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'El Amigo Americano' is the result of these collaborations, 10 tracks of some of the most beautifully striking music around. The work with Mark Lanegan and Pete Simonelli were originally released as two vinyl EPs and Scott McCloud as a digital EP.
EP 1 - EP one 'La Murga Ep' with Mark Lanegan was their debut on Feb. 2020 EP2 - followed it that same autumn with The Thin Man EP featuring Pete Simonelli (Enablers). Both were originally released on vinyl via the San Francisco based label Broken Clover Records. These records sold out fast. EP 3 - "Repeat to Infinity EP" (digital only), with Scott McCloud's (Girls Against Boys, New Wet Kojak, Paramount Styles) on voice and guitar. The three EP's are compiled together on one LP as "El Amigo Americano".
La Murga Ep* + The Thin Man Ep** + Repeat To Infinity EP*** = EL AMIGO AMERICANO
The album is mastered by John McBain (Monster Magnet, Wellwater Conspiracy) Agrio is David Flores and Jorge Fuertes with Mark Lanegan, Pete Simonelli and Scott McCloud.
TRACK LISTING
1. Nike Italy France
2. Dj's In Heaven
3. People Used To Dream
4. A Mayores
5, Nomeolvides
6. A Drink Of Poison Water
7. Cisnes
8. The Scales Of Embrace
9. Waking
Remixes come from Jimpster whose Beatless Reprise is exclusive to this release, Nick Holder & KEENE.
Limited Pressing act fast.
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A1. Manabu Nagayama & Soichi Terada - Low Tension (Jimpster Remix)
A2. Manabu Nagayama & Soichi Terada - Low Tension (Jimpster Beatless Reprise)
B1. Luyo - Shanee Feat Erik Van Aro (Nick Holder’s In The Six Remix)
B2. Satoshi Fumi - Celestial (KEENE Venao 7am Remix)
This masterpiece has been exclusively hammered by the dynamic duo, the keepers of the coveted copies—none other than the legendary DJs, Harvey and Artwork. Get ready to be swept away on a musical journey that's set to elevate your party vibes to a whole new level!
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: The cat's outta the bag... Artwork mashes up First Choice, Peech Boys and some other old school goodness into an intoxicating extension that's gonna rock the discotheques all thru party season. ooowee-ooowee ... ooowee-ooowee...TRACK LISTING
A1. Don't Wait For The Doctor
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Crowd pleasing edits for silly season! not winning any awards for obscurity, simply dishing out the best bits of the best disco records for our ADHD-fuelled enjoyment. No skipping!TRACK LISTING
A1. Pastime
B1. Paper
B2. Spank
unknown - untitled draws on the white label concept, initially withholding details about the producers behind the tracks and leaving listeners to draw their own conclusions about what they’re hearing. The innovative concept record label is back with its eighth release, delivering an expansive six-track vinyl that pushes the limits of techno as we know it, offering a glimpse into the ever-evolving world of sound design and sonic landscapes. With online personas often eclipsing the focus on music itself, here lies a return to form.
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Matt says: The label that plays havoc with our search engine and filing system (!) returns with its 8th untitled instalment! I guess they're too busy conjuring up these high tech slices of dancefloor kinetics to be arsed named their tracks.TRACK LISTING
A1. A1
A2. A2
A3. A3
B1. B1
B2. B2
B3. B3
Written during a punishing, debauched touring schedule during which Nielson feared for both his sanity and health, II illustrates the emotional turmoil of life on the road, painting surrealist, cartoonish portraits of loneliness, love and despair. These conflicting themes are evident immediately; on the album’s sleeve is an unnerving image of Janet Farrar, the famous British witch, Wiccan, author and teacher of witchcraft. The chilling refrain of opener “Into The Sun” sees Nielson deliver the line “Isolation can put a gun in your hand,” softly, his words starkly intelligible above a warm, slow-burning melody that quickly brands itself onto your brain. His playful imagery (“I’m so lonely I’ve gotta eat my popcorn all alone”) mirrors the melody, before a solo that borders on psychotropic ends II‘s introduction. UMO is unafraid to dig deeper than the rest, their intoxicating, opiate groove bringing rock’n’roll’s exaggerated myths to life. And as it unfolds, II does find Nielson reenergized. “One At A Time” and “Faded In The Morning” boast dizzying choruses and instrumentals; these crusty hunks could have been excavated from a lost 1960s treasure trove. “Monki” unravels over seven minutes like the yarn from a stoner’s cardigan with an eye-frying pattern. “Dawn” is a minute of disconcerting noise that stands out between the nooks and crannies of the choruses, guitar solos, groove-heavy bass and drums that were recorded live by newly-recruited drummer Greg Rogove and Kody Nielson in a move away from the electronic percussion employed on album one. II closes with “Secret Xtians,” a tender observational puzzle that fizzes to a satisfied end.
In celebration of the album’s 10th anniversary Nielson’s complete collection from the II era is finally available in one compilation, and features the five acoustic tracks from the Blue EP as well as two additional B-sides. Unknown Mortal Orchestra was once Nielson’s closeted concern. With an album that uses his singular musical imagination and extraordinary talent to parade his emotions with unyielding honesty, it is now a fully realized band operating at the peak of its powers ten years on.
TRACK LISTING
1. From The Sun
2. Swim And Sleep (Like A Shark)
3. So Good At Being In Trouble
4. One At A Time
5. The Opposite Of Afternoon
6. No Need For A Leader
7. Monki
8. Dawn
9. Faded In The Morning
10. Secret Xtians
11. Swim And Sleep (Like A Shark)
12. Faded In The Morning
13. So Good At Being In Trouble
14. Swing Lo Magellan
15. Puttin’ It Down
16. Two Generations Of Excess
17. Waves Of Confidence
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: 'Uddersfield's finest, Eddie Leader back on a true house tip. He's been firing this year, with release after quality release on a variety of labels. Back on his home turf, four deep house slayers for your late night delectation.TRACK LISTING
A1. Lost In...
A2. The Unknown
B1. The Unknown (Tribal Manifestation Mix)
B2. You
TRACK LISTING
1. Impossible Love
2. Funeral Girl
3. Dream Scream
4. Love Forever
5. Cathy Cline
6. Davinare
7. Party
8. The Spook
9. Girl Of My Dreams
10. Billions / Rock
11. Thrill
12. Favorite Darling Girl
13. Some Time Spent In Heaven
14. Wedding Ring Bells Blue
15. I Lose
TRACK LISTING
1. Say Man
2. Goin’ To Die
3. Should Have Known
4. One True Golden Heart
5. Ballad Of A Masquerade
6. Roberta
7. Ascending Ghosts
8. Free
9. Autumn Days In Olema
10. Right Moon
(The original release is credited under the name of the composer, his then-wife, B. Onderstal - for love reasons.)
TRACK LISTING
A1. The Unknown Song
B1. Qui, Mon Amour
The 140g 12” comes in both limited edition and standard black vinyl versions. The former is clear vinyl with a special black embossed foil fabric logo detail in the outer-sleeve logo design.
Both versions feature a bespoke 3D design encapsulating the fabric logo printed on reverse board on heavyweight card - a special one-off product to showcase the very best in electronic music. fabric Originals is a record label from Farringdon nightlife institution fabric, launched in September 2022.
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: UK stalwarts Kode 9 and Burial offer up a double A side for Fabric Worldwide. Kode 9 blending jazz and glitch into a disorientating blitzkrieg while Burial continues to explore the dissociative Skyrim metaverse with his stop-start ambient storytelling.TRACK LISTING
A. Kode9 - Infirmary
AA. Burial - Unknown Summer
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- 12"
- £13.99
- Cat Number
- EEE014
- Release date
- 14 Jul '23
TRACK LISTING
December 4th
Encore
Change Clothes
Dirt Off Your Shoulder
Threat
Moment Of Clarity
99 Problems
Interlude
Justify My Thug
Lucifer
Allure
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- Ltd LP
- £20.99
- Cat Number
- GOD093
- Release date
- 24 Mar '23
- Format Info
Eco LP.
Eco LP.
Laura has lived in Los Angeles and then in New York, and both cities, together with Italy, have created a superimposition of influences that have led her writing to develop in a personal direction. From more abstract and classically infused atmospheres, she has gradually moved towards a kind of increased simplicity and rawness, complemented by an ongoing research in her sound palette, currently based on organs as opposed to the acoustic piano she started writing on. Her music is variegated and enriched by an array of acoustic and electric elements (among which drones, nyckelharpa, harmonium), a series of darker ballads sometimes far from song form but invariably led by her rare and striking voice, a compelling force across all the landscapes through which it moves.
At present, Laura has just finished producing a fourth album, Vever, written in New York between 2018 and 2020, and featuring the collaboration of a series of musicians among whom Josh Werner (Marc Ribot, Coco Rosie), Otto Hauser (Espers, Vashti Bunyan), Anni Rossi and Janis Brenner (Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble).
Over the years, Laura has also collaborated with various other artists, including songwriter Jaye Bartell, producer Adam Moseley and band Giardini di Mirò. She has also been active in film music, contributing to the soundtracks of a number of films and documentaries. Among these are Shelter, Farewell to Heaven and Lucus a Lucendo (both by Caucaso Films).
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- 2xColoured LP
- £31.99
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- JAG422LP-C1
- Release date
- 17 Mar '23
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- £29.99
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- 17 Mar '23
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- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- JAG422CD
- Release date
- 17 Mar '23
During the pandemic’s early days, Ruban reunited with Kody at a cousin’s wedding in Hawai’i. With assistance from their father, Chris Nielson (saxophone/flute) and longstanding Unknown Mortal Orchestra member Jake Portrait, they brought everything Ruban had been thinking about together. The result was V, due for release on March 3, 2023, through Jagjaguwar. When they talked about records that moved them in that spine-shivering manner, Ruban started thinking about the 70s AM radio rock and 80s pop songs that had lurked on the edge of his subconscious mind for most of his life. He wanted to write his version of records like that, leading to the two glorious uptempo singles Unknown Mortal Orchestra released in 2021, ‘Weekend Run’ and ‘That Life’.
However, the golden good times never last forever. Not long after, health issues began to plague his extended family. Putting his recordings aside, he helped his mother and his uncle move home from New Zealand and Portland to Hawai’i, and began dividing his time between Hawai’i and Palm Springs. During this period he reconnected with his relatives, reassessed his past, and started to look at things with fresh eyes. Hawai’i brought back memories of the darker side of his parents’ lifestyle as entertainers. On those trips, he heard those classic AM radio rock records everywhere. They were inextricably intertwined with the palm trees, swimming pools, and glamorized hedonism he’d internalized from his childhood. There’s a type of music in Hawai’i called Hapa-haole (Half white). You can hear it expressed in signature Unknown Mortal Orchestra style through the humid guitar-led atmosphere of V’s penultimate song, ‘I Killed Captain Cook’. Although the songs are presented in a traditional Hawaiian manner, they’re mostly sung in English. Having been influenced by Hawaiian music since Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s first album, Ruban saw a space for himself within the tradition. When he reflected on his success, he realised he had the responsibility and platform to represent Hapa-haole music on the global stage.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: Another stunning outing for synth-indie favourites Unknown Mortal Orchestra here in the sprawling, genre-defying behemoth that is 'V'. Full of jagged overdriven riffs and airy funk progressions, it's the UMO we know and love but to the nth degree. A superb collection, confidently summarising the sounds of Ruban Nielson’s singular project.TRACK LISTING
1. The Garden
2. Guilty Pleasures
3. Meshuggah
4. The Widow
5. In The Rear View
6. That Life
7. Layla
8. Shin Ramyun
9. Weekend Run
10. The Beach
11. Nadja
12. Keaukaha
13. I Killed Captain Cook
14. Drag
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- 12"
- £12.99
- Cat Number
- DEE002
- Release date
- 13 Jan '23
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- 12"
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- CFTV001
- Release date
- 6 Jan '23
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Phhwwaooar! Sometimes people get too obsessed with the obscure and unheard. Cuts From The Vaults' unknown producer runs wild with stems from Bob Marley and The Doors and turns out what I'm sure will be two of the biggest edits of 2023! Humongous!TRACK LISTING
A1. Shot
A2. Shot (Special Dub)
B1. Bossarocker (Bossa Edit)
B2. Bossarocker (Break On Edit)
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- Paperback Book
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- 9781838857943
- Release date
- 9 Dec '22
He pens verses in his hallmark voice, reflecting upon love, pain, freedom, fame and mortality. Illustrated with facsimile reproductions of Cash's own handwritten pages, Forever Words is a remarkable addition to the canon of one of America's heroes. His music is a part of our collective history, and here he demonstrates the depth of his talent as a writer.
Edited and introduced by Paul Muldoon, with a foreword by John Carter Cash, this is a book sure to delight and surprise fans the world over.
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- LP
- £20.99
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- GOD082
- Release date
- 25 Nov '22
Garwood expands, “In the deep summer heat wave of ‘20, when everything was closed and people were hiding, I hit the road West to join my brother in music in his place, bungalow magic. We knew we had to play - for our souls, for the soul of humanity, to bring down the machine and tyranny, to invite the angels in, to save ourselves from insanity. Play we did, the guitars detuned until bee’s wings would make the strings sing. We began with the drum, and the things that shake and rattle, the drones of the heat, we sweated and we worked it until the night calmed us.This is not a lock down album, for we were free in our spirits when this was created, free from any desires to conquer and fill our pockets with the booty of success.”
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- LP
- £20.99
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- GOD089
- Release date
- 11 Nov '22
- Format Info
180 gram black vinyl with acid blotter insert.
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Those two demos formed the base of what would become their pivotal ‘Spine Of God’ album from 1991 and the ’25…Tab’ EP, which featured the mesmerising 32-minute opus itself, ‘Tab’.
Long considered to be the true essence of Magnet’s early psychedelic voyages, ‘Tab’ is finally returning to earth’s stratosphere with the release of ‘Test Patterns: Vol.1’,
‘Test Patterns: Vol. 1’ features a 2021 remix of ‘Tab’ by John McBain, alongside the original demo, recorded in 1988 and then released on the aforementioned ‘Forget About Life, I’m High On Dope’ in 1989.
“When Magnet started, John and I worked in record stores in Red Bank and Dave worked in the comic bookstore and we made a lot of tapes for each other,” recalls Tim Cronin. “A lot of ‘check this shit out’ kind of stuff…Hawkwind, early UFO, Amon Duul, Can, Skullflower, Morgen, Loop, Crystalized Movements, early Alice Cooper, Walking Seeds, Butthole Surfers, Spacemen 3. When we recorded the first demo and got to TAB, we just beat the shit out of it until it became heavy, noisy, weird, mean and either too long or not long enough, depending on your mood. Everything we wanted in a song (at least everything I wanted in a song), punishingly psychedelic. Jersey Shore krautrock.”
TRACK LISTING
Tab (2021 Remix)
Tab (original Demo, Recorded In 1988 & Released On 1989's ‘forget About Life, I’m High On Dope’)
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- Ltd 7"
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- GOD055
- Release date
- 4 Nov '22
Please note Low - 'All Night' is a vinyl only track - no digital will be available.
A doubled sided twelve that slams on both tracks, Side A ‘Everyday’ is pure nostalgia giving us summer party vibes allllllll day. While the B side takes But A G to a whole new level on its own. Hot stuff.
STAFF COMMENTS
Millie says: A doubled sided twelve that slams on both tracks, Side A ‘Everyday’ is pure nostalgia giving us summer party vibes allllllll day. While the B side takes But A G to a whole new level on its own. Hot stuff.TRACK LISTING
A1. Everyday
B1. But A G
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- CD
- £10.99
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- GOD081CD
- Release date
- 11 Feb '22
Lyrically, the approach has changed too. Rather than presented as personal experience, Jim notes that his words this time around “are an intentionally muddy mix of experience, opinion, red herrings and fiction,” adding, “I found that setting myself the brief of writing character pieces offered a nice way of sneaking quite personal things into the songs without being explicitly autobiographical.” The result is the most satisfying and unexpected collection of songs in the Cassels catalogue. Instruments at turns razor-sharp and bludgeon-blunt provide the backing track to a savage, hilarious, and tender collection of short stories. Jim notes that “writing can be a great way of unearthing hang-ups and becoming acquainted with your own anxieties”. Hardly new ground for a rock band, but presented in this third person format – unbiased and filled to the brim with human warmth – these songs are more empathetic than anything the band have written before. You might have been Michael on his daily commute.
Perhaps you’re Sarah, or have a mum like her. And many of us will recognise ourselves in the heart-breaking ‘Family Visits Relative’. It’s clear that the band still aren’t afraid to tackle weighty subjects too, with A Gut Feeling picking up where their previous album, The Perfect Ending, left off. ‘Charlie Goes Skiing’ pulls a similar trick to Future of the Left’s ‘Goals in Slow Motion’ – setting a screed against consumerism to one of the most propulsive, catchy tracks on the record. It’s followed by ‘Dog Drops Bone’, a rustling loop overlaid with sad, simple chords reminiscent of a Sparklehorse tune, which uses the internal monologue of a beloved canine companion to question the true depth and sincerity of human relationships. This kicks into the breakneck ‘Beth’s Recurring Dream’ – a track exploring a sexual identity crisis which owes as much to early Los Campesinos! as it does Steve Albini. Of ‘Your Humble Narrator’, the album’s punishing, pulsing opener and A Gut Feeling’s thematic frame, Jim explains: “I liked the idea of introducing an unreliable narrator who frames the album as an exercise in manipulation for personal gain. When a person engages with a piece of art they are invariably being manipulated by the artist to some degree – that’s part of the fun. The artist aims to elicit some sort of emotional response, the audience buys into the conceit at the promise of experiencing some form of escape.” as listeners, we experience that manipulation first-hand on A Gut Feeling. But the fact Cassels have packaged it up as offal feels like another bleak wink. This is far from a stinking by-product, salvaged and sold to maximise profit. It’s nothing less than the most complete, relatable, and fully realised piece of art the duo has produced to date. Emotional response elicited. Conceit embraced. Escape gratefully achieved.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: At points arrhythmic and delightfully angular, heavy af and absolutely littered with a++ riffs, Cassels' 'Gut Feeling' is every bit the modern punk-rock monolith. At points hilariously obscure, before being brilliantly incisively candid and all above a roaring, jagged collection of time signatures and perfectly avant momentum. Very clever and VERY exciting.TRACK LISTING
1. Your Humble Narrator
2. Pete's Vile Colleague
3. Family Visits Relative
4. Mr Henderson Coughs
5. Michael's Daily Commute
6. Charlie Goes Skiing
7. Dog Drops Bone
8. Beth's Recurring Dream
9. Sarah Misses Them
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- Ltd 10"
- £15.99
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- 0190296548819
- Release date
- 22 Oct '21
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- Love Record Stores LP
- £22.99
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- JAG232LP-C2
- Release date
- 17 Sep '21
- Format Info
Clear with white splatter vinyl.
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- LP
- £16.99
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- GOD073
- Release date
- 5 Mar '21
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- Paperback Book
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- 9781471148330
- Release date
- 13 Nov '20
Joy Division changed the face of music. Godfathers of the enduring alternative scene, they reinvented rock in the post-punk era, creating a sound - dark, hypnotic, intense - that would influence U2, Morrissey, R.E.M., Radiohead and many others. This is the rollercoaster story of Joy Division - the friendships, fights, fall-outs; the rehearsals and recording sessions; the larger than life characters - told by the band's legendary bassist, Peter Hook.
'Hook has restored a flesh-and-blood rawness to what was becoming a standard tale. Few pop music books manage that' - Guardian
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- CD
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- GOD070CD
- Release date
- 23 Oct '20
These recordings were then manipulated and constructed into rhythmic lines that were used as the basis for songs. The music, mixing noise with disciplined beat, embodies the paradoxical nature of the city: the grimy littered dead end alley just steps away from the sleek luxury skyscraper; the half eaten chicken bone being devoured by a rat on the subway tracks just beneath the glittering facade of the Chrysler building; the endless milling about of the 8 million people who call this slab of land home on their way to and from everywhere and nowhere. Informed by industrial innovators Einstürzende Neubauten and SPK, the avant garde post-punk of Tuxedomoon and the dub-electro of Cabaret Voltaire, the album vibrates with the energy of a sensually feral, raw beast.
TRACK LISTING
1/Midday Memory
2/Now Manhattan
3/a:CoNSTRUCT, B:CoNSTRUCT C:CoNSTRUCT (features Synth And Samples By Jim Coleman And Ambient Guitar By Jim Jarmusch)
4/Digital Trash
5/No Fear
6/Honesty
7/Rats
8/Morning Memory 9/Illusion
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- 3xIndies Exclusive LP
- £27.99
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- SJRLP455-7
- Release date
- 24 Jul '20
- Format Info
Deluxe edition with bonus 7".
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- 2xCD
- £11.99
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- SJRCD455
- Release date
- 24 Jul '20
Featured artists include Matthew Halsall, Yazmin Lacey, Ill Considered, Tenderlonious, Theon Cross, Emma-Jean Thackray and many, many more in this ground-breaking release.
As well as sharing a pioneering spirit in these new artists’ approach to frontier-crossing musical boundaries, a further theme of this album is that many also share a determination to independent practices – and most of these artists’ recordings featured here are either self-published or released on independent labels. While the attention of this new wave of jazz artists up until now has been London-based, this album shows how this movement is spread across the whole of Britain (and indeed beyond).
‘Kaleidoscope – New Spirits Known and Unknown’ shows that while there is commonality in these artists’ approach to music, there is a wide variety of styles – from deep spiritual jazz, electronic experimentalisation, punk-edged funk, uplifting modal righteousness, deep soulful vocals and much more.
STAFF COMMENTS
Emily says: It’s been a breathless few years for British jazz, with essential new artists appearing by the day on a plethora of labels up and down the country. Thankfully Soul Jazz are here to help us keep track, taking stock of the scene on this bumper triple vinyl collection.TRACK LISTING
A
1. Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra - When The World Was One (7.38)
2. Yazmin Lacey - 90 Degrees (4.16)
3. Hector Plimmer - Communication Control (3.04)
B
1. Ill Considered - Long Way Home (Live At The Crypt) (8.03)
2. The Expansions - Mosaic (6.58)
3. Chip Wickham - Red Planet (5.44)
C
1. Levitation Orchestra - Odyssey (9.26)
2. Emma-Jean Thackray’s WALRUS - Walrus (2.47)
3. Tenderlonious And The 22a Arkestra - The Shakedown (6.18)
D
1. Joe Armon-Jones & Maxwell Owin Featuring Nubya Garcia - Tanner's Tango (4.48)
2. Collocutor - Gozo (6.02)
3. Makaya McCraven - Untitled (3.14)
E
1. Nat Birchall - Ancient World (9.50)
2. Ruby Rushton - Moonlight Woman (9.05)
F
1. Ebi Soda - Dimmsdale (3.11)
2. The Cromagnon Band - Thunder Perfect (5.12)
3. SEED Ensemble - Mirrors (7.38)
BONUS 7" SINGLE (With Indies Exclusive Vinyl Only)
A. Vels Trio - Yellow Ochre (Part 1) (3.04)
AA. Ishmael Ensemble - Kito's Theme (4.15)
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- CD
- £7.99
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- BWOOD209CD
- Release date
- 17 Jul '20
Partnering with cult South London based producers Kwake Bass and Wu-lu, Zara has created a futuristic sound palate, electronically recreating the pulsing, hypnotic rhythms Kumina and Nyabinghi – and the music played at African rooted rituals like the emancipation celebration Bruckins Party, and the lively death rites of Dinki Minki and Gerreh. These richly patterned electronic rhythms are balanced throughout by McFarlane’s distinctive, clear vocal tones, and vivid song writing.
Zara’s critically acclaimed third studio album ‘Arise’ met with universal critical praise, and was supported by an impressive live tour performing at festivals such as Love Supreme, Field Day and SXSW. Zara is the winner of multiple awards including a Mobo, 2 Jazz FM Vocalist of the Year Award (2018 & 2015), an Urban Music Award, and Session of the Year at Worldwide Awards. Drawing respect from a wide range of artists, Zara has collaborated with Gregory Porter, Shabaka Hutchings, Moses Boyd and Louie Vega.
These new sonic explorations signal an exciting direction of travel for this innovative founding member of the UK’s vibrant homegrown jazz scene.
STAFF COMMENTS
Millie says: Zara McFarlane’s striking album ‘Songs of an Unknown Tongue’ is a reflective, hypnotic release filled with rich tones of roots-reggae, futuristic soul and rapid jazz tempos. The standout track for me is “Future Echoes” beaming with vibrancy and paired alongside a deep bassline, its soaring highs accentuate her stunning vocals and lyrical song-writing prowess. This genre-fusing album is a work of art, accentuating her personal growth and reflective aura through captivating storytelling.McFarlane’s rich and vivid vocals project a soothing, cathartic atmosphere, as though being awoken from a deep slumber – it feels warm and personal. Her vocal range is what takes your breath away, from steep impactful high-notes then fluctuating to deep, profoundly rich soft presence. It’s clear to see why Zara McFarlane has been highly regarded on the Brownswood label as one to watch, well here she is.
TRACK LISTING
1. Everything Is Connected
2. Black Treasure
3. My Story
4. Broken Water
5. Saltwater
6. Run Of Your Life
7. State Of Mind
8. Native Nomad
9. Roots Of Freedom
10. Future Echoes
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- LP
- £20.99
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- OTD006
- Release date
- 10 Apr '20
This first-ever vinyl reissue is all the evidence needed for how Clientelle followed their own path. Destination Unknown opens with the punky yet poppy ”Play To Win”. It’s followed by the more complex ”My Lady”, where a series of crescendos and softer passages are punctuated by stomping, glam-inclined sections. ”Can’t Forget” comes off like if the Small Faces had been a NWOBHM-act instead of kings of the 60’s modscene. The title track verges on prog rock, but retains a rockiness. ”Missing Persons” is straight-ahead rock, again with this poppiness. Instead of reacting to trends, Clientelle did their own thing – which is why Destination Unknown stands apart, and remains as fresh as when it was released.
Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Judas Priest and Saxon all got signed by majors and sold records galore, meanwhile bands in every village across England formed. Inspired by the energy and DIY attitude of the punk scene these acts recorded and released their records all on thieir own. Many acts self released singles and a few, like Clientelle, managed to cut a full-length album. OTD Records -who brought you the Jobcentre Rejects-series- are now proud to give you the full Clientelle story.
TRACK LISTING
Side A.
1. Play To Win
2. My Lady 3.
Can't Forget
4. Destination Unknown
5. Nice Girl
Side B
1. Skyflier
2. Missing Persons
3. Bike
4. Missing Presumed Dead
The Delreys Incorporated / Oscar Wright
Destination Unknown / Fell In Love
Deptford Northern Soul Club
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- 7"
- £11.99
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- DNSCR003
- Release date
- 20 Mar '20
Backed with Oscar Wright’s 1966 Hemisphere flipside, a notoriously rare and, when found, in poor condition 45. Taken from the original sound source, it goes for anywhere between £150 and £300. A funky northern gem with a Hendrix break - one of the great brass-led soul tearjerkers.
TRACK LISTING
The Delreys Incorporated - ‘Destination Unknown’
Oscar Wright - ‘Fell In Love’
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- 7"
- £6.99
- Cat Number
- GOD026
- Release date
- 13 Sep '19
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- CD
- £11.99
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- CDGG301
- Release date
- 17 May '19
Since the late 1980s he has concentrated on solo projects and collaborations, including Massacre with Bill Laswell and Fred Frith. Begin Anywhere is his brand new solo album and shows a different side to the Charles Hayward we know. The drum set is left in the corner, and instead we get fragile yet powerful songs on piano and voice. A very personal Hayward album, let yourself be surprised.
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- LP
- £17.99
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- GOD058
- Release date
- 15 Mar '19
'The Sea' continues the desert stagger until a white light beams down opening up a portal to your subconscious and your bad deeds spring forth. 'Beginners' makes feeling of claustrophobia tingle with a forlorn wail following your every move. The light finally begins to raise again with 'Human Beings' although briefly until darkness descends with 'Teddy Bear'. Desperately trapped but once you let yourself go movement flows freely. This is it. At just over 8 minutes long 'Dracila' is the one that stretches time and builds on everything gone before. 'Nike' ebbs and flows with a worldly understanding and rounding the LP off in an enlightened state.
The cover says it all. There was an ecstasy tablet going around London a couple of years ago, unbeknownst to the band, bearing their name and logo. Reports say the experience was like witnessing HENGE live - claustrophobic but downright beautiful. Bandcamp listed them in the Top Ten UK Noise Rock Bands alongside Terminal Cheesecake, GNOD, US Nails, Casual Nun etc so they must be doing something right.
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- LP
- £18.99
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- JAG330LP
- Release date
- 26 Oct '18
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- CD
- £9.99
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- JAG330CD
- Release date
- 26 Oct '18
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: Definitely not typical UMO this, but absolutely brimming with feeling and focused on an entirely different aspect of their sound. Though they are by no means avant-garde, the more meandering ruminations of their melodic forays are exacerbated on this release, breaking into the realms of jazzy ambience, eastern flow and hypnotic woodwind. A completely surprising but thoroughly enjoyable change. Lovely stuff.TRACK LISTING
1. Hanoi 1
2. Hanoi 2
3. Hanoi 3
4. Hanoi 4
5. Hanoi 5
6. Hanoi 6
7. Hanoi 7
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- LP
- £22.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- FP12501
- Release date
- 14 Sep '18
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- CD
- £14.49
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- FP12502
- Release date
- 14 Sep '18
Ruban’s vision of creating “junkshop record collector pop” culminated in the creation of sprawling Beatles-esque guitar melodies over hammered out break-beats, spliced with an individual touch of gentle weirdness. The results deliver a surprisingly unified fusion of several influential elements - classic psychedelic rock, Krautrock rhythms and proto-hip hop beats – all interacting to create a cohesive album.
Though the songs were never intended to be performed live, the last six months has seen the project gather pace behind a wave of critical acclaim. A sold-out limited edition EP lead Ruban to construct a live band consisting of skilled producer Jake Portrait on bass and a brilliant teenage drummer named Julien Ehrlich.
TRACK LISTING
1. Ffrends
2. Bicycle
3. Thought Ballune
4. Jello And Juggernauts
5. How Can You Luv Me
6. Nerve Damage!
7. Little Blu House
8. Strangers Are Strange
9. Boy Witch
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- LP
- £18.99
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- JAG322LP
- Release date
- 6 Apr '18
- Format Info
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- CD
- £7.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- JAG322CD
- Release date
- 6 Apr '18
TRACK LISTING
A God Called Hubris
Major League Chemicals
Ministry Of Alienation
Hunnybee
Chronos Feasts On His Children
American Guilt
The Internet Of Love (That Way)
Everyone Acts Crazy Nowadays
This Doomsday
How Many Zeros
Not In Love We’re Just High
If You’re Going To Break Yourself
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- Coloured LP
- £18.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- PTKF2153-3
- Release date
- 23 Mar '18
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- CD
- £9.99
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- PTKF2153-2
- Release date
- 23 Mar '18
But fans of Heartless Bastards need not worry. The band has not broken up. "We'd been going for so long and everyone in the band was just ready for a little break. But I had songs in me that needed to come out. I didn't think it was fair to push them to keep going and I didn't want to do it without them under the band name," explains Wennerstrom, who enlisted the help of HB's Jesse Ebaugh to play bass on 8 of the 9 tracks on Sweet Unknown.
While Wennerstrom has always been honest the Heartless Bastards songs she's written, the 9 tracks that make up Sweet Unknown are even more personal and reflective, and for her, quite transformative as well.
The album kicks off with the feel-good roadtrip vibes of "Twisted Highway," which Wennerstrom says sums up her musical journey on Sweet Unknown. On the somber psych-rocker "Staring Out the Window," the artist digs even deeper into the inner workings of her mind. The upbeat and optimistic "Letting Go" epitomizes that experience. "Good To Be Alone" is just one sonic outcome of a formative trip to Big Bend taken soon after the band decided to go on hiatus.
With Sweet Unknown, Erika Wennerstrom bravely invites the listener in to experience her trials and tribulations of life amist a cozy soundscape of deeply emotive vocals and melodies to what is ultimately the soundtrack to her soul.
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- 12"
- £10.99
- Cat Number
- DIGWAH03
- Release date
- 2 Mar '18
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Very good edit alert! A The Doors edit that does not sound cheesy (that is hard to achieve, folks)and keeps you intrigued all along the solid yet minimal beat. It works wonders on the dancefloor. Will fly.TRACK LISTING
Ijzeren Rots
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- Ltd LP
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- GOD012
- Release date
- 3 Jun '16
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- CD
- £3.99
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- HL031CD
- Release date
- 27 Nov '15
Having built a fanbase with her debut album ‘Spark. Burn. Fade’, Correatown’s listeners continued to grow through her work in TV and film music and her collaboration with Tom Brosseau as Les Shelleys. ‘Pleiades’ saw Correatown expanding both her global audience and her sonic horizons.
Correatown’s new album reflects and revels in change and evolution. Songs wonder about purpose, wonder about the future and wonder if this is all that there is. Without answers to these questions, the music implores us to ‘Embrace The Fuzzy Unknown’.
The album was produced by Angela Correa and Dan Long (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Son Volt, TV On The Radio).
Correatown’s music has appeared on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, ‘Ugly Betty’, ‘How I Met Your Mother’ and ‘Private Practice’ and films ‘The Lucky One’ and ‘Admission’.
Beautifully crafted ethereal pop music that will appeal to fans of Feist, Regina Spektor and Best Coast.
TRACK LISTING
Eyes To The Sky
Longshot
Small Hours
Bonfires
True North
Lucky Ones
All Horizon
Wind Sprints
My Girls
Babybird (Wonder And Dream)
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- CD
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- PP01
- Release date
- 6 Nov '15
They have now achieved this with their debut album... The New Sound.
The Pirates use the latest computer technology and some incredibly talented musicians to make a symphony of psychedelic sounds. Each song explores a different a genre ensuring the listener is taken on a trip through new musical possibilities.
Their live show is an eccentric mix of Pirate cabaret and tantalising circus performance, including fire performance and ariel arts.
So far their quest has taken them around UK, Europe, Asia and Africa performing at various festivals and events.
Will you join their crew?
Performers // Josh Lisiuk - Vocals / Luke Slater - Ableton, Synthesizer, Kaoss Pads, Bazooki, Samples, Effects & VST's / Martyn Jarmin - Guitar, Bass Guitar / Happie - Percussion / Elliot Slater - Saxaphone / Anna Lowenstein - Violin / Tom Moon - Trumpet, Melodica, Accordion / John Lisiuk - Mandolin / Ben Of The Green - Didgeridoo
STAFF COMMENTS
Ryan says: Finally a new arrrtist with a new sound. Plenty of hooks without going overboard. On sail now.-
- LP
- £23.99
- Cat Number
- 0825646183906
- Release date
- 29 Jun '15
- Format Info
180g vinyl edition.
180g vinyl edition.
TRACK LISTING
1. Disorder
2. Day Of The Lords
3. Candidate
4. Insight
5. New Dawn Fades
6. She's Lost Control
7. Shadowplay
8. Wilderness
9. Interzone
10. I Remember Nothing
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- LP
- £20.99
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- JAG262LP
- Release date
- 25 May '15
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- CD
- £7.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- JAG262CD
- Release date
- 25 May '15
Multi-Love adds dimensions to the band’s already kaleidoscopic approach, with Nielson exploring a newfound appreciation for synthesizers. The new songs channel with the spirit of psych innovators without ignoring the last 40 years of music, forming a flowing, cohesive whole that reflects restless creativity. Cosmic escapes and disco rhythms speak to developing new vocabulary, while Nielson’s vocals reach powerful new heights.
“It felt good to be rebelling against the typical view of what an artists is today, a curator,” he says. “It’s more about being someone who makes things happen in concrete ways. Building old synthesizers and bringing them back to life, creating sounds that aren’t quite like anyone else’s. I think that’s much more subversive.”
STAFF COMMENTS
Andy says: Better bottom-end for the funky psych-groovers. Their last album was well loved here, looks like this is gonna top it!TRACK LISTING
1. Multi-Love
2. Like Acid Rain
3. Ur Life One Night
4. Can’t Keep Checking My Phone
5. Extreme Wealth And Casual Cruelty
6. The World Is Crowded
7. Stage Or Screen
8. Necessary Evil
9. Puzzles
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- CD
- £9.99
- Cat Number
- TRNL1
- Release date
- 19 Jan '15
The 5 track E.P. consolidates the duo’s brooding aesthetic “Effortlessly uniting a fairytale of dark underground disco, minimal techno and ethereal pop” The 405.
TRACK LISTING
Still
Cuts
Receiver
Here
Room
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- Cassette
- u/avbl
- Cat Number
- CC002`
- Release date
- 29 Sep '14
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- Cassette
- £6.49
- Cat Number
- 80N7
- Release date
- 29 Sep '14
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- LP
- £14.99
Usually ships within: 2-10 days - Cat Number
- AMPLA083V
- Release date
- 17 Mar '14
Sudden Death of Stars are from the medieval city of Rennes, France, which may explain why they sound like monks playing modern day Velvet Underground, Os Mutantes and Pentangle. Formed in 2010, they were complete as a band when they happened upon the only sitarist west of Paris.
James Endeacott A&R guru who signed The Strokes & The Libertines says: “garage, Nuggets, mushroom tea and a head full of dreams - heaven.”
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- CD EP
- £5.99
- Cat Number
- SFAC01CD
- Release date
- 3 Feb '14
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- Cassette
- £3.99
- Cat Number
- UV001
- Release date
- 3 Feb '14
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- CDS
- £3.99
- Cat Number
- DK001
- Release date
- 30 Sep '13
STAFF COMMENTS
Andy says: Rich voice and dextrous guitar make this local talent one to look out for.-
- Ltd 7"
- £6.99
- Cat Number
- 001
- Release date
- 30 Sep '13
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- Ltd CD
- £9.99
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- KFR-1021
- Release date
- 20 May '13
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- CD
- £9.99
Usually ships within: 2-5 days - Cat Number
- JAG232CD
- Release date
- 4 Feb '13
Unknown Mortal Orchestra came to life in basements and bedrooms after Nielson moved from his native New Zealand to Portland, Oregon with his family. Following the recruitment of bassist Jacob Portrait, new drummer Greg Rogove and a deal with Jagjaguwar, UMO toured the US with Grizzly Bear and Liars.
‘II’ builds on the breakbeat, junk shop charm the 32-year-old multi-instrumentalist and songwriter came to be renowned for following his self-titled 2011 debut, and signals the solidification of Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s position as an endlessly intriguing, brave psychedelic band. Unknown Mortal Orchestra is unafraid to dig deeper than the rest, to lock into their intoxicating, opiate groove and bring rock ‘n’ roll’s exaggerated myths to life.
Written during a punishing, debauched touring schedule during which Nielson feared for his sanity and health, ‘II’ illustrates the emotional turmoil of life on the road, painting surrealist, cartoonish portraits of loneliness, love and despair.
These conflicting themes are evident immediately; on the album’s sleeve is an unnerving image of Janet Farrar, the famous British witch Wiccan, author and teacher of witchcraft. The chilling refrain of opener ‘Into The Sun’ sees Nielson deliver the line “Isolation can put a gun in your hand,” softly, his words starkly intelligible above a warm, slow-burning melody that quickly brands itself onto your brain. His playful imagery (“I’m so lonely I’ve gotta eat my popcorn all alone”) mirrors the melody, before a solo that borders on psychotropic ends ‘II’s introduction.
As it unfolds, ‘II’ does find Nielson reenergized. ‘One At A Time’ and ‘Faded In The Morning’ boast dizzying choruses and instrumentals - these crusty hunks could have been excavated from a lost 1960s treasure trove. ‘Monki’ unravels over seven minutes like the yarn from a stoner’s cardigan with an eye-frying pattern. ‘Dawn’ is a minute of disconcerting noise that stands out between the nooks and crannies of the choruses, guitar solos, groove-heavy bass and drums that were recorded live by newly-recruited drummer Greg Rogove and Kody Nielson in a move away from the electronic percussion employed on album one. ‘II’ closes with ‘Secret Xtians’, a tender observational puzzle that fizzes to a satisfied end.
Pulling Pink Floyd, The Family Stone, The Beatles and the Soft Machine through his warped rock ‘n’ roll filter, Nielson has created a collection of expressive psychedelia. Unknown Mortal Orchestra was once Nielson’s closeted concern. With an album that uses his singular musical imagination and extraordinary talent to parade his emotions with unyielding honesty, it is now a fully realized band operating at the peak of its powers.
‘II’ is the follow up and refinement to 2011’s self-titled, critically adored debut (released by Fat Possum and True Panther Sounds).
STAFF COMMENTS
Andy says: UMO's 2011 debut LP was a one-man, bedroom curio layering sun-kissed psych-pop over chunky break beats. Expanded to a three piece, the live drummer brings an untutored looseness to the band’s sound which perfectly suits the laid-back, mellow vibe of these tunes. Ruban Neilson has made a beautiful night time record; hazy, blurred and luminous. And it still has that home-studio charm: lo-fi, fuzzy and whimsical, but the psych is now the Beatles, the blues a freaked-out Marc Bolan and there's a soulfulness that recalls early ‘70s Curtis Mayfield; a gorgeous blend. Curtis comparisons extend to Ruban's guitar playing too; seemingly meandering, carefree explorations reveal themselves to be intricately worked out, melodic lines that spill into each other, sometimes with a whiff of prog, sometimes even jazz. Mixed with the white-soul and garage, plus (inter)stellar melodies, you have one funky little nugget, a dazed and dreamy gem of an album.TRACK LISTING
1. From The Sun
2. Swim And Sleep (Like A Shark)
3. So Good At Being In Trouble
4. One At A Time
5. The Opposite Of Afternoon
6. No Need For A Leader
7. Monki
8. Dawn
9. Faded In The Morning
10. Secret Xians
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- CD
- £11.99
- Cat Number
- BOZ003CD
- Release date
- 3 Dec '12
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- CD
- £1.99
- Cat Number
- B001
- Release date
- 15 Oct '12
Hailing from the deep south (in the UK!), Blackbombers combine a whole lineage of rock ‘n’ roll history in true contemporary style; foot to the floor rockers meet dirty blues and distorted melody……
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- Ltd CD
- £12.99
- Cat Number
- WDMX-03
- Release date
- 8 Oct '12 (originally released 23 Feb '09)
- Format Info
Last ever copy!
Last ever copy!*** REDUCED ***
Tracklisting
1. Klearvision Ft. Nina Simone – Black Is The Color
2. MJB & Chaka Khan – Disrespectful (Jovonn Mix)
3. MJB – PMS (Quentin Harris Mix)
4. Pirahnahead – Self:Con-Science
5. Tito Puente – Ran Kan Kan (Bonus Beats)
6. Dennis Ferrer – P 2 Da J
7. Dajae – Brighter Days (MAW Mix)
8. Lood – Shout N Out (MAW Mix)
9. Diplomats Of Soul – Someday We'll All Be Free
10. RSL – The Mast
11. Roger Troutman / Zapp – I Heard It Through The Grapevine
12. Funkadelic – Knee Deep
13. Change – A Lover's Holiday
14. Chic – Good Times
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- CDS
- £2.99
- Cat Number
- KCS01
- Release date
- 28 May '12
- Format Info
CDR.
CDR.
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- CD
- £2.99
- Cat Number
- MH001
- Release date
- 19 Mar '12
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- CD
- £3.99
- Cat Number
- JH2
- Release date
- 19 Mar '12
As one reviewer reflected, ‘Herring bridges that difficult divide between “popular music”, melody and “legitimate” rock with effortless aplomb... John can easily be compared to the likes of Kurt Wagner and Nick Drake as a master craftsman both lyrically and musically.”
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- CD
- £5.99
- Cat Number
- HOOP1
- Release date
- 27 Feb '12
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- 12"
- £0.99
- Cat Number
- EVERYBODYS01
- Release date
- 27 Feb '12
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- Ltd 7"
- £1.99
- Cat Number
- HOOP1
- Release date
- 18 Jul '11
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- Ltd 7"
- £4.99
- Cat Number
- CT082
- Release date
- 1 Nov '10
'Thru the gates of forever and into the frozen vapours of Mannattan's minimal electronic monolith in the night, Further Reductions, Shawn O'Sullivan (of Led Er Est knowings) and collaborator Katie Rose are weaving a web of reverberatory wonderment. One of not just a few of the minimal synth couple outfit armies to emerge from New York's ever living and breathing clan of the same epithet, this masculine/feminine dream drone dichotomy's synthesized incantations drift like gleaming analogue jewels of dark incandescent dance dew. Voices with the echoes of youth sung wistfully into in the well and steeped in the myst of minor discord float inside Familiar Flights'. - La Maladie Tropicale.
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- Ltd CDS
- £3.99
- Cat Number
- IW001
- Release date
- 17 May '10
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- Ltd CDS
- £1.99
- Cat Number
- TGFCD001
- Release date
- 25 May '09
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- CDS
- £3.99
- Cat Number
- BLACK1
- Release date
- 23 Mar '09
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- Ltd CDS
- £0.99
- Cat Number
- MANI001
- Release date
- 2 Feb '09
- Format Info
5 track CDR (direct from Asda) in lo-fi slip case sleeve.
5 track CDR (direct from... [ + ]
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- Ltd CDS
- £3.99
- Cat Number
- SC001
- Release date
- 28 Jul '08
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- Ltd CDS
- £2.99
- Cat Number
- EC001
- Release date
- 7 Jul '08
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- CD
- £5.99
- Cat Number
- DISC01
- Release date
- 2 Jun '08 (originally released 28 Aug '06)
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- CDS
- £2.99
- Cat Number
- FUI019
- Release date
- 11 Feb '08
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- 2xCD
- £10.99
Usually ships within: 3-10 days - Cat Number
- 0825646977895
- Release date
- 17 Sep '07
- Format Info
A double remastered CD, housed in plastic O-card. The bonus CD features 12 tracks recorded live at Factory, Manchester 13th July 1979.
A double remastered CD,... [ + ]
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- CDS
- £3.99
- Cat Number
- RS1
- Release date
- 7 Aug '06