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Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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12" | 2024 | UK | Original (Música De Baleares)

Rahaan

My Girl Is Better

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Slo Mo Regular Cover Edition

Fat Freddys Drop

2LP | 2024 | AU | Original (The Drop)

Roland Haynes Jr. & Phenix

Release: 2024 / AU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Fat Freddy"s Drop hit the ground running with new studio album SLO MO, a bass-heavy blast of redemption and resolution. Described by Fitchie as "afro rhythmic soul music, an exploration of Black music from Polynesia", this heady mix creates the undefinable Freddy"s sound. Renowned worldwide for euphoric live shows, the Aotearoa band stepped inside their Bays studio in Wellington, sunup to sundown, to craft a sixth studio album. SLO MO is the strongest studio representation yet of a Freddy"s live show", says Chopper Reeds. "Usually we take the stage to the studio and this time, we"re excited about taking our studio creation on to the stage."

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Mind Games

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Athens Of The North)

32,99 €*

When I Was Lost, I Found Myself

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Wahnsinnig gute, fast völlig unveröffentlichte Jazz-Funk-LP von Roland Haynes Jr. Bislang wurde nur der Titeltrack "Mind Games" 1983 als 7" ausgekoppelt. Aber wie viele engagierte Musiker, die ihren eigenen Weg ausserhalb der Musikindustrie gehen, war sich Haynes seines musikalischen Wertes und der Qualität seiner Band bewusst. Er hat seine Arbeit in Schlüsselmomenten dokumentiert, sorgfältig ausgearbeitete Studiosessions niedergeschrieben und ausverkaufte Live-Auftritte aufgezeichnet. Die Tracks hier stammen aus Haynes' persönlichem Archiv von Studioaufnahmen, die grösstenteils unveröffentlicht sind. Selbst an hohen Massstäben gemessen ist diese LP Riesig.

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Girls Of The Internet

2LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Classic)

The Sunset Violent Petrol Transparent Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Girls of the Internet’s Tom Kerridge announces the release of forthcoming album When I Was Lost, I Found Myself on Classic Music Company, Luke Solomon’s revered imprint. Following the acclaimed, self-released 2020 album ‘Girls FM’, ‘When I Was Lost, I Found Myself’ delves into a deeper and more personal journey for Tom. Spanning 12 blissed out genre-blending house records and featuring stellar vocalists such as Sadie Walker, Allysha Joy, shiv, Allknight, Anelisa Lamola and more, Tom continues to demonstrate his innate ability to nurture talent and collaborate on this latest LP. With heavy support from BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music and BBC Introducing, Girls of the Internet’s previous singles from the LP, in particular ‘Never Ever Ever’ featuring Irish singer-songwriter shiv (which also saw a remix from legendary producer Henrik Schwarz) have seen the group reach new heights in recent months. Selected as BBC Introducing’s Track of the Week, both ‘Never Ever Ever’ and the following garage-inspired ‘Gravity’ featuring Allknight have formed a path laden with anticipation for the full LP. Girls of the Internet’s manifesto is clear; to create dance music that calls back to how it was made at its inception, but with the knowledge and experience of the past 50 years of the genre.

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Mount Kimbie

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Warp)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Sweeter The Juice / Angel In Disguise

Xxception To The Rule

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Izipho Soul)

The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Xxception TO THE Rule - THE Sweeter THE Juice b/w Angel IN Disguise

Daxwood Records out of North Carolina owned by music maestro Doyle Wood have recorded some real gems over the years.

From the Daxwood Studios, Izipho Soul are proud to present Xxception TO THE Rule, a female duo consisting of Vanessia Mathis and Daniela Curry.

On a 7” for the first time are two songs originally recorded in 1982.

THE Sweeter THE Juice (Re-Titled for 2024) is an arousing dancer with a potent ‘squelchy’ bass sound and soaring vocals.

On the flip is Angel IN Disguise, a supreme ballad of it’s era, with Vanessia’s voice shining through; the piano solo by the late Eldridge McMillan is simple yet has so much feeling - Pure Soul!!

These tracks are featured on a 2011 CD album - Xxception To The Rule ‘Then And Now’.

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Music From The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy

4LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Diggers Factory)

69,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Soundtracks

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The K&D Sessions 25th Anniversary Edition

Kruder & Dorfmeister

3CD | 2024 | EU | Original (!K7)

38,99 €*

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Noire & Blanche)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Occasionally an album comes along that seems to capture the mood of the time. "The K&D Sessions" was one. In the late 1990s no afterparty, smoking session or languid Sunday afternoon was complete without Kruder & Dorfmeister blasting from the Bang & Olufsen. Now approaching it"s 25th anniversary the lore around this iconic release, steeped in a silvery cloud of smoke, retains a star quality which only shines brighter as time hurtles on. With the original having sold well over a million copies by this point in time, it"s hard to imagine a mix or remix compilation being able to inform a movement like "The K&D Sessions" has. To celebrate this monumental milestone, we"ve created a limited boxset in 6LP and 3CD of "The K&D Sessions", mastered and cut by LA luminary Bernie Grundman for a luxurious listening experience, with newly designed inner sleeves using unseen photos from the original photo shoot. Inserted in the box is a forty-page booklet containing multitudes more never before seen photos from the same shoot and notes which recount humorous tales surrounding the duo and the people who spent time with them in this epoch. Included on the 6th LP is their legendary 11 minute shimmering remix of Madonna"s "Nothing Really Matters". The 6th LP also contains Peter Kruder"s Powercut Mix of Roni Size"s "Heroes" and K&D"s remix of U.F.O, "L.O.V.E.". In addition there are two cerebral alternate remixes of Lewis Taylor, one being completely dubbed and the other the using the vocal line for this beautiful gem, "Lucky" and a special remix of "Speechless" by Count Basic. These have been staples in K&D"s sets and now take their rightful place collected in the canon of "The Sessions".

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ELWD

Songs About The Sun

Chameleon Mint Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Introducing ‘SONGS ABOUT THE SUN’ by ELWD. The London-based producer, commonly known for his signature sample style blended with live instrumentation, presents six new beats. Inspired by how the sun has always been a constant throughout his life and the nostalgia of a time when life seemed carefree, he unveils a new powerful and vitamin D-infused sound. ‘COSMIC CHAMELEON’ is a house gem that blends Balearic vibes with jazzy instrumentation, making it the perfect song to accompany a sunny, carefree day.

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Trauma Ray

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Dais)

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Paradise Of Bachelors)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Since first bonding over Slowdive at a Texas karaoke bar six years ago, musicians Uriel Avila and Jonathan Perez have grown trauma ray into Fort Worth's foremost flag bearer of crushing shoegaze. A five-piece rounded out by bassist Darren Baun, drummer Nicholas Bobotas, and guitarist Coleman Pruitt, the band's debut album, Chameleon, captures their evolving sound at an apex of majestic devastation. A fusion of downer hooks, gauzy melancholia, and bulldozer riffs, the album heaves and crashes across 50 minutes of stacked amplifier alchemy. Lyrically the songs trace similarly lofty and brooding terrain; Avila says "The theme is death. And a chameleon, like death, can shape-shift in and out our lives in different forms." Chameleon opens with "Ember," dreamy and distant, alternately anthemic and apocalyptic, defeated and deafening. Lead single "Bishop" perfectly encapsulates trauma ray's depth and dimension, ripping out of the gate with "the biggest, baddest, saddest wall of sound." Lyrics about being burnt at the stake and "tossed in the flame" float above a stop-start assault of precision distortion, eventually expanding into a lush, heavy, sorrowful end coda. "Spectre" is a mysterious, introspective dirge, envisioned as a "mellow, slowcore, Duster-thing," all feeling and heavy fuzz chords (with no lead guitar). Avila wrote it, "to be a hymnal" from the perspective of someone who won't let go - a ghost, an ex, a shadow self. Although the album is rich with subtleties, graceful lulls, and "breaths of air," the band's three guitar attack is its defining force, a power flexed to its peak on "Bardo." Perez's intentions were blunt: "I wanted to write a riff that was hard as fuck." The result is alternately mean and eerie, veering between noisy one string bends and surging headbang, mapping a middle ground between Unwound and early-Deftones. One of trauma ray's greatest gifts is their ability to make doomy, sledgehammer heaviness sound like an earworm, without production tricks or gimmicks: "Riff, verse, chorus, three guitar parts - that's all you need." This quality is particularly apparent on the title track, a churning slab of amplifier worship, swirling chords, and heavenly, defeated vocals about not belonging, shape-shifting, and death ("A twisted face / Void of attention / An empty space / In your reflection"). "U.S.D.D.O.S" closes the album, swaying across seven minutes of grey skied guitar and haunted voice, subtly thickening as it deepens. Feedback and shrapnel gradually begin raining down, like a satellite disintegrating in the atmosphere. Titled as an acronym after a poem by Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño that loosely translates to "a dream within a dream," the melody softens, smears, and then disappears, slowly swallowed by the gravity of eternal descent. Chameleon is a masterpiece of craft, balance, melody, lyricism, and gravity, flexing a fresh vision of loud-quiet-loud architectures and the vertigo depths of blasted harmonics. From Slowdive to Nothing, to Hum and beyond, the band absorb and expand on their influences into a rare and dedicated alchemy. trauma ray's cinematic tempest is a gathering storm only just taking flight.

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Nap Eyes

The Neon Gate

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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12" | 2024 | EU | Original (All Day I Dream)

Rebelski

The Sirens EP

18,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Classic)

Floorplan

The Master's Plan

34,99 €*

Return Of The Hellsingers Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Robert and Lyric Hood deliver their acclaimed fourth studio album The Master’s Plan on vinyl. This one-of-a-kind pressing features gold foiling on the sleeve and contains two transparent, red-coloured records, loaded with the remaining tracks from the LP that have not yet seen wax. Spanning 14 crafted house and techno tracks, Robert and Lyric playfully juxtapose the light and dark of their signature sound, navigating a spectrum of genres and styles on the revered body of work. The father and daughter duo demonstrate their unparalleled outlook on electronic music, operating on a divine level of blood harmony with their generational gap only strengthening their breadth of musical inspiration. From the dreamy house soundscapes of single ‘Feel It’, to features from Detroit artists Dames Brown, Earthtone and Lowell Pye, The Master’s Plan is an album with its sound deeply rooted in Floorplan’s Motor City home. With Classic remaining the duo’s home for some time since their solo debut on the imprint in 2021, it seems only right that label-mate Honey Dijon would also feature, adding her signature allure to ‘Fake & Unholy’. Described by Robert as “an invitation to eternal salvation”, Floorplan’s faith remains at the forefront of what they do, cementing this special vinyl edition of The Master’s Plan as a must-have for house and techno lovers globally.

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Hellsongs

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Tapete)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Afro-Indigenous Music From The North-Western Andes

Juyungo

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Honest Jon's)

Jealous Gods (Yellow Vinyl)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Juyungo Afro-Indigenous Music From The North-Western Andes Hjrlp089 2LP £16

‘Since the 16th century, the Ecuadorian province of Esmeraldas has been home to a unique Afro-Indigenous culture originating in the integration of the Indigenous Chachi and Nigua peoples with African Maroon communities. Juyungo documents significant Esmeraldan artists and bands playing the Afro-Ecuadorian folklore of the province, as well as including some older field recordings. Based mostly on the marimba, whose origins lie partly in the African balafon, partly in Indigenous percussion instruments, the music is laced with call and response chants, ambient insect and bird noise, the filigree finger-styles of the Andean guitar tradition and the panpipes of the mountains. This is resonant insider roots music at its headiest — the mystic revelation of Esmeraldas, gully deep and lustral.’ - Francis Gooding, The Wire.

The fifth in our series of LPs compiling classic music from Ecuador. Customary Honest Jons runnings: a beautiful gatefold sleeve; superior pressing, with vivid, intimate sound; full-size, sixteen-page booklet, in colour throughout, with detailed, fascinating, bi-lingual notes, and stunning photographs.

The music is transfixing, magical; not like anything else. From start to finish, this album is continuously, profoundly immersive; a kind of journeying, trippy meditation about slavery and cultural resistance, identity and mix, places and spaces, futures and pasts. It’s inscrutable to net-surfing, algorithms, Shuffle. But for a taste try the insurgent marimba roller Agua Largo, jet-propelled by Rosa Huila’s rapturous blend of African spiritualist and Christian chant. ‘Healing music,’ Zakia called it on Gilles Peterson’s BBC show recently. And the ravishing pasillo Kasilla Shungulla — ‘calm your heart’ in the Quichua language — a duet between the Peruvian master-guitarist Raúl García Zárate and viola da gamba by Juan Luis Restrepo from Medellin, recorded in a baroque church in Buzbanza, Colombia.

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Poets Of The Fall

2LP | 2024 | Original (Insomniac)

35,99 €*

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Liquid Memory)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Yellow vinyl.Ten years ago, the album, Jealous Gods, made a lasting impact on the international music scene. Now, in celebration of its anniversary, this classic is being reissued on vinyl! This special edition is not only a tribute to the band's incredible fans, or the album itself, but also includes an exclusive bonus track: a studio-live version of one of the Poets' most beloved songs, Daze. Get your copy and join us in celebrating a decade of this soulful, unforgettable music.

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Terraflow

Pick Up The Slack

Pass The Loofah Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Liquid Memory presents their third release, "Pick up the Slack," featuring the deep and dynamic sounds of Terraflow, the night-time alias of renowned Jazz/House producer AJ Edward. With this project, Terraflow delves into the realms of progressive house, crafting a sonic experience that is darker, faster, and undeniably captivating. This release is a key moment for Liquid Memory, as it marks their first single-artist release. The EP also includes a remix by co label head Ori Raz, providing a different take on Terraflow's “Pick up the Slack”.

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Naked Roommate

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Trouble In Mind)

21,99 €*

Dub: The Sound Of Surprise

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Oakland's Naked Roommate have been slinking around the Bay Area lighting up stages, shaking asses & confounding listeners since 2018, when the group - originally just the duo of real-life partners Andy Jordan & Amber Sermeno (both formerly of The World) - self-released a cassette of demos (2018's "Naked Roommate"). Members Michael "Mig" Zamora & Alejandra Alcala (Blues Lawyer) joined soon after to augment the sound & live band with their proper full-length album "Do The Duvet", co-released in September of 2020 via UK label Upset! The Rhythm & Trouble In Mind. 2024 finds the lineup expanded even further to incorporate the horn section of Geoff Saba & Jeanne Oss on tenor & alto saxophones as well as percussion & marimba as the band readies their sophomore effort, the dizzyingly ecstatic "Pass The Loofah" Recorded by members Andy Jordan & Mig Zamora from 2021-2023 as time & restrictions allowed, "Pass The Loofah" retains the wild energy of their debut, but leans into the rhythmic throbs perpetuated by forbears like Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Lizzy Mercier Descloux & ESG; the signature sound of UK's On-U Sound & NYC's 99 Records, but with a decidedly West Coast irreverence & a knack for absurdist exposition. Make no mistake, this is music designed to make your body Move & Naked Roommate won't stop until they 've made sure every ass is shook. The band freely incorporates elements of the dancier side of post-punk (think A Certain Ratio or Liquid Liquid) as well as disco, funk, & house music. However, the group's uplifting melodicism belies a deeper subtext, understanding the importance of the sense of community of dance music & the culture surrounding it and leaning into a Neo-socialist lyrical context. Shit is fucked, & we get thru it by helping one another & acknowledging & addressing the failures of disaster Capitalism & tech-bro hegemony (a state the band is all-too familiar with, living in The Bay Area) Take the first single "Bus"; a four-on-the-floor banger & salutary paeon to the ups & downs of the people's transport that throbs & pulses with a late-night sashay (and a bridge that launches the tune into the stratosphere). Elsewhere, "Fight Flight "s funky horn stabs and Sermeno's slinky vocals swoon over Numan-esque synth squiggles that are fortified & funkified toward the dance floor. "Broken Whisper " edges into new territor y for the group, adding a Caribbean flavor a'la Kid Creole or The Specials that punctuates the persistent & synthetic beats underneath. Meanwhile instrumental interludes like "Ducky & Viv", "g-y pt. 1" & "g-y pt. 2" oscillate into zones of sci-fi meets soap opera soundtracks, sounding not unlike the electronic experiments of UK industrial pioneers Chris & Cosey. Album closer "I Can't Be Found" might be the album's secret weapon; It 's swooning synth melody & processed vocals recall early Daft Punk or Mgmt by way of Derrick Carter & The Au Pairs. It 's a beautiful song; perfect for the late night (or early morning) car ride home from the club. "Pass The Loofah" is released worldwide on October 25th, 2024 via Trouble In Mind Records digitally via most DSPs & on black vinyl & limited "disco ball " silver vinyl.

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Helmut Philipps

Edition Olms

39,95 €*

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Drag City)

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DUB, The Sound of Surprise is a detailed chronicle and fascinating guide to the captivating history of Jamaican dub music, the first of its kind. This archetype of the remix style grew out of reggae in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The book presents over 200 illustrations and some rare album covers, and describes the origins and development of a unique technique created in Jamaican recording studios which would change the world of music production forever. Author Helmut Philipps has visited the places dub happened, and met its pioneers, inventors, and key figures.

In addition to analysis, Philipps includes essays and conversations with and about King Jammy, Scientist, Style Scott, David Rodigan, Bunny Lee, King Tubby, Lee Perry, Dennis Bovell, Ernest Hoo Kim, Errol Brown, Linval Thompson, Tippy I-Grade, Victor Rice, Mad Professor and many others. The gripping narrative also takes a look at the development of dub in Europe, the UK, and the United States.

Helmut Philipps is a journalist and passionate collector of dub, who has mixed dub music himself. He has written two award-winning books about reggae that have been published in Germany.

Translator Ursula “Munchy” Münch is an internationally active reggae author who has lived in Jamaica. Reporting for Reggaeville, the online magazine, she regularly visits the scene there, and has conducted more than 500 interviews.

Helmut Philipps and Ursula “Munchy” Münch share a life-long love of Jamaica, its people, its music, and its culture. Both write for Riddim, the internationally renowned reggae magazine, and are trained sound engineers.

History – Interviews – Sound Systems – Engineers & Studios – Discography Original English Edition translated by Ursula Münch. 256 pp. with over 300 pictures in color and b/w. Hardcover with extra strong boards 25 x 25 cm.

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Anthony Moore

Home Of The Demo

33,99 €*

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Columbia)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Anthony"s post-Slapp Happy output, for years an underrated-to-outright unknown quantity, achieves a new dimensional plane with this third archival release from his personal tape library. Home of the Demo triangulates upon the art-pop qualities found in his previously unreleased 1976 LP OUT, and "79"s new wave-adjacent Flying Doesn"t Help, finding Anthony"s early/mid-80s home recordings drifting whimsically in and out of the actual mainstream.

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Halsey

The Great Impersonator

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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CD | 2024 | AU | Original (The Drop)

Fat Freddys Drop

Slo Mo

The Life & Times Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / AU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Kings Never Die

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Metalville)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2024 | US | Original (Irish Wristwatch)

Sad Night Dynamite

Welcome The Night

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Olivier Romero, Mihai Popoviciu

The Triple B

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Gettraum)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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A staple of Traumers DJ sets in the past months, Olivier Romeros dancefloor mega tools are finally getting a release ? incl. a remix from one of Romanias finest producers, Mihai Popoviciu.

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The Man With The Licence 03

LP | 2024 | Original (Doghouse & Bone)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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OSS! Spy vs. Spy! MI6! All operating in the shadows of darkness and danger...listen...underneath that double-trouble of uncertainty lays the groove. The exotic and the erotic sounds. 007! The music with a license to kill and thrill.When the clock strikes five and it is cocktail time, no man is a match for the soundtrack of the Femme fatale of the underworld. Shake that thing baby-don"t stir it....and the Martini too.The spy universe has been quite an inspiration for composers and orchestras. Lounge music, Exotica and symphonic, this record will have you spinning the globe hitting every longitude and latitude from Bangkok to Rio.So drop that needle and get on board this second volume as this jet is leaving the gate right on time.

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The Man With The Licence 02

LP | 2024 | Original (Doghouse & Bone)

Russudan Meipariani Ensemble

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Beyond The Boarders (180 G)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Hgbsblue)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Head To Toe)

Ninetoes

Pov

Inspirex Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Ninetoes, the acclaimed DJ and producer behind the global hit “Finder,” is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of his debut album, ‘POV’ set to drop this October via his own label, Head To Toe. This highly anticipated album marks a significant milestone in Ninetoes' career, offering a fresh and personal take on the genres that have shaped his sound over the years.

‘POV’ is a definitive statement from Ninetoes, encapsulating his journey through the world of dance music. Fans can expect a diverse and dynamic album that traverses a spectrum of styles, including Afro House, Acid House, Techno, and Hip Hop. Each track from the collection reflects Ninetoes' deep connection to the roots of electronic music, reimagined through his unique creative lens.

“‘Having been involved in Dance Music a long time, the album touches on every genre that has shaped me since day one. So, I have recreated these styles with my POV‘.” - Ninetoes

The album features 10 tracks, including collaborations with a stellar lineup of artists such as A-Trak, Thomas Mapfumo, Davide Squillace, Mousse T., and Jazzy Jeff, among others. Each collaboration brings a unique flavor to the project, highlighting Ninetoes' versatility and passion for pushing musical boundaries.

The release of ‘POV’ will be celebrated with a worldwide tour, where Ninetoes will bring his distinct perspective on house music to dance floors across the globe. Fans can look forward to an immersive experience, blending his dynamic DJ sets with the innovative soundscapes of his debut album.

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Why The Eye

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Exag)

So Much For The City White Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Why the Eye is an experimental masked quartet from Brussels that propels bodies into trance during its live performances. All instruments are DIY and played in real time, without loops or sequencers. Fans of The Residents, Société Étrange, Autechre, Boards Of Canada, The Meridian Brothers and Fulu Miziki could easily relate to their sound. Describing their music as "Prehistoric Techno", Why The Eye are set to release their new album ‘Inspirex’ on the 4th October via Exag Records.Opening with the fidgety Jnsp, the vindictive summons La Machine is a brash, abstract experience with a deep yearning to set us free from everyday political confinement while the raw Où cours-je explodes into a wild rage of disorder and mayhem. At the heart of each track are the DIY instruments band member DjP (Jean Paul Domb) has assembled over the years, some of them directly inspired by the African sanzas. With names such as ‘radiocaphone’ and ‘castabignettes’, the instruments are cleverly connected to different effects pedals and are the heartbeat of Why The Eye. Elsewhere, the album title track reveals a snappy rhythmic quality with skittish sounds while Prairies and Animal are tribal-like in delivery with a deep-lying punk ethos.

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The Thrills

LP | 2024 | DE | Original (Integral Distribution Services)

30,99 €*

Release: 2024 / DE – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Return Of The Hellsingers Pink Vinyl Edition

Hellsongs

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Tapete)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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The Future Sound Of London

Captures - Pre8 A001 Epa Blue Vinyl Edition

12" | 2024 | UK | Original (Jumpin' & Pumpin')

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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The first of 2 EPs 2 proceed the next Future Sound OF London album in 2025

Side A is a deeply moody dark ambient journey through mists of choirs to a place of ritualist electronic beat swamp finally being spat on a leaf suburb road somewhere in Surrey - what just happened!

Side B unlike the previous side this begins far more reflective, as the journey progress it becomes more unsettling once more - a baroque minimalist piece followed by modular synths melding with breaks and drum machine - ambient field recordings , a mesh of carefully gathered and selected samples - Fsol perfection.

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Gomma Dancefloor Gems Volume 3

2LP | 2024 | Original (Toy Tonics)

23,99 €*

Chameleon Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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TOY TONICS continues with re-releasing the best tracks of GOMMA RECORDS. The German label that between 2001 and 2015 was one of the key imprints of the then so hyped indie dance, new wave funk and proto disco sound (along with James Murphy’s DFA, Trevor Jackson’s Output records and later Ed Banger records). The Y2K sound.. that now starts to become in demand again.

The most important releases on Gomma were by Peaches, WhoMadeWho, The Rammellzee, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem and Nick McCarthy of Franz Ferdinand. Their Gomma-tracks were on the first two parts of this GOMMA DANCEFLOOR GEMS compilations series on Toy Tonics.

Now here comes a 3nd compilation part with music by Dimitri from Paris who also did several EPs on Gomma in the 2000s. Also legendary Belgian disco DJs The Glimmers are featured (they had one album on Gomma in 2008) and UK legend Justin Robertson aka The Deadstock 33’s and one of the first ever releases by Daniel Avery (also on Gomma back then). You find remixes by Nicky Siano (Studio 54 DJs legend) and Horse Meat Disco who back then just started their party series and already were connected to Gomma records. The is an amazing Flamenco Disco track by Spanish producer Hugo Capablanca and T.Keeler that has been hammered by everybody from Optimo to Ivan Smagghe back then and Italian music diggers The Barking Dogs together with now fashion designer Marcelo Burlon are featured with an amazingly catchy Electro Pop track. Of course also Munk who was the founder of Gomma records is on the compilation. Munk is Mathias Modica and as you might know since a few years works under the name Kapote. He was the co-founder of Gomma and later Toy Tonics records. Toy Tonics actually starts as a mini sublabel of Gomma records in 2013 but took over later. While Gomma has been closed since 2015.

Gomma not only was a record label, but was also a home for cutting edge design, wild T-shirt styles, underground exhibitions with new artists from the Berlin scene and crazy poster and fanzine design.

Gomma not only preceded many musical trends by experimenting with club music and mixing up different styles but was also very respected for the graphic design work and almost initiated several graphic design trends of the last years in their poster and sleeve designs. And many record and street wear labels of today look a bit like Gomma was looking before ...

The Gomma visuals world was exposed in a couple of exhibitions around the world and at a big exhibition at Museum Haus der Kunst München before the label was closed in 2015.

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Trauma Ray

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Dais)

23,99 €*

Pekka Laine & The Enchanted In Slumberland Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Pekka Laine

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Svart)

Tape | 2024 | UK | Original (Kit)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Pekka Laine and The Enchanted's second album out on Svart Records in September

"In a dream I heard music with a strange bubbling sound. People were dancing to it in a surreal, cavernous space. What is this, I asked. One of the dancers stopped and answered. It's an underwater disco. In the morning, I grabbed my guitar and tried to recall what I had heard. Those foggy fragments became Malibu Beach”.

Helsinki 4th of June 2024, Pekka Laine

For Pekka Laine, the twang of an electric guitar is not a warm blanket of nostalgia. Instead, the echoing sound usually associated with surf and retro instrumentals is a ticket to the imaginary.

On this sonic journey, Laine is joined by The Enchanted, his powerhouse live band that has taken both festival and club stages by storm. Pekka Laine and his trusty space-age guitar take the listener to a place where a futuristic and humid disco sound, perfect with obese beats and robotic vocals, reigns supreme. Trippy vocoder vocals and Moog wizardry are provided by Antti Vuorenmaa, the synth sensei associated with several leading Finnish indie bands and a trusted member of the extended Enchanted family.

Pekka Laine's second album Pekka Laine & The Enchanted in Slumberland will be released on 27th of September 2024 digitally, CD and in three different vinyl versions: on a classic black vinyl, wonderful transparent green vinyl and limited edition of 100 white/green/orange marble vinyls hand-crafted by Pekka Laine himself at the Helsingin Levypuristamo. The limited edition is available only on the Svart Records online store.

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Mazy Day

Go 'Swish

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Goldsmiths graduate, visual artist and composer Maz Gilkes - aka Mazy Day - untethers a debut of simmering organ improvisations and disembodied pop, with Go 'Swish.

Working from organ recordings made in a Cornish church, Mazy can be heard toying with familiar structures, as popular music forms and progressions are delicately pulled apart and held up to the bliss and crackle of electroacoustic light.

The album reads like a crumpled collection of charcoal rubbings; melodies and hooks traced and pondered over like bundled inscriptions - a burnished record of exultant song, from a forgotten place and time.

Recommended if you like Sarah Davachi, Aphex Twin, Klein, Low.

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Enjoy The Ride)

James Horner

48 Hrs.

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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Autopilot Off

Make A Sound

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Pop

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...Plays The Music Of Peter Green Vinyl Edition

Gregor Hilden

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Acoustic Music)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Mouthwatering)

Hugo Trist

Ready For The Fix

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Purple Teeth The Bravery Doll House - Live

Del Water Gap

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Mom+Pop)

X, Wheel + The Liars Tell...

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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“Purple Teeth, The Bravery” is pacing and nocturnal, before surrendering to lightness in a spirit-lifting chorus. The brass section in the coda lends the song a timeless quality which is unmistakably Del Water Gap. This bonus addition unlocks new dimensions to the page-turning, intimate storytelling of his most recent album, "I Miss You Already + I Haven't Left Yet." His sound scales indie-rock’s golden heights, while remaining tender and internal in the way of a deep purple bruise.

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Heith

LP | 2024 | Original (Pan)

38,99 €*

The Oh Hellos'family Christmas Album: Volume II

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Heith is the alias of Milan-based artist and musician Daniele Guerrini who crafts a mesmerising and ritualistic subterranean soundscape, a resonant and eclectic collage of distinct sonic elements: from celestial percussion intertwined with jarring, mechanical oscillations to haunting vocals atop murky dubbed-out beats.Exploring the textures of consciousness through research into the ritual animism, he kept an omnivorous and universalist approach to cultural and sonic influence. This is central to X, wheel, Heith's debut album and first release on PAN. It's a deep dive into his creative and spiritual practice, one where art and life are inextricable. The Liars Tell..., on the other hand, feels like a kind of respite, a moment of meditation and pause from the fatigue of dimension-hopping. As if the traveller dismounted their carriage and, standing puzzled on a crossroad, listened to the echoes of distant places. Occupying a liminal space and letting thousand of contradictory tales form the lyrics to one unfathomable song.

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The Oh Hellos

EP | 2024 | EU | Original (No Coincidence)

Monkeymarc Vs The Planet Smashers

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Christmas

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The Oh Hellos' Family Christmas Album: Volume Il came to exist in what has now become the typical writing and recording process for the Heath siblings: an interesting but straightforward initial idea that rapidly spins out of control.Not content with only releasing a single to commemorate the ten year anniversary of their first holiday EP, The Oh Hellos pulled inspiration from song arrangements performed on previous tours, medieval motets, moody yuletide carols predating the comfortable glow of mid-20th century nostalgia, and family-holiday-gathering traditions we love to pretend to hate. Now available on limited edition, 10" Vinyl, presented in bespoke parcel packaging.

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Monkey Marc

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Jahtari)

20,99 €*

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (My Redemption)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Coming straight from a solar powered shipping container in Australia is this highly addictive amalgam of dub and hiphop by Melbourne’s number one sampling warrior Monkey Marc.

With the analogue filter modules in constant overdrive mode, a groove not found on any map and a bass too deep to measure, this rugged masterpiece develops a complete life of it’s own.

All faithfully recorded to cassette and then dubbed out to the max by disrupt – including a dub of Roots Manuva‘s “Who Goes There” (from his 4everevolution LP).

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Atrio

The King

16,99 €*

POP Albums: Panic! At The Disco - Viva Las Vengeance

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Giessen-based band ATRIO proudly present their forthcoming album "The King", which will see the light of day in October. The artists have earned a reputation for their unique combination of powerful sound and profound lyrics that capture the human experience in all its facets. The album promises an emotional journey that tells of inner struggles, self-delusion, the calm before the storm and the desire for freedom from societal norms."The King" is more than just music; it is a sincere telling of human stories. The songs reflect the challenges we all go through within ourselves and invite listeners to connect with their own journey.ATRIO's haunting lyrics, bluesy guitar and beating drums are skillfully interwoven with a variety of melodies that range from powerful to empathetic. The band has created a sound that pushes boundaries of new and old while appealing to a wide range of emotions.

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Funko

27,95 €*

Available Sizes: One Size

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Inspirex Splatter Vinyl Edition

Why The Eye

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Exag)

Valley Of The Gods Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Nitrogods

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Massacre)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Nitrogods

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Massacre)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Nitrogods

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Massacre)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Will & James Ragar

The Baton Rouge EP

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Pass The Loofah Metallic Silver Vinyl Edition

Naked Roommate

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Trouble In Mind)

21,99 €*

Danny & The Champions Of The World

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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You Are Not A Stranger Here Clearvinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Loose Music)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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OST Top Gun Clear Vinyl w/ Pink Splatter Vinyl Edition

Harold Faltermeyer

2LP | 2024 | US | Reissue (Enjoy The Ride)

44,99 €*

2LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Rewarm)

Release: 2024 / US – Reissue

Genre: Soundtracks

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Comes as a gatefold 2LP on clear vinyl with pink splatter effect. Limited to 310 copies.
As Top Gun was the most successful movie in 1986 (350+ million dollars), I don’t think this one needs a lot of explanation.
This action movie with Tom Cruise in leading role got rereleased in 2013 and the soundtrack earlier reached a nine times Platinum certification.
For the first time on vinyl, this soundtrack includes bonus tracks, demos, and an extended album mix.

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Luke Una

Everything Above The Sky

44,99 €*

That Look Of You / The New York Business

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Exploring late-night, after-hours meditations on sound; ‘Everything Above The Sky (Astral Travelling with Luke Una)’ is a new compilation by the titular DJ, promoter and enigmatic cultural curator. Off the back of the E Soul Cultura phenomena, this compilation comes at a timely point in Luke’s rich career as he soars the heights of playing all over the world. Avoiding any chance of his sound being pigeonholed, Luke has put together a tracklist of songs and music that have a transcendental feel, after coming off the grid, going back to source, outside the city walls .

Music has long been believed to aid out of body experiences and many of us have searched long and hard for a combination of those elusive ingredients that might alleviate some of the monotony of everyday life, our daily routines and obligations, and those things that seem to block us from the spirit of the universe. In this collection, Luke selects music with all the right ingredients in just the right quantities, allowing the listener to engage in an esoteric journey of enlightenment through sound. Being a prolific collector of music, Luke initially delivered enough tracks to compile several compilations, making the licensing process the biggest effort to date for the label. The music moves softly and slowly, never becoming too intrusive, exemplifying the wonderful elevating properties of simple songs played from the heart.

Luke’s Everything Above The Sky manifesto reads, “Astral Travelling in the meadowlands with acid folk, spiritual jazz, around midnight hocus pocus, cosmic psychedelic soul, magical spellbound whirling swirling love songs, Brazilian ballads of light into machine soul gospel utopia dreaming, Balearic bossa, Outer Space ancient African drum, the breath of trees, escaping the big bad modern world, gathering round winter fires, walking amongst the bracken in Padley Gorge in late summer twilight, overlooking the Hope Valley, escaping ego, detaching and finally letting go amongst the stars with the slowly floating people. It’s beautiful beyond. Everything above the Sky”.

Beginning his career as an original Sheffield house young blood in the mid 1980s, Luke’s move to Manchester and partnership with Justin Crawford saw the birth of Electric Chair, a cornerstone cult night in the UK underground club scene. Then came Electric Elephant, a Croatian festival paying homage to their wild eclecticism from Balearic to Brazilian to É Soul, house, disco and techno. Luke’s much loved, long-running Homoelectric night and more recently Homobloc sell out festival for 10,000 souls has been at the forefront of Manchester’s LGBTQ+ cultural landscape. Luke’s Friday evening show on Worldwide FM captured imaginations and became a cult four-hour must-listen monthly journey for fans all over the world. Today, Luke remains, as ever, at the forefront of a changing milieu, pairing the momentous legacy of Manchester’s 80s and 90s scene with the delivery of what today’s club communities need to get down.

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Lloyd And The Joys

7" | 2024 | Original (Sound Essence)

16,99 €*

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Tramp)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Music lovers will be familiar with his love of Caribbean pearls from the compilations "Ritmo Caliente" and "Message from the Islands" as well as other releases such as "Los Yoyi", "Mighty Shadow" and "Wild Fire". Now Tom Sky, the former creative head of Black Pearl Records, is pulling another tropical discovery out of his travel treasure box on his new record label Sound Essence.
Lloyd and the Joys is truly a real holy grail and one of the most sought-after funky hotel records from the Caribbean islands. Deep, groovy synth Soul with the song "That Look Of You" meets jazzy funk breaks with the strong tune "The New York Business". There are also two stylish 70s postcards from Lloyd himself in a vintage design in each sleeve. The release is a must for all tropical music connoisseurs.

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The Rippers

Honesty

11,99 €*

People Of The Fast Flowing River

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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German beat music at its best! For the first time on 45!
A-side is Funk
B-side is Garage-Psych-Rock
Limited to 300 copies.

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Work Money Death

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (ATA)

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Waxwork)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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ATA Records are proud to announce the new albumPeople of the Fast Flowing RiverfromWork Money Death,following previous albumsuccessesWork Money Death"This album can only be a future classic" – Jazzman Gerald, andThought Action Interaction Reaction"Sounds sublime" – Gilles Peterson.

PianistRichard Ormrod, bassistNeil Innes, and drummerSam Hobbsprovide a trio backing for tenor saxophonistTony Burkillon this heartfelt and charged excursion into the further realms of spiritual jazz: the four extended-play tracks range in influence from India to Central Africa to the Baptist church, and from the meditative blues sound of Alice Coltrane [The River Becomes The Stream]to the soulful swagger of Galt MacDermot [We Are The People].

Throughout, the quartet is supported by thehornsof Ormrod,Johnny Enright(tbn, tuba), andOlivia Cuthill&Tom Sharp(tpts), the percussion ofDanny Templeman.

Whether it's the harmonium onHeadwaters Of The Soul, the congas and driving shekere onThe Fast Flowing River, the trilling flute behind the sax onWe Are The People&The River Becomes The Stream, or Burkill's impassioned and perfectly-paced tenor explorations throughout the whole, this album is full of nuanced details that will make it a hit with fans of Pharaoh Sanders and Alice Coltrane.

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Kris Bowers

OST The Wild Robot

45,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Soundtracks

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Stavroz

Kick Up The Dust

Freddie Terrell Charles Williams

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Emerging from over a year of creative hibernation following their debut album, Stavroz's upcoming EP "Kick Up the Dust" jolts them back into action. The EP flows gently, yet the overall mood of the journey isn’t always easy to pinpoint. There’s a certain vagueness to Stavroz’ sound which allows for bizarre experiments to seep through without interrupting the course. “We like to keep it lightly twisted, like a wink with a frown,” says the band.

In the title track however, Stavroz boldly steers towards the heart of the dance floor: efficient, remorseless, powerful, intense and most of all... elegant. Guiding you harmoniously through the club is a delightful duet of trumpet and saxophone, timed perfectly to heal you where it hurts most.

"Her Eyes Were Red" does what it says on the cover. There's melancholy - without sadness. Power - without force. Love - without lust. Stavroz's music possesses a distinct power that feels both natural and organic, never resorting to brute force or aggression. In their own way, the Belgian quartet offers an astonishing journey of saxophone & duduk, supported by broken beats and chopped vocals.

In Dae-El, a track featuring the Brussels-based producer and sound designer Poltrock, ethereal-sounding synths and duduk are combined with ghostly high-pitch distortions. Despite a backbone of muffled beats, the tune has vaporous qualities, reverberations that wobble and tinkle into space – it’s an easy listening experience but in a trippy, spaced-out way. “We’re trying to go for the sweet spot between the couch and the club”.

Adding further depth to their EP, Stavroz collaborates with Brazilian singer and composer Castello Branco in "Valente." Here, intimate Sade-like vocals harmonize with rubbery scratches, acoustic guitar, and horn segments, crafting a lush lounge piece that seamlessly balances both relaxation and empowerment, transparency and provocation. It's a testament to Stavroz's versatility and their knack for creating music that defies easy definition, leaving listeners eagerly anticipating the next twist and turn in their captivating musical journey.

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You Had It Made / Standing In The Way

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Outta Sight)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gigi D Agostino

Tecno Fes

Release: 2024 / DE – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Hans Zimmer

OST Days Of Thunder

44,99 €*

The 1974 Live Recordings Box Set

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Soundtracks

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Comes as a gatefold 2LP on clear vinyl with red, yellow, and black splatter. Limited to 315 copies.
This sport action movie with Tom Cruise in the leading role was released in 1990. The movie was in the top 15 bestselling movies of that year.
This release includes the full score with bonus tracks and additional takes.

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Bob Dylan

Box | 2024 | EU | Original (Sony)

124,99 €*

12" | 2024 | DE | Original (Superstition)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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27 CDs.

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Quazar

The Seven Stars EP

Me First And The Gimme Gimmes

Release: 2024 / DE – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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QUAZAR are pioneers of the first house- and techno-generation of the early 90’s. Formed in Amsterdam by producer Gert van Veen, QUAZAR debuted in 1990 with the 12 inch ‘The Seven Stars/Day-glo’, which became an underground hit all over the world, from the UK and Germany to The USA, Goa and Australia. It’s still considered as one of the ultimate classics of the original rave-scene.
‘The Seven Stars’, a wild and exciting musical voyage, full of instrumental crescendoes and rushes, is a hard hitting techno-track that set dance floors on fire with its fierce energy.
The raw persuasive power of the a side and the acid tinged 'Moon Turns The Tide' is balanced by the gentle, melodic ‘Day-glo’ - a predecessor of the later minimal style and a favourite of Ricardo Villalobos, that unexpectedly became just as popular as ‘The Seven Stars’.
During the Amsterdam Dance Event 2024 ‘The Seven Stars EP'will be rereleased on vinyl, two weeks later followed by the rerelease of the first QUAZAR album ‘Seven Stars’.
‘The Seven Stars EP' 12" presents remastered versions of the three tracks on the original record plus a 2024 QUAZAR remake of ‘The Seven Stars’, mixed by Dutch house legend Olav Basoski.
To celebrate these releases, QUAZAR, still one of the best live-acts in the Netherlands, will do a special hardware-only live-gig at DOKA/The Volkshotel in Amsterdam on Wednesday October 16 2024.

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Blow It At Madison's Quinceanera Limited Pink Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Fat Wreck)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Alex Preston & Mofunk present

The Secret Weapons

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Robsoul)

LP | 2024 | Original (20th Century Masterworks)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Robsoul Is Proud to Finally Release on Vinyl 4 Incredible House Cuts by 2
Great Australian Dj’s. We Have Selected the Most in Demand Tracks From the
3 Secret Weapons Projects Initially Released Digitally Only, and We Have
Added One Exclusive Unreleased Track to Offer You This Great House
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Grant Green

Green Street

18,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2024 | EU | Original (White Scar)

The Witch's Fingers EP

Wes & Cannonball Adderley Montgomery

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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White Scar returns with "The Witch's Fingers". Introducing 4 new producers to the label. The A1 is by Jucid from South Korea with a deep and progressive journey called "Essential to our Life". "Are You Neutralised?" asks Leeds based Zuul in his signature melodic techno style on the A2. B1 continues the pace with "Electro Samurai" by the talented Argentinean born, now Berlin based, Desiree Falessi. Last but not least on the B2 is the first released track by unknown producer, Boheme. "Spiral" closes out this EP perfectly with its swirling and catchy melody.

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The Poll Winners

LP | 2024 | Original (20th Century Masterworks)

18,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Radical Optimism Deluxe Split Colored Vinyl Edition

Dua Lipa

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Warner)

48,99 €*

Radical Optimism Alternate Sleeve Crystal Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Inspired by Dua’s own self-discovery, Radical Optimism is an album that taps into the pure joy and happiness of having clarity in situations that once seemed impossible to face. The hard goodbyes and vulnerable beginnings that previously threatened to crush your soul, become milestones as you choose optimism and start to move with grace through the chaos.

Infused with the energy of Dua’s hometown, London, the attitude of the album embodies the rawness, honesty, confidence and freedom of ‘90s Britpop. Radical Optimism transports its listener to a dreamy pop world rich in musicality, lyrically unapologetic and sonically liberating.

The 3x Grammy and 7x Brit Award-winning global pop powerhouse worked with a team of core collaborators throughout the project including Caroline Ailin, Danny L. Harle, Tobias Jesso Jr. and Kevin Parker.

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Dua Lipa

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Warner)

34,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Steve Leon & The Accusations

Borrowed Time Bonanza

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Off Label)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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City Of The Sun Solar Flare Vinyl Edition

Seven Impale

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Karisma)

39,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Ten years after it’s initial release, the classic Seven Impale debut album City of the Sun is finally available on vinyl again! This 10th anniversary edition also an insert sheet with lyrics and comments from both the band and Enslaved’s Ivar Bjørnson. The album has a firm basis in classic progressive rock, but is highly diversified The band is never afraid to explore much harder soundscapes than usually is expected in progressive rock, utilizing elements normally only found in the metal genre. And did we mention saxophone? There’s saxophone, bringing loads of jazzy elements into the mix as well. The band says: “The recording and assembling of City of the Sun was a valuable learning experience,and we are forever thankful for the friendship we’ve built with our producer Iver Sandøy.The process of making this record put all seven of us into a rather confined space,recording it the good old way. Not a click track or grid in sight! It was a sweaty, intimate experience that seems to have been the recipe for.. sweaty, intimate and jazzy prog rock..! Iver will always be that “missing” seventh impala, and we will without hesitation return to Solslottet for the golden touches of the Sun King Himself. Formed in Bergen, Norway in 2010, Seven Impale consists of Stian Økland on vocals and guitars, Fredrik Mekki Widerøe on drums, Benjamin Mekki Widerøe on sax, Tormod Fosso on bass, Erlend Vottvik Olsen on guitar and Håkon Vinje on keyboards 01. Oh, My Gravity02. Windshears03. Eschaton Horo04. Extraction05. God Left Us for a Black-Dressed Woman

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Sacred Reich

The American Way

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The American Way is the second studio album by American thrash metal band Sacred Reich, released on May15, 1990 via Metal Blade Records. The video for "The American Way" was used in the 1992 film EncinoMan.The album debuted at No. 153 on September 1, 1990 on the Billboard 200 charts, lasting for nine weeks. Anenhanced remastered version released in 2009 contains pre-production demo recordings.

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Sacred Reich

Surf Nicaragua

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Surf Nicaragua is an EP from Arizona thrash metal band, Sacred Reich. It was released on October 4, 1988 onMetal Blade Records and follows the band's debut album, Ignorance, released the previous year.The EP contains a cover version of the Black Sabbath song, "War Pigs", which also appeared on the band's nextEP, Alive at the Dynamo in 1989, in live form. The song "Surf Nicaragua" contains a part from the song "WipeOut" as well as the drum part from the Hawaii 5-0 theme song

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Six Feet Under

The Haunted

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Haunted is the debut album by American death metal band Six Feet Under. It was released via Metal Blade Records in 1995, just before Chris Barnes'departure from Cannibal Corpse.

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Six Feet Under

Warpath

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Warpathis the second studio album by American death metal band Six Feet Under.Tracks on this album include "Death or Glory", which is a cover of a song originally done by Holocaust, and "4:20", a song four minutes and twenty seconds in length which,according to theliner notes, was recorded at 4:20 PM on April 20, 1997.The last album to feature founding guitarist Allen West.

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Six Feet Under

Maximum Violence

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Maximum Violenceis Americandeath metalbandSix Feet Under's 3rd studio album. Thealbum goes back toChris Barnes' roots inCannibal Corpsewith violent themes/lyrics. Itwas also the first Six Feet Under album to featureSteve Swansonon guitars.

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Rotting Christ

Theogonia

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Theogonia (Greek for "Theogony") is the ninth full-length album by Greek extreme metal band Rotting Christ. It is their first release through Season of Mist, and the first to feature guitarist Giorgos Bokos (Nightfall) in the line-up.

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Mayhem

Esoteric Warfare

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Black Screen)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Esoteric Warfare is the fifth full-length studio album by Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. It was released by Season of Mist on 6 June 2014 in Europe and Asia, and on 10 June 2014 in North America. It is the band's first album with Teloch on guitar since Blasphemer's departure from the band in 2008.As with the previous album, the lyrics focus less on the classically Satanic themes of the band's early work, instead referring to occult and conspiracy theory concepts such as psychic powers, mind control and alien tampering with human evolution. (For instance, the song "Corpse of Care" appears to be a direct allusion to Bohemian Grove and the Cremation of Care ceremony performed there.)

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Epoch

The Needs

33,99 €*

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Prison Brain)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Soundtracks

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Transparent Curacao Vinyl. Award-winning composer for video games and Scottish artist, Barry "Epoch" Topping (PARADISE KILLER, SENTRY, THATCHER'S TECHBASE, ENCOUNTERS) returns with "The Needs", 11 songs of lavish reflection in a modern city pop style. The album takes the listener through an emotional exploration of identity and change set against the backdrop of late summer. It fuses city pop, rock and dance music into a rich, dreamy blast of video game-tinged modern pop music.But "The Needs" is more than just an album title, like Barry explains: "It's a new ensemble built around a core of the musicians that worked with me on Paradise Killer: Fiona Lynch, Fabian Hernandez, Thomas Temple and Kyle Murray-Dickson. A new trio of horns Elin Andersson, Nicklas Dahlin and Simon Fransman round out the full lineup. Having such talented musicians involved in a much bigger way has allowed us to challenge ourselves and make the best, most over the top music we've made yet. 'The Needs' was created as a vehicle for my own reflections and is intended to help listeners reflect and find solace too. No album can be universal but if 'The Needs' can help people feel seen or understood then I'll feel like it's been a success. Getting to make the album has been an extremely rewarding experience."

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Solidwood

The Surprising Secret

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Fin Du Monde)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Introducing the new Prison Brain imprint for downtempo and ambient lovers. Solidwood's first solo release “The Surprising Secret" offers a wider explorationinto the the world of the Italian producer. All six tracks were composed in southern Italy during the pandemic's rolling stay at home. Music is his language and his communication tool

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Seoi Nage

The Gentle Way

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Arising Empire)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hill Collective is a jazz ensemble based in Brighton, UK. Led by saxophonist and composer Pete Piskov, the group offers a fresh musical attitude, employing modern improvisation techniques and nuanced compositions - a soulful, avant-garde addition to the bustling UK jazz landscape.

"Tonal Prophecy" is their first studio album, being released on the 20th April with the help of German label, Fin Du Monde. The sound is varied and rich, drifting from almost-big band horn arrangements to riotous free jazz. Latin rhythmic attitudes and playful excursions to the absurd lay out a tonal palette that brings both solace and revelation.

The inclusion of the "Grand Unison Choir" in the recording is an important statement of community and the DIY ethics that surround the album. A group of about 20 friends chant, laugh, scream and sing, embracing the full spectrum of what makes this music so magical.

Holistic in its ethos, this album explores the warmest depths of the mind, body and spirit while keeping things light and honest- a music that speaks for itself, about itself and the world around it.

The album sits comfortably in it's own vibrant identity greatly inspired by the idiosyncrasies of Sun Ra, Art Ensemble of Chicago and Ornette Coleman.

"Enthusiastically embracing the full gamut of freewheeling experimentation ... from wonky bossas to deranged swinging Mingus-ism, this new release from Hill Collective is a compelling refutation to anyone who still thinks that jazz is no fun"

Eddie Myer (New Generation Jazz / QOW Trio)

"Hill Collective seem at ease creating some of the boldest, bombastic and liberating music I have heard from any other release ... Fearless, passionate and deeply joyous"

Ozzy Moysey (Ancient Infinity Orchestra)

Pete Piskov - Alto Saxophone, Flute
Joe Edwards - Drums
Federico Micheli - Bass
Luke Congdon - Piano
Will Roberts - Trombone
Phil Smith - Trumpet
Jojo Circle - Harp
Sudhi S Pooniyil - Percussion

Grand Unison Choir (A-Z):
Gina Boyle, Jamie Broughton, Milo Costelloe, Oceanmae Davis, Edward Deeney, Noah Fox, Oscar Godfrey, Tom Gregory, Fae Haley, Rose Io, Tamara Klüver, Edmund Lloyd-Winder, Constance Nash, Ed Prideaux, Zosia Szymanowska, Joss Trevena-Samson, James Virtue, Freddie Willatt, Tam Zin

Recorded at Church Road Studios by Paul Pascoe
Album Cover by Pete Piskov
Mixed and Mastered by Pete Piskov

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Awake The Dreamer

Holocene Colored

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | Original (Ponyphone/Recordjet)

The Careless Responders

Play The Blind Spot

22,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Pop

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Fin Du Monde)

Hill Collective

Tonal Prophecy

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Virtual Dreams II - Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Music From Memory)

12" | 2024 | UK | Original (Belpaese Edits)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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The next installment of MFM's popular multi-artist compilation Virtual Dreams: 'Virtual Dreams - Ambient Explorations In The House And Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999'. As with Part One, released in 2020, 'Virtual Dreams II' shines a light on house and techno-adjacent music that helped redefine the definition of ambient music during the 1990s.

The focus of Part One heavily fell on music from techno and house producers in Europe, eagerly exploring new soundtracks for chill-out rooms and re-imagining the potential future of club culture from new perspectives. For Part Two, we narrow the lens to focus on a unique time and place, namely Japan between 1993-1999. Despite missing out on the 'Acid House Fever', club culture was beginning to take shape in Japan during the early '90s. In contrast to the rest of the world, where ambient techno / IDM emerged as a by-product or response to the scene, 'listening techno', as it is known in Japan, was a central pillar of the culture right from the start.

'Virtual Dreams II' aims to shine a light on this unique moment in time where the thread of ambient music weaved its way through the music of an emerging club culture. This period saw the birth of many great Japanese techno labels such as Sublime Records, Transonic Records, Syzygy Records, Frogman Records, and Form@ Records, following in the late '90s. 'Virtual Dreams II' features ambient, chill-out, and intelligent techno from these leading labels alongside other lesser-known but equally influential imprints, as well as ambient deviations from Japanese house producers. Much of the music featured has only ever been released on CD.

'Virtual Dreams II' is compiled by Eiji Taniguchi and Jamie Tiller, who have worked closely together on previous Music From Memory releases such as 'Heisei No Oto' and 'Dream Dolphin - Gaia'. It is also the final project Jamie Tiller worked on before his tragic passing in 2023. Jamie had been researching, planning, and compiling this version of Virtual Dreams even before the first chapter was released, believing that there were many great tracks in Japan that fit the concept of the series. Knowing how much love and energy he put into compiling it gives it an extra special place in our hearts.

Compiled by Jamie Tiller and Eiji Taniguchi with artwork by Kenta Senekt, design by Steele Bonus and liner notes by Itaru W. Mita,

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The Unknown Artist

Belpaese 11

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Straight Outta Belpaese, MORE disco – exotica – balearic- Italo-funk for the demanding digger!!!

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Even The Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Light In The Attic)

55,99 €*

Knock Me Off My Feet / Let Me Hear You Say

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Light in the Attic Records proudly presents Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996—the first comprehensive collection of Ukrainian music recorded prior to, and immediately following, the Ussr’s collapse. From subtly dissenting Soviet-era singles to DIY recordings from Kyiv’s vibrant underground scene, the compilation chronicles the development of Ukraine’s rich musical landscape through rare folk, rock, jazz, and electronic recordings.

“This record is a labor of love and a long time coming,” says label owner Matt Sullivan. Over the course of the last five years, Sullivan, alongside producers David Mas ("dbgo”), Mark “Frosty” McNeill, and Ukrainian label Shukai Records worked tirelessly to compile a carefully curated, chronological playlist. But behind the scenes, ongoing war & politics would shape the evolution of the tracklist, which originally featured both Ukrainian and Russian artists. “We found ourselves in the midst of a larger political issue; what began as a broader overview of a sonically underrepresented region suddenly became quite the controversial project,” Sullivan continues, “so we decided to pivot and focus only on Ukrainian music. There were times when it felt impossible to bring this project to fruition, so to be sharing it with the world today is truly humbling and long overdue.”

Guiding listeners through the physical editions of the album are insightful liner notes and track-by-track details by Vitalii “Bard” Bardetskyi—a Kyiv-based filmmaker, DJ, and writer. The 2xLP is housed in a beautiful gatefold package showcasing Ukrainian artist Maria Prymachenko’s beloved and iconic folk paintings. The vinyl edition features a 20-page booklet with artist photos & liner notes in both English and Ukrainian, pressed on Clear Blue Sky & Sunflower Yellow wax; the CD edition features bonus content housed in a deluxe, 64-page hardbound book.

Light in the Attic will donate a portion of proceeds directly to Livyj Bereh, a Kyiv-based volunteer group working to rebuild in the regions affected by ongoing war in Ukraine.

“Music has always pulled Ukrainians out of the abyss,” writes Vitalii “Bard” Bardetskyi in his liner notes for Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996. “When there is no hope for the future, there is still music. At such moments, the whole nation resonates under a groove. Music, breaking through the concrete of various colonial systems, is an incredible, often illogical, way to preserve dignity.”

While the songs collected in Even the Forest Hums were recorded during periods of immense societal and political upheaval—and certainly reflect the resilience of the Ukrainian people—they are rooted in the universal spirit of exploration: from post-war teenagers seeking fresh rhythms and artists experimenting with DIY recording technologies to an entire nation being introduced to decades-worth of previously-embargoed albums. Yet, until now, it has been nearly impossible for anyone outside Ukraine to explore the country’s flourishing music scene for themselves.

Much of this can be attributed to Soviet-era restrictions. Music, much like any other commodity, was tightly controlled before the fall of communism. “Only state-authorized performers who had gone through hellish rounds of the permit system could record at the few monopolistic, state-run studios,” explains Bardetskyi. While many of these compositions were released and performed to mass audiences, however, they weren’t necessarily what they seemed. “Some of the artists managed, even under difficult ideological circumstances, to build a whole aesthetic platform which was essentially anti-Soviet.”

Bands could slide under the radar by changing the lyrics of rock songs to reflect Soviet ideals or by performing traditional folk music with subtle outside influences. “This resulted in a whole scene that combined central-eastern Ukrainian vocal polyphony, Carpathian rhythms, and overseas grooves,” writes Bardetskyi, who refers to this era of music as “Mustache Funk.”

Examples featured in Even the Forest Hums... include 1971’s “Bunny” by Kobza. While the folk-rock group was known for their polyphonic vocals, this particular composition is an instrumental waltz, which blends elements of traditional Ukrainian music with progressive rock, British beat, and jazz-rock. Another example of “Mustache Funk” comes from the latter half of the decade, with the Caribbean-influenced “Remembrance” by Vodohrai. While the group—which included some of the best jazz musicians in the country—had a multitude of traditional hits, inspired jams like this one could, for a lucky few, occasionally be heard live.

While the 70s proved to be a golden age for Ukrainian music (complete with pop stars, large-scale tours, and legions of adoring fans), the excitement was short-lived. “The Soviet system finally understood that funkified beats quite strongly contradict[ed] [its] principles,” notes Bardetskyi, who adds that by the 80s, “The once prolific scene was almost completely colonized, appropriated, and largely Russified; the state radio and TV waves were occupied by banal VIAs and cheezy schlager singers.”

With tighter restrictions, however, came the rise of the underground. While the decade leading up to Ukraine’s independence was marked by great turmoil—including the political reform of Perestroika in the Ussr and the Chernobyl disaster—it also marked a time of incredible creativity.

Mirroring global trends, the first half of the decade found many composers and producers experimenting with electronic music. Among them was Vadym Khrapachov, whose scores have appeared in over 100 films. His moody, Moroder-esque “Dance” (written for Roman Balaian’s iconic 1983 film, Flights in Dreams and Reality) is notable in that it was recorded on the Ussr’s only existing British EMS Synthi 100 synthesizer.

Producer Kyrylo Stetsenko, meanwhile, was reimagining traditional songs for the dancefloor. Among them is 1980’s “Play, the Violin, Play,” by Ukrainian pop star Tetiana Kocherhina. Stetsenko, who produced the album for Kocherhina, created a hypnotic remix of the folk tune that was fit for a disco. Stetsenko is also featured here with 1987’s “Oh, how, how?,” in which he transforms a melancholic ballad by Natalia Gura into a synth-forward, breakbeat jam.

As the fall of communism approached, the scene continued to diversify—particularly as music from around the world became increasingly available. Kyiv, in particular, became an epicenter of creativity. In the early days, bands like Krok offered a preview of what was to come. Described by Bardetskyi as “The first real Kyiv supergroup,” Krok was led by guitarist Volodymyr Khodzytskyi and featured musicians from local Beat bands. In addition to backing the biggest pop acts of the day, the versatile collective explored a spectrum of styles in their own recordings, including fusion and electro-funk. They are represented here with the mellow “Breath of Night Kyiv.”

By the late 80s, Kyiv “was buzzing like a beehive,” recalls Bardetskyi. “It was a period of very active socialization and exchange of musical information and ideas; local musicians evolved with supersonic speed, absorbing decades of the world's musical background and transforming it into their sound.” While rock bands comprised much of this era’s first wave, artists continued to expand their repertoire as new influences pervaded the scene. The global rise of DIY recording technology and electronic instrumentation, meanwhile, also contributed to the growing sonic landscape.

Highlights from this period include the avant-garde improvisations of violinist Valentina Goncharova. Recordings like 1989’s “Silence” were created by a series of layered tracks and custom pickups. Similarly, composer Iury Lech paints a warm ambient soundscape with 1990’s “Barreras.” On the other end of the spectrum is the industrial “90” by Radiodelo (the project of Ivan Moskalenko—aka DJ Derbastler), which combines frenetic drum machine beats and haunting, reverb-soaked instrumentation. Post-punk was also thriving, with acts like Yarn (a large, loosely based collective) dominating the scene. “The interests of [Yarn’s] members extended all the way to medieval chamber music, which would clearly be noticeable in ‘Viella,’” writes Bardetskyi. The track features two of Yarn’s co-founding members: multi-instrumentalist and graphic designer Oleksander Yurchenko (who became a significant figure in modern Ukrainian music) and Ivan Moskalenko. Yurchenko is also represented here as part of Omi, a parallel project by the chart-topping electronic group, Blemish. 1994’s dramatic “Transference” (which features contributions by legendary Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto and American singer-songwriter Diamanda Galas) serves up horror-movie-soundtrack vibes, particularly with the addition of eerie vocalizations.

Cukor Bila Smert’ (which translates to “Sugar White Death”) were also major players in the Kyiv underground. Interestingly, Bardetskyi notes, “In the reality of the general dominance of post-punk, the aesthetic message of Cukor Bila Smert’ was countercultural to the countercultural process itself.” For their contribution to the compilation, the experimental quartet provides 1995’s “Cool, Shining.”

In the years following Ukraine’s independence, Kyiv’s underground scene continued to flourish, particularly as Western trends became more accessible and Ukrainians found themselves at the forefront of their own cultural output. While the country’s music would largely evolve in new directions throughout the 90s, the final entry on Even the Forest Hums... provides a glimpse at what the future held. The album closes with 1996’s “Lion,” by Belarusian transplant German Popov, whose project, Marble Sleeves, was “one of the few Kyiv formations that tried to master jungle/drum-n-bass,” per Bardetskyi.

Though this compilation only scratches the surface of Ukraine’s vast and diverse music scene, Even the Forest Hums offers an in-depth overview of a significant period in the country’s cultural history and unites a number of influential figures in the same collection for the first time. As Ukrainian artist Oleksandr Schegel writes in the foreword, “This is our Ukrainian treasure. It is impossible to lose and impossible to win.”

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The Allergies

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Jalapeno)

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Most Wanted)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Allergies return to their 100% sample-heavy roots, with a reworked slice of dancefloor friendly Southern soul on 'Knock Me Off My Feet'. Flipping a much sought-after 45 from the late-sixties, they take an already pumping Motown-influenced arrangement and bolt on fat drums, beefy bass, percussion and horns, taking it further than the OG band could ever imagine.

'Let Me Hear You Say' on the b-side takes us way back to New York club scene of the early 80s. Re-working old school MC chants over strutting disco loops, this finger-snapping slice of retro realness is packed with sleek and slinky grooves, and a beat that won't quit.

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Above The Law

Sex, Money & Music

Lies / You Got The Love / Work Your Body

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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We are excited to announce the official release of this album that has remained unreleased since 2002. The tracks were recorded in 2002, but only a maxi single was released at the time because Cold 187um, went to prison shortly after. Now, for the first time, these tracks are available in their entirety on CD.

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Shock

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Phil Boogie Times)

19,99 €*

Do It To The Music Michael Gray Remixes

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Remembering the Classic tune "Let Your Body Do The Talkin", Shock was an amazing Funk band run by Marlon McClain & Roger Sause. The Lies EP is an extended version of the mega rare and expensive 12" released in 2011 on Boogie Times Records. It features the songs Lies as a splendid Tony Massera re-edit Version, as well as the original version from 1984. Work Your Body is featured as well and new added on this version is now the song YOU GOT THE Love, which has never been released before on vinyl.

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Raw Silk

12" | 2024 | UK | Original (Fool's Paradise)