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Akusmi is the new project moniker of French-born, London based composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Pascal Bideau, who signs to the new Tonal Union imprint for the release of his album ‘Fleeting Future’ With its hallucinatory, genre-defying blend of minimalism, cosmic jazz and Fourth World influences, and in its quest... -
Murk and mystery are the keys to MOSQUITOES’ unique ability to suck the listener into a wormhole that pulses with menace Little is known about this new-ish UK unit, but all signs point to an intriguing future The proof resides within the grooves of Drip Water Hollow Out Stone, Mosquitoes’ 5-song 12” EP on New York City’s... -
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“Brain stem cracking scum-punk recorded tersely in the basement of my home After a notoriously frustrating eon, the knee-jerk song path was aggressive and hooky This is an homage to the punk bands we grew up on—the weirdos and art freaks that piqued our interests and pointed us on the trail head to here / now Bad times make... -
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Puppet Wipes is the latest source of audio levitation for Arielle McCuaig (Hairnet, Janitor Scum, Vacuum Rebuilders) & Kayla MacNeill (Singing Lawn Chair, Vacuum Rebuilders) who conjure up their extraordinary odds bodkins out of Calgary, Alberta Label fact checkers will note that Puppet Wipes are the 1st Canadian band ever... -
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MOSQUITOES are back and they are deadlier than ever On Minus Objects, their second 12” EP for Ever/Never Records, Mosquitoes challenge the abyss to a staring contest Utilizing deep-sixed static dub imperatives over postpunk’s skeletal remains, the enigmatic trio feint & parry, duck & weave, zig & zag like they were... -
Building on the promise of nearly 10 years testing limits within club music, Batu presents his debut album Opal Experimentation is a well-established facet of Omar McCutcheon’s identity within the leftfield techno zeitgeist, but more than ever on Opal he seizes the opportunity to incorporate ideas beyond dancefloor impetus into... -
An unbelievable post-punk shuffler from 1981, by Tel-Aviv-Brussels band Minimal Compact! This tune is one of our favorite tracks ever and we've been wanting to reissue it since day one But this is no ordinary reissue! The 12'' includes an unreleased instrumental version plus a spaced-out extended dub mix by the living legend, Mad... -
A collection of stunning Persian-tuned piano pieces cut from Iranian national radio broadcasts made for the Golha programmes between 1956 & 1965 Morteza Mahjubi (1900-1965) was a Iranian pianist & composer who developed a unique tuning system for the piano which enabled the instrument to be played in all the different... -
The second part in a collection of stunning Persian-tuned piano pieces, cut from Iranian national radio broadcasts made for the Golha programmes between 1956 & 1965Morteza Mahjubi (1900-1965) was a Iranian pianist & composer who developed a unique tuning system for the piano which enabled the instrument to be played in all... -
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A magisterial totem of US avant-minimalism from one of the US industrial/noise scene's earliest and most under-sung underground operators, Robert Turman’s 1981 classic ‘Flux’ has been given a new 2022 pressing, for the good of our health Robert Turman made his recorded debut on 1979’s ‘Mode Of Infection / Knife... -
Whilst the continents contribution to the global funk, boogie and disco canon has been well documented for decades, the strong presence of rock and psychedelia in 1970's African music has been a more slowly evolving story over the years Pockets of young Africans, turned on by Hendrix, the Doors, Santana and more, started to add... -
Ethereal, sensual, subtle Maria de Fátima is that new favourite singer you think you just discovered, but had actually always been there This Brazilian muse from Tijuca (Rio de Janeiro) has worked and recorded with artists such as Milton Nascimento, Gilberto Gil, Arthur Verocai, Airto Moreira & Flora Purim, Chico Buarque and... -
After a few years in London, where he worked with Archie Shepp and recorded a sought-after album for the famed library music label De Wolfe, Argentinian pianist Luis Vecchio settled in the island of Gran Canaria following advice from a superior entity from outer space Vecchio subsequently opened the first jazz school in the Canary... -
‘My intention with this music was to create an alchemy of the studio, to bring together impossible sounds, global voices and stories, obscure ethnographic narratives, new and ancient technologies, human and non-human species’ - David Toop We are proud to launch our new library series with an incredible 12-track selection of... -
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Stunning bit of research by Andrea Dallera (Dualismo Sound) and Gabriele Casiraghi who've been meticulously digging Italian bins After endless sifting through this crucial time in Italian dance floor music, we are presented with their final distillation of this transitory period between 80's afro cosmic and Italo's peak into early... -
The last time I found myself on the phone with Jean-Christian Mboumba Mackaya known as Mack-Joss - founder of the Mighty Orchestra Massako - I could hear gun-shots in the background Libreville was upside down following the re-election of president Ali Bongo in August 2016 By the time I was ready to go ahead with this project,... -
We Are Busy Bodies is proud to reissue two albums by Ian Carr's Nucleus, including 1974's Under The Sun Originally released on Vertigo and not reissued since The album has been remastered by Noah Mintz at Lacquer Channel RecordingThe album artwork is melancholy and reflects the overall feel of the album, which is more downtempo in... -
We Are Busy Bodies is proud to reissue two albums by Ian Carr's Nucleus, starting with 1975's Alleycat Originally released on Vertigo as the group's final release for the label, the album has been remastered by Noah Mintz at Lacquer Channel Recording The album was released the same year as Snakehips Etcetera and finds the same... -
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Cheat Codes is Danger Mouse’s first hip-hop album in seventeen years - since his 2005 DangerDOOM collaboration with the late, great MF DOOM - and Black Thought’s only full length collaboration beyond his pioneering music in The Roots No Gold Teeth is the debut single from the dream team duo of Danger Mouse & Black Thought,... -
If being the founder and chairman of Third World Press Organisation – the largest independent black-owned publishers – wasn’t enough for activist and poet Haki R Madhubuti, he is also credited with a lesser-known yet remarkable music career As the bandleader of Haki R Madhubuti and Nation: Afrikan Liberation Arts Ensemble,... -
If being the founder and chairman of Third World Press Organisation – the largest independent black-owned publishers – wasn’t enough for activist and poet Haki R Madhubuti, he is also credited with a lesser-known yet remarkable music career As the bandleader of Haki R Madhubuti and Nation: Afrikan Liberation Arts Ensemble,... -
“Earl was a wonderful man with a great eye for new and innovative art And such an amusing companion, too” – Mick JaggerEarl McGrath was the ultimate ’70s jet setter, an art collector and comic bon vivant who stumbled into the record business between legendary parties in New York and LA and discovered Daryl Hall and John... -
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There’s a sick irony to how a country that extols rhetoric of individual freedom, in the same gasp, has no problem commodifying human life as if it were meat to feed the insatiable hunger of capitalism If this is American nihilism taken to its absolute zenith, then God’s Country, the first full length record from Oklahoma City... -
“With its meditative tempos and enveloping guitar work by Michio Kurihara—‘it’s like this golden net,’ Naomi said of his gorgeous, versatile playing—A Sky Record offers shelter from the squall If it has the glow of a long-delayed reunion between friends, that’s not accidental: Kurihara hasn’t traveled outside of... -
Earthling, the third studio album from Eddie Vedder, features the singles “Long Way,” “The Haves,” and “Brother The Cloud” In addition, the album features collaborations with music legends including Stevie Wonder, Ringo Starr, Elton John, Chad Smith, Andrew Watt, and Josh Klinghoffer Available from Seattle... -
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Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Beastie Boys’ 2X Platinum Check Your Head album, this limited-edition deluxe reissue is a rare version of the album that was released as a limited run in 2009 Long out-of-print and sought after by fans and collectors, it features two bonus LP’s including remixes, live... -
In this time of strife, insanity and confusion, only one band is depraved enough to offer themselves up as herald Like sin-eaters if sins had to be ingested from a very small spoon, Viagra Boys have consumed the utterly incomprehensible chaos of our era and distilled it into 12 immaculate tracks of... -
The next installment of our “Eccentric” single LP compilation series, in the same style as our Eccentric Funk and Eccentric Disco releases A simple digestible run-down of our favorite genre specific tracks All killer no filler Focusing on Deep Soul for this one The only divorce record you’ll ever need to... -
Fear Inoculum is the Grammy winning masterpiece from Tool Following the release of the limited edition single-pressing ultra-deluxe 5-disc vinyl box set, this critically acclaimed album is available now as a 3-disc 180 gram set, that features new artwork in a triple gatefold jacket and an exclusive poster3 180 Gram BLACK vinyl... -
The iconic 1992 album from Pavement— Slanted and Enchanted on limited red and white splatter vinyl for the album’s 30th anniversary The Pavement full-length debut marks the beginning of Matador Revisionist History 2022, a catalog series that includes releases from Yo La Tengo, Interpol and Spoon this year Stephen Malkmus and... -
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Sometimes even the longest journey ends close to where you started Previously, Oneida pushed further into abstract sounds, recording compositions that couldn’t have been more different than the hammering anthems of their past They return with 'Success', their most guitar-centric, rock album in... -
Tangerine Orange with Canary Yellow (LP 1) & Blue Jay with White (LP 2) Completely remastered by Joe LaPorta @ Sterling Sound, this limited pressing will feature 2xLP, 180 gram, colored vinyl When "Reel to Reel" was released in 1992, it produced two charted singles The lead single "360° (What Goes Around)", reached #1 on the... -
In 1992 rap trio House of Pain hit the rap scene with their debut self titled album" House of Pain" fashioning themselves as rowdy Irish-American hooligans, they toured with various rap and alternative-rock bands after their breakthrough They participated together with Helmet, along with several other rap acts, on the 1993 rap... -
Homegrown goth-rock legends, Alien Sex Fiend, hammered their freak flag to the mast on the seminal 1984 sophomore effort, 'Acid Bath' Produced by Kevin Armstrong (David Bowie, Iggy Pop), the album made clear that the previous year's debut, 'Who's Been Sleeping In My Brain', was far from a once-off fluke, and that the demented... -
Mostly from the songwriting and production team of PORTER AND HAYES (who brought you hits by many other great artists whose first or last names start with "John" - MABEL JOHN, JOHNNIE TAYLOR and so on) comes the first LP by the great RUBY JOHNSONRUBY JOHNSON has recorded forty-seven songs and here you will find twelve of her very... -
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New music from Donkey Kong Country 20+ tracks from the original 1994 Super Nintendo release Over 40 minutes of music based on the incredibly memorable Donkey Kong Country soundtrack for the Super NESDonkey Kong and Donkey Kong Country properties are © Nintendo Cartridge Thunder Ltd and its artists are in no way affiliated,... -
On December 2013, during Alain Pilot’s show “La Bande Passante” and as part of the celebrations for Manu Dibango’s 80th birthday, Radio France Internationale gathered around the African master a bunch of prestigious guests including the Ethio- Jazz ambassadors : Akalé WubéThe band decided to play live and on air African... -
After ZEND AVESTA and BLACK STROBE, Arnaud Rebotini released his first album under his own name in 2008 The architecture of the album revolves around the concept of live machines: TR 909, TR 808, SH 101, Juno 60, Korg Monopoly The album entirely composed on these emblematic keyboards will be the trademark of... -
Projective Vision open their archive for more tripping acid techno goodness Originally released on Holistic Recordings in 1994, Close Encounter was the duo’s first record together, quickly becoming a favorite at legendary clubs like Frankfurt’s The Omen Now faithfully restored and remastered for modern club... -
Originally released in 1986, 'Nostalgia De Lo Humano' is almost unclassifiable For Segura, styles are another form of repression, something that serves to label and keep track of those who sees, listens, buys or plays, and especially who sells Despite the fact that Segura has been producing music continuously since the 1970s, his... -
Arguably under-celebrated lovers rock gem from 1989 Copies of the original 12″ have been changing hands for rather a lot online of late, hence this new edition The original version which opens the EP is everything you’d want from a lovers rock cut: warm, dreamy, soulful and synth-heavy with plenty of bass, nice horns and a... -
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No introduction needed here An early Reggae/Soul holy grail that has long been on the radar of many diggers and collectors Originally written by Barry white and released in 1974, “Midnight and You” was then covered by Reggae Maestro producer and multi instrumentalist Willie Lindo in Jamaica the year after Willie Lindo's... -
Contemporary dancefloor oriented production's by Milan's Joseph Tagliabue featuring top class trance influenced electronic landscapes Tagliabue’s impeccable groove and sound design combines avant-garde techno and trance aural textures He arrives on Sound Metaphors’ Bless You label with four new pieces which mark once again his... -
Coveted early US house project originally released in 1991, featuring downtempo Balearic flavored keys and samples over sexy drum machine beats, remastered Side house music project by multi-instrumentalist Craig Fall originally involved with acts like Stevie Wonder and the Beach Boys Originally released in 1991, both tracks... -
For decades, the voice of Jean Carne has been a crucial part of the American musical landscape, tying together generations of Jazz, Gospel, and R&B artists As a solo artist, backing vocalist, and vocal coach, she has contributed to and collaborated with the likes of Norman Connors, Doug Carn, Dexter Wansel, Phyllis Hyman,... -
HudMo unbuckles his soundtrack for the endgame with an overproof haul of giddy hip hop, hardstyle fanfare, hyperpop euphoria and cartoonish gospel sample flips ‘Cry Sugar’ is Hudson Mohawke’s first original album since 2015’s ‘Lantern’ During the interim he’s produced records for Pusha T, Drake, A$AP Rocky, and... -
Talking Therapy Ensemble are something between free-jazz madness and groove, somehow between composition and improvisation, and exist somewhere between the public and the private Through the cathartic process of improvisation they find a release of stress and suffering - their talking therapy - inspired by the blues, crusty... -
What do Soviet avant garde movies have in common with cutting edge UK dance music Stuck The answer is The Man With The Movie Camera Successfully fusing contemporary studio production techniques with fantastic live playing, their take on...
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