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CD | 2011 | UK | Original (Domino)

Release: 2001 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Cass McCombs

Wit's End

3,99 €*

7" | 1995 | DE | Original (Common Cause)

Release: 2011 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Mine / Dawnbreed

Release: 1995 / DE – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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7" | 1993 | US | Original (Striving For Togetherness)

Without A Cause

Nation Of Neglect

Release: 1993 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2004 | AU | Original (EMI)

Kasey Chambers

Wayward Angel

CD | 2003 | UK | Original (4AD)

Release: 2004 / AU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Cass McCombs

Not The Way

Teresa Banks / Cause A Riot

Release: 2003 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Split

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (La Agonia De Vivir)

5,49 €* 9,99 € -45%

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2013 | Original (Kiss Of Death)

Pale Angels

Primal Play

5,99 €*

Release: 2013 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1978 | UK | Original (Contour)

Massachusetts

5,99 €*

Release: 1978 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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CD | 2014 | AU | Original (Warner Music Australia)

Kasey Chambers

Bittersweet

5,99 €*

Release: 2014 / AU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A Million Pieces Blue Vinyl Edition

Cozy Slippers

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Kleine Untergrundschallplatten)

6,59 €* 11,99 € -45%

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1972 | US | Original (ATCO)

To Whom It May Concern

6,99 €*

Release: 1972 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Power Without Violence / Death Tomorrow

Gaz-66 Intrusion

7" | 2011 | EU | Original (Crucificados Pelo Sistema)

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CD | 1992 | DE | Original (Line)

Release: 2011 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Iain Matthews

Skeleton Keys

6,99 €*

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Munster)

Release: 1992 / DE – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Pau Riba

Ars Erotica

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LP | 1978 | US | Original (King)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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HIGHLIGHTSAs a follow-up to our previous work reissuing the recordings of Pau Riba, key figure in Catalonia's counter-culture and music scene, Munster presents "Ars Erótica", one of his most sought-after singles, in the 50th anniversary of its original release.It includes alternative edits of two songs included on his classic album Dioptria/1, great examples of his psychedelic folk-rock style at the time that also picture the chilled-out vibe at the studio where Riba was backed by the band Om and some guest friends.DESCRIPTIONAs a follow-up to our previous work reissuing the recordings of Pau Riba, key figure in Catalonia's counter-culture and music scene, Munster presents "Ars Erótica", one of his most sought-after singles, in the 50th anniversary of its original release.This is a misterious and surprising record that was originally released on Concèntric and featured alternative edits of two songs previously included on his classic album Dioptria/1. 'Ars Erotica (non est mihi)' is edited to last just under 5 minutes, after taking out some verses and arrangements, although keeping intact its psychedelic folk-rock essence, with plenty of fuzz guitars.On the flipside we can find the possibly most interesting recording on this single, clearly showing what the vibe and work method were at the studio: all the musicians playing simultaneously in a chilled-out atmosphere. This edit of 'Rosa d'abril (l'amor s'hi posa)' starts right in the same point where the album edit finishes, with Pau Riba backed by the band Om jamming and some of the guest friends at the studio joining in, including the film producer and script writer Joaquim Jordà, who Riba wrote this song for.

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The Five Keys

14 Hits

7,99 €*

Release: 1978 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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The Connoisseur Collection Of The Five Keys

The Five Keys

LP | 1972 | US | Original (Harlem Hitparade)

Release: 1972 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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LP | 1981 | JP | Original (Polydor)

Cozy Powell

Tilt

CD | 2018 | EU | Original (Anti-)

Release: 1981 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Neko Case

Hell-On

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2009 | EU | Original (Anti-)

Neko Case

Middle Cyclone

Release: 2009 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Billy Connolly & Gerry Rafferty

Best Of The Humblebums

2CD | 1996 | UK | Original (Kaz)

CD | 2016 | EU | Original (Anti-)

Release: 1996 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Cass McCombs

Mangy Love

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Cloud Of Smoke Blue Vinyl Edition

Andrew Gabbard

7" | 2021 | US | Original (Karma Chief)

9,74 €* 12,99 € -25%

Tape | 2021 | EU | Original (Sub Pop)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A Musician Whose Influences Span Hard Rock, Psych, Garage Rock, And Energetic Pop, Andrew Gabbard Has Long Been A Force On Thesouthwestern Ohio Music Scene. Working With Thee Shams, The Buffalo Killers, And Currently As The Gabbard Brothers With His Brother Zach, Andrew Is Truly A Prolific Artist Covering A Wide Range. The Buffalo Killers Caught The Attention Of Dan Auerbach Who Produced Their Debut Lp And Andrew Is Currently Part Of The Touring Band For The Black Keys. Now Joining Forces With Another Ohio Establishment, Colemine Records, Andrew Hopes To Hone His Sound And Grow His Reach. His First Single As Andrewgabbard Is "Cloud Of Smoke", A Mix Of Hazy Pop Infused With Alt-Country Vibes That Feels Part Neil Young, Part Wilco, And Part Flaming Lips All At The Same Time.For Fans Of...Neil Young, Michael Nau, Wilco, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Byrds, Gene Clark.

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TV Priest

Uppers

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Waiting For Ünta (Live In Berlin '88)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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It's Tempting To Think That You Have All The Answers, Screaming Your Gospel Every Day With Certainty And Anger. Life Isn't Quite Like That Though, And The Debut Album From London Four-Piece Tv Priest Instead Embraces The Beautiful And Terrifying Unknowns That Exist Personally, Politically, And Culturally. Posing As Many Questions As It Answers, Uppers Is A Thunderous Opening Statement That Continues The Uk's Recent Resurgence Of Grubby, Furious Post-Punk Music. It Says Something Very Different Though - Something Completely Its Own. Four Childhood Friends Who Made Music Together As Teenagers Before Drifting Apart And Then, Somewhat Inevitably, Back Together Late In 2019, Tv Priest Was Borne Out Of A Need To Create Together Once Again, And Brings With It A Wealth Of Experience And Exhaustion Picked Up In The Band's Years Of Pursuing 'Real Life' And 'Real Jobs', Something Those Teenagers Never Had. Last November, The Band - Vocalist Charlie Drinkwater, Guitarist Alex Sprogis, Bass And Keys Player Nic Smith And Drummer Ed Kelland - Played Their First Show, To A Smattering Of Friends In What They Describe As An "Industrial Freezer" In The Warehouse District Of Hackney Wick. "It Was Like The Pub In Peep Show With A Washing Machine Just In The Middle_" Charlie Laughs, Remembering How They Dodged Star Wars Memorabilia And Deep Fat Fryers While Making Their First Statement As A Band. Unsurprisingly, There Isn't A Precedent For Launching A Band During A Global Pandemic, But Among The General Sense Of Anxiety And Unease Pervading Everything At The Moment, Tv Priest's Entrance In April With The Release Of Debut Single "House Of York" - A Searing Examination Of The Monarchy Set Over Wiry Post-Punk And Fronted By A Mark E. Smith-Like Mouthpiece - Served As A Breath Of Fresh Air Among The Chaos, Its Anger And Confusion Making Some Kind Of Twisted Sense To The Nation's Fried Brains. It's The Same Continued Global Sense Of Anxiety That Will Greet The Release Of Uppers, And It's An Album That Has A Lot To Say Rig...

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The Cheepskates

LP | 1989 | DE | Original (Music Maniac)

Release: 1989 / DE – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1982 | UK | Original (Charly R&B)

The Five Keys

It's A Groove

LP | 1985 | PT | Original (Aquila)

Release: 1982 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Pop

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José Afonso / Luiz Goes

Coimbra

Release: 1985 / PT – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Buke And Gass, So Percussion

A Record Of

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Brassland)

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Brassland)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Buke And Gass

Scholars

Exploring Soldiers Rise Clear With Silver Blue Splatter Edition

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Live By The Sword

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Rebellion)

10,44 €* 18,99 € -45%

7" | 2011 | EU | Reissue (Born Bad)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Description: Nearly Three Years Have Passed Since The Dutch-American Alliance Of Live By The Sword Released Their Self-Titled Mini-Lp For Rebellion Records. After A Successful And Exclusive Performance At 2019's The Sound Of Revolution Festival The Time Has Come To Unleash New Battle Songs Onto The World. The Band Has Been Exploring Both Their Direction And Sound, Only To Make Sure That 2021 Will Be The Year That The Band Will Rise With A Glorious Iron Blaze With Its Debut Full-Length "Exploring Soldiers Rise"!Musically And Lyrically Live By The Sword Is More Heroic And Darker Than On Their Previous Releases. Telling You About The Irrelevance Of Mankind, Primal Forces Of Nature, The History Of Histories And The Undeniable Power Of Steel_running Both Rebellion Records And Cosmic Key Creations, Songwriter/Guitarist Wouter Davids Combines His Passion For Metal And Punk Into One Vibrant And Powerful Mix Of Vintage Rock, Brutal Streetpunk And Epic Metal. The New Sound Make The Glorious And Victorious Vocals Of Erick Come Alive And Sound Better Than Ever Before. The Band Goes Outside Of Its Previous Comfort Zone And Undoubtedly Delivers You Their Hardest, Elaborate And Most Diverse Work To Date!

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Gaz Gaz

Debut

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Sugar & Spice / Johnny's Death Feat. Jack White

Release: 2011 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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New band from Perpignan (South of France) with SONIC CHICKEN FOUR, LIMINANAS members.

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Soledad Brothers

7" | 2017 | US | Original (Third Man)

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Fluid To Gas / Potato Fritz

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Out of the ashes of Toledo's Henry and June arose the mighty Soledad Brothers. This recording is the Soledad Brothers doing what they did best - houserockin' blues in full Midwestern malaise. This single was recorded in 1998 at Jack White's house on Ferdinand Street in southwest Detroit and was the band's debut release.

As key players in a scene of like-minded minimalist garage groups, vocalist, guitarist and master of harmonica Johnny Walker and drummer/future Third Man Records co-founder Ben Swank, were playing shows in Detroit so often, it eventually just made sense for Ben to pay Jack rent and become his roommate. This single features Jack playing a metal snow shovel on the B-side, ''Johnny's Death Letter''.

Sugar and Spice b/w Johnny's Death Letter

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Silberhochzeit Split

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Fidel Bastro)

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Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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La Palma / Und All Die Hummeln

Friends Of Gas / Lafote

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Kant Qualitätsschallplatten)

10,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1975 | JP | Reissue (RSO)

In The Morning

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Release: 1975 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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LP | 2022 | EU (Sons Of Vesta)

The Catalyst

Swallow Your Teeth

11,89 €* 13,99 € -15%

Pedro Mizutani & Skinshape

Release: 2022 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A little maturation goes a long way. Youthful energy is key to aggressive music, but it takes experience and talent to channel that energy productively. In the case of The Catalyst, they've tightened the reins on the droopy tantrums of their previous EP's. Now their music seethes, with biting lyrics to match. Eric Smith still vomits vocals like an aural exorcism, but his "singing" is stronger and more prominent in the mix. He takes aim at the rogues behind the economic meltdown ("Corner office with a view / Picture window from which you might leap to join us in the streets"), as well as Internet backbiting ("You never cite your sources when your passion is poison"). Musically, The Catalyst continue to crank out throbbing, screamy, squealing songs. They sound like the swampy middle ground between Karp and Pg. 99. Yet their members have grown into a tightly knit unit. Though sloppiness is de rigueur among bands that have rediscovered vintage Sub Pop and AmRep records, The Catalyst boast real chops and an idiosyncratic take on the form. On Swallow Your Teeth (Perpetual Motion Machine, 2009), The Catalyst control their chaos just enough to create their most cohesive work yet. Besides, can you go wrong with a song titled "Lars Ulrich's 1986 Funeral (It Should Have Been You)"?

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Pensando Baixo

7" | 2024 | EU (Nice Guys)

Sell Your Gun Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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As a true Brazilian music aficionado, Skinshape was naturally captivated by Pedro Mizutani's charm. So, when Pedro visited Europe in the summer of 2023, Skinshape invited him to its London studio. Together, magic effortlessly unfolded. Pedro sets the rhythm, while Skinshape sets the grain. With Skinshape weaving in basslines and other arrangements around Mizutani's mesmerizing guitar playing, the collaboration was a breeze. The two musicians understood each other in the blink of an eye. Together, they crafted a true homage to bossa nova. Without overshadowing Mizutani's style, Skinshape brought out his full musicality. It was a seamless symbiosis. The duo created a one-of-a-kind work. In the spirit of the Afrobeats movement, one could even describe it as "bossa-pop," maintaining the essence of the genre while incorporating British aesthetic elements under Skinshape's discerning ear. A sprinkling of shimmering bells here, kicks dipped in reverb there, and jazzy basslines for that extra touch of groove. As for Pedro Mizutani, he excelled in delicacy as always and did not lose altitude, soaring to even greater heights.

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The Gabbard Brothers

7" | 2021 | US | Original (Karma Chief)

7" | 2020 | CH | Original (Les Disques Bongo Joe)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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For Fans Of The Buffalo Killers, The Black Keys, Neil Young & Crazy Horse.From The Ashes Of The Acclaimed Ohio Rock Band Buffalo Killers, Singers/Songwriters/Siblings Zachary And Andy Gabbard Have Re-Emerged As The Gabbard Brothers. And While There Are Still Similarities To Their Previous Band, With Nods To Greats Like Neil Young, James Gang And Buffalo Springfield, There's A Hazier, Organic, Earthy-Psych Vibe Running Through The Brothers' New Music.Fresh From Their Black Keys Tour (Zachary And Andy Are Current Bassist And Guitarist, Respectively, In The Keys' Expanded Tour Group), The Gabbard Bros. Are Releasing Their Debut Single 'Sell Your Gun Buy A Guitar' Via Colemine Records' Imprint Karma Chief, Which Citybeat Music Editor Mike Breen Called A "Great '60s-Flavored Pop Nugget." The B-Side, 'Too Much To Feel' - A Musical Middle Finger To The Bigots, Racists And Folks Holding On To An Old, Outdated Way Of Thinking. This New Single Will Be Included In Their Forthcoming Debut Studio Album.

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Guess What / Porest

Al Khawarizmi / Hoyda

Release: 2020 / CH – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1970 | US | Original (ATCO)

Cucumber Castle

Release: 1970 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Esoteric)

Tear Gas

Piggy Go Getter

Fat Pop Limited Standard CD

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Paul Weller

CD | 2021 | EU | Original (Polydor)

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Veda EP Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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We may be cursed to be in the midst a global pandemic, buffeted by all of its stresses and pain. But everyone knows that art provides succour, that music is the most reliable balm. And for many there is further significant comfort to be drawn from the knowledge that Paul Weller is in the midst of an unbelievably prolific purple patch. Paul Weller will not let us down when we need him most.

On May 14th, Paul Weller releases his 16th solo album since his self-titled debut in 1992, his fourth in as many years and his second in just under twelve months following June 2020’s magnificent, chart-topping On Sunset. It’s not hyperbole to state that this new album, titled Fat Pop (Volume 1), is among his most compelling collections, bar none, including all of his era-defining work in the 1970s and ‘80s with The Jam and The Style Council. It’s an absolute scorcher.

When lockdown was declared in March 2020, Paul Weller decided immediately that he wanted something to focus on, since it seemed unlikely he’d be able to tour On Sunset as planned that summer.

“I had lots of ideas stored up on my phone,” he explains down that same handset, speaking from outside his London home, “and at least this gave me an opportunity to develop them.” So he started to record songs on his own, doing just vocals, piano and guitar, then sending those sound files to his core band members such as drummer Ben Gordelier, Steve Cradock on guitar and various other instruments, and bassist Andy Crofts for them to add their parts. “It was a bit weird not being together, but at least it kept the wheels rolling. I’d have gone potty otherwise.”

The band reconvened at Weller’s Black Barn studio in Surrey during the summer when restrictions were lifted to finish the work, with several of the songs being cut live. By this stage, the shape of the album was clear to all. Weller wanted to deliver an album of singles, twelve short, distinct blasts, each strong enough that they could stand alone if so desired.

“That was a conscious decision,” he confirms. “I even thought about putting every song out as a single first then gathering them all on an album, but that wasn’t practical at the moment. They all have that strength and immediacy, I think, and they’re all short, three minutes or so maximum.”

Producer Jan ‘Stan’ Kybert was so taken with the concept that he half-jokingly suggested that the album be called Greatest Hits. “I quite liked the idea and every song does stand up as a single, I think,” chuckles Weller, “but no, we couldn’t do that really.”

Instead, he plumped for Fat Pop (Volume 1). “I thought we’d add Volume 1 to it just to keep my options open in the future for a second volume!” The title track, a tight, heavy blast of ultra-modern funk, is itself the conceptual key to the whole album. “It’s a celebration of music and what it’s given us all. No matter what situation you are in, and we’re in one now, music doesn’t let you down, does it?”

As ever, Weller’s sonic masterplan was to avoid whatever had recently preceded it. “After [2018’s] True Meanings I thought I wouldn’t have any acoustic guitars for a little while, so I’ve largely avoided those with On Sunset and with Fat Pop,” he says. “But more than anything I wanted something vibey, something we could play live.” He laughs ruefully at the irony of that. “God knows when that will be, bearing in mind where we are with the virus. But in the imaginary gig in my mind I can see us playing all of the songs on Fat Pop live, along with the songs from On Sunset, blending them with some of the old favourites too. What a great set that would be.”

Live is where he imagines On Sunset and Fat Pop (Volume 1) working in tandem, because they don’t act as companion piece albums otherwise. “On Sunset was quite lavish in places, whereas with this one I wanted to limit it in some ways, make the production less expansive.”

Beyond that desire to keep it frill-free and tight, sonically Fat Pop (Volume 1) is a diverse selection of sounds. No one style dominates. There’s the synth-heavy, future-wave strut of Cosmic Fringes, the stately balladeering of Still Glides The Stream, Testify’s moving-on-up soul, and the kind of dramatic three minute pop symphonies on Failed, True and Shades of Blue with which Paul Weller has hooked in generation after generation of devotee.

More than sonic plans, though, Weller set himself the same task as he does before any recording. “Whenever I make an album I’m always just trying to at least match what’s gone before because each time I think the bar’s been raised. If all goes to plan, sometimes I manage to go over that bar too.”

Sometimes he does, sometimes he really does.

Fat Pop (Volume 1), the story behind each song:

Cosmic Fringes

A dramatic entrance to Fat Pop (Volume 1). Cosmic Fringes pairs a minimal, pumping electro swing with a deadpan vocal that detonates an unspecified poseur and blowhard. “I’m a sleeping giant, waiting to awake/I stumble to the fridge/then back to bed”.

“It’s not about anyone in particular,” suggests Weller, “but I suppose it could be about a keyboard warrior, someone who is constantly brainstorming ideas but never gets around to doing them. Someone talking the talk, but never doing anything.”

“When I first did the demo it was quite punky, a bit like The Stooges. It doesn’t sound anything like that now because then I had the idea of stripping it all back to just the drums and bass, putting those synths on it. It’s got a bit of motoric feel to it and a little bit glam rock too, I think.”

True

A song with all the attributes of the greatest Paul Weller numbers: fire in its belly, questing lyrics, boss horns, flashes of guitar fury and a yearning melody you awake humming daily. It’s also a tremendous vocal, shared between Paul and Lia Metcalfe, the young Liverpudlian singer with The Mysterines.

“I really like her band and I really like her singing,” he says. “It makes a massive difference that we sang it live, in the same room. She’s got a really powerful voice and I wanted to write something for us to sing together, so I did. Then I just sent the phone demo to Lia and two weeks later we cut it. That was one of the last things we did for the album, in around September”.

Fat Pop

That brilliant, heavy bassline? “I did that. When we recorded it I was actually thinking about Cypress Hill, doing something that sounds like a DJ Muggs production. It’s got a bit of that. It’s my favourite song on the album, I think, about all the times music’s been there for me.”

Shades of Blue

A classic three-minute English pop kitchen sink drama, written by Paul Weller and his daughter Leah, who joins him on vocals. “Leah wrote the chorus for it and helped me finish it up. I wrote the verses. Reminds me of a suburban drama, a play.”

Glad Times

Sweeping, wistful, sparkling in shades of blue, Glad Times’ winning melancholia has been in the back of Weller’s mind for a while. “I wrote this with Tom (Doyle) and Ant (Brown). They usually send me a backing track and we work on it from there. It’s been around for a while, nearly made it onto On Sunset but didn’t quite fit. I really liked it, though, so I’m really glad it made it on to this album instead.”

Cobweb / Connections

Pastoral introspections, featuring a lovely acoustic solo by PW and a string score by Hannah Peel. “I think the song is saying that the more you can be yourself and be happy with yourself, the more you change into something better. It’s not just good for you, it’s good for everyone else as well. ‘Save yourself and save everyone around you too.’ It’s from observation but I suppose it’s about me too.”

Testify

Superfly strutting, cut live in the studio with Andy Fairweather Low adding distinctive vocals and Jacko Peake on fine flute and saxophone. When allowed out of the house, it’ll be a future live favourite.

“We had actually done it live two or three years ago,” says Weller, “but while I loved the groove I never really got a grip on the song. Then I did this charity gig in Guildford, one of the last things I’ve done probably, some Stax songs with Andy Fairweather Low. Our voices sound so good together and he’s such a lovely fellow, so I sent him the backing track. As soon as lockdown was lifted he came down to the studio for the afternoon. We cut it live and that was it.”

That Pleasure

In amongst those soulful strings there is some barely contained rage in Weller’s voice as he sings ‘Lose your hypocrisy.’ “I suppose it’s my reaction to the whole Black Lives Matter movement,” he explains. “You’re always on tender ground writing about that, but, regardless of my colour, any human being should be disturbed. You should be appalled and disgusted and shocked by those images of George Floyd being killed in the street. It has to stop. It’s a question for everyone.”

Failed

‘All the things I never get/and all the things I never meant/and all the things that make no fucking sense…I’ve failed.’

“Yes, I’m asking myself the question,” admits Weller, a man who has never been afraid of self-reflection in his songwriting. “It’s an angry song because I wrote it right after a massive row with my wife. But I like it. It’s honest. It’s not how I feel all the time, but it is how I feel some of the time. I’m just talking about me as a man. We all measure success in different ways.”

It’s also one of his favourite songs on the album, a stand-out.

Moving Canvas

A chunky, percussive groove, with the feel of Traffic but updated for the here-and-now.

“It’s going to be great live that one. I wrote it about Iggy Pop. I hope he likes it if he ever gets to hear it. It’s my tribute to him, even though it doesn’t sound anything like him. Aside from all the great records he’s made, as a performer he’s high art. It’s all about the Igster.”

In Better Times

A plaintive plea with some beautiful sax and guitar breaks. “Cold in your eyes, don’t you know you break my heart in two”.

“It’s me talking to a young person who is going through something, addiction or mental health pressure, or whatever, and just saying it’ll be alright. Just get through this bit and there’ll be better times to come, you’ll look back and you’ll see it differently.”

Still Glides The Stream

A stately collaboration between Weller and long-time guitar foil Steve Cradock.

“I had the chords and possibly the melody, which I sent to Cradock. And he sent me back a poem and I edited that, then we sent it back and forth by phone. Lockdown songwriting. I just liked the poem. In my mind, I was thinking about our road sweeper who’s a lovely fellow. I started thinking that there’s so many people in this country who form the infrastructure of it and without whom we’d be fucked. But they’re looked down upon, not really noticed. So I was imagining their story. I did find out that there’s a book of the same name (by Flora Thompson) and Cradock said he had seen it in a shop, so that’s where the title comes from. I just liked the poetry of it. Steve’s a very soulful fella.”

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Mustafa Kus & Imece

7" | 2021 | EU | Reissue (Ironhand)

12,34 €* 12,99 € -5%

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Melody As Truth)

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Limited to 300 copies on red vinyl.

Ironhand Records is proud to announce the EP of Mustafa Kuş & İmece, musically at the crossroads of funk, jazz, and psychedelic, with Anatolian rhythms.
Mustafa Kuş, who went to Germany for his education and founded his band İmece in 1976, released three albums and one single until 1985.
Compiled from those, the 4 songs in this EP blend Anatolian rhythms with funk and jazz, entertaining bass lines, crazy drum attacks, saxophone, and keyboard solos.
Remastered from the original master tapes, limited to 300 copies exclusive for hhv.de on red vinyl. You will hear the idol of today’s many popular bands!

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Suzanne Kraft

Sometimes / If I Die

12,74 €* 16,99 € -25%

7" | 2022 | EU (Surfin' Ki)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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“Sometimes / If I Die” are two songs that have been key parts of the Suzanne Kraft live shows for the last year. The only songs in the set list not taken from the 2021 album “About You”, it felt natural to give them the full release that they deserve. Both tracks carry the hallmarks of SK’s recent work; hazy guitars, horizontally-inclined vocals and fuzzy 4-track pop sensibilities. coming soon on a 7"from Melody As Truth.

‘Sometimes’ was written in the wake of wrapping up ‘About You’ and served as a pole star for future exploration. A song of brotherly love, it simply describes a late evening at a friend’s house talking, drinking, laughing, sharing stories. ‘If I Die’ is a song originally written and recorded by close friend Alejandro Cohen and his band Languis. About the song, SK says, “Ale played a pivotal role in my musical upbringing since meeting him in my late teens. When the time came to play shows and tour I wanted to honour the influence Ale had on me by bringing one of his most beautiful songs along with me”.

Limited edition of 300 with colour printed insert designed by Steele Bonus

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Cozy

Denim Child

Cass Mccombs & Weak Signal

Release: 2022 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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After a string of smash hit records on Hozac, Screaming Apple and Secret Mission, Cozy are back with a brand new single on Surfin' KI Records!!! "Denim Child" may just be the best tune Cozy has released to date!!! From it's floor shaking verse to its insanely anthemic singalong chorus, "Denim Child" is an instant hit that will be stuck in your head for months!!!!! "Cutie Catcher" on the b-side is an infectious, moog-laden bubblegum romp which showcases Cozy's playful side to spectacular effect!!!

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Vacation From Thought / Give It Back

7" | 2022 | US | Original (Wharf Cat)

Musta Valo Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Vacation from Thought b/w Give it Back 7" is the first newmusic from Cass McCombs following the August release of hisnew LP Heartmind (ANTI-), and the first Weak Signal release following their album War And War (Colonel Records) earlier this year. Recorded to tape with few overdubs by Philip Weinrobe (Adrienne Lenker, Florist) and mastered by Carl Saff, the record achieves a warm, hard-hitting sound that is perfectly suited to the 45 RPM 7" format. Advance single, "Vacation from Thought" written and sung by McCombs, features a driving motorik drum beat from Tran, ripping guitar figures from legend, Mike Bones, and precision backing vocals and bass work from Sasha Vine who keeps pace with Cass as they take the listener on a trip to witness yet unseen birds, primordial "red-clay mud" and much more. The B-Side is the Weak Signal written, and Mike Bones sung "Give It Back," a devotional love song with a scorching guitar riff that will get stuck in your head for days. As with the best 45s, the Vacation from Thought b/w Give it Back 7" is truly a "Double A-Side."

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Kissa

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Svart)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2021 | UK | Original (Polytechnic Youth)

Lone Bison

Transistor Memory

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Decor)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Polytechnic Youth’s enforced, quickfire pre-Christmas release schedule continues apace here with the wonderful debut full length from Lone Bison. As many small labels are discovering just now, one of the only viable alternatives to the current nightmarish world of vinyl pressing, is wandering back into yesteryear and -armed with a call from the PY devotees to ‘just keep getting the music out’- turning to the previously scorned upon compact disc. With ticks alongside the ‘cramming more music onto it’, having it look cool and charging £9.99 tops, we present this fabulous first Lone Bison full length. An incredible 13 track, electronic project for Ramsgate UK based Nick Bonell. Inspired by a love for ‘70s German electronic music and the current golden age of synthesizer based film soundtracks, it’s key theme as Nick says is “Repetition. I just like to lose myself in interlocking arpeggios which transport me away from the stresses of the day job. The tunes came out of me moving increasingly away from guitar and towards using hardware synths like the Korg Ms20, and, having made music as part of a band or a duo- I fancied something solo this time. The album was recreated very quickly, often with single takes and carefully choosing times when the family and neighbours were out!” Hugely recommended to fans of Tangerine Dream / Klaus Schulze or Edgar Froeses’ solo work as well as Cluster and lots on (label favourite) Sky records’ output. Musically, the album is wonderful but the sleeve is pretty neat too; Nick adds “I will be forever grateful for the amazing linocut cover art by Ieuan Edwards aka The Black Gold Press. I originally asked if I could use an existing print, but he insisted on a bespoke piece and chiselled lino all night to turn around the print in 24 hours. Then Jules Bigg (one of the original team behind the launch of Ramsgate Music Hall) did the photography and graphic design, the man is a wizard. I am truly lucky to live in an area where, if you chuck a rock in the air, it will land on an artist or musician. I had pretty much given up on making original music, after the untimely death of my songwriting partner some years ago. However, living in an area where new venues have mushroomed and great gigs are so plentiful, has inspired me to dig out the synths and fx pedals again”. Released in a one time pressing only of 500 with insert cards carrying more of Ieuan and Jules’ work, the album is released by Polytechnic Youth in December.

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The Delines

Little Earl

Tape | 2021 | UK | Original (Partisan)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The brand new single from The Delines - whom will be releasing their new LP next Feb 2022 - much of which is inspired by Amy Boone and Willy Vlautin's shared love of Tony Joe White. Little Earl will be the lead track for the new album and Myrna and McCaughey will be exclusive to this single on physical formats. Recorded with longtime producer John Askew in Portland over 2019/2020 just before Covid hit. It features the classic line up of the band whom gave the world 'The Imperial' lp which was number 1 for two weeks on the official Americana charts with Amy Boone (vocals), Willy Vlautin (guitar/songwriting), Sean Oldham (drums), Freddy Trujillo (bass) plus the amazing arrangements by Cory Gray (keys and horns).

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Geese

Projector

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Life Goes On)

Tin Pan Alley

Sell Your Gun By A Guitar Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Tin Pan Alley is the name given to a collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. It originally referred to a specific place: West 28th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in the Flower District of Manhattan. Haruomi Hosono (Apryl Fool, Happy End, Ymo), Masataka Matsutoya (music producer, arranger, keyboard player and composer married to popstar Yumi Arai), Shigeru Suzuki (also guitarist in Happy End) and drummer Tatsuo Hayashi (later on in fusion prog-bands such as Aragon and Parachute) took the name for granted. Their 1975 self-titled debut is stil one of the most sophisticated venture in the so called city pop scene.

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The Gabbard Brothers

7" | 2021 | US | Original (Karma Chief)

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Emotional Rescue)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Michael James Pollard

Too Confusing

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Partisan)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Emotional Rescue returns to early 1980s Manchester with the previously unreleased music of Michael James Pollard and his beautiful distillation of indie pop in Too Confusing and bedsit cover version of Ashford and Simpson's Surrender. While studying photography at Manchester Polytechnic, MJ) Pollard lived and played in a band in a ramshackle house in Walley Range. In the cellar studio he would write and record his own songs using their guitars, fretless bass and keys, as well as his own Casio VL-Tone Vl-1 and Simmons Clap Trap to augment his drums onto a 4 track Teac. By 1983, and now solo, he was recording out of Dislocation Dance's studio Erc111), had secured a Peel Session and via Factory Records' Lindsay Reade, was discussing with Fundacao Atlantica about releasing an album. Working with singer Sioux Goddard as a duo, they put down 8 songs in 2 weeks in summer '84. However, Fundacao Atlantica's financial difficulties and soon closure meant the songs were lost until now. Recovered off the original tapes and lovingly restored, Too Confusing captures the optimism of the sessions, a summer love melody of forlorn youth. Surrender accompanies, recorded back in that cellar in '81, with friend Stephanie Danziger on vocals, its lo-fi simplicity is a perfect take on an all-time classic, making this a newly prized gem of British indie pop history.

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Geese

Projector

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

Vinyl is close to NM. Original inner sleeve. Tiny wear.

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My World / The Bee Gees Best Collections = マイ・ワールド / ビー・ジーズベスト・コレクションズ

2LP | 1972 | JP | Original (Polydor)

Tape | 2020 | EU | Original (Sweet Time)

Release: 1972 / JP – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

No Obi, with inserts.

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Kiss Boom Bah

Out Of Our Tree

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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7" | 2023 | US | Original (Jabs)

Skingraft

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Feral Child)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Skingraft was a band from Rochester, New York who made jarring, technical, irregular death metal. Three teenagers who spent the frigid, upstate winters mastering arcane scales and double bass patterns, their elaborate, dynamic songs pair howls and blast beats with brooding, minor-key melodies and deviant rhythms. Picture the bludgeon of Entombed's "Left Hand Path," the shattered glass frequencies of Godflesh's "Streetcleaner," and the destabilization of "Remain Sedate" by Roschach. Skingraft recorded these two songs at Rochester's famed Dajhelon Studios during their junior year of high school. Released on the 30th anniversary of this recording session, this 7-inch is the first time these songs have been made publicly available. Guitarist MAT Colbert went on to play in Blurring, Kalibas and Humiliating Moan. Drummer Andy Meyering is a member of Further Damage. Limited edition of 300 copies on colored vinyl. Cover art is silkscreened onto handmade paper stock jackets made from pulped bibles. For every seven copies of Skingraft made, on bible was removed from this world. Includes an insert.

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30 Door Key

The Autumn People

13,29 €* 18,99 € -30%

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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New out on Feral Child is a super limited 7” EP from Italian Kosmische | Library artist Alessio Bosco, under his 30 Door KEY moniker. A wonderful 5 trk 45 heavy on Hauntology vibes, samples, nods to minimal electronica and kosmische. With one foot firmly within the “long lost ‘70s supernatural TV themes” camp, the record is superbly and consistently fresh and ambitious- and comes hugely recommended to devotees of all the above, Trunk records heads and minimal synth, electronica nuts. It looks as cool as it sounds too; screened black board sleeves, with inserts galore and hand numbered to 187 copies on black wax.

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Wild Wild Geese

Sorry Earth

LP (Odessa)

13,49 €* 14,99 € -10%

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1989 | EU | Reissue (Life Goes On)

Groundhogs

Flight N°5 To Houston

Tape | 2023 | EU | Original (Winspear)

Release: 1989 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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This album is compiled from the "Hoggin the Stage" and "bbc In Concert" sessions. In the 1960s Groundhogs were among the pioneers of the British blues revival. The group shifted to a more rock sound in the early 1970s and placed three consecutive albums in the UK top ten between 1970 and 1972.

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Barrie

Creatures Of The Night 40th Anniversary Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Brooklyn-based musician and producer Barrie Lindsay,known simply as Barrie, has a passion for creating left-of-centerpop music. She spends her days writing songs and tinkeringin Logic, stockpiling her creations in a vast archive offolders and hard drives. When it came time to select thesongs for her sophomore LP, `Barbara,' she narrowed it downto sixteen tracks. As the record came together, it becameclear that there would be two separate projects - the firstbeing `Barbara,' an emotionally charged collection of songsdealing with the loss of a parent, the love of a new partner, andfinding one's own identity. The remaining five tracks, whichwere more light-hearted and o the cu, were compiled into anew project titled `5K.'As an avid runner, Barrie named the EP after the common footrace. The aptly titled lead single, "Races," is a delightfulsynth-pop track in a unique 12/8 time, built around a bombasticdrum kit and giddy key ris. "Nocturne Interlude" acts as asegue between `Barbara' and `5K,' showcasing a hauntingmelody amidst dark brass-like synths. Second half highlight"Ghost World" has a distorted guitar ri and classic drumpattern that evokes a forgotten 90's radio b-side. The songwas recorded entirely by Barrie herself, serving as her ownband on guitar, bass, keys, and drum kit. Even though mostpeople would finish listening to the project front to backbefore finishing a 5k run, the short, sweet, and melodically richEP begs to be replayed over and over. With `5K,' Barrie showcasesher versatility as an artist, closing the loop between thesounds found on her debut LP `Happy To Be Here' and herfollow-up `Barbara'.

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Kiss

CD | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2022 | EU | Original (Bam Balam)

Heldon

Antelast

Take Your Time / Marabi Blues

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Another fantastic and explosive album by Heldon.

Richard Pinhas, the founder of 70s legends "Heldon", is one of France's best known experimental musicians and is a key figure in the development of rock music fused with electronic music. The perfect symbiosis between the musicians allows them to create an amazing sound full of power and energy....

For fans of Krautrock.

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Makgona Tsohle Band

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Umsakazo)

Brad Marino & Natalie Sweet

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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• Fully licensed and restored from the original master in the Gallo Record Company vault. • Featuring Teaspoon Ndelu, West Nkosi and Michael Xaba on saxophones and Marks Mankwane on lead guitar. • Includes new liner notes and full recording personnel on sleeve rear. • Strictly limited run of 500 copies!

'Umsakazo Records is proud to present the first in a series of limited-edition replica 45rpm records. This collection of ‘seven singles’ has been carefully curated from key holy-grail recordings made during the golden age of South African township jive. It is fitting that the first in this series comes from the band so closely identified with the genesis of the style – the Makgona Tsohle Band, the hardest working session team in apartheid-era South Africa.

Under the guidance of talent scout and producer Rupert Bopape, the Makgona Tsohle Band (“The Band That Can Do Anything”) would underpin literally hundreds of recording sessions as the house band of Gallo Africa’s Mavuthela Music subsidiary from its launch in 1964 right through to 1977. This included all of the hit records made by Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens, as well as classic hits from the Mthunzini Girls, Irene Mawela, Abafana Baseqhudeni, Lemmy ‘Special’ Mabaso, Reggie Msomi, Sipho Bhengu, Teaspoon Ndelu and so many more artists essential to the sound of urban jive music.

The Mavuthela operation formed the core of Gallo’s ‘black music’ production and, by the mid-1970s, accounted for as much as 20% of the organisation’s total income. Mavuthela’s market dominance was usually attributed to the resourcefulness of director Bopape, along with the well-oiled machine that was Gallo Africa. True enough, Mavuthela releases were of a high musical and technical quality and were always well publicised, be it through Gallo’s promotions department or the countless stage performances made by Mavuthela artists in South Africa and neighbouring countries.

But the Makgona Tsohle Band was the real secret to Mavuthela’s success. Its repertoire stretched from traditional sax and accordion jive right through to disco and ‘English pop’, and this 45rpm sees them effortlessly tackling the burgeoning 1970s Soweto soul-jazz sound. Ironically, the musical influence behind this recording was almost certainly Michael Xaba, the seasoned African jazz veteran who had scornfully referred to the newer strains of jive in the late 1950s as ‘mbaqanga’. As the Makgona Tsohle began making history as the country’s first all-electric ensemble, that epithet would resurface and was eventually ‘reclaimed’ as a term of endearment for the music they had largely created. By the 1970s, Xaba and a number of other longstanding jazzmen found themselves employed by Mavuthela as musical directors, under the initiative of Bopape who was not particularly musically inclined himself. The Makgona Tsohle Band members consequently gained a rich musical education and were fully equipped to move into arranging and producing roles when Bopape retired in 1977.

Issued only once on a 45rpm single in 1972 - and restored from the original master in Gallo’s Johannesburg tape vault - “Take Your Time” and “Marabi Blues” both offer new insight into the diverse catalogue of this greatest of all mbaqanga bands.'

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7" | 2024 | US | Original (Rum Bar)

Francky Goes To Pointe-à-Pitre

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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I discovered Natalie Sweet from Lord Rutledge at Faster & Louder. He had my 1st LP “Extra Credit” #3 on his 2019 Best of. Right behind...Natalie Sweet and Pale Lips. I loved Natalie’s 1st LP and when she posted online about wanting to collaborate with different people I jumped at the chance. I’ve always wanted to collaborate with someone outside the usual crew and it was a great chance to do so. Natalie sent me her idea for “Second Time” just her singing the song on her phone and I thought even in it’s primitive state that it had a great hook and she had something there. We collaborated on that one with me adding some lyrics and a bridge. At this time I had recently started writing “Over My Head” and presented it to Natalie who did a great job coming up with a female point of view in the song and adding lyrics that really helped the song tell a story and pushed it forward. I’m very excited about this release- it was a blast creating these songs with Natalie and bringing them to life with two old buddys Craig Sala on drums and Kris Rodgers on keys! The two tracks were expertley mixed by Mike Kennerty ( All American Rejects, Screeching Weasel) and mastered by Justin Perkins. Big thanks to Jamie at Reta Records for putting this release together and to my longtime friend and label boss Malibu Lou for bringing Rum Bar Records on board for this great release! -- Brad Marino, Rochester NH

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Plaisir coupable

LP | 2018 | FR | Original (A Tant Rever Du Roi)

Release: 2018 / FR – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: VG+

LP | EU | Original (Alone)

Cuzo

Otros Mundos

Release: EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Strange Frame Of Mind Transparent Blue Vinyl Edition

Arabs In Aspic

LP | 2010 | EU | Reissue (Karisma)

Tape | 2024 | US | Original (Sub Pop)

Release: 2010 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Re-release of “Strange Frame of Mind” the third album from Arabs in Aspic! Hailing from Trondheim in Norway, Arabs in Aspic has been mid-Norway’s flagship of 70s inspired progressive rock and proto-hardrock for the past 15 years. They’ve been described as a sweet mixture of loud, heavy guitars and drums, 12 string acoustics, funky bass and percussion, screaming Hammond organs, soft Rhodes, Mellotrons and 70s Synths, topped with plentiful vocal harmonies. After “Far Out in Aradabia”, the band played quite a lot of shows and also recruited Hammond virtuous Stig Arve Jørgensen on keys and backing vocals after seeing him perform “Hocus Pocus” by Focus. Hence, the new material became more technical and more progressive again, and in many ways “Strange Frame of Mind” from 2010 is the link between early Arabs in Aspic and the band we know today. The band overall changed a lot, and they had a hiatus for a couple of years. Erik Paulsen joined in on bass, and the sound changed to a more progressive and classic 70s style. The album was recorded at Studio Studio, run by TNT guitarist Ronnie Le Tekrø, but they were never pleased with the mastering job which was done by a guy who wanted them to sound like a 80s power metal band. Therefore, the album has been re-mastered by Jacob Holm-Lupo. This one has been out of print for a long time, and finally here’s a proper re-release. Enjoy!

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J Mascis

What Do We Do Now

LP | 1981 | EU | Reissue (Spittle)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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What Do We Do Now is the fifth solo studio LP recorded by J Mascis since 1996. This is obviously not a very aggressive release schedule, but when you figure in the live albums, guest spots, and records done with his various other bands (Dinosaur Jr., The Fog, Heavy Blanket, Witch, Sweet Apple, and so on), well, to paraphrase Lou Reed, "J's week beats your year." What Do We Do Now began to come together during the waning days of the Pandemic. Utilizing his own Bisquiteen Studio, J started working on writing a series of tunes on acoustic with a different dynamic than the stuff he creates for Dino. "When I'm writing for the band," he says, "I'm always trying to think of doing things Lou and Murph would fit into. For myself, I'm thinking more about what I can do with just an acoustic guitar, even for the leads. Of course, this time, I added full drums and electric leads, although the rhythm parts are still all acoustic. Usually, I try to do the solo stuff more simply so I can play it by myself, but I really wanted to add the drums. Once that started, everything else just fell into place. So it ended up sounding a lot more like a band record. I dunno why I did that exactly, but it's just what happened." Two guest musicians are playing this time out; Western Mass local Ken Mauri (of the B52s) plays piano on several tracks. Since J himself has some experience with keys, when asked why he needed a hired gun, he says, "Ken is great, and he plays all the keys. I tried playing some keyboards on the first Fog album, but I'm really only comfortable playing the white notes, so it's kind of limiting. [laughs] Nowadays, I could just turn the pitch on a mini Mellotron to play different sounds, but black keys just seem hard. For whatever reason, I just like banging on the white ones. Seems like it's harder to figure out how to stretch your fingers around the other ones." Mauri has no such qualms and plays all the keys very damn well. He sounds especially great on "I Can't Find You," where he is Jack Nitzsche to J's Neil Young, creating one of the album's loveliest tunes. The other guest musician, Matthew "Doc" Dunn, is also prominent on this track. Dunn's steel guitar manages to both widen and soften the musical edges of the music, giving it a full classicist profile. Dunn is an Ontario-based polymath who J met through Matt Valentine. After J played on Doc's great 2022 Sub Pop single, "Your Feel," he figured it was time for payback. Both Dunn and Mauri add beautifully to the songs here, helping to transform them from acoustic sketches into full-blown post-core power ballads. What Do We Do Now is the finest set of solo tunes J has yet penned, and the way they're presented is just about perfect. Asked if he would be touring to support the album, J says he'll be doing some weekend dates, but he probably won't be putting a band together. And I'm sure these songs will sound great solo and acoustic, but the arrangements on this album are truly great and put a cool, different spin on Mascis' instantly Recognizable approach to making music. So, what do we do now? Not sure. But apparently, what J does is to make one of his most killer records ever. Hats off to him. - Byron Coley

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Eyeless In Gaza

Photographs As Memories

Tape | 2022 | EU | Original (Svart)

Release: 1981 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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“Photographs as Memories” was the British cult band Eyeless in Gaza’s debut album. A truly kaleidoscopic picture dominated by Martyn Bates’s highly expressive vocals and Pete Becker’s peculiar analog synth lines in a jungle of electric guitars, plastic organs, soprano saxophones, percussion, violin, stylophone and tapes. An album which comes as a vivid snapshot from the very dawn of the 80’s.

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Kissa

Vaarallinen Bändi

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Tape | 2021 | US | Original (Drag City)

Bitchin Bajas

Switched On Ra

Upstairs At United Volume 3

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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It's almost four years since their last opus - two years since the most-recent run of live shows! Now, Bitchin Bajas return from whatever kind of rare ether they occupy when they're at home, bearing the riches of the whole cosmos in their hands. And strictly OG as well - on cassette only! Switched On Ra is the outcome of a typical Bajas exercise: pouring some out for the pioneers that came before (as they've done with Bitchitronics and their participation in the annual Chicago performance of "In C" over the years). It's a nice way to get a flow - they play a little of themselves, then some for the pioneers, then a little more for the band. Before long, they're playing with the inspirations twined, as they can only come from within. For Switched On Ra, this meant a deep delve into the song-book of one of their soul-predecessors, Sun Ra, whose music is literally written in the Bajas DNA. Digging into this music sounded wild on paper: the drone synth group taking on the Arkestra harmonies and Ra's loose grooves? The trick was to get that sense of rhythm to translate across the spectrum from Ra to Bajas, in a way that worked for them both. Their rearrangements of the tunes went good - up and down the EQ band, they were finding the round sounds and jagged edges that brought Ra's music into their own thing. Then at the last minute, there was another twist - why not pay tribute to the Queen herself, and think of the arrangements with a Wendy Carlos vibe? A little side homage? After all, Switched on Bach was visionary, bringing analog synths from the outside all the way into the mainstream in the late 60s - and this take on Ra is meant to take him to new ears everywhere. Sun Ra of course was his own kind of original keyboard visionary, using electric keyboards in the late 40s and 50s to fill a role in jazz that had traditionally been played on acoustic piano only. Once he'd done so, he took his writing in directions inspired by the electricity, places no one had thought to go before then. Doing what he did on the keys was a stand for individuality that became the background radiation of his journey through the cosmos; the search for a place beyond earthly dominance, for all the people who desperately wanted the fuck OUT. Bitchin Bajas have been content to dominate in a microtonal world, usually without a single chord to be found anywhere. But here, they step up righteously, their vibe triangulated as they bring Ra's music forward with some Wendy C style, making an unexpected space for all to thrive. There's a real feeling of joy as these collected signals bounce off the tape and through the speakers into your space. To get this unique colloid exactly right, Bitchin Bajas used nineteen different keyboards. They abstained from deploying their arsenal of reed and woodwind instruments: everything had to be on the keys. This meant Yamahas, Rolands, Korgs, Casios, a MicroMoog and of course their trusty Ace Tone organ. They even broke out the Crumar Ds-2, to have some of Ra's chosen tone in the mix. Then Jayve Montgomery added an EWI as a solo voice on a few tunes, just to get some air-blown signal (and a natural shout out to EWI master Marshall Allen) in there, after all. It felt like somewhere in the universe, Ra was decreeing it. Switched On Ra is an effervescent celebration of music throughout time and space.

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Jeff The Brotherhood

12" | 2012 | US | Original (453 Music)

Curiosity Killed The Laissez Fairs?

Release: 2012 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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On October 18th, 2011, Jeff The Brotherhood were joined by William Tyler (Tompkins Square), Loney Hutchins (Cleft Records) and Joey Plunket in recording Volume 3 of the Upstairs at United series. Each song in this session was recorded in a single take direct to 1/4 inch tape then cut at 45 RPM for the ultimate listening experience.

Jeff The Brotherhood, the sibling duo of Jake & Jamin Orrall show their prog rock side on this recording. While the recording consists of only three songs those songs totalled enough time that they rocked out until they literally ran out of tape (as can be heard at the end of ''In Space No One Can Hear You Scream, Part II').' While traditionally a two piece, Jeff The Brotherhood, was joined in this session by William Tyler on guitar, Loney Hutchins on keys and crazy space sounds, and Joey Plunket on bass. The recording features an 11 minute version of tour favorite ''I'm A Freak'' (Wicked Lady), an 11 minute cover of Hawkwind's ''Master Of The Universe'' and the 8 minute improvisational jam ''In Space No One Can Hear You Scream''.

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Laissez Fairs

CD | 2021 | US | Original (Rum Bar)

Unser Kleiner Dackel / Guz

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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"Indeed among the upper echelon of contemporary mod psychedelic rock bands." - It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine The Laissez Fairs and Rum Bar Records can climb the ladder of love, devotion and respect together. We have magic in the grooves and in the imagination...and we share that special magic in the relationship we have with you that gets this done with style, grace, and real talent. Hell, let's keep making magic together and make it BIGGER...this album is the key to a kingdom! ...Let's go there.

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Split

CD | 2002 | EU | Original (Wald & Wiesen)

Release: 2002 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Strange Frame Of Mind Black Vinyl Edition

Arabs In Aspic

LP | 2010 | EU | Reissue (Karisma)

Release: 2010 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1975 | JP | Reissue (RSO)

In The Morning

7" | 2010 | FR | Original (Purepainsugar)

Release: 1975 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Japanese pressing with OBI!

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12XU

Singles Serie #4/4

Release: 2010 / FR – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Tape | 2024 | US | Original (The Flenser)

Uboa

Impossible Light

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Partisan)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Uboa’s fifth album Impossible Light almost never made it out of the dark. From its initial conception in 2018, this record went to hell and back, dragging its immensity and too-big-to-hold emotion through the torturous process of translation to sound and returned triumphantly as a full-bodied record in a distinct new style.

Impossible Light begins where Uboa’s 2019 breakout album The Origin Of My Depression left off—and ends somewhere entirely different. The Origin stunned with its methodical use of doom, harsh noise, and ambient soundscapes while documenting a raw, unhindered account of Xandra Metcalfe’s experiences with her transition and her struggles with mental health. Over time The Origin steadily grew a cult-like following which developed into a full-fledged internet community focused around noise, neurodiversity and transness. While Uboa’s signature style of highly polished, cinematic “hypernoise” is front and center in Impossible Light, there is also a daring departure into the genres of industrial metal / rock, setting it apart from any other Uboa release thus far and distinguishing it from other contemporary noise records.

Metcalfe kept the lyrical content of this record as a time capsule of the catastrophic ups and downs and rapidly changing environments within herself and in the world from 2018-2023. Key collaborators include Blood Of A Pomegranate, Otay:onii, Charlie Looker and Haela Hunt-Hendrix of Liturgy. Impossible Light dives fearlessly into queer sexuality, trans embodiment, grief for those who couldn’t make it, solidarity for those facing unimaginable discrimination, the toxic spread of transphobic hatred and misinformation, and the ultimate hope of recovery from trauma and mental anguish. This is a record about the light at the end of the tunnel and the power it takes to keep moving towards it.

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Geese

Projector

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Cos / Daniel Schell & Dick Annegarn

Mein Maschin Ist Schön / The FF Boom

7" | 2021 | UK | Reissue (Finders Keepers)

The Wild Geese Folk Group

Release: 2021 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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From the same continental cosmic egg that hatched Marc Moulin, Marc Hollander and Belgian synth fusion combo Placebo comes your favourite new Franco-Flemmish pop discovery. COS, where have you been all my life? Compact in name but wide-eyed in nature, it’s understandable how the 70’s band known simply as COS has remained trapped in the tight cracks between pop stardom and prog indulgence where other like minded names like CAN, Zao, Neu! And Egg have managed to squeeze into gaps of your record collection. In presenting one of the band’s most infectious and potentially crossover legible tracks on this exclusive user-friendly 45, COS mastermind Daniel Schell not only breaks an unlikely new format for this lesser-known femme-fronted, electro/jazz fusion/prog pop opera/would-be disco cinematic six-piece but also sends a sonic telegram to a new generation of futurist pop aficionados ready to explore the deep realms of his band’s dense, expansive and consistently rewarding catalogue. Placing the microscope over the central motif of the band’s onomatopoeic 1978 triptych known as Mein Maschine Ist Schön (My Machine Is Beautiful) this very rare proposed single edit from the group’s third album combines the type of warm, brooding, discoid funk and nymphish Morse code vocals that unite fans of Stereolab, Curved Air, Jan Hammer, Emerald Web and Ursula Dudziak not to mention Schell’s own close friends, the aforementioned, Hollander, Moulin and Placebo. A prog rock 45 might sound like a contradiction in terms but with a band like COS you can only expect them to defy convention. Backed here with another deeply conceptual sliced of deep orchestral symphonic psych from Schell’s short-lived FF Boom project from the previous year this suitably compact introduction to your new favourite COSmonauts provide digestible versions of some of Schell’s finest moments and clears the decks for future explorations of a wider musical universe waiting to be explored. Turn on this beautiful machine and let yourself melt into the COSmix.

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Songs For Tomorrow If Not Today

LP | 1973 | UK | Original (Sweet Folk And Country)

Release: 1973 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Discreet Music)

Jon Collin

Bridge Variations

15,39 €* 21,99 € -30%

12" | 2023 | UK | Original (Taxi Gauche)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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On Bridge Variations, the now Stockholm-based English guitarist Jon Collin changes his guitar for a keyed fiddle. Mostly recorded to tape under different bridges around Stockholm during 2021, partly for the sound but also because of their importance to the geographical make-up of the place, the album is like a modern take on traditional Swedish folk music made by an outsider looking in. The sound is pretty much a continuation of the palette explored on 'Dream Sequence, End Of Summer', Collin's contribution to the Contemporary Homemade Music compilation put out by Discreet Music last year. Slowly moving and drawn-out melodies evolve into immense droning beauty, rich of texture and with the environmental sounds from the sites becoming an integral part of the recording. Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi and pressed in an edition of 1000 copies. Comes with a 12-page colour-coded booklet of photos of the recording locations.

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Mary Vision

Second Second Coming

15,59 €* 25,99 € -40%

It's Not Unusual Record Store Day 2024 Amber Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Second Second Coming', Mary Vision's sophomore LP, is a pastiche of many of Alex Fippinger's influences, from Lou Reed to Spacemen 3. It is an effort to maximalize the minimal, and to create sound that is at once layered and clear. With that, the lyrics also touch on many subjects with an overarching general thesis: the exploration of self and culture under duress. The album allows you to tune into these explorations via different sonic sounds. You'll find the pop sound in the first single, 'Fantasy (Ba Ba Ba)', for instance, right before you find yourself indulged in the psychedelic swirl of 'Love Drone'.

The writing experience was one initially based in home recordings. Alex Fippinger would manifest these recordings in his Brooklyn apartment and show them to the 7-piece band who always added a flavor not imagined by Alex himself. Yukary Morishima, who played bass on the record, is very prominent throughout. Aaron Peart found himself to be an integral piece to the writing as well, providing a specific flavor to the songs via lead guitar. Jack Dawson played keys for the first time on a Mary Vision record, adding a playful vibe that Mary Vision fans haven't heard before. Guido Colzani added drums that are full, yet simple, giving the simple song structures a meaningful foundation. Max Braun held it down on the rhythm guitar, the crux of the songs. Mark Perro was a utility man, adding major guitar licks throughout as

well as playing harmonium and providing next level backup vocals. Paul Blackwell engineered and produced this record to where it is now. From the opening chords of 'Window Pane' all the way to the come down of 'Riding Into the Sun', the album is a novel, an unforgettable night out on the town that you won't forget. If a record could have a character-arc, 'Second Second Coming' would be the textbook example.

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Tom Jones

7" | 1965 | Reissue (Decca)

Laiko Rock From Turkey 1968-1974

Release: 1965 / Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Sir Tom Jones UK No.1 single It’s Not Unusual, first released in 1965, is an international megahit. Written by Les Reed and Gordon Mills, the song also made waves in the US reaching No. 10 in the charts paving the way for Sir Tom’s global success. Released for the first time on 7” vinyl since 1965, this limited edition amber record is key to any fans collection.

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Risar & Kupa 4

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Ironhand)

Forget The Lessons Of The Past

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Kupa 4 (Kupa Dörtlüsü) was a band formed of Greek and Turkish musicians who lived in a mutual culture in İstanbul (or Constantinople). Their roots connected to rebetiko and laiko, but they were also children of the revolution. Therefore while playing in a tradition of a laiko band, they also had influences from beat and surf. Groovy drumming, Killer Farfisa, and bouzouki-like electric guitar sounds are the key elements in Kupa 4's soundscape.

The band rocked the taverns in Turkey and attracted both minorities' and Turks' attention until the Cyprus crisis in 1974. In this compilation, you will be hearing the recordings of Kupa 4, where they performed a unique laiko beat/surf style made in Turkey. Plus, in 2 tracks, you will listen to the band performing as an influential Anatolian Rock band.

Presented with a liner notes, archieve photos and a great re-mastered sound.

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Land Of YRX

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Polytechnic Youth)

The Slam! Years (1983-1988)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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The first of two fabulous new Polytechnic Youth full lengths released this May, is a wonderful -and long overdue- vinyl compilation of key UK electronic pioneers Land OF YRX’s work between 1982 and 1984. Released almost exclusively across a series of DIY produced cassette only releases, the bands’ output is now revered in that golden period of groundbreaking, home recorded 4 track experimental / minimal electronics releases, all of which are highly sought after and hugely influential on the swell of electronic musicians that followed at that point in the UK. The duo consists of Shrewsbury based Rob Andrews and Dave Gate (extended for live shows) and with their core discography being so utterly wonderful, honing in on a fair representation of their work with 20 minute-a-side time caps here, was no mean feat. So much of their greatest work featured across epic 15 minute plus jams- ideal for the cassette format, but trickier for wax. But we’ve got there; 7 beauties which highlight the bands’ love for experimental electronica, kosmische / krautrock and prog perfectly- all underpinned with Rob’s superb often Gottsching-esque guitar work. A superb band, totally worthy of further investigation- massively recommended to anyone into any of the above, or that core of early UK electronic underground / cassette scene of Colin Potter, Paul Nagle, Neural Circus as well as heavyweights like Conrad Schnitzler etc… The duo are still very much busy and working today, as “Why stop just because you’re having fun?” A wonderful and long overdue vinyl collection, available as a pressing of 300 this May.

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Hamid El Shaeri

CD | 2022 | US | Original (Habibi Funk)

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Teklife)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Full album dedicated to Hamid El Shaeri’s work on the Egyptian Slam! label. Hamid El Shaeri is the artist behind Habibi Funk’s most popular song to date, “Ayonha”, originally re-released in 2017 on the first Habibi Funk Compilation (habibi007). If you were to ask for a defining Habibi Funk track, there are a few that come to mind: from Fadoul’s “Sid Redad,” Dalton’s “Soul Brother” to Ahmed Malek’s “Omar Gatlato.” However, none are as widely connected with us at this point as Hamid Al Shaeri’s “Ayonha.” We heard the track for the first time when we were working on selecting tracks for your first compilation and we instantly loved it. We obviously had heard of Hamid El Shaeri’s music before, but only material from his Al Jeel phase when he was already the full-blown superstar he is now. Listening to his releases from the early 1980’s opened a whole new door for us. At the time, Hamid had just left Libya to pursue his career in Egypt via a detour in London, where he recorded his first album. Hamid’s distinct sound of the sound is quintessentially reliant on heavy synths and so it was particularly important to purchase these synths in a timely manner. “Whenever a new one [synthesizer] would come out, we would have to buy it immediately, otherwise someone else would get their hands on that sound.” London also played an important role for Hamid as a musical epicenter. He fondly reminisces about the many live shows he attended there, including some of the biggest international musicians like Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson. After returning to Cairo where he also recorded his following albums, he connected with Slam! for the release of his debut, laying the foundation of a collaboration that lasted for 5 albums. Luckily, we were able to connect with Hamid through our friend Youssra El Hawary, whose extensive network has opened many doors for us within the Egyptian music scene. We met Hamid for the first time probably in 2016 at his office / rehearsal studio in the outskirts Cairo. We were expecting a larger-than-life character in-line with his status as a certified superstar, yet the actual person turned out to be very approachable and super easy to connect with. He liked the idea of an effort to amplify his early works again, which, when originally released, were far from an economic success. While he was down to assist with an interview and his blessing for the project he also told us that for any license we needed to speak with the original label Slam! who released these songs, still held the rights and also remained in business over the decades though they didn’t actively release any new music. Hany Sabet had started Slam! Records in the early 1980s and focused on cassette tape releases, the format that expedited the success of a new generation of record labels in Egypt. By the mid 1980’s, Slam! had become one of the most successful and economically dominant record labels in Egypt, with Hamid El Shaeri being just one of their key artists, alongside Mohamed Mounir, Hanan, Hakim, Mustafa Amar and many more. Luckily, Hany Sabet turned out to be a friend of our colleague Malak Makar’s father, which probably helped to warm him to the idea of licensing “Ayonha” to this - in the scale of his world - tiny label from Germany. Eventually “Ayonha” ended up b ecoming a widely successful release and either Hany or we brought up the idea of a full album dedicated to Hamid El Shaeri’s work on Slam!. "Maktoub Aleina” is the first single and will be released January 14th. Following the massive success of "Ayonha,” “Maktoub Aleina” is another mid-tempo groover with a beautiful, synth-forward melody, that brings together a lovely combination of soul, disco and Arabic pop music of the highest order, giving a taste of full album. The second single, “Yekfini Nesma Sotak” will be released January 28th and combines Hamid’s unique formula of soul and pop, held together by a catchy synth melody. “Yekfini Nesma Sotak” picks up the pace a bit, making the uplifting mood of the track even more powerful. Third single, arriving February 11th, is “Dari Demou’ek,” one of the stand out tracks of Hamid’s early recordings done for Slam! in the early 1980s. Dominated by a disco infused bassline, the track offers a lot of space of the funky production to shine while Hamid inserts his vocals at all the right moments. A masterpiece of disco touched by Arabic pop music. Full album arrives February 25th. This release is dedicated to Hany Sabet, the founder of Slam! and his wife Rosemary Jane Sabet (who took the photos we used for the cover and the booklet), who sadly passed away during the time it took us to prepare the release. As always both vinyl and CD come with an extensive booklet with an interview with Hamid as well as unseen photos.

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Traxman

Tekvision Volume 2

Hipbone Slim & The Kneejerks

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Tekvision Volume 1 was a stone cold classic, with Rolling Stone charting it at #3 in their top 20 EDM of 2017. Two years on, Cornelius 'Traxman' Ferguson returns with the second instalment, featuring 7 exceptional new Footwork productions. Traxman is a bonafide OG, with a discography dating back to the halcyon era of Ghetto House in the late 80's and early 90's. 30 years on, Traxman is a revered figure in Chicago's urban music scene, having presided over the evolution from Ghetto House to Juke and from Juke to Footwork culture. Originally released in 1989, Work Dat Mutha Fucker by Steven Poindexter is considered to be one of the most influential tracks from the early days of Ghetto House. Traxman remixes it brilliantly on this release, reworking the stripped back, minimalist drum beat of the original into an upfront Footwork pattern. This sense of continuity is equally evident on Let Me See You Naked feat. DJ Juicy, and Traxman's remix of To Da Hoooz by DJ Deeon. These productions successfully capture the sexual energy and exuberance of Ghetto House, turbo charged at 160 BPM. Elsewhere on the record, Traxman explores different moods whilst always keeping the dance floor firmly in mind. The opening track It's Lasting Bass lays an infectious vocal harmony over complex drum patterns and a fearsome bassline. Osaka opens with mellow, sultry keys before introducing a wobbling synth and diced up Orchestal samples. 4 Da Lyfe is a soulful and slightly more meditative track, with a vocal loop expressing solidarity and self-affirmation. Wildcard feat. Jana Rush, stands alone as the only track without a vocal element, instead utilising a piercing and insistent synth to create a powerful sonic intensity. Overall this is triumphant record, and a worthy successor to the original Tekvision release, proving once again that Traxman is an unrivalled exponent of MPC-driven footwork energy.

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Introducing

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Crowntopper)

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (This Charming Man)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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New EP from World Class Garage, Beat, Rhythm n Blues, Rock n Roll, Surf Racket makers! As recently featured in Stranger Things TV series!!! Four red hot garage rockin' beat stompers!!!! Quadruple A -side 45rpm!!!! Originally planned as 4 singles!!! This new Hipbone Slim incarnation features 3 stalwarts of the British rock n roll/garage scene. Hipbone Slim aka Sir Bald Diddley - Guitar, Harmonica and Vocals Pete Scoundrel (Thee Cybermen) - Bass, Keys, Vocals Bash Brand (Thee Milkshakes, Headcoats, Billy Childish, Holly Golightly, Wreckless Eric etc) - Drums, Percussion, Vocals. Previously recorded 15 much lauded albums on Voodoo Rhythm (SW), Beast (FR), Folc (SP), Dirty Water (UK) and Screaming Apple (DE) as Hipbone Slim and the Kneetremblers, Crowntoppers and Kneejerk Reactions! Drummer Bruce Brand has made 2 albums with Link Wray! Sir Bald/Hipbone Slim has released records with members of 5678s, Mummies, Supergrass etc. 'Britain's Best Kept Secret' Maximum RnR - USA

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Parkwalker

Distant Phenomena

16,09 €* 22,99 € -30%

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Trongone Band

Keys To The House

LP (Harmonized)

16,79 €* 23,99 € -30%

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Violet Drive Colored Vinyl Edition w/ Seamsplit

Kerala Dust

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Play It Again Sam)

Case Studies (Jesse "The Duke" Lortz Solo)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Kerala Dust was formed in London in 2016. Growing up on the sounds of Can, The Velvet Underground and Tom Waits while spending blurry mornings in nightclubs, the band combines those disparate influences of psychedelic rock, blues and techno into one.

Kerala Dust are Edmund Kenny on vocals/electronics Harvey Grant on keys Lawrence Howarth on guitar. Their live performances are a constant conversation around the sounds from the studio. Pieces are re-interpreted, looped, dismantled, and put back together again.

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The World Is Just A Shape To Fill..

LP | 2011 | US | Reissue (Sacred Bones)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Casa Voyager)

Release: 2011 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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...the Night.

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Post Industrial Boys

1971

Desert Wind Red Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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After 8 years Georgian pioneer George Dzodzuashvili is back as Post Industrial Boys with a new album. It's his most personal record to date and opens up its own world: a world full of memories of a bygone time and observations so precise you almost feel like you are living and capturing them yourself with a Super8 camera.

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Yasar Akpençe

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Hot Casa)