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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Mendeku Diskak)

Release: 1977 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Lee Perry’s playful nature credited this 45 to Jane Fonda’s character in Klute!! About as post-modern as you can get. The music is a storming uptempo joy ride. ‘I may forget your name but not your face’ possibly relates to the story of ‘Klute’ which obviously caught ‘Scratch’s’ attention. Comes with a lush version on the flipside. A custom printed sleeve as well. ‘You build me up and get me high’. Killer

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Breed

Kingdom Dolorous

24,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Breeders

Zen Punk

7" | 2023 | EU (No Plan)

11,99 €*

LP | 2023 | Original (Boomslang)

Release: 2023 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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This is the original Breeders, formed in Champaign, IL, in the early-eighties. They released a 7" EP titled "Zen Punk" and an eight song cassette titled "Things Happen". This is a little hidden gem of Midwestern punk. Three songs, remastered for the occasion. A side is an elaborate song between Punk Rock and No Wave, that brings in mind bands like Gang of Four, Contortions, Wire,... On the flip side, two miniatures on the verge of hardcore. Think early Husker Du, Minor Threat and White Cross. Comes with the original artwork and a sticker!

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Breeezy

Mumble Jazz

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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CD | 2021 | US | Original (Matic)

Breeze Brewin

Hindsight

17,99 €*

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Matic)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Hindsight captures the magic of what happens when an artist sticks with what they love and shares it with the rest of the world. The 13 tracks epitomize why Breeze has been such an essential voice since he entered the scene. He delivers tack-sharp criticisms of former president Donald Trump (“Devil’s Advocate”) and the music industry (“The Application”), talks his sh*t like only he can do (“Translate It”), and gets deeply personal about friendships (“The Uninvited”) and being a teacher as a person of color (“Taking Notes”). And then there’s a track like “King Oxymoron” that is simply a whirlwind of wordplay.

With this record, Breeze is proving to himself that he can confidently, and ably, work on his own, which was a major sea change for someone who for years collaborated closely with others. “I was at times scared to proceed alone, especially considering the greatness of those I had worked with,” he says. “But it worked out. It’s OK to work with others, and it’s damn sure OK to shut the world out and work with and on yourself.”

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Breeze Brewin

Hindsight

29,99 €*

LP | 2023 | CA | Original (Hand Drawn Dracula)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Breeze

Sour Grapes

40,99 €*

Release: 2023 / CA – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Overdrive)

Breezy Jazz Band

Mr Bechet

21,74 €* 28,99 € -25%

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2022 | UK | Original (Revorg)

Breezy Lee

Hollow

9,99 €* 19,99 € -50%

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Riding On A High & Windy Day

Breezy

7" | 2024 | EU | Reissue (Digikiller)

13,49 €* 14,99 € -10%

If It Ain't Broke Don't Fix It

Release: 2024 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Here's the inaugural release in a new series from the archives of the late great engineer & producer Philip Smart. Philip's resume is impeccable - early friend and collaborator of Augustus Pablo, radio host and dj, first apprentice of King Tubby, and founder, producer and engineer at one of the major reggae studios of New York City history, Hc&f. Many years back our brother label Goldshop did a series of 45 reissues of the dancehall classics from Philip's Eclipse label. We always wanted to go deeper, but time moves fast, and unfortunately, Philip left us in 2014. But everything in due course, and now with his estate we've gone thru the archives to assemble a fantastic series of releases. This first release is a must - produced by Philip during his time as engineer at Tubby's studio, this is an awesome rockers style take on the moody Paragons classic. The flip features a classic blueprint mid 70s Tubby's style dub, HPF in effect with the first Prince, Philip Smart at the helm. Originally released thru Brooklyn's legendary Keith's record shop back around the time it was recorded.

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Breezy Rodio

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Delmark)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Apollon)

Breidablik

Alduorka

12" | 1999 | UK | Original (FTD)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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With “Alduorka”, their fifth full-length studio album, Norwegian Breidablik dives even deeper into the world of progressive electronic and ambient music. Now signed on Apollon Records Prog, the band’s latest release is even richer and wide-ranging than its predecessors, with judicious use of synthesizers, guitar, flute, and drums. “Alduorka” is a concept album about waves, here understood as “a sudden occurrence of or increase in a phenomenon, feeling, or emotion”. The title “Alduorka” is from Faroese and can be translated to “wave energy”. Through six varied tracks, “Alduorka” explores different facets of waves through both sounds and emotions.

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Breif

Dettol

23,99 €*

Release: 1999 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Kosmos Black Vinyl Edition

Bremer / McCoy

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Luaka Bop)

30,99 €*

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Luaka Bop)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Kosmos is the third full-length record for Luaka Bop from the uncategorizable Danish band of Jonathan Bremer (on acoustic bass) and Morten McCoy (on keys and tape delay).

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Bremer/McCoy

Natten

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Luaka Bop)

Bremer/McCoy

Natten

33,99 €*

Natten Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Classical Music

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tiny wear. Still sealed with hype sticker.

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Bremer / McCoy

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Luaka Bop)

26,99 €*

Natten Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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What were they up to? Nobody could tell—not even them. Bremer/McCoy recorded straight to tape so that they had as little time as possible to think about it. They just laid it down. They couldn’t really explain it.

“When it works for me,” says pianist Morten McCoy, “it’s pure meditation, pure prayer. Pure gratitude for simply being, without all kinds of jibber-jabber filling my thoughts.” A sentiment that tells you everything about the feeling and nothing about the sound.

McCoy and the bassist Jonathan Bremer started making music together back in 2012 when they were still in school. At first the Danish duo played dub. It’s hard to imagine that that’s how they started when you listen to the ethereal sounds they make now, but the influence becomes clearer when you see them live: they insist on traveling with their own sound system.

For Bremer/McCoy, making music is all about what happens in the room. That’s why they go through the trouble of carrying their own equipment, and it’s why they record analog. When they write music, they aim for direct transmission—idea straight to composition.

Natten, which means “The Night” in Danish, draws inspiration from the end of day, that regenerative time under the constellations when our lives look different. “We felt a greater freedom this time around because we now have a much deeper understanding and grounding in what we’re doing,” says Bremer. “This allows us to venture further out than ever before, because we know that things typically fall into place.”

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Bremer / McCoy

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Luaka Bop)

29,99 €*

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Last Night From Glasgow)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Brenda

30,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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I`M So Happy / Love Me For All The Right Reasons

Brenda Holloway

7" | 1967 | EU | Original (Record Shack)

12" | 1987 | US | Original (MCA)

Release: 1967 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Exclusive Version Of The Mega Northern Soul Classic With None Other Than The One And Only Mrs. Holloway Providing The Soulfulful Vox

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Brenda K. Starr

Breakfast In Bed

Release: 1987 / US – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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LP | 1987 | US | Original (MCA)

Brenda K. Starr

If You Could Read My Mind

Release: 1987 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Cover and vinyl are close to NM. Original US Gloversville pressing.

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Brenda K. Starr

12" | 1991 | US | Original (Epic)

Release: 1991 / US – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

Brenda Lee = Brenda Lee

思い出のバラ = Omoide No Bara

7" | JP | Original (MCA)

Release: JP – Original

Genre: Pop

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

When I'm With You / Let Me Be

Brenda Lee Eager

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Expansion)

17,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1963 | JP | Original (Decca)

Favorite Songs

Release: 1963 / JP – Original

Genre: Pop

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Small light scuff on side 2.

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LP | 2023 | Reissue (Universal)

Greates Hits

28,99 €*

Release: 2023 / Reissue

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Not Now Music)

Greatest Hits

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Heart In Hand / Here Comes That Feeling

7" | 1962 | DE | Original (Brunswick)

Release: 1962 / DE – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: G+, Cover: Generic

Vinyl with many scuffs and hairlines

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Im Sorryher Best Songs Limited Edition

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Waxtime)

19,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Preorder shipping from 2024-10-25

Brenda Lee & Pete Fountain

Brenda Met New Orleans

LP | JP | Original (Decca)

14,24 €* 14,99 € -5%

Release: JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Super Deluxe

LP | JP | Original (MCA)

Release: JP – Original

Genre: Pop

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing with obi.

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The Golden Hits Of Brenda Lee

LP | 1970 | JP | Original (MCA)

19,99 €* 24,99 € -20%

D'Ya Hear Me: Naffi Years 1979-83

Release: 1970 / JP – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

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Brenda Ray

LP | 2012 | UK | Reissue (EM)

25,64 €* 26,99 € -5%

LP | 1988 | US | Original (A&M)

Release: 2012 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Welcome 2023 re-press of this sweet post-punk vocalist's heartfelt reggae/funk with analogue dubs. A unique slice of late-70s/early-80s niceness from Brenda Ray, whose previous EM release, Walatta [EM1071CD], has been embraced by a large number of listeners. Recorded in North West England, D'Ya Hear Me! is warm-hearted, open, fresh and slyly experimental. With a true D.I.Y. soul, these thirteen tracks, originally released in various formats by Ray a.k.a. Brenda Kenny a.k.a. Natalie Sand a.k.a. Polly Rith'm, and her musical friends under the moniker(s) Naffi/Naffi Sandwich, were recorded in a simple home-made studio, to tape. Far from media-crazed London, Naffi created a musical world free from lust for the spotlight, focusing solely on the music, and the results are fittingly pure. D'Ya Hear Me! is a wide-ranging release, with lovely vocal tracks, warm dubs and pleasingly odd instrumentals, all knitted together with a special trans-Atlantic rhythmic sense. Two songs of special interest here are "Moonbeams" and the Young Marble Giants-esque "Everyday Just Another Dream", which are early versions of "Starlight" and "Another Dream" from Walatta. Also noteworthy are several previously unissued longer versions of some songs. A year-round collection of summery breezes.

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Brenda Russell

Get Here

6,99 €*

Release: 1988 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1983 | US | Original (Warner)

Brenda Russell

Two Eyes

10,99 €*

Release: 1983 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Brenda Taylor / NYC Peech Boys

You Can't Have Your Cake And Eat It Too / Don't Make Me Wait Dr Packer & Michael Gray Reworks

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (West End)

15,99 €*

OST Assassin's Creed Mirage

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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As no strangers to the West End Records back catalogue – both having taken on remix duties individually in the past – 2022 sees Michael Gray and Dr Packer combine to give two classics the Rework treatment. Brenda Taylor’s seminal “You Cant Have Your Cake And Eat It To” is finessed into a contemporary disco standard: Taylor’s voice still cutting through with plenty of soul while synth and pianos provide the groove. “Don’t Make Me Wait” cuts a slightly edgier tone, with acid-like bleeps and plenty of reverb making it a perfect counter track as part of this release.

Another set of essential Reworks from West End.

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Brendan Angelides

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Milan)

46,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Soundtracks

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OST Assassin's Creed Mirage

Brendan Angelides

2LP | 2024 | Original (Masterworks)

30,59 €* 33,99 € -10%

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Soundtracks

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Oxygen White Vinyl Edition

Brendan Angelides

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Ancestor)

14,99 €* 24,99 € -40%

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Treader)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Classical Music

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Brendan Angelides, previously known as Eskmo and Welder, is an accomplished electronic music producer and composer on prestigious labels such as Interscope, Ninja Tune, Planet Mu, and Warp Records. Angelides latest venture, 'Oxygen' released under Ancestor label, represents a deeply personal and transformative artistic journey. Angelides presents his most personal work to date through his new album Oxygen, released on Ancestor. Becoming a father to twins in 2020, he channels the emotional dimensions of bringing new life into the world while processing his daughter’s diagnosis of cerebral palsy. ‘Stepping into parenthood for anyone is chaotic, and her condition felt like another foreign, unknown experience,’ he reflects. ‘Writing Oxygen out of that place was an embodiment of “life is messy” but distilling it into something that therapeutically felt right and that I want to share with people on the outside.’ With Oxygen, Angelides arrives at a vivid new horizon of his multi-genre output, intertwining his signature electronic palette with an array of orchestral incantations performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra. Across eleven compositions, expansive synth distortions meld with the lucent glow of instrumentation. Never shying away from heaviness musically, Angelides augments an explosive resurgence of identity as he transcends into a new chapter, presenting a release charged with his embrace of vulnerability and finding light in the darkness. credits

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Brendan Behan

Confessions

24,99 €*

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Schnitzel)

Brendan Benson

Low Key

CD | 2009 | UK | Original (ATO Records/ECHO)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Not every two-year period measures out the same, noted Brendan Benson, the 51-year old Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and co-founder of The Raconteurs. Benson had just finished his well-received seventh album, "Dear Life" in 2019 when his world came to a stop. "I was rehearsing for South-By-Southwest and gearing up for a tour and had a band ready and then, of course, the world shut down," he said in a recent interview. The lockdown then began to reroute lives, societies and ambitions worldwide. "Everything changed," Benson said. "I went to work on some songs so I'd have new material when things opened up." Over months with minimal interactions, those songs coalesced and took on lives of their own, he said. Two years of semi-isolation, of fading relationships, of the natural inward turn that comes with less human contact unexpectedly pushed Benson's song-writing into new places. Instead of being an afterthought, Benson's solitude evolved into, "Low Key" the eighth album by the idiosyncratic songwriter who has enjoyed both world-wide popularity with the Raconteurs and a devoted cult following for his numerous solo projects. Low Key, the Nashville-based artist said, was his chance to explore how lives and relationships changed during the lengthy isolation from the normal interactions of everyday life. Benson might not have written songs such as "People Grow Apart" and "Whole Lotta Nothing" prior to 2019, he said. "The lockdown afforded people the opportunity to cut ties - or maybe it caused people to do that," he said. "Whatever the case may be, a lot of people fell out." "But then relationships ending is one of my favourite topics for song writing," he said with a laugh. This isn't to say that the 8-track effort recorded in Benson's own Readymade Studio in Nashville is a grim look at the state of human condition. Just the opposite. The catchy, upbeat lead track "Ain't No Good," pokes fun at destructive self-absorption while the guitar-heavy "Whatever's On My Mind" skewers Benson's own hyperkinetic, stream-of-consciousness thinking. And then there's the most unlikely track of all: A cover of Gerry Rafferty's smooth 1978 hit, "Right Down the Line." The cover was suggested by a friend. "She's always been saying I should do that song. I don't normally pay attention when people say that stuff. But then I happened to hear it one day and I said, 'Dang. This is good.' " Low Key concludes with "Something A Little Like Home," a song that surprised Benson because it turned to the loneliness of being on the road and what people will do - one-night-stands, bad behaviour -- simply to stave off the solitude of their environment. But that said, Benson added that he is excited to tour again, not just in support of Low Key but Dear Life as well. Low Key, he said, works as a coda for "Dear Life," almost a sequel. And because Dear Life never had its own tour moment in front of a live audience, he'd like to build some shows around supporting both. Or as Greg Calbi, the album's mastering engineer at Sterling Sound put it: "Brendan combines the classic 80's style song-writing in the Squeeze, Crowded House vein with some incredible contemporary sonic magic, the kind of album which entices the listener to get tickets to a live show immediately." The fact is, it's been a long, rough two years for everyone, Benson said. He knows that this wait for normal times, whatever that is, might be a long one. But he's hardly new at this. Benson has been in the industry for decades and has produced his own eight solo records as well as many others. The lockdown that left him mostly with himself, professionally speaking. Confined to his Nashville studio, Benson played every instrument on Low Key and handled all of the initial production. Michael Ilbert then mixed the album at Hansa Mixroom, Berlin, Greg Calbi and Steve Fallone mastered it at New Jersey's Sterling Sound. The end result was exactly what Benson had been searching for - even if he didn't know it at the time. Those years spent honing his craft as a songwriter, producer and touring musician, turned what could have been a liability of isolation into something far deeper, a body of work he described as the best of his career.

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Brendan Benson

My Old, Familiar Friend

Release: 2009 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

LP | 2013 | EU | Original (Lojinx)

Brendan Benson

You Were Right

Release: 2013 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Brendan Croker & The 5 O'clock Shadows

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

31,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Brendan M. Gillen & Derek Plaslaiko

The True Story Of A Detroit Groove

12" | 2014 | US | Original (Interdimensional Transmissions)

Release: 2014 / US – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Eye Of The Hunter / Live At The I.C.A.

Brendan Perry

LP+LP+All Media | 2023 | EU | Reissue (4AD)

39,99 €*

Eye Of The Hunter / Live At The Ica Reissue

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Transparent Blue and green vinyl.
Still shrink wrapped but opened.
Cover as new with slightly dented corners.
Records are close to VG+

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Brendan Perry

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (4AD)

44,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Out of print since release in 1999, Dead Can Dance"s Brendan Perry"s debut solo album "Eye of the Hunter" is being reissued this summer and has been expanded to now also include his 1993 live show as part of 4AD"s infamous 13 Year Itch week of concerts at London"s ICA, a live show that has to date only been available as a very rare promotional cassette.Having mutually disbanded Dead Can Dance so he and Lisa Gerrard could focus on their own material (a hiatus that would last seven years between live shows and sixteen between albums), Brendan"s debut built on his renown as a solo performer, having often played just he and an acoustic guitar during his band"s otherworldly live shows. Indeed, Dead Can Dance"s first official live album, 1994"s Toward The Within, captures just this with three Brendan solo tracks helping to set the scene for what came next.Backed by the band of Liam Bradley (drums), Glen Garrett (bass guitar) and Martin Quinn (pedal steel), Brendan performs the guitar, a 12-string guitar, mandolin and keys to achieve a rich, gothic sound while the album"s incredible production elevates his vocals to Scott Walker and Tim Buckley levels of delivery; two clear influences, the latter"s "I Must Have Been Blind Here" is thoughtfully covered here.A record that has been out of print on vinyl since its release in 1999, people have been asking for it to be repressed for long enough. Having been remastered at Abbey Road, fans will be delighted to hear that not only is Eye of the Hunter finally being reissued but that it"s also being expanded to include Live at the I.C.A.. A true collectible, this extra album has previously only been available on a rare as hen"s teeth promotional cassette, recorded during the 4AD label"s infamous 13 Year Itchresidency at the storied London venue in 1993. Chris Bigg"s fantastic art remains front and centre, upgraded to a gatefold sleeve for the LP with the transparent teal Colored Vinyl matching the album"s palette.

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12" | 2007 | UK | Original (Third Ear)

Jazz Space EP

Release: 2007 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Medium: VG+, Cover: Generic

cover is missing

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12" | 2014 | EU | Original (Atrophic Society)

Passage to Obscurity

Release: 2014 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Echo Echo)

Set In Motion EP

13,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Brendon Moeller offers up his ‘Set In Motion’ EP on Echocord sub-label Echo Echo this September, comprising three originals from the Dub Techno veteran. South Africa, New York based producer and DJ Brendon Moeller aka Beat Pharmacy/Echologist has long been respected as one of the pioneering figures in ethereal, dubbed-out Techno with regular appearances at global hot spots like fabric, Berghain and Cielo as well as releases on labels like Third Ear, Kimochi, Neovinyl and Echocord. Here though we see Moeller joining the roster of the latter’s sublabel Echo Echo, marking its fourth release. Title-track ‘Set In Motion’ leads with Brendon’s signature murky synth textures at its core whilst lumpy low-end tones, shuffled hats and spiraling dub echoes fluidly undulate amongst one another throughout. ‘Eastern Beach’ follows, and as the name would suggest, nods towards brighter sounds with airy pads, soft bell chime synths and pulsating subs driving the composition alongside swinging, heavily reverberated percussion. ‘Economy’ then closes the package, stripping things back to gritty dub stabs, dusty 4/4 drums and billowing noise sweeps.

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Vacuum Colored Vinyl Edition

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Samurai Music)

LP | 2008 | EU | Original (Supercity)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Esteemed musical chameleon Brendon Moeller, renowned for his highly respected work in Deep Ambient, Dub Techno and a myriad of variations on these themes - turns his hand to 170 for Samurai Music. Vacuum is the first fruits of this collaboration and encompasses a cross section of his approach to the tempo. Dub-wise 170 that hints at a deeper version of autonomic, but ultimately invents a new sound that only Brendon and his analogue dungeon could conjure. 30 years of mastering the art of the deep filtered through an all new tempo lens. Vacuum is a gentle 6 track record that will become a close companion to those tuned to, or open to embracing the rewards of Brendons impeccable sound design and mastery of immersive, minimalist warmth. Breathe it in

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Brenk

Gumbo

45,99 €*

Release: 2008 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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LP | 2015 | AT | Original (Hector Macello)

Brenk

Midnite Ride

75,99 €*

Release: 2015 / AT – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Wave Planet)

Boss Spieler University

18,89 €* 20,99 € -10%

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Musical off-season is over now, because Brenk Sinatra opens the summer semester at his Boss Spieler University. It continues Summer 2019’s sequel of the Midnight Ride series seamlessly. It’s no coincidence that the album is to be released during the summertime, as it is heavily inspired by a Dirty South flavor of the 1990s, well brought into the year 2021 by Brenk. Which sound could fit a hot, hopefully post-pandemic summer better?

Once again, Brenks new album is filled with vibes and spheric sounds. One can surely hear Brenks considerable collection of vintage synthesizers as well as new, sung elements – analogue Vocoders, as well as a Talkbox, which is used by Brenk himself on almost every song to sing hooks and vocal parts. Of course, you can also find the typical wah-wah guitars, cowbells and booming 808s. The term “Boss Player” (Brenk Germanized the term into “Boss Spieler”) is omnipresent in the lyrics of the above-mentioned protagonists of Westcoast and Down South rappers all through the 90s and defines the feeling captured within the album like no other term. Playas and Playarettes of the world are able to graduate from Brenk Sinatra’s Boss Spieler University from July 9 on. Instead of books and laptops, you will need casino dices and cool drinks as correct learning utensils.

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Facemask

5,99 €* 14,99 € -60%

Available Sizes: S, M, L

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Official facemask with Brenk Sinatra graphic printed on front as well as elastic straps. By the way, this is NOT a medical grade mask. 100% cotton.

Sizes:

• Small = 32 cm width
• Medium = 34 cm width
• Large = 36 cm width

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2LP | 2008 | EU | Reissue (Wave Planet)

Gumbo

Release: 2008 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 2011 | EU | Reissue (Wave Planet)

Gumbo II

21,99 €*

Release: 2011 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Wave Planet)

Gumbo III

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The instrumental album "Gumbo", released in 2008, marked the beginning of Brenk Sinatra's international career as a producer. Voted one of the top 20 best instrumental albums of all time by the German JUICE magazine, "Gumbo" made the leap out of Austria with its rough and at the same time very soulful, sample-based instrumentals and put Brenk’s producer skills in the spotlight for the first time.

The follow-up "Gumbo II" was released in 2011 via the Cologne-based label MPM, which helped ignite the growing hype around instrumental hip-hop with Brenk Sinatra and other exceptional producers on board. Brenk's uncompromising second part of the Gumbo series catapulted him into the ranks of the most sought-after beat producers in Europe. Since then, the third and final part of the Gumbo series was also in the planning stage, but the ever-increasing number of musical projects and not least the pressure to top the first two album parts prevented Brenk from completing his instrumental trilogy. The folder with the instrumentals selected for it grew to well over 100 beats, was partially deleted and constantly changed in its composition, until Brenk stopped the targeted collection of Gumbo material in 2017 for the time being. At that time, Brenk made a stylistic shift that led him away from classic, sample-based beats to those laid-back trap hybrids that are now known as his trademark sound. Also, the mindset to complete "Gumbo III" would not settle and other projects were brought forward until the album took a complete back seat. Over the years, fans and journalists were repeatedly put off by Brenk when asked about a release date and "Gumbo III" became an eagerly awaited phantom project.

Fast forward to the year 2021: for the first time in four years Brenk clicks through the folder with the interludes, musical sketches and already finished beats once produced for "Gumbo III". With a new label and publishing situation in the background (in 2021 Brenk founded the music label Wave Planet Records as well as the associated publishing company Wave Planet Publishing) he makes the decision that the time is now ripe for the completion of the Gumbo trilogy and Wave Planet Records must become the new home of this project. This is followed by weeks of painstaking restoration of the instrumentals produced between 2012 and 2016. Brenk's focus was to keep the musical spirit of the instrumentals unchanged and not to modernize the sound. From today's perspective, "Gumbo III" bursting with countless vinyl samples sounds like Brenk's earlier beats, anachronistic and refreshingly different precisely because of that. The only update allowed for the "Gumbo III" instrumentals was a new mix by Brenk and mastering by his top-notch producer colleague Dexter.

The perfect visual complement to the Gumbo sound universe is provided by the playful cover artwork, bursting with details, by Cone The Weird, who already provided the striking artwork for the "Gumbo II" album.

The completion of the trilogy will be celebrated among other things with a very special "Gumbo Trilogy Box", which will be released in November 2022 and will make the heart of every passionate collector beat faster.

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Hoodie

61,74 €* 64,99 € -5%

Available Sizes: XL, 2XL

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The Brenk Sinatra Hoodie´s features include:
• drawstring-adjustable two-layer hood
• Brenk Sinatra artwork printed on left chest
• kangaroo pocket
• stretch rib cuffs and bottom band
• additional keyboard graphics printed on the rear
• 80% organic cotton, 20% recycled polyester brush-back fleece (fair produced)

ATTENTION: Item is 1-2 sizes smaller!

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Wave Planet)

Midnite Ride III

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Sweater

53,99 €* 59,99 € -10%

Available Sizes: L, 2XL

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The Brenk Sinatra Sweater´s features include:
• rib crew neck with interior tape
• Brenk Sinatra artwork printed on left chest and the rear
• stretch rib cuffs and bottom band
• 80% organic cotton, 20% recycled polyester brush-back fleece (fair produced)

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The Gumbo Trilogy Collectors Edition

Box Set | 2022 | EU | Original (Wave Planet)

86,24 €* 114,99 € -25%

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Wave Planet)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Only 200 copies available!

This limited "Gumbo Trilogy Box" packaged in a high-quality paperboard slipcase contains:

- "Gumbo III – The Gorilla Diaries 2012 - 2016" vinyl, cover design by Cone The Weird
- "Gumbo II" vinyl with a brand-new, customized Pantone colorway by Cone The Weird
- "Gumbo I" double LP vinyl available in full length for the first time, cover artwork by Aro
- An exclusive photo book designed by Robert Winter and Jeremias Diekmann which lets you dive into the creation process of the Gumbo Trilogy. Includes rare photographs, cover sketches by Aro and Cone The Weird and essays by Brenk Sinatra and Stephan Kunze

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Brenk Sinatra & Wun Two

Tango & Cash

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Where We Met)

Brenko

Alpha Wave

Save Euphoric Album Transparent Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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WWM012 is Brenko's long-awaited release, a mini album that takes you on a musical journey through various emotions and soundscapes.
The project maintains a consistent feel, making it a cohesive work of art.
Brenko showcases a great talent for blending electronic and ambient elements, creating an album that’s both innovative and deeply engaging.

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Brennan Heart

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Be Yourself / I Am Hardstyle)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Ain't Through Honky Tonkin' Yet

Brennen Leigh

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Signature Sounds)

25,19 €* 27,99 € -10%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Brennen Leigh Featuring Asleep At The Wheel

Obsessed With The West

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Signature Sound)

28,99 €*

7" | 1966 | EU | Reissue (Wah Wah)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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I've been obsessed with western swing since I was a kid, and it's always been an influence, but my records in the past have ranged from bluegrass to hard country to folk, So I've never fully explored it.' So says genre-busting Fargo-born, Austin- incubated, Nashville resident Brennen Leigh, whose new collaboration with the kings of modern-day western swing, Asleep at the Wheel, Obsessed With The West (out on May 6, 2022), is a showcase not just for the Bob Wills fans, but for anyone who's ever curled up with Loretta Lynn, Hank Sr., Cindy Walker, Billie Holiday, or Willie Nelson. On twelve all original songs, Leigh's supple winking voice and multi-instrument fluency, her interplay with Ray Benson, and the undeniable chops of the Wheel serve up a treat on Leigh's seventh album. With cameos from Emily Gimble and Katie Shore, and all the players getting their moments in the sun, Leigh - a two-time winner of the Texas Music Awards Best Female Vocalist award - demonstrates on the terrific jump 40's rhythm and blues, 'Comin' in Hot' and the lonesome cowboy musing of 'Riding Off Onto Sunset Boulevard' why Rodney Crowell and Lee Ann Womack have recorded her songs. Obsessed With The West is a celebration of music for music's sake in 2022, not just an exercise in looking back on times gone by.

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Brenner's Folk

Daurat Oest +3

12,99 €*

Old Tapes EP Anton Zap Remix Marbled Grey Vinyl Edition

Release: 1966 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The most elusive Edigsa 7" gets its first ever vinyl reissue on Wah Wah. An unsung moody garage folk-rock act, Brenner's Folk where the embryonic Pic-Nic (of "Cállate niña" fame) and featured a very young Jordi 'Toti' Soler right after he had gone through Els Xerracs (who also had released an EP on Edigsa), drummer Jordi Barangé (also from Els Xerracs) and brothers Vytas and Haakon Brenner. The Brenner brothers were born in Germany but grew up in Venezuela, where their family had emigrated after the devastation of World War II. The Brenner family would return several years later to establish in Europe, first in Italy and later in Barcelona. The new band started to rehearse under the name of The Vytas Brenner Quartet, and their main influences came from american modern folk acts like Peter Paul and Mary or The Mamas & The Papas, a.o. Not long after they started rehearsing, a very young Jeanette joined them thus becoming Brenner's Folk. Edigsa approached them and offered a contract for the recording of their only EP, sung in catalan and issued in 1966. A showcase of their folk and folk rock influences, the Brenner's Folk 7" is a lo fi garagey jewel that has become an elusive piece due to the importance that its band members would gather in years to come. Toti Soler became the biggest master of guitar, he went to psychedelic and progressive / jazz rock with Om prior to trading in his electric for a Spanish guitar and pioneering instrumental flamenco jazz rock fussion sound on his early solo albums. He is still active nowadays, he is one the biggest Catalan geniuses of modern guitar. The Brenner brothers returned to Venezuela where Vytas became a big solo act, recording the sought after LPs "La Ofrenda de Vytas" and "Hermanos" with his brother Haakon on production duties. Vytas continued a solo carrer that would last until his premature death in 2004 at only 57 due to a heart attack. Jeanette, of course, went on to lead the successful Pic-Nic along with Toti Soler and later enjoyed a successful solo career in the 1970s and 1980s, plus a come back in the early 2000s.

The 4 original Catalan sung tunes will appeal to lovers of Catalan sixties aborigen sounds, Euro & Nederbiet or American teen moody folk rock garage a la Rising Storm, Dovers, Nightcrawlers, Tormentors and the likes.

A facsimile reproduction of this mega rare EP, originally released on Edigsa in 1966, coming with remastered sound and an insert with lyrics, photos and notes.

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Brenno Dellavecchia

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Introspection Audio Limited)

13,99 €*

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Ol' Buddy)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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First release from an independent label born in the Swiss Alps. Presenting a single dub techno track accompanied with a remix from the electronic music pioneer Anton Zap. Each track provides the right element for different times and emotions.

Limited 300 marbled grey vinyl, no repress, vinyl-only.

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Brent Cobb

Keep 'Em On They Toes

23,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Ol' Buddy)

Brent Cobb

Southern Star

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Southern Star Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl Edition

Brent Cobb

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Ol' Buddy)

23,79 €* 27,99 € -15%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Equality & Justice / Version

Brent Dowe

7" (Soul Beat)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Brent Dowe & The Gaytones

Soul Masooka / Reggay Masooka

10" | 2015 | EU | Original (Earth Sound)

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Humanoid)

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The first international african hit, classic groove of summer ’73 gets instant jamaican treatments by ex-Melodians Brent Dowe backed by The Gaytones. Years before Manu Dibango came to Kingston for a Sly & Robby session, a tribute had been paid to the negropolitan”. From coast to coast! From Africa to Jamaica! This is Earth Sound!

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Brent

HMND005

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Kalahari Oyster Cult)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Humanoid continue their push to shine the spotlight on up-and-coming artists and the fifth instalment on the label comes from another Liverpool local on the rise – Brent, with a powerful release bringing synthwave sensibilities and driving basslines to the forefront - taking you on a sleek, high-octane journey through a polyphonic landscape.

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Brent Lewis

1739

13,99 €*

Brent Loveday & The Dirty Dollars

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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All (label, artist and distribution) proceeds of this next record will go to Unhcr, The UN Refugee Agencys' emergency interventions in Ukraine.

Third and closing chapter of the Oyster Tribe series, the revised single edition of Brent Lewis ‘1739’ oozes a mix of breezy outback dreamtime, red earth funk and sun-baked drum virtuosity. Originally issued in 2004 as part of his self-released ‘Drumsex’ album, Lewis’ mystique-imbued tune sculpts a tripped-out hybrid jam out of spoon percs and folk-infused broken beat; and who better than OZ home-boys FIO and Fantastic Man to add their masters' spin to that totemic chugger. Whilst FIO cranks the BPMs a notch further and beefs up the bass to turn the OG mix into a serious contender for countryside banger of the year, Fantastic Man plays havoc with the whole of Lewis track’s DNA sequence, slicing, dicing and re-hashing its bits and bobs over and over again to form a Southerner variant of the Frankenstein creature, all sight set on busting dancefloors by the dozen.

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Hymns For The Hardened Heart Purple Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Wolverine)

19,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Barbatus D.Wreckords)

Brent

Part Of The New World

16,99 €*

LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Craft)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Barbatus D. is a new label directed by Solar Punk from Quinoa Experience, that follows a legend about a great pirate - Captain Barbatus D. Wreckords and the storms he’s been through.

The adventures and revelations in The New World are musically translated by a Liverpool pirate whom sailors call Brent. The sea shanties are composed with elements inspired by the 80’s electro, seasoned with dramatic synths, melodic baselines, and ghostly vocals.
This musical odyssey was pressed on vinyl and is on its way to your local record stores. Be sure not to miss the written story of Captain’s adventures on a note that is hidden in the record’s sleeve, written by Jim Hall himself.

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Brenton Wood

Baby You Got It

35,99 €*

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | Original (Concord)

Brenton Wood

Brenton Wood's 18 Best

28,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1967 | US | Reissue (Craft)

Brenton Wood

Oogum Boogum

Release: 1967 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Journey Through The Life Of Peder Balke

Bresk

LP | 2022 | EU (Drabant Music)

21,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1990 | US | Original (MCA)

Bret Lover

Time To Make Love

4,99 €*

Release: 1990 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Sub Pop)

Bret McKenzie

Songs Without Jokes

26,99 €*

12" | 2001 | UK | Original (Fire)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Initial vinyl pressing on Blue Curacao Transparent Vinyl! As you can probably glean from the title, Bret McKenzie-whom you know from such modern musical treasures as comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, the Muppets movie reboots and other ace kid-film soundtracks, Lord of the Rings fan blogs, guest songs for The Simpsons, cycling around the streets in his native New Zealand, and more- has a new solo record coming out filled with songs that ARE NOT Comedy Songs! There. Doesn't that feel better? Sometimes it helps just to get it out in the open. So, yeah, Bret's a ridiculously funny dude, and you might even call him one of the best comedy songwriters in the biz. (In Bret's own words, there are fewer than a dozen people in the world writing comedy songs today, but who's counting?) He's had smash hits, he's won major awards, he's the better-dressed part of his duo...he's got a good thing going! So, what gives with this whole "songs without jokes" solo stuff, man? The Conchords landed McKenzie and Jemaine Clement a hit HBO TV show, a BBC Radio series, chart-topping records, world tours, a Best Comedy Album Grammy, and a 2018 "reunion" special. McKenzie transitioned to Hollywood, writing songs for 2011's The Muppets (winning a Best Original Song Oscar for "Man or Muppet"), 2014's Muppets Most Wanted, and films in the Pirates! and Dora canons. While he enjoyed and excelled at the work, he wondered where his songs might go if set free of all that plot-bound specificity. And so, while in Los Angeles a few years back, recording movie music with a crack assemblage of legendary session musicians, McKenzie started playing around with a tune or two he had written simply as songs-songs without any external direction, songs without plot-pushing concerns, songs without jokes. The results reveal McKenzie's talents on multiple instruments (he's a veteran of several non-comedy bands in New Zealand back in the day, most notably the reggae-based fusion group The Black Seeds), and his affinity for wry, literate artists like Harry Nilsson, Steely Dan, Randy Newman and Dire Straits. Written mostly during the quieter moments of 2019, with his life split between work in Los Angeles and his family in Wellington, the songs of Songs focus on themes of escape, the perpetual search for peace, and navigating a life being pulled in multiple directions at once. There are also simple meditations on driving through a city, and the weather. McKenzie was inspired by the path icons like Newman and Nilsson had paved, where a silly or playful number could be sandwiched directly between a song about heartbreak or an earnest redemption and a scathing satire or character commentary. He threw a bit of everything into the mix, recording ideas on his phone at home in New Zealand after the kids had gone to sleep. Back in LA, he fine-tuned the songs with his longtime producer and collaborator, Mickey Petralia, and longtime film collaborator Chris Caswell created charts for that same ensemble of session players with whom they'd recorded so many pieces for film. The majority of songs were then recorded at United Studio in Los Angeles in just a few takes. While the album may be free of traditional punch lines, it doesn't lack a sense of humor. It showcases a new stage of McKenzie's career, to be sure, but one that isn't so far removed from his past work and true artistic self. Like Jim Henson before him, who made a career of blending the silly with the sincere and the playful with the profound, McKenzie also aims to connect rainbows to the ridiculous.

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Brethren

Reservation

Release: 2001 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Genre: Pop

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Brett Anderson

LP (Demon)

Genre: Pop

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Genre: Rock & Indie

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12" | 1997 | US | Original (Track Mode)

Brett Dancer

Black Java Joint

49,99 €*

Release: 1997 / US – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Mick Music)

Brett Dennen

If It Takes Forever

41,99 €*