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Despise The Living Desecrate The Dead

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Abyss has long been one of Kniteforce's leaders in bringing the darkness, with his previous EPs always selling out fast. This new EP brings his classic but previously unreleased track "Dubplate Style" to vinyl, and rounds it off with a selection of deep and dark breakbeat workouts. All amen and bass heavy, and riddled with twisted film samples, Abyss takes his usual claustrophobic style to its zenith with The South Central EP.

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Abysmal Grief

LP | 2023 | Original (Avantgarde Music)

34,99 €*

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | Original (Twisted Chords)

Abwärts

21,99 €*

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Superfucker Colored Vinyl Edition

Abwärts

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Off Ya Tree)

25,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Off Ya Tree)

Abwärts

Superfucker

24,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

Aburadako

Adk Picture Disc Edition

38,99 €*

12" | 2023 | Original (Biologic)

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Compiling Japanese hardcore punk band Aburadako’s earliest recordings, this collection of rarities and early singles is absolutely brutal! With songs taken from their earliest self-released flexi-disc, a Tokuma Japan punk compilation (Greatest Punk Hits (1983)), and their 1984 mini album, ADK is 14 songs of pure, unrestrained punk spirit! Hirotomo’s vocals are at times incomprehensible, and the recording quality isn’t the best - but who needs those when you have some of the heaviest basslines and brutal drum grooves to come out of Japan? Pressed on a limited edition picture disc, this compilation of Aburadako’s earliest recordings is a must-have for all fans of Japanese hardcore!

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Abstraxion

Trance Body Music

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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LP | 2023 | US | Original (Flowing Downward)

Abstract Void

Forever

30,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Midnight Ensemble - The Remixes - Part 2 Marbled Vinyl Edition

Abstract Division

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Dynamic Reflection)

Midnight Ensemble - The Remixes - Part 1 Marbled Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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On Part 2 you will find remixes from Ø Phase, Adiel and label residents Viels & Svarog on the 12" added by two Digital Bonus tracks bij Polygonia and Szmer.

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Abstract Division

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Dynamic Reflection)

12" | 2015 | NL | Original (Dynamic Reflection)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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After the success of their first full length album Midnight Ensemble, it's now time for a massive remixpack divided in 2 EP's; Part 1 followed by Part 2 (which will be follow soon after this).

The Dynamic duo asked some of their close friends, label residents and inspirators to rework all of the tracks taken from the original album.

On Part 1 you will find remixes from DJ Nobu, Rrose, Jeroen Search on the 12" added by 2 Digital Bonus tracks bij Pyramidal Decode and Hitam.

Expect a diverse range of techno cuts and ambient drones as you are used to from Dynamic Reflection.

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Abstract Division

Metropolis EP

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (The state51 Conspiracy)

Release: 2015 / NL – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

Grey marbled.

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Abstract Concrete

30,39 €* 31,99 € -5%

Is It Raining In Berlin? Yellow & Green Marbled Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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Eight decades in and Charles Hayward (This Heat, Camberwell Now) isn’t slowing down, he’s picking up the pace. Following on from a sensational string of gigs and festival performances, his latest endeavour - Abstract Concrete - is now primed to release this astounding self-titled debut via state51 Conspiracy.

The band features the luminous cast of Agathe Max (Mésange, Ukaea) on viola, Otto Willberg (Yes Indeed, Historically Fucked) on bass, Roberto Sassi (Snorkel, Glenn Branca) on guitar, Yoni Silver (Hyperion Ensemble, Steve Noble) on keyboards and, of course, Charles himself on drums and vocals. With this undeniable experimental pedigree, it’ll likely come as one hell of a surprise that this group are now responsible for one of the most persuasive and hook-laden avant pop albums of the year.

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Absolute

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Shall Not Fade)

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Phobia)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Absolute. joins the Shall Not Fade family with five massive dance-floor anthems, bringing out all the best of rave, breaks and acid!

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Absolut

Hell's Highest Power

19,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Mama Told Ya)

ABSL

It's Just A Bad Dream

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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LP | 2023 | US | Original (Asian Man)

Abruptors

Noticeably Cheerless

20,99 €*

12" | 2023 | UK | Original (Exiles)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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From Buffalo, NY, the Abruptors deliver their sophomore release. SKA, Soul, 2 Tone influenced songs that will get you up and dancing. Vinyl is a smoky clear variant just for record stores.

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Abris Gryllus

Nucleus Of The Decay

18,99 €*

Dancing As An Act Of Rebellion

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Nuclear decay occurs when the nucleus of an atom is unstable and spontaneously emits energy in the form of radiation. The result is that the nucleus changes into the nucleus of one or more other elements. These daughter nuclei have a lower mass and are more stable (lower in energy) than the parent nucleus. “Ábris Gryllus is a cross-disciplinary media artist and musician based in Budapest. He is well-known for several projects, collaborations and performative works with choreographers, sculptors, dancers and other musicians. As a tireless artist always open to new possibilities, Gryllus has worked on dance pieces, educational workshops and installations; he is one-half of the beat-oriented group FOR., and not least of all, he produces immersive electronic music under his own name. His solo materials include the frantic vocal-based ‘Canon’ (The Death of Rave) and two releases on Farbwechsel (‘Post_’, ‘A.D.’) that feature a rather focused, slowly forming approach to composition.

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Abraxas

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Soil)

31,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Supraphon)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Dancing as an act of rebellion is the first Abraxas LP in collaboration with the Valencian label Soil Records. A compilation of the first project recordings released between 2020 and 2021 plus some new tracks and, in addition to this, a second vinyl by other darkwave electronic artists remixing the first one: Geistform, We Are Not Brothers, Ober Dada, Melting Dogmas, SMforma, Hbk1, José Rodríguez, SOJ and PanDemian. Abraxas is a halfway project between dark dance electronic music, philosophical reflection, socio-political activism and musical entrepreneurship. Its main goal is to shake bodies and minds by spreading messages of individual and social self-criticism from the point of view of duality, extremes and contradiction, inherent to the human being and capitalist society

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Abraxas

Box

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Original Gravity)

Abram & Néstor

Four Minutes Of Funk

16,14 €* 16,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Dualtone)

Abraham Alexander

Sea/Sons

23,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Melodic)

Abracadabra

Shapes & Colors

25,99 €*

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Black Morta)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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If you find the time, please come and stay a while in abracadabra’s beautiful neighbourhood; a magically wonky wonderland where strangers leave as friends to a block party soundtrack as eclectic as it is infectious. The California duo’s album shapes & colors is a dazzling collage of psych-fuelled synthscapes and contemporary Baroque-pop of anti-capitalist movements and escapism, precisely pieced around their own working lives in a blue-collar town.

In the heart of Oakland’s industrial Jingletown above a former auto-repair shop in what was once a mechanics’ break room where poker rounds ensued, Hannah Skelton (Vocals, Synthesizers) and Chris Niles, (Bass, Synthesizers) constructed the angular 80s-tinged anthems (think John Hughes montages to Talking Heads) of their new album, to positively offset the pandemic’s amplification of dysfunctional society. “It reflects our current reality: a huge mess that is systematically broken but isn’t entirely lost,” Hannah tells. “We’re inviting listeners to conjure up every drop of hope and willpower left inside them, pour that into the giant vat of anger and frustration bubbling inside us all, and with this potion collectively enact the necessary change to bring love and light into this dark space.”

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About:Kaos

Blank That Noise EP

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Rotary Phono Lab)

Aboukir

Change

23,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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From The Depths Black Vinyl Editoin

Abolish

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (F.D.A.)

22,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | Original (Abigail Lapell)

Abigail Lapell

Getaway

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Startracks)

Abhinanda

Tsunami

10,99 €*

Abelcain & Alexandra von Bolz'n

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Two new studiorecordings by this legendary band. De Music Ligera is a cover of Soda Stereo (Argentina) megahit. 2023 marks the 31th anniversary since the legendary Umeå hardcore band Abhinanda was started and the year Darkness of Ignorance was recorded. In 1993, the following year it was released, the first release on the iconic DIY label Desperate Fight Records. A milestone in Umeå"s and Sweden"s music history!

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Heart Blood Steel

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Abundanz)

39,99 €*

Abelardo Carbono Con Meridian Brothers

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Originally produced and self-released by Abelcain in 2015. Vocals by Andrea von Bolz’n. Newly remastered for vinyl in 2022.

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Cumbia Sampuesana / El Cucaracho

7" | 2023 | JP | Original (Okra Brand)

Abdullah Miniawy, Erik Truffaz, Peter Corser & Karsten Hochapfel

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Abelardo Carbono aka "The Godfather of Champeta" meets Abelardo Carbono x Quantic!! A miraculous encounter between a Colombian music - alternative Latin legend and a neo-tropical music innovator who inherits his aspirations. A shocking collaboration between Abelardo Carbono, who was "rediscovered" during the tropical music revival and has become loved by DJs around the world as the "Godfather of Champeta," and Eblis Alvarez, aka the Meridian Brothers, who gained even greater recognition with "cumbia Siglo Xxi"! Produced/recorded by Will Holland aka Quantic and Lucas Silva, supervisor of "Palenque Palenque" (Soundway), "Machuca" (Analog Africa), etc.

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Le Cri Du Caire

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Les Disques Du Festival Permanent)

23,99 €*

2x12" | 2015 | SE | Original (Northern Electronics)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cairo, late 2013. In a city in turmoil, where the curfew had just been lifted after a second coup d'état, where the walls were still covered in dreams and revolt, where even the clubs of the city-centre echoed with anti-Islamist and anti-army slogans, I was deeply touched by the voice of Abdullah Miniawy at the 100Copies music studio, a stone's throw from Tahrir Square. A singer, writer, poet, poetry-slammer and student from the El-Fayoum oasis, this spokesman for Egyptian youth was shaking up the music scene and social networks with his hypnotic voice and unique blend of electro, sufism and jazz music, both punk and psychedelic, secular and avant-garde. Three months later, Abdullah's first on-stage revelations took place at the La Voix est Libre festival in Cairo with the "Jimi Hend rix of oud", Mehdi Haddab, followed by his first meeting with composer and saxophonist Peter Corser at the D-caf festival (Downtown Contemporary Art Festival), created in the aftermath of the revolution by leading figure in theater Ahmed El-Attar. After three years of administrative battles, while censorship was making a comeback in Egyptian artistic circles, Abdullah finally arrived in Paris where he recorded an initial version of Purple Feathers with Peter Corser, which was broadcast on Soundcloud.

In 2017, gripped from the very first seconds by these soaring vocal and instrumental performances, Erik Truffaz accepted our invitation to become involved with Peter's hypnotic loops and Abdullah's electric vocals, and was soon joined by the visceral strings of cellist Karsten Hochapfel. Five years later, Le Cri du Caire is still turning heads, and often moving audiences to tears. Both free and spiritual, sensitive and elusive, their music elevates the soul to giddy heights and flies towards what may well be one of the shortest paths from zero to infinity.

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Abdulla Rashim

A Shell Of Speed

Release: 2015 / SE – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Abderraouf B Grissa & Dan Drohan

RBGxDD

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Uno Loop)

22,49 €* 29,99 € -25%

The Lexicon Of Love Limited Edition W/ Blu-Ray

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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"Some albums act as tickets to travel through time and space, ones where you hear history and venture to worlds familiar, yet undeniably foreign and exciting. RBGxDD, the inaugural release for indie-label Uno Loop Records, is one of these albums. The LP is the beginning of a collaboration between two virtuosos you’ll want to keep an eye (and ear) on: producer Abderraouf B Grissa (Pink Siifu, Abstract Abder on Radio alHara) and drummer/producer Dan Drohan (Nick Hakim, Olden Yolk, Carrtoons, Andrew VanWyngarden of Mgmt).

Think CAN, Makaya McCraven, Sun Ra, or Madlib, and you’ll scratch the surface of what this LP has to offer, what it reminds you of, what it's inspired by. Grissa says of its creation, ""what began as a clear cut, beat-album featuring blistering acoustic drums evolved into a fluid, sonic journey that throws time- signature and structure to the wind."" RBGxDD is an album that expands the notion of how live instrumentation and sampling can continually innovate in unexpectedly catchy ways. The arrangements give space for both dancing and relaxing, with no shortage of finding the groove.

Joining them are artists who have perfected their craft upon arrival. Bobbie Johnston(Ear Yoga Ensemble,élan)delivers guitar riffs so smooth that they somehow blend into the music yet stand out in crispness and quality. Jarrett Gilgore (Heart of the Ghost; Jaimie Branch) takes a scorching approach to the saxophone that rejuvenates us, feeling as if we've been hit with a splash of cold water. Ahmad Kafari's (Sudan Archives, Pink Siifu, Jaw Gems, Chakram) piano playing is a gift, you hear expertise - years of influence by spiritual jazz and classical piano music emerge in a language first developed by Dorothy Ashby and honed by Dilla. Mastering was done by Kelly Hibbert (The Heliocentrics, Knxwledge, Flying Lotus, Karriem Riggins) who sends your ears to another sonic planet.

The LP is physically surrounded by something just as beautiful as the music it houses. We have artist Carol Summers and designer Daniel Rocha to thank for that. LP and artwork was licensed directly from Summers’ family. One of America's foremost printmakers with a career spanning over half a century, Summers has his works found in the Moma Lacma, NGA, and more. Rocha's LP designs are impeccably on cue with the music contained within, making the release look like it could’ve been released in 1973 or 2023. "

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ABC

Box Set | 2023 | EU | Original (Universal)

99,99 €*

The Lexicon Of Love Limited Edition Half-Speed Master

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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4LP Boxset

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ABC

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Universal)

29,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Earth Libraries)

Abby Johnson

22,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Eraserhood Sound)

Abby Jeanne

Know Better

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Patterns Of Perception)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Abby Jeanne has been an artist her entire life. While growing up in Milwaukee, WI, she was indoctrinated into the arts via a public art schooling experiment in the 90s. As a pre-teen, she was socially adopted by a Rock N Roll cafe cult, where she wrote music, painted, and started her deep infatuation with records, especially 60s pop and underground soul/rock n' roll via the haunted jukebox that lived there. A series of family tragedies, including the loss of her sister, left Abby living in a car with her guitar, which led to her traveling overseas and carving out a music career for herself. Through it all, she is currently a New York City-based multimedia artist who has built a name for herself through not only her music, but her visual art and event throwing. After years of hustling to create DIY releases and garnering the support of national radio stations across the country, 2022 saw Abby Jeanne release the single "That's Where We Are" on Philadelphia's Eraserhood Sound. Today she is back with a brand new 45, Know Better / Sage and Cigarettes. Both of these unforgettable tracks feature Eraserhood Sound's signature in-house analog synth and soul production, and they represent some of Abby's best, most inspired work to date. A-side "Know Better" is a rollicking pop-soul party-starter that features a four on the floor beat, electrifying guitar riffs, and deceptively profound lyrics that examine the selfishness and vapidity of today's society. On the flip side, "Sage and Cigarettes" is one of the most powerful and intimate songs Abby has ever recorded. The track, with its slow-burning shuffle and classic instrumentation reminiscent of Otis Redding's most emotional work, is a direct reflection of her experience healing as a traumatized woman in a modern world. Together, these two songs showcase the extremely talented, complex, and exciting Abby Jeanne, an artist who is undoubtedly ready to take the world by storm in 2023 and beyond.

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Abby Echiverri

Deformation

13,99 €*

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Verve)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Bunker New York luminary Abby Echiverri joins the Patterns of Perception imprint with her Deformation EP, a diverse collection of playfully psychedelic techno tracks infused with a radiant cosmic energy. Produced in 2021-22, Abby drew inspiration from the captivating physics simulations her partner was working on at the time, ultimately imbuing the music with an ethereal atmosphere that permeates the entire EP, and from which the tracks derive their names. Ptn03 presents a cohesive yet diverse collection of tracks, blending psychedelic energy with delicate and profound moments. Abby's music carries an almost hopeful quality, with drum programming that leans towards groove and shuffle, and the incorporation of diminished chords and progressions that pose questions to the listener. The Deformation EP is an intricate record that showcases Abby Echiverri's distinctive, three-dimensional approach to techno: one that never feels oppressive, but calls to mind a sense of exploration and freedom.

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Abbey Lincoln

Who Used To Dance

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Verve)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The late Abbey Lincoln was one of the greats in jazz singing and composition. 65 at the time of this recording, the singer performs a fiery musical statement and maintains her own distinctive manner of delivering a lyric. This 1998 Verve release mostly emphasizes slow tempos and melancholy moods. Seven of the nine tracks on Who Used To Dance are ballads that serve to demonstrate the graininess in Lincoln's voice, with highlights such as the nostalgic "Who Used to Dance" (featuring Savion Glover's tapdancing) "Street of Dreams" and an exceptionally charming "Mr. Tambourine Man". Alto saxophonists Frank Morgan, Steve Coleman, Oliver Lake, Justin Robinson, and Riley Bandy III provide feature work and several insightful solos, and the rhythm team of pianist Marc Cary, bassist Michael Bowie, and drummer Aaron Walker provide finest ballad accompaniment.

This 140-gram vinyl is the first international vinyl reissue, pressed at Optimal, and is presented in a wide-spine, single-sleeve jacket.

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Abbey Lincoln

Over The Years

39,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Under Attack Limited 2023 Picture Disc Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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The Visitors Limited Half Speed Mastering Edition

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Universal)

43,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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The Day Before You Camel Limited 2023 Picture Disc Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Ring Ring Swedish / Ah, Vilka Tider Limited Picture Disc Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Ring Ring Limited Colored Boxset

Box | 2023 | Original (Universal)

77,99 €*

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Pop

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Ring Ring Half-Speed Master Limited Edition

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Universal)

43,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Ring Ring Engl. / She's My Kind Limited Picture Disc Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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People Need Love / Merry-Go-Round Limited Picture Disc Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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One Of Us Limited 2023 Picture Disc Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Love Isn't Easy / I Am Just A Girl Limited Picture Disc Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Head Over Heels Limited 2023 Picture Disc Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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He Is Your Brother / Santa Rosa Limited Picture Disc Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2015 | US | Reissue (Sahel Sounds)

Abba Gargando

26,99 €*

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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12" | 2015 | DE | Original (Abayomi)

Abayomi

You Sleep, They Live!

Analogue Stories Volume 2

Release: 2015 / DE – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Generic

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Abacus

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Phonogramme)

LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Lawson)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Phonogramme is thrilled to announce the return of Abacus with 'Analogue Stories Vol. 2,' a profound and immersive sonic journey that continues to push the boundaries of Deep house music. Austin Bascom, celebrated for his releases on prestigious labels like 'Prescription' and 'Guidance,' once again brings forth a captivating slice of deepness. Available on a unique semi-transparent 12'' vinyl in a distinctive Dookie brown hue, 'Analogue Stories Vol. 2' is an indispensable addition for collectors and electronic music enthusiasts alike. Close your eyes, submerge yourself, and let the Analogue stories carry you on an entrancing voyage.

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Ab's

39,99 €*

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Pop

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Bring You A Ring Heart-Shaped 45 Edition

Aaron Frazer

7" | 2023 | US | Original (Colemine)

24,99 €*

7" | 2023 | US | Original (Colemine)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition heart shaped vinyl! The A side of this 45, a brand new track from Aaron Frazer, is about how pressure makes diamonds. The last couple years have been really challenging, especially for those navigating relationships amidst the chaos. This song celebrates the connections of love that are strong enough to weather any storm, and the certainty that comes from making it through together. The B side features a track from Aaron's first solo LP, Introducing. Lyrically, Frazer sounds lovesick; the imagery he paints of demons "so close behind" and the repetition of these lyrics emphasize his longing. The song starts with piercing guitar, dark bass, and chime piano and Frazer himself drums throughout the song. The orchestration is swell while the strings and voices blend well with the transcendent feel of the music.

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Aaron Frazer

Bring You A Ring

7" | 2023 | US | Original (Colemine)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The A side of this 45, a brand new track from Aaron Frazer, is about how pressure makes diamonds. The last couple years have been really challenging, especially for those navigating relationships amidst the chaos. This song celebrates the connections of love that are strong enough to weather any storm, and the certainty that comes from making it through together. The B side features a track from Aaron's first solo LP, Introducing. Lyrically, Frazer sounds lovesick; the imagery he paints of demons "so close behind" and the repetition of these lyrics emphasize his longing. The song starts with piercing guitar, dark bass, and chime piano and Frazer himself drums throughout the song. The orchestration is swell while the strings and voices blend well with the transcendent feel of the music. Grab this 45, on either black and limited edition heart shaped vinyl, available 12/08/2023 from Colemine Records.

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Aaron Frazer

Bad News / Done Lyin'

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Mack Avenue)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Aaron Diehl

Zodiac Suite

43,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP+10" | 2015 | SE | Original (Skudge Presents)

Aardvarck

Co In Ci

8,99 €*

Release: 2015 / SE – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Who Am I On Wax)

Aamir

Repeat EP

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Silva Electronics)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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We are now presenting Whoamionwax 001, curated by our dear Aamir, with Nu Zau as a guest! Already played by Arapu! Support from: Traumer, Sublee, Yaar KÃ¼, Macarie and many more!

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Aakaara

Obsidian Promises

8,49 €* 16,99 € -50%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Midgar)

Aa Sudd

Pushedd

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Draganenii)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Aa Sudd lands on Midgar with the 4tracker “Pushedd” displaying an adventurous pack of mid-tempo rollers and grey area dnb-goes-techno exercises. Aa Sudd navigates head down through high density fields.

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A_r

About Time EP

A7PHA (Doseone & Mestizo)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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The 4th Draganenii iteration brings another studio collab from the A_R duo titled "About Time EP", a 3-tracker destined to boggle minds on a dancefloor near you. Solid groove, packing Detroit references, brain melting acid shots and roaring bassliness. It’s a keeper.

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Many Headed EP

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Handsmade)

49,99 €*

12" | 2023 | UK | Original (Albeit)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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A7pha returns with NEW monstrous music...

Featuring Buck 65, Self Jupiter, Aesop Rock & WHY?

Vinyl includes instrumentals.

Limited to 333 pieces.

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A3k

Rizumu

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Paryia)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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All tracks recorded by Álex Martín in the late 90s.

There is still something so enticing about a limited run techno 12" with nothing but the track titles to accompany it. It feels old school and business like, where the focus is on the music, and the music in the case of this one from A3K on Albeit is superb. 'Rizumu' takes up the whole A-side and is a mix of volatile bass energy and controlled kick drum grooves that keeps things moving but with emotional nuance in the sustained chords up top. 'Left Blank' is a dusty and dubby cut with analogue percussion dancing through the arrangement but the closer is our pick. 'Daily Schemes' is a light and airy house dancer with neat chords and squelchy effects. Perfect back room tackle.

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A2ice & Bo3

Extracted Soil

12" | 2015 | UK | Original (Food Music)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Multidisciplinary artists Lex Rütten and Jana Kerima Stolzer alias A2iCE & BO3 are the faces behind Paryìa records’ fourth release – further manifesting Paryìa's role as a genre-bending entity while also expanding the artist’s respective portfolio. The debut EP Extracted Soil unites four enthralling tracks with broken beats and evocative percussions as the common denominator, including a remix by Mor Elian. With this release Paryìa brings together sound, art and physical elements, conceptually working around the artist's exhibitions, combining different formats and creating space to break out of conventions and experiment freely.

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A1 Bassline

Technicality

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Compost)

Release: 2015 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Food Music welcomes A1 Bassline to the label to release his first LP - Technicality.

The album’s title draws from the club night “Technicality”, a monthly Drum & Bass night at Herbal in East London, which is run by Chris Inperspective and continued the sound of early Reinforced and Metalheadz records as well as pushing new forward thinking music. The album is centred around growing up as a teenager discovering this jungle/drumfunk sound through his college friend Rahim (Lab Creation), where the likes on Fold, Ben UFO, Breakage would attend the club.

In addition to well received records on DirtyBird, Pets Recordings and his collaborative work with Leon Vynehall as Laszlo Dancehall, the album is a stamp on A1’s sound and his influences from his teenage years to growing up and discovering House and Techno.

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A08

Waiting For Zion

31,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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The Monks Of The ISIS Record Store Day 2023 Edition

A Wedding Anniversary

LP | 2023 | EU | Original

37,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2023 | EU | Original (A Visiting Link)

A Visiting Link

0-9

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Generic

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (A Visiting Link)

A Visiting Link

0-9

A Vision Of Panorama & Sykes

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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The Emergency Declaration has been issued, so... past iron up... between iron chan... it is commonly known as the limited express... the chill system (Red Belt) + (Blue Belt) formation crab-crab. Limited operation @ Sultan Al Sham, Magnetic Dress, and Dedicated Computer Realm.

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Let Me

12" | 2023 | US | Original (Star Creature)

18,99 €*

7" | 2023 | US | Original (Star Creature)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Avop + Star Creature feels, sounds & tastes like a match made in heaven. Not quite house, disco or boogie, just synthy drum-programmed funk. Avop taps vocalist Sykes here for 2 original collabs plus instrumentals & remixes from elusive underground producers of heat, Pool BOY & Cyril Hahn.

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A Vision Of Panorama

Piano Sunset

13,99 €*

A Vision Of Panorama Feat. Eiko Hara

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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A Vision OF Panorama comes with their third vinyl release from the collaboration & each one gets heavier & gets more dance floor friendly. On Side A "piano Sunset" delivers an uptempo Balearic night time groove. "lost IN Palms" on Side B takes us on a chuggin' deep house excursion.

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Unconditional

12" | 2023 | UK | Original (Cala Tarida Musica)

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Haus Of Beats)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Russia's mellow music phenomenon Mikhail Khvasko aka A Vision Of Panorama teams up with lovely Japanese vocalist Eiko Hara for one of the smoothest yet danceable tunes of 2023.

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A Tweed

Echinopsis EP

19,99 €*

People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm 25th Anniversary Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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The Italians Antonio De Oto (A-TWEED) and Valerio Ebert (OLTREFUTURO) are the names beyond Echinopsis EP, the next release on Haus Of Beats. Three tracks with slow yet heavy tribal rhythms, dark, acid and hypnotic. Two deluxe remixes complete the EP, one by the master of rare rhythms, Toulouse Low Trax, working his usual magic, the second by the label associate Odøn, upping the tempo with a fiery electro take.

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A Tribe Called Quest

2LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Jive)

26,99 €*

People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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An undesputed classic album comes back with the 25th anniversary treatment! Remastered from the original tapes by Bob Power (D'Angelo, De La Soul) plus three remixes by Ceelo Green, Pharrell Williams & J. Cole!

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A Tribe Called Quest

2LP | 2015 | EU | Reissue (Jive)

19,99 €*

Step Off / Don't Fool With The Dips Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2015 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Still shrink wrapped but opened.
Records are slightly warped but still enjoyable.

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A-Trak

7" | 2023 | US | Original (Flipnjay / Fools Gold)

16,79 €* 20,99 € -20%

10" | 2023 | UK | Original (Fool's Gold)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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A-Trak! You may have been introduced to him as a World Champion turntablist, an iconic indie record label owner, half of Duck Sauce, a producer, a festival DJ, a remixer, Kanye’s Tour DJ, OR, a former Juicero advocate, but you may not know that he had a Hip-Hop record label in the early to mid 2000’s called Audio Research Records.

During this time, Trizzy hooked up with arguably 2 of the best Hip-Hop groups to come out of that era, producing records for Little Brother and the mighty Dipset! One of the very few Little Brother records that 9th Wonder didn’t produce, “Step Off” falls right in line with the whole LB aesthetic. A-Trak got busy with a bouncy joint that ended up on tons of mixtapes, available Only on ARR 12” until now! Same story with the b-side, A-Trak teamed up with Dipset for “Don’t Fool With The Dips!” featuring 40 Cal, Hell Rell, J.R. Writer.

FlipNJay Records is excited to re-release these joints in collaboration with Fool’s Gold Records on 7 Inch vinyl along with brand new original artwork designed by Rhek!

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A-Trak

10 Seconds Volume 2

20,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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10" | 2023 | UK | Original (Fool's Gold)

A-Trak

10 Seconds Volume 1

20,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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12" | 2023 | EU | Original (TH Tar Hallow)

A Thousand Details

Tar 19

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Knotweed)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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The very prolific ATD Records Founder, Gustavo Lima, brings 5 techno cuts on Tar Hallow for the first release of 2024.

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A Thousand Details

Sabotage Mass Media EP

13,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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12" | 2023 | UK | Original (Justracks)

A Thin Man

Jt 001

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Beggars Banquet)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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New label Justracks kicks off with a literally and metaphorically heavyweight new disco 12" on 180g vinyl. As far as we know it's the first release from the mysterious A Thin Man but the beats are fat. 'Doogie Bown' gets you doing just that with a mix of chatty synth funk and hip-swinging disco grooves. 'W(h)ats On' is an old school funk and soul dancefloor heater then class oozes from the breezy and free-flowing grooves of 'Catch The Strings' which pair bustling beats with rich strings. Last of all is the tightly woven disco and persuasive funk of 'Bees'n'Flowers' with cosmic lines and heartfelt female coos. A fine debut.

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A. Swayze & The Ghosts

Suddenly

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 2015 | EU | Reissue (Pelagic)

A Swarm Of The Sun

The Rifts

33,14 €* 38,99 € -15%

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Mass)

Release: 2015 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Rifts is the 3rd album of Swedish duo A Swarm of the Sun and was originally released in 2015. The Rifts is sombre and brooding, heavy and melancholic, crushing and fragile in equal measure: a bleak and beautiful journey through the battered inner landscapes of the heart and soul: a dolorous tale of lost hopes, dreams falling apart, final moments of clarity and redemption... and appositely reflecting the current state of the world 5, years after its release – isolation. The Rifts is the sonic manifestation of a heavy black cloud of abstract yet overwhelming feelings, thoughts, hopes and fears-- a collection of intimate reflections on a very specific, profound and personal struggle which needs to stay somewhat untouchable and diffuse, as further verbal explanations would be divesting this immense work of art of its sheer and raw emotional impact. What initially was a handful of piano sketches, nine song titles, a few lines of lyrics and a notebook full of script-like visual references slowly evolved into something much more dense and layered. Karl Daniel Lidén (The Old Wind, ex- Terra Tenebrosa) was added to the lineup on drums, and he also recorded the album. The sessions culminated with the recording of the pipe organ. The result is absolutely massive, overwhelming, cinematic and pummeling; a sinister foreboding of the emotional truths at the core of this tremendous album. A Swarm Of the Sun is Erik Nilsson and Jakob Berglund. In 2007 the debut EP The King of Everything was released, followed by the critically acclaimed full-length album Zenith in 2010. The Rifts was written and produced by the band and recorded by Erik Nilsson, drums performed and recorded by Karl Daniel Lidén at Studio Gröndahl, mixed and mastered by Magnus Lindberg (Cult of Luna, Refused, Pg.lost). Further contributing musicians are Anders Carlström (The Isolation Process) on bass, Anna Carlsson on vocals, Minna Heimo on pipe organ and Robin Bergh (Aoria) on vibraphone. All artwork and videos directed and produced by the band's own Jakob. Why are we releasing this, 5 years later? Because everyone here at Pelagic agrees that in the nebulous world of post-metal, The Rifts is one of the 5 best albums ever made. We're honored to add this masterpiece to our catalogue.

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A² & Stopouts

Alien Contact EP

12,74 €* 14,99 € -15%

12" | 2023 | UK | Original (Boombastic Plastic)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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The legacy of the UK’s prolific Alien Recordings lives on with another classy four track EP. Andy Panayi, Alec Stone and Rob Collman have been pivotal in shaping electronic music for decades. Their raw aesthetic formed Alien Recordings’ identity in the 90s, releasing timeless music from their several projects A², Skat and Stopouts.

The humble London collective are behind many influential records from tech-house’s golden era, pushing an infectiously groovy sound perfect for many scenarios. After connecting with the Mass crew in Leeds shortly before Andy’s passing, this release is a heartfelt tribute presenting four unreleased gems recorded between 1996 and 2010.

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A-Sides

Unreleased Ep 2

Several Songs About Fire Lilac Coloured Edit

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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The Boombastic Plastic label was one of the most respected and interesting of the old skool labels, with each release cementing itself as a classic. Here are some unearthed gems, dug up and taken from DATs, finally released by key artist and label owner, A-Sides, aka Citadel Of Kaos. These four tracks have been much sought after and until now only really heard on tape packs and live back in the day....

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A.Savage

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Rough Trade/Beggars Group)

36,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Rough Trade/Beggars Group)

A.Savage

Several Songs About Fire

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (K&F)

A.S.Fanning

Mushroom Cloud

24,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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4LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Rocket Girl)

A.R. Kane

A.R. Kive

147,99 €*

A Place To Bury Strangers

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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A.R. Kive collates the three most astonishing works from that most miraculous of

duos - A.R. Kane - comprising the ‘Up Home' EP from 1988 that signified the

band's dawning realisation of their own powers and possibilities, their legendary

debut LP ‘sixty nine' (1988) and its kaleidoscopic, prophetic double-LP follow up ‘i'

(1989).

In founder-member Rudy Tambala's new remastering, the music on these pivotal

transmissions from the birth of dream pop, have been reinvigorated and re-infused

with a new power, a new depth and intimacy, a new height and immensity. Vivid,

timeless and yet always timely whenever they're recalled, these records still force

any listener to realise that despite the habits of retrospective myth-making and the

safe neutering effects of ‘genre', thirty years have in no way dimmed how resistant

and dissident to critical habits of categorisation A.R. Kane always were. Never quite

‘avant-pop' or ‘shoegaze' or ‘post-rock' or any of those sobriquets designed to file

and categorise, A.R. Kive is a reminder that those genres had to be coined, had to

be invented precisely to contain the astonishing sound of A.R. Kane, because

previous formulations couldn't come close to their sui generis sound and

suggestiveness. This is music that pointed towards futures which a whole generation

of artists and sonic explorers would map out. Now beautifully repackaged,

remastered and fleshed out with extensive sleeve notes and accompanying

materials, ‘A.R. Kive' reveals that 35 years on it's still a struggle to defuse the

revolutionary and inspirational possibility of A.R. Kane's music.

A.R. Kane were formed in 1986 by Rudy Tambala and Alex Ayuli, two second-

generation immigrants who grew up together in Stratford, East London. From the off

the pair were outsiders in the culturally mixed (cockney/Irish/West Indian/Asian)

milieu of the East End, with Alex and Rudy's folks first generation immigrants from

Nigeria and Malawi, respectively. The two of them quickly developed and fostered an

innate and near-telepathic mutual understanding forged in musical, literary and

artistic exploration. Like a lot of second-generation immigrants, they were ferocious

autodidacts in all kinds of areas, especially around music and literature. Diving deep

into the music of afro-futurist luminaries such as Sun Ra, Miles Davis, Lee Perry and

Hendrix, as well as devouring the explorations of lysergic noise and feedback from

contemporaries like Sonic Youth and Butthole Surfers, they also thoroughly

immersed themselves in the alternate literary realities of sci-fi and ancient history

(the fascination with the arcane that gave the band their name), all to feed their

voracious cultural thirsts and intellectual curiosity.

It was seeing the Cocteau Twins performing on Channel 4 show the Tube that

spurred A.R. Kane into being - “They had no drummer. They used tapes and

technology and Liz Fraser looked completely otherworldly with those big eyes. And

the noise coming out of Robin's guitar! That was the ‘Fuck! We could do that! We

could express ourselves like that!' moment”, recalls Tambala - and through a mix of

confidence, chutzpah, ad hoc almost-mythical live shows and sheer innocent will the

duo debuted with the astonishing ‘When You're Sad' single for One Little Indian in

1986. Immediately dubbed a ‘black Jesus & Mary Chain' by a press unsure of

Where to put a black band clearly immersed in feedback and noise, what was

immediately apparent for listeners was just how much more was going on here - a

tapping of dub's stealth and guile, a resonant umbilicus back to fusion and jazz, the

music less a conjuration of past highs than a re-summoning of lost spirits.

The run of singles and EPs that followed picked up increasingly rapt reviews in the

press, but it was the ‘Up Home EP' released in 1988 on their new home, Rough

Trade that really suggested something immense was about to break. Simon

Reynolds noted the EP was: Their most concentrated slab of iridescent

awesomeness and a true pinnacle of an era that abounded with astounding

landmarks of guitar-reinvention, A.R. Kane at their most elixir-like.

If anything, the remastered ‘Up Home' that forms the first part of ‘A.R. Kive' is even

more dazzling, even more startling than it was when it first emerged, and listening

now you again wonder not just about how many bands christened ‘shoegaze' tried to

emulate it, but how all of them fell so far short of its lambent, pellucid wonder. This

remains intrinsically experimental music but with none of the frowning orthodoxy

those words imply. A.R. Kane, thanks to that second generation auto-didacticism

were always supremely aware about the interstices of music and magic, but at the

same time gloriously free in the way they explored that connection within their own

sound, fascinated always with the creation of ‘perfect mistakes' and the possibilities

inherent in informed play.

‘sixty nine' the group's debut LP that emerged in 1988 had

critics and listeners struggling to fit language around A.R. Kane's sound. As a title it

was telling - the year of ‘Bitches Brew', the year of ‘In A Silent Way', the erotic

möbius between two lovers - and as originally coined by the band themselves,

‘dream pop' (before it became a free-floating signifier of vague import) was entirely

apposite for the music A.R. Kane were making. Crafted in a dark small basement

studio in which Tambala recalls the duo had “complete freedom - We wanted to go

as far out as we could, and in doing so we discovered the point where it stops being

music”. There was an irresistibly dreamy, somnambulant, sensual and almost surreal

flow to ‘sixty nine's sound, but also real darkness/dankness, the ruptures of the

primordial and the reverberations of the subconscious, within the grooves of

remarkable songs like ‘Dizzy' and ‘Crazy Blue'. Alex's plangent vocals floated and

surged amidst exquisite peals of refracted feedback but crucially there was Bass

here, lugubrious and funky and full of dread, sonic pleasure and sonic disturbance

crushed together to make music with a center so deep it felt subcutaneous, music

constructed from both the accidental and the deliberate, generous enough to dance

with both serendipity and chaos. ‘sixty nine' remains - especially in this remastered

iteration - ravishing, revolutionary.

The final part of this ‘A.R. Kive' contains 1989's astonishing double-LP ‘i' which

followed up on ‘sixty nine's promise and saw the duo fully unleash their experimental

pop sensibilities over 26 tracks, plunging the A.R. Kane sound into a dazzlingly

kaleidoscopic vision of pop experiment and play. Suffused with new digital

technologies and combining searingly sweet and danceable pop with perhaps the

duo's strangest and boundary-pushing compositions, the album did exactly what a

great double-set should do - indulge the artists sprawling pursuit of their own

imaginations but always with a concision and an ear for those moments where pop

both transcends and toys with the listeners expectations. Jason Ankeny has noted

that “In retrospect, ‘i' now seems like a crystal ball prophesying virtually every major

musical development of the 1990s; from the shimmering techno of ‘A Love from

Outer Space' to the liquid dub of ‘What's All This Then?', from the alien drone-pop of

‘Conundrum' to the sinister shoegazer miasma of ‘Supervixens' — it's all here, an

underground road map for countless bands to follow.” Perhaps the most

overwhelmingly all-encompassing transmission from A.R. Kane, ‘i' bookended a

three year period in which the duo had made some of the most prophetic and

revelatory music of the entire decade.

After ‘i' the duo's output became more sporadic with Tambala and Ayuli moving in

different directions both geographically and musically, with only 1994's ‘New Clear

Child' a crystalline re-fraction of future and past echoes of jazz, folk and soul, before

the duo went their separate ways. Since then, A.R. Kane's music has endured, not

thanks to the usual sepia'd false memories that seem to maintain interest in so much

of the musical past, but because those who hear A.R. Kane music and are changed

irrevocably, have to share that universe which A.R. Kane opened up, with anyone

else who will listen. Far more than other lauded documents of the late 80s it still

sounds astonishingly fresh, astonishingly livid and vivid and necessary and NOW.

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See Through You: Rerealized 1 Record Store Day 2023 Red & 1 Blue Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | Reissue (Dedstrange)

34,99 €*