O.Genesis present a super Limited 12" Pressing, exclusive to Piccadilly Records, of remixes from Tim Burgess' recent, critically acclaimed, album "Oh No, I Love You".

Seahawks delivers a stunning 11 minute remix of "A Gain//Stoned Alone Again Or (Seahawks Remix)", exclusive to 12", whilst on the flip Tandy Love aka Andy Votel brings his remix skills to "Hours".

TRACK LISTING

A – A Gain // Stone Alone Again Or (Seahawks Remix)
B – Hours // Tandy Love (Andy Votel Remix)

TRACK LISTING

A1. Love Me Tonight (moplen Edit)
A2. Love Me Tonight (original)
B1. I'm Ready For Your Love
B2. Baby Let Me Kiss You

Art is my life and my life is art . . .

The story of the twentieth-century avant-garde is a story of resistance, of the outsider, of strangeness, of individual freedom, of rejecting the ordinary and overcoming marginalisation through self-invention. It is also a story that can be told through the prism of one of its most renowned figureheads: Yoko Ono. From her early life escaping aristocratic Japanese society and the horrors of World War II to adventurous and productive exile in New York, Ono's work built upon the histories of Dada, surrealism, Zen Buddhism, and experimental music.

A significant influence on the elusive Fluxus artistic network, she was connected to all its major personalities. Pursuing dreams of revolutionary liberation and aiming to recreate shattered post-war reality through performance, art and text, she established a legacy - despite her tumultuous personal life - as one of the most visionary artists and activists of her generation. Marking the intersection of biography, cultural history and artistic meditation, Love Magic Power Danger Bliss explores the deep history and vitality of the 20th century avant-garde movement and the inspiring, provocative figure who became its most celebrated, most misunderstood icon.

Celebrating twenty years since its release, Magnolia Electric Co.’s 'Hard to Love A Man' has been expanded and available for the first time on vinyl. This anniversary release of the band’s first EP includes three additional tracks: remastered demos of '31 Seasons in the Minor Leagues', previously titled as 'Tonight I’m So Down', and 'Lonesome Valley', recorded at Echo Park Studios in Indiana during the 'Hard to Love a Man' sessions, as well as 'One Thin Dime', recorded during the Black Ram sessions at Sound of Music Recording Studios in Richmond, Virginia.

‘Working class rock’ is a phrase used frequently to describe The Magnolia Electric Co. Categorically, the band has secured their place amongst like-minded icons such as Bob Seger, CCR, Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen, but it's not merely an aesthetic description. Magnolia backs it up with their work ethic. Amazingly, The Magnolia Electric Co. will have been on the road eight months by the end of 2005. This fact is most apparent to the band members themselves having been away from their homes and their loved ones for such extended periods of time. Hence the significance of the title track.

When Jason Molina assumes the perspective of the one he left behind on 'Hard To Love A Man' and sings: “It was hard to love a man like you / Goodbye was half the words you knew / While you were waiting for me not to call / I sent my love,” the loneliness and guilt of separation is painfully obvious. The wounded feminine voice of Jennie Benford, coupled with Jason Groth's sweeping guitar and Mike Kapinus' mournful organ dramatically reiterate this sentiment. Mark Rice and Pete Schreiner deliver their signature tight and tasteful rhythm and Nicole Evans adds a new and dynamic voice. While 'Hard To Love A Man' and live set favorite, 'Werewolves Of London' were recorded with Steve Albini at his Electrical Audio Studios, the rest of the tracks were recorded during a brief five day visit home in Indiana at Echo Park Studios with Paul Mahern, whose engineering resume includes The Blake Babies, Lisa Germano and John Mellencamp. As we watch Magnolia grow, Jason Molina doesn't have to coach us through another one, letting the inmates run the asylum. The Magnolia Electric Co. cast no doubt by putting their business in the street.”

TRACK LISTING

1. Hard To Love A Man
2. Bowery
3. Doing Something Wrong
4. 31 Seasons In The Minor Leagues
5. Werewolves Of London
6. 31 Seasons In The Minor Leagues (Tonight I'm So Down) (Demo)
7. One Thin Dime (Black Ram Session)
8. Lonesome Valley (Echo Park Full Band Demo)

Nina Wilson, better known as Ninajirachi, is a 26-year-old Australian electronic producer who released her debut album 'I Love My Computer' earlier this year via NLV Records. A concept record built on her connection with her PC, swiping between genres of EDM, tech-house, speed garage, dubstep, and hyperpop. Wilson builds on the legacy of early-2000s and 2010s Australian electronic artists like PNAU and Flume using technology as a medium, a motif, and a mirror for reflection. Between remixing Princess Nokia, Deadmau5 & The Neptunes, releasing on Nina Las V egas’ NLV Records and RL Grime’s Sable V alley, Ninajirachi has performed at Lollapalooza, EDC, Laneway, Listen Out, Splendour, Falls Festival, and more and toured with Mallrat, Charli XCX, Porter Robinson and Cashmere Cat.

TRACK LISTING

1. London Song
2. IPod Touch
3. Fuck My Computer
4. CSIRAC
5. Delete
6. ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ
7. All I Am
8. Infohazard
9. Battery Death
10. Sing Good
11. It's You
12. All At Once

“The blueprint was simple: Hot Chocolate rhythms, George Murray bass lines, classical music instruments with pop sensibilities. We, the architects, however, were complicated.” Paul Simpson, 2025.

Needle Mythology, the label founded by music writer, author and broadcaster Pete Paphides, is thrilled to announce the release of the much-mythologised ‘lost’ album by CARE – the group made up of IAN BROUDIE and PAUL SIMPSON Prior to forming Care, Ian and Paul had been very active in the Liverpool post-punk scene. Ian played alongside Holly Johnson, Jayne Casey, Budgie and Bill Drummond in Big In Japan, before joining the Original Mirrors. He also produced several early records by Echo and the Bunnymen, most notably the albums 'Crocodiles' and 'Porcupine'. Paul had played with school friend and future Bunnyman Will Sergeant in Industrial Domestic and the founding line-up of The Teardrop Explodes, before going on to form The Wild Swans.

CARE were brought together late in 1982 by mutual friend Will Sergeant, when Paul was looking for someone to play a guitar part for a new song he had written. Ian obliged and asked him to return the favour by singing on one of his songs 'Tall Ships'. When Bunnymen manager Bill Drummond heard the result, now retitled 'My Boyish Days (Drink To Me)', he secured the pair a deal with Arista on the back of it. Care would go on to release three acclaimed singles over the course of a twelve-month period between 1983 and 1984 – 'My Boyish Days (Drink To Me)', 'Flaming Sword' and 'Whatever Possessed You' – before Simpson, still struggling to come to terms with the break up of his previous band decided not to continue. Although top 40 success eluded Care in the UK, the group quickly found an adoring fanbase in the Philippines, where all three singles became huge hits.

'Love Crowns and Crucifies' marks the first vinyl release of the previously unheard songs gathered together on 1997’s 'Diamonds and Emeralds' CD. Working closely with Paul Simpson and with the approval of Ian Broudie, Needle Mythology has been given access to the original quarter-inch tapes which housed everything that Broudie and Simpson recorded together. The process of digitising the contents of all the original tapes unearthed a number of exciting finds, among them the yearning 'Colour and Sound'; an instrumental alternate arrangement of 'On The White Cloud' and the thrilling original demos of 'Drink To Me (My Boyish Days)' and 'Flaming Sword', featuring the late Bunnymen drummer Pete de Freitas.

TRACK LISTING

1. On The White Cloud (Instrumental)
2. Flaming Sword
3. An Evening In The Ray
4. Whatever Possessed You
5. Love Crowns And Crucifies
6. Temper Temper
7. Colour And Sound
8. Besides Four
9. Besides One
10. My Boyish Days
11. Nature Prayed Upon
12. A Sad Day For England
13. Diamonds And Emeralds
14. White Cloud
15. Besides Three
16. Chandeliers
17. Caretaking
18. Soldiers And Sailors
19. Cymophane
20. Flaming Sword 12-inch Version
21. Miséricorde
22. Such Is Life
23. My Boyish Days 12-inch Version
24. What Kind Of World
25. Whatever Possessed You 12-inch Version
26. Diamonds And Emeralds (Deadly Nightshade)
27. Besides Two

“The blueprint was simple: Hot Chocolate rhythms, George Murray bass lines, classical music instruments with pop sensibilities. We, the architects, however, were complicated.” Paul Simpson, 2025.

Needle Mythology, the label founded by music writer, author and broadcaster Pete Paphides, is thrilled to announce the release of the much-mythologised ‘lost’ album by CARE – the group made up of IAN BROUDIE and PAUL SIMPSON Prior to forming Care, Ian and Paul had been very active in the Liverpool post-punk scene. Ian played alongside Holly Johnson, Jayne Casey, Budgie and Bill Drummond in Big In Japan, before joining the Original Mirrors. He also produced several early records by Echo and the Bunnymen, most notably the albums 'Crocodiles' and 'Porcupine'. Paul had played with school friend and future Bunnyman Will Sergeant in Industrial Domestic and the founding line-up of The Teardrop Explodes, before going on to form The Wild Swans.

CARE were brought together late in 1982 by mutual friend Will Sergeant, when Paul was looking for someone to play a guitar part for a new song he had written. Ian obliged and asked him to return the favour by singing on one of his songs 'Tall Ships'. When Bunnymen manager Bill Drummond heard the result, now retitled 'My Boyish Days (Drink To Me)', he secured the pair a deal with Arista on the back of it. Care would go on to release three acclaimed singles over the course of a twelve-month period between 1983 and 1984 – 'My Boyish Days (Drink To Me)', 'Flaming Sword' and 'Whatever Possessed You' – before Simpson, still struggling to come to terms with the break up of his previous band decided not to continue. Although top 40 success eluded Care in the UK, the group quickly found an adoring fanbase in the Philippines, where all three singles became huge hits.

'Love Crowns and Crucifies' marks the first vinyl release of the previously unheard songs gathered together on 1997’s 'Diamonds and Emeralds' CD. Working closely with Paul Simpson and with the approval of Ian Broudie, Needle Mythology has been given access to the original quarter-inch tapes which housed everything that Broudie and Simpson recorded together. The process of digitising the contents of all the original tapes unearthed a number of exciting finds, among them the yearning 'Colour and Sound'; an instrumental alternate arrangement of 'On The White Cloud' and the thrilling original demos of 'Drink To Me (My Boyish Days)' and 'Flaming Sword', featuring the late Bunnymen drummer Pete de Freitas.

TRACK LISTING

1. On The White Cloud (Full Instrumental)
2. Flaming Sword
3. An Evening In The Ray
4. Besides One
5. My Boyish Days
6. Whatever Possessed You
7. Nature Prayed Upon
8. Temper Temper
9. Diamonds And Emeralds (Deadly Nightshade)
10. Chandeliers
11. A Sad Day For England
12. Cymophane
13. Love Crowns And Crucifies
14. Besides Four
15. Flaming Sword Demo Version
16. My Boyish Days 12-inch Version
17. Such Is Life
18. Caretaking
19. Soldiers And Sailors
20. Diamonds And Emeralds
21. Besides Three
22. White Cloud
23. What Kind Of World
24. Colour And Sound
25. Whatever Possessed You 12-inch Version
26. Misericorde
27. Flaming Sword 12-inch Version
28. Besides Two
29. My Boyish Days Demo Version

For over three decades, CONVERGE have defined the outer limits of heavy music, shaping hardcore, punk, and metal with unmatched urgency and vision.

On 'Love Is Not Enough', their eleventh album, the band channels decades of creative intensity into a focused and fearless reflection on resilience, connection, and the weight of existence. Recorded and mixed by Kurt Ballou at God City Studios in Salem, Massachusetts, the album captures CONVERGE at their most deliberate and dynamic -- ferocious yet deeply human.

Every song hits with precision and purpose, from the explosive title track to the sweeping devastation of 'We Were Never the Same'. It's a record that distills the band's restless evolution into a singular, commanding statement. 'Love Is Not Enough' is both a reckoning and renewal -- proof that after 35 years together, CONVERGE remain one of the most vital and uncompromising forces in modern music.

TRACK LISTING

1. Love Is Not Enough
2. Bad Faith
3. Distract And Divide
4. To Feel Something
5. Beyond Repair
6. Amon Amok
7. Force Meets Presence
8. Gilded Cage
9. Make Me Forget You
10. We Were Never The Same

Majesty Crush, are a Detroit based shoegaze band from the 90s but lightyears ahead of their time. They released their first, and only studio album 'Love 15' on Dali records which was a subsidiary label of Warner/Elektra but folded shortly after its release. The album offers listeners a dreamy, guitar-driven sound that blurs the lines between indie rock and pop - something that is a defining feature of Majesty Crush.

TRACK LISTING

1. Boyfriend
2. Uma
3. No. 1 Fan
4. Brand
5. Purr
6. Seles
7. Grow
8. Pretty Head
9. Cicciolina
10. Penny For Love
11. Skin
12. Feigned Sleep
13. Horse

Almost a year to the day from the release of their debut EP, Cardiff-based quintet Midding return with a new five song collection entitled '.44', an oblique reference to Son of Sam serial killer David Berkowitz and his connection to The Process Church of the Final Judgment cult. The Process Church carries a damaged reputation (in part by association), but in its infancy its spiritual radicalism, aesthetic manipulations and commitment to a burgeoning counterculture make good source material for future inspirations. Like Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV and Skinny Puppy before them, Midding understand there's equal fascination to be found in their dark as the light.

Made between Rat Trap Studios and Fairoak, their own home-built recording set-up, these new songs represent the first time they've set live drums to record. The results are marked, shifting from the linear pulse of that first EP to something more dynamic and agile. A bedroom project has now become a fully functioning group. As with the previous EP, all five songs were recorded to tape, which gives '.44' its in-room feel, imbuing a sense of claustrophobia that neatly matches the subject matter of the lyrics, referencing cultdom, serial killer fanaticism, depression and, ultimately, ecstatic release. Tracks like 'All For You' and 'Nuisance' flex with a melodic confidence that's both accessible and off-kilter, though the greatest transgression can be heard on 'For A Little While', a churning spacerock blast overlaid with indecipherable, automatic writing-derived lyrics that suggest some kind of Lovecraftian portal may have been opened up in Wales this past year. Into that portal we might follow...

TRACK LISTING

1. All For You
2. Nuisance
3. For A Little While
4. Sunshine
5. .44

Totally phreaked Irish psychedelia for the summer of love hangover. Led by Belfast born wunderkind David Lewis, Andwellas Dream’s 1969 debut 'Love and Poetry' shreds the line between Denmark Street and Cyprus Avenue. A 13-song pastoral fever dream lost in the CBS warehouse, now remastered and
restored to its original glory. Hold onto your mind!

TRACK LISTING

1. The Days Grew Longer For Love
2. Sunday
3. Lost A Number Found A King
4. Man Without A Name
5. Clockwork Man
6. Cocaine
7. Shades Of Gray
8. High On A Mountain
9. Andwells
10. Midday Sun
11. Take My Road
12. Felix
13. Goodbye

Brooklyn's elusive Tom returns with the first release on Sweet Breeze Sound, a new label launched by Washington, DC's Marc Meistro of Sol Power All-Stars, aka Glenn Echo. He has already turned heads with a fine set of 12"s on Razor-N-Tape and Sol Power Sound, and here brings some dubby disco grooves and infectious samples. Side A leans into loved-up feels, looping an irresistible 80s r&b vocal over bouncing bass and layers of percussion. The B-side shifts to a more melancholic mood and is run through with a feeling of longing through a single repeated phrase supported by deep dub bass and driving disco rhythm. This is a great inaugural release from a label sure to become essential.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
Running From My Love

Side 2
Spend All My Time Loving You

SuckaSide know how to twist a classic into new realms. This latest is further proof on their own self-titled label, starting with a flip of Brazilian-inspired gem. Drums gently break like waves, the vocals are intriguing spoken words, and there's a dark soul lingering in the air. On the flip is their take on downtempo delight which becomes a high speed drum & bass roller with light pads and elevating chords. The lazy trumpets from the original remain in place for that nostalgic touch.

TRACK LISTING

Underwater Love (Remix)
At The River (Remix)

Nashville's Kings Of Leon are back with their first EP in over two decades. Simply named 'EP #2', the four-track project marks the band’s first independent release on their own label, Love Tap Records, distributed by Virgin Music, and features their first ever self-produced recordings. The music suggests a return to early days, but benefits from a band at the top of their game musically and lyrically. Available on cherry red vinyl.

TRACK LISTING

1. All The Little Sheep
2. To Space
3. Pit To The Rind
4. The Wolf

'Secret Love' is the finest expression yet of the profound friendships that created Dry Cleaning, between frontperson Florence Shaw, guitarist Tom Dowse, drummer Nick Buxton and bassist Lewis Maynard. Here, the south London four-piece take their place in rock’s avant garde, catalysing the Reaganite paranoia of early 80s US punk and hardcore with the dry strut of Keith Richards, stoner rock, dystopian degradation, playful no wave and pastoral fingerpicking, while Florence’s delivery, meticulously calibrated to her bandmates’ soundscapes, asserts her in a lineage of spoken-word artists stretching from Laurie Anderson to Life Without Buildings’ Sue Tompkins.

The follow-up to 'Stumpwork' started life in Peckham rehearsal spaces, all four members writing, playing and responding to each other in the room: in Dry Cleaning, music and lyrics form an inseparable, generative whole. 'Secret Love' evolved through affirming sessions at Jeff Tweedy’s Chicago studio the Loft and explosive ones with Gilla Band’s Alan Duggan and Daniel Fox at Sonic Studios in Dublin, taking advantage of the sonic particulars of each space, and finally with Cate Le Bon at Black Box in the Loire Valley. After interviewing various potential producers, they picked Cate – an esteemed solo artist who has also made albums for Deerhunter, Devendra Banhart, Wilco and Horsegirl – for her unabashed positivity and openness. “Being in a room with them and hearing that vitality and life force that exists between them all, it’s such a unique expression,” she says.

Trust is 'Secret Love’s guiding theme, as signified by compulsively catchy ‘Hit My Head All Day’ which opens the album. Powered by pistons of breathy synths and cresting arcs of guitar, Florence’s signature mix of absurdism and sensitivity, “The song is about manipulation of the body and mind. The lyrics were initially inspired by the use of misinformation on social media by the far right. There are powerful people that seek to influence our behaviour for their own gain; to buy certain things, to vote a certain way. I find it hard to read people’s intentions and decide who to trust, even in everyday life. It’s easy to fall under the influence of a sinister stranger who seems like a friend.

We took a playful approach to the song. At one point it had harmonica on it instead of a vocal. At the demo stage we were inspired by There's a Riot Goin' On by Sly and the Family Stone.”

TRACK LISTING

1. Hit My Head All Day
2. Cruise Ship Designer
3. My Soul / Half Pint
4. Secret Love (Concealed In A Drawing Of A Boy)
5. Let Me Grow And You’ll See The Fruit
6. Blood
7. Evil Evil Idiot
8. Rocks
9. The Cute Things
10. I Need You
11. Joy

This record is a Chicago collaboration between Vick Lavender and a legendary singer and producer, Ron Carroll. Ron is best known as the voice of timeless winners like Back Together, Angel and Lucky Star. Vick Lavender is a high profile producer and remixer and a regular on Cataleya Music. He runs his own Sophisticado Recordings label and has recently released two LPs, Beyond and Time Traveler. All I Got For You (Is Love) is a proper vocal anthem. It features funky guitars, star kissed keys and a committed vocal delivery. This is classic Soulful House from Carroll and Lavender! Paint A Picture is a key driven winner that will put you in a positive mood. Modern House songs that really deliver like the classics are rare, but Vick and Ron are on point with the memorable All I Got For You (Is Love).

TRACK LISTING

A. All I Got For You (Is Love)
B. Paint A Picture

“The swaggering love song that launched new wave” The Wall Street Journal

Named as one of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Celebrating it’s 50th anniversary in 2025 this 50th anniversary edition is the first full 12” vinyl release for this iconic Roxy Music track that originally reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart in 1975 and is one of their top 3 most streamed tracks.

This 12” features the original and two of the most sought-after remixes, Greg Wilson’s extended edit and Todd Terje’s Disco Dub, as well as the original 7” b-side Sultanesque.

Driven by a seductive, iconic bassline and Bryan Ferry’s confident croon, Love Is the Drug helped redefine the sound of rock‑pop in the mid‑70s—heralded by critics as provocative, stylish, and proto‑new‑wave gold.

The track is one of the 70’s most identifiable tracks – a global chart hit that was an influence on bands such as Gang of Four, PiL, Simple Minds and the Human League, as well as Nile Rodgers of Chic, who acknowledged that its bass riff was a major influence on Chic’s Good Times.

TRACK LISTING

1. Love Is The Drug 4”11
2. Love Is The Drug (Todd Terje Disco Dub) 7”04
3. Love Is The Drug (Greg Wilson Edit) 6”02
4. Sultanesque 5”21

Post-cool or too old to care? The Lovely Basement say that they set out to mix alt-country with the Velvet Underground. They also say they failed, but quite like the result.

So, what do you find in The Lovely Basement? A beautiful slice of alt-countrystyle. Americana, infused with the sensibilities of the aforementioned Velvet Underground – and a chopping guitar that wouldn’t sound out of place on an album by the VU’s British counterpart, Fairport Convention.

Since the release in 2019 of their first album, 'Just Because You Can', The Lovely Basement have drawn admiring glances from all over the place: “the sweetness of Yo La Tengo and the raggedness of The Pastels”; “not dissimilar to Paisley Underground veterans the Dream Syndicate”; “tossing off songs with the looseness of early Faces”.

The single Cornstalk Girl was the first offering from Lowlands and was picked up by Radio 6 Music’s Gideon Coe, a long-time supporter of the band’s output. Mention was also given to the “excellent” B-side cover of Beat Happening’s 'Angel Gone'. Vocals for the album were recorded by John Parish (PJ Harvey, Howe Gelb, Eels) who stumbled across the band playing live locally and stayed!

Like all Lovely Basement records, Lowlands eloquently covers a range of subjects. From musings on sentience, inequality, globalisation, even theology, to the deep need to hunker down with good friends when the world outside gets too much, all find an often wry voice in this shimmering collection of finely crafted songs.

TRACK LISTING

1. Cornstalk Girl
2. Fifth Column
3. Small Fleas
4. Black Jumper On
5. Lowlands
6. Rest Now Lucy
7. Barabbas
8. Dust Patterns
9. Mostly Wrong
10. Goodbye

Straight from the heart of the Motor City, Detroit Techno Records presents From The Basement With Love, a double-vinyl transmission from the legendary Detroit Basement, where the pulse of real techno still beats in raw electricity and sweat. This isn’t nostalgia. This is living history, a direct line from the city that invented techno to the artists who continue to keep its soul alive. Across two slabs of black wax, the pioneers and torchbearers of Detroit gather in one place: Suburban Knight, Body Mechanic, Erotek, Ray 7, The BS Project, Detroit Electronic Authority, Spade The Specialist, and more. Each cut drips with the signature elements that defined a movement, machine funk, militant rhythm, deep emotional circuitry, and that unmistakable underground grit. Curated straight out of the Detroit Basement, this compilation captures the true spirit of a city that never stopped creating, never stopped fighting, never stopped dancing. Every groove is a love letter to the origin, pressed by the hands that built the sound — not a recreation, but a continuation.

TRACK LISTING

A1: Suburban Knight - Edge Of Space
A2: Body Mechanic - Trappin Thru The Galaxy
A3: Erotek Ft. Dick Whyte - Bottles N Bootys
B1: B. Calloway & Ray 7 - Runaway Slave
B2: The BS Project - Underground 313
B3: The Vontells - No Way
C1: Folson & Tate - Closer (I Wanna Be)
C2: Detroit Electronic Authority - Stuck N The Future
C3: Mr Rabbit - The Love
D1: Spade The Specialist - The O-Village
D2: 207737 Ft. Kinesis - Enjoy This Moment
D3: Ray 7 - Hustle Hard

Loaded Honey is the new project from Brit Award winning Jungle’s Lydia Kitto and J Lloyd, born from an effortless creative partnership that began during the makings of Jungle’s last two albums, ‘Volcano’ and ‘Loving In Stereo’. Working and later living together, they found themselves surrounded by an overflow of musical ideas that stretched beyond the world of Jungle, too intimate and expansive to fit into one singular project. Loaded Honey became the space for all of it. If Jungle is for Friday and Saturday nights, Loaded Honey is for Sunday morning. It’s a different kind of experience. Cinematic, romantic, raw, and deeply soulful. This is music for reflection, for storytelling, for pure emotion.

TRACK LISTING

1. Loaded Honey
2. In Your Arms
3. Tokyo Rain
4. Don't Speak
5. Really Love
6. Cisco Bay
7. Only Gonna Let You Down
8. Lessons
9. Hello Stranger
10. Bullet
11. Over

Regularly crowned as one of the greatest ever dance records, it holds a place in many a heart, resonating across generations. Back in 1996 Mixmag had it top of their 100 Greatest Dance Singles Of All Time, adding “There's a touch of sadness about it but it's incredibly uplifting, reaching a bittersweet joy that only the most spiritual of house achieves.”

This special reissue includes a rare Frankie Knuckles and David Morales ‘Mo Knuckles’ remix bursting with underground flavour. 12" black vinyl.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Classic Mix
B1. Mo' Knuckles Mix
B2. Cut To The Bone Mix

Audrey Hall is one of the UK’s most respected female Reggae & Lovers singers from the 80s! Working with the legendary producer Donovan Germain, here is a reissue, with a fresh Dub created from the original multitrack. Brilliant cover version of the classic tune from Barbara Streisand ‘Woman In Love’!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Woman In Love
B1. Woman In Dub

Limited edition Eric Kupper mix of this lost classic from the vaults of America. Fully licensed, 100 copies only, 

The musical cream of the crop (MFSB / The Salsoul Orchestra) behind the soulful Sound of Philadelphia - Earl Young (drums), Ron Baker (bass), Norman Harris (guitar), Lenny Pakula (organ), Larry Washington (percussion), Vince Montana, Jr. (vibes) - joined forces with powerhouse vocalists David Simmons, Joe Freeman, Ron Tyson and Bobby Love at Philadelphia's historic Virtue Studios in 1982 to record some of the genre's biggest hits. This small, but sensational set of lush recordings, which were mixed at Alpha Studios - ensuring that every note and nuance was captured with the highest fidelity, recently caught the attention of the famed producer and remixer Eric Kupper. Kupper cut his teeth working as a keyboardist and guitarist for such producer/remixers as David Morales, Frankie Knuckles, Arthur Baker, Peter auhofer, and Richie Jones to name a few. Since 1986, he has performed on, remixed, and/or produced over 1400 records for artists spanning all contemporary musical genres. Presented here is "The Love I Lost"

TRACK LISTING

A. The Love I Lost
B. The Love I Lost (Instrumental) 

Originally released in 1995, Jimmy Somerville’s 'Dare To Love' stands as a powerful statement of pride, passion, and pop brilliance, carried by one of the most unmistakable voices in modern music.

'Dare To Love' embodies Somerville’s gift for marrying political conviction with irresistible melodies. Produced by Stephen Hague and other longtime collaborators, the album traverses bass-laden house grooves, slower, dubby reggae numbers and classic pop ballads.

Featuring the UK Top 30 hits 'Heartbeat' and 'Hurt So Good', along with the poignant 'Safe in These Arms', Dare To Love explores love, loss, and identity, both on and off the dancefloor.

TRACK LISTING

LP Tracklisting:
1. Heartbeat
2. Hurt So Good
3. Cry
4. Lovething 
5. By Your Side
6. Dare To Love
7. Someday We’ll Be Together
8. Alright
9. Too Much Of A Good Thing
10. A Dream Gone Wrong
11. Come Lately
12. Safe In These Arms
13. Because Of Him
14. Nature Boy
15. Up And Away
16. Sorrow
17. Step Inside
18. Cherish
19. DJ Of Love
20. No Suffering
21. Do You Wanna Funk?

CD Tracklisting:
1. Heartbeat
2. Hurt So Good
3. Cry 
4. Lovething
5. By Your Side 
6. Dare To Love 
7. Someday We’ll Be Together 
8. Alright
9. Too Much Of A Good Thing
10. A Dream Gone Wrong
11. Come Lately
12. Safe In These Arms
13. Because Of Him
14. Nature Boy
15. Up And Away
16. Telling Lies
17. Step Inside
18. Nothing Said, Nothing Done
19. Been So Long (Remix)
20. Do You Wanna Funk? [Original Full Length Mix]
21. Heartbeat (Biff 12” Remix)
22. Safe (DJ Tonka 12 Inch)
23. By Your Side (Miss You Like Crazy Mix)
24. Heartbeat (E-Smoove Downtown Underground)
25. Hurt So Good (12” Beatmasters Lovers Mix)
26. Love You Forever (Remix)
27. Heartbeat II
28. Safe (Todd Terry 7 Inch)
29. Hurt So Good (Sly & Robbie Remix - Version 1)
30. By Your Side (Stripped Mix)
31. Because Of Him (Celtic Version)

US label Lovers Rock Recordings is back with more sophisticated soul sounds from a bona fide legend. There is no deep digging involved for the source material here, but that's not to say the results aren't still essential. First up are the beautifully horizontal grooves of 'Hang Onto Your Love' with dancing keys adding a little playfulness up top and syrupy bass melting the heart from below. On the flip is 'No Ordinary Love' which is an even more slow, immersive sound with gloppy bass and drawn out chords all slowing time and softening reality. No brainers for late night lovers.

STAFF COMMENTS

Mine says: Vol. 1 of the new Sophisticated Soul Legends series was a big hit with you lot and although this one features no vocals, it's no less of a hit. Whether you're a Sade fan or not (and why wouldn't you be...), if you like a bit of late night melancholy (and why wouldn't you!!) then this needs to be in your collection. The instrumental of No Ordinary Love is particularly outstanding if you ask me.

TRACK LISTING

Hang Onto Your Love (Instrumental)
No Ordinary Love (Instrumental)

UK-based DJ and producer Wallace debuts on Phantasy Sound with an irresistible double A-side single, ‘Cravings (ft. Love Letters) / Concourse.’ Bubbling with sensuality and euphoria, both tracks reinforce Wallace’s burgeoning reputation as one of electronic music’s most impressive new voices, a crowning moment on Erol Alkan’s long-running label following a stellar run of singles for imprints including Cooking With Palms Trax, Rhythm Section, and Moxie's much-loved On Loop.

Led by a longing, inquisitive performance from vocalist and underground house music luminary, Love Letters, ‘Cravings’ builds from a simple throbbing bass line to an eruption of lyrical and musical joy. Exploring onset desire – risk, uncertainty, and ultimately, reward – Wallace’s deep and celebratory arrangement interweaves with Love Letters’ queer perspective to deliver universal satisfaction.

While ‘Cravings’ looks inward to find release, ‘Concourse’ goes for the jugular with a darker, more epic sensibility than Wallace has previously indulged. His flawless production touch seamlessly gifts magic to a widescreen techno epic that might not sound out of place on the terrace at Circoloco or else a field near early-nineties Frankfurt, repeatedly working his acid-oriented machines into a lather and conjuring cosmic drama from eerie, choral voices beneath a powerful groove.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Another producer who seemingly refuses to leave the studio at the moment (gotta admire the work ethic of these kids!). For the always-on-point Phantasy Sound the Shrewsbury upstart delivers one moody acidic bubbler and one highly combustible ball of late night club fire.

TRACK LISTING

A. Cravings Ft. Love Letters 
B1. Concourse 
B2. Cravings (Dub) 

THIS IS A BLACK FRIDAY 2025 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28th FROM 10AM 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 8AM ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29th).

Celebrate the global success of Icona Pop’s hit single 'I Love It' (feat. Charli XCX) with the original track and a journey through its standout remixes for RSD Black Friday, including Tiësto’s high-energy remix and Cobra Starship’s electric take on the hit. Ranked among the best songs of the 2010s by Stereogum (#117) and Pitchfork (#197), I Love It became a cultural phenomenon and instantly recognizable, charting across multiple Billboard charts, earning worldwide certifications, and surpassing 1 billion streams. On Glow In The Dark Vinyl.

TRACK LISTING

1. I Love It (feat. Charli XCX)
2. I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) - Tiësto Remix
3. I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) - Cobra Starship Remix; Radio Edit
4. I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) - Steven Redant 90s Bitch Club Mix
5. I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) - Wayne G & LFB Remix [Radio Edit]
6. I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) - I Don’t Care 2022 Re-Edit
7. I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) - Nari & Milani Remix
8. I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) - Style Of Eye Remix
9. I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) - Sazon Booya Moombahton Remix
10. I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) - The Sick Individuals Club Edit

THIS IS A BLACK FRIDAY 2025 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28th FROM 10AM 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 8AM ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29th).

Celebrating 60 years of Elektra’s first rock band, Love. Featuring their first four Elektra albums ('Love', 'Da Capo', 'Forever Changes', 'Four Sail'). Starting with their groundbreaking debut, the experimental jams of 'Da Capo' (which includes a 19-minute song), the classic 'Forever Changes' tunes, and the edge of 'Four Sail'.

Nothing But Love – The Definitive Best Of is a comprehensive, career spanning highlights collection from James. The release documents the band’s journey through their singles as well as fan favourites and selections made by the band.

The 5LP takes fans on a chronological journey from the beginning of the band’s releases up until the present day. The deluxe set features two new tracks, ‘Wake Up Superman’ and ‘Hallelujah Anyhow’. Additional highlights include ‘Laid’, ‘Sit Down’, ‘She’s A Star’ and ‘Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)’ as well as tracks from James’ most recent number 1 album, Yummy, with 12 tracks appearing on vinyl for the first time ever. The 5LP vinyl set is housed in a rigid slipcase with an accompanying booklet which contains exclusive track commentary from members of James.

The 3CD takes fans on a chronological journey from the beginning of the band’s releases up until the present day. The deluxe set features two new tracks, ‘Wake Up Superman’ and ‘Hallelujah Anyhow’. Additional highlights include ‘Laid’, ‘Sit Down’, ‘She’s A Star’ and ‘Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)’ as well as tracks from James’ most recent number 1 album, Yummy. The 3CD includes an accompanying booklet which contains exclusive track commentary from members of James.

This 2LP set is the ultimate James setlist, a highlights selection including two new tracks, ‘Wake Up Superman’ and ‘Hallelujah Anyhow’. Additional highlights include ‘Laid’, ‘Sit Down’, ‘She’s A Star’ and ‘Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)’.

TRACK LISTING

2LP SET
LP1
Side A
1 Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)
2 Laid
3 Tomorrow
4 Sometimes
5 Waltzing Along
6 Nothing But Love

Side B
1 Sit Down
2 Beautiful Beaches
3 She's A Star
4 Ring The Bells
5 Hallelujah Anyhow

LP2
Side A
1 Say Something
2 Just Like Fred Astaire
3 Moving On
4 Wake Up Superman
5 Sound

Side B
1 Come Home (Flood Mix)
2 Born Of Frustration
3 Out To Get You
4 Way Over Your Head
5 Hymn From A Village

3CD SET
CD1
1 What's The World
2 Hymn From A Village
3 Chain Mail
4 So Many Ways
5 Johnny Yen
6 What For
7 Ya Ho
8 Sit Down (Rough Trade Version)
9 How Was It For You?
10 Come Home (Flood Mix)
11 Lose Control
12 Sit Down
13 Sound
14 Born Of Frustration
15 Ring The Bells
16 Seven
17 Out To Get You
18 Sometimes
19 Laid
20 Jam J

CD2
1 Say Something
2 Honest Joe
3 She's A Star
4 Tomorrow
5 Waltzing Along
6 Play Dead
7 Destiny Calling
8 Runaground
9 I Know What I'm Here For
10 All Good Boys
11 Just Like Fred Astaire
12 We're Going To Miss You
13 I Defeat
14 Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)
15 Chameleon
16 Whiteboy
17 Waterfall
18 Crazy
19 Dust Motes
20 Interrogation

CD3
1 Moving On
2 Curse Curse
3 All I'm Saying
4 To My Surprise
5 Nothing But Love
6 Girl At The End Of The World
7 Busted
8 Many Faces
9 Leviathan
10 All The Colours Of You
11 Beautiful Beaches
12 ZERO
13 Love Make A Fool
14 Is This Love
15 Life's A Fucking Miracle
16 Way Over Your Head
17 Wake Up Superman
18 Hallelujah Anyhow

5LP SET
LP1
Side A
1 What's The World
2 Hymn From A Village
3 Chain Mail
4 So Many Ways
5 What For
6 Ya Ho

Side B
1 How Was It For You
2 Come Home (Flood Mix)
3 Lose Control
4 Sit Down
5 Sound

LP2
Side A
1 Born Of Frustration
2 Ring The Bells
3 Seven
4 Sometimes
5 Laid

Side B
1 Say Something
2 Out To Get You
3 Jam J
4 Honest Joe
5 She's A Star

LP3
Side A
1 Tomorrow
2 Waltzing Along *first Time Available On Vinyl*
3 Destiny Calling *first Time Available On Vinyl*
4 Runaground *first Time Available On Vinyl*
5 I Know What I'm Here For

Side B
1 Just Like Fred Astaire
2 We're Going To Miss You (Single Version) *first Time Available On Vinyl*
3 All Good Boys *first Time Available On Vinyl*
4 I Defeat *first Time Available On Vinyl*
5 Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) (Single Version) *first Time Available On Vinyl*
6 Chameleon *first Time Available On Vinyl*

LP4
Side A
1 Whiteboy
2 Crazy *first Time Available On Vinyl*
3 Dust Motes *first Time Available On Vinyl*
4 Moving On
5 Curse Curse

Side B
1 All I'm Saying (Radio Edit) *first Time Available On Vinyl*
2 To My Surprise
3 Nothing But Love
4 Girl At The End Of The World
5 Many Faces (Radio Edit) *first Time Available On Vinyl*
6 Leviathan

LP 5
Side A
1 All The Colours Of You
2 Beautiful Beaches
3 ZERO
4 Love Make A Fool

Side B
1 Is This Love
2 Life's A Fucking Miracle
3 Way Over Your Head
4 Wake Up Superman *first Time Available On Vinyl*
5 Hallelujah Anyhow *first Time Available On Vinyl*

A Treasure Trove of NYC Post-Disco Gems from 1980–1983

New York City, early 1980s. Post-Disco and Boogie Funk pulse through the streets, clubs, and studios—and Richie Weeks stands at the heart of it all. A true force in the scene, Richie had just dropped the now-classic “Rock Your World” in 1981. Signed to the iconic Salsoul Records, he was riding high: performing at legendary venues like Paradise Garage, Studio 54, Roseland, and Bond International, touring Europe, and recording tirelessly with top-tier vocalists and musicians in studios across the city.

With his projects The Jammers and Weeks & Co. storming the charts both in the U.S. and abroad, Richie was unstoppable. Fueled by a relentless creative drive, he spent countless hours in the studio—writing, arranging, and producing a massive catalog of dancefloor anthems, many of which never saw release. Until now.

Jerome Derradji and Past Due Records are proud to present Richie Weeks – The Love Magician Archives: Boogie & Post Disco. NYC 1980–1983 Vol. 3, the third installment from Richie’s personal archive. Spanning 1980 to 1983, this collection features eight electrifying, previously unreleased tracks from The Jammers and Weeks & Co., as well as the futuristic grooves of Kaviar and Hot Cargo. Richie shines through the entire record—his writing, production, vocals, and arrangements are absolute killers.

Housed in a deluxe double LP package with an insert featuring the second chapter of Richie’s musical journey—penned by Jerome Derradji—this volume is a vital piece of New York’s post-disco history.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Hot Cargo - If You Were Mine (Version 2)
A2. Weeks & Co. - Rockin’ It In The Pocket (Instrumental)
B1. Hot Cargo - What's In It For Me (Short Mix)
B2. The Jammers - Out To Get You (Demo)
C1. Kaviar - Love Robots (Version 2)
C2. Weeks & Co - Knock Knock (Demo)
D1. The Jammers - Flaunt It
D2. The Jammers - Dance 2000

Formed in 2024, Brighton-based duo White Magic for Lovers (Anglo-American couple Alfie & Thomas White) released their debut album ‘The Book of Lies’ on Valentine’s Day 2025 via the band’s own Chord Orchard imprint.

Weaving together disparate influences from across the decades (Judee Sill, Broadcast, Mary Lou Williams…) the LP followed three singles, the group supporting the release with live shows alongside C Duncan, The Waeve and Sea Power.

TRACK LISTING

1. Axelrod
2. If...
3. A Riddle Without A Clue
4. Count The Rings
5. The Edge Of Nowhere
6. Suppose
7. The Boy From The Bookshop
8. The Book Of Lies
9. When The Sky Darkens Down
10. Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby
11. Illusion

New GE-OLOGY on the newly minted Love Universal. Interstella acid jazz, cosmic soul and liquid bruk are order of the day as GE-OLOGY takes us on a technicoloured tour of his soundscape. 

Pairing deep musicality with intrinsic sound design and strong rhythms, GE-OLOGY composes a double album that'll please everyone from jazz heads, broken beat fans and Detroit techno aficionados alike. The kinda shit Luke Unabomber loves to delve into on his Worldwide FM show and even a bit of Carl Craig and Theo Parrish's Sound Signature label in there too!

Limited copies. Don't sleep. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Skirting the boundaries between broken beat, deep house and Detroit techno, GE-OLOGY crafts a heavily scented, slightly sweaty set of tracks that gallop along at a natural pace and unfurl almost effortlessly. It's a deliciously organic palette through and through, nodding to jazz and soul along the way. A musical triumph from this long serving cat.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Escape On The Lodge Freeway (featuring Mark De Clive-lowe)
A2. Bag Of Punches
B1. Mind Galaxy (pt 1 - The Going)
B2. Nomadic Discorientation (featuring Kaidi Tatham)
C1. ō-yoroi
C2. Depth Perception
D1. Moon Circuitry (featuring Mark De Clive-lowe)
D2. Mind Galaxy (pt 2 - The Return)

About the album:
Nothing But Love – The Definitive Best Of is a comprehensive, career spanning highlights collection from James. The release documents the band’s journey through their singles as well as fan favourites and selections made by the band.

The 2LP set is the ultimate James setlist, a highlights selection including two new tracks, ‘Wake Up Superman’ and ‘Hallelujah Anyhow’. Additional highlights include ‘Laid’, ‘Sit Down’, ‘She’s A Star’ and ‘Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)’.

The 5LP takes fans on a chronological journey from the beginning of the band’s releases up until the present day. The deluxe set features two new tracks, ‘Wake Up Superman’ and ‘Hallelujah Anyhow’. Additional highlights include ‘Laid’, ‘Sit Down’, ‘She’s A Star’ and ‘Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)’ as well as tracks from James’ most recent number 1 album, Yummy, with 12 tracks appearing on vinyl for the first time ever. The 5LP vinyl set is housed in a rigid slipcase with an accompanying booklet which contains exclusive track commentary from members of James.

The 3CD takes fans on a chronological journey from the beginning of the band’s releases up until the present day. The deluxe set features two new tracks, ‘Wake Up Superman’ and ‘Hallelujah Anyhow’. Additional highlights include ‘Laid’, ‘Sit Down’, ‘She’s A Star’ and ‘Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)’ as well as tracks from James’ most recent number 1 album, Yummy. The 3CD includes an accompanying booklet which contains exclusive track commentary from members of James.

TRACK LISTING

2LP SET
LP1
Side A
1 Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)
2 Laid
3 Tomorrow
4 Sometimes
5 Waltzing Along
6 Nothing But Love

Side B
1 Sit Down
2 Beautiful Beaches
3 She's A Star
4 Ring The Bells
5 Hallelujah Anyhow

LP2
Side A
1 Say Something
2 Just Like Fred Astaire
3 Moving On
4 Wake Up Superman
5 Sound

Side B
1 Come Home (Flood Mix)
2 Born Of Frustration
3 Out To Get You
4 Way Over Your Head
5 Hymn From A Village

3CD SET
CD1
1 What's The World
2 Hymn From A Village
3 Chain Mail
4 So Many Ways
5 Johnny Yen
6 What For
7 Ya Ho
8 Sit Down (Rough Trade Version)
9 How Was It For You?
10 Come Home (Flood Mix)
11 Lose Control
12 Sit Down
13 Sound
14 Born Of Frustration
15 Ring The Bells
16 Seven
17 Out To Get You
18 Sometimes
19 Laid
20 Jam J

CD2
1 Say Something
2 Honest Joe
3 She's A Star
4 Tomorrow
5 Waltzing Along
6 Play Dead
7 Destiny Calling
8 Runaground
9 I Know What I'm Here For
10 All Good Boys
11 Just Like Fred Astaire
12 We're Going To Miss You
13 I Defeat
14 Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)
15 Chameleon
16 Whiteboy
17 Waterfall
18 Crazy
19 Dust Motes
20 Interrogation

CD3
1 Moving On
2 Curse Curse
3 All I'm Saying
4 To My Surprise
5 Nothing But Love
6 Girl At The End Of The World
7 Busted
8 Many Faces
9 Leviathan
10 All The Colours Of You
11 Beautiful Beaches
12 ZERO
13 Love Make A Fool
14 Is This Love
15 Life's A Fucking Miracle
16 Way Over Your Head
17 Wake Up Superman
18 Hallelujah Anyhow


5LP SET
LP1
Side A
1 What's The World
2 Hymn From A Village
3 Chain Mail
4 So Many Ways
5 What For
6 Ya Ho

Side B
1 How Was It For You
2 Come Home (Flood Mix)
3 Lose Control
4 Sit Down
5 Sound

LP2
Side A
1 Born Of Frustration
2 Ring The Bells
3 Seven
4 Sometimes
5 Laid

Side B
1 Say Something
2 Out To Get You
3 Jam J
4 Honest Joe
5 She's A Star

LP3
Side A
1 Tomorrow
2 Waltzing Along *first Time Available On Vinyl*
3 Destiny Calling *first Time Available On Vinyl*
4 Runaground *first Time Available On Vinyl*
5 I Know What I'm Here For

Side B
1 Just Like Fred Astaire
2 We're Going To Miss You (Single Version) *first Time Available On Vinyl*
3 All Good Boys *first Time Available On Vinyl*
4 I Defeat *first Time Available On Vinyl*
5 Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) (Single Version) *first Time Available On Vinyl*
6 Chameleon *first Time Available On Vinyl*

LP4
Side A
1 Whiteboy
2 Crazy *first Time Available On Vinyl*
3 Dust Motes *first Time Available On Vinyl*
4 Moving On
5 Curse Curse

Side B
1 All I'm Saying (Radio Edit) *first Time Available On Vinyl*
2 To My Surprise
3 Nothing But Love
4 Girl At The End Of The World
5 Many Faces (Radio Edit) *first Time Available On Vinyl*
6 Leviathan

LP 5
Side A
1 All The Colours Of You
2 Beautiful Beaches
3 ZERO
4 Love Make A Fool

Side B
1 Is This Love
2 Life's A Fucking Miracle
3 Way Over Your Head
4 Wake Up Superman *first Time Available On Vinyl*
5 Hallelujah Anyhow *first Time Available On Vinyl*

'Fire of God’s' Love is the legendary 1973 album by Australian nun Sister Irene O’Connor—a sincere, soulful, and unconsciously psychedelic song sequence devoted to self-reflection and awakening the spirit within. A collection of original folk spirituals written by and channelled through O’Connor with guitar, electric organ, drum machine and her angelic voice, the album was recorded and mixed in an astonishingly futuristic fashion by fellow nun and recording engineer Sister Marimil Lobregat. Freedom To Spend offers the first authorised reissue of this holy grail since 1976; the album restored and remastered with care and consideration from the best available sources. As a young Roman Catholic nun in the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary order, Sister Irene’s forays into music began in 1953 when she moved from Sydney to a convent in Singapore and began teaching children with learning difficulties. Acquiring an acoustic guitar and learning three simple chords, Irene’s songs blossomed with the children’s enthusiasm. Serendipitously, a parent of one student worked at a commercial radio station in Singapore, and Irene was invited to the station to perform and record in its studio. She went along, wearing her habit and carrying her guitar, and cut her first original song there in 1965. Under the pseudonym Myiriam Frances, to maintain anonymity within her order (“Nuns didn’t do that kind of thing,” noted O’Connor), Phillips released a series of Sister Irene’s records at the tail end of the 1960s

It was at the convent in Singapore that Sister Irenemet Sister Marimil Lobregat, a fellow Franciscan nun who moved to the island from the Philippines in the early 1960s. More than a decade later, as if by divine intervention, they reconnected at another convent at Point Piper in Sydney. Marimil, also a musician and sound enthusiast, worked at the Catholic Radio and Television Centre in Homebush, in western Sydney, as an audio and visual technician. Sister Irene, faithfully honing her musical craft, and Sister Marimil hatched a plan to meet at the centre over a series of Sunday afternoons, and create the songs that would become 'Fire of God’s Love'. The songs of 'Fire of God’s Love' are sung in an angelic soprano by Sister Irene (with lyrics spanning English, Latin, and Malay) and produced by Sister Marimil, recorded on aTeac 3340S 4-track reel-to-reel. Marimil was instrumental in conjuring the uncanny otherworldliness that permeates the album. The crystalline fabric of Sister Irene’s voice is held exquisitely in a shimmering mosaic of reverb and analogue synthesiser hum, while momentously ringing out like a bell in the darkness, projecting until truth or the divine appears. Themes such as mercy, grace, light, and mystery are punctuated by a gentle acoustic guitar strum and eternal piano notes spinning slowly on a vibrating thread

For the songs with keyboards, Sister Irene played all the parts live in real time, including the bass pedals. The drum machine was generated by the same organ she played, and performed simultaneously. All of this lends to an atmosphere of heightened presence, an organic flash helmed deep from the subconscious. Originating from ideas created in a quiet convent and sequestered from worldly influence, the liturgical framework of the album is filtered through the intimate devotion of two Sisters — their own interpretation of pop music stripped of pretension and superficial glamour.

The album’s title, like many of its songs, stems from a Bible verse, in this case Luke 12:49. But Sisters Irene and Marimil ushered it into a space where all spiritualseekers can appreciate the transmission [Or: unusual hermeneutics]. The lyrics address universal needs, wants, and desires: everlasting love and affection, an end to loneliness, a new form of relief, and deliverance from the fear of death. Instead of hymnal forms, Sister Irene, perhaps inadvertently, utilises folk and psychedelia fashionable at the time to deliver a sermon that reads like love letters to a divine presence, speaking to the soul, beyond any formal religion. 'Fire of God’s Love' is an inspiring archive of early electronic experimentation between two women friends and mystics, a documentation of their divine energy channelled in a disciplined way. Upon initial release, it was neither a flat-out success nor a failure, but was met mostly as a curiosity. The pair never made more music together, and in the 50 years since, their one-off collaboration continues to draw listeners in by way of record shop find (whether the original Phillips pressing or sonically superior 1976 reissue on AlbaHouse Communications) or more likely via YouTube, as a stumbled across and feverishly commented-on cult classic. Today, Sister Irene is living in Sydney, Australia, and is happy that new audiences are finding meaning in her music with Sister Marimil. Her story is a testament that you don’t need much to create a visionary, enduring album: a tape recorder, friendship, the 'Fire of God’s Love to ignite the pathway forward. That might be an aspirational friend, or an earthly companion right beside you. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Fire (Luke 12:49)
2. Nature Is A Song
3. Springtime (In Australia)
4. Mass—‘Emmanuel’
5. Messe Du Saint Esprit
6. Light (John 8:12)
7. O Brother (Matt. 7:1-5)
8. Mary Was ‘There’
9. Teenager’s Chorus
10. O Great Mystery (John 6)
11. Christ Our King (Col. 1:13)
12. Keshukoran

Originally released in 2010, 'Forever Dolphin Love' remains a vital introduction to the strange and fantastical universe of Connan Tant Hosford. Following its release, Connan enjoyed a flurry of critical and artistic praise from the likes of David Byrne, Johnny Marr, Blood Orange's Dev Hynes and Charlotte Gainsbourg, with whom Connan is an ongoing collaborator.

There's a truly mercurial quality cast over the album, which is full of subtle idiosyncrasies that gradually reveal themselves after repeated listens.
'It's Choade My Dear' and 'Faking Jazz Together' are perfect slices of lightheaded psych pop, constructed around spidery hooks, pitter-patter percussion and slow, sinuous grooves. The title track acts as the album's centerpiece - an ambitious suite that clocks in at over ten minutes; slithering through funk-filled interludes and lush passages into one of the album's most frantic and memorable hooks.

TRACK LISTING

1. Megumi The Milkyway Above
2. It’s Choade My Dear
3. Faking Jazz Together
4. Quadropuss Island
5. Forever Dolphin Love
6. Muss
7. Egon Hosford
8. Unicorn In Uniform
9. Grampa Moff
10. Please Turn Me Into The Snat

A blazing sunset melting into the horizon, an ice-cold cocktail in hand, and the bittersweet feeling of a moment hanging in time. With Love On The Rocks, I Coccodrilli take us on an emotional journey that drifts between nostalgia and euphoria, lazy golden afternoons and bursts of unexpected joy. A '90s-inspired Italo house project produced by R. Arcella and E. Fierro for the catalog of Futuribile, an iconic record store based in Naples and a true hub for local and Italian music. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Timeless beauty from Bel Paese! Everyone knows Italians do it better, proof hammered home here by I Coccodrillli who authentically replicate the feels of the 90s with a double headed 7" that'll get more spins than Mr. Vegas. Sleep at your peril!!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Love On The Rocks (Vocal)
B1. Love On The Rocks (Paradise Mix)

Our next Toolroom vinyl instalment comes from Sara Parker and Eats Everything with his reebeef on an absolute classic! Originally released in 1995 on the Sharp Boys own ‘Sharp Recordings’, ‘My Love Is Deep’ went on to achieve national chart success on ‘Manifesto’. Championed by the late, great Tony De Vit on the legendary dancefloor of ‘Trade’, Tony was the first DJ to play the ‘Sharp Dub’, after being handed an acetate by the boys. Eats Everything, off the back of his debut album ‘We Lost Ourselves and Found A Family’, delivers a blistering new ‘Reebeef’. Listing the ‘Sharp Dub’ in his ‘10 Best Hardbag Tracks of All Time’, Eat’s admiration of the original, Tony De Vit and the nuances and essence of Dance Music culture is evident with this essential rework, guaranteed to be a genuine highlight of the year. The package features both this great new rework and the timeless original!

TRACK LISTING

A1. My Love Is Deep (Eats Everything Extended Reebeef)
B1. My Love Is Deep (Sharp Boys Remastered Dub Mix)

On Love and Fortune, the third album from Australian musician Stella Donnelly and first for Brace Yourself Records, Donnelly returns with a deeply personal and anchored set of songs, a body of work that traces the journey back to herself after a period of profound change. Recorded in Naarm/Melbourne, the album carries the grounding energy of place, offering a sonic landscape that feels both intimate and expansive.

After several intense years on the road, Donnelly stepped away from touring to re-evaluate her relationship with music and to ask whether she still loved it. That quiet pause led to a deeper listening: to her instincts, her emotions, and the many past versions of herself. What emerged is a collection of songs shaped by multiple endings — the dissolving of relationships, the closing of chapters, the echo of things that once felt permanent. These are breakup songs, but not just of the romantic kind. They mark a shedding of skins, a release of old expectations, and a cautious openness to what might come next.

“These songs wouldn't leave me alone,” Donnelly says. “Like seagulls, they screamed at me when I rode to work, they pecked at me while I wrote essays, and they stole my chips the second I thought I was happy without music.”

Tapping back into this source, Donnelly arrives at a starker sound that lays bare the individual behind the artist. Love and Fortune blends pianos and guitars, as in her earlier work, but this time the arrangements are more exposed, more intentional. It captures the stiller self, the reflective self, that gently asks where to next. There is a clarity here, the kind that comes from reconnecting with what matters. The result is Donnelly’s most open-hearted and self-assured work to date — a record about loss, certainly, but even more about the quiet, enduring fortune of finding one’s way home.

Love and Fortune follows 2019’s Beware of the Dogs and 2022’s Flood, two albums that marked out Donnelly as one of Australia’s finest contemporary songwriters and drew praise and acclaim from the likes of The Guardian, Pitchfork, NME, BBC Radio 1, Clash, DIY, NPR, BBC 6 Music, Paste and many more. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: A profoundly gorgeous selection of pieces that move between barely adorned, vocal-forward folk (Love And Fortune / Baths / Ghosts) and the more dynamic, upbeat groovers (Being Nice / Feel It Change). For me, 'Baths' is a probably the most heartfelt, affecting thing she's done. A stunning, beautifully textured whole.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Standing Ovation
2. Being Nice
3. Feel It Change
4. Baths
5. Year Of Trouble
6. Please Everyone

Side B
7. W.A.L.K
8. Friend
9. Ghosts
10. Love And Fortune
11. Laying Low

Kalita are proud to present a 2025 repress of Emerson’s 1988 mythical electro boogie grail ‘Sending All My Love Out’, accompanied by two remixes courtesy of the genre’s most respected innovators, Egyptian Lover and Detroit In Effect. Limited to only 500 copies, pressed on electrifying yellow 12” vinyl.

Originally privately released as an obscure 7” single on LAS Records, operated by visionary power couple Emerson and Leora Sandidge, ‘Sending All My Love Out’ has since transformed into a hallowed grail among dance music collectors, enthusiasts and DJs alike, commanding sky-high prices on the second-hand scene.

A late 80’s electro boogie anthem, featuring a heavy mix of synthesizer and drum-machine euphoria, overlaid with Emerson and Leora’s own vocals, the recording truly is in a league of its own.

And to do justice to its legendary status, Kalita has dusted off the original multi-track master tapes and enlisted two of the electro scene’s most revered figures, namely Egyptian Lover and Detroit In Effect, to remix and elevate the track in their own signature style.

A truly special release.

STAFF COMMENTS

Mine says: Cool as a cucumber, slick as a whistle... One of the best songs ever!

TRACK LISTING

1. Sending All My Love Out
2. Sending All My Love Out (Egyptian Lover Remix)
3. Sending All My Love Out (Detroit In Effect Remix)
4. Sending All My Love Out (Demo Version)

The Jimi Hendrix Bold As Love boxsets offer a premium collector experience in both a 5LP & Blu-ray or 4CD & Blu-ray package. Each set features 27 previously unreleased recordings from 1967, including demos and alternate takes, as well as television and radio performances. This deluxe edition includes the stereo and mono mixes for the Axis: Bold As Love album, all newly remastered by Bernie Grundman from the original flat master tapes. Both stereo and mono mixes are included in high-resolution 24bit/96kHz audio, as well as a newly created, immersive Dolby Atmos mix by Eddie Kramer and Chandler Harrod. A 36-page booklet rounds out the offering, filled with rare photos, detailed liner notes, and track-by-track insights. This release is ideal for Hendrix fans and vinyl enthusiasts looking for a definitive archival edition of one of Hendrix’s most iconic albums.

TRACK LISTING

LP Box Set Tracklist:

LP1 - Original Stereo Mix:
1. EXP
2. Up From The Skies
3. Spanish Castle Magic
4. Wait Until Tomorrow
5. Ain’t No Telling
6. Little Wing
7. If 6 Was 9
8. You Got Me Floatin’
9. Castles Made Of Sand
10. She’s So Fine
11. One Rainy Wish
12. Little Miss Lover
13. Bold As Love

LP2 - Original Mono Mix:
1. EXP
2. Up From The Skies
3. Spanish Castle Magic
4. Wait Until Tomorrow
5. Ain’t No Telling
6. Little Wing
7. If 6 Was 9
8. You Got Me Floatin’
9. Castles Made Of Sand
10. She’s So Fine
11. One Rainy Wish
12. Little Miss Lover
13. Bold As Love

LP3:
1. Mr. Bad Luck [Take 6]
2. She’s So Fine [Take 4]
3. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Take 30]
4 The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice [Paramount Studios]
5. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Instrumental]
6. The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice [Instrumental]
7. Stone Free/Up From The Skies [Demo]
8. Up From The Skies [Take 2]
9. Ain’t No Telling [Demo]
10. Ain’t No Telling [Take 12]
11. Little Miss Lover [Demo]
12. One Rainy Wish [Take 1]
13. You Got Me Floatin’ [Take 1]
14. Untitled Guitar Experiment
15. Castles Made Of Sand [Take 16]

LP4:
1. Bold As Love [Take 19]
2. Wait Until Tomorrow [Take 2]
3. Spanish Castle Magic [Take 2]
4. Little Wing [Take 2]
5. Untitled Instrumental #1 [Take 3]
6. Untitled Instrumental #2 [Take 1]
7. Little Miss Lover [Alternate Version]
8. Spanish Castle Magic [Take 4]
9. Wait Until Tomorrow [Take 14]
10. Castles Made Of Sand [Backwards Guitar]
11. One Rainy Wish [Alternate Version]
12. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Original Mono Mix]
13. The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice [Original Mono Mix]

LP5:
1. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band [Sweden 9/5/67]
2. Fire [Sweden 9/5/67]
3. The Wind Cries Mary [Sweden 9/5/67]
4. Foxey Lady [Sweden 9/5/67]
5. Hey Joe [Sweden 9/5/67]
6. I Don’t Live Today [Sweden 9/5/67]
7. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Sweden 9/5/67]
8. Purple Haze [Sweden 9/5/67]
9. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Dee Time]
10. Purple Haze [Hoepla]
11. Foxey Lady [Hoepla]
12. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Top Of The Pops] 

CD Tracklisting:

CD1 - Original Stereo Mix:
1. EXP
2. Up From The Skies
3. Spanish Castle Magic
4. Wait Until Tomorrow
5. Ain’t No Telling
6. Little Wing
7. If 6 Was 9
8. You Got Me Floatin’
9. Castles Made Of Sand
10. She’s So Fine
11. One Rainy Wish
12. Little Miss Lover
13. Bold As Love

CD2 - Original Mono Mix:
1. EXP
2. Up From The Skies
3. Spanish Castle Magic
4. Wait Until Tomorrow
5. Ain’t No Telling
6. Little Wing
7. If 6 Was 9
8. You Got Me Floatin’
9. Castles Made Of Sand
10. She’s So Fine
11. One Rainy Wish
12. Little Miss Lover
13. Bold As Love

CD3:
1. Mr. Bad Luck [Take 6]
2. She’s So Fine [Take 4]
3. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Take 30]
4. The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice [Paramount Studios]
5. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Instrumental]
6. The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice [Instrumental]
7. Stone Free/Up From The Skies [Demo]
8. Up From The Skies [Take 2]
9. Ain’t No Telling [Demo]
10. Ain’t No Telling [Take 12]
11. Little Miss Lover [Demo]
12. One Rainy Wish [Take 1]
13. You Got Me Floatin’ [Take 1]
14. Untitled Guitar Experiment
15. Bold As Love [Take 19]
16. Castles Made Of Sand [Take 16]
17. Wait Until Tomorrow [Take 2]
18. Spanish Castle Magic [Take 2]
19. Little Wing [Take 2]
20. Untitled Instrumental #1 [Take 3]
21. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Original Mono Mix]
22. The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice [Original Mono Mix]

CD4:
1. Little Miss Lover [Alternate Version]
2. Spanish Castle Magic [Take 4]
3. Wait Until Tomorrow [Take 14]
4. Castles Made Of Sand [Backwards Guitar]
5. One Rainy Wish [Alternate Version]
6. Untitled Instrumental #2 [Take 1]
7. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Dee Time]
8. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band [Sweden 9/5/67]
9. Fire [Sweden 9/5/67]
10. The Wind Cries Mary [Sweden 9/5/67]
11. Foxey Lady [Sweden 9/5/67]
12. Hey Joe [Sweden 9/5/67]
13. I Don’t Live Today [Sweden 9/5/67]
14. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Sweden 9/5/67]
15. Purple Haze [Sweden 9/5/67]
16. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Top Of The Pops]
17. Purple Haze [Hoepla]
18. Foxey Lady [Hoepla] 

Steve Moore reprises his beloved Lovelock guise by presenting his unique riff on the library breaks genre. Business And Pleasure contains grimy groove and sleazy, funk-laden lounge music.

This vinyl release is hyper-limited, with just 500 pressed for the world.

The LP is ushered in by the spacey synth-funk of the sleazy, woozy title track. This is that serious slo-mo cosmic-balearic head-nod shit. Laidback bass, heavy funk with dreamy synth and electric guitars. An outstanding opener. Up next, the dynamic, swaggering "Last Call" is a sophisticated, elegant stroll - sweeping, mellow strings, a smooth bassline and gorgeous percussion with urgent keys and swelling synths.

"Slinky Strut" is another spaced-out, sleazy funk groove with jazz rock by way of a heavy, heavy guitar riff, mellotron and bass breakdowns which build to brass crescendos. Gigantic. "First Class" closes out the side, and, like classic Hawkshaw / Bennett noir, it's got that mysterious and murky stretched out sleuth / detective soul with a great bassline and percussive elements, with swelling strings, ace synths and smooth Rhodes piano melodies entering the mix halfway through. Dramatic guitars and groovy percussion add extra intrigue. It's 7 minutes of funk!

Side B opens with the stretched-out psychedelic funk and jazz groove of "Stank 49". It takes its sweet time to unfurl, creating enormous - almost sensual - anticipation for the ensuing beauty but, as it does, we're left beguiled and straight-up hypnotised. Heaven-sent synth flourishes and a laidback bassline over smooth drums cement its simple, vivacious grace. "Dangerous Man" is that creeping crime funk we all love; heavy bass and fuzzy guitar riffs, mellow strings and sumptuous piano/synths. It's irresistible, it's ominous and it's pretty gargantuan. It's basically like an El-P hip-hop instrumental. We need to get some rappers over this stuff, stat!

"Stinkbug" is a dazzling and funky groove-fuelled jazz-rock workout with fizzing synth riffs joined by full percussion and drum breaks, building with strings to a strong swagger. Vigour! To close out this remarkable set, the breezy "Win Or Lose" is laidback soul-inflected funk, utilising urgent, skipping drums and galloping basslines. Just stunning.

This collection was written and recorded in Spring and Summer of ’24. Everything was tracked at Steve's home studio in Albany, NY except the drums and percussion, which were recorded by Jeff Gretz at his space in NYC. The whole collection is basically a rhythm section feature, so Steve's Rickenbacker 4003 and Fender Jazz Bass play very prominently. The bass guitar serves as lead instrument in a lot of these tracks. Also, lots of Rhodes and stringers (Solina, Logan etc) and guitar (Strat and Les Paul). He even dusted off my sax for this one, which he doesn’t do as often as he’d like!

This type of groove-oriented library music has been a steady part of Steve's diet since the late 90’s. In heavy rotation while writing this collection were the following classics: “Time Signals” by Klaus Weiss, “Tilsley Orchestral No. 10” by Reg Tilsley, and “Heavy Truckin’” by Simon Haseley. “Voyage” by Brian Bennett was also a big one.

Lovelock started as a dedicated Italo-disco project, but over the years Steve expanded it to include anything directly informed by the commercial/pop side of the music of his childhood (70s/80s). Writing and recording this album was, like a lot of Steve's music these days, basically a test to see whether or not he could do it.

The song titles, like the music, are meant to be evocative yet vague. But there is a bit of a travel theme. Steve imagined this record being the soundtrack to a sleazy salesman’s business trip. The kind of guy who, when asked if he’s traveling for business or pleasure, responds “both.” Beyond the traveling salesman comparison, the title directly relates to the creation of this album. This was something he wanted to do just for his own enjoyment. Yet, like our sleazy salesman, he still found a way to get paid.

The album’s cover was designed by Chris Stevenson, with no little direction from Steve. He knew that he wanted to go with something photography-based for this cover so, in true DIY/cheapskate spirit, Steve started by looking through his own photos. He found the cover image on his phone, taken through an almost empty bottle of beer, and it clicked. The whole album has a very boozy vibe (especially with titles like “Last Call”) so this shot seemed appropriate. We, hic, agree.

Mastering for this vinyl edition was overseen by Be With regular Simon Francis, and it was cut by the esteemed Cicely Balston at Abbey Road Studios to be pressed in the Netherlands by Record Industry. 

TRACK LISTING

A1 Business & Pleasure 5:50
A2 Last Call 6:57
A3 Slinky Strut 4:37
A4 First Class 6:59
B1 Stank 49 6:26
B2 Dangerous Man 4:15
B3 Stinkbug 5:00
B4 Win Or Lose 4:04

The Charlatans are back with their highly anticipated new album, 'We Are Love'. Their first studio album since 2017, this eleven-track collection marks a significant return for the band. 'We Are Love' sees The Charlatans pushing their sonic boundaries, featuring exciting collaborations with the acclaimed Dev Hynes and renowned producer Steven Street, promising a fresh yet unmistakably Charlatans sound.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: A brand new one from The Charalatans, drifting in familiar waters, with evocative jangling guitar and snappy percussion sitting beneath Tim's unmistakeable (and enduringly iconic) vocals. There is more of a focus on the rhythmic element here perhaps, with more of a danceable groove underpinning the whole affair, but in the end it's a wonderfully familiar sound from one of our favourite outfits.

TRACK LISTING

1. Kingdom Of Ours
2. We Are Love
3. Many A Day A Heartache
4. For The Girls
5. You Can’t Push The River
6. Deeper And Deeper
7. Appetite
8. Salt Water
9. Out On Our Own
10. Glad You Grabbed Me
11. Now Everything

Lovely repress of Four Tet's mega 2010 album 'There Is Love In You', FINALLY!!!!

TRACK LISTING

1. Angel Echoes
2. Love Cry
3. Circling
4. Pablo's Heart
5. Sing
6. The Unfolds
7. Reversing
8. Plastic People
9. She Just Likes To Fight 

A cornerstone of soulful reggae, Lover's Rock by Jamaican legend Delroy Wilson bridges his deep roots in ska and rocksteady with the smooth, romantic vibes of the UK's lovers rock movement - It's a noteworthy entry in the lovers rock canon and a testament to Wilson's versatility - Originally released in 1978 by Burning Sounds, this album captures Wilson's velvettoned voice over laid-back riddims and heartfelt lyrics--a perfect entry point for fans of both classic reggae and tender love songs.

A must-have for collectors of golden- era reggae and lovers rock enthusiasts alike. Original UK pressing is increasingly rare and prized for its warm analogue sound and classic artwork.

Recommended if you like: John Holt, Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown, Sugar Minott.

TRACK LISTING

Baby Don't Do It
Keep Out Of My Life
You Must Love Your Brother
Cherry Darling
Live With Your Brother
Love Got Me Doing Things (Bonus Track)
Live And Learn
Keep On Trying
Call On Me
I Can't Change Your Ways
Baby You
Go Away Little Girl (Bonus Track)

Following acclaimed outings 'About Love and Loving Again' and 'Hold Your Love Still', Christian Kjellvander returns with 'Ex Voto / The Silent Love', a quietly devastating and profoundly intimate record that completes an unofficial trilogy exploring love in its most tender, conflicted, and spiritual forms.

Originally conceived as an album of ten soft, calm country songs, 'Ex Voto' gradually evolved into something more expansive, yet the embryo of that intention remains, pulsing gently beneath every track. The record opens with two stripped-back songs, flows into a louder, more dynamic centre piece, then drifts back into stillness, mirroring the emotional journey of its creation. As with its predecessors, 'Ex Voto' continues Christian’s exploration of themes like love, religion, the natural world, and beauty, subjects he approaches with poetic precision and emotional depth. But this album goes deeper. It is more intimate, more raw. Christian was in a different place when he began writing it, and while the gravitational centre of his artistry remains constant, that personal shift colours the entire record.

Recorded live over a few days in an old summer house by the sea at Sweden’s southern tip, the album captures the breath and quiet of a room where no headphones were needed, where vocals bleed into the space through a PA, and every creak of the floorboards became part of the sound. The spectres of each voice and instrument haunt the multi-tracks like spirits lingering in a deep desert night. It’s romantic and cinematic, a kind of small-town noir transposed from the Texan wilderness to the Swedish coast. At the heart of the record is Kjellvander’s deep, expressive baritone and lyrical clarity, surrounded by a sparse yet richly textured palette: brush drums, bass clarinet, mournful cornet, Rhodes, synths, and the haunting counterpoint of female vocals. From the ghostly intimacy of 'Love of Another' to the stormy crescendo of 'Deathrider', the album moves with patience and purpose.

Songs like 'God Simple' and 'It Can Heal If You Let It' ride slow grooves into emotional catharsis, while 'The View Is Watching' swells into a shadowy, psychedelic dirge. Even the instrumental 'Ex Voto' hums with spiritual weight. Producer Tobias Fröberg focused on the scale of Christian’s voice and the gravity of his words, using reverb to lend a hyper-real quality to the album’s mood. The sound is different to its predecessors, and so was the recording process - just players in a room, leaning into the silence between sounds. The result is a document of presence: atmospheric, unguarded, and emotionally resonant. Ex Voto / The Silent Love is a record that inspires patience. It’s not to be consumed, but sat with, like a long conversation late into the night.

TRACK LISTING

1. Love Of Another
2. Hole In My Heart
3. God Simple
4. The View Is Watching
5. Obsession
6. It Can Heal You If You Let It
7. Ex Voto
8. Deathrider
9. Reasonable Love

Bogdan Ra kicks off his new Love Affair label with four banging cuts that nod to the 90s and bring plenty of authentic acid madness. 'Kick It Off' begins with a heavyweight bump, trippy synth motifs and rigid rhythms that make you jerk your body in an 80s Chicago style. 'After Acid Hours' is another full body workout with wiggly 303s adding the energy and 'Ough Yeah' then gets snappy and sweaty with its fractured vocals and strobe-lit moods. 'Beat Body' shuts down with a more slamming technoid energy and rugged acid. Four stylish, fresh and destructive sounds.

TRACK LISTING

Kick It Off
After Acid Hours
Ough Yeah
Beat Body

After years of writing, wandering, and starting over, Evan Dando returns with 'Love Chant', the first Lemonheads studio album of original material in nearly two decades. Long in the works and shaped by shifting geographies and a cast of trusted collaborators, it’s a bold, melodic reaffirmation of one of alternative rock’s most distinctive voices.

Now based in Brazil, where much of the album was recorded, Dando’s relocation in recent years has offered a quiet shift in perspective — a chance to reset, reconnect, and finally bring these songs into focus. The result is a record that sounds both fresh and familiar: rooted in the hallmarks of The Lemonheads’ best work, yet expanded by years of lived experience and new surroundings.

'Love Chant' was produced by Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Apollo Nove, it draws together old friends and new allies. J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr), Juliana Hatfield, and Tom Morgan rejoin the fold, alongside producer Bryce Goggin (Pavement, Antony and the Johnsons), Nashville’s Erin Rae, John Strohm of the Blake Babies and Nick Saloman of The Bevis Frond. Adam Green of cult New York favourites The Moldy Peaches also contributes as co-writer on the loose-limbed country detour 'Wild Thing'.

Over the past few years, The Lemonheads’ influence has only deepened. Artists like MJ Lenderman, Courtney Barnett and Waxahatchee have all covered Dando’s songs, praising the emotional clarity, melodic instinct, and wry intimacy that define his writing. That resonance across generations makes 'Love Chant' feel like more than a return — it’s a reminder of what made this band matter in the first place.

TRACK LISTING

1. 58 Second Song
2. Deep End
3. In The Margin
4. Wild Thing
5. Be-In
6. Cell Phone Blues
7. Togetherness Is All I'm After
8. Marauders
9. Love Chant
10. The Key Of Victory
11. Roky

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TRACK LISTING

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

CD Tracklisting:

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

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

Earl Sweatshirt, acclaimed rapper, producer and one of hip-hop’s most uncompromising voices, has been a defining creative force for over a decade. His lyricism and singular vision have earned him critical acclaim, a devoted global following and a Grammy nomination for his contribution to Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange. Known for pushing boundaries and reshaping underground rap, Earl continues to evolve with each release.

He now returns with Live Laugh Love, his most expansive and conceptually ambitious project to date. Rooted in themes of wellness, growth and the philosophy behind its title, the album reflects Earl’s current way of life, choosing joy while staying grounded in truth. Across 11 tracks, he folds in irony, nostalgia and sharp observation, creating a body of work that embraces life’s contradictions: joy alongside darkness, levity alongside gravity.

STAFF COMMENTS

Ethan says: An optimistic outing from Earl Sweatshirt this time! Full of his trademark experimental jazz sampling, abstract beats, and loose unorthodox flows, while also being concise and straight to the point. Class!

TRACK LISTING

1. Gsw Vs Sac
2. FORGE
3. INFATUATION
4. Gamma (need The <3)
5. WELL DONE!
6. Live
7. Static
8. CRISCO
9. TOURMALINE
10. Heavy Metal Aka Ejecto Seato!
Exhaust

Irish born, London based Tree Threes aka Jamie Meehan joins the Soul
Quest family for their 8th release of 2025 with a dancefloor ready, 4 tracker
that could only come from someone who has passionately studied authentic deep house.

With releases on Nervous, Morris Audio, Kolour and most recently Special
Grooves, Tree Threes once again flexes his production skills which were
honed at Secret Sundaze school, combining disco, jazz and soul influences
all under the deep house umbrella and executed with the finesse of a diamond cutter. Don't sleep! 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Soul Quest continue on their remit to deliver big, bolshy, soulful house music to our discerning ears. Much like Local Talk and Freerange, the label proudly shuns The Latest Sound for something more timeless, authentic and real.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Love You Forever
A2. Right Way
B1. Can You Say
B2. Under Water

Armada Music and King Street Sounds team up again to celebrate the 20th anniversary of “Most Precious Love” by Blaze presents UDAUFL feat. Barbara Tucker. This release is a timeless classic captivating anyone who encounters it.

This 20th anniversary special includes the Bonafide classic remix by Dennis Ferrer, Michael Gray’s take and two brand new remixes for 2025 all presented in a beautifully designed record sleeve featuring the star herself on the cover.

Kicking things off on the A side is the “DF’s Future 3000 Mix” that has been championed time and time again by DJ’s from across the world. Next up is Michael Gray, a DJ and producer who needs little to no introduction his version breathes new life into the original by taking it down a couple notches and giving it more of a mellow feel. The first of the two brand new remixes is Nico de Andrea, an Afro-house maestro who sports his signature sound once again by bringing his rhythms and melancholic pop melodies presenting the classic in a whole new way. Rounding off is Sam Divine the first lady of Defected who has held residencies at clubs such as Pacha, Amnesia, Sankeys, Ushuaïa, Eden, among others. She sinks her teeth into this remix by building up the vocal into a drop which is sure to keep the dancefloor going for the late nights that need that boost of energy.

Whether this is the first time you’re hearing this anthem or the one hundredth, here’s your chance to own a slice of house music history.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Blaze Presents UDAUFL Feat. Barbara Tucker – Most Precious Love (DF’s Future 3000 Mix)
A2. Blaze Presents UDAUFL Feat. Barbara Tucker – Most Precious Love (Michael Gray Remix)
B1. Nico De Andrea X Blaze Presents UDAUFL Feat. Barbara Tucker – Most Precious Love
B2. Sam Divine X Blaze Presents UDAUFL Feat. Barbara Tucker – Most Precious Love

An ambient symphony of ethereal decay, upgraded to 21st century classic status. Tracked at home in ‘92 with a 12-string guitar, 4 track recorder, looping pedal, infinite reverb, and the textured coos of enigmatic vocalist Melissa Arpin Duimstra, Scott Cortez’s lovesliescrushing project transformed post-adolescent bedroom daydreaming into a serene, moonlit float on an endless sea. This expanded and remastered double album edition adds five more distortion-wracked reflections from the vault, with lyrics and replica postcard to get lost in along the way. No need for the eyewash station here—blindness intended.

STAFF COMMENTS

Liam says: OMG YES!!! Our pals at Numero have done it again and are releasing another grail of 90s shoegaze! Originally released in '92, lovesliescrushing's 'bloweyelashwish' leans in to the more ambienty/post-rocky side of the gaze but still just as beautiful. Loaded up with 5 extra tracks from the vault, don't come to me whinging you missed out once this flies out - GO GO GO!

TRACK LISTING

1. Babysbreath
2. Teardrop
3. Iwantyou
4. Fur
5. Dizzy
6. Plume
7. Burst
8. Tinkerwench
9. Charm
10. Sugaredglowing
11. Glimmer
12. Finger
13. Moinaexquisitewallflower
14. Butterfly
15. Youreyesimmaculate
16. Bloweyelashwish
17. Crushing
18. Precious
19. Darkglassdolleyes
20. Halo
21. Babysbreath (mycomium Version)
22. Spidervelvet
23. Lips To Kiss
24. Feathermouth
25. Moinaexquisitewallflower (original Version)

Axis: Bold As Love, the second album from The Jimi Hendrix Experience was the follow up to the hugely successful Are You Experienced. This masterpiece is home to the classics Little Wing, Castles Made Of Sand and Bold As Love. This edition of the album will be pressed on Electric Orange colour vinyl.

Originally released on Mon 22 August 2005, the Furries’ third and final album to be recorded by Epic Records, Love Kraft is reissued on double vinyl and  2CDs, including the 22-track bonus CD, Kiss Me With Apocalypse  via the Cardiff-based independent label, Strangetown Records. Four previously unheard tracks are drawn from the vaults, including the squidgy ELO-stomp of drummer, Daf Ieuan-led Rock ‘N’ Roll Flu, plus the distorted space-jam of Cae Marw, the band’s deep-bass sketch of Palo Alto and ghostly, percussive morsel of Bedw Arian.

The album followed six previous albums by the band, including their statement debut album, Fuzzy Logic in 1996, melding an attention-demanding mix of literary, narcotic and musical influences. Maintaining a shape that was ill-fitting in the jigsaw of other 90’s guitar bands, their follow-up, UK Top Ten album, Radiator brought the hooky squelch of the bona fide indie dancefloor classic, The International Language of Screaming. The next decade saw the release of the first Top 20-charting, Welsh language album, Mwng (2000), followed by further experimentation and commercial success with Rings Around The World (2001) and Phantom Power (2003).

'Love Kraft’s sense of cohesion, collaboration and free-flow of rich harmony has been credited to the five-piece escaping Wales to record in the shimmering heat of Figueres, Catalunya. Bringing famed Beastie Boys producer, Mario Caldato Jr along with them for the ride, the travelling band’s stay in the Catalonian hometown of Salvador Dali included found sounds, boozy petrol stations, gastronomic revelations and, finally, a rich album of strings, synths and opulent vocal harmonies.

While eventually finding their way to Baha, near to Rio di Janeiro to mix the album 'Love Kraft’s story began in Wales and Pleasure Foxxx Studios, where the band began to craft the album’s songs. Embracing the landmark of a seventh album, notably coming after the 2004 release of their first ‘best of…’ package, 'Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1', Super Furry Animals pooled ideas and affected further democracy in their songwriting, taking a load off traditional lead-writer and front man, Gruff Rhys, and sharing in lead vocal duties (aside from the microphone-averse bassist, Guto Pryce).

'Love Kraft' was the first Super Furry Animals album recorded to hard disc instead of multi-track tape, and found the band typically explorative and open to happenstance. Zoom’s opening splash into the recording studio’s swimming pool is accompanied by the on-location, pool table samples found elsewhere on the album. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: Twenty years ago? Wow! I always really loved this album, starting with the brilliant artwork and then journeying inwards to the land of dreams and whimsy and layers of sound. My favourite song is Lazer Beam which just packs everything this glorious madcap band does into four magical, spiralling minutes. Another megarecord and a timely reissue.

TRACK LISTING

LP Tracklisting:
1. Zoom!
2. Atomik Lust
3. The Horn
4. Ohio Heat
5. Walk You Home 
6. Lazer Beam 
7. Frequency 
8. Oi Frango
9.  Psyclone! 
10. Back On A Roll 
11. Cloudberries 
12. Cabin Fever
13.  *surprise*

CD Tracklisting:
CD1:
1. Zoom!
2. Atomik Lust
3. The Horn
4. Ohio Heat
5. Walk You Home
6. Lazer Beam
7. Frequency
8. Oi Frango
9. Psyclone!
10. Back On A Roll
11. Cloudberries
12. Cabin Fever
13. Sunny Seville
14. Rock ‘n’ Roll Flu
15. Never More
16. Colonise The Moon

CD2:
1. Zoom! (Stiwdio Ofn Demo)
2. Atomik Lust (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
3. The Horn (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
4. Ohio Heat (Stiwdio Ofn Demo)
5. Lazer Beam (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
6. Frequency (Stiwdio Ofn Demo)
7. Oi Frango (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
8. Psyclone! The SFA Cut (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
9. Back On A Roll (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
10. Cabin Fever (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
11. Cae Marw (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
12. The Gateway Song (Stiwdio Ofn Demo)
13. Rock ‘n’ Roll Flu (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
14. Never More (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
15. Palo Alto (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
16. These Bones (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
17. Bing Bong (Stiwdio Ofn Demo)
18. Bedw Arian (Pleasure Foxxx Demo)
19. The Gateway Song (Rough Mix)
20. Psyclone! (Future Force)
21. Psyclone! (The Flaming Lips)
22. Zoom! (uncut Master Take)

2024 was quite the year for Scottish singer, songwriter Rianne Downey,. Having joined Paul Heaton’s band a couple of years ago, when long-time duet partner Jacqui Abbot pulled out, she’s been a mainstay ever since.

One of the undoubted highlights for Rianne last year was their sensational Glastonbury Pyramid Stage set. She returns to the festival this year as a solo artist and will also support Texas at numerous outdoor dates this summer, alongside more shows with Paul.

Since then, she worked on her debut album at Bear Creek Studio in Seattle with Ryan Hadlock (The Lumineers, Zach Bryan, Vance Joy). First single proper, 'Lost In Blue', released late last year picked up a Radio 2 playlist alongside media supper from the Telegraph to the Daily Star.

Rianne kickstarted her career with early open mic nights in her hometown of Belshill, just outside Glasgow. She later played with local singer Dylan John Thomas and supported Gerry Cinnamon. In 2021 she moved to Liverpool and put a band together.

Her first studio exploits were with the Coral’s James Skelly, then the Richard Turvey produced 'Fuel to The Flame' EP, followed by the country stomp of 'Devil’s Gonna Get You'. She released a series of impressive singles and EPs throughout 2022 and 2023 and honed her live performances supporting the Coral, Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band, Red Rum Club, Paul Nutini and more.

TRACK LISTING

1. Good In Goodbye
2. The Song Of Old Glencoe
3. Consequence Of Love
4. Lost In Blue
5. Angel
6. Sunblind
7. Because
8. Nothing Better
9. Blue Eyes Burnin'
10. Heart Of Mine

Indian Summer of Love finds The Bongolian immersed in a new set of sounds and influences for a new Belle Epoch. It’s a musical landscape informed by the Sixties psychedelia of India via a Haight Ashbury happening. It’s a kaleidoscopic vision that takes us from a 20th century Fin de Siècle and lands us in the here and now of the 21st Century. It’s for dancers, for seekers and is all underscored by The Bongolian’s trademark heavy rhythms and breaks. It’s another fine instalment of essential cuts for the dancefloor and for high fidelity listening, quality is guaranteed. From the East to the West, welcome to the Indian Summer of Love. Nasser Bouzida performs drums, percussion, guitars and keys whilst the album features several new flavours to the Bongolian sound with the prominent instrumentation of sitars and bansuri, along with flute, trumpet, saxophone and trombone performances from several stellular international guest musicians.

TRACK LISTING

Side One
1. Burning Man Of Calcutta
2. Master Blaster Tendulkar
3. Nehru Jacket Required
4. Indian Summer Of Love
5. Kathakali Eye Dancer

Side Two
1. Acid Test Angel
2. Baadshar Of Bollywood
3. Mucha Mushroom Man
4. Beyond The Perfumed Garden
5. Human Be In
6. Farewell To Varanasi

'All Is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade'. It may sound a little strange, but the title and beating heart of Icelandic indie-folk collective Of Monsters and Men’s fourth album hits a lot closer to home than you’d expect. A tapestry of stories, moments, and conversations, the album explores how love and pain intertwine. Feelings that might seem at odds with each other, but co-exist simultaneously and need one another. Tales both big and small — from the loneliness and longing of living in a block surrounded by strangers, to missed connections in a grocery store, to the lives and losses of a community of mice in a vacant house during winter.

Of Monsters and Men went from Reykjavík to the global stage with their breakout 2011 debut 'My Head Is An Animal', which propelled them from Icelandic indie darlings to international chart-toppers. The album’s breakout single 'Little Talks', a defining song for a generation, now boasts over 1 billion Spotify streams.

Amid their meteoric rise, the band released their sophomore album 'Beneath The Skin' in 2015, which debuted in the Top 3 of the Billboard 200 and was accompanied by a surprise cameo on HBO’s huge hit series Game of Thrones. Their cinematic sound has popped up everywhere from The Hunger Games to The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, while their festival appearances — Coachella, Glastonbury, Lollapalooza, and more.

Over a decade in, the band have gone from folk-tinged newcomers to digital-era mainstays, with 9 million monthly listeners on Spotify and a new generation discovering that Iceland’s beauty extends beyond fjords and thermal baths. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Television Love
2. Dream Team
3. The Actor
4. Tuna In A Can
5. Barefoot In Snow
6. Fruit Bat
7. Kamikaze
8. The Towering Skyscraper At The End Of The Road
9. Ordinary Creature
10. Styrofoam Cathedral
11. The Block
12. Mouse Parade
13. The End

The most inspiring bands are the ones that can create a world around themselves that is about far more than just the music. The artwork, lyrics, sounds and ethos all merge together perfectly to create its own universe, a secret club. The Lovely Eggs are one such band. And against all the odds, 2025 sees them celebrate their 20th anniversary as a band! Stubbornly and heroically independent, The Lovely Eggs have forged their own path and have achieved mainstream success without ever compromising their DIY ethics.

Released on their own label Egg Records, with eye watering artwork by Casey Raymond and hand packed in a black plastic bin bag on neon toxic slime green vinyl, this is yet another collectible release from a band who care as much about the art and ideas in their records as they do about the sound.

“We had all these spare songs after we released our last album 'Eggsistentialism' and we didn’t really know what to do with them,” explained Holly. “They just didn’t seem to fit in with the vibe of 'Eggsistentialism' but we’d recorded them and wanted to get them out there.”

“They’re kind of a sketchbook of songs,” added David. “They’re not polished or laboured over but we thought it would be interesting to release them. It’s why we called the record 'Bin Juice'. These were songs we had thrown away. But hopefully people like going through bins collecting trash.”

TRACK LISTING

1. Introducing Bullshit
2. The Grind
3. Crab Shell
4. Eat Me
5. Empire Of Death
6. (You've Been A) Shit To Me
7. It Takes More Than Us
8. Creepin'
9. Slug Graveyard
10. My Dad
11. Friendship Is A Beautiful Thing
12. The Voyage
13. Furnace Mountain
14. On The Line
15. Melody For Meathead
CD Bonus Tracks:
16. Jon Carling
17. 1 Like Birds (But I Like Other Animals Too)
18. Devil In Me
19. In Watermelon Sugar
20. Last Train To Ballard
21. I'm Having A Party And We're Killing Ourselves
22. Frankie Oh My!
23. Does It Hurt To Lose The Will To Live?
24. I Spy A Lot Of Really Good Sights A Lot Of Things That Are Nice In This Life

Break 4 Love, the timeless 1988 deep house anthem from Vaughan Mason’s Raze, featuring Keith Thompson’s soulful vocals was not only #1 US Dance Club hit and UK Top 30 single but an evergreen classic that remains a club culture staple 37 years on since its initial release. Its warm TR-909 groove, hypnotic bassline, and intimate lyrics continue to resonate across generations.

Alongside the original mix, this brand-new release from Armada Music & Champion serves up three essential remixes on one 12” vinyl. IIija Rudman kicks things off, preserving the sensual beating heart of Raze's iconic original while sliding effortlessly into the dancefloor rotations of today. Veteran of the scene Michael Gray puts his signature touch on ‘Break 4 Love’ adding extra percussive elements and sensuous sound effects. Through this Gray stays true to the original whilst providing a fresh take on the ’88 classic. Finally, Ridney & Inner Spirit’s take, slotting into those perfect sunset DJ sets on Ibiza with rolling beats and unfolding soundscapes. All bases covered on this buy or cry vinyl!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Break 4 Love (Ilija Rudman Music Remix)
A2. Break 4 Love (Michael Gray Remix)
B1. Break 4 Love
B2. Break 4 Love (Ridney & Inner Spirit Remix Extended)

Celestial Echo is here with one of the all time holy grail soul double siders. When we tell you a record will never leave your bag after buying it, this is exactly the record it applies to.

Originally released in 1970 and written, produced and arranged by the great Van McCoy, Washington D.C.’s Bobby Reed stepped up and delivered “The Time Is Right For Love” an incredible loved up stepper, and then “If I Don’t Love You”, a perfect compliment, another… loved up stepper.

This one isn’t a fresh find, or a new discovery - Just an essential, officially licensed reissue of an incredible slice of soul.

Pressed and distributed by Prime Direct Distribution—. Don’t miss!

TRACK LISTING

A1. The Time Is Right For Love
B1. If I Don’t Love You

Sticking out like a flower-patterned thumb amid the grey and brown hues of the serious boys in the early 2000s Cardiff music scene, The Loves soon established themselves as a band who categorically didn’t listen to Radiohead.

Their debut single (Little Girl Blues b/w She’ll Break Your Heart) soon caught the ear of John Peel, who invited them in to record a session for his programme. As the feedback echoed at the end of When My Baby Comes, he commented: “I bet they’re a riot live … maybe we should get them in for a live one?”

And so it came to pass that The Loves – led by the eponymous Simon Love – did indeed perform a seven-song live session for Peel. Broadcast from the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios in September 2001, this provides the bulk of the first side of this, The Loves Live at the BBC album. Track eight is a cover of Queen’s You’re My Best Friend, also broadcast live from Peel Acres a bit later on.

The Loves went on to record three more sessions for Peel in an 18-month period, as well as touring with high-profile groups such as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Cribs.

Over the next decade or so, The Loves released four smash-packed albums – Love, Technicolour, Three and Love You – plus several indie-hit singles like Boom-A-Bang-Bang-Bang, Xs And Os and December Boy, named 6 Music Single of the Week by Radcliffe & Maconie. Versions of all these songs appear on The Loves Live at the BBC.

They also recorded a lot more live sessions for Marc Riley, who does the honours on side two of the new album with eight songs recorded for his show, culminating in another cover in the shape of the Velvet Underground’s Guess I’m Falling In Love.

As the seasons changed, so did the membership of the group and by 2011, it was estimated they’d gone through 37 members and had played many gigs all over the world with such contemporaries as Darren Hayman, The Lovely Eggs and Comet Gain (to name but three).In 2024, they released a career retrospective vinyl double album, True Love – The Most Of The Loves.

Now the best of their live work at the BBC is collated on this new LP, which is released as part of the ongoing sessions series on Precious Recordings of London.

TRACK LISTING

1. Depeche Mode (Peel)
2. She'll Break Your Heart (Peel)
3. Little Girl Blues (Peel)
4. Boom-A-Bang-Bang-Bang (Peel) 02:39
5. Shake Yr Bones (Peel)
6. I’m Gonna Get Fucked Up (Peel)
7. Just Like Bobby D (Peel)
8. You’re My Best Friend (Peel)
9. Xs And Os (Riley)
10. Honey (Riley)
11. The Ex-Gurlfriend (Riley)
12. Sweet Sister Delia (Riley)
13. Can You Feel My Heart Beat? (Riley)
14. Bubblegum (Riley)
15. December Boy (Riley)
16. Guess I’m Falling In Love (Riley)

Here to dazzle you by the power of the disco ball, Lack of Afro is your friendly neighbourhood ‘Love Dealer’. Two years on from the funk & soul rebirth of ‘Square One’, powered by the ubiquitous ‘Loving Arms’ featuring Greg Blackman, Lack of Afro aka Adam Gibbons is now close to two decades deep in the game with soundtrack credits galore and online streams doing calculator-busting numbers. With extensive touring taking ‘Love Dealer’ up and down the country this Autumn, Gibbons’ ninth studio album is all for "the thrill of seeing people on a dancefloor, all collectively locked into a track that you've produced - there’s nothing like it!”.

‘Love Dealer’ is the authentic modern disco experience, packing a stacked sole’s worth of club beats full of stardusted sing-alongs, style-outs and French touch-style cool. Despite being “written during one of the longest winters in living memory”, ‘Love Dealer’, featuring some co-production from fellow South Coast dancefloor scholar Flevans (and influenced by producer du jour Barry Can’t Swim), exudes warmth and will make you sweat when its highs take effect.

Entering the scene with the radiance of ‘Make It Shine’ featuring Greg Blackman, washing over the airwaves of BBC 6 Music and Radio 2 and taking up a 10-week residency on the Jazz FM playlist, Gibbons and his crack line-up of discotheque players are your go-to team when you can’t wait for the weekend to begin, as subtle as they are straight down to business. ‘Love Dealer’ offers you nothing but the best in sparkling string symphonies, the hippest guitar licks, samples of those invited beyond the velvet rope and struts soaked in night fever.

Double A-side ‘Walls Start Rockin’ and ‘Heart & Soul’ guide the album’s glamour-and-groove, while ‘Love Saves The Day’ and ‘Plain to See’ dramatically take to the podium in a shimmer of pure peak 70s theatre. ‘Keeping Me Strong’ is the synergy of disco chic and the sound of a global advertising tie-in with Dyson, ahead of Gibbons taking a slightly Moroder/Cerrone-ish detour on ‘Idolising People Like Madlib’. “'Love Dealer' is aimed unequivocally at the dancefloor" says Adam. "As an artist, I wanted to push myself in a slightly new direction - more into the land of disco and a four to the floor sound. 'Love Dealer' is quintessentially an upbeat record, full of joy, optimism and hope for the future”. Seek your inner ‘Love Dealer’, kink your ‘fro and let your funk flag fly.

TRACK LISTING

1. Keeping Me Strong
2. Need You Back
3. Where's Your Soul At?
4. Walls Start Rockin'
5. Make It Shine (feat. Greg Blackman)
6. Love Saves The Day
7. You Sexy Thing (Skit)
8. Can I Dance With You?
9. Heart & Soul
10. Plain To See
11. Idolising People Like Madlib
12. It's Not Happening (Skit)
13. Everybody 14.
14 Your Love (feat. Jonah Hitchens) 

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

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

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

Self-portrait at two decades.
For Roman P.

TRACK LISTING

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

Both sides with dub.
Comes in Bond Export company sleeve.

One of the most requested Jah Life releases, finally here. Killer 1983 Barrington Levy single, only ever released once on a UK 12-inch. These tunes also appeared on the "Teach Me Culture" album, sans dubs of course. Perfect new pressing from the original mothers, identical to the original. Play loud.

TRACK LISTING

A1. One Foot Jojo
A2. One Foot Jojo Dub
B1. To Love Someone
B2. To Love Someone Dub

37 years after the release of her multi-million selling debut album ‘Ancient Heart’ Tanita Tikaram will release the sequel entitled ‘LIAR (Love Isn’t A Right)’. The long-awaited new album reveals the emotional and societal differences between the woman Tanita was at just 18 when she made ‘Ancient Heart’ to the woman she is today, taking in four decades of life experience. ‘LIAR (Love Isn’t A Right)’ is released on 10 October 2025 via Cooking Vinyl. Her first album in almost a decade, ‘LIAR (Love Isn’t A Right)’ is an album of haunting beauty and exquisite musicianship underplaying her unique voice that tells a masterful story of emotional, political and personal truths. When it was released in 1988, the multi-million selling ‘Ancient Heart’ was the story of an uncertain 18-year-old brown gay woman living in middle England feeling like a stranger in her own home.

Almost 40 years later that same woman, now feeling like a stranger in her own country as politics and society become more divisive. ‘LIAR (Love Is A Right)’ is a full circle moment: a comment on community and its importance for all our futures and the perfect accompaniment to her classic breakthrough. Celebrated as a maverick music icon Tanita Tikaram was recently featured in the Venice Biennale exhibition by Sonia Boyce OBE RA and previously in the National Portrait Gallery captured by David Bennett. She returned to play at Glastonbury Festival in 2024 and as well as her acclaimed musical output over the years, Tanita has also developed a popular voice on social media, capturing the mood and zeitgeist of our times. Tanita Tikaram continued, “You never set out to make a sequel album but this just felt right. I see myself both now and then, frustrated, alienated and in part fearful of the future, they just manifested in different ways.” Tanita Tikaram shot to fame at just 18 years old with a unique string of hit songs that showcased her remarkable voice and reflected the independence of the late 1980’s/early 90’s, defying previous female music stereotypes and defining her in the eyes of music history. Twist In My Sobriety has racked up over 73 million streams.

TRACK LISTING

1. Turn The Lights Down Low
2. Fais Moi La Solitude
3. This Perfect Friend
4. I See A Morning
5. Fear And Chills
6. Love Isn't A Right
7. Lover Don't Come Around
8. Sweet Feather & The Storm
9. Wild Is The Wind
10. Sailboats

Johnny Sais Quoi releases his debut release on Music From Memory - a 7-track LP entitled ‘Love On Ice.’ Channeling the spirit of Italo-pop and New Wave, ‘Love On Ice’ was crafted in the whirlwind of spontaneity and energy that changing circumstances often bring. Born from transition and exploring themes of leaving, arriving, coming together, and breaking up, ‘Love On Ice’ serves as an outlet to process, escape, and celebrate the challenges of a new life.

Johnny crafts exquisite dancefloor-focused pop—familiar yet unique, imbued with his own touch, a distinctive sensibility, and a knack for infectious hooks. The opener, ‘No Guilty Pleasures,’ sets the tone immediately as Johnny works his magic with a palette of synths, drum machines, picked guitar, and processed vocals. The title track, ‘Love On Ice,’ delivers a classic Italo-infused dancefloor bomb, featuring a driving synth bass line overlaid by hypnotic arpeggios. There is much here for the dancer, but ‘Love On Ice’ also ventures beyond the dance floor; the closing tracks ‘Ref 23’ and ‘Let's Find A Home’ are prime examples, both showcasing Johnny’s depth and range with their melancholic, mellow atmosphere.

STAFF COMMENTS

Mine says: A melancholy synth affair that has a lot to offer for both daydreamers and late night dancers, at times introspective and atmospheric, at other times upbeat and showcasing a great pop sensibility. The catchy 'Love On Ice' is worth the entry fee alone.

TRACK LISTING

No Guilty Pleasures
Mistaken Man
Love On Ice
Move Off
Life Sweet
Ref23
Lets Find A Home

Space Echo present the new single by Derane Obika and Go.Soul.Map., arranged and performed by Sicilian mastermind producer Salvo Dub - an overwhelming fusion of electronic sounds and soulful vibes. This track is a balance of pulsating rhythms and enveloping melodies, a sonic journey that invites dancing and reflection.

The production stands out with its electronic soul, a rich blend of synthesizers and deep basslines that pull the listener into an energetic and immersive atmosphere. Every beat is crafted to move your feet and light up the more sophisticated dancefloors. It’s an explosion of energy, set against the unmistakable voice of Derane Obika. With his warm, soulful tone reminiscent of Seal, Derane brings a unique spirit to the track, infusing every word with raw emotion.

It evokes a profound sense of connection, purpose, and clarity. Like a path that leads directly to the essence of existence, it conveys the feeling of being guided, inspired, and grounded all at once. It is a declaration of absolute trust, of love or devotion, where the journey and the destination fully coincide.

Side B features a new version of “Walkin’ a Dream” from the debut album “Peaceful Sound for Broken Minds”. The new rework 25, offers us futuristic and electronic sounds with 70s and 80s disco influences, mixing with space and cinematic themes - very interesting!

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Two class electro-soul nuggets. Whilst side A is deep and moody, possessing the simmering heat of amapiano; side B is a bit more traditional with familiar jazz-funk progressions and licks; still powered by an electric backline. Tip top.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1.Real Love

Side 2
1.Walkin' A Dream (rework 25)

We're hearing a lot about Vick Lavender at the moment, but he's been around for about 30 years! Owner of Sophisticado Recordings, and co-owner of Bridgeport Record Store (both in Chicago), the hot-to-trot producer and DJ drops another fine selection of lonnng playing deep house musica done in that heritage style - live instrumentation, organic warmth, expansive arrangements and proper musical finesse. Fresh off the back of a jaw-dropping Manchester performance for Irfan's Community club night. You don't wanna miss this!

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Don't gawp too much at the price. By gifting each track a whole side of vinyl Vick's able to really convey and present the depths of his masterful mixdowns. The stereo separation on the instruments, the clarity, the dynamics; these tracks BREATHE beautifully. A great example of when dance music on vinyl sounds ultimately better than its digital counterparts. Real DJs are gonna LOVE this!

TRACK LISTING

A. Santiago (Vick’s Extended DTN Mix)
B. Flight (Vick’s Time Traveler Full Mix)
C. Galaxy Surfin (Vick’s Time Traveler Main Mix)
D. SuperHero (Vick’s Extended DTN Mix)

Born into a musical family in Compton, Ca., Loren Oden grew up in the church. This served as an incredible training ground for Oden, where he not only studied gospel, but secular greats like Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke. Being that those icons were bred in the church, Loren discovered sanctity in using his voice as a spiritual guide for love: a way to express his vulnerability, passion and struggles with handling reciprocal affection. Oden’s transparency, or in other words, connection to people is what makes him one of the most captivating vocalists of the modern era.

Oden’s fledgling career gained momentum as a prominent background vocalist for Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Kirk Franklin, Erykah Badu and Neyo, to name a few. Within a couple years, his long-time colleague, composer Adrian Younge, enlisted him as the lead vocalist for the cult classic, Black Dynamite, a blaxploitation parody theatrically released in 2009. This was the beginning of Oden becoming the melodious bedrock of Younge’s psychedelic sound.

Music has allowed him to transcribe his emotional tussles; it’s one of the reasons why Oden sings lead on most of Younge’s melancholy catalog, including but not limited, to The Midnight Hour, Something About April, and Marvel’s Luke Cage (scored alongside Ali Shaheed Muhammad). This is also the reason why Younge has decided to produce Loren’s debut LP, My Heart, My Love. Their collaborations have served as a means for Oden to not only harmonize his story, but to travel the world doing it with extensive touring. Loren has also written and recorded for many artists such as Snoop Dogg, Common, The Delfonics, Ghostface Killah, and Bilal.

TRACK LISTING

1. MY HEART MY LOVE
2. GALAXIES
3. IS THERE A WAY
4. WORDS TO SAY
5. ADDICTED
6. QUEEN
7. DON'T BE
8. ALL POADS
9. WAITING FOR
10. MATTERS OF THE HEART FEAT ESTELLE
11. SOMBER SONNET
12. THE MOMENT
13. TIMELESS ANSWERS
13. MYKAYLAH (JAPANESE BONUS TRACK)

Heavily championed by BBC 6 Music, the Guinean born, now Margate-based, singer and multi-instrumentalist Falle Nioke has captivated audiences across the world with his addictive brand of mercurial afro-pop. After years spent perfecting his blended sound, which mixes West African rhythms with experimental electronic music - plus notable collaborations with the likes of Hot Chip's Joe Goddard and Barry Can’t Swim - Nioke releases his debut album Love From The Sea via Eat Your Own Ears Recordings.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
A1. Falle Le Le Le
A2. Mousolou
A3. Love From The Sea
A4. Heaviness
A5. Limanya
A6. Lucky Boy

SIDE B
B1. LDN Girl (feat. TaliaBle)
B2. Combien De Jour
B3. We Living In Pain
B4. West Coast
B5. Say Say Say
B6. Home

KSmooth da Programma, a veteran of Chicago recording sessions, produces this highly soulful LP for UK label Love Universal. Vocal and instrumental versions included. House music with a deep, soulful, RnB edge; nicely rough around the edges and drenched in emotion. There's some mighty fine sounds on show here - from the warm piano chords to the almost ASMR-beauty of the drums. Super detailed production lending itself to the live and organic end of the spectrum. A big one for fans of Detroit house - KDJ, Amp Fiddler, 3 Chairs etc. Really good and most definitely ESSENTIAL. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: I'd never heard of KSmooth before this, but the producer has truly dazzled on his Hot Biscuit-related, Love Universal debut. Probably my favourite of the recent batch! Hitting that languid deep house vibe a la 3 Chairs with grace and perfection.

TRACK LISTING

A1. After The Party (Instrumental)
A2. Don’t Let Nobody Tell You
B1. Higher Self
B2. Makin’ Me Feel Some Way (Instrumental)
C1. Higher Self (Instrumental)
C2. Makin’ Me Feel Some Way
D1. Don’t Let Nobody Tell You (Instrumental)
D2. After The Party

Adam Wise, you may know, is Fabulous Lover and this new record marks his first for Pete Herbert's Music for Swimming Pools. It's a mature mix of 80s-inspired Balearic electro-funk with a tropical twist straight from his Bali studio. This sun-soaked collection bridges sunset vibes and dancefloor energy with 'It's Lonely At The Top' a funky opener with a squelchy bassline and playful riffs. 'Elevate' douses you in 80s synth sounds that glow warm, and label head remixes into a more buoyant Balearic house beat. Elsewhere is the gentle swagger of 'Low Bounce' and lush synth disco buzz of 'Automatic.' Feel-good grooves, for sure.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. "It's Lonely At The Top"
2. "Elevate"
3. "Crush On U"
4. "Elevate" (Pete Herbert Remix)

Side 2
1. "Automatic"
2. "Low Bounce"
3. "Low Bounce" (Rayko Space Clubber Remix)
4. "Automatic" (Instrumental)

RNT is rebooting the beloved House of Spirits project with a 7Inch series streamlined for the dusty donut heads. First up is the one that started it all 'Holding On' on the A side with it’s P&P meets rare-groove-gospel flavor that essentially defines Tom Noble’s HOS sound, and crowd favorite album cut 'Love Trip' on the flip. Never-leave-the-bag material!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Holding On
B1. Love Trip

Based in the North of England. Ancient Infinity Orchestra is a joyous large ensemble that has communal music-making at the heart of everything they do. And that includes the melodies that flow out of their new album 'It’s Always About Love' which blossom with uplifting improvised contributions that circle around bandleader Ozzy Moysey’s beautiful songs; generous sonic gifts of healing and repair.

The 15-member ensemble has a distinctive line-up: two double basses, harp, saxophones, clarinets, violin, viola, cello, oboe, flutes, mandolin, congas, piano, drum kit, with bells, shakers and other percussion instruments scattered on the floor of live sets and recording sessions, ready for members to use whenever the spirit takes them. This orchestration, and the overlap between membership and friendship, gives Ancient Infinity Orchestra a sound that is at once expansive and intimate, earthy, and cosmic, constantly shifting yet grounded in shared intention. The attention to intention and their inviting sonic world connects the music to artists ranging from Alabaster dePlume to Gondwana label boss Matthew Halsall and draws on inspiration from the revered elders of so-called Spiritual jazz: Art Ensemble of Chicago, Pharoah Saunders, Coltrane (Alice and John), and Don Cherry.

The deep roots of Ancient Infinity Orchestra can be traced back to Ozzy’s childhood. After attending a Buddhist primary school in Brighton, where kids were encouraged to take part in improvised performances during assembly, Ozzy grew up in rural Lincolnshire. By the age of 11 he was teaching himself guitar and percussion and playing in his grandma’s church. At 17 he joined Boston Youth Jazz Orchestra, and then attended Leeds College of Music to study composition. It was here that in 2017 a group of musicians agreed to join seven-hour rehearsals, twice a week, in the shared house that became Ancient Infinity Orchestra’s first HQ. Gradually, the Orchestra became a grounding force in the emerging jazz scene in Leeds.

Their debut, 'River of Light', was a vibrant celebration of togetherness recorded in three days and released on Gondwana in 2023. A Maida Vale session for Jamie Cullum’s BBC Radio 2 show brought them to a broader audience, as did bookings at North Sea Jazz Festival and We Out Here. Their music can be described as melody-driven improvised music, made by people who are deep into different types of traditional music, including folk, jazz and classical. “The tunes are a vessel,” Lead Ozzy Moysey says, “with everyone doing their thing. It exists so that my friends can be musically fulfilled.”

On top of the musicality, communality, and expression, 'It’s Always About Love' is also a study in simplicity, stripping away excess to uncover something pure, warm, and human. Highlights include ‘Chant for Don Cherry’, which he describes as a ‘campfire style’ thank you to Cherry himself and which features high-colour piano lines and gently propellant guitars. “His beautiful, organic music-making deeply affected me. He had a direct link to the magic and he left so much music for us.” ‘The Seeker’ features intricate arrangements where a chorus of voices swoop around the instrumentalists before dropping into an irresistible groove – one for those who loved Floating Points’ collaboration with Pharoah Saunders. Penultimate tune ‘Old Friends’ is a celebration of communality and connection, with players and singers allowing joy to permeate every aspect of the song, with collective whoops and impromptu applause kept from the original recording for us to revel in.

Ancient Infinity Orchestra is a gathering of voices, traditions, and energies converging into something timeless. Their music is a journey inward and outward, always reaching toward the universal.

The final word, though, goes to Ozzy. “There is a need for love and connectedness. You pour the love you have into the music and people listening can feel it”

TRACK LISTING

1. All I Can Say Of The Blossoms
2. Golden Meadow
3. Chant For Don Cherry
4. Joy Of A Natural World
5. Nilgoon
6. The Seeker
7. Old Friends
8. At Yoshino Mountain

The debut EP, 'Shine' from Seattle’s Mother Love Bone. Fronted by legendary vocalist Andrew Wood, this is one of the key releases that jump-started the Grunge Rock evolution. With fully remastered audio, this is a must-have gem from one of the most underrated rock groups of the era.

TRACK LISTING

1. Thru Fade Away
2. Mindshaker Meltdown
3. Half Ass Monkey Boy
4. Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorns
5. Capricorn Sister

From the core of the Grunge era comes the essential landmark album, 'Apple', from Seattle’s Mother Love Bone. Two of its original members (Jeff Ament & Stone Gossard) went on to start Pearl Jam, but it all started here with the Andrew Wood-fronted band. Fully remastered for the first time since its 1990 release, this has become a sought-after fan favorite classic! Featuring the singles 'Stardog Champion' and 'This Is Shangrila'.

TRACK LISTING

1. This Is Shangrila
2. Stardog Champion
3. Holy Roller
4. Bone China
5. Come Bite The Apple
6. Stargazer
7. Heartshine
8. Captain Hi-Top
9. Man Of Golden Words
10. Capricorn Sister
11. Gentle Groove
12. Mr. Danny Boy
13. Crown Of Thorns

Jonathan Sings! is the fourth album by American band Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, and was released in 1983. Richman emerges as an incurable romantic on Jonathan Sings!, an infectiously sunny effort which stands among his finest LPs. Recorded after a long layoff with a new Modern Lovers lineup, Richman sounds thoroughly recharged, even extolling the simple virtues of "This Kind of Music"; among his other enthusiasms are kids; "Not Yet Three" and travel; "Give Paris One More Chance", but his primary focus here is romance, "You're the One for Me," "That Summer Feeling" and "Someone to Hold Me" are positively joyous. NME ranked it at number 19 in their "Albums of the Year" list for 1984.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. That Summer Feeling
2. This Kind Of Music
3. The Neighbors
4. Somebody To Hold Me
5. Those Conga Drums

Side B
1. Stop This Car
2. Not Yet Three
3. Give Paris One More Chance
4. You're The One For Me
5. When I'm Walking

2LP Reissue of the 2013 album of cover songs, with special guests including Jello Biafra, Clem Burke, Mark Arm, JG Thirlwell and more.

TRACK LISTING

1. Warhead
2. Best Friend
3. Black Betty
4. Set It On Fire
5. Station To Station
6. Attitude
7. Female Trouble
8. Carpe Diem
9. Timothy Leary Lives
10. In Every Dream Home A Heartache
11. Romance
12. Art School
13. Heathen Earth

When Soft Cell played a spectacular, sold-out show before 20,000 fans at The O2 in September 2018, the London concert was seen by all and sundry as a grand finale. It had been billed as One Night: One Final Time, leaving devotees in no doubt that a duo who had done so much to define the sound of British electronic pop in the 1980s were saying hello to wave one last, emotional goodbye. At least that had been the idea. Singer Marc Almond and instrumentalist Dave Ball had originally gone their separate ways in 1984 before reuniting for two years in the early 2000s to make a new album, Cruelty Without Beauty. The intention at The O2 had been to draw a line under a rollercoaster ride that had seen Soft Cell secure three Top Ten albums and six Top Ten singles, including 1981’s all-conquering Tainted Love, while setting a template for synth acts from the Pet Shop Boys to Years & Years.

But such was the reaction – and the sense of purpose the pair rediscovered onstage – that the big adieu ultimately turned out to be a brilliant new dawn. The reality is that Marc and Dave bring the best out of one another as performers, both onstage and in the studio, and the sense that there was still plenty of mileage left in their partnership was inescapable. The latest fruits of a bond that was first forged in the art department of Leeds Polytechnic in 1977 were in the shape of a new studio album, *Happiness Not Included, and a series of live dates in the UK and the US that saw the band treat fans to a mixture of new material, classic hits and their 1981 debut album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, which was played in its entirety for the first time to mark its 40th anniversary.

Limited release of 1000 copies.

TRACK LISTING

A1. First Hand Experience Of Second Hand Love (Extended 12” Mix)
A2. First Hand Experience Of Second Hand Love (Extended 12” Dub)
B1. First Hand Experience Of Second Hand Love (Mark Moore S-Express & Dan Donovan Remix)
B2. First Hand Experience Of Second Hand Love (Mark Moore S-Express & Dan Donovan Dub)

Austin Ato is back with Vol 2 of his I Love Your Edits series. “Lisa” is a rolling, modern house take on an early 2000s forgotten hip hop banger. “Carnival” is a rework of a jazz-funk classic with whole new layers of live keys and chopped-percussion. Was built to be a DJ set closer. “Human” reworks our Icelandic queen into a swung, deep house tune. “Pop Off” takes French disco, chops it up and lays fat synth basslines over it.

TRACK LISTING

A1: Lisa
A2: Carnival
B1: Human
B2: Pop Off

Celestial Echo is back with another funky bomb on 45, a hyper-rare track that only came out on demo from the label Midland International, The Medlows “Love (Part 1)" has been a secret spin for a lot of soul djs. A real favourite of label boss miche - he just featured it on his latest comp even, but this 45 is backed with a dancefloor ready extended edit from Bristol disco king Admin.

This has to be some of the heaviest soul to ever be pressed and kept in the shadows, once it’s in your record bag, it wont be leaving in a hurry.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Love (Part One)
B1. Admin Edit

It's pretty wild to think this is in fact Carli’s debut solo album, considering the Swedish producer’s long and illustrious career, defined by eclectic hits ranging from underground grime scorchers to straight-up Eurovision goodness, not to mention him being a cornerstone of acclaimed outfits like Off The Meds, Savage Skulls, and Marcus Price & Carli.
On Sea Of Love, the Stockholm-born former breakdancer takes listeners on a journey through a vast ocean of musical influences, effortlessly blending rave nostalgia, bass-heavy experimentation, and contemporary club sounds. Carli skilfully navigates from raw UK hardcore bonkerisms to the crisp rhythmic pulses of modern-day dancehall, always upholding a vibe that's at once futuristic and reverent of club music’s storied past.
Filled with intricate production techniques and an irresistible sense of joy, Sea Of Love showcases Carli’s unique ability to merge styles without losing coherence or authenticity. This is club music crafted by someone who’s not only seen it all from the booth, but also been on the dancefloor himself, resulting in tracks that feel deeply personal yet universally appealing.
With Sea Of Love, Carli firmly establishes himself as a visionary solo artist, proving that after decades of shaping the sound of Stockholm’s underground, his best is still ahead.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Futureproof selection of hyped-up bass music that recalls the sprawling pastoral electronics of Proc Fiskal, the hyper-pop genius of Sophie and the UK soundsystem techniques of Overmono.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Sås Crew
A2. Choppa Choppa
A3. Land Ft. Duvchi
A4. Meteoroid Ft. K. Sling
A5. Nothing To Fear
B1. Wave Song
B2. Shivers Ft. Duvchi
B3. Emelie's Ride Ft. Lune
B4. Sea Of Love
B5. The Runner Ft. Seinabo Sey
B6. Saw You At Sea

Debut album from dynamic bicoastal duo Boo Boos (Katie Boo and Bronco Boo).

Katie Boo was born in a small coal-mining town in Ohio and was raised by the radio before moving to Brooklyn, NY and changing her name to Kate Mattison. The electricity of the city combined with her love of the heartland's soul music soon inspired Kate to start her band 79.5.  
 
Bronco Boo began life in a Washington, D.C. hospital and was promptly brought home to live on the wild prairies of the Northern Virginia suburbs. He changed his name to Mark Everett and then again to the letter “E” and formed the band EELS before deciding to go back to Bronco in 2025. 

While listening to radio station KCRW late one night in his adoptive town of Los Angeles, Bronco heard a song by 79.5 that he liked very much. When he was soon asked to make a playlist for Radio L'envie he put the song on it. This led to a verbal dialogue between the two artists that turned into a musical dialogue of ideas and songs sent back and forth between Brooklyn, NY and Los Feliz, CA. 
 
Feeling like they were onto something special, and realizing they were born with the same last name, they felt it would be silly not to record these songs, so they did. 
 
You are now holding a copy of the results of that musical dialogue. Or holding a device with a streaming platform that contains a playlist with the results of that musical dialogue. Or perhaps you are planning to borrow a copy down at the local library.  

TRACK LISTING

1. That’s Not A Thing
2. Stumbled
3. C’mon Baby
4. The Toughest Bitch I Know
5. Chicken In A Molehill
6. Gal Pal
7. Boo Boo Time
8. Total Thunder
9. Strange Morning
10. Intro And Outros
11. As The Sky Breaks (For You)
12. Nightly Content

Platinum selling Australian rock outfit Ocean Alley return with their latest track 'Love Balloon', the title track of their 5th studio album - out September 19.

Originally from Albany, NY, but now an integral part of the Brooklyn indie rock community duo Ali Genevich and Jake Brooks are known for their dreamy Sundays-esque dreampop. On their 3rd full length album and Bar/None debut Laveda has stepped out of their comfort zone and are taking a heavier approach to their rock tendencies. They’ve looked past their traditional influences and are walking the path paved by bands like Unsane and Sonic Youth

TRACK LISTING

1. Care
2. Cellphone
3. I Wish
4. Dig Me Out
5. Strawberry
6. Heaven
7. Highway Meditation
8. Bonehead
9. Tim Burton’s Tower
10. Lullaby

'Loved', Parcels third album, is exuberant and euphoric, but also reflective. It’s an album of unity — with each other, with the listeners, in the grooves — and that’s indisputable. “We do have a purpose as a band to our audience: we're giving people joy,” says guitarist/vocalist Jules Crommelin. “I see it as spirit, and it’s an incredibly powerful thing.” Includes 'Safeandsound' & 'Yougotmefeeling'.

TRACK LISTING

1. Tobeloved
2. Ifyoucall
3. Safeandsound
4. Sorry
5. Yougotmefeeling
6. Leaves
7. Everybodyelse
8. Summerinlove
9. Leaveyourlove
10. Thinkaboutit
11. Finallyover
12. Iwanttobeyourlightagain

Max Essa is a firm part of the neo-Balearic mafia and shows off his trademark take on the summer-ready sound with this return to Is It Balearic? 'Camel Night-Rate (Clear To The Ocean)' kicks off with a great blend of chug, dubby low ends and shimmering synth work while 80s chords light it up with good vibes. A Be.Lanuit remix is more serene and stripped back for late night dreaming then 'Love's New Meridian' sinks into a melancholic and downbeat world of sunset charm with wispy pads. The Coyote Mellow remix reworks it as a gently breaking wave on a moon-lit beach. Classy tackle all round.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: There's some lovely jangle to Max Essa's new slice of Balearic downbeat business with two laid-back originals and a duo of deep reworks. The pick for me here has to be the Johnny Jewel-y thrum of 'Love's New Meridian', but they're all worth the entry price alone.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. "Camel Night-Rate (Clear To The Ocean)"
2. "Camel Night-Rate" (Be.Lanuit Remix)

Side 2
1. "Love’s New Meridian"
2. "Love's New Meridian" (Coyote Mellow Remix)

This 15-track album features the original score composed by Nicolas Godin (of AIR) for 'Fire of Love', the Oscar-nominated documentary directed by Sara Dosa in 2022 (available for streaming on Disney+), as well as original music inspired by the film.

'Fire of Love' tells the extraordinary love story of fearless French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft, who died as spectacularly as they lived, capturing some of the most breathtaking footage ever recorded of their greatest passion: volcanoes.

TRACK LISTING

1. Pedagogic
2. Team Vulcan
3. Honeymoon
4. Love Humans
5. Zaire 73
6. Acid Lake
7. Krakatau
8. Volcano March
9. Destroy And Create
10. Vulcain
11. Childhood Dream
12. Approaching The Beast
13. Jingle News Report
14. Katia And Maurice
15. Orcamore

Dando’s first steps towards the mainstream. The major label debut for Evan Dando’s Lemonheads from 1990, following three “ramshackle punk” (©Select magazine) albums for Taang! Pivoted on a more approachable set of sweet melodies still rife with punky spirit. A light and dark album, polished in the arrangements, nodding to the excess of American culture (Manson and Gummi Bears), hectoring Reagan’s drug laws (‘Lil’ Seed’), riffing on everyday life. Remastered single LP. “Like Hüsker Dü when they were at their most ferocious or REM when they were at their most Byrdsian hypnotic.” NME

TRACK LISTING

Side A
A1: Ballarat
A2: Half The Time
A3: Year Of The Cat
A4: Ride With Me
A5: Lil Seed

Side B
B6: Stove
B7: Come Downstairs
B8: Left For Dead
B9: Brass Buttons
B10: (The) Door
B11: Untitled

Extras (Download Only)
The Lemonheads – Live At The Wireless
Come Back D.A.
Stove
A Song For You
Come Downstairs
Nighttime (Big Star Cover)
Year Of The Cat
Ride With Me
Die Right Now

Celestial Echo (miche & Stu Clark) team up with Divine Disco’s Greg Belson to continue their 7-inch series spotlighting Detroit’s powerhouse gospel, soul and R&B label — HOB (House of Beauty).

This second 7-inch gives us two more in-demand killers:

Side A: Messiahs of Glory - “Can’t Find No Other Love"
Lp only before, this track makes its way to a 45 for the first time, super feel good soulful number. Uptempo with a glorious vocal, this one is built for the discerning dancefloor.

Side B: The Royal Travelers - “Jesus Hold My Hand”
raw, soulful and defining of the era. Rarer than rare and never before sold online, it’s a heavy dose of funky gospel oozing with breaky drums and soul.

Fully licensed and remastered, this 7-inch comes housed in a custom Celestial Echo / Divine Disco series sleeve with a faithful reproduction of the HOB label.

Founded in 1956 by Mrs. Carmen Murphy, HOB wasn't just a label — it was a beacon. From the basement of her beauty salon on Detroit’s West Side, she ran one of the most important Black-owned gospel imprints of the 20th century. At a time when both the music industry and the country were stacked against her, Mrs. Murphy built a sanctuary for soul — a Black woman-owned business and creative hub in volatile times. Pressed and distributed by Prime Direct Distribution.
Don’t miss — buy or cry. Volume 2 continues the journey.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Messiahs Of Glory - Can’t Find No Other Love
B1. The Royal Travelers - Jesus Hold My Hand

2023’s 'Dancing On The Edge' was quickly beloved by those who stumbled upon it, earning high praise from publications like Pitchfork & The Line Of Best Fit, who deemed it a “remarkable, endlessly rewarding debut.” His second album, 'New Threats From The Soul', reckons mightily with the perplexities of human efficacy and agency in an absurd and debased world. This probably sounds hopelessly plodding and severe. It is not—not remotely. It’s a shit-ton of fun. The songs are all earwigs; the arrangements genuinely thrilling, enlivening efforts by the crackerjacks that comprise the sprawling Roadhouse Band. Each trip through the record reveals more of the depth and breadth and tangle of its tapestry.

Across 'New Threats…', Ryan manages near-rhymes that a hundred years’ worth of monkeys labouring at Chat GPT-enabled typewriters couldn’t achieve: “bromeliad” and “necrophiliac”; “urinal” and “de Chirico.” Kinky Friedman lamented that people thought his funny songs were sad and his sad songs were funny, when they were both simultaneously. Like the Kinkster, Ryan can make you laugh through a lump in your throat. In his formidable crew of harmony singers there are four of the most gifted lyricists & vocalists to currently walk among us—Catherine Irwin, Will Oldham, Lou Turner, Myriam Gendron— which testifies to the profound heft of his writing (these folks don’t often sign up to sing pap).

'New Threats From The Soul' is a masterclass in reducing the sublime to the prosaic, immensity to infinitesimally, and vice versa (the trick can only work both ways). Everything in our universe is essentially flotsam or jetsam, rubbish heaps of fragments and shards. We, especially, are jerry-rigs of bubblegum and driftwood, inconsistencies and incoherencies, dead dreams and necrophagous hopes, “mismeasurements between the place where [we are] and the place where [we] could have been,” although somehow not—miracle of miracles—bereft of simple joys, as Davis sings on today’s single.

The record functions in parallel with Kafka’s winking dictum that there is an infinite amount of hope in the universe, just not for us. 'New Threats…' suggests that maybe, just maybe, something like redemption is possible, but only once we’re entirely emptied out and hawked in toto down at Walden Pawn.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Organic sounding flickers of acoustic guitar and snappy percussion underpin the beautifully harmonised vocals and swooning slide guitar. While there are moments of thoughtful minimalism, it merely offsets the jubilant melodic intensity of the rest of the LP. Beautifully uplifting and summery sounds throughout.

TRACK LISTING

1. New Threats From The Soul
2. Monte Carlo / No Limits
3. Mutilation Springs
4. Better If You Make Me
5. The Simple Joy
6. Mutilation Falls
7. Crass Shadows At Walden Pawn

Transferred from the original stereo tape reels and mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab, these sessions stand as one of the last major unreleased treasures from the golden era of spiritual jazz.

'Love is Here' captures Sanders at a pivotal moment. After parting ways with Impulse! in 1974, he entered a period of reorientation. No longer tethered to label expectations, Sanders embraced full artistic freedom. His performance in Paris reflects a shift from the fiery energy of his early free jazz years to a more spiritual, cosmic voice - without abandoning his raw intensity. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Improvisation With Pipe Organ
2. Love Is Here [part 1]
3. Love Is Here [part 2]
4. Love Is Here [part 3]
5. Piano Medley Into Pharoah's Blues
6. I Want To Talk About You
7. Moment's Notice
8. The Creator Has A Master Plan
9. Ferrell's Tune
10. Lazy Bird
11. Love Is Everywhere

Mysticisms returns, looking to the source, Detroit City, with the beautiful house music of Soiree Records International and their 1995 deep vocal bomb, "That’s How Lovers Be".

Established in 1990 by Derrick Thompson, Soiree has long focused on the deeper side of house and late night rhythms across over 70 releases. Never making a shout out about it, the label might not of garnered the kudos it deserves while laying down a tight standard of cosmic sonic delight.

Featuring in the main on Thompson’s own Drivetrain releases, his production skills are deployed on this one time project. Written and sung by Montaze Armstrong, alongside the smooth accompaniment of Merchon Bower, the production is ubiquitous Drivetrain. His main mix sets the scene; hats proffering swing and impetus while bass and chords underpin the vocal interplay to skyward perfection.

Once again the label conjoins a latter day contemporary and admired producer to offer their own retake and who better than the essential producer of all things deep, Nail. A huge influence on the label during the formative years of (free party) house music’s ascent, his recent return has been widely welcomed. His mix is full of respect and perfect pitch, adding his distinctive low-end rumble, hypnotic hats, skips, loop and shake.

To close, it’s all about the legend that is Scott Grooves. Nothing more needs be said, his 9-minute ride show jazz roots worn firmly. Rhodes, claps, piano and vocal are all that’s needed. Loose, funky and soulful from a true master.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Smashing, lost Detroit house track by unsung Motor City hero Drivetrain. Repressed here by Mysticisms who, fair play to 'em, seem to mining the lesser explored crevices of the dance for their reissue releases.

TRACK LISTING

A1. That's How Lovers Be (Drivetrain Mix)
A2.That's How Lovers Be (Nail Mix)
B.That's How Lovers Be (Scott Grooves That's How Dub's Be) 

Mr TiDy is a DJ and producer straight out of Sydenham in South London who has until now been something of a secret, but this debut 7" is such a good edit that he's likely to break out into wider consciousness. 'Share The Love Devine' is a masterful tweak of an easy listening classic that takes flight on mellifluous synth ripples and gentle breaking waves with a carefree vocal shimmering about the mix, and it's all taken from one of rare groove's most admired writers and producers. 'Style City' is another horizontal flex with underlapping rhythms and pulse-slowing drums.

TRACK LISTING

Share The Love Devine
Style City

Large Music drop the long-awaited reissue of David Brown's “Feel Love”, originally released in 1994 and now making its triumphant return on vinyl for the first time in decades. Cataloged as LAR010, this essential piece of Chicago house history has been lovingly remastered and pressed to wax, reaffirming its legacy as a cornerstone of the genre.

Produced by Sherman Rogers and Darren Brandon of the acclaimed Black Ice Productions, “Feel Love” is a quintessential expression of the raw, soulful energy that defined the Windy City’s deep house scene in the early '90s. Blending hypnotic rhythms, warm synths, and David Brown’s emotive vocal delivery, the track captured the hearts of underground dancefloors from Chicago to the world.

Adding to the release's weight is an all-star lineup of remixers who need no introduction. Ralphi Rosario, one of house music’s original architects and a member of the legendary Hot Mix 5, brings his signature peak-hour intensity and timeless groove. Derrick Carter & Chris Nazuka, operating under their cult alias Red Nail, deliver a raw, stripped-back interpretation, dripping with analog grit and deep, jacking flavor.

This reissue isn’t just a nod to nostalgia - it’s a powerful reminder of house music’s roots and enduring spirit. Whether rediscovered or experienced for the first time, “Feel Love” stands tall as a classic slice of Chicago house, as relevant on today’s dancefloors as it was over 30 years ago.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Feel Love (Ralphi Rosario Vox Mix)
A2. Feel Love (Sherman Rogers Underground Mix)
B1. Feel Love (Red Nail Dub)
B2. Feel Love (Ralphi Rosario Vox Dub) 

Debut single from Manchester band Westside Cowboy on Nice Swan. Riding a thrilling lo-fi boxcar tuned to the melodic precision of Teenage Fanclub and held together with the slacker cool of Pavement, for most bands this would be enough, but not for Westside Cowboy. Just when you think you have them pinned, they career the entire thing into a brick wall of country, trad and early harmony-coated, major-key rock’n’roll. They call this process ‘Britainicana’.

Freshly signed to indie tastemakers Nice Swan (Chalk, Sports Team, Pip Blom) and teaming up with Mercury Music Prize winner Lewis Whiting of English Teacher on production duties, debut single ‘I’ve Never Met Anyone I Thought I Could Really Love (Until I Met You)’, starts with a frenetic caterwaul of the band name. It’s a flag in the sand moment.

A territorial statement. Rhythmic, rattling drums turn into a three-chord assault, with its crackling guitars soon igniting the combustible, chorus vocals of enigmatic co-vocalist Aoife Anson O’Connell.

STAFF COMMENTS

Laura says: We're super excited here at Piccadilly about the release of this debut 7" single from slacker-country-jangle-popster Westside Cowboy. They've been growing a steady following around these parts with their frenetic live shows and we love 'em. WESTSIDE COWBOY! Yeeha!

TRACK LISTING

1. I’ve Never Met Anyone I Thought I Could Really Love (Until I Met You)
2. Slowly I’m Sure (Demo)

The members of Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin couldn’t list a single music blog until their lo-fi MP3s and low-res JPEGs made them worldwide icons of Blogdom in 2005. Even Spin read an SSLYBY blog, downloaded their music and declared the Missouri band “could succeed The Shins as the band that will change your life."

Recorded in the attic and living room of guitarist Will Knauer's home, 'Broom', SSLYBY's debut record, is an expertly crafted indie pop gem.

Originally, SSLYBY had a simple ambition: to make the “Local Releases” bin at CD Warehouse. However, 'Broom' turned into a classic rock ‘n’ roll record -- the kind where pop perfectionism meets studio experimentation and each track flows effortlessly. Seemingly innocuous pop songs are molded by happy accidents of fate -- sometimes involving unexplained swarming sounds and doubled drums tracks --into the warm, ethereal tracks that made the album into a sensation.

Originally self-released by the band to sell at shows, 'Broom' was remastered and released via Polyvinyl in late 2006.

To celebrate 20 years of SSLYBY’s Broom, the essential title is now available on a fresh pressing on clear with red, pink, yellow & green splatter vinyl — matching the iconic cover.

TRACK LISTING

1. Pangea
2. I Am Warm & Powerful
3. What'll We Do
4. Travel Song
5. Oregon Girl
6. House Fire
7. Yr Broom
8. Anna Lee
9. Anne Elephant
10. Gwyneth

Vision of Love is all about slow motion, soul-drenched grooves and after two solid statements to that effect, now comes a third. This one, curated by Monsieur Van Pratt, is a collection of all-Mexican talent and the man himself also features. He opens up with 'Without U', which is a sensuous deep disco percolator, before Vincent Galgo's '(La Otra) Vida' brings some steamy Latin energy to percussive grooves and Van Pratt then has a second go with 'Dumi' featuring Spanish vocals and colourful horns over a rolling bassline. Ele Cinco's 'Limited Love' is a blissed out and late night charmer, then Cinema Paradisco shuts down with nice squelchy synth bass and undulating drums on 'Track Sin Nombre.'

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Super soulful drifters from four different artists (Inc. Van Pratt), all Mexican and all pulling out some of the most laid-back non-Balearic Balearic you've ever heard.

TRACK LISTING

Monsieur Van Pratt - Without U
Vincent Galgo - (La Otra) Vida
Monsieur Van Pratt - Dumi
Ele Cinco - Limited Love
Cinema Paradisco - Track Sin Nombre

Philly’s constant hitmaker, critical darling, and songwriter/guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Kurt Vile, returns with his upcoming collaborative EP with Nashville songsmith Luke Roberts, “Classic Love”.

Kurt and Luke were admirers of one another after meeting on MySpace years ago, and this release highlights both of their distinctive musical styles. “classic love” was written by Luke, “hit of the highlife” by Kurt, “slow talkers ‘22” is a re-work from Kurt’s 2008 debut album and “wildflower” is a Beach House cover.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: A lovely little collab record that pits Vile's unmistakeable laid-back vocals and slacker rock leanings with arty avant country aficionado Luke Roberts. It's very laid back, as you'd expect but swimming with beautifully penned melodies and clever instrumental interludes.

Berlin's vinyl connoisseur Delfonic returns with a fresh disco EP that channels his deep digging sensibilities into four floor-focused cuts, each dripping with character and soul. Love Challenge kicks things off with uplifting strings and a strutting rhythm section, while Lover Man leans into sultry territory with smoky vocals and deep, late-night vibes. On the flip, Doin' It delivers a funk-soaked workout full of punchy horns and tight percussion, before Wear Out wraps things up with raw energy, filtered bass, and a relentless groove. A no-filler vinyl from one of Germany's finest selectors crafted for serious dancefloor heat.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Loopy, high energy disco-house that has Saturday night coursing through its glitter flecked skin.

TRACK LISTING

Love Challenge
Lover Man
Doin' It
Wear Out