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Maggot Brain released in 1971 is Funkadelic s all out masterpiece Absolutely no one working in soul and funk at the time had the scope vision and let s be honest sheer lunacy to pull off the kind of record that George Clintonand his collaborators have made here Eccentric funk...
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Volume repetition volume repetition volume and repetition this is the sonic mantra of Austin Texas s Water Damage On their new record In E Water Damage continues to scorch the earth with walls of punishing sound It s no secret that something truly special can happen to the psyche when...
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Audiopile Review After a string of digital only singles compiled recently by Tough Love impossible to find cassettes and a highly limited lathe cut 7 San Francisco group April Magazine issue what amounts to their debut album proper Despite being a part of the seemingly never ending supply of great...
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Audiopile Review Another 90s braindance classic gets its due Bochum Welt s Module 2 initially issued back in 96 on Richard D James beloved Rephlex Records Arriving in the wake of artists like µ Ziq Squarepusher and of course Aphex Twin Module 2 was a standout in a growing crowd...
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Audiopile Review In many cases we ll take ideas over execution no question Give us a spirited amateur over a jaded pro But sometimes the execution is so damn good it makes you realize the ideas are way better than you originally thought A lazy critic might dismiss Montreal trio...
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Audiopile Review Nearly lost to time the short live San Jose outfit Ozean only issued a three track cassette in 1993 and played two live shows The cassette may have been a nearly forgotten footnote in shoegaze if it wasn t for Moon Sounds Records who reissued the cassette as...
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Audiopile Review Debut vinyl release for Daniel Aged the in demand studio musician who has amassed some crazy credits over the past few years contributing to albums for the likes of Kelela Frank Ocean Yves Tumor and FKA Twigs He also came up alongside Sam Gendel in the LA improv...
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Audiopile Review You d be forgiven for missing the string of digital only singles from Helen Island last year one of the many projects of the somewhat mysterious Parisian producer Léopold Collin The bottomless depths of Bandcamp and streaming outlets can make it difficult to find those artists who refuse...
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Pianist composer Abdullah Ibrahim formerly known as Dollar Brand has long ranked among South Africa s giants alongside Hugh Masekela Miriam Makeba and the late Kippie Mokoetsi A master of improvisation with a distinctive African edge the exiled Cape Town musician has developed a musical style over the past 30...
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Music From Memory are happy to announce the return of Gaussian Curve Gigi Masin Jonny Nash and Marco Sterk s much loved trio are back for the first time since their 2016 sophomore album The Distance presenting two new tracks entitled Winter Sun and Fever Dream Both tracks originate from...
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Recorded and produced during late night sessions from 2019 2022 while re watching archive episodes of the German TV show Space Night from the late 90s...
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While best known for crafting opulent deep house since the early 90s Soichi Terada is here found in far more rambunctious jungle and hardcore form matching the energy of a computer game first released in 1999 The styles are all very much in step with the likes of the Wipeout...
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The Knife s Olof Dreijer continues his new adventure as a solo producer with a three track EP marking a unique sonic chapter in his work Vibrant compositions and distinct melodies create an ambient progression where electronic and acoustic sounds delicately dance together forming friendships and blending seamlessly reminiscent of...
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Originally recorded in 1978 following the recording of Dub from Creation the mighty Starship Africa was already envisioned as the debut album by one DJ Superstar toasting over a series of rhythms performed by the basic Creation Rebel unit with Misty in Roots Tony Henry on superbly melodic bass These...
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Cold Fact is the debut album from American singer songwriter Rodriguez It was released in the United States on the Sussex label in March 1970 The album sold very poorly in the United States Rodriguez was himself an unknown in the US but managed to sell well in both South...
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Either Or is widely regarded as Elliott s best album and remains his best selling To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of this masterpiece Kill Rock Stars proudly presents Either Or Expanded Edition This album features the original tracks carefully remastered from original tapes under the...
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1998 debut album from the French postmodernist duo Air raid every aspect of retro pop music from the sublime to the ridiculous in fashioning their sonic bricolage Everything from Krautrock inspired electronics to 1960s lounge music is incorporated into the work of Nicolas Godin and J B Dunckel Moon Safari...
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Incesticide is a compilation album by the American rock band Nirvana It consists of their 1990 non album single Sliver B sides demos outtakes cover versions and radio broadcast recordings and as such is not the official follow up to the band s breakthrough album Nevermind The album was released...
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The acclaimed 1998 album featuring Chan Marshall backed by two thirds of the Dirty Three the two thirds that don t play violin A breathtakingly beautiful hypnotic record If Cat Power were Van Morrison this would be her Astral Weeks...
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Superunknown is the fourth studio album by American rock band Soundgarden released on March 8 1994 through A amp M Records Five singles were released from the album The Day I Tried to Live My Wave Fell on Black Days Spoonman and Black Hole Sun the latter two of which...
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Several months after releasing their first album The Smiths issued this collection of singles and rarities several of which are BBC versions of songs from their debut The Smiths treated singles as individual entities not just ways to promote an album and therefore many of there finest songs were never...
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New Order formed in Manchester U K in 1980 rising from the ashes of Joy Division after lead singer Ian Curtis tragic suicide Guitarist Bernard Sumner took over on vocals and with drummer Stephen Morris bassist Peter Hook and keyboardist Gillian Gilbert the group became one of the biggest British...
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Gang of Four was formed in Leeds in 1976 by bassist Dave Allen drummer Hugo Burnham guitarist Andy Gill and singer Jon King The band pioneered a style of music that inverted punk s blunt and explosive energies favoring tense rhythms percussive guitars and lyrics that traded in Marxist theory...
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Audiopile Review Look we re going to level with you We kinda lost track of Mount Kimbie after their delightfully danceable dubstep influenced debut Crooks amp Lovers These things happen Maybe it was just impossible to imagine this UK duo maintaining the youthful verve of that debut The rough edges...
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Audiopile Review Keplar is doing a phenomenal job of getting early 2000s glitch classics back into print It was only a matter of time before the label turned its attention to Osaka s Tujiko Noriko And here s a reissue of 2003 s From Tokyo to Naiagara During the noughties...
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One of the greatest heaviest and most sought after guitar records from 1970s West Africa available on vinyl for the first time in over a decade Bamako Mali 1973 Rail Band the official orchestra of the Malian state railway drops their self titled LP It s a relentlessly soulful and...
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Congo Funk Analog Africa s long awaited journey to the musical heart of the African continent presents fourteen funky hypnotic and schizophrenic tunes from the 1970s meticulously distilled from an initial selection of around 2000 The double LP compilation showcase the many facets of the Congolese capitals Kinshasa and Brazzaville...
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I dipped my comb in shochu and ran it through the hair of the night is the brand new release from the intriguing trio 番長 Taste consisting of Mark Anderson Greymouth Mysteries of Love New Zealand Anthony Guerra Love Chants Mysteries of Love Australia and mysterious rocker Mariyo Japan The...
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Happy End s second album the timeless masterpiece Kazemachi Roman released on colored vinyl clear for the first time Latest 2023 cutting from the original master Pressed at Sony s Shizuoka factory...
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This reissue features the original album now on 2xLP for improved sound along with the band s pre Sub Pop self titled EPs released in 2003 and 2004 both of which are making their vinyl debut The package also includes the previously unreleased track Snakes on the Ladder from the...
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Special edition double LP that includes remastered versions of both the original 1973 David Bowie mixand the 1997 Iggy Pop mix Gatefold cover includes a 16 page booklet Raw Power is the third studio album by American rock band The Stooges credited as Iggy and the Stooges It was released...
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The classic 1991 Steady Diet of Nothing album from FUGAZI Eleven awesome tracks...
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nbsp Experimental Jet Set Trash and No Star is the eighth studio album by the American experimental rock band Sonic Youth originally released in 1994 by DGC Records It was produced by Butch Vig and recorded at Sear Sound studio in New York City the same studio where the band...
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Audiopile Review Astrid Sonne the Danish born London based experimental composer has deviated from the path of her prior three albums and landed with this extraordinary and idiosyncratic vision of pop music While those previous albums also new in stock this week explored the textural collision between her eerie viola...
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Audiopile Review Huuuuge new comp from the blessed souls over at Blank Mind taking us on a deep dive into the cushier end of the breakneck strains of UK techno during its ascendent 91 94 period The producers here most of them well kept secrets or favourites of the connoisseur...
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Audiopile Review While many of Dozzy s previous solo outings relied on conceptual ideas Magda is a return to the sprawling sound he perfected with his Voices From The Lake duo alongside Neel Clearly paying homage to the world building of the German kosmiche pioneers Dozzy treats us to his...
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Audiopile Review You might remember Wrecked Lightship from Antiposition their Peak Oil album that we highlighted a little while back Well here they are again with a new vinyl edition of an album that predates Antiposition To refresh your memory Wrecked Lightship is an exploratory beat making duo featuring dubstep...
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Audiopile Review Bless bless bless Warp Records for enabling this ongoing reissue series which mines the copious vaults of Adrian Sherwood s On U Sound label The many post punk dub reggae projects helmed by Sherwood sound as primal and futuristic as they did a few decades ago This latest...
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Released in 1968 on America s coolest label Elektra Records Nico s sophomore solo release The Marble Index was an instant avant garde masterpiece Nico s haunting voice and droning harmonium predicted the Gothic movement and John Cale s startlingly modern classical production ensured the album s timeless appeal Re...
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1970 s Desertshore like much of Nico s early work has grown in stature with the passing of time Hardly a pop album the material stands alongside Chelsea Girl as some of her most accessible work winning fans as diverse as Throbbing Gristle Morrissey Marc Almond...
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Remastered edition of a compilation of Stereolab singles and rarities first issued in 1998 Screenprinted gatefold sleeve Includes download card Reissued alongside new vinyl editions of the companion volumes Switched On Refried Ectoplasm Switched On Volume 2 and a CD anthology of all 3 volumes...
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Available on vinyl for the first time since its original release 50 years ago the downtempo funk extravaganza People amp Love is a crate digger s treasure chest filled with soul jazz grooves and mesmerizing vibraphone textures laid down by Johnny Lytle who was touted as the greatest vibes player...
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Heroin Man stands as both the chronological center of the Cherubs catalog and it s defining moment As one of noise rock s finest moments Heroin Man is both a delicate tragic statement and send off to a friend who had OD d and a bellowing roaring over amped screwball...
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Vancouver based Laucan makes a captivating entrance onto the Astral Black stage with his inaugural LP LORCAN Partnering with the accomplished producer Samuel Organ renowned for his recent collaborations with musical luminaries like Caroline Polachek Shygirl Sega Bodega and others the album is a sonic journey through the realms of...
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Anomi is Sonja Tofik s first full length LP and a continuation of her debut Neuros Anomi is the Swedish word for the sociological term anomie first coined by french sociologist Émile Durkheim in 1893 Described as the condition in which society provides little moral guidance to individuals he suggested...
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Kindred labels Animalia and NAFF co release a collaborative project by Priori and Cousin Seamlessly bridging the artists individually honed styles Numina displays four carefully crafted beautifully understated ultra deep tracks that oscillate between club workouts and bass meditations Hi def and tripped to the core this is dub for...
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Taken from Boomkat Bit of a special one this described as an avant pop supergroup involving serious legends Princ€ss land a strong debut album of modified shoegaze x ambient chamber musick slotted somewhere between Hysterical Love Project Kevin Shields A R Kane and Astrid Sonne and tipped if yr on...
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Congo s turbulent and exhilarating 70s Nightclubs and dance floors were packed to the brim in the capital Kinshasa The whole continent was submerged into the Congolese Rumba craze Encouraged by the fantastic productions of the Ngoma label vibrant radio waves had been spreading the Congo sound from Leopoldville all...
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