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Mia Wilson

Mia Wilson

    'Mia Wilson' is the debut album from Southern California singer-songwriter Mia Wilson. Produced by Tim Ramsey (Vetiver, Little Wings, Kacey Johansing), the album blends piano and guitar based compositions with lush orchestral arrangements to create a backdrop for Wilson’s introspective lyrics and captivating mezzo-soprano vocals.

    TRACK LISTING

    1. Face To Face
    2. It Must Be So Easy
    3. I Want It All
    4. What Can I Do?
    5. The Dream In Everything
    6. Time Is An Arrow
    7. Going Back
    8. Still Pretending
    9. When You Go

    The five-track ‘Touch The Vibe’ EP is the latest gem in the evergreen treasure trove of music from Australia’s CC:DISCO!. 'Feel It Peak' opens the release with two escapist minutes of slow-burning, gentle synth waves and Spanish guitar before 'Touch The Vibe' then takes off on warm analogue house drums with sugary chords and a classic bassline that bounces along at an infectious pace. Toronto-born DJ, producer and vocalist Jennifer Loveless also returns in fine form, providing heady spoken word vocals that wash over both cuts in an intoxicating fashion.

    On the flip, 'Like This' is another absorbing and cinematic synth interlude while 'Me Gusta Is Dead (Period Pain Mix)' brings heavy late-night vibes with its punchy steel drums, fizzing pads and crunchy chords that make for a wild ride. Last but not least is the epic closer 'Yes Papi (Miami Daddy Theme)’, a glorious blend of prog, trance and techno with a 90s throwback feel featuring Loveless’ hushed vocals that showcases CC’s expert command of lower tempo, pumping grooves of the highest calibre.

    Fresh off performances at Glastonbury and Love International, plus her debut Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, it’s safe to say CC:DISCO!’s trajectory as an artist has risen to new heights in 2024. The Lisbon-based DJ, producer, radio host, and curator added a new string to her bow at the end of last year with the launch of her Miami Daddy imprint, which garnered critical acclaim from the likes of Resident Advisor, DJ Mag, and BBC Radio 1.




    STAFF COMMENTS

    Matt says: Fun & full throttle throughout, CC:DISCO nods to rave, EBM and proto-house moods across a fully realized EP which is constructed and sequenced to perfection. A surprise spring hit!

    TRACK LISTING

    A1. Feel It Peak
    A2. Touch The Vibe
    B1. Like This
    B2. Me Gusta Is Dead (Period Pain Mix)
    B3. Yes Papi (Miami Daddy Theme) 

    Khruangbin & Toro Y Moi

    Live At The Fillmore Miami

      It's only fitting that Khruangbin’s first-ever official live releases would be double albums paired with their tourmates: artists whose music they love and admire, friends who’ve become family along the way. Khruangbin’s ‘Live At’ series of live LPs traces just one small slice of the band’s flight plan through the years: it’s a taste of some of their most beloved cities, stages and nights. Each release comes with a limited-edition unique album cover exclusive for the recording’s home turf, just a little something extra for the fans that bring a little something extra. Most of all, Khruangbin’s ‘Live at’ series ignites both sides of the band’s magic: the warm, prismatic feeling of their albums and the bewitching energy of their performances.

      ‘Live at The Fillmore Miami’ features performances by Toro Y Moi and Khruangbin.

      Air Miami

      Me. Me. Me. - 2023 Reissue

        Double LP reissue of Air Miami’s lost-classic 1995 album, ‘Me. Me. Me.’ Remastered from original 2” tapes and now including 3 extra tracks. This one time pressing comes on coloured vinyl and in a gatefold sleeve.

        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

        Fug / Bobby Lee & Mia Doi Todd

        Home: 4hero & A Mountain Of One Remixes

          RE:WARM 012 is a double AA side 12” with remixes of two of the most talked-about tracks from the compilation, Fug – From Little Seeds We Grow & Bobby Lee & Mia Doi Todd – Walking With Trees. None other than 4hero & A Mountain of One were on remix duties for these two wonderful tracks.

          For the A-Side 4hero take the wonderfully laidback style of the original track by Fug – From Little Seeds We Grow and turn in a full-on tearjerker. The strings and orchestration on this remix are reminiscent of some of our favourite 4hero moments from over the years. The Drums shuffle along nicely with Jess Williams voice perfectly complimenting this take on the track. This one is set for summer glory by any standard.

          Flip this over to the AA side for the complete analogue journey that is A Mountain of Ones spaced out dubs of Bobby Lee & Mia Doi Todd - Walking with Trees. Mo & Zeben take this track by its scruff and give it a full-on tropical overhaul using crazy old fashioned dub techniques, stringing it out into a low end slow motion house dub ready for sun-drenched moments with sand between your toes and the smell of sun lotion on the breeze.

          "Neon City" is the debut release by Erik K Skodvin & Otto A Totland's Deaf Center project, finally re-issued 18 years since its first appearance.

          Listening to "Neon City" in 2022 is like taking a melancholy journey down rainy city streets of the early naughts, made by the then two young Norwegians in their mid 20s after spending time together in a basement full of vintage items. Armed with young optimism and a sense of musical experimentation, they started sampling everything around them, be it an old television broadcaster, tape recorders, a game of table tennis or conversations on film and merging it with pianos, plucked guitar, strings and anything in-between. The record turned out as something unique in the fields bordering post classical and ambient music, though without landing on any set genre. The record was filling a place in music that was barely touched upon and made them further experiment with samples and classical music which landed them on the 2005's classic "Pale Ravine".

          Although Erik and Otto both had been making music solo before, "Neon City" was the start of their more focused future paths as purveyors of both light and darkness in music that seeps through your soul to battle the anxieties of the world. We're glad to see this important start again be available to new ears. The record comes with a remix of the opener track “Dial” by Helios aka Keith Keniff, taken from the same original.

          TRACK LISTING

          1. Dial (2021 Remaster)
          2. Walk (2021 Remasster)
          3. City (2021 Remaster)
          4. Limn (2021 Remaster)
          5. Asia (2021 Remaster)
          6. Dial (Helios Remix – 2021 Remaster)

          Blonde Redhead

          La Mia Vita Violenta - Reissue

            Art-house kosmische from the battered basements of pre-9/11 New York. Polyrhythmic screamo for underemployed Gen-Xers and trust fund weed dealers alike. La Mia Vita Violenta, Blonde Redhead’s 1995 sophomore effort, in print as a definitive single LP for the first time since… ever.

            “These songs combine a raw need, a ready access to neediness, with seemingly incongruous cinematic changes reminiscent of ‘60s Italian pop music and movie scores. They switch between emotional grandeur and eye scratching immediacy.” - Arto Lindsay.

            TRACK LISTING

            Side A:
            A1 (I Am Taking Out My Eurotrash) I Still Get Rocks Off
            A2 Violent Life
            A3 U.F.O.
            A4 I Am There While You Choke On Me
            A5 Harmony

            Side B:
            B1 Down Under
            B2 Bean
            B3 Withdraw
            B4 Young Neil
            B5 10 Feet High
            B6 Jewel

            The Gun Club

            Miami - Special Edition

              This Special Edition not only features a remastered version of the original classic album, but also includes a 2nd disc featuring the Miami demos.

              This classic 1982 album has been digitally re-mastered and comes in beautiful gatefold packaging with extensive liner notes and archival photos and other collectable images.

              The Gun Club recorded a few albums after Miami, but this one with the original band is the one that is considered their masterpiece!

              TRACK LISTING

              Album Tracklisting
              LP 1:

              Carry Home
              Like Calling Up Thunder
              Brother And Sister
              Run Through the Jungle
              Devil In The Woods
              Texas Serenade
              Watermelon Man
              Bad Indian
              John Hardy
              Fire Of Love
              Sleeping In Blood City
              Mother Of Earth

              LP 2:
              Carry Home (Demo)
              Like Calling Up Thunder (Demo)
              Brother And Sister (Demo)
              Run Through The Jungle (Demo)
              Devil In The Woods (Demo)
              Texas Serenade (Demo)
              Watermelon Man (Demo)
              Bad Indian (Demo)
              John Hardy (Demo)
              Fire Of Love (Demo)
              Sleeping In Blood City (Demo)
              Mother Of Earth (Demo)

              CD Tracklisting
              CD 1:

              Carry Home / Like Calling Up Thunder
              Brother And Sister
              Run Through the Jungle
              Devil In The Woods
              Texas Serenade
              Watermelon Man
              Bad Indian
              John Hardy
              Fire Of Love
              Sleeping In Blood City
              Mother Of Earth

              CD2:
              Carry Home (Demo)
              Like Calling Up Thunder (Demo)
              Brother And Sister (Demo)
              Run Through The Jungle (Demo)
              Devil In The Woods (Demo)
              Texas Serenade (Demo)
              Watermelon Man (Demo)
              Bad Indian (Demo)
              John Hardy (Demo)
              Fire Of Love (Demo)
              Sleeping In Blood City (Demo)
              Mother Of Earth (Demo)
              Walkin’ With The Beast (Demo
              Prune Dicks From Mars (Demo)
              Vampires (Demo) / Journey To Zatar (Demo)
              Blue Hair (Demo)
              Pig Boys (Demo)

              Alex Cameron

              Miami Memory

                Alex Cameron’s newest and most musically expansive LP, the glistening Miami Memory, takes a surprising turn. Cameron’s flair for narrative and character are still on full display; yet Miami Memory’s most frequent narrator is, for the first time, Cameron himself—singing with stunning candor of his three-year relationship with his girlfriend.

                “When you listen to these songs, and you’re waiting for the twist, or the joke, or any kind of discomfort, I can assure you none of those things were there when I wrote them,” says Cameron. “These are true stories, of actual events. Specific but never esoteric. And graphic but never offensive. Miami Memory is the story of a couple balancing sex with contemporary family values...It’s my gift to my girlfriend, a symbol to hoist on the totem of love.”

                Though remnants of his synth-driven earlier work sneak in to unsettle the tone, the bulk of Miami Memory, produced by Jonathan Rado (Weyes Blood, Father John Misty) and recorded and mixed by Marta Salogni (Björk, Kelela), revels in the emotional overdrive of classic dad rock, its warm, anthemic songs driven by bass, guitar, sax, and layers of Vegas wedding chapel-ish organ.

                Cameron’s dad rock funhouse of an album ultimately twists and subverts the genre: it recalls classics the white male ego has historically visited for its regular adrenaline injection, and morphs them into a singular “stepdad” rock that largely turns its lens away from the dads, celebrating the demise of old norms of gender and power. In his depiction of his relationship, Cameron reveals a striking honesty about love and sex in a time where a palpable fleetingness hangs over everything from relationships to human life on this planet—but also where constricting mores have deteriorated enough to let “family life,” in all its morphing forms, exist outside of social obligation. With arresting straightforwardness, Cameron now sings as himself, paying tribute

                STAFF COMMENTS

                Barry says: Huge stadium-rock choruses and growling synths provide a glitzy and sturdy backdrop for Cameron's soaring vocals and robust 80's-tinged pomp. Huge, overblown, and great fun all round.

                TRACK LISTING

                SIDE A:
                1. Stepdad
                2. Miami Memory
                3. Far From Born Again
                4. Gaslight
                5. Bad For The Boy

                SIDE B:
                6. End Is Nigh
                7. PC With Me
                8. Divorce
                9. Other Ladies
                10. Too Far

                Long awaited second album from Glasgow-based producer Miaoux Miaoux, channelling Prince, Scritti Politti and LCD Soundsystem to create a dazzlingly eclectic slice of jaunty indie-friendly (electro) pop.

                Almost three years since the band’s debut album, ‘Light Of The North’, Chemikal Underground are proud to announce the release of the exceptional follow up, ‘School Of Velocity’.

                The album picks up the baton from the high gloss, hook-laden electronic pop of ‘Light Of The North’ and, as the title suggests, sprints through time and hyperspace at a pace that is little short of breathtaking.

                The vinyl format is limited to 300 copies on heavyweight vinyl and includes a download code.

                TRACK LISTING

                Launch Loop
                A Flutter Echo
                Star Sickness
                Luxury Discovery
                School Of Velocity
                Giga Shrug
                It’s The Quick
                Peaks Beyond Peaks
                Ubeatable Slow Machine
                Mostly Love, Now

                Miaoux Miaoux

                Light Of The North

                  Chemikal Underground Records are proud to announce the arrival of Miaoux Miaoux's longawaited debut album 'Light Of The North‘.

                  Miaoux Miaoux is actually Glasgow-based Londoner / DJ / producer Julian Corrie.

                  ‘Light Of The North’ was produced and mixed by Paul Savage (Mogwai, The Phantom Band, WuLyf) at Chem19 Studios.

                  ‘Light Of The North’ features 10 tracks of sublime electronic pop, including guest spots from Edinburgh MC Profisee (‘Virtua Fighter’), and a show-stopping vocal from Anna Miles (‘Is It A Dream’).

                  The extraordinary cover art was designed by James Houston, who created the cover version of Radiohead’s ‘Nude’ / ’Big Ideas: Don’t Get Any’.

                  MIA

                  /\/\/\Y/\

                    After two hugely acclaimed albums (2005’s "Arular" and 2007’s "Kala"), the global success of "Paper Planes", Oscar nominations, and that Grammys performance, MIA is back with a brand new album "/\/\/\Y/\" ("MAYA" in slashes!), which sees her as incendiary and forward thinking as ever. Recorded in Los Angeles, the album features production from Rusko, Diplo, Blaqstarr and Switch, a collaboration resulting in dubstep bass and grinding industrial noise being added to MIA’s unique armoury of electro sounds. Just as shouty and in yer face as ever, this is pop music as a polar opposite to the polished sheen of Lady Gaga and Kylie. "MAYA" draws influence from our technologically changing world, now that our every thought and action is documented and posted for everyone to see. The album is an uncensored screen-grab of 2010.

                    MIA

                    /\/\/\Y/\ - Special Edition

                      After two hugely acclaimed albums (2005’s "Arular" and 2007’s "Kala"), the global success of "Paper Planes", Oscar nominations, and that Grammys performance, MIA is back with a brand new album "/\/\/\Y/\" ("MAYA" in slashes!), which sees her as incendiary and forward thinking as ever. Recorded in Los Angeles, the album features production from Rusko, Diplo, Blaqstarr and Switch, a collaboration resulting in dubstep bass and grinding industrial noise being added to MIA’s unique armoury of electro sounds. Just as shouty and in yer face as ever, this is pop music as a polar opposite to the polished sheen of Lady Gaga and Kylie. "MAYA" draws influence from our technologically changing world, now that our every thought and action is documented and posted for everyone to see. The album is an uncensored screen-grab of 2010.

                      Mia Doi Todd With Andres Renteria

                      Morning Music

                      "Morning Music" is the first album of instrumental music from Los Angeles - based songstress Mia Doi Todd. It was recorded and mixed by Todd at her Chateau des Chats studio using drum, harmonium, piano, tin whistle, tamboura, acoustic guitar, and bongos. On the tracks "Samai'I" and "Emotion", she is joined by Andres Renteria on cajon, piano, wooden stool, and udu. 'I started recording the tracks that became Morning Music while I was writing songs for my last album, Gea. Lyrics are the most challenging part of songwriting for me, and I enjoyed recording instrumental improvisations as a break from singing and songwriting. I was borrowing a friend's tamboura at the time, an Indian instrument shaped like a sitar but with no frets and only four strings, and I had just found my first harmonium, a small pump organ also from India. Classical Indian music is on many occasions one of my favorite things to listen to, and I started to experiment with these drone instruments and the transcendental experience they can produce while playing or listening to them. I had just finished a tour with the Swedish psychedelic rock band Dungen and was feeling the influence of their captivating melodies and great musicianship. I started playing the Irish tin whistle and using that as a melodic and emotional element instead of my voice, freeing me up from what felt like the confines of words. I began to edit and sculpt the recordings into a series of simple organic tunes. I gave the album to a few friends who enjoyed the calm and meditative attitude which it evokes. They also found the music very conducive to their creative endeavors. I am glad now to share the music with a larger audience.'

                      MIA

                      Kala

                        The majority of MIA's second LP "Kala" was made when she was supposed to be taking time out and travelling. When she ended up in Chennai, India, she spent weeks recording live drum patterns with local percussionists, writing new songs like "BirdFlu" and "20 Dollar", holed up in a studio used normally for Bollywood soundtracks. Subsequent trips found her writing and recording in Trinidad, Jamaica, Australia, Japan and briefly in the US, and then these 'field recordings' were turned into full tracks with the help of Baltimore's Blaqstarr, Aussie hip hopper Morganics, Switch and Hollertronix man Diplo, creating the globetrottin' electro-rockin' monsters you have before you. So while "Arular" was a bedroom dancehall rocker, "Kala" is a different beast, it's the beat of the street itself — the sound of roadside sound systems, taxicab transistors, DVD-wired dollar vans, motorbike couriers and parking lot pull-ups. It's also the sound of MIA digging in as both an artist and a producer.


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