2020s Vinyl 2078 Items

Release: 2010 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Christmas 10th Anniversary Super Deluxe Box

Michael Bublé

4LP | 2010 | US | Reissue (Reprise)

112,19 €* 186,99 € -40%

Release: 2010 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Bad Books And Empty Pasts

Revok

LP | 2010 | EU | Reissue (Denovali)

16,49 €* 29,99 € -45%

Release: 2010 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Box | 2010 | EU | Reissue (Sleeping Room Music Gmbh)

Schiller

Atemlos Limited Edition

39,99 €*

Release: 2010 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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7" | 2010 | US | Original (Kill Rock Stars)

Horse Feathers

Drain You

9,99 €*

Release: 2010 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2010 | US | Reissue (Atlantic)

Bruno Mars

Doo-Wops & Hooligans

31,99 €*

Release: 2010 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Root For Ruin Opaque Aqua Blue Vinyl Edition

Les Savy Fav

LP | 2010 | US | Reissue (Frenchkiss)

27,99 €*

Release: 2010 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2010 | EU | Reissue (Sony Music Catalog)

Sara Bareilles

Kaleidoscope Heart

Release: 2010 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2010 | EU | Reissue (Sony Music Catalog)

Sade

Love Deluxe

33,99 €*

LP | 2010 | EU | Reissue (Sony Music Catalog)

Release: 2010 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Love Deluxe is the fourth studio album by the British band Sade, released on October 26, 1992. The album is widely regarded as one of the band’s most critically acclaimed works, featuring a smooth, soulful blend of R&B, jazz, and sophisti-pop, with lyrics that explore themes of love, heartbreak, and introspection. Fronted by the captivating vocals of Sade Adu, the band created an atmospheric, emotionally rich album that remains one of their signature works.

Love Deluxe marked a return after a four-year hiatus following their previous album, Stronger Than Pride (1988). The band continued to refine their signature smooth, sensual sound while introducing new elements, such as more pronounced soul and trip-hop influences.
The album was both a commercial and critical success, peaking at #3 on the US Billboard 200 and earning platinum certifications in multiple countries. Its success solidified Sade's position as one of the most important and enduring acts in contemporary music.
Lyrically, the album revolves around themes of love in all its forms—romantic, painful, and self-reflective. It balances deep vulnerability with strength, as Sade Adu's mesmerizing voice delivers the poetic lyrics with grace and subtlety.

The album combines elements of smooth jazz, soul, R&B, and ambient music, creating a lush and atmospheric soundscape.
The production is minimalist yet sophisticated, with the band opting for understated instrumentation that allows Sade Adu’s vocals to take center stage. The music is moody and introspective, often using spare arrangements to highlight emotion.
There are hints of early trip-hop in some of the tracks, with slower beats and a focus on deep bass and textured sound design, particularly in songs like "Feel No Pain."

Key Tracks and Highlights:
"No Ordinary Love" – One of Sade’s most iconic songs, this track features a mesmerizing bassline, lush synths, and Sade’s haunting vocals. The song explores the pain and intensity of unrequited love. Its atmospheric production and emotional depth made it one of the standout singles from the album.
"Feel No Pain" – A politically charged track, this song addresses themes of poverty and social struggle, reflecting on the effects of unemployment and hardship on families. It features a groovy bassline and more prominent use of percussion, adding a subtle funk influence to the smooth jazz sound.
"Kiss of Life" – A breezy, upbeat song compared to some of the darker tracks on the album, "Kiss of Life" is a love song that feels light and joyful. The smooth, soulful arrangement and optimistic lyrics make it one of the most uplifting moments on the album.
"Cherish the Day" – A standout track known for its hypnotic guitar riff and understated groove. This song is both romantic and meditative, with Sade’s voice soaring above the dreamy instrumental backdrop, expressing devotion and love.
"Bullet Proof Soul" – One of the more emotionally complex tracks on the album, "Bullet Proof Soul" reflects on the aftermath of heartbreak and the armor people build to protect themselves from further pain. The song’s slow, sultry rhythm and melancholic lyrics add to its emotional weight.
"Pearls" – A powerful, introspective ballad that takes on a more global perspective, dealing with the suffering of women in the developing world. Sade Adu’s voice is filled with emotion as she reflects on themes of sacrifice and hardship. The sparse arrangement, featuring strings and soft percussion, complements the poignancy of the lyrics.
"Like a Tattoo" – This track is a quiet, intimate ballad that deals with memory, regret, and the lasting impact of love. The acoustic guitar and Sade’s delicate vocals give the song a fragile yet beautiful quality.

Love and Heartbreak: Many of the songs, such as "No Ordinary Love" and "Cherish the Day," explore the complexities of romantic relationships, touching on themes of devotion, longing, and heartbreak. The lyrics often reflect on love’s power to both uplift and wound.
Resilience and Strength: Tracks like "Bullet Proof Soul" and "Feel No Pain" delve into themes of emotional resilience and survival, both on a personal level (in love and heartbreak) and in the face of societal struggles like poverty.
Global and Social Concerns: "Feel No Pain" and "Pearls" reflect on broader social issues, such as economic inequality and global suffering, adding a layer of socio-political consciousness to the album.
Production and Sound:
The production on Love Deluxe is both sophisticated and restrained. Stuart Matthewman (guitar, saxophone), Paul S. Denman (bass), and Andrew Hale (keyboards) work together to create a cohesive sound that relies on subtle, detailed arrangements.
The use of space in the production is key to the album’s atmosphere. The arrangements are minimal, allowing Sade’s voice to carry much of the emotional weight. This approach highlights the introspective nature of the songs and gives them a cinematic quality.
The instrumentation features a mix of acoustic and electric instruments, often layering guitars, bass, and keyboards to create lush textures. There is also a strong emphasis on rhythm, with percussive elements adding depth to the slower, groove-based tracks.

Upon release, Love Deluxe received widespread critical acclaim, with many praising its emotional depth, elegant production, and Sade Adu’s vocal performance. The album’s timeless quality has made it a favorite among fans and critics alike.
It was lauded for continuing to push the boundaries of sophisti-pop and smooth jazz, blending these genres with elements of trip-hop, R&B, and world music.
The album was commercially successful, selling millions of copies worldwide, and it has since been recognized as one of Sade’s best works. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
Legacy and Impact:
Love Deluxe remains one of Sade’s most iconic albums, with tracks like "No Ordinary Love" and "Cherish the Day" becoming staples in their live performances and enduring as fan favorites.
The album’s influence extends beyond the soul and R&B genres, with artists in neo-soul and alternative R&B citing it as an inspiration. The album’s minimalist production, emphasis on mood and texture, and themes of emotional complexity have influenced a generation of artists, including Maxwell, D'Angelo, and The Weeknd.
"No Ordinary Love" has been covered and remixed by numerous artists over the years, further cementing its place in popular culture.

Love Deluxe is a beautifully crafted album that captures Sade at the peak of their creative powers. Its blend of sensuality, introspection, and sophistication makes it one of the defining albums of the early 1990s. With its timeless themes of love and resilience, the album continues to resonate with listeners today and remains a cornerstone in Sade’s illustrious career.

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Sade

Lovers Rock

30,99 €*

Release: 2010 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor - Acoustic Sessions

Caro Emerald

LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (MVKA)

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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..It's Too Late To Stop Now...Volume 1

Van Morrison

2LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Sony)

26,99 €*

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Gamble For A Rose Transparent Orange Vinyl Edition

King Charles

LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Buffalo Gang)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Nonesuch)

Emmylou Harris

Red Dirt Girl

38,99 €*

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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It Won't Be Soon Before Long

Maroon 5

LP | 2016 | NL | Original (Interscope)

Release: 2016 / NL – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP+7" | 2016 | EU | Original (Universal)

Anna Ternheim

Live In Stockholm

43,99 €*

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Whipped Cream & Other Delights

Allen Toussaint

7" | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Charly)

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Wonderful Crazy Night Limited Edition

Elton John

LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Mercury)

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Writing Of Blues And Yellows

Billie Marten

2LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

34,99 €*

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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3LP | 2016 | EU | Original (BMG Rights Management)

Albert Hammond

In Symphony

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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7" | 2016 | Reissue (Zeitstrafe)

Salamanda

Daddy Punk Kompanjero

6,99 €*

Release: 2016 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Darkness On The Edge Of Ecstasy

Jonatan Bäckelie

2LP | 2016 | Reissue (Sonar Kollektiv)

Release: 2016 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Lass Mi Amoi No D'sunn Aufgeh' Segn

Georg Danzer

2LP | 2016 | Original (Amadeo)

Release: 2016 / Original

Genre: Pop

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Higher State Of Conscious

Joanne Kasner

LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Cable Car)

20,99 €*

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Bob Dylan

House Of The Risin' Sun

15,99 €*

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Singing From Fixed Rung EP

Camila Fuchs

12" | 2016 | EU | Original (Schamoni)

10,99 €*

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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12" | 2016 | CA | Original (Totem)

Camila De Laborde

Opuntia

8,99 €*

Release: 2016 / CA – Original

Genre: Pop

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7" | 2016 | Original (Tonefloat)

Beequeen

Sturmwind

10,99 €*

Release: 2016 / Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Xtra Mile/Indigo)

Esme Patterson

We Were Wild

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2016 | Original (Gaphals)

Olov Antonsson

Nere Och Ute I Ac Lan

Release: 2016 / Original

Genre: Pop

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Communication Limitierte Fan Edition

Karl Bartos

Box | 2016 | Reissue (Trocadero)

71,99 €*

Release: 2016 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Sundazed Music Inc.)

Electric Prunes

Singles 1966-1969

39,99 €*

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Cleopatra)

Damo Suzuki Network

Floating Element

21,99 €*

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Discomagic)

Son And The Holy Ghosts

1995

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2016 | US | Reissue (Atlantic)

Bruno Mars

24k Magic

44,99 €*

Release: 2016 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Fetty Wap Record Store Day 2024 Vinyl Edition

Fetty Wap

LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Multiple)

50,24 €* 66,99 € -25%

..It's Too Late To Stop Now...Volume 1

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Fetty Wap rose to popularity after his debut single, “Trap Queen,” featured on this album, reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and helped him secure a deal with 300 Entertainment. He followed that up with two Top 10 hits, “679,” and “My Way,” which are also included on this debut record. This debut on vinyl has been out of print since original release in 2016 and will include additional bonus tracks new to vinyl.

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Van Morrison

2LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Sony)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

2LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Thomas Newman

OST Shawshank Redemption

37,99 €*

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2016 | US | Reissue (Kill Rock Stars)

Kleenex & Liliput

First Songs

33,99 €*

Release: 2016 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Quinlan Road)

Loreena McKennitt

The Mask & Mirror Live

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Dualtone)

Shovels & Rope

Busted Juice Box

26,99 €*

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Radical)

Al Pride

Hallavara

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Munich Warehouse)

Blackout Problems

Holy

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2016 | Reissue (Devilduck)

Max Paul Maria

Figurines

Release: 2016 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

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Mike Oldfield

The Millenium Bell

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Record Makers)

Sebastien Tellier

Simple Mind

When The Party Is Over / Heartbeat Summe

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Six studio albums, four original motion picture scores, and a plethora of side projects... Sebastien Tellier writes with every breath, composes melodies to the whim of his obsessions like his musical peers Robert Wyatt, Todd Rundgren or Ariel Pink. Since Sessions (2006), the first time he covered his own repertoire, Sebastien experienced an international success with Sexuality, and released the great epics of My God Is Blue and L’Aventura, and the bustle of his new role as a father with Domesticated. His new album Simple Mind is a lush though very minimalistic resume of some of his most beautiful compositions ; a classic live-recorded album where old and more recent songs will find a confined listener caught in a wave of domestic bliss. « Simple Mind is a total rebirth for my music. For this minimalistic live recording, I’m cleansing my own songs so you can (re)discover them in the most pure and intimate way. I want to take you to the closest of my chords, my melodies and my voice in order to share the essence of my art with you. As simple as that. Bisou. »

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Nuback

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Growing Bin)

12,99 €*

Home Limited Purple Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Growing Bin say sayonara to summer with these bittersweet Balearic gems from Japan’s Nuback. Emotional pop and daydream dub to make you feel younger than yesterday.

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Rhye

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Caroline / Loma Vista)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Symphonic & Opera Metal Volume 2

V.A.

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Goldencore)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Interscope)

Blackpink

The Album

LP | 2021 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Jetzt auch hierzulande auf Vinyl.

Die erfolgreichste Girlgroup des Planeten“ (ZEIT) veröffentlicht im Januar ihr aktuelles Album auf Vinyl in Europa, nachdem sie 2020 bereits große Erfolge und gleichzeitig ihr Comeback mit der Pre-Release Single „How You Like That“ feierten. Aber BLACKPINK lässt nicht nur die Herzen weiblicher Teenies höher schlagen. Auch bei Coachella, einem der größten und schicksten Festivals weltweit, traten sie letztes Jahr, als allererste K-Pop Band jemals, bereits auf.
Das Musikvideo der Single „How You Like That“ erreichte innerhalb von 24 Stunden 82,4 Millionen Aufrufe auf Youtube und knackte damit den Rekord von BTS. Somit hat BLACKPINK einen beeindruckenden Vorgeschmack auf ihr neues Album geliefert.
Sowohl im Internet als auch mit ihren Live Auftritten erregen sie Aufmerksamkeit. Zahlreiche Zeitschriften berichten mit der gleichen Begeisterung von den Konzerten der Girlgroup: „Es ist laut, es dröhnt und kreischt. Es ist toll.“ (Spiegel Online), „Die Menschen in der Halle sind glücklich. Und ich muss zugeben: Ich bin es auch!“ (BZ).
Insgesamt stellte BLACKPINK bereits fünf Guinness-Weltrekorde auf: meiste Youtube-Aufrufe in den ersten 24 Stunden nach Upload für ein Video, Musikvideo und K-Pop-Video, sowie zwei Rekorde für die meistgesehene Premiere.
Die zweite Single Veröffentlichung des Albums gab es mit „Ice Cream“ , welche in Kooperation mit Selena Gomez entstanden ist.

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For Tracy Hyde

Film Bleu

38,99 €*

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Tonproduction)

Release: 2021 / JP – Original

Genre: Pop

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"For Tracy Hyde" is a Tokyo-based indie pop / shoegazer band who might be most closing band to create 21 century's "Teenage Symphony for God" in our country. Their music is beginning to be recognized in worldwide, they played as opening act of Hazel English when she played in Japan in 2018 and succsessfully touring for eastsouth asia in 2019. This is their 1st album originally released in 2016 and now it is presented as coloured double LP for the first time! we confident it will be so beautiful and will be of excellent collectable value!

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Rainald Grebe

Popmusik

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Riding On The Tide Of Love

Deacon Blue

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Earmusic)

20,99 €* 29,99 € -30%

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Wünsch Mir Glück Signed Edition

Steiner & Madlaina

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Glitterhouse)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Glitterhouse)

Steiner & Madlaina

Wünsch Mir Glück

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Unguarded)

Sin Maldita

You're Trouble

16,99 €*

ZYX Italo Disco New Generation Volume 2

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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“You’re trouble” is an avant-garde electronic pop album about questioning and locating a sense of self in a disorienting, breaking environment of dissolving certainity which grows increasingly chaotic, about dysmorphic dissatisfaction, becoming disillusioned and alienated. It seeks to juxtapose beauty, serenity and vigour with instability, ugliness, chaos and crisis, expressing itself fluidly without genre or otherwise boundaries. A kind of sinister, anxious but still forward-pushing and at times positive and hot-blooded empowering energy can be felt that wants to urge the listener not to give up but to try and take courage and take control of the troubles and fears in their life. The tone is sometimes reflective, sometimes confronting. The album navigates fairly abstract musical territory, cathartic abrasiveness, heavy and unrelenting sounds of post-club music and noise fused with stretches of pop music, never settling down or resting for long, constantly breaking up and re-assembling itself. Between chaos and form, it’s finding relief in imperfection and the in-between. As such the music is ambivalent and is equal parts some kind of crisis club music as well as introspective reflection.

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V.A.

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (ZYX)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Audiolith)

Olympya

Auto Limited Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Martha's Vineyard Ferries

Suns Out Guns Out

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Ernest Jenning)

21,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Polydans Black Vinyl Ediiton

Roosevelt

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (City Slang)

Sunset Season Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Comes with superb 12-page-booklet with all the lyrics.

Roosevelt captures the beating heart and soul of dance music on forthcoming album!

“Polydans” is Marius Lauber’s (known internationally as celebrated producer, DJ, songwriter, and electronic musician Roosevelt) hotly-anticipated 3rd album (out Feb 26, 2021 via City Slang / Greco-Roman). The album serves as a kind of love letter to dance music, with Roosevelt embracing his own musical history and his love of the multi-faceted nature of the genre, and reconnecting with the intimate nuances that can make dance music feel truly alive.

After taking a 4-piece live band around the world playing over 100 live shows and performing at numerous festivals tied to the success of his second album ‘Young Romance’, Marius decided to take some time to sit in his studio, reflect on his meteoric
success in the pop music world (including becoming an in-demand producer, collaborating with Classixx and Washed Out and remixing artists like Rhye, Glass Animals, Chvrches and Charlotte Gainsbourg) and refocus himself on his musical roots. Hearkening back to the intimate clubs he’d DJ in, he sought to unearth the beating heart of dance music, where passion and excitement is woven into the intimate nuances of the genre, and the physical relationship between the DJ and those on the
dancefloor. Playing almost every instrument on the record, Roosevelt created ‘Polydans’ by swirling together the spirits of 80s synth, disco, analogue, Yacht rock, and delirious dancefloor euphoria with amazing results.

“Balances '80s-inspired synth, disco, driving beats and cinematic textures into a musical amalgamation that simultaneously manages effervescence and heft.” - Billboard on “Sign”

“Strobe-lit and expansive cut that locks into an insistent groove and periodically explodes into bright colors.” - Stereogum on “Echoes”

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Conan Gray

10" | 2021 | US | Original (Republic)

27,99 €*

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Sin Miedo (Del Amor Y Otros Demonios)

Kali Uchis

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (EMI)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Atlas White Vinyl Edition

Rüfüs Du Sol

2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Sweat It Out)

32,99 €*

LP | 2021 | US | Original (XL)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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LTD Edition white vinyl version of Rüfüs DU SOL’s debut LP Atlas that hit Number 1 in Australia. The album was a testament to the band’s passion, work ethic and DIY approach to music, featuring the much loved singles 'Take Me' and 'Desert Night'. A labour of love, the album was written, produced and recorded by the band between two studios they built themselves - one in a remote farmhouse on the NSW south coast, the second in a hollowed out water tank under one of their parents houses. 'Their sound cannot be likened to any other act' - acidstag.com

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Smerz

Believer

30,99 €*

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Beton & Ibuprofen Coke Bottle Colored Vinyl Edition

PeterLicht

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Tapete)

27,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Flock Light Rose Vinyl Edition

Jane Weaver

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Fire)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Flock Limited Cream Vinyl Edition

Jane Weaver

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Fire)

21,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers White Vinyl Edition

Valerie June

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Concord / Fantasy)

Hab Keine Angst, Hab Keine Angst, Ich Bin Deine Angst

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Valerie June announced her first new album in four years The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers, out March 12th, 2021 via Fantasy Records. Produced by Jack Splash (Kendrick Lamar, Alicia Keys, John Legend) and Valerie June, the new album is sweeping and ambitious with earthy R&B production and a touch of psychedelia amidst its astral folk-pop orchestration, the pair arrived at a sound that is elegant and endlessly surprising. At the center is June’s spellbinding vocals and infectious sense of wonder that finds the Brooklyn-via-Memphis artist narrating the often-precarious journey to joyful possibility.

The album’s first official single "Call Me A Fool,” is a marvelous preview of her upcoming LP, a delicious slice of Memphis soul that features Stax legend Carla Thomas on background vocals. Valerie

shared the song’s sensuous day-dreamy video today with joint support across BET, CMT and MTV, including a broadcast premiere via CMT, watch it: Here.

Valerie June on “Call Me A Fool”:

“Have you ever been a fool for a dream? It might have been a little dream like a kiss from a lover or a big one like the dream of peace that Dr. King, John Lennon, and so many others have had for humanity. No matter how big or how small your dream may be, keep believing, and let the world call you a fool!”

Working at Fresh Young Minds in L.A. and Hit Factory Criteria in Miami June found an ideal collaborator in Splash, who shares her tendency toward childlike adventuring in the artistic process. “For this album I wanted to see how we could bring some modern elements into that band-in-the-room approach I’ve taken with my records in the past,” says June. In bringing the album to life, the pair utilized reference points ranging from the Afrobeat of Fela Kuti to the grandiose string arrangements of Bowie producer Tony Visconti as the eclectic lineup of esteemed musicians absorbed themselves in free-flowing experimentation.

From the delicate whispered epiphany of “Fallin” and the sagebrush soul of “Two Roads” to

the joyful determination of “Smile” and the prayerful invocation of “Home Inside,” the shapeshifting textures of The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers prove infinitely mesmerizing.

Commenting on the new album, June says:

“With this record, it finally became clear why I have this dream of making music. It’s not for earthly reasons of wanting to be awarded or to win anybody’s love—it’s because dreaming keeps me inquisitive and keeps me on that path of learning what I have to share with the world. When we allow ourselves to dream like we did when we were kids, it ignites the light that we all have within us and helps us to have a sort of magic about the way we live.”

Late last year, Valerie released “Stay” / “Meditation” / “You and I,” a rhapsodic, three-song suite that Rolling Stone affirmed, "If early previews like [this] are any indication, June’s next record should be a career-making statement." In addition, Essence called the tracks "well worth the wait" and the New York Times named “You and I” one of the Best Songs Of 2020. Listen to them Here.

The follow-up to her 2013 breakthrough, Pushin’ Against A Stone, and the widely adored The Order of Time—a 2017 effort that earned the admiration of Bob Dylan and landed on best-of-the-year lists—The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers is a transportive, deeply affecting work - a potent catalyst for those foolish enough to dream.

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Meese X Hell

2LP+Book | 2021 | EU | Original (Buback)

35,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (HFN Music)

Lydmor

Capacity

LP | 2021 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Lydmor’s new album ‘Capacity’ is a musical maze full of alluring mysteries. At the same time, it is part of a process of liberation, which is about opening oneself up and discovering one’s capacity. For her previous album, Lydmor travelled to Shanghai. But on her new album, Lydmor has mostly travelled deep into herself. ‘Capacity’ is a contrasting musical work where fiction and reality merge into a multifaceted sound universe. It is the electronic pop artist’s most personal, complex and conceptual album to date.

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Miina And Luci

Long Time To Sea

31,99 €*

Chemtrails Over The Country Club Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / JP – Original

Genre: Pop

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A solo project by mina, the main vocalist of the music unit "Sayonara Ponytail" whose activities have never been performed on live stage and activities are mainly on social media. This is the long-awaited analog version of miina and luci's first album "Long time no sea".

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Lana Del Rey

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Urban)

30,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Crimson Crow)

Portable Radio

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Ripple)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Heady power pop trio Portable Radio announce the release of their debut eponymous LP on March 12th 2021 on Crimson Crow Records. Lead track and first single Hot Toddy, out in February, introduces the album with its ethereal brooding pop arrangement. Some years ago, the world started to go weird – and that’s when the then duo, Portable Radio, decided it was as good a time as any, to start making first steps. Phil … and Mof … shared some messages and a love of melodies, and as a gift to friends and those feeling the weight of everything, recorded a version of Brian Wilson’s gorgeous opus, ‘Love & Mercy’. The result was enough for them to start writing songs, and the blueprint for Portable Radio was born – hope, empathy, fun, love, and mercy.

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Jakethehawk

Hinterlands

18,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Porridge Bullet)

Mart Avi

Vega Never Sets

17,49 €* 24,99 € -30%

Alles Fliesst Geburtstagsedition Limited Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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The accomplished and uniquely characteristic world-builder Mart Avi delivers his most complete body of work yet with Vega Never Sets. His fifth full-length solo release, a record of abstract soul and spectral electronic textures finds him evolving further into a state of hyperkinetism and timeless grandeur. Like the great storyteller, Mart Avi blends the familiar and comforting with the new and the unpalatable, to seduce the unawares with a bold new record that veers between folkloristic tech-noir and melodic, post-digital ballads; a movement of electronic pulses, gently held together by his finely composed worlds. Pulling at deeper contexts, he expresses an unstrained defiance of gravity through his playful character — one that is smartly dressed, charming and full of boyish anarchism. As The Quietus wrote, Avi is “like a David Foster Wallace of pop”, cerebral and hot-blooded, with plenty of fervour and a lust for living.

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Niedeckens BAP

5LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Vertigo Berlin)

52,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Microqlima)

L'Imperatrice

Tako Tsubo

32,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Deacon Black Vinyl Edition

Serpentwithfeet

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Secretly Canadian)

Deacon Opaque Brown Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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serpentwithfeet is not only imagining, but exploring a world wherein Black love is paramount. His new album, Deacon, is "a study rather than a story," delving into Black, gay love and the tenderness present in the best companionships, romantic or otherwise. Fully self-actualized and more devoted than ever to personal fulfilment, Deacon highlights his growth as a songwriter, which he credits to taking a more straightforward approach to expression. Spending time with pop songwriters and observing how they traverse language encouraged serpent to take more risks lyrically, resulting in more purity. Raised by religious parents in Baltimore, serpent's flair for theatrical themes and gospel sensibilities can be traced to the Black church, a place where the artist had his earliest experiences with glamour and the ornate. Well-executed vocal flourishes and the implementation of a quickening vibrato are just a few of the skills he picked up during his time in a Pentecostal choir. He proudly follows in the tradition of R&B artists whose gifts were helmed in the church, and he approached Deacon with an undeniable passion and reverence for the genre. In his love for love, serpentwithfeet is offering a look into the soul of a man who articulates his passion in a warmer, gentler way. He's become wholly confident in his gift and messaging on Deacon, which is to be expected when one gives vent to maturity. Through his music, he allows compassion to be the backbone of his art, as he communes with his most loving self.

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Serpentwithfeet

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Secretly Canadian)

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Diggers Factory/Warrior Records)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Mansfield.Tya

Monument Ordinaire

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Imara)

Servicio Al Cliente

Amorphous Violet Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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The second release of Michael Mayer’s IMARA imprint – the self-titled debut by Juliana Martínez, recording as Servicio al Cliente – is exactly the kind of unexpected and quixotic experience you’d want from a label run by a core member of the Kompakt family. In its six gorgeous songs, Martínez teases out both joy and melancholy, her sweet pop melodies set against a backdrop of intimate, gentle, yet beautifully brave arrangements for beats and electronics.

Now based in Berlin, Martínez grew up in Colombia, the daughter of a Colombian mother and Uruguayan father, both psychiatric doctors, from whom she learned a thing or two about the joys of creativity: “My mother especially believed music had no boundaries in what it can do for your brain and soul. Like sort of what sport does to your body.” Martínez attended an all-girl Catholic school, but she also took private music lessons, from which she was expelled “since I composed melodies instead of rehearsing.” In retrospect, this experience reads like a sign of things to come.

After studying law at university, including postgraduate studies in Spain, Martínez decided to change things up: she’d already been playing in a group called Las Palabras Correctas (The Right Words), and eventually found herself embedded in a community of friendship with other artists who “always made songs and art and shared with each other in what we called the ‘Ambassadors of Colombian Music,’ a name taken from a popular Colombian TV show. These friends kept me involved and interested in my keyboards and songs.”

The lovely songs on Servicio al Cliente came to Michael Mayer via an unsolicited demo – “there was no Soundcloud or Dropbox link,” he recalls, “but a beautifully designed website containing an mp3 player. The slightly surreal artwork in combination with Servicio al Cliente’s heartwarming, somehow naive music instantly broke my heart.” There is indeed something deeply moving about these songs, possessed as they are of an uncanny charm, full of ticking rhythm patterns, levitating organ drones and gentle, luscious keyboard patterns. Above it all, Martínez’s voice sails through the air, her delightful Sprechstimme filled with offhand confidence. “It sounds like something that I’ve always known,” Mayer marvels, “like an old forgotten friend or a childhood memory that pops up in a dream.”

Servicio al Cliente reaches us fully formed, the complexities of Colombian life etched deep within its DNA. Its surface sweetness, the sensual sashay and sway of melodies like “La mujer que bailó con el diablo” or the opening “Romántico”, betrays a deeper sense of longing that inhabits the songs’ folds, evidence of Martínez’s sharp, smart awareness of the work of memory, a kind of happy-sad splendor. “I feel my music is full of a South American nostalgia,” she agrees, “and is a try to recall a wider understanding of reality which Colombia forces you to have. A bittersweet irony where most things are simply possible. I try (for) my music to sound like this feeling.” And indeed, it was in a moment of great loss and sadness that Martínez decided to share her music: “It was only when my father passed away that I pushed myself to write to Michael with my songs.”

“And Michael replied back.

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Icon For Hire

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Icon For Hire)

20,99 €*

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Burning Rose & Pelvis)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Since forming in 2007, Icon For Hire (composed of singer Ariel Bloomer and guitarist Shawn Jump) have quietly amassed a legion of followers. Currently sitting at over half a million monthly listeners on Spotify, Icon For Hire are the sleeping giants of the modern rock scene, and are now ready to step into the forefront with new album ‘Amorphous’. Icon For Hire’s sound is one that effortlessly blends heavy riffs, elements of electronic production and soaring vocal lines into a powerful & bold sonic explosion.However, at the heart of Icon For Hire’s music is a message of positivity, self-love and personal empowerment from the painfully relatable and rousing lyrics of Ariel. For Amorphous, the band worked with Grammy Nominated engineer Romesh Dodangoda (known for his previous work producing the last Bring Me The Horizon album as well as acts such as Don Broco, Busted, and Kids in Glass Houses). The album has been completely funded by fans through Kickstarter. This success was achieved thanks to the band’s highly dedicated Icon Army fanbase that support them on Patreon and have been there for the band though thick, thin, litigation, addiction and more. Having overcome both personal and professional adversity, Icon For Hire are living proof that you can take control of your life—and that’s perhaps the greatest success anyone can hope to accomplish

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Purient

Memories EP

12,99 €*

3LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Louder Than Life)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Pelvis and Burning Rose Records present the debut 12” from producer and vocalist Purient. Her voice floats over tough production on three original tracks, pushing from an icy cool to blistering heat. It’s page one for Purient, and exceptional remixes from Eartheater and Varg²™ further pull the curtain back on her expanded universe.

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Salaam Remi

Black On Purpose

49,99 €*

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Motor Entertainment)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves, Pop

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Latest solo release by legendary Grammy nominated producer Salaam Remi that reflects his perspective of what it means to be "Black on Purpose", with features from Nas, Busta Rhymes, Jennifer Hudson, Super Cat, Common and more.

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Alice Phoebe Lou

Glow

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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LP | 2021 | US | Original (Telephone Explosion)

Bernice

Eau De Bonjourno

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Disque Pointu)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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New release by Canadian sweethearts referred to in the press as “Toronto’s ever-evolving backing band”
This LP “openly plays with the shape of a pop song,” drawing on the band members’ backgrounds in jazz, subverting rhythmic formulas, and resting in grooves that sit just outside of
The album’s sound is experimental in its truest definition, chopped up like musique concrete and then delicately placed back together with the loving touch of a scrapbook collagist

Bernice is the experimental pop vessel of musician/songwriter Robin Dann and her longtime collaborators Thom Gill (keyboards, guitar), Philippe Melanson (e-percussion and drums), Daniel Fortin (bass) and Felicity Williams (voice). Together and apart, they have performed with Martha Wainwright, Andy Shauf, Lido Pimienta, Bahamas, Knower, and Beverly Glenn Copeland among many others, which led to them being referred to in the press as “Toronto’s ever-evolving backing band.”

In their own right, however, they have repeatedly proved to be far more than the sum of their considerable parts. Bernice’s Polaris Prize-nominated 2018 LP 'Puff: In The Air Without A Shape' received major international attention, described as an “analytical, self-dissecting monument to ephemerality” by The New York Times, and “a fascinating musical conversation” that blends pop and R&B influences with C86 aesthetics by Pitchfork, alongside high praise from outlets like NPR, Fader, and Stereogum, and many more.

Nearly three years on from that release (for Bernice a rapid turnaround by comparison to the seven-year gap between their 2011 debut and Puff), the band return with their third full-length, Eau de Bonjourno, out March 5th from Telephone Explosion and figureeight records. It marks their first collaboration with producer Shahzad Ismaily, the acclaimed multi-instrumentalist who has worked with artists as varied as Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, Elvis Costello, Iggy Pop, John Zorn, and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy. While their genre reconstruction remains distinctly Bernice, Dann’s lyrics bring a newfound focus to storytelling in the present moment, compassionately meeting ourselves where we are, and finding joy in spaces that are familiar but ever changing.

Eau de Bonjourno, according to Dann, “openly plays with the shape of a pop song,” drawing on the band members’ backgrounds in jazz, subverting rhythmic formulas, and resting in grooves that sit just outside of predictable. Instead of letting instruments take extended solos, the tone is set on opener “Groove Elation” with brief blurts of synthesized sax, patient passages of space, or clusters of beats, tenderly held together by Dann and Williams’ intimate vocals. The album’s sound is experimental in its truest definition, chopped up like musique concrete and then delicately placed back together with the loving touch of a scrapbook collagist.

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La Femme

Paradigmes

26,99 €*

The Way Of Union And Being

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Few bands have invigorated French pop like La Femme over the last decade, and in 2021, they're coming to make all of our lives better. Paradigmes, their much-awaited third album, offers a shift in how we see the world, a kaleidoscopic vortex to a different, more vibrant dimension. After Psycho Tropical Berlin in 2013 and Mystère in 2016 which both reached Gold status in France and got them to play hundreds of shows around the world, the Paris-based, Biarritz band continue to dazzle listeners with their new record. Within this album of beautifully-curated electropop you will hear everything from coldwave to yéyé, Kraftwerk to the Velvet Underground, all distilled and sequenced and psychedelicized so that it sounds uniquely La Femme. The title track is a brassy blast of sizzling electro that imbues the spirit of flappers and philosophers, cabaret and art deco and Fritz Lang's masterpiece Metropolis, all underpinned with a touch of lyrical melancholy. Paradigmes is an album that lives in the moment, even if that moment is a challenge right now. Its fantastical voyages will undoubtedly provide an escape into a world beyond our own.

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Antonello Teora

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Blizzard Audio Club)

10,19 €* 16,99 € -40%

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Darkhan Music)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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The Way of Union and Being” is born from the sometimes-unavoidable necessity of reinterpreting the perception of the spaces around us and the outside world in general, in order to have a truer and clearer vision of the inner spaces and the inner-self.

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Lueur Verte

Crystalica

Late Night Tales Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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The real 80s vibe has finally arrived! Originally a digital only release in 2013, Lueur Verte's legendary mini album. Crystalica is finally seeing the long overdue, and truthfully deserved light of day on physical formats. Setting the scene with its alien crystalic cover, Crystalica takes the listener on an 80s nostalgic outrun race, android circuitry, topped of with a micro gene that provides the listener with a soundscape of movies such as Miami Nights (1984). Producer and artist Michaël Brun (Lueur Verte) is the mastermind behind Aphasia Records, who was among the first to discover artists such as Perturbator and Dynatron. Over the years Lueur Verte has released various remixes, his latest addition is a remix of the song "Alright" by the legendary Barretso. Lueur Verte is the top notch of the grandiose, super high quality French synthwave / outrun genre, which puts him in a league of his own. A synthwave Icon.

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Jordan Rakei

2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Late Night Tales)

32,29 €* 33,99 € -5%

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2021 | US | Original (Innovative Leisure)

Nick Waterhouse

Promenade Blue

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Fat Wreck)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby was a work so filled with ambition, yearning, and inner contradictions that it came to represent the condition of a nation itself. Yet, at its core, the slim novel tells a story about people and, more often than not, their inability to communicate and connect with one another — forever running on parallel tracks until tragedy finally twines them together. The color green (often in the form of the faded sodium lit dock of Daisy Buchanan) comes to represent longing and unrequited love in an era (the Roaring Twenties) of decadence and spiritual vacuousness. Green is Gatsby’s North Star, simultaneously pointing backward and forward through time toward some unattainable, impossibly balanced version of his own life.

Nick Waterhouse, a century later but once again in the ’20s, takes the color blue as his hue of choice on Promenade Blue. In Nick’s musical and lyrical world, blue is a refraction of his life and memories — shadowing a deep, spiritual San Francisco that fostered his musical vocabulary but has now been stamped out irrevocably; evoking the endless tours, marathon recording sessions, and highs and lows of success he’s experienced in his decade-long career; conjuring romances that were doomed, loves that lingered, and hope for future days of parity and partnership; summoning spirits of people who have gone but permeate his mind forever. That’s the world of Promenade Blue — one that is vivid and magnetic, buoyed by both light and density due to Nick’s newfound collaboration with producer Paul Butler (Michael Kiwanuka, Devendra Banhart). It’s not Gatsby’s New York in the 1920s, it’s Waterhouse’s California in the 2020s. Nick makes that crystal clear throughout the record but particularly on “Santa Ana (1986),” where he wryly sings, “Not from New York / And I never was / I’m from California.” With that, he answers all questions about place and setting…but as anyone who’s ever listened to a Waterhouse record knows: time, though clearly pegged to the dawn of this new decade, is a more malleable concept. Where he is is clear. When he is varies.

We can try as hard as we can to make sense of Promenade Blue, but in reality, context isn’t really needed because the music on the album is so damn magnificent. In no uncertain terms, it represents Waterhouse’s finest hour as a writer and bandleader — leveraging the musical partnerships he has built over many years to put something forth that is so fully realized and felt that it sparkles beatifically, reverberating with energy, heart, creativity, and vibe from start to finish. Nowhere is this more evident than on the album’s opening track, “Place Names,” perhaps the most remarkable song in the Waterhouse catalogue.

The tune is a pocket symphony, à la Spector and Wilson, with winding piano lines locking puzzle-like into a whining, weeping string arrangement courtesy of musical blood brother J.B. Flatt. A small cadre of women backing vocalists shout “Never!” and Nick replies “I never cry on cold days / I never mind a trip on the freeway / Because it’s what I know / Never really set for the big change / Learn to let things go / And say blow wind, blow.” The freeways between LA and San Francisco; the memory of spending a teenaged evening in the Vesuvio Café, which looms over the entrance of City Lights Books; the wind ripping through you on a foggy Bay Area morning, cutting into your bones; the pride one takes in his hometown; the distinct life that he has made (or that has made him) — it’s all here in “Place Names” and, honestly, if the album were to end with this one song, Waterhouse would’ve done his service to the 2020s in terms of musical creativity and vitality. Thankfully for listeners, it’s just the beginning.

The album twists and turns from the opening to the close — from swinging, sashaying jazz and blues (“Spanish Look”) to jittering, crystalline doo wop (“Very Blue”) and pure, loose, languid mood music with just a hint of Mulatu Astatke’s Ethiopian modal magic (“Promène Blue”). Most striking, perhaps, is the use of men’s voices as a backing texture, bringing an unexpected thematic unity to many of the songs. Lower-than-low gospel chants and refrains lend both energy and emotional weight to these pieces, conjuring a whole new mythic world for Nick’s compositions. This is a statement album, one to get lost in and rediscover over and over again.

In the Waterhouse catalogue, “Promenade Blue” represents rebirth and reinvigoration as well as a clarity of purpose that elevates it and may one day set it apart as something resembling a magnum opus. It’s his ‘Gatsby’ and it’s also his way of reintroducing himself to a fanbase that has grown by leaps and bounds over the last couple of years. On this record, he paints a mythic picture of his own life — lost in confusion, grating against time, overheated by false memories, being baptized by nostalgia and a vision of the future that is paradoxically both dark and apocalyptic and sparkling with promise. Sounds a lot like America in the 20s to me. Which 20s though? Which color — green or blue? Which author? Try to figure it out for yourself:

“You were smiling at me / Hanging languidly / On your car door window / Very blue / Very green / The ocean breeze / And shuffling trees / Pacific seas.”

“And as I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. He had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark fields of the republic rolled on under the night.

Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter — tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And one fine morning——

So, we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

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NOFX

Single Album

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Infine)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Rone

Rone & Friends