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Danger Mouse & Jemini

Ghetto Pop Life - 2024 Reissue

    Originally released on Lex Records in 2003 it has been out of print for a number of years and is now being reissued to coincide with the release of Born Again. Featuring guest appearances from tha Liks , J- Zone , Prince Po , and the Pharcyde.

    TRACK LISTING

    1. Born-A-MC
    2. Ghetto Pop Life (Intro)
    3. Ghetto Pop Life
    4. Omega Supreme (Who?!)
    5. What U Sittin On?
    6. The Only One
    7. Take Care Of Business
    8. That Brookyln Shit
    9. Yoo-Hoo!
    10. Copy Cats
    11. Don't Do Drugs
    12. Medieval
    13. Bush Boys
    14. Here We Go Again
    15. I'ma Doomee
    16. Knuckle Sandwhich

    Kathleen Hanna

    Rebel Girl : My Life As A Feminist Punk

      An electric, searing memoir by the original riot grrrl and legendary frontwoman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre Hey girlfriend I got a proposition, goes something like this: Dare ya to do what you want. Kathleen Hanna’s rallying cry to feminists echoed far and wide through the punk scene of the 1980s, ’90s, and beyond. Her band, Bikini Kill, embodies this iconic time, and today their gutsy, radical lyrics of anthems like ‘Rebel Girl’ and ‘Double Dare Ya’ are more powerful than ever.

      But where did this transformative voice come from? In Rebel Girl, Hanna’s raw and insightful new memoir, she takes us from her tumultuous childhood home, to her formative college years in Olympia, Washington, and on to her first years on tour, fighting hard for gigs and for her band. As Hanna makes blindingly clear, being in a ‘girl band’, especially a punk girl band, in those years was not a simple or a safe prospect. Male violence and antagonism threatened at every turn, and surviving as a singer who was a lightening rod for controversy took limitless amounts of determination.

      But the relationships she developed during those years buoyed her – including with her bandmates Tobi Vail, Kathi Wilcox, and Billy Karren; her friendship with Kurt Cobain; and her introduction to Joan Jett – and they were a testament to how the true punk world nurtured and cared for its own. Hanna opens up about falling in love with Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys and her debilitating battle with Lyme disease, and she brings us behind the scenes of her later bands, Le Tigre and The Julie Ruin. She also writes candidly about the Riot Grrrl movement and its decline, documenting with love its grassroots origins but critiquing its later exclusivity.

      In an uncut voice all her own, Hanna reveals the darkest, hardest times along with the most joyful – and how it all fuelled her revolutionary art, from the 1980s to today.

      The Bolshoi

      Country Life

        The Bolshoi released three albums during their existence, but they also recorded a fourth album that was never officially released during their tenure. Provisionally titled Country Life, it was released in 2015 as part of a limited 5-CD box set. We are excited to now release it on vinyl for the first time. Country Life consists of demos recorded for the album, and many of these only survived on reference cassettes but were digitally restored. We are especially thrilled that Trevor Tanner has recorded a brand new acoustic reimagining of the song “Dolores Jones” made specifically for this release.

        The Bolshoi were different. Their songs were dark and subversive, sufficient evidence for many critics to corral them under the 'Gothic' banner at the time of their debut - but they really only "flirted" with Goth. They oozed dark, pensive lyrics supported with inventive pop-goth guitar making them nearly impossible to categorize.

        The suburban surrealism of the lyrics was rooted in the stories from characters on the fringes of society rather than brooding romantics, with an undercurrent of boredom, inadequacy and violence. Not the usual themes for pop success!The Bolshoi released three albums during their existence, but they also recorded a fourth album that was never officially released during their tenure. Provisionally titled Country Life, it was released in 2015 as part of a limited 5-CD box set. We are excited to now release it on vinyl for the first time. Country Life consists of demos recorded for the album, and many of these only survived on reference cassettes but were digitally restored. We are especially thrilled that Trevor Tanner has recorded a brand new acoustic reimagining of the song “Dolores Jones” made specifically for this release.

        The Bolshoi were different. Their songs were dark and subversive, sufficient evidence for many critics to corral them under the 'Gothic' banner at the time of their debut - but they really only "flirted" with Goth. They oozed dark, pensive lyrics supported with inventive pop-goth guitar making them nearly impossible to categorize.

        The suburban surrealism of the lyrics was rooted in the stories from characters on the fringes of society rather than brooding romantics, with an undercurrent of boredom, inadequacy and violence. Not the usual themes for pop success!

        TRACK LISTING

        1. World In Action 
        2. Under The Shed 
        3. What’s Your Favourite Colour 
        4. Country Life 
        5. We Don’t Want Him Here 
        6. Boy From The Nursery World 
        7. Long Tall Sally In A Black Dress 
        8. Too Late 
        9. Out There In The Distance 
        10. Castaway 
        11. Dolores Jones 
        12. Yee Hee 
        13. Madame Hecate 
        14. Last Chance For The Slow Dance 
        15. Everything Is Done For You Today 
        16. Dolores Jones 2023

        ASHRR

        Different Kind Of Life - Incl. Massimiliano Pagliara Remixes

        The LA-based ASHRR outfit is back with more of their superbly warm and soul-infused sounds here with 'Different Kind of Life'. Their own ASHRR Soundsystem version of the original is a gloriously upbeat and funky bit of space disco with lavish synth lines and chugging drums that lock you in. Berlin electronic mainstay Massimiliano Pagliara, who has landed on the likes of Ostgut Ton, Cocktail d'Amore and more, then brings his own two remixes. The first has some nice indie vocals and dazzling chord work, while the second is a deep dub that pairs things back. All three of these are swaggering and uplifting disco cuts with a difference.

        TRACK LISTING

        Different Kind Of Life (Massimiliano Pagliara Remix)
        Different Kind Of Life (Massimiliano Pagliara Dub)
        Different Kind Of Life (ASHRR Soundsystem Version)

        Bloc Party

        The High Life EP (RSD24 EDITION)

          THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2024 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON SATURDAY APRIL 20TH ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

          IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8PM ON MONDAY APRIL 22ND.


          Record Store Day exclusive four blue splatter vinyl of The High Life EP, which has previously only been released for download and on streaming platforms.

          Daft Punk

          Something About Us (Love Theme From Interstella 555) (RSD24 EDITION)

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            Reissued for RSD 2024 exclusively - 3 track 12" single- Something About Us - Love Theme from Interstella 5555

            Militarie Gun

            Life Under The Sun (RSD24 EDITION)

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              5-song stripped-back EP featuring guest appearances from Manchester Orchestra, Bully, and Mannequin Pussy.

              Supergrass

              Kiss Of Life Is 20 (RSD24 EDITION)

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                Limited edition 10" colour vinyl, 6 track EP. 20th anniversary of the original single, released in March 2004 and specially recorded for the Supergrass Is 10 compilation. Contains the original single, B-Sides and rare bonus tracks.

                Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

                The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette (RSD24 EDITION)

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                  IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8PM ON MONDAY APRIL 22ND.


                  The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette is a 1969 album by American rock band the Four Seasons. Member Bob Gaudio teamed up with Jake Holmes to create a psychedelic concept album which adjusted the band's stylings to the changing times of the late 1960s. Reissued for RSD 2024

                  Richard King

                  Travels Over Feeling: Arthur Russell, A Life

                    The music of Arthur Russell defies classification. Across a twenty-year career he created a body of work which ranged from his pioneering compositions as part of the New York avant-garde alongside artists including Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg, to his genre-expanding disco and art pop productions, to his posthumously released folk songs. Travels Over Feeling is the result of extensive research by author Richard King, curating the ephemera and documentation found in both Arthur's and other private archives, and consists of hand-written scores, lyrics, photos, letters and drawings.

                    Throughout, King has conducted wide-ranging original interviews with Arthur's collaborators, contemporaries, family and friends. The resulting book reveals a true picture of one of the most distinctive artists of the last fifty years.

                    Flowered Up

                    A Life With Brian - 2024 Reissue

                      Iconic UK indie band Flowered Up, seen as London’s answer to Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses, reissue their debut album ‘A Life With Brian’ (from 1991) via London Records. The reissue follows a BFI documentary on the video of ‘Weekender’ and it’s legendary status in UK club culture of the time. The album remastering was overseen by Flowered Up keyboard player Tim Dorney.

                      TRACK LISTING

                      LP Tracklist:

                      A1. Sunshine
                      A2. Take It
                      A3. Crackerjack
                      A4. Mr Happy Reveller
                      A5. Hysterically Blue
                      B1. It's On
                      B2. Silver Pan
                      B3. Phobia
                      B4. Egg Rush
                      B5. Doris... Is A Little Bit Partial
                      C1. Weekender
                      D2. Weekender - Weatherall’s Weekender (Audrey Is A Little Bit Partial Mix)

                      CD Tracklist:

                      CD1
                      1. Sunshine
                      2. Take It
                      3. Crackerjack
                      4. Mr Happy Reveller
                      5. Hysterically Blue
                      6. It’s On
                      7. Silver Pan
                      8. Phobia
                      9. Egg Rush
                      10. Doris…..Is A Little Bit Partial
                      11. Weekender – Original Version
                      12. Weatherall’s Weekender (Audrey Is A Little Bit Partial Mix)

                      CD2
                      1. Weekender (BTWS Re-Animation)
                      2. It’s On (Feel Pain Mix)
                      3. Phobia (Paranoid Mix)
                      4. I’ll Be Your Dog
                      5. Take It (Pure Sexy Dub)
                      6. Flapping
                      7. Crackerjack – Clive Langer Version
                      8. Don’t Talk Just Kiss
                      9. Better Life
                      10. Take It (Edge Of The Box Mix)
                      11. Weatherall’s Weekender (Audrey Is A Little Bit More Partial Mix)
                      12. Crackerjack – Everyone You Know Naughty Remix

                      Bodega

                      Our Brand Could Be Yr Life

                        Sometimes you have to move backwards to move forwards. Just ask punk cultural commentators BODEGA, whose new album sees them carve a new future from fuzz-soaked, consumerism-skewering shards of their past.

                        ‘Our Brand Could Be YR Life’ is BODEGA's first album release through Chrysalis Records. “It’s something we’ve been wanting to do for years,” guitarist and vocalist Ben Hozie explains of ‘Our Brand Could Be Yr Life’ – a collection of catchy indie-rock ruminations on the slow-creep of corporate-think into youth culture, first written eight years ago.

                        ‘Our Brand Could Be YR Life’'s 15 tracks explore indie-rock subgenres, self-critique and everything in between. "I think it’s our best- sounding record to date,” says Hozie, "I t’s got dance-punk. There's some shoegaze on there. There's slacker rock on there. There's psychedelic rock on there. R.E.M, too. We wanted to be another band in a long stream of missionaries, proselytising a certain type of rock subculture.” 


                        TRACK LISTING

                        Side A
                        1. Dedicated To The Dedicated
                        2. G.N.D. Deity
                        3. Bodega Bait
                        4. Tarkovski
                        5. Major Amberson
                        6. Stain Gaze
                        7. Webster Hall
                        Side B
                        1. ATM
                        2. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Drum
                        3. Protean
                        4. Born Into By What Consumes
                        5. Cultural Consumer I
                        6. Cultural Consumer II
                        7. Cultural Consumer III
                        8. City Is Taken

                        Suzi Ronson

                        Me And Mr Jones : My Life With David Bowie And The Spiders From Mars

                          From the stylist behind David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust look, an electrifying peek behind the curtains during a legendary chapter of pop culture history. 'Suzi Ronson was there as Bowie transitioned from suburban folkie to world superstar and genius. Few can offer such insight, and tell this fascinating story with such verve.' HANIF KUREISHISuzi Ronson was working in a Beckenham hair salon in the early seventies when Mrs Jones came in for her weekly shampoo and set.

                          After being introduced to her son David and his wife Angie, Suzi finds herself at the Bowies' bohemian apartment and is soon embroiled in their raucous world. Having crafted his iconic Ziggy Stardust hairstyle, Suzi becomes the only working woman in David's touring party and joins the Spiders from Mars as they perform around the globe. Amid the costume blunders, parties and groupies she meets her husband-to-be, Mick Ronson, and together they traverse the absurdities of life in show business, falling in with the likes of Iggy Pop, Bob Dylan and Lou Reed along the way.

                          Dazzling and intimate, Me and Mr Jones provides not only a unique perspective on one of the most beguiling stars of our time but also a world on the cusp of cultural transformation, charting the highs and lows of life as one of the only women in the room as it happened.

                          We comped "Natural Life" on one of our "Peace Chant" compilations some time ago. We always felt the need to do a 45 of it so here it is. Some of you may think, well that's an average jazz-funk cut so why on earth are they doing a 45 of it? Well, drop the needle on Part 2 and you will understand.

                          TRACK LISTING

                          1. Natural Life, Pt. 1
                          2. Natural Life, Pt. 2

                          Cam Cobb

                          Weighted Down : The Complicated Life Of Skip Spence

                            Foreword by Robin SpenceSkip Spence was a soldier, a rock star, a folkie, an innovator, an addict, a cult phenomenon and a ward of the state. The cast of characters in his story include some of the biggest stars in music: Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young and many more. His life is the story of the Sixties - it's the story of San Francisco, the biggest bands in America and rock'n'roll mayhem.

                            Although Spence spent much of his life battling addiction and mental illness, during his lucid moments he performed in several bands and is best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane and as the co-founder of Moby Grape. Tracks from his cult solo album Oar has been covered by Tom Waits, Beck and Robert Plant. With family photos, a foreword by Robin Spence, and accounts from his friends, bandmates and family, Weighted Down is the first book to tell his story in full.

                            Louie Vega

                            Another Day In My Life / Deep Burnt

                            Two tracks from Louie Vega's "Expansions In The NYC" LP given the 12" treatment. On “Another Day In My Life” Louie Vega incorporates elements of the classic jam “Never Had A Love So Good” by Charles Johnson (fully cleared and licensed from the legendary Henry Stone Music Company), and creates a driving, hands aloft, soul-infused club anthem that has 'last track at Southport Weekender' written all over it. On the B side, Louie works with his long time collaborator Axel Tosca as well as legendary Chicago DJ / vocalist Mike Dunn to create his own very soulful and New York flavored interpretation of the renowned 1999 "Deep Burnt" song by Pepe Bradock, done of course with Pepe Bradock's blessings and appreciation.

                            TRACK LISTING

                            A. Another Day In My Life
                            AA. Deep Burnt Feat. Axel Tosca 

                            John Coltrane

                            Lush Life - 2024 Reissue

                              "Lush Life" (1958) is among John Coltrane’s best endeavours on the Prestige (and Music) label. One reason can easily be attributed to the interesting personnel and the subsequent lack of a keyboard player for the August 16, 1957 session that yielded the majority of the material. Coltrane (tenor sax) had to essentially lead the compact trio of himself, Earl May (bass) and Art Taylor (drums). The intimate setting is perfect for ballads such as the opener "Like Someone in Love". John Coltrane doesn’t have to supplement the frequent redundancy inherent in pianists, so he has plenty of room to express himself through simple and ornate passages. May provides a platform for Coltrane’s even keeled runs before the tenor drops out, allowing both Earl May and then Art Taylor a chance to shine. The fun cat-and-mouse-like antics continue as Taylor can be heard encouraging the tenor player to raise the stakes and the tempo – which he does to great effect.

                              TRACK LISTING

                              Side A
                              1.Like Someone In Love
                              2.I Love You
                              3.Trane’s Slow Blues

                              Side B
                              1.Lush Life
                              2.I Hear A Rhapsody

                              Modern Analysis

                              Houze Life

                              Modern Analysis is a vintage analog duo comprised of duKe and AFQ and they seem to be treadin the same steps as Jamal Moss, Hieroglyphic Being, Dirty Blends stalwarts The Jak, The Falcon, Grizzly Knuckles, Cliff Solomon etc; modern day, tribal jakbeat wizards that revisit the golden age of Trax and Chicago house music with a stripped back aesthetic that revels in mood and feeling. 

                              Tracks recorded live, with everything played by hand, giving a unique swing and flavour to these primordial house lifeforms. The spirit of Ron Hardy and Adonis is strong in this one young Jedi! 

                              Proper buzzing to see a resurgence in this sound, that's largely been forgotten yet remains the TRUE and ORIGINAL HOUSE SOUND!!!

                              STAFF COMMENTS

                              Matt says: Mega buzzed to see more people taking on the lost Chicago jakbeat genre - the absolute embryo of acid house. If you dig the Dirty Blends label, Jamal Moss, Trax, Virgo Four, Ron Hardy etc etc then this ones for you.

                              TRACK LISTING

                              A1. Houze Life
                              B1. Kaotic Dilemma

                              Mary McGlory & Sylvia Saunders

                              The Liverbirds : Our Life In Britain's First Female Rock 'n' Roll Band

                                In the early '60s, four friends from Liverpool formed a band. But this is not the 'fab four' story we know . .

                                Mary, Sylvia, Valerie and Pamela - also known as The Liverbirds - were one of the world's first all-female rock'n'roll bands. At an early gig, backstage at the Cavern Club, a young John Lennon told them that 'girls don't play guitars'.

                                But they took that as a challenge. Despite the early scepticism, they won over tough crowds, toured stadiums, recorded two hit albums, and played with the Kinks, Rolling Stones and Chuck Berry - all in the space of just five years. Now, the two surviving members of the band tell their incredible story in full for the first time - capturing a lost era of liberation and rock'n'roll, as they thrived in the vibrant Merseybeat music scene and formed a friendship that has endured through the decades.

                                Crushed

                                Extra Life

                                  Los Angeles duo crushed announce their signing to Ghostly International and the first vinyl pressing of their 2023 debut EP, extra life. A love letter to ‘90s radio, the first collaboration from musicians Bre Morell and Shaun Durkan finds them tuning a shared taste for maximalist dream pop. Open-hearted hooks and melodic riffs move through a haze of breakbeats, spliced sound design, and distortion. Faithful yet fluid in its channeling of golden age alt-rock, Britpop, trip-hop, and electronica, there’s a refreshing freedom to the sound, which quickly resonated with fans and critics upon initial release. Pitchfork called it “effortless, widescreen dream pop that’s serene without being sentimental,” and NPR cited its “deep sense of place and time.” The music also struck Ghostly, and the first measure for crushed and their new label home is to give extra life a wider physical release paired with remix- es from band favorites Real Lies and DJ Python.

                                  The story of crushed is written across midnight transmissions. In the early 2010s, Morell, who fronts the band Temple of Angels (Run For Cover Records), hosted a graveyard shift college radio show and used to play music from Durkan’s former band Weekend (Slumberland Records). In 2020, Durkan, having focused on pro- duction work (Tamaryn, Young Prisms) following Weekend’s run as a formidable shoegaze act, hosted a late-night program on a community radio station in San Francisco. Driving one day, he heard Temple of Angels by chance and was imme- diately drawn to Morell’s voice. He added a song that night to his on-air tracklist. Morell saw it and reached out to thank him and point to that connection made a decade earlier.

                                  The exchange sparked a long-distance project. First, they filled an audible moodboard with ‘90s classics from the likes of Natalie Imbruglia, Sneaker Pimps, and The Sundays. Songs that transported them back to places of comfort and discovery; Morell’s memories of a metallic, lavender boombox that dispatched past sounds from a world beyond her Houston suburbia, and Durkan, in his mom’s car on the way to band practice. These touchpoints provided a palette for crushed to experiment without expectations, purely for the fun of it.

                                  A creative intimacy emerged; stepping outside the reverb walls of her full band, Morell embraced more clarity and a range of emotions in her vocals, while Durkan looked inward as a producer, collaging fragments from their everyday lives: voice memos, piano recordings, even the panting of Morell’s late dog on “milksugar.” The wistful ballad embodies extra life’s feeling as a whole. “I am home again,” sings Morell; her refrain cycles above a drum machine beat as Durkan colorstheir universe with star-lit strums, synth swells, and the crackle of fireworks in the distance. Elsewhere, the duo’s uptempo mode is equally effective, like the su- per-charged duet “coil” or the propulsive opener “waterlily,” which sets a cinematic tone for the set.

                                  Bold, bright, and replayable, extra life presents crushed as a project of immense promise, two artists unlocking something special within themselves, a space to hold both melancholy and bliss. Durkan adds, “To me, [extra life] is true and pure - in a way I haven’t felt about music in a really really long time.”

                                  TRACK LISTING

                                  1. Waterlily
                                  2. Coil
                                  3. Milksugar
                                  4. Bedside
                                  5. Respawn
                                  6. Lorica

                                  Liason

                                  Life / Disco Party

                                  Introducing the limited 7" re-release of the single by the legendary Bay Area group, Liason. Led by Morris 'Skid' Clay, Liason made their mark on the music scene with their distinctive sound and unforgettable performances. Recorded at Freeway Studios in Oakland back in 1977, this single captures the essence of the era and the spirit of the band.

                                  Originally released on their independent imprint, 'A.L.C.' - named after three of the group's members astrological signs: Aquarius, Libra, and Capricorn - this single quickly became a cherished gem among fans and collectors alike. Now, decades later, it's being brought back to life for a whole new generation to enjoy.

                                  TRACK LISTING

                                  1. Life
                                  2. Disco Party

                                  Street Life '80

                                  Steps On A Cloud

                                  "Steps On A Cloud" was featured on the fourth volume in the "Can You Feel It" compilation series. "Whispering" has not been re-issued so far and is exclusively available on this sweet 45 RPM single.

                                  TRACK LISTING

                                  1. Steps On A Cloud
                                  2. Whispering

                                  Fucked Up

                                  The Chemistry Of Common Life - 15th Anniversary Edition

                                    Fucked Up’s now classic 2008 album "The Chemistry Of Common Life" synthesizes numerous diverse impulses into an expansive epic about the mysteries of birth, death, and the origins of life (and re-living). Merging elements of hardcore songwriting with up to 70 tracks of guitars, organs, winds and vocals, (including 18 guitars on the first single, the fatalistic “No Epiphany”), the music remains iconoclastic and startling, with Pink Eyes’ vocals front and center. Guest musicians, of course, abound, notably gorgeous voices such as Brooklyn’s Vivian Girls and Toronto’s Katie Stelmanis.

                                    TRACK LISTING

                                    1. Son The Father
                                    2. Magic Word
                                    3. Golden Seal
                                    4. Days Of Last
                                    5. Crooked Head
                                    6. No Epiphany
                                    7. The Peaceable Kingdom
                                    8. Black Albino Bones
                                    9. Royal Swan
                                    10. Twice Born
                                    11. Looking For God
                                    12. The Chemistry Of Common Life

                                    Little Man Tate

                                    Welcome To The Rest Of Your Life

                                      Picking up right where they left off over ten years ago, 'Welcome To The Rest Of Your Life' sees Little Man Tate deftly tap into the band's original unremitting magic with a fresh, fully-grown twist.



                                      TRACK LISTING

                                      1. Cheap Stolen Kisses
                                      2. Under Cover Lovers
                                      3. Down In The Gutter
                                      4. You Rub Me Up The Wrong Way
                                      5. 23
                                      6. Get Up Get Out
                                      7. Kiss And Just Be Friends
                                      8. Two Lives
                                      9. We Can Be The Gossip
                                      10. One Last Song
                                      11. You Know You're Turning Me On *
                                      12. Beautiful, Deadly & Mine *

                                      *CD Only Track

                                      MGMT

                                      Loss Of Life

                                        A very "MGMT MGMT album" which the band describes as "a group of songs about love and change, first and foremost"

                                        Descriptors from the band include: bold, flavorful, playful, sincere, optimistic, perceptive - Loss Of Life was produced by MGMT and Patrick Wimberly (Solange, Lil Yachty, MGMT), with mixing and additional production by Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, Interpol, Spoon) - The album includes the first ever MGMT song with a feature, courtesy Christine and the Queens - The album artwork has been licensed from John Baldessari's estate and is an artwork titled Noses & Ears, Etc (Part Two).

                                        Formed in 2002, MGMT released their era-defining debut album Oracular Spectacular in 2007. One of the most influential albums of the '00's - it went on to sell over 2 million copies worldwide and was certified Gold or Platinum in over 10 major territories, including double platinum in UK, Platinum in Australia, Gold in France and Platinum in the USA. It gave the world evergreen hits such as "Kids", "Electric Feel" and "Time to Pretend" which have inspired, and continue to inspire new generations of artists and music fans alike to this day - those three songs combined have been streamed over 2 billion times on audio streaming platforms since released.

                                        Always taking an unexpected creative turn at every new record, but always maintaining their cultural and commercial relevance over the subsequent 15 years, MGMT later released three further studio albums: "Congratulations" (2010), "MGMT" (2013) and "Little Dark Age" (2018).

                                        STAFF COMMENTS

                                        Barry says: After the huge shop favourite of 2018's 'Little Dark Age', there was some excitement over how their new one would be and it's some relief that it's the perfect balance between its wry and nuanced melodic leaning and the youthful bombast of 'Oracular Spectacular'.

                                        TRACK LISTING

                                        1. Loss Of Life (part 2)
                                        2. Mother Nature
                                        3. Dancing In Babylon (feat. Christine And The Queens)
                                        4. People In The Streets
                                        5. Bubblegum Dog
                                        6. Nothing To Declare
                                        7. Nothing Changes
                                        8. Phradie's Song
                                        9. I Wish I Was Joking
                                        10. Loss Of Life

                                        King Kong

                                        Agony & Pain / Version

                                          King Kong's "Agony & Pain" has long been one of our favorite Jah Life tunes, released only on JA 7" in 1987, well-heavy in a sound killing style. Limited repress with authentic centre label and dinked middle. 

                                          STAFF COMMENTS

                                          Matt says: A high watermark of the digi-dub and dancehall canon from 1987 which receives a much-needed repress.

                                          TRACK LISTING

                                          A. Agony & Pain
                                          B. Version

                                          Icho Candy & Prince Junior

                                          Free Up / Version

                                            Wicked previously unreleased late '80s combination tune from Icho Candy & his brother Prince Junior, who are sometimes confused for each other. On the same rhythm as King Kong's "Agony and Pain" (also repressed this week). Lyrically about the struggle for freedom of the day, as resonant today as it was nearly 40 years ago.

                                            STAFF COMMENTS

                                            Matt says: Icho Candy muses on the struggle for the freedom over King Kong's "Agony And Pain" riddim. Its another winner from the selection of Jah Life Time reissues we've been luckily blessed with this week.

                                            TRACK LISTING

                                            A. Free Up
                                            B. Free Up Dub

                                            Cult Member

                                            Ethernet

                                              Pure Life are one of the most consistently interesting, stylistically varied labels out there and their latest outing comes in the way of the remastered synthwave / electronic masterpiece 'Ethernet' from Canadian superproducer, Cult Member.

                                              There are moments of snapping, AFX-adjacent braindance like the spine-fluid-drainingly energetic '2 Pills' or the bitrushed glitchy maelstrom of the brilliant 'Mall Corp', but for me it's the moments of crystalline mystery and sidechained throbby pad wooze of 'Steroid Dealer' or the otherworldy euphoria of 'Dream Member' that really hit home. 

                                              A brilliantly immersive, lysergic journey through acid house, techno and synthwave, pushed through a murky filter and beautifully presented as ever, from one of the greatest labels in the biz. Stunner.  




                                              STAFF COMMENTS

                                              Barry says: Another perfectly presented, wonderfully immersive collection from Pure Life here, showcasing this sonically reworked edition of 2019's 'Ethernet' from Canadian Liam Hayden. You better get in quick for this one, because i've rarely heard a more perfect modern lo-fi electronica record, and it's not going to last for ever.

                                              TRACK LISTING

                                              1. 2080 03:31
                                              2. 2 Pills 02:32
                                              3. Acid Jam Mutek 03:24
                                              4. Steroid Dealer 05:21
                                              5. Faygo 02:49
                                              6. Hello Danny Boy 03:52
                                              7. Mall Corp 03:25
                                              8. Cinderella 99 02:54
                                              9. Санкт-Петербург 04:50
                                              10. Dream Member 03:54
                                              11. Key West 06:42

                                              Peter Ranking

                                              Love Up

                                                Another previously unreleased killer from the early '80s Radics / Scientist days, this one was played on dubplate by Volcano in JA and Jah Life in NY, alongside other cuts of the rhythm (also eventually to be released). This is Peter Ranking the singer, not the more well known deejay.

                                                STAFF COMMENTS

                                                Matt says: My favourite of this week's Digikiller / Jah Life reissues. The dub of this track is really summat to behold and up there with any of Scientist's mixing desk experiments.

                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                A. Love Up
                                                B. Dub Up

                                                My Life Story

                                                Loving You Is Killing Me

                                                  My Life Story return with their fifth studio album ‘Loving You Is Killing Me’, which was mixed by Ben Hillier who produced two Depeche Mode Albums as well as working with Blur, Patrick Wolf, Nadine Shah and Peter Perrett. It features original artwork by the brilliant Scot Greenwell at Darc Artz, woven together by graphic artist supremo Ben Gilbey.

                                                  Jake said: “This time we wanted to record songs as soon as we’d written them, attempting to instantly capture the spirit and emotion and hermetically sealing in the freshness by releasing them as soon as humanly possible”.

                                                  “It’s kind of the opposite to a concept album. I didn’t really want to give ourselves time to overthink a grand plan, in some ways we are recapturing the gung-ho spirit of when the band started out in 1985! It’s an eclectic mix of stand-out songs that sing for themselves.”


                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                  1. Running Out Of Heartbeats
                                                  2. I'm A God
                                                  3. Numb Numb Numb
                                                  4. Tits & Attitude
                                                  5. Bubblewrap
                                                  6. Naked
                                                  7. B-side Girl
                                                  8. Identity Crisis
                                                  9. The Urban Mountaineer
                                                  10. Wasted

                                                  Kali Malone

                                                  All Life Long

                                                    Kali Malone’s anticipated new album “All Life Long” is a collection of music for pipe organ, choir, and brass quintet composed by Kali Malone, 2020 - 2023. Choral music performed by Macadam Ensemble and conducted by Etienne Ferschaud at Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-L’Immaculée-Conception in Nantes. Brass quintet music performed by Anima Brass at The Bunker Studio in New York City. Organ music performed by Kali Malone and Stephen O’Malley on the historical meantone tempered pipe organs at Église Saint-François in Lausanne, Orgelpark in Amsterdam, and Malmö Konstmuseum in Sweden.

                                                    Kali Malone composes with a rare clarity of vision. Her music is patient and focused, built on a foundation of evolving harmonic cycles that draw out latent emotional resonances. Time is a crucial factor: letting go of expectations of duration and breadth offers a chance to find a space of reflection and contemplation. In her hands, experimental reinterpretations of centuries-old polyphonic compositional methods become portals to new ways of perceiving sound, structure, and introspection. Though awe-inspiring in scope, the most remarkable thing about Malone’s music is the intimacy stirred by the close listening it encourages.

                                                    Malone’s new album All Life Long, created between 2020 - 2023, presents her first compositions for organ since 2019’s breakthrough album The Sacrificial Code alongside interrelated pieces for voice and brass performed by Macadam Ensemble and Anima Brass. Over the course of twelve pieces, harmonic themes and patterns recur, presented in altered forms and for varied instrumentation. They emerge and reemerge like echoes of their former selves, making the familiar uncanny. Propelled by lungs and breath rather than bellows and oscillators, Malone’s compositions for choir and brass take on expressive qualities that complicate the austerity that has defined her work, introducing lyricism and the beauty of human fallibility into music that has been driven by mechanical processes. At the same time, the works for organ, performed by Malone with additional accompaniment by Stephen O’Malley on four different organs dating from the 15th to 17th centuries, underscore the mighty, spectral power that those rigorous operations can achieve.

                                                    All Life Long simmers in an ever-shifting tension between repetition and variation. The pieces for brass, organ, and voice are alternated asymmetrically, providing nearly continuous timbral fluctuation across its 78-minute runtime even as thematic material reiterates. Each composition’s internal framework of fractal pattern permutations has the paradoxical effect of creating anticipated keystone moments of dramatic reverie and lulling the listener into believing in an illusory endlessness. On an even more granular level, the historical meantone tuning systems of each organ used, and the variable intonation of brass and voice, provide further points of emotional excavation within the harmony.

                                                    The titular composition “All Life Long” appears twice on the album, first as an extended canon for organ and again in the final quarter, compactly arranged for voice. In the latter, Malone pairs the music with “The Crying Water” by Arthur Symons, a poem steeped in language of mourning and eternity. For organ, “All Life Long” moves with a patient stateliness, the drama concentrated in moments when shifting tonalities generate and release dissonance and ecstasy. For voice, each word is saturated with feeling, the singers swooping gracefully downward to capture the melancholy of the narrator’s relationship to the timeless tears of the sea. “Passage Through The Spheres,” the album’s opening piece, contains lyrics in Italian pulled from Giorgio Agamban’s essay In Praise of Profanation. In it, Agamban defines profanation as, in part, the act of bringing back to communal, secular use that which has been segregated to the realm of the sacred, a process Malone enacts each time she performs on church organs.

                                                    This is not music of praise, or of spiritual revelation, but it is an artistic enactment of translating the indescribable. It carries the gravity of liturgical chant, and its fixation on the infinite, but draws its weight from the earthly realm of human experience. A music that draws the listener into the present moment where they can discover themselves within the interwoven musical patterns that can come to resemble the passage of days, weeks, years, a lifetime.

                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                    1. Passage Through The Spheres
                                                    2. All Life Long (for Organ)
                                                    3. No Sun To Burn (for Brass)
                                                    4. Prisoned On Watery Shore
                                                    5. Retrograde Canon
                                                    6. Slow Of Faith
                                                    7. Fastened Maze
                                                    8. No Sun To Burn (for Organ)
                                                    9. All Life Long (for Voice)
                                                    10. Moving Forward
                                                    11. Formation Flight
                                                    12. The Unification Of Inner & Outer Life

                                                    Tony King

                                                    The Tastemaker : My Life With The Legends And Geniuses Of Rock Music

                                                      The Tastemaker charts the singular life of a man who has been at the beating heart of music's most iconic moments for over sixty years. Leaving school and starting his career at Decca Records in 1958 at the age of sixteen, Tony King would soon find himself becoming close friends with Elton John, rekindling John Lennon and Yoko Ono's relationship, mediating a quarrelsome Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and spending time with Freddie Mercury in his final days - a far cry from his childhood days in Eastbourne. Living in an era of seismic social, technological and cultural transformation, King experienced these defining moments as a stalwart in London and New York's gay scenes.

                                                      Alongside his heady life in showbusiness, he was witness to the AIDS crisis and its devastating consequences: the death of family, the death of friends and the stultifying weight of responsibility in being called upon to hold things together. At once profound and suffused with Tony King's disarming warmth and unparalleled charisma, The Tastemaker paints an intimate portrait of a music legend and captures the unpredictable world he stamped his indelible mark upon.

                                                      Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers

                                                      Back In Your Life - 2024 Reissue

                                                        Back in Your Life was released in 1979 under the Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers moniker, but only half the album featured the backup band. The other half of the album features Richman as a solo artist. The Modern Lovers were formed by Richman and included Leroy Radcliffe on guitar, Asa Brebner on bass and Denotra 'D' Sharpe on drums. Occasionally, they were joined by Richman's friend and The Real Kids' band leader John Felice.

                                                        DJ Paulette

                                                        Welcome To The Club: The Life And Lessons Of A Black Woman DJ

                                                          In Welcome to the club, Manchester legend DJ Paulette shares the highs, lows and lessons of a thirty-year music career, with help from some famous friends. One of the Haçienda’s first female DJs, Paulette has scaled the heights of the music industry, playing to crowds of thousands all around the world, and descended to the lows of being unceremoniously benched by COVID-19, with no chance of furlough and little support from the government. Here she tells her story, offering a remarkable view of the music industry from a Black woman’s perspective.

                                                          Behind the core values of peace, love, unity and respect, dance music is a world of exclusion, misogyny, racism and classism. But, as Paulette reveals, it is also a space bursting at the seams with powerful women. Part personal account, part call to arms, Welcome to the club exposes the exclusivity of the music industry while seeking to do justice to the often invisible women who keep the beat going.

                                                          It's Immaterial

                                                          Life's Hard Then You Die - 2024 Reissue

                                                            Originally released in 1986, Life Is Hard Then You Die was the debut album from Liverpudlian indie-pop band It's Immaterial - now reissued and repackaged by Last Night From Glasgow.

                                                            Simon Braithwaite of Smash Hits wrote that Life's Hard and Then You Die shows that It's Immaterial "write jolly good pop songs - In fact everything else here is just as inspired and original as their recent hit."

                                                            In a retrospective review, Michael Sutton of All Music wrote, "Musically, the LP is all over the place - new wave country, blues, folk, and synth pop - Somehow the smorgasbord of styles works, because the band members aren't being eclectic just for the sake of it; they simply have a wide canvas, keeping the album fresh from beginning to end."

                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                            Driving Away From Home
                                                            Happy Talk
                                                            Rope
                                                            The Better Idea 
                                                            Space 
                                                            The Sweet Life 
                                                            Festival Time 
                                                            Ed's Funky Diner 
                                                            Hang On Sleepy Town 
                                                            Lullaby

                                                            Aidan Levy

                                                            Saxophone Colossus : The Life And Music Of Sonny Rollins

                                                              **Winner of the American Book Award (2023)**?**Longlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award (2023)**The long-awaited first full biography of legendary jazz saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins has long been considered an enigma. Known as the "Saxophone Colossus," he is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest jazz improvisers of all time, winning Grammys, the Austrian Cross of Honor, Sweden's Polar Music Prize and a National Medal of Arts. A bridge from bebop to the avant-garde, he is a lasting link to the golden age of jazz, pictured in the iconic "Great Day in Harlem" portrait.

                                                              His seven-decade career has been well documented, but the backstage life of the man once called "the only jazz recluse" has gone largely untold-until now. Based on more than 200 interviews with Rollins himself, family members, friends, and collaborators, as well as Rollins' extensive personal archive, Saxophone Colossus is the comprehensive portrait of this legendary saxophonist and composer, civil rights activist and environmentalist. A child of the Harlem Renaissance, Rollins' precocious talent landed him on the bandstand and in the recording studio with Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie, or playing opposite Billie Holiday.

                                                              An icon in his own right, he recorded Tenor Madness, featuring John Coltrane; Way Out West; Freedom Suite, the first civil rights-themed album of the hard bop era; A Night at the Village Vanguard; and the 1956 classic Saxophone Colossus. Yet his meteoric rise to fame was not without its challenges. He served two sentences on Rikers Island and won his battle with heroin addiction.

                                                              In 1959, Rollins took a two-year sabbatical from recording and performing, practicing up to 16 hours a day on the Williamsburg Bridge. In 1968, he left again to study at an ashram in India. He returned to performing from 1971 until his retirement in 2012.? The story of Sonny Rollins-innovative, unpredictable, larger than life-is the story of jazz itself, and Sonny's own narrative is as timeless and timely as the art form he represents.

                                                              Part jazz oral history told in the musicians' own words, part chronicle of one man's quest for social justice and spiritual enlightenment, this is the definitive biography of one of the most enduring and influential artists in jazz and American history.

                                                              Elements of Life brings a full on boogie disco tune with some 80s synth goodness. The backgrounds are provided by an all star cast of singers including Cindy Mizelle, Audrey Wheeler, Anané, Dawn Tallman, and Ramona Dunlap. The song is penned by Nico Vega, just at 19 years old writing lyrics with the soul of a person who’s been through various experiences in life. It is a statement song coming from an adolescent stating where we are in the world today with war, and encouraging all to stop fighting, “no more war”, “Let Us Shine Bright As Day”, “Let Us Find A Peaceful Way”, “Let Me Hear You Say”, these words are crying out to the world.

                                                              Remixes by Josh Milan who feeds us an early 80s vibe, reminding us of the seminal label West End Records. The Louie Vega mixes stay true to the Elements Of Life sound mixed with some Detroit bass groove and synthy overtones. A bonus track also added to the release featuring Axel Tosca on keyboards is entitled “Los Tonos Sagrados” which means ‘The Sacred Tones’. This instrumental has an early afrobeat rhythm with Axel Tosca ripping through with an organ solo and snare hits accenting the drums and groove. Take a listen and enjoy the sounds of “Let Us Shine” and “Los Tonos Sagrados” and it’ll sure to have you with your arms up and eyes closed singing along with the tune in no time!




                                                              STAFF COMMENTS

                                                              Matt says: High glamour, maximum glitz new disco / house music from an all-star cast of musicians and vocalists, including Mr. Louie Vega himself! That good the original needs two mixes backing it up, with bonus track, "Los Tonos Sagrados" equally enticing. Proper music, proper vibes throughout. Regulars to Irfan Rainy's Community club night here in Manchester are gonna dig this.

                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                              A1. Let Us Shine (Josh Milan Honeycomb Mix) 
                                                              A2. Let Us Shine (Honeycomb Remix Instrumental) 
                                                              B1. Let Us Shine (Original Louie Vega Mix) 
                                                              B2. Los Tonos Sagrados Ft. Axel Tosca 

                                                              More, new, authentic disco action from the Space Grapes firm. Round one and its repress sold out in super quick time and I reckon this one will follow suit...

                                                              Intent on bringing the good times back to the dancefloor, GALXTC's "Life Is A Mirror" sees the hustle and bustle of late '70s disco brought kicking and screaming into 2021 via a fat pressing and a high definition mix master. Like classic P&P, Brass Construction and Womack & Womack its driven by the familiar thud and whack of congas before being laced with funky clavs, grasping guitar licks and cranium-twisting keyboard solos. The formular is classic but the nuances and details are fresh and unique! 

                                                              Three version, with a dub and a version to give the working DJ as many options as possible.

                                                              Limited copies - buy now or cry later! 






                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                              Life Is A Mirror
                                                              Life Is A Mirror (Dub)
                                                              Life Is A Mirror (Version)

                                                              Mark Stielper & Johnny Cash

                                                              Johnny Cash: The Life In Lyrics - Super Deluxe Record Store Edition

                                                                DELUXE LIMITED COLLECTOR'S EDITION: Enclosed in a protective slipcase debossed with foil, including several frameable reproductions of rare memorabilia:
                                                                - A never-before-published photograph of Johnny Cash performing at a private event in Knoxville, TN, in April, 1975
                                                                - A reproduction of the Cash coat of arms, hand-drawn and lettered by Cash, with reflections on its meaning
                                                                - A double-sided reproduction of Cash's handwritten lyrics for "Flesh and Blood" with ornamental drawings and a special note to June Carter
                                                                - An access code to listen to never-before-released audio comments by Cash.


                                                                This book marks the first time Johnny Cash's 60 years of songwriting have been collected anywhere. Cash is one of the most beloved and influential country-music stars of all time, having composed more than 600 songs and perhaps best known for blending country, rock, blues, and gospel in his music, ushering in the countrypolitan and Outlaw country movements.

                                                                An essential collectible that sheds new light on Cash's life and work, this oversize and sumptuously designed book includes rare and never-before-seen visual material alongside stories and commentary from Cash's son, John Carter Cash, Mark Stielper, Cash and Carter family historian, and others. Released the year of the twentieth anniversary of the legendary musician's passing, it will be a landmark moment in music publishing.

                                                                This publication marks the first time the Cash Estate will open its archive to help lovers of his music understand his timeless songs in a new light, and to share the stories behind their creation. Public Historian Dr. Brian Dempsey will oversee the visual contributions.

                                                                Mark Stielper & Johnny Cash

                                                                Johnny Cash: The Life In Lyrics

                                                                  This book marks the first time Johnny Cash's 60 years of songwriting have been collected anywhere. Cash is one of the most beloved and influential country-music stars of all time, having composed more than 600 songs and perhaps best known for blending country, rock, blues, and gospel in his music, ushering in the countrypolitan and Outlaw country movements.

                                                                  An essential collectible that sheds new light on Cash's life and work, this oversize and sumptuously designed book includes rare and never-before-seen visual material alongside stories and commentary from Cash's son, John Carter Cash, Mark Stielper, Cash and Carter family historian, and others. Released the year of the twentieth anniversary of the legendary musician's passing, it will be a landmark moment in music publishing.

                                                                  This publication marks the first time the Cash Estate will open its archive to help lovers of his music understand his timeless songs in a new light, and to share the stories behind their creation. Public Historian Dr. Brian Dempsey will oversee the visual contributions.

                                                                  Another retrotastic trip on the waltzers, raves and adult playgrounds of yesteryear as Salford City Records continue to mine that e-soaked period of hedonism from '92 - '97. 

                                                                  Though sounding familiar to that era, this new 12" from DJ Neli is actually a new release from a new producer addicted to the sugar rushed pianos and soaring strings of rave's halcyon times. 

                                                                  In original form "Sweet Life" is a high-nrg blast of fairground house. With nods to handbag in its feel-good vocal and eurodans bass. The Dream Frequency remix is littered with vamping piano lines, deep Juno b-line and strings that put a rocket up your arse. Seriously, if you've not a smile as wide as the warehouse after side A then I fear you may be beyond help.

                                                                  Onto side B and Stu Chapman ramps up the energy levels till we're almost verging on happy hardcore. Hyped up breaks, buzzsaw leads, pitched up vox - it's almost totally bOnKeRs! But defo still nodding to that classic Bowlers / Dreamscape / Maximes tape packs of the mid 90s.

                                                                  Finally, SCR regular DJ Welly concludes the set with an M1-guided, proggy refix that slows down proceedings to a Digweed / Sasha-esque chug, complicates the arrangement with some (dare-I-say-it) more sophisticated elements and smothers the vocal in sfx and reverb.

                                                                  Another winner from the crew! Limited copies...

                                                                  STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                  Martin says: Salford City Records sees out the end of 2023 with a brand new track from resident DJ Neli who, sticking to the remit of the label: revisits the waltzers, raves and adult playgrounds of yesteryear with another e-soaked offering of pianos, strings and overactive handclaps.

                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                  A1. Sweet Life (Dream Frequency Remix)
                                                                  A2. Sweet Life (Original Mix)

                                                                  B1. Sweet Life (Stu Chapman Remix)
                                                                  B2. Sweet Life (Welly's Dark Matter Remix)

                                                                  Nexus

                                                                  The Call, For A New Life

                                                                    Since the early 1980s, the Nexus creature has represented one of the most interesting realities of the Italian jazz scene. Daniele Cavallanti (Aktuala) and Tiziano Tononi (Moon On The Water/D.o.m Alia Orchestra) realize a sensational mix of orchestral praxis and impro-free jazz. The strength lies in the ensemble's variety of timbres, in that precise hybrid of styles reminiscent of the cross-sectional experiences of the 1970s of Zappa, Henry Cow or Charles Mingus. Thus electrifying phrasing, the most hermetic breaks in the plot prevail, which are sublimated, however, in a skillful balance between recognizable themes and more radical instrumental drifts. The choral openings of the woodwinds and the more abstract rhythmic trajectories of Tononi's drums, the abrupt swings of the vibraphone and drums, and the confusing, sparkling inserts of the violin are the dominant features. The drama of the sound also touches more Spiritual-Jazz peaks, evoking the sad story of the slave trade. Noura Tafeche's lysergic cover represents the transatlantic journey and the sincretic history that gave birth to Jazz culture, this drawing takes its cue from the artwork of Mati Klerwein (Miles Davis, Santana).

                                                                    Indeep was the brainchild of New Jersey native Mike Cleveland, who with vocalists Rose Marie Ramsey and Réjane (Reggi) Magloire recorded the original “Last Night a DJ Saved My Life” for the struggling Sound of New York Records in 1982. For the song Cleveland reunited with producer Reggie Thompson (with whom he had worked with on Glass’s “Let Me Feel Your Heartbeat” that same year for West End Records, a track co-produced by legendary DJ Larry Levan.) Becket Records first distributed “Last Night” but within a year was releasing all Indeep’s music under their own imprint, where the group fit in perfectly with that label’s roster of funky New York electro and early hip hop artists. This Unidisc release sees two new remixes by British house DJ George Smeddles, who departs from his trademark ‘90s sound, and the original track’s 808 slow groove, for an intense, faster house beat that puts the Chic-influenced guitar/bass riffs front and center. Also here, from the 1982 12” single, are the original “Acapella” mix with vocals including Cleveland’s rap and the “Sure Shot” vocal mix by house DJ Tony Humphries, who had built a reputation in New York for his KISS FM radio show but broke into the mainstream with this mix, the first of many club hits for this iconic DJ.

                                                                    STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                    Matt says: Indeep and George Smeddles take this disco classic to the terraces with a skippy tech-house refix that'll have you cantering around the living room disco in no time. Seriously, leave your pretentions at the door - this is f-ing MEGOH!

                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                    A1. Smeddles More Ass Mix
                                                                    A2. Smeddles More Dub Mix
                                                                    B1. Original 1982 Version
                                                                    B2. Original 1982 Acapella
                                                                    B3. Smeddles More Deep Mix

                                                                    Brutus

                                                                    Unison Life - 2023 Reissue

                                                                      When times are tough, or you’re feeling worn down, you start longing for a life of total peace. A life where there are no fights, arguments or lies; where there is no such thing as disappointment and your actions have no consequences. Some might call it a “fantasy world”. Genre-jumping Belgian trio Brutus call it the “Unison Life” – a phrase that titles their third studio album. Unison Life is about all the stuff that wears you down in the first place. It’s the ugliness, the pain, and the acts of bravery that get you through it all. Beginning with a portrait of contentment and unravelling from there, the album goes into battle and asks what really counts. In their own words: “Is this Unison Life a hoax? Or a quest?”

                                                                      Since their formation in 2014, Brutus have made a name for themselves with their restless, emotionally raw rock that traverses the landscape of metal, punk, post-hardcore and beyond – often in the same song. The three members first met in their hometown of Leuven, where they cut their teeth playing in different local bands. Their influences are wide and varied. Drummer/vocalist Stefanie Mannaerts – who grew up above a music shop run by her family – is into a variety of genres from post-metal to electronic music. Bassist Peter Mulders is more of a punk guy, while guitarist Stijn Vanhoegaerden is into country and more melodic rock. Their diverse tastes come together through Brutus to create a sound that’s as heavy as it is unexpected, full of beauty and surprises.

                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                      1. Miles Away
                                                                      2. Brave
                                                                      3. Victoria
                                                                      4. What Have We Done
                                                                      5. Dust
                                                                      6. Liar
                                                                      7. Chainlife
                                                                      8. Storm
                                                                      9. Dreamlife
                                                                      10. Desert Rain

                                                                      John Coltrane

                                                                      Lush Life - 2023 Reissue

                                                                        The seminal recordings that make up Lush Life were taped during a transitional period in John Coltrane's musical career. He had first joined the Miles Davis Quintet in 1955 and would form his own celebrated quartet with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones in 1960. In the intervening years, he overcame his narcotics addiction and began to expand on his own musical ideas while experimenting with both the Thelonious Monk Quartet and the Miles Davis Sextet (featuring Bill Evans and Cannonball Adderley). Lush Life was constructed with material from three different sessions, all of which produced additional material issued in other albums. While Side A is in trio format with no piano, Side B features a quintet showcasing Donald Byrd and Red Garland.

                                                                        Contains new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz's writer Brian Morton and by Paris' prestigious Jazz Magazine.

                                                                        "All aspects of Coltrane's conception during this period are well-illustrated on the album: the classic simplicity and haunting loveliness of the Coltrane ballad technique is here. For sheer beauty of approach and execution, his work has rarely been equalled." - ***** Franz Kofsky, DownBeat

                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                        1. Like Someone In Love
                                                                        2. I Love You
                                                                        3. Trane's Slow Blues
                                                                        4. Slowtrane
                                                                        5. Lush Life
                                                                        6. I Hear A Rhapsody
                                                                        7. While My Lady Sleeps

                                                                        Tweedy, Jeff

                                                                        World Within A Song : Music That Changed My Life And Life That Changed My Music

                                                                          What makes us fall in love with a song? What makes us want to write our own songs? Do songs help? Do songs help us live better lives? And do the lives we live help us write better songs? Following publication of Let's Go (So We Can Get Back) and How To Write One Song, both New York Times bestsellers that cemented and expanded his legacy as one of America's best-loved performers and songwriters, Jeff Tweedy is back with another disarming, beautiful, and inspiring book. Featuring over fifty songs that have both changed Jeff's life and influenced his music-including songs by the Velvet Underground, Joni Mitchell, Otis Redding, Dolly Parton, and Billie Eilish-as well as thoughts on Jeff's own songs, World Within a Song asks why do we listen to music, why we love songs, and how music can connect us to each other and to ourselves.

                                                                          Thurston Moore

                                                                          Sonic Life : The New Memoir From The Sonic Youth Founding Member

                                                                            'Were you there? Well this is as close as it gets! Thurston Moore's compelling and spirited account of the streets, the songs, the clothes, the clubs and the contenders! A sensitive and authentic testimony to Moore's life lived through art and music. Beats with the heart of a true artist and mutineer.' Viv Albertine'Downtown scientists rejoice! For Thurston Moore has unearthed the missing links, the sacred texts, the forgotten stories, and the secret maps of the lost golden age. This is history-scuffed, slightly bent, plenty noisy, and indispensable.' Colson WhiteheadA music-obsessed retrospective, beginning with his childhood epiphany of rock 'n' roll in the early 1960s into an infatuation with the subversive world of 1970s punk and no wave blasting forth from New York City - where he eventually runs off to join a band in 1978.

                                                                            By 1981 Moore would form the legendary and notorious experimental rock group Sonic Youth, who proceeded to record and tour relentlessly for almost 30 years, always progressing, always exploring. Along the way we meet a constellation of artists and musicians who colluded and collided with Sonic Youth including Velvet Underground, Stooges, Patti Smith, Television, Sex Pistols, Clash, Nirvana, Hole, Beastie Boys, Neil Young and a cavalcade of other musical visionaries, as well as figures from the art world - Jean Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and Gerhard Richter. Simply put, Thurston Moore and Sonic Youth changed the sound of modern alternative rock music and opened the minds of a generation of artists to new possibilities within the form.

                                                                            This is essential reading. 'I thoroughly enjoyed Thurston Moore's trip down the gauntlet of memory lane, dodging beer bottles and pools of blood as he balances the demands of art and survival. Plus I'm a sucker for anyone who name-checks Saccharine Trust.

                                                                            A raw, rollicking document.' Nell Zink

                                                                            Thurston Moore

                                                                            Sonic Life: A Memoir - SPECIAL EDITION

                                                                              Sonic Life - Limited Edition

                                                                              Edition of 300 copies, 496pp printed 1/1 on 80gsm Munken Premium Cream with 1x8pp colour plate section

                                                                              Fine bound, hardback, numbered edition of Sonic Life, signed by the author, housed in a branded slipcase

                                                                              Unique, signed Polaroid print, taken by Thurston Moore in a portfolio

                                                                              Letterpress print of Sonic Life logo on 330gsm Somerset Radiant White Velvet


                                                                               A study of a life lived in an environment of wild music and endless wonder, Sonic Life is the long-awaited memoir of iconic American musician and Sonic Youth frontman, Thurston Moore.

                                                                              A music-obsessed retrospective, beginning with his childhood epiphany of rock ’n’ roll in the early 1960s into an infatuation with the subversive world of 1970s punk and no wave blasting forth from New York City – where he eventually runs off to join a band in 1978. By 1981 Moore would form the legendary and notorious experimental rock group Sonic Youth, who proceeded to record and tour relentlessly for almost 30 years, always progressing, always exploring.

                                                                              Along the way we meet a constellation of artists and musicians who colluded and collided with Sonic Youth including Velvet Underground, Stooges, Patti Smith, Television, Sex Pistols, Clash, Nirvana, Hole, Beastie Boys, Neil Young and a cavalcade of other musical visionaries, as well as figures from the art world – Jean Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and Gerhard Richter. Simply put, Thurston Moore and Sonic Youth changed the sound of modern alternative rock music and opened the minds of a generation of artists to new possibilities within the form. This is essential reading.

                                                                              Toy Tonics welcome one of the US’ absolute legends in the game on their roster - Kai Alcé! One of the original masters of jazzy house, Kai is a prime example, someone who witnessed the genesis of Detroit’s electronic musical landscape and strives to keep that spirit alive. Being of Haitian descent laid the foundation for his musical ear starting with his childhood in Queens, New York. Some of his earliest musical influences included his mother’s penchant for soca music and the distinct Caribbean rhythms of his culture. An appreciation of jazz would be further guided by his father’s expanding audiophile home system. During the 1970s the kindling of hip-hop and the heyday of disco perked the ear of a young Kai while they were living in NYC. The Big Apple would remain a constant throughout his musical journey as the years went on, but it was the move to Michigan that ultimately shaped his artistic vision.

                                                                              On this 5 track EP Kai once again makes it all feel so easy! Deeply musical, yet also instantly effective on the dancefloor, tracks like "New Life Livin" and "Slide It In" come with an ease that shows why he’s shaped the game for decades.


                                                                              STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                              Matt says: Toy Tonics continues its unrelenting dominance of new disco and deep house with the utter legend that is Kai Alce signing five tracks for the label. Silky smooth with an impeccably constructed palette, these are high end, late night burners that'll transport you to basements, a red light and a feeling!

                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                              A1. Slide It In
                                                                              A2. Space Skat N Dat
                                                                              B1. New Life Livin
                                                                              B2. Rough Sands
                                                                              B3. Strollin Thru Barcelona

                                                                              John Coltrane

                                                                              Lush Life - Craft Jazz Essentials

                                                                                Released in early 1961, Lush Life was assembled from previous unissued tracks from three recording sessions at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey in 1957 and 1958.

                                                                                John Coltrane’s Prestige years began when he joined the Miles Davis Quintet in 1955. During the next few years, when he was either with Davis or the Thelonious Monk Quartet, he functioned as both leader and sideman for this label. These recordings document the first part of his relatively short but highly influential time in the spotlight. Lush Life, a combination of standards and a blues, treated in the unique Coltrane manner - sound wedded to material in a completely personal way - contains three tracks without a piano. This is the first time he recorded in this manner, other than when Monk was 'strolling,' and it offers another aspect from, and of, Trane. 

                                                                                The Black Dog

                                                                                My Brutal Life

                                                                                  My Brutal Life delves into the profound aspects of our artistic endeavours encompassing brutalism, the environment, and humanity. Throughout our ongoing creative journey, we consistently gravitate towards these themes, documenting and exploring the human experience within these environments. Our unwavering fixation on Symmetry, Synchronisation, and Repetition are the driving force in our artistic expression. Moreover, we strive to peel away superficial layers to expose the underlying emotional strata of the human aspect, unearthing the often overlooked beauty within the ordinary. Although frequently disregarded, the human aspect resonates with echoes from the past, enlightening and guiding our artistic process. Even the failures encountered serve as poignant reminders of the delicate structures we construct. My Brutal Life constitutes a pivotal component within an enduring exhibition, meticulously crafted to delve into the aesthetic and human facets of brutalism.

                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                  A1 It´s Not Enough 00:03:16
                                                                                  A2 My Brutal Life 00:03:36
                                                                                  A3 The Mundane 00:04:45
                                                                                  A4 Beyond The Estate Agents Window 00:03:38
                                                                                  A5 Unité D´HabitaIon 00:02:26
                                                                                  A6 Asymmetrical Living 00:03:01
                                                                                  A7 Postcards For Comfort 00:02:36
                                                                                  B1 Hey Serry 00:02:20
                                                                                  B2 Droppingwell Futures 00:04:40
                                                                                  B3 Concrete Slit 00:03:54
                                                                                  B4 Future Townscapes 00:02:40
                                                                                  B5 Minimal ReconstrucIon 00:02:31
                                                                                  B6 Villa Göth Calling 00:04:11
                                                                                  B7 Béton-Brut 00:03:40
                                                                                  B8 Kahn 00:00:51

                                                                                  John

                                                                                  A Life Diagrammatic

                                                                                    With March 2023's 7" ‘Theme New Bond Junior’/‘Hopper On The Dial’ reaching No.1 in the UK Vinyl Single Chart, and April 2023's BBC/KEXP supported ‘Trauma Mosaic’ single announcing a debut fifteen date US/CA Tour for October 2023. JOHN consolidate their reputation as a truly uncompromising force with the announcement of their fourth full length A Life Diagrammatic.

                                                                                    The album – which features collaborations with award-winning actor Simon Pegg, and Barry Adamson (formerly of The Bad Seeds and seminal post-punk act Magazine) – is released via Brace Yourself Records & Pets Care Records, and is the follow-up to 2021’s Nocturnal Manoeuvres LP which crashed the top 75 of the main UK album chart.

                                                                                    “Limitations are key for us,” says drummer and vocalist John Newton. “I never view being a two-piece as a minus - it’s a key idiosyncratic element of what the project is.”

                                                                                    For the last decade, and now over four albums, the duo of Newton and Johnny Healey have constantly redefined and expanded the role, function and parameters of what a guitar and drum two-piece can be. No more so is this apparent than on their latest A Life Diagrammatic, a record that harnesses the punch and intensity of their blistering live shows with the band’s increasingly textural, cinematic and expressive sensibilities. “We knew the direction we wanted to go in after the last record,” Healey says of Nocturnal Manoeuvres. “We had started moving towards soundscapes rather than straight-up noise and four to the floor structure.”

                                                                                    The level of thought, ambition and scope is what makes JOHN such a captivating and genre-defying band, and A Life Diagrammatic such a rich and evocative listening experience. And the album artwork is perhaps a perfect metaphor for the band itself: a surface level glance may only reveal the basic function of an ostensible two-piece rock band but undertake a full service and you’ll discover a wealth of complexity, technicality, skill and function. Or quite simply, as Healey himself says, “we're not just a rock band. There's more to it than that.”

                                                                                    Seth Manchester (Big Brave, Battles, METZ) was brought in to mix the album, with Frank Arkwright (Mogwai, Arab Strap, Squarepusher, Autechre) mastering it at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. The aim being to merge the powerful live presence of the band whilst also honing in on some of the more varied dynamics at play. “We wanted to further explore the space and ambience of our instrumentation,” says Newton. “To offer an album that deliberately pushes and pulls in a multitude of directions throughout its duration.”

                                                                                    STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                    Laura says: On their fourth album John continue to evolve their sound, adding more experimentation to their driving guitar and drums onslaught. As with previous releases, the taut guitar riffs create a tension throughout the album as it sweeps between brooding atmospherics and explosive outbursts, but there’s a more nuanced, cinematic feel this time around. This is typified on “Media Res” which features a strange, slightly unnerving monologue from Simon Pegg - a distorted conversation that you only hear one side of. Typical of the whole album there’s an ambiguity to the narrative that sucks you in and forces you to listen. There’s no snappy sloganeering here, the lyrical depth is integral to the sound as a whole, it’s an album that demands your attention. Still not convinced? Then surely a nod of approval, in the shape of a collaboration on “Riddley Scott Walker”, from the king of cinematic noir, Barry Adamson, should surely seal the deal.

                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                    1. At Peacehaven
                                                                                    2. Media Res
                                                                                    3. Côte D’Adur
                                                                                    4. A Submersible
                                                                                    5. A Whole House
                                                                                    6. Service Stationed
                                                                                    7. Construction Site/Summer_22
                                                                                    8. Trauma Mosaic
                                                                                    9. Riddley Scott Walker
                                                                                    10. The Common Cold

                                                                                    Marina Zispin

                                                                                    Life And Death - The Five Chandeliers Of The Funereal Exorcisms

                                                                                      ‘Love And Death - The Five Chandeliers Of The Funereal Exorcisms’ pulls back the veil unto a nocturnal scene populated by shadows, embers burning coldly in the underworld. Marina Zispin is your guide, siren and protector both. Marina Zispin is the negative space between musicians Bianca Scout and Martyn Reid. Love And Death is the duo’s debut release, five chandeliers of melancholic, vibrant synth pop twinkling in the inky blackness. Both originally hailing from the North East of England and forming a musical partnership before lockdown, Bianca Scout and Martyn Reid initially worked remotely. Having relocated to South London and Newcastle respectively, Marina Zispin was born in earnest after the duo could begin writing and practising in the same space. Bianca Scout is a celebrated musician and dancer with a number of solo and collaborative works in her discographywhile Martyn Reid is a mainstay of the UK noise and power electronics scene, most recently with solo project Depletion. Marina Zispin largely eschews both Scout’s deconstructed approach to song and Reid’s focus on visceral, noise- based productions; the result is a new entity, the underground pop star that exists only in darkened dreams. Marina Zispin, then, is an avatar cajoled, nurtured and directed by Scout and Reid. Analogue electronics redolent of the early 80s Cold Wave and Synth Pop era form the base of the Zispin worldview, with Bianca Scout donning the Marina disguise, embodying the character over five songs of swooning drama, playful melodic interplays and tear-stained, doe-eyed sentiment. Flowers In The Sea opens with an austere 4/4 beat and hypnotic synth parts before Scout/Zispin floats in across the lagoon. Scout’s vocal tone is an instant winner, sweet like honey pouring down over the cold, robotic productions and stereo-panned synth work. We can almost see the petals drift into the horizon before being pulled under by the artist’s sadness. Ski Resort bursts out with a Jacno-inspired bassline and backing that could have been buried in a French disco in 1982 (think Stereo or Linear Movement) before Scout’s narrative details frivolousness and regret before a magical shift for the final coda into major key. Backworth Gold Club closes Side A, a mysterious rigid beat and minor chord synth arpeggios swimming in space, floating and obscure. On Side B, Hymn carries the tone on, church-like synths holding down the pattern for Zispin/Scout to float above in a flowing gown of reverb. The marriage of Reid’s cold musical backbone and Scout’s effortless vocal and co- production is in full flow here, the vocals at times rising to the rafters of this nocturnal place of worship, at other points they’re fuzzy samples cutting in and drifting out or sung with an extreme autotune, abstract and perfect in the moment. Surprise Party is the most straightforward pop bullet, Scout/Zispin’s vocal peering out more from the fog, perhaps revealing more than usual: vulnerability, maybe, the wandering muse of the artists behind the veil or just another layer of mystery behind the enigma? Marina Zispin’s Life & Death - The Five Chandeliers Of The Funereal Exorcisms ends as it began, scintillating in obscurity, leaving everything unanswered but open.

                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                      1. Flowers In The Sea
                                                                                      2. Ski Resort
                                                                                      3. Backworth Golf Club
                                                                                      4. Hymn
                                                                                      5. Surprise Party

                                                                                      Dylan Jones

                                                                                      Loaded : The Life (and Afterlife) Of The Velvet Underground

                                                                                        Dylan Jones' definitive oral history of The Velvet Underground draws on contributions from remaining members, contemporaneous musicians, critics, film-makers, and the generation of artists who emerged in their wake, to celebrate not only their impact but their legacy, which burns brighter than ever into the 21st century. Rebellion always starts somewhere, and in the music world of the transgressive teen whether it be the 1960s of the 2020s, The Velvet Underground represent ground zero. Crystallizing the idea of the bohemian, urban, narcissistic art school gang, around a psychedelic rock and roll band - a stylistic idea that evolved in the rarefied environs of Andy Warhol's Factory - The Velvets were the first major American rock group with a mixed gender line-up; they never smiled in photographs, wore sunglasses indoors, and in the process invented the archetype that would be copied by everyone from Sid Vicious to Bobby Gillespie.

                                                                                        They were avant-garde nihilists, writing about drug abuse, prostitution, paranoia, and sado-masochistic sex at a time when the rest of the world was singing about peace and love. In that sense they invented punk. It could even be argued they invented modern New York.

                                                                                        And then some. Drawing on interviews and material relating to all major players from Lou Reed, John Cale, Mo Tucker, Andy Warhol, Jon Savage, Nico, David Bowie, Mary Harron and many more, award-winning journalist Dylan Jones breaks down the band's whirlwind of subversion and, in a narrative rich in drama and detail, with an irresistible narrative pull, proves why The Velvets remain the original kings and queens of edge.

                                                                                        Supergrass

                                                                                        Life On Other Planets - 2023 Reissue

                                                                                          ‘Life On Other Planets’ is Supergrass’ fourth studio album, which peaked at #9 in the UK charts. (Norway#13, Australia #22, France #44).

                                                                                          Released as 1LP black heavyweight vinyl, 2LP white 12”, green and black 10” vinyl and 3CD with demos and live versions.

                                                                                          This 2023 re-issue has been fully remastered from original sources and includes the hit singles ‘Grace’ (UK #13), ‘Seen the Light’ (UK#22), ‘Never Done Nothing Like That Before’, ‘Rush Hour Soul’.

                                                                                          Gatefold 1LP is a faithful reissue of the original album. The artwork 2LP artwork has brand new white-on-black reverse colours with a 10” bonus disc with live versions. Also included is a 20 page booklet featuring band photos and new sleeve notes by acclaimed BBC Radio DJ Mark Radcliffe.

                                                                                          3CD: Disc 1: remastered album, Disc 2: rare / demo tracks, Disc 3: Live versions. Tracklist compiled by Supergrass.

                                                                                          Lovingly crafted by Supergrass.


                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                          1LP Black & 2LP White 12” Colour Vinyl Tracklists:
                                                                                          2023 ‘Life On Other Planets’ Album Remaster: 

                                                                                          Side 1
                                                                                          1. Za
                                                                                          2. Rush Hour Soul
                                                                                          3. Seen The Light
                                                                                          4. Brecon Beacons
                                                                                          5. Can't Get Up
                                                                                          6. Evening Of The Day
                                                                                          Side 2
                                                                                          1. Never Done Nothing Like That Before
                                                                                          2. Funniest Thing
                                                                                          3. Grace
                                                                                          4. La Song
                                                                                          5. Prophet 15
                                                                                          6. Run
                                                                                          10” Colour Vinyl Tracklists (exclusive To 2LP Release):
                                                                                          Side 1
                                                                                          1. Rush Hour Soul
                                                                                          2. Seen The Light
                                                                                          3. Brecon Beacons
                                                                                          4. Can't Get Up
                                                                                          Side 2
                                                                                          1. Rush Hour Soul (AOL)
                                                                                          2. Seen The Light (XFM)
                                                                                          3. Evening Of The Day (BBC)
                                                                                          4. Can't Get Up (XFM)

                                                                                          3CD Tracklist:
                                                                                          2023 ‘Life On Other Planets’ Album Remaster 

                                                                                          Disc 1:
                                                                                          1. Za
                                                                                          2. Rush Hour Soul
                                                                                          3. Seen The Light
                                                                                          4. Brecon Beacons
                                                                                          5. Can't Get Up
                                                                                          6. Evening Of The Day
                                                                                          7. Never Done Nothing Like That Before
                                                                                          8. Funniest Thing
                                                                                          9. Grace
                                                                                          10. La Song
                                                                                          11. Prophet 15
                                                                                          12. Run
                                                                                          Disc 2:
                                                                                          Extraterrestials

                                                                                          1. Dark Star
                                                                                          2. Za *
                                                                                          3. Rush Hour Soul *
                                                                                          4. Everytime
                                                                                          5. Seen The Light *
                                                                                          6. The Loner
                                                                                          7. I Told The Truth
                                                                                          8. Brecon Beacons *
                                                                                          9. I Can’t Get Up *
                                                                                          10. Evening Of The Day *
                                                                                          11. Funniest Thing *
                                                                                          12. Stink Finger
                                                                                          13. Velvetine
                                                                                          14. Electric Cowboy
                                                                                          15. Tishing In Windows (Kicking Down Doors)
                                                                                          16. That Old Song
                                                                                          17. La Song *
                                                                                          18. Prophet 15 *
                                                                                          19. Tronic
                                                                                          20. Life On Other Planets
                                                                                          * Helioscentric Demo
                                                                                          Disc 3:
                                                                                          Live Forms

                                                                                          1. Za **
                                                                                          2. Rush Hour Soul **
                                                                                          3. Seen The Light **
                                                                                          4. Brecon Beacons **
                                                                                          5. Can’t Get Up ****
                                                                                          6. Evening Of The Day ***
                                                                                          7. Intermission **
                                                                                          8. Never Done Nothing Like That Before **
                                                                                          9. Funniest Thing ***
                                                                                          10. Grace ***
                                                                                          11. La Song ***
                                                                                          12. Prophet 15 *****
                                                                                          13. The Loner **
                                                                                          14. Run **
                                                                                          ** Live At Elysée Montmartre
                                                                                          *** Live At Wembley Arena
                                                                                          **** Live At Heineken Music Hall
                                                                                          ***** Live At V2002

                                                                                          Chip Wickham

                                                                                          Love & Life

                                                                                            “Life is nothing without love. Love is the force that drives our journey in life. Life is love and love is life.”

                                                                                            UK jazz master Chip Wickham follows last year’s brilliant soulful long-player Cloud 10 with a deftly crafted, reflective EP of beautiful spiritual jazz sounds influenced by the soulful sounds of Yusef Lateef. Chip’s music has always drawn from a broad world of influences from hip-hop to Roland Kirk and from classic funk to the classic ‘60s Brit-Jazz sound of Tubby Hayes. But Love & Life finds him foregrounding his wonderful flute playing and producing a perfect fourtracker of reflective, peaceful jazz that elevates and inspires as well as a trademark slice of boppish soul jazz – the jaunty Space Walk.

                                                                                            Elsewhere lead single Love & Life is a joyous jazz waltz with an uplifting, bouncing groove and Slow Down Look Around is introspective and intimate, featuring Chip’s signature flute with a beautiful solo from UK trumpeter Malcolm Strachan. Chip explains that the track presents “a big lesson for us to learn as the world changes around us with such speed. The technology changes but our human needs remain the same: peace, tranquillity and time to think.”


                                                                                            STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                            Barry says: I'm not historically a big Jazz fan, but one of the labels that changed my ideas of what a Jazz record was, was Gondwana. It turns out that while I wasn't super keen on 'mad jazz' (Free) it turns out that I was really quite into 'Chill Jazz' (spiritual), and Chip Wickham's warmly evocative, beautifully paced 'Love & Life' epitomises everything I discovered I like in a jazz record.

                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                            1. Space Walk
                                                                                            2. Love & Life
                                                                                            3. Seven Worlds
                                                                                            4. Slow Down Look Around

                                                                                            Billy Bragg

                                                                                            Life's A Riot With Spy Vs. Spy - 30th Anniversary Edition

                                                                                              As part of The Roaring Forty (1983-2023) celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of Life's A Riot with Spy vs Spy, Cooking Vinyl has repressed the 30th Anniversary Edition of the album on black vinyl. Comprising the original album, plus a live solo version by Billy recorded as a unique encore at his London Union Chapel show on Wednesday 5 June 2013. Life's A Riot (30th Anniversary Edition) features a sleeve based on the original 1983 Barney Bubbles artwork in a vinyl card sleeve with inner sleeve.

                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                              1. The Milkman Of Human Kindness
                                                                                              2. To Have And To Have Not
                                                                                              3. Richard
                                                                                              4. A New England
                                                                                              5. The Man In The Iron Mask
                                                                                              6. The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
                                                                                              7. Lovers Town Revisited
                                                                                              8. Intro (Live)
                                                                                              9. Lovers Town Revisited (Live)
                                                                                              10. To Have And To Have Not (Live)
                                                                                              11. The Busy Girl Buys Beauty (Live)
                                                                                              12. The Man In The Iron Mask (Live)
                                                                                              13. Richard (Live)
                                                                                              14. The Milkman Of Human Kindness (Live)
                                                                                              15. A New England (Live)

                                                                                              Aphex Twin

                                                                                              Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / In A Room7 F60

                                                                                                The first new music from Aphex Twin in five years. A titan of electronica, ambient, acid, and well, leftfield machine music in general; Richard D James has consistently stayed both illusively out of step yet painfully ahead of pack when it comes to trends in electronic music. A producer who's mere name sparks excitement into otherwise reclusive electro-nerds; his across-the-board appeal has united clans in aircraft hangers, muddy fields, pitch back nightclubs and art galleries for nearly three decades and if this new 12" is anything to go by, he's still the vanguard of electronic music and the benchmark against which others are judged. 

                                                                                                "Blackbox Life Recorder 21f" gets us underway with suitably solumn synth parts dancing between rapid fire AFX-patented drums with a dizzying dexterity. Their drizzly mood reflecting the global dismay as we watch the elite plunder the world's resources whilst the rest suffer. As you'd expect James introduces new methods of drum destrucution and programming that sound deliciously fresh and intricate. "Zin2 Test5" sees more dystopian atmospheres propelled by swung, skitty breakbeats and suspended on taut synthlines and static bass plumes. 

                                                                                                "In A Room7 F760" is a masterclass of breakbeat manipulation and contemporary synthesis - perfectly balancing melancholy, tension and drama into an effortless tapestry quite unlike anything else the producer has previously constructed. Finally, "Blackbox Life Recorder 22 [Parallax Mix]" is a moody, almost-club track with possibly the straightest arrangement out of the four. Drifting atmospheres, space-age strings and rounded bass punctuated skillfully by a vintage electro drum palette. Delicate, poised, beautifully composed - like a classic oil painting. He's not lost any of the allure and charm; another beauty from the Cornish acid king! 

                                                                                                STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                Matt says: Dressed in a suitably modernist jacket; the new 12" by Aphex Twin doesn't disappoint. Poignantly melancholic and hi-tech; Richard D James uses machines to perfectly convey the emotion of our tense, uncertain, semi-artificial lives better than any organic / human source available.

                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                1. Blackbox Life Recorder 21f
                                                                                                2. Zin2 Test5
                                                                                                3. In A Room7 F760
                                                                                                4. Blackbox Life Recorder 22 [Parallax Mix]

                                                                                                Chris Blackwell

                                                                                                The Islander : My Life In Music And Beyond

                                                                                                  'An adventurer, an entrepreneur, a buccaneer, a visionary' - BONOAs the founder of Island Records, fabled music producer Chris Blackwell has discovered and worked with some of the most important musicians of the second half of the twentieth century - from Steve Winwood to Cat Stevens, Bob Marley to Grace Jones, U2 to Roxy Music, plus countless others. He is also widely credited with having brought reggae music to the world stage. Now, as reflects on his life, Blackwell takes us back to the island where it all began: Jamaica - the place where his family once partied with the likes of Noel Coward, Ian Fleming and Errol Flynn and where, as Jamaican local music began to adopt contemporary American trends, Blackwell's burgeoning musical instincts flourished.

                                                                                                  It was also the birthplace of the now-legendary Island Records, founded by Blackwell in 1959. Five years later, while living in London selling Jamaican records to Caribbean immigrants, Blackwell came across the vocal talents of teenager Millie Small, who he paired with the song 'My Boy Lollipop'. The producer added a ska beat and released what would be a worldwide hit.

                                                                                                  But this was just the beginning of a truly remarkable career. In this fascinating memoir, including up to fifty photos supplied by Blackwell's team, the music icon will discuss the many artists he's worked with over the years, as well as unpicking the initiatives, decisions and risks that ultimately brought such success to both Blackwell and his esteemed musical collaborators.

                                                                                                  Mike Cooper

                                                                                                  Life And Death In Paradise + Milan Live Acoustic 2018

                                                                                                    RIYL: Derek Bailey, David Bowie, Tim Buckley, John Cale, Michael Chapman, Lol Coxhill, Davey Graham, Steve Gunn, Van Morrison, Louis Moholo, Mike Osborne, Lou Reed, Sonny Sharrock & Television.

                                                                                                    Mike Cooper wrote his final songwriter record, a suite of gloaming glam-rock anthems performed with a spiritual jazz trio, while living on the Costa Tropical of Granada, Spain, an era when he was considering retiring from music altogether. A chance encounter and a last-ditch record deal convinced him to make one last album, which he recorded in 1974 at Pathway Studios in London, with “The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World,” featuring the inventive South African jazz rhythm section of Louis Moholo and Harry Miller with UK saxophonist Mike Osborne.

                                                                                                    This first-ever reissue includes a bonus CD of Milan Live Acoustic 2018, a previously unreleased solo set that represents Cooper’s return, after forty-four years pursuing free improvisation and electronics, to a new, deconstructed approach to singing, steel guitar, and songcraft.

                                                                                                    The deluxe LP+CD edition also features a six-panel insert with additional artwork and an essay by the artist about both records. The deluxe 2xCD gatefold edition features an eight-panel version of the same insert.

                                                                                                    In the wake of his magisterial triptych of early 1970s avant-folk-rock records Trout Steel (1970), Places I Know (1971), and The Machine Gun Co. (1972) the British songwriter, guitarist, and fledgling improviser Mike Cooper retreated to the Costa Tropical of Granada, Spain. With no prospects for touring or recording again, his fiery band the Machine Gun Co. had disintegrated. Cooper sets the scene in his liner notes of the first-ever reissue of his unjustly forgotten next album Life and Death in Paradise (1974): No one came running with offers of fame and riches, and we fell apart, and I left the country and headed for the beach, disillusioned and a bit disorientated musically. I went to Almuñécar in Andalusia, a place I had been going since 1969, because a painter friend from Reading, Rowland Fade who made the collage in the gatefold of my earlier album Trout Steel had moved there in 1968.

                                                                                                    It was in this synthetic coastal “paradise,” unmoored and adrift, considering retiring from music altogether, that he began tentatively writing new songs. A chance encounter with producer Tony Hall, who offered Cooper a last-ditch record deal on Hall’s nascent Fresh Air label, convinced him to make one last album with the stipulation that he could assemble what he called “The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World.” I told Tony that I would do it if I could hire some of my South African jazz musician friends that I had used on my Pye/Dawn albums and some friends from Reading that I still knew and admired. I called up Harry Miller, Louis Moholo, and Mike Osborne, who were in fact a trio at the time … and several local Reading heroes, including the singer-songwriter Terry Clarke. The result, recorded live with minimal overdubbing at Pathway Studios in London, was Life and Death in Paradise, an utterly singular suite of gloaming glam-rock anthems performed with a spiritual jazz trio comprising the inventive South African jazz rhythm section of Moholo and Miller with UK saxophonist Osborne. Unlike anything else in Cooper’s extensive catalog. Fresh Air fizzled, and Life and Death became Cooper’s final record as a songwriter, having pushed the form as far as he could.

                                                                                                    Drifting north from Spain back to the UK, he fell into the scene of the London Musicians Collective (LMC) including Paul Burwell, David Toop, and saxophonist Lol Coxhill, Cooper’s bandmate in the Recedents and fully embraced free improvisation. He was still, however, interested in singing and lyrics, so, influenced by Tom Phillips, William Burroughs, and Brion Gysin, he began experimenting with text collage and cut-up techniques, arriving at his own hybrid compositional strategy for improvisatory songs. The previously unreleased solo set Milan Live Acoustic 2018 represents Cooper’s return, after more than four decades pursuing free improvisation and electronics, to a new, deconstructed approach to singing, lap steel guitar, and songcraft. Presented here together with Life and Death in Paradise, the two records provide fascinating bookends to Mike Cooper’s long, mercurial, and pioneering practice as a songmaker.

                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                    Life And Death In Paradise:
                                                                                                    A1. Rocket Summer
                                                                                                    A2. Black Night Crash (including “Horry Rocker Show”)
                                                                                                    A3. O.M.M. Coda
                                                                                                    B1. Suicide De Luxe (including “Rock And Roll Hi Way”)
                                                                                                    B2. Life And Death In Paradise (including “Through A Veil,” “Beads On A String,” And “Reprise”)
                                                                                                    B3. Critical Incidents

                                                                                                    Milan Live Acoustic 2018:
                                                                                                    1. Migrants Song
                                                                                                    2. Approaching Zero
                                                                                                    3. Industrial Hazard
                                                                                                    4. In Moments Of Reverie
                                                                                                    5. Peach Trees
                                                                                                    6. Sage And Thyme
                                                                                                    7. Lord Franklin

                                                                                                    Anna Of The North

                                                                                                    Crazy Life - 2023 Reissue

                                                                                                      This expanded edition of the third album by Anna of the North includes 3 new tracks, ‘Swirl’, ‘Try My Best’, and ‘Ridin’ which do not feature on the original digital album. Also includes the singles ‘Meteorite’ feat. Gus Dapperton, and ‘I Do You’.

                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                      SIDE A
                                                                                                      1. Bird Sing
                                                                                                      2. I Do You
                                                                                                      3. Nobody
                                                                                                      4. Listen
                                                                                                      5. Living Life Right
                                                                                                      6. Red Light
                                                                                                      7. No Good Without U

                                                                                                      SIDE B
                                                                                                      1. Dandelion
                                                                                                      2. Meteorite
                                                                                                      3. 60 Seconds
                                                                                                      4. Let Go
                                                                                                      5. Swirl
                                                                                                      6. Ridin
                                                                                                      7. Try My Best

                                                                                                      Militarie Gun

                                                                                                      Life Under The Gun

                                                                                                        The NME say “The latest and greatest band to emerge from the West Coast’s consistently-brilliant hardcore scene...Get in nice and early before it gets silly for this band.” Now Militarie Gun unleash their debut full-length, Life Under The Gun, an album almost impossible to describe without bouncing between contradictions. Is it abnormally aggressive pop music or is it unusually catchy hardcore? Is it deeply intellectual or is it satisfyingly primal? Is it a vulnerable attempt to unpack lifelong cycles of hurt, or is it a collection of world-beating, absurdist punk anthems? In the end, the answer is obvious: it’s all of it. It’s Militarie Gun. For fans of Idles, Turnstile, Cubby & The Gang, Bad Nerves, PUP, Drug Church, Zulu.

                                                                                                        Richard Morton Jack

                                                                                                        Nick Drake: The Life

                                                                                                          'This is the book we've been waiting for . . .

                                                                                                          It is a biography to be treasured' Joe Boyd'The Drake completist could ask for nothing else' Telegraph'Illuminating. The definitive word on Drake' ObserverIn 1968 Nick Drake had everything to live for. The product of a loving, creative family and a privileged background, he was not only a handsome and popular Cambridge undergraduate, but also a new signing to the UK's hippest record label, Island.

                                                                                                          Three years later, however - having made three well-reviewed but low-selling albums - Nick had been overwhelmed by a mysterious mental illness. He returned to live in his family home in rural Warwickshire in 1971, and died in obscurity in 1974, aged just 26. In the decades since, Nick has become the subject of ever-growing fascination and speculation.

                                                                                                          Combined sales of his records now stand in the millions, his songs are frequently heard on TV and in films, and he has become one of the most widely known and admired singer-songwriters of his generation. Nick Drake: The Life is the only biography of Nick to be written with the blessing and involvement of his sister and Estate. Drawing on copious original research and new interviews with his family, friends and musical collaborators, as well as deeply personal archive material unavailable to previous writers - including his father's diaries, his essays and private correspondence - this is the most comprehensive and authoritative account possible of Nick's short and enigmatic life.

                                                                                                          Includes a foreword by Gabrielle Drake and over 75 photos, many rare or previously unseen.

                                                                                                          Fred Again...

                                                                                                          Actual Life 3: January 1 - September 9 2022

                                                                                                            Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022) is the third in his series of Actual Life albums, which saw Fred again.. resume his diary-esque approach to production using intimate use of voice notes from friends, videos found whilst scrolling on Instagram and samples from important records in his life.

                                                                                                            It was an autobiographical chapter of work that pushed forward the heritage of UK electronic music while standing as testament to the power of music in facilitating catharsis, healing and celebrating the realities of friendship, love and life.

                                                                                                            Fred Again...

                                                                                                            Actual Life 2 (February 2 - October 15 2021)

                                                                                                              Fred again.. releases a repress of his critically-acclaimed album Actual Life 2 (February 2 -October 15 2021) after popular demand. As the title suggests, the album offers an insight into an 8 month period of Fred’s life, stitching together vocal clips and found sounds to create a deeply autobiographical follow-up to his breakthrough record Actual Life (April 14 -December 17 2020). The repress remains on a clear vinyl, but this time round the vinyl comes in a black inner bag.

                                                                                                              Actual Life 2 (February 2 - October 15 2021) features his hit singles Billie (loving arms), Hannah (the sun) and Faisal (envelops me). With this body of work, we’re offered a snapshot of an artist dealing with the many complexities of grief-exploring how confiding in close friends and family have helped him heal wounds, but also acknowledging how that grief is indelibly etched into his subconscious.

                                                                                                              Come

                                                                                                              Near Life Experience - 2023 Reissue

                                                                                                                Originally released in 1996, Come’s third album ‘Near Life Experience’ was the sound of a band heading into new territory, refining their dense mix of hypnotic noise-rock, blues and rock’n’roll song-writing. Lovingly remastered, this new version features three incredible bonus tracks ‘Prize’, ‘Strike’, ‘Hurricane II’ stemming from the same era, additional liner notes and photographs.

                                                                                                                After Come's seminal 1994 release ‘Don't Ask Don't Tell’, bassist Sean O'Brien and drummer Arthur Johnson left the band to pursue other careers. Remaining members Chris Brokaw and Thalia Zedek recorded Near Life Experience with two different rhythm sections: one half of the album was recorded with drummer Mac McNeilly of the Jesus Lizard and Bundy K. Brown of Tortoise and Gastr Del Sol, the other half recorded with Kevin Coultas and Tara Jane O'Neil of Rodan and The Sonora Pine. Other contributors to the album included Edward Yazijian from Kustomized and Jeff Goddard from Karate, both rock bands hailing from Boston, MA.

                                                                                                                The title of the album resulted from "a slip of the tongue, as Zedek states, she "was telling someone [she had] had a 'near life experience,' but meant to say near death experience. Chris [Brokaw] was cracking up at the imagery of that. Thus, the phrase was chosen as the album's title.
                                                                                                                "Near-Life Experience is heavier, and at the same time prettier, than Come has ever sounded." CMJ New Music Monthly.

                                                                                                                “Come is a re-energized, even more powerful band than they used to be, and Near Life Experience is their most concise and affecting release yet.” All Music.

                                                                                                                Zedek and Brokaw might have compensated the loss of band members by recruiting new blood but the reward was huge, ‘Near Life Experience’ is Come’s most cinematic, diverse and accessible album.

                                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                Side One
                                                                                                                A1 Hurricane
                                                                                                                A2 Weak As The Moon
                                                                                                                A3 Secret Number
                                                                                                                A4 Bitten
                                                                                                                A5 Shoot Me First
                                                                                                                Side Two
                                                                                                                B1 Walk On's
                                                                                                                B2 Half Life
                                                                                                                B3 Sloe-Eyed
                                                                                                                B4 Prize
                                                                                                                B5 Strike
                                                                                                                B6 Hurricane II

                                                                                                                Lost Under Heaven

                                                                                                                Something Is Announced By Your Life!

                                                                                                                  Lost Under Heaven is the creative collaboration between Dutch Artist Ebony Hoorn & Ellery James Roberts, a poet songwriter and former front man of the infamous WU LYF. Described as “Fearless, Life-Affirming & without Compromise” the project fuses spirit-stirring songwriting, cinematic production and visceral storytelling to explore the evolutionary journey of soul making.

                                                                                                                  Across two boldly maximalist albums – the Mute-released Spiritual Songs For Lovers To Sing and follow-up Love Hates What You Become – Hoorn/Roberts partnership has seen them work with Grammy winning producer’s John Congleton (Angel Olson, St Vincent) and the Haxan Cloak (Bjork, Father John Misty, Midsommar Soundtrack) whilst pushing at the cathartic precipice of their own emotions.

                                                                                                                  Back with their prescient third album, Something Is Announced By Your Life! , this time on their own independent imprint LUH*international, the couple’s drive is still unrelenting; their sonic world is a phantasmagoria of triumphant crescendos, soaring strings and anthemic vocals that call out to the heavens. 

                                                                                                                  STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                  Liam says: New one from ex-WU LYF frontman Ellery James Roberts and Ebony Hoorn, 'Something Is Announced By Your Life!' is the spiritual tonic we need right now. Full of anthemic and grand orchestral vistas, Lost Under Heaven's life-affirming and cinematic scope also delves into desert-psych (Dark Days) and rousing post-rock (Get Spooky) - essential listening!!!

                                                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                  1. I Surrender
                                                                                                                  2. Shadowboxing
                                                                                                                  3. Dark Days
                                                                                                                  4. Winters Truth
                                                                                                                  5. The Return
                                                                                                                  6. Lullaby For A New Earth
                                                                                                                  7. Towards The One
                                                                                                                  8. Keepers Of The Flame
                                                                                                                  9. Get Spooky

                                                                                                                  Four years after wowing listeners with his surprise debut album, All One, Ferdi Schuster is back with a similarly inspired sequel. Taking his distinctive, freewheeling approach to its predecessor, Playing Life offers a set of inspired instrumentals full of soft-focus grooves, alluring musical motifs, subtle mood shifts and plenty of intricate musical details. In fact, such is the layered nature of the productions, you’ll still be noticing new things on your fifth or sixth listen.

                                                                                                                  Those who know Schuster’s story and previous work for Claremont 56 won’t be at all surprised. Arguably the label’s best-kept secret, Schuster ended up on Paul ‘Mudd’ Murphy’s label in 2017 after speculatively submitting a demo. Murphy was blown away by the quality of the publicity-shy multi-instrumentalist’s work and asked him to work on an album; two years later, All One appeared in stores and the rest, as they say, is history.

                                                                                                                  Just as he did on his celebrated debut album, Schuster played every instrument, note, chord and riff on Playing Life, arranging and producing the whole thing at different points between 2020 and 2023. The results are undeniably spellbinding, with the talented artist arguably delivering an even more assured, attractive and entertaining set.

                                                                                                                  For proof, check opener ‘Dream Quality’, a sumptuous affair in which immersive pads, jazzy guitars, twinkling keys and smooth bass rise above a dubby, minimalistic beat, the steel pan-infused gentle jog towards the dancefloor that is ‘A Step Further’, and the Balearic ambient jazz masterpiece that is ‘Due’. Or, for that matter, the lapping waves and deep, dubbed-out grooves of ‘Playing Life’, and the starry magnificence of ‘Light Minded’, where Ferdi offers a few nods to the great Pat Metheny over twinkling synths and sparse, spaced-out beat.

                                                                                                                  Everywhere you look across the album, you’ll find a softly spun, exquisitely executed highlight. There’s ‘Moving Forms’, whose instinctive beat pattern and sun-bright jazz guitars enrich the soul, the marimba-sporting sunset wonder of ‘Universal Dance’, the chunky dub disco shuffle of ‘Pulsing’ and the awe-inspiring brilliance of ‘Vastness’, a suitably star-gazing, effects-laden excursion that provides a fittingly impressive conclusion to an album dripping with emotion-rich sonic gold. 

                                                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                  A1. Dream Quality
                                                                                                                  A2. A Step Further
                                                                                                                  A3. Playing Life
                                                                                                                  B1. Due
                                                                                                                  B2. The Fuzz Version
                                                                                                                  B3. Osho Again
                                                                                                                  C1. Light Minded
                                                                                                                  C2. Moving Forms
                                                                                                                  C3. Gentle Man
                                                                                                                  C4. Universal Dance
                                                                                                                  D1. Pulsing
                                                                                                                  D2. Lungern
                                                                                                                  D3. Vastness

                                                                                                                  Nas

                                                                                                                  Life Is Like A Dice Game

                                                                                                                    A legendary fan favorite Illmatic era demo, gets revisited and completed nearly 3 decades later! Available on vinyl for the first time.

                                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                    1. Life Is Like A Dice Game (Vocal Version Ft Cordae & Freddie Gibbs)
                                                                                                                    2. Life Is Like A Dice Game (Instrumental Version, Prod By Hit-Boy)

                                                                                                                    The Dreamliners

                                                                                                                    Just Me And You / Best Things In Life

                                                                                                                      Southside sweethearts the Dreamliners first came into the scene as the Royaltones in 1961 when they were students at South San High School in San Antonio, TX. In 1963, label head Abie Epstein signed them to his Cobra & Jox labels, producing four singles. On the way to a studio session, Ana (Ana) Wilburn coined ‘The Best Things In Life’ on the dashboard of her car. Out popped a playful Farfisa and harmony-driven tune reminiscent of the Crystals or Ronettes. Ana also wrote and sang lead on the haunting ballad ‘Just Me and You’. A song about longing and adolescent heartache that’s perfect for any postbreakup session.

                                                                                                                      Suicide

                                                                                                                      A Way Of Life - 2023 Reissue

                                                                                                                        “If there's one thing A Way of Life drives home more than any other, it's that Suicide never stopped being ahead of their time” Pitchfork.

                                                                                                                        Celebrating its 35th anniversary, Mute / BMG announce a special edition of A WAY OF LIFE, the third studio album by influential electronic-punk duo SUICIDE, to be released on 26th May.

                                                                                                                        Although the band barely received any credit during their career, Suicide are cited as one of the most inspirational bands of the 1970s, influencing the likes Soft Cell, Depeche Mode and The Jesus And Mary Chain, whilst garnering fans in Nick Cave, Jim Thirlwell, M.I.A., Spiritualized, Lydia Lunch, Bobby Gillespie and Savages to name a few.

                                                                                                                        Originally released in 1988, more than a decade after their iconic self-titled album, A Way of Life saw Alan Vega & Martin Rev once again team up with The Cars’ frontman Ric Ocasek to produce “nine creepily ingratiated industrial pop songs” (Pitchfork). This anniversary edition is available on Limited Edition Trans Blue Vinyl, CD as well as Digital and sees the album fully remastered by Denis Blackham (Skye Mastering). Featured on each format are bonus tracks ‘Heat Beat’ and a newly unearthed live cover of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born in the USA’. Three other previously unreleased recordings are featured exclusively on the CD & Digital versions.


                                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                        A1. Wild In Blue (88' Version - 2023 Remaster)
                                                                                                                        A2. Surrender (88' Version - 2023 Remaster)
                                                                                                                        A3. Jukebox Baby 96 (88' Version - 2023 Remaster)
                                                                                                                        A4. Rain Of Ruin (88' Version - 2023 Remaster)
                                                                                                                        A5. Sufferin' In Vain (88' Version - 2023 Remaster)
                                                                                                                        B1. Dominic Christ (88' Version - 2023 Remaster)
                                                                                                                        B2. Love So Lovely (88' Version - 2023 Remaster)
                                                                                                                        B3. Devastation (88' Version - 2023 Remaster)
                                                                                                                        B4. Heat Beat (88' Version - 2023 Remaster)
                                                                                                                        B5. Born In The USA (Single Edit - Live In Paris 1988)*
                                                                                                                        Previously Unreleased*

                                                                                                                        The Heavy Heavy

                                                                                                                        Life And Life Only

                                                                                                                          Led by the freewheeling vision of Will Turner and Georgie Fuller, The Heavy Heavy “write and play music with that lick of madness that makes early Fleetwood Mac and peak Stones so thrilling” (The Guardian), blending Turner's roots as a studio musician with Fuller's operatic, irresistibly raspy vocal range and background in the London theater.

                                                                                                                          This expanded edition of their debut EP ‘Life and Life Only’ features runaway hits like the Top 5 AAA radio-charting “Miles and Miles,” current Top 15 breakout “Go Down River,” and rapturous opener “All My Dreams” in addition to hypnotic, harmony-laden takes on Father John Misty’s “Real Love Baby,” Crosby, Stills & Nash’s “Guinnevere” and a previously unheard rendition of Jonathan Wilson’s “Desert Raven,” plus a roaring live recording of “Man of The Hills” and an acoustic arrangement of “Go Down River.”

                                                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                          1. All My Dreams
                                                                                                                          2. Go Down River
                                                                                                                          3. Man Of The Hills
                                                                                                                          4. Miles And Miles
                                                                                                                          5. Sleeping On Grassy Ground
                                                                                                                          6. Why Don’t You Call
                                                                                                                          7. Desert Raven
                                                                                                                          8. Man Of The Hills (Live)
                                                                                                                          9. Real Love Baby
                                                                                                                          10. Guinnevere
                                                                                                                          11. Go Down River (Acoustic)

                                                                                                                          Fred Again.. & Brian Eno

                                                                                                                          Secret Life

                                                                                                                            Ambient demigod Brian Eno and modern bass & Boiler Room poster boy Fred Again team up for a rather unexpected curve ball. It seems that Brian has taken the lead on "Secret Life", forcing the young upstart to ditch his rampant, ADHD-fueled finger drumming and inferno-causing bass-garage-house hybrids for an exercise in what his next door neighbour (true story), and mentor, specializes at - the most serene ambient music around.

                                                                                                                            It's a delicate, spacious listen; with Eno's famous use of reductive techniques allowing the most precious of elements all the room they need to sparkle - like a tiny Faberge Egg presented in a vast, grandiose, but pin-drop silent gallery. The use of silence given plenty of reverence. There's smeared vocal and string manipulations that reverberate from almost heavenly realms, and in parts, it's like the antithesis to Burials recent dystopian ambient project "Antidawn" - exploring the more optimistic territories of the Skyrim metaverse in a non-linear structure which suspends time and allows you to drift in and out of its liminal reality.

                                                                                                                            It'll sit comfortably by your side on a rain soaked day languidly pottering around the home, or set the perfect atmosphere for your next art show installation; or even serenade your new born into a dreamlike slumber. I can't help feeling its one of those albums that'll be really affected by the environment in which it is aired. Like much of Eno's work, it's a subtle listen that I'm convinced will reward the deeper and more attentive listeners.

                                                                                                                            Produced by Brian Eno and Fred Gibson (aka Fred Again) 4th April 2020 - 23rd December 2022


                                                                                                                            STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                            Barry says: Everyone loves a bit of Eno, right? This collaboration sees Fred Again's chopped-up synthpop / alt r&b hybrid given the Eno treatment and sloooowed into a beautiful, restorative slice of stargazing ambient. A great collaborative endeavour, with more than a little classic Eno.

                                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                            Side 1
                                                                                                                            01 I Saw You
                                                                                                                            02 Secret
                                                                                                                            03 Radio
                                                                                                                            04 Follow
                                                                                                                            05 Enough
                                                                                                                            06 Pause
                                                                                                                            Side 2
                                                                                                                            01 Safety
                                                                                                                            02 Cmon
                                                                                                                            03 Trying
                                                                                                                            04 Chest
                                                                                                                            05 Come On Home

                                                                                                                            "A Life of Its Own" is a soul and R&B album, that might just become as timeless as a Bill Withers' LP. The first single "Love Ain't The Same" enjoyed success, winning the "Song of the Year" at the Estonian Music Awards in '22. Straight to B-rotation on Jazz.fm, "No Greater Love" was released secondly. Rita Ray's sophmore album blends orchestral strings arranged by Miss Ray herself. Add a touch of Rhodes, Clavinet and a vintage sound that's authentic yet contemporary. The production duties were taken on by Future Classics. "A Life of Its Own" will be out on CD, vinyl and digitally via Funk Embassy Records.

                                                                                                                            Since her début "Old Love Will Rust" in 2019, Rita Ray has enjoyed a steady rise on the contemporary soul scene. Her songwriting, voice and grand productions in studio as well as live setting are a thing of beauty. While spurring comparisons to the likes of Aretha Franklin, Bill Withers and Duffy, one can safely say she's found her unique aesthetic. The small-town damsel's got a way to make you go through joy and pain. It was recognized by the Estonian Jazz Awards, handing over the "Young Jazz Talent of the Year" accolade to Rita in 2021. The crown jewel of Estonian R&B and soul, with her first-class band, is guaranteed to provide a journey on tape or before a crowd.

                                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                            1. Love Ain't The Same
                                                                                                                            2. No Greater Love
                                                                                                                            3. So Sweet
                                                                                                                            4. Ms. Steal-Your-Man, Pt. 1
                                                                                                                            5. Ms. Steal-Your-Man, Pt. 2
                                                                                                                            6. Sing It With Love
                                                                                                                            7. Needless To Say
                                                                                                                            8. Please Wait For Me

                                                                                                                            Neil Gaiman & FourPlay String Quartet

                                                                                                                            Signs Of Life

                                                                                                                              Since selling out the Concert Hall at the Sydney Opera House in 2010, Neil Gaiman and Four Play String Quartet have been firm friends and collaborators. They have toured the world together, released a New York Times best-selling book & record together, sold out Carnegie Hall together and most importantly, recorded a new album together, Signs of Life. Reflecting the fact that Gaiman and FourPlay have each, always refused to be pigeon-holed in their creativity - together, they have created something remarkable and unique.

                                                                                                                              Signs of Life is a gorgeous, ground-breaking and genre-bending collaboration between an iconic author and a unique musical ensemble. Part songwriting, part poetry, part story-telling; allencompassing, all-engaging, all beautiful.

                                                                                                                              TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                              SIDE A
                                                                                                                              1. Clock
                                                                                                                              2. Möbius Strip
                                                                                                                              3. Bloody Sunrise
                                                                                                                              4. The Wreckers
                                                                                                                              5. Song Of The Song
                                                                                                                              6. Credo
                                                                                                                              SIDE B
                                                                                                                              7. Neverwhere
                                                                                                                              8. Poeb First Read On January 26th, 2011 At The
                                                                                                                              Sydney Opera House
                                                                                                                              9. The Problem With Saints
                                                                                                                              10. In Transit
                                                                                                                              11. Sings Of Life
                                                                                                                              12. Oceanic (CD ONLY)

                                                                                                                              Pulp

                                                                                                                              We Love Life - 2016 Reissue

                                                                                                                                Fantastic dark pop songs, like only they can come up with! Produced by Scott Walker.

                                                                                                                                Marianne Faithfull

                                                                                                                                A Secret Life (RSD23 EDITION)

                                                                                                                                  THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2023 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON SATURDAY APRIL 22ND ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.



                                                                                                                                  IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8PM ON MONDAY APRIL 24TH).




                                                                                                                                  First global vinyl pressing for Marianne Faithfull’s final album for Island records. 1995’s ‘A Secret Life’ received its only vinyl issue in Greece, and copies are hard to come by with collectors now expected to pay anywhere between £50 and £200 for a copy.



                                                                                                                                  The album was a new direction for Marianne and was written with the Italian composer Angelo Badalamenti, known for his atmospheric scores to David Lynch’s films. The result successfully marries his multi-layered orchestral production style with Marianne’s trademark voice and poetic lyrics to create a wholly original and timeless album.



                                                                                                                                  Marianne’s other 90's albums ‘20th Century Blues’ and ‘Vagabond Ways’ have recently appeared on vinyl, so this could join the dots for collectors.



                                                                                                                                  • Album never pressed on vinyl outside of Greece

                                                                                                                                  • Greek second hand copies sell for between £50-£100

                                                                                                                                  • One of Marianne's most original collaborations essentially available on vinyl for the first time.



                                                                                                                                  TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                  Side A)
                                                                                                                                  1. Prologue
                                                                                                                                  2. Sleep
                                                                                                                                  3. Love In The Afternoon
                                                                                                                                  4. Flaming September
                                                                                                                                  5. She
                                                                                                                                  Side B)
                                                                                                                                  1. Bored By Dreams
                                                                                                                                  2. Losing
                                                                                                                                  3. The Wedding
                                                                                                                                  4. The Stars Line Up
                                                                                                                                  5. Epilogue
                                                                                                                                  6. You're Not In London Anymore

                                                                                                                                  Lacuna Coil

                                                                                                                                  Shallow Life (RSD23 EDITION)

                                                                                                                                    THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2023 EXCLUSIVE, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

                                                                                                                                    Released on limited vinyl in 2009 but sold out for years, Svart Records brings out an offiicial reissue wrapped in a gatefold jacket and pressed on clear vinyl, limited to 1500 copies in Europe only.

                                                                                                                                    FACS

                                                                                                                                    Still Life In Decay

                                                                                                                                      RIYL: Unwound, MBV, The Jesus Lizard, SUUNS, METZ, The Dead C, Echo & The Bunnymen, Liars, This Heat, PIL. Everything eventually turns to dust. Everyone knows this, but few want to acknowledge that our time on this mortal coil is fleeting, preferring to remain in stasis, in hopes that "the end" will pass them by. Chicago trio FACS (guitarist Brian Case, bassist Alianna Kalaba & drummer Noah Leger) have been perfecting their brand of intense, cathartic post-punk over the course of four ever-evolving albums, beginning with 2017's "Negative Houses" thru 2021's landmark "Present Tense", which saw the trio dig deep into the gaping maw of a black hole & pulling back whatever debris they could grasp onto.

                                                                                                                                      Their newest "Still Life In Decay" comes as an addendum to the last album - a "post-event review" if you will. "Still Life In Decay" starts with a squall of white noise before collapsing into the band already locked into "Constellation"'s lumbering groove, with Case's guitar a ghostly presence, appearing & disappearing in washes of gauzy feedback throughout the track. FACS have never been more locked in as a unit, and "Still Life In Decay" is a decidedly more focused effort. The apocalyptic chaos that defined their previous album "Present Tense" is waved away in favor of an examination of events with cumbrous clarity. FACS are a heavy band, but they don’t necessarily FEEL like one (see side two's "Still Life", where Case's fluttering, melodic guitar lines are buoyed by the insistent, underlying pulse of the bass & drums). As a rhythm section, Kalaba & Leger dance & twist around each other like a double helix, forming the DNA of what makes FACS special.

                                                                                                                                      Collectively they approach rhythm from outside the groove as opposed to inside it, creating a lattice where Case weaves guitar lines like creeping vines, which makes the moments on "Still Life In Decay" where the band DOES lock in even more powerful. When the guitar punctures the lock-step swing of "When You Say", it hits like a hammer. Case utilizes his lyrics like a person suffering from anterograde amnesia; repeating phrases & holding onto old memories in a desperate attempt to avoid the slide into oblivion. Freeform poetic missives touching on themes of resignation, cynicism, class warfare, and a search for identity & meaning in a crumbling society; A primal desire to hold onto anything in a post-pandemic barrage of sensory overload. The album is a decidedly local affair; recorded once again at Chicago's famed Electrical Audio by renowned engineer Sanford Parker & mixed at his Hypercube Studio in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood & mastered by Matthew Barnhart at Chicago Mastering Service. 

                                                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                      1. Constellation
                                                                                                                                      2. When You Say
                                                                                                                                      3. Slogan
                                                                                                                                      4. Class Spectre
                                                                                                                                      5. Still Life
                                                                                                                                      6. New Flag

                                                                                                                                      YoshimiOizumikiYoshiduO

                                                                                                                                      To The Forest To Live A Truer Life

                                                                                                                                        ‘To The Forest To Live A Truer Life’ is a deluxe LP with fully artworked custom design inner sleeve. All copies come with a poster insert designed by YoshimiO. Jacket design by lauded Japanese designer Ooido Syoujou.

                                                                                                                                        YoshimiOizumikiYoshiduO is comprised of YoshimiO (Boredoms, OOIOO) and modular synthesist izumikiYoshi.

                                                                                                                                        YoshimiO uses the piano as her primary instrument here for the first time, alongside her singular voice. Her every move is bent, stretched, and mutated by IzumikiYoshi’s modular synthesizer into cascades of brightly colored waves and dotted constellations of sound.

                                                                                                                                        YoshimiO, previously known as Yoshimi P-We, is a founder and drummer for Japanese rock band Boredoms, vocalist and multiinstrumentalist of OOIOO, and a member of supergroup Free Kitten alongside Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon.

                                                                                                                                        IzumikiYoshi is a highly regarded synthesist, having contributed synthesizer, sampler, and programmed midi instruments on Boredoms classics ‘Vision Creation Newsun’ and ‘Super æ’.

                                                                                                                                        YoshimiO worked as a session player and vocalist on The Flaminig Lips’ acclaimed album, ‘Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots’, which was named after her.

                                                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                        1. YofuyO
                                                                                                                                        2. YO Me
                                                                                                                                        3. YoY 7
                                                                                                                                        4. OmimiO
                                                                                                                                        5. YosunnyO
                                                                                                                                        6. Sun19
                                                                                                                                        7. Mini YO
                                                                                                                                        8. Niminya
                                                                                                                                        9. Mull
                                                                                                                                        10. 1.yoO
                                                                                                                                        11. 33yOng

                                                                                                                                        4x LP and magazine (ft. photos, historical text and track narrations by the artist) set. Nation bring it with an essential delve in to the retrospective works of SSPS. Limited edition. No repress. HUGE TIP ON THIS!

                                                                                                                                        'You can't fake the funk, as they say and SSPS is pure funk embodied in all he does, the man oozes the funk 24-7! One of my earliest encounters with SSPS was at one of the infamous Rubulad parties out in Brooklyn....the man was decked out extravagantly...a cross between Blowfly and some futuristic being zapped down to earth directly from the P-Funk mothership. Who was this masked man? The disco vampire, was beating fast disco tracks relentlessly while slamming in his 707 over the records in real time...not an easy feat, the beauty of the imperfections making it that much more exciting hearing the gallop and wild energy he was bringing to the crowd, we were eating it up. This is SSPS, fearless in his approach and execution, a modernist looking to the future but rooted in the past, an artist committed to his art... all presented with unhinged emotion. It's all or nothing...everything on the table....do or die...the true epitome of style! Declaring someone a cult figure or a legend is a huge weight to carry and is often a term that is carelessly thrown around, but those of us who have dwelled in this underground over the last 30 years can say with confidence that SSPS is just that to many of us, no questions asked, it's not up for debate.
                                                                                                                                        Now, many years later we see the culmination of his electronic works from 2002-2021 committed to record in this 4xLP deluxe edition complete with 45 page booklet.

                                                                                                                                        The only way to describe this offering is "full spectrum electronic musical madness" not to be categorized, never to be pigeonholed, full of surprises and straight from the gut with a direct hit to the heart. We could go on about the production processes, about his Furr City studio space or his cross country excursions for work with a truck packed with paintings (but also his music equipment) plugging in and recording during hispit stops in Motel 6's across the US. But again it doesn't do justice to simply have a small peek inside the man's mind...the music is beyond the mind. The process is the process and nothing has or can stand in the way of what the SSPS
                                                                                                                                        has done in his long musical life. Punk rock, hardcore, house, no-wave, industrial, jakbeat / slow-beat and noise. It's all there for the taking, it's all intertwined. If you want it, you will find it within SSPS's works.

                                                                                                                                        Nicholson's path is the embodiment of true culture within dance music cultivated from years of learning, experimenting, and pushing the limits with total commitment and immersion. "The Life and Times of GiGi Black" is true life experience, it is a reflection of someone delving deep into his craft and presenting it with care in opposition to the fast, disposable, self gratifying click bait culture we see dominating the pages today. The proof is here, drop the needle, enter the world of SSPS.' -Ron Morelli. 


                                                                                                                                        STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                                        Matt says: Landing somewhere between Jamal Moss, Alan Vega and maybe a hint of Alec Empire; Jon Nicolson is a singular, divisive artist. A hell child spawned of fried circuit boards, overdriven drum boxes and the fire of punk spirit. But there's this lysergic nature which aligns him just as much with Ron Hardy, Adonis and Lil Louis. I'd never heard of him until this and I now have a new favourite artist to dig deep into! Thankfully this expansive compilation contains a good heft of his best works. One for the true underground heads!

                                                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                        Model Minority (Live From Unlimited Nation Summer 2020)
                                                                                                                                        Wake Up Thoughts
                                                                                                                                        Lust In The Times Of Love
                                                                                                                                        The Cliff Of Cancun (Live From Unlimited Nation Summer 2020)
                                                                                                                                        Lando’s Revenge (Try Me)
                                                                                                                                        End Of Times
                                                                                                                                        Tandem Beat 2
                                                                                                                                        Black Poetry
                                                                                                                                        Sweet Children (Live From Unlimited Nation Summer 2020)
                                                                                                                                        Southside Sue
                                                                                                                                        Shake Ya Body *Cover*
                                                                                                                                        The Savage Lurks
                                                                                                                                        Lend Me An Ear
                                                                                                                                        1000 Truths [Balearic Inaugural Mix]
                                                                                                                                        Little Kenny Broooke
                                                                                                                                        The Things We Do For Affection

                                                                                                                                        Paul Morley

                                                                                                                                        From Manchester With Love : The Life And Opinions Of Tony Wilson

                                                                                                                                          THE TIMES & UNCUT MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARCritically-acclaimed and bestselling author Paul Morley's long-awaited biography of Factory Records co-founder and Manchester icon Tony Wilson. A BOOK OF THE YEARSUNDAY TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, MOJO, LOUDER THAN WAR'Compelling . .

                                                                                                                                          . befitting its extraordinary subject.'BRIAN ENO'Bracing and often surprisingly tender . .

                                                                                                                                          . the perfect monument.'SUNDAY TIMES'Via Morley's magical prose Tony Wilson comes back to life . .

                                                                                                                                          . inspiring.'RICHARD RUSSELLTony Wilson was a man who became synonymous with his beloved city. As the co-founder of the legendary Factory Records and the Hacienda, he appointed himself a custodian of Manchester's legacy of innovation and change, becoming a cultural pioneer for the North.

                                                                                                                                          To Paul Morley, he was this and much more: bullshitting hustler, flashy showman, inventive broadcaster, self-deprecating chancer, publicity seeker, loyal friend. It was Morley to whom Wilson left a daunting final request: to write this book. From Manchester with Love is the biography of a man who changed the world around him through sheerforce of personality.

                                                                                                                                          In the cultural theatre of Manchester, Tony Wilson broke in and took centre stage. 'An immersive experience . .

                                                                                                                                          . very moving indeed.'MIRANDA SAWYER, OBSERVER'Not just a "biog" but the story of a city's history and culture and a unique and disappearing figure.'STUART MACONIE, NEW STATESMAN'Morley's biography is as illuminating on Wilson's strange ability to hold others in his orbit, even after his death, as it is on the story of his life.'THE SPECTATOR'The man/myth Wilson died aged 57 in 2006, but here he burns on fantastically bright.'UNCUT

                                                                                                                                          Midori Takada

                                                                                                                                          Tree Of Life - 2022 Reissue

                                                                                                                                            WRWTFWW Records is proud to announce the worldwide reissue of Midori Takada’s solo album from 1999, Tree of Life, available on vinyl for the first time ever in a new audiophile mix by the Japanese percussionist herself, and in full half-speed-mastered glory.

                                                                                                                                            The 180g LP comes in a heavy sleeve with a beautiful design by Kohei Sugiura. Tree of Life is also available in CD (digipack) and digital formats.

                                                                                                                                            Originally recorded in September 1998 at legendary Ginza (Tokyo) studio Onkio Haus (founded in 1974 and where Ryuichi Sakamoto’s "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" and many more were recorded) and released on CD only for the Japan market in 1999, Tree of Life is Midori Takada’s best kept secret, a lost gem of minimalism and percussive ambient. The album is separated in two parts, the first one finds Takada exploring her trademark environmental soundscapes with precise mastery of marimba, drums, and bells, notably on the magnificent fan-favorite "Love Song Of Urfa". The second half is a collaboration with Chinese virtuoso Erhu player Jiang Jian Hua, allowing Midori Takada to unveil new layers of her artistic mind with a slightly more theatrical approach and a beautiful crystallization of complex simplicity.

                                                                                                                                            The entire album was given a fresh new audiophile mix by Midori Takada herself and was mastered at Emil Berliner Studios, with half speed cutting for the vinyl version, to ensure an audio presentation aligned with the Japanese pioneer’s vision.

                                                                                                                                            This Tree of Life reissue follows two newly recorded Midori Takada albums, Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shelter and You Who Are Leaving To Nirvana, both available on WRWTFWW Records, along with her 1983 masterpiece, Through The Looking Glass.


                                                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                            Tracklist LP:
                                                                                                                                            A1. Love Song Of Urfa
                                                                                                                                            A2. Tan Tejah
                                                                                                                                            A3. Tayurani
                                                                                                                                            A4. Wa-Na-Imba
                                                                                                                                            B1. Modoki 1 (Futa-Aya-Asobi )
                                                                                                                                            B2. Awase 1 (Futa-Aya-Asobi)
                                                                                                                                            B3. Yukiai (Futa-Aya-Asobi)
                                                                                                                                            B4. Awase 2 (Futa-Aya-Asobi)
                                                                                                                                            B5. Orifusi (Futa-Aya-Asobi)
                                                                                                                                            B6. Modoki 2 (Futa-Aya-Asobi
                                                                                                                                            B7. Awase 3 (Futa-Aya-Asobi) B8. Usuyo (Futa-Aya-Asobi)

                                                                                                                                            Tracklist CD:
                                                                                                                                            01. Love Song Of Urfa
                                                                                                                                            02. Tan Tejah
                                                                                                                                            03. Tayurani
                                                                                                                                            04. Wa-Na-Imba
                                                                                                                                            05. Modoki 1 (Futa-Aya-Asobi )
                                                                                                                                            06. Awase 1 (Futa-Aya-Asobi)
                                                                                                                                            07. Yukiai (Futa-Aya-Asobi)
                                                                                                                                            08. Awase 2 (Futa-Aya-Asobi)
                                                                                                                                            09. Orifusi (Futa-Aya-Asobi)
                                                                                                                                            10. Modoki 2 (Futa-Aya-Asobi)
                                                                                                                                            11. Awase 3 (Futa-Aya-Asobi)
                                                                                                                                            12. Usuyo (Futa-Aya-Asobi)

                                                                                                                                            2022 repress on colour LP (West Ham colours, half transparent violet & half turquoise)

                                                                                                                                            There's an ordeal that underpins Low Life's 'Dogging,' and looking back at it, perhaps this was inevitable given the album's exceptionally derogatory attitude to its own scattered sense of time and debris. It's an attitude that's been hosed down in bore water-stained stupor, with all the anguished but forgivable hope and charm of plain packaged cigarettes. 'Dogging' crawled into the world desperately and painfully. Originally slated for release on Brisbane's singular Negative Guest List Records in 2012, the label's owner sadly passed away before it got there. It eventually emerged two years later as a split between two labels from the band's home turf of Sydney, Disinfect Records and R.I.P. Society. It's fitting that the latter had reissued Venom P. Stinger's Dugald McKenzie-era material the year prior - arguably the only other Australian band that compares to the tough, shit-kicking intensity found on 'Dogging.' Comprised of Mitch Tolman, Cristian O'Sullivan, and Greg Alfaro at this point (the current 2017 line-up includes Dizzy from Oily Boys), the reckless ferocity and defeatist's humour is pointedly nihilistic. It's not kitsch nihilism either, it's the kind that enlivens. Indexing happiness, fear, lust, grief, and sorrow, the wry indulgences outlined in Tolman's coded and scheming lyrics amount to white-knuckle sincerity. It's disarming, but it's blunted by a weighty smirk. If all this weren't delivered through a sardonic curled lip, the violence at the edge of it all would perhaps come off a little less real.

                                                                                                                                            There's a bitterly angry confrontation with the contemporary Australian psyche once you enter Low Life's estate. Thugged out and at pace, there's a genuine rush to 'Dogging.' The mindless logic of 'harder and faster' could never get you to where they were at this point. Even at the marginally calmer moments the guitars glance you like a headache revealing just how bad it is. There's no respite, but on the the whole it's a very functional arrangement between the three of them. Each song is belted out with a short, sharp fit, with some synthesisers occasionally glistening out at the edges. The restraint is all the more fierce as it amplifies everything that's fucked about them. Low Life pull you through it all on all their terms, and that impact feels as untimely and excessive now as it did then.

                                                                                                                                            STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                                            Martin says: Total gobbing, dogging Punk Rock!

                                                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                            Dogging
                                                                                                                                            Hammertime
                                                                                                                                            Speed Ball
                                                                                                                                            Down At The Dogs
                                                                                                                                            DNA
                                                                                                                                            Dream Machine
                                                                                                                                            Emmie
                                                                                                                                            Friends

                                                                                                                                            Dan Charnas

                                                                                                                                            Dilla Time : The Life And Afterlife Of J Dilla, The Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

                                                                                                                                              'This book is a must for everyone interested in illuminating the idea of unexplainable genius' - QUESTLOVEEqual parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of J Dilla, a musical genius who transformed the sound of popular music for the twenty-first century. He wasn't known to mainstream audiences, and when he died at age thirty-two, he had never had a pop hit. Yet since his death, J Dilla has become a demigod, revered as one of the most important musical figures of the past hundred years.

                                                                                                                                              At the core of this adulation is innovation: as the producer behind some of the most influential rap and R&B acts of his day, Dilla created a new kind of musical time-feel, an accomplishment on a par with the revolutions wrought by Louis Armstrong and James Brown. Dilla and his drum machine reinvented the way musicians play. In Dilla Time, Dan Charnas chronicles the life of James DeWitt Yancey, from his gifted Detroit childhood to his rise as a sought-after hip-hop producer to the rare blood disease that caused his premature death.

                                                                                                                                              He follows the people who kept Dilla and his ideas alive. And he rewinds the histories of American rhythms: from the birth of Motown soul to funk, techno, and disco. Here, music is a story of what happens when human and machine times are synthesized into something new.

                                                                                                                                              This is the story of a complicated man and his machines; his family, friends, partners, and celebrity collaborators; and his undeniable legacy. Based on nearly two hundred original interviews, and filled with graphics that teach us to feel and "see" the rhythm of Dilla's beats, Dilla Time is a book as defining and unique as J Dilla's music itself. Financial Times Music Book of the Year 2022

                                                                                                                                              New Order

                                                                                                                                              Low Life - Definitive Edition

                                                                                                                                                New Order are delighted to announce the release of the definitive edition of their 1985 studio album Low-Life. The collection includes an LP (180g), x2CDs, x2DVDs, a book and features unreleased rare material across the different formats and new sleeve designs.

                                                                                                                                                CD 2 contains previously unreleased mixes and alternative versions, including Love Vigilantes and Sub-Culture instrumentals, Sooner Than You Think Full Length Unedited. The two DVDs include an unreleased performance from The Manhattan Club, Belgium and rarely seen footage from Rotterdam Arena (Netherlands), International Centre (Toronto, Canada) and a BBC filmed Whistle Test at The Hacienda, 1985.

                                                                                                                                                The 180g vinyl LP will be wrapped in its original ‘heavyweight tracing paper’, designed by Peter Saville. In addition the CD will also be wrapped in the same way for the first time ever. Also included in the set is a beautifully presented hardback book featuring rare photos and a new interview with all band members. 


                                                                                                                                                TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                LP 180g Vinyl
                                                                                                                                                Side One
                                                                                                                                                1. Love Vigilantes
                                                                                                                                                2. The Perfect Kiss
                                                                                                                                                3. This Time Of Night
                                                                                                                                                4. Sunrise
                                                                                                                                                Side Two
                                                                                                                                                1. Elegia
                                                                                                                                                2. Sooner Than You Think
                                                                                                                                                3. Sub-Culture
                                                                                                                                                4. Face Up CD1
                                                                                                                                                1. Love Vigilantes
                                                                                                                                                2. The Perfect Kiss
                                                                                                                                                3. This Time Of Night
                                                                                                                                                4. Sunrise
                                                                                                                                                5. Elegia
                                                                                                                                                6. Sooner Than You Think
                                                                                                                                                7. Sub-Culture
                                                                                                                                                8. Face Up

                                                                                                                                                CD1

                                                                                                                                                1. Love Vigilantes
                                                                                                                                                2. The Perfect Kiss
                                                                                                                                                3. This Time Of Night
                                                                                                                                                4. Sunrise
                                                                                                                                                5. Elegia
                                                                                                                                                6. Sooner Than You Think
                                                                                                                                                7. Sub-Culture
                                                                                                                                                8. Face Up

                                                                                                                                                CD2: Extras
                                                                                                                                                1. Love Vigilantes - TV Pitch Instrumental Edit (mono)
                                                                                                                                                2. The Perfect Kiss - Writing Session Recording
                                                                                                                                                3. Untitled No. 1 - Writing Session Recording
                                                                                                                                                4. Sunrise - Instrumental Rough Mix **
                                                                                                                                                5. Elegia - Full Length Version *
                                                                                                                                                6. Sooner Than You Think – Album Session Unedited Version
                                                                                                                                                7. Sub-Culture - Album Session Early Instrumental Version
                                                                                                                                                8. Face Up - Writing Session Recording
                                                                                                                                                9. Let's Go – Album Session Instrumental
                                                                                                                                                10. Untitled No. 2 - Writing Session Recording
                                                                                                                                                11. Sunrise - Writing Session Recording
                                                                                                                                                12. Love Vigilantes - Writing Session Recording
                                                                                                                                                13. Sooner Than You Think - Writing Session Recording
                                                                                                                                                14. Skullcrusher – Demo

                                                                                                                                                All Tracks Previously Unreleased Except * And ** (previously Unreleased On CD And Digital)

                                                                                                                                                DVD1
                                                                                                                                                Live In Tokyo
                                                                                                                                                The Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan 1985
                                                                                                                                                1. Confusion
                                                                                                                                                2. Love Vigilantes
                                                                                                                                                3. We All Stand
                                                                                                                                                4. As It Is When It Was
                                                                                                                                                5. Sub-Culture
                                                                                                                                                6. Face Up
                                                                                                                                                7. Sunrise
                                                                                                                                                8. This Time Of Night
                                                                                                                                                9. Blue Monday

                                                                                                                                                Live In Rotterdam
                                                                                                                                                The Rotterdam Arena, Netherlands 1985
                                                                                                                                                10. As It Is When It Was
                                                                                                                                                11. Everything's Gone Green*
                                                                                                                                                12. Sub-Culture*
                                                                                                                                                13. Ceremony*
                                                                                                                                                14. Let's Go*
                                                                                                                                                15. This Time Of Night*
                                                                                                                                                16. The Village
                                                                                                                                                17. The Perfect Kiss*
                                                                                                                                                18. Age Of Consent*
                                                                                                                                                19. Sunrise
                                                                                                                                                20. Temptation*
                                                                                                                                                21. Face Up*

                                                                                                                                                Live In Manchester
                                                                                                                                                Whistle Test, The Hacienda 1985
                                                                                                                                                22. As It Is When It Was
                                                                                                                                                23. Sunrise
                                                                                                                                                24. Face Up - Restored Version Using Available Footage From The Hacienda Dec ‘85 And July ‘85.

                                                                                                                                                DVD2
                                                                                                                                                Live In Leuven
                                                                                                                                                The Manhattan Club, Leuven, Belgium 1985
                                                                                                                                                1. Let's Go*
                                                                                                                                                2. The Perfect Kiss*
                                                                                                                                                3. Age Of Consent*
                                                                                                                                                4. State Of The Nation*
                                                                                                                                                5. As It Is When It Was*
                                                                                                                                                6. The Village*
                                                                                                                                                7. Sub-Culture*
                                                                                                                                                8. Atmosphere*
                                                                                                                                                9. Blue Monday*
                                                                                                                                                Bonus Tracks
                                                                                                                                                10. Thieves Like Us*
                                                                                                                                                11. Temptation*
                                                                                                                                                12. Confusion - Restored Version From Damaged Tape With Mixing Desk Audio.*

                                                                                                                                                Live In Toronto
                                                                                                                                                Filmed By Paul Boyd
                                                                                                                                                The International Centre, Toronto, Canada 1985
                                                                                                                                                13. Elegia*
                                                                                                                                                14. Sub-Culture*
                                                                                                                                                15. The Village*
                                                                                                                                                16. Sunrise*
                                                                                                                                                17. We All Stand
                                                                                                                                                18. As It Is When It Was*
                                                                                                                                                19. Love Vigilantes*
                                                                                                                                                20. 586*
                                                                                                                                                21. Age Of Consent
                                                                                                                                                22. Temptation
                                                                                                                                                23. Ceremony*
                                                                                                                                                24. The Perfect Kiss*

                                                                                                                                                The Perfect Film
                                                                                                                                                Rehearsal Room, Cheetham Hill, Manchester 1985
                                                                                                                                                25. The Perfect Kiss
                                                                                                                                                *unreleased

                                                                                                                                                Robocop Kraus

                                                                                                                                                Why Robocop Kraus Became The Love Of My Life

                                                                                                                                                  EPs, 7"s, Compilation Tracks and some other Songs 1998-2022. Long time no hear: after an extended hiatus and just the occasional gig, Robocop Kraus have rewired and reunited. They’re back in the game. Almost a quarter of a century has passed since the band was formed, a period which saw them release on labels like L’Age D’Or, Epitaph, and Anti. Now they have put together a compilation featuring all of the tracks which, for one reason or another, were not available on their regular albums, with an intriguing number of rarities and previously unreleased material.

                                                                                                                                                  Daft Punk

                                                                                                                                                  Homework Remixes

                                                                                                                                                    To continue the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of their critically acclaimed Homework album.

                                                                                                                                                    Includes remixes from I:Cube,Roger Sanchez & Junior Sanchez,Motorbass, Dj Sneak, Masters At Work, Todd Terry,Slam, Ian Pooley.

                                                                                                                                                    TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                    CD Tracklisting:
                                                                                                                                                    1.Revolution 909 (Roger Sanchez & Junior Sanchez Remix)
                                                                                                                                                    2.Around The World (I:Cube Remix)
                                                                                                                                                    3.Burnin’ (Ian Pooley Cut Up Mix)
                                                                                                                                                    4.Around The World (Motorbass Vice Mix)
                                                                                                                                                    5.Around The World (Kenlou Mix) (Masters At Work)
                                                                                                                                                    6.Burnin’ (Slam Mix)
                                                                                                                                                    7.Around The World (Tee’s Frozen Sun Remix) (Todd Terry)
                                                                                                                                                    8.Burnin’ (Dj Sneak Main Mix)
                                                                                                                                                    9.Around The World (Mellow Mix) (Masters At Work)
                                                                                                                                                    10.Around The World (M.A.W Remix)
                                                                                                                                                    11.Revolution 909 (Revolution Accapella)

                                                                                                                                                    Vinyl Tracklisting:
                                                                                                                                                    Side A
                                                                                                                                                    1.Around The World (I:Cube Remix)
                                                                                                                                                    2.Revolution 909 (Roger Sanchez & Junior Sanchez Remix)
                                                                                                                                                    Side B
                                                                                                                                                    1.Around The World (Motorbass Vice Mix)
                                                                                                                                                    2.Burnin’ (Dj Sneak Main Mix)
                                                                                                                                                    3.Revolution 909 (Revolution Accapella)
                                                                                                                                                    Side C
                                                                                                                                                    1.Around The World (Kenlou Mix) (Masters At Work)
                                                                                                                                                    2.Around The World (Mellow Mix) (Masters At Work)
                                                                                                                                                    Side D
                                                                                                                                                    1.Around The World (Tee’s Frozen Mix) (Todd Terry)
                                                                                                                                                    2.Burnin’ (Slam Mix)
                                                                                                                                                    3.Burnin’ (Ian Pooley Cut Up Mix)

                                                                                                                                                    Nadine Khouri

                                                                                                                                                    Another Life

                                                                                                                                                      Another Life is the second album by singer-songwriter Nadine Khouri. Recorded in London and Bristol with producer John Parish (PJ Harvey, Dry Cleaning) the album extends a collaborative partnership that began with Khouri's acclaimed 2017 debut The Salted Air.

                                                                                                                                                      Her debut The Salted Air was hailed by MOJO as "A thing of dark possessed beauty" in their four-star album review, celebrated by Q as a Critics Choice record, and selected as one of Rough Trade's Albums of the Year in 2017.

                                                                                                                                                      Brutus

                                                                                                                                                      Unison Life

                                                                                                                                                        When times are tough, or you’re feeling worn down, you start longing for a life of total peace. A life where there are no fights, arguments or lies; where there is no such thing as disappointment and your actions have no consequences. Some might call it a “fantasy world”. Genre-jumping Belgian trio Brutus call it the “Unison Life” – a phrase that titles their third studio album. Unison Life is about all the stuff that wears you down in the first place. It’s the ugliness, the pain, and the acts of bravery that get you through it all. Beginning with a portrait of contentment and unravelling from there, the album goes into battle and asks what really counts. In their own words: “Is this Unison Life a hoax? Or a quest?”

                                                                                                                                                        Since their formation in 2014, Brutus have made a name for themselves with their restless, emotionally raw rock that traverses the landscape of metal, punk, post-hardcore and beyond – often in the same song. The three members first met in their hometown of Leuven, where they cut their teeth playing in different local bands. Their influences are wide and varied. Drummer/vocalist Stefanie Mannaerts – who grew up above a music shop run by her family – is into a variety of genres from post-metal to electronic music. Bassist Peter Mulders is more of a punk guy, while guitarist Stijn Vanhoegaerden is into country and more melodic rock. Their diverse tastes come together through Brutus to create a sound that’s as heavy as it is unexpected, full of beauty and surprises.


                                                                                                                                                        TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                        A1 Miles Away
                                                                                                                                                        A2 Brave
                                                                                                                                                        A3 Victoria
                                                                                                                                                        A4 What Have We Done
                                                                                                                                                        A5 Dust
                                                                                                                                                        B1 Liar
                                                                                                                                                        B2 Chainlife
                                                                                                                                                        B3 Storm
                                                                                                                                                        B4 Dreamlife
                                                                                                                                                        B5 Desert Rain



                                                                                                                                                        Tinariwen

                                                                                                                                                        Aman Iman: Water Is Life - 2022 Reissue

                                                                                                                                                          First-ever vinyl reissue of critically acclaimed Saharan Tuareg group Tinariwen’s third album, Aman Iman: Water Is Life. Released internationally via Independiente in 2007, reissued here on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl, the album was produced by long-time associate Justin Adams and features the voice and guitar of founding member Mohammed Ag Itlale. The GRAMMY Award winning collective perform a guitar-centric branch of Malian music known as Tishoumaren a percussive, rock-oriented desert blues.

                                                                                                                                                          TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                          Side A
                                                                                                                                                          1 Cler Achel
                                                                                                                                                          2 Mano Dayak
                                                                                                                                                          3 Matadjem Yinmixan
                                                                                                                                                          Side B
                                                                                                                                                          1 Ahimana
                                                                                                                                                          2 Soixante Trois
                                                                                                                                                          3 Toumast
                                                                                                                                                          Side C
                                                                                                                                                          1 Imidiwan WinakaliN
                                                                                                                                                          2 Awa Didjen
                                                                                                                                                          3 Ikyadarh Dim
                                                                                                                                                          Side D
                                                                                                                                                          1 Tamatant Tilay
                                                                                                                                                          2 Assouf
                                                                                                                                                          3 Izarharh Tenere

                                                                                                                                                          Meaning Of Tales

                                                                                                                                                          Where There’s Life, There’s A Dream

                                                                                                                                                            Somewhere between Simon & Garfunkel and the Kings of Convenience, Meaning of Tales bring benevolent and empathetic music in their own style.

                                                                                                                                                            Music that will evoke memories of youth for some, without any nostalgia but with infinite tenderness, and will teleport others to nature at sunset. Music that proves Aristotle right: so much will it soften our morals and delight our hearts. 


                                                                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                            1. Wanderers 3.17
                                                                                                                                                            2. Quiet Side 2.21
                                                                                                                                                            3. Leeside 3.22
                                                                                                                                                            4. Mrs Strange 3.10
                                                                                                                                                            5. Evade Your Sighs 2.53
                                                                                                                                                            6. Vision 3.41

                                                                                                                                                            All Nations Records comes back again with a 12" composed and mixed by established sound system and rising producer Agobun out of Lille, France. It features the sweet voice of Jacko, well known by the French sound system followers, here singing in his unique style, about the constant efforts and works that man and woman shall do all their life to be a better person. In a pure sound system tradition, this record comes with two dub cuts and a mesmerizing guitar cut for maximum playability in the dance.

                                                                                                                                                            STAFF COMMENTS

                                                                                                                                                            Matt says: Modern sound system pressue from this French talent. Deliciously rootsical yet poised with a modern prowess.

                                                                                                                                                            TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                            All Life Long
                                                                                                                                                            Dub Life
                                                                                                                                                            Dub Action (Guitar Cut)
                                                                                                                                                            Dub Reaction

                                                                                                                                                            Shady Baby

                                                                                                                                                            Come To Life / Lonely Town

                                                                                                                                                              Last year, Nice Swan Records started the monthly ‘Nice Swan Introduces…’ series, shining a light on the most exciting emerging talent. Following releases with the likes of Sports Team, Pip Blom, FEET & FUR, the Series introduced a whole wave of new and exciting talent including Courting, Sprints, Malady, English Teacher & Opus Kink, which cemented the label as one of the country’s most exciting independent record labels for discovering the hottest new talent. Volume two of the series ha already unearthed Prima Queen, Deadletter and Saloon Dion and next up are Brighton’s Shady Baby.

                                                                                                                                                              It is with impeccable timing that the week after Brighton’s Great Escape Festival, the UK’s most famous multi venue event showcasing the best new music – Nice Swan Records, today, have announced their latest signing, Shady Baby – one of Brighton’s own! Shady Baby is the musical project of Brighton based Sam Leaver. Inspired by the sounds of Madchester & Britpop, and with a love for John Cooper Clarke, Leaver began making his own brand of angst ridden pop during the height of lockdown where songs were formed out of frustration whilst locked in his bedroom.

                                                                                                                                                              Having approached Brighton based producer Theo Verney (English Teacher, FEET, FUR, Egyptian Blue, TRAAMS etc) with his early demos, the two instantly formed a musical bond that has seen them work closely together in the studio ever since and Verney has helped hone the exciting sound of the debut tracks of Shady Baby.

                                                                                                                                                              Speaking on the track, Leaver said:

                                                                                                                                                              “‘Come To Life’ is an angry response to feeling like people treated you like shit but you let them get away with it. Feeling both angry at them but also at yourself for letting it happen.”

                                                                                                                                                              Leaver then enlisted the support of old childhood friend Laurie Debnam, on guitar after bumping into him at a house party in Brighton having not seen each other in a decade. Nick Varnava (Bass) and Tom Jackson (Drums) complete the line-up, having joined from other bands on the scene in the legendary musical city.

                                                                                                                                                              Daft Punk

                                                                                                                                                              Alive 2007 - 2022 Reissue

                                                                                                                                                                Daft Punk's “Alive 2007” set, which won 2 Grammy Awards in 2009 (Best Electronic Album and Best Electronic Single categories) is now released on vinyl for the first time (a double vinyl with triple gatefold sleeve).

                                                                                                                                                                Recorded at Paris Bercy on 14th June 2007, Daft Punk's first homecoming concert for 10 years, "Alive 2007", captures the otherworldly live experience that the revolutionary robot-clad duo began at Coachella, USA in 2006. Opening with a "Robot Rock" teaser, before crashing into the track itself, the set works its way through all those DP anthems you love, including "Technologic", "Around The World", "Burnin'", "One More Time", "Da Funk", "Too Long" and "Human After All" - they even do a version of "Music Sounds Better With You"!.

                                                                                                                                                                Daft Punk

                                                                                                                                                                Daft Club - 2022 Reissue

                                                                                                                                                                  The French duo head down to the discotheque with some mixes their mates have made for them - The Neptunes, Slum Village, Boris Dlugosch, Basement Jaxx, Cosmo Vitelli, Gonzales and many more.

                                                                                                                                                                  Daft Punk

                                                                                                                                                                  Human After All - 2022 Reissue

                                                                                                                                                                    On its 2005 release, "Human After All" was Daft Punk's first new studio album in four years, and their third album proper to date following up to 2001's "Discovery". Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel De Homem Christo recorded the ten tracks in just six weeks in their home studio in Paris in late 2004. Initially confusing the critics, who expected another pop album in the vein of "Discovery", "Human After All" instead delivered a rough and ready collection of extended dancefloor tracks with an emphasis on the "Punk" that informed the whole mid noughties wave of electro releases.

                                                                                                                                                                    The music is diverse and fresh whilst retaining their trademark Daft Punk sound (vocoder vocals, keyboards playing 70s guitar riffs etc), this time with a more spontaneous and direct quality to the recording. A mix of guitars and machines, "Human After All" takes us from the hardcore P-Funkin' tech-thump of "Brainwasher" and "Television Rules The Nation" to the pumping "Technologic" and "Steam Machine". The highligh however comes with the moments of calm amidst all the stormy electronics, the heartbreaking "Make Love" and "Emotion".

                                                                                                                                                                    LIFE

                                                                                                                                                                    North East Coastal Town

                                                                                                                                                                      LIFE are anchored by their hometown; the geography, history and community has always been the inspiration behind their creativity and on their third LP, North East Coastal Town, the band pay homage to Hull and its folk. North East Coastal Town is mature; it finds the band at the height of their powers as they carve-up a wide-screen, brooding body of work that is drenched in a sense of belonging and reflection but still impressively maintains their trademark swagger and ear for pop sensibilities and guitar hooks.

                                                                                                                                                                      “Hull and the surrounding area runs through our DNA and has shaped us, weathered us, empowered us, embraced us and made us feel accepted.

                                                                                                                                                                      North East Coastal Town is our love letter to the city. The album is an ode to kinship and relationship with its musical and lyrical spine picking out themes of love, desire, beauty, horror, chaos, pride and most importantly the sense of belonging.

                                                                                                                                                                      Upon writing and recording this album it was important to us that this sense of belonging was also reflected in the album’s craft and therefore we used locally based studios, equipment, gear, and the community around us to establish what it means to belong in a North East Coastal Town.”

                                                                                                                                                                      When the pandemic gripped the world in March 2020, LIFE were in the midst of promoting their acclaimed second album – A Picture Of Good Health (Sept 2019); they had just completed an arena support tour with Kaiser Chiefs in the UK, a triumphant main stage appearance at Rockaway Beach and flown to New York for New Colossus Festival ahead of a packed SXSW and a US tour with IDLES. They scrambled home on the last plane back from New York on 17th March.

                                                                                                                                                                      The album was BBC 6 Music’s Album Of The Day, BBC Radio 1’s Album Of The Weekend and was one of BBC 6Music's Albums of The Year; all four singles from the album were play-listed at 6Music, and the band were nominated for two AIM Awards 2020 - Best Live Act and Best (Difficult) Second Album and they played major UK festivals including Glastonbury, Latitude, Reading Festival and many more.

                                                                                                                                                                      They began rebuilding with ‘Friends Without Names’ – the shapeshifting first glimpse from the album – which was added to the A-List at BBC 6Music, and was recorded in the dead of night and hums with a dark, brooding and passionate atmosphere.

                                                                                                                                                                      “Friends Without Names is the anchor and blueprint for our next record. In a remote part of Eastern England, close to the river Humber, we performed this track as if we were in trance; vibrating in a constant musical crescendo. Our aim was to push ourselves and harness differing time zones whilst giving in to the moments of beauty, horror, love and chaos depicted by the song’s lyrics.” (Mez Green, vocals)

                                                                                                                                                                      TRACK LISTING

                                                                                                                                                                      SIDE A
                                                                                                                                                                      1. Friends Without Names
                                                                                                                                                                      2. Big Moon Lake
                                                                                                                                                                      3. Incomplete
                                                                                                                                                                      4. Almost Home
                                                                                                                                                                      5. Duck Egg Blue
                                                                                                                                                                      SIDE B
                                                                                                                                                                      6. Shipping Forecast
                                                                                                                                                                      7. Poison
                                                                                                                                                                      8. Self Portrait
                                                                                                                                                                      9. The Drug
                                                                                                                                                                      10. Our Love Is Growing
                                                                                                                                                                      11. All You Are

                                                                                                                                                                      Benjamin Berton

                                                                                                                                                                      Dreamworld - The Fabulous Life Of Dan Treacy & His Band The Television Personalities

                                                                                                                                                                        Enriched with plenty of scene and period colour from British pop from the 1960s to the present, "Dreamworld" tells of all the ups and downs of a legend who once ironically (but quite rightly) described himself in an interview as the "Godfather of Indie Pop".


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