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2LP vinyl reissue on pink vinyl.

Released as part of Record Store Day 2020 which was limited to 600 pieces in Europe and the UK

Slightly different label, track 7 is called Problems With The Sun.

Writing on label.

Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines, closer to VG+. Still in shrink, but opened. Cover with slightly bumped corner

Price tag.

Still in shrink but opened with hype sticker. With insert and DVD.

Stamped white label copy.

Blue & Yellow Translucent vinyl

Clear vinyl has few paper scuffs.

White vinyl and cover are close to NM. With insert.

hand stamped and numbered copy Limited edition

Left Ear have put together a collection of recordings taken from the elusive Berlin band I.A.O., spanning their third phase from 1988 to 1995. Phase III commemorates the bands final line-up of three members; Achim Kohlberger, Ralf Östereich and Carsten Zielske. The sounds on this retrospective vary widely, however, link with threads of melancholic sequences, angular jamming and a focus on electronic soundscapes.
The tracks are pinned against a backdrop of political and social unrest in Berlin at the time. Two different cities had become one with the fall of the wall, driving a bubbling subculture attempting to reunite the capital. Seemingly irrelevant to what I.A.O. was producing, these territories dance parallel to one another. In the late 1980’s, Achim Kohlberger of the band and partner Dimitri Hegemann, were orchestrating ‘Atonal Festival’, these days known as Berlin Atonal. Soon after, they set-up of one of the first techno clubs in the world - UFO, today known as Tresor.
I.A.O. cites the cast of personalities they would come across in the clubs and pubs as influential in their songwriting, artists, outsiders or the ‘general dropouts.’ However, the works of IAO far resemble techno music. Phase III’s opening track Gospel IV introduces the band with their patience and restraint, synthesizers work to reveal folding melodies. The downtempo voyage continues with Marshmallow Girls, an insight into the band’s sensitive observations and hazy imagery. All Is Bliss presents a vocal mantra cooperating with nagging bass lines and euphonic percussion. Meanwhile, two instrumentals Love and Twinkle Twinkle Twinkle Little Star both typify and defy timeless dancefloor paradigms. The compilation signs off with Ferns, binding the icy yet bright tones found throughout.

Ritmiche Italiane transports the listeners through an anomaly in the fabric of musical space-time, connecting the distant past with the modern era and the plains of a lost continent with the cities of the Italian peninsula. The artists featured in the compilation strongly believed in the absence of barriers and conventions between genres, fully able to effortlessly put together West-African influences, World music, Jazz and crime movie soundtracks to achieve a boundless, meditative and hypnotic kind of music that still feels relevant today.

Blue Curacao vinyl

close to NM

housed in a fresh set of inner and outer sleeves.

Speedcore/Hardcore! White vinyl is close to NM. Label sticker is slightly damaged.

Sealed copy!

Cover is close to NM.

Vinyl is close to NM. Tiny wear.

Vinyl is close to NM. Tiny wear. With insert. 2020 reissue.

Sealed copy!

Picture disc in stickered PVC sleeve.

Small light scuff on side B.
Cover with seam split.

Clear Grey Marbled Vinyl with a couple of light scuffs. Cover with bumped and bent corners

180 gram vinyl.
Sealed copy with slightly dented cover corners.

Promo stamp and saw cut.

Vinyl with a couple of light scuffs

Vinyl with many scuffs and hairlines, close to VG

Cover corners slightly dented.

Sealed copy!

Cover with a beginning seam split at the upper edge.
Record is slightly warped but still enjoyable.
Includes original inner sleeve.

Vinyl with a couple of light scuffs