To honour AC/DC’s 50-year reign as the world’s greatest rock and roll band, the band’s catalogue will be available as gold coloured vinyl LPs. Each of these limited edition LPs comes with an album-specific 12”x12” print featuring new AC/DC 50 artwork, suitable for framing.
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To honour AC/DC’s 50-year reign as the world’s greatest rock and roll band, the band’s catalogue will be available as gold coloured vinyl LPs. Each of these limited edition LPs comes with an album-specific 12”x12” print featuring new AC/DC 50 artwork, suitable for framing.
To honour AC/DC’s 50-year reign as the world’s greatest rock and roll band, the band’s catalogue will be available as gold coloured vinyl LPs. Each of these limited edition LPs comes with an album-specific 12”x12” print featuring new AC/DC 50 artwork, suitable for framing.
Autechre's "444" originally appeared as the last track on 1993's "Incunabala". It's a brilliant example of the duo's expert handling of control voltage emotion and otherworldly rhythm sequences. Sounds like a spaceship slowly gliding forcefully through interstellar nebula.
Super limited copies.
TRACK LISTING
Falling Free
444
The package includes a Spatial Atmos audio version of the original album, along with a remarkable selection of previously unreleased track versions, as well as the 1998 documentary film "Eating, Sleeping, Waiting & Playing" by acclaimed director Mike Mills in HD format. This documentary follows band members Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel during their first ever tour stops in New York, London, and Paris. AIR will accompany this release with a huge international tour throughout the whole year sold out in no time, with more than 50 dates in 18 countries across the globe.
TRACK LISTING
CD1
1. La Femme D'argent
2. Sexy Boy
3. All I Need (feat. Beth Hirsch)
4. Kelly Watch The Stars
5. Talisman
6. Remember
7. You Make It Easy (feat. Beth Hirsch)
8. Ce Matin Là
9. New Star In The Sky (Chanson Pour Solal)
10. Le Voyage De Pénélope
CD2
Bonus Disc With Approx. 10 Unreleased Tracks (live/radio Versions)
Blu-Ray
“Moon Safari” Dolby Atmos Album
1. La Femme D'argent
2. Sexy Boy
3. All I Need (feat. Beth Hirsch)
4. Kelly Watch The Stars
5. Talisman
6. Remember
7. You Make It Easy (feat. Beth Hirsch)
8. Ce Matin Là
9. New Star In The Sky (Chanson Pour Solal)
10. Le Voyage De Pénélope
+ Official Video Clips From “Moon Safari” Album + “Eating, Sleeping, Waiting And Playing”: HD Documentary By Acclaimed Director Mike Mills
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: A gorgeous, and surprisingly reasonably priced, exhaustive selection of Andwella / Andwella's Dream's releases. Featuring folk-tinged psychedelic riffs and lysergic twists of guitar and vocals, some of these could just as easily have sat among Floyd's early work just as easily as they could Cream or Crosby Stills & Nash. Ace.TRACK LISTING
1. The Days Grew Longer For Love
2. Sunday
3. Lost A Number Found A King
4. Man Without A Name
5. Clockwork Man
6. Cocaine
7. Shades Of Grey
8. High On A Mountain
9. Andwella
10. Midday Sun
11. Take My Road
12. Felix
13. Goodbye
14. Hold On To Your Mind
15. Lady Love
16. Michael Fitzhenry
17. I’m Just Happy To See You Get Her
18. Just How Long
19. World’s End Part I
20. World’s End Part II
21. Back On The Road
22. I Got A Woman
23. Reason For Living
24. Shadow Of The Night
25. She Taught Me To Love
26. Saint Bartholomew
27. The World Of Angelique
28. Mississippi Water
29. I’ve Got My Own
30. Are You Ready
31. Four Days In September
32. Lazy Days
33. People’s People
34. Behind The Painted Screen
35. All For You
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- 12"
- £20.99
- Cat Number
- 321984/3
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
“Trying to categorise Annie Anxiety is a futile task… [she] exudes a magnetic presence on anything she’s contributed to” The Vinyl Factory
New York City musical maverick and performance artist Annie Anxiety, aka Little Annie aka Annie Bandez, began her illustrious career (including work with Adrian Sherwood, Coil, Current 93, and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry) with Crass. They released her first solo single, 1981’s ‘Barbed Wire Halo’ alongside ‘Cyanide Tears’, an extraordinarily prescient piece of jagged electronics, samples, and skeletal rhythms, led by Annie’s nightmarish vocals.
She tells us; “When creating this single with Penny I hadn’t heard the word ‘avant-guard’ nor could I spell it - I only got explained ‘concretism’ via an interview I did in Berlin regarding some of my work three years ago - My father was a printer so I grew up with sound of printing press and subway train beats and always heard melodies and cross rhythms within those beats - I was just making dance music / disco tunes to my mind and Pen heard those same tunes I was hearing - my first recording, in retrospect I guess, was pretty ‘out there’ at its release, but to us it was dance floor for a club yet to be invented- one day”.
Penny Rimbaud expands; “Annie Anxiety is a total enigma, a passionate voice in the wilderness of consensual reason. Dada in instinct, Monroe in affection, Rambo in inflection, Annie rams it home with divine thunder. An instigator and innovator, she’s the bonkers angel of Yonkers, NYC. With no time to spare, Annie takes to the road with complete conviction, overtaking Kerouac halfway down 5th Avenue. Catch her if you can”.
TRACK LISTING
1. Hello Horror
2. Cyanide Tears
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- Ltd LP
- £27.99
- Cat Number
- TR554LP
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
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- CD
- £16.99
- Cat Number
- TR554
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
2024 marks 40 years of Pete Astor making records, a suitable anniversary point at which to take stock and double back on songs that first appeared on records by Astor-fronted combos such as Creation Records trailblazers The Loft and The Weather Prophets and Matador recording artists The Wisdom of Harry, as well as selections from solo albums that appeared on labels such as Danceteria and Static Caravan.
Astor’s motivation for TS&NR is manifold. Some songs are effectively re-examined in the way one might linger over a resonant picture from a box of old photographs – connecting with the essence of a younger self. Other songs are newly recast in wiser and more reflective hues, while others simply demanded exhumation from wilfully opaque, lo fi non-production. The songs chosen are not the obvious ones – there’s no "Up the Hill and Down the Slope" or “Almost Prayed” here - but have been selected for more interesting, often esoteric, reasons.
Astor is accompanied by an estimable band of co-conspirators, evolving out of many hours spent playing music together on records and at shows over the last decade. They are drummer Ian Button, (Death in Vegas, Papernut Cambridge, Go Kart Mozart), bassist Andy Lewis (Paul Weller, Soho Radio and Blow Up DJ), guitarist Wilson Neil Scott (Summerhill, Felt, Everything But the Girl) and keyboardist/ multi-instrumentalist/ producer Sean Read (Dexys, Mark Lanegan, Dave Gahan, Iggy Pop, Manic Street Preachers, Beth Orton, Chrissie Hynde...).
Together they’ve revisited these lost gems of songs in a manner that has allowed Astor to balance the way that they still make sense to him now, looking both to the future and to that big and interesting new country, the past.
TRACK LISTING
A1. Model Village
A2. Ladies And Gentlemen
A3. Chinese Cadillac
A4. The Emperor, The Dealer And The Birthday Boy
A5. She Comes From The Rain
A6. Nancy True Knot
B1. Caesar Boots
B2. Head Over Heels
B3. Marsh Blues
B4. Emblem
B5. Disney Queen
B6. On Top Above The Driver
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- Ltd 12"
- £12.99
- Cat Number
- ILA029
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
303 copies of hand-stamped and numbered heavyweight 180 gram wax, in a stamped card sleeve. No digital. No represses.
303 copies of... [ + ]
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Another clutch of authentic warehouse rattlers on the effervescent I Love Acid label. These acid collectables don't hang around long - just saying! ;)TRACK LISTING
A1: Acid Crush
A2: In Acido
B1: Young Tool
B2: What You Want To Say
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- 12"
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- TRUE12160
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: European techno monolith Adam Beyer doesn't feature too heavily in our racks usually. But this techy monster for Treusoul was so filthy we just had to get it in! Seems nicely in tune with the industrial-edged rebel techno that's also doing the rounds at the moment.TRACK LISTING
A1. The Signal (Night Mix)
B1. The Signal (Day Mix)
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- Coloured LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- SAR66LPINDIE
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Indies exclusive clear vinyl.
Indies exclusive clear... [ + ] -
- LP
- £27.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- SAR66
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Black vinyl edition.
Black vinyl edition. -
- CD
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- SAR66CDINDIE
- Release date
- Expected 22 Mar '24
- Format Info
Indies exclusive CD edition.
Indies exclusive CD... [ + ]Release date: Expected 22 Mar '24
Since The Black Crowes reunited in 2019, they've made a triumphant return to form with over 150 shows spanning 20 countries worldwide, celebrating the 30th anniversary of'Shake Your Money Maker', the album that put them on the map. Upon their return from the road, they knew they needed something new to show for their lost time. The Robinson Brothers and longtime bassist Sven Pipien headed to the studio with producer Jay Joyce in early 2023 and the experiences of years past transcribed themself through the music as the band found their way back to their roots.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: It's a big surprise that the Robinsons have reformed to make another album fifteen years after their last studio outing as Black Crowes, so for it to have retained all of the intensity of their earlier work and to still sing with that unmistakeable Black Crowes energy is indeed something of note. Brimming with fiery Southern rock energy and beautifully produced, it's a delight to see BC back in the saddle.TRACK LISTING
Side 1
1. Bedside Manners
2. Rats And Clowns
3. Cross Your Fingers
4. Wanting And Waiting
5. Wilted Rose F/ Lainey Wilson
Side 2
1. Dirty Cold Sun
2. Bleed It Dry
3. Flesh Wound
4. Follow The Moon
5. Kindred Friend
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- 7"
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- SL45029
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
TRACK LISTING
1. Lonely Man
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- Coloured LP
- £20.99
- Cat Number
- SP1505X
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Orange coloured vinyl.
Orange coloured vinyl. -
- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- SPCD1505
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
No matter where his genre exploration has taken him, there’s something about growing up in punk and DIY spaces that puts collaboration in Boeckner’s blood. Composed of a collection of intimately familiar elements, Boeckner! elicits the same thrill of young passion and discovery. It’s a jet-powered chase through a tech-noir cityscape—fueled by a dream and that special someone in the passenger seat.
That urgency and passion have always been a trademark of Boeckner’s, and writing on his own pushes those feelings further into the center of the scope. But while Boeckner may be the clear driving force behind the album, he’s not without collaborators for his solo debut. After meeting producer Randall Dunn while contributing to the soundtrack to the Nicolas Cage-starring psychedelic horror film Mandy, Boeckner knew he’d found the perfect counterpart for his solo debut. “I’d been a fan of his forever, especially the Sunn0))) records he produced,” Boeckner says. “Working with Randall really unlocked some suppressed musical urges, things that I enjoy in my private life but don’t normally weave into what I’m releasing—like occult synth, pseudo-metal, krautrock, and heavy psych influences.”
That base allows Boeckner to thoughtfully weave between emotional imagism and more grounded storytelling. Throughout the record, his imagery delves into science fiction, but it’s charged first and foremost by experience. The trio of Boeckner, Dunn, and drummer Matt Chamberlain (Pearl Jam, David Bowie, Fiona Apple) formed a sort of dark engine for the album, and Chamberlain’s ingenious approach of triggering a vintage Arp synthesizer simultaneously with each drum track helped Boeckner shape the record’s atmosphere. That tense futurism was influenced by Boeckner’s time staying in Dunn’s Circular Ruin studio, a dusky, electronic aura burned into every track.
By the end of the album, 'Boeckner!' eases from sci-fi epic into something more akin to a torched VHS copy of a John Cassevetes film, the chemtrails and nuclear fallout fading long in the distance. Like all good sci-fi, the emotion and pain hits home for the author and listener alike, and the genre flourishes bolster the human experience. In revealing more than ever before, 'Boeckner!' ratchets up the musical intensity to unforeseen levels and hopes to find some peace at the end of the journey.
TRACK LISTING
1. Lose
2. Ghost In The Mirror
3. Wrong
4. Don't Worry Baby
5. Dead Tourists
6. Return To Life
7. Euphoria
8. Holy Is The Night
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- LP
- £26.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 5832003
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
TRACK LISTING
Side A
1. Elijah
2. Beast Of Burden
Side B
1. Cristo Redentor
2. Black Disciple
3. Chant
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- 3xColoured LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- DAIS188LPC
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Triple transparent vinyl.
Triple transparent vinyl. -
- 3xLP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- DAIS188LP
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Triple black vinyl.
Triple black vinyl. -
- CD
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- DAIS188CD
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
Arranged sequentially in tribute to the equinoxes and solstices, Moon's Milk captures Coil at a revelatory crossroads, leaning deeper into improvisation, spontaneity, and sound design. "Moon's Milk or Under an Unquiet Skull" initiates the proceedings on Spring Equinox, a two-part netherworld organ séance woven from vocal drones, cathedral keys, seasick strings, and opiated undertow. From there, Summer Solstice skews lighter but no less incantational, with Balance embracing his voice-as-instrument across lucid dream torch songs ("Bee Stings"), purgatorial spoken word ("Glowworms/Waveforms"), sultry chamber pieces ("Summer Substructures"), and falsetto ravings ("A Warning From The Sun (For Fritz)").
Autumn Equinox exudes more of a pensive and twilit mood, from the Rose McDowall-sung folk ballad "Rosa Decidua" ("I hear your voice sing near to me / I've put away the poisoned chalice (for now) / And lie down amongst the flowerbeds") to hall-of-lords hallucination "The Auto-Asphyxiating Hierophant” to the liminal string-plucked classic "Amethyst Deceivers," featuring excellent alien guitar by Breeze layered with Balance’s oft-quoted couplet: "Pay your respects to the vultures / For they are your future."
The album’s final chapter, Winter Solstice, is its most swooning, remote, and ceremonial. Opener "A White Rainbow" stirs strings, layered choral vocals, and shivering rhythm into an imploding burial hymn. "North" oscillates bleakly, a ghost in the machine murmuring opaque prophecy ("This black dog has no owner / This black dog has no odour"), while "Magnetic North" is its inverse, a guided meditation of gently flickering software and surreal chakra poetics ("Red rose filling the skull / Yellow cube in the lower pelvis / Silver moon crescent below the navel"). The suite fades to grey with a traditional English carol ("Christmas Is Now Drawing Near"), rendered like an executioner's song by Rose McDowall’s doomed, beautiful voice.
The Dais box set includes the entirety of the rare Moon's Milk Bonus Disc CD-R / 2019 Threshold Archives Copal CD, which includes three collaborations with Thighpaulsandra. This material is as rich and intoxicating as the previous four phases, ranging from electro-acoustic singing bowl rituals ("Copal") to dissonant electronic recitations of visionary Angus MacLise poetry ("The Coppice Meat") to ominous classical melancholia ("Bankside"). Once again, Coil confirm the vastness of their confounding, infinite alchemy, explored and refined across decades of experimentation – both sonic and bodily. From postindustrial to post-everything, theirs is an art untethered, in the wilds of its own design.
TRACK LISTING
LP 1 - SIDE A:
Moon's Milk Or Under An Unquiet
Skull (Part 1)
Moon's Milk Or Under An Unquiet
Skull (Part 2)
Bee Stings
LP 1 - SIDE B:
Glowworms / Waveforms
Summer Substructures
A Warning From The Sun (For Fritz)
LP 2 - SIDE C:
Regel
Rosa Decidua
Switches
The Auto-Asphyxiating Hierophant
Amethyst Deceivers
LP 2 - SIDE D:
A White Rainbow
North
Magnetic North
Christmas Is Now Drawing Near
LP 3 - SIDE E:
Copal
Bankside
LP 3 - SIDE F:
The Coppice Meat
Ü Pel (Incense Offering)
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- Coloured LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- SLANG50567LP
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Cream white coloured vinyl.
Cream white coloured... [ + ] -
- CD
- £10.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- SLANG50567
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
Tracks like 'Space', 'Hideout', and 'Start/Stop/Rewind' catapult COMA into the musical vicinity of the Pet Shop Boys, Hot Chip, and the more recent Depeche Mode. 'FUZZY FANTASY' is the result of an astonishing transformation, though in retrospect, not entirely surprising.
TRACK LISTING
Side A
01. Hideout
02. Disconnected
03. Beyond You And Me
04. Sober
05. NFS
06. Hard To Find
Side B
07. The Same
08. Transmission Failure
09. Start/Stop/Rewind
10. Space
11. Surrender
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- Paperback Book
- £14.99
- Cat Number
- 9780747593034
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
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- Ltd LP
- £20.99
- Cat Number
- LAUNCH339
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
Throughout, this story is relayed by Alison, whether acapella or by means of richly emotive string arrangements, with a deftness of touch, sensitivity and intensity that matches the feverish nature of the experiences and the unforgiving environs in which they took place. Engelchen is a transporting work whose spirit is situated in a very specific time and place, Nonetheless, the story of Ida and Louise Cook is more than merely an inspirational tribute to two mavericks who beat the odds in an unforgettable feat of altruism. It’s a celebration of the human spirit, one that reflects a universality in its narrative which transcends the boundaries of history and impacts very urgently on our daily lives. Whatever attempts may be made to tell this story, it’s hard to imagine one that resonates deeper than Engelchen.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: A fittingly haunting, but beautifully presented new LP from Alison Cotton on the always-superb Rocket Recordings. Intensely cinematic instrumentals, shadowy operatic phrasing and swooning, wistful melancholy abound. A warming tribute, and a typically skilled and beautifully emotive selection from Cotton. Lovely.TRACK LISTING
01. We Were Smuggling People’s Lives
02. The Gramophone Circle Parties
03. Engelchen
04. The Letter Burning
05. Crépuscul
06. Dolphin Square
07. Engelchen Now
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- 12" EP
- £23.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- GI436LPC1
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Poisonbloom (clear + green with pink splatter) coloured vinyl.
Poisonbloom (clear +... [ + ]
The story of crushed is written across midnight transmissions. In the early 2010s, Morell, who fronts the band Temple of Angels (Run For Cover Records), hosted a graveyard shift college radio show and used to play music from Durkan’s former band Weekend (Slumberland Records). In 2020, Durkan, having focused on pro- duction work (Tamaryn, Young Prisms) following Weekend’s run as a formidable shoegaze act, hosted a late-night program on a community radio station in San Francisco. Driving one day, he heard Temple of Angels by chance and was imme- diately drawn to Morell’s voice. He added a song that night to his on-air tracklist. Morell saw it and reached out to thank him and point to that connection made a decade earlier.
The exchange sparked a long-distance project. First, they filled an audible moodboard with ‘90s classics from the likes of Natalie Imbruglia, Sneaker Pimps, and The Sundays. Songs that transported them back to places of comfort and discovery; Morell’s memories of a metallic, lavender boombox that dispatched past sounds from a world beyond her Houston suburbia, and Durkan, in his mom’s car on the way to band practice. These touchpoints provided a palette for crushed to experiment without expectations, purely for the fun of it.
A creative intimacy emerged; stepping outside the reverb walls of her full band, Morell embraced more clarity and a range of emotions in her vocals, while Durkan looked inward as a producer, collaging fragments from their everyday lives: voice memos, piano recordings, even the panting of Morell’s late dog on “milksugar.” The wistful ballad embodies extra life’s feeling as a whole. “I am home again,” sings Morell; her refrain cycles above a drum machine beat as Durkan colorstheir universe with star-lit strums, synth swells, and the crackle of fireworks in the distance. Elsewhere, the duo’s uptempo mode is equally effective, like the su- per-charged duet “coil” or the propulsive opener “waterlily,” which sets a cinematic tone for the set.
Bold, bright, and replayable, extra life presents crushed as a project of immense promise, two artists unlocking something special within themselves, a space to hold both melancholy and bliss. Durkan adds, “To me, [extra life] is true and pure - in a way I haven’t felt about music in a really really long time.”
TRACK LISTING
1. Waterlily
2. Coil
3. Milksugar
4. Bedside
5. Respawn
6. Lorica
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- Coloured LP
- £28.99
- Cat Number
- LPSBR7048C
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Sea glass blue vinyl.
Sea glass blue vinyl. -
- CD
- £14.99
- Cat Number
- CDSBR7043
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
Produced and recorded by the band at their studio/funhouse The Odditorium in Portland, OR, ROCKMAKER sees the "Bohemian Like You\" hitmakers celebrate their 30th year together with a sprinkle of glitter on their grime. Accompanied by guests Debbie Harry, Slash, and Pixies' Frank Black, The Dandy Warhols wrangle paranoia, untangle anxious discontent, and lust after life while the dance grooves go deeper, heady drones get weirder, and riffage fit for bong rips hammers. ROCKMAKER is the Dandy's clearest statement yet, at no sacrifice to their outre leanings. This is the sound of outsider alt-psych fixtures looking in as the walls come down.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: A soaring, grungy maelstrom of riffs and groove from Courtney and co, still very much full of the youthful fire that made them such a household name on the briliant 'Dandy Warhols Come Down'. Brilliantly dynamic, fiery rock and roll.TRACK LISTING
1. Doomsday Bells
2. Danzig With Myself (Feat. Black Francis)
3. Teutonic Wine
4. The Summer Of Hate
5. I'd Like To Help You With Your Problem (Feat. Slash)
6. The Cross / Root Of All Evil
7. Alcohol And Cocainemarijuananicotine
8. Love Thyself
9. Real People
10. I Will Never Stop Loving You (Feat. Debbie Harry)
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- LP
- £26.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 5831995
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
TRACK LISTING
Side A
1. Take Off
2. Weirdo
3. Would'n You
4. I Waited For You
5. Ray's Idea – Alternate Take
6. Donna
Side B
1. Well You Needn't
2. The Leap
3. Lazy Susan
4. Tempus Fugit – Alternate Take
5. It Never Entered My Mind
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- Ltd 12"
- £17.99
- Cat Number
- MS529
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
This new release showcases a heightened tempo and a fresh interpretation that irresistibly beckons the dancefloor. Featuring infectious rhythms and the candy sweet, soulful voice of Tamiko Jones, Disco Dandies have conjured up a new disco fire that'll spin the disco ball right off its fittings! Serious heat for your Saturday nights!
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: The irresistible voice of Tamiko Jones graces this NEW interpretation of the disco classic by Miami. It's a seriously strong update of this glitterball staple, and another fine addition to the High Fashion catalogue.TRACK LISTING
1 Let It Flow (Extended Mix)
2 Let It Flow (DD Edit)
3 Let It Flow (Bonus Beats)
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- 2xColoured LP
- £28.99
- Cat Number
- BLOW16-RED
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Red vinyl
Red vinyl -
- 2xLP
- £26.99
- Cat Number
- BLOW16-BLACK
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
Kiss Goodbye showcases Ed DMX in his absolute finest form in songwriting and richness of production. A guaranteed antidepressant with timeless moments from an ode to a mature lady in “D.I.V.O.R.C.E.E.”, to a rap about a cheating girlfriend in “Who’s That Guy?". Full of classic quotables combined with funk that would make Morris Day proud.
The 2xLP is available in standard black, and a special sexy red edition. Mastered by Noel Summerville whose CV includes too many classics to mention, from Newcleus and Hashim to Ohio Players and Rick Astley! The sleeve has received redesign treatment by the Organic Analogue’s Benedetta Sodini.
Essential!
TRACK LISTING
A1. Kiss Goodbye
A2. Cold Love
A3. D.I.V.O.R.C.E.E.
B1. H.O.T.
B2. Who's That Guy?
B3. You Take Me Up
C1. Keep On Keepin' On
C2. He Exists!
C3. Let's Rock
D1. Feelings So Strong
D2. Clementine
D3. 1101100001
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- 12"
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- BOOM 003
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Silky smooth and deliciously deep; nice selection of cuts referencing the second summer of love and the first wave of soulful US house with focus and style. Excellent stuff from Earls.TRACK LISTING
NEP-1
NEP-2
NEP-3
NEP-4
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- LP
- £19.99
- Cat Number
- LEGO309VL
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
Ederlezi have taken inspiration from the classic songwriting of the 1960s. Hannah is influenced by songwriters such as Scott Walker, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell and is always looking for a story. David is influenced by the guitar based Rock'n'roll of the 50s, the psychedelic 60s and the bass styles of Serge Gainsbourg with some prog rock mixed in.
David is the bass player in The Pretenders and has worked with Jonathan Jeremiah, Young Gun Silver Fox, Rio 18, His Lordship, Nell Bryden, Edwyn Collins, The Black Pumas as a guitarist, bass player, singer and collaborator touring extensively around the world. Hannah is a solo artist in her own right, a prominent troubadour and songwriter on the London Folk scene. She has also worked with Hannah Williams & The Affirmations, Ellie Goulding, Gary Barlow, Jonathan Jeremiah and Nell Bryden as a backing singer and instrumentalist.
TRACK LISTING
1. Run Run Run
2. Children
3. Mary Beth
4. Buried Words
5. Draw A Line
6. Burn
7. Drawn To The Ruin
8. Gravesend
9. Troubled Mind
10. Codeine
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- 12"
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- TREASURE006
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
The Face
Spring 2024
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- Magazine
- £9.95
- Cat Number
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Issue 18.
Issue 18.
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- Coloured LP
- £19.99
- Cat Number
- TAL130LPXP
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Blue opaque vinyl - limited edition.- Includes MP3 Download Code.
Blue opaque vinyl -... [ + ] -
- LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- TAL130LP
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Black vinyl version.
Black vinyl version. -
- CD
- £12.99
- Cat Number
- TAL130CD
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: Wistful hazy melodies, psychedelic twists and theatrical vocal work all mix together into a lovely distillation of influences. Lounge, melancholic rock and grand orchestral melodies all slotted together perfectly.TRACK LISTING
The Boat
The Nimbostratus Jig
Plat Du Jour
Backgammon
Hexagon
Galbulus
Begging's Not My Business
Catch 42
Topinambur
Postprandial Promenade (feat. Nadine Khouri)
Stirred But Not Shaken
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- 2xColoured LP
- £26.99
- Cat Number
- TSR039
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Limited to 300 copies on red transparent with blue marble.
Gatefold cover.
12" booklet with 16 pages.
Limited to 300 copies on... [ + ]
Reconstructed artwork for vinyl by Simon Tripcony.
Mastered for vinyl by Jan Oberg at Hidden Planet, Berlin.
Manufactured at Matter of Fact, Germany.
FFO: Deftones, Quicksand, Hundred Reasons, early-Biffy Clyro.
TRACK LISTING
01. What I've Wanted To Say
02. Love, American Style
03. In The Aisle, Yelling
04. Girl
05. Seasick
06. Job's Eye
07. Punchdrunk
08. Celebrate Her
09. Boring Life
10. Joining The Circus
11. Cut-out
12. Sorrow's End
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- Coloured 7"
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- BEAG6CGR141VIRUS522LT
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
Ranked as one of the most memorable of the so- called "punk poets" he first debuted in 1977 and has become known for his combination of punk outrage with a streak of optimism.
Originally writing the song "Punch" in 1980, shortly after Margaret Thatcher had been elected Prime Minister of Great Britain. He had this to say about the song; "At the time that the song was written, it seemed like the worst type of person to be in charge of a country would be a right wing monster like Margaret Thatcher or a dangerous ex-actor / reactionary like Ronald Reagan, a bit of a joke figure, but also a gun-toting and gun promoting right wing monster.
Nobody might have expected that , by the early 2020s, the world would end up in the hands of actual clowns like Donald Trump and Boris Johnson, people written off by their own public as comedy buffoons, people to laugh at but not take too seriously."
Side A features a new recording of the song from 2021, while side B sees the track covered by the Norwegian rock group, Motorpsycho with a bit of help from the legendary Jello Biafra.
Originally forming 1989, named after a Russ Meyer sexploitation classic, Motorpsycho combines psychedelic influences with the high energy punk rock n' roll. Their output has been vast and varied, averaging a new album per year over the course of their 35 year existence would lead to a diverse and sprawling catalog that has been a delight to many a record collector.
This version of "Punch" was recorded for the Crispin Glover Records tribute to Patrik Fitzgerald 'All Sewn Up', back in 2009. The band went for an all-in hard rock approach for their version, something that Jello's characteristic vocals only added sparkle and intent to, and it is safe to say that the result stood out, even
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- 12"
- £20.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- 321984/2R
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
“Flux of Pink Indian’s anti-capitalist, vegan, anarchist ideologies still resound today (possibly even more than they have in years)” The Quietus
Flux of Pink Indians were an iconic anarcho-punk band active from 1980-1986. In 1981 the band signed to Crass Records, releasing their debut EP ‘Neu Smell’ the same year, featuring indie hit ‘Tube Disaster’. Pulsating bass and grinding, distorted guitar chaos underpins a vicious takedown of media sensationalism and the reporting of everyday tragedies.
Penny continues; “Punk as it should be, but very often wasn’t, Flux assaulted the airwaves with an intelligent humour which, more often than not, was missing with other protagonists of the genre. Grim as it might have been, ‘Neu Smell’ must rate as one of the true gems of the time. Both drowning and waving, Flux’s irony could always put a smile on your face. If not the Ace, they were undoubtedly the Joker in the pack. Join the shuffle”.
Penny finally notes that “Our (Crass’) interest was never in personalities, profits or power, and neither did we have time for reformist liberals. Our position was solidly revolutionary; we took no prisoners. Talking the talk was never enough for us, no, we demanded that we also walk the walk. Ours wasn’t a show, it was a battle, not a living, but a lifestyle, a lifestyle with a difference – rather than looking only to ourselves, we sought to share our gains. I feel that this willingness added great strength to the form of anarchism that we practiced both on stage and out on the street.”
In giving a platform to an impressive array of other bands, Crass Records broadened the front of what popularly became known as anarcho-punk. Not, it must be said, a moniker that Crass themselves much favoured. In this respect, Crass’ classic line, “There is no authority but yourself”, makes its point. Crass sought to empower others, and the output of Crass Records does much to confirm this, while ‘2 By 2 And Back Again’ seems to nail it – “get out of your own way, we’re all in this together”.
TRACK LISTING
1. Neu Smell / Tube Disaster / Poem
2. Sick Butchers
3. Background Of Malfunction
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- LP
- £26.99
- Cat Number
- BCRLP05
- Release date
- Expected 15 Mar '24
*** JUST IN ***Release date: Expected 15 Mar '24
TRACK LISTING
1. Pool Side Part 1 (Live)
2. Pool Side Part 2 (Live)
3. Pool Side Part 3 (Live)
4. Pool Side Part 4 (Live)
5. Dining Table Grooves (Live)
6. Sunset Part 1 (Live)
7. Sunset Part 2 (Live)
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- Ltd 12"
- £15.99
- Cat Number
- PLUR002
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
TRACK LISTING
01 Xtra Tall Tee
02 Tricycle (proto Mix)
03 Sensitive Needs
04 Bodge (closing Mix)
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- Ltd LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- TEXT056
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
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- CD
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- TEXT056CD
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
Side B slows us back down, ready for the second half of the trip; emotive guitar lines picked from the ether as angelic vox are gently smudged and diced before our ears - a sonic trademark the producer has previously used on tracks such as "Love Cry" and "Baby". "31 Bloom" bounces out of the mainframe at another slightly increased tempo, glitched arpeggios and highly sequenced piano fragments beautifully coalesced into a moment of transcendental ascension. Penultimate track, "So Blue" allows us a moment of reflection, stark elements imparting such strong emotions - there's few producers who can squeeze so much human feeling out of their machines. Finally, "Three Drums" concludes in suitable form - a slowly spiraling semi-orchestral fury into a white hot, retina-scorching sun'; almost hallucinatory in its saturation yet carried along at a languid pace; allowing the listener to unwind into a paradisical dream state of Hebden's own creation.
Have to say he's done it again. It's nicely succinct and sequenced to perfection, with the four tracks on each side perfectly
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: I've always been a massive fan of the ol' Four Tet, and while I think the more recent outings share characteristics with the glitched melodies and syncopated percussion of Pause or Rounds, it's a far more relaxing affair in all, owing a lot more to ambient music than the dancefloor-focused outings of the past. 'Three' is possibly his most focused and enjoyable work to date, and that's really something for a man with such a stellar discography.TRACK LISTING
01 Loved 4:03
02 Gliding Through Everything 4:08
03 Storm Crystals 6:40
04 Daydream Repeat 6:09
05 Skater 4:16
06 31 Bloom 5:52
07 So Blue 5:30
08 Three Drums 8:16
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- LP
- £23.99
- Cat Number
- CRT143
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Black vinyl.
Black vinyl.
Discovered online by legendary English A&R man James Endeacott, Fuller moved to Melbourne where he met and worked with like- minded folk like You Am I's Davey Lane. Soon he was making waves internationally with his 2016 EP Melvista and his 2017 debut album Inner City Dream, around which he spent an extended period of time touring Australia and in the UK and Europe. Of course, at the start of the new decade, the world changed and Fuller's ability to keep the momentum going was lost. "It was the late summer of 2019 and I'd just returned home to Melbourne after a European Tour (and several months overseas following that). I'd just ended a long-term relationship, and I'd never felt so disconnected from my friends in the Melbourne music scene - having not played locally in almost a year. “I'd lost all the momentum I'd built up in 2018, so I was back to square one. It was time to get cracking on album #2!” The result of that disconnect and of hours of isolated work throughout lockdown and beyond, Fuller's second album is ready to go.
TRACK LISTING
Side A
1. Back To Square One
2. Alamein Line
3. Jacaranda
4. Pacific Coast Highway
5. Everything Is Strange
6. Inside And Out
7. Trade War
Side B
1. Counting Down The Days
2. The Velvet Affair
3. The House Of Love
4. Look No Further
5. Worthwhile
6. All Of My Dreams
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- LP
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- 0190296440663B
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Black vinyl.
Black vinyl.
Their debut EP ‘Love & Hate In A Different Time’ comprises five songs that sound instantly of another era without faltering into throwback territory. True masters of story-telling, their timeless take on vintage soul, new R&B and just a hint of ultra-contemporary altpop have seen them become firm favourites of Gilles Peterson, Off White’s Virgil Abloh, Benji B, Annie Mac, Elton John... the list goes on.
The lead track and new single, ‘Love & Hate In A Different Time’, showcases their sound perfectly. A soul-stirring song with elements of funk and that joyous gospel influence too. Jacob has one of those terrifically cavernous deliveries and understands the power of when to adopt restraint and when to let rip. It’s raw, show-stopping and combines to form a magical few minutes of cinematic sound, unlike anything else out there today.
In the song’s long-form video, directed by band member and British born musician Ryan Hope (himself a celebrated music video director), we’re taken through a history of the dancefloor in archive footage, culminating in Jacob singing Billie Holliday’s Strange Fruit to a rapt audience during a Black Lives Matter protest in LA last year. It’s an engrossing, moving watch and an evocative listen.
The rest of the EP stands tall with its lead track, shoulder to shoulder. Experimental flourishes, sultry beats and jazzy polyrhythms. Intoxicating stuff, it’s music that is hard not to like. Simply riveting and a hugely promising introduction to an already accomplished new act.
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Repress of pretty much the biggest soul 12" of the year. There's been no escaping these tracks and now they're available for all once again.TRACK LISTING
A1 - Loyalty (Featuring Ashley Sade)
A2 - In Loving Memory
A3 - Professional
B1 - Love And Hate In A Different Time
B2 - The Blind
B3 - Love And Hate In A Different Time (Alternate Version)
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- LP
- £22.99
- Cat Number
- MRBLP289
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
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- CD
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- MRBCD289
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
One of the jewels of the album is the beast of an opener, 'Bacalao Con Pan'. A heavy dancefloor Latin-funk burner, with ripping Wah-Wah guitar, a blistering mix of Latin percussive elements and horns firing on all cylinders. It's a song which builds and breaks with an energy and power that still lights up the dance to this very day.
The album is a varied bag of tricks, traversing moods, styles and genres whilst melding traditional rhythms with more contemporary mindsets. Take the delectable downtempo ballad 'Danza Naniga' or 'Valle Picadura' that starts on a similar tip, before erupting into a horn heavy heater. Move through to find 'Taka Taka Ta' where Afro-Cuban jazz, call and response vocals and brain-busting organs marry in steamy unison.
Elsewhere, continuing this melting pot of musical influences, the prog/psychedelic rock leaning 'Quindiambo', expertly combines traditional Latin music with psych rock in a similar way to Santana. 'Misaluba' is another highlight, a cover version of a song by the British-Italian based group Cyan, written by Mario & Giosy Capuano, making it their own with this tripped-out, percussion-rich makeover.
As debuts go, Grupo Irakere's 'Teatro Amadeo Roldan Recital' is about as good as it gets and gives a snapshot of Cuba in the mid '70s, with a band that were destined for big things.
TRACK LISTING
Side 1
1. Bacalao Con Pan
2. Danza Naniga
3. Valle Picadura
4. Taka Taka Ta
Side 2
1. La Verdad
2. Luisa
3. Quindiambo
4. Misaluba
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- Coloured LP
- £24.99
- Cat Number
- SCAT90
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Transparent Red Vinyl
Transparent Red Vinyl
This particular album has come to be held in higher and higher regard by fans, and they are correct to consider it a top-tier release. The story and sequence have a flow, and consideration for approachability is optional. Many of the crudest tracks reveal themselves as necessary stitches in the album’s tapestry. Yet it also contains all time greats like “Drinker’s Peace,” “Mammoth Cave,” the epic “Local Mix-Up/ Murder Charge,” and of course “Pendulum” with its immortal opening line: “Come on over tonight, we’ll put on some Cat Butt and do it up right!”—a rare break in the clouds on one of the band’s darkest albums.
This reissue, like the previous ones in this series, is a mostly faithful reproduction of the original pressing of 500 on the band’s own Rocket #9 label. And like the others, the virgin RTI vinyl is housed in a thick tip-on jacket, and includes Robert Pollard’s original handwritten lyric insert.
TRACK LISTING
1. Airshow ‘88
2. Order For The New Slave Trade
3. The Hard Way
4. Drinker’s Peace
5. Mammoth Cave
6. When She Turns 50
7. Club Molluska
8. Pendulum
9. Ambergris
10. Local Mix-Up
11. Murder Charge
12. Starboy
13. Blatant Doom Trip
14. How Loft I Am?
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- LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- WWSLP79
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
TRACK LISTING
1. Kick (Disco Mix)
2. Sham Pain
3. Junk
4. Stop Smoking
5. Baboon
6. V. V. V.
7. All Those Years
8. Kick 7
9. Stop Smoking (Alternate Mix)
10. Kick 7
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- LP
- £18.99
- Cat Number
- HDBLP066
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
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- CD
- £13.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- HDBCD066
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
It's minimal, airy, balancing light and dark, sometimes breezy and sometimes clinical. Heavee works simultaneously outside and inside the box, rebuilding footwork's framework and vibe to his own unique specification. Rhythmically, it's dance floor ready, using footwork's 160 template as a springboard for building new drum sounds to express these rhythms, and draws from R&B, rap, jazz and grime, with a sprinkling of bitter-sweet vintage Detroit techno.
‘Unleash’ takes footwork’s “eats all” approach to music and leads it in a fresh direction with a freedom of spirit. It's a strong addition to the footwork cannon and shows that experiments in dance music can be fun.
TRACK LISTING
A1. StarSeeker
A2. Unlock
A3. SearchN 4 Ft Babii
A4. Bang Bang
A5. Can U Feel It
A6. Bounce Dat Ft PayPal & DanTOG
B1. Unleash
B2. See The Sun
B3. Whiplash
B4. Sumthin Different
B5. Heart Fragments
B6. Work Me
B7. Make It Work
B8. Smoke Break Ft Homesiick & Takuya Nakamura
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- 2xLP
- £31.99
- Cat Number
- VIERNULVIER003
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
In her surreal and trippy gem of analog filmmaking Gonzales draws up whole universes of movement and color that seem to share a spiritual space with likeminded sci-fi writers such as Ursula K Le Guin or filmmaker John Whitney. The soundtrack for this dreamy experiment was provided by kindred soul and psychonaut Hieroglyphic Being.
For over 20 years Moss has been an one-off musical explorer that takes inspiration from House, Industrial, Kraut, Avant-Jazz and Noise to make his spectacularly unique take on radical & psychedelic (dance) music.
Viernulvier Records is the Belgian record label by VIERNULVIER Arts Centre (Ghent). The label focuses on music that is unconventional, unafraid to go against the grain. A mix of local and international talent, always linked to visual arts or performances.
TRACK LISTING
A1. Quadric Surfaces 7:18
A2. Triquetra 4:11
B1. Ogee 7:21
B2. Cellies 5:04
C1. Brachistochrone 4:35
C2. Conchospiral 7:52
D1. Bueerfly Curve 6:07
D2. DiacausTc 8:13
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- Ltd 12"
- £18.99
- Cat Number
- SRTX041
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
These tracks leap out the speakers sounding super fresh and have been doing plenty of damage, already featuring heavily in her sets during the last few months.
3 larger than life HH productions take the scenic route around acid, house, techno and even some early jungle references for the eagle eared spotters amongst you, with live percussion from Joy Joseph on the track "She’s Giving Cray".
Jerome Hill also joins the party with an euphorically doom laden remix!
Only 100 copies - no represses!
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Super Rhythm Trax enlist the in-vogue polymath Hannah Holland for a chunky trip into rave anarchy. Masterfully harnessing the 303s and drum boxes for a suitably narcotic ride.TRACK LISTING
A1. She’s Giving Cray (ft. Joy Joseph)
A2. She’s Giving Cray (Jerome Hill Remix)
B1. Satisfy
B2. Roller
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- Ltd 12"
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- SOBO001R
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: The inimatable Project Pablo returns under his real name. Essential listening for anyone into that original Vancouver Riviera sound - think Mood Hut, Jack J, Pender Street Steppers etc. Also Andras Fox and Art Wilson - beautiful, crepuscular deep house.TRACK LISTING
01 Closer
02 Closer Live
03 Royal Plus
04 Beaubien Dream
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- Piccadilly Exclusive LP
- £19.99
- Cat Number
- REWARM19LPC
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Limited edition Piccadilly Records exclusive moss green coloured vinyl.
Exclusive sleeve with obi strip.
Limited to 300 copies only.
Limited edition... [ + ] -
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- £19.99
- Cat Number
- REWARM19LP
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Standard black vinyl edition.
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- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- REWARM19CD
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
From Beatles-esque balladry, fuzzed out shoegaze and a lavish cover of a 00s pop classic, 'Things To Keep Alive' still importantly retains the Horsebeach DNA and even has moments that will take fans all the way back to Kennedy's C86 inspired debut LP. In turn, this results in Horsebeach's most varied and rewarding album to date. A record that inspires and shows growth; a record that makes you appreciate the things you help to keep alive.
Here’s what Ryan (Horsebeach) had to say about the album."I always treat each album as a snapshot of a certain period of my life and Things To Keep Alive is no different. However, it's less of a measure of time and more a snapshot of the mental space I've come to occupy over the past few years.
Fundamentally, this album is about my own struggle with one particular side effect of my mental health. Especially my propensity to long for the sweet release of death. I've come to learn how to deal with these things over time and I have always cared for my many cats, plants and important people close to me. These things bring me great joy and through the fog of my depressed haze I have finally learned to water, feed and care for myself as well. These are the things I keep alive. Musically I've decided to revisit themes from my earlier work but allow myself to open up to sounds I might have restricted from the Horsebeach palette in the past. It's quite a simple album thematically but perhaps the one I'm most proud of to date. I've given myself much longer to write this album and I hope the extra time I’ve spent nurturing each song comes through in the end."
Ryan
STAFF COMMENTS
Andy says: After an unbearable wait, Horsebeach finally return, and guess what, it's their best album so far! Fabulously varied and with tunes to die for, this record will jangle and sigh its way straight into your hearts.TRACK LISTING
1. A Friend By The Lake
2. In The Shadow Of Her
3. A Fault In All Of Us
4. Things To Keep Alive
5. Let Me Stay In Tonight
6. Until You
7. Cinnamon Challenge
8. Pure Shores
9. Colourless
10. Tradition
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- LP
- £23.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- ENJ20481
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
Pianist-composer Abdullah Ibrahim ( formerly known as "Dollar Brand") has long ranked among South Africa's giants alongside Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba and the late Kippie Mokoetsi.
A master of improvisation with a distinctive African edge, the exiled Cape Town musician has developed a musical style over the past 30 years that defies categorization. Rather, it is a fascinating mosaic of diverse traditions including African rutal and township rhythms, classical jazz, and gospel. South African folk melodies are enriched with Western harmonies, coalescing into a gracefullly fluid and intensely spiritual whole.
Best known for his hypnotic and introspective stream- of- consciousness compositions and his innovative interpretations of Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk and Billy Strayhorn classics, Ibrahim's music is at once accessible and complex, intriguing and lyrical. He has indefatigably explored and fused classical jazz with the multitude of influences that make up traditional and contemporary South Afrian music.
TRACK LISTING
Ntsikana's Bell
Msunduza
Good News
Swazi
Waya- Wa- Egoli
Adhan & Allah-O-Akbar
The Pilgrim
Moniebah
The Pilgrim
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- Coloured LP
- £18.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- UIHR021
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Super ltd edition orange wax.
Super ltd edition orange... [ + ]
Ivan The Tolerable started by accident in 2013 when Heffernan recorded a bunch of songs for his band at the time (Year Of Birds). These were a bit too left-field for a speedy garage band, so Oli decided to put them out on tape himself, and hasn’t looked back since with releases on Up In Her Room, Stolen Body Records and Library of the Occult to name just a few.
We are delighted to bring you our next entry from the Ivan The Tolerable archive reissue series, 2019’s ‘Wild Nature!’ Originally released on CD by Ack Ack Ack Records back in 2019, the album has now been remastered and repackaged, and will be released on super ltd edition orange wax. Here’s a bit about the album in Oli’s own words.
‘Wild Nature was originally recorded sporadically during the first half of 2019. It started life in one house, then I moved and it was finished in another. I remember screenprinting the original CD artwork on the sly at my old job during my lunch breaks and hand-assembled a small run of about 50 that are all long gone. I also remember walking around Albert Park early one morning in thick fog with a field recorder to capture the sounds that were then processed to form 23 Minutes Over Albert Park (condensed to 4 mins for the reissue due to time constraints). I think this was also the last album I recorded vocals on and also the last one I recorded completely by myself - all instruments, recording, mixing, mastering and artwork done by me at home. I know the first and last tracks were recorded as a birthday present for someone but I cant remember much about the other songs i'm afraid - 4 years is a long time in my speedy world. I've been asked a bunch over the years about a vinyl edition of this one - so here it is. Enjoy - especially everything that went through the delay pedal, which is sadly no longer with us.’
Peace,
Oli Heffernan,
Jan 2024
TRACK LISTING
A SIDE
1. Queen Of Quilts
2. The Contrarian
3. Black Ink
B SIDE
1. The Cat Song
2. 4 Minutes Over Albert Park
3. Rubbing Teeth
4. Queen Of Baths
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- Ltd 12"
- £17.99
- Cat Number
- JS04
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Incredible new sounds from Jump Source who channel the spirit of true techno through exploration and sound craft. Real shit folks.TRACK LISTING
A . Scrap
B1. Dry Mouth
B2. It Is To Be
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- 12" EP
- £15.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- PHONO07V
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
180g 45rpm vinyl with printed inner sleeve. 6 track 12” EP.
180g 45rpm vinyl with... [ + ]
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- 12" EP
- £15.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- PHONO06V
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
180g 45rpm vinyl with printed inner sleeve. 6 track 12” EP/
180g 45rpm vinyl with... [ + ]
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- 7"
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- KM 001
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
STAFF COMMENTS
Mine says: I'm not usually a fan of mash-ups (nor do I like reggae I must admit) but these two tracks undeniably work. It might just be the endless rain and grey skies that make me long for something that so obviously sounds like sunshine but I won't question it... for now.TRACK LISTING
Bam Bam Tom Tom Club
Reggae For Roy
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- 7"
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- DCR001V
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
TRACK LISTING
A1. I Found Out
B1. Until We Learn
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- 12"
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- MADE006X
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
TRACK LISTING
A1. Day & Night (Lex Wolf Edit)
A2. Just Rock (Lex Wolf Edit)
B1. Conceição (Lex Wolf Edit)
B2. New York Jaxx (Lex Wolf Edit)
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- Coloured 7"
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- EGG018
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Transparent aquamarine 7” with the customary mind-bulging artwork from Casey Raymond, and an exclusive track tantalisingly titled ‘Crab Shell’ on the flipside.
Transparent aquamarine 7”... [ + ]
‘My Mood Wave’ has an uplifting contemporary feel, haunted by a West Coast retro vibe that pulses and shimmers with a gorgeously addictive melody that will float around your head for days.
TRACK LISTING
My Mood Wave
Crab Shell
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- 12"
- £14.99
- Cat Number
- NASE04
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
Taking a step further into fourth world music territories, “Lysergie Villageoise” is a meticulously crafted collection of four tracks imagined by Okinawa-based guitarist Paul Mahoux. These compositions sum up 30+ years of experience and experiments by the French-born producer, blending traditional music and modern techniques in a very singular way. All four tracks feature Paul Mahoux’s unique concoction of flavours, a signature soundscape which brings jazz, folk, ambient and house together. Constantly blurring the lines between proto and advanced sounding, Paul Mahoux’s music recalls deep forgotten feelings and invites us to a psychedelic voyage through rural impressions and ancient times beyond the frontiers of folklore.
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Recent and brilliant addition to our Shamanic section which channels 'rural impressions and ancient times beyond the frontiers of folklore' - sounds right up my strasse!TRACK LISTING
A1. So(u)rcier
A2. V'là Les Druidesses
B1. Tohu Bohu An Rinceoir
B2. Cent Mille Ancêtres
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- 12"
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- IIB 071
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
STAFF COMMENTS
Mine says: Treading a path between dubbed out spacey balearic and unhurried drug chug, Marius Circus' lush sounds should find many a fan in the shop. Avoid now, regret later!TRACK LISTING
Lost On A Path To Nowhere
Lost On A Path To Nowhere (Jazxing Pathfinder Remix)
No Way Home
Space Crumbs Trail
Mary McGlory & Sylvia Saunders
The Liverbirds : Our Life In Britain's First Female Rock 'n' Roll Band
Faber & Faber
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- Hardback Book
- £20.00
- Cat Number
- 9780571377022
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
Mary, Sylvia, Valerie and Pamela - also known as The Liverbirds - were one of the world's first all-female rock'n'roll bands. At an early gig, backstage at the Cavern Club, a young John Lennon told them that 'girls don't play guitars'.
But they took that as a challenge. Despite the early scepticism, they won over tough crowds, toured stadiums, recorded two hit albums, and played with the Kinks, Rolling Stones and Chuck Berry - all in the space of just five years. Now, the two surviving members of the band tell their incredible story in full for the first time - capturing a lost era of liberation and rock'n'roll, as they thrived in the vibrant Merseybeat music scene and formed a friendship that has endured through the decades.
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- LP
- £26.99
- Cat Number
- 5894589
- Release date
- Expected 22 Mar '24
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- CD
- £12.99
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- 5894591
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
TRACK LISTING
1. L’Orso
2. Emergence
3. That Thang
4. Three Sisters
5. Boatly
6. The Time Is The Place
7. Railroad Tracks Home
8. Asthenia
9. Fourth Wall
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- 12"
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- TRM007
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
Alongside Regis and Surgeon, Harris was an architect of the dark Birmingham sound that blossomed out of club night House of God. He played a key role in the genesis of grindcore in the late 80s as the former drummer of Napalm Death and went on to translate his taste for raw, analog distortion into rugged 4x4 club tools with productions for Regis' ZET label in the mid 90s as Monrella. Several alias projects followed, the broken techno explorations of Fret, beatless dark ambient with Lull and the dub inflected trip-hop / illbient of Scorn.
'Shank' is remixed on the flip by the Berlin-based Force Reaction, a collaborative project from Kwartz and Kaiser, two purveyors of a particularly muscular strain of techno igniting dances across Europe. They last released together on Kaiser's K S R imprint back in 2021 but this is Kwartz's second outing on Trauma Collective after a link up with Monrella on TRM003. Their version introduces reverb and echo to the mix while firmly retaining dancefloor utlity.
Rounding up the B-side is a polyrhythmic and densley textured remix from Héctor Sandoval as Tensal. Sandoval is one half of pioneering Spanish techno duo Exium, and he also contributed to ZET back in 2001. Tensal doubles up on this release, dispatching a second remix in the form of a peak-time thumper available as a digital only bonus track.
TRACK LISTING
1. Shank
2. Shank (Force Reaction Remix)
3. Shank (Tensal Remix)
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- 2xLP
- £30.99
- Cat Number
- C56LP 026
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
In The Garden of Mindfulness is richly musically detailed, expertly arranged and full to bursting with fluid instrumental solos, with Murphy and his collaborators serving up tracks that brilliantly blur the boundaries between languid jazz-funk, downtempo, vintage synth-laden krautrock, dubby grooves and sun-splashed soundscapes. It simply sparkles from the moment that opener ‘Eighty Three’ slowly rises like the morning sun, with gentle, undulating synth sounds ushering in a slow-motion jazz-funk excursion rich in twinkling electronics, spacey pads and warming bass. Recent single ‘Katanaboy’, a lusciously layered dub disco-infused dancefloor excursion in Murphy’s familiar style, raises the temperature a touch, before ‘Bonne Anse’ and the sublime ‘Unka Paw’ (whose combination of evocative fretless bass, extended electric piano solos, Clavinet licks and acoustic guitars is genuinely spellbinding) invite a combination of wavy shuffling and flat-on-the-back, eyes-closed appreciation.
And so it continues, with gorgeous title track ‘In The Garden of Mindfulness’ making way for the boogie-influenced, Japanese-British brilliance of ‘Hangsang’ (check the jaunty pianos, yearning breakdown and exotic melodies). Murphy’s long held love of warm, weighty bass, hypnotic disco grooves, colourful analogue synth sounds and jazzy guitars once again comes to the fore on ‘Way Of The Hollow’ before the album reaches a fittingly triumphant conclusion with ‘Late In March’.
A neat sonic summary of all that makes the set such a rewarding and entertaining experience, repeat listens reveals a wealth of musical details, from off-kilter triple-time drums and surprise bass guitar solos, to impeccable piano solos (provided by the immensely talented Chiavarini), fizzing jazz-funk synth doodles and stirring synth-strings. It’s a breathlessly brilliant way to end an album that was genuinely worth waiting for.
TRACK LISTING
A1. Eighty Three
A2. Katanaboy
B1. Bonne Anse
B2. Unka Paw
C1. In The Garden Of Mindfulness
C2. Hangsang
D1. Way Of The Hollow
D2. Late In March
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- Coloured LP
- £25.99
- Cat Number
- 19658875171
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Raspberry coloured vinyl.
Raspberry coloured vinyl.
A record rooted in redemptive qualities and propelled by its overriding narrative power, it’s sweetly fitting that Muna end ‘Saves The World’ with the promise of ‘It’s Gonna Be OK, Baby’. It’s the sound of three women moving beyond their past, their shared experiences deepening those creative bonds while moving into fresh space.
Ultimately 'Saves The World' is a bold, colourful, lyric return, one that is asserting while remaining utterly honest, completely true to themselves.
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- Coloured 7"
- £8.99
- Cat Number
- NUM732LP-C1
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
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- Ltd 7"
- £8.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- NUM732LP
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Black vinyl edition.
Black vinyl edition.
Mixing classical music with synthesizer and acoustic guitar, Happy Rhodes’ ‘ecto pop’ never quite broke outside upstate New York, but that didn’t stop gothic Americana queen Marissa Nadler from reinterpreting ‘Where Do I Go’ in 2018.
Both the original and cover have been paired here, housed in an elegant black and silver sleeve, with embossed braille lettering for the visually impaired.
TRACK LISTING
Marissa Nadler ‘Where Do I Go’
Happy Rhodes ‘Where Do I Go’
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- Coloured LP
- £24.99
- Cat Number
- BMM094
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Green marbled vinyl limited to 300 copies
Green marbled vinyl... [ + ]
Having previously released music with Jazzman Records, Stones Throw subsidiary Now-Again and French label BMM Records, The Natural Yogurt Band presents the 7th album of his discography that marks an experimental turn.
"Spores" takes us on an obscure sci-fi journey into extra-terrestrial territories where tropical flutes, pianos, guitars and organs melt under corrosive electronic sounds, modular bird chirps and vintage drum machines sounds.
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Natural Yoghurt Band's deliciously free and experimental jazz / library project is a true feast for the ears. Incomparable and infectious; it's a wild, untamed beast of electronics and improvisation that you're gonna love.TRACK LISTING
A1.Vital Signs
A2.Children Of The Black Planet
A3.Life Forms
A4.Strange Life On A Distant Planet
A5.Exotic Creatures
A6.First Contact
A7.Obscure Jungle
B1.Warning Signs
B2.Followers Of A New Moon
B3.Gas Narcosis
B4.We Are Alone
B5.Possible Danger
B6.Unknown Landscapes
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- 3xPicture Disc LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- IF-119LPPIC
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
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- 2xCD
- £27.99
- Cat Number
- IF-119CD
- Release date
- 8 Mar '24
*PLEASE NOTE THE 3LP VERSION IS A PICTURE DISC COLLECTIBLE FORMAT AND NOT AN AUDIOPHILE FORMAT.
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- Coloured LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- OBSERVERS002LP
- Release date
- 8 Mar '24
- Format Info
Limited first pressing on black & red splatter vinyl.
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- CD
- £12.99
- Cat Number
- OBSERVERS002CD
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
Observers is a new project fronted by Martin Kennedy whose ambient rock band All India Radio has seen music used in CSI, One Tree Hill and many more.
Canadian metal titan Devin Townsend even covered an All India Radio song that he fell in love with while on holiday.
Kennedy has also released over fifteen albums with Steve Kilbey of psychedelic rock legends The Church.
Kennedy says “I’ve been fascinated by 2001 A Space Odyssey ever since my mum took me to see it in the 1970s. It blew my mind. I started making my own 2001 inspired super 8 movies, I collected everything I could afford and I’m still obsessed with it into my adult years.”
“The Age of the Machine Entities” is entirely instrumental and takes us on a cosmic journey through melodic metal, atmospheric riffs and psychedelic ambient sequences with echoes of Gojira, Black Sabbath and Tangerine Dream and the early 70’s work of Pink Floyd. Indeed treats us to a searing metal version of the obscure but fan favourite “The Narrow Way Part 2” from the Floyd’s Umma Gumma.
The album was mixed by Joe Haley from Tasmania’s legendary Psycroptic and the line up is Rich Gray (Annihilator) on bass, Chris Bohm on drums, and guest soloists including Joe Haley and Jake Weber.
The all important visual aspect is brought to life by Ryan T Hancock (known for work with King Buffalo, ᴀɢɴᴏxɪᴀ, Robot God), who created the mesmerizing album artwork.
Observers' "The Era of Machine Entities" is a fusion of artistic brilliance that pays homage to the timeless mystery of "2001: A Space Odyssey.”
TRACK LISTING
1. Into The Eye
2. Frank Poole's Dream
3. Frozen Lattices Of Light
4. Strange And Beautiful
5. Pod Bay Doors
6. Moon Doom
7. Metaphor II
8. The Star Child
9. The Narrow Way Part II (Pink Floyd)
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- 12"
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- MC072
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
TRACK LISTING
A1. Controla Del Amor
A2. Espiral
B1. Maria Me Gusta
B2. Dolor
B3. Amen Explosion
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- 12"
- £15.99
- Cat Number
- BOA 001
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
STAFF COMMENTS
Mine says: One for fans of euro pop soundalikes and big, borderline cheesy disco tunes. This 12" has got it all - 3 versions plus a bonus number for those who like it extra kitschy, what more could you ask for!TRACK LISTING
Side 1
1. Circle Of Love (Elado Remix)
2. Circle Of Love (Original)
Side 2
1. Circle Of Love (Elado Remix Instrumental)
2. You Make Me High
Released to celebrate their sold out Bossanova x Trompe le Monde tour that begins this week.
Copies will be available in store from 10am Tues 12th March @ £26.99.
All copies are ONE PER PERSON!!!
With any remaining copies going up online on 27 March.
The band continued to work with Gil Norton after collaborating to such success on their platinum-selling second album Doolittle; this time choosing to record in Los Angeles over their native Boston (the track ‘Blown Away’, however, was recorded at the Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin during a European tour in 1989).
Their third album in as many years, 1990 was a particularly fertile time for the band with Kim Deal also having success with The Breeders, who released their debut album Pod just a few months prior.
Featuring the singles ‘Allison’ (a tribute to jazz and blues pianist Mose Allison), ‘Dig For Fire’ and ‘Velouria’, plus the first cover to feature on one of their albums ‘Cecilia Ann’ (originally by The Surftones), Bossanova showed a less primal side to the band, with surf and space rock rising to the fore. Lyrically, Black Francis is even more cryptic with a recurring sci-fi theme running throughout, which in turn influenced Vaughan Oliver’s classic planet design for the sleeve.
TRACK LISTING
A1. Cecilia Ann
A2. Rock Music
A3. Velouria
A4. Allison
A5. Is She Weird
A6. Ana
A7. All Over The World
B1. Dig For Fire
B2. Down To The Well
B3. The Happening
B4. Blown Away
B5. Hang Wire
B6. Stormy Weather
B7. Havalina
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- LP
- £22.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- BEHERELP1
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Vinyl includes signed print.
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While delivering their distinctive brand of pure indie charm, The Plastic Youth have since recorded their debut album with producers, Gerry Love (formerly of Teenage Fanclub), and studio engineer/co-producer Ross Cameron, to be released March 2024.
With the first singles from their long awaited album, being championed by the likes of BBC 6 Music and BBC Introducing, and with their upcoming single, “Frankie” to be released mid January, The Plastic Youth are making headway and gathering momentum for an exciting gig-packed year of releases.
The Plastic Youth’s long crafted debut album is a testament to the band’s musical odyssey and stands as something truly special. Produced by Teenage Fanclub’s Gerry Love and Riverside Studio’s Ross Cameron,The Plastic Youth are stitched into the cultural tapestry of Scotland. A youthful take on 60’s melody and harmony, alongside driving instrumentation is the band’s hypnotic offering to the Glasgow music scene. This album is a breath of blissful air. A new perspective.
TRACK LISTING
A1. No Beginning
A2. Wrong Crowd
A3. Big Thief
A4. Like You
A5. Frankie
B1. Time For Us
B2. Comfort
B3. Try For You
B4. Sweet Dreamer
B5. Clairo
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- Ltd 7"
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- YOUS1
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
On "Gomp", the Rochdale trio forge and graft a kind of sonic semblance of wire, flesh and bracken - a misshapen organism that scuttles across the damp amber of the pennines. Collected from their environment, collages of local field recordings and tape-jammed voices hang over the trio's mill-gamelan of scrap percussion, with the whole thing force-fed back on itself through a neat duality of blunt electronics and sharp sample processing.
Although the form of its language feels human, the rhythm and definition is stretched to a point of almost attractive grotesque: de-elasticated and drubbed into a curiously unrecognisable state by the busted motor speeds and over-voltaged electrics that power it.
Through the electric static of Prangers' transmit, the outline of an awesomely unsettling shape comes into focus.
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Seriously inventive music from Rochdale! Industrial gamelan that harnesses the ghosts of the cotton mills and smoggy valleys; scorching their memories onto panel-beaten tape loops and coal-fired rhythms. Check "Burnley Road" for possibly the most hauntingly beautiful piece of prose to ever emanate from the Rossendale valley!TRACK LISTING
A. Gomp
A2. DD
B. Burnley Road
B2. Ewan
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- 2xColoured LP
- £50.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- M21CSLP2
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Clear Vinyl.
Clear Vinyl.
RAYE also received the Live Nation Best Female Award at the O2 Silver Clefs and was nominated for the Best International Act at the BET Awards. Fresh off sold-out tours with Lewis Capaldi, Kali Uchis, and SZA, she embarked on a mammoth journey of her own. Two headline tours spanning the UK, Europe, and North America saw her energy ignite sold-out crowds every night. Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage felt her command, and the Royal Albert Hall, draped in the magic of her orchestra and choir, witnessed a BBC special for the ages.
This year, My 21st Century Symphony arrives at the o2 Arena, then it's on to Coachella. After playing and owning the pop game, RAYE bet on herself and won.
TRACK LISTING
1. Overture. - RAYE, The Heritage Orchestra
2. Oscar Winning Tears. - RAYE, The Heritage Orchestra
3. Hard Out Here. - RAYE, The Heritage Orchestra
4. The Thrill Is Gone Requiem. - RAYE, The Heritage Orchestra
5. The Thrill Is Gone. - RAYE, The Heritage Orchestra
6. Five Star Hotels. - RAYE, Heritage Orchestra
7. Mary Jane Vs Graeme Blevins. - RAYE, The Heritage Orchestra
8. Mary Jane - RAYE, The Heritage Orchestra
9. Environmental Anxiety. - RAYE, The Heritage Orchestra
10. Body Dysmorphia - RAYE, The Heritage Orchestra
11. Ice Cream Man. - RAYE, The Heritage Orchestra
12. Dani's Interlude. - RAYE, The Heritage Orchestra
13. Flip A Switch. - RAYE, The Heritage Orchestra
14. Worth It Prelude. - RAYE, The Heritage Orchestra
15. Worth It. - RAYE, The Heritage Orchestra
16. Black Mascara. - RAYE, The Heritage Orchestra
17. Buss It Down. - RAYE, The Heritage Orchestra
18. Escapism. - RAYE, The Heritage Orchestra
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- Ltd LP
- £27.99
- Cat Number
- WOP006
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
TRACK LISTING
01 West
02 Prozora
03 Safe Place
04 Boy
05 Night
06 Carrier
07 Hydro Park
08 Come To Me
09 Operator
10 Liman
11 You'll Be Okay
12 2 Days
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- Coloured LP
- £23.99
- Cat Number
- WJLP63X
- Release date
- Expected 22 Mar '24
- Format Info
Indies exclusive orange vinyl.
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- LP
- £22.99
- Cat Number
- WJLP63
- Release date
- Expected 22 Mar '24
Release date: Expected 22 Mar '24 -
- CD
- £12.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- WJCD63
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
While recognisable in form, Y-OTIS TRE adds new dimensions to what has come before. Borne out of hours of tripped-out studio jams by Sandsjö & Eldh, Y-OTIS TRE feels natural, neon, 3D, at times laser sharp, at times gooey like jelly, and at all times ripe with ideas that would make albums on their own. Golden riffs are taken, twisted, thrown away, then recycled, and always evolving.
Perhaps evolution is key here, as Y-OTIS reuses and crossrefers its own ideas but never exactly repeats. The music has a mixtape-like DNA, and it seems to be breeding and multiplying at each beat. In color terms, Y-OTIS TRE is more RGB than CMYK – that is, it might appear unrealistically bright and full of tones not found in the natural world. But when you listen to the music closely, you'll likely find it acoustic to the bone. There's no illusion: hearing the band live tells you what Y-OTIS is all about. It's a live band turned studio tool, morphed back into a live band. Or something like that anyway.
Putting a tag onto this music feels a bit like trying to hold a very colorful, somewhat thick liquid substance on the palm of your hand. You can see it, feel it, but never fully pinpoint just what's it made of. But it works, so best just to enjoy the ride.
TRACK LISTING
A1. Oomy
A2. Midi Day Job, Pt. 4
A3. Pluralregn
A4. Perla / Moln
A5. Clicks 2023
A6. Earrings
B1. Unknow / Slick
B2. Sol 94
B3. Rhubarbs
B4. Orkaneon
B5. Loomy
B6. Donatt Gonatt
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- LP
- £26.99
- Cat Number
- 5887959
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
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- CD
- £12.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 5887958
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
TRACK LISTING
Side A
It's Cold Out Here
Porgy
I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive
For A While
Side B
Fodder On Her Wings
Touching And Caring
Saratoga
You Must Have Another Lover
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- Ltd 12"
- £19.99
- Cat Number
- DEEPCOVER#8
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
What this actually means in terms of source material still leaves us guessing, although we can confirm all four tracks fall down the cosmic / electro disco wormhole. It's another foray into the unknown from the cult collective Deep Cover and, as following usual procedure - is super limited to 150 copies. The mystery continues as the vibe expands... Highly recommended shizzle, don't snooze...
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Deep Cover deploy a sneaky clutch of cosmic edits that'll have you reaching for the amyl quicker than you can say 'Danielle Baldelli tape pack prego Signore'TRACK LISTING
A1. Liebe
A2. Die Nachricht
B1. Freunde
B2. Porsche
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- 7"
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- 451017
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
TRACK LISTING
1. Heavy Soul
2. Move It Up
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- 7"
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- 451012
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
TRACK LISTING
1. The Message
2. Freedom Sound
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- 2xLtd LP
- £33.99
- Cat Number
- SRJAM 23B
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: A monolithic undertaking here from Special Request, with four albums in a year of pummeling basslines and euphoric arps, all underpinned with bone-breaking kick drum and sidechained throb. Bangers, all.TRACK LISTING
1. T Minus 23/Luminosity/Mu Sagitarri
2. What Time Is Love (Redux)
3. What Time Is Ardkore
4. Turning Point
5. Spiral Sunrise/Pure Trance Artefact/Synchronicity
6. That Wisnae A Microdose/Epsilon/Sheep To Shepherd
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- Ltd LP
- £23.99
- Cat Number
- GOR004
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
This second opus takes us on a journey through time and style, from jazz-funk to dance music and Afrobeat, invoking masters such as Caetano Veloso, Giorgio Moroder or Tony Allen.
'This idea of "Samba From Outer Space" comes from dance music being a universal language beyond electronic but mainly a form of gathering people together in the same frequency.' says Diogo. 'We could summarize everything in electronic dance music is nothing but samba from outer space.'
TRACK LISTING
A1.Junto De Nós
A2.Dans Une Langue
A3.Flexível
A4.Dan=ça
B1.Samba From Outer Space
B2.Why Can't We Be Together
B3.La Forme D'Un Grand Coeur
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- 2xColoured LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- 4050538805857
- Release date
- 18 Aug '23
- Format Info
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- 2xLP
- £28.99
Usually ships within: 3-10 days - Cat Number
- 4050538981193
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
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- CD
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- 4050538884425
- Release date
- 18 Aug '23
Recorded on November 15, 2002, the concert was a benefit for striking firefighters and would be one of Joe’s last performances (he passed away a month later.) The performance features a 3-song reunion with Strummer’s former bandmate from The Clash, Mick Jones, who reunited on stage for the first time in almost twenty years. It would also be their last time on stage together.
Vinyl is packaged in a gatefold sleeve featuring never-before-seen photos from the show, plus new liner notes from former Fire Brigade Union Secretary Andy Gilchrist, who introduced the band at the show and led the strikes Joe was supporting.
This will be the first time the concert has been properly released with full packaging on vinyl, with its extremely limited previous incarnation as a Record Store Day exclusive in 2012 featuring just a DIY-inspired clear sleeve, and the first time it has ever been released on CD.
TRACK LISTING
SIDE A
Shaktar Donetsk
Bhindee Bhagee
Rudie Can’t Fail
SIDE B
Tony Adams
(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
Mega Bottle Ride
Get Down Moses
SIDE C
Police & Thieves
Cool ‘N’ Out
Police On My Back
Johnny Appleseed
SIDE D
Coma Girl
I Fought The Law
Bankrobber (feat. Mick Jones)
White Riot (feat. Mick Jones)
London’s Burning (feat. Mick Jones)
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- 12"
- £14.99
- Cat Number
- K7437EP
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
Ghungroo EP is the result of this reset, and rediscovers Suchi’s sense of playfulness through different production styles. It’s pressed on eco-friendly vinyl, PVR free and 100% recycled. “Ghungroo” is a homage to Suchi’s early years, and named for the small metallic bells strung around the ankles of classical Indian dancers. The track is equal parts cosmic, bassy and wavy, with a downwards bassline that plumbs the depths of low frequencies. The memory of early music passions emerges as the same melodic loop undresses and redresses in different guises - between breezy pads, glowing chimes and euphoric bells.
“Blåmerke” means bruise in Suchi’s native Norweigan tongue, and it leads heavily with double-time polyrhythmic drums, ravey rhythms and percussive bubbles popping. Triplets of synth stabs are artfully deployed with reverb and warped, stretched pads, bringing a whimsical twist to a track that is otherwise a tough-edged stomper. “Bottlepop” loosens up the tempo for a funky house framework, foregrounded by a big melodic synth riff. The track’s hookiness is enhanced by its old-school school feel, with distorted whistles and evocative pads. “Blåmerke” is then given a rework by Sam Goku who was chosen for his euphoric, dusty-sounding club tracks that hit hard; in his care the remix provides exactly that, via throbbing, shimmering, deep trippiness
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Beautifully rich and exotic electronic music that should appeal to lovers of Dekmantel, Hivern and Peggy Gou's Gudu label. It's got 'primed for festival season' written all over it...TRACK LISTING
A1. Ghungroo
A2. Blåmerke
B1. Bottlepop
B2. Blåmerke (Sam Goku Remix)
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- Ltd 12"
- £17.99
- Cat Number
- MS527
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: More top drawer edits from High Fashion who draft in Glitterbox star Dr. Packer to do the business on T-Connection's formidable disco anthem.TRACK LISTING
1 At Midnight (Dr Packer Remix)
2 At Midnight (Dr Packer Pianola Dubstrumental Mix)
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- Coloured LP
- £31.99
- Cat Number
- BF040X
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Translucent red vinyl with holographic sleeve.
Translucent red vinyl... [ + ]
TRACK LISTING
1. Tenfold
2. Heartbreaks + Setbacks
3. The Life Aquatic
4. Special Stage
5. Tron Song
6. Seven
7. Oh Sheit It's X
8. Without You
9. Lotus And The Jondy
10. Evangelion
11. We'll Die
12. Before I Loved Myself “I” Pooped My Ankles (true)
13. Paris
14. A Message For Austin / Praise The Lord / Enter The Void
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- 7"
- £15.99
- Cat Number
- HOMEHIT 013
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
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- Coloured LP
- £22.99
- Cat Number
- SK480LP
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Translucent purple coloured vinyl.
Translucent purple... [ + ]
Under the influence of his punk loving father and cabaret / comedy performing mother, Janek moved from singing in his school choir to learning to play drums and piano. Now, as well as producing music under his own name, Janek is also one of the founding members of the Neukölln based outfit Liquid Brain Orchestra, and one half of off-kilter duo Tutu Amuse with guitarist, vocalist and actor Rosa Landers.
Janek’s debut solo album “Circle Of Madness” is a record that is best described by himself as a snapshot of “something at some point” and encourages the listener to “stay curious while trying to maintain a balanced and non toxic relationship with perfectionism on this discovery of new land through music, channelling self expression and learning”.
The album opener “a little GOLD” encourages all of those feelings with delicate synths and percussion making way for fuzzy guitars and wordless vocals that anticipate the wide ranging, diverse and experimental sounds to follow.
“Here To Slay” is something of a statement of intent and features the rasping, bold vocals of Australian artist Madeleine Rose to great effect. The horn section takes centre stage on the sinister “Saints Blow” which, like the percussive frenzy of “Daiamondo”, which highlights the voice of Japanese singer and multi-instrumentalist Shiomi Kawaguchi, was a track originally sketched for the Tutu Amuse and Liquid Brain Orchestra projects respectively. On other tracks, Janek takes on lead vocals himself, such as the evocative “Above Your Head” with its almost Latin feel.
Elsewhere, the instrumentation tells the story with Janek’s drums vying for attention against percussion, horns and electronics on “Sloppy Dreams” and “Left 4 Dead” and there are sweeter, softer moments too such as on the shimmering “Glintstones”, the guitar led “The Last Stylebender” and the moody “Garlic Brown Junior”. And then there are the singles. The Afro-jazz inflected “The Killah Gorilla” - a piece that takes its name from the U.S. Ultimate Fighting Championship Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) professional, Jared ‘The Killa Gorilla’ Cannonier; and “OCTAPUSSY” - a ten minute epic that begins with a delicate interplay between dreamy keys and drum rolls which are then joined by silky guitars to create an effortless modern fusion sound.
With “Circle Of Madness”, Janek intends to continually push musical boundaries and possibilities. Look out for him on the road, pushing those boundaries with his upcoming live shows.
TRACK LISTING
1 – A Little GOLD
2 - Here To Slay Feat. Madeleine Rose
3 - Saints Blow
4 - Above Your Head
5 - Daiamondo Feat. Shiomi Kawaguchi
6 - Sloppy Dreams
7 - Left 4 Dead
8 - Glintstones
9 - The Last Stylebender
10 - The Killah Gorilla
11 - OCTAPUSSY
12 - Garlic Brown Junior
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- Ltd LP
- £22.99
- Cat Number
- UNSPLP001
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
Carrying a certain air of mystique, that same sense of a ‘other worldliness’ if you will of say a Karen Dalton or a Jeff Buckley, Varda’s delivery and tone carries huge emotional weight here and an unique ability to add an honest perspective and warmth to the starkest of realities. The hard hitting impact of the opening tracks is blunt and sharply defined. There is pain, hardship, and fear wrapped in these tales - ‘The Doctor Spoke, Two Hearts Broke” - made all the more hitting as this is a real life journey in the here and now being catalogued. As we move towards the second half of the record there is something even deeper and truly incredible at play. Varda’s whole demeanor is one of understanding and acceptance - hear the celebratory shamanic vibe of the extraordinary ‘Pass It On’ and the poignantly reflective, chokingly sad finale ‘We Won’t Dream’ - bringing to an end a record that will leave a mark on everyone who hears it. Real art is both timeless and omnipresent, these songs from James Varda will hang in the air forever and be there for those who look to find understanding, joy and a sense of hope. Chance And Time is both an extraordinary record and poignant study of life and living, of death and what comes after.
James Varda released four albums between 1988 and his death in 2015. A fledgling career beginning on the singer-songwriting folk scene where his arrival was met with both curiosity and critical acclaim as was his debut, the John Leckie produced Hunger. Any momentum was lost however as it would be ten years before the next, In The Valley was met with a ruffle of applause. Cancer took hold of the troubadour and for a number of years Varda lived life and wrote songs until The River And The Stars appeared like a phoenix from the flames as he began to wrestle with the realities of his situation. It’s a record that beautifully lays the ground for this his masterpiece that was to follow.
Unspun Heroes, a new label set up by Simon White, has the sole purpose of finding and reissuing albums that he considers both undervalued and seemingly ignored. All releases will be on vinyl only complete with Obi strip and extensive liner notes. Each will be individually numbered and limited.
TRACK LISTING
1) It’s Not Quite Too Late
2) May This Moment Ever Glow
3) The Doctor Spoke
4) Our Love Will Never End
5) Only Love
6) Let My Place
7) One Thing After Another
8) Pass It On
9) Beside The Sea
10) We Won’t Dream
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- Coloured LP
- £25.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- LPGER081C
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Sunset Swirl Vinyl.- Includes MP3 Download Code.
Sunset Swirl Vinyl.
TRACK LISTING
1. Clover
2. Muppet Face
3. Mousey Toy
4. Pox
5. Baby Captain
6. Saturn
7. Rose Of Sharon
8. Ale
9. Bog People
10. Dangerous You Shouldn't Be Here
11. Yellow Raspberry
12. XIU XIU - La Forêt - DRUNK COMMENTARY
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- 12"
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- DC293V5
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
TRACK LISTING
A1. Mha Iri - Bel
A2. Marco Faraone - RENEMIND
B1. Balthazar & JackRock - Andromeda
B2. LO’99 & Ray Foxx - Skydance
Various Artists
Funk Tide - Tokyo Jazz-Funk From Electric Bird 1978-87 : Selected By Dj Notoya
Wewantsounds
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- LP
- £31.99
- Cat Number
- WWSLP81
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
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- CD
- £16.99
- Cat Number
- WWSCD81
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
TRACK LISTING
A1. Shunzo Ohno - In The Sky
A2. Mikio Masuda - Let's Get Together
A3. Yasuaki Shimizu - Summer Time
A4. David Matthews & The Electric Birds - Special Delivery
B1. Toshiyuki Honda - Living In A City
B2. Ronnie Foster - Night Life
B3. Bobby Lyle Trio - Night Breeze
B4. Katsutoshi Morizono - Space Traveller
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- Coloured LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- SOS 001
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Different & randomly selected 180g coloured vinyl.
Different & randomly... [ + ]
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: A hotly tipped, beautiful looking Balearic comp here, which has unsurprisingly *almost* sold out at the first hint of the website.TRACK LISTING
Side 1
Lova - Lento Levante
Lord Of The Isles - Neptunes Staircase
Daniel O'Sullivan - Octopolis
Jura Soundsystem - Flotsam & Jetsam
Side 2
Mark Barrott - Watching Stars Over The Rubicon Beltway
Joe Morris - The New Dawn Will Come
Lovelock - Eau Sauvage
Seahawks - Spirit Of Ether
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- 2xColoured LP
- £33.99
- Cat Number
- DEMREC1184
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Translucent green vinyl.
Translucent green vinyl. -
- 2xIndies Exclusive LP
- £33.99
- Cat Number
- DEMREC1184X
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
Limited signed print and translucent green vinyl.
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- 4xCD
- £40.99
- Cat Number
- EDSL0175
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
- Format Info
62 track 4CD set.
62 track 4CD set.
Available as a 62 track 4CD Deluxe Packaging set and as a 24 track 2LP, these compilations bring together highlights from the 1,278 Listening Parties
that took place. The parties themselves were an eclectic mix of genres and eras, and the compilation reflects that with Suede, New Order, The Chemical Brothers, Sparks, The Breeders, The Lovely Eggs, John Grant, Joan As Police Woman and The Charlatans.
Within the top 100 listening parties, artists reflected on the compilation include Iron Maiden, Liam Gallagher, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, The Libertines, MGMT, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Specials and Belle & Sebastian. The
booklet also includes an interview conducted by Danielle Perry with Tim Burgess, detailing the cultural importance of the Listening Party during lockdown.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: What a collection! A truly stylistically diverse selection of some of the greatest tracks from some of the greatest albums of all time, collected together as a lovely reminder of Tim's legendary listening parties that kept so many of us listening to music together during lockdown. Win-win.TRACK LISTING
LP Tracklisting:
Side A
1. John Lennon - Hold On (Ultimate Mix)
2. The Charlatans - One To Another
3. The Orielles - Space Samba (Disco Volador Theme)
4. Suede - The Wild Ones
5. Joan As Police Woman - Real Life
6. Billy Bragg - Sexuality
Side B
1. The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun
2. Hercules & Love Affair - Blind
3. The Breeders - Cannonball
4. Belle & Sebastian - Ease Your Feet In The Sea
5. The Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods (Album Version)
Side C
1. This Is The Kit - Moonshine Freeze
2. Tim Burgess - Oh My Corazon
3. The Libertines - Music When The Lights Go Out
4. The Lovely Eggs - Wiggy Giggy
5. Art Brut - Emily Kane
6. MGMT - Flash Delirium
Side D
1. The Specials - Too Much Too Young
2. Sparks - Self-Effacing
3. John Grant - Black Belt
4. KT Tunstall - Other Side Of The World
5. The Shins - Girl Inform Me
6. The Streets - Let's Push Things Forward
7. Dexys Midnight Runners - Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
CD Tracklisting:
CD1
1. John Lennon - Hold On (Ultimate Mix)
2. The Charlatans - One To Another
3. The Orielles - Space Samba (Disco Volador Theme)
4. New Order - Age Of Consent
5. Suede - The Wild Ones
6. Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz
7. Joan As Police Woman - Real Life
8. Billy Bragg - Sexuality
9. The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun
10. Hercules & Love Affair - Blind
11. The Breeders - Cannonball
12. Belle And Sebastian - Ease Your Feet In The Sea
13. The Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods
14. John Shuttleworth - Y Reg
15. This Is The Kit - Moonshine Freeze
16. Tim Burgess - Oh My Corazon
17. Sleaford Mods Feat. Billy Nomates - Mork N Mindy
CD2
1. The Libertines - Music When The Lights Go Out
2. The Lovely Eggs - Wiggy Giggy
3. Art Brut - Emily Kane
4. MGMT - Flash Delirium
5. The Specials - Too Much Too Young
6. Sparks - Self-Effacing
7. John Grant - Black Belt
8. KT Tunstall - Other Side Of The World
9. The Shins - Girl Inform Me
10. Duran Duran - Save A Prayer
11. The Streets - Let's Push Things Forward
12. Dexys Midnight Runners - Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Love When You Smile)
13. Liam Gallagher - Some Might Say (MTV Unplugged Live At Hull City Hall)
14. The Magic Numbers - Love Me Like You
15. The Soft Boys - Insanely Jealous Of You
16. Talking Heads - Heaven
17. Joy Division - Isolation
CD3
1. Level 42 - Running In The Family (Extended Version)
2. Ibibio Sound Machine - Tell Me (Doko Mien)
3. Hot Chip - Hungry Child
4. Liam Frost & The Slowdown Family - The Mourner's Of St Paul's
5. Boy Azooga - Breakfast Epiphany
6. Biffy Clyro - Tiny Indoor Fireworks
7. Pixies - Debaser
8. Georgia - About Work The Dancefloor
9. Michael Kiwanuka - Piano Joint (This Kind Of Love)
10. Run The Jewels - Out Of Sight (feat. 2 Chainz)
11. Róisín Murphy - Murphy's Law
12. Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels / Broken
13. Paul McCartney - The Kiss Of Venus
14. Steven Wilson - Personal Shopper
CD4
1. Iron Maiden - Powerslave (2015 Remaster)
2. Gang Of Four - Natural's Not In It
3. Jesus Jones - The Devil You Know
4. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
5. Laurie Anderson - Born, Never Asked
6. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
7. Metronomy - Corinne
8. Flyte - Cathy Come Home
9. The Pipettes - Pull Shapes
10. Joel Culpepper - Black Boy
11. Saint Etienne - Pond House
12. Big Joanie - Fall Asleep
13. Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
14. Kae Tempest - Salt Coast
Various Artists
WAMONO A To Z Vol. I - Japanese Jazz Funk & Rare Groove 1968-1980 (Selected By DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite & Chintam)
180g
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- LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- 180GWALP01
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
After many years working as a record buyer for several stores, DJ Chintam opened his own Blow Up shop in 2018 in Tokyo's Shibuya district. A member of the Dayjam Crew and a specialist of soul, funk, rare groove and disco music, Chintam is also an expert of the home-brewed Wamono grooves. He supervised and wrote the Wamono A to Z records guide book together with Yoshizawa.
With this first volume of the Wamono series, our two DJs here guide you through some of the best and rarest jazz funk and rare groove tunes produced in Japan between 1968 and 1980. Put the needle on the record, turn up the volume and dig right now into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan!
TRACK LISTING
1. Toshiko Yonekawa - Soran Bushi
2. Takeo Yamashita - A Touch Of Japanese Tone
3. Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys - Jongara Reggae
4. Chikara Ueda & The Power Station - Cloudy
5. Chumei Watanabe - Downtown Blues
6. Kifu Mitsuhashi - Hanagasa Ondo
7. Monica Lassen & The Sounds - Incitation
8. Norio Maeda Jiro Inagaki & The All-Stars - Go Go A Go Go
9. Akira Ishikawa & The Jazz Rock Band - The Sidewinder
10. Masahiko Sato Jiro Inagaki & Big Soul Media - Sniper's Snooze
Various Artists
WAMONO A To Z Vol. II - Japanese Funk 1970-1977 (Selected By DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite & Chintam)
180g
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- LP
- £27.99
- Cat Number
- 180GWALP02
- Release date
- 15 Mar '24
After many years working as a record buyer for several stores, DJ Chintam opened his own Blow Up shop in 2018 in Tokyo's Shibuya district. A member of the Dayjam Crew and a specialist of soul, funk, rare groove and disco music, Chintam is also an expert of the home-brewed Wamono grooves. He supervised and wrote the Wamono A to Z records guide book together with Yoshizawa.
In this second volume of the acclaimed Wamono series, Yoshizawa and Chintam dig into some of the best and rarest funky tunes produced in Japan during the seventies. Put the needle on the record, turn up the volume and dig right now into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese jazz, funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan!
TRACK LISTING
1. Mieko Hirota - Theme Of "Doberman Cop"
2. Hiroshi Sato - Bad Junky Blues
3. Sammy With Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media - The In-And-Outer-Stomp-And-Shouter
4. Fujio Tokita - Watashi No Beatles
5. School Band - I Hope It's Fine
6. Bread & Butter - Devil Woman
7. Hatsumi Shibata - Singer Lady
8. Kan Mikami - Jikokeno No Samba
9. Akira Yasuda & Beat Folk - Yumura No Obaba
1.0 Pinky Chicks - Tosetsu Donpan Bushi