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Nightmares On Wax

Car Boot Soul

George Evelyn AKA DJ EASE took four years to follow up "Smokers Delight", but it was worth the wait as he came up with another seductive LP full of downbeat delights and dreamy instrumental hip hop gems, which, as the title suggests, is a sample-heavy session for sofa-surfing. Includes the Ibiza sunset classic ‘Les Nuits’.

STAFF COMMENTS

Martin says: Possibly the crowning moment of George Evelyn's career, an easy glide through a stoned soul summer and one of the defining records of it's genre. A lot of wax was scratched in the making of this, but the bass, drums, guitar, vocals and keyboards are all live to wrap yourself in. There to turn any frown upside down.

TRACK LISTING

Les Nuits
Morse
Ethnic Majority
Jorgé
Finer
Easejimi
Argha Noah
Fire In The Middle
Survival
Capumcap

Nightmares On Wax

A Word Of Science

    Reissue of Nightmares On Wax’s 1991 debut album. ‘A Word Of Science’ is the hardcore rave sound of the initial duo line-up of George ‘EASE’ Evelyn and Kevin ‘Boy Wonder’ Harper. Contains the dancefloor anthems ‘Aftermath’, ‘A Case Of Funk’, ‘Biofeedback’ and ‘Dextrous’.

    The original vinyl release of ‘A Word Of Science’ was a single LP which dropped three of the tracks included on the CD version. For this edition Warp have re-cut the album as a double LP for improved bass response and the missing three tracks (‘BWTM’, ‘Sal Batardes’ and ‘EASE’) appear on vinyl for the first time.

    Flying Lotus

    You're Dead!

      Flying Lotus returns with ‘You’re Dead!’. At once reflective, restless, heart wrenching and joyous, this is a melodic ode to those who have died young, suddenly and unexpectedly, while also existing as a comfort to those mourning the loss of a loved one. ‘You’re Dead!’ serves as an exploration, a eulogy and a portal between the parallel domains of life and afterlife.

      ‘You’re Dead!’ features another set of genre-blending tracks from Fly'Lo, with fluid movement between hip hop, jazz-funk and electronica, often combining all three elements densely woven together. Across the album bassist Thundercat lays down some furious fingerwork, while the drum programming gives free jazz a run for its money. Elsewhere things get deep and spiritual, with the influence of his late aunt Alice Coltrane shining through. Flying Lotus provides vocals and rapping as alter ego Captain Murphy, and he's also joined by some to notch guest MCs (Snoop Dogg, longtime FlyLo muse Niki Randa and Kendrick Lamar - whose easy shift between spitting rhymes and a sung delivery works perfectly with the music). Other collaborations on ‘You’re Dead!’ include original jazz-funk pioneer Herbie Hancock and Dirty Projectors' Angel Deradoorian.

      “Flying Lotus has become a standard-bearer for 21st century beat construction by looking forward and backward simultaneously and making music that feels like an exploration” - Pitchfork


      After announcing his return with a suitably outlandish PR blitzkreig involving a cryptic Deep Web post, a giant blimp over London and a clandestine listening event at Warp HQ, Richard David James returns with his first Aphex Twin album since 2001's "Drukqs". As is befitting of Cornwall's most willfully perverse musical genius, though expectations are sky high, no one has any idea what to expect from "Syro". Blissful ambience? Demented drum & bass? Uncompromising acid? Glitch-fuelled IDM? Funky mollusc? Well, this LP is a complex blend of all those things (except funky mollusc) held in perfect balance by the outrageous musicality and production wizardry of Aphex Twin. Album opener "Minipops 67" offers us a gentle reacquaintance as Aphex balances beefy breakbeats with glistening melodies, sensual sine waves and the skewed and vocodered vocals which return throughout the LP. "XMAS_EVET10" and "Produk 29" follow on in a similar vein, balancing melodic fragility with the slouching funk percussion and wriggling basslines. This tranquility doesn't last for long though, with James ratcheting up the tempo and the pressure through "4 Bit 9d Api+e+6", "CIRCLONT6A" and "Syro U473t8+e" delivering the kind of skitterish and acidic machine funk he unleashed on the best of the 'Analord' series. Lurking mischievously amongst thatt mid-album bunch is the deranged breaks of "180db_", a straight up floor mover indebted to "Funky Drummer" and "Energy Flash" equally. After a brief moment of calm via the restrained beauty of "Fz Pseudotimestretch+e+3" we get thrown right back in the deep end as Aphex drops more batshit breaks on "CIRCLONT14" before indulging in some brain scrambling junglism on "PAPAT4" and "S950tx16wasr10". So far so diverse, but what about the bliss and beauty of "SAW" I hear you ask? Well, RDJ saves the best for last, closing the LP out in sublime fashion with soothing piano of the Eno-meets-Satie "Asiatsana".

      All things considered Aphex has delivered an album overflowing with an abundance of melody, tone and texture which combines the finest moments of "SAW", "Surfing On Sine Waves", "Analords" and "I Care Because You Do". It's been a long time, but the master is back.


      TRACK LISTING

      1. Minipops 67 [120.2][source Field Mix]
      2. XMAS_EVET10 [120][thanaton3 Mix]
      3. Produk 29 [101]
      4. 4 Bit 9d Api+e+6 [126.26]
      5. 180db_ [130]
      6. CIRCLONT6A [141.98][syrobonkus Mix]
      7. Fz Pseudotimestretch+e+3 [138.85]
      8. CIRCLONT14 [152.97][shrymoming Mix]
      9. Syro U473t8+e [141.98][piezoluminescence Mix]
      10. PAPAT4 [155][pineal Mix]
      11. S950tx16wasr10 [163.97][earth Portal Mix]
      12. Aisatsana [102]

      Rustie

      Green Language

        With his new album ‘Green Language’, Rustie takes a confident leap forward, straddling references to hip hop, grime, R&B and pop, whilst remaining grounded in his playful, bombastic style of electronic production.

        The album includes contributions from Rustie’s friends and past collaborators. He teams up with Danny Brown, who he worked with on Brown’s 2013 album ‘Old’, for the hyper-brash ‘Attak’. The album also includes Rustie’s Numbers label mate Redinho on ‘Lost’, seeing the pair tackle and perfect the craft of the pop hook.

        Rustie’s second album expands on ‘Glass Swords’ with more finely tuned and carefully constructed songs, like the smooth R&B melody of ‘Dream On’ featuring Musinah, rhymes from Face Vega (Gorgeous Children) in the downtempo hip hop jam ‘He Hate Me’ and the anthemic grime track ‘Up Down’ featuring D Double E.

        ‘Green Language’ is named after the nickname for ‘the language of the birds’. For Rustie, it echoes his attitude towards music, too. “It’s a language that’s non-dualistic, that speaks directly to your emotions without the mind interfering with the message,” he explains. “And music is like that for me.”

        For fans of Disclosure, SBTRKT, Childish Gambino, Lil Wayne, Tinashe, Jamie xx.

        Nozinja

        Tsekeleke - White Vinyl Edition

          Nozinja is the South African artist famous for creating the revolutionary dance movement dubbed Shangaan electro. A 21st century reboot of local folk tradition, Tsonga disco, kwaito and South African house, Nozinja has transcended these reference points to dream up an innovative and iconic Afro-futurist strain of electronic dance music.

          Nozinja’s first music released after his signing to Warp Records, ‘Tsekeleke’, is released on a white vinyl 12” in a printed sleeve.

          There is nothing quite like a Nozinja production: it is home-grown rave music in its purest form.

          Simon Pyke

          Universal Everything & You - Picture Disc Edition

          Warp Records are pleased to announce the release of ‘Universal Everything & You’, a 20 minute piece by Simon Pyke (Freeform), built upon the soundtrack to the exhibition Universal Everything & You, which has been running at the Science Museum, London.

          Designed by Matt Pyke of Universal Everything, the release consists of a deluxe one sided, screen-printed heavyweight 180g vinyl pressing featuring one of four randomly available prints depicting images taken from the exhibition.

          Simon Pyke is a Brighton based musician and sound artist. He’s previously released music through Warp and Skam records and toured extensively with electronic musicians including Autechre. Pyke has worked on a range of commercial projects including rebrands for SkyTv, MTV, and S4C Wales, and audio for the launch of the 2012 Olympics logo and MTV music video awards.

          Universal Everything are a UK based digital art and design collective who work with a global network of designers, artists, musicians, producers and programmers. Past artworks have been exhibited at MOMA New York, V&A London, Central Academy Of Fine Arts Beijing, Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture Moscow, and La Gaite Lyrique Paris.

          Warp have a long relationship with Simon and Matt Pyke, having first released Simon’s music as Freeform 17 years ago (‘Prowl’). Through designing this sleeve, Matt was introduced to Warp and subsequently The Designers Republic, for whom he went on to work. During this time, and since launching Universal Everything, he has designed many Warp record sleeves, plus the Warp.net and original Bleep.com websites.

          Limited to 100 copies, exclusively available to independent retailers.

          Following the success of his mixtape, Jae is now set to release his ‘Dirty Collections’ 7”s, a series of three 7” singles, each customized with Jae’s own sketches / drawings.

          Imagine the crate-digging of Madlib merged with the crash experimentalism of Aphex, the dream-telling feel of a Flying Lotus record, and the quirky and haunting imagery of vintage David Lynch. That, all bound with a sense of universal truth a la Sun Ra and Lil’ Wayne’s stream-of-consciousness abandon” - Resident Advisor

          In 2007 Jeremiah Jae was noticed by producer Samiyam, who passed on his ‘Lunch Special Part 1’ to Flying Lotus. Not long after, Jae was flown to LA to work with FLyLo and was signed to Brainfeeder where he released his 1st EP and album.

          This year, Jeremiah Jae signed to Warp and released his ‘Bad Jokes’ mixtape, which sent waves over the online music community from tastemakers like Pitchfork to the hip hop savants at SBTV and rapidly climbed the ‘dat piff’ chart in 24 hours.

          Mentor Flying Lotus (aka Captain Murphy) has included his track ‘Evil Grin’, which was produced by Jeremiah Jae, on the biggest ever game release, ‘Grand Theft Auto 5’ (on the Fly Lo FM channel).

          TRACK LISTING

          Bright Works Ft Israel & E Snow
          Nu Bad Man Ft Tre
          Outer Onto Other

          ‘Shields Expanded’ is a two disc CD set and 18 track digital album which features the original ‘Shields’ record along with the eight additional B-Sides.

          ‘Shields B-Sides’ features 5 never before heard tracks, three of which are demos recorded in Marfa, Texas before the band officially began track listing the album in New York and Cape Cod. The Marfa Demos include the hypnotizing new single ‘Will Call’s’ plus ‘Taken Down’ and ‘Everyone I Know’ as well as two beautifully constructed bonus tracks, ‘Smothering Green’ and ‘Listen and Wait’. The ‘B-Sides’ also includes three remarkable remixes of tracks from the original ‘Shields’ including the Nicholas Jaar remix of ‘Sleeping Ute’ (which was released as a limited edition 12’’ for Record Store Day earlier this year) the Liars Remix of ‘A Simple Answer’ and Lindstrom Remix of ‘Gun-Shy’.

          TRACK LISTING

          CD1 Tracklist
          01. Sleeping Ute
          02. Speak In Rounds
          03. Adelma
          04. Yet Again
          05. The Hunt
          06. A Simple Answer
          07. What’s Wrong
          08. Gun-Shy
          09. Half Gat
          10. Sun In Your Eyes

          CD2 Tracklist
          01. Smothering Green (Bonus Track)
          02. Taken Down (Marfa Demo)
          03. Listen And Wait (Bonus Track)
          04. Everyone I Know (Marfa Demo)
          05. Will Calls  (Marfa Demo)
          06. Sleeping Ute (Nicolas Jaar Remix)
          07. A Simple Answer (Liars Remix)
          08. Gun-Shy (Lindstrom Remix)

          Jamie Lidell

          Big Love Remix EP - Inc. Machinedrum / Jimmy Edgar / Crackboy Remixes

            Following his eponymous album release earlier this year Jamie Lidell  drops remixes of album favourite ‘Big Love’ PINK 12” vinyl .

            Riding high on the release of his new album 'Vapor City', Machinedrum (also of Sepalcure, Jets, OM Unit and Dream Continuum) delivers a tough steppers version that combines early dubstep rhythms, acid synths and snapping 808 percussion. Next we have Lidell band member Lorenz Rhode combines 80s electro-funk synth riffs with a tougher 2013 sound. On the flip multi-talented Detroit-based electronic producer, designer and photographer, Jimmy Edgar hits us with a wicked 80s proto-techno / electrodisco version. Crackboy goes his own way with a slammin' house refix of other album track ‘You Naked’, which pitches Jamie's vocal down for a sleazy robot soul style.


            TRACK LISTING

            A1. Big Love (Machinedrum Remix)
            A2. Big Love (Lorenz Rhode Remix)
            B1. Big Love (Jimmy Edgar Shout Edit)
            B2. You Naked (Crackboy Remix)

            Warp Records are pleased to announce the release of Oneohtrix Point Never's 'R Plus Seven'. The album contains many familiar sonic touchstones for listeners who have followed the acclaimed electronic music composer’s development over the last half-decade, his Warp Records debut is a major departure from his previous work. Lopatin’s experimental inclinations lurk behind the scenes - in the concepts and procedures he adopted to create the tracks - while the music itself comes as close as he's has ever got to anything resembling traditional song structure. Which, for the producer, is only so close: The work is full of overlapping, abstract musical through-lines, puzzle-like pieces that, taken together, might allow you to glimpse an overarching tableau.

            The Brooklyn-based artist has always deftly balanced the experimental with the accessible: He has released several albums under his Oneohtrix Point Never moniker on various independent labels - including the 2013 3-CD/5 LP 'Rifts', a compilation of his early work - as well as amassing a large catalogue of mini-album tape releases. His most recent disc, 2011’s 'Replica', was built around samples of television commercials.

            OPN has built live soundscapes at the Museum of Modern Art; collaborated with Montreal-based ambient electronic music composer Tim Hecker on the largely improvised 2012 'Instrumental Tourist'; and recast the title track from his 2010 disc 'Returnal' as an elegant and emotive piece for piano, featuring the otherworldly voice of Antony Hegarty. Advertising powerhouse Saatchi & Saatchi tapped Lopatin for an installation event at the 2012 Cannes film fest and Sofia Coppola’s longtime cohort Brian Reitzell invited him to create original music for Coppola’s The Bling Ring.

            'R Plus Seven' is disruptive and hypnotic in equal measure, and the fun of it lies in trusting Lopatin as he guides you past - and often through - its succession of walls and mirrors.

            TRACK LISTING

            01. Boring Angel
            02. Americans
            03. He She
            04. Inside World
            05. Zebra
            06. Along
            07. Problem Areas
            08. Cryo
            09. Still Life
            10. Chrome Country

            Jackson And His Computerband

            Glow

            "‘Glow’ is a game of musical obsessions and rageous pleasures. I've made it driven by feverish moments of revelation and sharing them with my friends” - Jackson Fourgeaud

            Eight years since the critical acclaim of his first album, Jackson And His Computer Band finally returns with a new masterpiece, ‘Glow’.

            Teaming up with amazing engineers like Phillipe Zdar and vocal collaborators like Planningtorock, the Parisian producer has expanded his sound to higher scopes, taking his sound into his own psychedelic universe. Heading in several different directions, 'Glow' takes in proto-pop ('GI Jane'), 60s songwriting ('Memory'), west coast disco ('Vista'), fierce electro bangers ('Arp £1', 'Pump') and even a homage to gabba ('Blood Lust').


            TRACK LISTING

            1. Blow
            2. Seal
            3. Dead Living Things
            4. GI Jane (Fill Me Up)
            5. Orgysteria
            6. Blood Bust
            7. Memory
            8. Arp #1
            9. Pump
            10. More
            11. Vista
            12. Billy

            Boards Of Canada, one of the most respected and influential electronic artists of recent times, return with their first album in eight years. What with pre-release puzzles, desert parties, mysterious videos, and limited Record Store Day offerings, the hype surrounding 'Tomorrow's Harvest' has been building to a fever pitch. You'll be pleased to know that the album holds up against this weight of expectation, delivering another seductively widescreen, sci-fi cinematic selection of electronica tracks that could only come from the studios of Sandison and Eoin.

            With accompanying sleeve / inner sleeve artwork featuring blurry images of secret American landscapes of atom bomb tests, peyote trips, religious sects and Area 51, the album opens with a short electronica piece that references the pair's fondness for the BBC Radiophonic workshop, or perhaps the incidental music from early 70s sci-fi films like The Andromeda Strain. Spidery arpeggiated synths and abstract choral washes lift tracks like 'Reach For The Dead' and 'White Cyclosa', which recall the horror movies of John Carpenter and Dario Argento. The woozy detuned analogue keyboards that became BOC's trademark arrive on the stumbling, stuttering 'Jacquard Causeway', while the beat-driven lushness of 'Cold Earth' could be seen as being a classic of the braindance era.

            This eerie and unsettling first half makes way for a more uplifting 'part 2', with tracks like 'Palace Posy' and especially 'Nothing Is Real' providing warm synths, while titles like 'New Seeds' suggest rebirth and hope in this lifeless landscape. Perhaps the soundtrack to a film that only exists on Boards Of Canada's minds, 'Tomorrow's Harvest' is an intense and rewarding listen.


            TRACK LISTING

            Gemini
            Reach For The Dead
            White Cyclosa
            Jacquard Causeway
            Telepath
            Cold Earth
            Transmisiones Ferox
            Sick Times
            Collapse
            Palace Posy
            Split Your Infinities
            Uritual
            Nothing Is Real
            Sundown
            New Seeds
            Come To Dust
            Semena Mertvykh

            Mount Kimbie

            Cold Spring Fault Less Youth

              The incredible second album from pioneering electronic duo Mount Kimbie, and their first for Warp. Follows 2010's 'Crooks and Lovers' with a broader, deeper sonic palette and a more live sound.

              The South London duo, comprised of Dom Maker and Kai Campos, have created a deeper and more complex album than their 2010 debut ‘Crooks And Lovers’, featuring vocals from both the band themselves and guest vocals from King Krule, alongside crisp beats and production, brooding melodies and electronic soundscapes. 'Cold Spring' places live instrumentation alongside the electronics, with organ and drums enriching the sonic mulch. What's more, there are vocals, too, enabling a step into a newly emotional approach.

              For fans of Burial, Gold Panda, SBTRKT, Thom Yorke, Bonobo, James Blake, Caribou, The xx, Kindness etc.


              Rustie

              Ultra Thizz / Dreamzz

                Ahead of Rustie’s debut album ‘Glass Swords’ Warp drop this special limited edition 12” featuring the hotly anticipated album track ‘Ultra Thizz’ and new , exclusive track ‘Dreamzz’ - which is only available via this release. The flipside of the vinyl is etched with the ‘Glass Swords’ and ‘Rustie’ logo.

                ‘Ultra Thizz’ is impossibly catchy, interlaced with speaker-shredding electro-funk basslines, unpredictable bursts of red-lined synth twists and the kind of chipmunks-on-speed vocals that put happy hardcore in the shade. Keeping up with the current 90s trend, Rustie drops 4/4 rave number 'Dreamzz' on the flip. Pushing the compressed, shiny technicolour synths and luminescent arpeggios to the limited, this is dance music for the loud-phone-on-the-bus generation.

                It’s not surprising that press and his peers have all praised his phenomenal debut, with the likes of Skream, Oneman, Joker, Jackmaster and Bibio all going nuts for it.


                "Over the course of many long van rides and post-coffee verbal riff sessions", guitarist Mario Andreoni explains, "'Thriller' didn't merely represent the selling of a lot of records, it became synonymous with an artist(s) and/or genre(s) artistic high-water mark. INXS' 'Kick' is the Australian 'Thriller'... Alanis's 'Jagged Little Pill' is the Canadian 'Thriller'... Wham's 'Make It Big' is the blow-dryer's 'Thriller'... every recording by the 13th Floor Elevators is the dosed-man's 'Thriller'... 'Sister Ray' by Velvet Underground is the 'Thriller' of musical fever dreams. One day at the studio, Nic (Offer, vocalist) drew 'THR!!!ER' on a napkin and I liked it... Then we made our own 'THR!!!ER'." - Nic Offer

                Famous for their high-energy live shows and relentless touring schedule, the band have really focused their efforts on crafting an album with tighter song structures. To help with this, the majority of the album was recorded with Jim Eno, the drummer in Spoon and one of the key forces behind the boards for the band. Like many people, Jim was a fan of !!!'s live show, but he felt that they too often tried to capture these performances in the studio. Instead of trying to chase this feeling, Jim encouraged them to create a different type of excitement by using weirder sounds, inventing new dynamics within each song and introducing unexpected changes. "They had this working flow that was a little rigid and I wanted to break them out of it," says Jim.

                With the members spread out across the country, writing new music wasn't the easiest of processes. Andreoni offers that "In the past we just put albums together any way that works. That usually meant a lot of jamming on loose ideas." For 'THR!!!ER', !!! went into the studio with everything written and a strong sense of each song's shape. "We've never tried to make the same record twice, we might have accidentally, but we've always tried to push on. For this one it felt like we definitely shoved off from the shore," says Offer.

                STAFF COMMENTS

                David says: Walking a similar path to LCD Soundsystem, !!! confuse people. Are they indie? Are they dance? Are they (shudder) indie dance? The answer, obviously, is when a record gets down, like 'Thr!!!er' gets down, who really gives a f##k?

                TRACK LISTING

                01. Even When The Water's Cold
                02. Get That Rhythm Right
                03. One Girl / One Boy
                04. Fine Fine Fine
                05. Slyd
                06. Californiyeah
                07. Except Death
                08. Careful
                09. Station (Meet Me At The)

                Jamie Lidell

                Jamie Lidell

                  Sonic innovator, human orchestra and musical chameleon Jamie Lidell releases his highly-anticipated new album on Warp Records. It's his most direct and spectacular record yet. The self-titled record represents a distillation of Jamie Lidell's sonic foundations, with the collaborations of 2010's 'Compass' replaced with an approach that is pure and wholly Lidell - eleven tracks further proving his ability to upend expectations of the ways man and machine can make music together. The self-produced album was committed to tape and mixed at Lidell’s newly built studio in his new home in Nashville, the latest stop on a restless journey that has seen him move from his birthplace in the heart of England, through the musical hotbeds of Berlin and New York. The album draws from the rich vein of electro-funk, including Cameo, George Clinton, New Jack Swing and Prince, and is arguably Lidell’s most dynamic work yet.

                  Darkstar

                  News From Nowhere

                    Darkstar first coalesced in the underground, electronic thrum of London’s nascent grime and dubstep sphere in the mid 2000s, growing from attending the now-fabled early FWD club nights to releasing a pair of game-changing 12” singles on Kode 9’s fledgling Hyperdub label. What followed was a fitful and productive period culminating in a discarded album’s worth of tracks, the crucial introduction of vocalist James Buttery to the fold and, finally, the release of their debut full-length ‘North’, to wide acclaim. By this time Darkstar had aptly been framed as a very intriguing proposition, one of the first proper ‘bands’ to rise from the UK’s current electronic underground.

                    The band decamped to a house in the West Yorkshire countryside, secluding themselves from the distractions of London and writing as a trio for the first time. Ultimately, ‘News From Nowhere’ is a reflection of the time they spent together there. Says Young, “Every place warrants a story. There are moments in people’s everyday lives, no matter how subtle, that can be documented and talked about in great detail. The instances spiral and ascend and take on their own course, altering the perception of how even the slightest change in a day can be felt deeply.”

                    Eventually proceedings moved from the band’s makeshift digital studio in their house to producer Richard Formby’s (Sonic Boom / Hood / Wild Beasts) dusty studio enclave, full of tape machines and analogue synthesizers. The songs that had been inspired by English prog rock and obscure techno and created as loops based on the band’s affinity for hip hop production (“literally everything from Lex Luger to Geoff Barrow”) grew into sublimely arranged works. In the end, the album arrived at an altogether singular existence, delving into the moments between moments and elevating them to epic, kaleidoscopic heights.

                    TRACK LISTING

                    01. Light Body Clock Starter
                    02. Timeaway
                    03. Armonica
                    04. -
                    05. A Day's Pay For A Day's Work
                    06. Young Heart's
                    07. Amplified Ease
                    08. You Don't Need A Weatherman
                    09. Bed Music - North View
                    10. Hold Me Down

                    Kwes

                    Rollerblades

                      ‘Rollerblades’ is the warming new slice of ‘free pop’ from Kwes, the 6Music playlisted, Loud + Quiet magazine cover star, and producer / remixer / band member / collaborator for the likes of Bobby Womack, Damon Albarn, The xx, Invisible, Gorillaz, Metronomy, Hot Chip, Dels, Ghostpoet and Lianne La Havas, amongst many others.

                      The track is also the first step towards the release of Kwes’ debut album, planned for summer 2013.

                      2012 has seen Kwes’ transition from muso’s favourite to aweinspiring musician in his own right. The ‘Meantime’ EP, released earlier this year, saw him step out from behind the mixing desk and into the spotlight. ‘Bashful’, taken from the EP, gained a 6Music B-List and he showcased his live show across Europe, the US and the UK. More recently, Kwes has toured with Bobby Womack around the US including a slot on Jimmy Fallon.

                      Kwes calls his music ‘free pop’, explaining: “I feel my music fits around many heads of many sizes and mental dispositions”. ‘Rollerblades’ fits this theme and is a song about lost young love. It’s beautiful, catchy and is another insight into the musical mind of Kwes. B-side ‘Rosab’ is a messed up, oneiric instrumental ode to his bike.



                      Aphex Twin

                      I Care Because You Do

                        With recordings made between 1990 and 1995, "I Care Because You Do" brings together another fine collection of Cornish electronic experiments, including the single "Ventolin", and features a scary Richard D James distorted 'devil face' sleeve.

                        TRACK LISTING

                        Acrid Avid Jam Shred
                        The Waxen Pith
                        Wax The Nip
                        Icct Hedral (Edit)
                        Ventolin (Video Version)
                        Come On You Slags!
                        Start As You Mean To Go On
                        Wet Tip Hen Ax
                        Mookid
                        Alberto Balsalm
                        Cow Cud Is A Twin
                        Next Heap With

                        Aphex Twin

                        Richard D James

                          As ever Aphex's music is pulling in different directions on this 1996 CD, with tracks underpinned with glitchy chopped up beats and overlaid with lush, emotional synth work. Includes the single "Girl / Boy Song".

                          Flying Lotus

                          Until The Quiet Comes

                            Flying Lotus finally releases 'Until The Quiet Comes', the long awaited follow-up to 2010's 'Cosmogramma' and his third album on Warp Records.

                            Composed, according to Flying Lotus, as “a collage of mystical states, dreams, sleep and lullabies”, 'Until the Quiet Comes' has the distinct feel of this nocturnal trip. From the twitching descent into a subconscious state and the out-of-focus time-ether of the journey that follows, the sound is an unhinged, yet elegant evolution of the melodic and rhythmic interplay that is woven into the DNA of Flying Lotus’ aural personae.

                            All this stylistic mingling and genre-melting has contributed significantly to shift music in a direction that makes intellectual leaps without forsaking the all-important heft of a bassline or unimpeded ‘swing’ of a drum beat - the same way so many masters of soul music have infused their songs for lovers and dancers with brilliant and heady subtext for decades. 'Until The Quiet Comes' follows this tradition while clearing a path distinctly its own, which is a mark of a classic.

                            The album sees longtime FlyLo muses Niki Randa and Laura Darlington return, as well as Thom Yorke, Thundercat and the inimitable queen of leftfield R&B herself, Erykah Badu, whose turn on the epic rumble of ‘See Thru To U’ is one of many highlights.

                            The Hundred In The Hands

                            Red Night

                              Sultry pop-alchemists The Hundred In The Hands return with their second record, saturated in nocturnal yearning.

                              The Hundred In The Hands’ self-titled debut quickly established them as one of the most compelling new acts of the last few years, spawning YouTube and radio hits in the form of ‘Pigeons’ and ‘Commotion’. After touring that album across the globe, the duo consisting of Eleanore Everdell and Jason Friedman, returned to their dimly-lit New York studio to work on their mesmerizing follow-up, ‘Red Night’. ‘Red Night’ is a self-produced meditation on separation and reunion, love nearly lost and the long night back to it; a chronicle of late-hour pining awash in digital glow and urban buzzing.

                              Album opener ‘Empty Stations’ begins with a haunting string arrangement that is overtaken by a propulsive rhythm and Eleanore’s spellbinding vocal turns. The heartbroken vocal on ‘Faded’ wraps itself around the spiralling bell and fragile arrangements to devastating effect. ‘Stay The Night’ is a tale of yearning with a seductive slowed-down industrial R&B groove. The vast soundscapes of ‘Lead In The Light’ start out sparse and build to an otherworldly climax and then back down again. ‘Red Night’ is an opportunity to enter the winding tunnels of The Hundred In The Hands’ nocturnal city where time stretches, tempos drop, and guitars plunge rumbling and throbbing out against denser and denser vocals as the story unfolds. The band’s sound is unafraid to marry minimalism and abstraction with big melodies.

                              STAFF COMMENTS

                              Philippa says: ‘Red Night’ is a self-produced meditation on separation and reunion, love nearly lost and the long night back to it; a chronicle of late-hour pining awash in digital glow and urban buzzing.

                              Wonder producer turned artist Kwes releases a concise mission statement of reconstructed, homemade and quintessentially English ‘Free Pop’.

                              24 year old Kwes has always been ahead of his game when it comes to music. He’s produced material for Speech Debelle and DELS, collaborated with Micachu, Ghostpoet, The Invisible and more on the ‘Kwesachu’ mixtape series, worked with The xx on early demos, and Damon Albarn on the DRC Music project.

                              ‘Bashful’, the lead track from this release, is a shuffle of disco, meticulously melodic and tinged with flashes of soul, R&B, lo-fi indie and house. 'Klee' is a euphoric, layered rush of wonkoid keyboard work. 'Honey' is the bare bones of a singer-songwriter ditty with a lo-res demo sound quality and hooks that will be stuck in your head for days... Lastly 'Lgoyh' combines a typewriter rhythm section, lush synthwave sparkle and another heartfelt vocal.

                              Kwes simply describes all this as ‘Free Pop'... “A philosophy of creating popular music that knows no boundaries, shuns no eccentricity and values inventiveness over any kind of rules that have gone before”.


                              STAFF COMMENTS

                              Philippa says: Kwes calls his music ‘free pop', I'd call it 'quirky, lo-fi pop'. Soul, R&B, lo-fi indie, synthwave and house are all component parts to his joyous sound.

                              TRACK LISTING

                              1. Klee
                              2. Bashful
                              3. Honey
                              4. Lgoyh

                              Gravenhurst

                              The Ghost In Daylight

                                ‘The Ghost In Daylight’, an evocative and potent alchemy of mournful guitar work and haunting vocals, follows a four year silence from Bristol’s Gravenhurst.

                                Gravenhurst (aka Nick Talbot) is a respected artist, lyricist, poet and satirist; part of a truly British lineage stretching through Jarvis Cocker, Neil Hannon and Morrissey to name a few. It’s been almost five years since the release of his acclaimed third album ‘The Western Lands’, yet support at media for Gravenhurst has only grown. The album is evocative of a dark and atmospheric place, ever-changing and conjured from disparate ingredients.

                                Gravenhurst’s roots lie in the melodic noise of My Bloody Valentine, the lush vocal harmonies of Simon & Garfunkel, the alchemical guitars of Richard Thompson and Johnny Marr, and the widescreen ambient visions of Brian Eno.

                                “Seriously wonderful” - Lauren Laverne, 6Music.

                                “‘The Ghost In Daylight’ is a wondrous thing” - Quietus.

                                “It sounds so beautiful” - Laura Snapes, NME.


                                STAFF COMMENTS

                                Darryl says: Beautiful and evocative new album from Nick Talbot AKA Gravenhurst on Warp Records. 'The Ghost In Daylight' is an intricate and mournfully atmospheric gem!

                                Battles

                                Dross Glop 1 - Gui Boratto / The Field Remixes

                                  Battles follow a spectacular 2011, which saw the release of their acclaimed second album ‘Gloss Drop’, with a series of very special remix releases in 2012.

                                  The series, titled ‘Dross Glop’, begins with a limited 12” featuring remixes of Battles tracks from Kompakt favourites Gui Boratto and The Field.

                                  The entire series of tracks will be compiled and released later in the year as a CD album.

                                  Gonjasufi

                                  MU. ZZ. LE

                                    Gonjasufi’s sonic appeal is not based on one single emotion. It’s one mans soul poured out via a sound, an outlet. Each song is wrapped in its own sense of being, every single feeling is intertwined within his lyrics.

                                    ‘MU.ZZ.LE’ although fairly short in length, is huge on messages. Political, social and spiritual interpretations that define him as an artist. Written on the road, it was an outlet for Gonjasufi to challenge himself. It’s the response to all the adrenaline, aggression and anger he felt traveling the world, it’s a spectrum of his creativity and a testimony of how one mans passion and determination is often misunderstood as anger. “There’s a duality that exists and to deny it, is the biggest mistake” says Gonjasufi.

                                    The mini-album's down-tempo strings, heartbreaking soul, reanimated hip-hop and crackling haunting vocal stylings are stitched as a running thread throughout each song like a patchwork quilt. It’s a lonely journey that will take you through the innermost thoughts of Gonjasufi’s darkest hours. He recorded and mixed it on his own in his home studio surrounded by his family and the stark contrast of the Mohave desert. The end product is his outlet and realization for who he is, a way for him to feel comfortable in his own skin again.

                                    Leila

                                    U&I

                                      Leila has already released three albums, a trilogy if you will. In 2009 she started to write a body of work that felt different. Maybe it was being sober, but this one seemed to be about being more direct. Leila first met Mt. Sims at a fancy dress party way back in 2006. Leila went as Leila. Mt. Sims dressed as a Computer Processing Unit fashioned from a cardboard box with strategically placed slits. She had admired his music since his work on Gigolo Records, she was most happy when he introduced himself and said he was a fan. Fast-forward to 2009, Leila decided the man who had dressed as a CPU was the perfect voice for this new body of work.

                                      ‘In Consideration’ was made within two hours of him arriving at her home studio, when it comes to noise she doesn’t like to waste any time. Then came an intense period of sonic interactions. ‘Welcome To Your Life’ was particularly fun in its inception. Backing track pretty complete, as Leila watched Countdown Mt. Sims casually wrote a song… Leila liked it a lot. Two visits and some acapella posting via Dropbox later ((both “Anyway” and “U&I” were done within 30 minutes of Leila receiving the acapellas), The album was complete. Leila does enjoy watching the TV a lot but is also rather prolific. Then she just needed to stitch these and some carefully chosen instrumentals from her arsenal to complete this new story.

                                      The title was a difficult call, 'Celine Dion'… 'The Pierces'…'The Gaga'... Leila says “Fuck It”, in aesthetics she doesn’t care about the what, how or why. Both intimate and universal, personal yet detached ‘U&I’ would be the name. The artwork is a picture taken of a very special computer crash revealing its internal architecture. Like an imaginary moment when you can look at a human being and see their organs and bones rather than the layers of veneer- Harsh but true.



                                      An inspiring, exciting collaboration between ten innovative and recognized producers (including Damon Albarn), and a host of Congolese musicians - all raising money for Oxfam.

                                      DRC Music is a collective of producers that recorded an album in five days with Congolese musicians in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, during July 2011. DRC Music is Damon Albarn, Dan The Automator, Jneiro Jarel, Kwes, Remi Kabaka, Richard Russell, Rodaidh McDonald, TEED (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs), Marc Antoine and Alwest. All profits from this record go back to Oxfam’s projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

                                      The album ranges from upbeat celebratory anthems to atmospheric brooding soundscapes, a unique union of Congolese musicianship and the cutting-edge techniques of some of the most renowned producers in the world.


                                      CANT

                                      Dreams Come True

                                        CANT is the solo project of composer Chris Taylor, better known as the bassist, vocalist and producer for Grizzly Bear. His first solo album, 'Dreams Come True' features Taylor collaborating with George Lewis Jr. (Twin Shadow). Twin Shadow's critically acclaimed record 'Forget' was recently released by Terrible Records (in the US) and was also produced by Taylor.

                                        Soon after finishing work on 'Forget', Taylor and Lewis turned their attention to 'Dreams Come True'. The pair wrote and recorded most of the material in a week and a half in a bedroom connected to the former Allaire Studios, where Grizzly Bear's Veckatimest was recorded. Terrible Records was founded by Taylor in 2009 with Ethan Silverman to devote more time to working with emerging artists.



                                        ‘Satin Panthers’ is a new five track, bass-heavy post modern R&B juggernaut from Glaswegian uber-producer Hudson Mohawke.

                                        His musical skills have been requested by the likes of Tinie Tempah, Chris Brown, Just Blaze (producer for Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, Usher, Notorious BIG, Kanye West, Eminem, Nicole Scherzinger, Lil’ Wayne, TI, The Game), Flying Lotus and Battles. As Just Blaze put it: “These are the chords I hear in dreams that I forget when I wake.” Hudson Mohawke is fast becoming the go-to man for some of R&B’s premier names, with Chris Brown also recently using a Hudson Mohawke track on his latest video online.

                                        The EP opens with 'Octan', a simple combination of arpeggiated top end and layers of mega, stadium-friendly synth chords to blow your head right off. 'Thunder Bay' hits us with some ultra-chunky wonky-hop - again those big fat synth chords are at the front with an almost random selection of beats underneath. 'Cbat' sounds like the 'Nutcracker Suite' remade by rather drunk robots. And some crunk mice. On the flipside 'All Your Love' combines chunky piano lines with thumping beats and pitched-up soul vocals, while 'Thank You' closes the EP with more of those crunching breaks and epic sun-blushed synths a la Boards / Bibio - anthem alert!


                                        Seefeel

                                        Seefeel

                                          Vaulting beyond the renowned shoegaze scene, and playing with two new members that 'underpin their dream-glossed, loop-heavy soundscapes and tunes with a heavy powerhouse of a rhythm section' (Loud & Quiet), seminal band Seefeel have followed their first UK shows in 14 years and teaser single "Faults" by releasing "Seefeel", their first album since 1996’s "(CH-VOX)".

                                          The self-titled album, showcasing a more muscular, powerful edge to the band, was born out of an incendiary performance at Warp Records’ 20th anniversary celebrations in Paris last year – and marks their return to the label they started with in the early nineties.

                                          Describing their performance in Paris as 'unbelievable', Warp co-founder Steve Beckett asked the band to make another record as they came offstage. 'They came back six months later – not just with a record, but a great record. This band needs to be heard, they need to be seen so that’s why we got involved again. Family members might leave for a long time but they always come home'.

                                          Rustie

                                          Sunburst EP

                                            As Rustie’s most expansive piece of work to date, "Sunburst EP" is pretty self-explanatory, a bright and brilliant sensory shock. Taking the rarely-linked sonics of hyper-digital video game music and bombastic, audacious prog-rock Rustie folds them into his melted plastic confection of crunk, classic electro and techno. His Warp debut starts off in epic fashion with the sci-fi stadium rock of “Neko” and the masterful low-riding speaker smasher “Dragonfly”.

                                            It’s the melodic waves of “Beast Nite” and the mangled synths and minimal percussion of “Chew” that start to reveal Rustie’s sound away from the dancefloor and looks towards how he’ll evolve towards next year’s full-length, before the rousing finale of “Hyperthrust”. It can feel gone in a flash, but that just means it’s time to start the record again.


                                            Gonjasufi

                                            The Caliph's Tea Party

                                              It's a tricky thing, re-working a completely unique and peerless piece of music. It is made even trickier when the personality behind the original music is so vivid and otherworldly that they are almost sure to continue to cast a long shadow over whatever new form is chosen for the remix. Of course the questions of whether or not to remix Gonjasufi's classic "A Sufi and A Killer" arose, but with that voice and those songs, it was never going to fail. Of course the fact that Gonja had made fans out of quite a few incredibly talented artists didn't hurt either.

                                              So, "The Caliph's Tea Party" was slowly summoned to life. Like the Caliphs of the Ummahs of the seventh century, orchestrating affairs from their palaces, Gonjasufi has assembled a collection of artists in his musical world and invited them to exchange ideas. In this spirit, the symbolic and musical centerpiece of the album, as well as its namesake, is the result of the mutual admiration formed between Gonjasufi and Broadcast and The Focus Group. A bewitching, drastic re-working of "DedNd" it takes the form of a suite of layered compositions and radiophonic transmissions.

                                              Elsewhere, reinterpretations from new talents shine while established artists continue to surprise. Mark Pritchard channels Ennio Morricone with epic orchestral dystopia on his remix of "Ancestors" while retaining the inherent gravity of Flying Lotus' original production. Young guns Shlomo and Jeremiah Jae eschew their labeling as 'beatmakers' and tap into a fractured emotional core within "Change" and "Holidays", respectively, giving them new leases on life as subtly mechanized melancholia. Bibio smooths out the rough edges of "Candylane" for a remix indebted to the 1980s R&B leftfield, while Brooklyn's Bear In Heaven and Oneohtrix Point Never deal in heavy motorik meditations and ethereal musique concrete.

                                              That "The Caliph's Tea Party" lives up to it's concept as a companion piece to "A Sufi & A Killer" is not only a sizeable accomplishment, but also a testament to the source material. Gonjasufi has emerged in 2010 as the most striking new voice in a vast musical landscape that continues to outrun true classification. With so many errant strands of creativity moving in all directions, it may well prove fortunate that a Caliph has been selected.

                                              The Hundred In The Hands

                                              The Hundred In The Hands

                                                The Hundred In The Hands are Brooklyn’s Eleanore Everdell and Jason Friedman, and this is their self-titled debut album. It's an emotionally charged long player, calling on everything from the elegant French pop of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin to the 00s female pop of Au Revoir Simone, the late 70s electronics of Young Marble Giants to the late 80s Balearic blossoming of Andy Weatherall productions (One Dove spring to mind) and the punk-funk dance songs from NYC’s storied underground. With such an expansive set of infuences and soundscapes present, "The Hundred In The Hands" could fall into a fractured trap, but the the album comes together as a whole, with track after track of wonderfully uplifting music. Includes the singles "Pigeons" and "Dressed In Dresden". Sure to be one of our albums of the year!


                                                Flying Lotus

                                                Pattern+Grid World

                                                  With the recent album "Cosmogramma" FlyLo created a self-proclaimed ‘space opera’ masterwork of breathtaking scope, instrumentation and acclaim (#5 best reviewed album of the year, according to Metacritic). On "Pattern+Grid World" Lotus pulls the focus back to his machines. The seven tracks provided here happily sit at the edge of the alt-hip hop sound spectrum, dishing out scrambled beats and angular keyboard riffs with all sorts of Heath Robinson or Radiophonic Workshop-esque electronica seeping into the mix. A large proportion of the these new tracks have been a staple of Flying Lotus recent live shows and are now finally available for fans to own.


                                                  The Hundred In The Hands

                                                  Pigeons - Inc. Blawan / Walls Remixes

                                                    Having presented us with a couple of cross-pollinated underground 12"s previously, The Hundred In The Hands now step things up a bit before the release of their self-titled debut album by bringing us "Pigeons" one of the more upbeat and mainstream cuts from the LP. Indie-pop in the vein of Au Revoir Simone, but with a house-tinted dancefloor edge, the track is an absolute beauty. Obviously we don't escape without a set of alternative reworks, which kick off with a future beats version from Blawan. Percussive and sub-wobbling, this is a must for post-dubstep fans. Walls take over side B with one of their epic ambient-infused tech-house versions for the dancefloor.



                                                    !!! (Chk Chk Chk)

                                                    Strange Weather, Isn't It?

                                                      !!! (Chk Chk Chk) have returned with a striking, personal but ultimately danceable collection of funk-punk-rock-pop-dance missives, fired off with the precision production of the band and Eric Broucek. This is a record custom-built for the alternative dancefloor, yet moving into deeper and sometimes darker territory than previous albums "Myth Takes" and "Louden Up Now". On the one hand, "Strange Weather, Isn’t It?" is !!!’s most texturally rich record to date and is filled with deep, galvanizing grooves in the tradition of 2003’s "Me And Giuliani Down By The Schoolyard (A True Story)" and their massive cover of Magnetic Fields’ "Take Ecstasy With Me". On the other, there’s a dark undercurrent running through the record that acts as a counterpoint to the glittering surfaces. In other words, although only 20% of the record was recorded in Berlin (the other 80% split between New York and Sacramento, California), "Strange Weather, Isn’t It?" is the perfect Berlin album.

                                                      Jamie Lidell

                                                      Compass

                                                        A breathtaking, multi-faceted alternative record from one of the UK’s best kept secrets, featuring an all-star cast of collaborators and conspirators. Vocal acrobat Jamie Lidell returns with "Compass", a fourteen track voyage through sound featuring the haunting teaser track "Compass" and the gutter-fuzz of first single "The Ring" - checking off spectral, ethereal atmospherics ("You See My Light"), furious howling-funk ("Coma Chameleon") and beat-box-infused soul ("Completely Exposed") on the way. He’s teamed up with an all-star cast – at the helm are Beck and Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor on production duties. They also play on the record, alongside Dan Rossen and Chris Bear (Grizzly Bear), Feist, Wilco’s Brian Lebarton, Nikka Costa, Gonzales and legendary drummer James Gadson (who has recorded with BB King, Herbie Hancock and Martha Reeves, amongst others).

                                                        Nice Nice

                                                        Extra Wow

                                                          Described as 'terrifying psychedelic electrickery' by Time Out, Nice Nice release their new album "Extra Wow".
                                                          The album is typically monstrous, diverse and layered, a powerful first impression skipping amongst ‘noise’ / drone music (Zu, Earth, Lightning Bolt) to more rhythmic, structured artists (Fuck Buttons, Pivot), via psychedelia / showgaze and more Eno-esque sounds.


                                                          Broadcast And The Focus Group

                                                          Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age

                                                            Broadcast (Trish Keenan and James Cargill) have collaborated with renowned designer Julian House (aka The Focus Group) to create a unique mini-album pulling in both collaborators' unique sense of melody and love of library music and film scores. After a long hiatus, it can be said with confidence that Broadcast's return is greeted with much anticipation. From their beginnings in Birmingham in 1995, Broadcast's aesthetic has remained a combination of their love for film, library music and electronics with psych-pop colour – a style which has gained them an enthusiastic fanbase including musicians such as Flying Lotus, Tim Gane from Stereolab, Grizzly Bear, Atlas Sound and DangerMouse. Long time friend of the band and renowned artwork designer Julian House (aka The Focus Group) is co-founder of the Ghost Box label, which in the last few years has birthed a cult of its own with releases reflecting its creators' obsessions with library music, English folklore and the eerie feel of vintage programmes for schools and colleges. His music as The Focus Group offers some of the most enchanting distillations of all the above, instantly complementing Broadcast's own long-standing aesthetic. As well as being a long-term visual collaborator with the band, House has provided visuals and artwork for Stereolab amongst many others.

                                                            Seemingly out of nowhere (ok, it’s their third album, but you know what I mean!) comes a record so unique and exhilarating that Fleet Foxes have already name checked it as ‘the greatest album of the noughties’. Well “Veckatimest” does have a folky feel and the band is big on 4-part harmonies and even choral arrangements, but that is only half of the story. There’s a jazzy , open-ended vibe, gorgeous strings, Disney-ish, Mercury Rev style flights of fancy, and a melancholy Beach Boys love of melody. The band is also big on percussion and meandering diversions, but the song itself never suffers, it just takes a while for the full beauty of this album to unfurl. Named after an uninhabited island off Cape Cod, there’s a real sense of magic and mystery to Grizzly Bear’s sound. You can tell they were all music students though; there’s nothing obvious here, it’s full of surprises. Lovingly sequenced to be listened to as a whole, as this drifts, grooves, ebbs and flows, you’ll know you’ve been taken on a luxurious ride. Simply stunning.

                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                            1. Southern Point
                                                            2. Two Weeks
                                                            3. All We Ask
                                                            4. Fine For Now
                                                            5. Cheerleader
                                                            6. Dory
                                                            7. Ready Able
                                                            8. About Face
                                                            9. Hold Still
                                                            10. While You Wait For Others
                                                            11. I Live With You
                                                            12. Foreground

                                                            Diamond Watch Wrists

                                                            Ice Capped At Both Ends

                                                              Guillermo Scott Herren (aka Prefuse 73, Savath & Savalas) is one of the most renowned producers of avant-rock and hip hop around today. Zach Hill is an incredible, self-taught drummer, hailing from California. He's played in bands with Chino Moreno (Deftones), Rob Crow (Pinback), Marnie Stern and will soon be drumming with The Mars Volta, as well as playing in his main group Hella. Together they've formed Diamond Watch Wrists, and this is their debut album. "Ice Capped at Both Ends" shows an entirely new form of Herren creations, organic songs featuring Guillermo's plaintive vocals, guitar and studio wizardry, Hill's singular drumming as well as previously unheard nods to 60s European acid-folk, classic American singer-songwriters and krautrock. Ty Braxton (Battles) also guests on "Simple Love Notes (5 Years Later)". Deceptively complex in their arrangements, the songs never fail to strike a fascinating balancing act between brooding and uplifting, making for an uncommonly well-rounded album.

                                                              Tracklisting
                                                              1. My Last Time In This Place
                                                              2. Polite Passage
                                                              3. One Second Early Late
                                                              4. Onward Push Me Out
                                                              5. Diamond Falling Off My Grill
                                                              6. Dot Org Green Consumer
                                                              7. Start Wrong
                                                              8. Simple Love Notes (5 Years Later)
                                                              9. Speculative Forensic Investigation
                                                              10. Epidemic Episodes Of Epidemics
                                                              11. Taped Up Swagger (High School Version)
                                                              12. Ending

                                                              Prefuse 73

                                                              Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian

                                                                From the Roger Dean style sleeve onwards, "Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian" heads down a progressive route. Unlike Yes however, Guillermo Scott Herren goes for micro, not sprawling, and delivers a double album wrapping beats around psychedelia to create a 49 minute aural odyssey through avant-rock, hiptronica, hip hop, beats wonky grooves and beyond. Instructed by the process and purity of analogue recording, this album is a seminal work, a flowing body of work segmented into 29 tracks, powerful instrumentation and gentle psychedelia. Don't be fooled by the cover; this is a fantastic LP!

                                                                With a career that started out in drum and bass on Moving Shadow, you might not expect Tim Exile to have made this album. It's a sprawling dark electro-pop / electronica masterpiece, drawing on baroque and industrial influences, as well as demonstrating his knack for great hooks and sonic experimentation. Like some kind of off the wall IDM Depeche Mode, "Listening Tree" has Exile collecting together all his past production ideas and sounds (D&B, electronica, glitch-laden beat-fests) and using them to create proper songs, with vocals and everything.

                                                                Tracklisting
                                                                1. Don't Think We're One
                                                                2. Family Galaxy
                                                                3. Fortress
                                                                4. There's Nothing Left Of Me But Her And This
                                                                5. Pay Tomorrow
                                                                6. Bad Dust
                                                                7. Carouselle
                                                                8. When Every Day's A Number
                                                                9. Listening Tree
                                                                10. I Saw The Weak Hand Fall

                                                                Harmonic 313

                                                                When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence

                                                                  After a taster EP in 2008, Mark Pritchard returns with the first long player under his Harmonic 313 guise. "When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence" that the ex-Global Communications man is keeping up with the current musical underground, because we get everything from wonky-hop to dubstep, bassline and grime here, combined with his love for Detroit influenced techno, acid house and a more 80s sounding electronic palette. He's just one of those producers who knows how to lay down the best beats, bass and keyboard combinations to get the crowd rocking. Includes tracks featuring Phat Kat, Elzhi and Steve Spacek.

                                                                  Squarepusher follows his acclaimed 2006 album "Hello Everything" with "Just a Souvenir", a kaleidoscopic work that retains the spirit of this uncompromising, highly inventive maverick whilst experimenting more with raucous instrumentation. By Tom's own admission the album 'started as a daydream about watching a crazy, beautiful rock band play an ultra-gig', a vision realised with live drums and scuzzy bass, purveying the result of what his ultimate super-group would sound like, though his inimitable trademark sound is still wholly apparent. A stunning, expansive album that explains why Thom Yorke, Andre 3000, Flea, Sofia Coppola and Mike Patton can all be counted amongst his legions of fans.

                                                                  Leila

                                                                  Blood, Looms & Blooms

                                                                    A breathtaking new album of captivating melodies and infectious beats, "Blood, Looms & Blooms" features wonderfully vivid body of electronic based songwriting that lends itself to the dark and gothic... The fourteen songs are like little, baroque, fairy tales composed in the darkest corners of her music box, featuring vocal performances from the likes of ex-Specials, Terry Hall, Martina Topley-Bird and Luca Santucci. Both formats are presented with striking sleeve art and gatefold sleeves.

                                                                    Flying Lotus

                                                                    Los Angeles

                                                                      Hip hop has come a long way since the days of Adidas shell toes and 'yes yes, ya'll', splintering into a variety of guises, from blinged-up cartoon gangsterism to the most leftfield, underground 'but is it hip hop?' sounds. Steven Ellison, using his Flying Lotus moniker, falls into the latter camp, producing some of the most interesting, subtle and beautiful hiptronica / wonky-hop around right now (alongside the likes of Rustie, Hudson Mohawke, Dabrye etc). On his second long player "Los Angeles", the tracks (all 17 of them) are built on standard hip hop beats-and-samples foundations, but then take the left-hand fork in the road, crunching and distorting those neck-snapping beats and slicing the samples up into intricate snippets to create layered textures of woozy future electroid psychedelia. If you fell in love with Burial in 2007, and are ready for something with a bit more oomph, then look no further.

                                                                      Born Ruffians

                                                                      Red, Yellow & Blue

                                                                        An incredible, infectious slice of indie punk from Canadian trio Born Ruffians. Contains the singles "Hummingbird" and "I Need A Life". What the critics are saying: '8/10 - One of this new year's most engaging and endearing indie-rock debuts' – Pitchfork; 'A blast of anxious, giddy energy' – SPIN; '89%' – Filter.

                                                                        Pivot

                                                                        In The Blood / Sweet Memory - Inc. Rustie / Clark Remixes

                                                                          Pivot are an awe-inspiring juggernaut of rhythmic, wordless melodies – not quite post-rock, not just electronica. They've supported Battles on tour, and perhaps it's these Warp label mates that comparisons can most be drawn as both outfits serve up an adrenalin-fuelled rhythmic math-rock sonic attack. This is their debut UK release, featuring entirely new material, plus two remixes from Rustie and Warp label mate Clark.

                                                                          Prefuse 73

                                                                          Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives

                                                                            Prefuse 73's debut Warp long player, "Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives"'s 16 tracks can be listened to as one 50-minute piece of experimental ambient hip-hop (hiptronica as we call it these days!). Atlanta-based producer Scott Herren uses a richly varied palette to create the album's warm, subtle sound collages. Sliced-and-diced rap and vocal performances play a key role on a number of these sonic constructions. "Blacklist", featuring MF Doom and Aesop Rock, is an exception. Herren doesn't mess with the MCs' raps and the relatively straight-up track nicely contrasts with the CD's hip hop abstractions. The producer does subtly manipulate the mellow vocals of Sam Prekop (Sea and Cake) on the lovely "Last Light".

                                                                            Jamie Lidell

                                                                            Jim

                                                                              Jamie Lidell's second album, "Multiply" caught people off-guard in 2005. Few expected the restless sonic scientist to make an uplifting soul record, but he did; and audiences and critics were captivated by the fusion of his influences with deeply felt song writing, meticulous production skills, and most of all, that amazing voice. And now here he comes again. Recorded in Berlin, Los Angeles and Paris, "Jim" takes even further what was started with "Multiply", finding the balance between the spontaneous creativity of his raw ideas and the careful craft and polish of a great record. The musical world of "Jim" is richer and more refined; but it always comes back to the voice. "Jim" will switch you on in the morning, move you on the dancefloor and take you down in the small hours. It's a bold, promiscuously diverse album, mixing up gospel grooves, sweetly sung and fiercely passionate soul, delicately moving ballads, thumping early R&B, synthed-up disco, and even a touch of 'hillbilly funk'.

                                                                              Prefuse 73

                                                                              Preparations

                                                                                After various incarnations and mini releases, Guillermo Scott Herren is back with his most accomplished and sonically diverse work since 2003's revolutionary bestseller "One Word Extinguisher". "Preparations" features two killer collaborations with NYC contemporaries: one featuring John Stanier from the mighty Battles, the other the lovely ladies from School Of Seven Bells. Also included is bonus disc (with CD and LP formats) "Interregnums", which showcases Prefuse 73's until now unheard explorations into orchestral depth and texture – a real treat for hardcore fans and a great discovery for newbies.

                                                                                Squarepusher

                                                                                Hello Everything

                                                                                  The title of Squarepusher's latest opus itself prepares us for the playful palette of sounds brilliantly assembled on this stunning record. There's drum'n'bass, electronica, jazzy breakbeats, ambient soundscapes, speed-freak slapped jazz-rock basslines, climactic prog synth playing and even a smattering of Spanish guitar. As Tom Jenkinson says himself, 'the album's full of tunes'.

                                                                                  Mira Calix

                                                                                  Eyes Set Against The Sun

                                                                                    Mira Calix, former record shop manager, DJ and boundary-blurring songwriter presents her third album. It's beautiful and delicate, hypnotic and uplifting - It's out-there, but it's in-here too. "Eyes Set Against The Sun" features a melee of sound including strings, piano, a glockenspiel, buzzing beats, ghostly voices and a children's choir multilayered with field recordings of birds, leaves, water and snow melting. There's even the sound of an old bamboo xylophone slowly crumbling apart. Such aural enjoyment invites the listener to conjure up personal visions of the landscapes and colour that inspired this magical album. Just as the pauses between and during the songs are elegantly arranged, like oxygen allowing the music to breath and come alive, so too are the three spaces, like three silent beats, used in the title of the record, "Eyes Set Against The Sun".

                                                                                    Squarepusher

                                                                                    Music Is Rotted One Note

                                                                                      With sparkling Rhodes keyboard work, speed-fuelled jazz breaks and fluid basslines, Squarepusher's 1998 album pays homage to his jazz-rock roots. These sounds are woven into the fabric of IDM electronica album in true Warp style.

                                                                                      Broadcast

                                                                                      The Future Crayon

                                                                                        A collection of 18 tracks taken from rare and limited edition singles, EPs and compilations spanning Broadcast's 10 year career. Since their debut 7" release in 1996, Broadcast have released four full length albums plus numerous EPs and singles. This fantastic album showcases some of Broadcast's most beautiful songs, combining vocal and instrumental blends of 60s pop, psychedelia and electronica with the playful world of European library music and radiophonic arrangements.

                                                                                        Maximo Park

                                                                                        Found On Film

                                                                                          Just found 1 copy of this! First come first served!

                                                                                          A tasty compendium of Maximo Park's "A Certain Trigger" campaign. A two disc (one DVD, one CD) set housed in a limited edition deluxe casebound book with 16 page booklet featuring writing and photos from the band. Includes live performance at Brixton Academy in London, the final date on their 2006 Headlining NME Awards Tour, mastered in 5:1 surround sound. Close up and personal documentary filmed intimately by friends of the band whilst on the NME tour. Live in Newcastle on 29.01.06 capturing the hysteria and raw energy that permeated their home town show. Also includes all six videos to date and a live studio session filmed for AOL. The audio CD features BBC Sessions hosted by Jo Whiley, Zane Lowe, Steve Lamacq and Tom Robinson including a previously unreleased track and cover of Natalie Imbruglia's "Shiver".

                                                                                          Boards Of Canada

                                                                                          Trans Canada Highway

                                                                                          Using the sun-kissed "Dayvan Cowboy" as its starting point, Boards of Canada's "Trans Canada Highway" mini album / EP follows on from last year's "Campfire Headphase" album. At just under 30 minutes, it's a six track hallucinogenic road trip of isolation and exploration. Neatly, the EP ends up almost where it started, with a moody, twilight distillation of "Dayvan Cowboy" courtesy of cLOUDDEAD's Odd Nosdam.

                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                          A1. Dayvan Cowboy
                                                                                          A2. Left Side Drive
                                                                                          A3. Heard From Telegraph Lines
                                                                                          B1. Skyliner
                                                                                          B2. Under The Coke Sign
                                                                                          B3. Dayvan Cowboy (Odd Nosdam Remix)

                                                                                          Prefuse 73

                                                                                          Surrounded By Silence

                                                                                            A new album for 2005 from Prefuse 73 which sees the prolific producer move further onwards into uncharted sonic territories. Prefuse 73 is one-man production powerhouse Scott Herren and "Surrounded By Silence" represents 'the radio station of his mind', featuring a constellation of stars from hip hop and indie royalty he met while touring and producing during the last two years. They include GZA, El-P, Kazu (Blonde Redhead), Ghostface, Masta Killa, Aesop Rock, Beans, Tyondai Braxton and Broadcast. The resulting material makes for an amazingly diverse, totally unique and yet completely accessible body of work, all securely underpinned and melded together with Prefuse 73's visionary production.

                                                                                            Aphex Twin

                                                                                            Windowlicker

                                                                                              Originally out in 1999, this fusion of electronica and R&B influences (which came attached to the infamous 'bearded babes' video from Chris Cunningham) became one of Warp's and Aphex's best sellers ever! Be afraid, be very afraid....


                                                                                              Aphex Twin

                                                                                              Come To Daddy

                                                                                                Originally out in 1997, these tracks showcase Richard D James at his scariest, most inventive and mellowest, delivering the possessed title track (which came accompanied by one of Chris Cunningham's more nightmarish videos), melodic "Flim", breaktronic "Come To Daddy" remix and jazz-breaks meets nursery rhymes "Bucephalus Bouncing Ball".

                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                12" Tracklisting:
                                                                                                1 Come To Daddy (Pappy Mix) 4:21
                                                                                                2 Flim 2:57
                                                                                                3 Come To Daddy (Little Lord Faulteroy Mix) 3:50
                                                                                                4 Bucephalus Bouncing Ball 5:43

                                                                                                CD Tracklisting:
                                                                                                1 Come To Daddy, Pappy Mix 4:22
                                                                                                2 Flim 2:57
                                                                                                3 Come To Daddy, Little Lord Faulteroy Mix 3:50
                                                                                                4 Bucephalus Bouncing Ball 5:44
                                                                                                5 To Cure A Weakling Child, Contour Regard 5:10
                                                                                                6 Funny Little Man 3:58
                                                                                                7 Come To Daddy, Mummy Mix 4:24
                                                                                                8 IZ-US 2:57

                                                                                                Beans

                                                                                                Shock City Maverick

                                                                                                  Fresh on the back of recent single "Down By Law", Anti Pop Consortium founder Beans brings us his all-new power-packed album "Shock City Maverick". In a time when hip-hop is more readily perceived as a bloated monster fuelled by rampant materialism, misogyny and banality, Beans' originality and unique voice stand out a mile. Already receiving support from Gilles Peterson, 1Xtra and other forward thinking DJs, "Shock City Maverick" looks set for big things.

                                                                                                  Broadcast

                                                                                                  Haha Sound

                                                                                                  Indietronica, post-rock, avant? Whatever, this is clever and moving stuff from this arty Birmingham 3 piece. There's krautrock, psychedelia, clanging minimalism but it wouldn't matter a jot if it wasn't for beautiful singer Trish Keenan's voice. Weirdly empty yet endearingly childlike, too, she floats over and amongst the occasionally languid, often chaotic music. It's like a dream: a late 60's and Tomorrow's World 70's vision of an electronic future that never seems to arrive. Out of time, out of place. What could be better?

                                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                  Colour Me In 2:51
                                                                                                  Pendulum 4:21
                                                                                                  Before We Begin 3:22
                                                                                                  Valerie 4:04
                                                                                                  Man Is Not A Bird 4:52
                                                                                                  Minim 3:00
                                                                                                  Lunch Hour Pops 3:36
                                                                                                  Black Umbrellas 1:08
                                                                                                  Ominous Cloud 3:46
                                                                                                  Distorsion 2:02
                                                                                                  Oh How I Miss You 1:17
                                                                                                  The Little Bell 2:48
                                                                                                  Winter Now 3:48
                                                                                                  Hawk 3:42

                                                                                                  Beans

                                                                                                  Tomorrow Right Now

                                                                                                    Debut solo LP from the ex-Antipop Consortium MC / producer. This is an electronic future leftfield B-boy joint. Includes the ace single "Phreek The Beat".

                                                                                                    Nightmares On Wax

                                                                                                    Smokers Delight

                                                                                                      Reissue of the 1995 magnum opus - a defining statement of intent in the development of the Nightmares On Wax sound. Moving away from the bleeps and breaks of their first album, ‘Smokers Delight’ presents a post-club comedown journey which experiments with elements of jazz, dub, soul and hip hop.

                                                                                                      If you don't own a copy of this LP, you should get one right now because it's one of the best LPs of the 90s. Originally out in '95, it's a defining moment of the 'trip hop' genre and ranks alongside LPs by Portishead and Massive Attack from the same era. Pure schmokers downbeat sounds!

                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                      Nights Introlude
                                                                                                      Dreddoverboard
                                                                                                      Pipes Honour
                                                                                                      Me + You
                                                                                                      Stars
                                                                                                      Wait A Minute
                                                                                                      Praying For A Jeepbeat
                                                                                                      Groove St.
                                                                                                      Time (To Listen)
                                                                                                      (Man) Tha Journey
                                                                                                      Bless My Soul
                                                                                                      Cruise (Don’t Stop)
                                                                                                      Mission Venice
                                                                                                      What I’m Feelin (Good)
                                                                                                      Rise
                                                                                                      Rise (Reprise)
                                                                                                      Gambia Via Vagatorbeach

                                                                                                      Boards Of Canada

                                                                                                      Music Has The Right To Children

                                                                                                      THE PICCADILLY RECORDS ALBUM OF THE YEAR 1998

                                                                                                      Outstanding debut album for Warp from Scotland's Boards Of Canada. Taking influences from Aphex Twin, 'Artificial Intelligence' era Warp releases and laid back hip hop rhythms, then twisting those ideas through a sun-refracted kaleidoscope of lush ambient sounds, Scottish brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin came up with a much copied sound all of their own. This was Piccadilly Records album of the year in 1998 and is an unsurpassed collection of melodic electronica tracks. You need this!

                                                                                                      STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                      Darryl says: From 1998:

                                                                                                      Martin says: A thing of eerie and absolute beauty, which manages the rarely accomplished and apparently mutually exclusive task of creating deep emotional connection through electronic music. Haunting intervals punctuate primitive, meditative reflection throughout; summoning wistful echoes of an ominous, half recalled childhood summer.

                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                      A1. Wildlife Analysis
                                                                                                      A2. An Eagle In Your Mind
                                                                                                      A3. The Color Of The Fire
                                                                                                      A4. Telephasic Workshop
                                                                                                      A5. Triangles & Rhombuses
                                                                                                      B1. Sixtyten
                                                                                                      B2. Turquoise Hexagon Sun
                                                                                                      B3. Kaini Industries
                                                                                                      B4. Bocuma
                                                                                                      B5. Roygbiv
                                                                                                      C1. Rue The Whirl
                                                                                                      C2. Aquarius
                                                                                                      C3. Olson
                                                                                                      D1. Pete Standing Alone
                                                                                                      D2. Smokes Quantity
                                                                                                      D3. Open The Light
                                                                                                      D4. One Very Important Thought

                                                                                                      Boards Of Canada

                                                                                                      Geogaddi

                                                                                                      Four years on from the massive 'Music Has The Right To Children' Boards Of Canada arrived with triple album epic 'Geogaddi'. It features 23 three tracks of haunting, spooky, exquisite unique electronica. Instead of just repeating the formula of its predecessor, the Scottish duo pushed their sound in a darker direction. However, all of the qualities with which Boards of Canada are identified are still present. Their melodies ooze and whoosh, in an out, rarely repeating and rarely staying true to key or convention. Their timing is startling and impeccable, laying down the biggest of beats in the smallest of places. Syncopation and clipping are not as prominent on 'Geogaddi' as they were on 'Children' but their subtle and frequent presence is crucial to each song's character and presence. Their production is painstakingly attentive to each detail, and it pays off. Every kick of bass drum is perfectly symmetric, crisp, and full.


                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                      A1. Ready Lets Go
                                                                                                      A2. Music Is Math
                                                                                                      A3. Beware The Friendly Stranger
                                                                                                      A4. Gyroscope
                                                                                                      A5. Dandelion
                                                                                                      B1. Sunshine Recorder
                                                                                                      B2. In The Annexe
                                                                                                      B3 Julie And Candy
                                                                                                      B4. The Smallest Weird Number
                                                                                                      C1. 1969
                                                                                                      C2. Energy Warning
                                                                                                      C3. The Beach At Redpoint
                                                                                                      C4. Opening The Mouth
                                                                                                      D1. Alpha And Omega
                                                                                                      D2 I Saw Drones
                                                                                                      D3. The Devil Is In The Details
                                                                                                      D4. A Is To B As B Is To C
                                                                                                      D5. Over The Horizon Radar
                                                                                                      E1. Dawn Chorus
                                                                                                      E2. Diving Station
                                                                                                      E3. You Could Feel The Sky
                                                                                                      E4. Corsair
                                                                                                      F. Magic Window

                                                                                                      Boards Of Canada

                                                                                                      In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country

                                                                                                      'In a Beautiful Place out in the Country' is another brilliant EP by Boards of Canada. Encompassing four tracks culled from the same recording sessions from which Boards of Canada would later produce 'Geogaddi', the EP tends to favor a darker, more pastoral, and even elegiac atmosphere than its predecessor 'Music Has the Right to Children'.

                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                      A1. Kid For Today
                                                                                                      A2. Amo Bishop Roden
                                                                                                      B1. In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country
                                                                                                      B2. Zoetrope


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