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Pharaway Sounds present a reissue of the first album by Selda Bagcan, originally released in 1976 A collection of well-known poems and folk-songs, recorded in cooperation with the most progressive Turkish musicians/arrangers of the '70s: Mogollar, Dadaslar, Zafer Dilek, and Arif Sag Combining traditional instrumentation from...
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Out of stockOn March 2, 1991 Serge Gainsbourg bowed out and left France orphaned by one of the most important singer-songwriters of French song Thirty years later, his songs are still with us, proof of their quality Indeed, beyond the many successes that have marked a career spanning more than thirty years, Gainsbourg's repertoire is...
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Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions)—the latest offering of Tom Petty music, curated with help from his loving family, bandmates and collaborators The tracks, which were previously released on the limited-edition Super Deluxe 9-LP version of 2020’s Wildflowers & All The Rest, will now be available on limited edition...
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To Sonic Boom’s Pete Kember, re-imagining the past can lead to ways forward on life’s natural, interconnected path In April of 2020, he released his first album in over 20 years called All Things Being Equal, a lush and psychedelic record full of interwoven synthesizers and droning vocal melodies, concerned with the state of...
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Following his debut album, ‘Nothing Is Still’, Leon Vynhall returns with a sprawling album of trip hop, ambient, tech-house and breakbeats kinked with his jazzy turns of phrase ‘Rare, Forever’ spells out his style with intricate sound design and overripe emotions between the Aim-like trip hop of ‘Ecce! Ego!’, the...
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Out of stockClement Dodd, the founder of the iconic Studio One label, was a fierce proponent of Marcus Garvey's message of self-reliance, having heard it in his youth Over the years he recorded and produced many songs that expressed the yearnings and feelings of his fellow Jamaicans Afrikan Blood is a timely release that captures some of the...
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Dinosaur Jr have announced, their new full full-length Sweep It Into Space via Jagjaguwar, along with the news, the band have shared the album track “I Ran Away” Recorded at Amherst’s Biquiteen, the sessions for Sweep It Into Space began in the late Autumn of 2019, following a West Coast/South East tour The only extra...
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Alan Vega’s name is synonymous with unfettered, tireless creativity Beginning in the late 1950s, when he was a fine art student at Brooklyn College, through his years playing in Suicide, and all the way up until his death in 2016, Vega was constantly creating That process naturally led to a wealth of material that didn’t see...
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Out of stockReturning with another debut album for 2021, Music From Memory are delighted to introduce a new band, The Zenmenn, with their first ever release ‘Enter The Zenmenn’ Whilst little about the band is made known, their work is described by writer Winton Rousseauas an “experiment in harmonic convergence emerging from a deep...
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The debut feature written, produced and directed by Marnie Ellen Hertzler Set in the desert of Crestone, Colorado over the course of eight days and set to an original score composed by Animal Collective's Geologist & Deakin Crestone follows a group of SoundCloud rappers who live in solitude, growing weed and making music for...
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Out of stockThe Koreatown Oddity is Dominique Purdy This album tells the origin story of his “supernatural powers and spiritual awakening,” the results of two car accidents that occurred in his childhood while growing up in Los Angeles’ Koreatown district The first accident happened when lil’ Dominique was five years old, rupturing...
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With long-standing stints in Tower of Power and Santana, Chester Thompson just might be the most decorated and distinguished keyboardist in all of rock and R&B, let alone of the Bay Area musical scene It's little wonder that this 1971 album, then, is one of the rarest and most coveted albums on the highly collectible Black...
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Out of stockMogwai have advanced without a plan since they were teenagers, there have been no secretive meetings to work out the master plan It is rare to hear a band that has been going for this long, and have this many albums behind them – ten records in and still no disappointments or mistaken creative left turns You may know what to...
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Unwound’s paranoid and pulsating sixth album, Challenge For a Civilized Society explores the pre-Y2K technological dread of modern punk living Producer Steve Fisk threads Justin Trosper’s stabbing, discordant guitar in and around Sara Lund’s consolidated drum attack and Vern Rumsey’s relentless, throbbing bass A vicious...
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American alternative country stalwart Lucinda Williams launches the first volume of ‘Lu’s Jukebox’, an initiative in which she covers songs by a single artist and donates the proceeds to struggling independent venues ‘Runnin’ Down A Dream’ marks what would have been Tom Petty’s seventieth birthday and contains...
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Over the past several years, the recorded output of Carl Stone has been turned on its head In previous decades, Stone perennially toured new work but kept a harboring gulf of time between the live performances and their recorded release This not only reflected the careful consideration of the pieces and technical innovations that...
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Coming in 2021 , Matador Records will release GANG OF FOUR: 77-81, a stunning, limited edition box set curated by Jon King, Hugo Burnham and Dave Allen gathering Gang of Four’s influential early work The box set contains Entertainment! and Solid Gold (both remastered from the original analog tapes), an exclusive singles LP, and...
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For a year, in 2015, Matthew Sage (aka M Sage) cataloged near-daily recordings made with a very narrow creative constraint; electric guitar and a few pedals, all recorded and mixed directly to cassette 4-track Eschewing the often complex studio gadgetry and computer editing that he relies on for his primary project, Free Dust...
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Sushitech regular Delano Smith returns to the label with something rather special: a triple-vinyl collection of previously unheard tracks from his bulging archives While there are a couple of alternative takes on previously released cuts ("Overseas (Version)" and "The Rock (Version)", the original versions of which sneaked out on...
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Out of stockLudvig Cimbrelius is an artist of many expressions Whilst all are deeply rooted in a spiritual and ethereal sound, his most majestic output has arguably come to life through the Illuvia alias After capping off a debut, self-titled album in 2017 with an atmospheric Drum and Bass track, it quickly sparked a two-year conversation...
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Out of stockThe latest from Mr K and Most Excellent Unlimited pairs lowdown and stomping disco from an unlikely source with a funked-out floorfiller from some very familiar voices Minnie Riperton's 1977 single "Stick Together" was an outlier in her catalog of smooth modern soul, an intentional nod in the direction of the prevailing disco...
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We kick start the return of Wigflex records with a brand new release from first time flexer and Nottingham’s biggest blades fan… Son of Philip Inspired by the story of how Cans drummer Jaki Liebezeit was once told to “play monotonous” during the LSD-induced ramblings of a fan; and the experimentation into repetition which...
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Out of stock"Celebrating his 25th year as a producer and DJ, London's Silverlining announces his first ever double-vinyl artist project, 'Simulacra', a collection of emotive yet powerful body music fresh from his South London studio Known for his diverse and bassline-driven grooves, this work sees him straddle between the stripped-back house...
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One Million Eyes was born out of a need to start again As the duo previously known as Tempelhof (where they worked alongside musicians such as Gigi Masin) Luciano Ermondi and Paolo Mazzacani experienced a pivotal and personal moment in their lives which inspired a reset in their approach and the need for a new musical outlet It...
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John Lennon’s classic debut solo album, featuring John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Klaus Voormann, Billy Preston and Phil Spector Completely remixed from the original multitracks at Abbey Road Studios by triple Grammy Award winning engineer Paul Hicks, overseen by producer Yoko Ono Lennon 2LP gatefold edition includes a second LP of...
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Because the Internet is Childish Gambino's follow up to his debut album Camp which was released in 2011 to enormous critical acclaim and established the actor / comedian / writer as one of the most challenging, exciting and lyrically interesting talents to emerge in hip hop for years 'Because the Internet' features guest...
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Out of stockPLZ Make It Ruins founder Vegyn is an artist that pushes diverse sonics in both his solo work and collaborations Like A Good Old Friend sees him follow up 2019’s debut album Only Diamonds Cut Diamonds with a six track EP that effortlessly traverses electronic, dance, alternative and rap influences whilst retaining a playful,...
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The follow-up to his Nonesuch debut, Satin Doll, released earlier this year, DRM features Gendel’s solo musical experiments with vintage instruments such as a forty-year-old Electro Harmonix DRM32 drum machine, antique synthesizers, and a sixty-year-old nylon-string guitar—accompanied by his voice While Satin Doll was a...
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On June 20, 2000, Deftones released their third studio album, White Pony, which was immediately acclaimed as a masterpiece by fans and critics alike Fueled by the successful singles “Change (In the House of Flies)” and “Digital Bath,” the album is the band’s highest selling album and is certified Platinum by the RIAA The...
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Out of stockPaul Woolford’s Special Request takes the reins of DJ-Kicks’ latest for a cosmic soulboy trip harmonising myriad stripes of astral jazz, disco, deep house, electro and classic ‘90s jungle Over the course of 25 tracks in 75 minutes, Woolford illustrates the influences and styles of his Special Request project at its most...
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Roman Candle, the first studio release from Elliott Smith, is a record steeped in catharsis Written, recorded, and performed by Smith alone, Roman Candle served as a functional retreat from Smith’s musical outings in his post-punk outfit Heatmiser, while simultaneously reintroducing him as a quieter, more intimate thoughtful...Out of stockFor those looking to discover Elliott Smith for the first time, or longtime fans seeking a collection of his greatest work, An Introduction To offers a thoughtfully curated compilation spanning the length of his career and posthumous releases Highlighting his many talents, An Introduction To depicts a musician capable of intensely...Out of stockNo common ancestral folkie - no mercurial Fahey or lilting Joni - makes a fitting a touchstone to this third Wayfaring Strangers installment These Lonesome Heroes are linked instead by mood: the turn of a strange phrase, a piano oddly mic'd, the sound of a room, both its guitar and man falling perfectly out of tune For these...Travis’s 1997 debut Good Feeling returns to vinyl in its original format for the first time with classic sleeve & packaging, lacquers cut at Metropolis Studios, London Produced by Steve Lillywhite (U2, The Rolling Stones, Morrissey, Peter Gabriel) who teased out the anthemic hooks of the group’s debut single, "All I Want...Mouse on Mars, the Berlin-based duo of Jan St Werner and Andi Toma, approach electronic music with an inexhaustible curiosity and unparalleled ingenuity Operating in their unique orbit within dance music’s nebulous echosystem, the duo’s hyper-detailed productions are inventive, groundbreaking but always possessing a signature...Out of stockTortoise's self-titled debut incorporates many musical styles and influences and combines them into one very distince sound So distinct that sometime after the release of this record they became recognized as the leaders of a new musical movement Tortoise exploits the recording studio, in that they utilize the recording process as...Recorded by John McEntire at Idful Studios in Chicago, Nassau moves the band away from the more immediate pop leanings of their self-titled debut and sees them begin to experiment as a band in production and songwriting Nassau was featured on many 1995 year end lists, moving the band into the spotlight and out of the shadows...Out of stockFollowing the band’s self-titled debut released in Sept 1994 and Nassau released in March 1995, The Biz was the band’s third record in just over one calender year It was recorded at John McEntire’s own Soma Studios The instruments were mostly recorded live in only three days The vocals were recorded by Prekop alone in five...Out of stockMinimal Wave proudly presents a newly remastered deluxe double album of archival material by pioneering 80s minimal electronic duo Oppenheimer Analysis Oppenheimer Analysis formed in London, England in 1982 by Andy Oppenheimer and Martin Lloyd Their first meeting though was at the 1979 World Science Fiction Convention in Brighton...Plugpoint Music was the minimal synth project of Reiner Ossmann, who recorded the 12 songs on this album in his home studio in Germany in 1987 and released them as an edition of 200 copies This gem of a record was never properly distributed and so essentially disappeared until it began circulating amongst underground collectors...Japan’s Calax Records debut with reissue of a rare batch of breezy and brilliant cuts by Industrial and new beat originals, Siegmar Fricke, and Dirk Desaever aka A Thunder Orchestra, White House White, Danton’s Voice +++ Both artists were heavily active in the late ‘80s tape and industrial electronic scenes, with Dirk...Out of stockFantastic masterpiece, considered one of the best Italo-Disco songs ever A mega-classic produced by Stefano Zito and Carlo Favilli (the latter passed away too soon) characterized by a heartbreaking melody and lush strings that exemplify the mood and rhythm of the Italo-Disco style with the use of some sounds of pre-bleepy keyboard...Being Below is a mini-album of short songs created with digital and analogue instruments, recorded in 2020 Written with a structure that reflects shifting states, overlooking the past and future as a split pathway with the present endlessly fluctuating between The pangs of rumination An exercise in loop-less writing Mastered by...Tobias Karlehag is a multi-instrumentalist and sound artist from Gothenburg, Sweden With his solo project he creates spacious ambient and drone music through algorithmic compositions and improvisation In his debut album 'Process' he shapes a still and meditative state with modular synths, electric guitar and various electronics...Carl Weingarten and Multiphase Records return to Emotional Rescue with a collection of the music of Delay Tactics and their live, reel-to-reel and collaborative experimentation, that spawned two remarkable albums After meeting guitarist Reed Nesbit from the St Louis new wave scene , Weingarten joined forces for a series of...