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Barbarossa

Lier

    Since the release of his last record, ‘Imager’, in 2015, a lot has changed for London-born James Mathé AKA Barbarossa. Most importantly, he’s become a father for the first time and made the hugely liberating move from London, the city that had for so long defined him and his sound, to Margate.

    ‘Lier’, Mathé’s brand new album, is the perfect sonic story to accompany these big life changes and as a result, his most personal record to date. Across the 10 tracks, ‘Lier’ is a hugely uplifting and cathartic record that takes you from the depths of his intricate and wonderful creative mind to the wider wonderful emotions that come with becoming a father.

    Picking up where 2015’s ‘Imager’ left off, ‘Lier’ is further electronic wizardry from Barbarossa - one of the UK’s finest song writing talents. This time, his vocal is at the forefront on some of the most accessible pop songs he’s ever written.

    ‘Don’t Enter Fear’ is the perfect way to introduce the record. Written on the piano in his parent’s house, it encapsulates everything that the whole album represents and is ultimately a reminder to himself not to be scared of the seismic changes in both his own life and the political world around him.

    ‘Lier’ was written and recorded with Mathé’s producer friend Ghost Culture in Margate with percussion and drumming skills supplied by Joel Wästberg AKA Sir Was and artwork by fellow Margate dweller Tom Vek. The album is focused on the theme of geographic and personal change - ‘Cyclone’, the album opener for example, focuses on the move from city to sea and the calm and space that can bring, whilst album title track ‘Lier’ was inspired by swimming in the Walpole Bay tidal pool.

    Inspiration comes from everywhere - ‘Aluminium Skies’ was written in Gothenburg, Sweden whilst James was on the road with José Gonzalez (he plays in the José Gonzalez live band), whilst ‘Thickening Air’ was inspired by the classic songwriters that Mathé obsesses over - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Brian Wilson and Joni Mitchell.

    What unites the songs on ‘Lier’ are central themes of loss, love and confronting who you are as time moves on and things change within and out of your control. By the end of the record you are left with the feeling that when things are simplified, they are at their most beautiful.

    TRACK LISTING

    Cyclone
    Aluminium Skies
    Broken Beauty
    Griptide
    Don’t Enter Fear
    Ancient Light
    Thickening Air
    Lier
    Shells
    Feel My Sins

    Barbarossa

    Love Here Listen

      New album from Barbarossa, a.k.a. British singer-songwriter and producer James Mathé via Memphis Industries. Produced by Ghost Culture (Daniel Avery, Kelly Lee Owens, Falle Nioke), “Love Here Listen” is Mathé’s sixth album since his debut, “Sea Like Blood”, released on the Fence Collective back in 2006, since which time he’s joined Jose Gonzales live show, become a member of Junip, toured with POLICA and This is the Kit and morphed from acoustic troubadoury to electronic song smithery all the while seemingly searching for an elusive balance between hopefulness and melancholy. On “Love Here Listen”, it feels like he has found it.

      TRACK LISTING

      1. Always Free
      2. Iris2Iris
      3. Recliner
      4. Cellular
      5. Intuit
      6. Make It Through
      7. Long Wave
      8. Awakeners Awaken Us
      9. Hide
      10. Love Here Listen

      Barbatuques

      Brasingles Vol. 2 - Inc. Wolf Muller Remix

      Barbatuques, a well-known Brazilian group of body percussionists, adapted "BaianaÌ" back in 2005 (first released on the "O Seguinte EÌ Esse" album) and since then it became a staple of their concerts.

      The original is a modern folk song from Bahia composed by Maria do Carmo Barbosa, but it was the mouth harp sound and the stomping beat on the Barbatuques' arrangement that imprinted its trademark sound. A couple of years ago, Jan Schulte, the german producer known for his taste for tropical drums (and also for using a few different aliases), heard the song and decided to add an extra punch to it for his DJ sets: more drums, taken from a library record of 'drumdrops' (hence the title).

      Now for the first time "BaianaÌ" is issued on vinyl. It marks the second volume of the "Brasingles" series, a new series on Selva Discos dedicated to releasing loud 12" singles with the original song on the A side and a rework on the B side, to please both the DJ, dancer and the home listener in equal measure! Limited copies - much needed HEAT for any dancefloor. TIP! 


      STAFF COMMENTS

      Matt says: Highly in-demand, Wolf Muller's 'drum drops' have become the stuff of dancefloor legend. Here he applies the formula with aplomb to this, already quite crazed, uncategorizable joint from Bahia (it's a state in Brazil if like me, you were perplexed!).

      TRACK LISTING

      Baiana
      Baiana (Wolf Muller Drum Drop)

      Barberos are from Liverpool and make the sort of driven, angular psychedelic noises that Battles and And So I Watch You From Afar excel at. It is a riotous, jagged beast, slathering with reams of grooving distorted bass, punchy percussives and sliding synth squeals, enriched with otherworldly echoes. It is forceful, surprising and as heavy as you get without killing the groove. Barberos are a talented bunch, and know how to make a stone-cold groove. Killer melodies, thundering percussion and an absolute riot. 

      STAFF COMMENTS

      Barry says: Barberos kill it with this collection of off-kilter jams, otherworldly cosmic squeals and soul-shaking groove. Killer math-rock. Essential.

      TRACK LISTING

      1. The Return Of The Ladius
      2. The Ladius
      3. Timur
      4. Hoyl
      5. Concerto (Reprise)
      6. Akropolis
      7. Obladden

      Barbican Estate

      Barbican City Of Tokyo

        Four beguiling tracks of atmospheric, occasionally acid folk flavoured, melodic > freakout shifts, taking in tips of the hat to Popol Vuh (check Miri’s beautiful vox on “Angel”), Amon Duul and fellow countrymen Acid Mothers Temple and Kikagaku Moyo amongst others.

        Formed in 2019, this three-piece consists of Kazuki Toneri (guitar, sitar), Miri (bass, flute, vocals), and Koh Hamada (drums, percussion). Each member is well-versed in music, film, and various other arts, drawing inspiration not only from experimental, psychedelic rock, and noise music but also from art across the world, both past and present. Their music weaves solid, architectural elements with destruction into a dark and gloomy soundscape, is often described as "dark psychedelic."

        They released their first album, 'Way Down East', in 2021. In 2022, they relocated to London, where they performed on UK tours and at festivals. Having already played nearly 50 live shows, they are gaining attention in the local scene. Their latest EP, 'Viscum' was released in June 2024. 'Barbican City of Tokyo' is a compilation of tunes previously consigned to digital release only that label head, Dom had free rein to assemble an EP from, which luckily the band wholeheartedly agreed upon! …and all four tracks appear on vinyl here for the first time.

        TRACK LISTING

        1. Reconquista
        2. Abandon
        3. Angel
        4. The Innocent One

        Caterina Barbieri

        Spirit Exit

          The musical vortexes of Caterina Barbieri rewire time and space. Listening to the Italian composer and modular synth virtuoso has felt like traveling at light-speed and slow-motion all at once since 2017’s breakthrough doublealbum Patterns Of Consciousness. 2019’s acclaimed Ecstatic Computation pushed even further with the lead single “Fantas”, where a haunting melody hurtling towards its supernova climax felt like witnessing the life and death of a burning star. Far beyond any new age trope or modern synth trend, her music stands alone in its ecstatic intensity and cataclysmic emotional impact. Marking the debut album on her new label light-years, Barbieri now delivers her most profound work yet — a journey through inner-space as vast as a universe and as intimate as a heartbeat. The Spirit Exit opens and we fall in.

          Spirit Exit is Caterina Barbieri’s time machine, primarily composed with a modular synth rig she thinks of more like a mechanical fortune teller. Whereas previous releases were constructed on lengthy tours, capturing only snapshots of continually evolving works,

          Spirit Exit represents the producer’s first album fully written and recorded in her home studio amidst Milan’s two-month pandemic lockdown in 2020. It was during this extended isolation she found inspiration from female philosophers, mystics and poets spread across time, but united in their strength at cultivating vast internal worlds. St. Teresa D’Avila’s foundational 16th century mystical text The Interior Castle, philosopher Rosi Braidotti’s posthuman theories and the metaphysical poetry of Emily Dickinson act as thematic anchors throughout Spirit Exit, imbuing a life and death gravity into the composer’s most perception-altering music to date.

          More than any release before it, Spirit Exit crystallizes Barbieri’s densely layered, blindingly bright synth arrangements while introducing stunning new elements that feel as if they’ve always belonged. Strings and guitar flawlessly thread into the composer’s web of modular patches, while her revelatory singing voice often cuts right through them. Melodies remain Barbieri’s great passion and obsession — she thinks of them as knots she’s trying to untangle, existential metaphors formed through tensely spiraling arpeggios — and on Spirit Exit they grow as large as planets before cracking into atoms. Parts of one song can haunt another. The synth progression unraveling through “Knot Of Spirit” is reborn on “Broken Melody”, an explosive peak with vocals that flash like a lightning storm. The sweeping “At Your Gamut” perfects the producer’s dramatic, slow-burning openers, but in her first ever use of sampling, it later gets crushed, accelerated and unrecognizably transformed into the ghostly hook surging through “Terminal Clock” — an otherworldly sound rushing across what feels like the artist’s first track for a dancefloor.

          Caterina Barbieri’s music has always transported listeners, its perpetual movement achieved through complexities that needn’t be solved, but simply felt. Spirit Exit articulates that endless ascension — destination unknown, resolution always just out of reach — with a newfound humanity. It’s the result of a one-of-a-kind artist deeply reflecting on what music means to them, only to return with an even greater understanding of what it can be. As the album closes on “The Landscape Listens” — a song that approaches death with all the gentle grace of Brian Eno’s “An Ending (Ascent)” — it brings to mind the full line of Emily Dickinson’s poem “There’s a certain slant of light”. “When it comes — the landscape listens / Shadows — hold their breath.” Spirit Exit is a special kind of seance, an album so otherworldly and inexplicably moving it leaves even its ghosts in a stunned silence.


          TRACK LISTING

          A1. At Your Gamut
          A2. Transfixed
          B1. Canticle Of Cryo
          B2. Knot Of Spirit (Synth Version)
          C1. Broken Melody
          C2. Life At Altitude
          D3. Terminal Clock
          D4. The Landscape Listens

          Barclay James Harvest

          North

            The album (featuring all new material) draws on the fine musical heritage of Barclay James Harvest whilst bringing the BJH legacy up to date with expansive compositions and thoughtful lyrics. The band’s roots in rural north-west England are explored on the album’s title track, along with another extended piece, ‘On Leave’. The album also includes the recent digital single ‘Unreservedly Yours’ and ‘Ancient Waves’, a song performed live in more recent times.

            TRACK LISTING

            1. If You Were Here Now
            2. Ancient Waves
            3. In Wonderland
            4. On Leave
            5. The Real Deal
            6. On Top Of The World
            7. Unreservedly Yours
            8. North
            9. The End Of The Day

            Barclay James Harvest

            Mockingbird -the Collection

              12 tracks from Oldham's finest prog rock exports Barclay James Harvest at £5.99 who can complain.

              Peter Barclay

              I'm Not Your Toy

                Peter Barclay recorded at home and produced two barely-released albums, 1990’s dreamlike Acceptance and 1992’s synth pop What Kind Of World, winning over the few who heard them. But fame outside his small circle was not to be, and Barclay was lost in the late-’90s crest of the AIDS epidemic. Rediscovered for a new generation, this is queer music at its finest.

                Bardo Pond

                Looking For Another Place

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

                  180 gram LP (part of a trilogy – complete on RSD 2015). Bardo Pond follow up last year’s RSD release ‘Rise Above It All’ with the second of a trilogy of RSD exclusive releases. Continuing their exploration and interpretation of existing tracks, this time they turn their attention to ‘Ride Into The Sun’ by the Velvet Underground and ‘Here Come The Warm Jets’ by Brian Eno. The results are astounding and in the case of ‘Here Come The Warm Jets’ wonderfully surprising, with Isobel’s voice embellishing a rendition of startling Bardo pop. Loosely formed in 1989 by guitar wielding art student siblings, Michael and John Gibbons, Bardo Pond became a reality in 1991 with the addition of vocalist and flautist, Isobel Sollenberger, bassist, Clint Takeda and drummer, Joe Culver (replaced in 1999 by trainee librarian, Ed Farnsworth). Bardo Pond are the flagship band of Philly's "Psychedelphia" space rock movement, which also included the likes of Aspera, Asteroid No. 4, the Azusa Plane, and tangentially the Lilys. They favour lengthy, deliberate sound explorations filled with all the hallmarks of modern-day space rock: droning guitars, thick distortion, feedback, reverb, and washes of white noise.

                  TRACK LISTING

                  1. Ride Into The Sun (The Velvet Underground)
                  2. Here Come The Warm Jets (Brian Eno)

                  Bardo Pond

                  Amanita - 25th Anniversary Edition

                    Formed in 1991, the Philadelphia-based quintet have spent some thirty years mapping guitar music’s outer limits ­– dialing into extremes of noise, chaos, and harmony in free-form compositions that now unfurl across 12 full-length records and a near-limitless body of EPs, cassettes, and CD-Rs Recorded by the lineup of John Gibbons (guitar), Michael Gibbons (guitar), Isobel Sollenberger (voice, flute), Clint Takeda (bass), and Joe Culver (drums), Amanita is the place where the band’s spontaneous collective creativity blazed into maturity.

                    TRACK LISTING

                    Limerick
                    Sentence
                    Tantric Porno
                    Wank
                    The High Frequency
                    Sometimes Words
                    Yellow Turban
                    Rumination
                    Be A Fish
                    Tapir Song
                    RM
                    Clean Sweep
                    Brambles

                    Bardo Pond

                    Bardo Pond

                      The self titled album Bardo Pond is the first new release from Philadelphia's psychedelic rock unit to be released on Fire.

                      'The first time I saw Bardo Pond, I was, as probably most people are when they first encounter this batch of beatific weirdos, horribly unprepared. To describe the experience as "psychedelic" is an understatement on the order of saying that whacking oneself in the nuts with a ball-peen hammer is "mildly irritating." Needless to say, priorities were rearranged, etc.

                      Fast-forward 15 yrs, and Bardo Pond have put out many LPs, most of them named after hallucinogens that make you throw up all night and see things - which was kind of them, I always thought. Let ya know what you were in for. All of this recorded output is pretty staggering to me, because, without exception, they seemed able to toss a lasso around some sort of ineffable hoodoo that felt like it was a million yrs old. If Carl Sagan would have 1.) smoked a little more weed and 2.) not croaked, I'm hoping he would have cut a BP track onto that gold LP that they put on the Voyager units. Would've been a way better representation of the best parts of the human spirit than Chuck Berry, I say.

                      Anyhoo. One night not long ago in the Bardo Compound in Philly, Michael says in a kinda offhanded way, "Hey man, you wanna hear this? ..." And there I was, being bathed in the songs you've got in yr grubby little mitts right now.

                      I was, once again, unprepared.

                      This cauldron is a bit of a different brew. It made total sense to me (as it will to you) when he later told me the name of the LP is just "Bardo Pond." Why? It's a distillation. Two decades of playing together have sandblasted away everything unessential and left us with what we have here. It was like no one else before them had ever gotten near the plagal cadence, not Lou Reed or the Stooges or 2,000 yrs of church music. They invented it all over again, independent of any of that, after gawd knows how many yrs of flailing away and burning themselves up.

                      I fucking love these songs. And while I hate writing almost as much as I hate third-degree burns, I have to say it is a joy to be able to tell you about this record. I feel like Neil Fucking Armstrong.

                      It took years for them to get here, but this record is the most goddamned beautiful thing they've ever done. Sorry for the superlatives. But really, the only thing left for them to do at this point is explode'. - Fire Records.

                      John Gibbons: Guitars
                      Michael Gibbons: Guitars
                      Isobel Sollenberger: Voice, flute
                      Clint Takeda: Bass, next-level comedy
                      Aaron Igler: Electronics
                      Jason Kourkounis: Drums

                      with
                      Jeremiah Misfeldt: Farfisa
                      Dan Baltzer: Harp


                      Bardo Pond

                      Bardo Pond - Repress

                        Critical praise from Pitchfork, Clash, The Wire, Q Magazine and more upon release. New inverted LTD edition artwork. Fire re-issue Bardo Pond’s eponymous eighth studio album from 2010, their debut for Fire from way back when. A lysergic brain wrestler in which the Pennsylvanian drone outfit perfect their modal sound. Teasing the artistry of LaMonte Young and Terry Riley into a guitar shaped cauldron, the album’s compulsive reverbed guitar shapes slowly simmer behind Isobel Sollenberger’s esoteric vocals “Like hearing a tannoy at a station in the voice of Jesus.” The Quietus. A claustrophobic stuttering raga interlocks with their psychedelic leanings best exemplified on ‘Cracker Wrist’ which sounds like something that’s intentionally always just about to happen/and/or spin back in time. Featuring lengthy fully nurtured play offs between the quintet ‘Bardo Pond’ is a heady statement that’s like the most wholesome kind of vegan-friendly mushroom trips. Pitchfork reckons they’re “playing fuzzed out stoner dreams.” Vice’s musical brother Noisey likens them to “Fugazi On Acid.” Allmusic intervenes with: “These are epic, soaring psychedelic ambient power-drone rock noise melodies where partially buried, distant female vocals are laced throughout a roaring, murky/sludge guitar soundscape

                        TRACK LISTING

                        1 Just Once
                        2 Don’t Know About You
                        3 Sleeping
                        4 Undone
                        5 Cracker Wrist
                        6 The Stars Behind
                        7 Wayne’s Tune

                        Bardo Pond

                        Melt Away

                          New double LP compilation ‘Melt Away,’ cataloguing late-90s rarities and outtakes from a creative apex in the band’s career, released together on vinyl for the first time. Album highlight 'The Trail', originally recorded for the ‘What’s Up Matador’ compilation, dissolves six minutes into a moment. Blink once and you’ll miss it. Blink twice and the wallpaper might start to move.


                          TRACK LISTING

                          1. Olive Skin
                          2. Tapir Dub
                          3. Son Of Dispersion
                          4. Anadamide (Complete)
                          5. Shadow Puppet
                          6. The Division Of Nature
                          7. The Trail
                          8. Long Ride
                          9. Despite The Roar
                          10. Highlands

                          Bardo Pond

                          Set & Setting - 25th Anniversary Edition

                            Following the long-since sold out repress of ‘Amanita’ in 2021, Bardo Pond will release a remastered edition of their classic 1999 LP ‘Set and Setting’ on purple vinyl, featuring the eleven-minute opener 'Walking Stick Man' and the single 'This Time (So Fucked)'.

                            TRACK LISTING

                            1. Walking Stick Man
                            2. This Time (So Fucked)
                            3. Datura
                            4. Again
                            5. Cross Current
                            6. Crawl Away
                            7. #3

                            Bardo Pond

                            Peace On Venus - 10th Anniversary Edition

                              10th anniversary clear, black and white splatter vinyl reissue of 'Peace on Venus' by Bardo Pond, Philadelphia's foremost purveyors of psychedelic rock. Includes ‘Kali Yuga Blues’, a true behemoth of a song and a shining example of the band’s ecstatic intensity.

                              Delving deep in to their subconscious to bring it to the conscious, the band’s 2013 effort dazzles, with their gift for heavy riffs laced with soaring vocals and swathes of sound. Bardo Pond has the outward specifications of a rock band but the rivers that converge into the band's oneiric flow have their headwaters in the outlands of ecstatic jazz, free noise and the avant-garde.

                              The recording process of ‘Peace On Venus’ used the principle of the Quintessence, which is a principle cited by the 16th Century physician Paracelsus, who noted: "Nothing of true value is located in the body of a substance, but in the virtue thereof, and this is the principle of the Quintessence, which reduces, say 20 lbs. of a given substance into a single Ounce, and that ounce far exceeds the 20 lbs. in potency. Hence the less there is of body, the more in proportion is the virtue thereof."

                              “Obviously, Bardo Pond are the greatest band in the world” Vice.

                              TRACK LISTING

                              A1 Kali Yuga Blues
                              A2 Taste
                              A3 Fir
                              B1 Chance
                              B2 Before The Moon

                              Bardo Pond

                              Volume 3

                                “Obviously, Bardo Pond are the greatest band in the world” VICE

                                Super rare recordings from 2002 and pressed on vinyl for the very first time. The third in the band’s series of limited-edition releases showcasing jam sessions and other miscellany. Like Fugazi on acid, a rage for the Velvets, a mantra with real purity of tone.

                                Somewhere between the ‘Dilate’ album in 2001 (“a combination of Kyuss and Spacemen 3” NME) and ‘On the Ellipse’ in 2003 ("Nowhere is feedback more melancholic, more emotive, than that fashioned by Bardo Pond” Brainwashed), Bardo Pond transcended into a mantra-like, multi-layered, cross-dimensional, wah wah powered nirvana.

                                In some circles, they say, spaceships wafted them away and they only returned some-time later, mind-altered and bedraggled, ears ringing. But that is the stuff of supposition.

                                As we already know, there is no ‘off’ switch on Bardo Pond, they are never knowingly unplugged. Indeed, the modal evolution of their sound continues unabated.



                                TRACK LISTING

                                Side A
                                A1 Sifaka
                                A2 Ecstasy Dub
                                Side B
                                B1 Lomand
                                Side C
                                C1 Tanked
                                C2 Trimurti
                                Side D
                                D1 Blue Turban 

                                Bardo Pond

                                Volume 9

                                  Bardo Pond’s extensive archive recordings series opens up once again with 'Volume 9', an incisive journey into their hypnotic sound. Recorded in the early 2000’s it’s a heady mix of acoustic ambience and menacing distortion.

                                  Infamous purveyors of longform stoner rock, Bardo Pond embrace their sludgestorms with graceful nods to Hawkwind, Earth and my bloody valentine. For anyone uninitiated with the band’s tranquilizing sound, Volume 9 leans into their mesmeric practise with reckless abandon.

                                  Featuring two tracks recorded with ace percussionist Michael Zanghi (Kurt Vile/The War On Drugs) and the seminal two parter ‘War Is Over’, a lilting Floydian strum that’s invaded – quite literally – by unreconstructed noise. The Zanghi collaboration is an Eastern-facing mantra with percussive flurries and distorted modal shifts – like listening on the other side of feedback.

                                  “Effortlessly combining psychedelic inspirations from Pink Floyd's original explorations to the more modern reachings into the beyond” AllMusic.

                                  TRACK LISTING

                                  Side A
                                  A1 – Conjunctio
                                  A2 – The Nine Doubts
                                  A3 – War Is Over Part 1

                                  Side B
                                  B1 – War Is Over Part 2

                                  Julia Bardo

                                  Bauhaus, L'Appartamento

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                    STAFF COMMENTS

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

                                    Bark Psychosis

                                    Codename: Dustsucker - 2024 Repress

                                      Following the reissue of ‘Hex’ in late 2017, Fire Records reissue Bark Psychosis’ second studio album ‘///Codename:Dustsucker’ (2004) “which finds the band in remarkable form” (Pitchfork). Arriving ten years after the band disbanded, the long-awaited and criminally overlooked follow up brings with it an evolution of their sound. Their experimentations are layered with blissed out electronics, shoegaze, post-rock and jazz are still at its fore as are Sutton’s crystalline vocals. Languid and brooding, the soundscapes are dark and sustained while their “trademark cocoon of limpid, rippling guitar figures and jazzy adornment is buffeted by sharp leftward turns” (Uncut). Recorded in Graham Sutton’s East London DustSuckerSound studio between 1999 and 2004, it features contributions from Talk Talk sticksman Lee Harris and ‘found drumming’ from ex-band member Mark Simnett. 

                                      TRACK LISTING

                                      1 From What Is Said To When It's Read
                                      2 The Black Meat
                                      3 Miss Abuse
                                      4 400 Winters
                                      5 Dr. Innocuous / Ketamoid
                                      6 Burning The City
                                      7 INQB8TR
                                      8 Shapeshifting
                                      9 Rose

                                      Bark Psychosis

                                      Hex - 2024 Repress

                                        “The Best Post-Rock Album Of All Time” Fact Mag // “Their influence is pervasive” The Quietus // “Mysterious, haunting, and breathtakingly visionary” Allmusic // The recent release of Jeanette Leech’s book ‘Fearless: The Making Of Post-Rock’ (Jawbone Press) celebrates post-rock and its origins. Finding new inspiration, bands were beginning to experiment with techniques as the digital age took over. A case study in her new book, Bark Psychosis were one of the most innovative bands of their time and as legend has it, saw the first use of the term ‘post-rock’ by music critic Simon Reynolds. Following several singles and EPs, the avant-garde soundscapes built around drones and samples of 21-minute stand-out track ‘Scum’ arrived just two years before their seminal debut ‘Hex’ (1994).

                                        Frustrated by the mainstream, ‘Scum’ was a huge statement that set them apart from the beginning. Bark Psychosis’ sound was born out of their improvisations at makeshift studio within St John’s Church in Stratford. Taking a year to complete ‘Hex’ left the band on the brink of collapse and by the time of its release they had dissolved. Hailed as a masterpiece, it’s “mysterious, haunting, and breathtakingly visionary” (Allmusic). Breaking down their songs and rebuilding them in the studio brought distinguishing ambient soundscapes and an atmospheric experimental sound. Last year Fact Magazine deservedly gave the album further recognition with it claiming top spot in their ’30 Best Post-Rock Albums Of All Time’.

                                        Following ‘Hex’ and the disintegration of the band, Graham Sutton went on to create seminal Drum ‘n’ Bass as Boymerang and hugely acclaimed production work for the likes of These New Puritans, British Sea Power, Silver Apples, Jarvis Cocker and East India Youth. He revived Bark Psychosis at the turn of the millennium, eventually releasing another album, the equally extraordinary ‘///Codename: Dustsucker’ Newly remastered in 2017 from the original analog tapes at Metropolis Studios by Graham Sutton and Stuart Hawkes, and reissued officially for the first time

                                        TRACK LISTING

                                        1. The Loom
                                        2. A Street
                                        3. Abscent Friend
                                        4. Big Shot
                                        5. Fingerspit
                                        6. Eyes & Smiles
                                        7. Pendulum Man

                                        Barker & Baumecker

                                        Transsektoral

                                        Techno comes in all shapes and sizes, and few recent outfits embody that truth more obviously than Berlinʼs Barker & Baumecker. One operates as Barker/Voltek and the other as nd_baumecker. Both solo projects exhibit unconventional takes on techno inflected by the influence of other genres, from glitch to dubstep to ambient and beyond.

                                        Titled “Transsektoral”, the album name refers to the duoʼs ambition to travel across the entire spectrum of electronic music. Thatʼs what they do on the LP, bridging a seemingly impossible gap between the dubby blobs of ambient opener “Sektor” to the effervescent bubbling of the epic closer “Spur,” like happy hardcore unravelled and disassembled into a soothing afterword worthy of someone like Dntel.

                                        These are machinistic creations that swell with organic respiration and lush life, despite their artificial origins. The album jumps from garage-leaning bouncy house with “No Body” to exuberant tonnes-heavy off- kilter house (“Buttcracker”) where bubbles of caustic acid send the track into overdrive - yet none of these shifts quite feel like the gigantic stylistic leaps they represent. Instead, theyʼre smoothed out into something altogether pleasant and listenable, the album itself sharing each trackʼs own gentle sense of development and build-up.

                                        Thatʼs largely due to careful sequencing: for every stretch of twitchy funk like “Schlang Bang” - where hi-hats and snares swim against a sea of topsy-turvy basslines like in difficult backstrokes - or the pumping liquid grooves of “Trans_it,” there are brief but texturally rich interludes like the sleepy-eyed “Tranq,” which rumbles reassuringly below a palette of twinkling synths. The album has an ebb-and-flow that makes its eccentricities enjoyable rather than obnoxious. And eccentric it is, particularly on mid-album highlight “Crows” (reworked for the single “A Murder of Crows” earlier this year) where what sounds like a blaring horn fanfare lights the dark passage of rustling snares - a startlingly unexpected turn that quickly becomes natural.

                                        By the time we get to the end of the album, the simmer becomes nearly unbearable and finally boils over with the aweinspiring “Silo,” the track that betrays the duoʼs Berghain heritage (Barker runs the clubʼs Leisure System night, Baumecker is a booker for the club and long serving resident DJ there), where hissing hats get lost in a wringer of ropy vicegrip basslines and violent whiplash kick drums. Itʼs almost the albumʼs one concession to conventionality. Itʼs a perfect distillation of the overall aesthetic that Barker & Baumecker reveal with “Transsektoral” - it makes perfect sense in execution, but put it on paper and itʼs nearly incomprehensible, not to mention sprawling. Itʼs enough to make you wonder what kind of magic they did to put it together in the first place.

                                        TRACK LISTING

                                        01. Sektor
                                        02. Trafo
                                        03. SchlangBang
                                        04. Crows
                                        05. Tranq
                                        06. NoBody
                                        07. Trans_it
                                        08. Databass133⅓
                                        09. Buttcracker
                                        10. Silo
                                        11. Spur

                                        Emily Barker

                                        The Toerag Sessions

                                          Recorded live to tape at Toerag Studios, London in January 2015.

                                          The Toerag Sessions is a collection of solo versions of my songs, recorded live to 2-track tape at Toerag Studios in London with grammy-winning producer Liam Watson (The White Stripes - Elephant).

                                          Over the last few years, in between touring with my bands The Red Clay Halo and Vena Portae, I've played lots of solo shows. Often people will come up to me at the end of those shows and ask if there is any way to get hold of recordings of the songs as they've just heard them - just me, my guitar and my harmonica.

                                          Up until now, that hasn't been possible, but with The Red Clay Halo currently on hiatus after their final tour last year, I took the opportunity to go in to the studio to record this selection of songs from my back catalogue. Many of these songs are the ones I usually choose to play at solo shows, with a few additions. The songs go right back to my first UK band the-low-country, through all my albums with The Red Clay Halo, and including a brand new song, 'Anywhere Away', written last year as the theme to the forthcoming British movie Hec McAdam (starring Peter Mullan and Keith Allen).

                                          TRACK LISTING

                                          1. Little Deaths 03:21
                                          2. Nostalgia 03:48
                                          3. Sideline 03:27
                                          4. Disappear 02:55
                                          5. Letters 04:19
                                          6. Home 03:58
                                          7. All Love Knows 03:54
                                          8. The Dark Road 03:56
                                          9. Lord I Want An Exit 04:18
                                          10. Blackbird 02:52
                                          11. This Is How It's Meant To Be 03:54
                                          12. Anywhere Away 04:03

                                          Emily Barker

                                          A Dark Murmuration Of Words

                                            Dark Murmuration of Words contends with a modern era built on racial and gender inequality, poverty and slavery, environmental exploitation and the climate crisis, finding them all connected by the dark shadow of patriarchy, pursuits of power, and the suppression of history. “Finding meaning becomes challenging with the deafening clamour of social media in this age of fake news,” she says, “but it’s important to try discerning the patterns, learning to pay attention to things closer to home as well as to overwhelming global issues.” Referencing Emily Dickinson’s assertion that “If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves,” Barker draws connections between the familial, the local, and the global: a mother sings to her unborn child, asking for its forgiveness on “Strange Weather”, “Where Have The Sparrows Gone?” looks outside an apartment window and imagines a post-apocalyptic birdless London, and a monument to a Confederate general comes alive for a “how-I-got-away-with-it” confession on “Machine.” Throughout A Dark Murmuration of Words, all of our choices, our unspoken prejudices, our carelessness, connect us to the whole, but becoming aware and honest on a local, personal scale, can begin to effect change, allow for healing, and tease out beauty from chaos. “Like the starlings in a murmuration, where the movement of each individual bird is related to just seven of its closest neighbours,” Emily Barker says, “none of us are aware of the fluctuating shapes being created by the flock.”

                                            STAFF COMMENTS

                                            Barry says: Emily Barker is exactly what we need nowadays, a wash of politically charged lyricism, but enclosed within a calming, serene shell. Brittle guitars and Barker's strong but smooth vocals coalesce into a soaring and meditative whole.

                                            TRACK LISTING

                                            1. Return Me
                                            2. Geography
                                            3. The Woman Who Planted Trees
                                            4. Where Have The Sparrows Gone?
                                            5. Strange Weather
                                            6. Machine
                                            7. When Stars Cannot Be Found
                                            8. Ordinary
                                            9. Any More Goodbyes
                                            10. Sonogram

                                            Sweet Kind of Blue is her first full studio album since 2013's critically lauded Dear River and marks a new sound for Barker as she returns to the soul and blues influences that first inspired her to become a songwriter and musician.

                                            Emily Barker's new album was recorded at Sam Phillips Recording Service in Memphis with Grammy winning producer Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, Margo Price) and an allstar cast of Memphis session players.

                                            Emily Barker is best known as the writer and performer of the award-winning theme to BBC crime drama Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh. She has released music as a solo artist as well as with various bands including The Red Clay Halo, Vena Portae and Applewood Road. In 2015 she composed her first full feature film soundtrack for Jake Gavin's Hector, which won a Scottish BAFTA for its lead actor, Peter Mullan.

                                            TRACK LISTING

                                            Sweet Kind Of Blue
                                            Sister Goodbye
                                            Sunrise
                                            No. 5 Hurricane
                                            If We Forget
                                            To Dance
                                            Crazy Life
                                            Over My Shoulder
                                            Change
                                            More!
                                            Underneath My Honey Moon

                                            **The Deluxe Version Has A Bonus CD With Other Tracks

                                            Barker

                                            Stochastic Drift

                                              Barker’s debut album 'Utility' (on Berghain’s Ostgut Ton label) was something of a sensation in the world of electronic music when it was released. 'Utility' made numerous Best of 2019 year’s end lists, including Pitchfork (8,2 review), The Quietus, DJ Mag, Resident Advisor (Recommends) and others. It also earned the title of Mixmag’s Album of The Year 2019. Now its finally time for the follow-up 'Stochastic Drift' on Smalltown Supersound. And where Barker on 'Utility' was "using ambient materials to remake techno” as Pitchfork’s Philip Sherburne wrote, he takes this approach even further here creating - as the title suggests - a dreamy stochastic drift and beautiful freeform oat.

                                              TRACK LISTING

                                              1. Force Of Habit
                                              2. Reframing
                                              3. Dierence And Repion
                                              4. The Remembering Self
                                              5. Posive Disentegraon
                                              6. Cosmic Microwave
                                              7. Fluid Mechanic
                                              8. Stochastic Drift

                                              "You & Me" is Kevin Barker's debut album, released by Gnomonsong. Though it's his first solo release under his own name, Barker's no newcomer to the scene - he's spent the last few years recording, touring, and collaborating with Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Vashti Bunyan, Vetiver, Antony and the Johnsons, and Espers, to name just a few. Essentially acting as everyone's favourite sideman, Barker has influenced and helped create a sound with which this generation is happily familiar. During his college days, Barker became interested in the finger-style guitar playing of John Fahey and Bert Jansch and began to record under the name Currituck County. This solo project (sometime a duo with Vetiver / Espers drummer Otto Hauser) recorded albums for Teenbeat Records, Troubleman Unlimited, and the UK's Track and Field Organisation. Now Barker has assembled an unbelievable group of musicians for "You & Me". The album features Pat Sansone (Wilco), Joanna Newsom, Jonathan Wilson (Elvis Costello, Jenny Lewis), Eric Johnson (Shins, Fruit Bats), and Otto Hauser (Vetiver, Espers). Full of sunny, rural country rock, "You & Me" recalls the rustic grooves of The Band and The Grateful Dead, the heady melancholy of Roy Harper, and the golden harmonies of CSNY.

                                              TRACK LISTING

                                              1. Little Picture Of You
                                              2. You & Me
                                              3. Mountain & Bear
                                              4. Amber
                                              5. Walking Along
                                              6. My Lady
                                              7. I Will Fly
                                              8. Bless You On Your Way

                                              James Barnard

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

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

                                                TRACK LISTING

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

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

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

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

                                                Retrieval is the debut collaborative album from Faith Coloccia and Alex Barnett. Artist and composer Coloccia was a founding member of Everlovely Lightningheart, and is perhaps best known as one half of Mamiffer. She has contributed to recordings by House Of Low Culture, Boris and William Fowler Collins among others, and collaborations with Circle and Daniel Menche are forthcoming. Alex Barnett played in Oakeater but since 2009 has been active primarily as a solo artist, with releases on Catholic Tapes, DRAFT, Nihilist and others. Following an initial exchange of ideas, the bulk of Retrieval was recorded over three intensive days at Otic Sound in Vancouver, with Coloccia contributing treated vocals, tape-manipulated acoustic recordings and AM radio sounds, and Barnett adding an array of synth instruments to create further loops, drum sounds and other rhythmic elements.They then reconvened at AVAST! studio in Seattle for a final session of mixing and editing with engineer/producer Randall Dunn. The resulting LP is about time and place, synthesis and environment. It's an invitation into the woods, to find that which reveals itself only to the lost. A grave, deeply introspective work, pastoral in essence but cosmic in scope. Opening with the stately, medievalist sequences of 'Harbor', Retrieval's narrative takes in subdued techno abstraction ('Hallway'), chrondritic psychedelia ('So, How Much Do You Know About Me?'), saw mill gear-grind ('Repeating Pit') and eldritch noise invocations ('Retrieval', 'Bird's Eye'). Throughout, it invigorates without consoling.

                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                1. Harbor
                                                2. Switch
                                                3. So, How Much Do You Know About Me?
                                                4. Hallway
                                                5. Repeating Pit
                                                6. Retrieval
                                                7. Birds Eye

                                                Lead single ‘Avant Gardener’ is a vivid display of Courtney Barnett’s magic. A hookladen fug of country roots and discordant psychedelia with a dreamlike narrative.

                                                The collection is a record of two halves, and collates her story so far. It fittingly begins with six brand new songs and is then backed with six older tracks which were originally released in the form of her 2012 debut EP. Together, ‘The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas’ spans genres and stories, and is a unique introduction to an incomparable and exciting new talent.

                                                As well as ‘Avant Gardener’, selected highlights include the gorgeous and woozy piano-strewn opener ‘Out Of The Woodwork’, which shows the darker side of her writing. ‘Anonymous Club’ sees Courtney at her romantic, melancholic best, while the infectious, Dylan-esque cavalcade that is ‘History Eraser’ was recently nominated alongside Tame Impala for the APRA Song Of The Year back in Australia.

                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                Out Of The Woodwork
                                                Don’t Apply Compression Gently
                                                Avant Gardener
                                                History Eraser
                                                David
                                                Anonymous Club
                                                Lance Jr.
                                                Are You Looking After Yourself
                                                Scotty Says
                                                Canned Tomatoes (Whole)
                                                Porcelain
                                                Ode To Odetta

                                                A conversation between friends, documented in raw, unvarnished song form, brimming with personal history, crackling with energy and shot through with humour - this is the collaborative album of Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile. Two of the most acclaimed and gifted song writers of our generation “Lotta Sea Lice” also sees them roping in friends such as Dirty Three, Stella from Warpaint and Mick Harvey to create a body of work that sounds organic & candid.

                                                The shared chemistry is immediately apparent in the breathtaking jam of opener and first single “Over Everything”, with dovetailing vocal lines and intricate, shimmering guitar stylings from the pair. The lyrics play out as a rambling dialogue as they compare notes about song-writing and inspiration – it was the first song written for this project, and comes accompanied by a beautiful black and white video from Australian director Danny Cohen which features Courtney and Kurt swapping lines over series of jaw dropping backdrops in rural Victoria and New Jersey as well as Melbourne and Philadelphia. It’s deceptively simple but incredibly effective.

                                                Other tracks include the bluesy “Let it Go”, which itself was inspired by texts and emails between the duo, and the drop dead gorgeous ‘Continental Breakfast”, which showcases a more melodic side as the two harmonise over finger-picked acoustic guitars.

                                                There are even more surprises in store, however, when the pair tackle each other’s tracks, with Vile delivering a delicious, souped-up version of “Outta the Woodwork” backed by Barnett herself, and Barnett taking on Vile’s “Peepin’ Tomboy” completely solo, to spine tingling results. The overall effect is that of Barnett and Vile throwing open the doors to their house to listeners - this is certainly Courtney and Kurt’s party alright, but this time, everyone is invited.

                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                Over Everything
                                                Let It Go
                                                Fear Is Like A Forest
                                                Outta The Woodwork
                                                Continental Breakfast
                                                On Script
                                                Blue Cheese
                                                Peepin' Tom
                                                Untogether

                                                Courtney Barnett

                                                City Looks Pretty / Sunday Roast

                                                  Exclusively for Record Store Day Courtney Barnett releases a new track 'City Looks Pretty' + for a limited time only you'll be able to hear album track 'Sunday Roast' only via this 12"! After the release of the critically acclaimed 'Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit' and the 'Lotta Sea Lice' collaboration with Kurt Vile, a life on the road and all of its quirks appears on track 'City Looks Pretty' while 'Sunday Roast' sees Courtney her most reflective & emphatic self in a beautiful down tempo moment. A release that perfectly captures the many facets of Courtney's upcoming second album 'Tell Me How You Really Feel' released May 18th

                                                  On October 22nd 2019 Courtney Barnett performed a unique and special show at the invitation of MTV in her hometown of Melbourne.

                                                  The “Unplugged” performance features Barnett as you’ve never heard her before, warm, vulnerable and emotional, performing a stirring set of eight songs to an intimate audience including “Depreston”, “Avant Gardner” and “Sunday Roast”.

                                                  Joined by her usual band Dave Mudie and Bones Sloane, she also enlisted cellist Lucy Waldron.

                                                  Barnett made the night even more iconic by inviting some of her favourite musicians to collaborate including legendary songwriter Paul Kelly, angelically-voiced New Zealander Marlon Williams and Milk! Records label-mate Evelyn Ida Morris.

                                                  The performances include covers of Leonard Cohen, Archie Roach and Seeker Lover Keeper as well as a never-before-heard original track from Courtney herself titled "Play It On Repeat".



                                                  STAFF COMMENTS

                                                  Barry says: This MTV unplugged session shows another side to the charismatic rock and or roll of Barnett and team, opting instead for a more meditative and contemplative suite of 'acoustic' numbers (as good as it is, acoustic is a bit of a stretch) all topped with Barnett's unmistakeable vocal prowess. Great stuff.

                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                  Depreston
                                                  Sunday Roast
                                                  Charcoal Lane (featuring Paul Kelly) - Written By Archie Roach
                                                  Avant Gardener
                                                  Nameless, Faceless (featuring Evelyn Morris)
                                                  Untitled (Play It On Repeat)
                                                  Not Only I (featuring Marlon Williams) - Written By Seeker Lover Keeper
                                                  So Long, Marianne - Written By Leonard Cohen

                                                  Courtney Barnett

                                                  Nameless, Faceless

                                                    First taster from the new Courtney Barnett LP, "Tell Me How You Really Feel", and needless to say we're all very excited here at Piccadilly!

                                                    Limited edition numbered copies.

                                                    Courtney Barnett

                                                    Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (Special Edition)

                                                      The CD version includes 'Live From Electric Ladyland Studios NY' audio CD with card wallet, a download card with the exclusive cover of John Cale’s 'Close Watch', an A4 poster of 'Sometimes...' album cover and 4 x Polaroids taken by Courtney Barnett.

                                                      The LP Version includes gatefold double yellow vinyl of 'Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit' album audio, plus a download card of mp3s of the album, the live tracks and the John Cale cover. There’s also an A2 poster of 'Sometimes...' album cover and 4 x Polaroids of Courtney & CB3.

                                                      Following the runaway success of her EP collection, 'The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas', Courtney Barnett returns with her debut album. Recorded in the Autumn of 2014 in an intense 10 day session at Head Gap studios in Melbourne, the album finally brings Barnett's incisive vision into stark, unflinching focus; her wit sharpened to a knife edge, her melodies more infectious and addictive than ever.

                                                      'Sometimes I Just Sit and Think, and Sometimes I just Sit' cements Barnett's standing as one of the most distinctive voices in indie rock. Mixing witty, often hilarious observations with devastating self-assessment over a beguiling collection of songs that reveals her as an ambitious songwriter with an ear for clever turns of phrase and an eye for story-song details that are literate without being pretentious. Depressing rentals and dead foxes, go-nowhere relationships and dead end suburbs, even her own fears, doubts and insecurities - nothing escapes Barnett's caustic sense of humour.

                                                      If 'The Double EP' announced the arrival of a major new talent, 'Sometimes…' consolidates that promise and marks Courtney Barnett as one of the best and most unique voices around, period.

                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                      CD 1/LP’S:
                                                      Elevator Operator
                                                      Pedestrian At Best
                                                      An Illustration Of Loneliness (Sleepless In New York)
                                                      Small Poppies
                                                      Depreston
                                                      Aqua Profunda!
                                                      Dead Fox
                                                      Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go To The Party
                                                      Debbie Downer
                                                      Kim's Caravan
                                                      Boxing Day Blues

                                                      CD 2/Download Card:
                                                      Lance Jr (Live At Electric Lady Studios)
                                                      Canned Tomatoes (Live At Electric Lady Studios)
                                                      Scotty Says (Live At Electric Lady Studios)
                                                      History Eraser (Live At Electric Lady Studios)
                                                      Avant Gardener (Live At Electric Lady Studios)
                                                      David (Live At Electric Lady Studios)
                                                      Close Watch

                                                      The Grammy and Brit nominated Courtney Barnett returns with her second album - 'Tell Me How You Really Feel.' It follows her critically acclaimed 2015 debut album 'Sometimes I Sit And Think And Sometimes I Just Sit', and a recent top 10 collaborative record, 'Lotta Sea Lice', with Kurt Vile. One of the most distinctive voices in music, Courtney is known for mixing witty observations with unflinching self-assessment - fast forward to now and although all of the cleaver turns of phrase and an eye for story telling are still there; this new collection of songs see a more serious and outwardly tone capturing the current social landscape yet still retaining moments of intimacy and warmth. As the world becomes more familiar with Courtney Barnett these songs feel comforting and emphatic yet that raw energy and the ability to make the listener think still remain.

                                                      STAFF COMMENTS

                                                      Barry says: Another absolute stormer from Courtney, though you might have already heard the superb 'Nameless, Faceless' from the 7" a little while ago, and 'City Looks Pretty' and 'Sunday Roast' from the RSD 12", there are a bunch of gems to uncover on this including the snarling skate-punk melodicism of my personal highlight, 'Charity'. Killer.

                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                      Hopefullessness
                                                      City Looks Pretty
                                                      Charity
                                                      Need A Little Time
                                                      Nameless, Faceless
                                                      Im Not Your Mother, Im Not Your Bitch
                                                      Crippling Self Doubt And A General Lack Of Self Confidence
                                                      Help Your Self
                                                      Walkin On Eggshells
                                                      Sunday Roast

                                                      Courtney Barnett

                                                      The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas - 10th Anniversary Edition

                                                        10th anniversary of this double EP collection. Here’s what we said about it on it’s original release:

                                                        Lead single ‘Avant Gardener’ is a vivid display of Courtney Barnett’s magic. A hookladen fug of country roots and discordant psychedelia with a dreamlike narrative.

                                                        The collection is a record of two halves, and collates her story so far. It fittingly begins with six brand new songs and is then backed with six older tracks which were originally released in the form of her 2012 debut EP. Together, ‘The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas’ spans genres and stories, and is a unique introduction to an incomparable and exciting new talent.

                                                        As well as ‘Avant Gardener’, selected highlights include the gorgeous and woozy piano-strewn opener ‘Out Of The Woodwork’, which shows the darker side of her writing. ‘Anonymous Club’ sees Courtney at her romantic, melancholic best, while the infectious, Dylan-esque cavalcade that is ‘History Eraser’ was recently nominated alongside Tame Impala for the APRA Song Of The Year back in Australia.

                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                        Out Of The Woodwork
                                                        Don’t Apply Compression Gently
                                                        Avant Gardener
                                                        History Eraser
                                                        David
                                                        Anonymous Club
                                                        Lance Jr.
                                                        Are You Looking After Yourself
                                                        Scotty Says
                                                        Canned Tomatoes (Whole)
                                                        Porcelain
                                                        Ode To Odetta

                                                        Courtney Barnett

                                                        Things Take Time, Take Time

                                                          Things Take Time, Take Time” is an assured leap forward for Barnett; a breakthrough really. This is Barnett at her most relaxed, creative and joyful. An exquisite look at the intimate, private world created by Barnett and her producer Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint, Sharon Van Etten, Kurt Vile). It’s consequently her most beautiful and intimate record to date.

                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                          Rae Street
                                                          Sunfair Sundown
                                                          Here’s The Thing
                                                          Before You Gotta Go
                                                          Turning Green
                                                          Take It Day By Day
                                                          If I Don’t Hear From You Tonight
                                                          Write A List Of Things To Look Forward To
                                                          Splendour
                                                          Oh The Night

                                                          Our favourite Yorkshire-based 12-string maestro Serious Sam Barrett returns with another self-released future classic on his YaDig? record label. Having wooed us at his Manchester gig last year for Crowfoot we all got very excited here at Piccadilly for Sam's timeless songwriting skills and virtuoso guitar playing. After going through the previous albums and EPs, it's nice to see Sam evolve somewhat on this album - taking in upright bass, accordion and a small drum kit to fully expand the Sam Barrett sound; and loosing none of the authenticity or magic with it. Essential an album inspired and written whilst on tour, it's a collection of songs about being on the road, missing home and missing, of course, the woman of your desires; with the subject matter rarely veering off these classic subject themes. Sam keeps us hooked right till the end though - his heart-on-sleeve lyrics, clear vocal delivery and breathtaking guitar work a sonic Cupid's arrow directly to our hearts. Cupid rears his head quite a lot through Sam's work, and pleasantly returns with earnest on this album (much of the A-side taken up with love lust meanderings about wonderful woman - "Cupid's Song", "She's My Only One", "Better Give It Up"). When Sam talks about being far from home, you know he means it, and learning of his recent US tour the songs speak a thousand pictures of a naive Yorkshire lad in the big, vast country of the American West coast and all that goes with it. From start to finish a breathtaking record, probably my favourite to date. This cat's just starting his musical ascent it seems, improving exponentially and I feel privileged to almost be there from the start of the trip; get on the train and join the journey now - you won't be sorry!

                                                          STAFF COMMENTS

                                                          Matt says: Back with another treasure of an album, Sam is joined by upright bass, accordion and percussion on this timeless future classic from deepest Yorkshire. If you play guitar or enjoy stripped back, heartfelt music, I can't recommend this enough.

                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                          1. Back On The Jack
                                                          2. Cupid's Song
                                                          3. She's My Only One
                                                          4. Better Give It Up
                                                          5. Any Road

                                                          6. Livin On Shoestring
                                                          7. Hillbomber's Blues
                                                          8. Song For Kid Little
                                                          9. Desert Theme
                                                          10. Footsteps
                                                          11. Say You Do

                                                          Serious Sam Barrett

                                                          Serious Sam Barrett

                                                          Towards the end of last year, I was lucky enough to see this guy play in a lovely event organized by the lads at Crowfoot Records. He blew me away with his honest, genuine, old time guitar style coupled with great lyrics touching on all things important to your average young adult (skateboarding, drinking, travelling on shit public transport to see girls etc...). A charismatic performer, with a strong Yorkshire dialect; his 12-string guitar chimed, resonated and strummed away all night, with the crowd reveling in the beautiful music and surroundings. I was further delighted to see that Sam had recorded four full length albums, and promptly snapped them up at the gig, insisting he bring some into the shop in the new year. Well here we are in 2014 and Sam's ferried two titles across the border for your listening pleasure. This, the self titled, comprises of ten original compositions and features his trademark 12-string guitar alongside mandolin and voice. Personal favourites are "Henessey Nights" and "Long Gone". The former is an ode to being young and free and loose on the streets with your best friends while the latter is a heart wrenching break up song with the overpowering smell of whiskey running through it. This private press record is a timeless, succinct slice of reality that every home needs! The new bluegrass explosion starts here! Recommended. Comes with CD.


                                                          STAFF COMMENTS

                                                          Matt says: Solo album by the one and only Sam Barrett. Yorkshire's finest guitarist... he does weddings you know?!

                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                          Alf's Song
                                                          Hurry Back
                                                          Hennessy Nights
                                                          Spiderweb Frame
                                                          Streetlights
                                                          Kerosene
                                                          16 Again
                                                          Holding Out
                                                          Dreams
                                                          Long Gone

                                                          Natasha Barrett

                                                          HETEROTOPIA

                                                            ‘It is tempting to think of Barrett’s sounds as living organisms, darting around in your peripheral vision.’ - The Sound Projector ‘Natasha Barrett is now one of the leading composers in the emerging field of 3D audio: using high-density loudspeaker arrays and cutting-edge recording and mixing procedures to create works full of ingenuity and drama.’ - The New York Times Persistence of Sound presents a new solo LP from one of the world’s leading voices in electroacoustic music.

                                                            Natasha Barrett is known internationally for her intense explorations of the movement of sounds through space. Whilst studying with Jonty Harrison at the University of Birmingham, Barrett worked with BEAST (Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre), which led to a doctoral composition degree supervised by composer Denis Smalley. Barrett has since established an international reputation as a composer of 3D audio and ambisonics.

                                                            She treats spatialisation as a musical parameter, and told the New York Times, “I’m really concerned with the idea of tangibility. Sound is invisible, but we can do things that make you want to reach out and touch it.” Barrett describes her inspiration as coming from the immediate sounding matter of the world around us, as well as the way it behaves. Barrett's works are performed and commissioned throughout the world, and have received a long list of prizes, including the Giga-Hertz Award and the Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Awards. Persistence of Sound was founded by composer Iain Chambers, of the musique concrète ensemble Langham Research Centre. Its releases span electroacoustic music, field recordings, and the unclassifiable music between these genres.

                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                            A1. Growth [5:59]
                                                            A2. Speaking Spaces No. 1: Heterotopia - Part 1 [13:32]
                                                            B1. Speaking Spaces No. 1: Heterotopia - Part 2 [10:12]
                                                            B2. Urban Melt In Park Palais Meran [9:40]

                                                            Syd Barrett

                                                            An Introduction To Syd Barrett - 2022 Reissue

                                                              An Introduction To Syd Barrett, is a reissue of the 2010 collection that brought together for the first time the tracks of Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett on one compilation.

                                                              David Gilmour, who originally worked on Syd Barrett's two solo albums, as co-producer of The Madcap Laughs and as producer of Barrett, was the executive producer for the album. Damon Iddins and Andy Jackson at Astoria Studios remixed five tracks including ‘Octopus’, ‘She Took A Long Cool Look’, ‘Dominoes’ and ‘Here I Go’, with David Gilmour adding bass guitar to the last track. Pink Floyd's ‘Matilda Mother’ also received a fresh 2010 Mix.

                                                              The album features the original 24-page booklet and graphics plus all lyrics, and was designed including the cover art by long time Pink Floyd associate the late Storm Thorgerson and his estimable studio.

                                                              An Introduction To Syd Barrett provides a handy overview of this visionary talent, this madcap genius whose star shone brightly yet burnt out all too quickly.


                                                              Syd Barrett

                                                              Barrett - 180 Gram Vinyl Edition

                                                                On ‘Barrett’, Syd's second solo album, he was joined by Pink Floyd members Rick Wright and David Gilmour. Gilmour and Wright also acted as producers. Syd needed this help as things were getting a touch more fractured for him  and obviously you can hear this in the music.  It is still  a great  record though, from a trailblazing, unique talent.


                                                                STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                Andy says: Whimsy, melody and magic. Last outing from a legend.

                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                Side One:
                                                                1. "Baby Lemonade"
                                                                2. "Love Song"
                                                                3. "Dominoes"
                                                                4. "It Is Obvious"
                                                                5. "Rats"
                                                                6. "Maisie"

                                                                Side Two:
                                                                1. "Gigolo Aunt"
                                                                2. "Waving My Arms In The Air"
                                                                3. "I Never Lied To You"
                                                                4. "Wined And Dined"
                                                                5. "Wolfpack"
                                                                6. "Effervescing Elephant"

                                                                Ray Barretto

                                                                La Cuna - 2024 Reissue

                                                                  La Cuna is one of the best moves in producer Taylor Creed’s career, bringing together Ray Barretto, Tito Puento (timbales) and Joe Farrell (tenor and soprano saxophones, flute), to produce a fine Latin jazz album. The album also moves into soul territory with an interpretation of Stevie Wonder’s “Pastime Paradise”.

                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                  Side A
                                                                  1. La Cuna
                                                                  2. Doloroso
                                                                  3. Mambotango

                                                                  Side B
                                                                  4. The Old Castle
                                                                  5. Pastime Paradise

                                                                  Syd Barrett

                                                                  The Madcap Laughs - 180 Gram Vinyl Edition

                                                                    ‘The Madcap Laughs’ is the debut solo album by the English singer-songwriter recorded after Barrett had left Pink Floyd. He only made one full album and a couple of amazing singles with The Floyd, then two solo LP's of which this is the first.  It is a LOT looser than his previous work but still with that unique child-like sense of wonder and a lovely way with a melody.


                                                                    STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                    Andy says: Pure expression. A unique vision, slowly unravelling.

                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                    Side One:
                                                                    1. "Terrapin"
                                                                    2. "No Good Trying"
                                                                    3. "Love You"
                                                                    4. "No Man's Land"
                                                                    5. "Dark Globe"
                                                                    6. "Here I Go"

                                                                    Side Two:
                                                                    1. "Octopus"
                                                                    2. "Golden Hair"
                                                                    3. "Long Gone"
                                                                    4. "She Took A Long Cool Look At Me"
                                                                    5. "Feel"
                                                                    6. "If It's In You"
                                                                    7. "Late Night"

                                                                    Barrie

                                                                    5K

                                                                      Follow up EP to 2022s ‘Barbara’, which was praised by The New York Times, NPR Music, KEXP, KCRW, Stereogum, The Line Of Best Fit, Billboard, Consequence, Under The Radar, Clash and more.

                                                                      New EP expands on the sound of ‘Barbara’ while taking a fresh approach to songwriting and collaboration.

                                                                      Brooklyn-based musician and producer Barrie Lindsay, known simply as Barrie, has a passion for creating left-of-center pop music. She spends her days writing songs and tinkering in Logic, stockpiling her creations in a vast archive of folders and hard drives. When it came time to select the songs for her sophomore LP, ‘Barbara,’ she narrowed it down to sixteen tracks. As the record came together, it became clear that there would be two separate projects - the first being ‘Barbara,’ an emotionally charged collection of songs dealing with the loss of a parent, the love of a new partner, and finding one's own identity. The remaining five tracks, which were more light-hearted and o­ the cu­, were compiled into a new project titled ‘5K.’

                                                                      As an avid runner, Barrie named the EP after the common foot race. The aptly titled lead single, "Races," is a delightful synth-pop track in a unique 12/8 time, built around a bombastic drum kit and giddy key ri­s. "Nocturne Interlude" acts as a segue between ‘Barbara’ and ‘5K,’ showcasing a haunting melody amidst dark brass-like synths. Second half highlight "Ghost World" has a distorted guitar ri­ and classic drum pattern that evokes a forgotten 90's radio b-side. The song was recorded entirely by Barrie herself, serving as her own band on guitar, bass, keys, and drum kit. Even though most people would finish listening to the project front to back

                                                                      before finishing a 5k run, the short, sweet, and melodically rich EP begs to be replayed over and over. With ‘5K,’ Barrie showcases her versatility as an artist, closing the loop between the sounds found on her debut LP ‘Happy To Be Here’ and her follow-up ‘Barbara’.

                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                      A Side:
                                                                      1. Nocturne Interlude
                                                                      2. Races
                                                                      3. Unholy Appetite
                                                                      B Side:
                                                                      4. Ghost World
                                                                      5. Empty

                                                                      Barrie

                                                                      Barbara

                                                                        RIYL: Japanese Breakfast, Clairo, Perfume Genius, Sufjan Stevens.

                                                                        On Barbara, the sophomore album from Brooklyn-based songwriter and producer Barrie, she battles the loss of a parent, the start of a new relationship, and the impulse to separate herself from her music. This result is a beautifully peculiar, and quietly ambitious collection of synth-pop, art-pop, indie rock and folk songs that reflect a new willing- ness to let listeners into her world.

                                                                        Two events redefined Barrie Lindsay’s life and shaped the direction of Barbara. In the summer of 2019, she met her now-wife, the musician Gabby Smith. Simultaneously, Lindsay’s father learned that his lung cancer had worsened. In January of 2020, she moved home to Ipswich to spend time with family and begin work on her album. Three months became nine, thanks to the pandemic. Lindsay wrote Barbara while quarantining with Smith in Maine, while her father was dying, and while she was falling in love.

                                                                        Lindsay finds catharsis from the ambivalent desperation of losing a parent on the album’s centerpiece, “Dig.” You can hear her newfound boldness as she wails the song’s central refrain, giving herself over to emotion: “I can’t get enough of you / Where did you come from?” Despite the grief, personal and collective on Lindsay’s mind while making Barbara, she often pauses to embrace joy. “Jenny,” is a simple, acoustic guitar ode to meeting Smith. Similarly, her fantasy of a roman- tic but bloodied afternoon, “Quarry,” sounds eerie and aque- ous, before erupting into a euphoric geyser of synth and drums.

                                                                        “Barbara isn’t an album specifically about grief or love. It’s just an album where I let myself actually feel my emotions,” Lind- say says. “That was something I’d never done before in music.”

                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                        A Side
                                                                        01. Jersey
                                                                        02. Frankie
                                                                        03. Jenny
                                                                        04. Concrete
                                                                        05. Dig
                                                                        06. Bully
                                                                        B Side
                                                                        07. Harp 2 Interlude
                                                                        08. Harp 2
                                                                        09. Quarry
                                                                        10. Basketball
                                                                        11. Bloodline

                                                                        Barrie

                                                                        Dig / Franki

                                                                          RIYL: Perfume Genius, Clairo, Japanese Breakfast, Men I Trust.

                                                                          Barrie Lindsay is a soft spoken, obsessive producer and songwriter who grew up tinkering with instruments in Ipswich, Massachusetts. After graduating from Wesleyan in 2012 with a degree in music, Lindsay formed her first band with her brother, a 5-piece group called Grammar. She spent her 20’s quietly making music in Boston and working at a sculpture studio until she was discovered on Soundcloud by a manager who encouraged her to move to Brooklyn and pursue a career in music by forming a band. Lindsay obliged and soon Barrie, the 5-piece band, was born. After a number of successful singles, Barrie released their debut in 2019, Happy To Be Here, earning buzzy press, TV syncs, and new fans around the globe. A month after Happy To Be Here came out, the band parted ways and Lindsay reintroduced Barrie as a solo project.

                                                                          In the two years since then, the 32-year old suffered the loss of a parent, and married her wife, Gabby. While Lindsay has maintained a separation between her personal feelings and lyricism in previous works, she allowed herself to find catharsis in song amidst the intense love and grief she was experiencing. One night during a moment of grief, Lindsay couldn’t bring herself to set up the mic properly in her studio. Instead, she opted to shout across the room in a true “fuck-it” moment. Liking the effect this produced, she decided to stick with it, yielding “Dig,” a self-produced single featuring an impressionistic slew of slide guitar, dulcimer, and mandolin. You can hear her newfound sense of boldness, as she wails the song’s central refrain, giving herself over to emotion: “I can’t get enough of you / Where did you come from?”

                                                                          Whereas “Dig” floats in a seeming free-time, the B-side, “Frankie,” is locked into a driving, propulsive rhythm. Its bass synth, which remains constant throughout, is meditative and hypnotic. Among skittering arpeggios and melodic hooks, the song’s message asks listeners to consider capitalism. Political pop can be awkward, but Lindsay’s is subtle and poignant, reflecting on Glen Campbell’s classic “Wichita Lineman,” and Americans’ attitudes towards labor. The catchy composition balances out the lyrical themes with a compelling soundscape that accentuates Lindsay’s dynamic songwriting and production abilities.

                                                                          Barrie

                                                                          Happy To Be Here

                                                                            Inclusivity is at the heart of Barrie, the Brooklyn five-piece made of Barrie Lindsay, Dominic Apa, Spurge Carter, Sabine Holler and Noah Prebish. And on their debut LP Happy To Be Here, their multidimensional take on classic pop sounds awake and present, like a group that’s daydreaming but firmly there with one another. Lindsay largely wrote these songs late into the night, alone in her apartment, and her voice feels appropriately full of possibility throughout. Barrie, the band, is primarily her project; on the record, which she co-produced with Jake Aron (Snail Mail, Solange, Grizzly Bear), Lindsay plays guitar, piano, synth and bass. But still, Barrie is distinctly not a solo project, and Happy To Be Here is very much a full band record. Dominic’s drums fill the entire album, while Noah added synths and Spurge sang on nearly every track; the three also contributed production. And Sabine, though stuck in Germany with visa issues, remotely recorded vocals. Engineered and mixed by Aron at his Brooklyn studio in August 2018, the album is a softly explosive document of Barrie’s collective vision: “a well-crafted pop song that’s a little bit fucked up,” they explain. The album’s singles speak to its scope: the analog synths that burst from piano pointillism on “Clovers”, the lush electric guitar grooves on opener “Darjeeling”, the minimal arrangement and modular programmed drums of “Saturated”. The album’s energetic but unhurried movement is a testament to the wide-ranging backgrounds of Barrie’s membership: Spurge and Noah met at the Lot Radio through a shared love of house and techno, Dom plays and tours with the electronic rock band Is Tropical, Sabine is a performance artist and solo musician. 

                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                            1 Darjeeling
                                                                            2 Dark Tropical
                                                                            3 Clovers
                                                                            4 Habits
                                                                            5 Saturated
                                                                            6 Chinatown
                                                                            7 Teenager
                                                                            8 Geology
                                                                            9 Casino Run
                                                                            10 Hutch 

                                                                            Kenny Barron

                                                                            Beyond This Place

                                                                              ‘Beyond This Place’ is Kenny Barron’s second album on Artwork Records.

                                                                              On the heels of his GRAMMY-nominated solo album, ‘The Source’, Kenny Barron brings together a multi-generational quintet featuring some of the most acclaimed musicians of their time.

                                                                              Along with Kenny Barron (13-time GRAMMY nominee, American Jazz Hall Of Fame), ‘Beyond This Place’ features saxophone’s rising star Immanuel Wilkins (“Divinely inspired jazz” - The New York Times), Jonathan Blake, one of the most accomplished drummers of his generation, Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Kenny Barron’s longtime double bassist, and Steve Nelson, one of the most highly regarded vibraphonists in the world.

                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                              1. The Nearness Of You
                                                                              2. Scratch
                                                                              3. Innocence
                                                                              4. Blues On Stratford Road
                                                                              5. Tragic Magic
                                                                              6. Beyond This Place
                                                                              7. Softly As In A Morning
                                                                              8. Sunrise
                                                                              9. Sunset
                                                                              10. We See
                                                                              11. You've Changed 
                                                                              12. Dewdrop 

                                                                              Most music does not come out of nowhere. Arising and appearing in a pre-existing system of influences, cross-references, roots, memories and desires, it either directly points towards a heritage or into the future. Mark Barrott’s "Nature Sounds of the Balearics" is a bit of both. The mastermind behind the International Feel label and the Sketches from an Island series presents an intermediary.

                                                                              Technically, it’s his departure from a software based workflow and onto (or back to) a hardware driven creative point of view. Philosophically, it deals with the schizophrenia of our times: the late Paul Virgilio’s dromology and logistics of perception versus a decelerated life outside of cities, internet algorhythmics (sic!) versus meditation, the excessive stock market (all track titles are derivates of that world) against a tactile way of living.
                                                                              Musically, it is the outcome of what Barrott himself described as his "techno album". For people whose definition of techno has to do with speed (again) and kick drums that might seem like a misinterpretation. Listeners who remember the Artificial Intelligence and Freezone compilations, various chill out channels or Detroit’s mellow moments, will tend to agree. "Nature Sounds of the Balearics" miraculously evokes those days and times, without breaking his neck. It is as much at home in a Caribbean water utopia between dolphins and old fishing boats as it feels current and applicable in a Ridley Scott dystopia. And if meta levels aren't your thing: it’s just a beautiful album.

                                                                              STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                              Barry says: Moving away slightly from the beach-bound cocktail-fuelled halcyon lysergia of the previous outings, Barrott opts for off-kilter melodies and hardware-based sequencing to create a more rhythmically diverse offering, as fascinating as it is engrossing. Lovely stuff.

                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                              A1. Aroon
                                                                              A2. Morning Star
                                                                              A3. Point & Figure
                                                                              A4. Heikin-Ashi
                                                                              A5. TRIX
                                                                              B1. Keltner & Chalkin
                                                                              B2. Ichimoku
                                                                              B3. Donchian Reprise
                                                                              B4. Boolean Hawks
                                                                              B5. Evening Star 

                                                                              Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury

                                                                              Free Fire: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

                                                                                Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury return to score Ben Wheatley’s 1970s based epic shoot-out ‘Free Fire’, executively produced by Martin Scorsese.

                                                                                Compiled by director Ben Wheatley himself, the soundtrack will be released on CD and double LP, featuring the full score by Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury, dialogue from the film and licensed tracks (The Real Kids, Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Denver).

                                                                                ‘Free Fire’ sees Barrow and Salisbury take a huge directional curve away from their intense, synth-based Ivor Novello award winning score for ‘Ex Machina’, with the composers curating a prog rock, free jazz, psychedelic journey influenced by bands such as King Crimson, Camel and Magma and tips its hat to the Lalo Schifrin thriller genre scores of that era.

                                                                                Both the LP and CD will include a digital download card which features the full soundtrack as well as additional unheard bonus material not used in the score.

                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                Where We Going?
                                                                                Do The Boob (The Real Kids)
                                                                                I’m I.I.F.M
                                                                                Sledgehammer Cracks Nut
                                                                                This Is Ord
                                                                                Docks Beat
                                                                                Step Into My Office
                                                                                Run Through The Jungle (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
                                                                                Raw Onions
                                                                                Vern
                                                                                Come Out
                                                                                Gorgeous As Ever
                                                                                Money Count
                                                                                Nice Teeth
                                                                                Harlequins Reunion
                                                                                Steven’s Been Reprimanded
                                                                                Stevo Apologises
                                                                                Suck On This
                                                                                First Shot
                                                                                Mostly The Suit
                                                                                Martin Shot
                                                                                Will Everybody Calm The Fuck Down
                                                                                Snipers
                                                                                Good To Go
                                                                                Free Firing Gunshot Solo
                                                                                The Phone Rings
                                                                                Watch And Vern
                                                                                Crawl Chase
                                                                                So That’s What A Fucking Brain Looks Like
                                                                                Lead Lobotomy
                                                                                Poke Him In The Eye
                                                                                We Can’t All Be Nice Girls
                                                                                That’s Why I Appreciate The Arts
                                                                                Leary
                                                                                Aiming For The Nose
                                                                                Oh Fuck
                                                                                Where Do You Think You’re Going Little Harry
                                                                                Annie’s Song (John Denver)
                                                                                A John Denver Story
                                                                                Justine’s Theme
                                                                                This Old Guitar (John Denver)

                                                                                Geoff Barrow, Ben Salisbury & Various Artists

                                                                                HANNA: Season 1 (Music From The Amazon Original Series)

                                                                                  Invada Records and Lakeshore Records announce the release of the soundtrack to Amazon Prime’s ‘HANNA: Season 1’ on vinyl.

                                                                                  Pressed on white double vinyl housed in a deluxe gatefold sleeve.

                                                                                  For the first time, composers Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow were able to put together a team of musicians to work together to form a collaborative score for the whole series.

                                                                                  The soundtrack consists of tracks by Karen O and Beak>, plus an original score by Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow, The Insects, Simon Ashdown and Yann McCullough.

                                                                                  “Because of the size of the ‘HANNA’ series, we had the opportunity to bring our own team of artists and composers. The producers had already contacted the amazing Karen O whose song ‘Anti-Lullaby’ formed a theme that was continued throughout the series. It was also great to work with our friends The Insects (Massive Attack co writers Bob Locke & Tim Norfolk), Simon Ashdown and music editor turned composer Yann McCullough” - Geoff Barrow

                                                                                  Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ singer Karen-O’s wandering, ominous ‘Anti-Lullaby’ appears on the soundtrack along with her Goth rendition of Smashing Pumpkin’s ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’, with Beak>’s ‘Wulfstan II’ appropriately closing the album.

                                                                                  The score for ‘HANNA: Season 1’ features layers of manipulated organic elements which composer Ben Salisbury describes thusly: “The score for the series was mainly inspired by the character of Hanna herself, and her forest upbringing. Even though the music is sometimes processed, it is always based on something real and organic rather than pure electronics. We often used layers of woodwind instruments (including some fairly unusual ethnic flutes and pipes) as a way of linking Hanna to the natural world in which she was brought up, and also to try and capture her fierce animal spirit and her sense of wonder as she experiences the ‘new world’ beyond the forest.” - Ben Salisbury

                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                  We Have Heller
                                                                                  Anti-Lullaby (Karen O)
                                                                                  Training
                                                                                  Connections
                                                                                  Escaping The Hotel
                                                                                  The Ghost Of Her Mother
                                                                                  Relentless / Forest
                                                                                  Memories
                                                                                  Bullet With Butterfly Wings (Karen O)
                                                                                  Berlin Night Drive
                                                                                  Always Hunted
                                                                                  Eric's Theme
                                                                                  Sensing Danger
                                                                                  Beyond
                                                                                  A Cornered Animal
                                                                                  Marisa Held Hostage
                                                                                  Eric Leaves Hanna
                                                                                  Nice Paris Life
                                                                                  Runway Ambush
                                                                                  Wulfstan II (Beak>)

                                                                                  Barry Can’t Swim’s highly anticipated debut album is finally here. Those who have liked Barry’s output to date will love this full length. It showcases both sides of his artistry - his ability to write dancefloor-ready party bangers and also his more downtempo, piano-led pieces. These two sides will also come to life throughout 2023 and beyond on stage, with a stacked diary of both traditional DJ shows and his very first full band live shows. Every album track was written and crafted with it’s position within the full length piece of work in mind - it’s an album designed as such, rather than a collection of songs thrown together.

                                                                                  Silky, airy, uplifting production which is sure to give you tingles and rushes of rose tinted nostalgia. The upfront production is paired with pop-like sensibilities and bucket loads of sentiment; delving into the vast tropes of electronic music that have preceded it whilst offering the listener something that is undeniably brand new and looking forwards. Incredible! 




                                                                                  STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                  Matt says: A gloriously fresh and fun new album that should appeal to fans of Real Lies, Avalanches, DJ Seinfeld, Ross From Friends and Anthony Szmierek. Album highlight for me, "Some Deadbeat Gospel" is an incredible piece - a epochal ode to night club culture from Somedeadbeat paired, skewed and twisted into BCS's bouncy synthetic house soundbed.

                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                  1. When Will We Land?
                                                                                  2. Some Deadbeat Gospel (feat. Somedeadbeat)
                                                                                  3. Sonder
                                                                                  4. How It Feels
                                                                                  5. Sunsleeper
                                                                                  6. Woman
                                                                                  7. I Won’t Let You Down (feat Falle Nioke, Blackboxx)
                                                                                  8. Always Get Through To You
                                                                                  9. Tell Me What You Need (feat. Just Lil)
                                                                                  10. Dance Of The Crab
                                                                                  11. Define Dancing

                                                                                  BArTc

                                                                                  Insubstantial As Ghosts

                                                                                    BArTc is a London based experimental electronic one-man project (Jason Barton). Out in September is the project’s debut full length “Insubstantial As Ghosts” containing 14 dark atmospheric soundscapes. ICR owner Colin Potter, himself a well known figure in the electronic and experimental music genre as a member of Nurse With Wound and sound engineer, heard some of Barton’s work and offered to release it. He has handpicked several of the pieces included on “Insubstantial As Ghosts” and also mastered the album.

                                                                                    Initially inspired by instrumental electronic records in his father’s record collection by titans such as Tangerine Dream and Vangelis, Barton soon gravitated towards underground industrial icons such as Coil, Einstürzende Neubauten, Chris & Cosey and Skinny Puppy, as well as digging deeper into the work of early German electronicists such as Cluster, Musique concrète pioneers Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry, plus the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

                                                                                    Barton has cited sound recordist (and Cabaret Voltaire co-founder) Chris Watson as another influence, adding: “I have always loved environmental sounds and often carry a field recorder on my travels which I use to create texture in my pieces. I build layers to create something abstract yet strangely beautiful, mixing source material, organic and experimental sounds plus field recordings that are heavily distorted with various effects. For me, creating music is a form of meditation, and to lose oneself in an improvisation is a wonderful experience. I just need to remember to hit record!”

                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                    Francium
                                                                                    Floods
                                                                                    Malleus Incuss Tapes
                                                                                    Boron
                                                                                    A Strange Glow Awaits Us All
                                                                                    Energy Field
                                                                                    The Seraph
                                                                                    The Isotopes Of Yttrium
                                                                                    Looking Into The Abyss
                                                                                    Some Observations On Technetium
                                                                                    Ultra Panavision 70
                                                                                    Skookum
                                                                                    Oiseaumouche
                                                                                    The Organism

                                                                                    Bartees Strange

                                                                                    Farm To Table

                                                                                      Born in Ipswich, England to a military father and opera-singer mother Bartees had a peripatetic early childhood before eventually settling in Mustang, Oklahoma. Later, Bartees cut his teeth playing in hardcore bands in Washington D.C. and Brooklyn whilst working in the Barack Obama administration and (eventually) the environmental movement. Since charting a path as a solo artist, Bartees Strange has released two records in quick succession: an EP reimagining songs by The National (Say Goodbye To Pretty Boy, 2020) and his debut album proper Live Forever (2020).

                                                                                      Farm to Table, which also includes recent single ‘Heavy Heart’, is the second album from Washington D.C. resident Bartees Leon Cox Jr.. Where his 2020 debut record Live Forever introduced the experiences and places that shaped Bartees (Flagey Brussels, Mustang Oklahoma), Farm to Table zeros in on the people – specifically his family – and those closest to him on his journey so far. With his career firmly on the ascent, Farm to Table examines Bartees’ constantly shapeshifting relationship with life post-Live Forever. It also speaks to a deeper lore that says, don’t forget where you came from, and this album is why. Always remembering where he came from, across 10 songs Bartees is celebrating the past, moving towards the future, and fully appreciating the present.

                                                                                      An unapologetic and braggadocious indie-trap banger, new single ‘Cosigns’ celebrates Bartees’ peers, collaborators and friends; name-checking the likes of Bon Iver, Phoebe Bridgers, Courtney Barnett, Lucy Dacus, through a genre-defying outpouring somewhere between swaggering hip hop and euphoric alt rock. The song ends on a poem he wrote in his early 20s, “I don’t know how to be full, it’s the hardest to know, I keep consuming I can’t give it up, It’s never enough.” ‘Cosigns’ is also a moment for Bartees to acknowledge himself, giving himself credence and unashamedly basking in that glow. Its accompanying official video was directed by Pooneh Ghana.

                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                      A1. Heavy Heart
                                                                                      A2. Mulholland Dr.
                                                                                      A3. Wretched
                                                                                      A4. Cosigns
                                                                                      A5. Tours
                                                                                      B1. Hold The Line
                                                                                      B2. We Were Only Close For Like Two Weeks
                                                                                      B3. Escape This Circus
                                                                                      B4. Daily News (Vinyl Only Track)
                                                                                      B5. Black Gold
                                                                                      B6. Hennessy

                                                                                      Bartees Strange

                                                                                      Horror

                                                                                        Bartees Strange was raised on fear. His family used scary stories to teach life lessons, and at an early age, Strange started using scary movies to practice being strong. The world can be a terrifying place, and for a young, queer, black person in rural America, that terror can be visceral. Horror is an album about facing those fears and growing to become someone to be feared. Throughout the record, Strange lays down one difficult truth after another, all over a sonic pastiche of music he loved as a kid. His dad hipped him to Parliament Funkadelic, Fleetwood Mac, Teddy Pendergrass, and Neil Young. Those influences merged with Strange’s interest in hip-hop, country, indie rock, and house, culminating in a record that feels completely original.

                                                                                        STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                        Barry says: Huge, anthemic choruses and deeply funky breakdowns punctuate deep, wonderfully written lyrics and a bafflingly diverse range of audible influence. There's soulful sections smashed into with distorted guitars and pumelling percussion, much like a soaring breakdown can suddenly flip into groovy hip-hop territory without sounding disjointed. Lovely stuff.

                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                        Side A:
                                                                                        Too Much
                                                                                        Hit It Quit It
                                                                                        Sober
                                                                                        Baltimore
                                                                                        Lie 95
                                                                                        Wants Needs
                                                                                        Side B:
                                                                                        Lovers
                                                                                        Doomsday Buttercup
                                                                                        17
                                                                                        Loop Defenders
                                                                                        Norf Gun
                                                                                        Backseat Banton

                                                                                        Dinked Edition Bonus 7":
                                                                                        Side A:
                                                                                        Like This
                                                                                        Side B:
                                                                                        Pigs Fly

                                                                                        Bartees Strange

                                                                                        Magic Boy

                                                                                          Bartees Strange has been one of the most significant indie artists to break out in the post-Pandemic era. He debuted with ‘Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy’, an album length collection of The National songs released in March 2020, on the cusp of the Pandemic. Later that year came his first LP, ‘Mustang’, which was named in endless year-end Best Of lists, including those from Pitchfork, Stereogum, Rolling Stone and NPR Music. He quickly signed to 4AD, and his debut for the label, ‘Farm To Table’, turned him into a club headliner and an arena-sized opening act with genre-defining artists such as The National, boygenius, Phoebe Bridgers and Courtney Barnett.

                                                                                          The vinyl-exclusive release, ‘Magic Boy’, represents the Bartees story before this story began -33 1/2 minutes of recordings created before he entered the public eye, with eight out of ten never previously released. It finds his ever-malleable sound touching on genres like coffee house folk (‘IDK’, ‘Best Of You’, ‘You’re Here’), emo troubadour (‘Count It Back’, ‘Little Brother’), and wigged-out experimentation (‘Eat Your Heart Out’). Appended with two tracks previously available only as digital Bsides from ‘Say Goodbye’ (‘HAGS’, ‘Going Going’), ‘Magic Boy’ reads as a kind of ‘lost’ album for someone shaping up to be a major voice in indie music.

                                                                                          Bartees’ story is a fairy tale of independent community and a triumph of efforts to diversify what the word ‘indie rock’ even means, reclaiming it for Black artists. The ‘Magic Boy’ LP is a fine way to celebrate Bartees Strange’s explosive trajectory, especially following his run of dates opening for The National at arenas across Europe in Autumn 2023.

                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                          1. IDK
                                                                                          2. Going Going
                                                                                          3. HAGS
                                                                                          4. Best Of You
                                                                                          5. Eat Your Heart Out
                                                                                          6. You’re Here (Feat. Project Diem)
                                                                                          7. Count It Back
                                                                                          8. Get Over It (Feat. Lizzie No)
                                                                                          9. Little Brother
                                                                                          10. Going Going (Reprise)

                                                                                          Bartees Strange

                                                                                          Say Goodbye To Pretty Boy - 2024 Reissue

                                                                                            “It seems like the sky’s the limit with him. He’s got big things ahead...” - Bryce Dessner, The National

                                                                                            Bartees Strange has been one of the most significant indie artists to break out in the post-Pandemic era. His 2020 album, ‘Mustang’, was named to countless year-end best lists. He quickly signed to 4AD and his debut for the label Farm To Table turned him into a club headliner and an arena-sized opening act with genre-defining artists such as The National, boygenius, Phoebe Bridgers and Courtney Barnett.

                                                                                            ‘Say Goodbye To Pretty Boy’ is where Bartees’ story began - a full-length cover album of songs by indie rock kingmakers The National. Quietly released in March 2020 - the day before lockdowns shut the world down - it instantly sold out its 300-copy pressing. Now back in print to celebrate his explosive trajectory and a run of dates opening for The National at arenas across Europe in Autumn, 2023.

                                                                                            A kind of fairy tale story of independent community and the effort to diversify what the term ‘indie rock’ even means, reclaiming the phrase for Black artists. ‘Say Goodbye’ also happens to touch upon Bartees’ incredibly broad palette of musical influences, with a sound ranging from garage rock (‘Mr. November’) to emotional R&B chill (‘About Today’ and ‘The Geese of Beverly Road’) to house music (‘Looking for Astronauts’). Members of The National have called Bartees’ hard riffing, emo-pop-rock rendition of ‘Lemonworld’ the definitive version of the song.

                                                                                            For fans of L’Rain, The National, Kara Jackson, boygenius, The Beths, TV on the Radio, Alvvays.

                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                            About Today
                                                                                            All The Wine
                                                                                            Mr. November
                                                                                            A Reasonable Man (I Don’t Mind)
                                                                                            Lemonworld
                                                                                            The Geese Of Beverly Road
                                                                                            Looking For Astronauts
                                                                                            Lemonworld (Live At Studio 4)

                                                                                            A collector and DJ from Dallas, Texas, Chad "High-C" Burnett of Rehash Media, first exposed Bartell's "Top Going Down, Bottom Going Up" in the "Excavations" section of the Rehash web site in December of 2001. For all intents and purposes, the 45 had been unknown to collectors but caused a quite a stir while everyone who heard it searched for more copies. The 45 remained out of reach until February of 2004 when noted British collector/DJ Ian Wright turned up a copy and began to play the 45, giving it further exposure by way of a radio show featured on the deepfunk.org web site.

                                                                                            Hailing from the small farming town of Ashburn, GA (population roughly 4400) noted as the "Peanut Capital of the World", young Nathan Bartell had grown up around music, playing trumpet in the school band and jazz band. After graduating from high school in 1962, Bartell moved to Atlanta where he found and enjoyed a thriving music and night club scene, catching then local acts such as Gladys Knight, The Tams, as well as the many touring acts that came through town and played clubs like The Palladium, The Pink Pussycat, The Casino and The Royal Peacock

                                                                                            The point at which the story truly begins to take shape was a fateful night in the summer of 1967 at a nightclub on Bankhead Highway near Northside Drive. The house band was doing its thing, but the crowd was thinking about Wilson Pickett's current hit "Funky Broadway" as they kept shouting for the band to perform the song. After some discussion amongst the band, a few of the musicians decided they knew the song well enough to give the people what they wanted, provided somebody knew the lyrics, as their singer did not. Bartell took the stage, and must have done the job right, as he continued performing with bands in clubs all over Atlanta such as The Oasis, and the most important of Atlanta nightclubs, The Royal Peacock.

                                                                                            By April of 1968, following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, Bartell was married to a woman who also came from Ashburn. She didn't care much for Atlanta, so the couple moved back home to Ashburn. Music was still boiling in Bartell's blood, however, and it wasn't long before he began singing with a group called Eddie and the Cascades from just up the road in the (even smaller) town of Cordele. Eddie and the Cascades performed in clubs around South Georgia until the band broke up in 1972. Despite the length of the band's existence, sadly, the opportunity to record never presented itself.

                                                                                            Toward the end of Bartell's time with Eddie & the Cascades, he met Jesse Boone, whose musical legacy was already well underway. Boone brought Bartell into his studio with members of his own band, The Astros, to record his first Soul-Po-Tion single "Ooh Baby, I Love You", which was backed with "If I Could Win Your Love". According to Bartell, the single sold quite well regionally, and Hi Records approached Jesse Boone about releasing the single nationally. Boone declined the offer, hoping to draw more attention to his label and boost the momentum of his Soul-Po-Tion label. While sales were apparently good enough to attract a nationally distributed label, this one is quite possibly his most obscure 45.

                                                                                            Capitalizing on the regional success of "Ooh Baby I Love You", Bartell toured around the southeast, often with Jesse Boone & the Astros, playing dates in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Carolinas. Touring, as it can certainly do with young musicians, began to take a toll on Bartell's marriage, which was splitting up by the time he was ready to record his second single. Soul-Po-Tion label mate Freddie Wilson, following his own debut single "What Would It Be Like", had written a new song, which Jesse Boone listened to with Bartell in mind. "Top Going Up, Bottom Going Down" was a song that fit very well with what Bartell was feeling at the time, so Boone put him in the studio with Soul-Po-Tion's house band to record Wilson's composition. Where Freddie Wilson's style was very much from the mould of James Brown, Bartell gave it a more personal touch. That said, Bartell admits that the single's flip side "Johnny and John" was basically a blatant attempt to cash in on the success and sound of Johnnie Taylor, particularly through the use of reverb and echo effects.

                                                                                            Playing on the "Top Going Down…" session were O.C. Glaydens (a.k.a. A.C. Raven, a.k.a. O.C. the Wildman) on guitar, Johnny Badden on bass, Bruce Jones on saxophone, and a fella with the last name of Caldwell on drums. Nathan doesn't remember Mr. Caldwell's first name, but if he was Boone's first call drummer for Soul-Po-Tion recording sessions, then this is a man who clearly needs more attention. Even some of the less significant Soul-Po-Tion singles some top shelf drumming.

                                                                                            As Bartell remembers, the Freddie Wilson song was written specifically for Bartell to record. This indeed may be the case, but it is also possible that Freddie Wilson presented the demo to Boone for himself. What exactly happened next is something of a mystery. Either Boone specifically wanted the song to be recorded by Bartell, or Bartell's 45 came out before Wilson tried to do a polished version beyond his original rough demo recording. No matter how exactly the series of events transpired, Boone clearly did not want the two versions competing for sales against each other, much less on his own record label. Either theory is plausible. Regardless, Nathan Bartell's classic 45 emerged from the small label in Albany showing exponentially more style and musicianship than his debut.

                                                                                            Back to 1975 now…. While Bartell continued the southeastern club circuit, Jesse Boone was setting up a new record label, Albradella. The label kicked off with a couple of singles from Florida artist Chuck Roberson, but Bartell came back in 1976 with his new band, The Shandells, to record the "Moving On" single, with the b-side, "Sitting Alone". "Moving On" is a driving up-tempo funky soul dancer, with a deep ballad on the flip featuring Melvin Roberts on lead vocals. One more single was released on the Albradella label in 1979, "That's My Girl" parts 1 and 2 and "Someone Like You" b/w "Running Through the Night".

                                                                                            For a good part of the early 1980s, The Shandells worked both on their own, and backing other musicians on tour, such as Z.Z. Hill while he toured for his 1982 album "Down Home". The work with Z.Z. Hill put Bartell in touch with Tommy Cough of Malaco, who Bartell cites as an important mentor and influence in aspects of his career ever since. This influence has had no greater impact than in helping Bartell start up his own label, Eureka Records, an endeavor which he undertook in 1985 and continues to operate today.

                                                                                            Eureka was started when Bartell had approached Jesse Boone with the idea of recording in a new studio rather than Boone's own studio. Boone was not not keen on releasing recordings on his labels which were not produced in house, which is understandable when you own the studio and the label. So, Bartell and his band went to Sunbelt Sound Studios and began to record songs for an album which was to be titled "Let Me Love You". It seems that nine songs were cut in 1987 for this project. Unable to take them back to Albradella, Bartell started his own Eureka Records and published his songs under his own Co-Rey Music. Of the nine songs recorded, only four would actually see their eventual release on vinyl, as two 7" singles. But even with the Eureka label off the ground, Bartell did not sever his friendship or business ties with Jesse Boone.

                                                                                            By 1987, the Soul-Po-Tion and Albradella labels were both out of business, for the most part. Boone set up a new but short-lived venture called Vanity Records, which seems to have been for the express purpose of putting together one last project with Nathan Bartell. This is how Bartell's only R&B album was released. There was, however, one slight problem. Bartell's name is nowhere on it. Instead, Boone named the artist Timothy Gaye. The exact reason for this is still unknown though Bartell casually dismissed this decision as "one of Jesse's marketing ploys". The album is comprised of songs written by Boone, Roshell Anderson, Homer Chambers, a version of Eddie Floyd's "Knock On Wood" and a track written by Bartell's brother Keith, who also handles lead vocals on the song "Million Dollar Baby". The Jesse Boone-penned "If I Ever Fall In Love Again" b/w "Knock On Wood" was released as the only single from the album, which is slightly ironic since "Giving Good Loving" is easily the strongest track on the album.. One last single on the Vanity label followed the album, with Bartell (under his own name again) providing the song "Someone Like You" but sharing space with Chuck Roberson's "I Feel It Coming" on the flip side.

                                                                                            Bartell continued performing in night clubs, but not traveling as much, when a fateful turn ended his secular music career. Bartell went through a series of seemingly random religious encounters, the death of his 19 year old son who was coming home from his first year of college, and a collapsed lung. In 1991 Bartell was hospitalized with a recurrence of his lung ailment. While in the hospital, Bartell became born again and cites his acceptance of Jesus as what finally healed him for good. During this time, he also endured the death of his youngest son, who died at the age of 17. Bartell prayed to God that if he could make it through all of these events, he would never sing R&B music again. Music was still what Bartell wanted to do with his life, however, and formed a Gospel group called Nathan Bartell & Reality. Crossing the bridge between the traditional Gospel quartet style and a more contemporary sound, Reality has recorded three albums since 1995, and all on his own Eureka label and is still performing at Gospel events in Southern Georgia today.

                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                            1. Top Going Down
                                                                                            2. I Feel It Coming
                                                                                            3. Sitting Alone
                                                                                            4. Jody & John
                                                                                            5. Someone Like You
                                                                                            6. Moving On
                                                                                            7. I Want Your Love
                                                                                            8. Mystery Lady
                                                                                            9. See Me Cry
                                                                                            10. Ooh Baby, I Love You
                                                                                            11. If I Could Win Your Love
                                                                                            12. If I Ever Fall In Love Again

                                                                                            ESP Institute artist Bartellow, one third of the project Tambien and otherwise known in the Contemporary Classical sphere as Beni Brachtel, returns to the label with his second full-length release, Noosphere. While currently heading the SVS label and residency series out of Munich, Beni’s resume expands well beyond electronic music to include immersive sound installations such as The Adventure Of The Empty House (solo live performance across seven floors of Walter Henn’s Deckelbau building), a slew of compositions for the Bavarian State Opera (for which he doubled as conductor), and a prolific career of over twenty-five theater scores for institutions such as the Münchner Kammerspiele, Schauspiel Basel, Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, Berliner Ensemble, Schauspiel Köln, Schaus- piel Graz and with directors Ersan Mondtag, Alexander Eisenach, Jessica Glause and Tobias Staab among others.

                                                                                            “Noosphere” is a compendium excerpting from theatrical scores WUT (Elfriede Jelinek, at Schauspielhaus Köln, directed by Ersan Mondtag, 2020), Ödipus and Antigone (Maxim Gorki Theatre Berlin, directed by Ersan Mondtag, 2017), Der Zauberberg (Thomas Mann, Schauspiel Graz, directed by Alexander Eisenach, 2017), Hass Tryptichon (Sybille Berg, Wiener Festwochen / Maxim Gorki Theatre, directed by Ersan Mondtag, 2019), Wonderland Ave. (Sibylle Berg, Schauspielhaus Köln, directed by Ersan Mondtag, 2018), Die Verdammten (after Visconti ́s film, Schauspielhaus Köln, directed by Ersan Mondtag, 2019) and Roi Ubu (Alfred Jarry, Theater Neumarkt, Zurich, directed by Alexander Eisenach, 2018).

                                                                                            The work traverses homages, infusing everything from Baroque to Impressionism, and while these types of references are certainly built into the canon of Theatre as a discipline, here we gather historic layers in an even wider net. Under the self-referential thumb of Contemporary Classical music, this sort of hindsight approach has been largely avoided. however, in today’s all-access arena, the constant stream of historic causal-chained events has opened a delta where anything is possible. This defines Bartellow’s stance among his colleagues as well as his cultural position as a composer.

                                                                                            Beni considers beauty a fleeting objective in the arts, that expression is often expected to follow notions of Destructivism or the unfulfilled. Art will pore over wounds, collective angst, mourning a loss of natural habitat or a fear of technological invasion, yet there is a bitter irreverence for the friction or salvation in beauty itself. Acknowledging this subjectivity - what one audience considers superficial pleasure may be deeply profound to another - he leans into musical instinct as if composing via divine conduit.

                                                                                            “Noosphere” conjures a array of suspense, ecstasy, melancholy, and dread, but in isolating the work from its theatrical component, Brachtel directs our focus toward formal qualities, clearing unimpeded space to conceive fresh narratives and examine dynamism and interconnectivity. In sympathy with often difficult theatre pieces, the passages can be dark and transgressive, but more importantly they remain relative to Brachtel’s circumstances at their time of creation. The title “Noosphere” speaks to the evolution of human thought and knowledge, opening a door to subjective points-of-view. For example, “Nexus II On The Beach” refers to both Roberto Musci’s “Water Messages On Desert Sand” as well as the film Bladerunner, invoking the image of an android enjoying the sunset, but whether or not this abstraction may be considered beautiful depends the listener’s cumulative life experience and perspective.

                                                                                            This is hybrid chamber music, augmented by electro-acoustic layers, juxtaposing various periods and successively processing their residual themes into a trans-generational rendering of now.


                                                                                            STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                            Matt says: Filling a void for anyone who needs more neo-classical / electronic chamber music in their life (*raises hand*). A lavish and ambrosial piece that'll have you writhing around on the carpet dreaming of roses and bergamot.

                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                            A1. Grana 
                                                                                            A2. Vorsichtig - Mutiger - Verloren 
                                                                                            A3. The Idea Of A Horizon 
                                                                                            A4. View From My Parents House 
                                                                                            B1. Folie 
                                                                                            B2. X-Pulse 
                                                                                            B3. Ungeheuer Ist Vieles 
                                                                                            B4. Seance 
                                                                                            B5. Nexus II On The Beach 
                                                                                            B6. Langsame Bewegung 
                                                                                            B7. Zwischen Luft 
                                                                                            C1. Chez Charles 
                                                                                            C2. P-Analyse 
                                                                                            C3. La Caduta Degli Dei 
                                                                                            C4. Aavikon (No Water) 
                                                                                            C5. что такое человек
                                                                                            D1. Dark Matter Art Cabinet 
                                                                                            D2. Hatch On A Hunch 
                                                                                            D3. Theban Constitutional 
                                                                                            D4. Kismet 
                                                                                            D5. No Noosphere 

                                                                                            Lauren Barth

                                                                                            Stormwaiting

                                                                                              “Driving up the coast highway from LA, once you hit Santa Barbara you are struck with a noticeable change in landscape. It is the gateway to the Central Coast, where the contours of the land begin to take on more dramatic inclines and feelings burn like wildfires. This was the childhood home of Lauren Barth, ranch-living and horseriding amongst the golden and dusty open ranges that still expand through parts of California. It is at these gates of change that Lauren Barth explores on Stormwaiting, her second solo effort and first on the Spiritual Pajamas label.

                                                                                              “Behind the musical landscape of Stormwaiting, Lauren drew from a backstory she created as inspiration. A young woman and spiritual leader of a commune, blind yet finds her way by a heightened sense of awareness, is caught between the physical world of ‘Rialto’ and the spiritual—‘Morian.’ ‘Stormwaiting’ is slang for living in Rialto and the storm is the tempest within Morian. The cult’s most important message is one of Awareness. Like her protagonist, Lauren steps through these contemplations of change coming, treading one step at a time between the physical and spiritual realms, in a bittersweet anticipation of something upon us. Each song is like a deep breath in, an exhale, a pondering of the past and a wonder about the future with an acute awareness of each passing moment.

                                                                                              “Barth is a true seasoned folk music player, evoking the California folk movement of the late 1960s like David Crosby (who also hailed from the Santa Barbara area), while also calling upon British influences such as Bert Jansch, Incredible String Band, Fairport Convention, Nick Drake, and Pentangle, and the later American progressive folk music of Jeff Buckley, Joni Mitchell, and early Bonnie Raitt. In the time since her last solo record in 2017, she picked up the bass with Farmer Dave and the Wizards Of The West, and with her own music gained experience with the process of composing, recording, arranging, and ultimately the confidence to allow her creative instincts to flourish. She found the perfect partner with producer Lewis Pesacof, recording in his Echo Park home studio and has worked with artists such as Pearl Charles, Best Coast, Fidlar, and also works in the world of classical and world music. Tellingly, Stormwaiting has an expansive spirit, a document of a woman and creative spirit finding and embracing her voice beyond folk music and into her own spiritual universe.” —Scary Flowers

                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                              1. Casita
                                                                                              2. Durango
                                                                                              3. Stormwaiting
                                                                                              4. Family Chant II
                                                                                              5. Paisley
                                                                                              6. Leave Behind
                                                                                              7. Highway Sleeping
                                                                                              8. Lord Of The Lake
                                                                                              9. Family Chant I

                                                                                              Karl Bartos

                                                                                              Communication

                                                                                                Karl Bartos’s ‘lost’ album from 2003 re-mastered and reissued with an exclusive bonus track. Full UK press, TV , radio & online promotion by In House PR. Single remixed by Matthew Herbert. Karl Bartos will play one show in the UK – venue tbc. 3 Videos to come, "I´m the message" with remastered version, also "Life" and "15 minutes of fame".

                                                                                                "Communication is about the way images determine our view of the world and how electronic media is going to change the content of our society." Said legendary ex-Kraftwerk member Karl Bartos of his debut solo album when it was released back in 2003. It was a pivotal moment in technological times and by extension cultural ones, the world of digital was no longer a on-the-horizon vision only brought to realisation by pioneers and visionaries - such as Bartos - but it was instead almost here, around the corner and facing everyone square in the face. Communication was an attempt to capture these changing, perhaps unknown, times and distil them through the voice of someone who most would feel comfortable being led into the future with. Thirteen years down the line, Bartos is re-releasing the album complete with a pristine re-mastering. Due to record label frugality, and perhaps being somewhat overshadowed by the coincidental return of his ex-band and their Tour de France Soundtrack album at the same time, Communication was unable to take the momentum and energy of the material on the album and process it into a spirited public campaign, leaving it to often be referred to as Bartos' 'Lost Album'.

                                                                                                The re-release, which will be the first time the album is available digitally, also comes with the previously un-included track 'Camera Obscura', which sounds like it could have been a lost track from Kraftwerk's Computer World era.

                                                                                                As you would expect from the man responsible for co-writing such Kraftwerk masterpieces and musical compositions - that have gone on to shape the current musical world as we know it, electronic or otherwise - as 'The Model', 'The Robots', 'Numbers' or 'Pocket Calculator' Communication contains plenty of melody-driven numbers that operate in a dual universe of pop and electronica or, perhaps most accurately, one in which both are one and the same. Narrated by the familiar sound of a vocoder, it's a record that feels propped up by the previous work of Bartos, his unmistakable tone and vision ever-present, but also one that intends to break free of that, a re-assessment of sorts. A record that embodies change in both a personal and wider context - the lead single 'Life' perhaps being the most perfect representation of this: "finally, I have to get on with my life" he sings. Lyrically it speaks volumes but sonically it almost seems to pay a return thank you to New Order in its breezy, harmonious yet infectious structure. New Order being a group clearly in admiration of Bartos' work in and out of Kraftwerk and also in which the pair (Bartos and Bernard Sumner) would work together under the guise of Electronic, along with Johnny Marr in 1996.

                                                                                                Bartos originally produced Communication between August 2002 and January 2003, together with engineer Mathias Black in his Hamburg studio. The concept however, he had already. Bartos noticed, around the turn of the century, the all-encompassing influence of digital media on society and his response was laying the groundwork in his mind for what would become Communication. Inspired by Andy Warhol's statement "In the future, everyone will be world famous for 15 Minutes" Bartos comments on the track '15 Minutes of Fame' on the growing celebrity culture of the time, triggered by casting shows, container formats, cookery programs etc. A period in which anyone could be famous for anything: singing, dancing, cooking, losing weight or holing up in a jungle to 'survive'.

                                                                                                The album still retains a sense of punch and relevance, whilst so much technology and culture from that period feels hideously antiquated now, Communication still has both a voice and a sonic charge to it that seems to nod to the Kraftwerk foundations he helped shape, the burgeoning dance scene of the period in which it was originally released and, most crucially and characteristically, with a view to the unknown future.

                                                                                                STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                Barry says: Essential reissue of this lost treasure from Karl Bartos. Seminal electronic beats and classic conceptualising seen so often in Kraftwerk records. Futuristic sounding beats, vocoded vocals and lush pads, with twee melodic phrases. A Master of his art, and still one of the greatest musicians around today.

                                                                                                Karl Bartos

                                                                                                The Cabinet Of Dr.Caligari

                                                                                                  Musician and writer Karl Bartos has long been admirer of Weimar-era culture. During his time in Kraftwerk, he helped create the stunning track 'Metropolis', directly inspired by a band viewing of the classic 1927 Fritz Lang film of the same name.

                                                                                                  The original orchestral music composed for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari by Giuseppe Becce had long been lost and in 2005, after watching the film, Bartos imagined what it would be like to create an entirely new one in the 21st Century in his home studios in Hamburg. Now with crystal clear images, digitally restored by the Friedrich-Wilhelm -Murnau-Foundation, the film is visually the best quality it has ever been, and now, with Bartos' soundtrack, there is impressive sound to go with the haunting vision. Narrative film music and sound design for Robert Wiene's classic 1920 psychological thriller.

                                                                                                  For the task, Bartos ransacked his own library of musical compositions, recreating pieces he had written as a young classical musician in his pre-Kraftwerk days whilst creating new sounds, melodies and textures. The intention was not simply to write a film score per se. This was to be an immersive listening experience with special sound effects to match the action as we enter the film as both spectator and participant. A creaking door, footsteps on gravel, the turning of pages in a ledger, a half-heard fragment of dialogue are seamlessly synchronised to the action on screen. By taking the characteristics of Expressionism in the arts, and transferring them into film making, a disturbing, distorted depiction of reality enwrapped and entrapped the viewer.

                                                                                                  The subjective replaces the objective. We are sucked into a parallel world lit in menacing chiaroscuro, where dimension, proportion and perspective are all off skew. From the convex polygon-shaped windows of precipitously sharp-inclined buildings to the surreally odd tables and chairs with long spindly legs to be found in preposterously small and oddly shaped rooms, alienating camera angles and impossible vanishing points, the town of Holstenwall in which much of the action takes place, is the world of the imagination, not the empirical world of our own eyes and ears. 'The cinema image must become an engraving,' the film's set designer Hermann Warm said. We can hear melodies that lie within the tradition of the Baroque Age of Bach, the early Romanticism of Mozart, the dissonance of Schoenberg, the unsettling metric play of Stravinsky and the harshly dramatic repetitions of Philip Glass.

                                                                                                  From outside of the classical tradition there is the folklorist bricolage of the fair- ground barrel organ tempered playfully by some psychedelic backwards musique concrete along with some melodies which would not have been out of place on a Kraftwerk album from the classic era. All the time the listener is on a journey, sounds move in and out, music weaves and entwines, the soundscape is immersive and intoxicatingly rich. It is music which is, by turns, beautiful, amusing, playful and profoundly dis- quieting and it is perfect fit for the aesthetic of era-jumping in the actual film. Dr. Caligari's action switches from the then present day to the past century and even further back before rebooting back to the imagined present. 'There's something about this film. No matter how often you watch it, it keeps its secrets. Who is mad and who is not always remains a question of interpretation,' says Bartos. The film remains an enigma, but now one with the soundtrack and soundscape it deserves.

                                                                                                  STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                  Barry says: It's a classic format isn't it, wise synth maestro crafts found-sound collage (in this instance it's his own 'lost sounds' that got 'found'), over classic psychological thriller. It's on Bureau B, and Karl Bartos and it's an absorbing and beautifully crafted listen. What's not to love.

                                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                  1. Prologue
                                                                                                  2. Scary Memories
                                                                                                  3. Atonal Floating
                                                                                                  4. Full Of Life
                                                                                                  5. In The Town Hall
                                                                                                  6. At The Funfair
                                                                                                  7. A Mysterious Crime
                                                                                                  8. At The Funfair 2
                                                                                                  9. The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari
                                                                                                  10. Jane's Theme
                                                                                                  11. March Grotesque 2
                                                                                                  12. Janeâs Theme 2
                                                                                                  13. Shadows
                                                                                                  14. Tragic Message
                                                                                                  15. Suspicion
                                                                                                  16. Tragic Message 2
                                                                                                  17. The Plan
                                                                                                  18. A Dark Figure
                                                                                                  19. Caligari's Theme
                                                                                                  20. Arrest Of The Suspect
                                                                                                  21. Caligari's Theme 2
                                                                                                  22. Worried Jane
                                                                                                  23. Interrogation
                                                                                                  24. Jane's Fear
                                                                                                  25. Francis's Observation
                                                                                                  26. Cesare's Attack And Escape
                                                                                                  27. Safe And Sound
                                                                                                  28. Francis At A Loss
                                                                                                  29. Caligari's Deception
                                                                                                  30. Lunatic Asylum
                                                                                                  31. In Search Of The Truth
                                                                                                  32. Out In The Field
                                                                                                  33. The Director Rants And Rages
                                                                                                  34. Scary Memories 2
                                                                                                  35. Who's Mad Here?
                                                                                                  36. Francis Rants And Rages
                                                                                                  37. Epilogue

                                                                                                  Karl Bartos

                                                                                                  The Sound Of The Machine : My Life In Kraftwerk And Beyond

                                                                                                    Some of the most beautiful, era-defining music has been co-composed by Karl Bartos. 'The Robots', 'Computer Love', 'Neon Lights', 'Tour De France' and Kraftwerk's 1982 number one single 'The Model' all contain his deft musical touch. For the first time, in The Sound of the Machine, Bartos speaks candidly and with wit and humour about his life in Kraftwerk, a band widely acknowledged as being one of the most important in modern music.

                                                                                                    In The Sound of the Machine, Karl vividly recalls what it was like to be in the Kling Klang studios during recording, describing the process and perfectly capturing the joy and passion of three people composing and recording. Now, with a successful solo career of 30 years, Karl Bartos recalls his post-war childhood, the amazement he felt on first hearing The Beatles, his first bands, his parallel career as a musician and teacher, his years with Kraftwerk, and his hopes and fears for today's musical culture. 'Full and frank disclosure of life in the world's most influential electronic band...

                                                                                                    Gary Bartz & Maisha

                                                                                                    Night Dreamer Direct-to-Disc Sessions - 2022 Repress

                                                                                                      The third release from Night Dreamer’s essential “Direct-to-Disc” sessions sees an incredible meeting between legendary US saxophonist Gary Bartz and leading UK spiritual jazz ensemble, Maisha, featuring two Bartz classics and three brand new joint songs written by both Bartz & Maisha in close collaboration.

                                                                                                      Having cut his teeth playing with the likes of Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Art Blakey and finally in 1970, Miles Davis at the peak of his electric period, Gary Bartz became a leading figure of the early-to-mid 70s spiritual jazz movement, releasing a string of ground-breaking albums on legendary NYC jazz label Prestige Records with his NTU Troop, featuring classics such as “Celestial Blues”, “Uhuru Dance” and “I’ve Known Rivers”, before collaborating on Blue Note Records with the Mizell Brothers on the anthemic jazz funk of “Music Is My Sanctuary”. An oeuvre much loved by soul jazzers and hip hop fans alike.

                                                                                                      Led by drummer Jake Long, Maisha have been central to the UK’s jazz explosion, and have fast become the UK’s most exciting and in-demand young spiritual jazz ensemble, from steller shows at Jazz re:freshed, Total Refreshment Centre & Church of Sound and supporting the Sun Ra Arkestra, to releasing their critically acclaimed debut LP, “There Is A Place” on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings in 2018. Theirs is an organic & explosive sound that blends influences from afrobeat and broken beat to Persian music, with a deep love and understanding of jazz, particularly the heritage of spiritual jazz led by titans such as Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane and of course, Gary Bartz.

                                                                                                      Which makes this collaboration even more special. Bartz was first invited to share a stage with Maisha by Gilles Peterson to headline the inaugural We Out Here festival. Their chemistry was rich and instantaneous, certainly a two-way street, with the young musicians reinvigorating the legend’s performance and wowing the intergenerational festival audience. A European tour followed, including a London Jazz Festival highlight at the Royal Festival Hall, celebrating the 50th anniversary of his album “Another Earth”, originally featuring fellow legends, Pharoah Sanders, Charles Tolliver, Stanley Cowell, and John Coltrane’s own bassist, Reggie Workman. Now the relationship has evolved into a special straight-to-disc recording for Night Dreamer Records, that captures the vitality of their collaboration. Whilst Bartz and Maisha reinvent classic Bartz compositions “Uhuru Sasa” and “Dr Follows Dance”, extending the pieces into long piece improvised grooves, their recording session gave birth to three brand new joint compositions, written the very same day. These include the propulsive “Leta’s Dance” that magically combines the Bartz’ soulful musical lyricism with Maisha’s African-jazz influences, and the organic jazz funk of “Harlem to Haarlem”, featuring a hot solo from guest trumpeter Axel Kaner-Lidstrom of Cykada & Levitation Orchestra fame.

                                                                                                      Like previous Night Dreamer efforts from afrobeat star Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, and the beautiful collaboration between Brazilian stars Seu Jorge & Rogê, the album was recorded in Haarlem’s Artone Studio, a stones throw from Amsterdam, in just one-take, straight-to-disc, avoiding postproduction embellishments and retaining the purity of the performance lost in modern recording techniques.

                                                                                                      This record really is an event, in and of itself, a meeting of talents, minds, generations and zeitgeist moments, captured in a unique and pure manner. The music does not disappoint, as Maisha have been inspired to reach new heights whilst we find Bartz truly reinvigorated, and both artists in tune to the spirit of the other.

                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                      A1 - Harlem To Haarlem
                                                                                                      A2 - The Stank
                                                                                                      B1 - Leta's Dance
                                                                                                      B2 - Uhuru Sasa
                                                                                                      B3 - Dr Follows Dance

                                                                                                      Gary Bartz, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad

                                                                                                      Jazz Is Dead 006

                                                                                                      The shadow that Gary Bartz casts over the last six decades of progressive Black music, and his continued dedication to same, makes him a logical and very welcome contributor to the Jazz Is Dead label. An alto saxophonist steeped in the history and tradition of his instrument who is also restlessly experimental and not prone to purism of any kind, he enjoys both the respect and admiration of his peers and the hero worship of several generations after him – including Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, which inevitably led to Gary Bartz JID 006.

                                                                                                      A look at his body of work reveals dalliances with bebop, hard bop, free jazz, spiritual jazz, soul jazz, jazz-funk, fusion and acid jazz, all while resolutely remaining unmistakably Gary Bartz. There's early work with Eric Dolphy and McCoy Tyner in Charles Mingus' Jazz Workshop, work with Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln, a stint in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, and also one with Miles. There's his groundbreaking and highly influential Ntu Troop albums of the early ‘70s and his jazz-funk work including two classic albums with the Mizell Brothers, one of which supplied A Tribe Called Quest with a sample that was smooth like butter. And while on the subject of samples, the Bartz catalog has provided hip-hop and other genres with a rich source of them, and artists who have gone to his well when producing beats also include Black Sheep, Jurassic 5, Casual, RPM, Warren G, Photek, Statik Selektah, Chi-Ali, 3rd Bass, Showbiz, ZTrip, Young Disciples, and many others.

                                                                                                      The socio-political content of much of Bartz’s work, particularly during the early ‘70s, is another factor that has captured the attention of and influenced many. He was wide awake to the pressing issues of his day, which sadly haven't changed much in a half-century—long before the term "woke" was ever coined—which adds continued relevance and resonance to albums like the two Harlem Bush Music LPs. Speaking his mind and expressing thoughts and feelings lyrically and vocally were a consistent aspect of his work during this era, but even with all this there's always still a space within Gary's oeuvre for the celebration of simple and beautiful basic truths. “Working with Gary Bartz epitomizes the ethos behind Jazz Is Dead,” says Younge. “He’s a luminary that has contributed so much to music culture, for decades. His musical ability is expanding with age and we’re honored to be a part of his world.”

                                                                                                      "Day By Day" brings Bartz full circle by placing him in a more modern context which he contributed to creating in the first place. It takes certain sonic cues from Muhammad's old group, A Tribe Called Quest, while also calling to mind neo-soul a little bit. But the icing on the cake is the unexpected and gorgeous vocal chorus which is like the sun coming out and which once again harks back to an element familiar to Mizell fans. With its propulsive bassline steadily prodding the track along, "The Message" is strongly rooted in classic ‘70s modal jazz and serves as the spiritual and emotional centerpiece of the album. The instrumental interplay and textures would have been perfectly at home on the Black Jazz label even though there's also a certain almost intangible postmodern, 21st century approach to that style, perfectly in keeping with Bartz's well-known tendency to look forward, not backwards.

                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                      A1. Spiritual Ideation
                                                                                                      A2. Visions Of Love
                                                                                                      A3. Black & Brown
                                                                                                      A4. Blue Jungles
                                                                                                      B1. Day By Day
                                                                                                      B2. Distant Mode
                                                                                                      B3. The Message
                                                                                                      B4. Soulsea

                                                                                                      Gary Bartz (alto & soprano sax, vocals) - Charles Mims (piano, syntheziser) - Curtis Robertson (electric bass, back vocals) - Howard King (drums). A fantastic live recorded in Bremen on 8th November 1975 set from reedman Gary Bartz – captured here with his ultra-hip NTU group – who you might know from their classic albums on Milestone in the 70s! 1 hour and 46 minutes of free and spiritual jazz.

                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                      1. Nation Time (Live)
                                                                                                      2. Ju Ju Man (Live)
                                                                                                      3. Medley: Rise / Celestial Blues / The Sounding Song / Incident / Uhuru Saga (Live)
                                                                                                      4. Peace And Love (Live)
                                                                                                      5. Sifa Zote (Live)
                                                                                                      6. I've Known Rivers (Live)
                                                                                                      7. Sweet Tooth

                                                                                                      Gary Bartz

                                                                                                      Music Is My Sanctuary / Carnaval De L'Esprit

                                                                                                      Major Keys return with another jazz funk gem that has never before been released on a 12 inch. We go back to 1977 for one of the era defining albums, Gary Bartz magnificent Music is My Sanctuary. The title track from the double Grammy award winning saxophonist’s LP is an evergreen floor filler, finally seeing it’s long overdue 12 inch debut; a remastered, high volume DJ’s delight. Featuring Syreeta Wright on vocals, Bill Summers & James Mtume on percussion with arrangement by the one and only Larry Mizell, we have an assembled players list at the top of their game. The lyrics, joyful and heartfelt sum up exactly what music means to people, all underpinned by that glorious sax. One for the Heads and the feet, it’s a record that you will go back to time and again.

                                                                                                      On the flip is the lesser known Carnaval De L'Esprit, a masterclass in jazz funk, this truly is the sunshine sound. It will lighten the weariest of souls and signals Major Keys as a buy on sight label.

                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                      A1. Music Is My Sanctuary
                                                                                                      B1. Carnaval De L'Esprit

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

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

                                                                                                      Julianna Barwick

                                                                                                      Healing Is A Miracle

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                                                                                        STAFF COMMENTS

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

                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

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

                                                                                                        Julianna Barwick

                                                                                                        The Magic Place - 2024 Reissue

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

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

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

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

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

                                                                                                          Barzin

                                                                                                          Voyeurs In The Dark

                                                                                                            Four years in making, Voyeurs In the Dark is Toronto artist Barzin’s fifth studio album. That the album is more cinematic in its scope and conceptual in feel than his previous studio albums can be attributed to the time he spent over the past several years composing the soundtrack for the independent film, Viewfinder. Voyeurs In the Dark retains that cinematic quality, and at the same time infuses the music with elements taken from Jazz, electronica, rock and pop. Having primarily explored the quiet side pop and folk in his previous four albums, Barzin has expanded his musical palate, broadening his sound towards a more an experimental direction, while still retaining his preoccupation with exploring the internal landscape. The uniformity of sound that characterized the previous albums has been abandoned for the expression of differing aspects of the self that at times hold opposing views and desires.

                                                                                                            This is best represented in the image chosen for the cover of the album, which depicts three figures in one body. The album seems to be the expression of not one unified self, but the various aspects of the self. Voyeurs In the Dark sees the artist plot a seductive, contemplative route through city haze, shuttling between graceful glimmering interludes, with wonderfully atmospheric songs at every stop. From opener Voyeurs In the Dark’s first guitar strums and the fizz of its drum machine, the record envelopes itself in a glorious shadow, as shown in the slow waltz of I Don’t Want To Sober Up, dancing around its own swirling guitar chords. On Watching, Barzin plunges himself deeper into a wash of cyclic bass, guitar and synth riffs, as the gloom grooves into light. It’s Never Too Late To Lose Your Life has a much more affirming and urgent tone, shade turning into shapes and motion, while To Be Missed In the End builds its own smoke in a cloud of saxophone and sparse guitar notes, closing out a record full to the brim with scatterbrain beauty and eclectic dusk.

                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                            1. Voyeurs In The Dark
                                                                                                            2. Born Yesterday
                                                                                                            3. Knife In The Water
                                                                                                            4. Watching
                                                                                                            5. Golden Stairs
                                                                                                            6. I Don’t Want To Sober Up
                                                                                                            7. Impossible Voice
                                                                                                            8. It’s Never Too Late To Lose Your Life
                                                                                                            9. Forever Arriving
                                                                                                            10. To Be Missed In The End
                                                                                                            11. Distant Memories

                                                                                                            Bas Jan

                                                                                                            Baby U Know - 2023 Reissue

                                                                                                              Limited edition red vinyl reissue with DL card of the agit pop four-piece’s second album, Baby U Know. A heady collision of Raincoats-esque indie and ESG-paced rhythms fed through a kaleidoscopic pagan folk filter. The follow up to their critically acclaimed 2018 debut Yes I Jan, this release is a wordy slice of state-of-the-art social commentary wrapped in a perfectly-balanced soundscape that veers from funky minimalism to baroque dream pop.

                                                                                                              With a hint of Ari Up styled vocals backed by a harmonious chorus of concern touching on everything from incantations, essential causes and systematic shopping, all underpinned by a raking violin and bewitching electronic hum.

                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                              Side A
                                                                                                              A1 Progressive Causes
                                                                                                              A2 Sex Cult
                                                                                                              A3 All Forgotten
                                                                                                              A4 My Incantations, Herbs & Art Have Abandoned Me
                                                                                                              A5 Vision Of Change
                                                                                                              Side B
                                                                                                              B1 Shopping In A New City
                                                                                                              B2 You Have Bewitched Me
                                                                                                              B3 Baby You Know
                                                                                                              B4 Too Good To Be True
                                                                                                              B5 Profile Picture – OTO Version

                                                                                                              Bas Jan

                                                                                                              Back To The Swamp

                                                                                                                Bas Jan return with a polished and poignant collection of perfectly-crafted pop songs that retains their authentic indie edginess. ‘Back To The Swamp’ is a heady tussle between their incorrigible DIY ethics and new responsibilities.

                                                                                                                Serafina Steer, Charlotte Stock, Emma Smith and Rachel Horwood cast an examining eye over modern times, lost love, Tarot intuition and long days in an everyday swamp. Awash with lush chorale effects, orchestral hewn loops, pin sharp electronic beats and sublime harmonies. Back To The Swamp is filled with thought-provoking stories, it’s a reflective worldview. It’s a polished and poignant collection of perfectly-crafted pop songs that retains their authentic indie edginess.

                                                                                                                These new studio recordings feature more accomplished pop production; filled with cerebral one-liners that pluck at the senses. And, there’s a nod to an eclectic mix of influences; The Pet Shop Boys, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Kate Bush, Heaven 17 and Jon Hassell by way of Brian Eno.

                                                                                                                Witches, Tarot readings, road signs, Salt-N-Pepa namechecks and a river all cried out, welcome to the swamp…

                                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                SIDE A
                                                                                                                A1 At The Counter
                                                                                                                A2 No More Swamp
                                                                                                                A3 Credit Card
                                                                                                                A4 Ding Dong
                                                                                                                A5 Margaret Calvert Drives Out
                                                                                                                SIDE B
                                                                                                                B1 Back To The Swamp
                                                                                                                B2 Singing Bar
                                                                                                                B3 Cried A River
                                                                                                                B4 Tarot Card

                                                                                                                Basement 5

                                                                                                                In Dub

                                                                                                                  Partly formed out of the Art Department of London's Island Records HQ in 1978, Basement 5 were an innovative and highly original black post punk group who created a kind of politically charged, futurist dub. Their lyrics were an attempt to reflect the situation of young people in Britain in the era of Thatcherism, high unemployment, strikes, racism and working class poverty. The seething resentment, dub noise and sheet metal riffage was welded into a mighty sound by Hannett that stands the test of time.

                                                                                                                  In an unparalleled age of crate digging and reissue programs, Basement 5 is one of the few remaining great untold stories of its time. Vinyl has been out of print for over 30 years. 

                                                                                                                  “You have to play it very loud to enjoy it fully. It was the most difficult production, I must say, the heaviest. It was eighteen degrees in the shade, the end of August. As I recall it has been the most physical album that I’ve ever done. Made me feel like I’d been carrying bricks around. Heavy work. Putting the bass lines in the right place. But it was good.” - Martin Hannett, 1981

                                                                                                                  Basement Jaxx

                                                                                                                  Crazy Itch Radio

                                                                                                                    "Crazy Itch Radio" certainly scratches the spot, with Simon Ratcliffe and Felix Buxton swerving from all-out drama on the operatic intro straight into the jet-packed kaleidoscopic pop of the future hit single "Hush Boy" which features live collaborator Vula Malinga, last heard on "Oh My Gosh". Rammed up next, "Take Me Back To Your House" is a sexy, energetic moment of what they're calling 'banjo house'. There's also Balkan folk woven into vocals from Swedish pop sensation Robyn on "Hey U", a hyper grime tune cussing vain boys from East London's Lady Marga, titled "Run 4 Cover" (previewed on one of their Stop label 10"s), and "Lights Go Down", a Wil Malone-scored beauty with legendary British singer Linda Lewis.

                                                                                                                    Basement Jaxx

                                                                                                                    Kish Kash

                                                                                                                      The Jaxx are back with an LP packed to the brim with punk-electro-soul-funk-house-clash joints that switch effortlessly between in-yer-face pogo-disco and sneaky under-your-skin melody. There's a wide ranging set of guests, including Siouxsie Sioux (playing bagpipes...only joking!), Meshell N'degeocello, Dizzee Rascal, Lisa Kekaula, JC Chasez etc.

                                                                                                                      Basement Jaxx

                                                                                                                      Kish Kash - 2023 Reissue

                                                                                                                        The third BASEMENT JAXX album KISH KASH features an array of stellar guest vocalists including punk icon Siouxsie Sioux on the title track, London grime superstar Dizzee Rascal on “Lucky Star”, the mighty pipes of Rock n’ Soul diva Lisa Kekaula (of LA”s “The Bellrays” ) on “Good Luck” and rounds off with the mellow tones of Meshell Ndegeocello.

                                                                                                                        Released on XL Recordings in 2004, the album subsequently won the inaugural GRAMMY award for “Best Dance/Electronic Album” and was nominated for the UK’s prestigious Mercury Prize.

                                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                        A1. Good Luck (ft. Lisa Kekaula)
                                                                                                                        A2. Right Here’s The Spot (ft. Meshell Ndegeocello)
                                                                                                                        A3. Petrilude
                                                                                                                        A4. Supersonic Ft. Totlyn Jackson
                                                                                                                        B1. Benjilude
                                                                                                                        B2. Lucky Star (ft. Dizzee Rascal)
                                                                                                                        B3. Plug It In (ft. JC Chasez)
                                                                                                                        C1. Living Room
                                                                                                                        C2. Cish Cash (ft. Siouxsie Sioux)
                                                                                                                        C3. Tonight (ft. Phoebe)
                                                                                                                        D1. Hot ‘n’ Cold
                                                                                                                        D2. Cosmolude
                                                                                                                        D3. If I Ever Recover
                                                                                                                        D4. Feels Like Home (ft. Meshell Ndegeocello)

                                                                                                                        Basement Jaxx

                                                                                                                        Remedy - 2023 Reissue

                                                                                                                          Remedy is Basement Jaxx’s joyous debut album from 1999. It was one of the most assured, propul-sive full-lengths the dance world had seen since Daft Punk’s Homework. A set of incredibly diverse tracks, Remedy is indebted to the raw American house of Todd Terry and Masters at Work, and even shares a penchant for Latin vibes (especially on the horn-driven “Bingo Bango” and the opener, “Rendez-Vu,” which trades a bit of salsa wiggle with infectious vocoderized disco).

                                                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                          A1. Romeo
                                                                                                                          A2. Breakaway
                                                                                                                          A3. SFM
                                                                                                                          B1. Jus 1 Kiss
                                                                                                                          B2. Broken Dreams
                                                                                                                          B3. I Want U
                                                                                                                          C1. Get Me Off
                                                                                                                          C2. Where’s Your Head At
                                                                                                                          D1. Do Your Thing
                                                                                                                          D2. Freakalude
                                                                                                                          D3. Crazy Girl
                                                                                                                          D4. All I Know

                                                                                                                          Basement Jaxx

                                                                                                                          Rooty - 2023 Reissue

                                                                                                                            Named after their infamous Brixton club night, Basement Jaxx’s second album Rooty saw Basement Jaxx continue to push the boundaries of pop and club music. The album mixes classic house with generous lashings of punk, funk, R&B, jazz, hip hop, 2-step and pop song-craft in a mad genre crash that works like a charm. It features the massive tracks “Where’s Your Head At”, “Romeo” and “Do Your Thing”.

                                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                            A1. Romeo
                                                                                                                            A2. Breakaway
                                                                                                                            A3. SFM
                                                                                                                            B1. Jus 1 Kiss
                                                                                                                            B2. Broken Dreams
                                                                                                                            B3. I Want U
                                                                                                                            C1. Get Me Off
                                                                                                                            C2. Where’s Your Head At
                                                                                                                            D1. Do Your Thing
                                                                                                                            D2. Freakalude
                                                                                                                            D3. Crazy Girl
                                                                                                                            D4. All I Know

                                                                                                                            Basement Jaxx

                                                                                                                            Scars

                                                                                                                              Basement Jaxx are back with their fifth long player, "Scars". The set features a host of special guests including Yoko Ono, Sam Sparro, Santigold, Kelis and Chipmunk, and is as innovative in its sound as it is in its vision. Their sound still remains as urgent and as impactful as ever – there's no need for Basement Jaxx to try and embrace any kind of retro outlook to their music. From the Top 20 smash hit summer anthem of "Raindrops" featuring Felix's twisted vocals, to the string-drenched, grime-esque title track "Scars2 and the gorgeous "My Turn", which features Lightspeed Champion on vocals, Basement Jaxx deliver an album that outshines any dance act in the UK.

                                                                                                                              Basement Jaxx

                                                                                                                              The Singles

                                                                                                                                Six years, three top five albums, numerous stellar collaborations, countless globetrotting technicolour punk carnival live appearances – now, on CD, XL bring us Basement Jaxx: "The Singles". Spanning everything from the proto punk garage of early hit "Flylife" to the Motown monster that is "Good Luck", taking in worldwide smashes like "Red Alert", "Where's Your Head At", "Rendez Vu" and "Romeo". Where most greatest hits albums fall down at least once there can be no argument that this collection delivers the bangers and nothing but.

                                                                                                                                Basement Revolver

                                                                                                                                Heavy Eyes

                                                                                                                                  Heavy Eyes is the debut album from Canadian indie-rock trio Basement Revolver. There’s an air of weariness pervading the album, with the sleepy title Heavy Eyes summing up a general exhaustion right down to the bone, as well as hinting at a heavier direction as they deftly merge 90s infused indie rock with fuzzy dreamy pop and poignant, yearning lyrics. Unable to disguise the emotion in her voice, songwriter Chrisy Hurn shares intimate stories and personal wounds from her past, revealing a deeply affecting and rewarding set of songs.

                                                                                                                                  Bringing together the talents of Chrisy Hurn (vocals, guitar), Nimal Agalawatte (bass, synth) and Brandon Munro (drums), the band hail from Hamilton, Ontario and were named Basement Revolver due to Chrisy’s basement apartment, rather than any trigger happy leanings. Their ascent to the spotlight has been a steady trajectory, capitalising on the success of their debut single “Johnny” in 2016. The track garnered endorsements from DIY Magazine and Exclaim! as well as respected tastemakers Gold Flake Paint, who hailed it a “‘favourite song of the year” contender. They had stumbled across a sound that is capable of stripping listeners of inhibition, yet heavy hitting enough to leave a lasting impression.

                                                                                                                                  On the back of “Johnny”, they were signed by Memphis Industries’ UK sub-label fear of missing out records, who released their debut self-titled EP in 2016 with “Johnny” and their second single “Words” reaching the higher echelon of the Hype Machine chart and the EP flagged up in several end of year lists. They followed this up with the Agatha EP in 2017 where the single “Bread & Wine” reached the B-list on Radio BBC 6 Music and also garnered support from John Kennedy at Radio X. The band have racked up over one million plays on Spotify across the two EPs.

                                                                                                                                  In a relatively short time, Basement Revolver have successfully encapsulated the yearning and hopefulness of their generation, whilst harnessing a unique, yet familiar soundscape.

                                                                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                  1. Baby
                                                                                                                                  2. Johnny
                                                                                                                                  3. Dancing
                                                                                                                                  4. Friends
                                                                                                                                  5. Knocking
                                                                                                                                  6. Johnny Pt. 2
                                                                                                                                  7. Words
                                                                                                                                  8. Wait
                                                                                                                                  9. Tree Trunks
                                                                                                                                  10. You’re Okay
                                                                                                                                  11. Heavy Eyes
                                                                                                                                  12. Diamonds

                                                                                                                                  Kishi Bashi

                                                                                                                                  Emigrant EP

                                                                                                                                    Recommended If You Like: Regina Spektor, Dolly Parton, Fleet Foxes (or something like Fleet Foxes), Jeff Tweedy, Dougie Poole, The idea of Kishi Bashi going Americana.

                                                                                                                                    Over the last several years, the critically acclaimed composer and adventurous multi-instrumentalist Kishi Bashi has travelled frequently to Montana and Wyoming to work on Omoiyari, a “song film” about Japanese internment during WWII. The experience was potent for Kishi Bashi, who conducted research for the film (and 2019 album of the same name) by speaking to internment camp incarcerees and descendents. These conversations led to him reflecting on his own identity as a Japanese-American while laying the foundation of his forthcoming Emigrant EP.

                                                                                                                                    Along with the brutal history and harsh climate of the American West, Kishi Bashi also sensed a hope and potential, compassion, and resilience. In Emigrant EP, he celebrates these qualities. Arranged and recorded over the last year, the six tracks serve as a time capsule of the 2020 condition and a continuation of the concepts explored in Omoiyari. What’s more, they find Kishi Bashi rewriting musical tradition in the image of his own experience, further embracing his love for roots music and violin fiddling. Meditating on the anxieties of the COVID-19 pandemic, the comforts of nature, the pains of resource-fueled conflicts, and the resiliency that emerges from struggle, Emigrant EP is steeped in the past while it looks to the future. “I want to understand the history, but also dive in and really try to humanize it,” he says. “I’m trying to show how we’re all the same type of human being. We have the same desires and needs, to protect our loved ones and also to celebrate the everyday.”

                                                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                    1 Cascades
                                                                                                                                    2 Wait For Springtime
                                                                                                                                    3 Laughing With
                                                                                                                                    4 Early Morning Breeze
                                                                                                                                    5 Those Days Are Gone
                                                                                                                                    6 Town Of Pray

                                                                                                                                    Kishi Bashi

                                                                                                                                    Kantos

                                                                                                                                      The latest full-length from Kishi Bashi, 'Kantos' is a work of exquisite duality: a party album about the possible end of humanity as we know it, at turns deeply unsettling and sublimely joyful. In a sonic departure from the symphonic folk of his critically lauded 2019 LP 'Omoiyari' a career-defining body of work born from his intensive meditation on the mass incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II the Seattle-born singer/songwriter/producer’s fifth studio album encompasses everything from Brazilian jazz and ’70s funk to orchestral rock and city pop (a Japanese genre that peaked in the mid-’80s). Informed by an equally kaleidoscopic mix of inspirations the cult-classic sci-fi novel series Hyperion Cantos, the writings of 18th century enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant, a revelatory trip to ancient ruins on the island of Crete Kantos ultimately serves as an unbridled exaltation of the human spirit and all its wild complexities.

                                                                                                                                      During the earliest stages of creating songs for the album, Ishibashi’s main intent was to return to his highly eclectic musical roots, in part by tapping into his jazz background and by delving into the dance-rock-leaning sensibilities he previously embraced as co-founder of Brooklyn-bred indie band Jupiter One. But not too long into the songwriting process, he stumbled upon an AI-equipped website capable of composing catchy song hooks based on a Prompt a turn of events that quickly catalyzed the existential inquiry at the heart of 'Kantos'.

                                                                                                                                      Although his ruminations on AI, transhumanism, and humanity’s troubled fate indelibly guided the making of Kantos, Ishibashi nonetheless views the album as “less of a warning about this kind of hubris but more a celebration of the very characteristics that make us human: desire, passion, empathy, and love.” “If there’s anything I want people to come away with when they hear this record, it’s a feeling of excitement about the possibilities of human-created art,” he says. “Even as we’re learning more about all the amazing things AI can do, I think humans will always be one step ahead in terms of our creativity and innovation. There’s still no limit to what we have to offer.”

                                                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                      1. Violin Akai
                                                                                                                                      2. Chiba Funk
                                                                                                                                      3. Late Night Comic
                                                                                                                                      4. Colorful State
                                                                                                                                      5. Escape From Knossos
                                                                                                                                      6. Icarus IV
                                                                                                                                      7. Hollywood Intermission
                                                                                                                                      8. Lilliputian Chop
                                                                                                                                      9. Analógico Brasil
                                                                                                                                      10. Make Believe
                                                                                                                                      11. Call It Off
                                                                                                                                      12. Tokyo Love Story (Love Story Wa Totsuzen Ni)

                                                                                                                                      Kishi Bashi

                                                                                                                                      Music From The Song Film: Omoiyari

                                                                                                                                        RIYL: Ra Ra Riot, Thao, Regina Spektor, Andrew Bird, Typhoon.

                                                                                                                                        "Omoiyari" means to have empathy and consideration for others, and act on it. This fall, the American indie-folk multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Kishi Bashi is set to release the companion album to his forthcoming documentary song film, titled Music from the Song Film: Omoiyari. Consisting of two LPs "The Songs" and "The Score" the release showcases what is essentially the soundtrack to Omoiyari, the feature-length motion picture co-directed by Kishi Bashi, aka Kaoru Ishibashi or "K," which is being released via MTV Documentary Films in November.

                                                                                                                                        Focusing on K's own six-year journey of discovery surrounding his research of the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans that followed the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the film is part social justice documentary and part song-film experiment. The album includes K's live improvisations, which are featured in the documentary, many recorded on the sites where the concentration camps stood. Written during and about the artist's transformational dive into his personal identity and serving as a broad survey of the Japanese American experience as well as the incarceration Music from the Song Film: Omoiyari serves as an evocative musical accompaniment to the lessons of empathy and compassion portrayed in the film and highlights the process and power of one of modern indie's most talented musicians. 

                                                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                        Intro At The Piano
                                                                                                                                        Red, White, And Blue
                                                                                                                                        Improvisation At Heart Mountain
                                                                                                                                        Summer Of ‘42 (orchestral Edition)
                                                                                                                                        Improvisation In The Root Cellar
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                                                                                                                                        Robbie Basho

                                                                                                                                        Snow Beneath The Belly Of A White Swan: The Lost Live Recordings

                                                                                                                                          It has been said that Robbie Basho's art was strongest in concert. To what extent the experience can be reconstituted is uncertain. Whatever the case, 'Snow Beneath the Belly of a White Swan' is the mother lode of Basho live recordings. On these five discs we are treated to some remarkable pieces that have never been published, as well as surprising renditions of old favourites. Compiled from Basho’s sprawling personal collection of master tapes (discovered during the production of Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho), and potentially encompassing his entire career, this edition represents a live companion to the studio set Song of the Avatars: The Lost Master Tapes (Tompkins Square, 2020). While the tapes have (in the main) survived incredibly well over the decades (against the odds), please note that some previously unpublished tracks with subpar to poor fidelity have been included.

                                                                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                          CD1:
                                                                                                                                          1.Chung Mei - The Chinese Orchid
                                                                                                                                          2. Some Summer Day
                                                                                                                                          3. Sligo River Blues
                                                                                                                                          4. Autumn Nocturne
                                                                                                                                          5. In The Meadows
                                                                                                                                          6. Snow Beneath The Belly Of A White Swan

                                                                                                                                          CD2:
                                                                                                                                          1. The Falconer's Arm
                                                                                                                                          2. Himalayan Highlands
                                                                                                                                          3. The Golden Shamrock
                                                                                                                                          4. Bear Medicine
                                                                                                                                          5. Charles Ives Paints Modern America
                                                                                                                                          6. Portrait Of Fahey As A Young Dragoon

                                                                                                                                          CD3:
                                                                                                                                          1. Song Of God
                                                                                                                                          2. Kowaka D'Amour
                                                                                                                                          3. Pasha
                                                                                                                                          4. Cathedrals Et Fleur De Lis
                                                                                                                                          5. Cantos California

                                                                                                                                          CD4:
                                                                                                                                          1. Green River Suite
                                                                                                                                          2. California Raga
                                                                                                                                          3. Silver Curls
                                                                                                                                          4. The Lady She Is A Waiting
                                                                                                                                          5. Chaconne Fandango
                                                                                                                                          6. Song Of The Stallion
                                                                                                                                          7. A North American Raga (The Plumstar)

                                                                                                                                          CD5:
                                                                                                                                          1. Eagle Sails The Blue Diamond Waters
                                                                                                                                          2. Kateri Tekakwitha
                                                                                                                                          3. Orphan's Lament
                                                                                                                                          4. A Song Of Kings
                                                                                                                                          5. Moon Milk
                                                                                                                                          6. Wonder Song

                                                                                                                                          Bashy

                                                                                                                                          Being Poor Is Expensive

                                                                                                                                            Being Poor is Expensive was produced by Toddla T and Bashy, with additional production by Benji B, PRGSHN, and Aaron Levy. Recorded at Steeze Factory, West London, with final studio sessions completed in late 2023, it is an 11-track tribute to coming of age in Bashy’s corner of the city, a breath-taking portrait of the roads, homes, trials and tribulations that shaped his generation. It is the sound of North West London, and a moving homage to the many migrations and journeys that came before him.

                                                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                            1.The London Borough Of Brent
                                                                                                                                            2.Sweet Boys Turned Sour
                                                                                                                                            3.Being Poor Is Expensive
                                                                                                                                            4.On The Rise
                                                                                                                                            5.Blessed (feat. Skrapz And Haile)
                                                                                                                                            6.Made In Britain
                                                                                                                                            7.How Black Men Lose Their Smile
                                                                                                                                            8.Lost In Dreams (feat. Roses Gabor)
                                                                                                                                            9.Sticky
                                                                                                                                            10.Earthstrong
                                                                                                                                            11.Midnight In Balans

                                                                                                                                            Bulat teamed-up with friend and collaborator Jim James of My Morning Jacket on the album’s production, driving 600 miles from her home in Montreal to La La Land recording studio in James’ hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. Bulat originally met James backstage at the Austin City Limits music festival; the two reconnected when she toured with him in the summer of 2013 and became friends. Good Advice is a departure from Bulat’s previous work, with her voice backed up by drums, bass, electric guitar and keys. James plays electric guitar, synth, saxophone and bass on the album; further Louisville guests including members of Houndmouth, Twin Limb, Seth Kauffman of Floating Action and more also join Bulat.

                                                                                                                                            “Pop songs can take all those big statements and those big feelings that you have,” Bulat says. “You don't need to necessarily have everything so detailed because everybody understands. Everybody understands those feelings.” “Basia has something truly unique,” says James. The duo recorded the album over several visits Bulat made to Kentucky. “I knew immediately that it was the exact right place to be,” says Bulat. “To go so far from home, then to find that it felt like home.”
                                                                                                                                            Of the sessions, James recalls, “The entire process was so amazing. Hearing her voice just exploding out of her soul brought us all to tears in the control room. Watching Basia come out of her shell with great power was an extraordinary thing to witness.”

                                                                                                                                            Good Advice follows Bulat’s critically acclaimed Juno and Polaris Music Prize-nominated 2013 release, Tall Tall Shadow, which The Line of Best Fit calls “a brilliant and engaging pop record” and the Austin Chronicle praises for its “lovely, spectral musing that balances indulgence with homespun tendencies.” In the two years since, Bulat has played shows across North America and Europe with Sufjan Stevens, Destroyer, Daniel Lanois, Bahamas and more.

                                                                                                                                            Since the release of her debut album, Oh My Darling, Bulat has shared the stage with artists including Arcade Fire, The National, Nick Cave, St. Vincent, Beirut, Andrew Bird, Tune-Yards, Sondre Lerche, The Tallest Man on Earth, The Head and the Heart, Owen Pallett, Devotchka and many more. Known for her talents on little-known instruments including the autoharp and charango, Bulat has also been tapped for tributes to Leonard Cohen and The Band.

                                                                                                                                            STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                                            Millie says: ‘Good Advice’ is a breath-taking album which is filled with heartache. It begins with her deep soulful voice, it’s bold and resolute then the end of the album shows us an enchanting whimsical finish (the song Someday Soon especially) It’s very emotional; you need to listen to it!

                                                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                            1. La La Lie
                                                                                                                                            2. Long Goodbye
                                                                                                                                            3. Let Me In
                                                                                                                                            4. In The Name Of
                                                                                                                                            5. Time
                                                                                                                                            6. Good Advice
                                                                                                                                            7. Infamous
                                                                                                                                            8. Fool
                                                                                                                                            9. The Garden
                                                                                                                                            10. Someday Soon

                                                                                                                                            Basic Rhythm follows up his album 'On The Threshold' with an EP that lays out the explicit connections between hardcore and footwork. A connection made even clearer by the inclusion of a rare remix by Chicago footwork originator RP Boo. "2 Da Core"'s punchy rolling drums are levelled up against rough samples and a vocal hook pitched up and down in classic hardcore style. "Get Up" runs a tubby bass under hazy vocal samples and weird sound effects. RP Boo's remix of "2 Da Core" disassembles the track into pieces, building a stalking helicopter-like rhythm which plays hide and seek with the samples, while the closing track "Nuh Ramp" rounds off the EP with tumbling micro-edited rhythms and a melody built from small colourful sounds that draw on the Caribbean roots of this music. 

                                                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                            A1. Da Core
                                                                                                                                            A2. Get Up
                                                                                                                                            B1. Da Core (RP Boo Remix)
                                                                                                                                            B2. Nuh Ramp

                                                                                                                                            Basic Rhythm

                                                                                                                                            Cool Down The Dance

                                                                                                                                              Basic Rhythm returns to his Jungle roots for his final release with Planet Mu. Harking back to the golden era of the mid 90s, but with a contemporary slant, Basic Rhythm hands in three dance floor killers, with a remix from the grim reaper himself, Loxy. The titular track, Cool Down The Dance, opens with a jittery fragmented drum pattern and wooshing stereo effects, lending a slightly disorienting feel to the intro before the well known vocal refrain leads into a monster amen drop. Deep subs, amen breaks and steely stabs roll out this dance floor banger.

                                                                                                                                              This is followed up with an absolute behemoth of a track. Horse Mout’ utilises an infamous vocal sample in a fresh way, building upon the intro with waves of dubwise effects before launching into a devastating onslaught. With support from scene stalwarts DJ Storm and Flight this one has been smashing up dance floors! The third track is a remix of Cool Down The Dance by Loxy, bringing his inimitable cool production style to the fore, stripping away the amen layers to reveal something for the darker corners of the dance. One for the head noders and the eyes down crew. The final track, Satta, is a nod to the dub of Augustus Pablo, King Tubby, and On U Sound. A slow boiling minimal intro that drops into the extreme minimalism of just a kick drum and sub bass line belies the swagger of the eventual drop. Swinging drums in an almost military pattern tumble and stagger around the core line of kick drum and sub bass, lending this an almost drunken air.

                                                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                              A:

                                                                                                                                              1/Cool Down The Dance
                                                                                                                                              2/Horse Mout'

                                                                                                                                              B:

                                                                                                                                              1/Cool Down The Dance (Loxy Remix)
                                                                                                                                              2/Satta 

                                                                                                                                              Anthoney Hart returns with his second Basic Rhythm album for Planet Mu. 'Electronic Labyrinth' is a maturing of his sound that draws a line under his work as Basic Rhythm thus far. The title itself conveys the overarching theme of the album, evoking the journey through a musical labyrinth that Hart has undertaken over the last 30 years or so, following a path through to the centre where these disparate strands have coalesced and solidified into a coherent whole.

                                                                                                                                              The underlying themes are of a more personal nature, intimated by the cover photo of St Fabian Tower where Hart first joined the now infamous Rude FM in the late 90s, the sometimes misleading directness of the track titles, as well as explicit references to books such as Wilson Harris’ Palace of the Peacocks, the ontological promiscuity of Harris’ writing mirrored here in Hart's own musical endeavours. What you end up with is an album that not only draws upon a wide range of influences from both the musical and literary worlds, intertwining them within a deeply personal context that imbues the music with a depth of meaning, but that is also somehow more coherent despite such a wide range of references and hidden meanings. It is at once both an album of subtexts open to interpretation, and a cohesive whole that fits together perfectly.


                                                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                              A:

                                                                                                                                              1/Craft
                                                                                                                                              2/Hayward Road
                                                                                                                                              3/Acid Track
                                                                                                                                              4/Larkin Around

                                                                                                                                              B:

                                                                                                                                              1/Electronic Labyrinth
                                                                                                                                              2/Techno
                                                                                                                                              3/Palace Of The Peacock
                                                                                                                                              4/The Secret Ladder

                                                                                                                                              BASIC

                                                                                                                                              This Is BASIC

                                                                                                                                                BASIC is a mind-meld between Chris Forsyth, his frequent running partner (and formidable 6-string thinker) Nick Millevoi, and Mikel Patrick Avery (Natural Information Society).

                                                                                                                                                "This Is BASIC", their debut album, is a complex and entrancing instrumental LP recasting forgotten scraps of guitar history into a moving mosaic of strings, skins and electronics.

                                                                                                                                                Taking inspiration (and their name) from the 1984 Robert Quine/Fred Maher album ("Basic"), Forsyth and Millevoi got together for a run of low-key jam sessions using an Alesis drum machine for rhythm tracks and forging a collaborative language from angular polyrhythms, pulsing baritone-guitar lines, and shimmering chorus-pedal washes (another stylistic nod, this time to the glistening post-punk of the Durutti Column and numerous 4AD bands).

                                                                                                                                                Avery was soon enlisted on drum kit a setup that quickly morphed into a single drum, bell, and a bespoke electronics rig of his own creation. The trio quickly flowered into an improvisational swirl of disorienting electronics, hypnotic throb, and dense flanged-guitar harmonics: three unique voices spinning a complex conversation of textures and rhythms.

                                                                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                For Stars Of The Air
                                                                                                                                                Nerve Time
                                                                                                                                                Positive Halfway
                                                                                                                                                Last Resort Of The Gambling Man
                                                                                                                                                Versatile Switch
                                                                                                                                                New Auspicious

                                                                                                                                                Basile3

                                                                                                                                                43°C

                                                                                                                                                  43°C, the debut LP by French electronic producer Basile3, is the result of a decade of cultivating a musical identity that focuses on hybridization, sonic recycling, and playfulness. The enigmatic title "43°C" signifies a haze of bliss (4+3=7, the producer's lucky number) backdropped by the ecological state of a world that’s grown slightly but surely warmer.

                                                                                                                                                  In this anticipation fiction, Basile3 offers a soundtrack that is an exploration of club music, electronica infused with r&b and ambient synths. The French producer warmly invites listeners to his state of mind, blooming with genre-bending floating soundscapes.

                                                                                                                                                  Featuring TelmaCappelo, Daisy Ray, Loydfears, Lucy Sissi Miller and Minor Science.

                                                                                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                  1. Wire Rise Feat. Lloydfears
                                                                                                                                                  2. Air Quality
                                                                                                                                                  3. Grateful, After All
                                                                                                                                                  4. U Stole The Summer
                                                                                                                                                  5. Secret Gathering
                                                                                                                                                  6. Love Machine Feat. Daisy Ray
                                                                                                                                                  7. 4Friends
                                                                                                                                                  8. My Window Feat. Lucy Sissy Miller
                                                                                                                                                  9. In The Clouds
                                                                                                                                                  10. Sirens Feat. Thelma Cappello
                                                                                                                                                  11. …And Tuning (Stereo Mix)

                                                                                                                                                  William Basinski

                                                                                                                                                  September 23rd

                                                                                                                                                    The first new release by iconic composer, William Basinski, since the hugely acclaimed Lamentations (2020). September 23rd is the first release in William Basinski's new Arcadia Archive series. Recorded in September 1982 in his first loft in the pre-gentrified DUMBO neighbourhood in Brooklyn, New York, September 23rd is a recently unearthed early entry in what has become a hugely inspirational and influential catalogue. Built from a piano piece that Basinski composed in high school in the mid-1970s, September 23rd quickly evolved into a vastly different work.

                                                                                                                                                    As Basinski explains: "The original piano recordings were made on a piano belonging to my downstairs neighbour, John Epperson – later known more famously as world-renowned drag artist, Lypsinka – at 351 Jay Street aka Casa Degli Artisti, our first loft in New York. It was recoded with a little portable (probably Radio Shack) cassette deck sitting on the piano as I improvised a piece I had been working on since high school. It was pretty terrible, but when I did the John Giorno/William Burroughs cut-up technique, suddenly I had something to put through the Frippertronics loop and feedback loop tape delay system – and boy did I get results. A very prolific time for a young, wacked-out queen in NYC."

                                                                                                                                                    “At its best, William Basinski’s music inspires the sort of rapturous testimony usually reserved for peak experiences, cult leaders and the dead.” – Pitchfork. 

                                                                                                                                                    STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                                                    Barry says: A wonderfully immersive piece from Basinski that has some of the hallmarks of his legendary 'Disintegration Loops' series, but with a more melancholic edge. Flickering echoes and building ambient washes coalesce together into a river of piano-adjacent echoes and barely perceptible atmospheres.

                                                                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                    1. September 23rd (40:11

                                                                                                                                                    Bass Clef

                                                                                                                                                    Dawn Chorus Pedal / You Don't Know Don’t Know You

                                                                                                                                                    Following his acclaimed LP on Punch Drunk ‘Reeling Sideways’, Ralph Cumbers' Bass Clef now joins other Bristol imprint Idle Hands and brings us two brand new tracks.

                                                                                                                                                    "Dawn Chorus Pedal" is a deep, acidic house track, but with one foot planted in the UK bass production soundscape; the combination of drum breaks lifted from the jazz sphere, a killer compressed electronic bassline and some lush synths will have you harking back to the early UK techno sound. "You Don't Know Don’t Know You" has more of a wonky-hop / fractured beats style. Stuttering, halfstep percussive breaks, sleazy bassline throbs and 8-bit synth lines are the order of the day here.


                                                                                                                                                    John Barrett returns with his second full length for LA label Innovative Leisure as Bass Drum of Death. Elevating Bass Drum of Death from the scrapheap of garage rock challengers fighting for attention, 'Rip This' is BDoD’s most impressive record yet, combining the best elements of the American rock underground with a raw approach that’s original and exciting.

                                                                                                                                                    Bass Drum of Death’s appeal has always transcended the band’s roots in the local Oxford, Mississippi touring circuit where John Barrett first cut his teeth. Since his debut 7-inch on Fat Possum back in 2008, he’s realised this potential again and again, most notably with his genre-bending collaboration with Odd Future’s Mellowhype and a slot on the infamous Vinewood Boulevard radio station on the GTA V videogame. But it’s with 'Rip This' that Barrett has really hit his stride.

                                                                                                                                                    The process has been markedly different throughout. For previous albums 'Bass Drum of Death' (Innovative Leisure, 2013) and 'GB City' (Inflated Records, 2011), Barrett wrote all the material himself at home and recorded it on a basic GarageBand setup. This time around, he enlisted drummer Len Clark as a fulltime member and collaborator and UMO bassist Jacob Portrait as producer. Over a two-week stint at Prairie Sun Studios in Sonoma County, California the trio created the first BDoD studio album.

                                                                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                    1: Electric
                                                                                                                                                    2: Left For Dead
                                                                                                                                                    3: For Blood
                                                                                                                                                    4: Everything's The Same
                                                                                                                                                    5: Sin Is In 10
                                                                                                                                                    6: Black Don't Glow
                                                                                                                                                    7: Burns My Eye
                                                                                                                                                    8: Lose My Mind
                                                                                                                                                    9: Better Days
                                                                                                                                                    10: Route 69 (Yeah)

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

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

                                                                                                                                                    Colin Bass

                                                                                                                                                    Acoustic Songs

                                                                                                                                                      An acoustic show recorded in Poland and featuring the Camel bassist on fine form in front of a rapturous audience.


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