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Sealed copy!

Still sealed with hype sticker.

Still sealed.

Still sealed with hype sticker. 2023 reissue.

US reissue from 2022 on turquoise wax! Still in shrink, but opened, with hype sticker

Heels & Souls Recordings’ fifth reissue sees them reach across the Atlantic to Vancouver, pressing up Pilgrims Of The Mind’s 'What’s Your Shrine?' for the first time ever on vinyl, 25 years since its CD-only release on Map Music. A departure from the label’s previous releases, the LP is a beautiful smorgasbord of styles - progressive house, downtempo, ambient, tech house and trance all nestle together, a wiggling journey of sonic delight from the mind of Stéphane Novak.

Turn the dial back to ‘97 and Vancouver's underground had a distinctive buzz to its rumblings, an amalgamation of scenes and styles gave rise to a cohort of producers that were unconstrained by genre, offering up a heady mix of sounds to expand the mind. ‘Welcome To Lotus Land’ the key 1996 compilation on Robert Shea’s seminal Map Music, championed much of this output including two cuts from POTM. Stéphane then released his first and only full-length album, ‘What’s Your Shrine?’ on the same label the following year.

Picking out choice moments from an album as considered and complete as this is tough. Those horizontally inclined will be drawn to the ambient dwellings of ‘Sandcastle’ & ‘Following the Sofuto Kuriimo’, tracks like ‘Nothing Can Pull Us Apart’ and ‘L’Amour? Encore?!’ are perfectly suited to warming up limbs on the dancefloor, ‘My Baby Likes Rum’ and ‘Loosejaw’ prime for one in full swing. Yet to pick individual tracks misses the stunning sum of its parts that this 70+ minute cruise is, surely one of the finest albums from the American West Coast during its halcyon days of the ‘90s.

Digging deep in his vaults, Stéphane managed to uncover the original unmastered DATs that have been given a fresh mastering by Justin Drake at the Bakehouse Studios. This beautiful, double-disc gatefold comes complete with liner notes from Ciel, words from Stéphane himself, plus never-before-seen photography - the complete package this music always deserved.

Still in shrink but opened with hype sticker. Pink vinyl. Limited edition. Tiny wear.

Still sealed. Limited edition.

Still sealed with hype sticker. Green vinyl Limited edition.

Sealed copy!

Limited edition of 100. Double tape in plastic box,

Sea glass coloured vinyl seems unplayed. Tiny wear. Original inner sleeves.

Seam splits. Vinyl is close to NM. 180gr vinyl Limited edition.

Limited Edition for Record Store Day 2022. Numbered 305/2000. Cover has a bent corner and a seam split, close to VG+.

Still sealed with hype sticker. Cracked corner. Limited edition orange vinyl.

Orange vinyl. Cover with beginning of seam split on top spine and bent corner

Purple Orchid vinyl close to NM.

Cover with light damage on one corner, closer to NM. Still in shrink, but opened, with hype sticker

Purple vinyl.

yellow vinyl.

Sealed copy with a bent corner! Limited edition on Golden vinyl.

Cover and vinyl are close to NM. Hand numbered Limited edition.

Vinyl with a couple of scuffs and hairlines. Box with some wear and bumped spots. The back side is glued with misalignment.

Red vinyl Limited edition. close to NM. Original inner sleeve

Cover with slightly bumped corner, closer to NM. Copy n° 457. Silver vinyl

Cover with slightly bent corners

Grey vinyl.

Ships in a brand new plain sleeve.

Only record 2, record 1 is missing! Red vinyl is close to NM. Original inner sleeves. Stuffed corners. 2020 reissue Limited edition. With insert

Vinyl close to NM

Outer sleeve not included.
Still shrink wrapped but opened.

Cover is close to NM.

Cover with seam split.

Stamped white label copy. Vinyl is close to NM.

Red splattered seems unplayed. Tiny wear. Limited edition.

Still in shrink, but opened, with hype sticker. With original inner sleeve

Still in shrink, but opened, with hype sticker

Black Vinyl Edition. 180 gram.
Sealed copy with slightly dented cover corners.

Cover with small beginning of seam split on spine and bent corner.

Golden vinyl limited edition. Cover is close to NM.

with OBI. Cover has tiny corner wear.

Vinyl is Close to VG+.

Record is close to VG+!

Still in shrink, but opened, with hype sticker