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Safe Trip is taking one final deep dive into the warm waters of Italian dream house with Welcome To Paradise Volume 3, the concluding chapter in the label’s journey through the previously overlooked world of one of dance music’s most vibrant and influential underground movements While the influence of dream house continues... -
Ritmiche Italiane transports the listeners through an anomaly in the fabric of musical space-time, connecting the distant past with the modern era and the plains of a lost continent with the cities of the Italian peninsula The artists featured in the compilation strongly believed in the absence of barriers and conventions between...
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Los Angeles Free Music Society (LAFMS) formed in the mid-1970s as a loose-knit experimental music collective and multimedia publishing vehicle Founded by teenage Le Forte Four members Chip Chapman, Joe Potts and Rick Potts and soon joined by Tom Recchion of Doo-Dooettes, LAFMS incorporated free improvisation, modular synthesizers,...
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Sound-art collage of field recordings, voicemails and improvisations collected and curated by LAMFS founder member Joe Potts "Los Angeles Free Music Society (LAFMS) formed in the mid-1970s as a loose-knit experimental music collective and multimedia publishing vehicle Founded by teenage Le Forte Four members Chip Chapman, Joe...
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Selected works from 1979 'Sound' exhibition in Los Angeles "Sound: An Exhibition of Sound Sculpture, Instrument Building and Acoustically Tuned Spaces opened at the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art in the summer of 1979 (and was also on view later that year at PS1 in New York) Curated by Bob Wilhite and Robert Smith,...
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Strut present the definitive vinyl edition of 'Nigeria 70' First released in 2001, the collection inspired a new generation of labels and releases into Afro funk and Afro jazz fusions and helped to introduce the 1970s Lagos scene beyond Fela Kuti's catalogue for a legion of soul, funk and dance music enthusiasts "an essential...
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On 18th November, Brownswood Recordings releases the 6th edition of the Future Bubblers compilation An expansion of Gilles Peterson’s network supported by Arts Council England, the ongoing talent discovery and artist development scheme focuses on developing unsigned talent and building audiences for new left-field music With...
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Daddies don’t always come home for Christmas From the snow-covered plains of Wisconsin’s Driftless region to the palm-lined avenues of Los Angeles, the loneliness of the holidays is a universal theme, best expressed by tear-in-the-beer country music hopefuls Sung and strummed (and plucked) by an unlikely assortment of...
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Compiling a trilogy of full-length gqom releases from Nyege Nyege sublabel Hakuna Kulala, 'The Gqom Trilogy’ features a trio of albums from DJ Scriby, MaRiiO and Dj Skothan DJ Scriby’s "Izingoma zeGqomu" is the debut album from a 25-year-old who has been an important part of Durban's gqom scene since 2013, plotting a course...
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Latest release in the ‘Artist Code’ series as always a focus on eclecticism, open-mindedness, divergence and non-conformity Expect to hear a wide range of electronic music from house, techno, electronica, downtempo, broken beat / 2 step, even jazz funk, cherry picked by Laurent Garnier & Scan X COD3 QR wants to remain...
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Padang Moonrise is the story of modern Indonesian music that emerged underneath the volcanoes of Java and Sumatra Java, the most populous island in the archipelago of over 17,000 islands and 1300 distinct ethnic groups, and its capital city Jakarta, was where most of the post-colonial national identity, politics, administration...
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Soundway's telescope to forgotten and lesser known musical realms extends to Argentina on a brand new, triple vinyl compilation, Síntesis Moderna: An Alternative Vision Of Argentinian Music 1980-1990A digital rewilding of computer and synth powered music, dripping with an impressive variety of influence, from Italo disco,...
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Ever since he made his first trip to Japan to DJ, Optimo Music founder JD Twitch has been bewitched by Japanese music, and particularly the vibrant, imaginative, and often far-sighted sounds which emerged from the island nation during the 1980s Now he’s put years of digging in Japanese record shops to good use on Polyphonic...
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"Are you sitting comfortably Artificial Intelligence is for long journeys, quiet nights and club drowsy dawns Listen with an open mind"Back in 1992 when Warp released the Artificial Intelligence compilation it almost instantly changed both the course of Warp as a label and arguably what many would consider "club" music as an...
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Superb new compilation from Pressure Sounds with rare and unreleased productions by Lee Perry 24 Tracks from the sound lab The Black Ark between 1972 - 1978 Featuring U Roy, Junior Byles, Dillinger, Tinga Stewart, The Ethiopians and many more Deep roots music at it's finest, play loud and...
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Studio One Soul tracks the link between American Funk and Soul and Jamaican Reggae at the legendary Studio One Records Curtis Mayfield, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, The Temptations, King Floyd, Booker T and The MGs - all these artists had a huge influence on Jamaican artists and this CD contains versions of songs by all of...
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Begging the Moon is a collection focused upon an early-to-mid 20th century style of Thai popular song, commonly named Phleng Thai sakon (meaning "song which is both Thai and universal") With recordings taken from the end of WWII until the start of the 1960s, many of these tracks may also be referred to as Luk krung (meaning "child...
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More nostalgic joy from the Death is Not the End crew - 'Pure Wicked Tune' is a set of deejay led concréte chop-ups nabbed from London soundsystems between the mid '80s and early '90s Soul, funk, boogie, and rare groove bitten into by reggae sirens and omnipresent toasting - we're sold Before electronic dance music blossomed...
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"You and Me” by Penny & the Quarters simply refused to stay lost For 40 years, the song sat silent in a box of reels before heartthrob Ryan Gosling selected it to star in 2010's indie weeper Blue Valentine The power of the track set off an international treasure hunt in pursuit of the mysterious artists behind it Since then,...
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An essential release of early DFA singles, released in November 2004, the same month as the debut album from LCD Soundsystem First time ever pressed on vinyl, and on three LPs no lessIncludes The Rapture, LCD Soundsystem, Pixeltan, The Juan Maclean, Black Leotard Front, Liquid Liquid, Black Dice, and more"A meticulously assembled...
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Irida Associates USA, an obscure and short-lived record label formed by composer-performer Jerry Hunt, offers a glimpse into the revelatory world of new music and composition in the artist’s native Third Coast Based first in Dallas and later in Hunt’s home outside the rural town of Canton, Texas, Irida presented the innovative...
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Pioneers, that's what they're called Not properly a giant team, but a bunch of forward-thinking producers In the heyday of the Italo disco there was some forward thinking, a new way to address the club scene 1985 is the golden year and if you want to get to the core of the synth-pop experience Look no further! This previously...
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It was a musical cocktail born in a marketing meeting: Two parts easy listening, one part jazz, a healthy dollop of conga drums, a sprinkling of bird calls, and a pinch of textless choir Serve garnished with an alluring female on the album jacket for best results Exotica! The soundtrack for a mythical air conditioned Eden,...
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1000 Die-cut leather structure gatefold with eight artist photo cards & insert "Welcome to the America Dream Reserve, home to husband & wife duos, pub legends, one-man-bands, preachers’ sons, and country-lounge entertainers" About: America Dream Reserve is a home for kindred souls An hour-long journey into the...
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During the 1980s, when Soda Stereo and Andrés Calamaro’s now ubiquitous stadium rock anthems were Argentina’s biggest cultural exports, an equally fertile electronic underground was brewing in dimly lit clubs around the country Síntesis Moderna: An Alternative Vision Of Argentinian Music 1980-1990, the latest compilation...
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Some crate-digging compilations are often the result of someone hand-picking their choice favourites from another country’s musical history, perhaps unaware or uninvolved with its cultural lineage in the process On Soundway’s latest release - a treasure trove of synth jams, pop, samba boogie, balearic and electro from 1980...
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In 1980s black South Africa a local form of pop music evolved as the disco boom died down and slowly mutated It was often ubiquitously described as Bubblegum - usually stripped-down and lo-fi with a predominance of synths, keyboards and drum-machines and overlaid with the kind of deeply soulful trademark vocals and harmonies that...
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"Ivan 'Lloydie Slim' Smith is one of the unsung movers and shakers of 1970s reggae Slim worked for a time as both in-studio producer & record promoter for Bunny Lee and Channel 1, the two biggest and most significant producers of the 1970s At the same time, he quietly built his own catalog and released a relatively small but...
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This summer, Soundway Records will release Esa Presents Amandla: Music To The People, a double vinyl electronic music compilation by DJ and producer Esa Williams Growing up in Cape Town, South Africa, during the last days of Apartheid, Esa recalls the immense power of music had in resisting oppression and division "Amandla,...
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A choice 4 tracker of sought after italian house productions from 1993 - 1995 ! In the nineties, renown DJs and producers Leo Mas and Fabrice, gave life to a group of successful music labels Muzak, Pin Up, Models Inc, Spock and Informal became legends in their own right Ultimo Tango decided to open their vaults and bring its...
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Moin, Tara Clerkin Trio, Roxane Metayer, TRjj, Pat Benjamin, Valentina Magaletti and many more are snaffled in World of Echo's butterfly net for a lovely 4th year anniversary DIY survey Hoxton-based label and record shop World of Echo have emerged as a vital part of the DIY music landscape during their years in operation since...
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There's an awful lot going on here, and as such plenty to talk about Alternative Funk: Volume 1 is both a compilation and reissue, with the original outing landing on cassette in the early-1980s on VP231, a label set up by Pacific 231, AKA Pierre Jolivet The albums were the brainchild of Axel Kyrou and Francis Man, founders of the...
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Weird, enigmatic, and unarguably wonderful would be three ways to describe the names that have been brought together on this reissue of part of a compilation series that first landed on cassette via the VP231 imprint as the 1980s got into gear A collector's item in the truest sense, Alternative Funk Vol2 is a strange yet...
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15 super rare and obscure library, soundtrack, jazz and soul tracks plundered by producers such as Alchemist, Daringer, Statik Selektah and Camouflage Monk for Westside Gunn's seminal "Fly God" album, giving crate diggers everywhere an insight to that gritty Griselda...
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A North American road trip of coming of age garage soul mapped by Ivan Liechti, Ghost Riders is Efficient Space’s latest narrative compilation, hovering in a liminal emotional ravine between moonlight melancholy, teenage heartache and unchecked, unrealised ambition Across 17 open hearted ballads recorded 1965-1974, the 2LP...
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Brand new edition of Soul Jazz Records’ massive deluxe 400-page Punk 45s cover art book edited and compiled by Jon Savage (author of the seminal book on punk, England’s Dreaming) and Stuart Baker (founder of Soul Jazz Records) This new edition comes with a new introduction from Bobbie Gillespie, founder of Primal Scream (who...
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Over the years, artists have continuously inspired one another through the art of sampling The SAMPLED vinyl collection is an invitation to (re) discover the most iconic sampled artists and original tracks in music history such as Charles Aznavour, Ray Charles, Dusty Springfield or Gwen McCrae Launched in 2018 with 2 volumes...
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Celebrating 40 years since the game-changing “For Dancers Only” Kent LP 001, “For Dancers Forty” revisits the Los Angeles labels that have given us so...
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"Soul Jazz Records’ long out of print classic ‘Studio One Women’ collection is being re-released in three new one-off limited-edition coloured pressing 18th anniversary format editions! Firstly a heavyweight special limited edition one-pressing only yellow 2xLP vinyl + download Secondly, there is also a new special...
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Lo and behold, Brown Acid - The Fifteenth Trip is here, and it’s another mind-melting dose of brilliant long-lost, rare, and unreleased hard rock, heavy psych, and proto-metal tracks from the ’60s -’70s Riding Easy’s crate-digging mining expeditions, and growing network of the original artists keeps on giving with more and...
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After smooth detours into Soul covers, French Neo-Disco, modern Sunset Disco and Brazilian AOR, in 2022 DJ Supermarkt's Too Slow to Disco series makes a joyous return to its original Westcoast AOR/Yacht roots Celebrating the 10th TSTD compilation Who would have thought… The Berlin curator releases a killer 4th edition of the...
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Heavy metal Glam Hard rock Make your own fuckin' call, you poser We're not gonna do it for you Bound for Hell is early '80s LA rock as it actually was: a California cataclysm of drunk and horny headbangers, dressed in sharp, shiny, leather androgyny and fire, kicking crowds in the teeth to clear the way to that one big shot...
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This compilation pays tribute to the soul music of Boston that was originally captured on tape by legendary Boston record store owner, turned label owner and curator, Skippy White This release is a labor of love for all involved in compiling it, especially Eli Paperboy Reed In addition to being a songwriter and performer, Eli is...
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Mineral Cuts dig deep into the early 90's acid archives of Horsepower Productions Benny Ill & his production partner at the time - Ben...
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'EARLY DANCEHALL PRODUCTIONS FROM BUNNY LEE' - Pressure Sounds' first foray into Mr Lee's transformative rub a dub work from the late seventies to mid-eighties Bunny "Striker" Lee was always attuned to even the slightest change in the musical landscape of Kingston He quickly picked up on this shift in taste and knew he had to...
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Polifonic Records is the melodic balance between antagonistic vibrations, spirits and energies that inhabit the land of Puglia since the dawn of time A harmonic exploration into colorful, vibrant sunrise atmospheres and emotional, introspective sunset sensations One Body Many Souls PF004 // The fourth vinyl of Polifonic Records...
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Trailblazing instrumental synth pop experiments created to soundtrack Japan’s booming 1980s cartoon and comic industries The brightly futuristic instrumentals on this collection reflect the mindset of composers and musicians who believed in a technological future where everything was possible In the late 1980s Japan...
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The lineages of American soul and disco music on the one hand and Jamaican reggae on the other are so intertwined that its unsurprising that disco reggae – or reggae disco if you prefer – is such a winning and straightforward combination American and Jamaican music has been influencing each other back and forth for many...
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