Folk 1398 Items

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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7" | 2023 | EU | Original (I Dischi Del Barone)

Eyes Of The Amaryllis

Lunchtime On Earth

6,99 €* 13,99 € -50%

CD | 2023 | EU | Original (BFD)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Four new tracks from Philadelphia's Eyes of the Amaryllis recorded in 2021-2022. Following up their debut album Sift released on Horn of Plenty in 2022, the group continues in the same path with their intimate, earthly and very much homespun music. The sublime title track almost resembles a folky Dadamah while some of the other songs are somewhat looser compositions. Eyes of the Amaryllis consists of Goda Trakumaite, Esther Scanlund, Jesse Dewlow and Jim Strong. 45rpm, mastered by Lasse Marhaug. Edition of 200 copies.

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Tony Jackson

I've Got Songs To Sing

7,64 €* 16,99 € -55%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Embla And The Karidotters

Howling

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Die With Your Boots On)

8,39 €* 11,99 € -30%

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Tape | 2023 | EU | Original (Elefandes)

Edna Martinez

Memoria Vallenata

8,39 €* 13,99 € -40%

Dessy Lemon/Ready For Drowning

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Edna Martinez pays a heartfelt tribute to her birthplace in Valledupar with another entry of Cintas Elefandes- a colorful showcase of Vallenato, the passionate, accordion-driven genre that spreads from the tributaries of the Cesar river in northern Colombia. A bittersweet mix that sits just right with an open bottle of rum, or the soul remedy of your choice.

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Nuba Nour

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (30ips)

8,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Cloud Of Smoke Blue Vinyl Edition

Andrew Gabbard

7" | 2021 | US | Original (Karma Chief)

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7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Sofaburn)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A Musician Whose Influences Span Hard Rock, Psych, Garage Rock, And Energetic Pop, Andrew Gabbard Has Long Been A Force On Thesouthwestern Ohio Music Scene. Working With Thee Shams, The Buffalo Killers, And Currently As The Gabbard Brothers With His Brother Zach, Andrew Is Truly A Prolific Artist Covering A Wide Range. The Buffalo Killers Caught The Attention Of Dan Auerbach Who Produced Their Debut Lp And Andrew Is Currently Part Of The Touring Band For The Black Keys. Now Joining Forces With Another Ohio Establishment, Colemine Records, Andrew Hopes To Hone His Sound And Grow His Reach. His First Single As Andrewgabbard Is "Cloud Of Smoke", A Mix Of Hazy Pop Infused With Alt-Country Vibes That Feels Part Neil Young, Part Wilco, And Part Flaming Lips All At The Same Time.For Fans Of...Neil Young, Michael Nau, Wilco, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Byrds, Gene Clark.

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Jeremy Pinnell

Nighttime Eagle

9,99 €*

Angel Olsen / Karen Dalton

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Pinnell Is All Shine And Sparkle On The Forthcoming Goodbye La. Produced By Texan Jonathan Tyler, The Tunes Buff The Wax And Polish The Chrome On Country Music's Deeper Roots. Rooted In His Steady Acoustic Guitar, Pinnell's Songs Are Shot Through With Honest And Classic Elements. The Rhythm Section, All Snap And Shuffle, Finds Purpose In Well-Worn Paths. The Pedal Steel And Telecaster Stingers Arrive Perfectly On Cue, Winking At Jp's World-Wise Couplets . Here Slippery Organ Insinuates Gospel Into The Conversation. You Can Feel The Room Breathe And Get A Sense Of These Musicians Eyeballing Each Other As Their Performances Are Committed To Tape. And Through It All Comes This Oaken Identity, The Devastating Centerpiece Of His Work. Honest And Careworn, Jeremy's Voice Can Touch On Wry, Jubilant, And Debauched - All In A Single Line. At His Best, Jeremy Pinnell Chronicles The Joy And Sorrow Of Being Human, Which Is The Best That Anyone Could Do.

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Something In Your Mind

7" | 2022 | US | Original (Light In The Attic)

Que Pasa / Georgia On My Mind Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Angel Olsen covers “Something On Your Mind,” while Karen Dalton’s version is found on the flip The latest release in Light in the Attic’s 7" Covers Series Artwork by Los Angeles-based fine artist Robbie Simon Pressed at Third Man Pressing

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John 5 & The Creatures

7" | 2022 | US | Original (Big Machine)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Friture Havasi - Le Cocek D'Anderlecht

Bernard Orchestar

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Zephyrus)

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Van)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Active for a decade now and soon knocking at the gates of the Walhalla, the sportsmen of Bernard Orchestar present a new repertoire that is both juicy and greasy, just like samurai sauce.

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Lindy-Fay Hella

Taag / Otherworld

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Zephyrus)

La Panika

Anapse To Tsigaro

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Martin Hossbach)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Balkan brass interpretation of the Greek Laiko hit song from '58 by Belgo-French orchestra La Panika. Dubby remix by French producer JB Hoste from Le Caravane Electro.

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Michaela Meise

Cemalim

G. Rag & Die Landlergeschwister

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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Under the impression of the racially motivated murders on 19 February 2020 in Hanau, her hometown, the visual artist and musician Michaela Meise recorded the piece "Cemalim" by the Turk Erkin Koray in German translation. The production of the song was supported by the Städtische Galerie Nordhorn and the NS-Dokumentationszentrum München, both of which have included the work in their exhibition programmes this year. Erkin Koray is a representative of the psychedelic Anadolu-Rock and published "Cemalim" as an arrangement in 1973. The original composer, Rafik Başaran, came from the Cappadocian town of Ürgüp, which is also mentioned in the song. "Cemalim" means, translated into German, "My darling Cemal", and is a lament for the dead. Meise wrote the German text based on the translation by Fatih Alasalvaroglu, who also comes from Hanau.Besides the mourning of nine young people, solidarity with the relatives and friends of the murder victims is urgently needed. They have organised themselves in the "Initiative 19 February Hanau" - on their website you can find information about what support they would like to receive. Most of the concert programme of the last two years included anti-fascist songs and was a reaction to the increasing right-wing populism. Folk songs, hits and chansons of the 1960s, published in July 2018 on the album "Ich bin Griechin" (Martin Hossbach), dealt with the experience of the Second World War, told of the longing to leave home or the experiences of a seasonal worker. The songs were composed by the anti-fascist Mikis Theodorakis, the musician Barbara, who survived the Shoah with her family in the underground, and George Moustaki and Alexandra, who crossed both national borders.

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Der Räuber Und Der Prinz

7" | 2015 | EU | Original (Gutfeeling)

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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7" | 2015 | US | Original (Third Man)

Lillie Mae Rische

Nobody's / The Same Eyes

Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Nate Campany And The Serenade-The Serenade-Nate Ca

The Only Bridge I Need

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Lojinx)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Anatolian Soul I Limited Edition Vinyl Edition

Ipek Yolu

7" | 2023 | Original (Sounds Of Subterrania)

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Universal)

Kenny Rogers

Life Is Like A Song

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Cresus)

Emilee

The Extra Ordinary

11,24 €* 14,99 € -25%

7" | 2022 | US | Original (Dead Oceans)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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'The Extra Ordinary' EP is the debut release from London based musician, composer, producer and singer Emilee. Also known as Moggli, Emilee boasts a vast back catalogue collaborating with the likes of Maya Jane Coles, Andrea Oliva, Shlomi Aber and Marc Romboy. This release welcomes five dreamy originals packaged alongside a pairing of club focused remixes courtesy of Maya Jane Coles and Andrade & Sam Clarence.
Maya Jane Coles fully digests the original work before totally revamping 'Rodeo' in a truly unique way as warming rich chords billow around a chugging masterpiece of house rhythms. Andrade & Sam Clarence continue the dreamlike state with Memory Land, once again taking the ethereal voices from Emilee and pairing with a rich, punchy bass line.
DJ support : Carl Craid, Rone, Joris Voorn, Joyce Muniz, Shlomi Aber, Fred P
Remixes Premiere confirmed with: Mixmag - DJ Mag spain and LA- Verzila - Upfront Beats - Moskalus
Premieres wise, Mixmag are running MJC on 25th
Radios : BBC Radio 1 show - MJC remix plays on Friday 15th Jan. Rinse FM - Pat from Slothboogie to play MJC remix on his Rinse FM show Monday. 11th Jan.
Good reviews: DJ Mag Spain supported with a news piece: https://djmag.es/the-extra-ordinary-es-el-ep-debut-de-la-productora-londinense-emilee/
Upfrontbeats supported with a review:https://upfrontbeats.com/track/emilee-the-extra-ordinary-remixes-ft-maya-jane-coles-andrade-sam-clarence
Dubkiks https://dubiks.com/2021/01/06/emilee-debuts-with-remixes-from-maya-janes-coles-and-andrade-sam-clarence/

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Bill Fay / Julia Jacklin

Just To Be A Part

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Bear's Sonic Journals: The Foxhunt 1973

The Chieftains

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Decca)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Evan Crankshaw & The Dead Mauriacs

Expedition

CD | 2022 | EU | Original (Akuphone)

11,99 €* 19,99 € -40%

Bill Fay / Mary Lattimore

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Expedition is a collaboration between sound artist The Dead Mauriacs (aka Olivier Prieur) and collage artist Evan Crankshaw, based on their mutual interest in treating exotica as both a subject and a material. Evan Crankshaw's 2015 collage book, also entitled Expedition, is assembled and collaged by hand from a vast archive of popular exoticist printed materials, and explores recurring motifs in expedition narratives, simultaneously evoking and alienating the exoticist fantasy.

In 2018, the book was interpreted for a live performance at Festival BBMix (Boulognes-Billancourt, France) in collaboration with The Dead Mauriacs, who created a complete exotica-concrète score accompanying projected images of the book & live narration. That collaboration can be heard on this album, an armchair-travel virtual-voyage to the heart of an imagined actual elsewhere, stitched from pieces of narcotizing fabulisms, disturbing actualities, and incomprehensibilities – an interior excursion into the exotic immensity.

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Love Is The Tune

7" | 2022 | US | Original (Dead Oceans)

CD | 2021 | EU | Original (Sounds Of Subterrania)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Dead Oceans has announced the re-issue of Bill Fay's Still Some Light, a double compilation album made up of 70s album demos and 2009 home recordings. Released in two parts, pressed on vinyl and out digitally for the first time, `Still Some Light Part 2' is released 6th May, 2022. Alongside, Dead Oceans has announced plans of a special series of four 7" singles, consisting of different musicians' interpretations of Bill Fay classics. Number three ( a cover of `Just To Be A Part' by Julia Jacklin) and the fourth, Mary Lattimore's version of `Love Is The Tune') will also be released 6th May, 2022.

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Ipek Yolu

Tropical Anatolia

11,99 €* 15,99 € -25%

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Mapache)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Ipek Yolu is the Turkish name for the Silk Road which connected the East and the West. This band does not deal in silk but they connect flavors, smells and sounds from different corners of the globe, connecting the world.
The band merges bass-heavy electro-tinged cumbia grooves, saz riffs and surf guitar into a multicultural melting pot of South American rhythms, Anatolian folk music and 60s psychedelic rock. A unique universe of sound that bridges the tropical jungles and the dusty deserts in a kaleidoscopic blend of music. Ipek Yolu has used 2020 to write their debut album Tropical Anatolia and are ready to hit the venues and festivals.
The members of Ipek Yolu first got together for an improvised jam session during the Aarhus Roots & Hybrid Festival in 2018. The show was set up as a special one-time-only show merging members from the bands Hudna & Junglelyd. The show ended up lasting for almost three hours. It didn’t take them long to discover they were onto something special. If you know any of these bands mentioned you know you’re in for a body-shaking party, characterised by musical curiosity and improvisation.
The three members of Ipek Yolu have all been part of the Danish music scene for several years. The band leader, Orhan Özgür Turan, is a well-known and respected saz player all over Denmark, and has made a name for himself through his efforts in the Anatolian Folk band Hudna. In 2018 he won an award as Global Roots Artist of the year at The Danish World Music Awards. Olaf Brinch and Lasse Aagaard have worked together for many years making high energy cumbia with their band Junglelyd and Afrobeat with their band African Connection. Olaf is also an integral part of the Danish band AddisAbabaBand. In addition, Olaf and Lasse have toured and recorded with great musicians such as CC Yoyo, former drummer of Fela Kuti, in both Ghana and Denmark. All of the past experiences collided to create Ipek Yolu.

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Cactus Lee

Angel / Train Song

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Cactus LEE presents his new single with two exclusive tracks. Angel is an alternate version of the song from forthcoming album Texas Music Forever and Train Song is a great cover of Vashti Bunyan. A welcome present to a great band that will bring their Texas songwriting style to Mapache Records. Let’s Welcome them with this special and very limited release. Limited to 200 records.

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Rhythm & Blues House Party Volume 2

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Koko Mojo)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Koko Mojo)

The Jaguars

Rock With The Jaguars EP

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Saigon Supersound)

Trùc Mai

Sài Gòn

You Without Sin Cast The First Stone

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Not many cities in the world are gifted with a timeless anthem of their own. We all know “New York, New York”, a song widely known across its city borders. For many Vietnamese, the beautiful Cha Cha Cha tune “Sài Gòn” has a similar reputation. The tune was written by Hanoi-born composer Y-Van. Like many of his generation, he moved to the South in 1954 after The Geneva Accords partitioned Vietnam temporarily into two states. There he became one of the most famous and prolifc songwriters in South Vietnamese pop music. His revered songs are still sung and covered to this day. “Sài Gòn”, which he wrote in 1965, was recorded for the frst time by Saigonese-born singer Trúc Mai for the Sóng Nhạc label. It is one of his most iconic compositions and has been recorded countless times since. Trúc Mai rose to prominence during the late 1950s as a popular headliner in the cabaret circuit of Saigon, earning her the title, "Nữ Hoàng Mambo" (the Queen of the Mambo). Her reputation helped make the 1965 recording of “Sai Gon” an instant hit. It was so successful that it was one of only a few songs to appear on multiple 7” vinyl releases. However, that same year, Trúc Mai took a seven-year hiatus from the music industry to take care of her family. But she returned in 1972 to record “Sai Gon” again, this time with another producer, Duy Khánh – also a successful singer and musician. They released this track on his “reel 2 reel” tape series, “Cỏ May”. After the war ended in 1975, Trúc Mai and her family left Vietnam to begin their new lives in the United States, where she continued her successful music career with the overseas community.The Sài Gòn sung about in the song refers geographically to today's Districts 1 & 3 in Ho Chi Minh City, the name given in 1975, after reunifcation. But colloquially, the city is still afectionately called Sài Gòn by many of its residents, and even the airport retains the ‘sgn’ designation as its abbreviation. Despite being recorded over 55 years ago, the unbroken popularity of this life-afrming ode to the city is proven when, whether in Sài Gòn or Hanoi; the south or north; whether young or old, when the song plays, everyone immediately joins in to sing along to the chorus…Saigon đẹp lắm Saigon ơi! Saigon ơi! (Saigon is so beautiful! Saigon oi! Saigon oi!) The two extensively restored mixes are supplemented with a 2021 edit by Saigon Supersound producer and DJ Jan Hagenkötter, who tries to preserve the vibes of the original and at the same time to wrap it in a contemporary garment.

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Isaiah Owens

LP | 2015 | US | Original (Mississsippi)

11,99 €* 19,99 € -40%

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Loose)

Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A truly unique Gospel stylist - Isaiah Owen's plays guitar and sings in his own very distinctive and otherworldly way. Isaiah plays loud and with quite a bit of dissonance, his voice floating above beautifully. This LP features some of his finest performances captured from his radio broadcasts in Montgomery Alabama and from studio recordings. Mississippi is very proud to present this material. Liner notes by Kevin Knutt (of the greatest radio show of all time, Sinners Crossroads, as well as the Case Quarter label).

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Danny George Wilson

We've Got A Lot To Learn

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Veda EP Red Vinyl Edition

Mustafa Kus & Imece

7" | 2021 | EU | Reissue (Ironhand)

12,34 €* 12,99 € -5%

CD | 2022 | US | Original (Ropeadope)

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Limited to 300 copies on red vinyl.

Ironhand Records is proud to announce the EP of Mustafa Kuş & İmece, musically at the crossroads of funk, jazz, and psychedelic, with Anatolian rhythms.
Mustafa Kuş, who went to Germany for his education and founded his band İmece in 1976, released three albums and one single until 1985.
Compiled from those, the 4 songs in this EP blend Anatolian rhythms with funk and jazz, entertaining bass lines, crazy drum attacks, saxophone, and keyboard solos.
Remastered from the original master tapes, limited to 300 copies exclusive for hhv.de on red vinyl. You will hear the idol of today’s many popular bands!

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Dendê & Band

Agô

12,74 €* 16,99 € -25%

Pape Nziengui Et Son Groupe

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Dendê Macêdo is a percussionist, singer, composer, bandleader, teacher, and multi-instrumentalist. He’s been a professional musician since the age of 14, when he appeared in the frontline of Timbalada, Carlinhos Brown’s superstar percussion ensemble. Since 2001, he’s been developing his solo career, splitting his time between the US and Bahia and working with his folkloric group Ologundê and his flagship band Dendê & Band. Now on their second album, Dendê & Band have cultivated a unique sound where Afro-Brazilian traditions like samba de roda and candomble have been seamlessly melded with world rhythms like rumba, afrobeat and mbalax. Dendê & Band have recently performed at venues such as the Glastonbury Festival in the UK, the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles; the KW Latinfest in Canada; the Penang World Music Festival in Malaysia; Summerdance in Chicago and the Chile Pepper Fiesta at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.

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Kadi Yombo

Tape | 2022 | US | Original (Awesome Tapes From Africa)

Live From Paris Solid White Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Kadi Yombo, published in 1989, is the most successful album in the quest for a fusion between tradition and modernity in Bwiti harp music of the Tsogho people of Gabon. Combining beating rattles with a layer of synthesizers, Papé Nziengui blends in a contrapuntal dialogue characteristic of harp playing: male song in appeal and female choir in response, male voice of the musical arc and rhythms of female worship. But above all it's Tsogho ritual music and modern studio orchestration. The result is an initiatory itinerary of 10 musical pieces which are all milestones likely to be simultaneously listened to, danced, meditated on, and soon acclaimed. In the years since, Nziengui has traveled he world from Lagos to Paris, from Tokyo to Cordoba, from Brussels to Mexico City to become a true icon, the emblem of Gabonese music. Like Bob Dylan, "electrifying" folk and Bob Marley mixing rock with reggae, some purists have criticized Nziengui for having distorted the music of harp by imposing a cross with modern instruments. They even went so far as to claim that Nziengui was just an average harpist covering his shortcomings with stunts that were only good for impressing neophytes; like playing a harp placed upside down behind his back or playing two or three harps simultaneously. Sincere convictions or venomous defamations, in any case, Nziengui never gave in to such attacks, imposing himself on the contrary to pay homage to the elders (Yves Mouenga, Jean Honoré Miabé, Vickoss Ekondo) while instructing the maximum of young people. He is thus the promoter of many young talents, the most prominent of which is certainly his nephew Jean Pierre Mingongué. In a conservative society where the sacred is confused with secrecy, exposing the mysteries of Bwiti in broad daylight can be punished by exclusion or even execution. Papé Nziengui has always claimed that he faces such risks because he never felt enslaved to a community that governs his life, that regulates his conduct, that has a right of censorship over his activities. Like Ravi Shankar, the famous sitarist, Papé Nziengui is a man of rupture but also of openness, a transmitter of culture. As proof, he has established himself in Libreville, Gabo's capital, as the main harpist for sessions and concerts, accompanying the greatest national artists (Akendengué, Rompavè, Annie-Flore Batchiellilys, Les Champs sur la Lowé, etc.) as well as foreign artists (Papa Wemba, Manu Dibango, Kassav', Toups Bebey, etc.). In 1988, he was the first harpist to release an album in the form of a cassette produced by the French Cultural Center (Papé Nziengui, Chants et Musiques Tsogho). At the same time, he created his own group (Bovenga), combining traditional music instruments (musical bow, drums, various percussion instruments, etc.) in the framework of a true national orchestra, which gave the first concert and the first tours of a traditional music that was both modern and dynamic, thus "democratizing" the harp, to the dismay of certain purists. On the other hand, in modern music, dominated by the logic of profit or even commercialism, artistic creation must often be adjusted for a specific audience based on reason rather than heart. But instead of allowing himself to be distorted, Papé Nziengui has always tried to produce music that is not a caricature, worthy in its expression as in its content, of the sacredness and transcendence of the music of the Origins. This is what makes Nziengui-not only the musician, but the man-someone whose age hasn't altered any of his freshness or authenticity.

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Young Fathers

10" | 2023 | UK | Original (Ninja Tune)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Mercury)

Willie Nelson

The Great Divide

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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12" | 2023 | UK | Original (83817 Echoe)

Francesca Lombardo

Remembrance The Remixes

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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12" | 2023 | UK | Original (83817 Echoe)

Francesca Lombardo

Rememberance EP

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Eritrea's Guitar Pioneer, 1970-73

Tewolde Redda

Tape | 2022 | US | Original (Domino Sound)

Quero Ver Voce Sambar / Mas Nao Deixe De Ir

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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From Asmara, Eritrea (formerly Ethiopia) Tewolde Redda revolutionized the sounds of traditional Eritrean music by amplifying his kirar, playing his Eko electric guitar, and recording six singles in the first part of the 1970s. Including the first Eritrean songs to use a horn section, traditional songs reworked into his new sound, and originals influenced by radio broadcasts from the United States military base in Asmara, Kagnew Station, these ten songs originally released on the Philips, Amha, and Yared labels show off his talents with stringed instruments, a talented back up band, and often the hand clapped beat shifting into double time near the song’s end. Tewolde’s thick, deep voice sings songs of love over somber and joyous tunes. Comes in a tip-on sleeve with extensive liner notes, lyrical translations, and unpublished photos. A co-release with Mitmitta Musika of Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.

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Homero Franca / Silvinha

7" | 2022 | EU | Reissue (Mr. Bongo)

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Tape | 2022 | EU | Original (Sucata Tapes)

Babau

Stock Fantasy Zone

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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Organic Music Tapes Volume 1

Tiago Sousa

Tape | 2022 | EU | Original (Sucata Tapes)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Rumi Sounds)

Erbatur

Kacacagim / Seyyah

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Nunorthern Soul)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Erbatur is a Turkey-born singer/songwriter most recognized as the lead singer of the Turkish rock bandZardanadam. However, these two tracks are melancholic ballads dealing with the desire to leave, to run away, and find a peaceful place on earth.
Both "KaÃ§acaÄŸÄ±m" and "Seyyah" have been known to his fanbase from live gigs, radio and TV appearances since the 1990s, but are recorded here with a super-group of international musicians living in Berlin. Fans of Erbatur and the songs will be surprised by these beautiful versions complete with pedal steel, cello and tar arranged and produced by Big Daddy Mugglestone.

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El Turronero

New Hondo

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Emotional Rescue)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Those who pay close attention to DJ Harvey’s sets should already be familiar with NuNorthern Soul’s next single, a fully licensed reissue of a sought-after 1980 promotional seven-inch from legendary Spanish Flamenco singer Manuel Mancheño Peña, better known as El Turronero (‘The Nougat’). Both ‘Las Penas’ and ‘Si Yo Volviera A Nacer’ have long been secret weapons in the sets of dusty-fingered Balearic DJs, with Harvey regularly dropping the tracks during his sessions at Pikes Hotel on the White Isle. Both tracks first appeared on Pena’s 1980 album New Hondo, a set that updated the then veteran Flamenco artist’s sound for the disco era. Whereas most of his previous albums were more traditional Flamenco affairs, New Hondo combined his throaty, effervescent Flamenco singing style with the driving grooves, swooping orchestration and spacey synthesizer sounds of European disco. To promote the album, Spanish label DB Belter pressed up a promotional “45” featuring two of the most club-friendly cuts on the album. It’s this release that is being reissued for the very first time by NuNorthern Soul. A-side ‘Las Penas’ is undoubtedly an off-kilter, late-night disco classic. Built around a flanged, action-packed disco-funk bassline, metronomic beats. soaring and layered female backing vocals, intergalactic synth sounds and stirring strings, the track steps up a level when ‘El Turronero’ takes to the microphone to belt out an infectious, energetic vocal in his trademark Flamenco style. It’s the kind of cut that’s as haunting and intoxicating as it is funky and floor friendly. Flipside ‘Si You Volviera A Nacer’, another of New Hendo’s most sought-after tracks, is another unique and righteous concoction. Looser, groovier and warmer in tone, it sees another sublime, Flamenco style lead vocal from Pena accompanied by even funkier bass, spiralling ’70s synthesizer sounds, sweaty drums and some seriously exotic instrumental flourishes (think sitar and kalimba). It’s every bit as alluring as the more driving A-side, and equally as playable. Both tracks may be unusual in comparison to the artist’s other releases, but they expertly capture a moment in time, when disco dominated dancefloors all over the world and inspired even the most traditional and historic of European musical styles. Quite a number of flamenco-disco records were made in Spain during the late ’70s and early ’80s, but very few are quite as magical as these.

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Michael James Pollard

Too Confusing

Tape | 2022 | EU | Original (Kinship)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Emotional Rescue returns to early 1980s Manchester with the previously unreleased music of Michael James Pollard and his beautiful distillation of indie pop in Too Confusing and bedsit cover version of Ashford and Simpson's Surrender. While studying photography at Manchester Polytechnic, MJ) Pollard lived and played in a band in a ramshackle house in Walley Range. In the cellar studio he would write and record his own songs using their guitars, fretless bass and keys, as well as his own Casio VL-Tone Vl-1 and Simmons Clap Trap to augment his drums onto a 4 track Teac. By 1983, and now solo, he was recording out of Dislocation Dance's studio Erc111), had secured a Peel Session and via Factory Records' Lindsay Reade, was discussing with Fundacao Atlantica about releasing an album. Working with singer Sioux Goddard as a duo, they put down 8 songs in 2 weeks in summer '84. However, Fundacao Atlantica's financial difficulties and soon closure meant the songs were lost until now. Recovered off the original tapes and lovingly restored, Too Confusing captures the optimism of the sessions, a summer love melody of forlorn youth. Surrender accompanies, recorded back in that cellar in '81, with friend Stephanie Danziger on vocals, its lo-fi simplicity is a perfect take on an all-time classic, making this a newly prized gem of British indie pop history.

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Marlais

Stream Of Forms

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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Tape | 2023 | Original (Forward Music Group)

Nico Paulo

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Black Sweat)

Everest Magma

Alto//Piano

13,19 €* 21,99 € -40%

We May Grow Old But We Never Grow Up

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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Everest Magma rediscovers the folk roots of his dreamy alter ego Woodcutter. Once again he appears as a minstrel crossing moonstruck woods inhabited by gnomes, butterflies and crawling creatures. Nature is sublimated into a personal alien vision in which a lysergic approach triumphs in the arrangement of sound material and immersive musique concrète. Pure acid-folk fingerpicking communicates directly with the forest’s humus, steeped in wild and ethereal moods. Between schizoid or more lyrical moments, a persistent taste for subtle subterranean noises, electric flashes, radio and ufological interferences, deviant scents and psychological drifts permeates the flow. The abstracting structure of voices and singing expresses the cyclical beingness of living, a decontextualizing dimension of space and time. It's the pantheistic feeling of a parallel naturalistic universe, which also takes cues from the psychedelic eccentricity of Claudio Rocchi’s ‘Suoni di Frontiera’, the Incredible String Band or Holy Modal Rounders. Co-produced with Maple Death Records

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Example

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (BMG Rights Management)

13,59 €* 15,99 € -15%

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Vom Bosphorus Bis Zum Rhein Colored Vinyl Edition

Ozan Ata Canani & Karaba

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Fun In The Church)

13,59 €* 15,99 € -15%

Mi Rehabilitacion / No Seas Malo

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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Limited to 100 copies-

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Chupameeldedo

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Les Disques Bongo Joe)

13,59 €* 15,99 € -15%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Via Parigi)

Catalina Matorral

13,74 €* 24,99 € -45%

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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Sigarasi Yaldizi / Mastika

Oldu O Zaman

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Les Disques Bongo Joe)

Pioneer Woks Swing (Live)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Cansu Ak, Tolga Horasanli and Mehmet Koray Erol came together in 2019 to produce their own music with creating the band "oldu o zaman". Since they gathered as a band, 2 songs written, composed and arranged by them have been released by Avrupa Müzik. After that, the band decided to make their mutual dream which is covering and arranging Turkish traditional well-known folk songs with psychedelic and electronic elements to create a unique sound with their own touch. There was a psychedelic music trend in 70"s used in traditional Anatolian folk songs. Oldu o Zaman rearranged famous tavern song "Sigarasi Yaldizli" and a well known Turkish gipsy song "Mastika" by using this trend in electronic form.

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Hailu Mergia

Tape | 2023 | US | Original (Awesome Tapes From Africa)

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Space Echo)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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It's been a little over ten years since Hailu Mergia reemerged on the international music scene. Following the first in a series of his classic recordings reissued in collaboration with Awesome Tapes From Africa, Mergia assembled a band and began performing live again after many years driving a cab in Washington, DC. His first show back appeared on the front page of the New York Times along with a stellar review and he took off from there performing his flavor of Ethiopian jazz all over the world in the years since, including Radio City Music Hall and Montreal Jazz Festival. Finally, we have a recorded document of the keyboard player's powerful DC-based trio _ which practices each weekend in his basement _ featuring Kenneth Joseph on drums and Alemseged Kebede on bass. Beautifully captured at one of their fiery live shows at the venerable Brooklyn non-profit cultural center Pioneer Works on July 1, 2016, the concert was recorded by PW staff and mixed by Ted Young with mastering by ATFA's expert audio extraction collaborator Jessica Thompson. The performance clarifies what many people across the globe already know: in his fifth decade of music-making Hailu Mergia continues to push the boundaries of his remarkable abilities. Mergia and his veteran band energetically and playfully unpeel layer after layer of harmonic and rhythmic interest out of a spectrum of Ethiopian repertoire. Modern jazz demands constant reinvention and improvisation, night after night creating new works out of known modes and classic standards. This band is unstoppable when it comes to turning age-old melodies (like "Tizita" or "Anchihoye Lene") upside down and inside out until they emerge as molten new works, often spontaneously. Mergia's original compositions (like "Yegle Nesh") shine brighter than ever here as well. Moving from keyboard to organ to accordion to melodica, he deftly switches instruments _ often during the same song. Mergia at 77 years old seems to be working harder than musicians half his age. "Pioneer Works Swing (Live)" brings into focus the kind of onstage group improvisation and deadly solo passages that reach for places Mergia and the band have never gone, on festival and club stages across four continents. Now that Mergia has released two new recordings along with four classic reissues, he is eager to let everyone hear what he's been doing on the road since he re-took the global stage for his victory laps. So much more than an old act from yesteryear, Mergia balances his legendary Ethiopian recordings with good old fashioned sweat-soaked live concert triumphs such as the one we have here.

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Randomized Coffee

Mariama Feat Kora Hero

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Kill Rock Stars)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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The meeting of Alieu and Randomized Coffee gives light to this new project, in which the Roman duo tackles a production that skillfully links Mediterranean influence to ancestral Africa in a patchwork woven of typical African ethnic elements to those of house and electronica in a "groovy" body that enhances the classical side of the African country in a modern musical mood and rhythm. The story tells about the day before an arranged marriage ceremony. Masanneh is a handsome and well-known man in his village of the Mandinka Tribe, born and raised in the village of Kudang, near the river that flows through the entire country; the Gambia. Many in the village believe him to be charismatic and generous, others believe him to be a venal materialist devoted to money. Masanneh decides to consult Cherno Jallow, a wise Marabout, to figure out how to deal with his future. He therefore moves westward to the village of Bondali, in Foni, where before practicing his work as a skilled trader he talks to Landing Sawo, the district chief, from there he hears the sound of a Kora played by Jali, while across the road he sees a beautiful woman Mariama Gomez passing by.

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Roanoke

Selene / Juna

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Take Your Time / Marabi Blues

Makgona Tsohle Band

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Umsakazo)

The Warrior / It Don't Matter To Me

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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• Fully licensed and restored from the original master in the Gallo Record Company vault. • Featuring Teaspoon Ndelu, West Nkosi and Michael Xaba on saxophones and Marks Mankwane on lead guitar. • Includes new liner notes and full recording personnel on sleeve rear. • Strictly limited run of 500 copies!

'Umsakazo Records is proud to present the first in a series of limited-edition replica 45rpm records. This collection of ‘seven singles’ has been carefully curated from key holy-grail recordings made during the golden age of South African township jive. It is fitting that the first in this series comes from the band so closely identified with the genesis of the style – the Makgona Tsohle Band, the hardest working session team in apartheid-era South Africa.

Under the guidance of talent scout and producer Rupert Bopape, the Makgona Tsohle Band (“The Band That Can Do Anything”) would underpin literally hundreds of recording sessions as the house band of Gallo Africa’s Mavuthela Music subsidiary from its launch in 1964 right through to 1977. This included all of the hit records made by Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens, as well as classic hits from the Mthunzini Girls, Irene Mawela, Abafana Baseqhudeni, Lemmy ‘Special’ Mabaso, Reggie Msomi, Sipho Bhengu, Teaspoon Ndelu and so many more artists essential to the sound of urban jive music.

The Mavuthela operation formed the core of Gallo’s ‘black music’ production and, by the mid-1970s, accounted for as much as 20% of the organisation’s total income. Mavuthela’s market dominance was usually attributed to the resourcefulness of director Bopape, along with the well-oiled machine that was Gallo Africa. True enough, Mavuthela releases were of a high musical and technical quality and were always well publicised, be it through Gallo’s promotions department or the countless stage performances made by Mavuthela artists in South Africa and neighbouring countries.

But the Makgona Tsohle Band was the real secret to Mavuthela’s success. Its repertoire stretched from traditional sax and accordion jive right through to disco and ‘English pop’, and this 45rpm sees them effortlessly tackling the burgeoning 1970s Soweto soul-jazz sound. Ironically, the musical influence behind this recording was almost certainly Michael Xaba, the seasoned African jazz veteran who had scornfully referred to the newer strains of jive in the late 1950s as ‘mbaqanga’. As the Makgona Tsohle began making history as the country’s first all-electric ensemble, that epithet would resurface and was eventually ‘reclaimed’ as a term of endearment for the music they had largely created. By the 1970s, Xaba and a number of other longstanding jazzmen found themselves employed by Mavuthela as musical directors, under the initiative of Bopape who was not particularly musically inclined himself. The Makgona Tsohle Band members consequently gained a rich musical education and were fully equipped to move into arranging and producing roles when Bopape retired in 1977.

Issued only once on a 45rpm single in 1972 - and restored from the original master in Gallo’s Johannesburg tape vault - “Take Your Time” and “Marabi Blues” both offer new insight into the diverse catalogue of this greatest of all mbaqanga bands.'

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Eve

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Munster)

The Master Musicians Of Joujouka

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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This Single Contains Two Previously Unreleased Tracks From 1970 By Eve (Formerly Mama Cats, Honey Ltd.), The Legendary Detroit Girl Group Who Were Signed By Lee Hazlewood For His Lhi Label.'The Warrior' Is A Delicate And Beautiful Dance Song That Combines A Contagious Rhythm With The Subtlety Of The Girl Group's Vocal Harmonies.The Backing Band Includes Members Of The Eagles, The Wrecking Crew And Elvis'tcb Band.Description:In The Late 1960s, Four Teenage Girls From Detroit Hitch-Hiked To Los Angeles To Follow Their Dream. Known As The Mama Cats, Their Combined Voices, Created A Magical Instrument, A Holy Harmonic Vehicle Built Upon The Inspiration And Improvisation Of Four Close Friends. Their Ethereal Voices And Heavenly Harmonies Sounded Like No One.Upon Meeting Lee Hazlewood In Los Angeles, He Was Bowled Over, Offering Them A Recording Contract On His Label, Lee Hazlewood Industries (Lhi), Renaming Them, Honey Ltd. Their Sole 1968 Lp Never Saw The Light Of Day. Out Of The Ashes Of The Group, The Three Remaining Members Continued On Under The Name Eve.They Went On To Record A Country Rock Lp With An All-Star Band Featuring Members Of The Eagles, The Wrecking Crew, Elvis' Tcb Band, Ry Cooder And Sneaky Pete. The Two Tracks Included In This Single Have Remained Unreleased Until Now Despite 'The Warrior' Had Been Previously Recorded By Honey Ltd. In A More Folky Style. Eve Transforms It Here Into A Delicate And Beautiful Dance Song That Combines A Contagious Rhythm With The Subtlety Of The Group's Vocal Harmonies.This Release Anticipates A New Series Of Full Albums Reissues From The Lhi (Lee Hazlewood Industries Records) Catalogue That Munster Will Be Releasing Over The Next Months In Spring/Summer/Autumn 2021

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Live In Paris

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Unlistenable)

7" | 2015 | Original (Sundazed Rfd)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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50 years since their first LP “Brian Jones presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka” was released, The Master Musicians of Joujouka are releasing a stunning double LP recorded live at Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris in 2016. The recordings are a full immersion into the Joujouka sound with disc one featuring hypnotic flutes and drum and a side of songs with mountain violin played by virtuoso Ahmed Talha with lead vocals by the late Abdeslam Boukhzar. Disc two features the truly hypnotic rhiat suite of Boujeloud, recorded in its entirety for the very first time. The Master Musicians of Joujouka have been known since Brian Jones publicised this amazing music in the 1960’s and of course also to those who are fans of William S Burroughs. This is a live recording from the Centre Pompidou in Paris in 2016. Which offers a chance to listen to the music without the usual background detritus provided when they are recorded in their homeland. The concert was part of the Beat generation exhibition. Gatefold double LP, the first time it has been released on vinyl.

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Greg Martin Group

Groovy Grubworm

Release: 2015 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Imaginational Anthem XII: I Thought I Told You - A Yorkshire Tribute To Michael Chapman

Tape | 2023 | US | Original (Tompkins Square)

G.Rag /Zelig Implosion Deluxxe

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Michael Chapman (1941-2021) released his debut album Rainmaker in 1969 on Harvest. He went on to release over fifty albums and influence many with his evocative songwriting and guitar prowess. From heady jams to expressive ballads to experimental noise, Chapman’s work continues to inspire. Tompkins Square recruited Henry Parker to curate a collection of covers by working musicians from Chapman’s home turf in Northern England. With stunning artwork by local artist Bunty Marshall mapping the important places in Michael’s life, this 12th volume of Tompkins Square’s Imaginational Anthem series is the ultimate tribute to a very dearly missed artist. Features tracks from Parker, Dean Mcphee, Katie Spencer, Bobby LEE, Holly Blackshaw, Andrew DR Abbott, Hawthonn, and Chris Brain.

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Hans Stumpf / Null Gehen

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Gutfeeling)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2021 | US | Original (Dial Black Sounds)

Krista Shows

Prone To Wander

14,29 €* 25,99 € -45%

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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If I Could Only Fly / Let Me Ride In Your Big Cadillac

Blaze Foley

7" | 2023 | US | Original (Mapache)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Back in 1979, Blaze Foley presented his first single. If I Could Only Fly / Let Me Ride Your Big Cadillac was released by short life label Zephyr Records and A side song became one of most loved songs from Blaze. The 7” became a high collector’s item and Mapache Records brings for the first time a stand alone reissue of this legendary 45 r.p.m. record.

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12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Rocky Hill)

Armenian White Label

Annie Girl And The Flight

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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Next up on Rocky Hill is a limited edition, vinyl only white label, featuring 2 edits licensed from Terrestrial Funk and Darone Sassounian's compilation from 2021, and two original tracks from LA - based DJ and producer, Lara Sarkissian. The A side (Silk Road Side), features two previous exclusives from Darone's compilation on Terrestrial Funk titled, 'Silk Road: Journey of the Armenian Diaspora (1971 - 1982)'. The two edits on the A side were only available digitally, on CD, and Cassette formats. A1 features an edit of Marten Yorgantz's "Ammenain Serdov [De Tout Coeur]" from NY-based DJ duo, Fundido. A2 features an edit of Jozeph Sefian's "Karoun E Yegel" from Darone Sassounian. The B Side (Lara Sarkissian Side), features two original tracks sampling duduk (Armenian woodwind), songs - named as Lezginka Dance Scene and Ojakhum Nightmare. The tracks are reworks of the originals from 2016 - 2017, when Sarkissian began the creation of her own unique process of synthesizing duduk as percussion, bass and voice. Both tracks have been used in her early live sets from 2017 - 2018. They're finally available now only on vinyl. This is Rocky Hill.

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LP | 2012 | US | Original (Calar Music)

Kumio Kurachi / Howie Reeve

Release: 2012 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Annie Girl AND THE FLIGHT's intense, psychedelic live performances of “crushing high-voltage lullabies” (The Bay Bridged) have made a mark on the San Francisco rock scene, where they’ve been featured as one of the San Francisco Bay Guardian’s Artists On The Rise. From their self-titled hypnotic folk debut, which was Mojo Magazine’s album of the month, the band evolved into a louder, faster art rock incarnation punctuated by garage rhythms. For its marriage of memorable guitar riffs and dreamy vocals, their EP Bodies was chosen as one of SF Weekly’s Top Bay Area Albums of 2015. The same year, Annie Girl and The Flight were hand picked by Laura Jane Grace to support punk legends Against Me! on a 28-city North American tour

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Double Rainbow

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Red Wig)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Les Disques Bongo Joe)

Maghreb K7 Club Volume 2

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Bubuj Bulan / Naghm El Uns

Rully DJohan / Munif

12" | 2023 | UK | Original (Soundway)

CD | 2023 | EU | Original (Fördämning Arkiv)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Following on from Soundway’s 2022 compilation, Padang Moonrise, are two late 1960s tracks from Java, Indonesia. one instrumental psychedelic organ version of Classic Indonesian track ‘Bubuj Bulan’ and the other a raw funk cut sung in Arabic. Rully Djohan recorded this unique, psychedelic instrumental version of Benny Corda’s classic ‘Bubuj Bulan’ for his album of instrumental organ versions of popular Indonesian songs recorded in 1971-72. With echoes of Indian, Ethiopian and Egyptian jazz melded with traditional Javanese music this version is a shimmering, dubbed-out take on a song that has been recorded by many Indonesian vocalists. Djohan is backed by The Galaxies Band, and led by one of Indonesia’s most original band leaders and arrangers Jopie Item, who also plays sitar and guitar alongside Djohan’s electric organ. On the flip-side, Munif Bahasuan delivers a deep funk track sung in Arabic. Munif was a Jakarta-based vocalist who sung mostly in Arabic and English. Jakarta has a small population of Arabic, ethnically Middle Eastern people who settled in Indonesia via connections with Islam and Islamic culture, the dominant religion in Java, Sumatra and many other of the main islands in the Indonesian archipelago.

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Troth

Uncut Flowers

Tape | 2023 | US | Original (Tompkins Square)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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Hot on the heels of their third album Forget The Curse (Mammas Mysteriska Jukebox, 2023), Fördämning Arkiv presents a Troth anthology compiling early non-album material and other odds and ends from the Australian duo. A massive 15-track retrospective, Uncut Flowers consists of the tracks from the Our Opaque Wreath cassette (Moontown Records, 2019), The Optimist (Essential Minerals, 2019), the Garland And Gauze 7" (Altered States Tapes, 2020) as well as various compilation contributions. 74 minutes.

"In evidence throughout is Troth’s penchant for capturing and collecting sounds from their environments, transforming field recordings, organic and non-organic sonic sources into textures of a palette that they then compose and improvise with. There’s a virtuosity of sampling and sound manipulation. The recurrent sounds from Besseny and Bowman’s intrepid field and bush explorations often verge on an indistinguishability between the synthesised and the concrete-organic. Permutated hand percussion or the throbbing of a waterfall; xylophonic melody or the tape loop of a bird call. The clank and tings of unidentified objects, matter itself writhing in the veggie garden. An environment starts speaking from iron gates in a paddock anywhere, close to the damp leaf and loam of a forest floor far below unseen birds and their cacophony of song and chatter. Tracks often collapse into a grey zone stretched between composition and improvisation." - Chris Colla

Digipack in an edition of 500 copies including a 8-page booklet with liner notes, photos etc. Mastered by Joakim Karlsson. Artwork by Charlott Malmenholt. Fördämning Arkiv 10.

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Bobby Lee

Endless Skywalks

Tape | 2023 | US | Original (El Gran E)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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"Scanning the horizons of Americana from its old weird beginnings, Opry outliers and cosmic cowboys through to today’s residents of the honky tonk at the end of the universe. Bobby LEE plays high lonesome folk songs, slow moving outlaws, Nashville oddities, cocaine cowboys, choogling rural rock and ambient country zoners."

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Monastics

World Island

LP | 2022 | NO | Original (Blue Mood)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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Monastics was active in New York City in the late 2000s / early 2010s. While the trio of EJ Fry, Don Chase, and Jeremy Hurewitz have scattered to different parts of the country, they have remained close and during the pandemic connected through the isolation of quarantine and began swapping tracks. With tape loops, beats, electronics, and guitar (which listeners might recognize from Jeremy’s Rootless project), “World Island” reflects a changing world that is being eclipsed by darkness but where fragments of light emerge, beguiling and beautiful. The voices of south Asian children on “I come from nowhere,” the soft rain loops recorded on a hutong on Beijing on “For K, Parts 1&2,” and the stark ache of “contactless delivery” strangely offer a feeling of global solidarity for a moment in time when everyone was experiencing some version of the same thing, a “World Island” that we were all temporarily placed on.

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Trond Svendsen & Tuxedo

Dont Trust The Moon

14,99 €* 19,99 € -25%

Release: 2022 / NO – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2021 | NO | Original (Blue Mood)

Bjorn Berge

Heavy Gauge

14,99 €* 19,99 € -25%

Release: 2021 / NO – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Vom Bosphorus Bis Zum Rhein Black Vinyl Edition

Ozan Ata Canani & Karaba

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Fun In The Church)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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7" | 2022 | US | Original (Speakeasy Studios Sf)

Andres Miguel Cervantes

A Coal For Caring

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (L'amor Mio Non Muore)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The first single off of The Crossing album—“A Coal for Caring” and “The Barstow Street Blues (acoustic)”—features Andres Miguel Cervantes alone, singing and playing his acoustic guitar. They were recorded live using only one microphone during the album’s first “demo” recording sessions. Alos includes the instrumental, “The Tales You Tell,” with album musicians Jacob Aranda, Alicia Vanden Heuvel, James KIM and ED Ivey.

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Giacomo Toni

Ballate Di Ferro

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Upstairs At United Volume 6

Smoke Fairies

12" | 2012 | US | Original (453 Music)

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Western Vinyl)

Release: 2012 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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On October 17th, 2011, the Smoke Fairies backed by members of Blitzen Trapper (Subpop Records) recorded Volume 6 of the Upstairs at United series of all analog recordings in the historic United Record Pressing plant. True to the Upstairs at United series, each song was recorded in a single take direct to ¼ inch tape then cut at 45 RPM for the ultimate listening experience.

''The Fairies are Jessica Davies and Katherine Blamire, two lasses from Chichester, UK who sing and play acoustic guitars. The duo's voices and instruments harmonize in haunting ways that evoke the ethereal spirits from which they take their band's name.'' - Steve Horowitz (popmatters.com)

The addition of Blitzen Trapper's Erik Menteer (b-3 & percussion) and Brian Koch (drums) along with Martin H. Gonzalez on bass add a unique element to the haunting guitar and vocal combos of Katherine Blamire & Jessica Davies that we've come to love as the Smoke Fairies.

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Carter Tanton

14,99 €* 24,99 € -40%

7" | 2023 | TR | Original (Rainbow45)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Carter Tanton Has Been Performing And Recording Music Since The Age Of 15. Over The Years, Tanton Has Toured And Recorded With Numerous Artists Including Marissa Nadler, Strand Of Oaks, Lower Dens, And The War On Drugs. In 2012, He Assembled Freeclouds, His First Collection Of Songs For Western Vinyl. A Couple Of Years Later, Tanton Moved To England Where He Wrote All Of The Songs On His Sophomore Solo Album Jettison The Valley, Which Featured Vocal Contributions By Nadler And Sharon Van Etten.Carter Tanton On His New Self-Titled Album: "I Recorded These Songs From May To September 2017 In My Childhood Home Which Had Been Sitting Empty On The Market For Nearly A Year When I First Brought Over A Microphone And Laptop, Guitar And Piano. I Set Up In My Parents Old Room Because It Had The Best Sunlight And Quietest Electrical Grounding But From The Start An Allegorical Quality Ran Underneath Any Surface Level Pragmatism I Told Myself Was Guiding Things. (...) The Records Which Haunt Me Are The Ones Which Have A Definitive Feeling Of Time. "Plastic Ono Band", Cat Power's "Covers Record", "Seventeen Seconds", The Blue Nile's "Hats" And Lewis' "L'amour" All Seem...

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Evrencan Gündüz

Yine Yol Gönündü Gurbete

Release: 2023 / TR – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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7" | 2023 | US | Original (Playground)

Dina Ögon

Mellan Slagen

15,19 €* 18,99 € -20%

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Red Wig)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Two of Sweden's most interesting artists collaborate on this brand-new version of "Mellan slagen" from Dina Ögon's celebrated album "Oas". The song - which was originally inspired by glaciers and fjords lit up with neon lights and permeated with a smokey club feel - weaves together Broder John's nasal, soft flow with the slow, almost ghostly groove which brings to mind the 90s Bristol trip hop scene. Broder John has made quite a name for himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Swedish music scene. This Umeå-bred artist has contributed to shaping the music of today and leading the way for a new generation of artists. Following his debut album "Cool" and the sophomore album "drift", he was picked as the first-ever artist singing in Swedish to perform on the international platform Colorsxstudios. Broder John says, "Dina Ögon is the best thing to have happened to Sweden in the last 10 years and 'Oas' is an instant classic. I don't think I've ever been as quick to accept an invitation as I was when this one came in." Broder John on the new lyrics: "If you've listened to my previous lyrics, you can see that I'm often drawn to writing about different contradictions in life. I'm very inspired by Anna's lyrical writing, and I heard her words in the chorus "finns inga krav" ["there are no requirements"] and I wanted to explore if there was something I could take from that into my world. I've had this idea for quite a long time about the scenario in which someone says that "everyone is lying" and what that means for the person saying it - are they lying too in that case? So, in combination with Anna's world and the incredible production, it felt like a perfect painting to continue painting. I think the last sentence ties it together nicely, "Kan inte lita på nån här, det är sjukt, så tro mig när jag säger att det är sant - alla ljuger" ["Can't trust anyone here, it's insane, so believe me when I say that it's true - everyone is lying"]. Dina Ögon on the collaboration: "Broder John is one of the best ones we have, we like that stuff, please listen!"

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Howie Reeve

Cracks

15,29 €* 17,99 € -15%

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Discreet Music)

Jon Collin

Bridge Variations

15,39 €* 21,99 € -30%

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Don Giovanni)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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On Bridge Variations, the now Stockholm-based English guitarist Jon Collin changes his guitar for a keyed fiddle. Mostly recorded to tape under different bridges around Stockholm during 2021, partly for the sound but also because of their importance to the geographical make-up of the place, the album is like a modern take on traditional Swedish folk music made by an outsider looking in. The sound is pretty much a continuation of the palette explored on 'Dream Sequence, End Of Summer', Collin's contribution to the Contemporary Homemade Music compilation put out by Discreet Music last year. Slowly moving and drawn-out melodies evolve into immense droning beauty, rich of texture and with the environmental sounds from the sites becoming an integral part of the recording. Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi and pressed in an edition of 1000 copies. Comes with a 12-page colour-coded booklet of photos of the recording locations.

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Up Around The Sun

Self Taught

15,39 €* 27,99 € -45%

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Maple Death)

Dead Horses

Sunny Days

15,59 €* 25,99 € -40%

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Last Animals Yellow Vinyl Edition

A. Smyth

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Lover)

15,59 €* 25,99 € -40%

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Rebel Up)

Deli Teli

Tsifteteli Club

15,74 €* 20,99 € -25%

Laiko Rock From Turkey 1968-1974

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Bongos, bouzouki and Farfisa organ galore! The explosive cocktail of rock'n'roll and traditional Tsifteteli hailing from 1960's Greece is still alive thanks to Deli Teli: the Marseille-based quartet performs a string of forgotten hits that once set Athens on fire, with a contagious energy and a subtle dose of Mediterranean drama.

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Risar & Kupa 4

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Ironhand)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Kupa 4 (Kupa Dörtlüsü) was a band formed of Greek and Turkish musicians who lived in a mutual culture in İstanbul (or Constantinople). Their roots connected to rebetiko and laiko, but they were also children of the revolution. Therefore while playing in a tradition of a laiko band, they also had influences from beat and surf. Groovy drumming, Killer Farfisa, and bouzouki-like electric guitar sounds are the key elements in Kupa 4's soundscape.

The band rocked the taverns in Turkey and attracted both minorities' and Turks' attention until the Cyprus crisis in 1974. In this compilation, you will be hearing the recordings of Kupa 4, where they performed a unique laiko beat/surf style made in Turkey. Plus, in 2 tracks, you will listen to the band performing as an influential Anatolian Rock band.

Presented with a liner notes, archieve photos and a great re-mastered sound.

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Viva La Revolucion! Reissue Edition

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Vivre La Mort Du Vieux Monde

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A tribute album of revolutionary songs to celebrate the 60 years of the end of the Cuban revolution.The album cover features the original photo of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, "Guerillo Heroico", taken by Alberto Diaz Guttierez aka "Korda" in 1960.A fine selection of committed songs, including traditional ones such as "Hasta Siempre" and Tributes to "El Che" with "Comandante Che Guevara"

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Maajun

CD | 2023 | EU | Original (Souffle Continu)

Art Of Primitive Sound (W. Maioli)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Before Mahjun (of which Souffle Continu reissued, in 2016, the two albums released on Saravah), there was… Maajun. Five musicians (Jean-Pierre Arnoux, Cyril and Jean-Louis Lefebvre, Alain Roux and Roger Scaglia) and three times as many instruments at the service of an electric-poetic guerrilla group moulded from folk and blues. The group’s unique album, “Vivre la Mort du Vieux Monde” evokes an (imaginary) association of Frank Zappa and Jacques Higelin, of Sonny Sharrock and the Art Ensemble Of Chicago. Under these conditions, Long Live Death!

“The most French of all the French groups, determined to take Maurice Chevalier’s place in American hearts.” This was how Rock&Folk presented Mahjun in 1977. So be it. But when “Vivre la Mort du Vieux Monde”, was issued, it was 1971, and the name, though the same group, was still spelled Maajun. So, let’s look back at the story. At the end of the sixties, five blues fans decided to form a French group ready to break down the barriers: Jean-Pierre Arnoux (drums, vibraphone, saxophone), Cyril Lefebvre (guitar, organ), Jean-Louis Lefebvre (bass, violin, guitar, vocals), Alain Roux (saxophone, flute, harmonica, vocals) and Roger Scaglia (guitar, vocals). This was Maajun, and Vivre la mort du vieux monde would be their only album, but which would (nevertheless) be followed by those of Mahjun created later by Lefebvre (Jean-Louis) and Arnoux. Recorded for the Vogue label, “Vivre la Mort du Vieux Monde” would disturb a number of people. This is mostly due to the lyrics, many of which were written by Gérald Escot-Bocanegra, who, while summoning the spirit of Lautréamont and Rimbaud, turned the Maajun musicians on to rock and free jazz. Add a bit of politics into the mix, and the release of the album was delayed for several months. But then, wasn’t it worth waiting for? Because “Vivre la Mort du Vieux Monde”, a real concept-album, is an important and iconoclastic statement made directly in the face of (francophone) dreamers of all countries. Over heavy guitar riffs, psychedelic interludes or fantasy-fuelled digressions, Maajun built mazes on the advice of alchemists known only to themselves before heading off on a long march on the “cracking walls”. It was an ambitious project, but Maajun could handle it, going so far as to proclaim: “Tomorrow will be a huge party!” But as we can see “tomorrow”, is now!

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Strumenti Musicali Della Preistoria: Il Paleolitico

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Black Sweat)

15,99 €* 19,99 € -20%

LP | 2022 | EU | Reissue (BMG Rights Management)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Art Of Primitive Sound is a sensational journey to the origin of Music. In his crucial research chapter on the Paleolithic, Walter Maioli between 1986 and 1991 investigates the soundscape of different geographical, climatic and botanical environments, in which the mystery of the ancient human-nature relationship resides. What emerges is an expanded and unprecedented Paleorganology, with a range of acoustic and natural instruments from all over the World. Rubbing of fossils, animal artefacts, plant elements of all sorts, everything becomes sound and each object opens up forms of imaginary communication, psychic effect and unexplored languages. Whistles, flutes, leaf and shell rattles, rhombuses, horns, bone pipes, slate slabs, bamboo arches, stones, vertebrae, seeds, stalagtites etc...how great can be the Natural Orchestra inherent in the spirit of forests, rivers, caves, seas, swamps or Amazon jungles? Thanks to an interdisciplinary partnership (Anthropology, Archaeology, Botany, Ethnomusicology) of collaborating friends, Maioli directs an Opera of universal character inspired by the archaic essence of sound and infrasonic dimension.

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The Shires

10 Year Plan

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Tape | 2022 | UK | Original (Kitchen Label)

Aspidistrafly

Altar Of Dreams

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Aspidistrafly, the Singaporean duo comprising April Lee and producer Ricks Ang, return with Altar of Dreams, their first studio album in a decade.

While their last album A Little Fable introduced the world to their bucolic and wispy brand of folk songwriting, Altar of Dreams sees the duo – also the founders of Kitchen. Label – harness their experiences over the past decade to create a wholly new and inspired vision. In this new and third album, they drew upon a rich palette of shapes, sounds and movement: straddling between the visionary photography of Serge Lutens and Dora Maar, 80s Japanese ambient pop, musique concrète and the mournful strings of Béla Bartók.

The world in which Aspidistrafly once inhabited was foggy and awash in faded memory. A feeling of being suspended in time felt inescapable with each listen. In Altar of Dreams, the fog is clearing up. At nine songs under 35 minutes, the album possesses all the defining hallmarks of Aspidistrafly – poetic lyricism, cosmic introspection, lush strings, surrealism, tenderness and texture. But what was once seemingly inscrutable has now been explored with astounding clarity, the duo maneuvering through a space-time continuum with delicate leaps.

‘How To Find A Marblewing’, the opening track, is a heady sound collage of early internet sounds, film, anime, and chopped-and-screwed 90s J-pop. It’s a presence deeply embedded throughout the record, a method Lee describes as “a form of environmental/tape treatment”.

The compositions glimmer with sincerity, addressing all at once destruction, mystery, uncertainty, hopes and dreams. The resulting music is backed by an opulence only possible with a line-up of guest musicians. ‘The Voice of Flowers’ is stirring in its balance of flute, clarinet, tenor saxophone and piano, bolstered by a string quartet. Kitchen. Label artist haruka nakamura features on the track alongside Kyo Ichinose (who arranged the strings for the album) and wind instrumentalist Araki Shin.

‘Interlude: Chrysalises and Larvae’ takes the heavy path downward, adopting its name from the 1973 surrealist odyssey The Hourglass Sanatorium. It leads into ‘Companion to Owls’, a gothic pop paean to mortality inspired by the Book of Job.

Before the namesake centrepiece of the album, another interlude arrives in ‘A Ceremonial Ode’, both of which were stirred by a series of regal Shiseido ads from the 1980s starring model Sayoko Yamaguchi. ‘Altar of Dreams’ is haunted by the lucid dreams that once provided escapism for Lee. Its tranquility belies a simmering tension, just as how a lucid dream would offer control in the face of the unknown. “In one of them, I was floating in a vast darkness safe and secure, and then I fell into a turbulent mirage where I willingly allowed myself to be swept away further and further from reality, hoping that I would never wake up,” she says. “Needless to say I did, and ended up writing this song on one of these dead nights.”

If the title track replicates the feeling of falling deep into that spiral, ‘Silk and Satins’ is a direct analysis of the phenomenon. Warped frequencies collide with nature and television sound effects – the latter sourced from 80s Singaporean horror series Mystery – within an inter-dimensional music world. The track was made with featured artist Sugai KEN, whose own work is an endless scroll of intoxicating found sounds.

‘Quintessence’, the sweeping closing track, distills all the elements scattered across the album into a coda that beautifully refuses to resolve. At first an exercise in guitar looping, the song was then written without a beginning and end in mind. “I’d like to think of it as poetry that’s sung,” says Lee.

In Altar of Dreams, Aspidistrafly are renewed and hopeful. They’ve emerged from a decade spent reframing the world they see through vivid dreams and memories. Now, it’s all yours to experience.

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Amália Rodrigues

The Queen Of Fado

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Slam! Years (1983-1988)

Hamid El Shaeri

CD | 2022 | US | Original (Habibi Funk)

CD | 2021 | EU | Original (Pharaway Sounds)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Full album dedicated to Hamid El Shaeri’s work on the Egyptian Slam! label. Hamid El Shaeri is the artist behind Habibi Funk’s most popular song to date, “Ayonha”, originally re-released in 2017 on the first Habibi Funk Compilation (habibi007). If you were to ask for a defining Habibi Funk track, there are a few that come to mind: from Fadoul’s “Sid Redad,” Dalton’s “Soul Brother” to Ahmed Malek’s “Omar Gatlato.” However, none are as widely connected with us at this point as Hamid Al Shaeri’s “Ayonha.” We heard the track for the first time when we were working on selecting tracks for your first compilation and we instantly loved it. We obviously had heard of Hamid El Shaeri’s music before, but only material from his Al Jeel phase when he was already the full-blown superstar he is now. Listening to his releases from the early 1980’s opened a whole new door for us. At the time, Hamid had just left Libya to pursue his career in Egypt via a detour in London, where he recorded his first album. Hamid’s distinct sound of the sound is quintessentially reliant on heavy synths and so it was particularly important to purchase these synths in a timely manner. “Whenever a new one [synthesizer] would come out, we would have to buy it immediately, otherwise someone else would get their hands on that sound.” London also played an important role for Hamid as a musical epicenter. He fondly reminisces about the many live shows he attended there, including some of the biggest international musicians like Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson. After returning to Cairo where he also recorded his following albums, he connected with Slam! for the release of his debut, laying the foundation of a collaboration that lasted for 5 albums. Luckily, we were able to connect with Hamid through our friend Youssra El Hawary, whose extensive network has opened many doors for us within the Egyptian music scene. We met Hamid for the first time probably in 2016 at his office / rehearsal studio in the outskirts Cairo. We were expecting a larger-than-life character in-line with his status as a certified superstar, yet the actual person turned out to be very approachable and super easy to connect with. He liked the idea of an effort to amplify his early works again, which, when originally released, were far from an economic success. While he was down to assist with an interview and his blessing for the project he also told us that for any license we needed to speak with the original label Slam! who released these songs, still held the rights and also remained in business over the decades though they didn’t actively release any new music. Hany Sabet had started Slam! Records in the early 1980s and focused on cassette tape releases, the format that expedited the success of a new generation of record labels in Egypt. By the mid 1980’s, Slam! had become one of the most successful and economically dominant record labels in Egypt, with Hamid El Shaeri being just one of their key artists, alongside Mohamed Mounir, Hanan, Hakim, Mustafa Amar and many more. Luckily, Hany Sabet turned out to be a friend of our colleague Malak Makar’s father, which probably helped to warm him to the idea of licensing “Ayonha” to this - in the scale of his world - tiny label from Germany. Eventually “Ayonha” ended up b ecoming a widely successful release and either Hany or we brought up the idea of a full album dedicated to Hamid El Shaeri’s work on Slam!. "Maktoub Aleina” is the first single and will be released January 14th. Following the massive success of "Ayonha,” “Maktoub Aleina” is another mid-tempo groover with a beautiful, synth-forward melody, that brings together a lovely combination of soul, disco and Arabic pop music of the highest order, giving a taste of full album. The second single, “Yekfini Nesma Sotak” will be released January 28th and combines Hamid’s unique formula of soul and pop, held together by a catchy synth melody. “Yekfini Nesma Sotak” picks up the pace a bit, making the uplifting mood of the track even more powerful. Third single, arriving February 11th, is “Dari Demou’ek,” one of the stand out tracks of Hamid’s early recordings done for Slam! in the early 1980s. Dominated by a disco infused bassline, the track offers a lot of space of the funky production to shine while Hamid inserts his vocals at all the right moments. A masterpiece of disco touched by Arabic pop music. Full album arrives February 25th. This release is dedicated to Hany Sabet, the founder of Slam! and his wife Rosemary Jane Sabet (who took the photos we used for the cover and the booklet), who sadly passed away during the time it took us to prepare the release. As always both vinyl and CD come with an extensive booklet with an interview with Hamid as well as unseen photos.

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Baris Manco

2023