HHV Records CD 4203 Items

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Anatomy Of Darkness Digipak

Haliphron

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Listenable)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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As I Lay Dying

Through Storms Ahead

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Delain

Dance With The Devil

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | US | Original (El Puerto)

Ancient Curse

Dimension 5 Jewelcase

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | US | Original (Hausu Mountain)

Body Me A

Prayer In Dub

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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CD | 2024 | US | Original (New West)

Ben Folds

Sleigher

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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CD | 2024 | Original (V2)

Paulette Verlee

En Attendant

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Classical Music

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League Of Distortion

Galvanize

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Ben Levin Presents: A Holiday Blues Revue

Ben Levin

CD | 2024 | Original (Vizztone)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Pop

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CD | 2024 | US | Original (Greenleaf Music)

Christian Dillingham

Halcyon

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Astor Place)

A Brasilian Christmas

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Christmas

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Can't Steal My Fire: The Songs Of David Olney

CD | 2024 | US | Original (New West)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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James & Kent Sinfonia & Eloise Irving & Malc Ross

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Royal Throne Of Kings: Ralph Vaughan Williams And

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Albion)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Arctis

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | Original (Smoke Sessions)

Steve Davis

We See

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Ic3peak)

Ic3peak

Goodbye

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Ic3peak)

Ic3peak

Fairytale

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Hammerheart Rec.)

Aiwaz

Darrkh. It Is!

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | US | Original (Missing Piece)

Steve Earle

Alone Again Live

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Maldoror Chants: Old Ocean

Schammasch

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Prosthetic)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Catastrophic Reconfiguration

Molder

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Prosthetic)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Great Western Valkyrie 10th Anniversary

Rival Sons

CD | 2024 | Original (Earache)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | Original (Normaltown)

Johnny Delaware

Para Llevar

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Sopurkh: Heal Your Relationships

Prabhu Nam Kaur

CD | 2024 | Original (Spirit Voyage)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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CD | 2024 | Original (Spirit Voyage)

Gurudass Khalsa

Namo

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Materia Best Of 2011 - 2024

Miracle Of Sound

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | Original (Spirit Voyage)

Gurudass Khalsa

Flowers In The Rain

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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CD | 2024 | Original (V2)

Ramkot

Rosa

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Pop

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CD | 2024 | Original (V2)

Razorlight

Planet Nowhere

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | Original (BFD)

The Effigies

Burned

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (M-Theory Audio)

Earthburner

Permanent Dawn

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2000 | US | Reissue (Kill Rock Stars)

Bratmobile

Ladies Women And Girls

Release: 2000 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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CD | 1993 | US | Reissue (Kill Rock Stars)

Bratmobile

Pottymouth

Release: 1993 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | US | Original (Kill Rock Stars)

Bratmobile

Girls Get Busy

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Music For William Eggleston's Stranded In Canton

Spiritualized

CD | 2024 | US | Original (Fat Possum)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | US | Original (Yep Roc)

Chuck Prophet

Wake The Dead

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Long Branch)

Defences

Shadowlight

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | UK | Original (Vibes And Pressure)

Natty

The Divine Trinity

CD | 2007 | US | Original (Ubiquity)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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For soul-reggae artist Natty, music isn’t just pleasure, it is also a healing power.

The London-raised singer-songwriter has been on a remarkable journey of creative and personal discovery in recent years, moving his partner and children to rural Jamaica to live off-grid and off the land, while delving deep into studies on music’s mental and physiological properties .

The result of this journeying is Natty’s expansive, fourth album, The Divine Trinity. Across nine tracks he employs his trademark vocal power and uplifting melodies to explore everything from earthy funk grooves to guitar-strummed yearning, emphatic spoken word entreaties and spacious, dubbed-out reggae.

Partnering with his longtime band The Rebelship once more, Natty also expands his reggae-influenced sound through the instrumental frequencies of South Asian tablas, Zimbabwean mbira and wooden flutes. “There’s so much that I’ve never done before in this record,” he explains. “We have a song in 5/4, inspired by my time learning music in Zimbabwe, as well as sound bowls, the song of the crickets from the land we live on in Jamaica and hand drums from all over. Its ancient frequencies combined with classic songwriting, allowing people to tune into the power of music.”

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Orgone

The Killion Floor

The Worlds We Leave Behind

Release: 2007 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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The Los-Angeles-based band’s reputation amongst the funk and soul fraternity is backed-up by an impressive and quickly growing resume that is expanding their reach. This includes landing a spot in an adidas campaign, touring with major-label crew Little Brother, and going out as backing band for The Pharcyde, Plantlife (including a BBC performance for Jools Holland), Tone Loc, and New Orleans funk legend Eddie Bo at the Hurricane Katrina benefit. Members of Orgone also feature in the make-up of Ubiquity acts Connie Price and Breakestra and perform regularly at the Root Down in LA.

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Zake / Tyresta

CD | 2024 | UK | Original (Past Inside The Present)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Past Inside The Present proudly shares the release of The Worlds We Leave Behind, the second full-length record from the duo of Zake (aka. Zach Frizzell) and Tyresta (aka. Nick Turner). Building on both quotidian and profound contrasts, and blurring their associations - Turner’s day job as a Chicago social worker, Frizzell’s reverent interest in the sublimities of natural lansdcapes - this record continues the theme already played up by the pair’s earlier collaborative efforts, that of personal strife and experiential wisdom, which colour the impressions we derive from our environments. Being a “spiritual sequel” to the pair’s first album Drift (2023), the album educes long, heavy-set, gut-fluttering ambient montages, from aphasic, fragmentary titles, such as ‘The Worlds We Leave Behind’ and ‘You Will Become A Song’.

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Dave Lee

Produced With Love Ii

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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90's House & Garage Volume 2 Compiled By Joey Negro & Neil Pierce

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Under The Influence Volume 10 Compiled By Rahaan

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Joey Negro & The Sunburst Band

Until The End Of Time

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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JD73

Pure Gold

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Overdose Of The Holy Ghost Compiled By David Hill

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Under The Influence Volume 8 Compiled By Woody Bianchi

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Breaking The Beats (A Personal Selection Of West London Sounds)

Joey Negro & Will Fox

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Crackazat

Period Works

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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CD | 2024 | UK | Original (Nature Sounds)

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We Are Scorpio

Come Over When You're Sober Part 1

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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"The contributions Black women have made to the growth of rock & roll cannot be overstated, from the genre’s beginnings to the present day. Embracing this legacy, world renowned poet jessica Care moore and prolific performer Steffanie Christi’an have joined forces to form We Are Scorpio, an explosive new project blending rock & roll with poetry. A leading voice of her generation, moore has performed on stages across the globe, written acclaimed books and plays, and recorded her poetry with artists like Common, Nas, Jeezy, Karriem Riggins, Jeff Mills, Roy Ayers, Jose James, and more. Her latest foray into music is We Are Scorpio, a unique take on modern rock sparked by chemistry with fellow Detroit native Christi’an and encapsulating an undeniable Black femme punk energy. Joining a long line of Detroit artists who spoke truth with force across genre and gendered borders, the duo is now unveiling its self-titled debut album. With unapologetic vocals and rapid-fire poetics occupying the same space as head-banging guitar riffs, the collection features appearances by talented artists like Talib Kweli, Sada Baby, Divinity Roxx, Niko Is, and Militia Vox. Expansive but intimate, We Are Scorpio delves into parts unknown with fiery purpose."

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Lil Peep

CD | 2018 | US | Reissue (Death Note)

Release: 2018 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Planet Earth: The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame...

Public Enemy

CD | 2013 | US | Reissue (Eastlink)

Aus Dem Schatten Der Blocks

Release: 2013 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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... Greatest Rap Hits!Digitally re-recorded and remastered versions of the Def Jam classics.

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Reeperbahn Kareem

CD | 2017 | DE | Original (Nur! Musik)

Release: 2017 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Rupture In The Eternal Realm

C. Lavender

CD | 2024 | UK | Original (Ideal)

CD | 2022 | Original (Revenge)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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‘Rupture in the Eternal Realm’ is C. Lavender’s musical response to studies of the Tibetan Buddhist meditation practice known as chöd. Not an obvious interpretation, she draws on her experience working alongside Pauline Oliveros, mixing oddly tuned analog synth drones with gong sounds and field recordings. The traditional chöd form usually involves drums, trumpets bells and voice, but Lavender uses tradition as a point of departure rather than a blueprint, reflecting on her own expreience rather than the aesthetic roots of the form. The result is a gusty set of ritualistic experiments that anchor themselves in chöd chants without repeating them, including field recordings Lavender made at the Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Buddhist temple in Woodstock, NY. Using Buchla 200 drones and tones from the expressive Haken Continuum Fingerboard, and fusing them with almost unrecognisable gong and voice sounds, EVI recordings and “brainwave modulating tones”, Lavender generates an immersive soundscape that dissolves between one track and the next. Driven by deep listening’s curative properties (she’s even written a book about it - ‘Transcendent Waves: How Listening Shapes Our Creative Lives’), Lavender avoids the usual new age pitfalls, sculpting sounds that bury themselves deep in the subconscious. It’s oozing, intensely organic material that chimes rather than throbs, obscuring gentle, lulling rhythms in glittering clouds of electro-acoustic noise.

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AJ Tracey

Flu Game

Release: 2022 / Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 1996 | EU | Reissue (Yep Roc)

Trailer Bride

2CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Modern Romantics Productions / Spectre)

Release: 1996 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Trailer Bride's 1996 self-titled record is a long-lost relic of the blooming Chapel Hill, North Carolina music scene of the '90s. Superchunk, Polvo, Archers of Loaf and other indie rock darlings were leading the town's indie rock movement while Southern Culture on the Skids were pushing the alt-country genre forward. Then comes Trailer Bride who combined both of those worlds with a gothic, lo-fi sound that centers around Melissa Swingle's atmospheric vocals and cryptic lyrics. Swingle started Trailer Bride following the demise of her band Pussy Teeth and would later go on to form the indie rock duo The Moaners with Laura King (Bat Fangs, Speed Stick), but the dark, southern sound that defines Trailer Bride's debut record provides a mystifying listening experience a quarter-century later. No Depression said it best in their 1997 review: "They're impossible to describe, but whatever you wanna call it, they sound really good." The album is available for the first time ever on vinyl for Record Store Day Black Friday 2022. This 25th anniversary edition is pressed on cloudy orange vinyl and remastered for vinyl. Limited to 1,500 copies worldwide.

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Systems In Blue

Anthology 2003-2023

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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CD | 2024 | US | Original (Karma Chief)

Pale Jay

Low End Love Songs

LP+CD | EU | Reissue (Munster)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Admittedly, I'm not a great salesperson when it comes to running our little label. I do my best not to give into hyperbole or build something up too intensely if someone has not heard a new artist yet. I prefer to simply present the music and let the listener decide how they feel about it. However, we live in an age when the "story" put together by publicists, labels, and managers are often the driving force of an artist's ascension into the zeitgeist. And for me, that's always felt rather artificial, even when the narrative is genuine. But every once in a while, a project comes along that takes on a life of its own. And I can say without a doubt that the growth of Pale Jay's reach since we first started working with him has little to do with conjured narratives or clever marketing, but more to do with how the music makes the listener feel. It's that simple. In fact, Jay is so enigmatic and without a narrative that the mere absence of a story has become the story. Who is he? Where is he from? What's next? Some questions are better left unanswered in my opinion, my friend. Including the question, "Why does this music make me feel so much?" You're better off just sitting back, disconnecting, and letting Low End Love Songs by Pale Jay wrap you up. Enjoy and spread the good word. - Terry Cole

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Marc Jonson

12 In A Room

LP+CD | EU | Reissue (Munster)

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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"How does one create three minutes of music that somehow tweaks the soul and seems mysteriously in sync with the most private dreams and longings? On "12 In A Room", Marc Jonson offers an able demonstration of how it's done." Kristine McKenna Self-recorded and produced, Marc Jonson's second album came out in 1992, two decades after his debut, the psych folk/baroque pop masterpiece "Years". "12 In A Room" was another brilliant display of his gift for beautiful pop music, now available on vinyl for the first time. Presented in updated artwork and pressed on 180g vinyl. Includes CD.

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Los Jets

Leccion De Twist

CD | 2024 | US | Original (Colemine)

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Formed in 1961, Los Jets are one of the essential bands in the emergence of rock & roll music in Argentina. They were the first group (and possibly the only one) to include two drummers, they sang and did three-part choruses before The Beatles appeared on the scene, and were also pioneers in fusion as they recorded Argentine and Latin American folk songs with a rock beat. This compilation gathers tracks from their two LPs, singles and their only surviving live recording, registered in January 1966. Includes CD with 15 bonus tracks.

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Parlor Greens

In Green We Dream

CD | 2024 | US | Original (Merge)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Perhaps one of the most exciting and anticipated projects in the world of heavy instrumental music is Parlor Greens, a fresh organ trio on Colerine Records! You could say that Parlor Greens are greater than the sum of their parts.. however, the individual parts are simply stellar on their own. Tim Carman (ga-20) on drums, Jimmy James (True Loves, formerly Delvon Lamar Organ Trio) on guitar, and Adam Scone (Scone Cash Players, The Sugarman 3) on organ. Parlor Greens started off as an idea before it even had a name. Carman had been chatting with Colemine label boss Terry Cole about their shared love for organ combo records of yesterday on labels like Blue Note and Prestige. Cole said he'd love to have an organ trio be the first project at the label's new studio, Portage Lounge, located in Loveland, Ohio, So when Carman tapped James and Scone for the session, the stage was set. Carman and Cole had started work a day early to dial in the drum sound, so when the rest of this murderer's row arrived they hit the ground running. It was instant chemistry, Within the first ten minutes of everyone plugging in, a song was written and recorded, "West Memphis". And over the next three days, these three maestros conducted a beautiful and soulful symphony straight to tape. As natural and fun as three old friends getting together after a long absence, only this was the first time they had written and performed together. True magic. So this is the result of that session. Eleven outs. Ten originals. Two sides. All killer, no filler. Straight to the old reliable Tascam 3BB tape machine, mixed up nice and dirty for your enjoyment. Parlor Greens are proud to present their debut long player, in Green / We Dream.

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Previous Industries

Service Merchandise

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2024 | US | Original (Dead Oceans)

Aaron Frazer

Into The Blue

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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"Into The Blue is the clearest portrait of who I am as an artist. It's me through and through," says multi-instrumentalist Aaron Frazer. A daring blend of soul, psychedelia, spaghetti western, disco, gospel and hip-hop, Into the Blue represents the impressive range of Frazer's sonic talents. Frazer maintains the unmistakable falsetto and classic songwriting he's known for, but plants Into the Blue firmly in the now with a hip-hop mentality at its core, weaving together genres and production techniques to form something new. Into The Blue was conceived, like so many classic records, out of actual heartbreak. Frazer moved cross-country from Brooklyn to Los Angeles and embarked on a journey that's reflected in the album's themes of grief, loneliness, and searching for healing. "Into The Blue really means heading into the unknown. That has been the last year of my life and I'm still in the blue," Frazer explains. "But there are also songs here that celebrate love and the giddiness of a new relationship and all that. That's part of a breakup to me, processing the whole thing, remembering the things that were right as much as the things that were wrong." Frazer wrote on every track and played several live instruments on the album. The title track, "Into The Blue", is a haunting, resolute anthem, combining cinematic strings and tough-as-nails breakbeats as Frazer heads west. "Here I go, to a place where the broken heart knows," he sings. "It's all I can do. Back into the blue." "Payback" is an explosive dancefloor heater, featuring shimmering tambourines and driving bass lines. Northern soul drums meet snarling fuzz guitar, hurdling towards its epic conclusion. The album features moments of towering arrangements, recalling David Axelrod and Ennio Merricone, balanced by rawness, incorporating iPhone recordings and one-take vocals. For Into the Blue, Frazer enlisted Grammy-winner Alex Goose as coproducer, known for his crate-digging samples and collaborations with hip-hop artists like Freddie Gibbs, Madlib and Brockhampton. Frazer also experimented with samples for the first time on a record, drawing from unexpected sources like 90s R&B group Hi-Five. Though Into the Blue is born out of heartbreak, Frazer hopes it leaves listeners with a sense of optimism. "You know, you can still laugh on a day when you're grieving," he says, "there's no peaks without valleys," he says, but Into The Blue sees Aaron Frazer at new heights.

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Africamore - The Afro-Funk Side Of Italy

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Four Flies)

CD | 2024 | UK | Original (XL)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Continuing Four Flies' dedication to delving into lesser-explored periods of Italian music, Africamore takes us on a captivating journey into the intersection of Afro-funk and the Italian soundscape during the six years between 1973 and 1978 - a time when disco was looming on the horizon and the nightclub market was rapidly expanding.

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Kamasi Washington

Fearless Movement

CD | 2024 | UK | Original (É Soul Cultura)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Washington calls Fearless Movement his dance album. “It’s not literal,” Washington says. “Dance is movement and expression, and in a way it’s the same thing as music—expressing your spirit through your body. That’s what this album is pushing.” Dance as an embodied form of expression signals a shift in focus for Washington. Where previous albums dealt with cosmic ideas and existential concepts, Fearless Movement focuses in on the everyday, an exploration of life on earth. This change in scope is due in large part to the birth of Washington’s first child a few years ago. “Being a father means the horizon of your life all of a sudden shows up,” says Washington. “My mortality became more apparent to me, but also my immortality—realizing that my daughter is going to live on and see things that I’m never going to see. I had to become comfortable with this, and that affected the music that I was making.” The album features Washington’s daughter—who wrote the melody to “Asha The First” during some of her first experimentations on the piano—as well as a host of collaborators new and old. André 3000 appears on flute, George Clinton lends his voice, as do BJ The Chicago Kid, Inglewood rapper D-Smoke and Taj and Ras Austin of Coast Contra, the twin sons of West Coast legend Ras Kass. Washington further enlisted lifelong friends and collaborators Thundercat, Terrace Martin, Patrice Quinn, Brandon Coleman, DJ Battlecat and more. The album also features “The Garden Path,” a song Washington performed for the first time ever, making his late-night television debut, on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

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Transmission Towers

Transmission One

CD | 2024 | US | Original (Death Note)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Aerials live, dials tuned, Transmission Towers broadcasting. On either side of the river Mersey, transcendental communications are traded back and forth. Two late-night revellers, one firing messages filled with music, the other returning them laced with lyrics. The result, a dopamine hit of oddball machine soul, melded with a highlife, Afrofuturist touch. Wonky and murky yet deeply emotional, Transmission One, is a debut album that also marks the first release on Luke Una’s É Soul Cultura label, encompassing expertly the off-kilter atmosphere the label sets to orbit.

A synthesised landscape with a Northern charm, Transmission Towers marry the musical worlds of two artists that last collaborated over a decade ago. 10 years have passed, lives have been led, but a gravitational pull has placed Mark Kyriacou and Eleanor Mante back in each other’s spheres on opposite sides of the city of Liverpool. Energised with a newfound desire to strip it all back to the sounds that influenced their formative years in the late ‘80s and ‘90s - astral travelling, intoxicated on Motor City techno, Black Dog IDM and mystical Sun Ra. Mark half Irish, half Greek Cypriot, Eleanor half Nigerian, half Ghanian, the music contained within is an alchemy of those roots and the pivotal acts that buried deep into their minds. A cosmic contrast, part machine-made, part distinctly human. Take the opener ‘up’, an ESG-channelling, sci-fi punk beatdown or the polychromatic hyperspace anthem ‘Roller Skater 23’. Transportive throughout, you ride the solar waves, pace and emotion ebbing and flowing. Tracks like ‘Go Slow Heart’ and ‘Cosmic Trigger’ step to a slower beat but hit with a punch. The former, a slo-mo blast of celestial tenderness, the latter an otherworldly, chugged-out lunar excursion, micro-dosing on whacked-out Wah Wah and Eleanor’s ethereal vocals. Beaming love letters to space and back, ‘Sparse’ marries the organic with the artificial, pianos and percussion circling around synth pads and broadcasting bleeps. Elsewhere, vibrations move faster. ‘Mega’ strikes, fusing sonic tribalism with psychedelic swirls, as ‘Everything’ sweeps you up in its extra-terrestrial new wave grip. Synth stabs and basslines fizzing from every angle. Demos of Transmission Towers music surfaced on Luke Una’s radar, making him stop in his tracks. Something magical was emerging, perfectly aligned with the E Soul guardian’s tastes. Guidance followed, quickly turning into conversations about Transmission One becoming the first release on Luke’s own label. Escapist and futurist yet grounded and relatable. Transmission One is synthesis meets sentiment with a deep, spine-tingling soul at its core.

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Lil Peep

Live Forever

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2001 | US | Reissue (Rhymesayers)

Aesop Rock

Daylight

Release: 2001 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2018 | EU | Original (JWS)

Ty Dolla $Ign& DJ Smoke

Dolla Bill

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2023 | Original (Cash Motto Limited)

Chip

League Of My Own Ii

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2024 | US (Kitten Robot)

T.S.O.L.

A-Side Graffiti

CD | 1975 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 2024 / US

Genre: Rock & Indie

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True Sounds of Liberty date back to 1978 and the birth of punk rock/hardcore in Los Angeles. Playing with the fury of their hardcore contemporaries but with a goth/death rock image and poppier melodies, T.S.O.L. quickly set themselves apart from the pack and made it a mission to continually explore new sounds and styles. On this, their 12th long-player, the band has combined a handful of recent singles alongside all-new recordings helmed by Paul Roessler at Kitten Robot Studio. Fronted by singer Jack Grisham alongside guitarist Ron Emory and bassist Mike Roche (all from the band’s first line-up), they are joined by longtime keyboardist Greg Kuehn and Antonio Hernandez on drums. New punk anthems such as “Low-Low-Low,” “Never Go Home” and “The Way You Groove” are paired with covers of “The Rhythm of Cruelty” (Magazine), “1 Thing” (Amerie), “Sweet Transvestite” (yes, that one, featuring Circle Jerk Keith Morris as Brad) and a reasonably straight-forward reading of “What a Wonderful World.” Punk Rock means giving the high sign to the rules, and this is most definitely punk rock.

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Lonnie Smith

Afro-Desia

CD | 2017 | EU | Original (JWS)

Release: 1975 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The second in our Mr Bongo series opening the vault on classic recordings from the fabled Groove Merchant Records catalogue. This time the spotlight turns to the Hammond B3 organ maestro Lonnie Smith, as we proudly present a reissue of his cosmic jazz-funk journey, ‘Afro-Desia’.

Originally released in 1975, this much-loved album was produced by Groove Merchant label owner Sonny Lester and features the mysterious 'Compliments Of A Friend' on guitar. Considering Smith was part of George Benson’s quartet in the ‘60s, that not so discreet veil appears to have been lifted on who this ‘friend’ might be. However, presumably due to contractual reasons, Benson had to remain covert for this recording. The lineup doesn’t stop there though, with the likes of legendary bassist Ron Carter and Grammy award winning saxophonist Joe Lavano joining the outfit.

An album of two parts, the first side sees Lonnie Smith in a spaced-out, cosmic jazz funk setting. The opener 'Afrodesia' is a funk flexing, steamy groover. Greg Hopkins and Lavano trading off on trumpet and sax respectively, as that bassline walks its way over fluttering jazz percussion and off-kilter electronics. 'Spirits Free' is an epic 15-minute free-wheeling jazz-funk workout. A mind melting trip that rises and falls, in parts spacey and serene, with Smith’s organ playing complimented by stretched out horns. Before long it opens out into unconstrained fluid sections that do its title proud. Pure ‘70s jazz-funk at its most stellar.

Side B takes a more classic soul-jazz flavour, with touches of Latin spice. 'Straight To The Point' kicks off with a carnival zing, full-frontal horn and organ lines providing a fiery party punch. It’s a swinging jazz cut that used to receive spins by DJs at Russ Dewbury's Jazz Room's sessions in Brighton in the ‘90s.

Finally, 'Favors' and 'The Awakening' close out the release. Two sure shot, quintessential Lonnie Smith firing Hammond grooves. Each conjuring up images of packed out, smokey jazz bar jams, every player letting loose with masterful improv sections to whip the crowd up into a frenzy.

A truly wonderful album, and an archetypal release showcasing the height of jazz musician excellence from this era.

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50 Cent & DJ Smoke

The General Mixtape

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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From The Coming To The Big Bang Mixtape

Busta Rhymes & DJ Smoke

CD | 2017 | EU | Original (JWS)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2017 | EU | Original (JWS)

Snoop Dogg & DJ Smoke

Doggyland

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2016 | EU | Original (JWS)

2 Chainz & DJ Smoke

Trap Advisor

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2013 | UK | Original (YNR)

Micall Parknsun

Me Myself And Akai

Release: 2013 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2006 | Original (Mara Rec.)

El Postre

Das Fundament

Release: 2006 / Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Standing On A Giant Shoulders

Seafood Sam

CD | 2024 | US | Original (Drink Sum Wtr)

CD | 2020 | AT | Original (Tontraeger)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Seafood Sam is a futuristic artifact. If that description might sound confusing at first, it matches the eclectic dualities found in true originals. With his effortless cool and timeless style, the North Long Beach native defies convention and exact comparison. He's a virtuosic rapper, a stop-you-in-your tracks singer, and a symphonic producer. Welcome to the lavish life of a laid-back transcontinental man of mystery, rolling in old school Cadillacs, eating caviar with a blade in his pocket, and making plays in vintage Pelle Pelle gear. A blaxploitation icon for the Instagram age, blessed with the bars of a `90s legend and 23rd century swagger. Seafood Sam is a true hero of modernity. On his full-length album debut for up-and-coming label drink sum wtr (Kari Faux, Deem Spencer, Aja Monet) debut, Standing on Giant Shoulders, Sam splits the difference between Snoop Dogg and D' Angelo, Curren$y and David Ruffin. The songs reveal a forward-thinking sensibility rooted in ancestral soul. He creates spiritual hymns for the streets that tap into universal ideals and irrepressible groove. In an era plagued by short-term thinking, his ambitions reveal a crate-digging depth of music history and a meticulous ear for detail. The giant shoulders in the album's title refer to James Brown, Bobby Brown, and Miles Davis - the holy trinity who inspired Sam's process. From the Godfather of Soul, Sam took a perfectionist's rigor and focus. The example of Bobby Brown lent an unshakeable confidence and self-belief. While the constant artistic left turns of the trumpeter that birthed Ccool offered an aspirational archetype. The story starts in the glory days of Long Beach hip-hop. As a young child, the G-Funk era soundtracked rides in Sam's father's car. Some of his earliest memories are trying to memorize Snoop's verse on "Nuthin' But a "G" Thang." Beyond gangsta rap, the LBC has historically doubled as a capital of lowrider soul and carwash oldies. At any intersection, you could hear Dogg Food or Brenton Wood, Warren G or Barbara Lynn. This too was absorbed via osmosis. It also just so happened that the art of performance was always in Sam's blood. So at family functions, he and his sister supplied entertainment by singing karaoke renditions of The Isley Brothers. While his Harlem Shake remains a thing of local lore. Long Beach is a culturally diverse mecca of skate parks and gang life, street fashion and tricky dance moves. This is the place that raised Sam on a diet of Wu-Tang and Nelly Furtado, Lil Bow Wow and Allen Iverson. He was the middle ground between his two older brothers: one who gangbanged, the other who graduated with a master's degree from UC-Santa Barbara. But it wasn't until the end of high school that Sam started to take rap seriously. Alongside long-time collaborators like Huey Briss and Reaper Mook, Sam's name began to make waves on the northside of the city, but he was partially distracted by a modeling career that paid the bills and took him all to way to walk in Paris' fashion week. The first turning point arrived with 2018's "Ramsey," a self-produced, slick-talk anthem with over 10,000,000 streams across all platforms. With each subsequent release, Sam showcased his peerless consistency, building buzz both online and in the city streets. Spin hailed his "smooth and unhurried cadences and understated lyricism_ that sounds like nothing else in Long Beach." Clash raved about Sam's "evolution as an artist, cruising through nostalgic production with slick, witty rhymes." The culmination arrives with Standing on Giant Shoulders. It's the evidence of a master, a young sensei in the model of Quincy Jones. All rhymes, singing, production, and arrangements were handled by Sam - with an assist from his close Long Beach kinsman Tom Kendall from the group Soular System. It's hard-edged and lyrical enough for disciples of Larry June and Roc Marciano, but orchestral and melodic enough for fans of Anderson .Paak and H.E.R.

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Kayo

Reunion

Release: 2020 / AT – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2021 | AT | Original (Tontraeger)

Texta

Mehr Oder Weniger

Release: 2021 / AT – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2014 | Original (Audiolith)

Neonschwarz

Fliegende Fische

Release: 2014 / Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2018 | Original (Sony Music/Green Berlin)

Marteria

Live Im Ostseestadion

Release: 2018 / Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Sub Pop)

Shabazz Palaces

Robed In Rareness

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Sub Pop)

Shabazz Palaces

Exotic Birds Of Prey

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Umeko Ando

Ihunke

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Futura Resistenza)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Umeko Ando (1932-2004) was a folk singer from Japan. She was a representative of the Ainu culture on the Hokkaido Island in the north of Japan. “Ihunke” is her first album which was recorded with the Ainu musician and dub producer Oki Kano in 2000. The 16 Ainu songs on “Ihunke” are delicate, natural gems. They are built on Oki Kano’s Tonkori patterns (a 5-string harp), over which Umeko Ando develops her repetitive, mantric vocals, often in a call-response manner. Oki Kano is one of very few professional Tonkori players who performs worldwide with his Oki Dub Ainu Band. The songs possess a mystical energy – when crows call accurately with Ando’s brittle voice in the first song, it seems like natural powers join in with her music. Her voice sounds like animals of the sky and the forest. Oki Kano: “It was a lot of fun to record with Umeko Ando. Many Ainu hesitate to break from tradition - if Umeko hadn’t been so flexible to work with the younger generation and recording technology, this album would never have happened. Our sessions were intense, and we were proud and happy about making such beautiful music.” Upcoming in autumn: remixes of “Ihunke” by Tolouse Lowtrax, M.Rux, DJ Ground, El Buho Mark Peters, Gama, Andi Otto, and Dreems.

Historical background: Only recently (in 2008) have the Ainu officially been acknowledged as indigenous people who are culturally independent from Japan. This record is an example of how their music has been passed on through generations in the underground Ainu communities while it was oppressed by the Japanese hegemony. It deserves a huge audience.

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Teresa Cos

Karnofsky's Score

CD | 1992 | US | Reissue (Sbme)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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'Karnofsky's Score' by Teresa Cos is a musical journey inspired by the Karnofsky Performance Scale used in medical oncology. The album explores the emotional spectrum within the scale's extremes. Guitar improvisations and minimal harmonica elements echo the dichotomy of 'normal' and 'dead', revealing a range of fleeting emotions and creating a haunting atmosphere. An imagined soundtrack for a film in the making, 'Karnofsky's Score' offers an evocative sonic experience that leans against conventional boundaries.

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Comptons Most Wanted

Music To Driveby

Release: 1992 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 1998 | US | Reissue (Sbme)

A Tribe Called Quest

The Love Movement

Release: 1998 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band

BRSB

CD | 2024 | US | Original (Big Crown)

CD | 2024 | US | Original (3 Palm)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, the mysterious steel pan out¬t hailing from Hamburg, Germany have amassed a cult following around the globe. With a slew of classic 7"s and three critically acclaimed full length albums, they set a high bar for themselves, one they clearly intend on pushing even higher with this new offering. On their fourth album Brsb, Bacao are back with more of the same, but more of the same with them is inherently different. Covering songs that span genres and range from mega hits to underground album cuts, they make them their own with their unique approach to the traditional steel pans of Trinidad and Tobago. While part of the allure of a new Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band album is ¬nding out what covers they do it is equally intriguing to see what original tunes they cooked upland this record is foul of stand out originals. The album opener, "In The Crosshairs" is a rough and tough mid tempo head nodder while both "Grilled" & "Treasure Quest" pick up the tempo with heavy African Funk in uences on both. Bacao goes deep with "Hazy Memories", a bass heavy slow burner that walks a line between hypnotic and hype. All these originals stand as testament that the term "cover band" is a shoe that could never ¬t Bacao. However, in the tradition of steel pan music, they do a heavy amount of covers. This time around there is a big West Coast Hip Hop in uence with covers of Game & 50 Cent's "How We Do", Dr Dre & Snoop Dogg's "Nuthin But A G Thang", and Tupac's "Got My Mind Made Up" all of which take on new energy and lend themselves to the Brsb steel treatment. Bacao puts another certi¬ed dance oor ¬ller on their resume with their cover of Claudja Barry's uber Disco classic "Love For The Sake Of Love" which they ip into a dubbed out affair aptly changing even the title to "Love For The Sake Of Dub". Pulling from the contemporary smash hit section of Hop Hop they cover Drake's "Hotline Bling" and "Love$ick" by Mura Masa & A$ap Rocky. Then they go very unexpected with "Stranger Things Theme" where they take the synth heavy theme song to the hit show and give it a more hypnotizing tone than the original. By the time Brsb is through, Bacao has taken the listener on a journey spanning a myriad of energies, tempos, and moods while keeping it all under one umbrella. For all that, these songs are alive, and they will be taken out of the context of this album and sewn into the fabric of DJ sets around the globe for many years to come. Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band continues building their legacy and pushing the boundaries of steel pan music forward with another rock solid musical offering. Enjoy.

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Orgone

Chimera

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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CD | 2023 | UK | Original (Chopped Herring)

Basementality

Kings & Kingdoms

CD | 2020 | DE | Original (Staatsakt)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Here we have a Heavy rarity outta Philly from 1995 by MC, producer and graf artist Jon Doe aka Denske aka Culture Livingston. Check the interview below in the Product Info section for the full story, but homeboy has been part of the Philly scene since way back when. He used to write under the name Denske and heads might be aware of his excellent documentary "Tag City" which delves deep into the Philadelphia writing scene and in particular the esoteric Gangster hand style of the 60s/70s synonymous with the city. He was also featured in Roger Gastman's "History Of American Graffiti". Seriously, peep the interview below - it's full of gems.

So, to the music. There were 3 joints on the 12" that dropped in 1995 [300 copies pressed only] and 6 on the cassette version - here we have 5 of those 6 tracks, 2 of which have never been released on wax. Unfortunately the final track was busted so couldn't be used!! As he mentions in his interview, this project was recorded on an old 4-track and never got mastered before pressing so it is dusty, but that adds to the mid 90's flava!

Enjoy the last 90's Herring vinyl drop of 2023 - and good luck trying to find the OG!!!

Shout out to the man like Onur Unal for the connect - much respect due!!

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Marc-Uwe Kling

Die Känguru-Chroniken

Release: 2020 / DE – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2009 | DE | Original (Staatsakt)

Arbeitsgruppe Zukunft

Das Nächste Grosse Ding

Release: 2009 / DE – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Integrated Tech Solutions

Aesop Rock

CD | 2023 | US | Original (Rhymesayers)

CD | 2023 | UK | Original (Chopped Herring)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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A tech company's "senior spirit guide" finally comes to the defense of the "financially unsuccessful" Vincent van Gogh; wonders of the natural world are reimagined as "muster points for brainstorming innovators"; the "artificial char lines" on fast-food burgers are cited as if signs of the apocalypse. For the better part of three decades, Aesop Rock has used the syntax of the moment to pinpoint the fault lines in that moment's supposedly solid foundation. With his tenth album, Integrated Tech Solutions, Aes wields insidious corporatespeak as a tool to pry that parasitic worldview away from the parts of life that truly matter. A concept album about an organization offering "lifestyle- and industry-specific applications designed to curate a desired multi-experience," Integrated Tech Solutions picks apart the charlatan language that hears app inventors put themselves on continuums starting with cavemen and continuing through da Vinci. On "Mindful Solutionism," the wheel evolves seamlessly into modern agriculture - and then into atomic bombs, Agent Orange, cigarettes, and surveillance cameras. In a rare moment of transparency, the engineers Aes give voice to sum up this spiral in just a few words: "We cannot be trusted with the stuff that we come up with." Appropriately, the album sounds like the past and future at once. Largely self-produced, Integrated Tech Solutions catches Aes at his leanest and most innovative, leveraging "SolutionismÖs careening bounce against the wistful "By the River" or the slow creep of "Salt and Pepper Squid." The effect is a record that sounds itself like an organism growing, mutating, hurtling toward profitability - and then destruction. As fans have come to expect, Aes is cuttingly funny and slyly profound at once, whether recounting a childhood restaurant run-in with Mr. T ("100 Feet Tall") or quipping, on "Pigeonometry," that "white dove is a pigeon - you motherfuckers is bigots." At the same time, Integrated Tech Solutions is working on another parallel project: tracing the sprawl of modernity and cutting directly to its core. "I've been doing laps of the lost worlds," he raps on "All City Nerve Map," sounding at once wearied and reinvigorated. "I can draw a map to the raw nerve."

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Manuel

Wrong Neck Of The Woods

CD | 2023 | UK | Original (Chopped Herring)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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So for the 200th Herring release in 2017 Herring teamed up with Cambridge producer Derek Marazzo, MA artist Manuel (Matos), and graphic designer Nerco for the Deep Waters 7", a partial repress of the extremely rare 1996 12" on Majestique. [Good luck finding a copy].

For this new/old project we put the team back together again for the unreleased album material from around the same time period as the 12". Nerco is on the artwork [as well as the new season white label jackets] and Derek has remastered and mixed the old tracks to create what wouldve been Manuel's debut album made up of material from 94-95.

We didn't see this one coming so when Derek hit me up telling me that he had found the old multi-track recordings I was buzzin. And when he got back to me a few months later to show me what he had been working on, I was stunned. The ish is top notch - what a record - but dont't take my word for it - peep the dang snippets yo!!

Shout out to everyone involved - it's another Herring suuuuuureshot!

There are 300 copies only in Full Colour Large Sticker cover - artwork by Herring Superfan Nerco [who also did the white label jackets for this season].

Black wax only.

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Transmissions

CD | 2015 | US | Original (Concord)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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"Transmissions is the new album from SQ, the in-house producer for Penpals. A producer-driven record, it features verses from rappers including old friends (Rapswell, Bobby Noble, junclassic, Lars Viola, Jerré, K-Cromozone) and newer collaborators (PremRock, Defcee, Fatboi Sharif, Cavalier, Baje One, Nappy Nina, Teller Bank$, Moses Rockwell, Plain Old Mike). Marcus Pinn and DJ Steve Bills provide the cuts. Created over the course of 2022, Transmissions is a culmination of the connections made with all of the artists involved, tied together by the sonic palate laid down by SQ. Tune in."

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Steve Tyrell

That Lovin' Feeling

Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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CD | 2004 | US | Reissue (Nature Sounds)

Masta Killa

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