 40years in business: 1975-2015 represented by seven vinyl singles in a luxury box/book.

40 years on and, as the song says, we got to get right back where we started from. That was and still is the 7-inch vinyl 45rpm single. This traditional “album” contains seven 45s that could never fully represent the Ace story so far, but they touch on numerous aspects of what we have been doing all this time. There are unissued versions, highlights from our career, lost gems and an error corrected, but all truly terrific music. A small jukebox worth of recordings spanning the 20 years from which the bulk of Ace releases have been drawn. It is hard to believe only 20 years separate Etta James’ release for Modern from Joe Strummer’s first recording made for our Chiswick label, which in turn is now nearly 40 years old.

After our dalliance with pop and rock, which lasted until the early 80s and wasn’t without its highpoints, we shifted our attention to recording London’s garage and psychobilly bands in the wake of licensing the Cramps’ catalogue. But the blues, its more active little brother rhythm & blues, even more active grandchild soul and wayward second cousin who got the funk have always been a major strand in what we do. We heard some of that rock’n’roll music, liked it and put a lot of it out, alongside its sweeter pop counterpart and teenage rebel nephew 60s psych and garage that contributed to the backbone of the past 40 years of releases.

During that time, we have danced to many different tunes in many different styles. We jived, we twisted, then we shimmied (and shaked), glided elegantly across the northern soul dancefloor, pogoed and all the time shook a tail feather. These days it is more likely to be a soft shoe shuffle but the enthusiasm hasn’t dimmed. The dedicated team of Ace staff, engineers and consultants are still turning out a regular flow of great-sounding, handsomely packaged, articulately annotated CDs, with the odd LP and 45 thrown in for good measure. You can even download a lot of it, but unfortunately without the pretty pictures and sweet words as yet.

They say the future is online and they may be right, but nothing can match that warm fuzzy feeling the whiff of wax brings.

TRACK LISTING

Disc One
1A. Confessin The Blues (Alt) BB King
1B.Tough Lover (Alt) Etta James

Disc Two
2A. One Cup Of Coffee And A Cigarette - Glen Glenn
2B. Youre Under Arrest - The Shirelles

Disc Three
3A. Not My Girl - The Platters
3B. No Other Guy - Lou Johnson

Disc Four
4A. Try A Little Tenderness (Alt) - Otis Redding
4B. You Gotta Have Soul - James Carr

Disc Five
5A. Psychedelic Sally - Eddie Jefferson
5B. Keep On Brother Keep On - Johnny King And Fatback Band

Disc Six
6A. I Got Mine - The Charlatans
6B. Get The Picture (Alt) - The Scot Richard Case

Disc Seven
7A. Dont Cry For Me - The Zombies
7B. Keys To Your Heart - The 101ers

Asthmatic Kitty Records presents "Achoo!" their second sampler of music released on the label – 27 tracks for the price of a CD single! Featuring songs from every artist on the label and spanning the entire breadth of the catalogue, this gives a concise and exciting introduction to one of the most interesting independent labels in operation today.

Green Water - The Curtains
Henney Buggy Band - Sufjan Stevens
High Life - Shapes And Sizes
Adventurers - Rafter
Eyes Peeled - Half-Handed Cloud
We Were Sparkling - My Brightest Diamond
Sold To The Nice Rich Man - Welcome Wagon
So Gentle Your Arms - Shannon Stephens
Poison & Snakes - Liz Janes
Strong Animal - Castanets
Twilight And Ghost Stories (excerpt) - Chris Schlarb
Year Of The Boar - Osso
Encouragement - Rafter
Say You Will - Cryptacize
Future Past Perfect - Future Rapper
Sampler Song - Rafter
Sailing The Veil-Boat - Half-Handed Cloud
Climbing Texas - Belltower
Christmas In July - Sufjan Stevens
Dancing With Someone (Privilege Of Everything) - Castanets
A Feast - Royal City
Goldenhead - Shapes And Sizes
Yes/No - Bunky
Quail - Half-Handed Cloud
Careless Love - Liz Janes & Create
Golden Star (Alias Remix) - My Brightest Diamond
As You Do - Castanets

Dub No Frontiers is inspired by and features female vocalists that Adrian Sherwood and the On-U Sound label knew from the UK or had met while travelling around the world. Many of the singers said they felt the dub and reggae arena was a bit of a male preserve and a little intimidating even, so Sherwood decided to invite artistes to perform a song of their choice, all in non-English on his rhythm tracks. Vocalists include Likkle Mai (singing in Japanese), Rita Morar (Hindi), Kerieva (Romani), Neyssatou (Arabic) & Yehaiyahan (Chinese).

The album is dedicated to the memory of both Ariane ‘Ari Up’ Forster and Lincoln Valentine ‘Style’ Scott with whom the project started.

Peter Harris’s cover painting of Afeni Shakur Davis sets the visual tone of the record and both the LP and CD come with a 12-page booklet featuring more of his paintings of inspiring women from the world of literature, politics, law, civil rights and medicine, such as Claudia Jones, Flo Kennedy, Barbara Jordan, Claudette Colvin and Mary Seacole.

TRACK LISTING

1. Yehaiyahan — Love Hurts [3:11]
2. Likkle Mai — Haste Makes Waste [4:12]
3. Rita Morar — Meri Awaaz Suno (Hear My Voice) [3:15]
4. In Temi Oyedele — I Dupe (Thanks Giving) [4:21]
5. Neyssatou — War [4:15]
6. Maria Wenda — Okama Werek Halok [3:42]
7. Kerieva — Chavale [3:52]
8. JaGodDa — Krysztalowy Aniol (Crystal Angel) [3:57]
9. Saba Tewelde — Semarulay Daqey [2:36]
10. Nadya Ostroff DR.NO — Little Cosmonaut [4:31]

After "Afro Exotique - Adventures In The Leftfield, Africa 1972-88" was enthusiastically embraced by heads, collectors and core Africa Seven enthusiasts alike, we dived back down into the vaults, and hope we've come up with another volume of listenable esoterica from roughly the same period.

"The Quest", courtesy of fleeting 1978 leftfield supergroup Afro Cult Foundation (featuring Joni Haastrup, Remi Kabaka and friends) sets the tone-bar high and sideways, with 4.50 mins of atmospheric, effected solo piano drift to get things started.

Congolese ensemble band "Orchestre Lipua Lipua" introduces gently lilting Soukous with 1977's, "Distingue", before BG and Fibre's "Thanks and Praises" introduces some wobbly, Moog tinged Lagos reggae shuffle to proceedings.

Akwassa's 1974 funker "I Don't Want Nobody" peels off into a Hammond / wah wah / moog mini odyssey half way through, before Tongolese chanteuse Akofa Akoussah's stirring "Ramer San Rame" introduces emotional charge into proceedings.

Francis Bebey's "La Condition Masculine" (1976) is a centre piece of the album, with it's skippy drum machine rhythm and spoken world vocal, but we'll admit, we probably wouldn't have used it if we'd read a translation of that vocal first.

Benis Cletin's "Jungle Magic" (1979) acid funk intro then gives way to a blatant, and at times slightly unhinged homage to the all conquering (at the time) "I Feel Love", Sorry Bamba's "M'Bife Je T'Aime" keeps the leftfield funk groove rolling, before the mournful, immersive croon of Gregoire Lawani's "Elle M'a Mordu La Langue" brings proceedings to a reflective close.

TRACK LISTING

1. Afrocult Foundation - The Quest (Version Piano Solo)
2. Orchestre Lipua-Lipua - Distingue (Edit)
3. B.G. And Fibre - (G#) Thanks And Praises
4. Akwassa - I Don't Want No-Body (To Tell Me)
5. Aura - I Got To Make It
6. Akofa Akoussah - Ramer Sans Rame
7. Francis Bebey - La Condition Masculine
8. Benis Cletin - Jungle Magic
9. Sorry Bamba - M'Bife Je T'Aime
10. Gregoire Lawani - Elle M'a Mordu La Langue

15 years since their fantasy disco scene-defining 1st volume, Johnny Jewel’s IDIB lasso Sally Shapiro, Desire, Farah, Lovelock and the kreme of their field for a 27-song, 2-hour re-up

Where previous volumes took their sweet time to arrive, ‘Volume 4’ graces the ‘floor only two years since the last, and nobody’s complaining. From its slo-mo, dry-iced covers of Jennifer Lopez’ ‘Waiting For Tonight’, Don Henley’s ’Boys of Summer’ and even flipping R.E.M.’s ‘Losing My Religion’, thru to exclusive pearls by our disco queen crush, Sally Shapiro, and Johnny Jewel as Desire, it’s the ideal soundtrack for late summer into silly season.

TRACK LISTING

1. Wolfram Feat. Desire – Sad Ibiza Song
2. Orion – Call A Psychic
3. MOTHERMARY – Coming For You (NICOLAAS Remix)
4. Double Mixte – Chateau D'eau
5. Love Object – Epicurus
6. The Operator – Danser
7. Talvi - The Day We Met Never Ended For Me
8. Kid Moxie & NINA* – Waiting For Tonight
9. Farah – Losing My Religion
10. Sally Shapiro – Moonlight Dance (Tommy '86 Remix)
11. Glüme – Dangerous Blue
12. Cigar Cigarette – Come Correct
13. Desire – Silver Machine
14. Causeway – I'm Falling Apart
15. Esper Star – Boys Of Summer
16. Juno Francis – Romantica
17. Sally Shapiro – Purple Colored Sky
18. Club Intl Feat. Logan Avidan – Hazel Eyes
19. Mesh Kimono – Afterburn
20. Dlina Volny – Saturday
21. Annie-Claude Deschênes – Electric Light
22. Cameron Romance – Meet You On The Other Side
23. JOON – I Think They Call It Love
24. Lovelock Feat. Orion – Riders On Dark Horses
25. PYNKIE & Social Media – Zoom
26. Body Double – Telescope
27. Double Mixte – Am I A Fool To Love You

This is a brilliant collection of Northern soul stompers dug up from the Warners, Atlantic, Atco and Reprise vaults. All the tracks are picked by Northern authority Richard Searling, who also provides extensive sleeve notes. All that and a great photo of (presumably) Wigan Casino from the on the front cover!!

At the start of the 60s, a new wave of gospel-influenced jazz started to emerge, with hits such as Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers' "Moanin'" and Cannonball Adderley's "Work Song" epitomizing this evolution in the genre. The terms "soul jazz" and "funky jazz" were coined as a way to describe this new sound that was making an impact in the US and also on the other sides of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

In 1964, Ray Charles made his first visit to Japan. Then, in 1968, Martha & The Vandellas and Stevie Wonder set foot in the country, followed by Sam & Dave in 1969, Ike & Tina Turner in 1970, and B.B. King in 1971. The TV show "Soul Train" also began airing in Japan in the early 1970s. A watershed moment happened in 1973 when Sammy Davis Jr. was cast in a TV commercial for Suntory whisky — and the influence of the US Black entertainment world had really landed, with soul, jazz, and funk artists becoming household names.

Nippon Columbia played a pivotal role during this turning point. The company had contracts with Buddah Records and Blue Thumb Records, releasing notable works by artists such as Gladys Knight & The Pips, Curtis Mayfield, The Crusaders, and The Pointer Sisters. At the same time, the label was also releasing several Japanese soul, jazz, and funk projects under the lead of music director Jiro Inagaki. Inagaki, a saxophonist who began his professional career in the early 1950s, honed his skills at U.S. military camps, where he shared his love of music with the Black servicemen. In the 1960s, he played with drummer Hideo Shiraki's band, which was widely considered to be Japan's representative group of the funky jazz movement. Later, Inagaki went on to pursue more cutting-edge sounds with his Soul Media project, including being a pioneering figure in the "jazz rock" genre. By working closely with Inagaki and his various musical projects, Nippon Columbia really placed the company at the center of an exciting and important period in Japanese music.

In 1965, Nippon Columbia opened a recording studio in Tokyo's Akasaka neighborhood. Akasaka was also home to the first ever discotheque in Japan, the legendary MUGEN, which ran from 1968 to 1987 and where many acts performed, including Con Funk Shun, the Bar-Kays, Ike & Tina Turner, B.B. King, Sam & Dave, Three Degrees, and Edwin Starr, as well as many local Japanese singers and musicians. This melting pot of creativity in the area led to the recording of many singles and albums by Japanese artists that were infused with the sounds of soul and funk. Most of these recordings were not available outside of Japan and remain rare and unknown musical gems. The selection you are holding in your hands is an explosive collection of 10 essential tracks released by the legendary Nippon Columbia label between 1969 and 1977, capturing the raw, unapparelled energy that was flowing through the air of the Akasaka streets at this electrifying time. Enjoy!

TRACK LISTING

1. Mieko Hirota - Soul Lady
2. Shinji Maki & Black Jack - Nabeyoko Soul
3. Tan Tan - Happy Day
4. Kenji Niinuma - Airenki
5. Hatsumi Shibata - Furui Fuku Nanka
6. Strawberry Jam - Arimasen
7. Mieko Hirota - Anata Ga Inakute Mo
8. Akira Yasuda & Beat Folk - Kaeroka Kaeroka (Single Version)
9. Miki Hirayama - Hatachi No Koi
10. Masaaki Sakai - Baby, Yuki Wo Dashite

Celebrate 70 years of Alegre Records, the pioneering New York City label that helped shape the sound of Latin music. Spanning 1961-1975, this essential 12-track collection honors founder Al Santiago's enduring vision, and features classics by legends Johnny Pacheco, Eddie Palmieri, Charlie Palmieri, Pete Rodríguez, the Alegre All Stars, and more. Includes new liner notes presented in English and Spanish by producer, composer, and industry veteran Bobby Marín. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Johnny Pacheco - El Güiro de Macorina
2. Charlie Palmieri – La hija de Lola
3. Eddie Palmieri y Su Conjunto La Perfecta – Lázaro y su micrófono
4. Angel Canales – Lejos de tí
5. Louie Ramirez – El Títere
6. Ricardo Ray – Lookie Lookie
7. Pete Rodríguez – I Like It Like That
8. Alegre All Stars – Se acabo lo que se daba
9. Orlando Marín & His Orchestra – La casa
10. Alegre All Stars – Tema Alegre
11. Roberto Roena y Sus Megatones – Take Five
12. Mon Rivera – Monina

Swiss DJ Alex Attias returns to BBE with a second helping of uptempo cuts, perfectly encapsulating his LillyGood Party! sound. Founder of the recently revived Visions imprint, a long-time collector and a revered selector, Alex Attias is, before everything, a refined producer whose musical craft has seen him travel the globe, most notably with an extended stint in the birthplace of the bruk sound, London. The tracks you’ll find on this compilation are all current favourites, or proven classics that have never left Alex's record box at the LillyGood Parties, a gathering Alex and his brother Stephane run in their hometown of Lausanne, Switzerland. LillyGood Party! Vol.2 is another testament to Attias’ unswerving taste for smooth yet intricate, subtly layered yet deeply rooted dance compositions; some subtly edited for maximum dance-floor effect. Featuring instantly recognisable names such as Louie Vega's Elements Of Life, Peven Everett and even Pharoah Sanders, LillyGood Party 2 also sheds light on some lesser-known artists, digging out some gems, buried deep across the jazz, disco and electronic musical strata. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Sil says: More jazzy than my usual preferences; this great compilation has got me shacking my arse in ways not previously known! Someone put me on a dancefloor!

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. How Bad I Want Ya (GU Peak True Time Mix) – Stacy Kidd Feat. Peven Everett
SIDE B
1. Children Of The World (Ben Brophy Edit) – The Elements Of Life Feat. Josh Milan
SIDE C
1. Gwotet (Alex Attias Edit) – David Murray & The Gwo-Ka Masters Feat. Pharoah Sanders
2. Freedom Flight – Mausiki Scales (Alex Attias LillyGood Party Edit)
SIDE D
1. Open Up Your Mind (Honeycomb Vocal Mix) – Universal Tongues Feat. Elle
2. Star Child Going Home – MJ Lallo

Anticon bring us a hand-picked collection of Alias' greatest work as a remixer. All the tracks are super-rare, out of print or previously unreleased, including reworks of Lucky Pierre, Lali Puna, John Vanderslice, Sixtoo, Christ and more. The tracks play like an artist album, each song the proud new owner of the Alias trademark: Alternately searing and frostbitten production, reverberating and crunchy, built on considered keystrokes, finely cut click'n'pop, guitar pickings and drum machine ballistics.

Chichester Hospital Radio presents Volume 2 of 'All Soundtracks Great and Small' - a 2CD set of music largely sourced from production music libraries, whose recordings have been used for decades as themes and incidental music on film, television and radio transmissions.

The first CD features a selection of television themes past and present, the second CD begins with music tracks used to accompany the BBC's Pages from Ceefax transmissions followed by themes and incidental music from BBC2's Trade Test Colour Films of the late 1960s and early 1970s, which were broadcast during the day to promote the new colour television service in-between Test Card transmissions during what was billed in the Radio Times as a Closedown period.

The CD includes music composed by Vladimir Cosma, Johnny Scott, Keith Mansfield, Jack Trombey, Les Reed, Alexandra Harwood, Debbie Wiseman, Brian Bennett, Syd Dale and Alan Hawkshaw.

TRACK LISTING

CD1 Tracklisting:
1. BBC1 News 1970's Opening Theme - The Peter Hope Orchestra
2. The Adventures Of Don Quick Theme - The Pandora Orchestra
3. America's Major League Baseball Theme - The European Sound Stage Orchestra
4. A Horseman Riding By Theme - The New Festival Orchestra
5. Ensemble Theme - The London Studio Players
6. Cuckoo In The Nest Theme - The All Electric Steam Radio Band
7. Seeing And Doing Theme - Paul Hart
8. Junior Showtime Theme - The International Studio Orchestra
9. Tarrant On TV Theme - The European Sound Stage Orchestra
10. For The Record Theme - The Pandora Orchestra
11. World Cup Fanfare 1974 - Orchester Werner Drexler
12. Whose Baby? Theme - Richard Myhill Group
13. Compact Theme - Roger Roger And His Champs-Elysees Orchestra
14. It's Maths Theme - John Leach
15. Hot Line Theme - Les Reed Combo
16. Rugby Special Theme - Brian Bennett Group
17. Miss Jones And Son Theme - Roger Webb Group
18. Training Dogs The Woodhouse Way Theme - Sam Fonteyn
19. Whicker's World 1980's Theme - Graham De Wilde
20. Did You See...? Theme - Francis Monkman
21. Punch Line Theme - Ole Jensen And His Music
22. How We Used To Live Theme - De Wolfe Ensemble
23. Playground - The Bruton Players
24. All Creatures Great And Small Theme (Channel 5) - Alexandra Harwood
25. Love Your Weekend (Walk On The Wild Side Theme) - Oliver Ledbury
26. Woman's Hour 1970 Theme - The New Elizabethans
27. Beryl's Lot Theme - Orchestre Paul Piot
28. The Big Match Theme - The European Sound Stage Orchestra
29. Children's Hospital Theme - Debbie Wiseman
30. Guinness Test Card Advert Music - The Norman Candler Magic Strings
31. The Trygon Factor Theme - Peter Thomas Orchestra
32. Maths Counts Theme - The Bruton Players
33. The Telephone At Work Theme - The London Studio Group
34. Dave Allen At Large Theme - The European Sound Stage Orchestra
35. Winner Takes All Theme - Jim Lawless
36. Mathscore Theme - The Regency Players
37. The Fenn Street Gang Theme (Ragamuffin) - The Pandora Orchestra
38. BBC1 News 1970's Closing Theme - The Peter Hope Orchestra

CD2 Tracklisting:
1. Jumpin' Jupiter - The Frank Chacksfield Orchestra
2. The Very First Smile - Syd Dale And His Orchestra
3. Lucky In Love - Kapono Beamer With The Sonoton Film Orchestra
4. Le Coup Du Parapluie Theme - Vladimir Cosma And His Orchestra
5. Who's To Blame - The Frank Chacksfield Orchestra
6. Coast To Coast - Rhodos
7. Rio By Moonlight - Gerhard Daum Group
8. L'As Des As Theme - Vladimir Cosma And His Orchestra
9. Remember - Kookie Freeman
10. Young People - The Guy Gollasch Combo
11. It's My Turn Today - The Philharmonic Pop Orchestra
12. Rosella - The Frank Chacksfield Orchestra
13. Andalusian Dance - Nick Ingman Orchestra
14. Hop Bop - Andre Ceccarelli Et Bernard Arcadio
15. Romance For Julia - The George Hermann Orchestra And Chorus
16. Breezy - Marco Ribaldi
17. Septieme Ciel - Vladimir Cosma And His Orchestra
18. Highland Playground Theme - Jack Wolfe And His Orchestra
19. Tough Guys - The International Studio Group
20. The Grass Growers Theme - The Crawford Dance Orchestra
21. Silent Service - Reg Tilsley And The London Big Sound
22. Virevoltant - The Jazz Trio Paris
23. The Dairy Industry Closing Theme 1 - Jean-Claude Petit Et Son Orchestre
24. The Dairy Industry Closing Theme 2 - Jean-Claude Petit Et Son Orchestre
25. Snofari Theme - The International Studio Group
26. Belle Etoile - The Scottmen
27. The Eyelash - The Johnny Hawksworth Group

'All The Young Droids: Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985' is a new compilation that charts the underbelly of the epoch-defining sound of the synthesiser in 80s popular music. Compiled by Philip King (previously seen compiling All The Young Droogs, Glitterbest and Boobs - The Junkshop Glam Discotheque), the music here connects the dots between DIY synth enthusiasts grappling with new, cheap synthesisers at the tail-end of punk and wannabe, jobbing songwriters enthral to the new music pioneered by Gary Numan, Depeche Mode and Daniel Miller’s Mute Records. Featuring rare tracks of auto-didactic progressive pop music, proto-techno punk, shoot-for-the-stars-land-in-the-gutter chart flops and heralded, underground synth classics, School Daze paints a picture of beautiful failure.

Complete with extensive sleeve notes written by King and never before seen imagery, all 24 tracks were remastered by RPM in-house engineer Simon Murphy, many from vinyl copies due to lost master tapes. The story told on All The Young Droids is one of the dawning opportunity presented by both the emergence to the market of cheaper analog synthesisers and the distribution networks plus indie labels that exploded with the advent of punk music in 1976. While the music that sprouted out all over the globe in the wake of these factors was decried as fake, plastic, a refutation of punk’s guitar-led revolution, it’s telling that much of the music on All The Young Droids.. was created in bedrooms, ramshackle studios and home-made set ups with often borrowed equipment. In the era of record labels jumping to capitalise on the success of The Sex Pistols, The Clash (both on major labels, of course) these artists struggled to stand out from a new gold-rush with next to no budget or PR team. With radio and labels desperate for the new Yazoo, what resulted was a testament to necessity being the mother of invention.

At the time, the synthesiser was the music of the future, a shiny new machine that could paint like an orchestra with a single finger and a 4-track. In the hands of Manchester avant-pranksters Gerry & The Holograms it’s a pulsing, sardonic weapon.. the only instrument on the Messthetics classic lampooning of New Wave fashion. In Hamburg, a 16 year old Andreas Dorau used it to write and record (with his female classmates on vocals) a global smash in Fred Vom Jupiter (later licensed to Mute Records). The hard-to-find English version (Fred From Jupiter, natch) is included here. Many artists with already-storied careers caught the bug and recorded synthesiser-fuelled peons to space, computers, the future and, of course, love-interests. Harry Kakoulli, late of Squeeze, recorded a solo album in 1979 that included the incredible power-synth-pop smash-that-never-smashed I’m On A Rocket. Similarly, Ian North of Neo and American Power Pop stalwarts Milk ’n’ Cookies bought a Korg MS20 and used a tape machine to record We’re Not Lonely, an absolute lost-classic of minimal synth pop. We’re Not Lonely also features on the Junkshop Synth Pop sampler 7” twinned with John Howard unreleased track You Will See, released April 12th 2025.

There are plenty of compilation debuts in evidence. Sole Sister were a mysterious trio who were featured on the Scaling Triangles compilation of female-fronted, queer-adjacent post-punk / underground music that also featured The Petticoats. Selwin Image were from San Francisco and featured members of the recently defunct power pop/punk group The Pushups. Their stupidly catchy The Unknown fizzes with New Wave energy - think XTC to Sparks but remains unreleased until now. Dream Unit’s A Drop In The Ocean is an early synth wave cut, positively teaming with Joy Division instrumentation, previously only released on a long-forgotten and super rare, self-released EP. Incandescent Luminaire’s Famous Names belies an archetypal struggle of a small-town trying to make it in a cruel industry but is a thrilling New Romantic-Synth Wave cross over with a OMD gloominess that’s a joy to hear. Feminist Minimal Wave track I Am A Time Bomb by performance artist Peta Lilly and Michael Chance is a revelation destined for new found cult status. It was released on 7” and lost until now.

The flipside to the subterranean, never-made-it synth pop mentioned above are the ambitious, even fruity attempts at success that have a perennial elegance to their confidence. New Jersey-ite Billy London (real name Ed Barth) tried to cash in on the synth boom with Woman, released by a major label, a lurching new wave track built on the Louie Louie rhythm and a wonderfully camp Lou Reed-style sleazy vocal before exploding in the synthesised chorus. The song bombed but with a chorus like this, you have to wonder why? Ex-Glitter Band member John Springate’s My Life is truly epic, with doomed chord progressions and massive sounding drums turning into at least 3 different songs in the course of the track. Before you wonder what’s going on the song resolves with a glorious return to the main refrain.

The dry-ice-dressed dance floor is well catered for too. Design’s Premonition and Vision’s Lucifer’s Friend are stone-cold minimal synth bangers, well loved but given a new lease of life here. The Warlord’s The Ultimate Warlord was released in 1978, a homespun proto Hi NRG banger that was later re-recorded by The Immortals in Canada who had a club hit with it. One-man- band Disco Volante’s No Motion was re-issued by Synth wave label Medical in 2012 but makes its first vinyl compilation appearance here. Close your eyes and you can imagine what Lawrence of Felt would have sounded like with some cheap Korgs a little earlier in his career. Gibraltar-based trio The Microbes imagined a computer programming people to dance - how prescient - and ended up with a propulsive, robo-funk track with splendid rubbery bass playing over a tectonic drum machine. Previously picked up by Belgian label Stroom TV, Dee Jay Bert & Eagle’s heavily Euro-accented I Am Your Master demands the listener to “come to paradise!” In a frankly terrifying manner. All The Young Droids is the first compilation to peel away from the narrative that dour, Minimal Synth and Cold Wave were the only musical children of the first rush of synth pop. Philip King and School Daze Records describe a much more complicated world: along with the austere, Brutalist children of Daniel Miller (who produced Alan Burnham’s Bowie-Low-influenced Science Fiction here) was a plethora of desperate cash-ins, accidental mainstream hits, ambitious pop dramas and major label punts that went nowhere. Crucially, the compilation blurs the line between junk and treasure. What if the two things are interchangeable. What if it’s all science fiction?

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: A wonderfully off-piste collection of angular synth ditties and stumbling grooves, wrought through self-made oscillators and cobbled-together drum machines and resulting in some of the most divinely uncomplicated melodies in music history. A hugely varied selection of superb songwriting at the pinnacle of innovation.

TRACK LISTING

1. Design - Premonition
2. Vision - Lucifer’s Friend
3. Richard Bone - Alien Girl
4. John Howard - I Tune Into You
5. Ian North - We’re Not Lonely
6. Selwin Image - The Unknown
7. Harry Kakoulli - I’m On A Rocket
8. Rich Wilde - The Lady Wants To Be Alone
9. Billy London - Woman
10. Alan Burnham - Science Fiction
11. The Microbes - Computer
12. The Goo-Q - I’m A Computer
13. Gerry & The Holograms - Gerry & The Holograms
14. The Warlord - The Ultimate Warlord
15. Die Marinas - Fred From Jupiter
16. Dee Jay Bert & Eagle - I Am Your Master
17. Peta Lily & Michael Process - I Am A Time Bomb
18. Sole Sister - It’s Not What You Are But How
19. Alasdair Riddell - Do You Read Me?
20. Karel Fialka - Armband (The Mystery Song)
21. John Springate - My Life
22. Incandescent Luminaire - Famous Names
23. Disco Volante - No Motion
24. Dream Unit - A Drop In The Ocean

After Vol.1 & Vol.2 hit the shelves, a new breeze has brought forth many sonic treasures. "All Things Considered Vol.3" follows up with groove gold - a compilation featuring an international lineup of established Lo-Fi producers, handpicked and curated by 823 label-head Ta-ku himself.

The multifaceted Perth-based record label 823, founded by Australian producer and creative powerhouse Ta-ku, is gearing up for "All Things Considered Vol. 3." Committed to detail and a celebration of life's simple pleasures, this LP refuses to be confined to any single genre. Noteworthy releases from 823 include Cabu's "So Far To Go" EP, Ta-ku and Matt McWaters's collaboration "Black and White," featuring the Masego collaboration "Flight 99," and their debut project with Australian producer and instrumentalist Kuzich.

This time, The guest list includes Jakarta Records beat-veterans Alexander Flood, Lucid Green, and Cabu, bringing RnB with a soulful twist that's sure to warm the heart. Playfully melodic artists Makzo, falcxne & Seb Zellner blend jazz, soul, and sweetness creating a natural and playful sound for the LP. Den Brooks, Lovesome, and Tambala all contribute to the rhythmic neo-soul zest on the iconic 808 beat.

On the whole, "All Things Considered Vol. 3" embarks on a forward-thinking rhythmic journey into the creative minds behind the LP. It's as diverse and eclectic as those minds themselves and proudly follows up on its first and second volumes. Natural sounds blend seamlessly with electronic elements, from lush melodies to wintery vibes. Playful vocals adorn this 12-track gem, from Lucid Green's ethereal journey "Splash" twisted in UK garage vibes to the jazz-pop infused "Lost & Found" by Makzo & friends, echoing Jamiroquai-esque beats. The first single, "Babyslowdown" by MXXWLL, takes center stage with its strings, while Alexander Flood's James Bond-inspired melody receives a funky update.

Each single from the compilation comes with customized visuals by Jack Vancet, perfectly capturing the essence of each track.

TRACK LISTING

1. Thrupence & Jack Vanzent - The Look
2. Solitude - Koji
3. Houis - Aperol (feat. Foreignlocal. & INQ.)
4. Moiresun - Lost & Found
5. Tambala, Makzo, Falcxne & Seb Zilner - Decompress
6. Den Brooks - U & I (feat. Hari & NOE)
7. Lovesome - Sticks & Stones (feat. Swoo)
8. Tambala - Save You (feat. Dhan)
9. Lucid Green - Splash
10. Alexander Flood - Equinox (feat. Erica Tucceri)
11. Cape Town - Cabu
12. MXXWLL - Baby Slow Down

Compilation to coincide with the second All Tomorrows Parties weekender. Rare / previously unreleased tracks or versions of tracks, from The Sea And Cake, Broadcast, Calexico, Tortoise, Boards of Canada, Autechre amongst others.

You can never really pin down what the excellent Emotional Repose label does and that is exactly the sinking behind the title of its superb All Trades show on NTS. The sheer eclecticism of that show is now reflected in this new two-part compilation, also called All Trades, which offers up little morsels of what they do, something like a sonic tasting menu at a fancy restaurant. There is chugging electronic dub from Apiento & Tepper, industrial clatter from Black Bones, cosmic ambient breakbeat from Paperclip Minimiser and blissed out dub from Yamila & SoFa Elsewhere amongst many more highlights.

STAFF COMMENTS

Mine says: I love a good compilation and Emotional Response deliver not one but two superb ones in one go (Vol. 2 also out now!). Some seriously good selections from the downtempo realm!

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Apiento & Tepper - "606 Dog"
2. Other Lands - "The Old Ways"
3. Datasal - "Sea Palace"

Side 2
1. Black Bones - "Tipping Point"
2. Froid Dub - "Item By Item" (dub)
3. Paperclip Minimiser - "Planarian Wormhole"

Side 3
1. Cosmo Vitelli & Die Wilde Jagd - "Elixir"
2. Amy Denio - "Fresh Fish"
3. Exotic Gardens - "Soundwaves & Dark Caves"

Side 4
1. Yamila & SoFa Elsewhere - "Yo Tampoco"
2. Valentina Magaletti - "Radio77"
3. Ocean Moon - "Light Vibrations"

Emotional Response returns with a second volume of its All Trades compilation which is named after its own NTS show. It is just as vast both in terms of style but also the eras it spans with a mix of dub, new wave, slow motion electronics and plenty in between. Tolouse Low Trax kicks off with the filthy dirty and seriously heavy dub glitch of 'Ossia' to provide an early highlight before the likes of Al Wootton get percussive and tribal with 'Altai' and HLM38 channels some African Head Charge on another devastating dub cut. Later on, London's Good Block brings a little more light and sunshine with their lovely 'Strong Relax.'

STAFF COMMENTS

Mine says: Volume 2 of 'All Trades' sounds just as exciting as its companion. This one's definitely more on the dubbier side so if that's your jam then don't snooze!

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Tolouse Low Trax - "Ossia Dub"
2. T Woc - "Luminescence"
3. Al Wootton - "Altai"

Side 2
1. Iro Aka - "Generations"
2. HLM38 - "Mystery Train Riddim"
3. Jamie Paton - "Lost Margins"

Side 3
1. Good Block - "Strong Relax"
2. While My Sequencer Gently Bleeps - "Ready"
3. Anatolian Weapons - "Mountain Echoes"

Side 4
1. Shelter - "The Four Knights" (dub)
2. Zongamin - "GGANTIJA"
3. Akulina - "Waiting"

Various artists musically interpret poems from "The Fall of America: Poems of these States1965-1971" on this second volume, covers the years 1965- 1971

Musical interpretations of Ginsbergs poems are performed by Ai Weiwei, Philip Glass, Thurston Moore With Saul Williams, Anne Waldman, Miho Hatori, Jack Dangers, Devendra Banhart, Kai Campos & Cj Mirra, and more.

Ohhhh Shiiiiiiii...After a triumphant reception, ALMACKS return for a third sortie...

Hit-n-run blends and vinyl only amends. L I M I T E D !!

ALMACKS provides community in secret spaces.
The sublime liminal.

Check for pleasure... 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: ALMACKS return with a five track smorgasbord of soulful, slow house offerings. We still don't know who's behind these edits, but on this outing we get authentic beatdown styles somewhere between Amp Fiddler, Andres and Peven Everett. Mega!

TRACK LISTING

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A2
B1
B2
B3

‘Aloha Got Soul’ encompasses a vibrant era of contemporary music made in Hawai’i during the 1970s to the mid-1980s as jazz, rock, funk, disco and R&B co-existed alongside Hawaiian folk music. Hawai’i’s identity had undergone huge change: statehood into America in ‘59 and the Vietnam War were the backdrop as Hawai’i’s youth found inspiration in a new wave of international music led initially by The Beatles and Stones and, later, by US R&B bands like Earth Wind & Fire and Tower Of Power. Garage bands flourished during the ‘60s and, by the ‘70s, live music was at its peak.

For the ‘70s generation of artists, some came through the talent contest ‘Home Grown’ and its accompanying compilation LP. Singer Nohelani Cypriano won it with her instant radio hit, ‘Lihue’. Other winning songs, like Marvin Franklin’s soul surfer jam ‘Kona Winds’, burned more slowly but have endured with DJs today. Many records also packed a powerful message. In 1978, Hawaiian was made the official state language and a huge movement arose to revive hula and traditional music. Steve & Teresa’s ‘Kaho’olawe Song’ longs for an island long gone: the US military had used Kaho’olawe as a bombing range since Pearl Harbor. Nohelani Cypriano sang about the once sleepy town of Kailua, now a popular tourist destination: “Kailua needs no high-rise with her blue skies, not for our eyes. Can you realize?” Leading Hawaiian artists like Aura, Mike Lundy and keyboardist Kirk Thompson’s Lemuria took time in high quality facilities like Broad Recording Studio to make albums. Others grabbed studio time when they could: Tender Leaf’s Murray Compoc worked for the city bus by day and recorded an album during night sessions. Other albums were spontaneous. In 1983, Steve Maii & Teresa Bright recorded an acoustic set in just 3 hours after being invited to a studio following a gig.

For the artists of the ‘70s, the climate for music changed rapidly during the mid- ‘80s as DJ culture grew and live venues shut down. Hawai’i’s R&B era shone brightly and relatively briefly but, despite brilliant musicians, regular gigs and LP releases, most of the music barely made it to the mainland. Thanks largely to Aloha Got Soul’s Roger Bong, a new interest in this fertile era of Hawaiian music has grown, culminating in this new compilation of overlooked gems. ‘Aloha Got Soul’ is compiled and annotated by Bong and features rare photos and original artwork.

TRACK LISTING

1. Tender Leaf - Countryside Beauty
2. Aura - Yesterday's Love
3. Aina - Your Light
4. Lemuria - Get That Happy Feeling (Instrumental)
5. Roy & Roe - Just Don't Come Back
6. Hawaii - Lady Of My Heart
7. Hal Bradbury - Call Me
8. Mike Lundy - Love One Another
9. Nova - I Feel Like Getting Down
10. Nohelani Cypriano - O'Kailua
11. Brother Noland - Kawaihae
12. Marvin Franklin With Kimo And The Guys - Kona Winds
13. Greenwood - Sparkle
14. Chucky Boy Chock & Mike Kaawa With Brown Co. - Papa'A Tita
15. Steve & Teresa - Kaho'Olawe Song
16. Rockwell Fukino - Coast To Coast.

Futurismo proudly present a vital compilation born in the shadows of American punk; 'AMERICAN GRAVE Gothic Punk / Deathrock USA: 1978-1988', the third volume in their Altered Vision anthology series.

Drawing from darkest depths of the American spirit, 'American Grave' is testament to a subculture spawned from late night savagery, graveyard hangouts and suburban isolation. Deathrock, post-punk, goth, whatever term you prefer, this compilation showcases the sounds and aesthetics of a tarnished golden era, an underground movement that took the DIY concepts of punk and the velocity of a burgeoning hardcore scene and immersed it in echoes, distortion, tribal rhythms and macabre vocals, thematically preying upon cult horror flicks, surrealism, and the manipulation of religious iconography. Whilst the UK had a counterpart scene many would hail as Goth, this was different, this was a truly American incarnation, a new breed of youth haunted by the ghosts of old blues, garage and glam, bleak theatrical imagery dressed up to evoke a response, smeared eyeliner, leather, bones…black. This was a backlash against a culture in decay, bucking against a puritanical oppression brought on by the archaic social standards set by their parents. It was aggression manifested as gloom, it was a ceremony, the celebration of death.

'American Grave' has been co-curated by Wesley Eisold (Cold Cave/American Nightmare/Heartworm Press) in collaboration with Futurismo head honcho Del Jae, to bring you a haunting tracklist ranging from the all important integral mainstays of the genre to those rarer and more elusive artists, including many recordings that have never been reissued before on any format. Featuring the music of Christian Death, T.S.O.L., The Cramps, Of A Mesh, The Gun Club, Twisted Roots, Kommunity FK, The Brainz, Theatre Of Ice, Burning Image, Fur Bible, PSI Com, Shadow Of Fear, Super Heroines, 45 Grave and more.

The music on this compilation is reinstated further from a visual perspective by an array of incredible images by famed punk photographer Edward Colver, and lovingly designed to the level you would expect from a Futurismo release. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Christian Death - Spiritual Cramp
2. Of A Mesh - Guillotine
3. Super Heroines - Convicts
4. T.S.O.L. - Code Blue
5. PSI Com - Human Condition
6. Shadow Of Fear - In The Flesh
7. The Cramps - Human Fly
8. Burning Image - The Final Conflict
9. The Gun Club - Death Party
10. Your Funeral - I Want To Be You
11. The Brainz - Elementary Monster
12. Theatre Of Ice - She Sleeps
13. 45 Grave - Violent World
14. Middle Class - The Call
15. Altar de Fey - Veil Of Death (Demo)
16. Mighty Sphincter - Waltz In Hell
17. Dead Moon - Graveyard
18. Twisted Roots - Are There Cobwebs On My Face?
19. Fur Bible - Plunder The Tombs
20. Kommunity FK - Restrictions
21. Lords Of The New Church - New Church
22. The Naked And The Dead - Taboo
23. The Flesh Eaters - See You In The Boneyard
24. Red Temple Spirits - Dreamings Ending

Another week, another bargain hardcore compilation to tempt you to part with your pennies. This time AMP (American Music Press) magazine has cobbled together a collection of America's finest hardcore outfits - Atreyu, Most Precious Blood, Throwdown, Madball being amongst the artists which will very likely be pissing your neighbours off in the not too distant future...

“Punks are the old farts of today,” Vomit Visions already noted back in 1980. And doesn’t that essentially say it all about punk – the historicization of the genre, its musical conservatism, and the hype around milestone anniversaries? Does punk still have anything to say to our present? And German-language punk in particular – Deutschpunk, the so-called German special path? However one may answer these questions personally, punk in Germany has simply kept going for five decades despite all the “old farts” rhetoric. Even in 2026, punk bands are still being formed in Winnenden, Limburg, and Hoyerswerda – just as they were in 1978, 1983, and 2013. And like this musical journey through time, they care little about neat definitions of Deutschpunk. Instead, this compilation opens itself up to different styles and voices of punk with German lyrics. What unites the songs is that, on the one hand, they are rooted in punk, and on the other, in the German language – yet they create something of their own. In their most compelling moments, they struggle as much with the German language as they do with punk itself.

Like any good mixtape, this compilation is based purely on musical aspects and pays no attention to release years

TRACK LISTING

1. Male – Sirenen
2. Die Radierer – Angriff auf‘s Schlaraffenland 
3. Der KFc – Gefangen in der BRD 
4. Hans-A-Plast – Rock'n Roll Freitag
5. Brüllen – Dämmerung canceln, Gesang stehen lassen (Tageslaune)
6. Palais Schaumburg – Telefon
7. Egotronic – Raven gegen Deutschland 
8. Carambolage – Tu doch nicht so
9. Die Aeronauten – Freundin
10. Korpus Kristi – Stadt der blauen Eier 
11. Östro 430 – Zu cool
12. … but alive – Ohnmacht 
13. Isolierband – Keine Gnade 
14. Mutter – Ich weiß ja wer du bist 
15. Die Goldenen Zitronen – Flimmern
16. Rotzkotz – Computamensch
17. Acht Eimer Hu?hnerherzen – Eisenhu?ttenstadt 
18. Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle – Herz aus Stein
19. Family 5 – Hau weg den Dreck 
20. S.Y.P.H. – Industrie-Mädchen 
21. Bärchen und die Milchbubis – Happy Bonbo
22. EA80 – Verloren 
23. Die Nerven – Eine Minute schweben
24. Superpunk – Nein nein nein
25. Tommi Stumpff – Mich kriegt ihr nicht 
26. Toxoplasma – Ordinäre Liebe 
27. Schnipo Schranke – Pisse
28. Terrorgruppe – Opa
29. Antilopen Gang – Beate Zschäpe hört U2 (mit Jan Windmeier)
30. Slime – Deutschland 
31. Tocotronic – Freiburg 
32. Muff Potter – Auf der Bordsteinkante (nachts um halb eins) 
33. Dritte Wahl – Greif ein 
34. Normahl – Geh wie ein Tiger 
35. Stereo Total – Die Dachkatze
36. The Shocks – More Kicks 

Broken Social Scene’s breakthrough album 'You Forgot It In People' has cemented its place amongst indie rock’s greatest. 'ANTHEMS: A Celebration of Broken Social Scene’s You Forgot It In People' is a front-to-back tribute to the hallowed Toronto band’s 2003 masterpiece. The album reimagines 'You Forgot It In People' with cover versions from today’s indie music icons, including Toro y Moi, The Weather Station, serpentwithfeet, and more

TRACK LISTING

1. Hovvdy - KC Accidental
2. Toro Y Moi - Stars And Sons
3. Miya Folick & Hand Habits - Almost Crimes
4. The Weather Station - Looks Just Like The Sun
5. Mdou Moctar, Mikey Coltun - Pacific Theme
6. Maggie Rogers & Sylvan Esso - Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl
7. Middle Kids - Cause = Time
8. Benny Sings - Late Nineties Bedroom Rock For The Missionaries
9. SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE - Shampoo Suicide
10. Serpentwithfeet - Lover's Spit
11. Sessa - Ainda Sou Seu Moleque

Between the late 1960s and the mid-1980s, musicians across the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten created music that crossed stylistic boundaries, forming a close-knit network shaped by common histories and identities, while rarely receiving wider recognition. From the psychedelic funk of local stars Sugar Ice Tea and Cryptus Confession to the Latin influences of visiting musicians like Puerto Rican star Mon Rivera via Surinamese-influenced soul and the garage rock of Los Honda, the islands nourished a huge array of styles and talent. Antiyano Progresivo unfolds against the backdrop of a rapidly transforming Caribbean. During the twentieth century, oil industries, migration and tourism reshaped the islands, creating unparalleled cultural exchange while deepening social divisions. African, Latin American, North American and European musical traditions intertwined with local forms, producing a rich and distinctive musical landscape. Tambú, tumba, calypso and Caribbean dance music coexisted alongside soul, funk, psychedelic rock, reggae, Latin music and American and British pop. Musicians moved fluidly between these styles, developing sounds that were unmistakably local while remaining connected to wider currents across the Caribbean and beyond. The period also coincided with growing movements for cultural and political self- determination. Events such as Curaçao's Trinta di Mei uprising in 1969, the emergence of Black Power movements and increasing calls for greater autonomy fostered renewed pride in African heritage, local languages and cultural expression. These ideas resonated through music, inspiring artists to challenge conventions and create work that reflected changing identities.

TRACK LISTING

1. Quinteto Winoe - La Cumbanchera
2. Los Dangers - Punda Y Otrabanda
3. Sugar Ice Tea - Madua
4. Superfly Bros of St. Martin - Another Star
5. Grupo Enry - Ahi Viene El Sheriff
6. Los Honda - Nunca Volveras
7. Explosion - Remalloo
8. The Hornet's – The Hornet’s Revolution
9. Double You And Tee - Confusion
10. Lloyd And The Joys - The New York Business
11. Cryptus Confession - Rhythmotion
12. Brotherhood of Man - Big Lou
13. Lloyd And The Joys - That Look of You
14. Mystic Roots - Loose Yourself
15. St. Maarten's Rolling Tones - It's a Feeling
16. Cool Creations of St. Maarten - Wish Upon Love

Batov Records celebrates ten years with a landmark compilation
Featuring Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra, Sababa 5, Şatellites, Bolbec, Mamman Sani, MOMO., Wax Machine, Boom Pam, Ouzo Bazooka & Yurika Hanashima, Shotnez, and more.

More than a retrospective, 'Around The Sun' captures the sound of a label that has spent a decade connecting musical traditions, underground club culture and forward-thinking independent artists. From Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra, to Sababa 5, Şatellites, Boom Pam, Bolbec and MOMO., every act featured has released an album on Batov, creating a collection that moves effortlessly between hypnotic Ethio-jazz, Anatolian psych, Mediterranean disco, cosmic grooves, contemporary jazz and border-crossing sounds from across the globe.

Across 23 tracks, 'Around The Sun' charts the evolution of a label that began in the world of psychedelic grooves and Middle Eastern-inspired sounds before expanding into contemporary jazz, Brazilian influences and exploratory instrumental music. While the artists originate from different countries, traditions and scenes, the collection reveals the thread that has connected Batov releases from the beginning: adventurous musicianship, powerful grooves and records built equally for dedicated listening and adventurous dancefloors.

TRACK LISTING

1. Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra – Tension
2. Bolbec – À L'instar Du Flair
3. Eje Eje – Black Sea Majic (Autumn)
4. Sababa 5 – Lizarb
5. Shay Hazan – Remove the Talk
6. Moriah Plaza – Samba Moosh
7. MOMO. – Pára (feat. Jessica Lauren)
8. Wax Machine – All I Can Do
9. Şatellites – Big Baglama
10. Ouzo Bazooka Feat. Yurika Hanashima – I Dream Of Naomi - ナオミの夢
11. Romano – Fella Juicy
12. Sandman Project – Circles
13. Kolonel Djafaar – Movin'
14. Gypsy Hill – Balkan Beast
15. La Chooma – Huachuma
16. El Khat – Ptiha
17. Boom Pam – Juda
18.Chavo – Greek Disco
19. Shotnez – Last Straw
20. Mamman Sani & Tropikal Camel – Nomadic
21. SHIRAN – Al Ashuak
22. Muito Kaballa – Remedy
23. Hallouminati – Taximi Strut (prelude)

One of the most successful and celebrated remixers of the 1980’s, The Shep Pettibone Master Mixes Vol One, Part One & Part Two features 46 classic tracks, compiled and sequenced by Wayne Dickson (BBR/Groove Line Records). This 4 CD collection come with a 32 page book that includes a foreword written by series curator and Dance music legend Arthur Baker, plus an essay written by Billboard Magazine dance columnist Bill Coleman which features quotes from the likes of John Taylor (Duran Duran), Andy Bell, Gloria Estefan and Cyndi Lauper. The set also includes track by track annotations from the likes of DJ’s Danny Krivit, Lenny Fontana and Colin Curtis, along with artists such as Randy Muller and Richie Weeks (The Jammers/Weeks and Co).

Featuring a list of some of the biggest and most diverse artists of the 1980's including Whitney Houston, George Michael, Duran Duran, Miami Sound Machine, Cyndi Lauper, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, Erasure and Elton John.

‘What Shep Pettibone had that most other mixers did not, was a true radio sensibility. He inherently knew what would work on the airwaves, but was equally comfortable in a club setting, as a DJ and a fan, so he knew what worked both on the dance floor and on radio. That was a deadly combination. Shep was also very open to all types of music and acts. From UK alternative sounds to NYC street sounds. From campy pop to gospel disco and electro R&B, Shep nailed them all and brought his expert sheen and sense of excitement to each of them. I am incredibly proud to open the Dance Masters series with this collection of some of his best work.’ - ARTHUR BAKER

TRACK LISTING

Disc One
1. George Michael - Hard Day (Shep Pettibone Remix Remastered)
2. Duran Duran - I Don't Want Your Love (Big Mix)
3. Level 42 - Lessons In Love (Shep Pettibone Remix)
4. Whitney Houston - So Emotional (Edited Remix)
5. Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth (Heavenly Version)
6. The B 52's - Summer Of Love (Summer Party Mix)
7. Huey Lewis & The News - Hip To Be Square (Dance Mix)
8. Miami Sound Machine - Bad Boy (Shep Pettibone Remix)
9. Cyndi Lauper - Change Of Heart (12" Extended Club Remix)
10. Run Dmc - It's Tricky (Club Mix)
11. Paula Abdul - Knocked Out (Pettibone 12")
12. Narada Divine - Emotions [Shep Pettibone Single Remix)

Disc Two
1. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (The Shep Pettibone Mastermix)
2. Alisha - Baby Talk (Extended Dance Mix)
3. The Flirts - You And Me (12” Shep Pettibone Mix)
4. Phyllis Nelson - I Like You (12” Extended Version)
5. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (Shep Pettibone 12" Remix)
6. Depeche Mode - Behind The Wheel (Shep Pettibone Mix)
7. Erasure - Chains Of Love (Unfettered Remix) (2009 Remaster)
8. Kim Wilde - You Came (Shep Pettibone U.S. 7" Version)
9. Psychedelic Furs - Shock (The Shep Pettibone Mix)
10. Elton John - I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That (The Shep Pettibone Mix)
11. The Communards - Never Can Say Goodbye (Single Mix)
12. Gloria Gaynor - I Am What I Am (12” Extended Version)

Disc Three
1. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force - I Wonder If I Take You Home (The Shep Pettibone Remix)
2. Sananda Maitreya - If You Let Me Stay (The Shep Pettibone Mix)
3. Five Star - Are You Man Enough (The Shep Pettibone Remix)
4. Pointer Sisters - Goldmine (12" Version)
5. Lionel Richie - Love Will Conquer All (12" Vocal Version)
6. B B & Q - (I’m A) Dreamer (12” Shep Pettibone Vocal/Long
7. Howard Hewett - Stay (After Midnight Mix)
8. George Benson - Twice The Love (Club Love Remix)
9. Thompson Twins - In The Name Of Love '88 (Railroad Mix)
10. Lisa Stansfield - This Is The Right Time (Shep Pettibone Mix)
11. Pia - Dance Out Of My Head (The Dress Down Mix)

Disc Four
1. Leroy Burgess - Heartbreaker (12" Shep Pettibone Mix)
2. Sinnamon - Thanks To You (12" Shep Pettibone Mix)
3. The Jammers - Be Mine Tonight (12” Shep Pettibone Mix)
4. Instant Funk - (Just Because) You'll Be Mine (12” Shep Pettibone Mix) 2017 Remaster
5. Aurra - Such A Feeling (12” Shep Pettibone Mix)
6. Carol Williams - No One Can Do It (Like You) (12" Special Remix)
7. Steve Shelto - Don't Give Your Love Away (Shep Pettibone Mix: Short Version)
8. Skyy - Show Me The Way (12” Shep Pettibone Mix)
9. Mike And Brenda Sutton - Don't Let Go Of Me (Grip My Hips And Move Me) (12” Shep Pettibone Mix)
10. Weeks And Co. - If You’re Looking For Fun (12” Shep Pettibone Master Dub Mix)
11. The Salsoul Orchestra - Ooh, I Love It (Love Break) (12" Shep Pettibone Mix)
12. First Choice - Let No Man Put Asunder (12" Shep Pettibone Mix)

First was "Neurotic Reactions", then "Some Songs Stuck In My Mind" and now it's "Artificial Faces!" One of the most exciting and higher quality compilation labels is back with another eclectic comp featuring 16 underground dancefloor tracks from the late 60s/early 70s. Groovy psychedelia, freakbeat, garage, hard funky-rock grooves... you can expect the usual dose of fuzz guitars, Hammond organs, drum breaks and psychedelic effects! Including bands and artists from USA, South America, France, Spain. Listen to the crazy electro-psych sounds from Erasmo Carlos, Elevators influenced garage-psych by The Hobbits, female garage by Sonia and Enchanted Forest, Spanish soul-freakbeat by Nino Bravo, John Wonderling with the original pop-sike version of "Midway Down", later popularised by The Creation, heavy phasing-psych by Giant Crab, Brazilian fuzz-freakbeat by Eduardo Araujo, hard psychedelic grooves by Skins, The Bag... and more! Fully remastered sound, great artwork, with detailed liner notes and pictures.

29 great songs for £4.99! COME ON! Here's the latest Asian Man Records sampler, tracks from Link 80, Alkaline Trio, MU330, Colossal, The Lawrence Arms, The Chinkees and all the usual Asian Man suspects.

To celebrate the launch of the 4th and last DLC of Atomic Heart, Kid Katana Records teamed up with Mundfish to bring you this high quality album for the first time on an exclusive double vinyl. With over 10 million players since its release, and a nomination at the 14th Hollywood Music in Media Awards, Atomic Heart has kept on bringing new content in the game, enriching the players’ experience with new Stories, Threats and Music to pursue the fight for freedom and progress. The physical edition is a premium 2LP designed in close relationship with the game's creative team: Track selection handpicked by Atomic Heart team, including tracks from Mick Gordon, GeoffPlaysGuitar and Boogrov, and 1 new track (DLC #4 trailer exclusive) 2-colored vinyls with unique red and black “corona” effect: handmade vinyl effect melting red and black colors to shape a unique vinyl color on each product, mirroring the cover art. Exclusive cover art with mat finishing and glossy effect on the Twin and motorcycle.

TRACK LISTING

1. Geoffrey Day, Zemlyane – Trava u Doma (Geoffrey Day Remix)
2. Geoffrey Day, Alla Pugacheva – Arlekino (Geoffrey Day Remix)
3. Geoffrey Day, Alla Pugacheva, Ritm – Zvyozdnoe Leto (Geoffrey Day Remix)
4. Bratstvo Atoma, BassnPanda, Kvashenaya – Zvenit Yanvarskaya Vyuga
5. Alyans, Bratstvo Atoma – Na Zare
6. Particles, koshechka – Prekrasnoe Dalyoko
7. Geoffrey Day – Lambada (Geoffrey Day Remix)
8. Geoffrey Day – PT-1X12
9. Geoffrey Day, Alla Pugacheva – Pozovi Menya s Soboy
10. Geoffrey Day – Cookie Crumbler
11. Yuliya Kogan, Frenetic Virtual Orchestra, Geoffrey Day – V Sinem More, V Beloy Pene (Geoffrey Day Remix)
12. Scary On, BassnPanda – BEA-D Theme
13. DVRST, Igor Sklyar – Komarovo (DVRST Phonk Remix)
14. Boogrov, Zoanoid – Inside Nora
15. Øneheart, Atomic Heart – Quiet Dive
16. Boogrov, Zoanoid – Inventory
17. Geoffrey Day, Mariya Pakhomenko – Stoyat Devchonki (Geoffrey Day Remix)
18. Acid Minerale – Karusel
19. Boogrov – To Ostatnia Niedziela
20. Mick Gordon, Palina – A Fridge Called Nora
21. Mick Gordon – Shrouded in Mystery
22. Mick Gordon – Polivoks
23. Boogrov, Zoanoid – P.E.A.R.
24. Boogrov, Zoanoid – Pchela
25. Boogrov – Welcome to Kollektiv

First out of the blocks is Prospect Park as they return with their boogietastic remake of Cheryl Lynn fave, updating the song and turning it into a peaktime Disoctatstic work out featuring live musicianship, string arrangements and soaring vocals.

Next up is the lush ‘On Time’ by London broken beat crew Wipe the Needle and featuring the super slick soulful vocals of Sacha Williamson. Packed with dreamy strings and glistening Fender Rhodes over a MAW style Jazz Funk house rhythm this will keep the dance floor moving to the early hours.

On the flip its back for some more peak time action courtesy of the Sunburst Band’s classic ‘Garden Of Love’ remixed by Dam Swindle. The dutch duo take a more soulful route adding live bass and Rhodes to the production.

Closing the procedures is some peak time, string heavy disco house from Mr Doug Willis in the shape of ‘Forever Dougless’.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Prospect Park - Shake It Up Tonight (Dave Lee's Disco Re-Shake)
A2. Wipe The Needle Feat. Sacha Williamson - On Time (WTN 4x4 Mix)
B1. The Sunburst Band - Garden Of Love (Dam Swindle Remix)
B2. Dave Lee & Horse Meat Disco Feat. Angela Johnson - Dancing Into

One of two vinyl reissues on VP featuring  Augustus Pablo productions. The first is a classic 1980 collection of reggae rockers, melodica masterpieces, deep dubs and classic vocal sides from the likes of Delroy Williams, Earl Sixteen, Tetrack etc. all built on Pablo’s signature rock solid drum and bass foundations. The second is a highly regarded collection of golden age rockers from the likes of Jacob Miller, Earl Sixteen, Norris Reid etc.

Will Saul’s Aus Music label is now into its tenth year, and with that, fittingly enough, comes its landmark 100th release. For this special occasion, the ever evolving label has put together a comprehensive 24 track quadruple vinyl and triple CD compilation. 'Aus 100' will feature new and exclusive tracks from the boss as well as key family members Bicep, Midland, Huxley, Deetron, Nick Hoppner, Pearson Sound, Youandewan, Marquis Hawkes, Gerd, Sei A, Bwana, Fold, Shenoda and Appleblim & Komon. 90% of the label artists who have ever released on Aus will contribute, and design comes from the man behind the label’s original identity, Michael Place. Not a bad achievement, then, for what actually started as a sub label of Simple, with the short term aim of putting out music from two of Saul’s friends, Fink and Lee Jones.

Over the last decade Aus Music has never really had a certain sound, but has always operated on the more underground, bass driven end of the house spectrum. It has worked with big names and has excelled at peak time tracks, but has also helped break upcoming artists from Joy Orbison to Dusky via Midland and George Fitzgerald. As a result, it has become one of the most prominent and on point labels of the day, and is now supported by infrastructure from !K7 such is the volume of its output. 

TRACK LISTING

CD 1 - Continuos Mix By Will Saul

CD 2
1 Bwana - VVedding
2 Komon - Euclidean
3 Cottam - Brand New Dub
4 FOLD - All City
5 Marquis Hawkes - No Rush
6 Timothy Blake - Soul Without Shame
7 Shenoda - Minute
8 DJ October - Drama Queen
9 Pearson Sound - Standoff
10 Nick Höppner - Pneuma
11 Appleblim - Twinkle
12 Midland - Decompression Suite

CD 3
1 Huxley - Bisto Inferno
2 Sei A - Wan Hunner
3 Bicep & Hammer - ARACARI
4 Sideshow - Yek Do
5 Youandewan - Sicko
6 Breach & DJ Dust - Win Ugly
7 DJ T. - Under The Radar
8 Deetron - Cycle
9 Will Saul & DJ October - Dimension One
10 Trevino - Shimmer
11 Komon & Will Saul - Circadian
12 Lee Jones - Nocturne

LP
A1 Komon - Euclidean
A2 Cottam - Brand New Dub
B1 FOLD - All City
B2 Marquis Hawkes - No Rush
C1 October - Drama Queen
C2 Pearson Sound - Standoff
D1 Nick Hoppner - Pneuma
D2 Appleblim - Twinkle
E1 Midland - Decompression Suite
E2 Bicep - ARACARI
F1 Will Saul & DJ October - Dimension One
F2 Trevino - Simmer
G1 Deetron - Cycle
G2 Breach & DJ Dust 'Win Ugly'
H1 Youandewan - Sicko
H2 Komon & Will Saul - Circadian

We love Multi Culti here at Picc HQ so to see them launch a new quarterly 12" series is a mega buzz. "Solstice I" kicks us off with four rightly hyped artists contributing a track each.

Beginning this journey are some of the label’s most beloved artists. Israeli duo Red Axes provide a chakra-elevating soundtrack with their inimitable blend of psych-garage-tronica, a sun-kissed banger that signals a long-awaited return to the togetherness of the dancefloor.

Zillas On Acid turn in a robustly wiggly jam that electrifies, frazzling zaps and frenetic percussion recall the fritzy tension of the past year, a cathartic shock-treatment for traumatized dancers looking to get back to prime spine-shaking shape.

Mexico managed to stay open for the most part, and TYU seems to have not skipped a beat here, still in perfect form after breaking out as one of the hottest young producers to emerge in recent years. Dark disco, Mexi-chug, call it what you want, but the emergent genre is never better represented than here. Spooky, phosphorescent tribal dance, Tulumminati-tested and approved.

Finally, the big guy - Manfredas - whose remixes and edits have been highlight-reel material the past couple of years, delivers a long awaited original track with his requisite heavyweight swag. Wonky tunings and a chunky downtempo beat underpin Manny’s trademark masterful arrangement style, building patiently, with breakdowns that managed to wring every last drop of impact out of an odd, otherworldly assortment of sounds.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Hardcore shamanic rituals from the psychotropic botanists at Multi Culti. Rainforest business of the highest order - toad not included.

TRACK LISTING

A1 - Red Axes - Maztomeret
A2 - Zillas On Acid - Live From The Reptile House
B1 - Tyu - Kongaloka
B2 - Manfredas - Meshugas

'Ayo Ke Disco' (meaning "Let's go to the disco" in Indonesian) celebrates the musical identities emerging from the newly independent countries in South-East Asia during the 1970s and 80s

Soundway general manager Alice Whittington, aka Norsicaa (DJ), selects 10 rare tracks from local labels, officially reissued on vinyl for the first time - forming a snapshot of the vibrant discotheques and live scenes across Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the Philippines.

The artists featured here were known for exploring traditional sounds alongside funk, disco, synth-pop and even political psych-rock, genres that were indicative of the exciting but often turbulent period. But despite the post-war backdrop of instability there came unprecedented levels of economic prosperity. With a hopeful buzz filling the air, the music scene was helping lead the way in reshaping the new identities of the region.

TRACK LISTING

Fatimah Razak - Dahaga
Black Brothers - Mangge Mangge
Marini & The Steps - Kuingin Dekatmu
Tian Niu - Deng Ni Zai Yu Zhong
The Rollies - Disco / Regalado - Pinoy Funk
John Philips & The Steps - Ayo Ke Disco
Aria Yunior - Salah Tingkah
Ahmadi Hassan - Habibi (Mari Bersatu)
Pongsri Woranuch - Aew...Phu Chai

Danger Mouse, releases the soundtrack for Edgar Wright’s highly anticipated film, Baby Driver, on his Columbia Records imprint 30th Century Records.

Written and directed by Edgar Wright, Baby Driver tells the story of Baby, a talented, young getaway driver (Ansel Elgort) who relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. When he meets the girl of his dreams (Lily James), Baby sees a chance to ditch his criminal life and make a clean getaway. But after being coerced into working for a crime boss (Kevin Spacey), he must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom.

TRACK LISTING

1. Bellbottoms - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2. Harlem Shuffle - Bob & Earl
3. Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
4. Smokey Joe’s La La - Googie Rene
5. Let’s Go Away For Awhile - The Beach Boys
6. B-A-B-Y - Carla Thomas
7. Kashmere - Kashmere Stage Band
8. Unsquare Dance - Dave Brubeck
9. Neat Neat Neat - The Damned
10. Easy (Single Version) - The Commodores
11. Debora - T. Rex
12. Debra - Beck
13. Bongolia - Incredible Bongo Band
14. Baby Let Me Take You (in My Arms) - The Detroit Emeralds
15. Early In The Morning - Alexis Korner
16. The Edge - David McCallum
17. Nowhere To Run - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
18. Tequila - The Button Down Brass
19. When Something Is Wrong With My Baby - Sam & Dave
20. Every Little Bit Hurts - Brenda Holloway
21. Intermission - Blur
22. Hocus Pocus (Original Single Version) - Focus
23. Radar Love (1973 Single Edit) - Golden Earring
24. Never, Never Gone Give Ya Up - Barry White
25. Know How - Young MC
26. Brighton Rock - Queen
27. Easy - Sky Ferreira
28. Baby Driver - Simon & Garfunkel
29. Was He Slow (Credit Roll Version) - Kid Koala

With dubstep’s big push into the mainstream stirring up all manner of hybrids, variants and mutations, it’s worth remembering that some have been creating fresh twists on the current generation of global bass music from its very inception. Paul Rose, aka Scuba, and his Hotflush label have, since 2003, had experimentation and genre-collision etched into the very structures of everything they do. Putting out key tunes by the core pioneers of dubstep, but also by true outliers like Mount Kimbie, Joy Orbison and Sepalcure, Hotflush has created a sense of absolute consistence in diversity: multiple sounds united by true craftsmanship and high-tech expression of complex emotion. Joining the UK underground to the deep-rooted techno culture of Berlin, where Rose is now resident, the label is a vital nexus in the flow of musical information that is fuelling the current innovative climate. So next time you hear someone talking about 'post'-this or 'future'-that (me, perhaps!), consider that maybe the times are just catching up with Hotflush. The "Back And 4th" compilation features 10 brand new tracks from bass music’s most innovative producers.

TRACK LISTING

CD1
1. Sepalcure – Taking You Back
2. Boxcutter – LOADtime
3. Boddika – Warehouse
4. DBridge – Knew You Were The 1
5. Scuba – Feel It
6. FaltyDL – Regret
7. Sigha – Fold
8. George FitzGerald – We Bilateral
9. Incyde – Axis
10. Roska – Measureless
CD2
1. Mount Kimbie – Sketch On Glass
2. Scuba – Twitch (Jamie Vex’d Remix)
3. Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo
4. Mount Kimbie – Maybes (James Blake Remix)
5. Sigha – Expansions
6. Untold – Just For You (Roska Remix)
7. Scuba – Tense
8. Untold – Sweat
9. Pangaea – Bear Witness
10. TRG & Dub U – Losing Marbles (2562 Remix)

LP Tracklisting:
A1. Sepalcure – Taking You Back
B1. Boxcutter – LOADtime
B2. Boddika – Warehouse
C1. DBridge – Knew You Were The 1
D1. Scuba – Feel It
D2. FaltyDL – Regret
E1. Sigha – Fold
E2. George FitzGerald – We Bilateral
F1. Incyde – Axis
F2. Roska – Measureless

The official soundtrack release to the new film of Amy Winehouse, Back  To Black, releasing Spring 2024. Amy Winehouse is widely considered as one of the greatest artists in recent history, selling more than 30 million records worldwide. Her acclaimed self-produced 2006 album Back to Black, propelled her to global stardom, going on to win a (then) record breaking 5 Grammy Awards, including Record Of The Year and Song of The Year for hit single Rehab.

TRACK LISTING

Single LP/CD
1. Amy Winehouse - What Is It About Men
2. Amy Winehouse - Stronger Than Me
3. Amy Winehouse - Know You Now
4. The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack
5. Billie Holiday - All Of Me
6. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
7. Minnie Riperton - Les Fleurs
8. Dinah Washington - Mad About The Boy
9. Amy Winehouse – Love Is A Losing Game
10. Sarah Vaughan Featuring Clifford Brown - Embraceable You
11. Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry On Their Own
12. Nick Cave – Song For Amy

Double LP/CD
Disc 1:
1. Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser
2. Amy Winehouse - What Is It About Men
3. Amy Winehouse - Stronger Than Me
4. Amy Winehouse - I Heard Love Is Blind
5. The Specials - Ghost Town
6. Amy Winehouse - Know You Now
7. Little Anthony & The Imperials - I'm On The Outside (Looking In)
8. The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack
9. Billie Holiday - All Of Me
10. The Shangri-Las - Dressed In Black
11. Donny Hathaway - I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know
12. The Libertines - Don't Look Back Into The Sun
13. Amy Winehouse - Fuck Me Pumps

Disc 2:
1. Tony Bennett - Body & Soul
2. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
3. Amy Winehouse - Valerie (Live Lounge Version)
4. Minnie Riperton - Les Fleurs
5. Willie Nelson - That’s Life
6. Dinah Washington - Mad About The Boy
7. Amy Winehouse - (There Is) No Greater Love
8. Amy Winehouse - Me & Mr Jones
9. Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game
10. Amy Winehouse - Rehab
11. Sarah Vaughan Featuring Clifford Brown - Embraceable You
12. Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry On Their Own
13. Nick Cave - Song For Amy

For the better part of 15 years Helsinki's own Timmion Records has released some of the most exciting soul sides happening today. To help spread the Timmion love, Daptone staffers and brass made a list of their favorite Timmion tracks from the past couple years. Presented here is Bad Education, Vol. I, the culmination of weeks of deliberation and infighting (mainly due to their unusually high batting average) - 10 tracks that best represent the eclectic wealth of soulful riches Timmion Records has to offer.

Side 1 one gets cracking with "This is What Love Looks Like", a mid-tempo, breezy dancer by NYC's own Carlton Jumel Smith whose recent album, 1634 Lexington Ave, is poised to be one of the top Soul releases of 2019. Johnny Benavidez, the Texas-born, California-raised balladeer showcases his heartfelt falsetto with "Tell Me That You Love Me" - a beat ballad of the highest order, and a must for fans of Texas giants The Commands. Pratt & Moody, a vocal duo who have been making waves for sometime in their native Finland, serve up another heart-wrenching, head-bobbing ballad with "Lost, Lost, Lost". Picking up the tempo we have the undisputed queen of Finnish Soul, Miss Nicole Willis! The New York native is already a household name on the UK Northern Soul scene, but now it's time for this expat to make some noise Stateside. Closing out the side we have the leather-clad-fringed flute phenom know as Ernie "Scorpio Man' Hawks. The Scorpio Walk's deep groove laced with murmuring fuzz bass and surf guitar rushes the listener like a maniacal villain in an art house spy movie.

Side 2 two packs even more soulful punches, starting with the unreleased track "Until You’re Mine" by Wanda Felicia. Equal parts slick, Big City street harmony and raw, southern soul, the track evokes the ver y best of Fame-era Candi Staton. Next up, we have Bobby Oroza whose featured track "This Love" took the Soul scene by storm upon its release in 2016. His understated, earnest vocal let's the sparse arrangement and heavy beat take you to a place where the sun shines bright and the low-riders shine brighter where the Sunday afternoon sun dances off the gold flecks of custom paint jobs. "Bad Education" the funky, afro-latin soul monster with a message (whose title graces the cover of this album) tips the hat to legends like Joe Bataan and Ray Barreto. The debut single by Bardo Martinez, already known for his work with Chicano Batman, lays down a fier y indictment of the educational system defining it as a mouthpiece for the militar y industrial complex. A heavy tune with a heavier message! From top to bottom Bad Education, Vol. I is a feast for discerning funk & soul freaks alike!

TRACK LISTING

This Is What Love Looks Like!
Tell Me That You Love Me
Lost Lost Lost
Paint Me In A Corner
Scorpio Walk
Until You're Mine
This Love
Bad Education
Don't Believe You Like That
I'm Still A Man

2020 features music from some of our favourite artists and closest friends on the new Manchester scene. The Covid-19 pandemic has placed a colossal strain on the music industry. 2020 has been created with a vision of providing financial support for Manchester artists and Band on the Wall, with all proceeds split 50/50.

Featuring hand-picked tracks, contributed by artists whose music spans neo soul, jazz, afro-electronic and more, 2020 is an eclectic discovery of inspired and curated sounds; a shining light on the emerging talent of Manchester’s live music scene.

"Band on the Wall is more than just a building, it is an idea and a passion for great music that is born from the diverse communities of Manchester and beyond; and an organisation designed to celebrate those who make music for the sake of making music rather than money or celebrity. In the first half of 2020 we, and many of the creators we work with, had to stop what we were doing and while activity initially stalled, it was clear that it would be impossible for the artists to stop creating and for us to stop celebrating their music. Therefore, the idea was born to help support our local creative partners and ourselves by producing this ‘memento’ of this incredibly strange year.

Encapsulating this music on this disk reminiscent of this time, produced this year by young people who couldn’t stop making music if they tried, and despite not being allowed to perform in public, is our way of still saying thank you to them, and that we are all still here. Thanks for supporting." Gavin Sharp, CEO, Band on the Wall

STAFF COMMENTS

Millie says: A gorgeous collection of tracks compiled from emerging Manchester artists, featuring some of my personal favourites Katbrownsugar and Porij. 2020 has hit the music industry hard and this charity release helps artists and venues during this difficult time.

TRACK LISTING

1. Honeyfeet X Werkha - You Go To My Head (rewerked)
2. Mali Hayes - Oceans Ft Layfullstop
3. Secret Night Gang - Don't Mess With My Heart
4. Agbeko - There Is A Jungle (Live)
5. Porij - Closer
6. Lovescene - To The Side
7. Skeltr - Lojong
8. Contours - Northbound
9. Cervo - Reaching
10. Katbrownsugar & Al Turnbull - Jungle
11.Yemi Bolatiwa - Troubled Living
12. Shunya - The Clay & The Sculpture
13. Lieko Quintet - Black Lake
14. MSC Big Band - Grown Ups (Live) 

This release features a selection of some of our favourite songs, from some of the most memorable shows, to have been recorded as part of the Band on the Wall archive.

These tracks represent our commitment to celebrating the diversity and excellence of music created by remarkable people from across the world. All tracks were performed at Band on the Wall and very kindly contributed by the artists for release on this CD, which has been produced to support the venue and our ongoing mission to promote and celebrate the great music of many cultures, during this challenging year.

As 2020 has become a defining year for all of us who work to bring people together to celebrate live music, for us this represents not only the journey we have been on over the last ten years, but also helps to define our future commitment to this amazing music.

A special thanks to the artists, labels and management that have helped assemble this wonderful collection of tracks, recorded live inside Band on the Wall between 2009 – 2014. All sales proceeds will be split 50/50 between the artists and Band on the Wall.

Live from Band on the Wall is the second release on Band on the Wall’s new in-house imprint, Band on the Wall Recordings and follows the release of last month’s 2020 – a fundraiser compilation to support emerging Manchester artists.

STAFF COMMENTS

Millie says: Missing live music? Band on the Wall Manchester's iconic institution has released live tracks will take you right back to the atmosphere of being at a gig. We will be there again! Support venues and live music with this fundraising release.

TRACK LISTING

1. Gregory Porter - On My Way To Harlem
2. Jazzanova - Boom Clicky Boom Klack
3. Dele Sosimi - Lady
4. Charles Bradley - I Believe In Your Love
5. Kirsty Almeida - Cool Down Rewind
6. Azymuth - Club Morocco
7. Snarky Puppy - Strawman
8. Yellowjackets - Why Is It
9. Hafdis Huld - Oldest Friend
10. Bugge Wesseltoft - Singing 

To mark 50 years of punk, Tapete Records is releasing a compilation of early German-language punk, focusing on the years between 1979 and 1986 – the years when the world was still coming to an end. With a total of 14 tracks, the compilation showcases just how exciting and diverse early German punk sounded. Feat Slime, Fehlfarben, S.Y.P.H, Hans-A-Plast and more.

You know Dolly, Loretta, Tammy, and Bobbie—but what about Joyce, Mona, Cathy or Judy? Barnyard Beehive lassos 16 Opry hopefuls from across the Numeroverse, corralling the timeless tropes of heartbreak, trouble, and the bottle into one 12” pen.

TRACK LISTING

1. Joyce Street - Mississippi Moonshine
2. Judy Brackin - Mama’s Baby Again
3. Jenny Jordan With Billy Carnes And The Lee Riders - Walking In The Sunshine Of Your Love
4. Vanita Thompson - You Always Break My Heart
5. Edna Lee - You Can’t Deceive Me
6. Cathy Collins - Token Of Love
7. Connie Caddell - Angel
8. Ellie Shepherd And The Countrymen - I Love You Only
9. Julie Durocher And The Plainsmen - Bad News
10. Mona Lunsford - I’m Getting Restless
11. Bonnie Lee And The Country Men - Don’t Think That I May Never Go
12. Nancy Lee Jourdan - I’m A Woman Who Needs A Man
13. Katy Cricket - Society Girl
14. Molly Fay - The Bottle Or Me
15. Skip & Gail - That’s All I Want From You
16. Country Girl Kay - No One Loves You Like I Do

Born a Dance in a Berlin basement in 2016. MANY HANDS have been dishing out soul-derived genre-fluid selections via their Podcast since 2019, now launch the MANY HANDS imprint. This package of Special Exclusive DJ versions, reflects the wide-angle music ethos that goes down in a MANY HANDS session. Inspired by those utility discs that don't leave the bag, for Dancers, Dark rooms, and Heavy sound systems. Unitaaay baby!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Dan Aikido - 0800Tx4Herb
A2. Ernie Ruso - Stroke It
B1. DJ Nomad - African Boy
B2. Jona J - A Change Will Come

BBE Records first released the acclaimed 'Stop and Listen' series late in 1996, a set of comps that set the benchmark for latter day collections such as ‘Late Night Tales’. The label prizes itself on the motto of 'real music for real people' and this has been borne out by the fact that there are now over 160 compilations and artist albums released, a dazzling variety of sounds and styles from funk and soul to disco and Latin as well as house and hip hop and beyond. Compilers, producers and musicians from around the globe have been brought in to add their expertise to the mix and in turn the label has profited from an extremely rich amalgam of diverse artists and a plethora of musical genres.

Mixed by recent addition to the BBE roster Chris Read, ‘BBE15’ is a master class in bringing this music together in one seamless mix, your very own memory lane of BBE’s endless highs. From the 'Beat Generation' series which featured hip hop legends Pete Rock, Jay Dee, Marley Marl and DJ Jazzy Jeff to (now) household name Will.i.am to the eclecticism of DJ Spinna, King Britt, Madlib and for best measure MFSB string arranger Larry Gold to unreleased gems from jazz-funk pioneer Roy Ayers. Moreover Aaron Jerome who first cut his teeth with BBE with his debut album 'Time To Re-Arrange' released in 2006 - and has recently been outed as UK bass talent SBTRKT.

With members of Sonic Youth, Swans, White Hills, JG Thirlwell, Cop Shoot Cop, Live Skull reunion, Pop 1280, The Dresden Dolls, Alice Donut, Lubricated Goat, Sxip Shirley, Parlor Walls and many more!

BC35 refers to the weekend of performances and resulting album marking the 35 year anniversary of BC Studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Musicians were invited to participate by Martin Bisi, and were assembled by Genevieve Fernworthy into improv ensembles. There were also some long-awaited reunions. Recorded with a live audience comprised of sound pioneers, social deviants, and studio fans, these tracks were mixed and edited with care over several months by Martin Bisi and by veterans of the studio throughout the decades.

2026 marks the tenth anniversary of Big Crown Records. A lot can happen in 10 years, and a lot did. From very humble origins, Big Crown has become one of the most respected independent imprints in the world with an incredibly talented international roster and an incomparable catalog of timeless music. Leon Michels & Danny Akalepse opened the doors at Big Crown in 2016 with a simple ethos: put out good music they believe in regardless of genre.

BCR10 - Ten Years of Big Crown is somewhere between a retrospective and a state of affairs, tried-and-true gems from the back catalog mixed with rock-solid tunes from the newest records. A double LP with choice tracks by Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, Lady Wray, Brainstory, Derya Yıldırım & Grup simsek, El Michels Affair, Thee Lakesiders, Dave Guy, Les Imprimés, Homer, Thee Marloes, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Bobby Oroza, Marco Benevento, The Shacks, Paul & The Tall Trees, Thee Heart Tones, Surprise Chef, 79.5, Liam Bailey, and Holy Hive. A deeper dive into the Big Crown story is told perfectly in the liner notes by the one and only, journalist & DJ, Jeff Mao.

TRACK LISTING

1. Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - PIMP
2. Lady Wray - Piece Of Me
3. Brainstory - Mnemophobia
4. Derya Yıldırım & Grup imek - Cool Hand
5. El Michels Affair feat. The Shacks & Lee Fields - Tearz
6. Thee Lakesiders - Parachute
7. Dave Guy - Footwork
8. Les Imprimés - Love & Flowers
9. Homer feat. Hether - Now That It’s Over
10. Thee Marloes - Not Today
11. Lee Fields & The Expressions - Never Be Another You
12. Bobby Oroza - This Love
13. Marco Benevento - Houdini
14. The Shacks - This Strange Effect
15. Paul & The Tall Trees - Then We’ll Wave (So Long)
16. Thee Heart Tones - Forever & Ever
17. Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - Xxplosive
18. El Michels Affair feat. Piya Malik - Murkit Gem
19. Surprise Chef - Spiky Boi
20. El Michels Affair feat Florence Adooni - Say Goodbye
21. Lady Wray - Guilty
22. 79.5 - Terrorize My Heart (Disco Dub)
23. El Michels Affair & Black Thought - Grateful
24. Liam Bailey - Cold & Clear
25. Holy Hive feat. Mary Lattimore - Oh I Miss Her So

Another Arthur mag release, on their Bastet label; this time there's thirteen gnarly tunes gathered from high and low curated by Ethan Miller of Comets On Fire. For lovers of bloody nose street folk, dangerous shit rock, drunken cosmic slop and those wandering down the outer and under paths alone. Limited edition second pressing of 500. We havent got many! Features Comets On Fire, Monoshock, Six Organs Of Admittance, Albert Ayler, 7 Year Rabbit Cycle, Shit Spangled Banner (pre Sunburned Hand Of The Man), Ghost, Colossal Yes and more.

Based on original 1967 BYG sampler. 

BYG were a pioneering independant record company, one of the first labels to actively promote diversity and support black African-American musicians and multi-cultural artists worldwide during the 1960’s and 1970’s. Beginning in March 2022, BYG will reissue their now rare and collectable original albums. Newly remastered from the original BYG tapes, each album will be released on LP facsimile-edition & CD with exclusive sleeve notes by Kevin Le Gendre and John Masouri, in high-definition digital audio, downloads and streaming formats. “BYG were passionate in supporting diversity, against prejudice and narrow-mindedness so I am proud we fought for all our artists and their music, no matter what they were, who they were or where they were from [...] This sampler is a testament to their creativity...” Jean-Luc Young, 2021.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE 1
1. Alice - Le Nouveau Monde
2. Areski & Brigitte Fontaine - Ragilia
3. Gong - Change The World
4. Aynsley Dunbar - Willing To Fight
5. Coeur Magique - Le Cocotier (Part 2)
6. Daevid Allen - Time Of Your Life
SIDE 2
1. Sun Ra And His Solar-Myth Arkestra - Ancient Ethiopia
2. Aart Ensmble Of Chicago - Dexterity
3. Don Cherry - Terrestrial Beings
4. Archie Shepp - Blasé