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Separated from their homes in Massachusetts and North Carolina, Barlow and Davis collaborated remotely, flashing back to their early friendship as penpals. A sweaty bass and drums session went down in Barlow’s attic, before they booked studio time with producer Scott Salter (St. Vincent, Spoon, The Mountain Goats).
Contrasts and comparisons are the keys to unlocking Walk Thru Me, and the Folk Implosion as a whole. Beyond the audible differences between Barlow’s soft voice and Davis’s urgent, reedy proclamations,
their approaches to songwriting are strikingly distinct. While Barlow approached his lyrics from a protective paternal perspective (“My Little Lamb”), Davis paid tribute to his late father, shining a light on their complicated relationship (“The Day You Died”). Finally, Davis’s Persian music studies in weekly Zoom lessons inspired him to integrate traditional Middle Eastern instruments such as the setar, oud, saz, and tombak.
“Because we’re so separate, part of this album is me desperately trying to telepathically communicate to John and Scott, who are 700 miles away from me,” Barlow concludes. “A big part of what I consider to be the Folk Implosion is taking disparate things and turning them into pop.”
TRACK LISTING
1. Crepuscular
2. The Day You Died
3. Walk Thru Me
4. My Little Lamb
5. Bobblehead Doll
6. The Fable And The Fact
7. Right Hand Over The Heart
8. Water Torture
9. O.K. To Disconnect
10. Moonlit Kind
Terence Fixmer is celebrated for his innovative and genre-defying approach to music production. With a career spanning over two decades, he has released numerous albums and EPs on some of the most prestigious techno labels. His remixing talents have extended to tracks from industry giants such as Depeche Mode, Yann Tiersen, Sven Väth, Dave Clarke, Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, Indochine, and more.
This release underscores Fixmer's versatility and dedication to expanding his musical horizons, embodying the modest yet noteworthy influence he has had in the realm of electronic and techno music.
TRACK LISTING
1. Ephemere
2. In Synthesis
3. Evolve
4. Shore Break
5. Glacier
6. Dark Enough?
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- 2xColoured LP
- £32.99
- Cat Number
- JAG460LP-C1
- Release date
- Expected 7 Jun '24
- Format Info
Pink and Sky Blue Vinyl
Pink and Sky Blue VinylRelease date: Expected 7 Jun '24 -
- 2xLP
- £31.99
- Cat Number
- JAG460LP
- Release date
- Expected 7 Jun '24
- Format Info
Black vinyl.
Black vinyl.Release date: Expected 7 Jun '24 -
- CD
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- JAG460CD
- Release date
- Expected 7 Jun '24
Release date: Expected 7 Jun '24
More important than any of this, though, they’ve also lived a big ol’ messy and tangled up pile of life, and all that living permeates their music with the wisdom, humor, and depth that underlies the accolades. Theirs is the stuff that defines folk music as a genre: love and loss, hope and sorrow, community and family, change and time. The Big Stuff, with the stakes sky high.
At the center of Bonny Light Horseman is, always, the singular combination of three powerful and tender artists, artists who expertly dodge superlatives but are quick to acknowledge that their bond makes each one better, braver and more vulnerable than they’d be on their own. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the force of their voices together, which work with complete trust in one another through the gentlest moments and the most ruthless wails.
Bonny Light Horseman’s new album, Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free, is an ode to the blessed mess of our humanity. Confident and generous, it is an unvarnished offering that puts every feeling and supposed flaw out in the open. The themes are stacked high and staked even higher: love and loss, hope and sorrow, community and family, change and time all permeate Bonny Light Horseman’s most vulnerable and bounteous offering to date. Yet for all of its humanistic touchpoints, Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free was forged from a kind of unexplainable magic.
TRACK LISTING
1. A Keep Me On Your Mind
2. Lover Take It Easy
3. I Know You Know
4. Grinch Funeral
5. Old Dutch
6. When I Was Younger
7. Waiting And Waiting
8. Hare And Hound
9. Rock The Cradle
10. Singing To The Mandolin
11. The Clover
12. Into The O
13. Don’t Know Why Youmove Me
14. Speak To Me Muse
15. Think Of The Royalties Lads
16. Tumblin Down
17. I Wanna Be Where Youare
18. Over The Pass
19. Your Arms (All The Time)
20. See You Free
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- 7"
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- BSBF 706
- Release date
- Expected 24 May '24
Release date: Expected 24 May '24
TRACK LISTING
Submerge Me (Original Version)
Submerge Me (Gilb'r Remix)
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- Coloured 7"
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- SIDED023C
- Release date
- Expected 24 May '24
- Format Info
White vinyl.
White vinyl.Release date: Expected 24 May '24
Renowned for their visceral sonic assault and immersive live performances, A Place To Bury Strangers has cemented the end-all-be-all space for over-the-top post- punk / shoegaze destruction. With this special vinyl collection, the band invites listeners to delve deeper into their sonic universe, exploring uncharted territories and hidden gems. You'll Be There For Me/ When You're Gone is the fourth release.
"When looking back at the recordings that were done around the time of See Through You there were a bunch of great tracks that just captured life back then and really had something incredible going on. Even though they are a bit raw and a bit personal, I thought it would be a mistake if they didn't come out. I thought it would be best to go back to my roots and put out a series of 7"s the way A Place To Bury Strangers started. That strange weird format where the tracks each speak for themselves, no album context to muddy the water. These tracks are such a contrast to the way I am feeling now and the current songs we've been working on so slip back into this moment in time." says APTBS' Oliver Ackermann.
TRACK LISTING
1. You'll Be There For Me
2. When You're Gone
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- Coloured LP
- £30.99
- Cat Number
- 6527052
- Release date
- Expected 17 May '24
- Format Info
Sea blue coloured vinyl in a gatefold sleeve.
Sea blue coloured vinyl... [ + ]Release date: Expected 17 May '24 -
- LP
- £30.99
- Cat Number
- 6522365
- Release date
- Expected 17 May '24
- Format Info
Recycled black vinyl in a gatefold sleeve.
Recycled black vinyl in a... [ + ]Release date: Expected 17 May '24 -
- CD
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- 6522367
- Release date
- Expected 17 May '24
Release date: Expected 17 May '24
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- Hardback Book
- £20.00
- Cat Number
- 9780571371853
- Release date
- Expected 10 May '24
Release date: Expected 10 May '24
After being introduced to her son David and his wife Angie, Suzi finds herself at the Bowies' bohemian apartment and is soon embroiled in their raucous world. Having crafted his iconic Ziggy Stardust hairstyle, Suzi becomes the only working woman in David's touring party and joins the Spiders from Mars as they perform around the globe. Amid the costume blunders, parties and groupies she meets her husband-to-be, Mick Ronson, and together they traverse the absurdities of life in show business, falling in with the likes of Iggy Pop, Bob Dylan and Lou Reed along the way.
Dazzling and intimate, Me and Mr Jones provides not only a unique perspective on one of the most beguiling stars of our time but also a world on the cusp of cultural transformation, charting the highs and lows of life as one of the only women in the room as it happened.
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- Ltd LP
- £26.99
- Cat Number
- ES031
- Release date
- Expected 10 May '24
Release date: Expected 10 May '24 -
- CD
- £12.99
- Cat Number
- ES031CD
- Release date
- Expected 10 May '24
Release date: Expected 10 May '24
A humanity-reminding suite of miracle moments, Someone Like Me unites a geographically unbound cast of real people in pursuit of a meaningful connection. Taping their lived experience in economic studios in quiet English counties, Pacific Northwest woodland retreats and the big city bustle of Sydney and Los Angeles, these kindred spirits rendered sheer beauty in the process. Custom pressed folk songs of love, loss and the lord saviour.
Illuminating minor works from seasoned players such as former Syndicate Of Sound chart-topper Sharkey and late-era Canned Heat lynchpin James Thornbury, the collection simultaneously honours the fleeting amateurism of hobby musicians. With their one shot at tangible vinyl, freshman Lynne Ann Kingan realised her loose bubblegum rocker on campus time, while U.S. Navy recruit Fred Potts cut his unconditionally serene ballad remotely stationed on a Spanish naval base. Spartan production continues to reign with Jon Betmead’s hair-raising gospel, howling into infinite space, and Goldrust’s stripped back garden hymn.
Throughout the hour-long reflection, faith has an intermittent yet revelatory presence, most overtly with the divine choral soul of Seventh-day Adventist quartet Remnant. More subtly, Gary Ramey and Jim Kennedy both turned to song in their spiritual quests, offering their all to a universal power. An irrefutable compilation cornerstone, the National Office For Black Catholics showcased Charles Murphy’s lionhearted account of the Black experience at a 1971 concert. Five years earlier, high school seniors The Superwomen would use their hauntingly angelic harmonies to address racial inequity with a breathless take on ‘Lowlands’.
Reaching the furthest corners, Someone Like Me secures the inaugural licence of three homespun masterpieces. Discovered by fluke in the digital haystacks of Youtube and Soundcloud, Jim Huxley’s bedroom pop earworm melds peacefully into Charlie Webster’s synthesized reverie. Meanwhile, Hollywood’s John Agostino introduces us to the bizarre world of tax scam records, with the artist only now learning that his tender psych-folk demos were leaked via a 1977 bootleg.
Compiled and lovingly restored by armchair digger Mikey Young (Eddy Current Suppression Ring/The Green Child), Someone Like Me pays due service to seventeen rarefied journals of truth and devotion. Adorned with visual artist Chris Fallon’s figure and flora dream extractions, the uniting songbook is further detailed by expansive track-by-track liner notes and a forward from San Franciscan poet Rod Roland.
TRACK LISTING
1. Sharkey - Someone Like Me
2. Lynne Ann Kingan - If You Love Me - Hate Me
3. James Thornbury - So Tan
4. Jim Huxley - Only A Song
5. Charlie Webster - Snodland
6. The Bob Hughes Band - You Broke My Heart
7. Goldrust - Going Yesterday
8. Jim Kennedy - You Are The Reason
9. Jon Betmead - Marie Elene
10. Charles Murphy - The Foot That's Holding Me Down
11. Remnant - I Will Set You Free
12. Fred Potts - Following Rainbows
13. The Superwomen - Lowlands
14. Robison Kaplan Ltd. - Don't Say Goodbye
15. Gary Ramey - You Are His
16. John Agostino - Loss Of Love
17. Ritchie Tierney - Please Stop Breaking Me Down
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- 2xColoured LP
- £28.99
- Cat Number
- LAB51011
- Release date
- Expected 10 May '24
- Format Info
Pink Coloured Vinyl
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- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- LAB51011CD
- Release date
- Expected 10 May '24
Release date: Expected 10 May '24
'Me Veo' is Spanish for “I see myself,” and this revelatory self-discovery and homecoming is evident in her indie-dream rock songs, that travel the arc of the her own feminine tense… harmonizing between the seductive siren, vulnerable tenderness, and moments of sovereignty in their unapologetic truth telling.
Her sound is freshly her own but lends inspirations from Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, and Mazzy Star.
TRACK LISTING
1. Honey
2. Hungry
3. Loved Me Like A Weapon
4. Unfinished Business
5. Bloom
6. Me Veo
7. Simmer
8. Soledad
9. San Cristóbal
10. Run
11. No One’s To Blame
12. Magdelene
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- Ltd 12"
- £15.99
- Cat Number
- 100T148 (#RSD24)
- Release date
- 20 Apr '24
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- Coloured 12" EP
- £25.99
- Cat Number
- 4099964005400 (#RSD24)
- Release date
- 20 Apr '24
IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8PM ON MONDAY APRIL 22ND.
4 brand new unreleased tracks from the highly influential Alternative Rock band Garbage comes as an exclusive for Record Store Day 2024 on limited coloured vinyl. The EP features a stunning cover of This Mortal Coilís ëSong To The Sirení and a brand new remix of their classic hit ëBad Boyfriendí featuring Dave Grohl, as well as 2 more unheard tracks.
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- Coloured 12"
- £27.99
- Cat Number
- 5888310 (#RSD24)
- Release date
- 20 Apr '24
2024 is the 30th anniversary of the Sinéad O’Connor Single, You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart. The track was written by Bono, Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer for the soundtrack to the 1993 film In the Name of the Father. The song was produced by English musician Tim Simenon (Bomb The Bass) and Gavin Friday and does not appear on any of O’Connor’s studio albums, but in 1997, it was included on her first compilation album, So Far… The Best Of.In the Name of the Father is based on the true story of the Guildford Four, four people falsely convicted of the 1974 Guildford pub bombings that killed four off-duty British soldiers and a civilian. O’Connor’s heart wrenching, powerful vocal was the perfect way to deliver the track’s devastating emotional message with lyrics written by Bono. In a 2023 interview with Steve Pafford, Gavin Friday talked about the recording of the track: “We showed Sinéad a rough edit of the film, after which I spent sometime with her going through the lyrics the next day in STS Studios in Dublin. And with the phenomenal talents of producer Tim Simenon we recorded Sinéad’s breathtaking vocals. All she asked for was the room to be candlelit, and within two takes she had made her magical mark on the song……. what Sinéad captured within that song spoke as loud as the bombs that opened the film and as deep as the pain The Troubles had wounded our nation” This exclusive release for Record Store Day 2024 is on clear vinyl and pulls together the versions of the track released in 1994 as well as the B-Side, The Father and His Wife The Spirit performed by Sinéad and Gavin Friday.
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- Coloured LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- 5054197894657 (#RSD24)
- Release date
- 20 Apr '24
IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8PM ON MONDAY APRIL 22ND.
Celebrate 15 years of Lily Allen's chart-topping album, "It's Not Me, It's You," with a mesmerizing Zoetrope pressing. Relive the magic of hit singles like "The Fear," "Not Fair," and "22" with a captivating twist. As the Zoetrope comes to life, witness the visual narrative unfold in sync with the infectious beats and razor-sharp lyrics that made these tracks timeless classics.
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- Coloured LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- 5859326 (#RSD24)
- Release date
- 20 Apr '24
IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8PM ON MONDAY APRIL 22ND.
A Girl Like Me is the debut solo album by Singer Emma Bunton. Originally released in 2001, and reaching Number 4 on the UK Albums Chart, the album went on to be certified Gold in the UK. Available on vinyl for the very first time this Record Store Day, A Girl Like Me features the Number 1 single ëWhat Took You So Long?í plus íTake My Breath Awayí and ëWeíre Not Gonna Sleep Tonightí, alongside Buntonís hugely successful collaboration with Tin Tin Out, a cover of ëWhat I Amí by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians. Paying homage to Buntonís Baby Spice persona, this 12-track LP is pressed on limited edition baby pink vinyl and is a must-have collectorís item for both Emma Bunton fans and Spice Girls fans alike.
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- Ltd LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- VPRL4248 (#RSD24)
- Release date
- 20 Apr '24
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- 3xLP
- £26.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- STRUT205LPB
- Release date
- 19 Apr '24
Joining Elektra after three albums with jazz label Prestige, Patrice had shown prodigious talent at an early age and had first broken through after winning a competition to perform at the Monterrey Jazz Festival of 1972. By the time of the recordings on this collection, she had become a prolific and in-demand session musician and arranger on the West coast, appearing on over 80 recordings for other artists. She joined the Elektra / Asylum roster in 1978 as they launched a pop / jazz division alongside visionaries like Donald Byrd and Grover Washington, Jr. “The idea was to create music that was good for commercial radio / R&B,” Patrice explains. “We were all making sophisticated dance music, essentially.”
Drawing on some of the leading musicians in L.A. like saxophonist Gerald Albright, drummer “Ndugu” Chancler and bassman Freddie Washington and keeping an open minded approach from her training in classical, jazz and soundtrack scores, Patrice’s music was a different, more intricate proposition to many of the soul artists of the time. “L.A. musicians were not so locked into tradition,” she continues. “None of us were accustomed to limitation and the record label left us to take our own direction.”
Early classics like ‘Music Of The Earth’ and ‘Let’s Sing A Song Of Love’ were among Patrice’s first as a lead vocalist before her ‘Pizzazz’ album landed in 1979, featuring the unique disco of ‘Haven’t You Heard’ and one of her greatest ballads, ‘Settle For My Love’. “Although ballads make you feel more vulnerable as an artist because they are often personal, I think listeners relate to that sincerity,” she reflects. By now, Patrice’s records were supremely arranged and produced as her confidence as an all-round writer, producer, arranger and performer grew. Slick dancefloor anthem ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ and the ‘Posh’ album in 1980 led to her landmark album ‘Straight From The Heart’ two years later. Receiving little support from her label, Patrice and her production team personally funded a promo campaign for the first single from it, ‘Forget Me Nots’. It went on to peak at no. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the album was later Grammy-nominated, while the track became a timeless anthem and popular sample, inspiring Will Smith’s theme for the film ‘Men In Black’ and George Michael’s ‘Fastlove’.
Patrice’s final album for Elektra, ‘Now’ kept the bar high with sparse, synth-led songs including ‘Feel So Real’ and ‘To Each His Own’. It concluded a golden era creatively for Patrice which remains revered by soul and disco aficionados the world over
TRACK LISTING
A1. Music Of The Earth
A2. Let’s Sing A Song Of Love
A3. When I Found You
B1. Haven’t You Heard (12” Version)
B2. Givin’ It Up Is Givin’ Up With DJ Rogers
C1. Forget Me Nots (12” Version)
C2. Look Up! (Long Version)
C3. Where There Is Love
D1. Never Gonna Give You Up (Won’t Let You Be) (Long Version)
D2. Number One (12” Version)
E1. All We Need
E2 Remind Me (LP Version)
E3. Settle For My Love
F1. Feels So Real (Won’T Let Go) (12” Version)
F2. To Each His Own
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- 12"
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- DSOTSV03
- Release date
- 12 Apr '24
TRACK LISTING
A1. Take Me For A Ride
A2. Take Me For A Ride - Running Hot Remix
B1. Doin' It
B2. Sexy Motherf*cker
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- 3xColoured LP
- £62.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- LOGAB000010000R
- Release date
- 12 Apr '24
- Format Info
Triple red vinyl.
Triple red vinyl. -
- 3xColoured LP 2
- £62.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- LOGAB000010000S
- Release date
- 12 Apr '24
- Format Info
Triple silver vinyl.
Triple silver vinyl. -
- 3xColoured LP 3
- £62.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- LOGAB000010000G
- Release date
- 12 Apr '24
- Format Info
Triple gold vinyl.
Triple gold vinyl.
Could this be Steven Stapleton 's tribute to Timbaland and Missy Elliott's incomparable use of musique concrete techniques on their major label hip- hop anthems? Hard to say, but I like to think so. Side B ends with the hyper-sexualized "Gusset Typing", in which a mutated woman's voice describes her masturbation and orgasm in in- timate, anatomical detail. Her monologue is set against an intense rhythmic throbbing that builds as she reaches her climax. At the end, she blows her load and the record ends. This certainly qualifies as an active listening experience, and it's also a great make-out rec
TRACK LISTING
1. She And Me Fall Together Like Free Death
2. Black Is The Color Of My True Loves Hair
3. Chicken Concret
4. Gusset Typing
5.She And Me Fall Together Like Free Death (Phosphorous Mix)
6. Chicken Korma
7. Fine Writin'
8. She And Me Fall Together In Free Death (Funereal Mix)
9. Yellowed
10. Seeting Red
11. Black
Paul Hanley
Sixteen Again : How Pete Shelley & Buzzcocks Changed Manchester Music (and Me)
Route Publishing
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- Hardback Book
- £25.00
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 9781901927924
- Release date
- 12 Apr '24
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- Ltd 12"
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- FTTFCS002
- Release date
- 12 Apr '24
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Resurrecting bona fide classics from the house music cannon, 4 To The Floor turn their attention to two cheeky booty twisters from '94 and 2002.TRACK LISTING
A. MD X-Spress - God Made Me Phunky (Original Mix)
B1. Three Kings Featuring Jaygun & Bashy - Shake Dat Booty (A Pal Joey Interpretation)
B2. Three Kings Featuring Jaygun & Bashy - Shake Dat Booty (Wahoo Main Mix)
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- 2xLP
- £28.99
- Cat Number
- LPLBOP55
- Release date
- 5 Apr '24
TRACK LISTING
Side A
1. Static On The Radio
2. Bluebird
3. Combing My Hair In A Brand New Style
Side B
4. That Girl From Brownsville Texas
5. Borrowed Wings
6. If Jesus Drove A Motor Home
7. Objects In Motion
Side C
8. Buzzards Of Love
9. Alabama Chrome
10. Phone Booth In Heaven
11. Land Called Home
Side D *Unreleased Bonus Tracks!
12. Suckerz Promisez*
13. Stranger Candy*
14. Cinderblock Walls*
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- Ltd 12"
- £16.99
- Cat Number
- FUCKREALITY07
- Release date
- 5 Apr '24
The Fuck Reality imprint founds it origins in 2015 as a sub label of the widely lauded Smallville label with a heavy focus on classic house music. The label kicked off with the reissue of Westbam and Nena’s iconic ‘Oldschool Baby’ with remixes from Smallpeople and Gerd Janson before going on to release music from Smallville staple Moomin, Frantzvaag - who also released the first album on the label last year - and more. Here the label welcomes Fossar, co-founder of the Feuilleton imprint, onto the imprint with his new EP.
‘Good 2 Me’ opens with airy chords, robust toms, flickers of resonant synth stabs and soulful vocals running atop snappy drums before ‘Free’ embraces a classic 90’s New York aesthetic with heavily swung percussion a jazzy bass groove, emotive piano lines and warm vocal chants.
The B-side is kicked off with ‘Make Me Feel’, diving deep with shimmering, expansive leads, looped vocal, swirling string melodies and a classic bumpy bass and snare combination. ‘Aeriel (Windy City Version)’ then rounds things out, as the name would suggest nodding to the Chicagoan roots of house and employing all the classic tropes from slick flutes, intertwined keys, glistening piano melodies and shuffled 909 drums.
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: New house with vintage feels. Fossar tips his hat to Chicago, London and Ibiza with a four track EP that explores all corners of the golden era.TRACK LISTING
A1. Good 2 Me
A2. Free
B1. Make Me Feel
B2. Aeriel (Windy City Version)
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- Coloured LP
- £20.99
- Cat Number
- SCR280LP
- Release date
- 22 Mar '24
- Format Info
Limited edition Vesuvian violet vinyl.
Limited edition Vesuvian... [ + ] -
- CD
- £10.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- SCR280CD
- Release date
- 22 Mar '24
- Format Info
Limited edition CD with bonus track.
Limited edition CD with... [ + ]
Together they have made Two, a beautiful album that blends both of their influences with added echoes of ambient, techno, 2000s club culture, post-classical and post-rock. It’s a stunning record and proof that when two very different musicians meet it’s always possible for magic to happen. The eight tracks are a testament to their ability to translate raw emotion into a musical journey, forging a connection that goes beyond sound.
TRACK LISTING
1. No Words
2. Inner Space
3. Interlocking Mechanics
4. Buildings
5. In A Box
6. Nocturnal Humans
7. When We See
8. Us
9. Nocturnal Emissions*
*CD-only Bonus Track
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- Ltd 7"
- £14.99
- Cat Number
- STIX062
- Release date
- 22 Mar '24
Produced by Roy Ayers in the early 80s , “You Can’t Turn Me Away” is one of Sylvia Striplin's sweetest moments of slow, smoochy soul music. So good it had to be covered by Erykah Badu, now we see Lady Gatica take on this mighty record with unbelievably dreamy results.
Almost perfect for a 'mellow reggae' retake, Mato adds lilting guitar, balmy keys and a palm tree elegance that'll have you endlessly rocking in the hammock as the afternoon turns into evening.
Limited copies.
STAFF COMMENTS
Paul says: Love this mellow reggae twist on the Sylvia Striplin / Erykah Badu jam! Just in time for beer garden season!TRACK LISTING
A. You Can’t Turn Me Away (Mato Reggae Mix)
B. You Can’t Turn Me Away (Mato Dub Version)
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- LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- UJM001
- Release date
- 22 Mar '24
180g black vinyl with insert and antistatic inner sleeve.
"Sorry, nie tu"is the debut album of the boys band KOSMONAUCI. The album consists of original compositions by the band members that were created over several years and evolved with the artists. The music of the Cosmonauts derives from jazz and improvisation, but over time the musicians have developed many new ways and possibilities to draw from many other, seemingly distant musical genres. Songs characterized by improvisation and rhythm of drum & bass or hip-hop are one of the characteristic features of the album "Sorry, nie tu". The music of the band KOSMONAUCI is stylistically extensive and at the same time very coherent, thanks to the combination of beautiful lyrical melodies with catchy and often surprising polyrhythms or bold improvisations. KOSMONAUCI have been playing together since high school, which can be heard very well in the chemistry of the whole band and the emotions flowing from the album. On March 21, 2024, the premiere of the debut album entitled "Sorry, nie tu" will take place. The album will be released by U Jazz Me, a sublabel of U Know Me Records. It will be the inaugural sublabel album.
KOSMONAUTS– a boys band originating from jazz traditions, which in its musical language draws onhip-hop,drum & bassandimprovisation. The instrumentarium, which includes saxophone (Miłosz Pieczonka), bass (Bartłomiej Lucjan), vibraphone (Tymon Kosma) and percussion (Jan Pieniążek), creates a unique style of the group, balancing between emotional melodies and polyrhythmic structures. The roots of the band's music go back to the jazz traditions of the 1950s to the 1990s. Their current sound, on the other hand, is much more varied by the search for ideas in genres such as hip-hop, drum & bass, alternative pop or the contemporary London Yass scene. KOSMONAUCI have been playing with each other since high school and have known each other since elementary school. They went to school together, to the concerts and grew up together in the field of music as well. The artists have classical and jazz education, which gives them a wide range of possibilities in the field of improvisation, performance and composition. Each of them has an individual style and different inspirations, which find a common denominator in the band, allowing them to create a unique style of playing and sound. Despite the fact that they have been active on the music scene in Poland and abroad since 2018. Their first album is released in 2024. Over the past few years, KOSMONAUCI have had the opportunity to perform at renowned jazz festivals, collaborate with renowned artists and learn from the best artists in Europe. The resultant of all these factors is the band's debut album "Sorry, nie tu", which will be released on the sublabel of the U Know Me label - U Jazz Me.
TRACK LISTING
1. KOSMOCHOOJUWA
2. APEROL
3. GUŚLARZ
4. FAKDA
5. OSTATNI
6. CYGARETKA
7. SMUTNE GÓWNO
8. PRZERYWNIK
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- 7"
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- MSR040
- Release date
- 8 Mar '24
Soul, funk, psychedelic rock, reggae-dub and library music merge seamlessly in Bidaide's recordings, forming a unique sound. Two great tracks that are now available on vinyl!
"Batua" on the A-side is the energetic prelude to this 45. A dynamic, unfiltered rhythm section provides the foundation, while two guitars engage in an agile conversation underscored by sharp keys and fantastic brass overdubs. Recorded in the band's studio on multiple tracks using analog methods and equipment, the song boasts an opulent, organic sound. Batua is a funky, psychedelic journey interspersed with soulful & harmonious interludes and stirring percussive breaks.
Flipping to the B-side, "Love Me & Give Up" offers a more soulful, relaxed contrast, showcasing the band's versatility. A laid-back beat sets the stage, with keys and guitars weaving a soulful sound tapestry.The chorus, delivered with restrained conviction and backed by a warm organ, evoke a Motown-esque charm.
Founded in 2019, Bidaide began as a duo with "Asier del Álamo" and "Juan Cruz Chiappara". With the arrival of "Sergio Caño" (keyboards), "Manuel Diaz" (drums), and "Nacho Llauradó" (Telecaster), the duo blossomed into a vibrant band. Through experimentation and maturation, they forged their own distinct sound, reflected in their 2021-2022 recordings titled "BATUA" (Basque for "unity"). These recordings embody the spiritual essence of a group that has found and solidified its own powerful sound, showcasing its talent for arrangements and harmonies.
Some members of Bidaide, who already knew Matasuna and their releases through their involvement in the "Gatzara Soundsystem", sent Matasuna their demo of the recordings in mid-2003. Their fresh, impressive sound immediatelyfound open ears. This connection paved the way for Bidaide's exciting vinyl debut, marking a new chapter in their musical journey.
TRACK LISTING
1. Batua
2. Love Me & Give Up
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- Signed 12" EP
- £19.99
Usually ships within: 3-28 days - Cat Number
- FOMO050S
- Release date
- 1 Mar '24
- Format Info
Ultra limited signed edition.
Ultra limited signed... [ + ]
TRACK LISTING
1. I Hope You Die
2. Jed
3. Baggage
4. Character
5. Wait It Out
6. Asexual
7. Studio 54
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- Ltd 7"
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- SEV014
- Release date
- 23 Feb '24
TRACK LISTING
1. Tell Me It's Just A Rumour Baby
2. My Love Is Your Love (Forever)
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- Coloured 7"
- £7.99
- Cat Number
- DAMGOOD612
- Release date
- 16 Feb '24
- Format Info
Gold vinyl.
Gold vinyl.
TRACK LISTING
1.Shake!
2. You Woo Me
Mark Knight / Green Velvet / James Hurr
The Greatest Thing Alive / Lady (Hear Me Tonight)
Toolroom Records
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- 12"
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- TOOL1213
- Release date
- 16 Feb '24
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Phwooaaarr!! Take it to the terraces and the super clubs with two stonkingly large main roomers. Hard to pick a fave - whether its the monumental deep chug of "The Greatest Thing Alive" or the rattling refix of "Lady" - both are gonna blow the roof off!TRACK LISTING
A1. The Greatest Thing Alive
B1. Lady (Hear Me Tonight)
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- Coloured LP
- £20.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- MLS16
- Release date
- 9 Feb '24
- Format Info
Pink vinyl.
Pink vinyl. -
- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- MLS16CD
- Release date
- 9 Feb '24
Jake said: “This time we wanted to record songs as soon as we’d written them, attempting to instantly capture the spirit and emotion and hermetically sealing in the freshness by releasing them as soon as humanly possible”.
“It’s kind of the opposite to a concept album. I didn’t really want to give ourselves time to overthink a grand plan, in some ways we are recapturing the gung-ho spirit of when the band started out in 1985! It’s an eclectic mix of stand-out songs that sing for themselves.”
TRACK LISTING
1. Running Out Of Heartbeats
2. I'm A God
3. Numb Numb Numb
4. Tits & Attitude
5. Bubblewrap
6. Naked
7. B-side Girl
8. Identity Crisis
9. The Urban Mountaineer
10. Wasted
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- 7"
- £8.99
- Cat Number
- DAP-1151
- Release date
- 2 Feb '24
On the flip is the moody, previously unreleased beat-ballad, “What is Left to Do”, whose gorgeous strings, plaintive, call and response chorus and tasteful delay create the kind of subdued psychedelic that was coming out of Motown in the early 70’s. But contrary to the trends of that era, both sides of this disc are presented in glorious mono.
TRACK LISTING
Side A – Come Around And Love Me
Side B – What Is Left To Do
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- 2xColoured LP 2
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- MOVATM184T
- Release date
- 2 Feb '24
- Format Info
Translucent pink vinyl in deluxe gatefold sleeve with spot-varnish. Includes insert with movie stills and poster. 2024 reissue.
Translucent pink vinyl in... [ + ]
Summer of 1983, Northern Italy. An American Italian is enamored by an American student who comes to study and live with his family. Together they share an unforgettable summer full of music, food, and romance that will forever change them.
The film received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for Chalamet, Hammer and Stuhlbarg's performances, Guadagnino's direction, and the screenplay. Call Me By Your Name won a variety of awards, including an Academy Award, BAFTA, GLAAD and the 23rd Critics' Choice Award amongst others. Sufjan Stevens' song "Mystery of Love" was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Luca Guadagnino wanted the film's music to be connected to Elio, a young pianist who likes to transcribe and adapt pieces to get close to Oliver. The music is used to reflect the time, the characters' family, level of education and "the kind of canon they would be a part of."
Guadagnino found himself resonating with Sufjan Stevens' lyricism through his work and initially asked Stevens to record an original song. Eventually, Stevens contributed three songs to the soundtrack: "Visions of Gideon", which was used at the end of the film, "Mystery of Love," which was featured in the film's first trailer, and a new rendition of "Futile Devices" with piano. Stevens penned the songs by using the script, the book, and the conversations with the director about the characters. It marks Sufjan Stevens' first soundtrack for a feature film.
TRACK LISTING
Side A
1. Hallelujah Junction - 1st Movement - John Adams
2. M.A.Y. In The Backyard - Ryuichi Sakamoto
3. J'adore Venise - Loredana Bertè
4. Paris Latino - Bandolero
Side B
1. Sonatine Bureaucratique - Frank Glazer
2. "Zion Hört Die Wächter Singen" - Alessio Bax
3. Lady Lady Lady - Giorgio Moroder & Joe Esposito
Side C
1. Une Barque Sur L'océan - André Laplante
2. Futile Devices (Doveman Remix) - Sufjan Stevens
3. Germination - Ryuichi Sakamoto
4. Words - F.R. David
5. È La Vita - Marco Armani
Side D
1. Mystery Of Love - Sufjan Stevens
2. Radio Varsavia - Franco Battiato
3. Love My Way - The Psychedelic Furs
4. Le Jardin Féerique - Valéria Szervánszky & Ronald Cavaye
5. Visions Of Gideon - Sufjan Stevens
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- Dinked Edition LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- RT0420LPXE
- Release date
- 26 Jan '24
- Format Info
• 'Honeycomb Neo-Neapolitan' vinyl. *
• Bonus track 7" (etched B-side). *
• Signed 12"x12" print. *
• Sleeve with opening ‘container doors’.
• Foil numbered edition. *
• Limited pressing of 1500. *
*Exclusive to Dinked Edition.
• 'Honeycomb... [ + ] -
- Coloured LP
- £26.99
- Cat Number
- RT0420LPE3
- Release date
- 26 Jan '24
- Format Info
Indies exclusive split door sleeve and blackberry neo-neapolitan coloured vinyl.
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- LP
- £20.99
- Cat Number
- RT0420LP
- Release date
- 26 Jan '24
- Format Info
Black vinyl.
Black vinyl. -
- CD
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- RT0420CD
- Release date
- 26 Jan '24
- Format Info
Gatefold soft pack with pull-out poster.
Gatefold soft pack with... [ + ]
Lead-off single “Celestial Candyfloss” is a telling four minute glimpse of the forthcoming album, revealing the heady wonders and classic pop sounds within. Soaring strings carry the sweet melodies along, anchored by just enough necessary melancholy to add emotional ballast. The eye-popping video was created by long-time collaborator Mark James and compliments the scope and style of the song on a galactic scale.
“Celestial Candyfloss” is, Gruff says, “an attempted pocket symphony about the cosmic lengths that people will travel in the pursuit of love and acceptance. Mark James has brought the Sadness Sets Me Free album cover to life & managed to place me watching TV interference in a shipping container that’s lost in space. For what is apparently the 25th album I’ve had a hand in writing I’ve reverted to a rich seam of inspiration relating to shedding some light on sadness and the general terror of cosmic loneliness.”
And so it was that Gruff and his band – Osian Gwynedd (piano), Huw V Williams (double bass) and former Flaming Lips drummer turned Super Furry Animals archivist Kliph Scurlock (drums) piled into a van driven by the late, legendary tour manager “Dr” Kiko Loiacono and raced from Dunkirk, where they had just played the final show of a tour of Spain and France, to the outskirts of Paris in the early hours of a March morning in 2022. There, in La Frette Studios, a recording facility installed in a 19th-century house, Gruff and his road-hardened group tracked “Sadness Sets Me Free” in just three days. Backing vocals were added along the way by Kate Stables from This Is The Kit along with additional strings and orchestration and it was mixed between Marseille and Cardiff. What finally emerged from these intense bouts of cross-continental activity was Gruff’s most accomplished and beautiful record to date.
In a career that has taken him from the slate-mining towns of north-west Wales, down to the expat communities of Patagonia, up to the Mandan tribe of the Great Plains of North America and across to the Tuareg rock groups of the Saharan Desert, Gruff Rhys, one of Britain’s most beloved and successful singer-songwriters, has always been willing to follow an opportunity, wherever it may lead him. “At this point I quite like working with serendipity,” he says. “Not in a cosmic way, [but] I try and leave things open to chance encounters and chance geography. As I'm around 25 albums in I’m always looking for ways to make a different-sounding record”.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: Gruff is one of the masters of musical disguiuse, effortlessly turning his hand to any number of genre leanings, but it's in effortlessly melodic albums like 'Sadness Sets Me Free' that we get to hear the true genius and uplifting glee that only he can bring. There are moments of orchestral majesty and brittle, tentative sadness but every moment is a delight. A reminder of why Gruff is one of the greatest songwriters of our times.TRACK LISTING
1. Sadness Sets Me Free
2. Bad Friend
3. Celestial Candyfloss
4. Silver Lining (Lead Balloons)
5. On The Far Side Of The Dollar
6. They Sold My Home To Build A Skyscraper
7. Peace Signs
8. Cover Up The Cover Up
9. I Tendered My Resignation
10. I’ll Keep Singing
Dinked Edition Bonus 7”:
A. Amser
B. (etching, No Audio)
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- 7"
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- SE705
- Release date
- 26 Jan '24
As with 'Pushing', 'Right Of Me' is always presented in a Nu-disco key, super Dance in a formula full of Pop and Soul enriched by keyboard sounds. Salvo comments on how proud he was of this track, which is certainly the strongest track on the whole album, and it is no coincidence that it was chosen as the second single. The performance and refined voice of Derane Obika complete the work, her lyrics touching a deep state that explores the relationship with one's self and faith.
In conclusion, we can say that in a world where artificial intelligence will only numb our creative stimuli, there is no shortage of creativity here and at the same time, more unique than rare, Go.Soul.Map. remains firmly anchored to its roots beyond passing fads in a space of pure simplicity and creative essence alongside its friend Derane Obika.
TRACK LISTING
1. Right Of Me (On My Dance Side Version) [feat. Derane Obika]
2. Right Of Me (Radio) [feat. Derane Obika]
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- 7"
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- RK45102
- Release date
- 12 Jan '24
Produced by Paul Willemsen (Lefties Soul Connection, Michelle David & The Gospel Sessions) both tracks are taken from the new album Keep It to Yourself, the third Long Play from The Tibbs that is set for release on January 26th on LP, CD and digital format. Based around Amsterdam, The Tibbs took off in 2012 working right from the start with producer Paul Willemsen (Beans & Fatback, Lefties Soul Connection, Michelle David & The Gospel Sessions). In 2016, their first LP Takin' Over marked their debut with Milan-based imprint Record Kicks. The release of Takin' Over delivered the band rich rewards, like playing sold-out shows and wonderful festivals across Europe. In late 2018, singer Elsa decided to focus on a solo career and The Tibbs duly began their search for a truly worthy successor, bringing astonishing vocalist Roxanne Hartog and the band together for the first time with their sophomore album Another Shot Fired, released in November 2020. Now, with new recordings in the bag and an astounding third album ready to be released, The Tibbs are once more ready for lift off.
TRACK LISTING
1. Ain't It Funny
2. Give Me A Reason
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- Coloured LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- UKM116COLOR
- Release date
- 12 Jan '24
- Format Info
Triple-colour vinyl, pink, white & black.
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- LP
- £24.99
- Cat Number
- UKM116
- Release date
- 12 Jan '24
- Format Info
Black vinyl.
Black vinyl.
For the Jazz Generation record we invited five bands who had already released debut albums: Immortal Onion, Klawo, Rejoin, Twoosty Mayonez and USO 9001. We also reserved two spots on the compilation for the winners of our open call competition, whereby on the basis of the jury's choice (jury: Monika Borzym, Paulina Przybysz, Envee, Wojtek Mazolewski i Marcin Groh Grośkiewicz) we met the winning bands: Kosmos and quietet.
The sleeve artist is Kornelia Nowak, who won our open call for young designers and graphic artists. Here once again we could rely on the opinion of a prestigious jury comprised of: Beata Śliwińska Barrakuz, Bovska, Maciej Animisiewasz Grochot, Grzegorz Forin Piwnicki i Marcin Groh Grośkiewicz.
Generacja JAZZ LP is also a start of the new imprint - U JAZZ ME, which will be focused on jazz from Poland.
TRACK LISTING
1. Klawo - Pizza
2. Quietet - Scand
3. Immortal Onion - Thinium
4. Rejoin - We Know U
5. Kosmos - Koziołek
6. Twoosty Mayonez - Triceradiplodocus
7. USO 9001 - Wafloza
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- 2xLP
- £31.99
- Cat Number
- NOQ087LP
- Release date
- 15 Dec '23
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- CD
- £12.99
- Cat Number
- NOQ087CD
- Release date
- 15 Dec '23
TRACK LISTING
1. No-Shows
2. Burial At See
3. A Message For The Janesville King
4. A Round, A Bout
5. Look Spectral!
6. The 100-Faced Magma
7. A Breathable Liquid
8. The Permeable Realm
9. Section 2
10. Double Orchid
11. Part The Thin Painter From His Work
12. Every Second Morning
13. Section 3
14. Me Neither
15. Contact Twig Entanglement
16. New Red Masterpiece
17. Cup Cape
18. The Bird Renamed
19. Psycasts In Love
20. Where For Do I Run
21. The Home Counties
22. Today’s Dictation
23. Untidled
24. Sleep Baguettes Sleep
25. Infintu B
26. Tree Breather
27. The Incredible Waist Of Time
28. Nor Yet Door But The One
29. The Winner Takes It All
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- 7"
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- SNICK7
- Release date
- 15 Dec '23
Lead single “Kiss Me Sweet Pea” is an unapologetic pop-produced single embracing many of the Christmas cliches - including sleigh bells, a key change, and a nod to the classic Noddy Holder scream. B side and second single “Sad Season” follows a more sombre style with its stripped-back jazz standard approach to production and songwriting, which gives a more intimate piece of work from what we’ve come to expect from Peaness, with front person Jess Branney featuring alongside a piano and a string arrangement.
TRACK LISTING
1. Kiss Me Sweet Pea
2. Sad Season
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- Coloured LP
- £23.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- PIASC1004LP
- Release date
- 24 Nov '23
- Format Info
Remastered at Electric Mastering in 2023, this new vinyl reissue marks the album’s first ever repress and is available as a limited edition ‘mask’ blue coloured vinyl, matching the album’s iconic cover. This limited vinyl also contains a download code for two bonus dub tracks.
Remastered at Electric... [ + ] -
- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- PIASC1004CD
- Release date
- 8 Dec '23
- Format Info
A newly curated, expanded CD featuring 6 bonus tracks, including a previously unreleased song, “Seeds”.
A newly curated, expanded... [ + ]
Singles from the album include “No Trophy”, “Punchbag”, and a cover of Os Mutantes’ “A Minha Menina”.
TRACK LISTING
Punchbag
Angryman
No Trophy
Binnel Bay
Sunshine
A Minha Menina
This Town
Sweet Like A Champion
Lying In The Snow
Zia
Sky Holds The Sun
CD Bonus Tracks
Seeds
You Got To Leave
Elain
Whistle Chop
Jackel Head
Out For The Count
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- Coloured 12"
- £16.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- ATO0656
- Release date
- 8 Dec '23
- Format Info
Pink vinyl.
Pink vinyl.
As shown on their debut EP This House Is Made Of Corners—a five-song project made with nine-time Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb—Brigitte Calls Me Baby possess a singular musicality informed by Leavins’ eclectic upbringing. Originally from Southeast Texas town of Port Arthur, he grew up listening to Roy Orbison records at his grandparents’ house next door, while his parents played him new-wave bands like The Cars and Tears for Fears and his friends turned him onto Radiohead and The Strokes. At age 13, Leavins took up guitar and began writing songs of his own, quickly discovering his distinct vocal style. “At first I didn’t like the way I sang and couldn’t really do anything about it, but as I got older I started to appreciate it more,” he reveals. “My whole inclination toward music came from being in this small town in Texas with nowhere to go and nothing to do, and wanting to be understood without having to say anything.”
Upon moving to Chicago in 2016, Leavins immersed himself in the local music scene and soon linked up with guitarists Jack Fluegel and Trevor Lynch, bassist Devin Wessels, and drummer Jeremy Benshish, who joined him in co-founding Brigitte Calls Me Baby. As the band built up their catalog, Leavins was tapped to take part in recreating a series of Elvis Presley songs for Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 biopic Elvis, a turn of events that found him crossing paths with Cobb. “Dave and I hit it off right away and started talking about the music we loved, and when we reconnected later he asked me to send him some of the songs I’d been working on,” Leavins recalls. Soon after sharing a batch of demos with Cobb (whose credits include modern classics like Jason Isbell’s Southeastern and Sturgill Simpson’s Metamodern Sounds in Country Music), Brigitte Calls Me Baby headed to Nashville to record their debut body of work at the legendary RCA Studio A.
Co-produced by Cobb and Brigitte Calls Me Baby and mostly recorded live, This House Is Made Of Corners opens on a lush and cinematic track called “The Future is Our Way Out,” a prime introduction to the EP’s heightened yet palpably genuine emotionality. “I want to be earnest even when it’s uncomfortable, and write unapologetically about things like my intense fear of death,” says Leavins. “‘The Future is Our Way Out’ is about that fear, but it’s also about hoping there might be something beyond death, a way out of all the mess and the sadness that plagues us in life.” On “Impressively Average,” pounding rhythms and shimmering guitar tones form the backdrop to what Leavins refers to as a “a bit of a self-loathing song, about trying to cope with someone’s very high expectations of you.” And on “Eddie My Love,” Brigitte Calls Me Baby present a gorgeously aching portrait of obsession and despair. “‘Eddie My Love’ paved the way for all the songs that would come after it,” says Leavins, who first penned the track as a ballad. “It felt so vulnerable from the jump, and made me realize that there’s no point in being anything but vulnerable in what we do.”
Newly signed to ATO Records after a much-buzzed-about set at SXSW 2023, with their full-length debut due out in 2024, Brigitte Calls Me Baby remain intent on striking a balance between refined musicianship and absolute devotion to emotional truth. “In so much music there’s a desire to be perceived as someone who’s got it all figured out, but I never want to paint a picture that isn’t true,” says Leavins. “I know that when I was younger I was looking for something to latch onto that I could connect with and feel a part of, so I’d hope that our music could provide that for others. I want to create something that helps people feel more alive, and that will last long after we’re gone.”
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- Coloured 7"
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- DAIS213LPC
- Release date
- 1 Dec '23
- Format Info
Limited red vinyl.
Limited red vinyl. -
- 7"
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- DAIS213LP
- Release date
- 1 Dec '23
"Don't take the light away" is a song about “the war between energies, ”with singer Stenemo’s wounded croon leading a rising tide of stabbing strings, pulsing percussion, and looming bass orchestrated by keyboardist Hutchinson Berg, surging to a mass-chanted chorus both desperate and triumphant (“dance, let them dance into me / people versus people can’t see / hands should be holding hands”). "Remember me" was written following the band's 2017 US tour, capturing the intense feelings of burnout and exhaustion. "Remember me, Won't you remember me, Promise you'll remember me.
"Words only tell half of the story; smoke spills across the stage, and the melodies become a battle cry. Our worst fears eventually boil over, turning into hope and resilience. Like the best of KITE’s music, "Don't take the light away" and "Remember me" fuse theater and catharsis into anthems of universal yearning, born of “the struggle to keep a flickering candle lit in a very dark space.”
TRACK LISTING
1. Don't Take The Light Away
2. Remember Me
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- 7"
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- LMNKV112
- Release date
- 1 Dec '23
Soulnaturals is the London-based project of songwriter, producer and band leader Tony Cannam, who collaborates with outstanding guest singers and musicians on high-quality soul/R&B music which has received rave reviews from Blues & Soul, Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show, Jazz FM, Andy Peebles at Smooth FM, Solar Radio, Clash Magazine and London Live TV, among others. Cannam is influenced by the rich heritage of 60s and 70s US soul/funk artists and arrangers such as Norman Whitfield, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder and Quincy Jones.
Soulnaturals released their debut album, "Love Says Yes!", in 2017 as part of Record Store Day, receiving strong critical acclaim and a nod as contender for album of the year from UK Vibe. Their second album, "Parlo Discoteca", came out in October 2023 on their own label, British Soul Standard.
TRACK LISTING
1. Give Me The Strength To Be Me (feat. Chalibrann)
2. Give Me The Strength To Be Me (Instrumental) [feat. Chalibrann]
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- 12"
- £21.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- PIASC1029EP
- Release date
- 24 Nov '23
IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8AM ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 25TH).
Brand new collection of six dub tracks, remixed from The Bees’ classic debut album ‘Sunshine Hit Me’.
Features three tracks previously unreleased on any physical format.
Limited to 900 copies for the UK & Ireland
TRACK LISTING
1. Punchdub
2. Angry Dub
3. No Trophy Version
4. This Town Version
5. Lying In The Dub
6. Sky Holds The Dub
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- CD
- £17.99
- Cat Number
- WWSCD73
- Release date
- 24 Nov '23
TRACK LISTING
1. Kodomo Tachi
2. Katarun Kararan
3. Uo Sao
4. Two On The Stage
5. Okina Ishi
6. Andante Cantabile
7. Yameru Wakenya Ikanaiwa
8. Yo Ro Ko Bi
9. To Ki Me Ki
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- Deluxe LP
- £29.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- CRV1610
- Release date
- 17 Nov '23
- Format Info
180g black vinyl, 140g 10" vinyl and 8 page booklet featuring photographs and lyrics.
180g black vinyl, 140g... [ + ]
Their debut album, England Made Me, was released on Chrysalis Records in 1998. The album was named after the eponymous Graham Greene novel and fuses indie rock and easy-listening pop stylings with lyrics that explore life and the experience of growing up in England. Pitchfork's Michael Sandlin described the sound of the album as "mildly morose but slightly tongue-in-cheek Sylvia Plath-meets-Paul McCartney pop sensibility".
England Made Me remains a high point in the band's catalogue with standout tracks including 'Kidnapping An Heiress', 'Girl Singing In The Wreckage', and the single 'Child Psychology' which was recently back in the spotlight with a viral moment on social media after being championed by Billie Eilish.
This new anniversary edition has been curated with the assistance of the band and features a newly remaster version of the album, along with a bonus 10" vinyl that includes six b-sides, 4 of which are first time on vinyl. All audio has been remastered from the original production tapes by Phil Kinrade at AIR Mastering and and cut by Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios.
TRACK LISTING
LP:
1. Girl Singing In The Wreckage
2. England Made Me
3. New Baby Boom
4. It's Only The End Of The World
5. Ideal Home
6. Child Psychology
7. I.C. One Female
8. Up Town Top / Swinging
9. Kidnapping An Heiress
10”:
1. Hated Sunday
2. Brutality
3. Seasons In The Sun
4. Watch The Angel Not The Wire
5. Factory Radio
6. Wonderful Life
7. Lord Lucan Is Missing
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- Ltd 12"
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- BEWITH007TWELVE
- Release date
- 17 Nov '23
- Format Info
140g vinyl.
140g vinyl.
Side A features the notorious anthem “Keep On Lovin’ Me” (the one with *that* life affirming video) whilst over on the flip you’ll find the outstanding, semi-slept-on “Turn Me Out”.
Freshly re-pressed for 2021.
TRACK LISTING
A1. Keep On Lovin’ Me
B1. Turn Me Out
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- 7"
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- FL010
- Release date
- 10 Nov '23
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- 7"
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- MUKAT090
- Release date
- 3 Nov '23
TRACK LISTING
1. You're Everything To Me
2. Dessert Wind
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- 12"
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- SF829
- Release date
- 3 Nov '23
The 'Notice The House' mix is a shining example of that freestyle flavour, with the 'Club Vocal' leaning into a more synth pop meets electro, proto house feeling. Taking the final spot the stripped back dubbed out, b-boy beast ‘Dubbin' At Studio 54’.
A must have record that still lights up the dance to this day.
TRACK LISTING
A1. Notice The House Mix
B1. Club Vocal
B2. Dubbin At Studio 54
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- 7"
- £12.99
- Cat Number
- DR0002
- Release date
- 3 Nov '23
First up and featuring the legend herself on vocals and synth lead, a re-performing of the undeniable Patrice Rushen hit 'Remind Me' with a new twist. This is a long-awaited release on vinyl, previously only ever available in CD and digital format back in 2013.
Starting off with an ode to Lorwell’s recognizable bassline followed by Patrice singing the unforgettable hook throughout. All live instruments, played and produced by Yuki Kanesaka aka monolog.
The flip side features a cover of Herbie Hancock and the Head Hunter’s classic, ‘Chameleon’ this time featuring Julian Dessler on trumpet with the remaining live instrumentation all played and produced entirely by the one-man band Yuki Kanesaka.
Best believe this record will go quick!
TRACK LISTING
A1. Remind Me
B1. Chameleon
“Now And Then”
“Now And Then” is the last Beatles song, written and demoed by John Lennon in the mid/late 1970s. With John’s voice now pristine in the mix, “Now And Then” features elements from the 1995 sessions including George Harrison’s guitar parts, and vocal and instrumental parts recorded by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr in 2022, along with a new arrangement for strings. Produced by Paul and Giles Martin, “Now And Then” is the last song recorded by all four Beatles, a powerful and fitting finale for the band’s timeless recordings.
“Love Me Do”
The song that started it all, “Love Me Do” was The Beatles’ first UK single in 1962. For the first time, the iconic song has been de-mixed using machine aided learning and remixed in true stereo. “Love Me Do” launched The Beatles’ journey to unparalleled worldwide success and acclaim that continues to this day.
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- LP
- £19.99
- Cat Number
- RODMUS009
- Release date
- 27 Oct '23
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- CD
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- RODMUS008
- Release date
- 27 Oct '23
TRACK LISTING
1. Watersigns
2. Swampy
3. Together Again
4. Blackberries
5. Help Me
6. Down The River
7. Too Much Time
8. Feel Better
9. Good To Know
10. Something Small
11. Drive
12. Peace At Last
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- Coloured LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- MRBLP273G
- Release date
- 20 Oct '23
- Format Info
Green vinyl LP and zine.
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- LP
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- MRBLP273
- Release date
- 20 Oct '23
- Format Info
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- CD
- £11.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- MRBCD273
- Release date
- 20 Oct '23
Gesturing to a tradition of Brazilian boogie music, but bouncing with modern pop ebullience, the album sees the Rio artist evolve from a captivating upstart into a surefooted scene leader in full stride.
At just 25, the prolific artist and producer has already garnered worldwide admirers. Ana's sophomore "Little Electric Chicken Heart" was nominated at the 2020 Latin Grammys. Since then, standalone singles have received the WME Best Music Producer Award, recognising Ana's deep passion for music production - a passion which has led to collaborations with nascent Brazilian stars Dora Morelenbaum, Illy and Sophia Chablau. Most recently, Ana was hailed for their co-production of Bala Desejo's 2022 Latin Grammy-winning album "Sim Sim Sim".
The new album finds Ana at their most assured and full voiced. Album opener "Electric Fish", with funky bass and shimmering backing vocals, sets a buoyant tone. "Boy of Stranger Things" is its bombastic counterpart. It's the grooviest Ana has ever sounded. And the most brazen. Lyrically, where Ana was once oblique on personal matters, they are now forthright - lucidly exploring their gender identity, citing accessible cultural references, and often singing in English.
'I started this album in 2021 with the intention of showing, in means of sound, understandings and feelings about queer love, subjectively exposing myself,' the non- binary artist states - before qualifying that though 'feeling was its driving force, the album is really about musical production.'
'There's so many references to different decades,' Ana explains. 'Seventies drums with eighties processing ... Going back, getting beyond ... Testing the limits of organic sounds'. Characteristically playful, on Me Chama, Ana takes vivid and rewarding detours through funk-inflected R&B ("Dela") and art pop ("Dr. Sabe Tudo"). "Nuvem Vermelha" is a cinematic chanson with lush strings that recalls Arthur Verocai. Then, "Coisa Maluca" loafs with the indie insouciance of Canadian slacker Mac Demarco. Later, "Let's Go Before Again", is a full-on drum machine workout evocative of Stereolab.
TRACK LISTING
Electric Fish
Dela
Nuvem Vermelha
Coisa Maluca
Boy Of Stranger Things
Camleo Azul
Insista Em Mim
Let's Go To Before Again
Debaixo Do Pano
Dr. Sabe Tudo
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- Coloured LP
- £22.99
- Cat Number
- CMAT009LP
- Release date
- 13 Oct '23
- Format Info
Opaque orange coloured vinyl.
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- CD
- £11.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- CMAT009CD
- Release date
- 13 Oct '23
TRACK LISTING
1. California
2. Phone Me
3. Vincent Kompany
4. Such A Miranda
5. Rent
6. Where Are Your Kids Tonight? (feat. John Grant)
7. Can't Make Up My Mind
8. Whatever's Inconvenient
9. I... Hate Who I Am When I'm Horny
10. Torn Apart
11. Stay For Something
12. Have Fun!
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- Ltd 7"
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- DBS1014
- Release date
- 13 Oct '23
KLA vs TSI - "Make Me Believe In Free"
The Patti Jo classic is reworked for the dancefloor. Brand new vocals cut together with a steppin' nu-disco beat and soulful strings. Uplifting orchestral disco jive with Loft-y vibe a plenty.
The Chopper - People On Hold
On the flip "People Hold On" by Rochdale's finest Lisa Stansfield gets sliced n diced by The Chopper. An uptempo chugger that will work in nightclubs and weddings alike!
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Disco Bits can always be relied upon for some tastefully spliced sevens to spice up the dance. Nice to see Rochdale's finest pop songstress making an appearance on this edition.TRACK LISTING
X. KLA Vs TSI - Make Me Believe In Free
Y. The Chopper - People On Hold
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- 7"
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- CITI 031
- Release date
- 6 Oct '23
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Dark and moody minimal wave / electro-noir from the infrequent recording project of Nic M (synth) and Aja Emma (vocals).TRACK LISTING
Pillow Talk
Tell Me
Later in 1988, the band followed up with Superfuzz Bigmuff, a six-song EP so overflowing with chaotic rock energy it warped thousands of minds, and inspired countless guitarists to immediately search for the titular fuzz pedals.
TRACK LISTING
Touch Me I’m Sick
Sweet Young Thing Ain’t Sweet No More
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- 12"
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- PAMPA032
- Release date
- 29 Sep '23
Do you know what time it is? It's debut o'clock. Emitting his first material for Pampa, it's &ME - craftsman of all things deep and sturdy, at the same time connoisseur of emotive touch and virtuoso of sure instincts, one of the scene's central characters for a good amount of years now and one of the main figures of Berlin's Keinemusik-crew. The man has been hitting the bulls eye of public perception several times in the past, meeting everything it takes to get a crowd going with an intent on the detail when it comes to his arrangements and sound. These new two cuts seem nothing less than the essence of his abilities.
There is "In Your Eyes", showcasing a rather pensive mood. It's just a few bars for the compound of kickdrum, tuned hi-hat tambourine and shimmering background noise until the first chords of an improvised piano-piece are tenderly laid upon the beat. Add a synth-motive coming back and forth and you'll have the main ingredients to this - in every sense of the word - floor-moving tune. Accordingly, the arrangement won't aim for an all too obvious sensationalism and rather opts for a flowing and intertwining call and response of its elements, ultimately resulting in a staggering impact anyway.
In comparison, "As Above So Below" on the flipside is adding a fair amount of emphasis. It unfolds in a dry and dense sounding beat-architecture that's suspense-packed with shaker sounds and subtextual field recordings. Most certainly, a slip-proof ground for this tune's centre-piece, a scale-riding synthbass sparking an almost anthemic trigger for floor-ecstasy. While details like subtle reverberating tapping and sparkling ambient textures sound like recorded deep down in a dripstone cave, the overall energetic layout pushes relentlessly to the heights of peaktime-grandeur. There you have it: "As Above So Below" - this tune works on every level.
TRACK LISTING
A. In Your Eyes 09:41min
B. As Above So Below 08:02 Min
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- Coloured LP
- £22.99
- Cat Number
- DAP070LPX
- Release date
- 22 Sep '23
- Format Info
Indies only red & black swirl vinyl.
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- LP
- £20.99
- Cat Number
- DAP070LP
- Release date
- 22 Sep '23
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Black vinyl edition.
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- CD
- £11.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- DAP070CD
- Release date
- 6 Oct '23
If You Ask Me To..., the first LP under his name for the label, is a collection of singles released between 2007-2023 as well as unreleased tracks from Sugar Minott and Binky Griptite. The genesis of which came via an 11th hour request from Daptone for a Sharon Jones remix (2007) that resulted in the reggae version of “How Long Do I Have To Wait For You?” found here.
This opened the door to additional explorations of reggae/soul synergies within the catalog, affirming the musical and cultural link between Daptoneʼs core soul sound and Axelrodʼs passion for Jamaican music. While previous projects like Ticklah Vs. Axelrod and Roots Combination (produced under the alias Ticklah) were inspired by the Jamaica of the 1970s and 80s, this set specifically channels an earlier period in the 1960s when Jamaica was both strikingly original in its continuum of genres but also closely and empathetically attuned to Black American music.
Through Axelrodʼs exceptional taste and the notable contributions of guitarist Tom Brenneck, original tapes from Bob & Gene's MoDo discography, members of The Frightnrs, and others from the NYC reggae community, the legacy of trailblazing Jamaican artists like Alton Ellis, Tony Gregory, and Ken Parker continue to resonate and inspire a whole new generation of reggae and soul enthusiasts.
TRACK LISTING
One Step Ahead - Sugar Minott
If You Ask Me To - Leon Dinero
Whatcha Doing (to Me) - Charles Bradley
Icanbecool - Bob & Gene
Lover Like Me - Binky Griptite
I’d Rather Go Blind - The Frightnrs
I Can’t Stand These Lonely Nights - Bob & Gene
It’s Not What You Know (it’s Who You Know) - Bob & Gene
How Long Do I Have To Wait For You - Sharon Jones
Conscience Is Heavy - The Inversions
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- Ltd 7"
- £9.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- UTR156
- Release date
- 22 Sep '23
“Springtime” exhibits the band’s growing strength in harmonic arrangement, whilst staying true to their taut roots - allowing the lyrics to shimmer. Following the arc of a relationship on the rocks and both people coming to terms with their situaEon, the song is a rare moment of vulnerability for the band that demonstrates their range. The flip side of the EP sees “Mercenary” deliver the sort of post-punk punch that fans have come to expect from the band. Brutish, brash & refusing to sit still; all the makings of a classic Vintage Crop number. Paired with lyrics exploring the online music scene, the track pokes fun at the “Internet Sound” that now dominates the underground. Springtime is a firm foot forward for Vintage Crop.
TRACK LISTING
Springtime
Mercenary
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- LP
- £20.99
- Cat Number
- DAP076LP
- Release date
- 8 Sep '23
- Format Info
Black vinyl in a tip on jacket with DL code.
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- CD
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- DAP076CD
- Release date
- 8 Sep '23
Anyone who has had the pleasure of seeing Jalen perform live knows that he is one of the most captivating performers on today's soul scene. His voice, equal parts raw feeling and elegance, exudes confidence and charm—disarming packed rooms of rowdy concert goers, leaving them silent as they hold fast to every syllable sung.
Plans for the album were struck just months before the COVID 19 pandemic shut the world down. Notwithstanding, Jalen eventually made it to Hive Mind Studios in Brooklyn, NY where he began writing and recording with the help of producer/arrangers Mike Buckley and Vincent Chiarito (both members of Charles Bradley's Extraordinaires) and a crack team of a-list musicians from the Daptone family. The team skilfully blends heavy arrangements and introspective lyrics with Motown sophistication, leaving the listener in a blissful wash of wonderment.
Jalen has been writing songs since he was 14, and his compositions are also very much of these times. He explains, “I love music from the 20th century— I listen to it all the time, but I'm in this world and the 21st century. ...to a stranger, I'd describe my music as modern soul and R&B, while trying to ft in the Beach Boys and the Beatles somewhere in between.” ‘Come Around and Love Me’ reveals how he creates a classic approach that is rooted in the sounds of revered pioneers, without falling into imitation–leaving no doubt that Jalen will continue to shine within the superlative, timeless musical tradition that is Daptone's hallmark.
STAFF COMMENTS
Laura says: Born and raised on the East Coast of the USA, just outside Washington DC and now resident in Liverpool, Jalen Ngonda’s debut album is released on Daptone, which is reason enough to take note - let’s face it, they rarely put a foot wrong do they? The album kicks off with the title track “Come Around And Love Me”, that brings to mind ‘What’s Going On’ era Marvin, and then runs through a collection of pristine 2-3 minute gems that perfectly capture the golden era of soul, from the mid 60s to mid 70s.Jalen is the real deal, with a voice that ranges from raw soul power to sweet falsetto, and songwriting skills to match. There isn’t a bad track here, in fact pretty much every song could be a single in its own right. You can pick out a whole host of influences, from the aforementioned Marvin Gaye, to the psychedelic soul of Isaac Hayes, the Motor City sound of The Four Tops and sweet harmonies of The Temptation but there’s a fresh modern feel to the production too, it’s not some tired pastiche. I guess if you’re looking for a contemporary comparison, Michael Kiwanuka springs to mind in the way that he fuses the old and new so seamlessly. So to sum up, if you’re a fan of modern soul, full of romance and heartbreak and infused with classic Motown and Philly Soul ingredients, then this is for you.
TRACK LISTING
Side A
1. Come Around And Love Me
2. If You Donʼt Want My Love
3. Lost
4. Thatʼs All I Wanted From You
5. Please Show Me
Side B
6. Just Like You Used To
7. What A Difference She Made
8. Give Me Another Day
9. So Glad I Found You
10. It Takes A Fool
11. Rapture
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- 12"
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- SWDE2
- Release date
- 8 Sep '23
Flipping it over you have a galvanized boogie squelcher that's mastered fat as f**k and decorated with modern production flurries. Excellent dynamics moving from verse to chorus and back again; this one should have the disco / boogie crowd rushing up to the booth for a track ID.
Promising stuff indeed from this fledging label.
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Matt Early & Lee Jeffries follow up their label debut with another quick fire disco-house-boogie romp.TRACK LISTING
A. Rocking Me In Your Arms
B. Knowledge & Love
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- Ltd 7"
- £14.99
- Cat Number
- RMM0431
- Release date
- 25 Aug '23
"Me Myself and I" hit #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop, Hot Rap Songs, and Dance Club Songs charts and became a worldwide hit. It also earned the band their first Grammy nomination (for Best Rap Performance). With disco- funk infused samples and lyrics extolling the band's philosophy of self-expression and self-acceptance, this song forever changed the genre of Hip-Hop.
TRACK LISTING
1. Me Myself & I
2. Me Myself & I (Instrumental)
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- 3xColoured LP
- £66.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- 19658814881
- Release date
- 25 Aug '23
- Format Info
Geneva blue triple LP.
Geneva blue triple LP.
The discs are housed in a triple gatefold jacket with embossed cover, and foil detail, and includes a 28-page booklet.
TRACK LISTING
Disc 1 – Side A
1. Sir Baudelaire
2. Corso
3. Lemonhead
4. Wusyaname
5. Lumberjack
Disc 1 – Side B
1. Hot Wind Blows
2. Massa
3. Runitup
4. Manifesto
Disc 2 – Side C
1. Sweet / I Thought You Wanted To Dance
2. Momma Talk
3. Rise!
Disc 2 – Side D
1. Blessed
2. Juggernaut
3. Wilshire
4. Fishtail
Disc 3 – Side E
1. Everything Must Go
2. Stuntman
3. What A Day
4. Wharf Talk
5. Dogtooth
Disc 3 – Side F
1. Heaven To Me
2. Boyfriend, Girlfriend (2020 Demo)
3. Sorry Not Sorry
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- 12"
- £15.99
- Cat Number
- 333005
- Release date
- 18 Aug '23
Frankie B began his recording career with producer Bert Douglas, first releasing on his Reggae City label in 1984 with the No More Tears 7" under his birth name Franklyn Bernard. In 1985 he then linked up with Ital Stuff - a production team consisting of three brothers who also helmed the Sweet & Bitter Band. Operating a small eight track studio in the basement of their house in Balham, Ital Stuff had recently been responsible for putting together and laying down the backing track to Dixie Peach's classic Pure Worries, released on the Jah Tubbys label in 1985. Upon playing Pure Worries to Frankie he was immediately inspired to lay down his own vocal on the track, which too features Dixie Peach contributing vocal harmonies - it was recorded late 1985 and mixed down along with a ferocious dub side at South London's A Class Studio, eventually seeing release in early 1986.
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Speaker-tweakin', UK digi dub from 1986 and a true sound system joint that's remained deliciously illusive until now. One of only two records by the producer.TRACK LISTING
1. Pressure Me
2. Dub Pressure
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- CD
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- TEDDYBOY002CD
- Release date
- 4 Aug '23
Vocalist/Guitarist Kiaran teases, "The new album is honestly full of really good songs with strong choruses. When we were going in to make this album, we went in there with ideas as opposed to fully fledged songs and I believe that's where the magic lies in this record."
Their biggest, brightest and most expansive record to date with production elements and fresh sonic touches that broaden their guitar/bass/drums foundations. It's a collection filled with personal and quintessential Sherlocks lyrical themes that are informed by the passing of time and the realisation that everyone is stepping into different stages in their lives - touching upon nostalgia, ageing, flawed relationships and escaping the rat race on wild, woozy weekends.
TRACK LISTING
Remember All The Girls
Sirens
No Retreat, No Surrender
Going Nowhere
Don't Let It Out
Louder Than Words
People Like Me & You
On Your Mind
Any Old Iron?
Face The Music
Here & Now
Won't Stop
Watson
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- 7"
- £14.99
- Cat Number
- BT 720121
- Release date
- 4 Aug '23
TRACK LISTING
1. Just Ask Me
2. Foolish Man
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- Coloured LP
- £23.99
- Cat Number
- BRVC91LP-C1
- Release date
- 28 Jul '23
- Format Info
Blood red coloured vinyl.
Blood red coloured vinyl. -
- LP
- £23.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- BRV91LP
- Release date
- 28 Jul '23
- Format Info
Standard black vinyl.
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- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- BRC91CD
- Release date
- 28 Jul '23
TRACK LISTING
1. The Puppet And The Puppeteer
2. The Bruises
3. Sheepskin Sleeve
4. L.W.Y.
5. Somebody Else
6. Shots Fired From Heaven
7. The Tether
8. Elsie Friend
9. A Minute's Peace
10. In Your Arms
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- 2xColoured LP
- £37.99
- Cat Number
- 4AD0515LP
- Release date
- 28 Jul '23
- Format Info
Aqua & orange vinyl.
Aqua & orange vinyl.
Made up of UNREST’s Mark Robinson and Bridget Cross, Air Miami formed shortly after the D.C. indie rock mainstay’s demise in 1995, and together with drummer Gabriel Stout and producer Guy Fixsen (The Breeders, My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab), they travelled to their namesake land of Miami to record the entirety of Me. Me. Me. over the month of May at the famed Criteria Studios; a place where James Brown, Aretha Franklin, the Bee Gees, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, AC/DC and countless more have recorded classic works. The album was then mixed at a studio in London where labelmates Lush were recording their 1996 LP Lovelife at the same time.
Nearly thirty years on, this deluxe reissue sees the 1995 album expanded to include all sixteen tracks from the album sessions, three of which are new to the tracklist: ‘Warm Miami May’ (not on original LP), ‘Pucker’ (previously unreleased), and the full version of ‘See-Through Plastic’ (edited version only previously seen on the EP). The record also features singles ‘I Hate Milk’ and ‘Seabird,’ a track that found new life recently when covered by current 4AD artist Maria Somerville, her first release for the label and part of the label’s 40th anniversary compilation Bills & Aches & Blues.
TRACK LISTING
1. I Hate Milk
2. World Cup Fever
3. Seabird
4. Warm Miami May (not On Original LP)
5. Special Angel
6. Afternoon Train
7. Dolphin Expressway
8. Sweet As A Candy Bar
9. Pucker (previously Unreleased)
10. You Sweet Little Heartbreaker
11. Neely
12. Bubble Shield
13. See-Through Plastic (full Version)
14. The Event Horizon
15. Definitely Beachy
16. Reprise
Ralph Weeks
Nobody Loves Me (Like You Do) [feat. Ben Pirani & The Means Of Production]
Names You Can Trust
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- 7"
- £16.99
- Cat Number
- NYCT7085
- Release date
- 28 Jul '23
TRACK LISTING
1. Nobody Loves Me (Like You Do) [feat. Ben Pirani & The Means Of Production]
2. Got To Keep On Trying (feat. Ben Pirani & The Means Of Production)
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- 7"
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- ATH140
- Release date
- 28 Jul '23
TRACK LISTING
1. You Can Tell Me Goodbye
2. I've Gotta Keep On Loving You
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- LP
- £23.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- FPH11461
- Release date
- 14 Jul '23
- Format Info
Black vinyl
Black vinyl
TRACK LISTING
1. Call Me (Come Back Home)
2. Have You Been Making Out OK
3. Stand Up
4. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
5. Your Love Is Like The Morning Sun
6. Here I Am (Come And Take Me)
7. Funny How Time Slips Away
8. You Ought To Be With Me
9. Jesus Is Waiting
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- Ltd 7"
- £13.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- MRB7211
- Release date
- 14 Jul '23
We couldn't believe it when Chicago DJ/ digger/ producer, Marc Davis, told us there was a vault of unreleased Don Blackman material. Marc had reached out to Don's children, Irene and Kyle, in 2019, building a relationship with Kyle with whom he shared a musical affinity. To Marc's delight, Kyle confirmed that there was indeed a treasure trove. As Kyle described it, "In 2013, shortly after my dad's passing, my sister and I collected all of his possessions and put them in a storage unit. I came across forty years' worth of music history. Hundreds of cassettes, CDs, Disks, reel- to- reels, paperwork, photos and VHS tapes. It took about ten years to organise and digitise everything. All of this magic was almost thrown away in the trash, never to be seen, never to be heard forever."
Two tracks were selected, 'Your Love Makes Me Crazy' and 'Say You'll Be Mine'. 'Your Love Makes Me Crazy' is as funky as it gets, with infectiously catchy vocal hooks, and a serious jam, whereas 'Say You'll Be Mine' is a classy, soulful boogie, instrumental number, that shows off Don's masterful piano playing. Both tracks warrant full attention and capture a master at work. He was also a one-man show when it came to production, playing all of the instruments when recording these tunes in his home studio in South Jamaica, Queens.
On first hearing the tracks, Marc knew he wanted to extend the songs and enlisted fellow Chicago legend, Tone B. Nimble, to work on the project with him. Their extension/ edit of the songs was conducted in a way that was respectful and true to how the tracks were originally recorded by Don. They extended and resequenced the groovy parts of the songs organically for the DJs and dancers.
The final words on this release are best coming from Kyle, "We are very excited and thrilled to continue to share all of this unreleased magic with the world. We hope that this music will help, heal, and inspire a new generation of artists to never give up, and to strive for what their hearts desire."
TRACK LISTING
Say You'll Be Mine
Your Love Makes Me Crazy
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- Coloured LP
- £17.99
- Cat Number
- UTR151BLUE
- Release date
- 7 Jul '23
- Format Info
Limited 180g Sky Blue vinyl copies (500 copies).
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- CD
- £10.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- UTR151
- Release date
- 7 Jul '23
Me Lost Me presents sound reaching in opposite directions, straddling time towards the archaic and timeless traditions of folktales, and towards the possible and potential futures of pastoral Britain and the world at large. Part speculation, part reminiscence, what results on the new album RPG is music that sounds ultimately displaced and yet omnipresent, adjacent to a hapless Vonnegut hero whose life is scattered throughout time and history, but full of wonder and curiosity rather than fear.
On track “The Oldest Trees Hold The Earth”, we see time stretched out between the branches of impossibly old beings in the woods. This track was co-written in Aarhus, Denmark with fellow Newcastle folk musician (with Danish heritage) Ditte Elly. The pair wordlessly passed a sheet of paper between each other to write the lyrics, inspired by Højbjerg and Mosegård, the woods they were sitting in. “How long should I wait/Before the moss grows?/On my skin, on my outstretched arms,” the lyrics are sung in a round, the close harmonies delicate and detailed.
A central thesis of this album is the joy of creation, something which is paid homage to in the album’s final track, “Science And Art” (Not because we need it to last/just because we needed to make it - so we invented the words/this language). It is also reflected in the definition that Jayne gives for “folk” itself. She comments, “To me, folk is quite an expansive idea. I think of it as creative work that's often made ad-hoc, with things that are at hand and more often than not it's born of a DIY ethos. It is songs and stories of the people, as in the traditional sense, but also creative coding, game design etc. Whatever outlet someone has for their creative expression could be described as folk. It's the things we make because humans need to make things, and the stories we tell about ourselves and the world around us.”
Crucially, on latest album RPG, Dent expands her songwriting and looks towards the unreal locations of worldbuilding in video games for inspiration. She comments, “I think the main similarity is the importance of a song's setting/environment to inform its narrative and textures, I'm often most inspired when out walking in the natural landscape, in cities and travelling to places I've never been before - the environment I'm in really impacts the work I make. While writing this album, however, I found myself inspired by imaginary landscapes, those in video games, paintings, etc. I was writing stories into these unreal locations instead. Even the songs inspired by real places, like The Oldest Trees Hold the Earth, have a very surreal quality to them in the songs, like they're being warped and turned into something not of this world. I think that's the main difference for me in terms of the thematic content and inspiration behind this album - I've been getting more and more interested in balancing surreal and fantastical environmental elements with ordinary and everyday settings.”
RPG upends the concept of the eternal return - we may be in the midst of inevitable repetition, but we tell stories whilst awaiting the passage of time.
TRACK LISTING
01. Real World
02. Eye Witness
03. Festive Day
04. Heat!
05. Mirie It Is While Summer I Last
06. The God Of Stuck Time
07. Side Quest
08. The Oldest Tree Holds The Earth
09. Collide
10. In Gardens
11. Until Morning
12. Science And Art
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- 12"
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- BJ47
- Release date
- 30 Jun '23
The EP, which features two original tracks and two remixes from fellow Aussies Harvey Sutherland and Close Counters starts out was recorded in-between projects at the Grove, a small recording sanctuary in Melbourne. In Simon's studio, he had installed a library of keyboards. 30-40 synthesizers, all of which were painstakingly patched in to be simultaneously accessible and ready to record in an instant. A drum kit in the corner was constantly mic'd up, and everything routed through a multitude of analog mixing desks providing different flavours of tone and texture. The Grove had such appeal that it was chosen as the studio to record the Gilles Peterson compilation 'Sunny Side Up' on Brownswood Recordings.
Things kick off with "Good Hair Day", a track originally blossoming from an infectious piano loop in which fellow collaborators Nick Lam and Henry Hicks added guitar parts and bass parts. What's resulted is a danceable, infectious feel-good dancefloor jam with an ultra funky synth bassline that harkens back to Herbie Hancock's 1970's repertoire. Harvey Sutherland takes the tempo up and takes the track deeper into outer space with deep synth work, four on the floor drums, and a punchy bassline for late night sessions.
On the flip, "Only You & Me" is a lower tempo, slow burning joint with a live drum loop played by Nick Martyn, with an alien bassline, squelching keys, otherworldly oscillating vocodor parts and jazzy keyboard solos. Up and coming trio Close Counters take the song into new territory, stripping things down with a classic Broken Beat vibe, a driving bassline and synth stabs from the original, moving things squarely on the dancefloor – definitely atrack for the breakers in the building.
TRACK LISTING
1. Good Hair Day
2. Good Hair Day (Harvey Sutherland Remix)
3. Only You & Me
4. Only You & Me (Close Counters Remix)
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- 2xLP
- £32.99
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- BD051XX
- Release date
- 30 Jun '23
- Format Info
Double black vinyl with bonus 7".
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TRACK LISTING
1. Fazers
2. Fastlane (feat. Biolante)
3. Krazy World (feat. Gian)
4. The Final Hour (feat. MF DOOM)
5. Monster Zero
6. Next Levels (feat. Lil’ Sci, ID 4 Winds & Stahhr)
7. No Snakes Alive (feat. Jet-Jaguar & Rodan)
8. Anti-Matter (feat. MF DOOM & Mr Fantastik)
9. Take Me To Your Leader
10. Lockjaw (feat. Trunks)
11. I Wonder (feat. Hassan Chop)
12. One Smart Nigger
13. The Fine Print
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- 2xLtd LP
- £23.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- CJ003LP
- Release date
- 30 Jun '23
- Format Info
Limited edition double LP, first time pressed to vinyl with hand screen printed cover.
Remastered for vinyl.
Cover hand drawn by Current Joys.
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE A.
1. Home (Pt. 1 & 2)
2. Desire
3. Unbearable Lightness Of Being
4. Life Is Beautiful
SIDE B.
5. Here’s To The Afterlife
6. Home (Pt. 3)
7. The Way You Make Me Feel
8. These Times Will Never Change
SIDE C.
9. My Motorcycle
10. Don’t Be Consumed
SIDE D.
11. In And Out Of Love
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- LP
- £20.99
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- VPGSRL7102
- Release date
- 30 Jun '23
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- LP
- £22.99
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- TRLP12012
- Release date
- 23 Jun '23
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Black vinyl edition.
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- CD
- £10.99
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- TRCD12012
- Release date
- 1 Sep '23
Hailing from San Diego (via El Paso, TX), Jonny’s desire to sing was influenced by his grandfather, John Lorenzo Guzman, who as a teen in the early sixties spent some time harmonising with groups in El Paso, most notably Sonny Powell and the Night Dreamers. When he was 13, Johnny was given a record player and a box filled with R&B, Doo-Wop, and Soul 45s that he studied obsessively, employing the harmonies and melodies therein to cultivatehis own unique voice. After a chance encounter with the legendary Dimas Garza, Jonny’s career began to blossom and soon he would find himself singing alongside stars like Eugene Pitt and Archie Bell, garnering the interest of Timmion Records..
Backed by the incomparable Cold Diamond & Mink (Bobby Oroza, Pratt & Moody) two incredibly successful singles were cut and plans for a full length were struck, culminating in 11 original songs penned by Benavidez. From the uplifting bounce of the title track, the doo-wop dinged "Dedicated to You", the Latin flare of “Uncle Sam,” to the Sweet Soul masterpiece "Somebody Cares" (licensed and released on a Penrose Records 45), My Echo, Shadow and Me is not only an aweinspiring display of Jonny's versatility as an artist but also serves as a window into the eclectic array of soulful sounds that inspired him to fall in love with music and become a singer. A must have for fans of Daptone, Timmion, Penrose, et al.
TRACK LISTING
1. MY ECHO, SHADOW AND ME
2. PLAYING THE FOOL
3. UNCLE SAM
4. TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME
5. SLOW DOWN GIRL
6. DEDICATED TO YOU
7. SOMEBODY CARES
8. DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO
9. YOUR LAST SONG
10. LET'S GET TOGETHER
11. DEAR MOTHER AND FATHER
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- 12"
- £14.99
- Cat Number
- SIK002
- Release date
- 9 Jun '23 (originally released 13 Nov '20)
"I Love You" samples The Gap Band's "Big Fun", extending the percussive breaks, doing away with all the smoochy vocal bits and upping the tempo jussst a tad before adding smatterings of extra piano goodness.
On side B, Johnny Bristol 's "Love No Longer Has A Hold On Me" is reduced to a dubbed out vox and hefty raregroove lick; the Strat part chiming away over a foundation shaking b-line and manly horns. A hefty slab of soul which is perfectly snipped and tucked by A Good Christian.
This repress won't hang around long - you have been warned!
TRACK LISTING
A. I Love You
B. Free To Be Me
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- Coloured LP
- £22.99
- Cat Number
- TIM175LPC1
- Release date
- 26 May '23
- Format Info
Whirlpool blue vinyl.
Whirlpool blue vinyl. -
- CD
- £14.99
- Cat Number
- TIM175CD
- Release date
- 7 Jul '23
"Feed Me To The Doves" is the first album to feature the current, long-standing lineup of Thom Burton (guitar, vocals), Fiona Campbell (drums), Yolanda Fagan (bass), and Durham Fenwick (lead guitar). The band has been playing live together now for a few years & it shows. The songs herein vary from the deeply personal, to sketches or postcards, as Burton says "…scribbled while watching the dregs of a delirious culture war play out through broken smartphones and praline vape clouds." Expertly recorded at Neil Finn's Roundhead Studios in Auckland by engineer Steven Marr, who Burton says had a "great sense of being able to keep the urgency of the songs while adding lushness and keeping things sounding like they're about to break at any second". Marr helped turn the album's scrappy beginnings into something more cohesive and beautiful.
TRACK LISTING
1. Chad And Stacey
2. Pit Viper
3. Manic Attraction
4. Metal Fingers
5. Bleak Park
6. Com Trans
7. Nightmare Town
8. Untied, United
9. Shimmer
10. Ground Swell
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- Coloured 7"
- £8.99
- Cat Number
- ES083LP-C1
- Release date
- 26 May '23
- Format Info
Opaque purple vinyl.
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- 7"
- £7.99
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- ES083LP
- Release date
- 26 May '23
- Format Info
Standard black vinyl.
Standard black vinyl.
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- Coloured 7"
- £8.99
- Cat Number
- ES082LP-C1
- Release date
- 26 May '23
- Format Info
Opaque green vinyl.
Opaque green vinyl. -
- 7"
- £7.99
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- ES082LP
- Release date
- 26 May '23
- Format Info
Standard black vinyl.
Standard black vinyl.
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- LP
- £14.99
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- SLANG50327LP
- Release date
- 19 May '23
‘Tell Me Your Mind and I'll Tell You Mine’ sounds like late nights and early mornings, from the beauty and closeness of acoustic guitar in opener "And Then Out of Nowhere, It Rained", to the final immersive thicket of distorted guitars in “Reprise (Moving Day)”. In between, "Meal Deal" is smoky backroom Americana transposed onto the precarity of finding somewhere to live; "Bill Tench" feels like melancholic euphoria of travelling in fast cars at night – drums flash past like lines on the asphalt with angular guitars.
"Crème Brûlée" is a moody fugged-out ballad for the everyday, and "The Sea Has Stretch Marks" conjures a whirling post-rock exploration of cinematic memories. King Hannah lean in to immersive moments in their music.
TRACK LISTING
1. And Then Out Of Nowhere, It Rained
2. Meal Deal
3. Bill Tench
4. Crème Brûlée
5. The Sea Has Stretch Marks
6. Reprise (Moving Day)
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- Coloured LP
- £22.99
- Cat Number
- MMM003LP-C1
- Release date
- 12 May '23
- Format Info
Purple & clear vinyl.
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- CD
- £10.99
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- MMM003CD
- Release date
- 12 May '23
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: McFerrin presents a beautifully manicured selection of new soul ballads, musically edging towards the glimmering guitars and shimmering percussion of Chic but with her stunning athletic vocals bringing things into funky R&B territory.TRACK LISTING
1. Deep Sea
2. Fleeting Melodies
3. Testify
4. Run
5. God Herself
6. OMW
7. (Pease Don’t) Leave Me Now
8. Stay Away (From Me)
9. Utah
10. Goodnight
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- LP
- £22.99
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- NOQ086LP
- Release date
- 5 May '23
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- CD
- £12.99
- Cat Number
- NOQ086CD
- Release date
- 5 May '23
Seven years since Nugent's previous album, She Brings Me Back To The Land Of The Living merges the previously explored styles across Night Fiction (2016), the expansive Born With The Caul (2014) and his enigmatic debut Doubles (2011). Extensive touring across North America and Europe, including work as a guitarist with Steve Gunn, Ryley Walker and Nap Eyes, provided Nugent with a greater understanding of his musicianship and a clarity of purpose all of which contributed to the making of his finest album to date.
TRACK LISTING
1. Empress
2. The Sound Of Rain
3. High Up Airplane
4. Siamese Sharks
5. I've Been Down
6. Dogs In The Morning
7. Pass The Time Away
8. How Time Passes
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- Coloured LP
- £23.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- ORBIT092LP (#RSD23)
- Release date
- 22 Apr '23
A brand-new John Massoni LP that was produced by his good friend, Grammy nominated producer, Hunter Lea. This is another John Massoni and Pete Kember, aka Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3, EAR, Spectrum) collaboration. It will have one side completely mixed by Sonic Boom. Featuring the excellent track ìGreat Godís Giftî this will be pressed in heavy weight 180g solid mustard coloured vinyl.
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- 7"
- £13.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- SEV011
- Release date
- 28 Apr '23
The Temptations The Temps need no introduction, they were, of course, Motown’s most successul male vocal group scoring 18 No.1 R&B/Hot 100 singles and 3 Grammy’s. “All I Need Is You Love To Me” is another 1968 recording that eluded release at the time and is one their best, how could this slice of Motown magic escape. Finally making its vinyl debut 55 years on!
TRACK LISTING
1. Chris Clark - Whenever I'm Without You
2. The Temptations - All I Need Is You To Love Me
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- LP
- £19.99
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- DC867
- Release date
- 14 Apr '23
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- CD
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- DC867CD
- Release date
- 14 Apr '23
Guy Picciotto: “In late 2019, we had begun taking steps to working on new material. In a haphazard fashion, Jim and I started tracking drums in my basement, cutting them up into shapes with no set landing in mind. Some of it we sent to Giorgos in Crete - he responded with his lyra and his lute. Without intention we had initiated a process that would soon become more ruthlessly mandated by the world events that separated and isolated us to three corners of the globe in the following year.”
Giorgos Xylouris: “Every harmonic is a fallen tree trunk that I climb over. I’m stepping in muddy waters in the woods or coming to a clearing - that is part of the journey I take whether I am playing music with an audience or recording alone. It’s a journey around the forest of my inner self. That’s how I see it.”
Jim White: “I ended up in the pandemic in rural Australia on care duty and then back in Melbourne alone in a house with an imminent, ultimately very long lockdown.”
Giorgos: “The past several years created a very particular situation that none of us had ever lived through, in such seclusion in our homes and within ourselves. In the isolation I found other wrinkles/folds in my inner being. That helped create this music, as did the unusual way we went about recording.”
Jim: “The night before the curfew I acquired some mics from a studio and bought an interface. And learnt to record. And tracked. George tracked in Crete. Guy, in New York, helped assemble the structures and find combinations.”
Giorgos: “So every note, every phrase, every instrument came from in and around our inner forests.”
Guy: “On previous projects our customary way of working was to be in one room all together; an inward facing triangle of instant communication leading to marathon sessions from which we would build an archive from which to sculpt the records, finding the binding lines that connected the statements we were trying to make.”
Giorgos: “Using whatever instruments I had with me in the studio at home, in the silence I discovered things I hadn’t had the peace to uncover previously. I saw that music isn’t static, moving only in its usual ways within the parameters of its centrifugal force–it can move a long way further in other directions.”
Guy: “With this record we still had that stash to draw from but now we were also adding material composed from this enforced new geometry; this different, wider triangle where we each assumed different roles than we had previously with writing, engineering, arranging all mixed up like finger paints.”
Giorgos: “While we were recording, I noticed that the music had a certain solitude about it, both from the title and from inside. That led us to find more music from within that we had not yet discovered.”
Jim: “The idea emerged, naturally nourished and nourishing a record with none of our usual angles and themes, no verbal language, no angst nor sudden dynamics, a more subtle structure. And we found ‘The Forest In Me’.”
TRACK LISTING
Second Sister
Latin White
Seeing The Everyday
Missing Heart
Tails Of Time
Night Club
Forest In Me
Red Wine
Underworld
Witnessed By Angels
Memories And Souvenirs
Long Doll
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- Ltd LP
- £17.99
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- UTR154V
- Release date
- 14 Apr '23
- Format Info
Limited 180g black vinyl (500 copies worldwide).
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- CD
- £9.99
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- UTR154
- Release date
- 5 May '23
Terry is made up of pairs Amy Hill & Al Montfort, and Xanthe Waite & Zephyr Pavey who started playing together for the fun of it in 2016. Seven years, four albums and three EP’s later, Terry is ready to pick up the phone again. Over the past few years Terry have kept themselves busy - but not only with Terry things. On top of numerous releases with alternating side projects (Constant Mongrel, The UV Race, Primo!, Sleeper & Snake, Chateau, Rocky, the list goes on… ) members of Terry have moved interstate, undertaken studies, had children and started new fields of work.
Terry began sharing the demos for ‘Call Me Terry’ online with each other in 2020 - as we all did - before getting together in 2021 at their trusty rehearsal space to record the beds. Overdubs were completed at Terry’s homes over the following year. Lyrically, in true Terry fashion, the record wastes no time in scrutinising Australia’s corrupt, colonial history. They sing it loud and sprawl it across the jacket of this record, highlighting the greed, privilege and entitlement of white, wealthy “Australia” which they won’t stand a second for.
Musically, ‘Call Me Terry’ still has the classic Terry sound; the four vocals singing as one gang, sharp guitars and quirky, burbling synths, the rolling bass and drums, all amidst their clever, dancey pop songs. Since day dot it’s been hard to reference a band that really sounds like Terry, which is always amazing. Truly a sound of their own!
But the sugar on top here may just be some of their finest horn, string and piano performances to date - all of which never feel crowded, cluttered or over-involved. More just excellent, necessary melodies. Rest assured Al still gives his famed Fuzz Factory a workout - and throws his tremolo into the pedal chain. It goes off. Tremolo is the order of the day for Amy and Xanthe too who also embrace the wobble, whilst Zephyr keeps the pulse of their politico-pop anchored.
Terry isn’t afraid to call the shots and Terry isn’t afraid to point the finger. Listen to what Terry has to say.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: Bright, blistering melodies and perfect vocal harmonies ride atop Terry's unmistakeable cheery post-punk groove. Bringing to mind the lighter side of Joanna Gruesome, but with an off-kilter electronic sway.TRACK LISTING
SIDE A
01. Miracles
02. Centuries
03. Gold Duck
04. Balconies
05. Market
SIDE B
06. Golden Head
07. Gronks
08. Jane Roe
09. Excuses
10. Days
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- Ltd LP
- £16.99
- Cat Number
- LSSN080
- Release date
- 31 Mar '23
Conceived in part as a response to her 2016 debut release If I Can’t Handle Me At My Best, You Don’t Deserve You At Your Worst, 2023’s update employs similar principles (degrading technology, the joy of chance, an outsider’s gaze onto the dance floor, an embracing of the occult) to delirious effect. If “I Can’t Handle” was lo fi and fragile in its technoid recasting of dance music, here Logan’s confidence allows a frantic playfulness that retains the spontaneity of all her output. It’s the work of a creative spirit revelling in the possibilities of sound, rhythm, texture and pattern. Helena Celle’s music opens up psychic space in front of the listener and invites them in. In this world, sounds and tropes once recognisable are rendered fractal, spectral and continually melting in and out of recognition. Simply put, Helena Celle might be detouring Drum & Bass, Techno and Breakbeat with a prankster’s grin but the result is pure ecstasy crushed into a part of the listener’s consciousness hitherto untroubled.
Opener I Did It My Way pokes fun at Sinatra but the message is clear, Helena Celle has no regrets. Sounding like a Jungle track shorn of a MC and deep fried in greasy acid, it uses cassette compression effects to push the sound far beyond the red. A breakbeat suffers multiple lashings of noise solos, heavily filtered synths and white noise blowing a crazy gale across the stereo pan. Ennobled Reception Of The Excellector (My Face When Mix) approximates French House perhaps or 90s dance chart music as performed by a rotting homunculus gurgling down the phone. It’s really that fun and carefree. Real Time... takes a stab at a kind of Techno EBM Cold Wave with no desire to sound like any of it, with waves of tape hiss rising up from some dark shore to wash over proceedings. Fellow sound artist and musician Jennifer Walton guests on the last track on Side A, an epic, fuzzed out Noise and rhythm excursion into cyber breakdown. Snow-Filled Chalice Of My Magonian Exile (titles of the year so far, right?) builds into a wall of beats, pads, manic, haywire synth patterns and a world-ending, distorted riff that points to an appreciation of Metal. The track posits all of reality as one massive computer game played by gods and this is the track played at the Game Over screen. A pixelated, fantastical club track that would simply eviscerate any club it was played in.
The whole of Side B is given over to a 20 minute epic, Original Besttrack (Abe’s Oddysee Extended Mix). A cohesive summation of the previous 4 tracks but stretched out, it recalls Aphex Twin’s furthest out tracks albeit boiled underwater, every element blown out so that even the ambient passages scramble brains and re-wire expectations. The restless, overwhelming music is glazed with a patina of hiss that renders the whole almost meditative: over the 20 minutes there is so much information to digest your brain starts plugging in directly to the music, settling in and accepting the mania as it comes. At the other end you’re wondering how you coped without it.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: Though Helena Celle's musical output is undeniably made for a certain subset of electronic music appreciators, this new project sees Kay Logan's pieces get hefty reworks, morphing the intimidating scattered electronic shards into lo-fi techno, rolling industrial and fractured experimental house.TRACK LISTING
1. I Did It My Way
2. Ennobled Reception Of The Excellector (My Face When Mix)
3. Real Time (Five Track Pentangle Edgelord Mix)
4. Snow-Filled Chalice Of My Magonian Exile (ft Jennifer Walton)
5. Original Besttrack (Abe's Oddysee Extended Mix)
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- Coloured LP
- £25.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- MA0380LP
- Release date
- 31 Mar '23
- Format Info
White marble vinyl.
White marble vinyl. -
- CD
- £10.99
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- MA0380CD
- Release date
- 31 Mar '23
On their first album in five years, Cloher finally breathes out. I Am The River, The River Is Me, her fifth album, is verdant and rich; it luxuriates in stillness, and carries itself with cool, unfussy confidence. It suggests that home is not found in a place or a politic, but in the community you keep: Inspired by Cloher’s powerful matrilineal line of wāhine Māori, I Am The River, The River Is Me is not urgent, or hurried, but it is vital, made with the care and ease of someone who knows that their past began before birth, and will continue long after they’re gone.
I Am The River, The River Is Me is an album of remarkable generosity and grace. Recorded between Aotearoa (NZ) and Naarm (Melbourne) with producers Tom Healy (Tiny Ruins, Marlon Williams), Anika Ostendorf (Hachiku) and Cloher’s longtime drummer Jen Sholakis; the album brings in trailblazing artists including Emma Donovan (Gumbaynggirr, Yamatji), Kylie Auldist, Liz Stringer, Te Kaahu (Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Tīpā), Ruby Solly (Kai Tahu, Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe) and members of the Naarm-based Kapa Haka, Te Hononga o ngā Iwi. The entire record feels communal — a celebration not just of Cloher, but of the rich, life-filled communities that surround them.
These are fiercely political songs that never feel heavy: They are energetic and full-blooded, alive with the knowledge that to simply exist — to scream and laugh and sing and make art — is as much a form of resistance as to fight.
Finding yourself, finding your home, is an unruly, never-ending process; I Am The River, The River Is Me is not a perfect self-portrait, and it possesses no universal truth about what it means to be Māori, or to be wahine toa (a strong woman), or to be takatāpui, or even to be Jen Cloher. Instead, it captures something else — a picture of humanity and community as a gorgeous, unfathomable mess. The joy of life, Cloher seems to say, is in forgiving your moments of weakness with grace, and embracing the parts of you that are unfinished. On “Aroha Mai, Aroha Atu”, they put it simply, and perfectly: “I may have come late, but better late than never.”
TRACK LISTING
1. Mana Takatāpui
2. Harakeke
3. My Witch
4. Being Human
5. I Am The River, The River Is Me
6. Protest Song
7. The Wild
8. Aroha Mai, Aroha Atu
9. He Toka-Tu-Moana
10. I Am Coming Home
Franz Ferdinand
Take Me Out - Music Box
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- Misc
- £19.99
- Cat Number
- Release date
- 24 Mar '23
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- 12"
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- BYREC40
- Release date
- 17 Mar '23
- Format Info
Standard weight, glow in the dark vinyl
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On this colossally ambitious new EP, Nuha’s drive is plain to hear. She played almost every instrument herself, holed up in a small Essex cabin, from the dirty bass drones of My Voice to Self-Portraiture’s squalling battles between synth and guitar, the lurching punk stomp of 6 In The Morning to the teeming electronics of Slicer, the manic industrial noise of Rise to You Never Know’s sudden strip back into moody ambience.
“The most important thing to me is that I do exactly what I want,” says Nuha Ruby Ra. “Not in a stubborn way, but in the way I need as a person.”
TRACK LISTING
1. My Voice
2. Self Portraiture
3. 6 In The Morning
4. Slicer
5. Rise
6. You Never Know
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- CD
- £11.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- BGR002CD
- Release date
- 17 Mar '23
TRACK LISTING
1. Little Fury Things
2. Kracked
3. Sludgefeast
4. The Lung
5. Raisans
6. Tarpit
7. In A Jar
8. Lose
9. Poledo
10. Just Like Heaven
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- LP
- £22.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- JAG437LP
- Release date
- 10 Mar '23
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Black vinyl.
Black vinyl. -
- CD
- £10.99
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- JAG437CD
- Release date
- 10 Mar '23
It’s also an achievement in the refinement of Holley’s impressionistic, stream-of-consciousness lyrics. On the title track which deals with mutual human understanding”, Holley is able to make a profound point as ever in far fewer phrases: “The deeper we go, the more chances there are, for us to understand the oh-me’s and understand the oh-my’s.” Illustrious collaborators like Michael Stipe, Sharon Van Etten, Moor Mother and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver serve as not only as choirs of angels and co-pilots to give Lonnie’s message flight but as proof of Lonnie Holley as a galvanizing, iconoclastic force across the music community
TRACK LISTING
SIDE A:
1. Testing
2. I Am A Part Of The Wonder
3. Oh Me Oh My
4. Earth Will Be There
5. Mount Meigs
SIDE B:
6. Better Get That Crop In Soon
7. Kindness Will Follow Your Tears
8. None Of Us Have But A Little While
9. If We Get Lost They Will Find Us
10. I Can’t Hush
11. Future Children
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- 7"
- £13.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- DNSCR032
- Release date
- 24 Feb '23
The A-side, ‘Tell It Like It Is’, goes for around £45 on seven, its follow up, an previously unheralded classic from the same year. Both tracks are a unique funky take on gospel.
‘Tell It Like It Is’ is filled with wah wah guitar chops and some excellent lead breaks that spice up the conga-adorned upbeat; a heady song grasping for the truth.
‘Give Me Liberty Or Death’ is slightly slower, with a Motown-styled backbeat behind a fist pumping anthem that reels in its churchy roots and some great vocal interplay, a message song filled with emotion.
Two fantastic tunes from a transient ever-changing group who, in the 1960s and 1970s, were known for soulful harmonies, glass-shattering lead singing.
Typical of their repertoire of songs that provided social commentary on the troubles of the world from the war in Vietnam, drugs, violence, prejudice, civil rights and child delinquency.
TRACK LISTING
1. Tell It Like It Is
2. Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death
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- Ltd LP
- £22.99
- Cat Number
- BEWITH116LP
- Release date
- 17 Feb '23
- Format Info
140 gram vinyl, mastered for vinyl with audio from the original tapes.
140 gram vinyl, mastered... [ + ]
Almost blindingly luminous with positive vibes and radiant optimism, Fly Me to the Sun is a collection of funky, sun-dappled compositions for synthesizer and live instruments like drums, bass and guitar. A dope blend of beatbox driven future jazz and electro pop.
The wonderfully sleaze-adjacent opener "Dhamma" includes some grandiose piano chords amid floating ambient sounds a la Steve Hillage with slick drums entering the fray at a languid pace. "Circulation" sounds like Bowie ran into Chaz Jankel during an extended stay in Los Angeles, the Thin White Duke emerging out of a studio at 6am, bleary-eyed and clutching this filthy, bleepy instrumental of sonic smut. "Magic Scenery" is as delicate and astounding as the title suggests, a deep ambient movement conjuring halcyon images of rolling fields with abundant fauna and flora; acid-tinged visions of intense colour and natural beauty. Cool, slo-mo breaks adorn the strutting melancholy of “Longing for Tomorrow” and “Nocturnal Flowers” to close out Side A.
Skip the title track, which opens up Side B, and head straight to “Birth of a Butterfly” for a slice of creeping digi-dub-soul niceness. This should've been front and centre of that Personal Space compilation a decade ago. Raising both the tempo and the temperature, “Riding on a Sunbeam” continues in the mesmerising cosmic funk style before "Osmosis", one of the clear stand-outs, presents a fine vintage synth solo over a mellow funky rubberband beat. The closing track, "Solar Heating", warms things up with slapped bass and bold drum machine beats and the synth lends Sci-Fi vibes to the dark dub-funk-reggae rhythm.
As David Hollander, in Unusual Sounds: The Hidden History of Library Music, states, Coloursound was "founded in 1979 by composer, music lawyer, and vibraphonist Gunter Greffenius. A Munich-based library with a reputation for releasing innovative and ambitious music, it catered largely to the market for experimental sounds, its first release was 1980’s Biomechanoid, an abstract synthesizer excursion by Joel Vandroogenbroeck, of the pioneering kosmische band Brainticket.
The record — complete with imposing, anonymous title and unearthly H.R. Giger cover art — set the tone for the label’s progressive leanings. The label’s catalogue stands as a tribute to the unfettered creative license that libraries were able to provide to forward-thinking musicians who, frustrated by the whims and constraints of the commercial scene, found complete freedom in the world of production music."
As with all our library music re-issues, the audio for Fly Me To The Sun comes from the original analogue tapes and has been remastered for vinyl by Be With regular Simon Francis. Richard Robinson has brought the original Coloursound sleeve back to life in all its metallic silver glory.
TRACK LISTING
A1 : Andrzej Marko - Dhamma (3:33)
A2 : Andre Mikola - Circulation (3:30)
A3 : Andrzej Marko - Magic Scenery (5:12)
A4 : Andre Mikola - Longing For Tomorrow (3:35)
A5 : Andre Mikola - Nocturnal Flowers (3:39)
B1 : Andre Mikola - Fly Me To The Sun (3:46)
B2 : Andre Mikola - Birth Of A Butterfly (3:44)
B3 : Andre Mikola - Riding On A Sunbeam (3:52)
B4 : Andre Mikola - Osmosis (4:33)
B5 : Andre Mikola - Solar Heating (3:36)
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