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Out of stock'Miles In Tokyo' is a live album recorded on July 14, 1964, by the Miles Davis Quintet (featuring Sam Rivers, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams) at the Tokyo Kosei Nenkin Kaikan, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan It is the first recording of Davis in Japan and the only album to showcase an early incarnation of his Second Great...
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The first album released by the most sought-after label, bar none, among jazz collectors! And since keyboardist Gene Russell was at the artistic helm of Black Jazz, it was only natural that the label's debut record featured Russell himself, with the fitting title New Direction Oft-bootlegged, with original copies commanding...
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Out of stockThough it's hard to pick a winner among the estimable Black Jazz catalog, this 1972 release from bassist Henry 'The Skipper' Franklin would have to be near the top of the list Franklin got his start woodshedding with Latin maverick Willie Bobo in the mid-'60s and went on to play with The Three Sounds, but probably his most notable...
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In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, Segue was commissioned to create an original composition based on audio recordings from the GSC's laboratory equipment, robots and computers - to make "music" from the noise they produce Machine noise is a challenging palette of musical...
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Mogwai 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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Featuring music originally broadcast as a part of the “Porch Episode” of Neil Young’s livestreamed Fireside Sessions, The Times EP is a politically-charged collection of classics spanning Neil Young’s catalog, including iconic protest songs like “Ohio,” “Alabama,” “Southern Man,” and “Campaigner” The EP...
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Jesse Futerman makes his Pacific Rhythm debut with a life-affirming slice of music lovingly crafted in Canada’s French quarter in the summer of 2019 On "Luckey," the Montreal producer reunites with his good friend Beverly Glenn-Copeland — a Canadian music legend whose keyboard-inflected outsider folk has been making waves...
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Reymour packed their bags in the pre-Alps of Switzerland and left to start a new life in Bruxelles This debut album finds originates in this transition, again in a bilingual environment, by now a Knekelhuis theme Leviosa documents the emergence of a kind of dance built from chansons, synthpop and cute minimal wave Luc Bersier’s...
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Out of stockJoan Bibiloni's Born is widely considered to be one of the highlights of modern ambient music Ever since it was first released in 1989 on Bibiloni's 'Blau' imprint, Born has been a sought after record by collectors of different backgroundsThe eight compositions that Bibiloni wrote, and then recorded with several gifted musicians,...
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Hot kwaito rhythms and balmy vocals from South Africa, 1992, sourced and dusted down for reissue by the excellent La Casa Tropical, beloved round these parts for their Patience Africa 12” Formed by friends Patience, Violet & Pinky, PVP recorded ‘Malende’ with Emmanuel Diale on the desk, cooking up eight songs that are...
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Out of stockThe history of underground electronic music is littered with inspired releases that, for one reason or other, slipped through the cracks It would be fair to say that Trans-4M’s 1992 debut album, Sublunar Oracles, is one such release The full-length originally appeared on Belgian dance music megalith Buzz, an imprint whose...
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Superb selection from the Ethiopiques and Amha Records archive; reissuing the 1st volume of Ethiopian Hit Parade, which was originally released in 1972 as a compilation of hit 45rpm single taken from Amha Esthèté’s eponymous record label On Vol1 of 4 x LPs, we’re offered a riveting survey of the sounds which defied the...
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It all started many moons ago during a night at Salon des Amateurs in Düsseldorf, where the courage and motivation and most important off all the music was found to start a label Themes for great cities That was 2009 Fast foward 10+ years you have the most prominent tracks of that specific Düsseldorf based time period on one...
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Out of stockStroom outdo themselves again with a survey of sorely slept-on post-punk and ambient works by Stockport’s Kevin Eden, rounding up material from 1982’s sought-after ‘Open Heart’ album and an impossible-to-find tape, plus unreleased installation soundtrack pieces, to ideally frame a quietly pivotal character of his...
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You could think of the collection of tracks here as a library record of sorts, and each track inhabits its own universe Tropical fits various moods and situations, and it could soundtrack any number of activities at home or on a dancefloor - whether real, imaginary, or hallucinated Strangely enough, it sounds like it could have...
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Out of stockRotterdam's ever prolific DJ Overdose delivers his first full length for LIES, "Emulator Amour" The well seasoned electro veteran gives us a 13 track master class workout in the genre, exploring all ends and styles From the classic cowbell electro of "Razor", to the West Coast boogie of "Bow to the Devourer" or the icy electro...
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Out of stockWhen English reggae band Aswad released their third album New Chapter in 1981, it didn't perform as well as expected within the mainstream reggae market, and so the band decided to reimagine the record with a dub remix That did not go unnoticed: A New Chapter of Dub, released in 1982, went on to receive critical acclaim and is...
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'Black Heat' is the eponymous debut studio album by American funk group Black Heat, released in 1972 The album is filled with hard-driving, meaningful songs that truly pack a groovy punch With each track Black Heat picks up the pace a little more, continuing on a breezy journey into a fusion of jazz, funk and latin Comes on 180...
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Out of stockThe 2009 full-length by the Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble sees its deserved...
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Out of stockThe first legendary Pink Fairies album: a real must for all psychedelia and garage fans Contains 'Do It', 'Heavenly Man' and the manifest track of the band: 'Uncle Harry's Last Freakout', 10 long minutes of anarchist rock, rich of feedback and acid guitars This really was "proto-punk"! The packaging is just like the original one,...
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During the years in which the duo produced four albums and performed on an endless number of stages around the globe, Pread started working on anambitious expansive project: an orchestra that could transpose this study of rural and popular culture into an immense, iconic work In 2018, supported by the Sharjah Art Foundation, Pread...
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Out of stockWhen Primal Scream's Exterminator - or Xtrmntr - came out in 2000 as the last album on Alan McGee's legendary Creation Records it made quite a stir McGee must have told The Scream to let the label 'go out with a bang', and boy did they deliver Exterminator is Punk flavoured anarchism mixed with a big beat rumpus, a sonic protest...
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In 1966, Q65's debut album entitled 'Revolution' found the band at their creative peak The band played acoustic as well as hard psych numbers along with the standards, and experimented with harmonium and other instruments to make 'Revolution' way more interesting than the average garage rock release Comes on 180 gram...
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Out of stockStereo version In 1968 Status Quo's first hit record 'Pictures Of Matchstick Men' was released and the debut album soon followed 'Picturesque Matchstickable Messages' from the Status Quo features several covers, including 'Green Tambourine' by The Lemon Pipers and 'Spicks and Specks' by The Bee Gees Comes on 180 gram...
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Out of stock'The Remixes' is a compilation album by The Stone Roses, which features remixes by various producers including Utah Saints, A Guy Called Gerald and Paul Oakenfold Various techno luminaries ply their skills reworking some of those early classic songs, and it is immediately clear that the Roses, even beyond the genius of their...
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Italian painter and percussionist Wilfred Copello had an interest for Latin music early in his career In the early 1980's, he formed the band Wilfred Percussion He brought with him an all-star cast of the jazz and Latin scene in Rome which included Argentinean drummer Osvaldo Mazzei and respected trumpet player Cicci Santucci...
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Hailing from the city of Hamilton, outside Ontario, melodic Canadian punk band Teenage Head was formed at Westdale High School in 1975; later, co-founder Frank Kerr became lead singer Frankie Venom, and guitarist Gord Lewis brought in bassist Steve Mahon and drummer Nick Stipanitz Major label Epic issued debut singles 'Picture My...
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Out of stockA 10 track roots reggae album (32m 38s) on Freestyle...
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Out of stockThe Senja Recordings is a collection of various outdoor recordings and studio improvisations recorded on the island of Senja, Arctic Norway, between 2015 and 2018 Boomkat: "Geir Jenssen yields a most Biosphere of Biosphere recordings with this new album recorded on a Norwegian island within the arctic circle Leading on from...
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‘This is a journey into sound…’ These familiar words, accompanied by the rumble of a distant train, signal the opening of ‘Let’s Take A Trip’, the sophomore album from Terrel Wallace aka Tall Black Guy Since 2013’s ‘8 Miles To Moenart’ TBG has cemented his position as a standard bearer for the current hip-hop /...
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Out of stockAn underrated early dub set originally issued in the UK on Safari Records with a slightly different track arrangement There are dubs to Augustus Pablo’s Guiding Star, and Delroy Wilson’s Love, both Gussie Clarke productions, two different mixes to A Hudson’s early roots classic We’ve Got To Leave This Place, Louisa...
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Beyond the striking photography of the cover artwork, a cursory glance at this LP may appear misleading One could be forgiven in thinking that what they had discovered was of a more obvious British provenance, but on closer inspection the truth is revealed… London in fact refers to London, Canada, an artistic hotbed that...
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Out of stockFollowing in the footsteps of the landmark 1966 double-quartet recording by Joe Harriott and John Mayer, Indian born musician Amancio D’Silva produced some of the most adventurous and sophisticated recordings within the canon of ‘indo-jazz’, a term used to define a pioneering east meets west synthesis that reflected the...
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Out of stockDub Store Records is the Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae and Dancehall reissue label run by the eponymous Tokyo based record store The label aims at accurately covering the 50-plus years of Jamaican music, and pass on many rare and magnificent recordings, which are non-commercial and highly artistic Carefully handing down the tradition of...
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Crunchy, melodic IDM Braindancers and vaporwave nostalgia from Chicago’s longtime scene player and Merck veteran, Proswell, taking a debut bow on CPU Currently gassed on a second wind which has seen him release on Schematic, Proswell specialises in a personalised balance of late ‘90s/early ‘00s electronica, with fine nods...
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Out of stockSmooth, sophisticated sounds from the highly respected Jamaican guitarist Ernest Ranglin Originally released in 1965 and reissued for the first time by Dub Store...
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Out of stockRecorded in 1964 at the Federal studio, this elegant yet unique previously unreleased album is said to be the origin of the Jamaican Mento meets 4 Beat Jazz This brilliant album is one of the most important Jamaican Jazz recordings that Ernest Ranglin has ever made Everything in this album starts with the traditional Caribbean...
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Out of stockAt the same time that Neville 'Bunny Wailer' Livingston recorded his debut solo long playing masterpiece, 'Blackheart Man', he was also creating a series of singles for his own Solomonic label These records were every bit as good, at times even better, but they have never been released outside of Jamaica Until now… It is next...
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The premier exponent of soul inspired reggae presents a perceptive set of early seventies recordings Black, proud and saying it loud, Derrick Harriott, interprets the music of the American black consciousness movement in Kingston, Jamaica for this sophisticated collection After an incredible sixty years in the Jamaican music...
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Out of stock“Let Africa be our guiding star, OUR STAR OF DESTINY” Marcus Mosiah Garvey In 1967 Ras Michael began to play occasional recording sessions for Clement ‘Coxsone’ Dodd with Jackie Mittoo and Soul Vendors at Studio One Instead of getting paid for his work Ras Michael requested studio time for recordings for his own Zion Disc...
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Out of stockKen Khouri's Federal Records gave Jamaica its musical identity The Federal Record Manufacturing facility was the first pressing plant in Jamaica their studio gave birth to mento, ska, rock steady and reggae of the highest calibre This album features an astonishing selection of well known classics and rarities transferred straight...