The Light Sounds Dark saga continues! The crew explore more DIY electronics, new age electric shamanism and the cultish sampledelica usually reserved for the Finders Keepers label.

There's (unconfirmed) rumors online that much of the recent LSD output has been composed of original material alongside their unfathomably vast cosmic-excavation of strange and exotic music. There's certainly a new direction appearing from the sherm haze - synthesizer driven, reveling in lost atmospherics and appealing to occult fanatics throughout the various dimensions of existence. We love it.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Occultist electronic wizardry! Let Light Sounds Dark be your sprit guide. Sonic Datura from the cauldrons and caves ready to be glazed across your semi-permeable membranes - very big in Pendle right now!

23 track collection from London-based DIY new wave label, Dining Out Records, featuring a host of John Peel favourites filled with angst and invention. Featuring super rare eBay-friendly 45s from The Adicts, Normil Hawaiians, Club Tango, Farm Life, New Age and The Swinging Laurels, plus out there gems from The Twilight Zoners, Behaviour Red, Occult Chemistry, Spit Like Paint and The Insex, along with pert new pop from The Sinatras, The 50 Fantastics and Kan Kan, plus scheduled but unissued recordings from both The Disco Zombies and The Mysterons. Brimming with new wave artiness from primal electronic melodies to wonky pop, dishevelled funk riffs, drum-machines and analogue synths. The set features comprehensive sleeve-notes from original label owner now MOJO magazine’s Dave Henderson.

"Check The Water" is a double CD compilation celebrating 10 years of The Leaf Label. It marks the 100th release of the label, and includes many classics and hard-to-find tracks from the last 10 years, plus a couple of brand new exclusives from recent singings Volcano! and Sutekh. Among the 29 tracks are classics from the label's greatest successes, including Caribou, Susumu Yokota, Four Tet, Faultline, Efterklang, Murcof, Hanne Hukkelberg and Colleen.

“I like the drive as much as the scenery”. Buckle up as producer, DJ, and archivist Cherrystones (Gareth Goddard) takes you on a return trip to Critical Mass! Those in the know speak of Cherrystones alongside the finest curators and compilers of our time. Preferring to move in the shadows, you won’t find Cherrystones on every identikit summer festival line-up or playing the big bucks Discogs tease on social media. However, it is why you will find him as one of the most long-standing members of the NTS family - “the greatest ever to do it”, according to founder Femi Adeyemi. And it’s why a host of underground artists make the call to check out his legendary record vault when passing through town. Or maybe you will have caught him at ease for hours behind the decks in the corner of an intimate, dimly lit joint pulling out killer jam after killer jam...

Running parallel to his world renown for collecting, archiving and sharing the furthest-flung sounds, Goddard’s own productions and soundtracks have long been revered - recently scoring campaigns for Adidas, Stone Island and YMC. Self taught as a teenager on a range of instrumentation and DIY production/programming techniques, his work is driven by the original idea of punk as an aesthetic - a creative portal devoid of rules. He has a life-long obsession with the soundtrack and was also gripped early by a love of rap (a trusted MPC 2000 never far from his side). The channeling of context, underscore, timing and placement has always fuelled the distinctive flavour of Cherrystones’ output. This open-eared and open-armed approach is what makes ‘Critical Mass Vol.2’ another stunning compilation.

As Goddard states: “this is not a rare-for-rare-sake appendix of bands designed to showcase exclusivity and superiority”. These are tracks that have lived with him, and he has lived within, gathered over travels throughout Europe - living, DJ-ing, and creating. Five years on from the first volume, this eighteen track compilation once again fully outlines the breadth and possibility of the post-punk and new wave era. “Many of these artists fell by the wayside as underdogs or were just too ahead of their time. These selections have strong rhythmic undertones - percussively and tonally - and you can hear the subtle influence of dance music and the dance floor as a reference point.”

On our journey we hear hyped up punk-funk from the Netherlands in the form of Koneć, the cosmic synth-stomp of Daniele Baldelli approved Italians - Neon, the gonzo, outsider shrieks of England’s Loco Lotus, through to the dark, dance floor groove of Belgium’s Siglo XX and, of course, there’s a whole heap more outré excursions on the way.

“From one of the last true originals - a personal, passionate draft of a "scene" that could have been. As far as possible from diggers' wet dreams - most of the music here is/was hidden in plain sight. So take one step back and figure out what might have gone wrong." Vladimir Ivkovic.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Danse Society - Dolphins
2. A Primary Industry - Bled Dry
3. Paul Lemos - Hog Rhythm
4. Koneć - Hey
5. Die Form - Slow Love
6. Neon - My Blues Is You (Slow Dub)
7. The Neon Judgement - Antoine
8. Loco Lotus - Passage
9. New Asia - Double Gates
10. The Mud Hutters - Bowl Of Cherries
11. Martin Rössel & The Dum Dum Boys - Pablo Picasso
12. Flue - Some
13. Unknown Gender - The Beast
14. Vitor Hublot - Clip Eroclap
15. Concise - Lady Run
16. Siglo XX - Moving Creatures
17. JP 118 - Le Vieux Satrape
18. November Group - Night Architecture 

Hand Of Glory records asked twelve artists for an original Christmas song.

Here are twelve tracks that sum up the many experiences of Christmas, from lush widescreen pop (Webb Brothers), to sparkly Saturnalian disco (Mary Epworth) to dystopian Fall-esque horror (Extradition Order).

Other standout tracks include Young Knives’ dark medieval-esque ‘Low Carol’, Kiran Leonard’s sprawling proggy epic ‘Huygens probe’ and Papernut Cambridge’s charming and magical ‘93 Million And One’.

TRACK LISTING

Mary Epworth - The Wolf And The Woods
Young Knives - Low Carol
Extradition Order - Be A Ghost
The Count Of Chateau Noir - Awake Awake
Papernut Cambridge - 93 Million And One 
Citizen Helene - On Christmas Day
The Webb Brothers - Are You Coming Home For Christmas?
Kiran Leonard - Huygens Probe
Aliens Pat - Santa Fell Down The Chimney
Jon Epworth - Atheist
The Outdoor Types - The Unwritten Christmas Card
Richard Holley - Old Year’s Night

"Cinema Beer Buddy" is one of this year's most anticipated punk rock releases, the fifth in a successful series (such as 'Cinema Beer Nuts, Cinema Beer Belly' etc). The new compilation contains music videos by Jimmy Eat World, Midtown, Thursday, Thrice, Taking Back Sunday, A.F.I., Poison The Well, Stairwell, The Ataris, Audio Karate, Strung Out, Converge, Shadows Fall and The Lawrence Arms.

Astonishing, five LP boxset from CircoLoco. Featuring heavy-hitting releases from visionaries of every era of CircoLoco’s 20-year party history, including Carl Craig, tINI, Kerri Chandler, Rampa, Sama' Abdulhadi, and other icons, the acclaimed debut compilation album from CircoLoco Records is presented in matte full color sleeves with box artwork designed by TOILETPAPER.

With support from DJ’s worldwide and accolades including back-to-back Essential New Tune awards from BBC Radio 1’s Pete Tong for Seth Troxler’s “Lumartes,” and DJ Tennis’ “Atlanta,” Monday Dreamin’ has already carved out a unique place in the world of dance music having been featured in the digital world of Los Santos in Rockstar Games’ blockbuster Grand Theft Auto Online: Los Santos Tuners which also featured Monday Dreamin’ artist Moodymann as a new character in the world.

Monday Dreamin’ is the first project from the pioneering partnership between global club culture icons CircoLoco and the creators of some of the world’s most popular and critically acclaimed video games, Rockstar Games, a partnership aimed at elevating and supporting dance music through the collective power of the two entertainment brands.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Jam-packed and deliciously varied, all inclusive boxset from one of clubland's most notorious mainstays. A wildly regarded & infamous brand, known for having it large right across the board; and right across the world. This boxset should fill the gap if you're not off to the party isles this Summer...

TRACK LISTING

A1. Lost Souls Of Saturn & TOKiMONSTA - Revision Of The Past
A2. Moodymann - Keep On Coming Feat. CD
B. Luciano - Mantra For Lizzie
C1. Jamie Jones - Laser Lass
C2. Carl Craig - Forever Free
D1. Deichkind - Autonom (Dixon Edit)
D2. Adam Beyer - Break It Up
D3. Tale Of Us - Nova Two
E1. DJ Tennis - Atlanta
E2. Mano Le Tough - As If To Say
F1. Kerri Chandler - You
F2. Butch - Raindrops Feat. Kemelion
G1. Damian Lazarus - The Future Feat. Robert Owens
G2. Sama' Abdulhadi - Reverie
H1. Seth Troxler - Lumartes
H2. Margaret Dygas - Wishing Well
I1. Rampa - The Church
I2. TINI - What If, Then What? Feat. Amiture
J1. Red Axes - Calib
J2. Bedouin - Up In Flames

A glorious 2x LP / 2x CD gatefold double album resplendent with OBIs featuring some of the best examples of, until recently, a very underrated genre. Now of course, it's the hippest sound around.

Curated from the extensive Nippon Columbia catalogue by Japanese renaissance man Cunimondo Takiguchi, this compilation chronicles the hottest cuts from the most innovative originators of the City Pop genre.

It's the best bits from 70s and 80s funk, soul, disco, AOR, R&B and Pop; Tokyo's tastiest cocktail. Add to this Gearbox's famed high production values and quality control, and you have an early contender for Compilation of 2024.

"A deeply glamorous combination of penthouse glitz, exquisite studio smarts and razor-sharp musicianship...A glut of sophisticated pop pleasures" THE WIRE MAGAZINE, MARCH 2024.

TRACK LISTING

1. CARNATION - Edo River
2. Yakushi Nakanishi - Futari Bun No Atsui Yume
3. JADOES - STARDUST NIGHT
4. Keiko Kimurai - Don't Call Me On The Phone
5. Tomoki Kikuchi - Samugari
6. Yumi Seino - Mayonaka No Denwa
7. Takaki Horigome - Fuyu Kitari Naba
8. Midori Hara - Spacewalk
9. Emi Necozawa - Me Ni Mienai Mono
10. Nanako Sato - Umi Ni Ukabu Piano
11. Kyoko Furuya - Harumi Futo
12. Escalators - Fly High
13. Mitsuko Horie - Weekend Night
14. Namihiko Ohmura - Moonlight, Starlight
15. Chikako Ueno - Nostalgic Spaceman
16. Hiroshi Sato - F.W.Y.

Since launching in early 2020, Claremont 56’s Claremont Editions series has served up two impeccably curated and lovingly curated compilations of label rarities, unheard archive cuts and brand-new music. Two years on from the release of the second volume, C56 boss Paul Murphy has finally got round to compiling a third instalment, and as you’d expect it’s full of attractive, sun-soaked treats.

The set introduces us to a handful of label debutants. German collective Neumayer Station, a group who emerged from the same musical and social circle as existing Claremont 56 artists Fürstattl, contribute two cuts: ‘Unterführung’, an evocative, low-slung, reverb-laden fusion of krautrock and horizontal psychedelic dream-pop featuring Fürstattl’s Frank Mollena and Patrick Göbel, and the subtly jazz-flecked krautrock hypnotism of ‘Crossings’, a cut whose atmospheric intent and well-placed dub delays make it undeniably Balearic.

Speaking of Balearic, experienced musical daydreamer Mike Salta finally makes his Claremont 56 bow, joining forces with regular collaborator Marty Mortale on the deliciously tactile, warming, electric piano-sporting sunset shuffle of ‘Seashore Redemption’. The final new addition to the C56 family is Taichi Arakawa, the DJ/producer behind Japan’s Café Goofy. His track, ‘Ocean Sunrise’, is a gorgeously dreamy and kaleidoscopic shuffle through drifting synth-sax, slow-motion beats, immersive pads and layered synthesizer melodies.

As with its predecessors, Claremont Editions Volume Three also boasts fresh, unreleased material from label stalwarts. Jpye, whose Samba With You album was one of the label’s highlights of 2021, once again joins forces with regular collaborator Renato – and newcomer Michael T – to deliver a dose of club-ready Balearic samba smothered in glistening jazz guitar licks, lazy synth solos and languid electric piano licks (‘Va Là-Bas).

Ferdi Schuster, who released his sole album to date on the label back in 2019, offers up the pastoral, folksy and hand percussion-heavy brilliance of ‘The Fuzz Version’, while C56’s own in-house trio, Hillside (AKA Paul Murphy, Alex Searle and Patrick Dawes) deliver the utterly gorgeous and cinematic ‘Pole Vault’ – a delightful hat-tip to classic library music featuring brilliant brass and string arrangements from Michele Chiavarini.

Rounding off another excellent package are two remixes from the vaults: Bosq’s pitched-up, Latin-tinged Balearic jazz-funk interpretation of Hillside’s deeply personal and emotive ‘For Daniel’ (a revision previously only available digitally) and a previously unheard revision of Paqua’s ‘The Visitor’ from Idjut Boys’ Conrad McDonnell, a long-time friend of the label. His take is predictably magical and dubbed-out to the max, with Quinn Luke’s evocative vocals seemingly drifting above sparse, stripped-back beats, echoing guitars, hissing cymbals and hazy bass.

To complete the package, Claremont Editions Three features a specially commissioned cover painting from Andy Kehoe, an illustrator whose distinctively colourful, detailed and fantastical images are a perfect match for the vividly evocative music contained on the LP. 

TRACK LISTING

A1. Hillside - Pole Vault
A2. Hillside - For Daniel (Bosq Remix)
B1. Mike Salta & Mortale - Seashore Redemption
B2. Jpye & Renato - Va La-Bas (feat Michael T)
B3. Taichi Arakawa - Ocean Sunrise
C1. Neumayer Station - Crossings
C2. Paqua - The Visitor (Conrad's Love Shark Mix)
D1. Neumayer Station - Unterfuhrung
D2. Ferdi Schuster - The Fuzz Version

4 To The Floor is committed to delivering seminal house music to wax, making sought after heritage tracks readily available on vinyl for crate diggers to add to their collections. Now in its fifth edition, the series continues to raise the bar. The A-Side features two mixes of the mid-nineties Mood II Swing production ‘Living In Ecstasy’ by Fonda Rae. The R&B singer who was responsible for cult hits like ‘Touch Me’ delivers silky-smooth vocals that remain the focus in the opening Groove Mix, whereas JC’s Ecstasy Dub follows up with a rumbling bassline to deliver a club-focused version. On the flip we’re greeted by a slice of 2001 goodness with the Original Distant Music Mix of Jon Cutler featuring E-Man ‘It’s Yours’, a seminal house classic. Closing out the release is The Return’s ‘New Day’, originally released on Fourth Floor Records in 1999, twenty years later this sublime and emotive piece of house music history sounds fresh as ever. Classics Volume 5 is another record box essential delivered to you by 4 To The Floor.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Fonda Rae - Living In Ecstasy (The Groove Mix) 
A2. Fonda Rae - Living In Ecstasy (JC’s Ecstasy Dub) 
B1. Jon Cutler Featuring E-Man - It’s Yours (Original Distant Music Mix) 
B2. The Return - New Day (Original) 

A beautiful compilation of rare and brilliant music made by children in schools. The album features some incredible sounds - from charming folk songs to full blown avant-garde experiments. Many of these recordings are exceptionally scarce (some selling for close to £1000 these days) and it's unlikely anyone will have heard any of these since they were first recorded.

Recordings made by British children are hardly ever heard. Over the last few decades some schools went to the trouble of privately pressing their own LPs for plays, concerts or celebration – and with very mixed results. I’ve always collected these scarce UK recordings and decided to compile the better ones I’ve found on this new album. I believe Classroom Projects is the first album to bring together a set of such recordings – all made between 1959 and 1981.

As well as excellent small group versions of traditional songs, there are specially written instrumentals, covers of Scarlatti, even songs about drink driving. Also, we have work encouraged by John Paynter, a free-thinker, educator and true maverick. Part of the University Of York music department, he not only believed that music lessons at school were of the upmost importance, he also introduced pupils to the modern composers of the post-war period (such as Stockhausen). So instead of music lessons with group of pupils all blowing the same basic tune on recorders, he encouraged experimentation with tape machines, haiku and creative thought. As a result some of the recordings on this album sound like conceptual music from Paris in the late 50s, and not from secondary schools in Bedford in 1969.

Overall the compilation brings together some inspired musical moments, some unexpected oddness as well as a warm rush of nostalgia as the small choir from St. Brandon;s School (now closed) sing “Bright Eyes”.

Trunk commissioned Ghost Box graphic monster Julian House (who is also a fellow collector of these recordings) to provide the cover artwork. LP has full colour sleeve and liner notes, CD comes with extensive sleevenotes, full colour 8 page booklet and images of sleeves from the original albums.

Mille Plateaux round up some of their favourite laptop glitchtronica, lo-fi hi-fi grooves and minimal electro-deep house for your listening pleasure! Includes tracks by SND, Andreas Tilliander, MRI, Alva Noto, Swayzak, Tim Hecker etc.

An amazing soundtrack from an amazing film! The Drive soundtrack features dark electro / synthwave tracks from the likes of the Chromatics, Desire, and Kavinsky & Lovefoxx amongst others as well as the stunning score for movie by Cliff Martinez, a recognized American composer and former drummer most known for his work with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

The film is based on the book Drive by James Sallis. Among many other awards, director Nicolas Winding Refn won Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for a Palme d’Or, and the film was also nominated for an Oscar.

STAFF COMMENTS

Philippa says: Cliff Martinez scores this hit film, while there are also tracks from Kavinsky & Lovefoxxx (CSS), Desire and Chromatics (Italians Do It Better), and Riziero Ortolani & Rina Ranieri.

TRACK LISTING

1. Night Call - Kavinsky & Lovefoxxx
2. Under Your Spell - Desire
3. A Real Hero - College Feat. Electric Youth
4. Oh My Love - Riziero Ortolani & Rina Ranieri
5. Tick Of The Clock - Chromatics
6. Rubber Head - Cliff Martinez
7. I Drive - Cliff Martinez
8. He Had A Good Time - Cliff Martinez
9. They Broke His Pelvis - Cliff Martinez
10. Kick Your Teeth - Cliff Martinez
11. Where's The Deluxe Version? - Cliff Martinez
12. See You In Four - Cliff Martinez
13. After The Chase - Cliff Martinez
14. Hammer - Cliff Martinez
15. Wrong Floor - Cliff Martinez
16. Skull Crushing - Cliff Martinez
17. My Name On A Car - Cliff Martinez
18. On The Beach - Cliff Martinez
19. Bride Of Deluxe - Cliff Martinez

Clive Hunt, the ace Jamaican producer, has assembled an elite team of musicians and vocalists from around the world to breath new life and positive Reggae vibes into The Beatles' songbook

The result is 'Rub- A- Dub Soul', a twelve- track LP/ Fourteen- track CD featuring standout performances from legends such as Barry Biggs, The Pioneers plus contemporary artists such as Tarrus Riley, Gentleman and emerging artists Dave Eggar, Yaniss Odua, Ala-Ni and Danakil.'

TRACK LISTING

You Won't See Me - The Pioneers
Help - Gentleman
Michelle (Featuring ALA.NI) - Pierpoljak
Hey Jude - Danakil
Let It Be - Patrice
With A Little Help From My Friends - Tarrus Riley
Taxman - Nai-Jah
Here Comes The Sun - Barry Biggs
Norwegian Wood - Little Roy
Blackbird - The Tamlins
Strawberry Fields Forever - ALA.NI
Revolution - Yaniss Odua

Two years in the making, Close To The Noise Floor is a 4CD, 61-track set exploring the origins of electronica in the UK. Featuring tracks from key figures on the cassette label underground alongside early releases by future stars of the movement, this is part primitive rave, part synthesiser porn & part history lesson. Enthralled by the mysterious electronics of Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, Gong & German Kosmische artists such as Tangerine Dream, Harmonia & Cluster, & inspired by the DIY ethos of punk, a quiet revolution took place across the UK in the late 70s & early 80s. The rise of the microchip & the advent of affordable synthesisers enabled countless artists for whom guitars, drums & bass had become old hat, & in grubby bedsits, unremarkable living rooms & art school halls across the British Isles, UK electronica was born.

Exploring every corner of this fascinating & often overlooked chapter in musical history. For proto synth-pop look no further than 100% Manmade Fibre & Spoon Fazer, whilst British Standard Unit & Five Times Of Dust lay out techno templates which wouldn’t take full form until many years later. Elsewhere, the synthesiser laden ambient music of Zorch & the found sound collages of A Tent sit comfortably alongside early forays by familiar names – Blancmange, The Human League, OMD & Throbbing Gristle – in over four hours of futurist, entirely modern music.

TRACK LISTING

Disc: 1
1. Computer Bank - Five Times Of Dust
2. R.A.M. - The Klingons
3. Re-Education Through Labour - Chris And Cosey
4. Sedation Strokes - Malcolm Brown
5. Little Bob Minor - Storm Bugs
6. Tight As A Drum - Thomas Leer
7. Holiday Camp - Blancmange
8. Fractured Smile - Inner City Static
9. Sexuality - We Be Echo
10. God With Us - Bourbonese Qualk
11. Faith - Nagamatzu
12. Disco Song - O Yuki Conjugate
13. Optimum Chant - British Electric Foundation
14. All Night Long - Kevin Harrison
15. Stopping And Starting - Voice Of Authority

Disc: 2
1. I Am Your Shadow - Colin Potter
2. D'ya Think I'm Sexy - British Standard Unit
3. The Single Off The Album - Five Times Of Dust
4. Back To Beginning - Spöön Fazer
5. Gerry And The Holograms - Gerry & The Holograms
6. Drugface - The Passage
7. A New Kind Of Man - John Foxx
8. Green For Go - 100% Manmade Fibre
9. Sentimental - Those Little Aliens
10. Protect And Survive - Final Program
11. Being Boiled - The Human League
12. New Muzak - Instant Automatons
13. Materialistic Man - Cultural Amnesia
14. (Leaving Me) Now - Worldbackwards
15. Music To Save The World By - Alan Burnham
16. Almost - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
17. Kodak Ghosts Run Amok - Eyeless In Gaza
18. Broken Vein - Schleimer K
19. The Distance From Koln - Native Europe

Disc: 3
1. Adrenalin (Return Of The Elohim Pt 1) - Zorch
2. Robot Dance - Sea Of Wires
3. Sea Of Tranquility - Ron Berry
4. Mistral - MFH
5. Joe Goes To New York - Adrian Smith
6. Embryo (Extract) - Mark Shreeve
7. Tripych - EG Oblique Graph
8. Encounter - Carl Matthews
9. Ynys Scaith - Paul Nagle
10. Sedation - O Yuki Conjugate
11. Western Vein - Konstruktivist
12. Dead Of Night (Excerpt) - Attrition

Disc: 4
1. What A Day - Throbbing Gristle
2. No Way Of Knowing - A Tent
3. Go For The Throat - Portion Control
4. Eco Beat - DC3
5. Dying Inside - Renaldo & The Loaf
6. In The Army - Blah Blah Blah
7. God Speed - Legendary Pink Dots
8. Muslin Gauze Muslim Prayer - Muslimgauze
9. Live At Longborne - Suisse
10. Menial Disorders, Extract B2 - Alien Brains
11. Himeal (And She Blew) - Storm Bugs
12. In The Room - Third Door From The Left
13. Dignity Of Labour - Al Robertson
14. Mzui (Extract) - BC Gilbert, G Lewis & Russell Mills

THE MAPLETON HOTEL (now the Thistle Piccadilly), In the heart of London’s West End, was the original home of the legendary Flamingo Club (OSVLP014). However, it is a little known fact that there was a second club, cloistered in the basement of the Mapleton, the ‘Americana’. The club was run by the Gunnell brothers, Rik and Johnny, who would go on to manage the Flamingo when it moved to Wardour Street and the Bag O’Nails, in Soho, where Jimi Hendrix first played in 1966 and where Paul McCartney met his future wife Linda Eastman.

The Americana was named to cash-in on the obsession at the time for all things American – food, drink, fashion, film, music – and attracted a large contingent of G.I.’s, still stationed in the home counties after the war. The club opened in 1955 and hosted All-Night sessions for two years. A ‘ten bob’ note gave you passage to a secret, subterranean world filled with exotic sounds and cultures and a 3 course meal of tomato soup, chicken & chips and ice cream. You got to dance all-night long to live acts playing a fusion of R&B, blues, jazz, calypso and ska which, in the mid-fifties, was the hottest sound in the world and heralded the Mod generation.

They called it “the greatest little Soul Club in the land” and, as history tells us, it bridged the gap between the R&B of the Twisted Wheel and the “adrenalin” soul of the Golden Torch. It was an integral part of the rare soul movement and set the template for what became known as Northern Soul! This stunning vinyl album is compiled in association with the club’s founding DJ, Carl Dene, and celebrates its 50th Anniversary.

TRACK LISTING

P.P Arnold “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright”
Johnny & Lilly “Suffering City”
The Ad-Libs “Nothing’s Worse Than Being Alone”
Big Al Downing “Medley Of Soul”
Bob Wilson “Suzy’s Serenade”
Jerry Williams “If You AskMe (Because I Love You)”
Gloria Taylor “You Got To Pay The Price”
BootHog Pefferley & The Loafers “I’m Not Going To Work Today”
Kelly Brothers “Love Time”
The Showmen “The Wrong Girl”
The C.O.D.’s “Michael”
Benny Spellman “Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)”
Bill Black’s Combo “My Girl Josephine”
Buster Brown “Fannie Mae”
The Sharpees “Tired Of Being Alone”
Bobby Bland “Call On Me”

For your listening pleasure, two dozen musical selections: Breakdowns & Frolics, Folk Songs & Blues, Parodies & Imitations, Double-Entendres, Jubilees, Minstreal Sketches & Tunes of Tin pan Alley. Dedicated to America’s favourite domestic fowl..The Chicken!! As rendered by Fiddlers, Bluesmen, Songsters, Whistlers, Jug Blowers, String Bands, Vocal Quartets, & Novelty Orchestras, both rural and urban from the golden era of recorded sound! 24 Rare recordings digitally remastered. CD comes with a 20 page full colour booklet containing detailed song descriptions. Complete discography and a wealth of vintage photographs and illustrations.

Artists include Grayson & Whitter, the Beale Street Sheiks, Leake County Revelers, Cliff Carlisle, Dixieland Jug Blowers, Riley Puckett, Teddy Bunn and many more!!! “All birds look like chicken to me, Quails look like fat hens to me, Folks raise em up for a prize, Knife and fork makes em all one size” – Sweet Papa Stovepipe, 1926. “Sam Green was a man who loved chicken, Better than he did his wife. He would take every chance for a chicken meal, He would even risk his life.” - Utica Institute Jubilee Singers, 1929.

Coco María and Bongo Joe reunite for the second edition of Club Coco, featuring a sackful of Latin inspired tracks from international bands and producers. All the songs were selected by Coco María, who in recent years has gone from a promising up-and-comer to an ever-present and influential figure in the music industry, widely known for her tireless work shining a light on contemporary, pan-Latin roots music around the world, through both her live DJs sets and eclectic radio sessions.

This compilation brings together several of the most respected and innovative artists on the frontiers of tropical music today. Those who take the energy, melodies and textures of classic Latin music and turn those gems into songs tailor-made for a new generation of music lovers. Simply put, it's a record for those diggers who jump with excitement when they find a vinyl reissue of some Latin star of the past, be it Joe Arroyo, Los Mirlos or Aniceto Molina and then wonder, "This classic music sounds amazing, but where are the bands that are taking these sounds to new places?”

TRACK LISTING

1. Raz Olsher - Pacific Dreams
2. Los Pirañas - Puerta Del Sol
3. Lola's Dice - Sacudete
4. Guess What - Children's Favourite
5. Acid Coco - Seguimos Sonriendo
6. Juan Hundred - Always Ready To Smoke
7. Las Mijas - Ronca (Carta Para Una Mija)
8. Dip In The Dub - La Cumbia Del Sufi Que No Sabia Bailar
9. Chupameeldedo - Metalero
10. Guess What - Stickle Bricks
11. Candeleros - El Bravo
12. Iko Chérie - Lepidoptera
13. Ronald Snijders - Off The Groove
14. Raz Olsher - Vamonos Cocos

With previous releases including tracks from the likes of Agents of Time, JoeFarr, and raising talent R.O.S.H; plus support from DJs like Laurent Garnier, who licensed one of the previously released tracks to his Tsugi 'Electro' mix (Francois V ‘Electro’ taken from Cod3QR001) Cod3QR’s profile is steadily growing as a label releasing quality music.

With music being the main focus you'll have to wait another 2 months to find out who is behind this latest release. The curiosity continues.

Head to their Instagram page (ig: cod3qr) for clues to the artist identities of Cod3QR001, 002, 003 & 004!

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: I think this is my favourite techno series of the year! Every single one has entered my record box with a feverish excitement. Uncompromising and tuff but still with plenty of harmonic & melodic pleasure; technological advanced but still resonating vaguely with our humanoid receptors. I love it.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Artist Code: 544852 - Calao
A2. Artist Code:454443 - Nilachale
B1. Artist Code:4B4D59 - The Man With A FM Milk
B2. Artist Code:4E4942 - Listen Carefully To The Heart Beat
B3 . Artist Code:4E5549 - Trust Me

‘@0’ comprises a collection of ambient tracks curated and sequenced by Coldcut (on LP) and mixed by both Coldcut and Mixmaster Morris (on CD), bringing together some of the pioneers of ambient music alongside current artists spearheading the genre.

Featuring an incredible lineup of new ambient and classical recordings, all released for the first time as part of the ‘@0’ compilation with music from: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Suzanne Ciani, Steve Roach, Juliana Barwick, Imogen Heap—whose ‘The Happy Song’ is remixed by Coldcut—A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Laraaji, Sigur Rós—with close collaborator of the band Paul Corley providing a ‘Liminal’ re-work of ‘Rembihnútur’—Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Helena Hauff, Skee Mask, Daniel Pemberton & FSOL, James Heather, Specimens, Nailah Hunter, Rovo & System 7, Ned Scott (The Egg), Noodreem, Mira Calix, Obay Alsharani, David Wenngren, ill-esha, Yak Herder, NDiPA X Flex Machina, Double Cushion, Irresistible Force, FRKTL, ANNA and Coldcut themselves.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Julianna Barwick - Star Ray
2. Sigur Rós - Rembihnútur (Liminal Re-work By Paul Corley)
3. A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Beethoven 250
4. Laraaji - Illusion Of Time
Side B
1. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Mt Baker
2. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Aqua (from Playing Piano For The Isolated)
3. James Heather - And She Came Home (Strings Version)
4. Suzanne Ciani - Morning Spring
5. Nailah Hunter - Sadko
Side C
1. Helena Hauff - Thalassa
2. Mira Calix - Danaïdes
3. Daniel Pemberton & FSOL - Behind The Eyes
4. Skee Mask - CG Drip
Side D
1. Coldcut - The Fire Burns Out
2. Obay Alsharani - Dream Within A Dream
3. David Wenngren - Pianoise
4. Steve Roach - The Drift Home

Colin Curtis is back! with another finely curated selection of the best Jazz Dance Fusion records he could find. Volume 4 reflects a combination of new music unreleased music and tracks that have never been on vinyl before or not attained the recognition they deserve. Packed with great Jazz Dance music from the UK and all around the world. The whole purpose of these compilations is to introduce you to fantastic talent and allow you to then go and explore all their works and keep this movement moving!

With brand new & exclusive releases, extremely rare tracks and many only available on Vinyl for the first time from Brazil, Cuba, Japan, Italy, USA, UK and beyond. Showcasing another insight into Colin Curtis's world of Jazz Dance Fusion and highlighting the sheer diversity & talent on offer from Vocal Jazz, Salsa, Latin Spoken Word to Sambas & Fusion, It’s all Here!

TRACK LISTING

CD1:
1. Bill Ortiz - Fusion/noche Cubana
2. Born 74 & Onj - Tape Your Beat
3. Geew – Still In Love
4. Mary Greer Mudiku – Happy Sunrise
5. The Sultan's Swing - 46 To Somewhere
6. Stefano Di Santis – Unreachable Galaxy
7. Charro Band De Emilio Guerrero – Movin
8. Somos Amigos - Pa'gozar
9. Telmo Fernandez & The Latin Soul Beat - Cuchifrito Pa’ Los Pollos
10. Juju – Clã Samba
11. Moreen Meriden - Caught In A Fever
12. Alfredo Dias Gomes - Samba De Negro
13. Alonso Gonzalez & Jazz Latino - Mr. Fool

CD2:
1. Venus Dodson – Mother Of The Future
2. Jacques Schwarz-Bart - Mendé
3. Guinu – Eletromandinga (Extended Version)
4. Stefano Di Santis – Nova Laze
5. GeeW - Kyoto
6. Mary Greer Mudiku - I Face East
7. Alfredo Dias Gomes - Vaya Mulatto
8. Juju – Wanting Touch (Instrumenta)
9. Nova Vida – My Only (GeeMix)
10. Lifetime - I'll Bet You Thought I'd Never Find You
11. Tres-Men – Samba De-La Cruz
12. Miho Nobuzane - Ponteio
13. El Caballo Y Su Orquesta - Mambo De Papi

Colin Curtis is back! with another finely curated selection of the best Jazz Dance Fusion records he could find. Volume 4 reflects a combination of new music unreleased music and tracks that have never been on vinyl before or not attained the recognition they deserve. Packed with great Jazz Dance music from the UK and all around the world. The whole purpose of these compilations is to introduce you to fantastic talent and allow you to then go and explore all their works and keep this movement moving!

With brand new & exclusive releases, extremely rare tracks and many only available on Vinyl for the first time from Brazil, Cuba, Japan, Italy, USA, UK and beyond. Showcasing another insight into Colin Curtis's world of Jazz Dance Fusion and highlighting the sheer diversity & talent on offer from Vocal Jazz, Salsa, Latin Spoken Word to Sambas & Fusion, It’s all Here!

TRACK LISTING

1. Bill Ortiz - Fusion/noche Cubana
2. Born 74 & Onj - Tape Your Beat
3. Geew – Still In Love
4. Mary Greer Mudiku – Happy Sunrise
5. The Sultan's Swing - 46 To Somewhere
6. Stefano Di Santis – Unreachable Galaxy
7. Charro Band De Emilio Guerrero – Movin
8. Somos Amigos - Pa'gozar
9. Telmo Fernandez & The Latin Soul Beat - Cuchifrito Pa’ Los Pollos
10. Juju – Clã Samba
11. Moreen Meriden - Caught In A Fever
12. Alfredo Dias Gomes - Samba De Negro
13. Alonso Gonzalez & Jazz Latino - Mr. Fool

Colin Curtis is back! with another finely curated selection of the best Jazz Dance Fusion records he could find. Volume 4 reflects a combination of new music unreleased music and tracks that have never been on vinyl before or not attained the recognition they deserve. Packed with great Jazz Dance music from the UK and all around the world. The whole purpose of these compilations is to introduce you to fantastic talent and allow you to then go and explore all their works and keep this movement moving!

With brand new & exclusive releases, extremely rare tracks and many only available on Vinyl for the first time from Brazil, Cuba, Japan, Italy, USA, UK and beyond. Showcasing another insight into Colin Curtis's world of Jazz Dance Fusion and highlighting the sheer diversity & talent on offer from Vocal Jazz, Salsa, Latin Spoken Word to Sambas & Fusion, It’s all Here!

TRACK LISTING

1. Venus Dodson – Mother Of The Future
2. Jacques Schwarz-Bart - Mendé
3. Guinu – Eletromandinga (Extended Version)
4. Stefano Di Santis – Nova Laze
5. GeeW - Kyoto
6. Mary Greer Mudiku - I Face East
7. Alfredo Dias Gomes - Vaya Mulatto
8. Juju – Wanting Touch (Instrumenta)
9. Nova Vida – My Only (GeeMix)
10. Lifetime - I'll Bet You Thought I'd Never Find You
11. Tres-Men – Samba De-La Cruz
12. Miho Nobuzane - Ponteio
13. El Caballo Y Su Orquesta - Mambo De Papi

A relentlessly curious DJ, producer, radio presenter, curator, remixer, audiophile and host, Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy is unquestionably dance music’s renaissance woman. This third instalment of her hugely acclaimed compilation series is another sunshine-soaked homage to that most amorphous of aural outposts – Balearic. Here there are no rules, just an ever-shifting musical essence that echoes Jose Padilla’s assertion that Balearic is not a sound, but rather a way of life. A spirit.

Most of these tracks have never been available on vinyl before, the others are long out of print. 

TRACK LISTING

1.Jonathan Wilson - Desert Raven
2. Jacob Gurevitsch - Elevation In Minor (Cosmodelica Remix)
3. Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra - San Diego (Tour Werks After Hours Mix)
4. Quintus Project - Night Flight (Original)
5. Pigeon - Infinity (Josh’s Extended Disco Mix)
6. Shunt Voltage - Generator
7. Mildlife - Return To Centaurus (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)
8. David Holmes Featuring Raven Violet - Stop Apologising (Cosmodelica Instrumental)
9. Zero 7 - On My Own (12" Version)
10. Primal Scream - Uptown (Andrew Weatherall Remix)

Superb collection for the seeing in of spring. 24 tracks of American soft pop including Harpers Bizarre, Association, Music Machine, the Monkees and loads more. Special mention must be given to the packaging which is a gorgeous foldout digipack with a psychedelic colour wheel. Grooovy and essential!!

• 4 CD box set celebrating the Madchester/baggy scene and the indie dance crossover.

• Featuring The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, The Charlatans and more.

• With tracks presented in their extended mixes as played at clubs such as The Hacienda.

As the Berlin Wall came down and a new decade beckoned, indie and dance collided and bands like The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets and The Charlatans spearheaded a new music movement dubbed ‘baggy’ or ‘Madchester’. While the focus was on Manchester, it was an explosion that stretched from the Glasgow area with The Soup Dragons and Primal Scream to Liverpool with The Farm, Leeds with the Bridewell Taxis and Flowered Up in London.

The ‘Madchester’ sound incorporated elements of 60s psychedelia, 80s indie, 70s funk and contemporary house and hip hop; 808 State were an electronic dance act, The Stone Roses, a guitar band with a funky rhythm section, Inspiral Carpets used a Farfisa organ associated with 1960s garage punk and Happy Mondays played a truly unique blend of indie funk.

The Hacienda night club in Manchester co-owned by New Order was a catalyst and cultural centre for this music explosion, having played US house music from 1987. Another influence was the increasing availability of MDMA in the city.

Remixes were an important part of the indie dance crossover scene and 12” remixes here include Paul Oakenfold ’s pioneering ‘Think About The Future Mix’ of Happy Mondays’ ‘W.F.L.’, Terry Farley’s mixes of Primal Scream’s ‘Come Together’ and The Soup Dragons’ ‘I’m Free’ and Andy Weatherall’s reconstruction of James’ ‘Come Home’.

Also included are other indie bands who embraced dance music after discovering sampling and the new music technology including Aberdeen’s The Shamen who’d started out as a psychedelic guitar band before evolving into a dance act and Stourbridge’s self-styled grebos, Pop Will Eat Itself whose music metamorphosised from pop punk into a hybrid of rock, hip hop and dance.

Hits include The Stone Roses ‘Fool’s Gold’ (UK #9) and Happy Mondays ‘Step On’ (UK #5) plus there’s dancefloor favourites such as The Charlatans’ debut Hammond groove ‘Indian Rope’ and rarities including the excellent but forgotten ‘Perfect Person’ by Sinister Groove.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE:
1 Happy Mondays - W.F.L. ‘Think About The Future’ Mix (The Paul Oakenfold Mix)
2 Inspiral Carpets – Joe
3 808 State – Pacific State – Origin (12” Version)
4 James - Come Home (Weatherall Remix A.k.a. Skunk Weed Skank Mix)
5 The Farm - Stepping Stone (12” Ghost Dance Mix)
6 Hypnotone – Dream Beam (Ben Chapman Remix)
7 New Fast Automatic Daffodils – Big (Baka)
8 Paris Angels – All On You (Perfume) (12” Version)
9 The Bridewell Taxis – Spirit (LFO Decision Remix)
10 Electronic – Get The Message (DNA Groove Mix)
Future Sound Of London – Papua New Guinea (12” Original Mix AKA Dali Mix)
11 The Beloved – The Sun Rising (Danny’s Love Is… Remix)
12 The Times – Manchester (Single Version)
13 Candy Flip – Strawberry Fields Forever (Raspberry Ripple Remix)

DISC TWO:
1 The Stone Roses – Fools Gold 9.53
2 The Charlatans – Indian Rope
3 Moonflowers – Get Higher (Rather Large In The Bristol Area Mix)
4 Northside - Shall We Take A Trip (12” Version)
5 The Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It?
6 Spin – Scratches (In The Sand)
7 World Of Twist – She’s A Rainbow (12” Version)
8 Sinister Groove – Perfect Person
9 Spirea X – Re: Action
10 The Candy Skins – For What It’s Worth
11 Honey Smugglers – You Are The Sun
12 Airhead – Counting Sheep
13 The Telescopes – Celeste
14 The Hollow Men – Thrilled
15 Spacemen 3 – Big City (Everybody I Know Can Be Found Here) (12” Version)

DISC THREE:
1 Primal Scream – Come Together (Terry Farley
Extended 12” Mix)
2 Flowered Up – It’s On
3 Saint Etienne – Kiss And Make Up (Midsummer Madness Mix)
4 Inspiral Carpets – Commercial Reign
5 The Shamen – Pro>Gen (Land Of Oz Mix)
6 Intastella – Century (12” Version)
7 Happy Mondays – Step On (Twisting My Melon Mix)
8 The Primitives – You Are The Way (Re-Ravishing Mix)
9 The Wendys – The Sun's Going To Shine For Me Soon
10 Chapterhouse – Pearl (12” Version)
11 Raintree County – Mad Dog
12 King Of The Slums - Bear Wiv Me (Flourescent Mix)
13 A Certain Ratio – Twenty Seven Forever (12” Version)

DISC FOUR:
1 The Soup Dragons - I’m Free (Terry Farley Boys Own Remix)
2 Stereo MC’s – Connected
3 Ruthless Rap Assassins – And It Wasn’t A Dream (Dare To Be Aware Mix)
4 MC Tunes Versus 808 State – Tunes Splits The Atom (Original Rap)
5 That Petrol Emotion – Tingle (Hard Boppin’ Mix)
6 Julian Cope – Love L.U.V. (Beautiful Love Remix)
7 Jesus Jones - Real Real Real (Rhythm 3 - Ben Chapman "Spaced" 12” Mix)
8 The Charlatans – Opportunity Three
9 The Dylans – Lemon Afternoon
10 Pop Will Eat Itself – X,Y And Zee (Electric Sunshine Style)
11 Stan – My Delight (Extended Mix)
12 Cud – Magic (Extended Farsley Mix)
13 Blow-Up – World (Long Version)
14 The Popguns – Crazy
15 Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine – After The Watershed (Early Learning The Hard Way)

A very warm welcome aboard to these exceptional edits impresarios!
Painfully limited underground nuggets for late-night dancing. A real allstar cast involved: Admin, James Greenwood, Simba and Ricky Chong, all dropping exclusive cuts from their editing suites. 

RIYL: COMBI, Popular People's Front, Semi-skimmed Edits, Take Away etc.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: The cult collected series drops its 5th instalment and it's already flying off the shelves! Top drawer edits from an allstar cast...

TRACK LISTING

A. Admin - Share Your Boogie
A. James Greenwood - Dub Attack
B. Simba - Funkin' You Down
B. Ricky Chong - Loves Smile

Compilation of UK ska, ska-punk, pop-punk and punk acts that regularly gig all over the country and have solid fans. Includes exclusive tracks from the UK's big three skacore bands - Spunge, Capdown and King Prawn and many other 'known' bands on the compilation making it a 'Best Of UK Scene CD'. Featuring the likes of Spunge, King Prawn, Farse, 4ft Fingers, Fat Jabba, Uncle Brian, Lubby Nugget and Ex Cathedra.

Compilation of UK ska, ska-punk, pop-punk and punk acts that have made quite a name for themselves through their gigging and sheer hard work. Exclusive tracks from two of the best, Spunge and Farse and many other 'known' bands on the compilation making it a 'Best Of UK Skacore'. Includes exclusive tracks by 4ft Fingers, Spunge, Farse, Not Katies, Whitmore, King Prawn, Gash, Schism and Spankboy plus many more.

The runaway success of the Konono N°1 album has given worldwide exposure to the strange and spectacular electro-traditional mixtures which are being concocted in the suburbs of Kinshasa, Congo. Hot on the footsteps of "Congotronics 1", here comes a fresh selection of even more amazing sounds, courtesy of no less than six electro-traditional bands from Kinshasa, which have all been especially recorded and produced by Crammed's Vincent Kenis. These bands all draw on traditional African trance music, to which they have incorporated heavily-distorted sounds generated by DIY amplification of their instruments... just like Konono N°1, except that the instrumentation, timbres and rhythms used by these bands are relatively diverse: the trademark electrified thumb pianos and megaphones are joined by an array of distorted drums, swirling guitars and hypnotic balafons. The "Congotronics 2" album also includes a full-length (40 minute) DVD based on material filmed by Vincent Kenis while he recorded these bands in Kinshasa.

Tracklisting
Disc: 1
1. Wa Muluendu - Kasai Allstars, Mutumilayi, Masanka Sankayi
2. Koyile / Nyeka Nyeka - Kasai Allstars, Tandjolo
3. Kiwembo - Sobanza Mimanisa
4. Kabuangoyi - Kasai Allstars, Muambuyi
5. Soif Conjugale - Kisanzi Congo
6. Laboureur - Masanka Sankayi, Kabongo Tshisensa
7. Bosamba Ndeke - Bolia We Nedenge
8. Mulume - Basokin, Mi Amore 9. TP Couleur Café - Konono No.1

Disc: 2 (DVD)
Nzombo - Basokin, Bolia, Kasai Allstars, Konono No.1, Sobanza Mimanisa, Masanka Sankayi, Tulu

Stay Sick presents ten inches of mean sleaze and kookie far-out Bongo Blasters. DING DONG DADDIO, it’s time for round 2. So get out of this world, my beatnik friends and take a trip to Coolsville. You’ll flip your lid till your real gone, daddio. This stuff will murder ya. Side A is full of the sleaziest, low-down swingin strumentals in town. So blast the edison, don ya shades and get zonked on juice while these cats groove to the cool... hip and heavy... Mean and moody. The flip side will knock you off your swingers! A set of kookie cool an cerrrazy rockn`n’rollers, heavy on the bongo beat. Finger-click your way through these skin beaters till you are, like, too far gone...

A collaboration between Cosmocities & Japanese label Unknown Season, fusing some of their biggest releases from the last 10 years on one piece of vinyl.

Remixes come from Jimpster whose Beatless Reprise is exclusive to this release, Nick Holder & KEENE.

Limited Pressing act fast.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Manabu Nagayama & Soichi Terada - Low Tension (Jimpster Remix)
A2. Manabu Nagayama & Soichi Terada - Low Tension (Jimpster Beatless Reprise)
B1. Luyo - Shanee Feat Erik Van Aro (Nick Holder’s In The Six Remix)
B2. Satoshi Fumi - Celestial (KEENE Venao 7am Remix)

A compilation of rare and previously unreleased tracks from Greater Manchester’s lesser well known bands from the last 30 years. Not household names but bands who all deserve a place in Manchester’s musical history. Less “Unknown Pleasures,” more “Unknown Treasures”.

Proud Mary were the first band to sign to Noel Gallagher’s Sour Mash label. Autograph Hunter is an unreleased demo recorded with the bands’ early line up, featuring Craig Gill (Inspiral Carpets) on drums. The Delaplains made ripples on the live circuit, and you would often find Blossoms supporting them in various Northern Quarter venues. They split after the release of their second single. The Salford based band Death To The Strange released a handful of EPs before their demise; Peter Hook was known to sing their praises. The Children recorded demos at Paul Weller’s studio with no physical releases until they morphed into Twisted Wheel. Omerta released 2 independent singles before a line-up change and had further success as The Slow Readers Club.

Rubber Orange were one of the many Oldham bands making a name for themselves on the Manchester gig circuit in the late 80’s/early90s and released one 12” EP. ‘Magnetized’ is by far their masterpiece and previously unreleased. The Broadcast were another short lived Manchester band featuring John Mackie on vocals, who went onto further success in acting. They recorded a handful of tracks but never released anything. Rambo and Leroy hailed from Macclesfield and after a New Order support slot, Jake Evans (vocals and guitar) was approached by Bernard Sumner and became a member of Bad Lieutenant. Their sole release, ‘Last One Standing’ was single of the week on XFM. The Fayre, another band from Oldham were a live favourite around the same time as Twisted Wheel but called it a day after a Glastonbury appearance. Asia Fields were ‘Funkier than a mosquito’s tweeter’. Think Haircut 100 on acid. They sold 5000 copies of their debut EP and refused numerous offers from major labels at the height of Madchester.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Proud Mary - ‘Autograph Hunter’
2. The Delaplains - ‘Gypsy Blood
3. Death To The Strange - ‘Closer’
4. The Children - ‘Sweet
5. Omerta - ‘Synchronise Your Smiles’

Side 2
1. Rubber Orange - ‘Magnetised
2. The Broadcast - ‘The Great Divide’
3. Rambo & Leroy - ‘Last One Standing’,
4. The Fayre - ‘Linda Boom’
5. Asia Fields - ‘Aint The Just What Love Is?’

"Crash Of Thunder" is the third 'all-killer-not-a-single-filler compilation from Vampisoul, following "Explosivos" and "Action (Speaks Louder Than Words)". The 20 tracks have been specially compiled for the label by fantastic NYC DJ Mr. Fine Wine, from his personal favourites of the King records catalogue. we are talking about 'raw-soul' and 'crude-funk' here, including ultra-rare tracks by Wayne Cochran, Lord Thunder, Jeb Stuart, Marie Queenie Lyons, Robert Moore, Frank Howard & The Continentals, Leon Austin, Eddie Kirk, Peggy & Artie, Charles Spurling, James Duncan and many more.

"The Criminal Sessions" compilation features 19 of Criminal Records artists. Last year Criminal Records went overboard and signed 20: This compilation is a celebration of their newest music and diversity, featuring various upcoming new bands. This is one of 18 releases from the nutters at Criminal, who had this mad concept of releasing all these releases on the same day. The Criminal Sessions features Norton, Kent Thompson, Lowstar, Kaibosh, The Kut, Shuffle, Crow, Crayon, Spider Redundant, Morviscous, Sonja Van Linden Tol, Giantkind, Daniel, Dead Eye, The Mystery Artist, The Dirty Pins, Les Figurines, Kallinger Co. and DTI + Hypercube.

The final part in a trilogy of releases from Crossed Wires on Light Sounds Dark

Crossed Wires dig deep into their archived cassette recordings of early experiments in electronics and sound design.

The final part pulls together 14 tracks spanning the gamut of Crossed Wires' influences, giving us emotionally charged ambient all the way to angsty almost-garage-rock, with a plethora of minimal-wave grooves and catchy hooks for us to vibe to, as we cry into our bran flakes knowing there will be no more Crossed Wires. Take note cult collectors of weirdo electronics! 

TRACK LISTING

A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
A7
A8
A9
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
B7

Damian Lazarus presents the sixth volume of his Crosstown Rebels 'Spirits' compilation series, boasting an impressive lineup of Lauren Lane, Cristina Lazic, AJ Christou, TMPLE and more.

London-based talent Cameron Jack kicks off what looks set to be a breakout year with ‘The Vision’, a bubbly and tribal cut with cosmic synths and loose, jumbled rhythms. Chris Bowl then brings his emotional style to the deep, rolling beats and moody bleeps of ‘Silent Plain’, while NY-born, LA-based house tastemaker Lauren Lane layers in smoky pads and tender whispers to her sublime deep house cut, ‘Fair Game.’ Next, German talent and Degree Records head Marc Lenz brings darker vibes to his track ‘People Are People’, while Rebellion artist Cristina Lazic and previous Lazarus collaborator Leia Contois combine for the alluring vocal soul and gritty minimal drums of ‘So Deep’.

Mexican Iñigo Vontier is a pioneer in his homeland after crafting a global reputation and his twisted synths, shiny textures and steely drums on ‘That Trippy Sound’ provides that kinda fun and wild Elrow spirit into one peak time package. Next is influential Manchester-based DJ/producer AJ Christou, who has released on the likes of Hot Creations and Cuttin’ Headz. His track ‘Back & Forth’ brings an infectious groove with plenty of flair and catchy drum funk, before TMPLE shuts things down with the deft, new disco grooves and solid bass of ‘The Girl In The Room’, complete with its tender male vocals, warm piano chords and playful synth flurries.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Check that AJ Christou track!! Of course - it's a Manchester ting! But he sits amongst a tasty collection of slick, stylish house music which Damian Lazarus has been spearheading for near twenty years now.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Cameron Jack - The Vision
A2. Chris Bowl - Silent Plain
B1. Lauren Lane - Fair Game
B2. Marc Lenz - People Are People
C1. Cristina Lazic & Leia Contois - So Deep
C2. Innigo Vontier - That Trippy Sound
D1. AJ Christou - Back & Forth
D2. TMPLE - The Girl In The Room 

Big Crown is proud to present the next volume of Crown Jewels, our various artists compilation series that highlights some of the most popular tunes next to some of the more obscure.

Every artist on Big Crown stands on their own two feet with ease, but together, something else becomes apparent. If you discover one artist on the roster and it brings you to the label, it's very likely you will ­nd more that you enjoy. The Crown Jewels comps are just that, a chance to get a listen to the whole roster in one place.

Even though not all BC artists can be found in the same aisle of the record store, after listening to Crown Jewels Vol. 2, it should be clear how they all ­t on the same record label. When we started Big Crown we wanted to have a label that’s only boundaries were de­ned by our taste, not by genre. We think that this is a perfect example of that. Thank you to everyone who has supported us thus far and please stay tuned as we have a lot more music on deck.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A:
1. Piece Of Me - Lady Wray
2. Follow Me - The Shacks
3. Xxplosive - Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band
4. Murkit Gem - El Michels Affair Feat. Piya Malik
5. Float Back To You - Holy Hive
6. Grow Forever - Lizette & Quevin

SIDE B:
1. Enfant - El Michels Affair Feat. The Shacks
2. Fight - Liam Bailey
3. Tonight You Might - Synthia Feat. Lady Wray
4. Reasons - El Michels Affair Feat. Bobby Oroza
5. Then We’ll Wave - Paul & The Tall Trees
6. Bye Bye - Brainstory

The second in Numero's series of exploration into the pan-American funk experience, "Cult Cargo - Grand Bahama Goombay" is a deep overview of Funky Nassau's red-headed sister city, Freeport, GBI. From 1969-1976 Frank Penn's GBI studio and label cranked out a dozen LPs and twice as many singles infected with the Miami sounds drifting in over the 100 mile strait. The catalog is a fruity blend of rake and scrape, bush, junkanoo, calypso, reggae, and of course, goombay, with a twist of American soul.

Blistering come-back from Culted with five multi-tempo’d bangers, something for every tribal gathering from chic Tulum rituals to the brutalism of Eastern-European underground clubs, rounded off by doses of Italian Rasta and Japanese re-imagining of Hungarian folk song. Cult wizardry at it’s finest, once again!

TRACK LISTING

A1 Mario Bianco - Gwada
A2 Tomoo Hata - Budailion
B1 Roe Deers - Colorita
B2 Radial Gaze – Cognate Unika
B3 A-Tweed & Oltrefuturo - Fyah

'Curses presents... Next Wave Acid Punx DEUX' is happening! Ahead of the full release in the fall we are excited to bring you this dj sampler as a taster. On this 12" you'll find two unreleased (!) Curses reworks of Nuovo Testamento and J.W.B. Hits The Beat originals that have been absolute highlights in his DJ sets lately, and two tracks by Mary Möör and Cabaret Voltaire that are taken from Curses' classics selection.

'Next Wave Acid Punx DEUX' is a return to the dark romantic of the past, present and future. An undying passion for all things post-punk/wave/body music and beyond.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Nuovo Testamento - Heartbeat (Curses Remix) *
A2. Mary Möör - Pretty Day *
B1. J.W.B. Hits The Beat - Body On Body (Curses Revamp)
B2. Cabaret Voltaire - Blue Heat (12" Mix)

* Exclusive To This Format

Next Wave Acid Punx DEUX is the second compilation for Eskimo Recordings compiled and curated by Berlin-based Musician and DJ Luca Venezia, aka Curses, to explore the darker side of club music. Spread across 3CDs and three 2LPs Next Wave Acid Punx DEUX features a mammoth 49 tracks that join the dots between early industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle, EBM legends like Nitzer Ebb and the post-punk experiments of people like Malcolm McLaren and Big Audio Dynamite with some of the most exciting artists around today, such as Boy Harsher, Nuovo Testamento and Years of Denial.

Where the first Next Wave Acid Punx compilation was a personal journey for Luca, a lockdown inspired exploration of his record collection to find the thread that ran through the music that had soundtracked much of his life, DEUX is a celebration of that music let loose on the world, the thrill of music performed live, the smoke and strobe filled clubs you'll hear it in and the artists you'll find on those stages.

"After our enforced break, getting back out there and playing live again really brought home to me so much of what I love about the scene I'm in but also just how important live music has been and is to club culture over the years," Luca explains. "Too often we think of club nights and live gigs as these separate things, but throughout the years it's where the two meet, the friction that can cause, that you'll find the most vibrant scenes."

"There's an energy, an atmosphere that you get with live music, an unpredictability where at any moment something can go wrong or even better right in a way you never expect. I think about a live set we played at a Lebanese festival where our MPC drum machine froze up because of all the dust and sand trapped in the pads. We had to improvise half our set, jamming bass and guitar and pedal FX and vocals, embracing this surreal environment and experience, something that could only happen in the moment."

"With Next Wave Acid Punx DEUX I wanted to celebrate those bands and artists, past and present who, to me, represent that spirit. Both full live bands and makeshift electronic duos alike, the kind of acts that you might have found wedged between DJs back in the day at The Hacienda in the 80s, Trash in the 00s or today at nights like Berlin’s MILK ME, EXBTN in Paris, Night Terrors + SC&P in London, New York City’s Synthicide or Ukraine’s Worn Pop."

"So I've put this compilation together much like my favourite kind of night, going out to see some bands play, hitting up a club where live music and DJs blur together, before the serious business of the after party. On Chapter 1 you'll find bands like Vicious Pink, DAF and Cabaret Voltaire, some of these acts are more obscure than others, some flirted with pop and even the charts but they were all embracing new ways of working in the late 70s and 80s that both set them apart and set the scene for much of what we think of as club music."

"Chapter 2 moves the night on, and this is the sound of the clubs I love to both play and just hang out in these days, clubs where the people involved put a lot more time into digging through the crates than working on their Instagram Reels. These are places where you're as likely to find a band on stage as you are a DJ, where 80's German electro pop by a band like Boytronic seamlessly flows into tracks like Silent Servant’s Non Fiction. Timeless music that can be romantic, dreamlike and ethereal one moment, then veer into dark, industrial sounds the next."

"Then finally we get to that part of the night where you probably should go home but if it's too late for good decisions there's still time for good music. Things are a bit wilder here, the drums a bit harder, the synths are more aggressive, tracks like The Hacker's Monopoly, Zanias' Tryptamine Palace or EVA's Industrial Hope that don't let up, don't let you go, just subjugate you to the beat and keep you there till you stumble out blinking into a new day." 

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Another absolute stormer of a comp from the Eskimo crew. this time it's split into three, and it's REALLY hard to say which i'd go for given the chance. Throbbing Gristle, Cab Voltaire, DAF, The KVB and literally tens more. A perfectly curated selection of dark dancefloor grit and soaring synthy groove.

TRACK LISTING

Chapter 1:
A1. Throbbing Gristle - Distant Dreams, Pt. 2
A2. Mary Möör - Pretty Day
A3. Sad Lovers & Giants - Things We Never Did
A4. Malcolm McLaren - Madam Butterfly (Un Bel Di Vedremo)
B1. Big Audio Dynamite - The Big V
B2. Cabaret Voltaire - Blue Heat
B3. Nitzer Ebb - Hearts And Minds (Mix Hypersonic)
B4. Clan Of Xymox - Obsession
C1. In Sotto Voce - In Sotto Voce
C2. Psyche - Prisoner To Desire (Single Mix)
C3. Propaganda - The Murder Of Love
C4. DAF - Brothers (Gabi Mix)
D1. Book Of Love - Modigliani (Lost In Your Eyes) (I Dream Of Jeanne Mix)
D2. Vicious Pink - Cccan’t You See
D3. Absolute Body Control - Total Control

Chapter 2:
A1. Boytronic - Voloczny
A2. The KVB - Still Warm (2023 Version)
A3. Cardinal & Nun - Freak And Weak
A4. Jennifer Touch - Altars
A5. Matrixxman - Assembly Line
B1. Silver Tears - Always Shine (Wait For The Rain)
B2. Essaie Pas - Retox
B3. Aili X Transistorcake - Dansu
B4. Years Of Denial - It Sucks
C1. Dina Summer - Darkness
C2. Patriarchy - Suffer
C3. Maelstrom & Louisahhh - Hate Machine
C4. Dame Area - Buon Cittadino
C5. Kris Baha - Into The Dark
D1. Desire - Love Races On
D2. Blind Delon Feat. I Hate Models - Flashback
D3. Poison Point - Altered Beats
D4. Roe Deers - Muscles

Chapter 3:
A1. Boy Harsher - Machina (feat. Mariana Saldaña) (Dark Remix)
A2. Silent Servant - Non Fiction
A3. J.W.B. Hits The Beat - Body On Body (Curses Revamp)
A4. Hungry Boys - Toi
B1. Nuovo Testamento - Heartbeat (Curses Remix - Edit)
B2. Autumns - Repeat Prescription
B3. Buzz Kull - A Place (That’s Meant To Be)
B4. Soft Crash - Dolce Morte
C1. Dame Bonnet & Mufti - Pleasure Dreams
C2. Ultra Sunn - Night Is Mine
C3. Neu-Romancer - Burning Eyes
C4. EVA - Industrial Hope
D1. Andi Vs Randolph & Mortimer - Formidable Truths
D2. Zanias - Tryptamine Palace
D3. The Hacker - Monopoly
D4. Paradox Obscur - Evo-Devo

"D-Funk" presents 18 block-rocking and distinctively eclectic funk, disco and boogie nuggets from Germany that range from sweaty JB-styled grooves, cooking fusion gems, up-tight post-punk funk, to slick urban disco anthems. Some Krauts certainly knew how to cook up a serious groove and put the D into funk. Just take The Poets Of Rhythm and The Whitefield Brothers, two groups from Munich that immerged themselves so deep into the rare grooves of James Brown's People label catalogue that it became part of their DNA. The discofied side of funk is represented by Ganymed's spacy seven minute magnum opus "Future World" and the incredibly switched-on "Stop Talking Bull", a rocking collaboration between Discotizer and Supermax. Disco overlord Giorgio Moroder makes a laid-back appearance with his one-off project Stolen Property with a slow burnin, super-kool cover of War\'s "Low Rider". Even Boney M. got funky once. Their completely unknown and completely atypical B-side "Dancing In The Streets" sounds as good as any Miami funk tune. Old school bandleaders also infused their sound with a dose of FUNK. The sophisticated fusion sound of James Last's "Bolero '75" could give Deodato a serious run for his money. Bert Kaempfert's long-time collaborator Herbert Rehbeinis is the man behind Su Kramer's totally unique space boogie "Magic Dance". Lovers of deep P-Funk will be delighted by the contributions of Cheeseslider and Montana Chromeboy, pure uncut funk nuggets full of Larry Graham-styled slap bass and mad vocals beamed in straight from the mothership.

Seems like only yesterday but it's 30 years since the first Damaged Goods release! As part of the anniversary celebrations we’re releasing this compilation bringing together a selection of top tracks, deep cuts, lost gems and personal favourites. Punk, garage and indie are all well represented, with artists including Thee Headcoats, Holly Golightly, Johnny Moped, Manic Street Preachers, Cowbell, Pete Molinari, Fabienne Delsol, Thee Dagger Debs and many more!

The past is a foreign country and there’s certainly been many changes in the musical climate since 1988. Formats have come and gone (and returned!). Online, digital and streaming music were all pure science fiction then. But good music is as they say timeless. With this in mind we bring you some of the best music Damaged Goods Records has released since its humble beginnings in Ian Damaged's front room. With 500 releases to date it was difficult to whittle this collection down onto two pieces of vinyl and two shiny compact discs but we’re happy with the result. As a handy best-of or taster for further investigation we hope you’ll enjoy this selection.  Place it on your turntable, crank up the volume and enjoy! 

TRACK LISTING

SIDE 1

1/ Ain't No Rock 'n' Roll Rookie Johnny Moped
2/ Every Bit Of Me Thee Headcoats
3/ Shirts Off Armitage Shanks
4/ Soundtrack To The Daily Grind Graham Day And The Gaolers
5/ You're So Sorry The Budget Girls
6/ When My Mind Is Not Live Fabienne Delsol
7/ New Art Riot Manic Street Preachers
8/ Hanging By A Thread Cowbell
9/ Punk Rock Enough For Me CTMF

SIDE 2

1/ Walk A Mile Holly Golightly
2/ I Came Out Of The Wilderness Pete Molinari
3/ I Don't Like The Man That I Am Wild Billy Childish And The Singing Loins
4/ Davey Crockett Thee Headcoatees
5/ Archive From 1959 The Buff Medways
6/ Love Pours Out Of My Heart Miss Ludella Black
7/ Slingshot The Senior Service
8/ The Harbour Master Cee Bee Beaumont
9/ Sing Shed Sing Billy Childish And Sexton Ming

SIDE 3

1/ Conquer The World Cyanide Pills
2/ Terminal Boredom The Cute Lepers
3/ Number 10 Giuda
4/ Father And Son Oizone
5/ I Don't Want It Thee Spivs
6/ Are You A Wally? The Spartan Dreggs
7/ Never Gonna Push Me Around Mikabomb
8/ My Favourite Place J Church
9/ Bring Me The Head Of Yukio Mishima The Snivelling Shits
10/ It Makes Me Belch Wat Tyler

SIDE 4

1/ We Love You Helen Love
2/ Spice Girls (Who Do You Think You Are?) The Period Pains
3/ Endless Song Cuckooland
4/ David Cassidy Betty And The Werewolves
5/ Jack The Ripper The Revillos
6/ Ain't Worth The Time Thee Dagger Debs
7/ All My Friends Are Zombies The Priscillas
8/ It's So Hard To Be Happy The Shall I Say Quoit
9/ Just Around The Bend Holly Golightly And The Brokeoffs

Dance Craze is a 1981 concert film recorded at various venues throughout 1980 at the height of the 2Tone movement featuring exclusive live recordings by The Specials, Madness, The Selecter, The Beat, Bad Manners and The Bodysnatchers. This new expanded edition features the previously unreleased 27 track soundtrack, along with the original 14 track vinyl album, remastered from the original production masters.

TRACK LISTING

Nite Klub (Film Soundtrack Version)
The Prince (Film Soundtrack Version)
Ne- Ne- Na- Na- Na- Na- Nu- Nu (Film Soundtrack Version)
007 (Shanty Town) (Film Soundtrack Version)
Three Minute Hero (Film Soundtrack Version)
Ranking Full Stop (Film Soundtrack Version)
Big Shot (Film Soundtrack Version)
Concrete Jungle (Film Soundtrack Version)
Swan Lake (Film Soundtrack Version)
Razor Blade Alley (Film Soundtrack Version)
Missing Words (Film Soundtrack Version)
Let's Do Rock Steady (Film Soundtrack Version)
Lip Up Fatty (Film Soundtrack Version)
Madness (Film Soundtrack Version)
Too Much Too Young (Film Soundtrack Version)
On My Radio (Film Soundtrack Version)
Easy Life (Film Soundtrack Version)
Rough Rider (Film Soundtrack Version)
Man At C&A (Film Soundtrack Version)
Inner London Violence (Film Soundtrack Version)
Night Boat To Cairo (Film Soundtrack Version)
Twist And Crawl (Film Soundtrack Version)
Wooly Bully (Film Soundtrack Version)
Too Much Pressure (Film Soundtrack Version)
Mirror In The Bathroom (Film Soundtrack Version)
One Step Beyond (Film Soundtrack Version)
Nite Klub (Reprise) (Film Soundtrack Version)
Concrete Jungle (Album Version)
Mirror In The Bathroom (Album Version)
Lip Up Fatty (Album Version)
Razor Blade Alley (Album Version)
Three Minute Hero (Album Version)
Easy Life (Album Version)
Big Shot (Album Version)
One Step Beyond (Album Version)
Ranking Full Stop (Album Version)
Man At C&A (Album Version)
Missing Words (Album Version)
Inner London Violence (Album Version)
Night Boat To Cairo (Album Version)
Too Much Pressure (Album Version)
Nite Klub (Album Version)

Electronic Body Music, abbreviated as EBM, is a term whose origin stems from the Belgian group Front 242, chosen to describe their electronic music; cold and dancing, free of the dominant influences of the time. Powerful, cold and minimalist electronic rhythms were the hallmarks of this new genre.
The movement quickly garnered followers with the British group Nitzer Ebb but also in the rest of Europe, with the likes of Borghesia and The Neon Judgment, later signed to labels like PIAS, Antler- Subway, Wax Trax!, Mute, Off Beat, Zoth Ommog, Pendragon and Metropolis.
EBM’s popularity grew rapidly in the underground scene during the 1980s and early 1990s, especially in Europe, before breaking through in the rest of the world, also influencing the subsequent electroindustrial scene.
‘Dancing In Darkness: EBM, Black Synth & Dark Beats From The 80s’ - to give it its full title - is a compilation of some of these bands; bands that changed contemporary music in terms of ideology, politics and aesthetics.

STAFF COMMENTS

Patrick says: More accurately described as Darryl's record collection, or every track I danced to from age 18-21, this double vinyl set serves up ALL the EBM, industrial, NDW and coldwave dancers you know and love - or don't and need. This is the Dark Wired Sovnd...

TRACK LISTING

Throbbing Gristle - Dead On Arrival
Deutsch Amerikanische Freudschaft - Der Musolini
Cabaret Voltaire - Walls Of Jericho
Polyphonic Size - Zas
Dave Ball - Man In The Man
The Neon Judgement - Chinese Black
Da Davo - Sex Head
Borghesia - No Hope No Fear
Chris & Cosey - Exotika
Click Click - Headf
Front 242 - Body To Body (1988 Mix)
The Cassandra Complex - One Millionth Happy Customer (EBM Mix)
The Weathermen - Poison (Lethal Mix)
Nitzer Ebb - Control I’m Here (Strategic Dancefloor Initiative Mix)
Meat Beat Manifesto - Radio Babylon

If all you know about Danny Tenaglia is that he's a DJ who plays tracky, druggy house, then think again! He's been DJing for years and years and was influenced by his trips to the Paradise Garage in the 80s, and therefore this compilation includes 80s disco / soul tracks (Imagination "Changes", Sylvia Striplin "Give Me Your Love", Alicia Myers "I Want To Thank You" etc) and 80s and early 90s house classics (Vicky Martin "Not Gonna Do It (I Need A Man)", Mr Lee "I Can't Forget", Frankie Knuckles "The Whistle Song", Loni Clark "Rushin'", Nomad "(I Wanna Give You) Devotion", Designer Loops "I Believe" etc).

The roots of Electronic Dance Music (EDM) by definition. An unlikely combination of early recordings by international electronic and avant-garde composers as well as infrequent collaborators retrospectively unified by their commitment to the musical enhancement of 20th Century ballet and the evolution of modern dance. Presenting key exponents of the musique concrete and tape music movements alongside masters of the early electric sound synthesisers, as well as pre/anti-electronic instrument designers with non-conformist and microtonal composers, 'Danse Sacrale' reveals a broad range of truly revolutionary musical and academic advancements which found an improbable, sporadic and vibrant creative outlet via one of Europe’s proudest and sacred cultural institutions.

Featuring composers names such as Pierre Henry, Lasry-Baschet, Igor Wakhevitch, Henk Badings, Jean-Claude Vannier and Remi Gassman alongside choreographers like Béjart, Ballancine and Yvonne Georgi, Danse Sacrale unites the unanimously lauded and the relatively unknown with some of their earliest and underexposed inhibited achievements. These rare and remastered compositions provide a concise retrospective of a previously undocumented global phenomena and an unconferred global synergy that formed the true foundations of electronic dance music and changed the perceptions of modern music and dance culture in the stern face of adversity and tradition.

Only the second compilation ever featured on Tim’s Twitter Listening Party, the limited-edition gatefold 140g double vinyl Das Wasteland: Berlin Vol 1 & 2 features 17 artists all boasting an intimate bond with the city, including the transcendental psychedelic sounds of Tim Burgess (produced by Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Anton Newcombe), contemporary trip hop from Drab City, original spoken word compositions from award-winning author Rob Doyle and King Khan feat. John Burl Smith, legendary expat resident Eddie Argos’s Art Brut, techno-infused remixes from frequent New Order collaborator Mark Reeder of Lithuanian superstar Alanas Chosnau and China’s biggest English language band STOLEN, exclusive releases from alt folk 6 Music Favourite Saint Leonard and Fat White Family founder Nathan Saoudi under his Brian Destiny alias and also local musical luminaries Stony Sugarskull, Hello Pity, Berlin Diaries, Bed Monsters, Otto Von Bismark and more.

TRACK LISTING

Side A:

Rob Doyle & Saint Leonard: History’s Children 
Brian Destiny: Nothing’s Going To Come And Save Us
Mustelide Feat. Rapasa Otieno: Thum Nyatiti (Broken Orchestra Mix) 

Side B:

Saint Leonard: Always Night 
Drab City: Troubled Girl 
Alanas Chosnau & Shark Vegas : I Can't Share This Feeling (Serious Mix) 
Bed Monsters: Wild, Wild, Wild Wedding 

Side C:

Art Brut: Good Morning Berlin 
Vagrant Lovers: Nexus 
Stony Sugarskull: House On Fire 
King Khan And John Burl Smith: Prayer For Equal Justice 
Tim Burgess: Doors Of Then 

Side D:

Stolen: Why We Chose To Die In Berlin (Original Morning House Mix) -
Hello Pity: Kiss The Death 
Martyn Klang: Slipping Time 
The Berlin Diaries: The Most Fucked Up Staircase In Berlin 
Otto Von Bismarck: Leichtes Spiel

The follow up to his 2017 album, Produced With Love II is a collection of brand new songs from one of the UK’s most longstanding, respected and fiercely independent artists. In a flash-in-the-pan industry like music, Dave Lee’s career is notable for both its longevity and consistency. As a record producer and remixer, DJ and curator, he’s now clocked up well over 30 years and, if such things existed, would be nailed on for a carriage clock for long service to add to the numerous hits and landmarks he’s enjoyed over a storied career.

His latest album, Produced With Love II, continues the work he started with 2017’s superb collection. Incorporating aspects of house, soul and disco and crafted with the attention to detail you’d expect from someone of Lee’s heritage and calibre, Produced With Love II comprises 12 brand new songs and will arrive in June 2022.

The writing process has always remained the same and Dave has always preferred to work face-to-face with artists whenever possible – albeit with a few enforced remote sessions due to the pandemic. Released as the lead single from the album in April, Starlight sees Lee team up with Omar: a former principal percussionist of the Kent Youth Orchestra and later a graduate of the Guildhall School Of Music who was awarded an MBE in 2012 for services to music. Starlight is a gorgeous, mid-tempo dance record, with Omar’s silky vocals backed up with rich production: soaring live strings, groove-laden clav and synth over a chugging bassline creating a heady, inviting atmosphere.

It’s an almost viscerally life-affirming record: a theme that continues throughout the entire album. Take a track like ‘If You Ever Need Somebody feat. Tiffany T’zelle', or ‘Taste My Love' with vocals from the aforementioned Billy Valentine. These songs would stand toe-to-toe with any soul standard from the 70s or 80s: to have production this rich and bold in 2022 isn’t far short of miraculous. And that’s what you get throughout Produced With Love II – an attention to detail and level of creative collaboration rarely seen. It’s why a Dave Lee album is a rare thing. These things take time, but when they do come along, it’s something worth treasuring

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Modern supremo Dave Lee refuses to retire from his console; rolling out another jam packed and unmissable selection of disco, boogie, soul and house - all new productions and featuring a wealth of talent old and new. Don't need to tell you how collectable this series is do I?!

TRACK LISTING

CD 

Disc 1:
1. Raw Essence Feat Lifford “Do It Again”
2 .Mistura Feat Tiffany T’zelle “If You Ever Need Somebody”
3. Dave & Omar “Starlight”
4. Dave & Maurissa “Look At The Stars”
5. Dave Lee Feat Billy Valentine “Taste My Love”
6. Mistura Feat Jemini “Want Me Back”
7. The Sunburst Band “Magnificent Mango”
8. Foreal People Feat Xan Blacq “Raise A Blaze”
9. The Sunburst Band Feat Angela Johnson “Face The Love”
10. Dave Lee Feat Billy Valentine “Power Of The Mind” (Power Trip Mix)
11. Jayenne Feat. Gina Carey – “Love Walked In The Room”
12. The Sunburst Band “Let’s Do It In Style”

Disc 2:
1. Leroy Burgess – “One Plus One” (Dave Lee Extended Mix)
2. Kokomo – “Use Your Imagination” (Dave Lee Re Imagined Mix)
3. Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes “Don’t Leave Me This Way” (Dave Lee Philly World Mix)
4. Str4ta “After The Rain” (Dave Lee Alternative II Mix)
5. Destiny II “Play 2 Win” (Dave Lee Destination Boogie Mix)
6. Sunburst Band Feat Wayne Hernandez “Listen Love” (Dave Lee Jazz Funk Renaissance Mix)
7. Prospect Park “Shake It Up Tonight” (Dave Lee Disco Re Shake)
8. The Vison Feat Andreya Triana “Mountains” (Dave Lee Live And Direct Extended Mix)
9. Roland Wrightangle Feat Darcus “In Your Blood” (Dave Lee Funk In Your Blood Mix)
10. Ja’Shay “Shout Hallelujah” (Dave Lee Redemption Mix)

LP

Disc 1:
A1. Dave & Omar – Starlight
A2. Jayenne Feat. Gina Carey - Love Walked In The Room
B1. Foreal People Feat. Xan Blacq - Raise A Blaze.
B2. Mistura Feat. Jemini - Want Me Back

Disc 2:
C1 Dave Lee Feat. Billy Valentine - Taste My Love
C2 Mistura Feat. Tiffany T'Zelle - If You Ever Need Somebody
C3 The Sunburst Band Feat. Angela Johnson - Face The Love.
D1 Raw Essence Feat. Lifford - Do It Again
D2 Dave Lee Feat. Billy Valentine - Power Of The Mind (Power Trip Mix)
D3 The Sunburst Band - Let's Do It In Style

Bonus 12”:
E1 Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes - Don't Leave Me This Way (Dave Lee Philly World Mix)
F1 Kokomo - Use Your Imagination (Dave Lee Re-Imagined Mix)

Big Crown Records is proud to present Dear Sunny... a compilation of Sunny & The Sunliners covers by Big Crown artists. Since the first time we heard "Should I Take You Home" by Sunny & The Sunliners, we have been avid fans. That record, which we were introduced to on MF Classy Chris' now legendary mixtape, The Time Is Right, set a lot of things in motion. It started of course with tracking down copies and collecting all of Sunny's records for our personal collections.

That quickly turned into the desire to reissue some of his vast catalog on our label for the rest of the world to hear. We got in touch with Sunny and his son David and brought the idea to them. After getting to know each other well enough Dave said, "You have been calling us non-stop for more than three years, you MUST mean what you are saying" and with that, we signed a deal to do a reissue project on Big Crown. We then flew out to San Antonio again, this time with a scanner and a videographer. We sat down with Sunny to interview him, went through his vast collection of photos, and talked about his life and career. Sunny was even kind enough to let us film him performing acoustic versions of a few songs.

We used all of that material for our 2017 compilation, Mr Brown Eyed Soul. That release is our highlight reel of Sunny's Soul tunes. We also made his rarest records readily available to collectors at a price that wouldn't empty their pockets. The concept for Dear Sunn came to us right after we signed the deal. We wanted our artists to cover his music as a tribute to him. Three years later we released the digital album on Sept 4th to coincide with Sunny's 77th birthday. The response has been nothing but love and now we are ready to press this up on vinyl with the addition of Liam Bailey's scorching cover of "Give Me Time". Everyone here stepped up to fill very big shoes doing these covers. Bobby Oroza teamed up with Cold Diamond & Mink and made a smashing version of "Should I Take You Home". The Shacks took on the anthemic "Smile Now, Cry Later" while Holy Hive covers "If I Could See You Now" building off the uptempo dance floor energy of the original. Paul & The Tall Trees bring a crooning vibe to "Rain Makes Me Blue" and Brainstory turned "Runaway" into a haunting ballad reminiscent of early Lee Hazelwood productions.

Some of these turn out to be covers of covers. Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band takes on the funk collector's holy grail from Sunny, his cover of War's "Get Down" while 79.5 take Sunny's version of "My Dream" and change the vibe from a floating love song to theme music for the brokenhearted. Mr. Lee Fields does "The One Who's Hurting Is You" and the latest addition to the Big Crown Roster, Lizette and Quevin, do a rendition of the song that brought Sunny to Dick Clark's American Bandstand in 1963 and catapulted him to fame; his cover of Little Willie John's "Talk To Me". So as the letter begins, "Dear Sunny.." we hope that you enjoy this homage Sir. Thank you for all the music you have given all of us, it has been a pleasure to work with you and to get a chance to know you and your family. We hope everyone enjoys this homage to the living legend, San Antonio's finest, Mr. Brown Eyed Soul, Sunny Ozuna as much as we do

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A

1. Smile Now, Cry Later - The Shacks
2. Should I Take You Home - Bobby Oroza
3. My Dream - 79.5
4. If I Could See You Now - Holy Hive
5. Get Down - Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band.

SIDE B

1. Give Me Time - Liam Bailey
2. The One Who’s Hurting Is You - Lee Fields & The Expressions
3. Talk To Me - Lizette & Quevin
4. Rain Makes Me Blue - Paul & The Tall Trees
5. Runaway – Brainstory

Great compilation to help kick start new San Francisco label Prince House, a real genre-defining punk funk comp of sorts, combining both dance and electronics with punk rock. From San Francisco's minimal techno funk artists Broker/Dealer to the trashy rock and roll of the Pattern. 15 tracks, including soon to be classics by Paradise Boys, Adult, Numbers, Gogogoairheart, A Tension, Hint Hint, Ghost Orchids, the Vanishing, the Pleased (like a West Coast Interpol), the Lovemakers, Dance Disaster Movement,and I Am Spoonbender.

A quality, big name Punk acts compilation with Lagwagon, Boysetsfire, Good Riddance, Sick of it All, Mad Caddies, NOFX, Snapcase and loads of others.

Triple CD set collecting rare cuts and cult favourites from the worlds of psychedelic, pastoral and funky folk, 1968-1975.

Focusing on the outpouring of psychedelic folk flavours that emerged swiftly after the first psychedelic era.

Featuring some wonderful selections from long collectable acts such as Sunforest, Mellow Candle, Trees, Heron, Trader Horne, Christine Harwood and many more. 

Compiled by Richard Norris (Beyond The Wizards Sleeve/The Grid) , the compilation is themed around UK and Irish music from that hallowed period, and comes with a 7000 word essay and sleeve notes from the musician/producer.

Celebrating the collision of traditional folk with new psychedelic studio techniques, new and exotic textures, and a developing groove. It's a wide and broad range of styles, drawing from folk, its oral storytelling tradition, and also from jazz, beat, rhythm and blues, and the more mind opening sounds of psychedelia.

Housed in a 3 CD digipack, designed in a striking wraparound collage by Lyndon Pike .

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE
1. FAT MATTRESS Leafy Lane
2. KNOCKER JUNGLE Not Even A Letter
3. DUFFY POWER I Need You
4. MIKE HURST Face From The Past
5. RAY FENWICK I Wanna Stay Here
6. HARDIN AND YORK Natural Gas
7. OPEN ROAD Mother Earth
8. PAUL BRETT Motherless Child On A Merry-Go-Round
9. THE WOODS BAND Noisey Johnny
10. MEIC STEVENS Yorric
11. MARC ELLINGTON You Just Can’t Believe What You See
12. ALAN JAMES EASTWOOD Crystal Blue
13. ARRIVAL La Virra
14. DANDO SHAFT Cold Wind
15. LINDA HOYLE Hymn To Valerie Solanas
16. NIRVANA Nova Sketch
17. BRIAN DAVISON’S EVERY WHICH WAY Castle Sand
18. JADE WARRIOR Yellow Eyes
19. WRITING ON THE WALL Buffalo

DISC TWO
1. CHRIS HARWOOD Wooden Ships
2. BRIDGET ST. JOHN Fly High
3. DANDO SHAFT Rain
4. HERON Lord And Master
5. MELLOW CANDLE Silversong
6. TREES Murdoch
7. KEITH CHRISTMAS Foothills
8. TRADER HORNE Morning Way
9. MILLER ANDERSON Shadows ‘Cross My Wall
10. THE GHOST Time Is My Enemy
11. KEVIN COYNE Flowering Cherry
12. SECOND HAND Hangin’ On An Eyelid
13. FUCHSIA Shoes And Ships
14. MIKE HURST Place In The Country
15. AMBER Swan In The Evening
16. GLOBAL VILLAGE TRUCKING COMPANY The Inevitable Fate Of Ms Danya Sox
17. MIGHTY BABY Jug Of Love

DISC THREE
1. SUNFOREST Magician In The Mountain
2. CHRIS HARWOOD Crying To Be Heard
3. WIZZ JONES City Of The Angels
4. JADE WARRIOR Lady Of The Lake
5. KNOCKER JUNGLE Oh To Be Free
6. BRIDGET ST. JOHN Silver Coin
7. FRIENDS In The Morning
8. ALAN JAMES EASTWOOD Lotus Child
9. THE DEVIANTS Bun
10. JADE Amongst Anemones
11. PRINCIPAL EDWARDS MAGIC THEATRE The Death Of Don Quixote
12. YVONNE ELLIMAN Hawaii
13. THE OCCASIONAL WORD The Evil Venus Tree
14. IAN A. ANDERSON Goblets And Elms
15. BILL NELSON Rejoice
16. ZIOR Time Is The Reason
17. CURTIS KNIGHT WITH ZEUS New Horizon
18. LINDA LEWIS Reach For The Truth

Groove Culture presents the first volume of the ‘Deep Into House’ series on their sub label Groove Culture Deep.

The EP starts with a Full Intention’s power-house mix of 'Can I (Show You Real Love)': the legendary UK duo providing a euphoric mix, harnessing a catchy groove and evocative pads, of the classic song written by Micky More & Andy Tee with Angela Johnson on vocals. 'Soul Heaven (Alright)’ takes the A2 spot, a deep-house single by Micky More & Andy Tee, sunset vibes with a seductively soulful vocal.

On the flip Micky More and Andy Tee’s mix of Right To Life - ‘Took My Love Away’ hits with those classic deep-house vibes coupling infectious synths chords and a powerful vocal line. The EP closes with another mix from the Groove Culture duo, this time putting their spin on Danny Losito & Kareem Shabazz’s ‘Spend Some Time’, a track characterized by warm spoken words and catchy backing vocals with beautiful deep chords synth.

Quality music as you’d expect from the Italian dream team.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Micky More & Andy Tee - Can I (Show You Real Love) (feat Angela Johnson - Full Intention Remix)
A2. Micky More & Andy Tee - Soul Heaven (Alright)
B1. Right To Life - Took My Love Away (Micky More & Andy Tee Mix)
B2. Danny Losito & Kareem Shabazz - Spend Some Times (Micky More & Andy Tee Deep Mix)

Georgia has one of the USA's richest musical heritages. These groundbreaking recordings from the 1930's and 1940's are from the Alan Lomax collection and reek with authenticity.

Imagine a world in which you are permitted, by a warlock, to go back in time to use an advanced yet primitive submarine to investigate the deepest waters in and around Japan, for the first time in human history. You are not permitted, but two Japanese scientists were allowed on such an aquatic adventure!

Here we have an underwater in-submarine field recording of their adventures, intermixed with a slippery-watery score, that surely represents the lurking fresh surroundings of the deep as they retreat further and further to the bottom of the ocean. The cameras, the retracting mechanical sea tentacle, their communication devices, are all audible now for you, as Deep Sea Animals is played out as a fresh digital radio play. All the audio has been preserved at Studio Isabellalei, by Milan W. from the original laserdisc, which was a part of the cinematic curatorial program at the opening for Spencer Clark’s album Avatar Blue, in Antwerp, Belgium.

With a purchase of the vinyl album of Deep Sea Animals on Pacific City Discs, you not only return to the prehistoric times of 1986, when two brave Japanese submarine pilots were to record deep underwater creatures, but you are also thus thrust back in time to Antwerp 2018, to a romantically titled, Event Horizon Cactus Cooler Laserdisc Theater. Just as well, the proceeds of this disk, tirelessly edited by Spencer Clark, will be donated to the preservation of the ocean, via the inspiring Sylvia A. Earle’s foundation, Mission Blue. Its not that you may or may not believe what I am now discussing with you, its that you can believe, because this disk is real, and thanks to Pacific City and Discrepant we will ride further into the super-natural realms of real life.

What an amazing experience,
Spencer Clark,
Athens 2023.

Seven bands from urban Pittsburgh through to rural Nebraska, each performing their own distinct ethnic musical variation of the polka. There is Polish honky-style and Norwegian polkability in this collection that exemplifies the continuing polka tradition captured in its glory by Smithsonian folkways.

DEEWEE, the label from Grammy-nominated artists David & Stephen Dewaele AKA Soulwax/2manydjs, release "Foundations", their 50th release and first compilation album coming out on May 7th. 27 tracks including 3 brand new exclusive works* are beautifully presented across triple LP and 2CD physical editions, along with digital format. All are united by a breadth of imagination, a love of hands-on artistry, and of course by the sonic craftsmanship of the Dewaele brothers themselves.

Foundations is more than just a compilation of tracks from the DEEWEE label. It’s a beautiful object in its own right. As with all DEEWEE releases, Parisian art directors, Ill-Studio have created a gorgeous artefact that collectors will love. It’s also a wonderful audio experience, with new music complimenting and elevating the catalogue material, and the sequencing of the 27 tracks done with as much love as any artist album or DJ set. It’s an expression of the values of a musical family with the brothers at its heart and featuring their creative input throughout. Everything on the album has come through the DEEWEE Studios in Ghent, Belgium which was built to bring together their friends from around the world. In many ways, Foundations represents a new phase in the label’s existence, one that is aided by a new joint venture with UK and FR label Because Music.

TRACK LISTING

Double CD
CD 1
01. Charlotte Adigéry - Bear With Me (And L'll Stand Bare Before You)
02. Laima - Disco Pregnancy (Tonal+ Rhythmical)
03. Each Other - Burn It Down
04. Bolis Pupul - Moon Theme
05. James Righton - Release Party
06. Die Verboten - Aquarius
07. Soulwax - Heaven Scent Feat. Chloe Sevigny
08. Ems Synthi 100 - Movement 6
09. Soulwax - Conditions Of A Shared Belief
10. Soulwax - Close To Paradise
11. Asa Moto - Kifesh
12. Laila - The Other Me (Deeweedub)
13. Asa Moto - Wanowan Efem
CD 2
01. Charlotte Adigéry - Paténipat
02. Klanken - Drie
03. Phillipi - 9000
04. Movulango - Leave
05. Laima - Home
06. Emmanuelle - Italove
07. Sworn Virgins -Take Your Lady
08. Phillipi & Rodrigo - Paciencia
09. Extra Credit- Drive Me
10. Bous Pupul - Wéi?
11. Soulwax - Essential Eleven
12. Sworn Virgins - Fifty Dollar Bills
13. Phillipi & Rodrigo - Retrogrado
14. Future Sound Of Antwerp - Tom Cruise, Scientologist

Triple Vinyl Edition
A1. Charlotte Adigéry - Bear With Me (And L'll Stand Bare Before You)
A2. Laima - Disco Pregnancy (Tonal+ Rhythmical)
A3. Each Other - Burn It Down
A4. Bolis Pupul - Moon Theme
A5. James Righton - Release Party
B1. Die Verboten - Aquarius
B2. Soulwax - Heaven Scent Feat. Chloe Sevigny
B3. Ems Synthi 100 - Movement 6
B4. Soulwax - Conditions Of A Shared Belief
C1. Soulwax - Close To Paradise
C2. Asa Moto - Kifesh
C3. Laila - The Other Me (Deeweedub)
C4. Asa Moto - Wanowan Efem
D1. Charlotte Adigéry - Paténipat
D2. Klanken - Drie
D3. Phillipi - 9000
D4. Movulango - Leave
D5. Laima - Home
E1. Emmanuelle - Italove
E2. Sworn Virgins -Take Your Lady
E3. Phillipi & Rodrigo - Paciencia
E4. Extra Credit- Drive Me
F1. Bous Pupul - Wéi?
F2. Soulwax - Essential Eleven
F3. Sworn Virgins - Fifty Dollar Bills
F4. Phillipi & Rodrigo - Retrogrado
F5. Future Sound Of Antwerp - Tom Cruise, Scientologist

The eighteenth edition of Defected’s vinyl series delivers some of the best house music previously unavailable on vinyl. "EP18" collates four impeccable releases in one tidy package, celebrating the modern-day titans of the industry. Kicking off the A-Side, Butch & Nic Fanciulli’s summery release "I Want You" lifts the mood with its arresting groove and looped rhythms; the revered producers secured primetime radio and club play well into 2023, with many labelling it the tune of summer. Next up, Hannah Wants continues her streak of Defected successes with the dancefloor-ready earworm, "The One", featuring west London singer/songwriter ARA. On the B-Side, British house favourite Archie Hamilton explores classic vocal house influences on "Let The Light In" featuring Mancunian vocalist HQA. Closing out the vinyl collection is Dutch powerhouse Ferreck Dawn with "Better", a deep n dirty peak timer featuring infectious vocals from American vocalist Jena.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Another upfront audio digest on vinyl from the vast Defected catalogue. Featuring four stars of the current scene, it's a great snapshot of the more commercial end of the house music spectrum.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Butch & Nic Fanciulli - I Want You
A2. Hannah Wants Ft. Ara - The One
B1. Archie Hamilton Ft. HQA - Let The Light In
B2. Ferreck Dawn Ft. Jena - Better 

Defected’s vinyl series continues to commit the label’s biggest releases to wax. This seventeenth edition collates four unmissable releases from the first half of 2023. Opening the compilation, Grammy nominated producer and Saved Records boss Nic Fanciulli revisits his Skylark alias remix of ‘SOS’ by A’Studio featuring Polina, maintaining the bouncy, rolling feel of the original and taking dancers late into the night. Next up, BBC Radio 1 Dance Future Star and one of DJ Mag's artists to watch for 2023, Parisian DJ and producer Chloé Caillet remixes a record box essential, bringing her busy French touch and disco-inspired sound to Tensnake's iconic 'Coma Cat'. On the B-Side is the humble house master Harry Romero’s update of 'Revolution', a powerful, modern Jersey jam, layering a familiar vocal loop over tight percussion. Closing out this massive collection is the highly anticipated Defected debut from founder of esteemed Amsterdam label PIV; Prunk showcases his signature addictive grooves on ‘Keep It Simple’, with Poland based Rona Ray on vocal duties.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Defected continues to be a crucial and dominant force across modern house music - never resting on its laurels and always aiming to introduce new artists and push new flavours. This various artists series has seem some of the label's best releases committed to wax - and volume 17 is no exception. If you want it fresh and funky then look no further!

TRACK LISTING

A1. A'Studio Ft. Polina - SOS (Skylark Remix - Nic Fanciulli Edit) 
A2. Tensnake - Coma Cat (Chloé Caillet Remix) 
B1. Harry Romero - Revolution (House Masters Edit) 
B2. Prunk & Rona Ray - Keep It Simple 

More from the Defected camp with the 19th edition of their V/A series. Opening the compilation, British house favourite Jansons delivers old skool vibes with ‘Hypnotic’, garnished with classic 90s hip-house vocals from Dope Earth Alien.. . Next up, LP Giobbi’s long-awaited Defected debut came in the form of ‘Giodisco’, a joyful, vibrant club cut that showcased the live musician and producer’s disco-adjacent sound. On the B-Side, the First Lady of Defected Sam Divine presents her long-awaited dancefloor release ‘Take My Hand’ featuring Josh Barry on vocals. After teasing the track for nearly a year in her live sets, the heavenly house release did not disappoint. Closing out this esteemed collection is the addictive collaboration between Parisian underground favourites and London singer-songwriter Camden Cox, ‘Lady Love’, which dominated the summer season with its undeniable energy and earworm vocal.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: The Defected machine shows little sign of slowing down. Road tested throughout the summer by all the big name jocks, these four tracks have tons of mass appeal and should easily keep main rooms, festival tents and big arena's bouncing till dawn.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Jansons Ft. Dope Earth Alien - Hypnotic
A2. LP Giobbi - Giodisco
B1. Sam Divine Ft. Josh Barry - Take My Hand
B2. Oden & Fatzo X Camden Cox - Lady Love 

Special low price sampler featuring new and exclusive tracks from the Leaf label's current roster. Includes tracks from Manitoba, Asa-Chang & Junray, Murcof, Colleen, Icarus, Bill Wells and more.

A Walking Contradiction expands its label family with Aa Sudd and Kombe. Having released solely exclusive Varuna material before, the Basel based imprint now welcomes two close friends for the first installment of their Demi Monde series. Three murky slow techno jams in typical Varuna fashion where fascinating eerie atmospheres work their way up through vigorous half paced grooves.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Aa Sudd - Outside Of The Official Network
A2. Kombe - We Are Insufficient
B1. Varuna - Out Beyond The Settlements

Still on and about after years of the most intense crate digging, gem mining, desperate head-scratching and avid schooling, thirsty as ever for the next musical thrill to wrap our ears and brains around, here comes the fruit of our life-long love story with Japanese electronics, Denshi Ongaku No Bigaku Vol. 1 and Vol.2.

From the soul-fulfilling first crush felt upon hearing the iconic soundtrack of ‘Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence’ by Ryuichi Sakamoto onto our release of Inner Science ‘Cosmo Tracks’, through the life-affirming sets of Laurent Garnier at Dijon’s seminal club, l’An-fer, which have at all times nurtured and expanded our taste for Easternmost delicacies, the influence of Japanese music on our vision and endeavours was paramount to the development of our catalogue, whether directly or indirectly.

This first volume gets the ball rolling with a fine assortment of mostly ambient, electronica and deep house-focussed joints. Draped in organic membranes and ASMR-like synth tapestries, K. Inoue’s nu-agey opener ‘Em Paz’ takes us on a ride across the most serene dreamscapes. Jazzing up these lush and oneiric coastal vibes, Gabby & Lopez ‘Drive form the Miracle’ merges a sense of Californian psychedelia with a straight out hard-bop swing. No stranger to our catalogue, Inner Science returns to serve up a crystalline slice of laid-back house on a mystique-imbued tip he holds the secret to. Flip it over and here comes Aquarium with the splendidly immersive ‘Rainy Night in Shibuya’, which very much feels like wandering amidst its neon-upholstered streets and swarming hallways in a bubble of your own.

Naohito Uchiyama treats us to a synth-drenched nocturnal ballad with the ‘80s-inflected vibes of ’Shugetsu’, whereas Keta Ra cuts a path of ethereal sublimation via the mischievously fun and bouncy balearic lounge of ‘equals’. Masterly crafted by Yuu Udagawa, ‘Infinite Possibility’ eases us in a realm where weightless pop and low-slung abstract hip-hop combine to further exhilarating effect. All in harp-driven brittleness and velveteen sub-bass stealth, Noah ‘Gemini - Mysterious Lot’ has us drifting to a lavishly orchestrated headspace, laying down an impressive work on textures and arrangements. All in on the sedated drip-tease flex, Sauce81 ’Sign of Secret Love’ is a blast of freaky hedonism, just as ready to cast its hypnotic spell down the sweatbox as it was upon its original release ten years ago.

Languid jacking house tune ’Tai+Dai’ from Keita Sano blows the winds of discoid luvin’ across the room with its impeccable balance of sharp, glimmering synthwork and driving bass onslaughts from the depths. An odd slice of reshuffled folk music, Waltz ‘Folkesta’ makes for some eerie invitation of sorts, enchanting and spookily haunting in equal measure. Back to a fevered, hip-swaying mindset, Kuniyuki hi-NRG jazz number ‘Free’ is an absolute wonder of piano and drums-driven boogie, cut from the same cloth as some of Blue Note’s finest Cuban jazz classics. Rounding off the package, Japanese legend Ken Ishii’s version of Larry Heard’s house Hall-of-Famer ‘Can You Feel It’ is pure bliss in a can, tailored to turn any crowd into a shapeless cloud of balmy euphoria and universal love, whatever the place or time.

Mixed by Ken Ishii at Far East Lab and Skywalker Studios. Published by Truelove Music/TAP.

TRACK LISTING

A1 Kaoru Inoue ‘Em Paz’
A2 Gabby And Lopez ‘Drive From Miracles ‘ (Kaoru Inoue Remix)
A3 Inner Science ‘Alight’
B1 Aquarium ‘Rainy Night In Shibuya (???deepspace Slow Down Mix)
B2 Naohito Uchiyama ‘Shugetsu’
B3 Keta Ra ‘Equals’
C1 Yuu Udagawa ‘Infinite Possibility’
C2 Noah ‘Gemini - Mysterious Lot‘ Written & Produced By Noah, Taken From The Album ‘Noire’
C3 Sauce81 ‘Sign Of Secret Love’
C4 Keita Sano ‘Tai + Dai’
D1 Waltz ‘Folkesta’
D2 Kuniyuki ‘ Free’
D3 Ken Ishii Presents Metropolitan Harmonic Formulas Can You Feel It
(feat. Metropolitan Harmonic Formulas And Naruyoshi Kikuchi) Written By
Larry Heard. Produced By Ken Ishii. Saxophones By Naruyoshi Kikuchi

Still on and about after years of the most intense crate digging, gem mining, desperate head-scratching and avid schooling, thirsty as ever for the next musical thrill to wrap our ears and brains around, here comes the fruit of our life-long love story with Japanese electronics, Denshi Ongaku No Bigaku Vol. 1 and Vol.2.

From the soul-fulfilling first crush felt upon hearing the iconic soundtrack of ‘Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence’ by Ryuichi Sakamoto onto our release of Inner Science ‘Cosmo Tracks’, through the life-affirming sets of Laurent Garnier at Dijon’s seminal club, l’An-fer, which have at all times nurtured and expanded our taste for Easternmost delicacies, the influence of Japanese music on our vision and endeavours was paramount to the development of our catalogue, whether directly or indirectly.

TRACK LISTING

A1 Seiji Ono ‘ Celebrate Your Life
A2 Uyama Hiroto ‘Compass’
A3 J.A.K.A.M ‘Pray’
B1 Yuu Udagawa ‘We Float’
B2 Jazztronik ‘ Neon Forest’ (vinyl Only)
B3 BRISA ‘State Of Mind’m
C1 Ryoma Takemasa ‘Deepn’ (The Backwoods Remix)Remix: The Backwoods (DJ Kent Of Force Of Nature)
C2 The Backwoods ‘Cloud Nine’ Written & Produced By The Backwoods Guitar :
LOADRUNNER
D1 909 State ‘RaTaTaTam’ (Hiroshi Watanabe Instrumental Remix)
D2 Tomi Chair ‘Remorse’ (Satoshi Fumi Mix)

A double CD of wild and irreverent music as preferred by The Cramps’ Lux and Ivy. A vintage splattering of thunderous rock ‘n’ roll, deranged teen pop, juvenile delinquent idealism, ridiculous new dance trends, jump blues, demented rockabilly and simply strange instrumentals. Covering high school etiquette, sensually transmitted rock ‘n’ roll fever, angst and radicalism via plenty of maniacal performances, Destination Crampsville is a steamy sax-powered assault on the senses begging the question – how did these three minute salvo’s ever get thought up. Featuring The Ikettes, Little Eva, Tiny Bradshaw and Bobby Parker amid the oddball Don Eee (real name!), Guitar Gable and the wonderful Gin Gilette; it’s a cavalcade of rare and rambunctious tunes. Also includes several indecipherable lyrical excursions. Remastered from the original sound sources with sleevenotes by MOJO magazine’s Dave Henderson

TRACK LISTING

Disc One:
1. CHICKEN ROCK – Scott Wood And His Band
2. SHE CAN ROCK – Little Ike
3. BIG FOOT – Googie Rene
4. BLACK SAXS – Danny Zella And His Zell Rocks
5. CHEROKEE DANCE – Bob Landers With Willie Joe & His Unitar
6. HEAD-HUNTER – Johnny Otis
7. CONGO MOMBO – Guitar Gable And The Musical Kings
8. CERTAINLY ALL – Eddie Jones (Guitar Slim)
9. THE TINGLE – Jackie Weaver
10. JOHNNY GET ANGRY – Shelley Fabares
11. WYATT EARP – The Marquees
12. FLIP, FLIP – The Vons
13. THE SPOOK – Pete Drake
14. STRANGE ENCHANTMENT – Leo Diamond’s Orchestra
15. KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY BABY – Little Eva
16. MYSTERIOUS TEENAGE – The Vels (with The Tim Whittset Imperials)
17. WADLLE, WADDLE – The Bracelets
18. I’M BLUE (THE GONG GONG SONG) – The Ikettes
19. LITTLE JOE – Jack Day
20. CHILI WITH HONEY – Danny Bell And The Bell Hops
21. NATIVE – Bob Callaway & The Chicks
22. THE ROACH – Gene & Wendell (With The Sweethearts)
23. GUMBO MAMBO – The Larke Sisters With Freddie Johnson And His Orchestra
24. SHE’LL NEVER LET HIM GO – Gin Gillette
25. LOVE SLAVE – Bart Mattson
26. KOKO JOE – Don And Dewey

Disc Two:
1. SHE’S MINE – Johnnie Strickland
2. THE GORILLA WALK – Sascha Burland
3. ROCK & ROLL FEVER – Gene Ray
4. STOP AT THE HOP – Don Eee
5. ARROW OF LOVE – The Six Teens (featuring Trudy Williams)
6. SUGAR GIRL – Sonny Til’s Orioles
7. SKIN TIGHT – The Basil Kirchin Band
8. HARDTOP RACE – George Stogner
9. I GOT SCHOOL – Scott Miller
10. SMOOCHIN’ IN THE SEWER WITH LOUIE – The Empalas
11. CRAZY BILLBOARD SONG – The Miller Sisters
12. CRAZY TALK – The Loafers
13. COOL IT – The Mad Plaids
14. HIDE ‘N’ GO SEEK, PARTS 1&2 – Bunker Hill
15. THE TRAIN KEPT A-ROLLIN’ – Tiny Bradshaw
16. WATCH YOUR STEP – Bobby Parker
17. THE BIRD – The Dutones
18. THE CAT – Rod Willis
19. MR WERE-WOLF – The Kac-Ties
20. BLOOD RARE – The Mad Plaids
21. WOMEN AND CADILLACS – The Nite Riders
22. WILD KISSES – Hal Hooper (with Danny Goul And His Quintette)
23. PRIMITIVE LOVE – Tom Reeves
24. I’M BUGGIN OUT, LITTLE BABY – Donny Lee Moore
25. YOU YUM YUM YITTY YITTY YEA – The Dodd Sisters
26. TRAIN TO SATANVILLE – Gin Gillette

Opening with the recent epic Carl Craig rework of Theo Parrish's "Falling Up", this CD only compilation features 11 remixes, six of them previously unreleased or now unavailable. There's an Amp Dog Night rework of Malik Alston's "Butterfly", a Marcellus 'Malik' Pittman (3 Chairs) mix of Darren Abrams and other remixes by Gilb'r, Beatdown Brothers, Kuumba Project, Mike Huckaby, Charles Spencer and Daz-I-Kue. These take in deep electronic house, techno and tough boom-bappin' broken beats.

Following on from the success of our first two volumes in the Motor city Roots series comes, "Detroit Special". Features the first two compilation albums ever released by the legendary Motown label plus 36 bonus tracks featuring the superb Motown artists: Barrett Strong; The Miracles; Mary Wells and more. Also on offer here are many US chart hits from the likes of: Marvin Gaye and The Supremes plus some of the earliest recordings from such artists as: Martha Reeves, Stevie Wonder and once again The Miracles. Fully detailed liner notes make this another great collector's item.

TRACK LISTING

1. Money - Barrett Strong
2. Way Over There – The Miracles
3. Shop Around – The Miracles
4. Bye Bye Baby - Mary Wells
5. Oh Lover - Singin' Sammy Ward & Sherri Taylor
6. (You Can) Depend On Me – The Miracles
7. Please Forgive Me - Mary Wells
8. Who's Lovin’ You – The Miracles
9. Oh I Apologize - Barrett Strong
10. That's Why I Love You So Much - Singin' Sammy Ward & Sherri Taylor
11. Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide – Marvin Gaye
12. Buttered Popcorn – The Supremes
13. Who’S Lovin’ You – The Supremes
14. Oh Mother Mine – The Temptations
15. Romance Without Finance – The Temptations
16. Do You Love Me – The Contours
17. Check Yourself – The Temptations
18. Your Wonderful Love – The Temptations
19. I’Ll Have To Let Him Go – Martha & The Vandellas
20. My Baby Won’T Come Back– Martha & The Vandellas
21. Mind Over Matter (I’M Gonna Make You Mine) – The Pirates
22. I’Ll Love You Till I Die - The Pirates (The Temptations)
23. Little Water Boy – Little Stevie Wonder
24. La La La La La – Little Stevie Wonder
25. Let Me Go The Right Way – The Supremes
26. Time Changes Things – The Supremes
27. Shake Sherrie – The Contours
28. Hitch Hike – Marvin Gaye

CD 2
1. The One Who Really Loves You - Mary Wells
2. Take A Chance On Me - Eddie Holland
3. I've Been Good To You – The Miracles
4. I Want A Guy – The Marvelettes
5. Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam) – The Valadiers
6. Jamie - Eddie Holland
7. Twistin' Postman – The Marvelettes
8. I'm Gonna Stay - Mary Wells
9. What's So Good About Good Bye – The Miracles
10. Take A Chance – The Valadiers
11. Whole Lotta Woman – The Contours
12. I Want A Guy – The Supremes
13. Never Again – The Supremes
14. (You’Re My) DREAM COME TRUE – THE TEMPTATIONS
15. Isn’T She Pretty – The Temptations
16. All The Love I’Ve Got – The Marvelettes
17. Your Heart Belongs To Me – The Supremes
18. (He’S) Seventeen – The Supremes
19. I Call It Pretty Music But The Old People Call It The Blues (Pt.1) – Little Stevie Wonder
20. I Call It Pretty Music But The Old People Call It The Blues (Pt.2) – Little Stevie Wonder
21. Stubborn Kind Of Fellow – Marvin Gaye
22. Strange I Know – The Marvelettes
23. Too Strong To Be Strung Along – The Marvelettes
24. Paradise – The Temptations
25. Slow Down Heart – The Temptations
26. You Really Got A Hold On Me – The Miracles
27. Contract On Love – Little Stevie Wonder
28. Sunset– Little Stevie Wonder

First time available on final! New York's ultra-cool and totally brilliant DFA (Death From Above) label bring us a second round up of all their twelves following on from "Compilation #1". Included are two discs of awesome punk-funk bombs from JOY, The Rapture, LCD Soundsystem and a first ever DFA-Liquid Liquid collaboration "Bellhead" (soooo good!), or more electronic and electro-punk outings from The Juan Maclean, Pixeltan, Delia Gonzalez, Black Leotard Front and Black Dice. The third disc features a DJ-mixed selection by Tim Sweeney and Tim Goldsworthy. You need this!!

“What could have been a mere anthology of the label's uniformly excellent 2004 output is, additionally, a meticulously assembled personal narrative. This is a label that balances its musical and commercial aspirations with an earthy, no-bullshit disposition and - let's say it - the world's best fucking handclaps.” - Nick Sylvester, Pitchfork, in the heady days of 2004.

Behold, "Compilation #2". A compendium what are arguably the best prime-era DFA cuts, mostly all recorded and/or remixed at the old DFA Studios on W. 13th Street (with some notable exceptions), released as 12-inches at the time, and then compiled onto a 3xCD set for convenience because, at the time, people actually bought CDs more than vinyl.

Now, in the spirit of time not really being much of a linear thing anymore, and for our own selfish desire to have this version of Liquid Liquid’s “Bellhead,” produced by the DFA, finally committed to wax, we have reverse engineered this thing back onto vinyl and presented it as a four-record boxed set.

We went back and found the master tapes or files for each song - a not insignificant effort given our habit of disorganization. We then rather painstakingly resequenced and remastered it with the guy we trust with such things: Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service. The lacquers Bob cut were plated and pressed at what we believe to be one of the best pressing plants in the country: QRP in Salina, Kansas.

We tell you all of this to say: we took this shit pretty seriously. Because we felt like it was important and because we felt like some folks would really appreciate it. It sounds remarkable. It looks great. (Rob Carmichael re-did the original packaging, adding a new photo from DFA OG Tim Saccenti from one of the original parties at W. 13th St.) Of course, we somehow can’t stop ourselves from making labeling errors - Pixeltan’s “That’s the Way I Like It” somehow escaped the center labels on the fourth record. It’s kind of the DFA curse. Has to be!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Black Leotard Front - Casual Friday
B1. J.O.Y. - Sunplus (DFA Remix)
B2. The Juan MacLean - I Robot
B3. The Juan MacLean - Dance Hall Modulator Dub
C1. Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Rise (DFA Remix)
C2. Black Dice - Wasteder
C3. J.O.Y. - Sunplus
D1. LCD Soundsystem - Yeah (Pretentious Version)
D2. The Rapture - Sister Saviour (DFA Dub)
E1. Liquid Liquid - Bellhead
E2. LCD Soundsystem - Yeah (Crass Version)
F1. Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - El Monte
F2. The Rapture - Alabama Sunshine
G1. Pixeltan - Get Up : Say What (DFA Remix)
G2. LCD Soundsystem - Beat Connection (Extended Disco Dub)
H1. Pixeltan - That’s The Way I Like It
H2. Black Dice - Endless Happiness (EYE Remix)
H3. The Juan MacLean - Less Than Human

First time on vinyl, fully remastered and resequence by James and Bob Weston.

Behold, Compilation #2. A compendium what are arguably the best prime-era DFA cuts, mostly all recorded and/or remixed at the old DFA Studios on W. 13th Street (with some notable exceptions), released as 12-inches and then compiled onto a 3xCD set for convenience because, at the time, people actually bought CDs more than vinyl.

Now, in the spirit of time not really being much of a linear thing anymore, and for our own selfish desire to have this version of Liquid Liquid’s “Bellhead,” produced by the DFA, finally committed to wax, we have reverse engineered this thing back onto vinyl and presented it as a four-record boxed set.

We went back and found the master tapes or files for each song - a not insignificant effort given our habit of disorganization. We then rather painstakingly resequenced and remastered it with the guy we trust with such things: Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service. The lacquers Bob cut were plated and pressed at what we believe to be one of the best pressing plants in the country: QRP in Salina, Kansas.

We tell you all of this to say: we took this shit pretty seriously. Because we felt like it was important and because we felt like some folks would really appreciate it. It sounds remarkable. It looks great. (Rob Carmichael re-did the original packaging, adding a new photo from DFA OG Tim Saccenti from one of the original parties at W. 13th St.) Of course, we somehow can’t stop ourselves from making labeling errors - Pixeltan’s “That’s the Way I Like It” somehow escaped the center labels on the fourth record. It’s kind of the DFA curse. Has to be!

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
Black Leotard Front - Casual Friday
SIDE B
J.O.Y. - Sunplus (DFA Remix)
The Juan MacLean - I Robot
The Juan MacLean - Dance Hall Modulator Dub
SIDE C
Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Rise (DFA Remix)
Black Dice - Wasteder
J.O.Y. - Sunplus
SIDE D
LCD Soundsystem - Yeah (Pretentious Version)
The Rapture - Sister Saviour (DFA Dub)
SIDE E
Liquid Liquid - Bellhead
LCD Soundsystem - Yeah (Crass Version)
SIDE F
Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - El Monte
The Rapture - Alabama Sunshine
SIDE G
Pixeltan - Get Up / Say What (DFA Remix)
LCD Soundsystem - Beat Connection (Extended Disco Dub)
SIDE H
Pixeltan - That’s The Way I Like It
Black Dice - Endless Happiness (EYE Remix)
The Juan MacLean - Less Than Human

“Different Frequencies” is a compilation album, pressed on transparent blue vinyl and released on National Album Day 2021. With each track a standout record in its own right, this compilation album showcases a new generation of exciting artists at the start of their journeys.

The album features Different Recordings artists such as Greentea Peng, p-rallel, NAYANA IZ, Kojaque and many more, with genres ranging from UK rap & R&B to more experimental and newly-established hybrids of grime and bass.

Whilst some of the lyrics may contain tongue-in-cheek themes, the artists presented here have a serious and ambitious intention, establishing their identity in this post-everything landscape. It's inventive, playful, riddled with attitude and smart, snappy and wily all at once. The south of a youth in full flow! Recommended. 

TRACK LISTING

1. NAYANA IZ - TNT
2. Kojaque - Shmelly
3. Scuti - Skoowup
4. Deema - WISH I HAD TO
5. P-rallel & Lauren Faith -
6. Blue Denim Jeans
7. Greentea Peng - Ghost Town
8. Ishi Vu - A.S.I.S.O.A. 1000
9. Modern Modern Life -
10. London Wants You There

Dig Nitty Records was founded in Brooklyn, NYC in 2005 by Chris Clark, after witnessing the decline of the major and indie labels first hand. In this 'do-it-yourself' age of ever evolving technology, and vast marketing outlets, there is no longer a need for artists to seek the support of a major label. Chris foresaw where the music industry was heading, and decided it was time to embrace truly independent artists who were making a name for themselves. With a minimal budget, and a lot of hard work, Dig Nitty Records now has a roster of visionary artists worldwide. Slim Francis: Brooklyn based Slim Francis is led by Aric Carroll, an extraordinary songwriter and vocalist, whose eclectic guitar stylings and soulful vocals tell haunting tales of life and love in the big city. Bobbie Peru: Manchester based Bobbie Peru cook up a particularly demented stew with their ever-changing musical palette, which is an unpredictable mix of stabbing guitars, social commentary and a rhythm section coming through like a freight train. James Catholic: It is with sincere purpose that extremes flourish in Mr. Catholic's muse; and drama arrives in the form of distinct vocal characters under the restrictions of elementary modern form. After all, its dramatic range that attracts Mr. Catholic to the Matt Johnsons (The The), Peter Murphys, Stooges, and Pixies of the world.

Diggers Dozen presents it’s first compilation on BBE Music selected by Japan’s DJ Muro - King Of Diggin'. This exciting new release offers 12 stunning Japanese jazz-funk and latin-jazz gems which fuse Japanese traditional musical instruments and traditional melodies. These recordings were produced during the 70's for Nippon Columbia by master composers and musicians of Japan’s jazz and latin scene, including Kiyoshi Yamaya, Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys, Kifu Mitsuhashi, Toshiyuki Miyama and more. It's original vinyl releases that these tracks featured on have become scarce and super rare for the Japanese collectors market and now these magnificent tracks are available outside of Japan for the first time on this killer compilation.

The focus and selections made by Muro for this release is a continuation from his Wa Groove Mix “Nippon Breaks” released in 2020. DJ Muro known as King Of Diggin’ rightfully owns this title being one of the world's deepest and most respected collectors of specialist rare records and music related relics. Muro first and foremost is a globally renowned DJ who has made his mark in releasing countless ground breaking mixtapes of various sounds and genres - mainly funk, soul and disco all selected with rare and original pressings. As well as this Muro is widely known for producing, remixing and re-editing many monumental titles and releases, reigning as King in the various fields he prevails.

TRACK LISTING

Vinyl Tracklist
DISC 1
SIDE A
1. Fuke Jobutsu~ Part 1 Tohri (Edited By MURO) – Kiyoshi Yamaya & Contemporary Sound Orchestra
2. Osorezan (Edited By MURO) – Kiyoshi Yamaya & Contemporary Sound Orchestra
3. Souma Nagareyama – Kifu Mitsuhashi, Kiyoshi Yamaya
4. Tabaruzaka – Katsuya Yokoyama, The Million Pops
SIDE B
1. Seijinshiki Aka Adult’s Day – Toshiyuki Miyama & His New Herd
2. Asadoya Yunta – Kifu Mitsuhashi, Kiyoshi Yamaya

DISC 2
SIDE C
1. Nanbu Ushioi Uta – Kifu Mitsuhashi, Kiyoshi Yamaya
2. Saitara Bushi – Kifu Mitsuhashi, Kiyoshi Yamaya
3. Soran Bushi – Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys
4. Hanagasa Odori – Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys
SIDE D
1. Sakura Sakura – Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys
2. Yagi Bushi – Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys

CD Tracklist
DISC 1
1. Fuke Jobutsu~ Part 1 Tohri (Edited By MURO) – Kiyoshi Yamaya & Contemporary SoundOrchestra
2. Osorezan (Edited By MURO) – Kiyoshi Yamaya & Contemporary Sound Orchestra
3. Souma Nagareyama – Kifu Mitsuhashi, Kiyoshi Yamaya
4. Tabaruzaka – Katsuya Yokoyama, The Million Pops
5. Seijinshiki Aka Adult’s Day – Toshiyuki Miyama & His New Herd
6. Asadoya Yunta – Kifu Mitsuhashi, Kiyoshi Yamaya
7. Nanbu Ushioi Uta – Kifu Mitsuhashi, Kiyoshi Yamaya
8. Saitara Bushi – Kifu Mitsuhashi, Kiyoshi Yamaya
9. Soran Bushi – Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys
10. Hanagasa Odori – Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys
11. Sakura Sakura – Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys
12. Yagi Bushi – Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys

DISC 2 (Mixed)
1. Fuke Jobutsu~ Part 1 Tohri (Edited By MURO) (Mixed) – Kiyoshi Yamaya & Contemporary
Sound Orchestra
2. Osorezan (Edited By MURO) (Mixed) – Kiyoshi Yamaya & Contemporary Sound Orchestra
3. Souma Nagareyama (Mixed) – Kifu Mitsuhashi, Kiyoshi Yamaya
4. Tabaruzaka (Mixed) – Katsuya Yokoyama, The Million Pops
5. Seijinshiki Aka Adult’s Day (Mixed) – Toshiyuki Miyama & His New Herd
6. Asadoya Yunta (Mixed) – Kifu Mitsuhashi, Kiyoshi Yamaya
7. Nanbu Ushioi Uta (Mixed) – Kifu Mitsuhashi, Kiyoshi Yamaya
8. Saitara Bushi (Mixed) – Kifu Mitsuhashi, Kiyoshi Yamaya
9. Soran Bushi (Mixed) – Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys
10. Hanagasa Odori (Mixed) – Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys
11. Sakura Sakura (Mixed) – Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys
12. Yagi Bushi (Mixed) – Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys

After introducing the wider world to the DIY electronics and sunkissed rhythms of the French West Indies via their first volume, Heavenly Sweetness wow us once again with the mighty Digital Zandoli compilation. Compiled by world renowned French diggers Julien Achard (Diggers Digest) and Nicolas Skliris (Superfly Records) Volume 2 contains twelve new musical weapons for the dancefloor from the French West Indies Zouk scene.
This second instalment kicks off in wall shaking style with the tough beats, sound system bass and zouk/dancehall hybrid of "Ban Di Fwan" by Coco / Fabert, before cooling down via an instrumental of Wach' Da's "Confrontation", a sultry poolside roller with fat synth bass and airy flute riffs. Michel Alibo brings the tonalities of US RnB to his tropical rhythm on the A3, before the B-side brings the soulful sound of Osmose, Juliane's synth-zouk stepper and a loved up romp from Champagn'. Onto the second disc and we get a synth-disco stomper from Jo Star (killer!), Alex Rosa's "Sistern" (file next to your Tabuley Rochereau "Hafi Deo") and the body bending banger "Pou Qui A" by Patrick Nuissier. There's no let up on the heat as we hit the D-side, riding the digitally flipped tradional rhythm of Vik'In's "Tension La Ka Mont", chanting along to the gruff vocals of Joyeaux De Cocotier's funk bomb, a skanking with a smile to Djeminay's dubwise "Sun Plash".
Once again it's an all killer, no filler affair, shining a well deserved spotlight on a forgotten corner of the global music map. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Patrick says: I was over in Paris recently on a digging mission, and the flea markets, pound bins and second hand stores are swamped with shit zouk records. It's with this in mind that I give Julien and Nicolas my utmost respect for wading through the wasteland to find only the finest cuts from the French West Indies. Volume One was amazing, but this is better! Bon chance!

TRACK LISTING

Coco / Fabert - Ban Di Fwan
Wach' Da - Confrontation (Instrumental)
Michel Alibo - Pou Jaloux
Osmose - Melodi
Juliane - Blanc E Noir (Instrumental)
Champagn' - L’anmou Aw
Jo Star - Demar Moin
Alex Rosa - Sistem 
Patrick Nuissier - Pou Qui A
Vik'In - Tension La Ka Mont
Joyeaux De Cocotier - Pina Colada Coco Loco
Djeminay - Sun Plash

Diplo arrived on the scene with his acclaimed DJ Shadowesque album "Florida" in 2004, but has since become more well known for a series of remixes pinning his colours to the mast of baile funk, Bmore and dancehall styles. "Decent Work For Decent Pay" brings together some of these reworks (MIA, Hot Chip, Bloc Party, Kano, CSS and Spank Rock, amongst others), plus features a previously unreleased, exclusive Diplo song as well. Jumped-up, cut-up, breaks-heavy electroid slammers for the dancefloor!

Such was the response from press and public to "Dirty Water - The Birth of Punk Attitude" that Kris Needs has been filling the bathtub again with another riotous selection of proto-punk scorchers, garage band delights and seminal figures who either revolutionised a movement or upset their chosen apple-cart; all filling the arteries which would explode in 1976 and change the world.

The new set casts its net even wider than the first, corralling sonic marauders such as Germany’s Faust, New York’s wilfully shambolic Godz, George Clinton’s barrier-trampling Parliament, original folk activist Woody Guthrie and deathly 60s electronic trailblazers United States Of America. The set stretches back to primitive rock‘n‘roll‘s early salvos, including Bo Diddley and Johnny Thunders’ favourite Eddie Cochran, plus the hot-wired tremors of UK outfits such as Kilburn and the High Roads, Doctors Of Madness, Stack Waddy, Hammersmith Gorillas and the Edgar Broughton Band. New York City is represented by Patti Smith, Blondie, the mighty Jayne County, demented Holy Modal Rounders and Dizzy Gillespie representing the bebop movement which flame-blasted cool jazz’s rigid trouser-seat, leaving a wide open orifice for the raw, spiritual anarchy of Albert Ayler.

Needs also exercises his long-standing fixation with obscure, unhinged 60s US garage-psych with the Misunderstood, Zachary Thaks, Human Expression and high-energy Detroit garage bands Unrelated Segments and Tidal Waves.

Some are looking for gold or oil and others are passionately looking for forgotten music treasures! Those who can be described as "sound gold diggers" criss cross record shops or confidential places to unearth musical nuggets previously kept in the dark. This practice began with sampling in the 80s and has now become a way of safeguarding the world's musical heritage. With our new "Diggin' Collection", we invite you to discover soul, funk or disco gems from the 70s and the 80s available on three nice vinyls for your pleasure.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Carol Williams - Love Is You
A2. Stevo - Pay The Price
A3. Ultra Funk - Gotham City Boogie
A4. Eastside Connection & Shane Salcido - You're So Right For Me
A5. Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)
B1. Fire - You Don't Know
B2. Tina Charles - Disco Love
B3. Eddie Horan - The Dancer
B4. Eli's Second Coming - Foxfire
B5. King Tutt - Keep On

Disco Hamam are on hand with a massive helping of Turkish Delight here, packing enough brightly spiced brilliance to keep me chipper. Ozerbey handles the grill like a seasoned pro on the A-side, loosening us up with a thick keyboard groove, shuffling percussion and sweeping strings on the excellent 'Mihrimah'. Slow and sleazy, this dramatic cut walks the tightrope between disco and psych-funk before Ozer locks into a looping beatdown groove and works the filters to the bone. Tasty! Flip the Gözleme (Turkish pancake for the benefit of any Daily Mail readers), for a musical meze from Anatolian cosmic king FOC Edits. The intergalactic excitement begins with "Demdir Dem Bu Dem", a lively and loose sayko-delic disco winner which works the top end with frenzied keys and space sirens before dropping into a stunning snake hipped groove which makes me think of both the bam bam riddim and Bombers' "Shake". Hot on its heels comes "Neredesin", a dusty dancer boasting an Ofra Haza-style rhythm section, sultry, spoken vocals and some seriously wiggy bass/sax interplay. I'm gonna come back for seconds!

STAFF COMMENTS

Patrick says: Another killer cut up EP from the Hamam camp here as Ozerbey and Foc Edits tear through a little top-notch Turkish tackle. Ozer gets loopy on the A-side (think vintage Mark E at his local Kebab house), while Foc Edits brings us a pair of groove-oozing cosmic killers on the flip.

TRACK LISTING

Ozerbey - Mihrimah
FOC Edits - Demdir
FOC Edits - Neredesin

People in The Sky is now on its twelfth release and it feels like the musical landscape is changing as the heat around disco starts to bleed into dark corners of the indie underworld, and brave new hybrids start to emerge, skirting around the fringes of post punk, white boy funk, Kraut cosmonica and disco's inbuilt hedonism. Riding the wave of all this cross-pollinating the label drop a compilation. It starts with the timeless Italo of Tantra's 1981 classic "A Place Called Tantra", moves confidently through the strutting disco-rave of Mock and Toof's mix of Friendly Fires' "Photobooth", sashays through 40 Thieves "Don't Turn Me On", and then drifts off into space via John Daly's mix of Beppe Loda's "Egotrya", the Diaphanoids "Weightless Motionless" and Holy Ghosts's anthemic mix of They Came from the Stars "Moonsong". It swoops back to earth with the deep disco-froideur of Chromatics "Hands In The Dark", struts around Lindstrom's "Botswana Bedouin", and then straps on the floor-burners with Optimo's mix of Colder and Metal on Metal's take on Wax Stags' epic "Short Road", before closing out with Heartbreak's sizzling electro-disco rework of Plugs "Bodyheat", and finally, the Diaphanoids glorious slo-mo, lazer guided re-jig of Snorkel's "Dust to Dust". 17 tracks in total - lots of space, lots of songs, lots of grooves, and hopefully something a bit different for burn out new ravers, disco freaks and indie refugees alike.

Tracklisting
1.Tantra - A Place Called Tarot (Idjut Boys Re-Edit)
2. Friendly Fires - Photobooth (Mock & Toof Mix)
3. Morten Sorenson – Cyclick
4. 40 Thieves - Don't Turn It Off
5. Egotrya - Volcano (John Daly Version)
6. Serge Santiago - Atto D'Amore (Original)
7. Plugs - That Number (Acapella) They Came From The Stars I Saw Them - Moon Song (Holy Ghost! Remix)
8. The Diaphanoids – Weightless Motionless
9. Chromatics - Hands In The Dark
10. Ghostape - Allez Allez (Screen Tests Mix)
11. Lindstrom - Botswana Beduin
12. Chaz Jankel - Get Yourself Together (Hercules & Love Affair House Mix)
13. Hedford Vachal - Alan Vs. Gary
14. Colder - To The Music (Optimo Espacio Take Two Mix)
15. Wax Stag - Short Road (Metal On Metal Remix)
16. Plugs - Body Heat (Heartbreak Remix)
17. Snorkel - As The Dust Settles (The Diaphanoids Remix)

‘Disco Not Disco’ was a perfectly timed compilation back in 2000. Released when interest in the myths, history and playlists of original New York clubs like Paradise Garage and The Loft was at its peak, the album drew on the outer limits of leftfield disco championed by Levan and Mancuso, bringing together unlikely dancefloor anthems by rock acts like Yoko Ono and Ian Dury, obscurities from cottage labels like BC and Splash and selected oddities from the unique mind of avant-garde hero, Arthur Russell. It was essentially a celebration of the sonic melting pot in New York during the early ‘80s, an era when punk had burnt itself out and disco had become commercial and saccharine; in its place, the post-punk movement threw up brilliant oddities which tore up the accepted rulebook. Since its release, the compilation title has become a by-word for a whole genre of music and remains a landmark collection of its time. This new pressing is a welcome return for an essential celebration of disco’s difficult cousins.

TRACK LISTING

1. Yoko Ono – Walking On Thin Ice (1981 Re-edit)
2. Liquid Liquid – Cavern
3. Loose Joints – Tell You (Today) (Vocal)
4. Ian Dury & The Seven Seas Players – Spasticus Autisticus (Version)
5. Material – Over And Over
6. Was (Not Was) – Wheel Me Out
7. Dinosaur – Kiss Me Again (Original Edit)
8. Don Cherry – I Walk
9. Common Sense – Voices Inside My Head
10. Nicky Siano - Move
11. Indian Ocean – School Bell / Tree House

Stix Records, a sub-label of Favorite Recordings, proudly presents "Disco Reggae Vol. 5", pursuing the highly acclaimed series started 10 years ago.

Birth land of reggae music, Jamaica has also always been fed by soul, funk, R&B and pop music from the US scene, delivering some of the best covers anyone could think of. With it’s "Disco Reggae" series, Stix Records therefore simply carried on this tradition, offering new versions of classic songs from a wide spectrum of musical styles.

On this 5th edition, the list extends to famous names such as The Undertones, Bobby Caldwell, Cerrone, Patti LaBelle, or Ray Parker Jr. to name a few. At the control to tailor these hits with new and exclusive reggae suits, you’ll find the best producers from the Stix’ roster like Soul Sugar aka Booker Gee, Taggy Matcher, Simon Nyabinghi, or Mato.

Together they signed again a perfect soundtrack to extend your summer and fill your playlists, whether to light the dancefloors or just sip a nice cocktail facing the Negril’s sunset!

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Everyone's favourite reggae mash-up collection is back for another volume head-turning, hard-skanking cover versions.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Mato - What You Won’t Do For Love (Ft. Ethel Lindsey)
A2.Taggy Matcher - Supernature (Ft. Phoebe Killdeer)
A3. Mato - Lady Marmalade (Ft. Lady Gatica)
A4. Simon Nyabinghi - You'll Never Know Dub

B1. Taggy Matcher - Teenage Kicks (Ft. Wolfgang Valbrun)
B2. Paula Mirhan - Walk On By
B3. Taggy Matcher - That's The Way (I Like It)
B4. Soul Sugar - Still In The Groove

Second of these quaterly compilation CDs from Disposable Music. A neat little package of cool local (and occasionally not so local) sounds, dipping into just about every genre of music. 22 tracks, and all for the price of a CD single. Can't be bad! (As Ted Chipping used to say)

Strut present the first ever compilation series to access the archives of one of the greatest of all French Caribbean labels, Disques Debs out of Guadeloupe. Set up by the late Henri Debs during the late ‘50s, the label and studio has continued for over 50 years, releasing over 300 7” singles and 200 LPs, covering styles varying from early biguine and bolero to zouk and reggae. Debs played a pivotal role in bringing the créole music of Guadeloupe and Martinique to a wider international audience.

Volume 1 of this series marks the first decade of the label’s existence and takes in big band orchestras, home-grown stars, touring bands and a new generation that would emerge at the end of the ‘60s. Early releases were recorded in the back of Henri’s shop in Pointe-a-Pitre, from his own sextet playing percussive biguines to young saxophonist Edouard Benoit, leader of Les Maxels and regular arranger for Debs bands. Other artists ranged from big bands like Orchestre Esperanza and Orchestre Caribbean Jazz to poet and radio personality Casimir “Caso” Létang and folkloric gwo ka artist Sydney Leremon. Debs also capitalised on recording foreign touring artists visiting Guadeloupe during the early ‘60s including Haitian trumpeter Raymond Cicault and Trinidadian bandleader Cyril Diaz.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Daniel Forestal Et Sa Guitare – Ces P’Tits Je T’Aime
A2. Casimir Létang – Travail Z’Enfants! Chantez Après!
A3. Cyril Diaz Et Son Orchestre – Feeling Happy
A4. Georges Tinedor Et Manuela Pioche – Collié Et Zanno
A5. Henri Debs Quintet – Douce Kombass
A6. Joseph Lacides – Mr. Morin
B1. Geno Exilie – Lan Misè
B2. Dolor Et Les Diables Du Rythme – Salvana
B3. Sydney Lérémon Et Ses Amis Du Calvaire Baie- Mahault – You You Matayango
B4. Raymond Cicault Et Son Orchestre Volcan – À Mon Ami Lucien Jolibois
B5. Orchestre Esperanza Et Jean Leroy – Ou Pas Bel
B6. Henri Debs Sextet Et Paul Blamar – Moin Çé On Maléré
C1. Le Ry- Co Jazz – Si I Bon Di I Bon
C2. Remy Mondey – Meringue Mondey
C3. Henri Guedon Et Les Contesta – Van Van
C4. Les Shupa Shupa D’Haiti – Batterie Shupa
D1. Paul Blamar Et Vélo – Lovency
D2. Eric Virgal – Stanislas
D3. Les Aiglons – Les Aiglons Ka Satisfait
D4. Tutus De La Guyane – Nanao Nanao
D5. Guy Conquette – Assez Fait Cancan

In association with DJ Amir and 180 Proof Records, BBE Music presents ‘Strata Records - The Sound of Detroit - Volume 1’, a new compilation taking in just a few highlights from the short-lived but hugely influential jazz imprint. With a raft of Strata material now entering entering the BBE Music catalogue for the first time, joining together with already-released gems such at the long-lost Charles Mingus live album ‘Jazz In Detroit’, we asked 180 Proof founder and Strata catalogue curator DJ Amir to compile a selection of tracks as an introduction to the uninitiated. Over to DJ Amir to tell us more: I carefully selected my top-choice select tracks that have not been already bootlegged or comp’d in the past; from the well-known fan favourites, to the obscure, to the previously unreleased cuts. This is by no means an exhaustive and comprehensive compilation, but these are the songs that truly represent the catalog and help to tell the story of Strata. I thought it would be fitting to begin the compilation with one of my all-time favourites from the catalog, ‘Beyond the Dream’ by Kenny Cox, a spiritual groover, highlighted with the haunting mellotron strings and soulful vocals from Detroit legend Ursula Walker. And I absolutely love the ending, with the chanting of “Vamonos Que Ya Fiesta Se Acabo” (“It’s time to go because the party is coming to an end”)! When I originally issued the previously unreleased album ‘Mirror, Mirror’ by Sam Sanders in 2013, the track ‘Face At My Window’ that features an unknown vocalist instantly became a fan favourite thanks to its hypnotising vocals and mellotron strings. How could I not include my all-time track from Lyman Woodard, ‘Saturday Night Special’? This track represents the best of that lo-fi jazz funk organ groove and bass combined, again, with those mellotron strings. And after meeting Lyman in 2008, I became even more of a fan! His magnum opus that is ‘Saturday Night Special’ began my journey to re-introducing the world to the Strata label. After a chance discovery of a Strata master with only the letters ‘TJ’ written on the front, I took a chance and digitally transferred the master. Unfortunately, the master was in awful shape, but what I discovered was truly a stunning recording! At first, I thought I was listening to a young Shuggie Otis but then I quickly realised that I was not Maulawi Nururidin, to a few previously unreleased gems from Ursula Walker, Mixed Bag, and the Soulmates, hopefully, you’ll be inspired to dive deeper into the Strata catalog! Enjoy! Amir Abdullah aka DJ Amir All of the original albums from which these tracks were chosen are now available to download or stream wherever you find your music.

TRACK LISTING

Beyond The Dream
Tune For L.N.
Face At My Window
People We Got To Do Better
Noh Word
Joy Road
Time Is Wasting
Root In 7/4 Plus
Salsa Pt. 1
Maiden Voyage
You're The One
Where Is The Place?
Saturday Night Special
Inner City Player
Island Song
All But Blind

Game-changing multi-instrumentalist Kamaal Williams has put together the latest DJ-Kicks mix. It features four of his own brand new and exclusive tracks and hints at the wide world of influences that have made him one of the most prominent artists of the last few years.

Williams has taken his long standing love of seventies jazz fusion and mixed it up with the contemporary sound of the London underground to devastating effect. House, broken beat, grime, soul, funk, hip hop and jazz all permeate his work, which has seen him evolve from one-man producer Henry Wu to acclaimed live band Kamaal Williams, backed by talented drummers and bassists. His pioneering work in the studio and live arena has influenced a whole new generation of like-minded musicians that have helped make the capital one of the most musically exciting and quickly evolving cities in the world, with Williams' own virtuoso drumming and percussion right at the heart of it all.

The exceptional Yussef Kamaal album 'Black Focus' was one of the most talked about records of 2016. Vinyl pressings kept selling out, it received rave reviews, earned the band the Breakthrough Act award at the 2017 Jazz FM awards and led to spellbinding live shows all over Europe. The follow up, The Return, came on Williams' own new Black Focus label and took his band global, all while picking up nominations for best independent album at the AIM Music Awards.

Improvised rhythm and spirituality are at the heart of everything Williams does, as is London life, with its diverse people, cultures and musical customs all feeding into his work. That is also true when making more electronic sounds as Henry Wu, who appears here after standout EPs on labels like Rhythm Section International. Williams' music is so individual it is more than deserving of its own tag: the artist himself calls it Wu Funk, and some of the many sounds that feed into it are all showcased on this adventurous new mix.

Exclusives include a live take of 'Snitches Brew,' new Kamaal Williams tracks 'Shinjuku' and 'Strings ATL' , as well as 'Wivout U' from Henry Wu. Those vital highlights sit next to classic jams from Southern Freeze, a strong contingent of London innovators from K15 to Dego and Tenderlonius to Kaidi Tatham, with funk driven house from Peven Everett, raw stuff from Steve Julien, lush synth grooves from Lone and feel good grooves from Phil Asher all making this is an honest and uplifting collection that, when necessary, is happy to eschew blends, fades and mixing in favour of red hot selections and sequencing.

Kamaal Williams DJ-Kicks is a fascinating insight into the record collection of a true musical alchemist.

STAFF COMMENTS

Millie says: Take a dive into Kamaal Williams’ chosen tracks picked for DJ Kicks, a few brand-new exclusives and a mixture of Jazz, Hip Hop, Broken Beat and all the good stuff including Steve Spacek, Ratgrave and some Henry Wu gems in there too. Oooff!

TRACK LISTING

CD
1. Budgie - Sometimes
2. Kamaal Williams - Snitches Brew (live In Atlanta) **
3. Karriem Riggins - Summer Madness S.A.
4. Lord Tusk - Space Invader (Vocal Mix)
5. Seiji - Buggin' Out
6. Steve Spacek - Hey There
7. Max Graef - Speed Metal Jesus
8. Kaidi Tatham - Two Tens Madam
9. Freeez - Southern Freeez
10. Peven Everett - Stuck (Original)
11. Hard House Banton - Sirens
12. Diggs Duke - Cause I Love You
13. DJ Harrison - MovingUp
14. Ratgrave - Ein Kola Bitte!
15. Wbeeza - He’s So Crazy
16. Awanto 3 - Pregnant
17. Henry Wu - 117 Careplan
18. Lone - Airglow Fires
19. Henry Wu & Earl Jeffers - Projections
20. City People - It's All In The Groove
21. Phil Asher - Peace And Love
22. Tenderlonious - Song For My Father
23. Yussef Kamaal - Lowrider
24. Steven Julien - XL (Original Mix)
25. Kamaal Williams - Shinjuku (DJ-Kicks) **
26. Henry Wu - Wivout U **
27. Dego - Nuts
28. K15 - Time Humbles Us All
29. Kamaal Williams - Strings ATL **
** = Exclusive

LP
A1. Budgie - Sometimes
A2. Kamaal Williams - Snitches Brew (live In Atlanta) **
A3. Steve Spacek - Hey There
B1. DJ Harrison - Moving Up
B1. Ratgrave - Ein Kola Bitte!
B3. Wbeeza - He’s So Crazy
C1. Seiji - Buggin' Out
C2. Freeez - Southern Freeez
C3. Hard House Banton - Sirens
D1. Henry Wu - 117 Careplan
D2. Henry Wu - Wivout U **
D3. Kamaal Williams - Shinjuku (DJ-Kicks) **
** = Exclusive

Smoke it! Feel It!

The slo-beat pioneers Kruder & Dorfmeister of Vienna are among the hottest producers in the dance universe. Even though they only produced two unreleased maxis, big names like Count Basie, Bomb The Bass, Alex Reece or United Future Organization had some of their tracks remixed by these exceptional producers. Their productions on compilations of Ninja Tune, SSR and Wall Of Sound are considered milestones regarding the trip-hop genre and many major companies are trying to release their debut album.

Since 1993 the two smart Austrians Peter Kruder & Richard Dorfmeister have been working together as a team and when being asked about their musical roots they name musicians like Miles Davis, Sly Stone, Brian Eno, Serge Gainsbourg or Bill Laswell. Besides this they are great admirers of the Gilles Peterson and Coldcut Radioshow of London's cult-station Kiss FM, which had a lot of influence on their musical open mindness. Their label G-Stone was able to gain outstanding reputation with its four releases and earned fantastic media reaction in international publications.

Besides their outstanding fame as producers both were able to blast even the hippest clubs on this planet with their extravagant DJ-sets. Their breathtaking mixture of trip-hop, dub, ambient and drum'n'bass is supposed to be way-leading thus supporting their cult-status. Smokin' tracks of Herbalizer, Statik Sound System, Hardfloor, Aquasky, Shantel and others are combined on their DJ-Kicks set, gathering the hottest labels from Ninja to Cheap, from Moving Shadow to Creative Wax. A dub producer helped to remix the entire material making it a thrilling club soundtrack for the 90s. By the way, during the work for DJ-Kicks and their debut album they refused remixes for U2, Grace Jones, Elvis Costello and the Fantastic Four.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Small World – Livin' Free (Soundtrack Mix)
A2. Aquasky – Kauna
B1. Hardfloor – Dadamnpheaknoizphunk? (Dubdope)
C1. JMJ & Flytronix – In Too Deep
C2. Shantel – Bass And Several Cars
D1. Tango – Spellbound
D2. Thievery Corporation – Shoalin Satellite

Following a year that saw the 50th entry in the long-running series released to wide acclaim, DJ-Kicks returns in 2016 another landmark edition. Iconic Detroit DJ and producer Moodymann is at the helm for his first ever multi-artist DJ mix compilation. Born Kenny Dixon Jr., Moodymann is a one-of-a-kind electronic music icon, hailing from, and wholly synonymous with the Motor City. He is an outspoken, impossibly charismatic artist who has been putting a distinctive and soulful stamp on house and techno since the early 90s. Melting together jazz, funk, soul, blues and rock in captivating ways, he is responsible for some of electronic music’s most definitive tracks, EPs and LPs on labels like Planet E, Peacefrog and his own KDJ and Mahogani Music imprints. As able to serve up the sweetest and most sensual sounds as he is the darkest and most depraved grooves, his own unique voice and stream of conscious musings infuse expertly sought-out samples for music that is decisively alive and authentic.

Across 75 minutes and 30 tracks, Moodymann does not disappoint: despite being a notorious vinyl fetishist, Dixon’s aim is to present music of quality, not to one-up fellow collectors. Rather than serving up ridiculously rare or hard-to-find records, he instead focuses on creating a libidinous, blues-drenched mood that takes in heart-breaking soul, gorgeous hip-hop and love-fuelled house. In addition to cuts from his own creative circle, the mix features 11 exclusive Moodymann edits. Like everything Kenny Dixon Jr. touches, DJ-Kicks showcases the taste, skill, and soul of a dance music original.

TRACK LISTING

CD -
1. Yaw - Where Will You Be
2. Cody ChesnuTT - Serve This Royalty
3. Dopehead - Guttah Guttah
4. Jitwam - Keepyourbusinesstoyourself
5. Talc - Robot's Return (Modern Sleepover Part 2)**
6. Beady Belle - When My Anger Starts To Cry**
7. Shawn Lee Feat. Nino Moschella - Kiss The Sky
8. Jai Paul - BTSTU**
9. Flying Lotus Feat. Andreya Triana - Tea Leaf Dancers**
10. Nightmares On Wax - Les Nuits
11. Rich Medina Feat. Sy Smith - Can’t Hold Back (Platinum Pied Pipers Remix)
12. Julien Dyne Feat. Mara TK - Stained Glass Fresh Frozen
13. Little Dragon - Come Home
14. Andrés Feat. Lady - El Ritmo De Mi Gente
15. Fort Knox Five Feat. Mustafa Akbar - Uptown Tricks (Rodney Hunter Remix)
16. Daniel Bortz - Cuz You're The One**
17. José González - Remain
18. Big Muff - My Funny Valentine
19. Les Sins - Grind**
20. Tirogo - Disco Maniac
21. SLF & Merkin - Tag Team Triangle**
22. Joeski Feat. Jesánte - How Do I Go On**
23. Kings Of Tomorrow Feat. April - Fall For You (Sandy Rivera's Classic Mix)**
24. Soulful Session, Lynn Lockamy - Hostile Takeover
25. Anne Clark - Our Darkness
26. Peter Digital Orchestra - Jeux De Langues**
27. Noir & Haze - Around (Solomun Vox)**
28. Marcellus Pittman - 1044 Coplin (Give You Whatcha Lookin 4)
29. Lady Alma - It’s House Music
30. Daniela La Luz - Did You Ever ** Moodymann Edit.

LP -
A1. Yaw - Where Will You Be
A2. Flying Lotus Feat. Andreya Triana - Tea Leaf Dancers**
A3. Les Sins - Grind**
B1. Noir & Haze - Around (Solomun Vox)**
B2. Julien Dyne Feat. Mara TK - Stained Glass Fresh Frozen
B3. Jitwam - Keepyourbusinesstoyourself
C1. Dopehead - Guttah Guttah
C2. Talc - Robot's Return (Modern Sleepover Part 2)**
C3. Peter Digital Orchestra - Jeux De Langues**
C4. Jai Paul - BTSTU**
D1. Beady Belle - When My Anger Starts To Cry**
D2. Daniel Bortz - Cuz You're The One**
D3. Joeski Feat. Jesánte - How Do I Go On**
E1. Nightmares On Wax - Les Nuits
E2. SLF & Merkin - Tag Team Triangle**
E3. Lady Alma - It’s House Music ** Moodymann Edit
F1. Tirogo - Disco Maniac
F2. Kings Of Tomorrow Feat. April - Fall For You (Sandy Rivera's Classic Mix)**
F3. Soulful Session, Lynn Lockamy - Hostile Takeover.

When Peggy Gou released her debut EP ‘Art of War’ in 2016, she made a list of career goals. One of them was to become the first South Korean DJ to play Berlin’s techno institution Berghain, an objective she achieved only a few months later. Another item on that list was to record an instalment of !K7’s DJ-Kicks series. “It’s the premier class of DJ mixes,” she says. “Some of my favourite selectors have contributed to it.” Now Peggy Gou can tick that off her list too as she proudly presents the 69th edition of the mix series.

The Berliner-by-choice started working on the mix last year. It was a busy time for the 28-year-old: she’d just scored her first Mixmag cover and her single ‘It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)’ was receiving awards and critical acclaim. Each month she would DJ in 20 nightclubs all over the world. And yet, the goal for her mix was ambitious: instead of trying to capture the energy of her DJ sets, she aimed to create a portrayal of her own musical journey. An 18-track listening session that takes you straight into Peggy Gou’s living room where she plays you the formative tunes from her collection. No genre boundaries – she moves across disco, house, techno and electro. No tempo limits – the mix ranges from 90 to 150 BPM. And no age restriction – the earliest tunes on the mix are from 1983.

STAFF COMMENTS

Patrick says: DJ superstar, powerhouse producer and general woman of the moment, Peggy Gou has been smashing up the Piccadilly sales totals of late, and this compilation makes it clear where her influence stems from. Seamlessly moving through electro, bass, house and synthpop, the Korean producer leads us on a journey through the best bits of club music from the last 30 years. All in all a brilliantly immersive and hugely flexible collection from the superstar DJ.

TRACK LISTING

CD
1. Spacetime Continuum - Fluresence
2. Peggy Gou - Hungboo (DJ-Kicks)**
3. Pearson Sound - Earwig
4. Pegasus - Perseguido Por El Rayo
5. Sly And Lovechild - The World According To Sly & Lovechild (Andrew Weatherall Soul Of Europe Mix)
6. Dorisburg - Rytm804
7. Hiver - Pert**
8. Kyle Hall - Flemmenup
9. DMX Krew - EPR Phenomena
10. JRMS - 3
11. Shades Of Rhythm - Exorcist
12. Kode 9 - Magnetic City
13. The System - Vampirella
14. Black Merlin - Kundu
15. Aphex Twin - Vordhosbn
16. R-Tyme - Illusion (Mayday Remix)
17. Psyche - Crackdown
18. Deniro - Epirus
19. I:Cube - Cassette Jam 1993**

** Tracks Are Exclusive To This Compilation.

LP
A1. Peggy Gou - Hungboo (DJ-Kicks)**
A2. The System - Vampirella
A3. Pegasus - Perseguido Por El Rayo
B1. I:Cube - Cassette Jam 1993**
B2. Sly And Lovechild - The World According To Sly & Lovechild (Andrew Weatherall Soul Of Europe Mix)
C1. Deniro - Epirus
C2. Psyche - Crackdown
D1. Hiver - Pert**
D2. Aphex Twin - Vordhosbn

** Tracks Are Exclusive To This Compilation.

For a duo whose youthful energy rejuvenated the world of house music at the start of the 2010s, it seems incredible that Disclosure are now into their second decade of musical life. The incredible vigour of those early records, the spark of invention and ever-onward musical thrust, remains with the Disclosure brothers, Howard and Guy Lawrence, to this day.

The emphasis throughout DJ-Kicks is on motion. After a brief ambient introduction from Pépe’s Life Signs, Disclosure keeps the energy high, in a mix that showcases the wonderful malleability of a house beat in the right hands. From sub bass to disco samples to 303 tweak, all is welcome in Disclosure’s house, with the mix allowing individual songs space to breathe even as the pace remains harefooted.

TRACK LISTING

CD
1. Pépe - Recollection
2. Harry Wolfman - LOTF
3. Cleanfield - Conflict With Clayton
4. Disclosure - Deep Sea
5. Simon Hinter - Wanna Make Love
6. &on&on - Don’t Say A Word
7. M-High - Harmony In The Distance
8. Slum Science - Mezmerized
9. Disclosure - Observer Effect (DJ-Kicks)
10. East End Dubs - BRave
11. Onipa - Fire (Disclosure Edit)
12. Arfa X Joe - Recognise

LP
A1. Pépe - Recollection
A2. Harry Wolfman - LOTF
A3. Cleanfield - Conflict With Clayton
B1. Disclosure - Deep Sea
B2. Simon Hinter - Wanna Make Love
B3. &on&on - Don’t Say A Word
C1. M-High - Harmony In The Distance
C2. Slum Science - Mezmerized
D1. Disclosure - Observer Effect (DJ-Kicks)
D2. Arfa X Joe - Recognise

Elkka’s deep intuition is the unifying thread throughout Cardiff-born DJ and producer’s illustrious career. Vibrant releases for Local Action, Ninja Tune and her own label and party, femme culture, have marked her as an unstoppable force within the London underground. This recognition metabolised when she was awarded BBC’s prestigious Essential Mix of the Year in 2021, spotlighting her radiant blend of classic house, breakbeat and experimental electronica to the world over.

As the next curator of DJ-Kicks, Elkka is voyaging through rave euphoria. “This is a really special moment for me because DJ-Kicks has been a formative part of my musical education,” she says. An intoxicating journey through Chicago house and disco, leftfield techno, UK bass and electro-punk, Elkka conjures up an atmosphere that is as primed for the club as it is the listener’s interior world. 

TRACK LISTING

CD Tracklist:
01. Elkka - Attention, Lovers
02. Shake - Music Is The Only Way (I Can Communicate)
03. Paula Tape - Panamericana
04. Dauwd - La Nota
05. East-West - Can’t Face The Night (Club Mix)
06. Omri Smadar, Roy Shpilman - Adama
07. Pelada - No Hay
08. Herbert - Keep Time (Nobody)
09. UK Electro, Gerd Janson - ICA Beats Part 1 (Gerd Janson Edit)
10. Dan Curtin - Particle Dawn
11. Carli - Lights & Strobes
12. Jensen Interceptor - Lean Before The Interview
(Ft. Assembler Code)
13. Surusinghe - BAD GIRLS
14. Elkka - Hands
15. Anna Wall - Memories
16. Hodge, Peder Mannerfelt - All My Love
17. Mark Broom - Silenced Part 2
18. Elkka, Jeigo - Body
19. Jeigo - IHaint
20. Villager - Monocyclical
21. Breaka - Living
22. Mark Pritchard - Give It Your Choir Ft. Bibio
23. Patty Waters - Why Can’t I Come To You


LP Tracklist:
A1. East-West - Can’t Face The Night (Club Mix)
A2. Omri Smadar, Roy Shpilman - Adama
B1. Herbert - Keep Time (Nobody)
B2. Dan Curtin - Particle Dawn
C1. Jensen Interceptor - Lean Before The Interview (Ft. Assembler Code)
C2. Elkka - Hands
C3. Hodge, Peder Mannerfelt - All My Love
D1. Elkka, Jeigo - Body
D2. Villager - Monocyclical
D3. Breaka – Living

London-based, Australian-born Teneil Throssell, aka HAAi, is known for a strain of sonic psychedelia that metabolises precise sound design, melodic techno, electronic pop and thundering beats. Following the release of her acclaimed 2022 album, Baby, We’re Ascending, HAAi has reached what she calls “another career milestone” - an invitation to steer the next edition of !K7 Records’ acclaimed DJ-Kicks series.

HAAi approached this mix with two concurrent goals: to continue to iterate on her artistic theme - which she named ‘always ascending’ - and to highlight her flair for hyperkinesis and drama behind the decks, which she achieves with BPM left-turns, endless upwards tilts and sharp accelerations, liminal transitions and moments of pure euphoria. Within the sweeping journey she moves through an expansive selection of heritage classics, future-facing artists, friends, heroes, and voices from close-knit communities, alongside a number of her own exclusive productions.

TRACK LISTING

2LP Tracklist:
A1. HAAi X Jon Hopkins X KAM-BU - Always Ascending
A2. HAAi - ZiGGY
B1. I. JORDAN - Life On The Wing
B2. Joshua James - We Go Again
B3. DJ PGZ - Quality High
C1. Koreless - Seven (Drumhell)
C2. Cocktail Party Effect - Make It Undone
C3. The Blessed Madonna - Strength
D1. Manni Dee, River Moon - Hot
D2. HAAi - SHiNE

CD Tracklist:
1. HAAi - Intro
2. Lähetys/Transmission - Pan Sonic
3. HAAi - Ziggy
4. The Blessed Madonna - Strength
5. Jaco - Show Some Love (Rhythm Invention Remix)
6. Agoria - Boomerang
7. HAAi - SHiNE
8. Manni Dee, River Moon - Hot
9. I. JORDAN - Life On The Wing
10. Perc & Fractal - Up (Perc Remix)
11. Radiotrance - Plasma
12. Tunnidge - Geddeon
13. Surusinghe - Bet
14. Cocktail Party Effect - Make It Undone
15. Koreless - Seven (Drumhell)
16. Christian Smith, John Selway -Total Departure
17. HAAi X Jon Hopkins X KAM-BU - Always Ascending

Jessy Lanza has always made music that perfectly suits the mood – whether it’s the heads-down trance of the dancefloor or that hazy, post-club bliss. It’s no surprise for an artist that takes electronic music’s most intoxicating sensibilities and effortlessly reimagines them as experimental pop and R&B. The Canadian singer, producer and DJ from Hamilton, Ontario, has trodden an inspiring path which led to 2013’s boldly minimalist debut Pull My Hair Back, released on revered UK label Hyperdub. Gorgeously complex follow-ups Oh No – shortlisted for Canada’s prestigious Polaris Prize – and 2020’s All the Time crowned her as a singular talent in the left-of-pop sphere.

It’s with this genre-bending approach that Jessy Lanza presents her entry for the DJ-Kicks series – a sprawling, club-indebted odyssey that draws you in closer and closer with each listen. Recorded this summer, the mix is an incisive snapshot of her emotional landscape during the past 18 months. In 2020, with nothing but a van, a few personal belongings and her musical gear, Lanza and her partner relocated from New York City to the Bay Area to ride out the pandemic. A change of scenery, buoyed by the slower pace of their new home, gave her a fresh perspective during a worldwide screeching halt.

Jessy Lanza’s DJ-Kicks mix also arrives as a divine stroke of timing. As the world slowly starts to re-open, it’s a portal into the ecstatic energy of the dancefloor; an emblem of genuine healing – both personal and communal – that transports listeners to a state of pure euphoria.

TRACK LISTING

CD
01 Jessy Lanza - Guess What
02 Jessy Lanza - Seven 55 (feat. Loraine James) [DJ-Kicks]
03 Jessy Lanza - Wet X3 (feat. Taraval)
04 DJ Spookie - Twilite
05 Michael J. Blood - Lip Biter
06 Mr. Ho - Bail-E
07 Crystal - Jungli - La [Joe Howe Club Mix]
08 Masarima - Freak Like U [Club Mix]
09 Golden Donna - Foaming
10 Mafia Boyz - Teaspoon La Qoh
11 Markus Mann - I'm Losing
12 Jim C. Nedd - Maleka
13 Maarten Van Der Vleuten - Nightshift
14 Secret Werewolf - Yage
15 Grain - Untitled B2
16 Gant-Man - Distorted Sensory (Loefah's South Side Rmx)
17 G3 - Drum 2 [Peanut]
18 Lolina - A Path Of Weeds And Flowers
19 Dee Jay Nehpets - Na Na Na
20 Oyubi - 140yaku
21 DJ SWISHA - If The Shoe Fits
22 Jessy Lanza - Heaving Featuring Taraval
23 TAH - Beat It Up Like (These Drums)
24 Kanyon - IDFW Snakes
25 CN - Anubis
26 The Raining Heart - Raining Heart

2LP
A1 Jessy Lanza - Guess What
A2 Jessy Lanza - Seven 55 (feat. Loraine James) [DJ-Kicks]
A3 Jessy Lanza - Wet X3 (feat. Taraval)
A4 Oyubi - 140yaku
B1 Jim C. Nedd - Maleka
B2 Jessy Lanza - Heaving (feat. Taraval)
B3 Dee Jay Nehpets - Na Na Na
B4 DJ SWISHA - If The Shoe Fits
C1 CN - Anubis
C2 Lolina - A Path Of Weeds And Flowers
C3 Mafia Boyz - Teaspoon La Qoh
C4 The Raining Heart - Raining Heart
D1 Michael J. Blood - Lip Biter
D2 Markus Mann - I'm Losing
D3 Mr. Ho - Bail-E
D4 Golden Donna - Foaming

Growing up in Chicago, later Detroit-based music producer, Theo Parrish is internationally well known for his own inimitable downtempo house music style. The approach Parrish took to compiling DJ-Kicks was very ambitious, inviting his Detroit peers to produce a collection of brand new material, and in turn creating the first ever all exclusive entry to the esteemed series.

"Detroit creates. But rarely imitates. Why? We hear and see many from other places do that with what we originate. No need to follow. Get it straight. In the Great Lakes there are always more under the surface than those that appear to penetrate the top layer of attention and recognition. What about them that defy tradition? Those that side step the inaccurate definitions often given from outside positions? This is that evidence. Enjoy."

• First official compilation by Theo Parrish
• All exclusive unreleased material
• Includes new music from Theo Parrish
• 19 tracks mixed across a two volume CD set
• Triple LP sampler containing 15 full length tracks

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Never afraid to veer away from the norm. The Detroit innovator instantly breaks convention by commissioning all-exclusive content from his Motor City broths and sisters. Not only does this add to the collectability of the compilations, it gives his community a platform and shines the spotlight on artist I haven't even heard of. A truly celebration of community spirit and also one of the most geo-centric DJ Kicks releases to date. A briliant, inventive and thoughtful concept incredibly well executed. And given Theo's dedicated craft at mixing records, the mixed CD version is just as essential as the vinyl compilation!

TRACK LISTING

CD1:
1. De'Sean Jones & Ideeyah - Pressure
2. Donald Lee Roland II - Simba's Theme
3. Meftah - When The Sun Falls
4. Theo Parrish & Duminie DePorres - The Real Deal
5. Specter - The Upper Room
6. Deon Jamar - North End Funk
7. Ian Fink - Moonlight (Duality/Detroit Live Version)
CD2:
1. John C & Meftah - Full
2. MBtheLight - AGAIN (T’s Edit)
3. De'Sean Jones - Psalm 23
4. Raybone Jones - Green Funk
5. Jon Dixon - Wind Drifts (Instrumental)
6. Whodat & Sophiyah.e - Don’t Know
7. KESSWA - Chasing Delerium Feat. Nova Zai
8. Raj Mahal - Hudsons
9. De'Sean Jones - Flash Spain
10. Jason Hogans - Surrounded By Trees
11. Howard Thomas - Experiment 10
12. Sterling Toles - Janis

3LP:
A1. De'Sean Jones & Ideeyah - Pressure
A2. Donald Lee Roland II - Simba's Theme
A3. Jason Hogans - Surrounded By Trees
B1. John C & Meftah - Full
B2. Meftah - When The Sun Falls
B3. De'Sean Jones - Psalm 23
C1. Ian Fink - Moonlight (Duality/Detroit Live Version)
C2. KESSWA - Chasing Delerium Feat. Nova Zai
D1. Specter - The Upper Room
D2. Raj Mahal - Hudsons
E1. Raybone Jones - Green Funk
E2. Whodat & Sophiyah.e - Don’t Know
F1. Howard Thomas - Experiment 10
F2. MBtheLight - AGAIN (T’s Edit)
F3. Sterling Toles - Janis 

Acid Jazz collaborates with Dutch-Italian vinyl specialist Tardam Records for this collection of raw R&B and Soul hard-hitters Featuring the likes of The Mighty Typhoons, Spinshots and Voodoo Working Club, it’s a modern exploration of a classic soul-night ready sound Presented in impeccable style with a specially commissioned sleeve illustration by Emanuel Wiemans of a midcentury pool party to really set the tone.

TRACK LISTING

1. I’m Com’un Home In The Morn’un – The Mighty Typhoons Ft. Beaulah Enser
2. Seven Bullets, One Gun – The Spinshots
3. Scorched – Rosie Stevens & The Dry Riverbed Trio
4. Do It All Night – Working Voodoo Club
5. Open Your Heart – The Uppertones
6. Gigglewater – 44 Shakedown
7. Waddasei – The Mighty Typhoons Ft. Viky De Sentis
8. One More Chance – The Might Typhoons Ft. Beaulah Enser
9. Sweet Baby Of Mine – Rose Stevens & The Dry Riverbed Trio
10. The Snake – The Mighty Typhoons
11. For A Minute – Voodoo Working Club
12. Sometimes I Feel – The Uppertones
13. Ramrod – 44 Shakedown
14. Diabolik - Skepticals

A quintessentially Piccadilly Records kinda label, Trunk records' unique eccentricity, uncompromising artistic outlook and fierce risk taking nature have made it a best selling staple here at the shop for nearly 30 years! Here the hugely influential label compile 33 tracks, some of which are being issued for the first time - and to boot, it's all housed within a unique David Shringley sleeve - all rejoice!

With a decidedly library / soundtrack / cinematic approach which takes on jazz, funk, psychedelia, primitive electronics and exotica / easy listening; you'll find a whose-who of antique pioneers, unheard innovators and well known names from across the musical spectrum but all somehow fitting in the intangibly quirky Trunk-mindset.

It's playful, full of wanderlust and makes you want to immediately book a holiday to the Italian countryside to look for records (whilst telling the wife you're taking her on a wine tasting odyssey). Whilst dug deep, there’s a carefree innocence that embraces all lovers of music, rather than alienating through obscurity or unlistenability.

Incudes unreleased work from Delia Derbyshire, unheard Nogmusic (from Noggin The Nog), newly discovered sounds from the Kirchin tape archive and a sex tape from a boot fayre. And of course loads of other influential, magical and beautiful music that Jonny Trunk has unearthed since 1996.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE ONE
1 Bartleby Opening Cue - Roger Webb
2 A Tune For Lucy - The Inigo Kilborn Group
3 Make Me Rainbows - Mark Murphy
4 Zeus - Jonny Trunk
5 Sunbeam - Kenny Graham And His Satellites
6 About Bridges VCS3 Melodies - Delia Derbyshire (from The Hooykaas / Stansfield Film)
7 The Tomorrow People Theme - Dudley Simpson
8 Fight - The Musketeers (from The TV Series “The Flashing Blade)

SIDE TWO
9 Lux Eterna / Aurora Borealis (from The Remarkable Earth Making Machine) - The Park Lane Primary School
10 Car Boot Sex Tape
11 Drama Workshop Tape 3 / 1 - Derek Bowskill With The Michael Garrick Quartet
12 Fiend Discovery And Titles (from Blood On Satan’s Claw) - Marc Wilkinson
13 Circles - The Cults Percussion Ensemble
14 Camel Riding (Noggin The Nog “Nog Music”) - The Vernon Elliott Quintet
15 Sound Images - Coggins And Cook
16 Sara’s Tune - David Lord With The Prime Ensemble
17 Speech Exercises - Trees And Flowers - Children Of The Italia Conte School

SIDE THREE
18 Front Titles (from Kes) - John Cameron
19 Liyaduma - The African Swingsters
20 JB Dubs - John Baker
21 The Millionaire - The Dudley Moore Trio (from The Soundtrack Of Bedazzled)
22 Time Stood Still - Paz
23 A Quiet Place - Karin Krog (arranged And Conducted By Don Ellis)
24 International Harvester - Mike Sammes And The Mike Sammes Singers
25 The Ladies Bras - Jonny Trunk And Wisbey

SIDE FOUR
26 You Are About To Use The Telephone
27 Silicon Chip - Basil Kirchin
28 Robot Man - Barry Gray
29 The Electron’s Tale - Tristram Cary
30 Track 2 From The Night Train Tapes - Kenny Graham And His Afro Cuban Chums
31 O Willow Waly (from The Others) - Isla Cameron With The Ivor Raymonde Singers
32 Child Vocal Tape - Basil Kirchin
33 I LIke It! - Mike And Bernie Winters

Jon Savage's second eclectic voyage through Post-Punk era Electronic music, Disco, Experimental & Proto-Techno 1978-82.

Re-mastered with care & attention from the very best available audio sources for maximum listening pleasure..

This compilation is selected and curated by renowned cultural commentator, writer and film-maker Jon Savage. Amongst many highly revered projects Jon has produced the definitive work on Punk Rock in “England's Dreaming” and the documentary & book “Teenage” The Creation of Youth, 1875 - 1945. He is also the biographer of Joy Division & author of the top 10 Sunday Times best seller "This Searing Light, The Sun & Everything Else" The Oral History Of Joy Division in 2019. His new book The Secret Public: How LGBTQ Resistance Shaped Popular Culture (1955-1979) is published in in 2024.

TRACK LISTING

A1 Dee D. Jackson-Automatic Lover 4:07
A2 Telex - Moscow Diskow (Original 12" Version) - 5"20
A3 Soft Machine - Soft Space 8"56
B1 Qondile-African Dawn 2"54
B2 Gaz Nevada - I.C. Love Affair 6"30 (Original 12" Mix Version)
B3 I Signori Della Galassia - Archeopterix 4"00
B4 Cerrone - La Secte De Marrakech Suite 4"33
C1 John Foxx-Burning Car 3”15
C2 Thomas Leer & Robert Rental – Monochrome Days 4”01
C3 Cabaret Voltaire-Red Mask 6”54
C4 Caution – UFO 5"30 (Original 12" Mix Version)
D1 Martin Rev - Nineteen 86 4"36
D2 Pascal Comelade - Sequence 1 2"55
D3 The Flying Lizards - An Age 2"31
D4 Throbbing Gristle - Beachy Head 3"39
D5 Terminal City -Mugin For Unknown 5”40

Keeping their unbeaten record intact, Soundway Records present a new compilation of twenty rare and mostly unavailable tracks from the slick and sassy world of Nigerian pop music and club culture of the early 1980s. Buoyed by an explosive oil boom and a return to democracy after a series of military dictatorships, Nigeria's economy in the years of the early '80's was mirrored by its recording industry as countless young artists and groups hit the airwaves and dancefloors of the capital and beyond. It was a glossy, brash new form of pop music born out of ashes of late 1970s disco and funk and, just as in America, was the soundtrack to a new generation for whom money, style and flirtation trumped the overblown psychedelia of the previous decade. Eager to sound as American as possible with no hint of the fervor for afro-beat, afro-rock and afrocentric thinking that the 1970s had thrown up, a new generation of young artists and performers turned their backs on their cultural roots in music and sought a new kind of stardom and fame firmly connected to the glossy, snazzy world of the 1980s that was erupting in the USA and Europe. The 1970s flares and cuban heels began to disappear, in their place came sleek suits, rolled-up sleeves, bow-ties, jumpsuits, leather jackets, greased hair and a firm nod in the stylistic direction of Michael Jackson.

STAFF COMMENTS

Patrick says: It's 2016 and by now you've heard your fair share of African disco comps. You haven't however, heard an official set featuring remastered versions of Steve Monite's 'Only You', Oby Onyioha's 'Enjoy Your Life' and Livy Ekemezie's stunning 'Holiday Action'. It's worth the entry fee for those three tracks alone, so with SEVENTEEN (!) other killers on here, you should snap a copy up.

TRACK LISTING

CD 1
Hotline - Fellas Doing It In Lagos
Peter Abdul - Don’t You Know
Steve Monite - Only You
Oby Onyioha - Enjoy Your Life
Kio Amachree - Ivory
Livy Ekemezie - Holiday Action
Willy Roy - Don’t Give Up
Danny Offia & The Friks - Funk With Me
Rick Asikpo & Afro Fusion - Too Hot
Terry Mackson - Distant Lover

CD 2:
Ofege - Burning Jungle
Odion Iruoje - Indentify With Your Root (Cd Only)
Mike Umoh - Shake Your Body
Burnis Moleme - Where Is The Answer
Sony Enang - Don’t Stop That Music
Veno - Groove I Like
Godfrey Odili - Let’s Do More Music
Toby Foyeh - Ore Mi
Gboyega Adelaja - Colourful Environment
Lexy Mella - On The Air
Nkono Teles - Be My Lady (Mix)

40 years ago: April 17, 1975, Phnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge and Cambodian rock and roll was no more. Its star musicians were targeted and killed, record collections were destroyed, clubs were closed, and Western-style music-making, dancing, and clothes were outlawed. The deaths of approximately 2 million Cambodians and the horrors of the Killing Fields have been well-documented; add to this John Pirozzi’s fascinating tale of Cambodia’s vibrant pop music scene, beginning in the 1950s and ‘60s, influenced by France’s Johnny Hallyday and Britain’s Cliff Richard and the Shadows. The filmmaker has assembled rare archival footage, punctuating it with telling interviews with the few surviving musicians. Cambodian culture has long been synonymous with a love for the arts.

DON’T THINK I’VE FORGOTTEN pays homage to the country’s rock legends who paid for their creativity with their lives. Through the eyes, words and songs of its popular music stars of the 50s, 60s, and 70s, Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll examines and unravels Cambodia's recent tragic past. Dust-to-Digital is excited to release the soundtrack to such an important film. Compiled by the film’s director, the album is very cinematic in nature. The sequencing and newly-remastered audio transport the listener through the rock and roll history of Cambodia in a similar fashion as John Pirozzi’s documentary film. It is both entertaining and essential to hear so many tracks that are available outside of Cambodia for the very first time.