Two Piers proudly announces Bridges Towards Open Spaces: Circadian Rhythms 1967–2025.

This new collection brings together a wide range of artists and styles, weaving immersive sonic landscapes that explore a connection between natural cycles and the rhythms within.

Featuring artists such as Brian Eno, Moebius, Roedelius, Meat Beat Manifesto, Fun Boy Three, Daniel Avery, and Spectrum, the compilation moves fluidly between shimmering ambient textures and raw, straight-ahead garage rock.

Bridges Towards Open Spaces: Circadian Rhythms 1967–2025 follows in the footsteps of Two Piers acclaimed previous releases, Night Train: Transcontinental Landscapes 1968–2019 and Music for the Stars: Celestial Music 1960–1979, continuing the label’s exploration of expansive, time-spanning musical journeys.

“I wanted once again to shape a compilation around a time period, this collection is a nod to my days behind the counter of a record shop, the people I met and the styles of music that was played and I was introduced to. Some are from that time, some are of the style/feeling, that I can associate & with the friends I met there; from the early shift to the late shifts as the tempo rose throughout the day and the neons of London started to buzz”

Compiled by Ben Jones.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Kuniyuki Takahashi - Asia
A2. Brian Eno, Moebius, Roedelius - The Belldog
A3. Anchorsong - Windmills
A4. Monde UFO - Vallee

B1. Mariah - Sokokara
B2. Mytron, Zongamin - 08932168
B3. Liquid Liquid - Scraper
B4. Five Green Moons - Spider Dub

C1. Fun Boy Three - Faith, Hope & Charity
C2. Meat Beat Manifesto - Drop
C3. African Head Charge - Orderliness, Godliness, Discipline and Dignity
C4. Cristina - You Rented a Space
C5. The Cramps - Garbageman

D1. The Durutti Column - Sketches for Summer
D2. The Third Bardo - I’m Five Years Ahead of My Time
D3. Sordid Sound System - Inanna
D4. Daniel Avery - Drone Logic
D5. Spectrum - True Love Will Find You in The End

‘Lounge Psychédélique’ takes you on a journey into the world of Lounge, Exotica and Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, from its early days in the 1950s and 1960s to the current crop of artists championing the Lounge & Exotica sounds today. Compiled by Spencer Hickman & Mark McQuillan for Two-Piers

‘Lounge Psychédélique (The Best of Lounge & Exotica 1954-2022)’ is the third instalment in the Psychédélique Compilation series on Two-Piers, following the critically acclaimed ‘Pop Psychédélique (The Best of French Psychedelic Pop 1964-2019)’ and ‘Garage Psychédélique (The Best of Garage Psych and Pzyk Rock 1965-2019)’.

‘Lounge Psychédélique’ brings together the sounds of Easy Listening, Soundtrack Instrumentals, Exotica, Jazz, Psychedelic, and Space Age sounds all under the umbrella of Lounge Music. The compilation includes legends of the Lounge and Exotica scene, such as Martin Denny, Yma Sumac, Mel Tormé, Herb Alpert, and Les Baxter, alongside legendary composers Hugo Montenegro, Lalo Schifrin, Michael Giacchino. Add some Lounge Jazz from Cal Tjader and the Latin Bossa Nova of Quincy Jones. Then throw in some beautiful oddities from Leonard Nimoy, Pizzicato Five and Mort Garson. Next, mix in some Lounge-Mod moments from Dave Pike and Jack Trombey, KPM library classics from Alan Hawkshaw and Keith Mansfield, and finish with some brilliant modern-day exponents of the Exotica sound Los Bitchos, Ixtaheule and the Percussive Funk Moog party sounds of The Bongolian. The result is a fun and crazy ride through the world of Lounge Music which will bring a smile to your face and a spring to your step. So raise a cocktail glass to ‘Lounge Psychédélique (The Best of Lounge & Exotica 1954-2022) – a sheer joy from start to finish!

‘Lounge Psychédélique’ isn’t meant to be a ‘crate diggers’ album or a compilation of obscure, hard-to-find tracks to outdo your mates. Instead, it is intended to celebrate the Lounge scene and, hopefully, the perfect introduction to this fantastic and beautiful music for any newcomers out there. So let your journey into Lounge and Exotica begin here….

STAFF COMMENTS

Darryl says: Delving into the world of Lounge, Exotica and Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, these cuts are the creme de la creme of the scene. Featuring legends like Martin Denny, Yma Sumac, Les Baxter, Mort Garson, Alan Hawkshaw, Leonard Nimoy, Pizzicato Five, and Keith Mansfield, there’s plenty of delights to raise a cocktail glass to!

TRACK LISTING

Vinyl Tracklist:
A1. Leonard Nimoy – Music To Watch Space Girls By
A2. Martin Denny – The Enchanted Isle
A3. Yma Sumac – Gopher
A4. The Bongolian – B-Boy Toga Party
A5. Los Bitchos – The Link Is About To Die
A6. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – The Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro)
A7. Michael Giacchino & Nouvelle Modernica Orchestra – Sidereal Day: 3 (Instrumental)
B1. Mel Tormé – Sunshine Superman
B2. Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 – Mais Que Nada
B3. Lalo Schifrin – Lalo’s Bossa Nova
B4. Quincy Jones – Black Orpheus (Manha De Carnaval)
B5. Les Baxter & 101 Strings Orchestra – Tropicando
B6. Pizzicato Five - ǚ

Two Piers release the second in their ‘Presents’ compilation series with Steve Mason (Beta Band, King Biscuit Time) stepping up to the curation table to deliver a stunning compilation of tracks entitled ‘The Romance of Unknowing’.

Steve Mason presents: The Romance of Unknowing takes in influences from Northern Soul, Punk, Folk, Hip-Hop, Soul and Post-Punk, spanning tracks from 1965 to 2005.

“There was a club in Dunfermline (Fife) called The Kronk and the DJ there, called Lel Palfrey would play incredible sets going from House into Hip Hop into Reggae and back into House. Occasionally ending with Booker T’s Green Onions. As someone with wildly eclectic music taste who had been a Mod, Lel helped sure up my opinion that there should be no boundaries in music. It’s just a line of Human expression that stretches back into our past and will continue. Forever. Open your arms and come with me.” - Steve Mason 2025

Scottish singer, songwriter, and producer Steve Mason rose to widespread critical acclaim in the late ‘90s as a member of the Beta Band, with their creative approach and maverick attitude, the Beta Band earned a glowing reputation among fans and the UK press during the post-Brit-Pop era, thanks to releases like 1998’s ’The Three EP’s’ and 2001’s ‘Hot Shot’s II’. During the Beta Band’s heyday and following their 2004 breakup, Mason also recorded as King Biscuit Time and has since had a very successful solo career, releasing numerous critically acclaimed albums, including his most recent 2023 album ‘Brothers & Sisters’. In 2025 the Beta Band reformed to play a bunch of Sold Out Live shows across the world.

Steve Mason presents: The Romance of Unknowing follows the release of Richard Norris Presents: Weird Scenes from the Hangout in 2024 on Two Piers, the label that have released such critically acclaimed Compilations as Pop Psychédélique (The Best of French Psychedelic Pop 1964-2019), Strobes in Space (Indie Sleaze, Nu Rave & Future Disco 2000-2009), Night Train (Transcontinental Landscapes 1968-2019) and Soul Psychédélique (The Sounds of Psychedelic Soul & Funk 1967-2024).

TRACK LISTING

2LP tracklisting:
Side 1
A1. Fête - Roland Bocquet
A2. I Think It’s Time (You Were Mine) - Alice Swoboda
A3. Lay This Burden Down - Mary Love
A4. What You See Is What You Get - Stoney And Meatloaf
A5. Left Over People - Alan Price
A6. Never Get Ahead - Bobby Conn
A7. Terminal Stupid – The Snivelling Shits
A8. A Glass Of Champagne – Sailor
Side 2
B1. I See Stars – Supersempfft
B2. I Dig You- Demis Roussos
B3. YaYa (Nelue Rework Mutant Disco Edit) - Ron Rogers
B4. Slippery People (Club Version) – The Staple Singers
B5. Love Is A Serious Business - Alfie Davison
Side 3
C1. Happy (Is My Life) - Andre Willliams / Velvet Hammer
C2. My Little Girl - Bobby Garrett
C3. Waiting For A Train - Flash And The Pan
C4. Flame (Chicken Lips Version) - Bell X1
C5. Release Yo’Delf (Prodigy Remix) - Method Man
Side 4
D1. Hateful - Aaron Carl
D2. Rose Rouge - St. Germain
D3. Imperfect List Pt.1 - Big Hard Excellent Fish
D4. Nothing - Rene Halkett / David Jay

2CD Tracklisting:
CD1
1. Fête - Roland Bocquet
2. I Think It’s Time (You Were Mine) - Alice Swoboda
3. Lay This Burden Down - Mary Love
4. What You See Is What You Get - Stoney And Meatloaf
5. Left Over People - Alan Price
6. Never Get Ahead - Bobby Conn
7. Terminal Stupid – The Snivelling Shits
8. A Glass Of Champagne – Sailor
9. I See Stars – Supersempfft
10. I Dig You- Demis Roussos
11. YaYa (Nelue Rework Mutant Disco Edit) - Ron Rogers
12. Slippery People (Club Version) – The Staple Singers
13. Love Is A Serious Business - Alfie Davison
CD2
1. Happy (Is My Life) - Andre Willliams / Velvet Hammer
2. My Little Girl - Bobby Garrett
3. Waiting For A Train - Flash And The Pan
4. Flame (Chicken Lips Version) - Bell X1
5. Release Yo’Delf (Prodigy Remix) - Method Man
6. Hateful - Aaron Carl
7. Rose Rouge - St. Germain
8. Imperfect List Pt.1 - Big Hard Excellent Fish
9. Nothing - Rene Halkett / David Jay

‘Soul Psychédélique’, released on Two-Piers, takes you on a journey into the world of Psychedelic Soul & Funk, from its early beginnings in the 1960s and 1970s to the current crop of artists championing the more Psychedelic, Trippy end of the Soul sound today.

‘Soul Psychédélique’ brings together legends of the Soul Psych scene, such as Curtis Mayfield, The Chambers Brothers, Marlena Shaw, The Temptations, and the brilliant ‘Sugar Man’ by Rodriguez. Place alongside Soul Titans like Isaac Hayes, Bobby Womack, Chairman of the Board, Terry Callier all delivering stunning Psychedelic Nuggets for your Listening pleasure. Throw in some covers like ‘Dear Prudence’ by The Five Stairsteps, ‘Hard to Handle’ by Patti Drew and ‘California Dreamin’’ Bobby Womack and finish with some brilliant modern-day exponents of the scene like Khruangbin, Gabriels and Michael Kiwanuka. The result is a crazy ride through the world of Psychedelic Soul and Funk. If you ain’t dancing and smiling by the end - what the hell is wrong with you!

‘Soul Psychédélique (The Best of Lounge & Exotica 1954-2022)’ is the fourth instalment in the ‘Psychédélique’ Compilation series on Two-Piers, following the critically acclaimed ‘Pop Psychédélique (The Best of French Psychedelic Pop 1964-2019)’, ‘Garage Psychédélique (The Best of Garage Psych and Pzyk Rock 1965-2019)’ and ‘Lounge Psychédélique (The Best of Lounge & Exotica 1954-2022)’ and is available on 2LP Coloured Vinyl & CD.

TRACK LISTING

TRACKLIST VINYL 2LP:
A1 Chairman Of The Board - Life And Death In G&A (Part 2)
A2 Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There Is A Hell Below, We're All Going To Go
A3 The Temptations - Psychedelic Shack
A4 The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today - Single Version
A5 Brutal Force - The Number For Groove
B1 Isaac Hayes – Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic **
B2 Bobby Womack - California Dreamin'
B3 The Five Stairsteps - Dear Prudence
B4 Ebony Rhythm Band - Drugs Ain't Cool
B5 Doris - You Never Come Closer
C1 Terry Callier -You Goin' Miss Your Candyman
C2 Rodriguez - Sugar Man
C3 Patti Drew - Hard To Handle
C4 Marlena Shaw - Liberation Conversation
C5 El Michels Affair - Murkit Gem
C6 Janko Nilovic - Drug Song
D1 Kylie Auldist - Nothin' Else To Beat Me **
D2 Khruangbin - Maria También
D3 Christian Madden & The Enemy Chorus - Twice As Thick
D4 Gabriels - Love And Hate In A Different Time
D5 Michael Kiwanuka - Black Man In A White World
D6 MRCY – Purple Canyon
** Exclusive Tracks For Vinyl Edition

TRACKLIST CD
1. Chairman Of The Board - Life And Death In G&A (Part 2)
2. Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There Is A Hell Below, We're All Going To Go
3. The Temptations - Psychedelic Shack
4. The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today - Single Version
5. Brutal Force - The Number For Groove
6. Bobby Womack - California Dreamin'
7. The Five Stairsteps - Dear Prudence
8. Ebony Rhythm Band - Drugs Ain't Cool
9. Doris - You Never Come Closer
10.Terry Callier -You Goin' Miss Your Candyman
11.Rodriguez - Sugar Man
12.Patti Drew - Hard To Handle
13.Marlena Shaw - Liberation Conversation
14.El Michels Affair - Murkit Gem
15.Janko Nilovic - Drug Song
16.Khruangbin - Maria También
17.Christian Madden & The Enemy Chorus - Twice As Thick
18.Gabriels - Love And Hate In A Different Time
19.Michael Kiwanuka - Black Man In A White World
20. MRCY – Purple Canyon

Crate digger and music enthusiast James Endeacott compiles ‘Unlock Your Mind With Morning Glory’ for Two-Piers Records – A glorious heady mix of the weird and wonderful eclectic music from his radio show ‘Morning Glory’

“One weekday afternoon towards the end of 2017 I sat in The Lyric pub on Great Windmill Street, Soho with my dear friend Raf. I’d just finished another of my weekly Soho Radio shows and was starting to think about the next one. Raf had been on as a guest playing some of his favourite tunes of the day. We had a few drinks, told a few stories and started to plot and scheme. It was always a dream of mine to have a daily radio show. Radio had always informed and excited me from my early teens listening to John Peel under the blanket when I should’ve been either sleeping or revising right up to the present-day musical excursions of NTS, WFMU and numerous internet based stations.

We decided to speak to Adrian and Dan who ran Soho Radio to see if they’d be up for us doing a daily morning show. To our surprise they were into the idea and within 5 minutes Adrian came up with the name Morning Glory. We all liked it. We were all excited. It was all systems go. In December 2017 Raf and myself started a daily 2 hour show. We did the show together, got guests in and the musical policy was whatever we felt like that day. After several months Raf found the mornings too much. Off he went into the distance occasionally coming back with a smile, and a bag of new music. I carried on alone and then suddenly in March 2020 the world stopped, and we went into lockdown.

We set up in my house in Catford, Southeast London and carried on. The show became 3 hours a day and I started to invite friends, record labels, record shops, bands etc.. to supply me with hour long mixes that I played every day. The show took off during this time. My musical tastes expanded as I spent all day long searching for new sounds from around the globe. People started to send me more and more music. I became obsessed with the show. The audience started to take to social media and ask for certain tracks or artists to be played. I got listeners to make me mixes to play on the show and I did several phone interviews with musicians while playing some of their favourite tunes.

I was grateful that Soho Radio left me to my own devices. They never told me what to do or what to play – they trusted me and I trusted my instincts.

The music on this compilation is not a ‘best of’ it’s just how I felt when I compiled it at the start of 2025. Apart from a couple of tracks they are all things I’ve come across since the show started in December 2017. If I did a list of tracks now I’m sure it would be completely different. Surely that’s the point. We never stick in one place. We are always moving and searching. Always trying to unlock our minds. Put it on. Take your time and let it take you somewhere” James Endeacott 2025

TRACK LISTING

A1) Anuradha Paudwal – Gayatari Mantra
A2) Baba Zula – Arsiz Saksagan (Cheeky Magpie)
A3) Orchestra Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp – So Many Things (To Feel Guilty About)
A4) Christopher Martin – Playing Games With My Heart
B1) Geir Sundstøl - C’est Vide En Ville
B2) Brother Ah – Transcendental March (Creation Song)
B3) Les Abranis – Therrza Rathwenza
B4) Sparkels – That Boy Of Mine
C1) Maximum Joy – Stretch (7” Mix)
C2) Chillera – SCHAX
C3) Elijah Minnelli – I Hope The Goats Come Back (ze-hood De-sham Lichdal)
C4) Siti Muharam – Pakistan
D1) Muriel Grossmann – Traneing In
D2) Catford Gyrations – Land Of 1000 Presets **
D3) Living Daylights – Let’s Live For Today
D4) Natalie Bergman – Shine Your Light On Me
** Exclusive Track On Vinyl

CD Tracklist:
1) Anuradha Paudwal – Gayatari Mantra
2) Baba Zula – Arsiz Saksagan (Cheeky Magpie)
3) Orchestra Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp – So Many Things (To Feel Guilty About)
4) Christopher Martin – Playing Games With My Heart
5) Geir Sundstøl – C’est Vide En Ville
6) Brother Ah – Transcendental March (Creation Song)
7) Les Abranis – Therrza Rathwenza
8) Sparkels – That Boy Of Mine
9) Maximum Joy – Stretch (7” Mix)
10) Chillera – SCHAX
11) Elijah Minnelli – I Hope The Goats Come Back (ze-hood De-sham Lichdal)
12) Siti Muharam – Pakistan
13) Muriel Grossmann – Traneing In
14) The Living Daylights – Let’s Live For Today
15) Natalie Bergman – Shine Your Light On Me

Picture the scene, The year 2000 has passed and the new millenium is just getting underway - A new scene explodes onto the nation's Indie Dancefloors - some called it Indie Sleaze, Nu Rave, Future Disco or even Electroclash – ‘Strobes in Space’ takes you back to a time when the Indie kids re-discovered the joys of dancing, raving and having fun at Indie clubs. Day-Glo, Light Sticks, Baggy T-Shirts and Hedonism on the Dance Floors - welcome to Strobes in Space!

When the Indie Dance / Nu Rave scene crashed onto the dancefloors and ignited the youth of the time it seemed like uber cool and incredible new bands were appearing from all corners of the globe almost every day. An explosion of creativity and excitement flooded the clubs and airwaves. From the UK you had bands like Bloc Party, Klaxons, Test Icicles, Playgroup, Simian Mobile Disco. Coming out of NYC you had the likes of LCD Soundsystem, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fischerspooner. From France you had Phoenix from Versailles and Black Strobe coming out of Paris. DJ / Producer Tiga from Canada, Digitalism from Hamburg Germany, Cut Copy from Melbourne Australia, and from Belgium Soulwax and Goose, and even spreading to South America with CSS coming out of Sao Paolo, Brazil. It really was a global scene.

Two-Piers Records brings you a snapshot of that scene at the time on their latest compilation ‘Strobes in Space’. Spanning across 3 x LPs, 30 tracks and artists. Hopefully it has captured a slice of the excitement and creativity of the time, and this compilation makes you feel joyful, happy and you just want to get Up, Dance and have Fun!

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Two-Piers, legends of the historical curation, return; paying tribute to that embryonic time, when turntables famously outsold guitars, your boyfriend ditched his guitar for a synthesizer, and the smiley face emblem had a 2nd coming. Me and my crew shunned nu rave in 2006 (we were hardcore techno heads you see), but looking back through that rose-tinted lens of nostalgia, you can clearly see the inspired and boundary breaking energies taking place. Not only that, for the first time since '92 it really did unite the tribes. Indie kids started necking pills and die hard ravers started going to gigs! A wonderfully fruitful time, spotlighted brilliantly by Two-Piers here.

TRACK LISTING

Vinyl Tracklist:
A1) New Young Pony Club – Ice Cream
A2) Bloc Party – Banquet (Phones Disco Remix)
A3) Datarock – Fa-Fa-Fa
A4) LCD Soundsystem – Tribulations
A5) TokTok & Soffy O – Missy Queen’s Gonna Die
B1) Justice V Simian – We Are Your Friends
B2) Digitalism – Zdarlight
B3) Soulwax – NY Excuse
B4) Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix Radio Edit)
B5) Klaxons – Two Receivers
C1) The Rapture – Sister Saviour (DFA Vocal Remix)
C2) Goose – Black Gloves
C3) Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler
C4) Test Icicles – What’s Your Damage (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Remix)
C5) CSS – Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above
C6) We Have Band – Hear It In The Cans
D1) Fujiya & Miyagi – Knickerbocker
D2) Friendly Fires – Jump In The Pool
D3) Playgroup – Make It Happen
D4) Tiga – You Gonna Want Me
D5) Tom Vek – I Ain’t Saying My Goodbyes
D6) Shit Disco – OK

Bonus Vinyl – Limited Edition Deluxe
E1) Zongamin – Bongo Song
E2) Black Strobe – Italian Fireflies
E3) Fischerspooner – Emerge
E4) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Satan Said Dance
F1) Phoenix – 1901
F2) The Killers – Mr Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont’s Thin White Duke Radio Remix)
F3) Cut Copy – Going Nowhere
F4) !!! – Me And Guiliani Down By The School Yard – A True Story

2CD Tracklist:
CD1
1) New Young Pony Club – Ice Cream
2) Bloc Party – Banquet (Phones Disco Remix)
3) Datarock – Fa-Fa-Fa
4) LCD Soundsystem – Tribulations
5) TokTok & Soffy O – Missy Queen’s Gonna Die
6) Justice V Simian – We Are Your Friends
7) Digitalism – Zdarlight
8) Soulwax – NY Excuse
9) Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix Radio Edit)
10) Klaxons – Two Receivers
11) The Rapture – Sister Saviour (DFA Vocal Remix)
12) Goose – Black Gloves
13) Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler
14) Test Icicles – What’s Your Damage (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Remix)
15) CSS – Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above
CD2
1) We Have Band – Hear It In The Cans
2) Fujiya & Miyagi – Knickerbocker
3) Friendly Fires – Jump In The Pool
4) Playgroup – Make It Happen (Full Length Version) **
5) Tiga – You Gonna Want Me
6) Tom Vek – I Ain’t Saying My Goodbyes
7) Shit Disco – OK
8) Zongamin – Bongo Song
9) Black Strobe – Italian Fireflies
10) Fischerspooner – Emerge
11) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Satan Said Dance
12) Phoenix – 1901
13) The Killers – Mr Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont’s Thin White Duke Radio Remix)
14) Cut Copy – Going Nowhere
15) !!! – Me And Guiliani Down By The School Yard – A True Story
** Exclusive Version To CD Format 

Don’t call it a sequel, it isn’t a Part Deux, ‘Pop Psychédélque: Les Extras’ is simply another slice of fine French Psychedelic Pop from Two-Piers, the label that brought you the groundbreaking compilation ‘Pop Psychédélique’ in 2021. L’es Extras’ is the perfect partner for the original and brings you a whole new bunch of quite simply brilliant pieces of French Pop and Psychedelic flavours from the 1960’s right up into the 2000s.

Pressed on Limited Edition Coloured vinyl for Record Store Day 2025 this is an essential purchase for anyone with a love of French Psychedelic Pop, or anyone who just loves great music for that matter.

‘Pop Psychédélique: Les Extras’ features some of the finest French pop divas of the 1960’s & 1970’s such as Jacqueline Taieb, Brigitte Bardot, Christe Laume, Brigitte Fontaine, alongside artists like Marie Laforêt’s wonderful take on the Rolling Stones ‘Paint it Black’, and the brilliant ‘Les Cactus’ by Jacques Dutronc. Fast forward to the 2010’s and we have tracks from the French Psych scene and lush curiousities from Brigitte, Étienne Daho, The Limiñanas and Ricky Hollywood added into the mix. This Record Store Day Vinyl release includes hard to find tracks on vinyl for the first time.

French Pychedelic Pop, a scene so joyous you can’t help but fall in love…. Les Extras anyone?

TRACK LISTING

Jacquelne Taieb – Le Coeur Au Bout Des Doigts
Jacques Dutronc – Les Cactus
Dani – La Machine
Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg – Bonnie And Clyde
Christie Laume – Rouge, Rouge
Brigitte Fontaine – Je Suis Inadaptée
Leonie – Lennon
Marie Laforêt – Marie Douceur – Marie Colère
Stella – Le Silence
Brigitte Bardot – Je Danse Donc Je Suis
Fabienne Delsol – Vilaines Filles Mauvais Garcons
Bernard Chabert – Helga Selzer
Brigitte – Battez-Vous
Étienne Daho – Voodoo Voodoo
The Limiñanas – Je Ne Suis Pas Très Drogue
Ricky Hollywood – Je T’èclate La Gueule

Don’t call it a sequel, it isn’t a Part Deux, ‘Pop Psychédélque: Les Extras’ is simply another slice of fine French Psychedelic Pop from Two-Piers, the label that brought you the groundbreaking compilation ‘Pop Psychédélique’ in 2021. L’es Extras’ is the perfect partner for the original and brings you a whole new bunch of quite simply brilliant pieces of French Pop and Psychedelic flavours from the 1960’s right up into the 2000s.

Pressed on Limited Edition Coloured vinyl for Record Store Day 2025 this is an essential purchase for anyone with a love of French Psychedelic Pop, or anyone who just loves great music for that matter.

‘Pop Psychédélique: Les Extras’ features some of the finest French pop divas of the 1960’s & 1970’s such as Jacqueline Taieb, Brigitte Bardot, Christe Laume, Brigitte Fontaine, alongside artists like Marie Laforêt’s wonderful take on the Rolling Stones ‘Paint it Black’, and the brilliant ‘Les Cactus’ by Jacques Dutronc. Fast forward to the 2010’s and we have tracks from the French Psych scene and lush curiousities from Brigitte, Étienne Daho, The Limiñanas and Ricky Hollywood added into the mix. This Record Store Day Vinyl release includes hard to find tracks on vinyl for the first time.

French Pychedelic Pop, a scene so joyous you can’t help but fall in love…. Les Extras anyone?

TRACK LISTING

A1. Jacquelne Taieb – Le Coeur Au Bout Des Doigts
A2. Jacques Dutronc – Les Cactus
A3. Dani – La Machine
A4. Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg – Bonnie And Clyde
A5. Christie Laume – Rouge, Rouge
A6. Brigitte Fontaine – Je Suis Inadaptée
A7. Leonie – Lennon
A8. Marie Laforêt – Marie Douceur – Marie Colère
B1. Stella – Le Silence
B2. Brigitte Bardot – Je Danse Donc Je Suis
B3. Fabienne Delsol – Vilaines Filles Mauvais Garcons
B4. Bernard Chabert – Helga Selzer
B5. Brigitte – Battez-Vous
B6. Étienne Daho – Voodoo Voodoo
B7. The Limiñanas – Je Ne Suis Pas Très Drogue
B8. Ricky Hollywood – Je T’èclate La Gueule

Two-Piers brings you their latest killer compilation in the shape of Richard Norris Presents ‘Weird Scenes from the Hangout (Psychedelic & Freakbeat Dancefloor Anthems 1967-1982). An album curated by Richard Norris (The Grid, Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve, The Time and Space Machine, and more) and centred around Richard’s Liverpool Club Night ’The Hangout’ in the 1980’s.

Richard Norris on how The Hangout came about after being inspired to go to University in Liverpool…..
For a place with a distinctly psychedelic tinge, Liverpool was missing one thing in the mid-eighties. A full-on psychedelic club night. I’d been schooled in all things psychedelic, a result of working at Bam Caruso, a label steeped in psych who lovingly reissued many lysergic greats. It was a fantastic education. I was determined to bring some technicolour sonics to Liverpool.
I found a suitable venue, called Krackers, at the bottom of Mount Pleasant. It was a big basement club, with a stage, video projector, lights, bar, and long tables. In front of the stage, there was ample space for a dance floor. There’s something about clubs in basements. They just work. I chatted to the owner, Bill, who suggested trying out Thursdays for the new night. Inspired by Bam Caruso, and the Soho club Alice in Wonderland, I agreed to take Thursdays on. 50p to get in. The night was named The Hangout.

The Hangout was born in autumn 1984. The place was perfect. Clips of op art psychedelic films copied to VHS tape were projected on to the large screen that covered the stage. There was a smoke machine, a bubble machine, many moving lights. The place opened to a packed dancefloor and stayed that way into 1985 and beyond. There were guest bands, including Zodiac Mindwarp, Mr.Suit featuring Larry from Wimple Winch, Freight Train and the Cardiacs, among others. There were giveaways of sweets, flowers, balloons, and jelly. Tons of jelly.

Musically, the Hangout’s take on psychedelia and freakbeat had one aim - to make you dance. We weren’t trainspotters – it didn’t matter if a record was rare, so long as it grooved and worked on the dancefloor. We’d give equal time to the more bandwagon end of sixties exploitation as to hipper acts. I’d pick up tracks on shopping trips in London with Phil Smee from Bam Caruso, or at Probe in Liverpool, where there was a class selection of psychedelia. Bob and Mick from Probe, and their mate Bernie Connor, became Hangout DJ’s, and brought even further mind-bending madness to the Hangout dancefloor. Standout tunes got played again and again, every week, until tracks like The Left Banke’s ‘I’ve Got Something on My Mind’, the Turtles ‘Buzzsaw’, Can’s ‘Outside Your Door’ and all the other tunes you now hold in your hands, became bona fide Hangout club anthems. The Hangout came and went in a flash, but its legacy of bringing psychedelic foot stompers to the dancefloor carries on. The Hangout left me with a personal love of all things beat and freak. I’ve been pursuing various musical shapes that all have their roots on the Hangout’s psychedelic dancefloor ever since.
I hope you enjoy this compilation. Every track is a tried and tested Hangout anthem. - Richard Norris, Lewes, August 2024.

TRACK LISTING

VINYL TRACKLIST:
A1) The Nazz - Open My Eyes
A2) The Easybeats - Good Times
A3) Sir Douglas Quintet - She’s About A Mover
A4) Can - Outside Your Door
A5) The Music Machine - People In Me
A6) Wynder K.Frog - I’m A Man
A7) Sharon Tandy - Hold On

B1) The Hombres - Let It All Hang Out
B2) The Left Banke - I’ve Got Something On My Mind
B3) The Seeds - The Wind Blows Your Hair
B4) The Apple - Buffalo Billycan
B5) Dantalion’s Chariot - ‘Madman Rising Through The Fields’
B6) The End - Shades Of Orange
B7) Warm Sounds - Night Is A Comin’

C1) The Velvet Underground - Foggy Notion
C2) The Modern Lovers - She Cracked
C3) Kim Fowley - Bubblegum
C4) The Balloon Farm - A Question Of Temperature
C5) Fleur De Lys - Circles **
C6) The Starlets - You Don’t Love Me

D1) The Turtles - Buzz Saw
D2) Lothar And The Hand - People Machines
D3) The Open Mind - Magic Potion
D4) The Swinging Medallions - Double Shot Of My Baby’s Love
D5) Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - I See The Light
D6) The Action - I’ll Keep On Holding On **
D7) The Creation - How Does It Feel To Feel
D8) The Third Eye - Pass Myself
** Exclusive Tracks To Vinyl Format

CD TRACKLIST:
1) The Nazz - Open My Eyes
2) The Easybeats - Good Times
3) Sir Douglas Quintet - She’s About A Mover
4) Can - Outside Your Door
5) The Music Machine - People In Me
6) Wynder K.Frog - I’m A Man
7) Sharon Tandy - Hold On
8) The Hombres - Let It All Hang Out
9) The Left Banke - I’ve Got Something On My Mind
10) The Seeds - The Wind Blows Your Hair
11) The Apple - Buffalo Billycan
12) Dantalion’s Chariot - ‘Madman Rising Through The Fields’
13) The End - Shades Of Orange
14) Warm Sounds - Night Is A Comin’
15) The Velvet Underground - Foggy Notion
16) The Modern Lovers - She Cracked
17) Kim Fowley - Bubblegum
18) The Balloon Farm - A Question Of Temperature
19) The Starlets - You Don’t Love Me
20) The Turtles - Buzz Saw
21) Lothar And The Hand - People Machines
22) The Open Mind - Magic Potion
23) The Swinging Medallions - Double Shot Of My Baby’s Love
24) Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - I See The Light
25) The Creation - How Does It Feel To Feel
26) The Third Eye - Pass Myself

Two-Piers brings you ‘Come to My World’, a brief History and dive into the world of Indie Pop from its humble beginnings in the 1980s right up to the many amazing bands flying the flag today. For those that truly love Indie Pop, this underground music has been a constant source of joy for almost 40 years

Indie Pop – how best to describe it? A kind of Anti-Club, an underground scene where people discuss 7” B-sides and handmade record sleeves, swap fanzines, share hand-written gig flyers and collect button badges of their favourite bands. Ridiculed at times by the music press in the early years and the uninformed calling it ‘cardigan wearing’, ‘twee’ or ‘bed wetting’ music, but to its fans it has almost cult-like status and its DIY attitude continues to shine. Go back to beginnings in the mid 1980s seeking out cool 7” singles in hand made sleeves, by bands with unusual names, taking them home and falling in love with this music and all these exciting new bands. Hanging out in tiny basement clubs like The Sunshine Playroom and The Apple Orchard in Brighton, and many other similar club nights around the country, with like-minded souls, watching these DIY bands just pick up some instruments and get out there playing live. Who needed the Music Press anyway?

Fast forward to 2024 and there are still so many great bands coming through in the scene, such has indie Pop’s legacy stood the test of time, and when so many other press-driven ‘scenes’ have come and gone. This compilation just scratches at the surface, there is simply so much incredible music. From the 138-track starting point we couldn’t clear everything we wanted of course, but the final track listing we hope gives a beautiful glimpse into our world of Indie Pop. Is it perfect? Definitely not but what is perfection anyway? It’s a great starting point to go and discover this ever-evolving scene, so go digging and see what you can find but for now we invite you to Come to my World

‘Come to My World’ starts at the beginning with cool bands like Talulah Gosh, The Flatmates, Blueboy, Primal Scream, McCarthy, 14 Iced Bears and The Springfields, releasing on trailblazing DIY labels such as Sarah Records, The Subway Organization and Creation. We go through the influential C86 cassette years, to the more commercial late 1980’s sounds of The Primitives, The Soup Dragons and The Darling Buds. Navigating through the 1990’s with the underrated brilliance of Heavenly, the flourishing Scottish scene including amongst others BMX Bandits and The Vaselines, plus Stateside the Indie Pop sounds of Velocity Girl and Blake Babies breaking through. Into the 2000’s and the US scene was producing brilliant bands in the shape of Dum Dum Girls and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, alongside from the side of the pond Underground bands like Joanna Gruesome, The Spook School and Veronica Falls. The compilation ends with a glimpse into the bright future of Indie Pop with the likes of The Goon Sax, The Lost Days and Ribbon Stage – Indie Pop Ain’t Noise Pollution! 

STAFF COMMENTS

Laura says: From its UK bedroom beginnings in the mid 80s, with guitar jangles and swoonsome melodies wrapped in hand-made 7” sleeves, indie pop’s sensitive, (occasionally) shambling, heartfelt sound has continued to endure through the decades. This double album from Two-Piers collects together some of the finest exponents of indie pop from early pioneers like The Flatmates, Talulah Gosh, Blueboy and The Wake to more recent janglers from the UK, US and beyond. So don your duffle coat, grab your satchel and shuffle along to these alternative pop classics.

TRACK LISTING

A1) The Springfields - Are We Gonna Be Alright
A2) Talulah Gosh - Talulah Gosh
A3) Blueboy - Meet Johnny Rave
A4) The Flatmates - I Could Be In Heaven
A5) Primal Scream - Velocity Girl
A6) The Primitives - Way Behind Me
A7) The Orchids – I’ve Got A Habit
A8) Popguns - Waiting For The Winter
A9) McCarthy - Should The Bible Be Banned
B1) The Soup Dragons - Soft As Your Face
B2) The Darling Buds – Burst
B3) The Wedding Present – A Million Miles
B4) 14 Iced Bears – Sure To See
B5) The Wake - Crush The Flowers
B6) Even As We Speak - Falling Down The Stairs
B7) The Pooh Sticks - Indie Pop Ain't Noise Pollution
B8) Brighter - Does Love Last Forever?
C1) Heavenly - Over And Over
C2) BMX Bandits - I Wanna Fall In Love
C3) Blake Babies – Look Away
C4) The Vaselines - Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam
C5) Velocity Girl – Sorry Again
C6) Milky Wimpshake – Scrabble
C7) Helen Love - We Love You
C8) The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Young Adult Friction
D1) Dum Dum Girls - Blank Girl
D2) Veronica Falls - Waiting For Something To Happen
D3) Joanna Gruesome - Do You Really Wanna Know Why Yr Still In Love With Me?
D4) The Hit Parade - You Didn't Love Me Then
D5) Allo Darlin' - My Heart Is A Drummer
D6) The Spook School - Speak When You're Spoken To
D7) RIBBON STAGE – Playing Possum
D8) The Lost Days - Mess You Made
D9) The Goon Sax - Boyfriend

2CD
CD1
1) The Springfields - Are We Gonna Be Alright
2) Talulah Gosh - Talulah Gosh
3) Blueboy - Meet Johnny Rave
4) The Flatmates - I Could Be In Heaven
5) The Brilliant Corners - Why Do You Have To Go Out With Him When You Could Go Out With Me? **
6) Primal Scream - Velocity Girl
7) The Loft - Up The Hill And Down The Slope **
8) The Primitives - Way Behind Me
9) The Orchids – I’ve Got A Habit
10) Razorcuts - Brighter Now **
11) Biff Bang Pow! - The Chocolate Elephant Man **
12) Popguns - Waiting For The Winter
13) McCarthy - Should The Bible Be Banned
14) The Soup Dragons - Soft As Your Face
15) The Darling Buds – Burst
16) The Wedding Present – A Million Miles
17) 14 Iced Bears – Sure To See
18) The Wake - Crush The Flowers
19) Even As We Speak - Falling Down The Stairs
20) The Pooh Sticks - Indie Pop Ain't Noise Pollution
CD2
1) Brighter - Does Love Last Forever?
2) Heavenly - Over And Over
3) BMX Bandits - I Wanna Fall In Love
4) Blake Babies – Look Away
5) The Vaselines - Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam
6) Velocity Girl – Sorry Again
7) Milky Wimpshake – Scrabble
8) Helen Love - We Love You
9) The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Young Adult Friction
10) Dum Dum Girls - Blank Girl
11) Veronica Falls - Waiting For Something To Happen
12) Joanna Gruesome - Do You Really Wanna Know Why Yr Still In Love With Me?
13) Bearsuit - Hey Charlie, Hey Chuck **
14) The Hit Parade - You Didn't Love Me Then
15) Allo Darlin' - My Heart Is A Drummer
16) Flowers - All Over Again **
17) The Spook School - Speak When You're Spoken To
18) RIBBON STAGE – Playing Possum
19) The Lost Days - Mess You Made
20) The Goon Sax - Boyfriend

** Exclusive Track On CD Format

THE PICCADILLY RECORDS COLLECTION OF THE YEAR 2024

From Dusk, through to Dawn. A collection to accompany the change of the fields, the coastline the colour of the sky outside your window as you take your journey. From the compiler of Music For The Stars comes the next collection for Brighton label Two-Piers. Featuring artists such as J.J Cale, Chris & Cosey, The B-52s, The Asphodells, Bob Lind, Linda Perhacs and The Menahan Steet Band.

…This choice of tracks is just one journey, a celebration of the the beauty created by musicians, the space & sound, the dark & light.

All aboard….The Night Train.

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: Some purists get a bit sniffy about compilation albums; how dare someone claim to know more exotic, rare tracks than me, I’ll do my own crate digging thank you very much! Safe to say I am not one of these folk! A lot of time and a lot of genuine love has gone into collecting then sequencing these musical journeys, themed collections that whisk you away to somewhere fantastical, somewhere other…..

Well, Brighton’s Two-Piers Records are just such folk. Not content with curating my favourite compilation of last year (‘Music For The Stars’) they’ve only gone and topped it with this beautiful double album which collects all sorts of music spanning from 1968 to 2019 and presents it as an enchanted trip through the cosmos as we travel space and time aboard the Night Train. As Bob Lind so poetically croons, in “City Scenes”, this trip will take us…
“Through the tangled wispy worries of another night / In my freely fashioned destiny I search the night / For seas of light / To sail my lovely dreams…”

The record begins with heaving sleepers and a frantic bell (some lonely midwest railroad immediately springs to mind) clanging as the Night Train rattles into the station. We’re off into 1970 with a deep, groovy version of Jackson C Frank’s “Milk And Honey”, some heady HP Lovecraft and then my own personal gem The Rationals’ “Glowin’” (1969) which is just majestic. What’s immediately apparent is that although most of this music is moody and introspective, it also grooves. Everything is gently funky on the (er) undercarriage whether that’s late 60s / early 70s hippy music or the glacial splendour of the middle of the compilation’s electronic dance’n’sparkle. In this part you have Andrew Weatherall, Chris & Cosey, and a little known beautiful cosmic electro track by an act called Nine Circles along with the shimmering glory of Tangerine Dream’s “Love On A Real Train”. As we move towards the end a song which sounds like a lost soul classic but is actually by a modern collective called Menahan Street Band just astonishes.

This compilation will not be found on streaming platforms; you have to own a physical copy if you like the sound of this record. Again, something which increases my love for these things. It’s unique.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Edward Hollcraft – South Bound Amtrak 716
A2. J.J. Cale – Cherry
A3. Bonnie Dobson – Milk & Honey
A4. H.P. Lovecraft – Spin Spin Spin
A5. The Rationals – Glowin’
A6. Linda Perhacs – Hey, Who Really Cares

B1. B-52’s – Deep Sleep
B2. Nine Circles – Twinkling Stars
B3. The Asphodells – Another Lonely City
B4. Tangerine Dream – Love On A Real Train

C1. Chris & Cosey – Dancing Ghosts
C2. Johnny Harris – Fragments Of Fear
C3. Bill Frisell – 1968
C4. Bob Lind – City Scenes

D1. Tony Joe White – Rainy Night In Georgia
D2. Menahan Street Band – There’s A New Day Coming
D4. The Byrds – Goin’ Back
D5. Earth, Wind & Fire – Drum Song
D6. Leon Russell – Out In The Woods 

Two-Piers, the label that brought you ‘Pop Psychédélique (The Best of French Psychedelic Pop 1964-2019)’ bring you the second instalment in the series ‘Garage Psychédélique (The Best of Garage Psych and Pzyk Rock 1965-2019)’. A thrill a minute dive into the crazy awesome world of Garage Psychedelic Rock.

From the Psych sound explosion onto the Underground club scene in the US and UK in the mid 1960s, its discovery by a wider audience via the exceptional Nuggets and Pebbles compilation series in the 1970-1980s. Through its mainstream revival with the Garage sound of the late 1990- early 2000s, to the current crop of exceptional bands flying the Garage Psych flag today, ‘Garage Psychédélique’ takes you on a journey and gives you a little taste of some of the finest music from the scene and the bands that blazed a trail for others to follow…..Sit back and enjoy the ride!

From the opening bars of The Sonics ‘Have love Will Travel’ through the Psych workout that is Count Five’s ‘Psychotic Reaction’ to the joys of 60s Beat Psych groups from the US such as The Paragons, The Preachers, The Strangeloves, The Squires, and the eccentric stylings of The Monks. The album careers along at a blistering pace of Garage Psych brilliance, jammed packed full of Underground floor fillers a plenty.

US legendary underground acts such as The Electric Prunes, The Chocolate Watch Band and MC5 all deliver classic tracks for the cause, and singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson even makes a foray into the psych rock sound with ‘Jump into the Fire’.

In recent years such bands as Thee Oh Sees, Moon Duo and Allah-Las from the US have taken the Garage Psych influence and 60s sound and made it their own. A whole crop of bands such as White Hills, Gnod and Goat from the scene have evolved the music into a heavier ‘Pyzk Rock’ feel with a darker and heavier vibe, but crucially still with the joyous undertones that the scene brings to its devotees.

The Garage Psych sound has influenced groups from around the globe with bands like Liverpool’s The Stairs ‘Weed Bus’, Scotland’s finest The Poets with ‘That’s the Way It’s Gotta Be’, The Bogeymen, a largely undiscovered 90s Psych Hammond band from France with ‘Electrocution’. Hailing from Sweden Goat bring us ‘Gathering of Ancient Tribes’ and The Hives their dancefloor anthem ‘Main Offender’. From Perth, Australia Pond’s Psych leanings on ‘Fantastic Explosion of Time’ are clear to see. Finally, Kevin Parker’s band Tame Impala were very influenced by the whole garage psych sound in their early band incarnation, as perfectly showcased here on the epic wig out that is ‘Half Full Glass of Wine’ that closes the album.

This isn’t meant to be a ‘crate diggers’ album or a compilation of ‘obscure hard to find tracks’ to out-do your mates. It is quite simply a celebration of the Garage Psychédélique scene and a chance to revel in its brilliance and dance around your kitchen. If it means you go down a rabbit warren of discovery to unearth more gems and brilliant bands from the Garage Psych scene then job done! 

TRACK LISTING

2LP Vinyl Tracklist:
A1) The Sonics - Have Love Will Travel
A2) Count Five - Psychotic Reaction
A3) The Paragons - Abba
A4) Kim Fowley - The Trip
A5) The Preachers - Who Do You Love **
A6) The Strangeloves - Night Time
A7) The Monks - Oh, How To Do Now
A8) The Bogeymen - Electrocution
B1) Harry Nilsson - Jump Into The Fire (Single Version)
B2) The Eyes - When The Night Falls
B3) 13th Floor Elevators - Reverberation (Doubt)
B4) The Poets - That’s The Way It’s Gotta Be
B5) The Squires - Going All The Way
B6) The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)
B7) The Chocolate Watch Band - I’m Not Like Everybody Else
B8) MC5 - Gotta Keep Movin’
C1) The Stairs - Weed Bus
C2) The Hives - Main Offender
C3) Pond - Fantastic Explosion Of Time
C4) Novella - Somethings Must Change
C5) Thee Oh Sees - Web
C6) Allah-Las - Catamaran
D1) Moon Duo - Eye 2 Eye
D2) White Hills, Gnod - Run-a-Round **
D3) Goat - Gathering Of Ancient Tribes
D4) Tame Impala - Half Full Glass Of Wine
(** Exclusive To Vinyl)

CD Tracklist:
1) The Sonics - Have Love Will Travel
2) Count Five - Psychotic Reaction
3) The Paragons - Abba
4) Kim Fowler - The Trip
5) The Strangeloves - Night Time
6) The Monks - Oh, How We Do Now
7) The Bogeymen - Electrocution
8) Harry Nilsson - Jump Into The Fire (Single Version)
9) The Eyes - When The Night Falls
10) 13th Floor Elevators - Reverberation (Doubt)
11) The Poets - That’s The Way It’s Gotta Be
12) The Squires - Going All The Way
13) The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)
14) The Chocolate Watch Band - I’m Not Like Everybody Else
15) MC5 - Gotta Keep Movin’
16) The Stairs - Weed Bus
17) The Hives - Main Offender
18) Pond - Fantastic Explosion Of Time
19) Novella - Somethings Must Change
20) Thee Oh Sees - Web
21) Allah-Las - Catamaran
22) Moon Duo - Eye 2 Eye
23) Goat - Gathering Of Ancient Tribes
24) Tame Impala - Half Full Glass Of Wine