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With his single SW 9 9SL / Planet in August Four Tet gave us a hint he has New Energy for a new album which will be released in October.

Vinyl LP pressing. Magnetic is the exciting 2017 album by London based music producer/musician GaudI, which features a choice selection of sounds from the catalogue of internationally respected experimental label RareNoiseRecords, as well as direct contributions by several top caliber musicians from the worlds of rock, jazz and electronica. The making of Magnetic truly was a creational challenge, even for a man who has been working to dissolve musical boundaries for over 35 years. The initial idea of the project was to compose an album of entirely new music using sounds from the RareNoise catalog as his 'orchestra of musicians'; over the course of it's development it grew into a full spectrum artistic interaction with a further array of international music giants, some of which Gaudi has worked in past with. Best loved and noted to date for his genre blending and high quality dub-centric productions, in Magnetic, Gaudi has shown us another aspect of his musical self, other ranges in his musical landscape and he has done it with an all-star cast of supporting musicians.

Rapping at the window / Crying through the lock / Bells and running water / Influence on dusk.

Re-release of Blue Chemise's debut LP, which originally appeared in 2017 as a limited private release of 105 copies. Baadm make this much sought-after record available again on both physical and digital format, with remastered sound by Christophe Albertijn and updated artwork, all true to the original intentions of, and in close collaboration with, the artist.

‘Influence On Dusk’ forms an idiosyncratic cycle of fourteen mysterious, sometimes uncanny electroacoustic compositions, a personal and subdued eruption of 'melancholy of the healthy kind’, suddenly here and suddenly gone…

This is the second release on B.A.A.D.M. by the Australian artist Mark Gomes, following his equally atmospheric but more romantic 'Flower Studies' from 2021.

International DJ/producer Levi Love (Manchester/South Africa) has just launched Mas O Menos. The label is designed to intertwine all that is good about Manchester and South Africa, with an open-minded attitude to genre.

The first record is a a global-unifying, upfront dance track that joins the dots between kwaito, house and Manchester's forward thinking techno prowess. A collaboration between Manchester artists Mako MCR and Metrodome (Red Laser, Wet Play, Levelz) under the alias >one. Made record of the week at Piccadilly Records and the Vinyl Factory, the physical release is already shifting copies in the UK, Europe and South Africa.

Ltd. Purple & Black Splatter Vinyl. It's been four years since Zach Saginaw, aka Shigeto, returned home toMichigan from a stint in Brooklyn, NY, and since then, the multi-facetedmusician has become a part of the fabric of Detroit's music scene. Whilealways having a personal approach to his projects, Saginaw's influencesfor his third album, The New Monday are more about the community ofDetroit than anything else. Named after a weekly DJ event calledMonday is the New Monday that Saginaw does at the unassumingMotor City Wine with a group of friends, The New Monday is the resultof Saginaw diving into the city's deep record culture, where therelegacy of artist's of the past help Saginaw embrace his own contributions."It's focused on a couple things and they all kind of come together torepresent dierent things," explains Saginaw. "My time back in Detroit,back living in Michigan and spending time with a lot of kind of originalpeople who have always been here, learning from them, hearing storiesfrom them, being influenced by them, and inspired by them."While, in the past, projects like Lineage or No Better Time Than Nowwere rooted in strong personal messages, family and relationshipsrespectively, The New Monday represents a communal eort wheresolidarity is the key. Going for a simplified approach of just trying tomake good tracks, The New Monday is diverse in its styles leaning moreinto a dance music direction - new ground for a Shigeto project. A newair of confidence in Saginaw has expanded his horizons since his returnto Detroit, but traces of his past work will continue to be present."I don't want people to think I'm leaving anything," says Saginaw. "I'mstill me. It's a result of me being immersed in the culture, and inevitablymaking music that is influenced by that culture whether it be house,techno, jazz, rap. It doesn't matter. It's all coming from what I love aboutMichigan."While The New Monday still features the jazz textures long associatedwith S...

2017 debut album from Manila, PH future funk producer システム Fairy previously released on cassette and long sold out until now! Enjoy this long sought after future funk fave with refreshed artwork and on wax for the first time!

Channeling a love affair with classic '90s hip-hop, an affinity for otherworldly themes and an ear for raw funk, Barclay Crenshaw uses his given birth name to bare his soul and deliver a slowed-down, emotive collection of collaborations and instrumentals. This self-titled debut album is a left-field departure from his better-known alias, Claude VonStroke, but the quality is undeniably the same. The themes of ancient alien abductions and exploration of time and space are discovered and brought to life over ten tracks that sound like a mixture of gold rope chains and new age enlightenment. Modern organic beats mixed with gorgeous melodic moments and underlying grittiness create an experience that is eclectic, expressive and expansive. Coded art furthers the sense of mystery and the unknown, harking back to the past while gazing into the future.

Guests include a wide array of artists, from bass maestro Mr. Carmack to the U.K.’s inspired Lady Chann, Flatbush emcees The Underachievers, and even a Cool Kids reunion from Chuck Inglish & Sir Michael Rocks.

Back in print for the first time since release, and pressed on White In Tan Color In Color Vinyl with White Splatter

Son Ash is Andreas Pallisgaard (Pinkunoizu, Anden Enhed) and Easy Listening For The Hearing Impaired was the first release on År & Dag.

A collection of timbral, rhythmical and structural studio experiments for analogue synthesizers, sequencers and reel tape, the album is concerned with the idea of beginning and becoming, and an increasing expanse is embedded in the progression of the album, that gradually unfolds its ramifications over time.

The world is already fallen and the temples are all new again.

Originally released on limited 10" double-pack in 2017, 'Luxor Necropolitics' was once again produced by Joshua Eustis of Telefon Tel Aviv, and includes a super rare remix from Female of Sandwell District fame.

Official reissue of the modern cult classic - this time on 3xLP with side F snake etching. Focusing on slow paced bass studies and and synthetic dub textures, surrounded by collaged and looped field recording environments, RSE shrouds sound over image to target the sector of brain where fear supersedes rationality - the imagination.