Defected welcomes one of Chicago house’s founding fathers Marshall Jefferson into the illustrious list of House Masters with this exclusive wax release. An artist that has successfully navigated major cross-over success while retaining utmost respect from the inner circle of electronic music’s underground, Marshall has been behind countless seminal records over his five-decade career. Now a selection of the very best tracks from his new House Masters compilation appear together on vinyl for the very first time, showcasing the impressive output of this house pioneer from his most well-known solo records, to major production credits, key remixes and the underground gems still favoured by selectors today.

Cutting his teeth as a producer for Chicago’s Universal Recording Studios, Marshall was one of the most active DJ and producers on the Windy City’s music scene during the 1980’s house music boom. Working under a plethora of aliases such as Virgo, Jungle Wonz, Truth and On The House, as well as producing for names such as CeCe Rogers, Curtis McClain and Evelyn "Champagne" King, Marshall’s status as a bona fide house music luminary is well documented.

‘Defected presents House Masters - Marshall Jefferson’ is an all-encompassing guide to his tremendous career. A trailblazer and genre-defining artist, Defected is honoured to welcome Marshall into the House Masters Hall of Fame with this very special vinyl compilation.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Ten City - Devotion (Club Mix) 
A2. Marshall Jefferson Presents Truth - Open Our Eyes (Celestial Mix) 
B1. Marshall Jefferson Vs. Noosa Heads - Mushrooms (Salt City Orchestra Out There Mix) 
B2. Jungle Wonz - Time Marches On (Re Vision) 
C1. Cece Rogers - Someday (Club Mix) 
C2. Hercules - 7 Ways (Vocal) 
D1. Sterling Void & Paris Brightledge - It's Alright (House Mix) 
D2. Sleezy D. - I've Lost Control (Re Vision) 

Active as a professional DJ in Japan since the late eighties, DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite is also a renowned remixer, compiler and producer. An avid record collector and an expert of Wamono music, Yoshizawa has published in 2015 the now-classic Wamono A to Z records guide book, which instantly sold-out. The book unveiled a myriad of beautiful and rare records from a highly prolific, but still then unknown, Japanese groove scene. He has also selected a large part of the music in our highly acclaimed Wamono compilations.

For this brand new chapter in the series, Yoshizawa explores King Records' legendary catalog and unearths exceptional, rare and unknown musical gems. King Records has been releasing music since 1931 and is one of the most prestigious labels in Japan. Traditional Japanese music, known as "Minyo", are ancient songs once sung by fishermen, coal miners and sumo wrestlers. They are reimagined here with vibrant afro latin, rock, rare groove and funky arrangements in this killer selection of music released on King between 1963 and 1979. Also worth mentioning is the track Ohara Bushi by The Peanuts, which was released only on tape in 1970 and is now available for the first time ever on vinyl format.

Put the needle on the record, turn up the volume and dig right now into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the fifties in Japan!

TRACK LISTING

1. Chiemi Eri - Aizu Bandaisan
2. Pinky & Killers - Soran Bushi
3. Tokyo Children's Choir - Kokiriko
4. Michiya Mihashi & Tokyo Cuban Boys - Sado Okesa
5. Dark Ducks - Konpira Funefune
6. Ebonee Webb - Cowboy's Elegy
7. Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalo - Tanchame
8. Satoru Oda & His Group - Yagi Bushi
9. Pinky & Killers - Otemoyan
10. Miki Nakasone - Kunjan Sabakui
11. Leon Pops - Mamurogawa Ondo
12. The Peanuts - Ohara Bushi
13. Tokyo Academy Mixed Choir - Kiyari Kuzushi
14. King Orchestra - Dojou Sukui (Yasugi Bushi)

Peace and love in late 60s America did not come without parallel feelings of fear and confusion about the social situation – specifically about Vietnam. “Safe In My Garden” is the latest Ace compilation in an acclaimed series compiled by Bob Stanley – it’s a companion piece to the much-praised “State Of The Union (The American Dream In Crisis 1967 – 1973)” 

The music on “Safe In My Garden” is harmony-laden, beautifully produced soft rock. Sunshine pop, even - a melodic, innovative style of American music that grew in the mid-60s out of the folk and surf scenes, exemplified by the Beach Boys and the Mamas and Papas. You will hear orchestral arrangements, and soft boy-girl vocals. But it wasn’t made in isolation from what was going on in the outside world. There are clouds and minor chords, plenty of melancholy in those harmonies.

“Safe In My Garden” includes songs of escape (Mark Eric’s ‘Move With The Dawn’, the Groop’s ‘A Famous Myth’), loss (the Eighth Day’s ‘How Can I Stop Loving You’, the New Colony Six’s ‘Prairie Grey’), dreamscapes (Tommy James and the Shondells’ ‘She’, Nancy Priddy’s ‘Christina’s World’), rebirth (Smokey and his Sister’s ‘Creators Of Rain’), a simpler world (the Free Design’s ‘My Brother Woody’) and a philosophically sounder future (Chad & Jeremy’s ‘The Ark’, Best of Friends’ ‘Summer Sound’).

It contains some surprisingly dark messages paired with beautiful melodies, as well as songs of hope. Thousands of young musicians in cities, suburbs and small towns across the States from the mid to late 60s spent their mornings hiding from the mailman, dreading the draft. This is the Sound of Young America in the late 60s, keeping its fingers crossed.

TRACK LISTING

1. ALWAYS YOU - The Sundowners
2. MOVE WITH THE DAWN - Mark Eric
3. SHE - Tommy James & The Shondells
4. A FAMOUS MYTH - The Groop
5. DREAMIN' IN THE SHADE (DOWN IN L.A.) – Brewer & Shipley
6. I DON'T THINK I KNOW HER - Tee & Cara
7. KNOCK ON WOOD - Harpers Bizarre
8. THE VISIT (SHE WAS HERE) - The Cyrkle
9. I SEE IT NOW - Fargo
10. SUMMER SOUND - Best Of Friends
11. A MOMENT OF BEING WITH YOU - The Critters
12. BLIGHT - The Millennium
13. JILL - Gary Lewis & The Playboys
14. I CAN SEE ONLY YOU – Roger Nichols & The Small Circle Of Friends
15. LITTLE DREAMS - The New Wave
16. MY BROTHER WOODY - The Free Design
17. CHRISTINA'S WORLD - Nancy Priddy
18. THE ARK - Chad & Jeremy
19. CREATORS OF RAIN - Smokey & His Sister
20. HOW CAN I STOP LOVING YOU - The Eighth Day
21. LOVE IS A RAINY SUNDAY - Love Generation
22. SPRINGTIME MEADOWS - The Sunshine Company
23. THE WORD IS LOVE - Thomas & Richard Frost
24. PRAIRIE GREY - New Colony Six

This is the story of how a tiny label from New Jersey changed the course of music history not once but twice.

Cheri Records was established in 1974 in New Jersey and run by one Boo Frazier. Cheri's output was limited, producing a catalogue of just eleven releases between the years 1974 and 1982. On the face of it, this appears to be insubstantial output. However, if you dig a little deeper, the quality released on Cheri Records reveals an exceptional legacy of groundbreaking music.

A dark horse in the world of record labels, a true unsung legend that would go on to alter the course of musical history and intersect with a remarkable array of talented artists, bands and DJs. From Rare Pleasure; Sandy Barber; Julius Brockington; Boo Frazier; Patrick Adams; Tom Moulton; Larry Levan and MF Doom: Cheri Records has directly impacted their artistry in significant ways. Cheri's influence even extends into the present, with DJ icons like David Morales, Dave Lee, Danny Krivit, and Colin Curtis continuing to champion its contributions.

This compilation brings together the most compelling tracks from the Cheri Records catalogue, shedding light on the label's extraordinary story and underscoring the idea that music, no matter how unassuming its origins, can transcend boundaries and reshape, influence and inform music to come for future generations.

This collection also represents the start of a new series here on Miles Away, a series that will delve into the labels and studios that were responsible for leaving a lasting imprint on the musical world. We've named this seriesEchoes From,and this compilation will be the first of many.

The vinyl package comes in a gatefold sleeve with in-depth liner notes and features interviews with Colin Curtis and David Morales. Also available on CD and digitally.

TRACK LISTING

1. Rare Pleasure - Let Me Down Easy
2. The Family Tree - 150th Psalm
3. Roslyn & Charles - Come Go With Me
4. Hyla Parker - Joe
5. The Julius Brockington Ensemble - Let The Holy Spirit
6. Vera Powell - I Didn't Know How Happy I Could Be
7. The Family Tree - As
8. Roslyn & Charles - Told To Tell You
9. Sherm Reb Nesbary - Don't Make Me Sorry For Loving You
10. The Julius Brockington Ensemlbe - Light Of My Soul
11. Brooklyn People - Boogie People
12. Roslyn & Charles - God Is
13. The Family Tree - Brand New Day

NOW Music proudly presents the next release in their 'NOW That’s What I Call An Era' series – 'NOW That's What I Call An Era - Disco: 1973-1980' – a dazzling celebration of the golden age of disco.

Showcases essential tracks that lit up the dancefloors, charts, and airwaves at the height of disco fever — an era when glittering anthems, euphoric grooves, and iconic vocal performances defined nightlife around the world.

TRACK LISTING

LP Tracklisting:
1. Chic – Le Freak (Edit)
2. Sister Sledge – We Are Family (Single Edit)
3. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive (Single Version)
4. Sylvester – You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
5. Chaka Khan – I'm Every Woman
6. Candi Staton – Young Hearts Run Free
7. Diana Ross - Upside Down
8. Sheila & B. Devotion – Spacer (7'' Edit)
9. Amii Stewart – Knock On Wood (7” Edit)
10. The Three Degrees - Givin' Up Givin' In
11. Eruption - I Can't Stand The Rain
12. Boney M. - Daddy Cool
13. Village People – YMCA
14. Michael Zager Band - Let's All Chant
15. Lipps Inc. - Funkytown (Single Version)
16. Dee D. Jackson - Automatic Lover
17. Donna Summer - MacArthur Park (Single Version)
18. Earth, Wind & Fire With The Emotions - Boogie Wonderland
19. McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now (Single Version)
20. Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up
21. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Featuring Teddy Pendergrass - The Love I Lost (Single Version)
22. George McCrae – Rock Your Baby
23. Tina Charles - I Love To Love
24. Andrea True Connection - More, More, More (Single Version)
25. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
26. The Trammps – Disco Inferno (Single Edit)
27. A Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
28. Diana Ross - Love Hangover
29. Grace Jones - I Need A Man
30. Amanda Lear - Follow Me (Single Version)
31. Patrick Juvet – I Love America
32. Frantique - Strut Your Funky Stuff (Single Version)
33. Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
34. Belle Epoque – Black Is Black
35. Alicia Bridges - I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round) (Single Version)
36. Rose Royce - Car Wash (Single Version)
37. The Real Thing – Can You Feel The Force (7” Single Version)
38. Kool & The Gang - Ladies Night (Edit)
39. Barry White - You See The Trouble With Me (Single Version)
40. Yvonne Elliman - If I Can't Have You
41. Elton John - Are You Ready For Love ('79 Version Radio Edit)
42. Heatwave - Boogie Nights
43. The Emotions - Best Of My Love
44. LaBelle - Lady Marmalade (Single Version)
45. Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real
46. Odyssey - Native New Yorker
47. Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way (Single Version)
48. Donna Summer - Last Dance (Single Version)

CD Tracklisting:
1. Chic – Le Freak
2. Sister Sledge – We Are Family
3. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
4. Village People – YMCA
5. Sylvester – You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
6. Chaka Khan – I'm Every Woman
7. Blondie - Heart Of Glass
8. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
9. Diana Ross - Upside Down
10. Sheila & B. Devotion – Spacer
11. Candi Staton – Young Hearts Run Free
12. McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
13. Heatwave - Boogie Nights
14. The Emotions - Best Of My Love
15. A Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
16. Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out
17. KC & The Sunshine Band – That's The Way (I Like It)
18. Frantique - Strut Your Funky Stuff
19. Lipps Inc. - Funkytown
20. Michael Zager Band - Let's All Chant
21. Boney M. - Daddy Cool
22. Andrea True Connection - More, More, More
23. Donna Summer - MacArthur Park
24. The Trammps – Disco Inferno
25. Earth, Wind & Fire With The Emotions - Boogie Wonderland
26. Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn The Beat Around
27. Dan Hartman - Instant Replay
28. The Real Thing – Can You Feel The Force
29. Crown Heights Affair – Galaxy Of Love
30. Liquid Gold – Dance Yourself Dizzy
31. Alicia Bridges - I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round)
32. Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real
33. Musique - In The Bush
34. Shalamar – Take That To The Bank
35. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Featuring Teddy Pendergrass - The Love I Lost
36. Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up
37. Barry White - You See The Trouble With Me
38. Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine
39. Kool & The Gang - Ladies Night
40. The Gap Band - I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up And Dance (Oops, Up Side Your Head)
41. The S.O.S Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right) (Pt. 1)
42. Edwin Starr - H.A.P.P.Y. Radio
43. Disco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes - Get Dancin’
44. Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle
45. Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
46. Belle Epoque – Black Is Black
47. Amii Stewart – Knock On Wood
48. Eruption - I Can't Stand The Rain
49. Sheila & B. Devotion – Singin' In The Rain
50. Dee D. Jackson - Automatic Lover
51. Meco - Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band
52. Amanda Lear - Follow Me
53. The Three Degrees - Givin' Up Givin' In
54. Patrick Juvet – I Love America
55. Patsy Gallant – From New York To LA
56. Kelly Marie – Feels Like I’m In Love
57. Tina Charles - I Love To Love
58. The Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat
59. Bonnie Pointer - Heaven Must Have Sent You
60. Grace Jones - I Need A Man
61. Evelyn "Champagne" King - Shame
62. The Isley Brothers - That Lady, Pt. 1
63. The O'Jays - I Love Music
64. The Whispers – And The Beat Goes On
65. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Baby, Don't Change Your Mind
66. Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
67. Elton John - Are You Ready For Love
68. George McCrae – Rock Your Baby
69. Odyssey - Native New Yorker
70. Diana Ross - Love Hangover
71. Candi Staton – Nights On Broadway
72. Earth, Wind & Fire - Fantasy
73. The Spinners – Working My Way Back To You
74. Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel (Part 1)
75. Sister Sledge – Lost In Music
76. Chic – Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)
77. Rose Royce - Car Wash
78. Sylvester – Dance (Disco Heat)
79. Gloria Gaynor - Reach Out I'll Be There
80. Village People – Go West
81. LaBelle - Lady Marmalade
82. Loleatta Holloway – Love Sensation
83. Jean Carn - Was That All It Was
84. Melba Moore - This Is It
85. Maxine Nightingale – Right Back Where We Started From
86. Yvonne Elliman - If I Can't Have You
87. Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before
88. Donna Summer - Last Dance

Vega Records is proud to present the Vega Records 5 Pack Unreleased VI, the sixth edition of a 5 piece vinyl filled with tracks that haven’t been released or have upcoming releases in the next few months.

The 5 pack Unreleased VI introduces 4 new songs from the upcoming 2026 Elements Of Life Album with a brilliant song entitled “Soar” by Lisa Fischer, written and produced by Two Soul Fusion Josh Milan & Louie Vega as well on vinyl the garage disco smash “Bad For Me” originally sung by jazz legend Dee Dee Bridgewater back in the 70’s with lead vocals by Dawn Tallman and music performed by the Elements Of Life band. A tribute to the talented Gary Bartz with a cover of John Coltrane’s genius “Giant Steps” bringing the jazz gem to the dance floors. And lastly from Elements Of Life, their rendition of the Deodato Loft classic “Whistle Bump” featuring legendary David Bowie guitarist Carlos Alomar!

Josh Milan, creator of the group Honeysweet introduces three tracks from his forthcoming Honeysweet III on Vega Records. We foresee a favorite with “What Kind Of Man” bringing a Brazilian jazz feel which was made for the dancers. The remaining two Honeysweet tracks “New Life” and “Because Of You” are truly emotional pieces of music that hit your core.

New projects and aliases on the horizon with Funky Cadets featuring Brooklyn’s own Willy Soul on spoken word duties, it’s deep house at its best and the NY iconic artist Keith Thompson who sang on the Vaughn Mason classic “Break For Love” who delivers a powerful message on the well written lyrics of “Take It”.

Lastly, never released on vinyl the gospel club smash “Father In Heaven (Right Now)” by multi Grammy winner and gospel royalty Bebe Winans with a Two Soul Fusion produced Synth solo / Vocal Dub.

It’s a blazing wall of sound on the 5 pack unreleased with artists and musicians Lisa Fischer, Josh Milan, Keith Thompson, Honeysweet, Dawn Tallman, Elements Of Life, Willy Soul, Carlos Alomar, Ivan Renta, Luisito Quintero, Axel Tosca, Sherrod Barnes, Lea Lorien, Ramona Dunlap, Louie Vega and Bebe Winans!!!

Get your vinyl soon, it’s limited edition!

TRACK LISTING

A. Elements Of Life Ft. Lisa Fischer - Soar 
B1. Funki Cadets Ft. Willy Soul - Feelin' Good Tonight (Shapes Mix) 
B2. Louie Vega - We Are Grateful 
C1. Funki Cadets Ft. Keith Thompson - Take It (Shapes Mix) 
C2. Elements Of Life - Giant Steps (Gary Bartz Vibrations Mix) 
D. Bebe Winans - Father In Heaven (Two Soul Fusion Vocal Dub) 
E. Honeysweet - What Kind Of Man 
F. Elements Of Life Ft. Dawn Tallman - Bad For Me 
G1. Elements Of Life Ft. Dawn Tallman - Bad For Me (Frisco Disco Dub) 
G2. Funki Cadets Ft. Willy Soul - Feelin' Good Tonight (Shapes Instrumental) 
H. Elements Of Life - Whistle Bump 
I. Honeysweet - Because Of You 
J. Honeysweet - New Life 

The third and final volume of Classic’s 30th Anniversary vinyl series brings the party full circle - blending deep catalogue cuts, future-forward house, and tracks from the label’s tight-knit family of collaborators.

Like the volumes before it, this 2x12” release arrives in a raw reverse board outer sleeve, a nod to the aesthetic of Classic’s earliest releases. Inside, bold yellow and red GMUND card stock inner sleeves with embossed detailing reflect the label’s long-standing commitment to design, artistry, and collectability.

Record One kicks off with a certified Classic family affair. Home & Garden’s ‘Sexuality...He's 2 Young’ features the unmistakable voice of DJ Colette, a staple of Classic’s early era. Included here is JT Donaldson’s Porno Beat Down Remix—a stripped, low-slung rework with an irresistibly funky bass line and pure dance floor chemistry.

Brett Johnson’s ‘Jiffy Pop’, from his legendary Bounce! EP, follows up with a jittery, swaggering groove that epitomises Brett’s playful, funk-laced production style. Infectious, weird, and entirely unforgettable.

On the flip, Tiefschwarz’s ‘Acid Soul’ delivers a moody, muscular roller. Originally released during their prolific run on Classic in the early 2000s, it fuses baritone sax stabs, a Berlin-borne bass line, and a sultry vocal into a deeply spiritual house cut.

Roy Davis Jr. closes Side B with the propulsive ‘About Love’ (Solid Groove Remix)—a tough and driving interpretation by Dave Taylor that’s long been a DJ favourite in the Classic vaults.

Record Two showcases Classic’s more recent sonic evolutions. JT Donaldson’s return to the label in 2019 came with ‘Stay Inside’, a rich and breezy groove featuring the soulful voice of Liv.e. It’s an elegant and understated slice of modern house with timeless appeal.

Then comes Dam Swindle’s funk-charged ‘Hey Mister’. A punchy, bass-driven jam built around a 70s reggae-disco vocal sample. Raw and infectious, it’s been lighting up dance floors worldwide since its release.

Luke Solomon’s catalogue on Classic is vast, but ‘Come on Over’, his collaboration with Amp Fiddler, earns its place here. Seeing vinyl release for the first time, this cut overflows with musicality. Amp’s passionate vocal, free-time breakdowns, and deep funk grooves deliver pure emotional punch.

And to close, a modern masterpiece: Honey Dijon’s ‘Work’ (Extended Mix), taken from her ‘Black Girl Magic’ LP. Featuring Dave Giles II, Cor.Ece, and Mike Dunn, this powerhouse track brings together fierce vocal performances, live instrumentation, and top-tier production. It embodies everything Classic stands for: collaboration and innovation on the dance floor.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Home & Garden Ft. Collette - Sexuality...He's 2 Young (JT's Porno Beat Down Remix) 
A2. Brett Johnson - Jiffy Pop 
B1. Tiefschwarz - Acid Soul 
B2. Roy Davis Jr. - About Love (Solid Groove Remix) 
C1. JT Donaldson Ft. Liv.e - Stay Inside 
C2. Dam Swindle - Hey Mister 
D1. Luke Solomon & Amp Fiddler - Come On Over 
D2. Honey Dijon Ft. Dave Giles II, Cor.Ece & Mike Dunn - Work 

Following on from the super-fast stock sell-outs of the 2LP of joyous Alfredo selections, Rebirth follow up with the first of the sample EPs of rare, cherished and formerly unreleased gems. Deep Joy of Brainiak (and Mo Wax) fame had their stunning “Fall” track remixed by lord Sabre, Andrew Weatherall himself; an often-missed indie-chug delight from the early 90’s. The Thrashing Doves and their scene stamping classic Je$u$ on the Payroll, needs very little introduction, but this Unreleased Instrumental Version, like it states, has never been on vinyl before. Flip over for another hip hop/club hybrid of a track with KC Flightt’s “Lets get Jazzy”, and its iconic sound which was remixed by the legendary Blaze; then finishing up with sunrise/sunset jamm, “Blinky Blue Eyed Sunrise”, by The Metaluna Mutant. A must for any lover of the white isle and it’s heritage.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Deep Joy – Fall (Andrew Weatherall Let There Be Drums Mix)
A2. Thrashing Doves – Je$u$ On The Payroll (Unreleased Instrumental Version)
B1. Kc Flightt – Let’s Get Jazzy (Dope Dub Mix)
B2. The Metaluna Mutant – Blinky Blue Eyed Sunrise (Original Mix)

To mark the 30th anniversary of the iconic 'HELP' album, War Child Records are releasing a limited edition 7” box set of the original release. Limited to 500 units, each hand numbered and including unseen images, this is the ultimate collectors edition.

The 'HELP' album was the music industry’s response to the Yugoslavian civil war, inspired by John Lennon’s approach to recording ‘Instant Karma’, the 'HELP' album was recorded in a single day, mixed and mastered by Brian Eno and released five days later. An incredible feat in 1995, the album saw Oasis & Blur come together alongside Radiohead, Massive Attack, Portishead, Neneh Cherry, a super consisting of Sir Paul McCartney, Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher called The Smokin Mojo Filters and many come together to make a difference for the children of Bosnia.

The album raised over £1.25million and is still widely regarded as the greatest charity album of all time

TRACK LISTING

1. Oasis - Fade Away
2. The Boo Radleys - Oh Brother
3. The Stone Roses - Love Spreads
4. Radiohead - Lucky
5. Orbital - Adnan
6. Portishead - Mourning Air
7. Massive Attack - Fake The Aroma
8. Suede - Shipbuilding
9. The Charlatans & The Chemical Brothers - Time For Livin'
10. Stereo MC's - Sweetest Truth (Show No Fear)
11. Sinéad O'Connor - Ode To Billy Joe
12. The Levellers - Searchlights
13. Manic Street Preachers - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
14. Terrorvision - Tom Petty Loves Veruca Salt
15. The Massed Pipes And Drums Of The Children's Free Revolutionary Volunteer Guard & The One World Orchestra - The Magnificent
16. Planet 4 Folk Quartet - Message To Crommie
17. Terry Hall & Salad - Dream A Little Dream
18. Neneh Cherry & Trout - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
19. Blur - Eine Kleine Lift Musik
20. The Smokin' Mojo Filters - Come Together

Indulge in a delicious audiophile epilogue to Princess P's Infinite Sonore compilation with this 2x12" musical offering. These tracks have never sounded better!

Swiss DJ Princess P, known for her wide-ranging selections, that resonates equally on the dancefloor and in immersive listening spaces, has been a dynamic presence in the Swiss electronic scene since the mid ’90s and has cultivated a genre-defying style. Her sets have become staples at clubs like Zukunft and festivals such as Watching Trees and Convenanza, where she showcases her iconoclastic musical knowledge and maverick flair.

Liner notes by Joe Muggs (Bass, Mids, Tops – An Oral History of Soundsystem Culture).

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Princess P ushers in a new era of deluxe, high fidelity reissues as she selects four nuggets from her record box before gifting them some lavish remastering and pressing treatment.

TRACK LISTING

A. Fortran 5 - Heart On The Line (Moby's Bassline Mix) 4:58 129BPM
B. Renegade Soundwave - Women Respond To Bass (Vocal) 5:39 120BPM
C. Saint Etienne - Stoned To Say The Least 7:42 118BPM
D. S.Y.T. (Shave Your Tongue) - Pleasure (Dub) 6:51 115BPM

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TRACK LISTING

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

CD Tracklisting:

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

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

'Spring Revisited' is an incredible project from Acid Jazz in collaboration with Ace Records. It explores the musical legacy of storied New York label Spring Records, with a series of new mixes from top dance music producers, using the original master recordings. After a series of sell-out vinyl singles, several of which topped the vinyl chart, comes this essential 2LP and CD compilation.

Spring Records was a font of funk and disco during the New York club heyday. With artists such as Millie Jackson, The Fatback Band and Joe Simon, the label saw its prime in the mid-late ‘70s. Here, these cult recordings are reimagined by dance music royalty, maintaining the spirit of the original work while bringing it forward into the 21st Century.

Featured mix artists include Dimitri From Paris, Joaquin ‘Joe’ Claussell, Kenny Dope and Dave Lee, among an incredible pool of producer talent to explore this remarkable source material. More than a best-of, this compilation showcases the enduring vitality of Spring Records and the vibrancy, curation and sheer coolness of the project.

TRACK LISTING

1. We Got To Hit It Off (Dimitri From Paris Liberated Women Mix) – Millie Jackson
2. I Wanna Get Over (Cosmodelica Remix) – Street People
3. Sending My Best Wishes (The Reflex Version) – Garland Green
4. Night Fever (Kenny Dope Remix) – The Fatback Band
5. Love Vibration (DJ Spinna Remix)
6. Mucho Macho (Kenny Dope Mix) - Macho
7. Snake (Joaquin ‘Joe’ Claussell’s Sacred Rhythm Version) – The Fatback Band
8. Don’t Send Nobody Else (A Magnus Frykberg & Kenny Dope Joint) – Millie
Jackson
9. Love Contest (Dave Lee’s Mini Disco Mix) – The Joneses
10. Groovy Kind Of Day (Opolopo Remix) – The Fatback Band
11. I Wanna Taste Your Love (Smoove Vocal Remix) – Joe Simon

Ireland has had its fair share of international breakout successes recently,including Tompkins Square’s own discovery, Muireann Bradley. Perhaps less known is that Ireland is a wellspring of amazing solo acoustic guitar talent. Guitarist Cian Nugent recruited some of the leading lights of Irish guitar to create 'Imaginational Anthem vol. XIV : Ireland'. The release coincides with Tompkins Square's 20th Anniversary. The label launched October 25th, 2005 with the release of the first volume of its acclaimed guitar compilation series, 'Imaginational Anthem.’ The first four volumes of the guitar series featured early recordings by crucial figures such as James Blackshaw, Daniel Bachman, Nathan Salsburg and Jack Rose while re-discovering earlier masters like Suni McGrath, Michael Chapman, Max Ochs, Fred Gerlach, Steve Mann, and many more. Subsequent volumes were handed over for curation : Sam Moss Vol. 5 ; Chris King Vol. 6 ; Hayden Pedigo Vol. 7 ; Michael Klausman & Brooks Rice Vol. 8 ; Ryley Walker Vol. 9, Marcus Fruit Vol. 10 ; Luke Schneider Vol. 11 ; Henry Parker Vol. 12, James Toth Vol. 13, and Cian Nugent Vol. 14. In a full circle moment, a teenage Cian Nugent appeared on the cover of ‘Imaginational Anthem vol. 3’, and contributed one of his first solo compositions on that album. His liner notes for IAXIV illuminate the new project, highlighting each artist, and (rather humorously) framing the acoustic guitar in Irish music history.

“There’s a scene in Steve Coogan’s 1997 sitcom I’m Alan Partridge where the central character Alan starts talking to some Irish TV producers about Ireland and its varied poor representations (badly tarmacked driveways, people with eyebrows on their cheeks, and horses running through council estates) and suggests that perhaps a tagline for a new Irish era should be ‘There’s more to Ireland than this’. And while I didn’t quite have the facetious gall to call this album just that, the temptation did make me chuckle. Perhaps the intention of putting this collection together was to show a different side of Irish guitar. The guitar has often played a questionable role in Irish music. Its tendency towards bashing and harmonising has many times raised eyebrows at traditional sessions, and the good lord knows the dread that befalls faces when a guitar is produced unprovoked at a party. Passing a Dublin tourist trap pub, the sound of a plastic piezo strum can elicit horror in the passerby. But the guitar can also be a tool for dreaming and mystery. It can soothe a sleepless night or transport us in memory. This compilation includes guitar that does just these things by some of Ireland’s most imaginative guitarists. Some brief introductions: David Murphy is a pedal steel player from Cork who has recently been arranging Irish tunes for the steel in a way that is perfectly familiar yet unusual. The March of The King Of Laois is an old pipers’ tune from the 16th century, which David has worked his magic on arranging for the steel. Brendan Jenkinson is a guitarist and producer from Meath who I’ve known for a long time. I’ve often urged him to record some of his solo music, and he has finally given in and done just that, resenting his original Paris Blues. I am excited to see what comes next. Junior Brother AKA Ronan Kealy is a guitarist and songwriter from Kerry known for his powerful lyricism and singing, whose playing I’ve admired since I first heard it many years ago. He takes on the traditional tune The Lark In The Morning in a way I’ve never heard before, infusing it with joy. Caoimhe Hopkinson is a Irish-Okinawan guitarist from Mayo who grew up playing traditional music. She has become an in demand guitarist and bassist and her solo guitar playing has a unique and lyrical way of approaching traditional tunes fingerstyle such as Jamieson’s Favourite. Damian O’Neill is a guitarist from Derry who is probably best known for playing with the bands The Undertones and That Petrol Emotion. More recently he has been crafting reflective delicate instrumentals, which draw on traditional music and blend it with a contemporary sensibility, such as his original Inside Out. My own selection is a traditional Irish tune called I Am Asleep And Don’t Waken Me that I learned from the harp arrangement, which I’ve seen credited to both Turlough O’Carolan and Edward Bunting. Those who know me may notice the title’s aptness to my own wont to slumber. It seemed remiss to compile a record of Irish guitar music without mention of Arty McGlynn, the Tyrone guitarist who reimagined what was possible for the guitar in Irish music, exploring the instrument as a melodic vehicle rather than simply an accompaniment. Tyrone musicians Jerome McGlynn (son of Arty) and Mark McKowski (known as half of The Lost Brothers) render a beautiful take on Arty’s arrangement of the traditional tune The Blackbird. NC Lawlor is a guitarist originally from the north of England who has called Dublin home for a long time, and is known for providing beautiful live soundtracks to the city’s streets for many years. I’ve long been a fan of his playing and was excited to include his original Laurie Rose. Aonghus McEvoy is a guitarist and improviser from Dublin who I’ve known since we were teenagers. He grew up playing in punk bands and in more recent years has taken to exploring solo acoustic playing. His arrangement of Jimmy Guiffre’s Cry, Want is processed into a drastically different context, giving space for him to roam the melody and ruminate over the form. Sean Carpio is an Irish Peruvian musician from Dublin who is usually known as a jazz drummer but never ceases to confound and surprise people by the many strings to his bow. He has a solo guitar practice that he has been developing almost in secret for many years and I was pleased to bully him into recording some of it for this record. His piece Labour of Love is an original written while watching the James Graham play of the same title on television. In Sean’s own words, “although not connected directly to the meaning of the play, it was still about the dedication it takes to make a change, even often beyond your lifetime”. So hopefully beyond the rising rents, tourist traps and badly tarmacked driveways this collection shows there is more to Ireland than this.” Cian Nugent Dublin, 2025

TRACK LISTING

1. David Murphy -- The March Of The King Of Laois
2. Brendan Jenkinson - Paris Blues
3. Junior Brother - The Lark In The Morning
4. Caoimhe Hopkinson - Jamiesons Favourite
5. Damian O'Neill - Inside Out
6. Cian Nugent - I Am Asleep And Do Not Wake Me
7. Mark McKowski & Jerome McGlynn - The Blackbird
8. NC Lawlor - Laurie Rose
9. Aonghus McEvoy - Cry, Want
10. Sean Carpio - Labour Of Love

Part 1 of 3 of the ‘A M.A.D 5 YEARS’ comp perfectly shows what label bosses Make A Dance are trying to achieve with their label. A broad selection of forward thinking cuts drawing inspiration from all corners of the electronic spectrum.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Make A Dance celebrate five years (fuck that went quick!) with a THREE PART 12" series featuring some of the label's hot artists. Really tasty label this, I've always got at least one of their releases in my bag. One of three records out this week - be sure to check the rest.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Make A Dance & Josh Ludlow - Fyah Fyah!
A2. Breezy S - Carlitos
B1. Das Komplex - Stridulate Me
B2. DJ Split - Truly Jack

Part 2 of 3 welcomes some new faces to the M.A.D fold, as well as collaboration track between label boss Josh Ludlow and D.A.S of Devon Analogue fame along side tracks from underground legend Lipelis, Italian stallion Issam Dahmani, Bristolian new comer Meggy Mac and whiz kid Bogdan Ra.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Josh Ludlow & D.A.S - Insta-Acids
A2. Lipelis - Greatest Time
B1. Issam Dahmani - Limoncello Beat
B2. Bogdan Ra - Illusion Number
B3. Meggy Mac - Party Time

Part 3 of 3 opens with an absolute weapon of a track from Medlar, ‘Hardly Workin’ is a peak time track of the highest order fusing straight up House with a UK baseline to rattle any system. Next up is Texan Father Sheed (full EP from him coming very soon) with a jack track to get the body moving.

Over on the B-side Kenny Blacksmith takes us in a deeper direction with ‘Church’ full of lush pads and warming baselines. To close out the record Dim City takes it up a notch with an end of the night rave anthem.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Medlar - Hardly Workin’
A2. Father Sheed - Pancumbia
B1. Kenny Blacksmith - Church
B2. Dim City - Pure Emotion

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

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

TRACK LISTING

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

2025 marks the 15th anniversary of 2010's comedy film Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, co-written, produced and directed by Edgar Wright, based on the graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley. The ensemble cast is led by Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim, a slacker musician who is trying to win a competition to get a record deal, while also battling the seven evil exes of his new girlfriend Ramona Flowers. The soundtrack was executive produced by Nigel Godrich with Edgar Wright and includes a number of original tracks composed by Beck and performed in the film by Sex Bob-Omb – the band featuring star Michael Cera on bass along with a previously unreleased track from Metric and tracks from Broken Social Scene, Beachwood Sparks, The Bluetones, Blood Red Shoes, Black Lips and Frank Black. There’s also room for classics from Marc Bolan & T-Rex and the Rolling Stones.

TRACK LISTING

1. Sex Bob-Omb - We Are Sex Bob-Omb
2. Plumtree - Scott Pilgrim
3. Frank Black - I Heard Ramona Sing
4. Beachwood Sparks - By Your Side
5. Black Lips - O Katrina!
6. Crash And The Boys - I'm So Sad, So Very, Very, Sad
7. Crash And The Boys - We Hate You Please Die
8. Sex Bob-Omb - Garbage Truck
9. T. Rex - Teenage Dream
10. The Bluetones - Sleazy Bed Track
11. Blood Red Shoes - It's Getting Boring By The Sea
12. Metric - Black Sheep
13. Sex Bob-Omb - Threshold
14. Broken Social Scene - Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl
15. The Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb
16. Beck - Ramona - Acoustic Version
17. Beck - Ramona
18. Sex Bob-Omb - Summertime
19. Brian LeBarton - Threshold - 8 Bit

Compiled by Dubby & Antal, "Techno Kayō Volume One" is a dancefloor-friendly selection focusing on Japanese proto-techno, electro-pop, and synthpop from the 1980s. Pressed at 45RPM. Comes with OBI and insert with liner notes.

Note: This release is only available on physical format (vinyl & CD) / no downloads will be available.

In late-1970s Japan, a new and unique genre called techno kayō emerged, blending catchy pop melodies with the futuristic sounds of synthesizers and drum machines. Rooted in the older kayōkyoku style, it was influenced by European electronic acts like Kraftwerk, but had a distinctly Japanese flair. Artists such as Yellow Magic Orchestra pioneered this retro-futuristic sound, creating music that felt both nostalgic and ahead of its time.

Dubby, owner of the legendary record shop Ondas in Tokyo, was one of the first to make Japanese music available to the outside world. He has teamed up with Antal, co-founder of the Amsterdam-based, Rush Hour Records, to release the first in a series of compilations.

Artwork from Johann Kauth (Stenze Quo)

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Not only have Rush Hour assembled two of the finest to curate this comp (Dubby & Antel), they've pressed these Eastern synth disco excursions at 45rpm for maximum fidelity and headroom AND they're only making it available to us loyal vinyl consumers. What a treat!

TRACK LISTING

The Peters - HAPPY TIME
TPO Feat. Linda - Rock The Hour
Kuniko Yamada - Tetsugaku Shiyo (Viens Philosopher)
Kazuo Ohtani - Last Battle
Kyoko Koizumi - Microwave
Targets - City Train
Hikashu - Melonno Nakano Hitsuji

Freerange Records presents "Reflections Vol. 1", the first in a brand-new series of vinyl compilations showcasing highlights from the label’s recent digital catalogue. Designed to give collectors and DJs the chance to own selected tracks on wax for the very first time, the "Reflections" series brings together fresh talent and established names across four lovingly curated cuts.

On Vol. 1, Freerange gathers four diverse yet complementary tracks from Cody Currie, James Kumo, Jimpster & Bishy, and Radic The Myth, delivering a snapshot of the label’s forward-thinking yet timeless approach to house music.

Cody Currie leads the charge with "Better"; a deep yet playful slice of groove-laden house from the ever-inventive London-born producer. Fusing dusty samples, swinging drums and jazzy flourishes, Cody’s contribution brings warmth and good energy to the compilation. Next up James Kumo showcases his refined, stripped-back sound with a hypnotic workout that blends dubby chords, subtle textures, and crisp percussion. "Loosen Up" is a classy late-night roller that oozes atmosphere and restraint whilst keeping the dancefloor locked in nicely.

Flipping over we’re treated to Jimpster & Bishy’s "Come Down" which goes in an Afro-inspired direction, striking a perfect balance of musicality and dancefloor focus in the process. Closing out the EP things get super-deep and introspective as Radic The Myth delivers "Back To You". With layered rhythms and haunting synth motifs, this cut adds a cinematic edge to the package, making for a powerful closer.

With "Reflections Vol. 1", Freerange Records bridges the gap between digital and vinyl, offering a timeless package for both long-time fans and those discovering the label for the first time. Expect further volumes to follow, each curating essential tracks from the label’s catalogue.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Long serving UK stable Freerange serve up some more classics in the style we've come to love from the label; restrained, incessantly grooving, sumptuously deep house music that warms from the inside out.

TRACK LISTING

A1 - Cody Currie - Better
A2 - James Kumo - Loosen Up
B1 - Jimpster & Bishy - Come Down
B2 - Radic The Myth - Back To You

TOTAL 25… Another anniversary in a year that is already rich in anniversaries. For the 25th time, the Kompakt family is gathering for its annual rendezvous. Prick up your ears, here we go!

The latest boy band in town, POP VAMPIRES COLOGNE, opens the party with the enigmatic ‘Karianne’. SUPERPITCHER knows how to make a grand appearance, accompanied by high-calibre guests. His electro-pop treat ‘Pandora’s Box’ features Hot Chip’s ALEXIS TAYLOR on vocals. JÜRGEN PAAPE isn’t coming alone either, but with newcomer HELLA in tow. ‘Grace (A Tale)‘ once again shows our resident hit maker at his best. JÖRG BURGER also has a table companion, the extremely talented Irene Kalisvaart, and remixes himself on top of that. REINHARD VOIGT points out that money never sleeps and proceeds according to the motto: ’Zahl an einem anderen Tag (Pay another day)’. Our Brazilian whirlwind GUI BORATTO returns after a long absence with the banger ‘Panorama X-Press’. After careful consideration, ROBAG WRUHME has named his new track ‘Total’ and sings in the chorus with his family for the first time. WASSERMANN contributes an ultra-fat remix of Mayer’s ‘Brainwave Technology’, while MICHAEL MAYER himself marvels at the rare ‘Erdbeermond’. HARDT ANTOINE’s ‘Let Me Go’ really gets the party going again before WASSERMANN orders a large taxi and skips out on the bill.

TRACK LISTING

A1 Pop Vampires Cologne Karianne 00:03:03
A2 Superpitcher Pandora’s Box Feat. Alexis Taylor 00:07:06
A3 Jürgen Paape Grace (A Tale) Feat. Hella 00:04:17
B1 Triola Arcadia Feat. Irene Kalisvaart (The Modernist Mix) 00:04:26
B2 Reinhard Voigt Zahl An Einem Anderen Tag 00:03:27
B3 Gui Boratto Panorama X-Press 00:05:25
C1 Robag Wruhme Starsow Total 00:06:38
C2 Michael Mayer Brainwave Technology (Wassermann’s Brainwave Inferno Mix) 00:06:08
D1 Michael Mayer Erdbeermond 00:05:02
D2 Hardt Antoine Let Me Go 00:05:17
D3 Wassermann Sog 00:03:07

fabric, the iconic hub of electronic music culture, proudly announces its latest addition to the fabric mix series: "FABRICLIVE. presents Pola & Bryson". This mix will be a dynamic exploration of contemporary drum & bass, fluid in genre, rich in emotion, and sharp in sound design. It navigates the space between soulful reflection and controlled chaos, painting a vivid picture of contrast and transformation. Showcasing a unique blend of melancholy, emotion, and euphoria that elegantly yet purposefully harnesses the immense power of electronic music, UK-based duo Pola & Bryson have solidified themselves as one of the most talented production duos flying the flag for the genre today. Throughout the mix, you’ll hear liquid textures layered with depth and warmth, tracks that breathe with shimmering pads, smooth rolling drums and emotionally resonant melodies. These moments evoke late night introspection and spacious clarity, tapping into the more human, melodic side of drum & bass. But the mix doesn’t stay in one mood for long. It periodically plunges into darker, more technical territory, where the basslines twist, the rhythms fracture and tighten and the atmosphere becomes tense and futuristic. Here, the emotional gives way to the mechanical, driving energy through razor-sharp precision and relentless force. Experimental soundscapes weave throughout, blurring genre lines and adding moments of unpredictability. At times ambient and abstract, other times intensely rhythmic, the mix balances structure with freedom, always pushing forward without losing emotional weight. For 25 years, fabric has stood as a cornerstone of the UK’s drum and bass movement, a place where the genre has not only thrived but evolved. More than just a club, fabric has been a vital incubator for underground sounds, consistently championing drum and bass alongside a wide spectrum of electronic music. From early pioneers to cutting-edge innovators, its legendary room two has become hallowed ground for DJs and ravers alike. As a bastion of innovation and inclusion, fabric has shaped the soundscape of UK nightlife, influencing global trends while staying fiercely true to its roots. In addition to the mix album, fabric and Pola & Bryson unveil the brand new original single "Worlds Apart" an emotional vocal lead anthem featuring the incredible vocals of Emily Makis. The track balances Emily’s heartfelt lyricism with Pola & Bryson’s signature crisp liquid drums and deep and intoxicating basslines. The 2 acts first combined on the track "Complete" alongside Monrroe and followed it up with the certified hit, "Phoneline", dubbed by Radio 1 as the D&B Anthem of 2023. With a history of making pure magic happen when they join together in the studio, "Worlds Apart" certainly delivers on those high expectations.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Expansive and impressive selection of modernist dnb. They had me at the Rui Da Silva "Touch Me" version!

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Pola & Bryson & Emily Makis - Worlds Apart
2. Etherwood & Hugh Hardie - Tangara
Side 2
1. Alcemist - Us (Pola & Bryson Remix)
2. Xeonz - Feel Right
Side 3
1. Pola & Bryson - Klaxon
2. Charli Brix - Touch Me
Side 4
1. Molecular - Fair Warning
2. Pola & Bryson - Without You (Hoax Remix)

CD Tracklist:
1. Pola & Bryson, Emily Makis - Worlds Apart 
2. Breakage - The Original Certified Bubbler 
3. Technimatic - Not Far To Go 
4. Camo & Krooked, Mefjus - Lies 
5. Hoax - Noir 
6. Pola & Bryson, IYAMAH - Too Shy 
7. Thread - Overshadow 
8. Hoax, Purple Velvet Curtains - Spark It 
9. Pola & Bryson - Decay 
10. Pola & Bryson, Monrroe, Charli Brix - How It Was 
11. Xeonz - Feel Right 
12. Pola & Bryson, DJ Marky, IYAMAH - Be There 
13. Particle - Fooling 
14. Breakage - Taper Bubbler Spesh 
15. Pola & Bryson - 24:7 
16. Pola & Bryson - Aurora 
17. Sleepnet - Lapse 
18. Pola & Bryson - Magic 
19. Technimatic - Shifting Sands 
20. Camo & Krooked, Mefjus - U 
21. Etherwood & Hugh Hardie - Tangara 
22. Pola & Bryson - Temple Stomp 
23. Technimatic - Everlasting 
24. Pola & Bryson - Klaxon 
25. Hoax, Hugh Hardie, Solah - Wake Up 
26. Alcemist - Us (Pola & Bryson Remix) 
27. Mefjus - Sinkhole 
28. Pola & Bryson - Without You (Hoax Remix) 
29. Pola & Bryson, Strategy - Anaesthetist 
30. Xeonz - Quartz 
31. Technimatic - Sunburst 
32. Wilkinson, Pola & Bryson, Jem Cooke - Fade Away 
33. Pola & Bryson, Break, Cimone - This Chance 
34. Molecular - Fair Warning 
35. Technicolour, LSB, Komatic - Rotary Motion 
36. Charli Brix - Touch Me 
37. Pola & Bryson - Insomnia 

Volume 26 of the 12" series Attack The Dancefloor features four already heavily rotated floor slayers available on vinyl for the first time. First up, it's a meeting of giants, as we're treated to the huge Michael Gray extended version of Dave & Maurissa's 'What About My Love', bumping up the tempo and taking the source parts into house territory, priming it for peak time and finally satisfying the 'when's it out on vinyl' crowd. Up next is the floor-filling, gospel tinged '(You Gotta) Give It Up' by Z Factor, still doing damage on the dancefloors since its recent digital release. On the flip, we have 'Down Down Down' by Raw Essence aka Dave Lee, his latest dose of discotheque dopamine. Feeling both familiar yet fresh, it's all about classic good times here backed up with ravishing Moog wizardy and irresistible vocals. To round off this essential slab of wax, Opolopo's standout 'Bebeccie's Theme' delivers muso boogie of the highest order, full of discreet chords and sophisticated string turnarounds, all backed up with deft synth touches from the keyboard magician.

TRACK LISTING

Dave & Maurissa - "What About My Love" (Michael Gray Extended Remix)
Z Factor - "(You Gotta) Give It Up" (Dave Lee’s Extended Club Mix)
Raw Essence - "Down Down Down" (Dave Lee Extended Mix)
Opolopo - "Bebeccie's Theme" (Original Mix)

After so long it becomes harder to say new things about older things you now just do. Some things you’ve become. Some things you simply (never simply) are. The thing becomes a slippery notion. The self slides along with it. After this long, the story is whatever are the songs.

Here are 11 new ones, from the current constellation, and a future still to come. The cement is still wet on that one.

From the forest near where I now live you can hear a chorus of different birds in voice at once, competing but each defined, in defence of a territory or to attract a mate. There’s an app that tells you so. I wonder, too, what that app doesn’t reveal, if their nature need not share those same purposes. This is simply (never simply) how it exists. If we can’t speak to the mysteries of these strategies, they at least persist, regardless of who picks up the frequency. Singing to itself, and there will always be these kinds of songs.

Self-portrait at two decades.
For Roman P.

TRACK LISTING

1. Ulrika Spacek - 'Interesting Corners'
2. Empty Country - 'D3SP4IR'
3. The Reds, Pinks & Purples - 'New Market Space (Down The Stairs Ver.)
4. Cindy - 'The Thousand First'
5. April Magazine - 'U Bop'
6. Index For Working Musik - 'Going To Heaven On The End Of A String'
7. Midding - 'Do As You Would'
8. Luft - ‘My Third Eye’
9. Hospital - '25 Jade Place'
10. William Doyle - 'The Sun Ain't Doing It For Me Lately'
11. Daily Toll - 'Begin Again'

Nu Groove spotlights the artists that made the legendary NYC label a firm favourite of crate diggers then and now with this special vinyl release of their vital tracks revisited by leading selectors of today. The label, born in 1988 by Frank and Karen Mendez as an outlet for the experimental works of the Burrell Brothers, quickly became a home for up-and-coming genre pioneers. Nu Groove Edits, Vol. 7 opens with the NiCe7 Edit of ‘Feel It’ by NYC favourites The Sound Vandals. More monikers of Rheji Burrell appear in the collection too, as the seminal ‘APT. 2B’ by N.Y. House’n Authority is reworked by Steve Bug, followed by Darius Syrossian’s edit of ‘C’Mon’ by Rheji’s Avant Garde moniker. Make A Dance’s edit of the Rhano Burrell classic ‘I’ve Fallen And I Can’t Get Up’, under his You Know Who! alias, closes out this vinyl collection of future record box staples.

TRACK LISTING

A1. The Sound Vandals ‘Feel It’ (NiCe7 Edit)
A2. N.Y. House’n Authority ‘APT. 2B’ (Steve Bug Edit)
B1. Avant Garde ‘C’Mon’ (Darius Syrossian Edit)
B2. You Know Who! ‘I’ve Fallen And I Can’t Get Up’ (Make A Dance Edit)

Soul Jazz Records’ new ‘SOUL JAMAICA’ brings together a wicked selection of reggae funk and soul tracks from the legendary Studio One stable, featuring a stellar line-up of artists including Jackie Mittoo, The Heptones, The Gladiators, Sim Smith, Peter Tosh and The Wailers, Cedric ‘Im’ Brooks and many more.

For a short period of time at the end of the 1960s and early 1970s, nestled between the end of rocksteady and the arrival of roots reggae, Studio One released a small stream of superb soul and funk reggae tunes - covering everyone from Sly and The Family Stone, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Nina Simone, Gene Chandler, Tyrone Davis and more.

Most of the tracks featured on ‘SOUL JAMAICA’ were only ever released on Studio One’s UK subsidiary label Bamboo in small-run pressings and are now consequently extremely hard to find.

The cover photograph features images of Air Jamaica, the new airline created by the Jamaican government at the end of the 1960s, showing how, in the years following independence, the country assumed its place on the world stage, with reggae music playing a key role in creating the island’s new cultural identity.

TRACK LISTING

Alton Ellis - Tumbling Tears
Winston Francis - Turn Back The Hands Of Time
Sound Dimension - Sing A Simple Song
The Gladiators - Fling It Gimme
Jackie Mittoo - Soul Finger
Winston Francis - Groovy Situation
Calvin Marshall - La La 69
Soul Defenders - Way Back Home
The Heptones - Young, Gifted and Black
Im And David - Up Fully
Slim Smith - Keep That Light
Sound Dimension - Give It Away
Zoot Simms - Real Gone Loser
Sound Dimension - Soul Bowl
Peter Tosh - Can’t You See
Joy Roberts - Someday We’ll Be Together
The Freedom Singers - Give Peace A Chance

During the golden age of vinyl—from the 1960s through the 1980s—Colombia produced an astonishing number of 45 rpm records—many of them not tied to full albums, that continue to surprise collectors and music lovers today.

This abundance can be attributed to many factors: affordability, jukebox demand, radio promotion, or simply the joy of sharing a small musical token with a loved one. Whatever the reason, these little records traveled far and wide, sometimes ending up in distant countries —especially Mexico—, carried by DJs, collectors, or pirate radio waves. They became cultural passports, spreading salsa, cumbia, son montuno, and more.

This curated collection highlights hard-to-find salsa 45s from the Discos Fuentes vaults—deep cuts that have long flown under the radar but still light up dance floors today. These tracks, once pressed in small numbers, feature top tier musicianship, fiery brass, unforgettable grooves, and lyrical gems that reflect the rich diversity of Colombia’s musical landscape.

Among the featured artists are: Super Combo “Los Famosos” with their irresistible barrio anthem ‘El Bailador de la esquina’, capturing the spirit of Cali’s street life, Sexteto Manaure, delivering a poignant son that blends regional pride with poetic nostalgia, La Protesta de Colombia, a revolutionary Barranquilla outfit that gave a young Joe Arroyo his early spotlight and channeled the rebellious pulse of the times.

This compilation also includes a range of studio experiments and covers—where artists like Piper Pimienta, Galileo y Su Banda, and La Integración reimagined beloved hits, from boleros to vallenatos, through a distinctly Colombian salsa lens.

Every track tells a story—of artistic ambition, social change, regional identity, or simple joy. Some were attempts at hits, others personal expressions or studio curiosities. What they share is an authenticity that continues to resonate.

These obscure gems, long scattered across dusty crates and forgotten jukeboxes, now find new life. They speak not just to the past, but to a timeless rhythm that still moves dancers and dreamers alike.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. SUPER COMBO LOS FAMOSOS - EL BAILADOR DE LA ESQUINA
2. SEXTETO MANAURE - BAJO EL TRUPILLO GUAJIRO
3. LA PROTESTA DE COLOMBIA - EL CAMPESINO
4. SONORA GUANTANAMERA - SAL Y AGUA
5. ORQUESTA SALSA PANAMERICANA - EL FANTASMA SALSERO

Side B
1. LA INTEGRACIÓN - HECHO Y DERECHO
2. GALILEO Y SU BANDA - NO ME CONVIENE TU AMOR
3. THE LATIN BROTHERS - LLORARÁS
4. PIPER PIMIENTA Y SU ORQUESTA - EL SUFRIDO
5. FRUKO Y SUS TESOS - SOY TU DUEÑO

Mélange is a new community and online platform for young emerging artists based between Europe and Australasia.

The first label VA compilation album spans the gamut of paradise house music whilst and weaving between ambient sounds and a smattering of UKG, jungle & disco. It’s a commitment to multi-genre discographies and the need for more established career paths for young, gifted artists.

With early support on the vinyl from Four Tet and Haai, the labels manifesto to share and further establish European and Oceanic sounds with music lovers everywhere seems to be well founded. Check! 

TRACK LISTING

A1. Alice Ruby - Neptune
A2. Flavour - LeSpag
A3. Raffa - Drowning In Your Love
A4. DJ Dean - Higher
A5. Noneohone - Knew It All Along
B1. ROKA. - D Beam
B2. Gabriel Griffith - P’s & T’s
B3. SHEP - M1 SUN
B4. Sharksss - Morning Star
B5. Manoah Kenna - Just A Bit Of Rain
B6. Mélanger Le Miel (ft. Alice Ruby) - Bloom

Marking the return of one of house music’s most revered compilation series, Defected In The House Ibiza 2025 arrives to showcase the label’s sonic identity in full. This definitive 12-track release spans three LPs, shining a spotlight on iconic must-haves, tastemaker originals and Ibiza favourites from Defected Records and its associated imprints.

Reconnecting with the importance of curation, a longstanding cornerstone of the Defected ethos, this expansive collection celebrates the label’s role as a trusted voice in house music. Echoing the spirit of its flagship ITH series, which featured the likes of Gilles Peterson, Louie Vega, and Dimitri From Paris, this special 2025 edition continues its legacy by offering a cohesive snapshot of house music now.

Defected In The House Ibiza 2025 bridges the London label’s impressive catalogue with artists old and new, from new summer club anthems ‘Got The Funk’ by Low Steppa & Capri and Nic Fanciulli’s ‘Hold On’ with Marc E. Bassy, to Tripolism’s transformative reimagining of The Shapeshifter’s ‘Lola’s Theme’ and Dennis Ferrer’s fresh remix of Girls of the Internet’s ‘Affirmations’ featuring Anelisa Lamola.

Capturing the energy and emotional pull of the label’s events; Defected’s brand new residency at Pacha Ibiza in 2025 serves as inspiration for the collection. As such, the three volume collection also contains standout records from definitive artists of today’s Ibiza scene including Keinemusik, The Martinez Brothers, Peggy Gou, Armand Van Helden & A-Track as Duck Sauce, Mau P plus many more.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Girls Of The Internet - Affirmations (Dennis Ferrer Remix) 
A2. Duck Sauce, A-Trak & Armand Van Helden - Fallin In Love (Butch Remix) 
B1. Low Steppa & Capri - Got The Funk 
B2. Vaggio - Don't You Want Some More 
C1. The Martinez Brothers - H2DAIZZO (Peggy Gou Remix) 
C2. Mau P - MERTHER 
D1. Fusion Groove Orchestra Ft. Steve Lucas - If Only I Could (Liem Remix) 
D2. Nic Fanciulli & Marc E. Bassy - Hold On 
E1. Blackchild (ITA) - Nothing Better Than Music 
E2. Rapson Ft. Nathan Thomas - Heat (Club Mix) 
F1. Adam Port, Theus Mago & Keinemusik Ft. Martina Camargo - The Dream 
F2. The Shapeshifters - Lola's Theme (Tripolism Remix) 

"Eel Sounds 01" caused quite the ruckus on the floor and here, arch slippery customer Harri Pierson returns, along with some equally slick sidekicks...

So, four more eclectic, leftfield dance chops for your turntables. Assembled with care and an eye for the esoteric - one limited press. This 12" has been mastered with love by the Grammy award-winning Frank at the Carvery for maximum dancefloor punch.

VINYL ONLY!

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Recalling the oddball genius of COMBI, Eros and other classic edit series; "Eel Sounds 2" collate four more choice nuggets for all corners of the leftfield dancefloor. Unmissable!

TRACK LISTING

A. Mind Your Exposition (andy Bainbridge Edit)
A. Konnected (brian Not Brian Edit)
B. Lsd/p (harri Pierson Edit)
B. Barry & The Breakers - Space Riot (keyboard Masher Edit)

Echo Beach proudly presents: Don Letts – The Rebel Dread Legendary film and video director, disc jockey and musician, Don Letts, in his capacity as a selector (it’s not for nothing that he hosts his own show on BBC6 radio), enthusiastically accepted the invitation to create a compilation from Echo Beach’s extensive catalogue to mark its 30th anniversary. A splendid and crisp selection.

TRACK LISTING

TRACKLISTING: CD (Vinyl Contains Tracks 1-10)
01. DUBINATOR – DUBINATOR (JAM HOT VERSION)
02. MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS - ECHO BEACH (LEE GROVES REMIX)
03. DUBMONES FEAT. EARL 16 & OKU ONUORA – I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES
04. DUBBLESTANDART – EVIL BURMA DUB
05. DUBXANNE FEAT. CLAIRE PARSONS - RUNNING UP THAT HILL
06. DUB STAX - TIME IS TIGHT (DUB)
07. DON LETTS DUB CARTEL - ONE PEOPLE
08. AARON - BLUE MOON (DUB EDIT)
09. DUBBLESTANDART FEAT. MARCIA GRIFFITHS - HOLDING YOU CLOSE
10. DUBXANNE FEAT. TOOGAH - FADE TO GREY
11. FILA BRAZILLIA - BLOOD & FIRE MEGAMIX
12. ARI UP FEAT. LEE SCRATCH PERRY - ISLAND GIRL (ROBO BASS)
13. NOISESHAPER - BUSHMASTER (PAOLO BALDINI DUBFILES REMIX)
14. KID LOCO MEETS SOUL SUGAR - THE ROBOTS (DUB)
15. RSD AKA ROB SMITH FEAT. AMMOYE - BABY I LOVE YOU SO 

The collaboration between BBE Music and If Music continues with another excellent compilation in the ongoing If Music Presents series with this 2nd volume in the World Jazz Grooves chapter. Alongside the A Journey Into Deep Jazz albums in the catalogue, World Jazz Grooves Volume 2 explores the global diversity of Jazz in its many forms, as interpreted throughout the globe, with tracks from Denmark, France, Brazil, Canada, the USA and Jamaica. The tracklist includes Rosa Mae from Mary Lou Williams, one of the artists in the legendary A Great Day in Harlem photograph and Dakar, a 16 minute opus of a track by Dadje. With the music sought, sorted and selected by legendary diggers and selectors Jean-Claude and Victor Kiswell World Jazz Volume 2 is also the opportunity to own music that has been painstakingly searched for in flea markets, second hand shops and private collections and would not be available otherwise. Jean-Claude’s excellent track record of creating and curating compilation albums and rediscovering rare gems and private presses for re-issue follows a philosophy of cross- genre music appreciation. He has been a mainstay of London’s Black Music scene for some four decades with his record shop, his shows on NTS and Soho Radio, his excellent ‘In Conversation with...’ series of chat shows, his Djing and curation of event stages at We Out Here and Cross the Tracks and, of course, his excellent compilations. Paris based Victor Kiswell is also a somewhat of a savant in the world of vinyl hunting and discernment with parallel careers as a journalist writing for vinyl bazaar, art director for Radioooo.com, DJ and broadcaster on various stations throughout Europe. Victor's travels around the world, on his vinyl quests, are well documented in his articles in Vinyl Bazaar and he describes himself as an 'adventurer', an 'archaeologist' and someone who enjoys the element of his vinyl hunting where he finds himself going where chance takes him. Yes, with these two music heads and vinyl hunting experts unearthing the seven absolute gems on this double vinyl offering, If Music presents: World Jazz Grooves Volume 2 really is something you need in your life and in your vinyl rack.

TRACK LISTING

1. Sylvain Kassap - "Marlowe's Back In Tome"
2. Mary Lou Williams, Gales - "Rosa Mae"
3. Geraro Batiz - "Aguamarina"
4. Cedric Brooks - "Third World (Afro Beat)"
5. Kahil El'Zabar & David Murray - "Song For A New South Africa"
6. John Tchicai - "I En Kaelder"
7. Colin Wilkie - "Ich Armes Maidlein Klag Mich Sehr"
8. Raynald Drouin - "Dakar"

RE:VERSAL is a home for pioneering dance and electronic music, featuring classics, gems, and rarities from the world’s largest music archive.

The label's first release features an assortment of big hitters who shaped the dance music scene, such as Soul II Soul, The Orb, Masters At Work, and those like Kruder and Dorfmeister, who elegantly brought dance tracks into the world of downtempo. This release is the first of its kind, combining multiple major labels, genres, and artists under one roof.

A strictly limited one-time pressing on high-quality 12" 180g heavyweight vinyl.

Roots in the past, fruits in the present.

TRACK LISTING

1. Soul II Soul, Caron Wheeler - Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) [Masters At Work House Remix]
2. The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds (Cumulo Nimbus Mix)
3. Alex Reece - Jazz Master (Kruder & Dorfmesiter Remix)
4. The Future Sound Of London - Max

4CD SET EXPLORING GRUNGE AND THE AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE UNDERGROUND 1984-1994.

• COMPILED WITH MUDHONEY’S MARK ARM.

During the late 1980s, whilst pop, rap and glam metal dominated the American airwaves, underground musicians sought an antidote. During the middle of the decade, from Seattle in the west to New York in the east, bands immersed in a less highly polished, raw and more powerful sound began to emerge, fusing punky garage band attitude with meaningful, often disenchanted lyrics and lashings of distortion to create something new. The “grunge” tag quickly took hold, absorbing bands from all over the States and becoming a social phenomenon, drawing countless other underground and college circuit bands into its orbit in the process. Overnight, macho rock was dead.

Featuring an embarrassment of key bands and classic tracks, alongside lesser-known nuggets and a hand-picked selection of Australasian artists who were inadvertently feeding into the scene, ‘You’re No Big Deal’ explores a vital period in post-punk American musical history, the rebirth of rock music and its new place among the underground elite. With sleevenotes from Mudhoney’s Mark Arm, whose previous band Green River were the first to be given the “grunge” tag, this is an on-the-ground, broad reaching dive into a time and place that saw the unlikeliest of anti-rock stars recalibrate what American guitar-based music could be, reconnecting it with ordinary suburban kids and reigniting punk rock’s spirit.

Packed with over 80 tracks spanning a decade, and presented in roughly chronological order, ‘You’re No Big Deal’ tells a story that spread far beyond the ambitions of its key players.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE
1 Green River - Come On Down
2 Red Kross - Linda Blair 1984
3 10 Minute Warning - Stooge
4 Bam Bam - Villains (Also Wear White)
5 Poison 13 - One Step Closer
6 Meat Puppets - Swimming Ground
7 Feast - Look For The Light
8 The Scientists - If It's The Last Thing I Do
9 Husker Du - Crystal
10 Malfunkshun - My Only Fan
11 Dinosaur Jr - Little Fury Things
12 Soundgarden - Hunted Down
13 U-Men - Solid Action
14 Pixies - Caribou
15 Feedtime - Curtains
16 The Replacements - The Ledge
17 The Flaming Lips - Maximum Dream For Evil Knievel
18 Green River - This Town
19 Cosmic Psychos - Can't Come In
20 The Celibate Rifles - Jesus On TV
21 Happy Flowers - Mom And Dad Like The Baby More Than Me

DISC TWO
1 Mudhoney - Touch Me I'm Sick
2 Bundle Of Hiss - Rabies
3 The Fluid - Cold Outside
4 Cat Butt - 64 Funny Cars
5 Blood Circus - Two Way Street
6 Babes In Toyland - Dust Cake Boy
7 Scream - Fucked Without A Kiss
8 Ultra Vivid Scene - Mercy Seat
9 Girl Trouble - Riverbed
10 Crunchbird - Subway Circle
11 Soundgarden - Flower
12 Tad - Behemoth
13 Kill Sybil - Olympia (Single Version)
14 Love Battery - Between The Eyes
15 Seaweed - Inside
16 Skin Yard - Start At The Top
17 Gas Huffer - Firebug
18 Mudhoney - In And Out Of Grace
19 Helltrout - Smoking Lounge
20 Mother Love Bone - Thru Fade Away

DISC THREE
1 Sonic Youth - Kool Thing
2 L7 - Shove
3 Toadies - I Hope You Die
4 Pavement - From Now On
5 The Thrown Ups - Stockboy, Superhero
6 Poison Idea - Feel The Darkness
7 The Breeders - Glorious
8 Dinosaur Jr - The Wagon
9 Hole - Teenage Whore
10 Nomeansno - Body Bag
11 7 Year Bitch - Lorna
12 Screaming Trees - Uncle Anesthesia
13 Mercury Rev - Syringe Mouth
14 Calamity Jane - Say It
15 Eric's Trip - Lost
16 Thrillhammer - Bleed
17 Cop Shoot Cop - Discount Rebellion
18 Treepeople - Ballard Bitter
19 Nubbin - Macaroni

DISC FOUR
1 Temple Of The Dog - Pushin' Forward Back
2 The Monkeywrench - I'm Blown
3 Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing
4 Honcho Overload - Sugarfoot (Single Version)
5 Luscious Jackson - Keep On Rockin' It
6 Cheater Slicks - Murder (Live At CBGBs)
7 Beasts Of Bourbon – Just Right
8 The Gits - Here's To Your Fuck
9 Superchunk - Precision Auto
10 Dead Moon - It's O.K
11 Melvins - Set Me Straight
12 Patchouli Sewer - Beauty Sleep
13 Wool - Kill The Crow
14 Kim Salmon & The Surrealists - Non Stop Action Groove
15 Veruca Salt - All Hail Me (Remix)
16 Sleep Capsule - Eat It's Tongue
17 Steel Wool - Four Winds
18 Wicker Biscuit - Creepy Doll
19 Gary Young - Plant Man
20 Cellophane - Tripping Fields
21 St. Johnny – I Hate Rock And Roll

As we’ve come to expect from Ace’s much-admired series of Jon Savage-curated two-CD collections, this new – and sadly final – volume is a multi-genre delight, taking the listener from house to baggy via post-punk, proto-grunge, minimalist avant-garde, the advent of sampling and more.

Among the many highlights are ‘Mystery Of Love’ by Mr Fingers, a track that turned Savage’s head during a trip to New York in early 1986; Hüsker Dü’s ‘Could You Be The One?’ from 1987, a perfect example of their melodic abilities; the action-packed ‘It Takes Two’ by Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, which could be heard blasting out of boomboxes all over New York in spring 1988; Paul Oakenfold’s 1989 remix of Happy Mondays’ ‘Wrote For Luck’ into the early baggy classic ‘W.F.L.’; and the Holographic Goatee Mix of ‘What Is Love?’, the overlooked flip of Dee-Lite’s international hit ‘Groove Is In The Heart’ of 1990.

The compilation – and the series – ends with a contrast: David Morales’ seven-minute hardcore trance reconstruction of the Pet Shop Boys’ ‘So Hard’ followed by the reflective, sinuous guitar chime of the High’s ‘Take My Time’. They represent the twin poles of Jon Savage’s musical choices at a time when dance culture was still expanding exponentially and rock music had rediscovered its swagger and joie-de-vivre. Ten years in the making, the series began with a set devoted to 1965 and ends with 1990, two great periods for music.

TRACK LISTING

CD ONE
1. MYSTERY OF LOVE - MR FINGERS
2. SAFETY NET - SHOP ASSISTANTS
3. LET'S GO SWIMMING (Gulf Stream Dub) - ARTHUR RUSSELL
4. WORD UP! - CAMEO
5. COULD YOU BE THE ONE? - HÜSKER DÜ
6. FINISHED - THROWING MUSES
7. BIG DECISION (Extended Version) - THAT PETROL EMOTION
8. PUMP UP THE VOLUME (Remix) - M/A/R/R/S
9. TRAVELING AT THE SPEED OF THOUGHT - ULTRAMAGNETIC MC'S
10. PAID IN FULL (Seven Minutes Of Madness - The Coldcut Remix) - ERIC B & RAKIM
11. THEME FROM S-EXPRESS - S-EXPRESS
12. IT TAKES TWO - ROB BASE & DJ E-Z ROCK
13. CRASH - THE PRIMITIVES
14. BREAK 4 LOVE (Spanish Mix) - RAZE
15. FREAK SCENE - DINOSAUR JR
16. CHE - SPACEMEN
17. FULL FATHOM FIVE - THE STONE ROSES

CD TWO
1. TEEN AGE RIOT - SONIC YOUTH
2. A DAY IN THE LIFE (Club Mix) - BLACK RIOT
3. SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY - FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS
4. HALLUCINATION GENERATION - THE GRUESOME TWOSOME
5. HARD LIGHT - BAND OF SUSANS
6. W.F.L. (Think About The Future - The Paul Oakenfold Mix) - HAPPY MONDAYS
7. ONE OF OUR GIRLS HAS GONE MISSING - A.C. MARIAS
8. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SLY & LOVECHILD (Soul Of Europe Mix) - SLY & LOVECHILD
9. ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART - SAINT ETIENNE
10. HIPPYCHICK (No Acid Ted Mix) - SOHO
11. THE ONLY ONE I KNOW - THE CHARLATANS
12. ROCKIN' OVER THE BEAT (Rockin' Over Manchester Hacienda Mix) - TECHNOTRONIC FEATURING YA KID K
13. WHAT IS LOVE? (Holographic Goatee Mix) - DEEE-LITE
14. SO HARD (David Morales Remix) - PET SHOP BOYS
15. TAKE YOUR TIME - THE HIGH

10 years ago in 2015, The Golden Lion in Todmorden opened its doors under the guidance of Gig & Waka, Cloudwater brewed their first ever beers, the dance floors of Manchester got introduced to the world of Supernature Disco and from his spare room at home in Bolton Chris Massey started Sprechen.

What followed over the next decade has been a wild ride of amazing people, memorable (though fuzzy!) parties, creativity, art, expression, performance and at the centre of it all of course, the music.
Sprechen has never been one style or sound. A reflection of varied musical tastes without any limitations of style or genres, just a passion to share good music.
Over the last decade, Sprechen has been lucky enough to both work with and meet many like-minded cosmic creatives that share this mindset and that have all played a major role in the story.

Ein Null is a collection of original tracks from some of Sprechen's nearest & dearest who, for the last 10 years, have helped shaped the label via releases, remixes or performing at events.
It's wonky & weird, banging & beautiful, cosmic & consciousness-expanding and it continues to connect the invisible dots of club music and more abstract listening experiences.

From basements & beyond to sunsets & psychedelic socials...we are pleased to present this electronically charged selection of soundscapes courtesy of like-minded musical humans including; The Utopia Strong, A Certain Ratio, Lena C., Gina Breeze, Low Pulse, Psychederek, Lindstrøm, Supernature Disco, PBR Streetgang and of course Chris Massey.

Limited to a run of 300 vinyl with double-sided screen-printed sleeve.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Chris Massey's Sprechen celebrates 10 years in the field with a truly all-star cast and nothing short of exceptional content.

TRACK LISTING

A1. The Utopia Strong - Old Mathers
A2. A Certain Ratio - Faster But Slower
A3. Lena C - Pelago
A4. Low Pulse - Pillow Talk
A5. Psychederek - Hope & Dreams
B1. Massey & Supernature - Walk...now Walk
B2. Gina Breeze - Acid Strings
B3. The Thief Of Time & Lindstrom - Escape Into Neon Feat. Lady Lady
B4. Pbr Streetgang - Chasin' Perry

The term "private" is used quite liberally in the promotion of rare groove compilations these days. The team at Tramp Records tends to be rather defensive when it comes to such terms. Although, and this should not be misunderstood as arrogance, label boss Tobias Kirmayer & his crew have been doing nothing else for 22 years, strictly speaking. Every compilation series from the Upper Bavarian label, be it the "Movements," "Feeling Nice," "Praise Poems," or "Can You Feel It" series, specializes in independently produced music from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s released on small private labels. This means extremely time-consuming work to track down the musicians, write down their stories, and, last but not least, invest a high four-digit amount to release such compilation projects as deluxe (double) LPs and CDs.

The industrious creators of the label have already released seven volumes in the Peace Chant series. Parts 1 to 6 were single LPs with predominantly American tracks. Part 7 was the first to be dedicated to purely German productions. Furthermore, the decision was made to release a double LP with a gatefold cover, not least to accommodate the extremely comprehensive accompanying text and images.

The 8th edition once again focuses on German productions. It includes rare (Fences), unreleased (Music Community), but also the odd €10 record. The mere fact that a record is rare/expensive doesn't make it interesting for Tobias Kirmayer and his team. They are primarily interested in the music. And if a song convinces them, it makes it onto the shortlist. In fact, many established reissue labels too often ignore records or individual songs and don't re-release them simply because they are not sought after by collectors. Kirmayer and his fellow campaigners have made it their mission to combat this injustice. A good example of this would be Sabanone, a title by Büdi Siebert's formation with the wonderful name HerrGottSax. The original LP costs around €15.

TRACK LISTING

1. Jazz Workshop Ensemble - Aya Tolla
2. Music Liberation Unit - Monday Morning
3. Music Community - Groove Rock
4. Ad Libitum - Take Five
5. HerrGottSax - Sabanone (Schlachtruf Der Affen)
6. Fences - Mein Alter Hut
7. Spirit - Work Song
8. BZN-Big Band - Nr. 6
9. Ulmer Jazz Quintet - Grandfathers Waltz
10. Brainstream - B27
11. Trio Wolf-Sperl-Bräuer - Bulgarian Flirt

Soul Jazz Records delve into the vast vaults of Discos Fuentes, one of the oldest and largest record companies in Latin America, known as ‘the Motown of Colombia’. Discos Fuentes played a major role in spreading Afro-Latin sounds both to Colombia and around the world and this album explores that legacy.

‘LATIN FIRE! Cumbia–Salsa–Afro-Funk: Tropical Dance Music from Discos Fuentes, Colombia 1956-83’ features legendary Colombian artists such as Fruko, The Latin Brothers, Michi Sarmiento, Afrosound, Pedro Laza, Wganda Kenya and more, and showcases the wide-ranging variety of styles that Discos Fuentes made unique to their sound.

The album features music from the golden era of Fuentes; from late 1950s and 1960s Cumbia through to the emergence of heavyweight and hardcore salsa and Afro-funk in the 1970s and up to the early 1980s.

Discos Fuentes pioneered the sound of ‘Tropical’ music - Afro-Colombian dance music that originated in the north coast of Colombia bringing it to a new worldwide audience. This album shows how Colombian music was also influenced by New York barrio-style hard Latin and salsa and Caribbean styles such as soka and zouk, to create a truly unique dance music sound.

TRACK LISTING

Fruko Y Sus Tesos - El Vidriero
Climaco Sarmiento Y Su Orquesta - Guiro Y Guacharaca
Afrosound - El Regresso De E.T.
Los Corraleros De Majagual - Cumbia Campesina
Wganda Kenya - Shakalaode
Afrosound - La Sampuesana
Peregoyo Y Su Combo Vacana - Descarga Vacana
Fruko Y Sus Tesos - Salsa Na Ma
Wganda Kenya - Fiebre De Lepra
Latin Brothers - Duelo De Picoteros
Pedro Laza Y Sus Pelayeros - Navidad Negra
Afrosound - Carruseles
Los Alegres Diablos - La Magdalena
Latin Brothers - No Es Negra Es Morena
La Sonora Cienaguera - La Piojosa
Fruko Y Sus Tesos - Cantando Mi Son Muero
Juan Piña Y Sus Muchachos - La Nena
Afrosound - La Danza De Los Mirlos
Michi Sarmiento Y Su Combo Bravo - Salsa Con Monte
Conjunto Lirico Vallenato - Cumbia Cienaguera

Since the 1940s, Library Music has lurked in the shadows, peripherally touching our lives through TV and film. Among the stalwarts of the industry was UK's Studio G, with cues heard on Doctor Who, and sampled by the likes of The Chemical Brothers, and Tyler, the Creator. Jazz Dispensary's Dream a Dream with Studio G: Cratedigger's Archive (1970–2009) culls some of their most sought-after cuts, with liner note commentary from Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley, and illustrations by Ivan Minsloff.

Detroit musical institution Submerge is set to release a new musical compilation entitled, "Submerge Sessions Vol. 1," on their established self-titled label.

"Submerge Sessions Vol. 1" is inspired by the music production studio’s periodic listening sessions- a brain child of UR member Cornelius Harris aka Atlantis. These listening sessions attract talent from all over the map, emulating Motown’s cut-throat talent sessions.

Submerge has been many things, but it has always been the grounds that hold an epicenter of record distribution, production studios, memories, people, and possibility. Wherever Submerge is physically, the concept applies.

Submerge is unmatched in its success ratio for presenting the future of electronic music via this unique fallout called Detroit. While other Detroit labels travel the world to seek new talent elsewhere, Submerge looks to the urban reality of the city for inspiration, and the odd travelers that land here.

This project is dedicated not only to presenting new talent, but also maintaining the spirit that the people of Submerge are nurtured within.

About Submerge:
Submerge is a world-renowned musical institution based in Detroit, Michigan, founded by “Mad” Mike Banks in 1992. Specializing in all forms of Black music, but especially techno, Submerge has been the home to Exhibit 3000, The Somewhere In Detroit (S.I.D.) Record Store, Underground Resistance, and several other notable collectives, businesses, projects, and experiments in Detroit’s Techno history and present.

As a wholesale distributor and administrative hub Submerge has shipped musical products throughout the globe including the Americas, Europe, The Far East, Africa, Asia, Australia and Antarctica; The current line up of Submerge labels includes: SWEAT, Red Planet, Dirt Tech, Yaxteq, Underground Resistance and many others.

As a cultural hub, Submerge continues to invest in the futurity of techno and its offshoots with music production studios, mentorship programs, music listening sessions, collaborative community events, archival resources, and more.

Credits:
SUBCD - 7
Executive Production: “Mad” Mike Banks
Project Coordinator: saylem m. celeste
Mastering: George Taggart
Listening Session Photos: Oscar Genel
Cover Photo: Benedict W. (Flickr)
Album Layout + Promotional Renders: saylem m. celeste

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Probably the best to ever do this thing we call TECHNO. I've lost count of how many Submerge related records (and t-shirts!) I own! Nice to see them still mining the city for new artists and projects! An essential snapshot of Motor City in 2025.

TRACK LISTING

1. Indira Edwards - Sunny’s Revenge
2. Caitlin C. Harvey - Mutual Pulse
3. Sugar - Machine State No. 12
4. Huey Mnemonic - Sound Of The Unbroken
5. Shawescape Renegade - Against All Odds
6. Sim.1 - Tokyo
7. MECHANATURA - Sineshredder
8. Max Watts - Apocalypto
9. Jon Dixon - Lord Merriweathers
10. Kamau Baaqi - Xela
11. Tenko - Renaissance
12. Maintenance Man - A Fluke
13. Saylem Celeste - Shake
14. Earther - Digi Dust

New material from the cult label Tone Dropout. Featuring four of the label's highly respected box jammers. Opening up proceedings we have a perfectly poised slice of red lit warehouse acid, simmering away nicely as the unlicensed premises fills up with a collective energy of rebellion.

Capturing this newly found spirit is Dawl and "Night Of The Living Bass Drum", the anthem-not-anthem for modern warehouse dwellers. The spirit of hardcore runs deep in this one!

Onto side B and He-Men return with a fiery slice of bass, breaks and rumble with their track, "Battle Cat". Finally Ascot hits the turbo injection for a 4/4 propelled but equally destructive hybrid of hardcore, bleep and acid house - ended the ep with a no fucks given, up all nite ethos that's perfectly in tune with now.

Super limited copies - only 100 pressed! Cop now or you'll crying into your cornflakes come Tuesday. Hardcore will never die!

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Much anticipated new release from Tone Dropout who, over eleven volumes preceding this release, have showcased the modern landscape of breaks, bass and bleeps. Sure to give one DJ Absolutely Shit a run for their money...

TRACK LISTING

A1. He-Men - Battle Cat
A2. Dawl - Night Of The Living Bass Drum
B1. He-Men - Chicken
B2. Ascot - Meditazionne

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

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

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

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

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

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

TRACK LISTING

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

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

Modeselektor – aka Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary – are one of the most original acts to emerge from Berlin's techno underground. After more than three decades of astonishing work – spanning cult labels, critically acclaimed albums and EPs, and era-defining releases as part of Moderat – they remain at the top of their game, as hungry as ever for the freshest electronic music from around the world. In 2025, the same year DJ-Kicks and !K7 Records celebrate their 30th and 40th anniversaries respectively, the duo are finally set to deliver their edition for the vaunted mix series. Modeselektor's passion and drive are writ large across DJKicks.

Contributing to the long-running series has always been on their bucket list. Then, finally, this year, the stars aligned, and they set to work on their edition of the compilation. Taking the non-linear approach has always been the Modeselektor way. No two tracks on DJ-Kicks sound alike, meaning the magic often happens in the liminal spaces between tunes. The rhythmically compelling release came together over a matter of days.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Berlin megaproducers Modeselektor bring us a cosmic mix of genres, seamlessly brought together into a whole that's more than the sum of it's parts. A bold, stylistically broad audio adventure available again once more.

TRACK LISTING

LP Tracklist:
1. Modeselektor - MEGA MEGA MEGA
2. Kitschselektor - Permit Riddim (feat. Pobdon)
3. Julien Bracht - Melancholia
4. Modeselektor - Kupfer
5. Siriusmo - Koko
6. Beirut - Spillhaugen
7. GAISTER - Source
8. Modeselektor - Movement (feat. Paul St. Hilaire)
9. Little Simz - Mood Swings
10. Untold - Discipline
11. Ben Klock & Fadi Mohem - The Machine
12. Modeselektor - USA USA USA
13. SZARY - PREY
14. Maxime Denuc - Ouverture

CD Tracklist:
1. SZARY - PREY
2. Kitschselektor - Permit Riddim (feat. Pobdon)
3. Modeselektor - MEGA MEGA MEGA
4. Slikback - Sea
5. GAISTER - Source
6. Modeselektor - Kupfer
7. Aho Ssan - Hero Once Been (feat. 9T Antiope)
8. DJ Narciso - 10 Minutos
9. Little Simz - Mood Swings
10. Chlär - Populism Is Money
11. Maxime Denuc - Ouverture
12. Modeselektor - Movement (feat. Paul St. Hilaire)
13. Ben Klock & Fadi Mohem - The Machine
14. Beirut - Spillhaugen
15. Kaan Pirecioglu - Spellbound
16. Yraki - Percolate
17. PLUS ONE - Bonk
18. Modeselektor - USA USA USA
19. Untold - Discipline
20. Erik Jabari - Stone Rinse
21. Julien Bracht - Melancholia
22. Siriusmo - Koko

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

TRACK LISTING

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

Southern Thailand, Songkhla-based Baa Records takes you on a guided tour of the grooviest tracks to come out of the Golden Sound studios! From their headquarters on Bangkok's Sukhumvit Road, GS were pioneers of Thai studiocraft and electronization, bridging the gap between the nightclub disco showbands of the '70s and major-label pop idols of the '90s. Collected here are 10 rare and glorious cuts introducing you to this highly influential yet little-remembered scene.

All of the music that emerged from the studio, though, shared an unmistakable signature production sheen: like the producers of Japan's city pop scene, Golden Sound was influenced by Southern California's "West Coast sound", an amalgam of smooth soul, jazzy R&B and tight disco sounds, with an emphasis on both high-calibre musicianship and adventurous incorporation of electronic gadgetry.

This excellent selection of tunes from the folks at Baa Records highlights some of the most vibrant and danceable of the label's output, with an intriguingly synthesized sonic palate.

TRACK LISTING

A1.  Krongthong Thatsanaphan - Mi' Mi Wan ("The Day Will Never Come")
A2.  Atchima Thi-khwathin - Wai Sao ("Girlhood")
A3.  Phatra Thiwanon - Wun Wai Na Nia ("What A Mess!")
A4.  The Hot Pepper Singers - Rak Ko Bok ("If You Love Me, Say So")
A5.  Ann Rattiya - Son Ma ("Want Some?")
B1.  Thantawan - Laeng Nai Ok ("Drought Of The Heart")
B2.  The Hot Pepper Singers - Chan Kap Wan Ni ("Me Today")
B3.  Sunday Boy - Rak Thoe Mi' Khlai ("Love You Without End")
B4.  Ketsara Sutprasoet - Ngao ("Shadow")
B5.  Krongthong Thatsanaphan - Khrang Diao Mai Khoei Pho ("Once Is Never Enough")

In celebration of !K7's 40th anniversary year, Jayda G’s seminal DJ-Kicks is re-issued on a beautiful gold 2LP with a brand new Jayda G DJ-Kicks playing card.

Jayda G's mix takes you on a journey that moves through loved classics and new bubblers. This includes original productions from HAAi, DJ BORING, LNS and Australia-based friend Jennifer Loveless – whose track ‘in 10000 places (then what)’ swells with trance euphoria – as well as appearances from ‘Both of Us/Are You Down’ collaborator Fred Again, DJ Koze and FIT Siegel.

Each selection, Guy explains, is attached to a memory – whether it’s starting her career in Vancouver’s nascent electronic scene, her time DJing in Berlin or reconnecting with friends from home. “I really wanted to involve friends who I've had shared experiences with. The people included are people I've shared trips with, had late night DJ sessions with or made music with. They’ve been really formative in my artistry.”

As a result, her DJ-Kicks album is an exercise in connection; a look to the past and the future, the good times and bad. “This mix is full of nostalgia; music is nostalgia for me. It’s happy and sad at the same time,” she says. “A friend and I were looking at old pictures from when we used to throw underground parties in Vancouver and you have that feeling of like, ‘Wow, it's changed. And there's a sadness to that, but an awesomeness to it as well. At least we get to look back at these times and feel like yes, we lived.”

Ultimately, that’s what draws you into the mix. It’s a much-needed shot of enthusiasm, yet acknowledges the converging feeling of melancholy of our troubled times. Listening to the mix evokes a feeling of familiarity, like revisiting memories on dancefloors past or texts of encouragement from an old friend. A testament to positivity, a work that chooses joy. The message is simple: “I’m an optimist. I want people to think, ‘We're listening to good music and brighter times are ahead.’”

TRACK LISTING

1. Jayda G - All I Need
2. Fred Again.. - Diana (You Don’t Even Know)
3. LNS - Bitumen
4. Jennifer Loveless - In 10,000 Places
5. HAAi - Good Ol'Fashioned Rugs
6. DJ BORING - Gardenia
7. House Of Jazz - Hold Your Head Up
8. Glass Beams - Taurus
9. Royale - I Want Your Body
10. Benny Sings - Summerlude

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

STAFF COMMENTS

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

TRACK LISTING

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

In 2024 The Flightpath Estate, an online community dedicated to sharing the music and work of Andrew Weatherall, created an album in his memory and inspired by him. "Sounds From The Flightpath Estate Vol.1" was released on Golden Lion Sounds of Todmorden and sold out all its stock 1000 copies on vinyl. It made Piccadilly Records and Uncut Magazine’s end of year round ups, was Lauren Laverne’s 6 Music compilation of the week and raised over £6,000 for Andrew’s chosen charities. It featured new and exclusive music from Hardway Bros, Justin Robertson’s Deadstock 33s, The Light Brigade (David Holmes), Richard Sen, Sons Of Slough, Timothy J Fairplay, 10:40, Rude Audio and an Andy Bell cover of a Sabres Of Paradise track and opened with a Two Lone Swordsmen track that was at that point unreleased on vinyl.

Now the Flightpath Estate have done it again. "Sounds From The Flightpath Estate Vol. 2" is out this Autumn with ten more tracks inspired and influenced by the spirit of Andrew Weatherall - and all exclusive to this release... an unreleased Sabres Of Paradise track, new music from Richard Fearless (Death In Vegas), A Certain Ratio and Number, Red Snapper, Richard Norris, David Harrow, Dicky Continental, Bedford Falls Players, Unit 14 and a Two Lone Swordsmen cover by Sleaford Mods.

1500 copies, double vinyl, on Golden Lion Sounds.
Beautifully packaged with sleeve art by Personality Crisis.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Our friends in the north have done it again! The family continues to expand, with new signings sure to cause a few flutters of excitement even amongst the most ardent aficionados. Volume 1 really was an outstanding achievement, from the heart, and warming our hearts and everyone who received it. Volume 2 looks to continue to trend as GLS and The Flightpath Estate unite the tribes under the legacy of the late, great Andrew Weatherall. Simply unmissable!

TRACK LISTING

A1 - The Sabres Of Paradise - Lick Wid Nit Wit (From The Flightpath Estate Mix) 
A2 - Dicky Continental - Large Bongos 
B1 - Unit 14 - Rough Spirit 
B2 - Richard Fearless - Haywired 
C1 - David Harrow - AanDee 
C2 - Red Snapper - Qraqeb 
C3 - A Certain Ratio - Estate Kings (Number Rework) 
D1 - Bedford Falls Players - In The Trees (It's Coming Mix)
D2 - Richard Norris - Brave Raver 
D3 - Sleaford Mods - Sick Wen We X

New Traditions is a collection of pipe music, electronic music, mouth music and folk music from five emerging and prominent Scottish artists.

It started in Sutherland with a recording of The Waters of Kylesku. “Do you learn any Gaelic at the school?” asks Hamish Henderson of Christine Stewart. “No,” she answers. “That’s a shame,” he responds, “Isn’t it?” she says. Then she sings. Her voice is of the peat itself, grown from the earth as the language was. It soars raptor-like above drenched ground and scoured pink rock.

Next, to Nancy Dorian, a linguistic missionary of sorts, who came from America to watch a language die. She charted the decline of Gaelic in a cluster of Sutherland villages from 1963 to 2020 when the terminal native speaker passed. Gaelic has origins in nature, with each letter of the alphabet named after a tree. It seems significant that the land of the north is now all-but devoid of forest.

Enter Alan Lomax, who travelled the world documenting indigenous music. Material from his archives feature on (fucking) Moby’s platinum selling Play. Despite the record’s worldwide commercial success we know very little of the music he essentially exploited.

Then musician Martyn Bennett, who built tracks around Lomax recordings of Scots and Gaelic voices, and did so with love that shared his blood with the cancer that killed him. His records both popularised and preserved obscure indigenous Scottish music.

This collection of tunes has similar intent: to consolidate ephemeral words in physical grooves - real as the rigs that still scar the earth - but also a desire to interpret. These versions have the greatest reverence for the originals at heart, but like the architecture of a great gallery, serve to protect and elevate.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Nice Calendonic (see what I did there) selection of out-there music that perfect depicts the glorious escapism and sense of expansive freedom that only the Scottish countryside can conjure up. There's a real sincerity and lineage to the folk traditions of old, mixed with contemporary recording and production techniques. Mega!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Hoch Ma Toch - The Waters Of Kylesku
A2. Norman Willmore - A Call, An Answer
A3. Brìghde Chaimbeul - Naidheachd Mu Easgann Agus Òran
A4. Harry Górski-Brown - Tha Sneachd Air Druim Uachdair
B1. Mother’s Favourite Tongue - Oidhche Na’ Mo Chadal Dhomh
B2. Isa Gordon - The Parting Glass

The next destination on the Eccentric Soul journey, Eccentric Spiritual Soul is a rare groove with a transcendent, introspective f lair. Laced with lush wind arrangements and anchored by warm, reflective rhythms, this compilation channels the meditative pulse of a spiritual soul. A Solid companion for quiet contemplation—whether you’re deep in a Sunday read or wandering through nature’s quiet sermons. Flute Not Included.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Spunk - La Bimini
2. Kalima - (Where Is The) Sunshine Pt. I
3. Calvin Keys - You Are All I Need
4. Lenny White - Sweet Dreamer
5. Steve Parks - Still Thinking Of You (Instrumental)

SIDE B
1. Steve Harvey - Island In The Sky
2. Father’s Children - Linda Movement
3. The Chronicle Church - Mystery
4. 24 Carat Black, LaRhonda LeGette - Speak Low
5. General Lee & Lost Weekend - Little Black Child

Jason Molina was an artist who didn’t like to look back. Throughout the singer-songwriter’s life and career, a restless and evolving creative pulse propelled him forward, training his focus on what was next. His unyielding creativity and work ethic bore sacred fruit. In his short life, Molina achieved what most musicians strive for: a sound that is instantly recognizable but rarely repeats itself.

From the banks of Lake Erie in his hometown Lorain, Ohio, to international stages with his bands Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co., Molina performed his vast catalog of mysterious, romantic, tempestuous, and monumental songs that were at once innovative and rooted in American tradition. He consistently tinkered with his sound, image, band, and homebase in order to sate his muse. Tenor guitar-toting misfit. Lovesick lo-fi indie rocker. Dirgey slowcore bard. 21st century roots-rock trailblazer. Canonical Midwestern songwriter. Jason Molina planted his creative flag in all of these territories — to stake his claim, convey how far he’d traveled, and leave behind a trail of precious talismans.

With I Will Swim to You: A Tribute to Jason Molina — named after a line in Molina’s song “Lioness” — Run For Cover Records and a coterie of affiliated artists honor the songwriter’s enduring impact. The compilation of Molina covers is performed by some of today’s most visionary singer-songwriters, including MJ Lenderman, Hand Habits, Horse Jumper of Love, Sun June and more, and includes singular interpretations of Molina fan favorites and deep cuts from his solo albums and lesser-known EPs. The resulting collection, an unmistakable labor of love, is an often-stunning gestalt of generational talent paying homage to one of the most gifted but underrated American songwriters.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. MJ Lenderman - Just Be Simple
2. Horse Jumper Of Love - Blue Factory Flame
3. Trace Mountains - The Dark Don’t Hide It
4. Sun June - Leave The City
Side B
1. Runnner - When Your Love Has Gone
2. Sadurn - The Old Black Hen
3. Advance Base - Everything Should Try Again
4. Hand Habits - Lioness
Side C
1. Teen Suicide - Whip-Poor-Will
2. Friendship - Hard To Love A Man
3. Lutalo - Shadow Answers The Wall
4. Another Michael - Farewell Transmission
Side D
Etched Artwork

NOW That’s What I Call 60s Soul brings together 50 defining tracks from soul’s first golden decade, including hits from Motown, Atlantic/Stax, and a whole lot more...

TRACK LISTING

LP Tracklisting:
1. Aretha Franklin – Respect
2. The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
3. Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright)
4. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street
5. Bob & Earl – Harlem Shuffle
6. Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
7. Mary Wells - My Guy
8. The Temptations - My Girl
9. Dionne Warwick – Walk On By
10. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
11. Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
12. Marlena Shaw - California Soul
13. Carla Thomas – B-A-B-Y
14. Wilson Pickett – In The Midnight Hour
15. James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
16. Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People
17. The Delfonics - Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)
18. Ben E. King – Stand By Me
19. Percy Sledge – When A Man Loves A Woman
20. Otis Redding – (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
21. The Drifters – Under The Boardwalk
22. Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want)
23. R. Dean Taylor - There's A Ghost In My House
24. Jr. Walker & The All Stars - (I'm A) Road Runner
25. Booker T. & The Mg's – Green Onions
26. Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High
27. The Contours - Do You Love Me
28. Solomon Burke – Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
29. Eddie Floyd – Knock On Wood
30. Sam & Dave – Soul Man
31. Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs – Stay
32. Brenda Holloway - Every Little Bit Hurts
33. Nina Simone - Ain't Got No / I Got Life (From "Hair")
34. Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There
35. The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You)
36. The Supremes - Baby Love
37. The Ronettes - Be My Baby
38. The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me
39. The Chiffons - Sweet Talkin' Guy
40. Erma Franklin - Piece Of My Heart
41. Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted
42. Otis Redding – Try A Little Tenderness
43. Aretha Franklin – (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
44. Dionne Warwick – I Say A Little Prayer
45. The Velvelettes - He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'
46. The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman
47. Reparata & The Delrons - Captain Of Your Ship
48. The Toys – A Lover's Concerto
49. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By
50. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tracks Of My Tears 

CD Tracklisting:
1. Aretha Franklin – Respect
2. The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
3. Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright)
4. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street
5. Bob & Earl – Harlem Shuffle
6. Dionne Warwick – Walk On By
7. Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted
8. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
9. The Temptations - My Girl
10. Mary Wells - My Guy
11. Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
12. Marlena Shaw - California Soul
13. The Delfonics - Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)
14. Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There
15. The Isley Brothers - Behind A Painted Smile
16. Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music
17. James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
18. Wilson Pickett – In The Midnight Hour
19. Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
20. Carla Thomas – B-A-B-Y
21. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Second That Emotion
22. Otis Redding – (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
23. Ben E. King – Stand By Me
24. Percy Sledge – When A Man Loves A Woman
25. The Drifters – Up On The Roof
26. The Chiffons - Sweet Talkin' Guy
27. The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron
28. The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman
29. The Ronettes - Baby, I Love You
30. The Velvelettes - Needle In A Haystack
31. Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
32. Tami Lynn – I'm Gonna Run Away From You
33. R. Dean Taylor - There's A Ghost In My House
34. Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
35. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Just Walk In My Shoes
36. Tobi Legend - Time Will Pass You By
37. Barbara Randolph - I Got A Feeling
38. Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top
39. Al Wilson – The Snake
40. Jimmy James & The Vagabonds – Ain’t No Big Thing
41. Brenda Holloway - Every Little Bit Hurts
42. Erma Franklin - Piece Of My Heart
43. Etta James - I Just Want To Make Love To You
44. Nina Simone - Ain't Got No / I Got Life (From "Hair")
45. Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High
46. Wilson Pickett – Land Of 1000 Dances
47. Arthur Conley – Sweet Soul Music
48. The Contours - Do You Love Me
49. Solomon Burke – Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
50. Eddie Floyd – Knock On Wood
51. Sam & Dave – Soul Man
52. The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You
53. Little Eva – The Loco-Motion
54. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
55. The Toys – A Lover's Concerto
56. The Delfonics - La-La Means I Love You
57. Brook Benton - Rainy Night In Georgia
58. Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston - It Takes Two
59. Jr. Walker & The All Stars - (I'm A) Road Runner
60. Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want)
61. Booker T. & The Mg's – Green Onions
62. Bobby Hebb – Sunny
63. Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People
64. The 5th Dimension - Stoned Soul Picnic
65. Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs – Stay
66. The Drifters – Under The Boardwalk
67. The Supremes - Baby Love
68. Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
69. The Temptations - Get Ready
70. The Ronettes - Be My Baby
71. The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me
72. The Chiffons - He's So Fine
73. Dionne Warwick – I Say A Little Prayer
74. Aretha Franklin – (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
75. Otis Redding – Try A Little Tenderness
76. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By
77. Ben E. King – Spanish Harlem
78. Robert Knight - Everlasting Love
79. The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You)
80. Edwin Starr - Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.)
81. The Velvelettes - He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'
82. Reparata & The Delrons - Captain Of Your Ship
83. The Marvelettes - When You're Young And In Love
84. Etta James - At Last
85. Dinah Washington - Mad About The Boy
86. James Brown - It's A Man's Man's Man's World
87. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tracks Of My Tears
88.Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour 

Telepathic Fish: A Journey into South London’s Seminal Ambient Party

A first-of-its-kind, fully illustrated retrospective celebrating Telepathic Fish — the influential early ’90s South London chill-out party that helped shape the ambient underground. Founded by Chantal Passamonte (Mira Calix), DJ Food, and others, this scene-defining crew hosted the likes of Aphex Twin, Global Communication, and Andrea Parker, while collaborating with Megatripolis and The Big Chill.

This lovingly curated release features:

Rare and long-lost tracks from Caustic Window (Aphex Twin), Tranquility Bass, Spacetime Continuum, and more

“In stark contrast to the stress-makingly staccato assault of your average 'ardcore rave, Telepathic Fish was a wombeldelic sound-and-light bath"

Simon Reynolds (Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music And Dance Culture)

The first-ever illustrated compendium recounting the seminal underground South London ambient party that surfaced at the axis through which the likes of Ninja Tune, Warp and Rising High flowed. Telepathic Fish shared fertile waters with Megatripolis and The Big Chill, moving the early 90s London back room chill-out space into the kaleidoscopic spotlight.

Documenting the sights and sounds of South London’s seminal Telepathic Fish ambient parties. Hosted by Chantal Passamonte (aka Mira Calix - RIP), David Vallade, Mario Aguera and Kevin Foakes (aka DJ Food) - collectively named Openmind. With the help of Mixmaster Morris (The Irresistible Force) and Matt Black (Coldcut), they put on some of the earliest chill out events in London.

Rooted deep in the heart of the electronic underground they started DJing and decorating house parties or squats with mind-blowing installations and wholly idiosyncratic design, hosting the likes of Aphex Twin, Andrea Parker and Tony Morley (The Leaf Label). Within a year they were playing VIP after shows for the likes of Orbital and illegal New Year’s gatherings at the disused Roundhouse whilst guesting on Coldcut’s Solid Steel radio show on London’s KISS FM.

Whilst collaborations with legendary club nights such as Megatripolis saw them share bills with Autechre, Higher Intelligence Agency, Scanner and Global Communication, they also created their own ambient fanzine - Mindfood – to document the scene evolving around them. A 20-page history of their parties is included in the release, richly illustrated with personal photos, artwork and memorabilia from their adventures between 1992-95. The gatefold sleeve also features their Telepathic Fish logo, mirroring an original T-shirt design they sold in Ambient Soho, a record shop three of the four worked in at different times.

The selections featured here are all personal favourites that were played at the Telepathic Fish parties during the 90s. Picked and arranged by Mario, David and Kevin who combed their collections for key pieces they associate with the time and Chantal’s music tastes. Over a hundred tracks were selected, totalling nearly 11 hours of playing time, before being whittled down to the essentials by the trio, forming a snapshot of their world back in the day.

* Features long deleted and hard to find tracks by Caustic Window (Richard D. James aka Aphex Twin), Tranquility Bass, Spacetime Continuum and Global Communication (Mark Pritchard and Tom Middleton).

• Pressed on DJ friendly double black vinyl

• Includes A 20-page history of their parties is included in the release, richly illustrated with unseen personal photos, artwork and memorabilia from the Telepathic Fish crew’s adventures between 1992-95, as well as detailed liner notes courtesy of founding members Mario Ageura and Kevin Foakes.

• Cover includes horizontal obi sticker with quote from Simon Reynolds' book Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music And Dance Culture, describing the Telepathic Fish parties' place in the dance music landscape.

• Lacquer cut by Beau Thomas at Ten Eight Seven Mastering

DJ-friendly double black vinyl

A 20-page booklet packed with photos, artwork, and memorabilia from 1992–1995

Liner notes by founding members Mario Aguera and Kevin Foakes

Obi strip featuring Simon Reynolds’ iconic quote from Energy Flash

Lacquer cut by Beau Thomas at Ten Eight Seven Mastering.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Much documented with a killer campaign backing it (check the brilliant Guardian article by Joe Muggs). Rave culture wasn't all about big fish little fish and sweaty dancers. "Telepathic Fish" shines a spotlight on the horizontal, post-E vibe which actually ended up more subversive and rebellious than what Big Dance Music (or Business Techno - lol!) became. A gloriously precious selection.

TRACK LISTING

1. Barbarella - Barbarella (The Irresistible Force Remix)
2. Spacetime Continuum - Fluresence
3. Nightmares On Wax - Nights Interlude
4. Insides - Skinned Clean
5. Global Communication - Incidental Harmony
6. Caustic Window - Cordialatron
7. Keiichi Suzuki - Satellite Serenade (Trans Asian Express Mix)
8. Tranquility Bass - Cantamilla (Bomb Pop)
9. Golden Girls - Kinetic (Morley’s Apollo Remix)
10. No-Man - Days In The Trees - Reich 

Much has changed for Ilan Pdahtzur since the release of his Night City Life compilation six years ago. Back then, he was a little-known record collector who shared obscure, synth-heavy music that “captured the night-time glow” of the city he calls home, London, via a dedicated Instagram page.

Fast forward to 2025 and Ilan is now a respected member of the international digger-selector community, having delivered must-check mixes for the likes of Bordello A Parigi, Bayete, Hunee’s Lifetones and Sound Metaphors.

It seems a fitting time, then, for Spacetalk to unleash Night City Life II, a second deep dive into Ilan’s distinctive, neon-lit sound world – a place where European synth-pop rarities, Italo-dance treats, dancefloor-focused post-boogie instrumentals soundtrack strolls around shuttered skyscrapers, dockside housing estates and wharf-side warehouse conversions.

In the six years that have passed since the release of Night City Life, Ilan has uncovered many more rarities, private-press gems and slept-on treats, with 14 of these featuring on the dusty-fingered crate-digger’s sublime sequel. As with its predecessor, much effort has been made to track down the artists behind the synth-heavy songs on show, with the vinyl edition featuring extended liner notes where some tell the story of their track in detail.

Musically, there’s much to set the pulse racing within Ilan’s superb selections, from the slow-motion shuffle of Playground’s self-released 1984 B-side ‘Rainy Day Woman’ and the brilliance of Shamor’s 1985 South African synth-pop special ‘Close To You (Bwela Pafupi)’, to Sharon & Tracy’s ‘The Sheik’ – a belly-dancing inspired slab of TB-303 bass-driven house – and the kaleidoscopic, piano-rich 1992 Euro-house brilliance of ‘Come Into My Life’ by Jennifer.

Dive deeper into the collection and more under-appreciated musical masterpieces make their presence felt. There’s Sicilian musician Claudio D’Ignoti’s lesser-known boogie-era single ‘Anche Per Noi’, where rubbery bass guitar, Nile Rodgers style disco guitar licks and spacey synths dominate the sound space, Lena’s fashion circuit-inspired, early Pet Shop Boys-esque ‘Embrasse-Moi (Strumentale)’ – one that members of Milan’s Paninaro movement would surely have enjoyed – and a sublime, spaced-out and effects laden dancefloor dub of ‘Rescue Me (Imagination)’ by Jimmy D, a genuinely sought-after jam originally released on a now impossible-to-find seven-inch single.

Offering another genuinely distinctive, carefully curated collection of lesser-known musical treats, Night City Life II is another essential, immersive and synthesizer-powered journey through Ilan’s unique sonic world. 

TRACK LISTING

A1. Playground - Rainy Day Woman
A2. Spinnaker - The Spirit Of America
A3. Natalie Ann - You've Got To Feel
A4. Shamor - Close To You (Bwela Pafupi)
B1. Cherry Laine - Land Of No Return
B2. Sharon & Tracy - The Sheik
B3. Methods Of Dance - Aggravation (instrumental)
B4. Claudio D'Ignoti - Anche Per Noi
C1. Jennifer - Come Into My Life
C2. Lena - Embrasse-Moi (instrumental)
C3. Fabrithia - I Want You (instrumental)
D1. Jimmy D - Rescue Me (Imagination) (dub Version)
D2. Alison Sheryll - You're Not Alone
D3. Precious Child - Come Alone

Since 2006, listeners have been curious about the origin of the label name Italians Do It Better. Some say it's an homage to Italo Disco, others guess it's related to ancestry, but in fact it's a nod to the iconic T-shirt Madonna wears in the "Papa Don't Preach" video circa 1986.

Fast forward to a world pandemic... To encourage creativity & lift spirits, Italians Do It Better President, Megan Louise asked every artist “If you could cover your favourite Madonna song…What would it be?”

As a tribute to their label muse & the impact Madonna’s music has had on the world around us, Italians Do It Better are sharing a compilation of covers simply titled “Italians Do It Better”. One of the tracks (“Lucky Star” by Club Intl) is even produced by Max Kamins, the son of Mark Kamins, the New York DJ who helped break Madonna in the early 1980's. From the experience he says “Dance music was the soundtrack of my early childhood. Working on "Lucky Star" reconnected me not only to my father, but also reminded me that a good song is timeless".

Executive produced by Johnny Jewel, the compilation is a passport to 20 covers from the bedrooms of 19 artists across 10 different countries.

TRACK LISTING

1. Joon - Papa Don't Preach
2. Desire - Angel
3. Sally Shapiro - Holiday
4. DlinaVolny - Hollywood
5. Farah - Gang Bang
6. Mothermary - Like A Virgin
7. Club Intl - Lucky Star
8. Love Object - Frozen
9. Orion - Into The Groove
10. Number One Pop Star - Hung Up
11. Double Mixte - La Isla Bonita
12. Juno Francis - Beautiful Stranger
13. Glüme - Material Girl
14. In Mirrors - I'm Addicted
15. Causeway - Crazy For You
16. Mothermary - Like A Prayer
17. Jorja Chalmers - Justify My Love
18. Pink Gloves - What It Feels Like Fora Girl
19. Lou Rebecca - Burning Up

Following on from Vol. 1 & 2, Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy is back with the CD release of 2024's volume 3 and this year's volume 4 of her ever popular Balearic Breakfast series - don't sleep!

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)
11. Paz - Kandeen Love Song
12. Santino Surfers - Freedom Surfers
13. Saint Etienne - Alone Together (Cosmodelica Remix)
14. Paqua - Akaliko
15. Tar Blanche - Iguana
16. Bryony Jarman-Pinto - Moving Forward (Cosmodelica Remix)
17. Troy Kingi - Chronophobic Disco
18. Ilya Santana - Cosmovision (Disco Version)
19. Gloria Ann Taylor - Love Is A Hurtin' Thing (12" Version)

Invictus Records is one of the legendary soul music labels from 1960/70s America. Founded in 1969 by the legendary songwriting and production team Holland–Dozier–Holland (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland). After leaving Motown Records over royalty and creative disputes, they established Invictus (along with its sister label Hot Wax Records) to continue producing music with greater artistic and financial control.

Invictus quickly became known for its polished, infectious sound — a continuation of the trio’s classic Motown style but often with a slightly funkier and more mature edge. The label was home to several major artists and hits, including: Freda Payne ('Band of Gold') Chairmen of the Board ('Give Me Just a Little More Time') and The Glass House ('Crumbs Off the Table').

By the mid-70s, both Invictus and Hot Wax ceased operations, but their influence and catalogue remain significant today, celebrated for their crucial role in the evolution of post-Motown soul and early '70s pop.

This collection brings together some of the most treasured Invictus Records recordings and features in-depth liner notes by acclaimed writer and music historian Stuart Cosgrove.

TRACK LISTING

LP Tracklisting:
1. FREDA PAYNE - Band Of Gold
2. CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD - Give Me Just A Little More Time
3. THE 8TH DAY - She’s Not Just Another Woman (Single Mix)
4. THE GLASS HOUSE - Crumbs Off The Table
5. CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD - Everything’s Tuesday
6. THE NEW PLAY STARRING RUTH COPELAND - The Music Box
7. LAURA LEE - I Need It Just As Bad As You
8. ELOISE LAWS - Put A Little Love Into It
9. NEW YORK PORT AUTHORITY - I Got It
10. FREDA PAYNE - Unhooked Generation
11. CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD - You’ve Got Me Dangling On A String
12. HOLLAND-DOZIER, LAMONT DOZIER - Why Can’t We Be Lovers
13. THE 8TH DAY - Free Your Mind
14. RUTH COPELAND - Gimme Shelter (Single Version)
15. FREDA PAYNE - We've Got To Find A Way Back To Love

CD Tracklisting:
1. FREDA PAYNE - Band Of Gold
2. CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD - Give Me Just A Little More Time
3. THE 8TH DAY - She’s Not Just Another Woman (Single Mix)
4. THE GLASS HOUSE - Crumbs Off The Table
5. FREDA PAYNE - Bring The Boys Home
6. CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD - Everything’s Tuesday
7. THE 8TH DAY - You’ve Got To Crawl (Before You Walk)
8. CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD - Patches
9. THE NEW PLAY STARRING RUTH COPELAND - The Music Box
10. THE BARRINO BROTHERS - I Had It All
11. CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD - Pay To The Piper
12. TYRONE EDWARDS - Can’t Get Enough Of You
13. LAURA LEE - I Need It Just As Bad As You
14. LEE CHARLES - Sittin’ On A Time Bomb (Waiting For The Hurt To Come)
15. CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD - Let Me Down Easy
16. TY HUNTER - Hey There Lonely Girl
17. THE HI-LITES - That’s Love
18. EARL ENGLISH - Wanting You
19. FREDA PAYNE - Two Wrongs Don’t Make A Right
20. NEW YORK PORT AUTHORITY - I Got It
21. FREDA PAYNE - Unhooked Generation
22. CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD - You’ve Got Me Dangling On A String
23. FREDA PAYNE - Deeper & Deeper
24. ELOISE LAWS - Put A Little Love Into It
25. NEW YORK PORT AUTHORITY - I Don’t Want To Work Today
26. PARLIAMENT - Little Ole Country Boy
27. ELOISE LAWS - Ain’t It Good Feeling Good
28. HOLLAND-DOZIER, LAMONT DOZIER - Why Can’t We Be Lovers
29. THE 8TH DAY - Free Your Mind
30. CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD - Finders Keepers
31. FREDA PAYNE - Mother Misery’s Favourite Child
32. DANNY WOODS - Let Me Ride
33. HARRISON KENNEDY - Sunday Morning People
34. THE 8TH DAY - Cheba
35. LUCIFER - Don’t You (Think The Times A-Comin’)
36. RUTH COPELAND - Gimme Shelter (Single Version)
37. PARLIAMENT - Red Hot Mama
38. THE GLASS HOUSE - Thanks I Needed That
39. THE BARRINO BROTHERS - I Shall Not Be Moved
40. PARLIAMENT - Loose Booty
41. FREDA PAYNE - We've Got To Find A Way Back To Love

Those profiled include Egyptian guitarist Omar Khorshid, maverick producer/arranger/composer Elias Rahbani, mysterious talents like Nicolas Dick and Robert Maalouf and the father of the label’s founder, Abdallah Chahine, a pianist of immense talent. As told in detailed liner notes by DJ, music researcher and legacy-keeper Ernesto Chahoud and Natalie Shooter, this period of Lebanese music formed the soundtrack to the city of Beirut during its multiple transformations, from its 1950s to 1960s heyday as ‘the Switzerland of the Orient’ through to the mid 1970s and 1980s, when it soundtracked the tragic days of the Lebanese Civil War. From Chahoud’s liner notes: “I spent years going through thousands of titles from one of the largest catalog of Lebanese and Arabic music, by one of the earliest labels in the Arab world, Voix De L’Orient, to handpick the 12 songs that represent a survey into this momentous catalog.The Lebanese musical experiment, stretching almost seven decades, has offered one of the most complex and fully fledged modern Oriental scenes of the Arab world. These 12 songs were released in different periods and embody a wide range of musical ideas from the most adventurous on the Voix De L’Orient label, those musicians that played major roles in the renaissance of ancient musical traditions. So, from the ’60s and ’70s, you’ll hear Adballah Chahine improvising on Oriental scales on a custom-made piano that he developed in order to play quarter tones; you’ll engage the radical approach to folkloric music from the legendary Iraqi composer and oud player Munir Bechir; you’ll enjoy the timeless blend of Occidental and Oriental forms as fused by the genius Elias Rahbani. The songs by Georgette Sayegh, Adib Abou Antoun and Robert Maalouf give a sense of Lebanon’s unique ’70s and ’80s pop sounds.You might think that this music comes from a foreign, faraway culture, and I suppose it does, for some, but this music is close to us all. This anthology is presented 100 percent free of cultural appropriation. This album is a genuine attempt to escape the ephemeral aspect of everyday, fast music fashions. This album is absolute beauty to play out loud, while waiting for the second volume to come.”

TRACK LISTING

A1. Abdallah Chahine - Nakreese - Taqsim: Hawwil Ya Ghannam
A2. Munir Bachir – Shurud
A3. Tony Frangier & Setrak Sarkissian - Azef El-leyl
A4. Robert Maalouf - Anna W Leil
A5. Nicholas Dick - Un Voix Qui M'Apelle
A6. Jacques Kodjian - Bent El-Shalabiya
B1. Elias Rahbani - Dance Of Maria
B2. Adib Abou Antoun – Addayer
B3. Georgette Sayegh - Yay Yay Ya Nassini
B4. Mohamed "Mike" Hegazi & His Golden Guitar – Nouni
B5. Emaad Sayyah - Mazoufat Nagham
B6. Omar Kourshid - Arrissassa

Super Spicy is keeping up a busy release rate, but more impressively, is also keeping the quality levels nice and high. Its eighth dish kicks off with an irresistible hors d'oeuvre in the form of Monsieur Van Pratt's big piano jam 'Gotta Get Down', which is pure floor-filling tackle. Voyager 909's 'Shake' blends big strings, soulful vocals and hip-swig in claps with a down and dirty bassline. There is more heads up disco-funk from Disco 86, sexier sounds from the sultry disco bomb that is 'Funktastic Fantastic' and Edson Agiss layers up horns, guitar licks and squealing Hammond organs on 'Comme Ci, Comme Ca.' Rob Castillo sees things out with Got To Be Slick,' an irresistibly soulful and flute-laced house roller with hints of Americana in the guitar riffs buried deep in the mix.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: High energy house piano and big room disco percussion meet in a distinctly Scandinavian sounding distillation of melody and rhythm. Stacked square wave basses and snappy hi-hats abound.

TRACK LISTING

Monsieur Van Pratt - Gotta Get Down
Voyager 909 - Shake
Disco 86 - Dancer
Diego Palomar - Funkastic Fantastic
Edson Agiss - Comme Ci, Comme Ca
Rob Castillo - Got To Be Slick

This limited-edition vinyl release brings together Lofi Girl and Assassin’s Creed Shadows in a legendary collaboration.

The album features 20 lofi remixes inspired by the Assassin’s Creed Shadows Original Game Soundtrack. Familiar melodies like Ezio’s Family have been reimagined as softer, more atmospheric tracks - ideal for unwinding, studying, or finding focus.

TRACK LISTING

1. Ezio's Family - Shadows Version Remix - Living Room
2. Shadows Main Theme - Remix - Ambulo
3. The Fujibayashi Legacy - Remix - Nogymx
4. An Assembly Of Enemies - Remix - Fugee
5. The Fujibayashi Legacy - Remix - Living Room
6. Ezio's Family - Shadows Version - Remix - HoKø
7. Shadows Main Theme - Remix - Loafy Building
8. Rise Of Yasuke - Remix - Yestalgia
9. A Moment Of Sweetness - Remix - Prithvi
10. Tomiko - Remix - Otaam
11. The Long Shadow Of Oda Nobunaga - Remix - Simon Groß
12. The Fujibayashi Legacy - Remix - Loafy Building
13. Matters Of The Heart - Remix - KioKo
14. Master Sorin - Remix - Tibeauthetraveler
15. Shadows Main Theme - Remix - Jhove
16. The Fujibayashi Legacy - Remix - John Lee
17. Ezio's Family - Shadows Version - Remix - Softy
18. Rise Of Yasuke - Remix - Møndberg
19. Junjiro (Little Tanuki) - Remix - Mondo
20. A Moment Of Sweetness - Remix - Kainbeats

Celebrating 45 years of soundtracking sunsets in Ibiza, the limited album brings together a carefully curated selection of chilled-out tracks that reflect the spirit of the original sunset bar. Known for its iconic sunset sessions, Café del Mar Ibiza has become a symbol of the chillout movement and Balearic music.

This special release blends classic favourites with fresh reinterpretations and exclusive mixes, capturing the relaxed vibe and emotional depth that have defined the brand since 1980. From ambient atmospheres and acoustic textures to cool electronica, the selection offers a chilled listening experience, perfect for unwinding, reminiscing, and simply watching the sun dive into the sea.

Whether you’ve been visiting Café del Mar for decades or are just discovering it, this collection captures the essence of what makes Café del Mar more than just a place...

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: The pinnacle of Chillout music gets a much needed 45th anniversary reissue in the shape of a lovely double LP reissue. Classic petit-four to a messy night, or indeed a lovely bit of afters chill.

TRACK LISTING

LP Tracklisting:
1. Jakatta - American Dream (Tranquilo's Remix)
2. Spiller - Cry Baby (Röyksopp's Malselves Memorabilia Mix)
3. DJ Trax - Southern Breeze
4. A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray (Frankie Knuckles Raydio Mix)
5. Pig & Dan - For The Good
6. Eric Hilton, The Infinite Daisy Chains - Little Odessa
7. Andrea Terrano, Adrian Sola - Entre Dos Aguas (Café Del Mar 45th Anniversary Mix)
8. Placid Angles - Ocean (London Mix)
9. Lifelike, Kris Menace - Discopolis (A Hundred Birds Bestless Mix)
10. A Vision Of Panorama - WLM
11. Deep Forest - Sweet Lullaby (Natural Trance Mix)
12. Last Magpie - Spirit (Spiritual Dub)
13. Antena, Todd Terje - Camino Del Sol (Todd Terje Remix)
14. Derrick May - Kaotic Harmony
15. Jam & Spoon - Stella (Moby's Spirit Mix Edit)
16. Joe Hume - Angelica
17. Pressure Drop - The Calling (Freeman Remix)

CD Tracklisting:
1.Jakatta - American Dream (Tranquilo's Remix) 
2.Bent - I Love My Man (Lazyboy's Anyone For Tennix Remix) 
3. Spiller - Cry Baby (Röyksopp's Malselves Memorabilia Mix)
4. DJ Trax - Southern Breeze 
5. A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray (Frankie Knuckles Raydio Mix) 
6. Tim Love Lee - One Night Samba 
7. Pig&Dan - For The Good 
8. The Gentle People - Journey (Aphex Twin Care Mix) 
9.  Eric Hilton, The Infinite Daisy Chains - Little Odessa
10. Jhelisa - Friendly Pressure (Radio Mix) 
11. Da Lata - Pra Manha 
12. Andrea Terrano, Adrian Sola - Entre Dos Aguas (Café Del Mar 45th Anniversary Mix) 
13.  Miyazawa, Trüby Trio - Anjos Llrmaos (Truby Trio Remix)
14. Placid Angles Ocean (London Mix) 
15. Lifelike, Kris Menace - Discopolis (A Hundred Birds Bestless Mix) 
16. Meora - The Sun Rising 
17. The Solid Doctor - Lights On The Vibe (Remastered) 
18. A Vision Of Panorama - WLM 
19. Deep Forest - Sweet Lullaby (Natural Trance Mix)
20 . Kid Loops, Cool Breeze - Shift Then Return  
21. Furry Phreaks - Soothe (Chicane's Cyanide Ride Dub) 
22. The Amalgamation Of Soundz - Tears For Yazd 
23. Last Magpie - Spirit  (Spiritual Dub) 
24. Ralf Hildenbeutel - Hommage à Noir (Edit) 
25. Antena, Todd Terje - Camino Del Sol (Todd Terje Remix) 
26. Derrick May - Kaotic Harmony
27. U. Kay Hytz - Immaculate (Instrumental Version) 
28. Jam & Spoon - Stella (Moby's Spirit Mix Edit) 
29. Joe Hume - Angelica 
30. Pressure Drop - The Calling (Freeman Remix) 
31. Suns Of Arqa, John Leckie - Albatross 

France - the 1980s. A local radio and studio system almost unsurpassed in
Europe - add brilliantly inventive labels and producers with a sense of fun & adventure & the result? A golden age of Synth-Pop – Post-Disco.. inventing the future.. celebrating the chanson of the past. Updating that for a new generation & a new dancefloor. With Tangui/Corinne Tell/Kelly Way and more ..

TRACK LISTING

A1: Corinne Tell -Histoire De Coeur 3:24
A2: Fanny Forest - Les Lolitas Des Magazines 4:01
A3: Fabienne Stoko – Poupee 2:56
A4: Valene - Sauve-Moi 3:12
A5: Kelly Way-Illusion 3:37
A6: Sonia - Sur Ma Musique 3:59

B1: Tangui-Amour Combat 3:56
B2: Praline Et Toni -Meteo 3:57
B3: Generation Egoiste (Tout Tout D'Suite) 3:03
B4: Kira – Vacances A Deux 2:47
B5: Geraldine Danon – Electric Eyes -3:05
B6: Nani Antoni - Faites Vos Jeux 3:45 

On their last trip to Silberland, Bureau B hurtled along the chrome highways and glass skyways of the kosmische landscape, powered ever onwards in perpetual motorik motion. This time, however, the Hamburg imprint opt for an unhurried itinerary, coasting far beyond the familiar rhythmic terrain to explore crystal caverns and emerald pastures, immersing listeners in the ambient side of this alternative Allemagne. Building on the tape loops, tone poems, and minimalist compositions of the 60's avant-garde, these musicians utilised the sweeping scope of the synthesiser to create expansive meditations on outer-planetary escapism, human connection, and the natural world. This compilation offers a survey of this singular era, blending pioneering voices with lesser-known artists for an immersive sonic experience.

TRACK LISTING

1. Cluster & Eno - Ho Renomo
2. Roedelius - Veilchenwurzeln
3. Der Plan - Die Wuste
4. Rolf Trostel - Hope Is The Answer
5. Vono - Hitze
6. You - E-Night (Bureau B Edit)
7. Serge Blenner - Phrase IV
8. Moebius - Falsche Ruhe
9. Harald Grosskopf - Oceanheart
10. Lapre - Tedan (Bureau B Edit)
11. Riechmann - Abendlicht
12. Adelbert Von Deyen - Per Aspera Ad Astra - Mental Voyage (Bureau B Edit)
13. Faust - Lampe An, Tur Zu, Leute Rein! (Bureau B Edit)
14. Conrad Schnitzler - Electric Garden (Bureau B Edit)
15. Moebius & Plank - Nordostliches Gefuhl (Bureau B Edit)
16. Deutsche Wertarbeit - Unter Tage (Bureau B Edit)
17. Asmus Tietchens - Rauschlinge
18. Pyrolator - Minimal Tape 1/8
19. Rudiger Lorenz - Southland (Bureau B Edit)
20. Thomas Dinger - Alleewalzer

Hot Wax Records was a soul and R&B record label founded in 1968 by the legendary songwriting and production team Holland-Dozier-Holland after their departure from Motown Records. Alongside Invictus Records (their other imprint), Hot Wax allowed them to continue creating music independently, with full creative and financial control.

Hot Wax specialized in vibrant, richly produced soul music with a strong pop sensibility — very much an extension of the signature Motown sound but often edgier and funkier. It became a major player in early 1970s R&B.

Some of its most notable artists and releases include Honey Cone ('Want Ads', 'Stick-Up') The 8th Day ('She's Not Just Another Woman') Flaming Ember ('Westbound #9'). This collection bring together all the most treasured singles from the Hot Wax label.

TRACK LISTING

LP Tracklisting:
1. Honey Cone - While You're Out Looking For Sugar
2. Flaming Ember - Westbound # 9
3. Honey Cone - Want Ads
4. Laura Lee - Women's Love Rights
5. 100 Proof (Aged In Soul) - 90 Day Freeze (On Her Love)
6. Honey Cone - Stick Up
7. McKinley Jackson & The Politicians – Love Machine Pt. 1
8. Laura Lee - Wedlock Is A Padlock
9. Silent Majority – Frightened Girl
10. Laura Lee - Crumbs Off The Table
11. Honey Cone Ft. Sharon Cash - Somebody Is Always Messing Up A Good Thing
12. 100 Proof (Aged In Soul) – Somebody’s Been Sleeping In My Bed
13. Honey Cone - If I Can't Fly
14. Lee Charles – Somebody’s Gonna Hurt You, Like You Hurt Me
15. Honey Cone – Girls It Ain’t Easy

CD Tracklisting:
1. Honey Cone -  While You're Out Looking For Sugar
2. Flaming Ember - Mind, Body & Soul
3. Honey Cone - Girls It Ain't Easy
4. 100 Proof (Aged In Soul) - Too Many Cooks (Spoil The Soup)
5. Flaming Ember - Shades Of Green
6. Honey Cone - Take My Love
7. Flaming Ember - Westbound # 9
8. 100 Proof (Aged In Soul) - Somebody's Been Sleeping In My Bed
9. Honey Cone - When Will It End
10. Flaming Ember - I'm Not My Brother’s Keeper
11. Laura Lee - Wedlock Is A Padlock
12. Silent Majority - Frightened Girl
13. 100 Proof (Aged In Soul) - One Man's Leftovers (Is Another Man's Feast)
14. Flaming Ember - Stop The World And Let Me Off
15. Honey Cone - Want Ads
16. McKinley Jackson & The Politicians - Love Machine Pt. 1
17. Flaming Ember - Sunshine
18. 100 Proof (Aged In Soul) - Driveway
19. Laura Lee - Women's Love Rights
20. Honey Cone - Stick Up
21. 100 Proof (Aged In Soul) - 90 Day Freeze (On Her Love)
22. Flaming Ember - If It's Good To You (It's Good For You)
23. Honey Cone - One Monkey Don't Stop No Show Pt. 1
24. Laura Lee - Love & Liberty
25. Silent Majority - Something New About You
26. Honey Cone - The Day I Found Myself
27. Politicians - Free Your Mind (Instrumental)
28. Laura Lee - I Don't Want Nothing Old (But Money)
29. 100 Proof (Aged In Soul) - Everything Good Is Bad
30. Laura Lee - Rip Off
31. Honey Cone - Sittin' On A Time Bomb (Waitin' For The Hurt To Come)
32. 100 Proof (Aged In Soul) - Don't Scratch Where It Don't Itch
33. Laura Lee - If You Can Beat Me Rockin' (You Can Have My Chair)
34. Honey Cone - Innocent 'til Proven Guilty
35. Laura Lee - Crumbs Off The Table
36. 100 Proof (Aged In Soul) - Since You Been Gone
37. Honey Cone - Ace In The Hole
38. Honey Cone - If I Can't Fly
39. Lee Charles - Somebody's Gonna Hurt You, Like You Hurt Me
40. Laura Lee - I'll Catch You When You Fall
41. 100 Proof (Aged In Soul) - My Piece Of The Rock (Vocal)
42. Honey Cone FT. Sharon Cash - Somebody Is Always Messing Up A Good Thing
43. 100 Proof (Aged In Soul)/New York Port Authority - I'm Mad As Hell (Ain't Gonna Take No More) [Pt. 1]

Delving into the Great American Songbook of Howe Gelb, 'Sandworms' is a new collection that rephrases and rephases the legacy of Giant Sand across generations. This release offers bold reinterpretations from Water From Your Eyes, Deradoorian, Jesca Hoop & John Parish, Lily Konigsberg, Holiday Ghosts, Ella Raphael, Monde UFO, The Golden Dregs, and Gently Tender.

The ever-present Giant Sand and their one-man cerebral traveller, Howe Gelb, are anchored by a reputation for idiosyncratic storytelling. A “natural storyteller,” Gelb’s multifarious musical delivery adds an enduring sense of wonder as he extols the virtues of happenstance. This collection celebrates the esoteric and singular journey Giant Sand have taken, through alt-country, jazz, lo-fi experiments, and beyond, while their legacy is reimagined here by a new generation of artists paying tribute to their lasting influence.

Brooklyn duo Water From Your Eyes, known for their stoner humour, fatalistic undercurrents, and art-pop flair, bring a delicate balance of punk riffing and dream-pop escapism to 'Warm Storm', first heard on Giant Sand’s 'Ramp' (1991). Whitney K takes on 'Happenstance' (from 1994’s 'Glum'), unravelling its existential puzzles with a whispering baritone that recalls the hushed intensity of Leonard Cohen.

Drifting further into orbit, Angel Deradoorian reinterprets 'Center Of The Universe', the title track from the band’s 1992 album, transforming its desert-fried rock into a spaced-out Sun Ra-paced drama. Elsewhere, 'Yer Ropes', a jaw-dropping highlight from 'Glum', is taken on by The Golden Dregs, blurring sentimentality and relationship mismanagement into something truly strange and moving.

A special collection for both long-time fans and the newly curious, 'Sandworms: The Songs of Howe Gelb and Giant Sand' is released via Fire Records and includes liner notes from Dave Henderson (Mojo).

TRACK LISTING

1. Jesca Hoop & John Parish - But I Did Not
2. Lily Konigsberg - Shiver
3. Water From Your Eyes - Warm Storm
4. Whitney K - Happenstance
5. Deradoorian - Center Of The Universe
6. Gently Tender - Forever And A Day
7. The Golden Dregs - Yer Ropes
8. Holiday Ghosts - New River
9. Ella Raphael - A Hard Man To Get To Know
10. Monde UFO - Who Am I?

Curated by Pete Gooding and Mark Barrott.

Tracks by Nina Simone, Mazzy Star, Talk Talk, Boards of Canada, µ-Ziq, Yellow Magic Orchestra. Mark Barrott contributes a brand-new exclusive, 'When Devils Become Gods'.

A journey through Brazilian soul, ambient electronica, classic deep house, orchestral minimalism, and dusk-lit Detroit techno.

To mark a decade as one of Ibiza's most iconic musical sanctuaries, Hostal La Torre announces 'La Torre Ibiza Volumen Cinco', a new compilation curated by long -standing residents Pete Gooding and Mark Barrott. The 15-track collection captures the spirit of the venue that has come to define the golden-hour soundtrack of the island's west coast.

Since opening in 2015, La Torre has established itself as a bastion of Balearic culture-set high on the cliffs overlooking the sea, where music flows with the sun rather than the clock. The fifth volume in the celebrated La Torre series is a journey through Brazilian soul, ambient electronica, classic deep house, orchestral minimalism, and dusk-lit Detroit techno-an emotional arc designed to mirror the progression of an evening at the venue.

From timeless icons like Nina Simone, Mazzy Star, Talk Talk (with their Spirit of Eden closer "Wealth"), and Boards of Canada, to boundary-pushers like Auntie Flo, Eden Burns, and ?-Ziq (aka Mike Paradinas), Volumen Cinco weaves together deep-rooted classics and leftfield discoveries. Mark Barrott contributes a brand-new exclusive, 'When Devils Become Gods', while the compilation closes on a rare gem from Yellow Magic Orchestra's Yukihiro Takahashi. Also included isVARIOUS Software's 'Present Voice', a quietly powerful tribute to the late José Padilla, the spiritual architect of Ibiza's sunset sound.

Volumen Cinco is more than just a listening experience-it's a tribute to La Torre's ethos: open-hearted, genre-fluid, rooted in place and time. Each track is carefully sequenced to evoke a feeling, a shift in light, or a shared memory beneath the fading sun.

Over the years, La Torre has welcomed some of the most influential names in Balearic and electronic music, from José Padilla, Alfredo, and Jon Sa Trinxa to DJ Harvey, David Holmes, Lovefingers, Heidi Lawden, Wolf Müller, Don Carlos, and Phil Mison. With each summer season and each release, the venue continues to build a musical legacy that has earned critical acclaim from Resident Advisor, Phonica Records, Juno, and Piccadilly Records, regularly featuring in their year-end lists.

As Test Pressing once wrote, "La Torre is not a party, it's a place of pilgrimage. It feels almost sacred." That spirit resonates deeply in this anniversary compilation-a celebration of music, community, and connection that spans a decade.

La Torre Ibiza Volumen Cinco is dedicated to the artists, friends, collaborators, and guests who've shaped its story so far-and to everyone who continues to gather, listen, and lose track of time as the sun slips beneath the horizon.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Burns & Tubbs - Where Were U In 92?
A2. µ-Ziq - 4am
A3. Arthur Verocai - Caboclo
A4. Auntie Flo - Green City
B1. Software - Present Voice
B2. Point Zero - Coastal
B3. Nina Simone - Come Ye
B4. N.Y. House'n Authority - APT. 3B
C1. Mark Barrott - When Devils Become Gods
C2. Eric Serra - Protect Life
C3. Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
D1. Boards Of Canada - Open The Light
D2. Aqua Bassino - When The Bird Flies
D3. Talk Talk - Wealth
D4. Yukihiro Takahashi – Present

Come Play With Me Records proudly present 'Next Up North: Class of 2025' on 10" Eco-mix vinyl. Next Up North is the first artist development programme specifically supporting emerging artists of marginalised communities from the North of England. For the inaugural edition, we are delighted to announce the 2025 cohort featuring: Sinead Campbell, Dee Rae, Zara Smile, Lucas Assagba. Special thanks to all of our incredibly supportive partners, without whom this project would have not been possible: Arts Council England, Breed Media, Crowdable, Eiger Studios, Glow Artists, Tileyard North, un:hurd music & Youth Music. 

Artist Bios:
Sinead Campbell is a Jamaican-Irish soul singer from the North of England, blending modern R&B with nostalgic soul, playful Jazz and raw, heartfelt storytelling. Her music is deeply rooted in identity, empowerment and ancestral connection - a reflection of her journey reconnecting with her African-Caribbean roots. Following standout live shows including sold-out hometown gigs, a BBC Introducing showcase, and being named one of Come Play With Me’s Next Up North artists in partnership with EMI North, Sinead is stepping fully into her artistry. Her upcoming EP Sankofa is the result of deep inner work - a vibrant, emotional offering rooted in reflection, healing, and self-acceptance. From the soft strength of Soothe Me and the empowering message of Stand, to the statement of pride in Brown Eyed Soul - this is her soul, poured out in full colour.


Dee Rae is a Manchester-based indie folk artist known for their vulnerable songwriting and authentic storytelling. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Laura Marling, Snail Mail, Marika Hackman, and Big Thief, Dee Rae’s music is as introspective as it is inclusive, creating a space where listeners can truly feel seen and understood. Their live shows have taken them across the UK, from London to Manchester, Leeds, and Liverpool, and in 2024, they made their international debut with a gig in Paris. Dee Rae has also shared the stage with acts like Francis of Delirium, Katy Kirby, Allegra Krieger and The Orielles, earning a reputation as a must-see live performer. Dee Rae’s rise has been fueled by their presence on social media, where their authenticity resonates with a growing, dedicated fanbase. In 2023, they were tapped by Dance to the Radio to perform at Live at Leeds Festival, and with backing from promoters like Now Wave, SJM, and Form, the momentum keeps building. Dee Rae is not just building a career, they are creating a community of listeners who connect deeply with their honest and inclusive sound.

Emerging alternative artist, Zara Smile captures audiences with their raw lyricism and electric energy on stage, a combination that will make you feel ignited and yet intimately connected with your inner feelings. With inspirations such as Black Country New Road, Laura Marling and Joni Mitchell combined with 2000s emo and Riot Grrrl punk, Smile focuses on telling their story and monologue through enchanting melodies and heart-soaring arrangements, bringing you closely into her world.

Lucas Assagba is a singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist from Bradford. Her avant-garde indie sensibilities map out dynasties of realisation and growth, merging the world-filling elegance of Weyes Blood and Lucy Dacus with the unbridled audacity of Mitski and Paramore. While her genre-bending debut EP, ‘the Resolution’ dealt with the happiness that resides in sadness, its gritty follow-up, ‘What more could I ask you to do?’ deals with the fallout of finding resolve, and the melancholy that exists within the reclamation of sanity and security.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
Sinead Campbell - Brown Eyed Soul
Dee Rae - Strange Thing

SIDE B
Zara Smile - Fight Back
Lucas Assagba - Comet

Efficient Space honours trailblazing Australian imprint Volition Records with 'Volition Cuts Vol. 1'. Evolving from Andrew Penhallow’s time at GAP Records, which smuggled Cabaret Voltaire, The Fall and the Factory catalogue into the region, Volition shifted focus to homegrown talent over imported sounds. Echoing its precursor’s blend of indie friction and electronic curiosity, the label wired itself into the pulse of club and rave culture, linking city scenes and amplifying them for the mainstream. With retina-scorching design, uncompromising packaging and top-tier remixes, Volition consistently bent the major label machine to its will.

No Volition retrospective would be complete without Sisters Underground’s intergenerational anthem ‘In the Neighbourhood’. Otara teenagers Brenda Makamoeafi and Hassanah Iroegbu brought their Pasifika perspective to Proud (An Urban-Pacific Streetsoul Compilation), a commercial success that platformed NZ rap and R&B with a clarity that outshone its overseas counterparts. The quiet architect of Volition’s sound, producer prodigy Robert Racic flipped the classic as a hip-house dub before his untimely passing in 1996.

Its A-side companion comes from Brisbane synth-pop unit Boxcar, who signed to Volition after frontman Dave Smith handed a cassette to Tom Ellard of Severed Heads during a school newspaper interview. That unlikely handoff led to their 1990 debut Vertigo. Here, their ritual-laced, body-jacking industrial is retooled by Miami freestyle maverick Tony Garcia.

Further cherry-picking from the VOLT vaults, Sexing The Cherry unleash a bleep-addled meltdown from Brisbane’s Edwin Morrow and Cherryn Lomas. ‘This Is A Dream’ was recorded exclusively for High (A Dance Compilation), the first all-Australian V/A to top the ARIA charts, propelling the local movement into national consciousness.

Closing the sampler, Sydney’s Single Gun Theory joined Volition as they moved from post-punk abstraction and electronic collage toward downtempo, sample-based mysticism. Their 1994 ambient-pop reverie ‘Fall’ is reimagined by Stuart Crichton and Apollo 440’s Norman Fisher-Jones as full-throttle Goa trance, a final surge that channels the label’s relentless push into new terrain.

'Volition Cuts Vol. 1' is dedicated to the loving memory of Volition’s visionary founder Andrew Penhallow, and key contributors Robert Racic and Edwin Morrow.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Australia's hottest compilers Efficient Space turn their attention to the early 90s house music and Balearic beat that infiltrated their shores during its halcyon period. Nodding to new beat and taking in what was going on in Goa at the time, more than say, what Oakenfold and Rampling were bringing back from Ibiza to the UK; this is a really interesting snapshot documenting how they were getting at it on the opposite end of the globe.

TRACK LISTING

1. Sisters Underground - In The Neighbourhood (Sisters On The Boulevarde Dub)
2. Boxcar - Lelore (World Dub Mix)
3. Sexing The Cherry - This Is A Dream
4. Single Gun Theory - Fall (Voyage To The Bottom Of The Dub Remix)

Super Flu's new label Didschn offers up its second release to date, a V/A 12" featuring Super Flu, Marc Werner and Gustavo Ibarra & Xotto. 

Opening proceedings we have Super Flu's "Where Are U Now" - deep, techy and tribal, like Innervisions meets Kleinmusic - very contempory, very nice!

Marc Werner goes even deeper and somewhat dubby on "Omar" which pairs throbbing low end with psychedelic modular sfx swirls and echo drenched vox. 

Gustavo Ibarra & Xotto conclude with the galloping stripped down tech of "My World". Again, punctuated by those stacato rhythmic stabs that are all the rage in Ibiza, we get a specialist demonstation of poise and drama as this one steady unfurls over its extended duration. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Great EP if ya dig the more tasteful side of the contemporary Ibizan sound. Deep, tribal and evocative.

TRACK LISTING

A1 - Super Flu - Where Are U Now (Extended) (06:43)
B1 - Marc Werner - Omar (06:45)
B2 - Gustavo Ibarra & Xotto - My World (6:34)

Maybe I’m Dreaming is the latest collection selected by Mikey Young (Total Control, Eddy Current Suppression Ring) and Keith Abrahamsson (Founder and Head of A&R at Anthology Recordings), the mangled minds behind the beloved Follow the Sun, Sad About the Times, and …Still Sad compilations. The twenty tracks of Dreaming make a conscious, and unconscious, detour from its predecessors, sourced entirely from private press releases, spanning new decades and production modes within homespun folk, soft rock, and otherwise 70s and 80s FM radio adjacent music. The magic of Dreaming is the untold story of the artists behind these songs; those who missed the big time, but whose song craft and unrequited care hit the right notes, both high and low.

Where Follow the Sun and Sad About the Times introduced us to the fame chasing, ambition crashing crooners who missed their shot in the mainstream, Dreaming delves deeper into the isolated wilds — a private world where production quirks, late-night tape hiss, and one-man studio dreams were not necessarily a choice but the hand that was dealt. With the parameters set to "private press only,” Young and Abrahamsson follow a circuitous trail of invention and emotion, documenting a spirit that’s more homespun, sometimes lonelier, and often a little weirder. The guitars still strum, but the keyboards’ hum is more prevalent and precious; wistful harmonies brush up against lo-fi drum machines; a bittersweet fog lingering over even the brightest melodies.

As with their previous collaborations, Young and Abrahamsson weren’t interested in constructing a museum or drafting a historical survey. Dreaming is a sentimental mixtape, assembled late at night when the mind wanders and old memories blur with imagined futures, those within reach and those far too mysterious to ever encounter. Songs were unearthed in personal collections, deep YouTube burrows, dilapidated web archives, and the dim corners of Discogs, with many selections tied not only to intuition but to personal connection. Some tracks arrived via friends — Kelley Stoltz, a frequent guide for Young, tipped him off to both Peter Kraemer’s lost gem “Let the Light Slip” and Awakening’s revelatory closer — adding an unseen but deeply felt thread of camaraderie to the compilation.

The journey takes in a wide, strange sweep: The Watson Brothers Band's “Just Whistle” opens the collection with a sigh and a shrug, a song that feels like it’s been waiting for decades to be heard again. Jim Huxley’s “Tessa on a Magazine,” rediscovered after a long and winding search by Young, shimmers with a distinctly Australian melancholia. The heartbreak of Rick Penta's “My Story Changes” and Twice As Nice’s delicate “Thoughts of You” float easily alongside the more buoyant, radio-dream sheen of Barracuda’s Baby “I Love You” and MAK’s sunshine-dappled “That's Life.”

Widening the aperture to the late 70s and early 80s allows for a deeper exploration into evolving production techniques and musical technologies. The Squad’s “D.L.M.H.I.M.A.” and Christoph Spendel Group’s “Forever” crackle with the kind of bedroom synth warmth that could only come from the analog age, while the soulful, yearning undercurrent of Awakening’s “Gotta Do Somethin / Might As Well Cultivate” caps the collection with a call for action — or maybe just acceptance – in an accidental Brian Eno Here Come the Warm Jets parroting.

While Dreaming moves away from the "sad man with guitar" archetype that hovered over its predecessors, it remains tethered to a familiar emotional gravity — a balance of longing and lightness that defines this corner of the musical universe. Each track shuffles gently between resignation and hope, sadness and serenity, as if the artists themselves were chasing a dream just beyond reach, recording not for fame but for the simple act of getting it, that primal, creative itch, out into the world.

The result is a collection that feels both ephemeral and eternal. A flicker caught in amber. A transmission from the other side of the night; a place where the angels and demons mingle, sharing shots and lines with those that enter their parlor. Dreaming is an invitation to drift a little while longer, eyes half-closed, into that liminal space between memory and imagination. Maybe you're dreaming. Maybe you're awake. Maybe it doesn’t matter.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Gorgeously evocative drifters that span the psychedelic spectrum, from saturated folk and woozy country to blipping synthpop and bold, bubbling minimalism, all perfectly slotted together. A proper melting pot of influence, brought together with clear respect for the source material, and a deep field of knowledge.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
A1. The Watson Brothers Band - Just Whistle
A2. Jim Huxley - Tessa On A Magazine
A3. Rick Penta - My Story Changes
A4. MAK - That's Life
A5. Palm Pizazz! - Silent Letter
A6. Twice As Nice - Thoughts Of You

Side B
B1. Barracuda - Baby I Love You
B2. Elderberry Jak - Forrest On The Mountain
B3. Dennis - Walk With Me
B4. Jim Ware - Green Eyed Gypsy
B5. John Lyle - Oh My Wind

Side C
C1. Peter Kraemer - Let The Light Slip
C2. Brian Freel - Nightrider
C3. Michael Moore - Holland
C4. Clete Stallbaumer - John's Song
C5. Ronnie White - The Jump

Side D
D1. David Owens - Take Off Your Armour
D2. The Squad - D.L.M.H.I.M.A.
D3. Christoph Spendel Group - Forever
D4. Awakening - Gotta Do Somethin / Might As Well Cultivate

Get back to the golden age of Roller Disco Funk with a double vinyl LP including all the greatest hits of the genre. Featuring Claudja Barry, Barry White, Inner Life, Patrice Rushen, Carol Williams, Positive Force, Frankie Smith, The Whispers and many more.

TRACK LISTING

A1 The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On
A2 Tommy Stewart - Bump & Hustle Music
A3 Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation
A4 The Jimmy Castor Bunch - Future Place
A5 Claudja Barry - (Boogie Woogie) Dancin' Shoes
B1 Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus
B2 The Philly Armada Orchestra - For The Love Of Money
B3 Carrie Lucas - Dance With You (Single Edit)
B4 Candido - Jingo
B5 Carol Williams - Love Is You
C1 Positive Force - We Got The Funk
C2 Gwen McCrae - All This Love That I'm Givin'
C3 The Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau
C4 Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl) [7” Version]
C5 Inner Life - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
D1 Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots
D2 Fat Larry's Band - Act Like You Know
D3 First Choice - Let No Man Put Asunder
D4 Macho - I'm A Man
D5 Barry White - Change

Call Me By Your Name, the film by Luca Guadagnino, is a sensual and transcendent tale of first love, based on the acclaimed novel by André Aciman.

Summer of 1983, Northern Italy. An American Italian is enamored by an American student who comes to study and live with his family. Together they share an unforgettable summer full of music, food, and romance that will forever change them.

The film received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for Chalamet, Hammer and Stuhlbarg's performances, Guadagnino's direction, and the screenplay. Call Me By Your Name won a variety of awards, including an Academy Award, BAFTA, GLAAD and the 23rd Critics' Choice Award amongst others. Sufjan Stevens' song "Mystery of Love" was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Luca Guadagnino wanted the film's music to be connected to Elio, a young pianist who likes to transcribe and adapt pieces to get close to Oliver. The music is used to reflect the time, the characters' family, level of education and "the kind of canon they would be a part of."

Guadagnino found himself resonating with Sufjan Stevens' lyricism through his work and initially asked Stevens to record an original song. Eventually, Stevens contributed three songs to the soundtrack: "Visions of Gideon", which was used at the end of the film, "Mystery of Love," which was featured in the film's first trailer, and a new rendition of "Futile Devices" with piano. Stevens penned the songs by using the script, the book, and the conversations with the director about the characters. It marks Sufjan Stevens' first soundtrack for a feature film.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Hallelujah Junction - 1st Movement - John Adams
2. M.A.Y. In The Backyard - Ryuichi Sakamoto
3. J'adore Venise - Loredana Bertè
4. Paris Latino - Bandolero

Side B
1. Sonatine Bureaucratique - Frank Glazer
2. "Zion Hört Die Wächter Singen" - Alessio Bax
3. Lady Lady Lady - Giorgio Moroder & Joe Esposito

Side C
1. Une Barque Sur L'océan - André Laplante
2. Futile Devices (Doveman Remix) - Sufjan Stevens
3. Germination - Ryuichi Sakamoto
4. Words - F.R. David
5. È La Vita - Marco Armani

Side D
1. Mystery Of Love - Sufjan Stevens
2. Radio Varsavia - Franco Battiato
3. Love My Way - The Psychedelic Furs
4. Le Jardin Féerique - Valéria Szervánszky & Ronald Cavaye
5. Visions Of Gideon - Sufjan Stevens

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

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

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

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

STAFF COMMENTS

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

TRACK LISTING

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

Hip Hop Collected - The Next Chapter continues to honour the pioneers of the genre, which officially celebrated its 50th birthday in 2023. Featuring groundbreaking artists and pioneers of hip hop including De La Soul, Cypress Hill, gangsta- rap by N.W.A, Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg, party-tracks by Digital Underground, Heavy D & The Boyz, female rappers and groups Da Brat, Monie Love, Salt-N-Pepa and many more covering the broad spectrum of Hip Hop.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Stetsasonic - Talkin' All That Jazz
2. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
3. Salt-N-Pepa - Shake Your Thing (It's Your Thing)
4. De La Soul - Say No Go
5. Younc MC - Bust A Move
6. Heavy D & The Boyz - We Got Our Own Thang

Side B
1. Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance
2. Monie Love - Monie In The Middle
3. Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man
4. Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day
5. Black Sheep - The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)
6. The Pharcyde - Passin' Me By

Side C
1. Wreckx-N-Effect - Rump Shaker
2. Redman - Tonight's The Night
3. Onxy - Slam
4. Digable Planets - Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
5. Lords Of The Underground - Chief Rocka
6. Da Brat - Funkdafied
7. House Of Pain - Same As It Ever Was

Side D
1. Method Man - Bring Da Pain
2. Rakim - Guess Who's Back
3. Jeru The Damaja - Me Or The Papes
4. Bahamadia - Uknowhowwedu
5. Outkast - ATliens
6. Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya
7. Dr. Dre Ft. Snoop Dogg - Still D.R.E.

At the turn of the 70s, songwriters like Tony Macaulay (‘Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes’), Cook and Greenaway (‘Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart’), Lynsey De Paul and Barry Blue (‘Storm In A Teacup’) and John Carter (‘Beach Baby’) were bossing the singles charts and Radio 1 while more serious acts such as Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd concentrated on album sales.

“Chip Shop Pop” is a stellar collection of super-melodic, expertly crafted songs; it gathers two dozen of the songs that got away, all potential hits written by these Denmark Street-schooled songwriters. You might have only heard these records once or twice before, coming out of a passing kid's transistor radio, or in the background in a cafe, or a chippie, and then they disappeared into the ether never to be heard again - until now.

Aside from the Fortunes, Marty Wilde and Candlewick Green, very few of these names will be at all familiar but the harmonies, the string and brass arrangements and top session musician playing will all be familiar to anyone who loves the sound of ‘My Baby Loves Lovin'’, ‘Silver Lady’ or ‘(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice’. They are all incredibly catchy.

Compiled by Bob Stanley from his sizeable collection of 70s 7" singles, ”Chip Shop Pop” revives records on Bell, UK, Young Blood and Bradley's, labels that were home to these unabashed radio-friendly sounds that would disappear when first disco, then punk, came along later in the 70s.
Dormant for decades, many unavailable for more than fifty years, here is a perfect collection of sunshine-friendly pop with a capital P.

TRACK LISTING

Side One
1. HELLO, HELLO, HELLO - STORMY PETREL
2. MELANIE MAKES ME SMILE - TONY BURROWS
3. TIP OF MY TONGUE - BROTHERLY LOVE
4. LOST AND FOUND - WHISKEY MAC
5. ON A PLANE TO NOWHERE - BARRACADE
6. LEAVE A LITTLE LOVE - CANDLEWICK GREEN
Side Two
1. LADY PEARL - CURRANT KRAZE
2. ON THE RUN - SCORCHED EARTH
3. I WANT TO BE WHERE YOU ARE - SCARECROW
4. TELLTALE - PATCHES
5. RUSTY HANDS OF TIME - PETER DOYLE
6. A LITTLE THING LIKE LOVE - RIVER
Side Three
1. DREAMS ARE TEN A PENNY - JOHN KINCADE
2. IN THE MORNING - BITTER ALMOND
3. EVERY LITTLE MOVE SHE MAKES - WHITE PLAINS
4. SCHOOLGIRL NOTION - JANIE & THE MARLETTES
5. HERE COMES THAT RAINY DAY FEELING AGAIN - FORTUNES
6. YELLOW BIRD (HAVE YOU NO HOME) - DESIGN
Side Four
1. CLOVELLY - ROGER HOLMAN & SIMON MAY
2. I NEED YOUR EVERLASTING LOVE - LIBERTY HELM
3. BYE GOODBYE - SILVER LINING
4. IT'S GETTING SWEETER ALL THE TIME - SHORTY
5. CATERPILLAR - COLD FLY
6. THIS IS MY LIFE - WEI WEI WONG

Stix Records, a sub-label of Favorite Recordings, is back with "Disco Reggae Vol. 6", continuing the much-loved series that kicked off over a decade ago.
Born in Jamaica, reggae has always shared deep roots with soul, funk, r&b, and pop from the US, and the island’s musicians have long mastered the art of reimagining iconic songs through their unique lens. With the "Disco Reggae" series, Stix continues that tradition, serving up fresh reggae reinterpretations of timeless classics across various genres.

This sixth edition expands the selection with tributes to legendary artists like Roy Ayers, Patrice Rushen, Cymande, The Isley Brothers, Ramsey Lewis and Earth, Wind & Fire, to name just a few.

All covers on this volume were carefully curated by Charles Maurice, ensuring a cohesive and inspired selection throughout. At the controls, it’s the same crew of friends as usual; Taggy Matcher, Soul Sugar aka Booker Gee, and Mato, and this time, Mystic Jungle joins the gang with a killer Roy Ayers cover.
Get ready for a feel-good ride, perfect for dancing under the stars, cruising with the windows down, or just vibing with friends.

TRACK LISTING

A1.Mystic Jungle - The Memory (Feat. Roxana)
A2.Mato - Remind Me (Feat. Lady Gatica)
A3.Soul Sugar ‎- Sun Goddess
A4.Taggy Matcher – Pushin' Too Hard

B1.Taggy Matcher - The Message
B2.Soul Sugar - Midnight
B3.Taggy Matcher - Stayin’ Alive (Feat. John Milk)
B4.Mato - Between The Sheets (Feat. Sonny Tender)

With two critically acclaimed compilations already under his belt, DJ/collector Miche returns to Mr Bongo with the third instalment of his 'With Love' series

Testament to his ever-expanding taste, Volume 3 isn't just a subs bench call-up from the past compilations, it's an evolution and progression casting the net deeper and wider than before.

Keeping true to the series, but with some fresh surprises along the way, this carefully curated compilation is a celebration of soulful, independently released music from across the globe, and the amazing (often unsung) musicians and vocalists that made these sublime records.

Across the third volume, Miche explores a jazzier side of his tastes . "The deeper I went, the more I found myself gravitating towards jazzier music - not leaving soul behind, but following that same feeling into new territory", he explains. Tracks like the gliding jazz funk found on Late Nite Music Band's 'Sundance', or the glorious jazz-soul number 'In Flight' by Spectrym are shining examples of this.

TRACK LISTING

1. John Simmons - Ain't Nothing Like The Love
2. Le Cop - Law, Order & Peace
3. The Medlows - Love (Part 1)
4. The Whale And Flea - Ridin' On
5. Liberation Of Man - Lovely Day
6. Thrills - Telephone
7. East Wind Band - Read The Fine Print
8. Late Nite Music Band - Sundance
9. Gulden Karabocek - Dokunma Keyfine Yalan Dunyanin
10. Nukhet Ruacan - Golge
11. Carlos Bivar - Amargo Amar
12. Art Carey & Magnum Force - Good-Bye My Love
13. New Way - Holding On
14. Flashback - Piece Of Mind
15. Spectrym - In Flight
16. John Academia - Open Our Eyes

The soundtrack to Marvel's first Team-Based Superhero Shooter is appropriately epic in every way. It’s heavy on guitar solos, symphonic strings, choirs, and powerful percussion, with infectious melodies that make for an endlessly listenable experience, even outside of the game itself.

The album starts with Adriana Figueroa's 'Rivals 'Til the End (Main Theme)', which instantly becomes one of the best anime opening themes you’ve never heard of until today. It’s an immediate earworm that leads off a compilation of fifteen incredibly kinetic tracks, including South Korean singer Le'mon's "Fate of Both Worlds," a mid-album pop funk classic in the making.

TRACK LISTING

1. Rivals ’Til The End (Main Theme) - Adriana Figueroa
2. Path To Rivals (Login Theme) - Synchron Stage Orchestra And Masahiro Aoki
3. The Golden Realm - Synchron Stage Orchestra And Masahiro Aoki
4. Glorious Yggdrasill - Synchron Stage Orchestra And Masahiro Aoki
5. No One Rivals Doom - Synchron Stage Orchestra And Masahiro Aoki
6. Impending Dooms - Synchron Stage Orchestra And Masahiro Aoki
7. The Dark Gate Beckons - Synchron Stage Orchestra And Masahiro Aoki
8. Many Heads Of Hydra - Synchron Stage Orchestra And Masahiro Aoki
9. Fate Of Both Worlds - Le’mon
10. Shin-Shibuya Neon - Synchron Stage Orchestra, Masahiro Aoki, Hiromu Motonaga, Shin Ichikawa And KIJI
11. Web Of Spider-Islands - Synchron Stage Orchestra, Masahiro Aoki, Hiromu Motonaga, Shin Ichikawa And KIJI
12. Tokyo 2099 Showdown - Synchron Stage Orchestra, Masahiro Aoki, Hiromu Motonaga, Shin Ichikawa And KIJI
13. Birnin T’Challa - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Masahiro Aoki, Mohau Moahloli, Fancy Galada, MoNceba Gongxeka And Sky Dladla
14. Pilgrimage To Djalia - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Masahiro Aoki, Mohau Moahloli, Fancy Galada, MoNceba Gongxeka And Sky Dladla
15. Warriors Of Wakanda - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Masahiro Aoki, Mohau Moahloli, Fancy Galada, MoNceba Gongxeka And Sky Dladla

More heavyweight disco and funk from the Messin About crew as they serve up a Paradise Garage staple and a rarer than hen's teeth dancefloor bomb on the flip. Limited to only 300 copies as always.

TRACK LISTING

A1. The Joubert Singers - Stand On The Word
B1. Fred Prescott & The Jeff Band - Come Fly With Me

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

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

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

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

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

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

STAFF COMMENTS

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

TRACK LISTING

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

'Gilles Peterson presents International Anthem' is a compilation chronicling the legendary London-based radio host, DJ, label head, curator and cultural impresario's long-standing affinity for and interaction with artists and music from the Chicago-born record label International Anthem.

The tracks on this compilation were chosen by Peterson via an extensive review of track lists from his broadcasts on BBC Radio 6 Music, Worldwide FM, and various syndicated radio programs. The compilation also includes a previously unreleased track recorded live on the Peterson-founded online radio station Worldwide FM.

This album is released via International Anthem as part of their "IA11" series of releases and events - where the label celebrates their eleventh year of existence by looking back on their first ten years while establishing new standards for the next ten years.

TRACK LISTING

1. Chicago, January 13th, 2020
2. Makaya McCraven - The Jaunt
3. Junius Paul - Asé
4. Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger - The Creator Has A Master Plan
5. Resavoir - Taking Flight
6. Irreversible Entanglements - Open The Gates
7. Angel Bat Dawid - We Are Starzz
8. Rob Mazurek - Exploding Star Orchestra - Abstract Dark Energy (Parable 9)
9. The Most Amazing Time
10. Damon Locks - Black Monument Ensemble - Rebuild A Nation
11. Dos Santos - A Shot In The Dark
12. Daniel Villarreal - In/On
13. Anna Butterss - Pokemans
14. SML - Industry
15. Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer - Snåcko
16. Jeff Parker - Cliche
17. Jamire Williams - And Then The Anointing Fell
18. Carlos Niño & Friends - Please, Wake Up.
19. Thandi Ntuli With Carlos Niño - Voice And Tongo Experiment
20. Tom Skinner - Quiet As It’s Kept
21. Ruth Goller - Next Time I Keep My Hands Down
22. Alabaster DePlume - A Gente Acaba (Vento Em Rosa)
23. Old Fashioned Chicago Music
24. Jaimie Branch - Theme 001 (live)
25. Tomin - Angela’s Angel
26. Asher Gamedze - Melancholia
27. Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly - MESTIZX (Brownswood Basement Live)
28. Ben LaMar Gay - Oh Great Be The Lake
29. Charles Stepney - Step On Step 

Original soundtrack to Wes Anderson’s new film The Phoenician Scheme, starring Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rupert Friend and Hope Davis.

The soundtrack blends Alexandre Desplat’s original score with a mix of classical and jazz recordings. Classical highlights include Stravinsky, Bach, and Beethoven, with a handful of Desplat’s compositions for the film referencing Stravinsky’s 1910 ballet L’Oiseau de feu (The Firebird). Jazz highlights include Gene Krupa’s “Drum Boogie,” Glenn Miller’s big band standard “A String of Pearls,” and “Mud Bug” by the Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq Sextet, recorded specifically for the film.

TRACK LISTING

1. “Airplane Crash #1” – Alexandre Desplat
2. Apollon Musagète: "Apotheosis" – Igor Stravinsky And RCA Victor Orchestra
3. “A.Z.K. Land And Sea”– Alexandre Desplat
4. “Palazzo Korda” – Alexandre Desplat
5. “Piano Sonata No. 2 In A Op. 2 IV Rondo” – Robert Corben
6. Petrouchka, 1947 Version: "Tableau 1, The Shrovetide Fair” – Igor Stravinsky And Columbia Symphony Orchestra
7. “The Gap Explodes” – Alexandre Desplat
8. “The Trans-Mountain Locomotive Tunnel”– Alexandre Desplat
9. “Drum Boogie” – Gene Krupa & His Orchestra
10. “Mud Bug” – Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq Sextet / Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq / Christian Grabandt / Rob Gutowski / Kelvin Sholar / Erik Unsworth / Eric Vaughn
11. “The Jungle Unit Of The Intercontinental Radical Freedom Militia Corps” – Alexandre Desplat
12. “Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude (Chorale)" – Karl Richter, Munich Bach Choir, Münchener Bach-Orchester
13. “Hach Baregel” – Ahuva Tsadok And Nachum Nardi
14. “Heaven #5 (Dost Thou Not Fear God)”– Alexandre Desplat
15. "A String Of Pearls" – Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
16. “Pictures At An Exhibition: “Promenade 1” – Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan
17. L’Oiseau De Feu (The Firebird), – "Introduction"/”Le Jardin Enchanté De Kachtchei"/"Disparition Du Palais Et Des Chevaliers Pétrifiés, Allégresse Générale" – Igor Stravinsky And RCA Victor Orchestra 

A collection of obscure and unheard metaphysical sounds, 1980-1992

"Lost Coast: Some Visionary Music from California" assembles little unknown sounds from California’s metaphysical underground. Each recording is stylistically different - dream pop, guitar soli, fourth world, avant-electronic - but they are held together by a regional ethos of the visionary. This is music that envisions, seeing through the mind’s eye and conjuring new worlds.

Some people say that California is where 'the nuts stop rolling' - where those too eccentric to fit in elsewhere ended up. What was meant pejoratively is easily reclaimed as a celebration of the free-thinking and the freely-freaking. Until the turn of the millennium, all manner of seekers rolled westward until they hit the pacific. Stationed along this edge, music was a way to roll still further: to imagine territories unencountered and wavelengths as yet unheard.

"Lost Coast" is a commemoration of the people who made these journeys and a resurrection of recordings they made little effort to broadcast. While some of the tracks were originally released on cassettes with modest distribution, others were only shared among friends or never shared at all. Assembled from the personal collection of House Rules operator Zully Adler, these recordings were all found on cassettes in flea markets, barn sales, rural thrift stores, and even stranger places - outside a gem and mineral shop, for example, and on the ranch of a retired mescalin dealer.

Nonetheless, these recordings are eminently listenable. California is a place where the strange and the pleasurable are frequent bedfellows.

TRACK LISTING

Timothy Gray - Its Raining
Stephen Ross David Mason - Untitled
Planetary Peace - Song Without Words
Lee Underwood - Quietude Oasis
Terry Garthwaite - Sacred Within
Martin Scott - African Sweet Fantas
Donald Eggers - Full Moon
Clay Play - Ancestress
Darrell Devore - Untitled
Martin Espino - Mexicayotl

A dark Italo compilation not for the faint of heart with the mystery, murder and madness of all that is Giallo. Serving as a soundtrack to a fictitious film Luna Rossa, Johnny Jewel of Italians Do It Better fame laces the opening with the breathy arsenic laced "Flesh" as Simple Symmetry's "Il Gatto Nero delivers a disco banger that even samples a cat's heartbeat. Legowelt creeps into lens with "Oberalp Catarsi under his Occult Orientated Crime moniker. Other suspects include Prefuse 73, Antoni Maovvi, Makeup And Vanity Set and Om & Grails member Emil Amos. Lucky dip vinyl with base transparent blood base edition with a red moon marbled rare version. QR code on label for a secret non album track! Limited and will be gone by nightfall!!

STAFF COMMENTS

Mine says: Secrets Of Sound are back with their third comp, this time introducing us to considerably darker sounds (which - shock, horror - I am totally on board with). Look at that sleeve too, what a beaut!!

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Johnny Jewel - "Flesh"
2. Makeup & Vanity Set - "Notte Della Norte"
3. Simple Symmetry & Gilbert Broid - "Il Gatto Nero"
4. Occult Orientated Crime AKA Legowelt - "Oberalp Catarsi"

Side 2
1. Umberto - "Nightwish"
2. Prefuse 73 - "Snare Attack Illusion"
3. Antoni Maiovvi - "The Emperor Drowns Three Times"
4. Emil Amos - "Realistica II"

Too Slow To Disco are back with another chapter in their ongoing series of unearthing smooth vibes from all over the world, this time they go back to the FUTURE for you with: 'THE SUNSET MANIFESTO Volume 2'.

After a five year break mainly concentrating on the late 70s/early 80s Westcoast Soul/Yacht/AOR sound, they finally dive deep into the modern world of their beloved sister-label Too Slow To Disco NEO (for the third time after 2018s TSTD NEO - 'En France' and 2020s 'The Sunset Manifesto' excursions).

But of course it wasn't a real 5 year break since the first Sunset Manifesto compilation, as in the meantime they also released a few digital TSTD Neo singles, and - more importantly - their "Too Slow To Disco NEO - FM" playlist on spotify (handcurated by Dj Supermarkt every week and now hosting more than 1500 tracks of mellow, modern sunshine vibes) was growing steadily and becoming a new, important fixpoint in the TSTD musical universe.

TSTD NEO is the outlet Dj Supermarkt is using to unearth modern laidback, smooth, sunny slow disco vibes with a soulful Westcoast/Balearic touch. For him TSTD always has been about a laidback vibe/feeling, not a certain time period in musical history. And that sunny Westcoast vibe that they dug out on those traditional TSTD compilations has become a huge influence to so many modern artists. So it makes sense that they present the cream of new slo/mo Nu- Disco/Sunset Disco/Daytime Disco acts in the TSTD format, a luxurious compilation, with artists from all across the globe: Not only from the two homelands of that modern slow disco sound, Los Angeles/California and France, but also from Beijing, Montreal, Mexico, London, New York, Stockholm, Rotterdam… the moon, you name it! This music is more a state of mind, a feeling, then a geographical thing. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Lovetempo - Same Ole Love (365 Days A Year) (Extended Summer Breeze Mix)
2. Nicholas Cangiano - Falling Behind
3. Poolside - Ventura Highway Blues (Monsieur Van Pratt Dub)
4. Prep & Eddie Chacon - Call It (Turbotito Remix)
5. Moi Je - Découvre
6. Turbotito - Time Starts Moving Slow
7. Young Gun Silver Fox - Curious
8. B.U.M.P. - Give A Little Love A Lot
9. Woolfy Vs Projections - Seeds
10. 1-900 - Breakin' 84
11. Goodvibes Sound - Stay For One More Night (Matt Hughes Remix)
12. Moods & Nic Hanson - Music Never Looked So Good Good
13. BowAsWell - Over When The Night Is Gone
14. Joel Sarakula - Hands Of Love (Phil Martin Remix)
15. Kimchii - Do You Ever

A limited double-LP collection of artists who've been on either Fourth Dimension Records or Lumberton Trading Company (or both). The title, based on the name of a childhood '50s sci-fi film favourite, also not only reflects the bringing together of these two labels but also the fact that most of the artists they are concerned with tend to navigate a wide range of ideas and approaches in their sound. The 2LP also began as a reflection of the two labels coming together on 18 May 2024 at London's Cafe OTO for an event featuring Alternative TV, Splintered, Edward Ka-Spel and Bass Communion.The 2LP, beautifully packaged in a Puppy38 designed sleeve.

TRACK LISTING

Side One
1/Alternative TV ‘Never Went To Art School’
2/Nick Mott ‘Insect Totems, Parts 1 And 2’
3/Bass Communion ‘The Ship Now Underwater’

Side Two
1/Sion Orgon ‘King Karma’
2/Theme ‘Blood Rivers’
3/Final ‘Lost In Your Maze’

Side Three
1/Edward Ka-Spel ‘The Human Cannonball’
2/Ashtray Navigations ‘The Isn’t Meets The There’
3/Band Of Pain ‘The Hyperdeldric Afterglow’

Side Four
1/Senestra ‘False Dawn’
2/Kleistwahr ‘The Harrow And The Harshness’
3/Splintered ‘The Horrors Of Linden (Edit)’

Pacha Ibiza is steeped in dance music history. Originally a playground for the rich and famous during the 70’s and 80’s, the club has transformed into a mecca for music lovers the world over. Pacha is to Ibiza what Studio 54 was to New York, encapsulating glamour and hedonism while regarded as an institution that turns underground hits into global house anthems.

Pacha House Classics compiles twelve undisputed anthems from the vaults of Defected Records’ vast catalogue, all of which have been championed year after year at the legendary nightclub. Spread across three individual records are classics from The Shapeshifters, Kings of Tomorrow, CamelPhat, Shakedown, Spiller and more; Pacha House Classics is the ultimate house soundtrack for Pacha Ibiza’s rich history.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: A catch-all snapshot of one of the most glorious era's of Ibizan club culture. Before the island went super instagram and VIP centric (yes, believe it or not, there was a time!) Pacha was one of the biggest nights (it wasn't called a 'brand' back then) on the island. So much so, all of these tracks spilled over into UK club culture. They're all absolutely massive!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Soulsearcher - Can't Get Enough! (Vocal Club Mix) 
A2. Fish Go Deep & Tracey K - The Cure & The Cause (Dennis Ferrer Remix) 
B1. Shakedown - At Night (Original) 
B2. Soul Central - Strings Of Life (Danny Krivit Re-Edit) 
C1. Spiller Ft. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (Extended Vocal Mix) 
C2. The Shapeshifters - Lola's Theme 
D1. Kings Of Tomorrow Ft. Julie McKnight - Finally (Original Extended Mix) 
D2. Pete Heller's Big Love - Big Love 
E1. Noir & Haze - Around (Solomun Vox) 
E2. Dennis Ferrer - Hey Hey (DF's Attention Vocal Mix) 
F1. CamelPhat & Elderbrook - Cola (Club Mix) 
F2. Louie Vega & Jay 'Sinister' Sealee Starring Julie McKnight - Diamond Life (Dance Ritual Mix) 

SOFT ROCK, VANILLA FUNK, YACHT ROCK, there’s different names for the same thing. In the taste-conscious music world for years now people have laughed at the L.A.-sound from this era with its super-smooth, over-lavish, luxury-laden excesses. Yet this sound is everywhere these days, echoing down the years, influencing the likes of Midlake, Haim, Gonzales, John Grant, Ariel Pink, out to the more discofied sounds of Chromeo, Breakbot, and Todd Terje. And what was Daft Punk’s 'Random Access Memories', if not an album entirely dedicated to late 70s L.A.? How Do You Are’ unearthed some of the lesser-known but still beautiful mood music of this period, by people who were often still starting out, or would write their biggest hits years later, but who surfed the West Coast wave penning some total gems. With this first volume of TOO SLOW TO DISCO they want to share some of the great acts and songs that made the mid-late 70s California scene so awesome.

TRACK LISTING

1. Ned Doheny – Get It Up For Love
2. Micky Denne And Ken Gold – Let's Put Our Love Back Together
3. Rupert Holmes – Deco Lady
4. White Horse – Over And Done With
5. Browning Bryant – Liverpool Fool
6. Nicolette Larson – Lotta Love
7. Alessi Brothers – Do You Feel It?
8. Photoglo – Steal Away
9. Brian Elliot – Room To Grow
10. Chicago – Saturday In The Park
11. Don Brown – Shut The Door
12. Matthew Larkin Cassell – Rendezvous
13. Pages – If I Saw You Again
14. The Doobie Brothers – Losin' End
15. Fleetwood Mac – Sugar Daddy
16. Robbie Dupree - Steal Away
17. David Batteau – Spaceship Earth
18. Tony Joe White – I've Got A Thing About You Baby
19. Jan Hammer Group – Don't You Know

New edition of this most popular and highly acclaimed of all Soul Jazz Records’ ‘Dynamite!’ series. ‘300% Dynamite’ is packed with reggae tunes that crossed-over to become dancefloor hits and are 100% guaranteed to rock any party.

This album is fully remastered, relicensed and with new tracks. Wayne Smith’s booming anthem ‘Sleng Teng’, Althea & Donna’s worldwide hit ‘Uptown Top Ranking’, Sister Nancy’s classic ‘Bam Bam’, Augustus Pablo, Lee Perry - it's all here as ‘300% Dynamite’ joins the dots between reggae, jazz, funk, dub and soul.

TRACK LISTING

Wayne Smith - Under Mi Sleng Teng
Big Youth - Cool Breeze
Sister Nancy - Bam Bam
The Freddie Munnings Orchestra - Coconut Woman
Bobby Ellis - Step Softly
Althea And Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
Jah Lloyd - Lama 
Culture - Stop The Fussing and Fighting
Lee Perry And The Upsetters - Jungle Lion
Johnny And The Attractions - Let's Get Together
Augustus Pablo - Viva Tirado
Archie And Lyn - Rat In The Centre
Jackie Paris - Make Me Smile
Bobby Ellis - Shank I Sheck
Winston Wright And The Upsetters - Jam #1
The Ethiopians - The Whip
Chaka Demus & Pliers - The Boom
Glen Adams - Can't Hide Love
Johnny Clarke - Rebel Soldering
Dee Sharp - Let's Dub It Up

Red Laser Records switches on the smoke machine and strobe light, dishes out the high grade poppers and continues with the most unprofessional approach in the biz as they celebrate their FIFTIETH fuckin' release - a double disc photon torpedo diving into the label's roster and featuring all new tracks from RL stalwarts across the ages.

Marking this half century milestone, their in-house graphics team have been on a strict diet of kryptonite and engine oil, conjuring up one of the most lavish (and budget destroying) gatefold sleeves to date; alongside personal insights (and an in-depth cigar review) on their 13 year journey from label heads Il Bosco and Pharaoh Brunson.

Eight, sizzling, white hot MANCTALO jams that'll have knickers dropped, shirts lifted, fists pumping and your room stinking of fried circuit boards quicker than you can say #inabiteveryoneelse.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: A huge milestone for local firm and manctalo originators Red Laser is celebrated in suitably fine form with eight brand new tracks from the roster's crack squad of machine molestors. Coupled with one of the most eye-catchingly glorious sleeves to date (don't forget the cigar review!); this is a proper collectors item from the celebrated Manchester label.

TRACK LISTING

A1 - Kid Machine - Neutron Star
A2 - Tommy Walker 3 - Fell Running
B1 - Starion - Nebula
B2 - Il Bosco - Nottio Botherdini
C1 - LeonxLeon - The Laser Gazer
C2 - Flemming Dallum - Solar Eclipse
D1 - Starion - Red Laser Worshippers
D2 - Tom Sharkett - Mind In Motion (Il Bosco Remix)

Berlin-based Colombian DJ, producer, and curator Edna Martinez presents a sonic journey into the electrifying world of Picó—the vibrant and dynamic sound system culture that has defined the streets of Cartagena and Barranquilla for decades. More than just a musical movement, Picó is a way of life, a bold expression of identity, community, and resistance. From its roots in the working-class neighbourhoods of Colombia’s Caribbean coast to its deep connections with Africa and the Caribbean, this compilation captures the pulse of a culture where music is played at full volume, rhythms travel across oceans, and dance is both a form of celebration and storytelling. For those unfamiliar, Picós are hand-painted sound systems, often adorned with dazzling colours and striking imagery, each with its own name and sonic identity. These mobile discos became the heart of neighbourhood bailes, where the sounds of champeta, highlife, soukous, mbaqanga, zouk, soca, and cumbia would turn every street corner, market, and terrace into a dancefloor. Initially built by local craftsmen using modified speaker components, Picós became legendary for their powerful bass and exclusivity, with DJs sourcing rare vinyl from African and Caribbean ports and rebranding them with unique piconemas—new names adapted to local slang, making the tracks instantly recognisable within the community.

This compilation brings together a carefully curated selection of these rare and sought-after tracks, tracing the deep-rooted musical exchanges between Colombia, West and Central Africa, and the Caribbean. Featuring artists like Los Corraleros De Majagual, Peacocks International Highlife Band, Pedro Lima, Zaïko Langa Langa, and more, the album also includes edits by Edna Martinez, reimagining these timeless rhythms for contemporary audiences while staying true to their original spirit.

TRACK LISTING

1. Wulomei – Takoradi
2. Conjunto Ana N’Gola – Puxa Odoette
3. Zeal Onyia & His Music – Egbe Ne Lueli
4. Los Corraleros De Majagual – Remanga
5. Aquí Suena – Abel Llinas
6. Peacocks International Highlife Band – Igbala Oso
7. Pedro Lima Et L’Orchestre Os Leonenses – Philomene
8. The Shoe Laces – Isitha Somunthu
9. Claudio Y Su Combo – Como Sea
10. Pa’ Entro Mi Gente – Ángelo El Auténtico
11. Zaire – I’m Tired Of Living In The Shack
12. Afous - Anavdhou (Edna Martinez Extended Edit)
13. Zaïko Langa Langa – La Tout Neige (Edna Martinez Edit)
14. Erick Cosaque Et Les Voltage 8 – Ajaccio (Edna Martinez Remix)
15. Picó Sin Fronteras – Abel Llinas
16. La Calandria – Como Duele Una Traición
17. African System International – Amina
18. Carlos Díaz Y Su Orquesta – Tres Meses De Vida
19. No Puedes Conmigo – Ángelo El Auténtico

Every compilation series has an end. After 10 outstanding issues, we are saying goodbye to the Praise Poems series, which is highly appreciated by collectors and music lovers, with this 11th installment. With this final installment, we are deliberately venturing into a genre that we have only included in exceptional cases to date: Power Pop of the late 1970s and early 80s.

We start with "Real Proof", an unreleased song by the band The Nails, originally from Boulder, Colorado, who were even signed to a major label a few years later. Although the Fingerprints recorded an entire album, it took over 45 years before it was finally released in 2022. "Wasted On You" comes from one of the three singles released between 1978 and 1980. In contrast to the Fingerprints, the original singles by Naked Rush are extremely rare. This is probably one of the reasons why none of their songs can be found on a compilation to date. It's great that we are now changing this. Incidentally, this applies to the majority of the songs on this album and to all our compilation albums in general. Fritz, Blue Rain and Holidaye are no exception.

We would like to mention two songs in particular. Firstly, "Don't Quit" by The Scam, which was produced by William Garrett. Garrett was responsible for the launch of Spotify Singles as Senior Music Producer at Spotify from 2016 to 2023 and has worked with artists such as Elton John, Ed Sheeran, John Legend and many more during this time. Secondly, there's a great story about Animal Logic. In 1989, the band found out that Stuart Copeland from The Police was forming a new band. The name? Animal Logic! After pleas not to use the name were ignored, the Animal Logic guys were forced to take the matter to court and eventually sold the name to Copeland. There are many more exciting stories about the bands in the booklet accompanying the CD and the LP insert.

With "A journey into raw, energetic power pop from the 1980s", we now conclude our 10-year journey of discovery through music history under the "Praise Poems" umbrella. We very much hope that you have enjoyed our meticulous work. When one door closes, another opens. It will be the same here. There is still so much to discover and we are already looking forward to many more releases!

TRACK LISTING

1. The Nails - Real Proof
2. Fingerprints - Wasted On You
3. Naked Rush - Top 40
4. Spektr'm - What Do I Do (What Do I Say)
5. Fritz - Number Nine
6. Blue Rain - New Morning
7. Merrell Fankhauser - Calling From A Star
8. Nick Coluccio - Awaken (feat. Dream Illusions)
9. The Scam - Don't Quit
10. Angry Young Bees - Tell Me TV
11. Ted Paugh - Headin' Down The Highway
12. Animal Logic - The Meaning Of Life
13. Holidaye - Times
14. Hangnail Phillips - Let Me In
15. Sly Dog - Cryin' For Love

‘Queen Dem’ brings together a global selection of all powerful, maverick female artists, all creating new musical forms and re-writing the rules of expression to educate, entertain and empower.

Featured artists include Yaya Bey, Sudan Archives, Yaeji, COUCOU CHLOE, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Miso Extra, Aunty Rayzor, TeeZandos, Queenie, MC Yallah, Dizzy Fae, Vanessa the Finessa, Nira and Warrior Queen.

From Lagos to Brooklyn, London to Hong Kong, these artists’ widely diverse music is connected through an all-encompassing self-awareness of both self and musical identity and a collective fierceness in attitude.

‘Queen Dem’ features multi-talented artists writing, singing, producing and creating new genres of sound. This album offers a snapshot of the current writing of musical history by women who embody confidence and conviction in their art - whether they are firmly-established artists such as Yaya Bey, Yaeji, Dizzy Fae, Sudan Archives, COUCOU CHLOE and Georgia Anne Muldrow, or under the radar rising stars such as Queenie, Aunty Rayzor, Vanessa Tha Finessa, MC Yallah or Nira.

TRACK LISTING

COUCOU CHLOE - Nobody 
Yaeji Featuring Nappy Nina - Money Can’t Buy
TeeZandos - Lioness
Sudan Archives - Selfish Soul
Miso Extra - 1013
Aunty Rayzor - Kuku Corona
Yaya Bey - Meet Me In Brooklyn
COUCOU CHLOE - Pokerface
Queenie - Okay Twin
Yaya Bey - Best Thang
MC Yallah X Debmaster - Kubali
Dizzy Fae - Solo
Vanessa Tha Finessa - Bad Bitch Steppin’
Dubbing Sun & Blue Hill featuring Warrior Queen - Armageddon
Georgia Anne Muldrow - Big Mama Africa Jam
Miso Extra Featuring NAYANA IZ - Great Taste
Nira - Train Of Love

Seven years have passed since the last “Pícaro”. This Volume 4ª is a triumphant salad, seasoned with the good taste of “El Coloso”. Flamenco songs mixed with various styles that made the youth dance in the second half of the 20th century: Rock, Pop, Cha-cha-cha, Mambo, Swing, Soul, Groove.... A must-have album for your enjoyment (and that of your children and grandchildren).

Having consistently released music by innovative, visionary, and transformative artists, Rough Trade have been defining record collections since their first release in 1977 (RT001 saw the shop help French punks Metal Urbain put out single Paris Maquis), continuing to release cutting edge albums and tracks right up to, and including the present day, with their current roster boasting the likes of Amyl & The Sniffers, Pulp, Jockstrap, Anohni, Dean Blunt, Sleaford Mods and many more.

Now, to mark 45-plus years of the label, its co-MDs Jeannette Lee and Geoff Travis have indulged in a rare retrospective look, personally putting together two boxsets featuring some of their favourite singles released by Rough Trade during its formative years. Accompanied by new sleeve notes featuring the pair's recollections, impressions and opinions, these limited-edition collections are no bog-standard trawl through the back catalogue but a personal look at the hits, gems, bangers, growers, underrated classics and more. Chronicling Rough Trade's emergence from behind the counter of the West London shop of the same name in the late 1970s, the first boxset in the series fizzes with the daring, Do It Yourself attitude that underpinned punk and subsequent musical expressions that surrounded the label's birth.

"Typically for Rough Trade there wasn't a strategy,” says Jeannette of her and Geoff's enduring partnership at the heart of Rough Trade Records. "We just jumped in and hit it off. So, we've stuck together!"

TRACK LISTING

Augustus Pablo – Pablo Meets Mr Bassie
B-side Mr Bassie Special!
RT002
1978

Stiff Little Fingers – Alternative Ulster
B-side 78 Revolutions A Minute (78RPM)
RT004
1978

Subway Sect – Ambition
B-side Different Story
RT007
1978

Swell Maps – Read About Seymour
B-sides Ripped & Torn And Black Velvet
RT010
1978

The Raincoats – Fairytale In The Supermarket
B-sides In Love & Adventures Close To Home
RT013
1979

Cabaret Voltaire Nag Nag Nag
B-side Is That Me (Finding Someone At The Door Again?)
RT018
1979

The Pop Group – We Are All Prostitutes
B-side Amnesty International Report On British Army Torture Of Irish Prisoners
RT023
1979

Young Marble Giants – Final Day
Second Track On A Side Radio Silents B-side Cakewalking
RT043
1980

Mr Bongo proudly presents Ritmo Italiano 'Unspoken Sounds of Italian Tamburo' a captivating compilation of percussive-driven, Italian gems curated by Sardinian multi-instrumentalist, percussionist and producer, Gabriele Poso

A journey into the heart of Italian musical history, it celebrates Italy's rich rhythmic traditions, showcasing a selection of genre-traversing, Italian treasures from the '60s to the early '90s. Honouring the timeless rhythms of Italian percussion masters, alongside a brand- new exclusive composition by Gabriele, 'Ritmo Italiano' shines a light on the universal, primal language of the drum. A connection sparked from an early age; percussion has always deeply resonated with Gabriele. It led to years of studying percussion traditions across Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Brazil, crafting his own songwriting skills in the process. An acclaimed producer and compiler, his releases on Yoruba Records, BBE and Soundway Records have garnered global support. Yet a growing need to rediscover the essence of his country's cultural heritage laid the foundations for this new compilation.

In Gabriele's own words, "Italy has always been a crossroads of civilizations, with influences from the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Middle East, and Europe converging over centuries. Ports like Naples, Genoa, and Venice played a crucial role as gateways for musical exchange, a melting pot of sounds and cultures brought by sailors, merchants and travellers. These influences blended with Italy's own folk and religious traditions, creating Italy's unique and emotionally resonant rhythms."

Across the 12 absorbing tracks, there's jazz influences, Italian library music aesthetics and experimental beats mixing with Afro- Cuban and Mediterranean rhythms. It's a broad selection anchored by the drums. The synth- heavy, '80s jazz funk flavours of Gege Munari's 'Police Man', sit side-by-side with the samba-infused 'Napulitano D' 'O Brasil' by Don Marino Barreto Jr. Tribal, earthly energy radiates from Naco's 'Volando Con Milton', with Tullio De Piscopo serving up cosmic disco brilliance, and blistering jazz funk mastery coming courtesy of Agostino Marangolo. Taking the name of the compilation, a new original track by Gabriele, 'Ritmo Italiano', blends traditional rhythms with contemporary energy, Afro-Latin influences with Italian jazz essence.

Recorded live in one take, it captures a raw, unfiltered vibe. "Each track tells a story, connecting the past with the present, and highlighting the deep-rooted traditions that shape Italy's rhythms. The collection also offers a glimpse into the diversity of Italian music with a variety of styles from the organic, earthy beats to the more experimental and modern takes on traditional rhythms. It's a reflection of how these rhythms have not only shaped Italian culture but also influenced global music."

A captivating compilation of percussive-driven, Italian gems from the '60s to the early '90s, curated by multi- instrumentalist, percussionist and producer, Gabriele Poso. Includes an exclusive new track by Gabriele.

TRACK LISTING

Puccio Roelens E La Sua Grande Orchestra TV - Caravan
Gege Munari Percussion Modern - Police Man
Don Marino Barreto Junior- Napolitano D'o Brazil
Tony Esposito - Pagaia / Naco - Volando Con Milton
Rosario Jermano - Grand Oceano
Tullio De Piscopo - Temptation
Tony Cercola - Lumumba
Gabriele Poso - Ritmo Italiano
Agostino Marangolo - Certi Giorni Mi Sento Bene, Certi Giorni Mi Sento male
Tony Cercola - Lumumba (Clap! Clap! Version)

Over the decades, the image of Kompakt as a pirate ship has taken root in our minds, braving the dangers of the seven seas of the music market. Sometimes it glides with a tailwind through calm waters, sometimes it has to survive violent storms. When we set sail in 1993, we never would have dreamt that our journey would still be going on after more than three decades and with 500 releases to date.

In our fast-paced business, the 500 mark is rarely reached, so we want to celebrate it with a lavish 5LP box set. In a democratic process, we have selected 50 pearls from the thousands of tracks released over the last 33 1/3 years and pressed them onto 5 brightly coloured vinyls. Alongside many Kompakt evergreens, there are also some real rarities from the early ‘Kompakt Sound of Cologne’, which have been lovingly remastered here to shine in new splendour.

The box also contains a 144-page book that tells the story of Kompakt from 1993 to today with detailed texts and images. In addition to the manifold musical and graphic achievements of Kompakt, the multidisciplinary links to the visual arts are also highlighted here.

The Bonus Picture Disc opens with the symbolic tolling of 500 bass drums, followed by 50 locked grooves from the 5 Kompakt founders, looping into infinity at 133 1/3 BPM, and the ‘33 1/3 Years Loop Opera’ – in which the loops are combined into one track that, in its reduced essence, is more than the sum of its individual parts. The magic of groovy loop minimalism and the ‘art of omission’ are once again brought to the proverbial point.

On 23 May 2025, the big KOMPAKT 500 art exhibition will open at the venerable Kölnischer Kunstverein to coincide with the release. The entire visual cosmos of Kompakt will be shown here in an unprecedented way on three floors, with the participation of many renowned artists. Of course, there will also be dancing and partying at the vernissage party, with DJ sets and live shows by the Kompakt Allstars.

The last one turns off the bass drum.

TRACK LISTING

1. Tocotronic - Pure Vernunft Darf Niemals Siegen (Superpitcher / Wassermann Mix) (Edit
2. Kaito - Everlasting (Edit)
3. Terranova - Paris Is For Lovers (My Love) Feat. Tomas Høffding (Edit)
4. Justus Köhncke - Timecode (Edit)
5. Heiko Voss - I Think About You (Edit)
6. Leandro Fresco / Thore Pfeiffer - Neo (Edit)
7. The Bionaut - Everybody’s Kissing Everyone (Edit)
8. Ada - Lovestoned Feat. Raz Ohara (Edit)
9. Superpitcher - Mushroom (Edit)
10. Rex The Dog - Prototype (Edit)
11. Dettinger - Blond 1 (Edit)
12. The Field - Over The Ice (Edit)
13. Robag Wruhme - Calma Calma (Edit)
14. Saschienne - Unknown (Dixon Mix) (Edit)
15. Max Würden - Circles (Edit)
16. Gas - Pop 1 (Edit)
17. Triola - AG Penthouse (2. Epoche) (Edit)
18.Thomas Fehlmann - Making It Whistle (Edit)
19. Scsi-9 - All She Wants Is (Wighnomy Bros. Mix) (Edit)
20. Jürgen Paape - Reval 1 (Edit) 
21. The Modernist - Pearly Spencer (Edit) 
22. Aril Brikha - Berghain (Edit) 
23. T.Raumschmiere - Augen Zu (Edit) 
24. Reinhard Voigt - Superskunk (Edit) 
25. Schaeben & Voss - Dicht Dran 1 (Edit)
26. DJ Koze - Brutalga Square (Edit)
27. The Orb - Masterblaster (Edit)
28. Michael Mayer - Pride Is Weaker Than Love (Edit)
29. Laurent Garnier - From The Crypt To The Astrofloor (Edit)
30. Anna & Kittin - Forever Ravers (Edit)
31. Mike Ink - Rosenkranz (Edit)
32. Reinhard Voigt - Stille Hände (Edit)
33. Forever Sweet - The Bionaut (Edit) 
34. Wassermann - W.I.R. (Sven Väth Mix) (Edit) 
35. Blank Gloss - Coiling (Edit) 
36. Michael Mayer / Matias Aguayo - Slow (Edit)
37. Wighnomy Bros. - Wurz + Blosse (Edit)
38. John Tejada - Unstable Condition (Edit) 
39. Sam Taylor-Wood Produced By Pet Shop Boys - I’m In Love With A German Film Star (Gui Boratto Mix) (Edit)
40. Jürgen Paape - So Weit Wie Noch Nie (Edit) 
41. Matias Aguayo - Walter Neff (Edit) 
42. Voigt & Voigt - Tischlein Deck Dich (Edit) 
43. Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life (Edit) 
44. Kölsch - Goldfisch (Edit) 
45. GusGus - Rivals (DJ Hell Mix) (Edit)
46. Closer Musik - Maria (Edit) 
47. Wassermann - Fackeln Im Sturm (Edit)
48. Jürgen Paape - Take That (Edit) 
49. Superpitcher - Happiness (Michael Mayer Mix) (Edit) 
50. Markus Guentner - Regensburg (Edit) 

Wormhole divers rejoice! Militant bootleggers Light Sounds Dark drop their second illicit collection this week!

Focusing more on red shifted drone, alien chatter and anti-gravity floatation, this single disc offering finds the most controversial label in fine fettle. Blatantly beaming down frequencies from the far reaches of our sonic galaxy onto our audio receptors. 

Freestyle Records compile a killer overview of rare & undersung UK street soul & boogie tracks from across the 80s and early 90s, selected from the creme of the label's recent 12" reissue programme. Features an exclusive mid-90s cut from Manchester street soul act Gold In The Shade, along with photography from Andrew Holligan and notes from Kevin Le Gendre.

"The sleeve of this album has faces that tell a thousand stories. In Hackney, east London, where photographer Andrew Holligan created a series of inspired pictures, every day people developed a vibrant culture, enlivening a part of the capital that was much maligned during the Thatcher years. The street was a lounge, a place to meet, talk, laugh, and, generally, hang. This was also the golden age of the house party.

At the dawn of the 80s the sound of black popular music that these good folk were listening to was in the grip of change. For the most part bands with horn sections were scaling down and the 8-10 piece unit gave way to much smaller ensembles with a less orchestral sound, as saxophonists, trumpeters and trombonists who provided finely shaded harmonies and counter-melodies were being replaced by keyboard players. Indeed the rainbow of colours fashioned by an arsenal of synthesizers, from Prophets and Korgs to Rolands and Yamahas, brought preen and sheen to soul, which, with a lower tempo and heavy bouncing bass lines, was being referred to as boogie. Needless to say the new sub-genre caught on in the UK and became another form of vocabulary for audiences to embrace in the slipstream of the Brit-funk movement of the mid '70s, which was spearheaded by groups of mostly young Britons of West Indian heritage.

During this transitional period, which also saw the emergence of lovers rock, there was a certain amount of movement between genres, and a cursory glance at the total output of black British music reveals the presence of female vocalists recording in several styles. Lines were crossed. Furthermore, there was an increase in the amount of one-off studio projects, in which a producer-composer wrote a track, played keys and called in a singer and some additional sessioneers to add finishing touches. This is one of the main reasons why the era is so fascinating, and is still the subject of the extensive research that has led to an album such as The Way U Make Me Feel. Rather than being a scene that was centred around several marquee bands, boogie Brit-Funk was more disparate and fragmented, and therefore far harder to pin down and document.

The other term that was coined for the slew of releases was Street Soul, which also resonated with a certain spirit of independence, as the bulk of the artists who stood under this umbrella were releasing their work on small labels that did not have the reach of the majors. It meant that they were often consigned to obscurity, for the most part. The story is all too familiar. But low key can be high grade. Big labels and large venues serve a purpose but the real good times are to be had at house parties on the street where people live. The Boogie is always funkier when it drops in the basement."

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: They might be a few volumes behind the Full Beam mob (at least these are licensed shhh!) but you can't fault Freestyle Records' collection of UK boogie and street soul. A perfect snapshop of this fertile time; if you're yet to dip your toe into this funky homegrown scene, this is the perfect place to start!

TRACK LISTING

1. La Famille & Caron Wheeler - Dancer (Vocal Mix)
2. Clarity - The Way U Make Me Feel
3. Distance - Just One More Kiss (feat. Janey Hallett)
4. Pause - It's Just Amazing
5. Roy Hamilton & Capiche - Turn Up The Music
6. Rick Clarke - Gonna Make You Happy (feat. Jill Francis)
7. Candy McKenzie - Remind Me
8. Eddie Capone's Treatment - I Won't Give You Up (feat. Diane Jones)
9. T.J. Johnson Band - I Can Make It (Good For You)
10. Private Funk-Shun - All That I Wanted Was You
11. Purely Fizzycal - Make A Move
12. Gold In The Shade - I Really Love You So

Jon Savage's Space - An amazing musical voyage through the theme and idea of Space - music for Space - Space - Music - Through West-Coast US Rock , Techno, Post-Punk , Jazz, Ambient & Experimental sounds-this is a journey like no other .. From Sun Ra to Mr Fingers and way beyond..

"We are taken to less familiar musical quadrants-fascinatedly & instructively so"
(Roy Wilkinson - MOJO Feb 2025) .