EAR/Rational Update Week 31, 2009

This week's update contains releases by:

Afternoon Naps * Al Green * Ann Peebles * Antony & The Johnsons * Aranos * Area C * Arecibo * Bela Bartok * Black Sheep * Black To Comm * Blood Fountains * Bloody Panda * Box Elders * Boyd Rice * Brodinski * Bunnygrunt * Cale Parks * Concern * Desolation Wilderness * Eliane Radigue * Endle St. Cloud * Fire! * Helado Negro * Her Space Holiday * Holiday Shores * Horseback * Isolrubin BK * Ivan Smagghe * Jay Haze * John Foxx * John Foxx & Louis Gordon * Joy Unlimited * Karlheinz Stockhausen * Kreidler * Lightning Dust * Loco Dice * Lovely Eggs, The * Lucid Dream (John Tejada) * Maher Shalal Hash Baz * Malcolm Middleton * Mathias Kaden * Maurice Aymard & Pablo Bolivar * Merzbow * Morris Bailey * Nurses * O.V. Wright * On Ka'a Davis * Oorutaichi * Papa Zoot Band * Patrick Cowley & Jorge Socarras * Pentwater * Peter Broderick * Pictureplane * Prydwyn * Reigning Sound * Robert Pollard * Rodrigo Amado, Kent Kessler & Paal Nilssen-Love * Roland Kovac New Set * Royal Chord * Scratch Perverts * Shevalreq * Sian Alice Group * Silkie * Skygreen Leopards, The * Social Junk * Solo Andata * Soul Junk * Speech Debelle * Sprung aus den Wolken * Tim Carroll * TV Ghost * Vagusnerve * Vassilis Tsitsanis * Weasel Walter * Wheedle's Groove * Willie Mitchell * Zoldar & Clark

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Patrick Cowley & Jorge Socarras - Catholic CD (Macro Recordings) [MACROM014CD] $16.00
Macro Recordings announces the release of a full Patrick Cowley album, written and performed in collaboration with Indoor Life vocalist Jorge Socarras, that has never been released. This is NOT a reissue, nor is it material scrapped by the artists -- the original release of this album was delayed for 3 decades due to Cowley's tragic death in 1982. Recorded between 1976 and 1979, Catholic is a genre-bending concept album with a range from minimalistic proto-techno to synth-driven post-punk -- pre-dating LCD Soundsystem and The Rapture by almost 30 years. Patrick Cowley (1950-1982) remains one of disco's most influential artists and a key producer of the genre. With seminal hits like "Do You Wanna Funk," "Menergy" and "Megatron Man," his work for disco-superstar Sylvester and of course, his million-selling remix of Donna Summer's "I Feel Love," he created the soundtrack for a whole generation. Artists such as Depeche Mode, The Pet Shop Boys and New Order cite him as a major influence. With a whole new global-disco aficionado scene now playing his records every weekend across the world's clubs, this release is about to hit the streets right on time. It shows a much broader range than any Cowley or Socarras material available and gives a totally new perspective to one of the most inspiring eras in music history.

Sprung aus den Wolken - Dub & Die Plus CD (Klanggalerie) [10525] $18.75
Originally released in 1981 as an untitled mini album on Zick Zack, "Dub & Die" completes our re-issue programme of the band's earliest works. Recorded at SADW's Cassettencombinat studio in Berlin, the original 8 tracks represent the first release by this German Avantgarde/Industrial group that was once a member of the "Geniale Dilettanten" movement. Again, comparison with early Einsterzende Neubauten is permitted, although Sprung were always more structured and song orientated than their friends. This CD edition expands the original release with a set of bonus tracks.

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Afternoon Naps - Parade CD (Happy Happy Birthday to Me) [HHBTM111-2] $11.50
RELEASE DATE: 09-22-2009
With nothing more than just 3 minutes, and a "verse-chorus-versechorus- end!" motto, Afternoon Naps are a vibrant indiepop band from Cleveland, Ohio. Like Brian Wilson if re-imagined by Felt or the Primitives, these teenage symphonies are relics from the past; brought back to save the 21st century from complete and utter pop boredom. Influenced by the C86 scene, 60's bubblegum, and sunshine pop act Yellow Balloon, songwriter/guitarist Tom Dechristofaro and keyboardist/arranger Leia Hohenfeld have been happily playing together since 2006. Having no expectations and "Walk away Renee" constantly spinning on the stereo, the duo recruited some close friends to help bring the band to life. A consistently enthusiastic live show that's the equivalent of a 20 minute sugar rush, has helped establish them as one of indiepop's brightest young acts. Their 2007 debut "Sunbeamed", a loving homage to sand and summer, was self-released and modestly well received. The 8 songs clocking in at just a hair under 22 minutes doesn't mean they're short on ideas, just really good at editing! Many swell things have been said about "Sunbeamed"..."It may very well be my favorite album of 2007"(fab UK blog Indie-Mp3) and "the best American group that doesn't use distortion" (some random guy in Sweden...ha!). A quick selling Cloudberry Records single was to follow, along with some nicely played shows at notable festivals like Athens Popfest, NYC Popfest, and the first ever of the popular UK night "Twee as F***" to be held in the united states. Now singing their hearts out to wider audiences, Afternoon Naps signed onto Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records, the cozy Athens, GA label, to release their next batch of fun. "Parade", a new record that's full of ever present now-ness, day-glo reverb, and energetic hooks for kids, and also adult kids, is due just in time for the summer of 2009. Highlights include the "all-things-Cleveland-by-way-of- Morrissey" bombast of "Plum City Fight Song", the Orange Juice future-disco of "Mitten Fingers", and "The Day We Started" featuring Leia's mix of Motown's heartbroken soul and a flirtatious Amelia Fletcher. Do you wanna smile? Sulk over lost love? Cringe at pictures of yourself from school years past when you wore that ONE sweater and the boy in front of you never spoke a word? Well they can't help you there, but one listen to these sparkling tunes and you just might cheer up and be ready to take on the impending dullness that is the near future! Afternoon Naps are a band to listen to if you are doing some or all of the following things: petting animals, hammocking, beach combing, dancing, looking out a window.

Al Green - Call Me CD (Fat Possum) [FPH1146] $12.00
REISSUED!!! A reissue of AL GREEN's-the man on whose voice the sun never sets-1973 country/R&B crossover album featuring memorable versions of Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," and Willie Nelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away."

Al Green - Have A Good Time CD (Fat Possum) [FPH1143] $12.00
REISSUED!!! "The final offering from the magical collaboration between AL GREEN and producer WILLIE MITCHELL, Have a Good Time found the dynamic duo in the midst of a creative crossroads. Green had just purchased a church and was looking to pour his energies into his congregation and his newly appointed title of Reverend. While the message and tones of religion aren't as obvious on Have a Good Time as they were on Full of Fire, they still do make appearances here and there. But it wasn't just a change in Green's life that made Have a Good Time so distinct from the earlier classics; it was also the changing shift in cultural tastes (thanks in no small part to the emergence of disco to the forefront of America's collective dance consciousness). With style shifts and members of a once solid backing band going their own way, the writing on the wall couldn't have been any clearer to both Green and Mitchell. With Have a Good Time they recapture moments of classic collaboration, the wonderful 'Nothing Takes the Place of You' being the prime example of how good the two could be when they were in sync."-Rob Theakston, All Music Guide

Al Green - Explores Your Mind CD (Fat Possum) [FPH1145] $12.00
REISSUED!!! 1974's Al Green Explores Your Mind (originally released on HI Records) continues the Mitchell and Green uptempo groovy hard soul alliance. Although more mellow than Green's previous releases, this album reflects only in part the changes WILLIE MITCHELL had begun to weave into his music, giving his productions a lighter feel. This is because Al Green is unique and his style can't be confused with anyone else, no matter what producers do to the arrangements. Contains the classic "Take Me To The River," later also recorded by the Talking Heads and the sentimental "School Days."

Ann Peebles - Part Time Love CD (Fat Possum) [FPH1177] $12.00
REISSUED!!! "The title track was a masterpiece, and everything else on this dynamic early '70s soul session is a jewel. ANN PEEPLES may have been the most overlooked great soul singer, male or female, who emerged in the '70s. Hi couldn't strike crossover gold twice, and Al Green was becoming a superstar. But Peebles deserved a better fate than obscurity, as this collection of soul wailers and weepers proves."-Ron Wynn, All Music Guide

Antony & The Johnsons - Aeon CD (Secretly Canadian) [SC209] $7.25
ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS return with a new double A-side single. "Aeon" is one of the highlights of the critical and commercial smash album The Crying Light, which debuted at #1 on the European chart. The band appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman for the song's television debut. Antony and the Johnsons' earnest and impassioned cover of Beyonce's "Crazy in Love," a long time live favorite, is being released officially for the first time.

Aranos - Surrounded by Hermits CD (Pieros) [10524] $16.75
Electro-acoustic piece divided into 16 sections crisscrossing echoes of varied genres. Starting with section build on a bowed chinese gong modified by waw-waw pedal moves into cluster chords of conch-shells and flugal horns. String ensembles augmented by 20 voices randomly reciting Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, honky tonk piano plays surreal dream motifs. You get the idea. No? Have a listen than. Comes in an individually hand-made wood and hessian case with a small woodcut print.

Area C - The Planetarium Project CD (Sedimental) [sed2cd053] $14.50
RELEASE DATE: 08-31-2009
In live collaboration with Black Forest/Black Sea, Eyes Like Saucers and Mudboy.

Double full length cd release limited to 500 copies(less than 400 available for wholesale) housed in a stunning and uniquely designed handmade hand assembled letterpress cardstock sleeve by discerning artist Amy Borezo at her Shelter Bookworks studio in Western MA.

We have been fans and have closely followed Providence's Area C project for several years. It was simply a matter of time before we would release something by this dynamic artist and these special recordings presented themselves as the obvious choice. AREA C'S work has always appealed in its ability to be at once hypnotically accessible balanced by subtle and brooding dark elements under the surface. It recalls both post-rock elements as well as the more experimental works of classic 70's German space rock groups. The live collaborations with the other Providence based artists push Area C's distinctive sound in compelling directions. This document represents over two hours of carefully selected music taken from many evenings of performances.

About The Planetarium Project: In 2007, Erik Carlson of AREA C came up with the alt-Space idea as a way to explore interactions between sound and space in environments that are not normally viewed or used as venues for art. Its intent is to serve as a medium through which AREA C and other like-minded musicians could create new music that is inspired by and engages with unique architectural locations. An obvious first choice was the Cormack Planetarium, hidden within the slightly threadbare, Victorian-era Museum of Natural History in Providence, RI. These live performances -- collaborations between AREA C and Black Forest/Black Sea, Mudboy and Eyes Like Saucers -- became the basis of the Planetarium Project.

For each performance, AREA C and the collaborating artist composed a new, largely improvisational piece based on a visual score created by Carlson that corresponded to the planetarium display that he had designed with the planetarium staff, utilizing the planetarium's Zeiss projector and some of their more antique equipment. Recorded in almost total darkness, these live performances mix in a palette of live instrumentation with samples from of a range of cosmic phenomena, including whistlers, bow shock, and kilometric radiation: all forms of radio emission produced by the magnetic fields of planets and other cosmic bodies. The Planetarium Project weaves these sounds into a fabric that plays between three sets of extremes: analog+digital, electric+acoustic, high tech + low fi.

The dome of the planetarium is filled with millions of tiny perforations. When projected light hits this surface, it produces a blurred effect, causing a slight optical shimmer: a low-fi way of mimicking the shimmer of distance we feel when viewing the real night sky. The music composed for the Planetarium Project was inspired by the way this domed room warps the sounds and images created here, while also wrapping the audience and performers within them.

The alt-Space performances were funded through a grant from the Rhode Island State Council.

Arecibo - Trans Plutonian Transmission CD (Soleilmoon Recordings) [10528] $10.75
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Bela Bartok - Mikrokosmos (Selections) 2CD (EMI) [EMI95570CD] $12.75
Performed by Georges Solchany. "This exciting series of 2-CD sets from EMI Classics features music written in the 20th century, a period of enormous upheaval, both political and artistic. During these 100 years, music went through an unprecedented period of revolution and transformation, and the music in these sets illustrates how these changes manifested themselves in the musical landscape. With striking covers and budget prices, these sets provide a perfect introduction to the oft-times challenging music of these composers."

Black Sheep - Kiss My Sweet Apocalypse 2CD (Invada) [INV068CD] $26.50
"Kiss My Sweet Apocalypse is the debut double-LP and 2 CD set from Julian Cope's brand new free action group Black Sheep. Black Sheep music is of the moment, beautiful as a princess one minute, hobbling like a smitten ditch-dweller the next. Songs are long and strung out, combining chanting and street protest with ambient meditations on the Culture Heroes of the Past. Eulogies to such revolutionaries as Che Guevara, Ulrike Meinhof, and one of the Cope's long time obsessions Leila Khaled, are offset by chanting and massed drum works outs and tripped out ambulant pieces such as the near-half hour long title track."

Black To Comm - Charlemagne & Pippin CD (Digitalis) [ACE026] $11.00
MARC RICHTER's new BLACK TO COMM offering Charlemagne & Pippin churns out a slowly, methodically building single-tone battleship, that somehow manages to become more powerful, hopeful, and grandiose as it oscillates. Richter's characteristic organ noise is rounded off beautifully with various electronics, bells, metal percussion, toys, water, and violins, provided by band members RENATE NIKOLAUS and ULF SCHUTTE, which grow around the central note yet slowly move to the center themselves. The Bursting electronics, white noise, and buzzes become more frequent and attempt to overpower the mighty organ. Together, these three musicians bring about a musical pairing that suits the title. A pairing of power and play, father and son, age and youth. Its probably best to turn the lights off and the speakers up for this meditative 35-minute slab of drone excellence.

Blood Fountains - Floods CD (Utech Records) [UR023CD] $15.25
"There is no beginning, there is no end, only perpetual oscillation between experience, memory and gravity. Emotion propels our lives, connected to one another and all things through infinity. Floods reaches inward, to the icy depths of the heart to touch and to return with ancient elements unfolding in spectral bliss and horror. Reality of pain and agony is equally married with yearning, dreaming and joyous exaltation. Stephen Kasner evokes a fully-realized painting-to-music translation, with collaborations by David Beaver, Mat Woods, Cheryl Pyle and the haunting vocals of Yoshiko Ohara (Bloody Panda). Floods calls forth a remarkable section of time and feeling, simultaneously compressed and unfurling. A frozen monster of memories, hope and love, and a constant reminder of death's door. Seamless, endless, connected energy. These are fragments of hauntings within us all. We must always remember. Edition of 750."

Box Elders - Alice And Friends CD (Goner) [48GONE] $12.00
BOX ELDERS is the brainchild of brothers CLAYTON and JEREMIAH MCINTYRE, who began making music in Friday night goof-off sessions that originally featured their mom on drums. Adopting a name from the bugs that infested their house, they started gigging around Omaha, Nebraska, and soon added drummer DAVE GOLDBERG, who signed on after catching the band at a free performance in a local park. Rather than search for a fourth band member, the McIntyres suggested Goldberg play both drums and organ simultaneously. It took some practice. In January 2008, Box Elders released their debut 7-inch on Grotto Records and spent much of the year touring the USA. The fuzzy, off-kilter pop of the record caught the attention of Memphis, Tennessee's Goner Records and earned them a slot at the label's annual music festival, Goner Fest, as well as a spot on the Goner roster, alongside acts ranging from Guitar Wolf and Jay Reatard to Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Ty Segall, and Reigning Sound. As soon as they returned to Omaha, Box Elders began working on their first full-length, Alice and Friends, named after their favorite cult-run vegan Korean BBQ joint. Featuring fourteen tracks and cover art drawn by MICHAEL GRUBER, Alice and Friends is destined to be one of the most-talked about debuts of 2009. On tour now.

Boyd Rice - No "The New Bible" Book (Heartworm) [10527] $12.50
An 112 page new-classic of blunt realities, social composition and discourse. NO dissects 45 deceptive affairs including Rebellion, The Sexes, Individuality, Equality, Peace, The Nazis, and Keeping It Real, all brought to light in a fashion that only Boyd Rice can. If past written collections of his work serve as time-capsuled history, let NO be the words of the future.

The cofounder of the genre known as Industrial Music currently resides in an underground compound in Denver, Colorado, leading the life of a recluse. He has no girlfriends, no pets, no computer, and no cell phone. Though truly, this artist needs no introduction. Debossed paperback. First edition of 1313.

Brodinski - Buggedout! Presents Suck My Deck CD (New State Recordings) [NEW9048CD] $12.00
"Bugged Out! return with another installment of their highly respected Suck My Deck album series, this time landing Brodinski to do the mix honors. Brodinski is the most exciting DJ and producer to explode onto the scene in recent years. Yes, he may hail from France (Reims, Lille) but he is quite unlike any of his Parisian peers. His taste in music is broad and this is reflected in his own productions and DJ sets, which may encompass noisy techno, bass heavy house through to more melodic minimal. The Brodinski fuss started with his debut track 'Bad Runner' that leaked onto blog sites months before it's release on the Mental Groove label in October 2007. Supported by everyone from Soulwax, Tiga, Chloe, Erol Alkan, A Trak, Busy P, Switch and Laurent Garnier the track was peak time techno featuring Martian's yakking through it and was one of the sleeper hits of the year. Since 'Bad Runner,' Brodinski has remixed Bonde de Role, Klaxons, Das Pop, Shoes, D.I.M, Heart Revolutions and Adam Sky. Each remix has had a different approach, from the acidic (D.I.M), to vocal techno (Das Pop), to melancholic end-of-nighters (Klaxons). Already championed by Radio Soulwax, Tiga's Turbo plus Bugged Out, Brodinski has already been offered multiple gigs and festival slots."

Bunnygrunt - Matt Harnish & Other Delights CD (Happy Happy Birthday to Me) [HHBTM110-2] $11.50
RELEASE DATE: 09-15-2009
Bursting into existence during the brief-lived Great Indie Pop Scare of the mid-1990's, Bunnygrunt garnered an unlikely amount of success for a band that never managed to plan any further ahead than their next tour. Over their initial five year run, the St Louis band toured the entire USA a half-dozen times, released two great albums, a million singles & compilation tracks, and then blew out in a blaze of glory with a whirlwind tour of Japan. After pursuing other interests for a few years, main Grunt-ers Karen Ried & Matt Harnish decided to dust off the Bunnygrunt brand name for another go around. An appearance at the Athens Popfest cemented their return to activity, but also marked a broadening in their sound. While the jangling guitars and harmony-filled choruses of 90's indie pop remain, Bunnygrunt's solid Midwestern Classic Rock upbringing is equally represented, as is their love of 70's Power Pop & 60's Nuggets fuzz. This isn't music for blogs, this is shout along live, loud, in the joyful moment Rock-n-Roll.

Cale Parks - To Swift Mars Ep CD (Polyvinyl) [PRC182] $6.75
CALE PARKS, influential and renowned drummer for ALOHA and WHITE WILLIAMS, is back with a new six-track EP titled To Swift Mars. With this release, Parks takes his songwriting to another level with immediate, concise pop structures that weave together electronic elements with full-bodied percussion and influences ranging from the overlapping arpeggios of Philip Glass to the early solo work of Peter Gabriel. Recorded at Inner Ear studios by fellow Aloha member T.J. LIPPLE and mixed by BRIAN JACOBS of Apes and Androids.

Concern - Truth & Distance CD (Digitalis) [ACE027] $11.00
GORDON ASHWORTH is CONCERN and this is his manifesto. Truth & Distance is a mini-epic, a minor masterpiece. Within these sonic walls lies a stunning landscape, adrift in golden tones and silver siren songs. Ashworth creates beautiful, shimmering music that defies categorization. It stands on its own, droning away into the furthest reaches of the night. Using only acoustic instrumentation, Ashworth conceives pieces of music in which resonance and timbre mutate and in the air and unfold naturally, organically. Hints of piano glisten like night shadows whispering through the leaves. Strings are bowed and plucked into oblivion. Everything is turned into a pile of reverb. Everyone is a ghost. Concern will shine a light on it all. Packaged in custom-designed silkscreened gatefolds by Seizure Palace.

Desolation Wilderness - New Universe CD (K Records) [KLP204] $13.25
Swooning guitars, found sounds, synthesizer trills, forward percussion and dream vocals; New Universe is the second full-length album by DESOLATION WILDERNESS. It alternates between lonely sounds and the euphoria of freedom and distance-like an empty, foggy beach in the early morning. After touring the country extensively, this album is the labor of a restless engine; postcards from being constantly on the move.

Fire! - You Liked Me Five Minutes Ago CD (Rune Grammofon) [RCD2091CD] $16.00
This is the debut full-length release from excellent Swedish jazz trio, Fire! -- something of a supergroup with members from already well-known quarters. Sax player, improviser and composer Mats Gustafsson is probably best-known from power-jazz trio The Thing, but he has also played more than 1,500 concerts and participated on around 150 records with musicians such as Peter Brötzmann, Sonic Youth, Merzbow, Jim O'Rourke, Barry Guy, Otomo Yoshihide, Ken Vandermark, Hamid Drake, Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Joe McPhee, and countless others. Johan Berthling is a founding member of Tape and founded the Häpna label. His other current groups include Animes with David Stackenäs and Raymond Strid and Sten Sandell Trio with pianist Sten Sandell and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love. Andreas Werliin is the drummer extraordinaire in Wildbirds & Peacedrums with fellow improv colleague, Mariam Wallentin, and they have released two acclaimed albums of modern, bluesy folk music. The collaboration of Fire! don't sound anything like the groups the members are normally associated with, which is exactly the way it should be. With their hypnotic, psychedelic jazz of sorts, they don't sound like anyone else at all. CD edition includes a 16-page color booklet, masterfully and beautifully designed and assembled by Kim Hiorthøy. Fire! is: Mats Gustafsson (saxophones, electronics, Fender Rhodes), Johan Berthling (double bass and electric bass, electric guitar, Hammond organ), and Andreas Werliin (drums and percussion).

Helado Negro - Awe Owe CD (Asthmatic Kitty) [AKR65] $13.25
Drawing from a rich variety of influences from the cradle to his crate digging years, ROBERTO LANGE cites influences such as Funkadelic, DJ Premiere, South American '60s pop, Arthur Russell, Ecuadorean ballad singer Julio Jaramillo, and Adrian Sherwoods' production style in the early ON-U Sound releases. But when asked about his contemporaries, Lange references all the players on the album, adding the names of visual artists DAVID ELLIS and CHRISTIAN MARCLAY, two artists who use elements of DJ culture in their work. This is apropos when listening to the record, which it seems as if the songs have been sculpted or painted.

Her Space Holiday - Sleepy Tigers CD (Mush Records) [MH041CD] $8.25
"Sleepy Tigers is the lead off single from Her Space Holiday's full-length, 'XOXO, Panda And The New Kid Revival.' In addition to the title track, three new compositions are included on the release. These tracks are not outtakes or throwaways from the recording of the full-length, but are in fact fully realized works completed in a fit of inspiration as the single was being compiled. For longtime fans of Her Space Holiday, those anxious to hear the new creative direction taken on XOXO, Panda And The New Kid Revival, or new listeners yet to discover what makes Her Space Holiday one of Mush's most beloved acts, Sleepy Tigers is the perfect preview of what's to come."

Holiday Shores - Columbus'd The Whim CD (Twosyllable) [TSR005] $11.00
Summer is no myth. It exists year round on Holiday Shores Court, a two-block stretch on the Florida panhandle where twenty-one year old NATHAN PEMBERTON grew up. It's no more than five minutes from white sand beaches, squawks of seagulls, and wafting smells of suntan lotion. Columbus'd The Whim is the first first full-length album from Pemberton's HOLIDAY SHORES, who, like the street that bears their name, are quintessentially summer: chimey guitars, reverb-soaked vocals, warbling Rhodes, echoes of years past. The album, packed with 10 could-be singles, reads like a book of Pemberton's well-written memories. Each word chosen meaningfully with a linguist's touch; each sentence constructed carefully with an artist's ear. Columbus'd The Whim is a literary work in addition to a sonic one. Multiple features in Pitchfork, Brooklyn Vegan have already posted.

Horseback - The Invisible Mountain CD (Utech Records) [UR039CD] $15.25
"As Jodorowsky's Holy Mountain was a satire of the western approach to personal enlightenment and self-actualization, Horseback's The Invisible Mountain is a work composed as a means to channel the self-destructive tendencies of its maker Jenks Miller. The channeling process has required a functionally solipsistic worldview based on the efficacy of individual will in ascertaining its specific reality. This worldview, in turn, has caused a sort of fissure between social consciousness and individual consciousness. In specific, the invisible mountain is an abstraction of the God-self in this whole process, a tenuous and ever-collapsing fabrication that perpetuates the individual psyche amidst processes that would otherwise destroy it or steal its creative power. The mountain itself is false: existing only to the individual as he climbs toward self-realization, and unknowable in any external reality; but it is as necessary as it is false. Without the fabrication, individual reality would crumble and one would be stripped of creative power. The record itself is based on repetitive guitar riffs and drum patterns similar to mantras in meditation, blackened vocals referencing the uncomfortable tension between one's quest for transcendence and their unresolved relationship with the rest of society The tracks are devices to help maintain discipline in an attempt to conquer. The last track breaks from the mantras into a less rigorously controlled wash of sound. Liberation. Pressed with black ink on a black translucent paper sleeve. All white inserts with poster. Illustration by Denis Kostromitin. Edition of 500."

Isolrubin BK - Crash Injury Trauma CD (Soleilmoon Recordings) [00343] $10.75
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Ivan Smagghe - Live At Robert Johnson Vol. 3 CD (Live At Robert Johnson) [PLAYRJC003CD] $14.75
This is the third volume in a 4-part CD compilation series celebrating the 10th anniversary of Frankfurt's Robert Johnson club. Volume 3 has been selected and mixed by Frenchman Ivan Smagghe. After Chloé's coy and sensible entry, and Prins Thomas' Norwegian diskomiks attack, Smagghe continues his reputation as a DJ with impeccable taste, an impressive record collection, and a sense for avant-garde sounds old and new. He has been part of acts such as Black Strobe, Volga Select, Kill The DJ, It's A Fine Line with Tim Paris and La Horse with Danton Eeprom. As a regular guest DJ at club nights and loft parties across the globe, you won't find any run-of-the-mill tracks here, latest crazes or hyped patterns, but quite a personal slice of Ivan Smagghe and what he likes to do in a club. His former project Black Strobe once described itself as the "dark side of disco, frozen Balearic, gay biker-house, boogie-trance, heavy electronica and soft-goth," which is quite an adept description of the music here. Postmodern rockabilly techno could be another one. You will find a Kruton remix next to the Wighnomy Bros., Swiss Nu-Yoricadiscotheque-music from In Flagranti, Seymour Bits and Röyskopp, all handled with care and mixed with an ear for the right action. Even the very last record of a DJ night is considered in the mix. After a brief pause and a breezy moment, Rheingold's new wave classic "Dreiklangsdimensionen" dulcifies your exit. Other artists include: Gary Beck, Two Banks Of Four, Eddie Zarook & Casio Casino, Entertainment, Holy F***, It's A Fine Line, Ryan Davis, Battant, Marc Houle, Loin Brothers, Mock & Toof, and Dark Day.

Jay Haze - Fabric 47 CD (Fabric) [FABRIC093CD] $17.50
"Jay Haze stands out as a visionary in the world of techno and house, a true nonconformist within a blinkered scene. But his work supports his revered status as an exceedingly prolific producer, DJ, live performer, collaborator and label owner. His wide-ranging labels ring true to themselves and never sway, each holding on tight to their own characteristic sound and group of artists: the house-oriented TuningSpork; the harder hitting tech-based Contexterrior and the down tempo dubby tones of Future Dub. Jay also brought on the explosion of 2003's Textone, his inventive creation of an online music magazine and internet label, which was created years before digital stores like Beatport or the now-prevalent online magazines/blogs had caught on. Beyond his own labels, Jay Haze's genre-expanding, experimental productions have graced the catalogues of Playhouse, Kitty-Yo, Cocoon, Get Physical, and his remixes have been on labels far and wide, from Shitkatapult to Playhouse to BPitch Control to Soma. In 2005, he released his debut LP on Kitty-Yo, 'Love For a Strange World,' an album that challenged the world of techno further by questioning genre lines and embracing all that's unconventional and unpredictable. His more dancefloor (and humour) geared moniker F***pony launched his career with Get Physical, the Children of Love album being one of the most celebrated underground albums of 2006. Fabric 47 is the deep, wandering heartbeat of 4/4's most bold, valiant and versatile character; a bright, cohesive mix that is inherently Jay Haze through and through. Deeply-rooted in his free and capricious spirit, the flawlessly assembled collection of tracks thump with soul and alluring eccentricities. Grooving with an airtight flow across wide-ranging beats and styles, Fabric 47 is a charismatic portrait of Jay Haze's musical clan: the mix not only showcases the peerless artists he works with on his family of labels, as well as the many monikers that comprise Jay Haze, it's also a glimpse into the soul-fuelled, future sound that they've collectively mastered. Teased throughout with samples from his Fuckpony track 'Lady Judy' (a song dedicated to our own fabric promoter, Judy Griffith -- and a nod to the Daniel Bell classic, 'Baby Judy'), he takes things dubbier with Alex Celler's enchanting 'Trapped In Dub', trippier with the groove-laden 'Mellow Dee' (created with former studio partner Ricardo Villalobos in '08), and epic with the penultimate Fuckpony track, 'Burning', Fabric 47 is Jay Haze incarnate; deep, daring and brave. Seventy minutes in the company of this disc leaves you feeling edified and your faith in music's brilliance renewed."

John Foxx - A New Kind Of Man CD (Metamatic) [META16CD] $16.00
RELEASE DATE: 10-19-2009

John Foxx is an amazing musician. He's full of visionary ideas.' KLAXONS

'A true pioneer.' LADYTRON

'John Foxx is a genuinely creative, innovate and inventive artist'.'GARY NUMAN

'I think apart from his incredibly cinematic lyrics -- John's msuic always conjures entire movies in my head -- I think it is his mastery of atmosphere that has most stayed with me through the years. If I could only make a movie as textured and evocative as John's music I would be a happy man.' ALEX PROYAS, DIRECTOR of I ROBOT & THE CROW

'Early Ultravox were the Velvet Underground of my generation.' JOHN TAYLOR, DURAN DURAN

John Foxx, the man behind Ultravox's first three post-punk albums and his electro solo masterpiece Metamatic (described as 'visionary' by the Klaxons), releases two news albums -- Impossible and A New Kind Of Man. This follows 2009's critically acclaimed Mirrorball (with Robin Guthrie), which was described as a 'breathtakingly beautiful' in the NME and by Q as featuring the 'best of both their recent works: Foxx's epic, sepulchral grandstanding and Guthrie's intricate, filmic soundscaping.'

A New Kind Of Man was recorded on Foxx's 2007 Metamatic Tour and includes live versions of all the tracks off the pioneering electronic album, plus B-sides and rarities. As Uncut comments, 'This is the Klaxons' all-time favourite album apparently but its influence moves immeasurably beyond that', while

The Sunday Times recognizes that Metamatic is 'a hugely influential album and still an eerie experience to hear it all these years later.' Mojo raved about its minimalist approach, concluding that it's cold electronics and stark vocals make it 'one of the most under-emoted records in pop history.'

Meanwhile, John Foxx & Louis Gordon's album, Impossible features two new tracks - "Adult Concerns' and "Walk This Way' - plus 10 re-worked versions of previously released material including classics such as 'Dislocation' and 'The Man Who Dies Every Day'.. Some of these are completely new arrangements, others are closer to the live versions. There's a raw, analogue, fractured, aggressive style to the material - the closest in sound is Foxx/Gordon's 2003's Crash & Burn but it's heavier than that album, featuring "rusty metallic synths', live improvisations and 'shredded' vocals. William Burroughs, Del Toro and the strobe-lit techno-punk imagery of early Ultravox! are all reference points on one of the darkest albums John Foxx has released in years.

John Foxx & Louis Gordon - Impossible CD (Metamatic) [META18CD] $16.00
RELEASE DATE: 10-19-2009
'John Foxx is an amazing musician. He's full of visionary ideas.' KLAXONS

'A true pioneer.' LADYTRON

'John Foxx is a genuinely creative, innovate and inventive artist'.'GARY NUMAN

'I think apart from his incredibly cinematic lyrics -- John's msuic always conjures entire movies in my head -- I think it is his mastery of atmosphere that has most stayed with me through the years. If I could only make a movie as textured and evocative as John's music I would be a happy man.' ALEX PROYAS, DIRECTOR of I ROBOT & THE CROW

'Early Ultravox were the Velvet Underground of my generation.' JOHN TAYLOR, DURAN DURAN

John Foxx, the man behind Ultravox's first three post-punk albums and his electro solo masterpiece Metamatic (described as 'visionary' by the Klaxons), releases two news albums -- Impossible and A New Kind Of Man. This follows 2009's critically acclaimed Mirrorball (with Robin Guthrie), which was described as a 'breathtakingly beautiful' in the NME and by Q as featuring the 'best of both their recent works: Foxx's epic, sepulchral grandstanding and Guthrie's intricate, filmic soundscaping.'

A New Kind Of Man was recorded on Foxx's 2007 Metamatic Tour and includes live versions of all the tracks off the pioneering electronic album, plus B-sides and rarities. As Uncut comments, 'This is the Klaxons' all-time favourite album apparently but its influence moves immeasurably beyond that', while The Sunday Times recognizes that Metamatic is 'a hugely influential album and still an eerie experience to hear it all these years later.' Mojo raved about its minimalist approach, concluding that it's cold electronics and stark vocals make it 'one of the most under-emoted records in pop history.'

Meanwhile, John Foxx & Louis Gordon's album, Impossible features two new tracks - "Adult Concerns' and "Walk This Way' - plus 10 re-worked versions of previously released material including classics such as 'Dislocation' and 'The Man Who Dies Every Day'.. Some of these are completely new arrangements, others are closer to the live versions. There's a raw, analogue, fractured, aggressive style to the material - the closest in sound is Foxx/Gordon's 2003's Crash & Burn but it's heavier than that album, featuring "rusty metallic synths', live improvisations and 'shredded' vocals. William Burroughs, Del Toro and the strobe-lit techno-punk imagery of early Ultravox! are all reference points on one of the darkest albums John Foxx has released in years.

Karlheinz Stockhausen - Spiral I & II, Pole, Wach, Japan, Zykus, Tierkries 2CD (EMI) [EMI95598CD] $12.75
Performed by Harald Bojé, Christoph Caskel, Peter Eötvös, Tristan Fry, Markus Stockhausen, Margareta Hurholz. "This exciting series of 2-CD sets from EMI Classics features music written in the 20th century, a period of enormous upheaval, both political and artistic. During these 100 years, music went through an unprecedented period of revolution and transformation, and the music in these sets illustrates how these changes manifested themselves in the musical landscape. With striking covers and budget prices, these sets provide a perfect introduction to the oft-times challenging music of these composers."

Kreidler - Mosaik 2014 CD (Italic) [ITALIC086CD] $17.75
"Early in 1994, Kreidler was founded by Thomas Klein, Andreas Reihse, Detlef Weinrichand, Stefan Schneider on bass guitar who was to leave Kreidler some years later in order to form To Rococo Rot; his place was taken by Alex Paulick (now of Coloma) up until 2001. Kreidler 's album Riva was released 1994 on a small Parisian label. This was to be the first of 16 releases to date, with the latest Eve Future Recall (2004). Followed by the score for the movie Durchfahrtsland in 2006.Among the artists to have been remixed by Kreidler are such venerable names as Faust, Einstürzende Neubauten, Depeche Mode, and Appliance. Their musical collaborations include Add (N) to X, Young Gods, Momus or Chicks on Speed. Kreidler have played over 300 shows throughout Europe, Asia and North America. In techno clubs and concert halls. At the Sonar and Roskilde festivals. In museums and art galleries. At the Van Dijk retrospective in Antwerp and the openings of Andreas Gursky in New York's Museum of Modern Art and in the Centre Pompidou, Paris. Commissioned by Goethe Institut they went on a concert tour in Southeast Asia. Kreidler's music has graced the catwalks e.g. of Chanel, Lacoste, or at the London Fashion Week of Giles Deacon. It is used in films, theatre-plays or in modern dance productions e.g. Pina Bausch's Ten Chi. On the new studio album Mosaik 2014, Kreidler champion a kind of Godardian futurism in which the 20th and 22nd centuries merge. Science fiction and modernity: Arrangements that feel right, without being able to map them out because all of the lines are woven together so intricately, and because the album was recorded mainly in a week of live sessions. Above all, this record has more. More rhythm, drums, percussion. More keyboards, better yet, synthesizers that are immediate and cannot be turned away, sounds that demand something and yet retain great mystery. More off-kilter loops and more electrical storms. But it is all there to serve the same purpose: to make this the best Kreidler album of all Kreidler albums. There is a directness, and things come to the point while still leaving enough free space. There is longing, solace, fulfillment. In other words, big emotions."

Lightning Dust - Infinite Light CD (Jagjaguwar) [JAG139] $13.25
Infinite Light, LIGHTNING DUST's sophomore album for Jagjaguwar, finds duo of AMBER WEBBER and JOSHUA WELLS (both of BLACK MOUNTAIN) calling upon the powers of classic pop arrangements and making the most of five days with a Steinway Grand piano. While Webber and Wells met through their involvement in what they described as two of the saddest bands in Canada, the songs written for Infinite Light found the two moving away from the uniformly downbeat. Rather, the songs were more suited to lush and melodramatic arrangements.

Loco Dice - 7 Dunham Place 4x^12 inch CD (Desolat) [DESOLAT001LP] $38.75
Gatefold 4x12" version. Originally released in 2008, this is the debut full-length release by renowned Düsseldorf minimal DJ, producer and Desolat label-head, Loco Dice. 7 Dunham Place has been created to take the listener on a journey: an album to be treasured as a fine-textured catalog of the senses. Loco Dice, who spends much of his time shuttling between the world's main electronic music ports as an in-demand DJ, packed up his studio and relocated to New York City. There, he fomented a raw and simmering soundtrack: a nuance-packed collection of sonic interpretations of scenes, characters and moods from the most diverse and mythologized city in the world. The album specifically pays homage to their adopted home base, Brooklyn, while sketching the trajectory of a musical life uprooted and transplanted, where dream-like feelings of isolation and melancholy transmute into a sense of place and kinship. Loco Dice began a fruitful studio partnership with Martin Buttrich in 2002 leading to tracks like "Phat Dope Shit," "Menina Brasiliera," and "Seeing Through Shadows," and these productions are meticulously planned by Dice. It's a directorial, cinematic outlook, which permeates Dice's everyday life: fed by his experiences living in extreme environments like Ibiza and New York, as well as drawing on elaborate film scripts imagined as a young Loco Dice on the streets of Flingern in Düsseldorf and the Kerkennah Islands in Tunisia. It's an album that re-imagines the soul of a city, built from careful observations of urban tribes that crisscross and sometimes clash, of minute details and sensory impressions. From the two guys at the local deli who're always on the verge of fighting over football results or presidential candidates, to the tattooed lady couple who sell the morning soul food, all find their way into this cohesive collection of tracks which breathe deeply, and as they exhale, tell a story. "M Train To Brooklyn" includes the sounds of a subway train on the tracks, with a low-slung, incredibly relaxed vibe, "Esquina" is a Latin-themed piano-led track with bouncy beats, and "Tight Laces" uses sampled female voices, shakers, and analog squiggles that make the track sound absolutely propulsive, like everyday life. 7 Dunham Place is your city-commute headphones soundtrack with reduced grooves, kept infinitely personal.

Loco Dice - 7 Dunham Place CD (Desolat) [DESOLAT001CD] $16.00
Originally released in 2008, this is the debut full-length release by renowned Düsseldorf minimal DJ, producer and Desolat label-head, Loco Dice. 7 Dunham Place has been created to take the listener on a journey: an album to be treasured as a fine-textured catalog of the senses. Loco Dice, who spends much of his time shuttling between the world's main electronic music ports as an in-demand DJ, packed up his studio and relocated to New York City. There, he fomented a raw and simmering soundtrack: a nuance-packed collection of sonic interpretations of scenes, characters and moods from the most diverse and mythologized city in the world. The album specifically pays homage to their adopted home base, Brooklyn, while sketching the trajectory of a musical life uprooted and transplanted, where dream-like feelings of isolation and melancholy transmute into a sense of place and kinship. Loco Dice began a fruitful studio partnership with Martin Buttrich in 2002 leading to tracks like "Phat Dope Shit," "Menina Brasiliera," and "Seeing Through Shadows," and these productions are meticulously planned by Dice. It's a directorial, cinematic outlook, which permeates Dice's everyday life: fed by his experiences living in extreme environments like Ibiza and New York, as well as drawing on elaborate film scripts imagined as a young Loco Dice on the streets of Flingern in Düsseldorf and the Kerkennah Islands in Tunisia. It's an album that re-imagines the soul of a city, built from careful observations of urban tribes that crisscross and sometimes clash, of minute details and sensory impressions. From the two guys at the local deli who're always on the verge of fighting over football results or presidential candidates, to the tattooed lady couple who sell the morning soul food, all find their way into this cohesive collection of tracks which breathe deeply, and as they exhale, tell a story. "M Train To Brooklyn" includes the sounds of a subway train on the tracks, with a low-slung, incredibly relaxed vibe, "Esquina" is a Latin-themed piano-led track with bouncy beats, and "Tight Laces" uses sampled female voices, shakers, and analog squiggles that make the track sound absolutely propulsive, like everyday life. 7 Dunham Place is your city-commute headphones soundtrack with reduced grooves, kept infinitely personal.

Lovely Eggs, The - If You Were Fruit CD (Happy Happy Birthday to Me) [HHBTM114] $11.50
RELEASE DATE: 08-31-2009
The Lovely Eggs are David and Holly. The pair started playing music together in Paris when they discovered a pigeon had laid two lovely egg in an abandoned nest on Holly's windowsill. When the eggs finally hatched, Holly and David travelled to live above a jewellery shop in Lancaster in the North West of England, where they formed their new band The Lovely Eggs! The Lovely Eggs played their first ever gig in New York in 2006 and since then they have attracted quite a following! BBC DJs Huw Stephens, Marc Riley, Rob Da Bank, Tom Robinson and Steve Lamacq as well as legendary music journalist Everett True are all fans of The Lovely Eggs' quirky lo-fi, DIY sound. Last year the band were invited by Huw Stephens to perform at Swn Festival in Cardiff and recorded a Radio One session at BBC Maida Vale for Huw's 'Introducing' show. The pair have also performed a live session on Marc Riley's BBC 6 Music show, as well as for XFM as part of Manchester's international music convention 'In The City'. The Lovely Eggs have played all over the world from Amsterdam squats and Los Angeles scrap yards to steam trains in Ripley and tea parties in Manchester! David plays a unique drumcycle with handlebars on the front so he can drum and bike at the same time. He also plays the bicycle bell and squeaky horn, the glockenspiel, ukelele and slightly wonky recorders. Holly sings and plays the guitar. And sometimes she hit's a drum with a wooden stick with wool tied around the end. David made it for her because he likes making things. The band also have a wide internet fan base and were voted "Best Band of 2008' by blogsite The Devil Has The Best Tuna. Their first single and international radio hit "I Like Birds But I Like Other Animals Too' was voted "Best track of 2008' and the title track of their latest EP "Have You Ever Heard A Digital Accordion?" was ranked #11 by listeners of the popular internet radio station Dandelion Radio in their 2008 Peel inspired Festive 50 chart. Holly used to be in the all-girl indiepop band Angelica, who received widespread critical acclaim and extensive airplay on Radio 1 with songs like 'Why Did You Let My Kitten Die?' and "Bring Back Her Head' which is featured in the film Malice in Wonderland, to be released later this year. The Lovely eggs released their 14 track debut album 'If You Were Fruit' on Cherryade Records in the UK in June 2009 and wowed fans on a recent tour of the UK, including a number of one off unusual performances in charity shops, on beaches and in a fan's garage! 'If You Were Fruit' will see its American release in August by Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records, featuring new artwork from Oakland artist Jon Carling and an additional five bonus tracks from the band's first two UK EPs. The band will then go on to perform a string of west coast dates and embark on an American tour with label mates Cars Can Be Blue. Look out for The Lovely Eggs near you!

Lucid Dream (John Tejada) - Recovered Data 1995 CD (Phthalo) [PH52] $13.25
RELEASE DATE: 08-11-2009
***House and techno music producer JOHN TEJADA's newest album project, Recovered Data 1995, is released under the name LUCID DREAM as the second in Phthalo Records' Phthalo Origins series and is, as the Origins name implies, actually Tejada's very first full length, recorded back in 1995. The aggressively melodic album was recorded as a conscious, focused effort to get Tejada's music heard by other artists and DJs. And, of course, it worked: the result was a deal with now defunct A13 Records, with whom Tejada released two Lucid Dream singles and a full length album called Pure Punk. Recovered Data 1995, however, was in many ways the original version of that album. The original title was slated to be Palette, a name which electronic music aficionados will recognize as the name Tejada later used for his own record label, which started in 1996. But by the time Tejada was ready to release this album, A13 had changed direction towards a more club type style, asking Tejada to make new tracks. As a result, all of these tracks went unused, save for the album's first track, "Grip", which wound up being released on the Lucid Dream single Pot Hole in 1996. None of the others have seen the light of day since.

Maher Shalal Hash Baz - C'est La Dernière Chanson 2CD (K Records) [KLP210CD] $14.75
"Tori Kudo, the conductor and band leader of Maher Shalal Hash Baz, fuses stray elements of pop, folk, jazz and experimental music into pieces of candid musical gestures. C'est La Dernière Chanson is a double album of songs composed by Kudo between 2005-2007. For the recordings, Kudo assembled nine musicians from Japan and bunkered down for six days in St. Pierre-Eglise, France. Bassoon, guitar, drums, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, glass percussion, organ, rocks and sticks are expanded by a sophisticated counter-repetition technique into an extensive tonal range of colors; the effect is at turns serene, dissonant, enchanting, crisp, spacious and maddeningly catchy. The future of music on Planet Earth. Listen closely, please."

Malcolm Middleton - Waxing Gibbous CD (Full Time Hobby) [FTH077] $12.00
The early consensus about Waxing Gibbous, the fifth solo album from Falkirk, Scotland's MALCOLM MIDDLETON (ARAB STRAP), says it's his best yet. Following last year's low-key Sleight of Heart, this is the album Middleton was making while he took that diversion, composed from years' worth of scribbles in notebooks that were "chiselled and connived into being songs." A unique voice among singer-songwriters, Middleton's work balances a fragile mix of self-doubt, humor, and wry observations on the human condition. Few current singer songwriters can claim to be as prolific-or focused-as Middleton in the past five years, averaging a release per year. Waxing Gibbous was self-produced, though the album was recorded with the help of a few friends: it features backing vocals from KING CREOSOTE and THE PICTISH TRAIL, the piano skills of BARRY BURNS from MOGWAI, and the honeyed vocals of JENNY REEVE. Early positive reviews from Mojo (4/5 rating), Q (4/5 rating), The Independent (4/5 rating), and Music Week Recevied a 6.9 rating from Pitchfork. No exports outside North America

Mathias Kaden - Studio 10 CD (Vakant) [VA004CD] $16.00
This is the debut full-length release by Gera/Jena, Germany-based minimalist, Mathias Kaden. About 2 years in the making, Studio 10 takes Mathias Kaden's life-long work as DJ and producer, worldwide tours, 20-something years of listening and thinking, machines and people, and wraps a bow around it all. Always taking his time with production, Mathias' focus on quality over quantity continues to pay dividends, no matter the state of the economy. Unique in many ways, Studio 10 is also unique for the producer himself. Never before has Mathias incorporated into his music so much hardware, field recordings, messages, and invited friends and orchestral musicians to collaborate. Each track has a message waiting to be interpreted, from the first track "Intro Ducing," borrowing from Bob Marley, to the aptly-named "1981" (featuring vocals by Gjaezon), significant in that it was the year of birth for the most important and timeless instrument in Mathias' studio, the TR808. Similar to his Vakant brethren, Mathias is the instrumentalist and performer, rather than the programmer and sampler. A Fender Rhodes from jazz pal Lars Mäurer on "Defender," Mathias's 1970s Lowrey organ played by Florian Schirmacher on "Lowrey," violin by Claudia Ander-Donathand on "Re Menor," and flugelhorn by Martin Rudloff on "Panic Stricken," all pull and push the music in ever-expanding directions, but at the center, the 808 welds it all together. In addition, vocalists (and lyricists) Ian Simmonds, Gjaezon, and Tomomi Ukumori impart their talents to help articulate the messages that pervade Studio 10. To call the album house is akin to referring to a 1982 Château Lafite-Rothschild as wine. Closer to Chicago than to anywhere else in sound and in Mathias' heart, Studio 10 finds its home in more intimate settings where its nuance, ideas, and depth can all come shining through.

Maurice Aymard & Pablo Bolivar - Galaktika Records Compilation Mix 2CD (Galaktika Records) [GLK002CD] $22.25
"Here's is the first compilation of Galaktika Records, where we put together the best label's tracks for the first time in two CDs. The first one, mixed by Maurice Aymard with fresh material; and Pablo Bolivar who reviews classic themes already included in the label's catalogue. This is a great chance to listen again to such emblematic tracks as Garnica's 'Laderas' or Martinez's 'Whop Whop' to name a few, and of course, to take a look at the latest acquisitions, of which we can find Patrick Zigon, PauloOlarte or Gui Boratto among others. Two music sessions where we are introduced to the Galaktika Record's world which with five years in the scene, has been established as one of the most important labels from the Catalonian landscape."

Merzbow - 13 Japanese Birds Vol 8: Kokuchou CD (Important) [IMPREC261] $13.00
RELEASE DATE: 08-25-2009
Merzbow's 13 Japanese Birds is a 13 month series of releases inspired by Olivier Messaien's Catalogue D'Oiseaux. Beginning in January 2009 one volume of 13 Japanese Birds will be released each month. The 13th and final volume will be released January 2010. Each volume will be a one time pressing of 1000 copies. Available from Important Records is a deluxe hand made numbered bamboo box to hold the 13 cd collection. Cover art by Jenny Akita.

Morris Bailey - The Philly Sound You Never Heard Volume One CD (Distortions Records) [DR013CD] $11.25
"Contrary to popular belief, there were many producers before Gamble & Huff who helped create and define what is known as the Philly Sound. One such producer who never got any recognition until now is Morris Bailey. Includes 8-page booklet with photos and fact-filled information."

Morris Bailey - The Philly Sound You Never Heard Volume Two CD (Distortions Records) [DR014CD] $11.25
Volume two, Philly Soul Girls.

Nurses - Apple's Acre CD (Dead Oceans) [DOC029] $13.25
To immerse yourself in NURSES' Apple's Acre is to delight in a certain mental unraveling. These are songs where the vulnerability of pop with its heart on its sleeve engages in a double-dutch jumprope match with the euphoric surrender-to-the-weird that is essential to psychedelia. And Nurses is a band that scavenges beauty and wonder, uncovering Technicolor where others see somber hues. Their off-kilter psych-pop is driven by ever-swelling vocal harmonies, adventurous electronics, some serious wheelin' and dealin' on the Rhodes piano, and the kind of new-primitivist percussion that may or may not involve a standard drum kit. Apple's Acre is a record full of dysfunctional, hushed love, laced with elegance and grace and without angst and regret. But the plain courage of their songs is the secret ingredient that's already turning heads and blowing minds all over the Northwest-and if you think about it, in pop music, courage is always at a premium. Fans of Yeasayer, Deerhoof, Danielson and wild minded pop music should pay close attention.

On Ka'a Davis - Djoukoujou CD (Tzadik) [TZ7411] $14.50
"Raw, wild and untainted, this is a new world envisioned, produced and realized by the mystical figure On Ka'a Davis. Drawing inspiration from the outer realms of blackness, On Ka'a channels Sun Ra, P-Funk, Hendrix, Fela Kuti and more into the squat politics of the East Village basement jam. Accompanied by a wild array of stylish zanies, freedom rings with poetry, polyrhythmic complexity and primal passions. Another world never imagined possible from the undying, ever growing counter culture crucible of Downtown New York."

Oorutaichi - Drifting My Folklore CD (Okimi) [OKIMI-O12] $16.25
RELEASE DATE: 08-10-2009
This is the second album by Oorutaichi. Every aspect of production, from composition, recording to mix was done by the artist himself. His unpredictable melody lines and backing choruses that are sung entirely with words invented by him, and the free-spirited electronic sound that is based on various styles of beats that have been digested within himself have created a truly unique tropicalism, a kind of folk music of the "Isle of Oorutaichi."

This is a new dance music that can be compared to the music of the likes of Animal Collective, M.I.A. and the Dirty Projectors, who have been delivering new styles and ideas by embracing primitive indigeneity and ethnicity.

Peter Broderick - Falling From Trees CD (Western Vinyl) [WEST062CD] $10.25
"Peter Broderick's Music for Falling From Trees, is a 29 minute piece, in seven sections, created for a contemporary dance by London's Adrienne Hart. Adrienne told Peter she was looking for a score of piano and strings, so he left the guitar and his voice aside and focused entirely on those two timbres. The dance tells the story of a man in a psychiatric hospital, and his struggle to maintain his identity. Beautifully utilizing piano and strings, the music evokes a melancholic and playful narrative."

Pictureplane - Dark Rift CD (Lovepump United) [LPU029] $12.25
Grimy synths, broken beats, and bucolic vocals collide somewhere between early '90s house music and the gnarly soundscapes of Black Dice to forge a sound that's wholly unique and endlessly exciting. It's exceedingly rare to find dance music that transcends the cold and robotic, but on Dark Rift, PICTUREPLANE, does just that: churning out intricate electronic jams out of his Denver bedroom. It feels at once personal and cosmically expansive.

Prydwyn - Solitude Owes Me A Smile CD (Hand / Eye) [H/E044] $13.75
RELEASE DATE: 08-11-2009
***From the detailed acoustic touches he added for Tom Rapp (Pearls Before Swine); to the wonderful harmonies he makes for Stone Breath; to the poignant songwriting and arrangements he did for Green Crown-all of this and more graces the timely and timeless new album. Here we get the benefit of all those years experience and patience as PRYDWN distills the best of what he does with others into a point focused by his own vision.

Reigning Sound - Love And Curses CD (In The Red) [ITR155] $12.00
It's been five years since GREG CARTWRIGHT's REIGNING SOUND dropped their last full-length studio album, Too Much Guitar. Not that Cartwright has been resting on his laurels. The Reigning Sound backed Shangri-La Mary Weiss on her critically acclaimed comeback album, Dangerous Game, which was produced and largely written by Cartwright. The band performed with Weiss on tour, including an appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Cartwright also produced, penned songs for, and played in The Detroit Cobras for a spell. All the while, the Reigning Sound toured the US on and off and released a couple of live albums, yet never managed to get into the studio to record. All the while, Cartwright stockpiled loads of new tunes. Finally, late last year, the band entered Ardent Studios in Memphis and laid down a bunch of songs. Some months later, they went into Echo Mountain Studios in North Carolina and recorded a bunch more. In the end, the band had more than enough for two albums, and carefully whittled it down to the cream of the musical crop. Love and Curses (title comes from Memphis TV horror host Sivad) is a return to the sound and style of the Reigning Sound's incredible Time Bomb High School. The band once again features a full-time keyboardist, DAVE AMELS, and has jettisoned the lo-fi approach used on Too Much Guitar in favor of a bigger, warmer studio sound. As with Time Bomb High School, Love and Curses strikes a balance between soulful rockers and beautiful ballads. The results are a rock 'n' roll album as near to perfection as any one is likely to hear this year. LP version to be released 8/25/2009.

Robert Pollard - Elephant Jokes CD (GBV Inc) [GBVI06] $13.25
"I'm sick and tired of all you backward-looking crybabies. You know who you are: 'If only it were 1994...' 1994? Were you even alive then? How alive? "Not as alive as ROBERT POLLARD is right now-working the boards, finding the words still jump when he says jump and the guitar chimes when he forms the chords on the six-string with his honest-to-God DIY, home-made calluses. A clutch of these songs started out live in the studio, with Mr. Pollard on guitar, and they buzz with the charge of on-the-spot generation. All the secret ingredients go into the mix-even Mr. P's brother, the estimable outside shooter JIMMY POLLARD, returns to tweak a few knobs-and the result is music that comes alive with that sui generis Dayton grit and sparkle)."-Marc Woodworth, author, Bee Thousand (33 1/3 Press)

Rodrigo Amado, Kent Kessler & Paal Nilssen-Love - The Abstract Truth CD (European Echoes) [EE003CD] $16.00
Following 2006's Teatro, his first internationally-acclaimed trio recording with North American double-bassist Kent Kessler and Norwegian drummer Paal Nilssen-Love, Portuguese sax player Rodrigo Amado presents The Abstract Truth on his very own European Echoes imprint. The album works as an homage to Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico, while nodding to the legendary Oliver Nelson recording of the same name -- using improvisation as a complex and demanding discipline that reveals all of what a musician is and can become. Amado is one of the top improvisers in Portugal. Followers of his work refer to him as an original player able to balance the dynamics and intense energy of free-playing with a distinct melodic sense that brings to mind the great tradition of the instrument, from Parker to Rollins. Kessler and Nilssen-Love are two of the most in-demand and sought-after improvisers on the scene, working with the likes of Peter Brötzmann (both are members of the acclaimed Brötzmann Tentet), Ken Vandermark, Joe McPhee, Evan Parker, Mats Gustafsson and Fred Anderson, amongst many others.

Roland Kovac New Set - Love That CD (Garden Of Delights) [072] $19.25
After The Master Said (1971), Love That (1972) was the second progressive longplayer of the ROLAND KOVAC NEW SET, again instrumental and with jazzy touches, playful organ solos and wild guitars, very much in the mood of the time. Lovers of The Master Said will not be disappointed by Love That. Tracks from this album appeared on both volumes of the classic compilations The Psychedelic Salvage Company.

Royal Chord - Good Fight CD (Supply And Demand Music) [SAD004] $12.00
Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, TAMMY HAIDER and ELIZA HISCOX make the music of ROYAL CHORD. Starting out in 2001 playing dusty alt-country with a crew that at one point swelled up to eight members, Tammy and Eliza now play primarily as a duo, replacing guitars with keyboards and band members with chopped drum breaks and sequenced bass lines. Their new record, The Good Fight, sees them combine electronics with their neurotic and melancholic sensibility, delivering songs that range from summer pop to funereal folk.

Scratch Perverts - Beatdown CD (Fabric) [FABRIC1009CD] $16.50
"The Scratch Perverts three members -- Prime Cuts, Tony Vegas and Plus One -- are collectively three of the greatest DJs the UK has ever produced, and the best turntablists hip hop has ever known. The London-based, world-renowned DJ collective are all about invention, humour, progression, entertainment, generosity, and jaw-dropping talent. Since forming in 1996, the Scratch Perverts have become synonymous with battle DJing and hip hop. The trio have achieved widespread acclaim and won countless awards and titles, including two consecutive World DMC Team titles, Plus One's World DMC Champion and World Vestax Champion titles, Prime Cut's 1999 and 2000 World ITF Scratching crowns. Most recently, the Scratch Perverts continue to hold down their residency at Fabric, as well as forever touring around the globe. There's no denying a Scratch Pervert set -- untamed, raucous energy coupled with mind-bogging skills and selections. Additionally, the three Perverts have taken their DJ skills and applied it to production, most notably creating 2004's energetic 'Come Get It' (with Dynamite MC) and the Supercharged hit 'Stand By' in 2007. 'Stand By' originally featured on Lucozade's Summer 2006/World Cup TV campaign to widespread acclaim and will once again be sound tracking Lucozade's spring and summer TV campaign this year. Individually, they each have their own interests and accomplishments, dabbling across various projects and genres. Most notably, Plus One has started working with Beni G (from the famed scratch duo Mixologists) as Jackbeats, a hugely popular electro project -- and Prime Cuts has kept busy with various remix projects, including a slamming rendition of the Foreign Beggars' 'Hit That Gash.'"

Shevalreq - Siege Of Albraca CD (Hekaloth) [HEKA005] $15.00
The Siege of Albraca is a follow up to SHEVALREQ's first release Tournament at Constantinople. Like the first album the music is a fusion of World Music, Metal and Classical Orchestral, with all the instrumental sounds created on guitar synthesizer. It continues the epic tale adapted from MATTEO BOLARDO's 16th Century Medieval poem, "Orlando Inamorato," bringing it to something of a conclusion.

Sian Alice Group - Troubled, Shaken, Etc. CD (Social Registry) [TSR074] $13.25
SIAN ALICE GROUP-a collective of UK musicians are back with their sophomore album, Troubled, Shaken Etc. The band hones in on a genre-busting combination of organic improvisation, process-driven experimentation and the focused strength earned from a year of extensive traveling and touring the world together. You get your minimalist trances, electronic experimentation, techno thump, jazz motifs and Eastern music tropes in a joyous and complete listening experience. It's a snapshot (or, more closely, a yearbook) from an eventful 2008 that is more raw, emotional and loud than anything they've released thus far.

Silkie - City Limits Volume 1 3x^12 inch CD (Deep Medi Musik) [MEDI002LP] $32.00
"12" vinyl x 3 pressed on 180 gram black vinyl in full colour. Gatefold sleeve. DEEP Medi Musik are proud to present the debut album from one of dubstep's most exciting artists: Silkie. Hailing from west London, City Limits Volume One is glorious explosion of physical energy and concentrated emotion. DEEP Medi is the burgeoning stable of dubstep pioneer, Mala (Digital Mystikz/DMZ). The combination of impassioned melodies, ruff London bass, wonky synth and jungle-esque flourishes on City Limits Volume One have made Silkie and his Anti Social Entertainment camp mainstays of the biggest and most influential venues in dubstep, like Fwd>>, DMZ London & Leeds, as well as London's leading station Rinse FM. The album is the culmination of eight years hard work: Silkie began producing at 15 while still at school. He's now seeing the fruits of his labour with DJ bookings both across the UK and worldwide. Through his emotive production vision, he's long since exploded beyond his own personal City Limits."

Skygreen Leopards, The - Gorgeous Johnny CD (Jagjaguwar) [JAG147CD] $13.50
"It's been 8 years since the first The Skygreen Leopards' record was released. Since then the boys have maintained their singular aesthetic while managing to dabble with faux-folk, avant garde pop, reverb-drenched lo-fi psychedelia, plastic country and blurry ballads. This latest effort finds them collaborating with Jason Quever (Papercuts) to create a melancholy world overflowing with itinerant dandies, urban streets, suburban teens, and more girls' names than I care to count, all set to melodic shuffles featuring harmonies, frail piano, and romantic guitars. As always with the Leopards the rhythms refuse to be bridled, the boys resist the urge to jam, and they won't ever learn to sing properly. This will frustrate the expectations of some. Others will find a sweet shadowy hiding place in these songs -- 3 minutes to hang out with girls who race horses, boys who never learned to dance, and a dirty uncle who steals your cigarettes."

Social Junk - Born Into It CD (Digitalis) [ACE018] $11.00
SOCIAL JUNK have blasted through walls, East and West, over the past few years cranking out some serious sparklers along the way. Now after dropping a megaslice of deliciousness on Not Not Fun last year, this duo follow it up with a journey through the mother Earth canal. Born Into It stretches across the lands with thudding percussion and hypno synth excursions. Waves of swirling vocals from both HEATHER YOUNG and NOAH ANTHONY. You may have just been born, but stretch those wings baby because it's time to f***ing fly.

Solo Andata - Solo Andata CD (12k) [12K1056] $12.25
RELEASE DATE: 09-08-2009
12k presents Australian duo Solo Andata along with their second album, self-titled. Translated literally from the Italian as "one way", Solo Andata portrays the theme of a one-way journey that moves from (and represents a thread between) water and land, fluid/stasis, cold/hot. Following Solo Andata's debut album Fyris Swan (Hefty, 2006) and their 12k inception on Live in Melbourne, Solo Andata presents us with an ambient affair, with dark drones coupled with ethereal sonic environments.

It could be said that Solo Andata is carefully sequenced to a narrative structure: beginning on boat in the cold, arctic night of "Ablation," and then ending on foot in the hot wilderness of "Woods, Flesh, Bone." However, concepts and narratives that seem clear to the artists are often left oblique to the listeners. This is perhaps why Solo Andata represented this narrative in a strict sense by recording what the titles literally refer to. For example, "Woods Flesh, Bone" presents us with sweltering woodlands, the sound of a fresh carcass being torn apart and the clattering of bones. The same can be said of "Hydraulic Fluctuations," "Canal Rocks," "Ablation" and "In the Light Storming." These organic sources, then, help tie music and concept together.

Solo Andata utilizes very little, if any, electronic instruments. Acoustic guitar, piano, cello and the natural resonances of organic materials (usually by way of a violin bow, pluck, or home-made contraption) become their main instruments, and as their live shows often attest to, Solo Andata can turn almost any object into an instrument capable of producing beautiful, other-worldly music.

Solo Andata - Look For Me Here CDS (12k) [12K2014] $6.25
RELEASE DATE: 09-08-2009
Look For Me Here is Solo Andata's accompanying single to their self-titled, full-length 12k album (12k1056) which, in addition to Solo Andata's album mix, includes two exquisite remixes from Japanese legend Ryuichi Sakamoto and 12k visionary Giuseppe Ielasi.

With "Chorale", Sakamoto progressively transforms Solo Andata's rich and bittersweet work of electroacoustics into a vast and textured landscape of enchanting electronics which, at times, is beautifully bewitching. Giuseppe Ielasi, on the other hand, presents us with a luscious array of melodic skittering that altogether forms an elegant and harmonious whole.

Packaged in a clear, round CD case and printed on a half-clear "fan" CD, Look For Me Here is limited to only 500 copies for the world.

Speech Debelle - Speech Therapy CD (Big Dada) [BD137CD] $15.25
"Speech's sound has been received as urban pop, and she's drawn comparisons to Lily Allen and been called the lovechild of Biggie Smalls and Joanna Newsome. The childlike quality of her voice belies her often dark lyrical subject matter. The oldest song on here is called 'Finish This Album.' It was the tune she first played when she visited Big Dada almost five years ago. Speech is both young and old beyond her years. At the age of 25 her fragile voice can make her sound like a teenager, but she's packed in enough experience to last most people forever."

Tim Carroll - All Kinds Of Pain CD (Gulcher) [GULCHER701] $10.25
TIM CARROLL, a product of rural Indiana, releases his sixth record, All Kinds Of Pain. As a guitar player in the '70's cult punk band, THE GIZMOS, Tim displayed his bare-bones rock ethic and polished it in the '80's with a New York City bar band, THE BLUE CHIEFTANS. A Nashville transplant since 1993, Tim has had songs recorded by John Prine, Asleep At The Wheel, BR-549, Robbie Fulks, Kasey Chambers, Elizabeth Cook, Bare Jr., Sunny Sweeney, Sonny Burgess and others. In 1995, he made the cover of Billboard magazine in an article about Nashville's burgeoning alt-country music scene. In 1996, Tim was nominated for a Nashville Music Award in the category of Best Unsigned Artist. In 1997 he signed a deal with Sire Records and began working with producer Andy Paley. In 1999, Carroll had two of his Sire recordings on major motion picture soundtracks. Since 2000, Tim has appeared on The Grand Ole Opry literally hundreds of times as sideman to his wife, Americana chanteuse and Sirius Radio host ELIZABETH COOK. He's toured in Japan, England, Scotland, Wales, France, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, and Korea.

TV Ghost - Cold Fish CD (In The Red) [ITR174] $12.00
In The Red is proud to announce the debut full-length album from Lafayette, Indiana, creepers TV GHOST-a band who ushers in a vile and squalid new disposition to ugly art punk and carves out a black hole of pestilence that will delight its sufferers to no end. If one can swim through the murky grime long enough to let one's frazzled senses adjust, it's clear how effectively TV Ghost incorporates the licentious nuances of The Cramps' earliest scuzz, no wave's cacophony, and Suicide's terrifying throb alongside cavernous bellows from the depths of the third layer of hell. With their 7-inch and 12-inch EP on Die Stasi Records as evidence of their shambolic songwriting and inhuman creativity within rock's static-laden low-end sound spectrum, TV Ghost now have aligned their belligerence with In The Red and delivered Cold Fish-ten tracks of a teeth-shattering, unhinged, and thoroughly penetrating version of what's lurking in punk's darkest corners. On tour now.

Vagusnerve - Lo Pan CD (Utech Records) [UR028CD] $15.25
"The lo pan is an ancient, intricate compass used in the practice of traditional Chinese feng shui and is sometimes referred to as 'the universe on a plate.' A lo pan consists of two parts -­ a square wooden base into which is fitted a freely rotating saucer-shaped disk. In the centre of the disk is a small depression containing a magnetized needle. Between the needle and the edge of the disk are engraved several concentric rings, each divided into sectors containing different sets of Chinese characters. The relationship between this physical object and the music you hear on this album was inspired by a dream that Li Jianhong (guitar) had in June 2006. In his dream he came to a clearing in a dark forest which contained a huge lo pan, as big as a table. Convinced that the device could provide a way to summon UFOs, he lay down on the lo pan and began to rotate around the various symbols on the concentric rings. As he did so, a vast array of UFOs appeared above the forest. For Li Jianhong then, the lo pan represents a form of ancient knowledge that can be used to unlock the secrets of the universe. His collaborator in VagusNerve, Vavabond (laptop), reads the lo pan in a slightly different way. For her, it is a device which can be used to discover a balance between the individual and the cosmos, by aligning personal energy with the cosmic. This idea of balance runs through the music as it pulses, shifts and resonates freely, seeking to create and then destroy structures of equilibrium. Photography by Vavabond. Typography and drawing by Li Jianhong. Text by Alan Cummings. Edition of 500."

Various Artists - Zelphabet H CD (Zelphabet) [H01] $10.00
The eighth in Zelphabet's new series of 26 alphabetically oriented compilations of noise. Volume H makes its mark with cuts from heavyweights HANATARASH, HATERS, HALALCHEMISTS, and HOWARD STELZER.

Weasel Walter - Apocalyptik Paranoia CD (ugEXPLODE) [UG31] $12.75
A brand new helping of studio material by notorious drummer WEASEL WALTER featuring various formations of an all-star cast of malcontents including HENRY KAISER, FRED LONBERG-HOLM, PETER EVANS, GREG KELLEY and FORBES GRAHAM. There's an icy, ominous chill to this set of forceful and focused improvisations-this just might be the "Battles of the North" of free music with its hard, frostbitten arctic sheen. The eight tracks here range from painterly, agitated all-acoustic improvisation to explosive, electronics-wracked all-out noise onslaughts. A truly dynamic offering of balls-out abstraction with the intensity and quality you expect from Weasel and co. There are definitely some surprises here resulting from the largely unprecedented mixture of unique musical personalities.

Willie Mitchell - Ooh Baby, You Turn Me On CD (Fat Possum) [FPH1178] $12.00
REISSUED!!! "This album, which was repackaged and retitled Soul Serenade a year after its original release, catches WILLIE MITCHELL in superb form, not only as an arranger but as a leader fronting a first-rate ensemble. Apart from a somewhat predictable chorus on 'Soulfinger,' everything here has some subtlety in its presentation-details in the arrangements that surprise on repeated listening, and a crispness in the recording (this is some of the best-sounding stereo soul music of its period) that makes the repeated listening fun. The material ranges from new Mitchell-authored instrumentals to covers of standards such as 'Slippin' and Slidin'' and 'Sunny' (which could've been considered for a double-A-sided single, and the latter might've just placed Mitchell onto the easy listening charts without compromising his sound; it's that good). The playing by guitarist TEENIE HODGES is worth the price of admission and gets put in the spotlight surprisingly often, considering the abundance of first-rate reed and horn talent on hand"-Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

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Bloody Panda - Summon DVD+CD (Profound Lore) [PFL048] $13.25
The follow-up to their acclaimed Pheromone, Summon takes the nightmare BLOODY PANDA first explored on their split LP with experimentalists Kayo Dot even further into the depths. The album is a disturbing, cinematic vision of terror and frightening depravity that lurks within the dark chambers of doom metal horror. Front-woman YOSHIKO OHARA lifts Bloody Panda to a chilling new plateau with her death-defying wails, a cross between the lamenting and the operatic. Her rapturous vocal delivery is underpinned by the monolithic, dirge-like rhythm section that gives this beast its foundation. Ohara, an accomplished visual artist, is also responsible for the artwork that graces the cover. Summon comes as a dual-disc set that includes a DVD with an abstract visual interpretation of the 20-plus minute track "Miserere." Filmed in Brooklyn, New York, and Jaliluhur Dam, Indonesia, this dark and mysterious visual companion features renowned Butoh dancer YUKO KASEKI. For fans of Sunn 0))), Diamanda Galas, Yob, Swans, Asunder, Burning Witch, etc. No exports to Canada or the UK

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Ann Peebles - Handwriting Is On The Wall CD (Fat Possum) [FPH1168] $12.00
"If This Is Heaven, ANN PEEBLES' 1977 attempt to merge her Southern soul influences with the disco grooves that were dominating the airwaves and the charts, proved to be a commercial disappointment, and for her next album, Peebles and longtime producer WILLIE MITCHELL took a grand step backwards. Released in 1979, The Handwriting is on the Wall boasted some high-powered funk backdrops, but for the most part the album finds Peebles taking on a set of straight-ahead soul numbers in which she was usually either taking a man away from some woman who didn't know how to hold on to him, or was warning the ladies why they should stay away from her significant other. Willie Mitchell pairs Peebles up with some full-bodied soul and funk arrangements for these songs, and while unfortunately most of the great Hi Rhythm Section were unavailable for this record, the players on board do fine work, even if the groove lacks the ineffable touch of Peebles' finest work. The Handwriting is on the Wall was Ann Peebles' last album for Hi, and the last new set she would release until 1988, but it captures one of the great R&B singers of the 1970s doing what she does best, and here she bows out on a high point."-Mark Deming, All Music Guide

Ann Peebles - If This Is Heaven CD (Fat Possum) [FPH1176] $12.00
REISSUED!!! By 1977, straight-ahead Southern soul had stopped selling in big numbers and disco had taken over the R&B market, and like many of her peers, soul diva ANN PEEBLES tried to make the best of matters by turning up the groove quotient on her album of that year, If This Is Heaven. Peebles, one of the best and most underrated soul songbirds of the 1970s, had already demonstrated she could work wonders with a dance-friendly track on her previous set, 1975's Tellin' It, and If This Is Heaven's first two cuts, 'A Good Day for Lovin'' and the title number, find her and producer WILLIE MITCHELL leaning toward disco while still leaving a taste of their classic-style Memphis groove in the mix, and if HOWARD GRIMES' four-on-the-floor drumming dates these tracks a bit, Peebles still sings her tales of love both good and bad with the passion, force, and clarity that made her a legend."-Mark Deming, All Music Guide

Eliane Radigue - Vice Versa, etc. CD (Important) [IMPREC259] $14.50
RELEASE DATE: 08-25-2009
Includes liner notes & archival photographs. 1970 was an important year in Eliane Radigue's musical life since it was the year just before she acquired her ARP 2500 synthesizer. Since 1967, she had been using the feedback as a material; feedback from two tape recorders reworked through intensive studio techniques: slowing down, alteration, superimposition, montage.

In 1970, the last year she dedicated to feedback, several milestone pieces saw the light of day: Omnht, a wonderful sound installation for three out-of-phase tape loops and wall-mounted loudspeakers; the theoretical setting of Labyrinthe Sonore (eventually premiered at Mills College in 1998 in collaboration with Pauline Oliveros, Maggie Payne and William Winant, amongst others); Opus 17, one of her first compositions in fixed duration (according to Rhys Chatham, a decisive piece that would change his own compositional career); and Vice-Versa, etcâ~@¦, which appears to be her very last feedback loop composition.

Vice-Versa, etcâ~@¦ was conceived as a sound installation setting similar to S=a=b=a+b. A single magnetic tape can be played at any speed, a stereo tape of which allows three playings: left channel alone, right channel alone, left and right channels together. These different channels can be overlapped/crossed over as much as possible, at any speed. Thus the piece reveals itself in its whole dimension, its infinite grace.

In its content, the piece is the most minimal that Eliane Radigue has ever composed. Feedback is horizontally sustained, time is suspended, vibrating with organic and subtle pulsations. The fastest playthrough, in just 2'42", weaves a graceful continuum of uncanny depth, somewhere between the sonority of feedback and a glass harmonica. Played slowly, at 13'41", it takes us into an universe of low frequency vibrations felt as much by the guts, the ribcage and the whole body as by the eardrum: the signature sound of Eliane Radigue. Between these two extremes, many delicate shadings/variations appear simply through speed modulation.

What is striking about this work, which may arguably be one of Radigue's most important compositions, is the extraordinary quality of the tones obtained from such a rudimentary material. It is hard to believe that the composer was yet to begin working on her ARP, since the sonorities heard on Vice-Versa, etcâ~@¦ are surprisingly similar to those she would go on to produce with her synthesizer.

Vice-Versa, etcâ~@¦ is a minimal work which possesses an infinity of possible variations, a secret object containing the seeds of the oeuvre to come, and a discreet turning point linking the composer's two important working phases, an extremely subtle cross-fade between her feedback loop period to her ARP period.

Originally, only ten signed and numbered copies of this little boxset containing a magnetic tape and a handwritten note were released - needless to say this is a work that has been nearly forgotten! We have decided to reissue this object as a double CD, with the tape played respectively forwards and backwards, at four different speeds, corresponding to the standards of the tape recorders of the time. This will allow dedicated listeners to experiment with simultaneous playback of the work's different versions, recreating the conditions of the original installation. For lazier listeners, a simple playthrough provides complete satisfaction, a listening experience that loses itself in the ineffable and discreet beauty of these four variations.

Eliane Radigue - Triptych CD (Important) [IMPREC260] $13.00
RELEASE DATE: 08-25-2009
Includes liner notes & archival photographs. On the suggestion of Robert Ashley, Douglas Dunn commissioned this piece from Eliane Radigue for choreography. Only the first part of Triptych was staged at the premiere at the Dancehall/Theatre of Nancy on February 27 1978. Recorded in the composer's studio in Paris.

After the premiere of Adnos I in San Francisco in 1974, a group of French students introduced Eliane Radigue to Tibetan Buddhism. When she returned to Paris, she began to explore this spirituality in depth, which slowed her musical production up until 1978. Triptych marks her return to composition, and draws its inspiration from "the spirit of the fundamental elements", water, air, fire, earth....Eliane Radigue likes to add that this has often been useful to her in her moments of research and transitions.

This three-part composition, with its great humility and contemplative simplicity, heralded a new period of work and was the first in a series of masterpieces inspired by Tibetan Buddhism: Adnos II (1980), Adnos III (1981), Songs of Milarepa (1983) - with the voices of Lama Kunga Rinpoche and Robert Ashley -, "Jetsun Mila" (1986), as well as the Trilogy of Death: Kyema (1988), Kailasha (1991) and Koume (1993). Archival images included in the accompanying booklet.

Endle St. Cloud - Thank You Very Much CD (Snapper) [SNAX609CD] $16.50
"Formed in Texas in 1968 by Alan Melinger (ex Iguanas), aka Endle St Cloud, David F Potter (ex East Side Kids) and Peter Black (Lost And Found), the group released their debut single under the name Endle St Cloud In The Rain. A little later, prior to recording this album, James Harrell, also from Lost & Found, joined. So, not surprisingly, the Lost & Found influence was pretty evident, with two of the album's original tracks having been released by Lost & Found as their final International Artists single. Most of the album's songs have a spoken introduction over a piano backing (each in a very different style ), whilst the music itself ranges from good time blues to country rock with a leaning towards the heavy, not unlike that of their West Coast contemporaries Moby Grape. Theirs was the last album to be released by International Artists and the group later metamorphosed into Porter St Cloud."

Joy Unlimited - Schmetterlinge + 4 Bonus Tracks CD (Garden Of Delights) [111] $19.25
Schmetterlinge ("Butterflies"), JOY UNLIMITED's second LP, was released in 1971 on the Pilz label and has been long regarded as their peak effort. German progressive featuring the powerful vocals of pre-stardom JOY FLEMING, Bonus tracks include a track recorded at SWF, their contribution to the Heavy Christmas collection, and both sides of their fourth 7-inch.

O.V. Wright - Bottom Line CD (Fat Possum) [FPH1167] $12.00
REISSUED!!! Second in a series of three Hi studio albums, O.V. WRIGHT was finally allowed to record for Willie Mitchell's own label, since his former employer, Don Robey, had sold Backbeat to ABC in 1973. As was the case with Al Green, Mitchell had developed a longtime friendship with Wright, overseeing most of his Backbeat single sides and albums. Come the end of the '70s the famous Hi sound started to lose a little of its tightness, but this is fairly overcome by Wright's exceptional vocal qualities. The Bottom Line wasn't crafted with the same session men as it's predecessor. Mostly made up of ballads, the single 'I Don't Do Windows' stands apart as the only up-tempo exception."-Quint Kik, All Music Guide

Papa Zoot Band - Last Concert CD (Long Hair) [LHC078CD] $22.75
"Great lost band from Frankfurt, Germany. In 1973/1974, Papa Zoot Band played all over Germany, mainly in clubs but also on festivals (German Pop Meeting 1st and 2nd February 1974 in Essen, Grugahalle). Lutz Sommer guitar, Robby Matthes bass, voc, Reinhard 'Tammy' Grohe organ(Ex-Nosferatu !) and Christian Engel drums, voc. played mainly long tracks, very melodic but also with a sense of drama comparable to Nektar, Eloy, Jane or Pink Floyd. Outstanding 20 minutes title 'Fly away' could be a long track by Pink Floyd of the Meddle/Wish You Were Here/Animals-era without being an imitation. The other two long tracks 'I Wish' (9 minutes) and 'Friendship or Love' (11 minutes) also show throughout fantastic guitar and organ work (as you know it from Nosferatu album). Unbelievable that Papa Zoot Band never made an album. 4 years after they called it a day, Papa Zoot Band played in early 1978 a sole reunion concert at there basic venue 'Sinkkasten' in Frankfurt. This concert, which had the same playlist as their performance on German Pop Meeting 1974, proved again, that their music never lost its magic. This great performance was taped from the soundboard and has a superb sound quality. As bonus tracks there are two cover versions of a great Eric Burdon song 'When I was Young' in a 9 minutes psychedelic version and the classic 'Tobacco Road' with former bandleader and great singer Ernst Nadler (nickname: Papa Zoot) who left Papa Zoot Band in early 1973. CD comes with comprehensive booklet, photos from their performance at the German Pop Meeting, 1974 (a. o. with Guru Guru, Kraan, Nektar, Eloy). Digitally remastered. Secret tip and a must have for all lovers of the genre."

Pentwater - Pentwater CD (Beef) [BEEF001] $13.25
A 2003 band-released reissue of 1978 progressive from Illinois, remixed and remastered from the original analog tapes. "This album starts with the completely insane 'Frustration Mass', where the singer goes totally off the deep end. It gives hope that this will be the kind of highly creative weirdness that gives prog a good name, but the rest of the album is a bit more typical of the genre, with complex song structures, lots of time signatures, and some spacy instrumentals. There are plenty of good and highly creative moments here, from the mesmerizing guitar riffs on 'Memo' to the innovative dual vocal lines of 'Orphan Girl,' and there are a number of highly melodic songs as well." (The Acid Archives)

Roland Kovac New Set - Master Said CD (Garden Of Delights) [065] $19.25
THE ROLAND KOVAC NEW SET released several instrumental LPs on the Selected Sound "library" label from Hamburg, the second and third of which, The Master Said (1971) and Love That (1972), are good progressive rock with a clear emphasis on jazz. The line-up on The Master Said consisted of top musicians: MASTER ROLAND KOVAC himself had obtained his doctorate in music as early as 1952 and written numerous classical works and soundtracks. Guitarist SIEGFRIED SCHWAB had just become famous at that time by working with ET CETERA and other groups and shows his brilliance on this LP with his fuzz guitar. Drummer CHARLY ANTOLINI had already been in business for many years and is still first choice on the jazz scene today. The fourth member was FRANZ LOeFFLER on bass, who had already released several guitar LPs in the 1960s.

Soul Junk - 1960 CD (Sounds Familyre) [SF22] $13.25
"It's only fitting that for SOUL-JUNK's auspicious 1960 release, the stylistically dizzying San Diego-based band has returned to the comfy confines of Sounds Familyre. Although repeatedly, massively, fervently rocking out more often than any Soul-Junk record in years, 1960's crystalline/inventively fuzzified electric guitars and pounding drums tell only part of the sound-story. Having enlisted over a dozen S-J members through the years, vocalist-guitarist GALAXY is joined by eight others here for a suitably large-scale Soul-Junk ensemble. Includes vocal contributions from DANIELSON FAMILE ringleader DANIEL SMITH, his wife ELIN SMITH and father LENNY SMITH in singing out/harmonizing along."

Various Artists - Wheedle's Groove: Seattle's Finest In Funk & Soul 1967-1974 CD (Light In The Attic) [LITA009-1] $13.25
RELEASE DATE: 09-08-2009
Decades before grunge, Seattle was a city with a deep soul tradition (Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Jimi Hendrix). Wheedle's Groove takes you back to Seattle's badass days of funk & soul with music from original 45s and songs recorded by the legendary NW sound engineer Kearney Barton (The Sonics, The Wailers). This album gives you 18-choice cuts of ultra-rare Seattle funk, jazz, and soul, from all of the era's prime movers & shakers: Black On White Affair, The Overton Berry Trio, Soul Swingers, The Johnny Lewis Trio, Ron Buford, and Patrinell (Pastor Pat Wright) Staten.

Various Artists - It Happened... But Nobody Noticed 2CD (Gustav Group) [GTCD1] $16.25
In 1982, New Haven, Connecticut indie label Gustav Records (formed by CRAIG BELL of ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS, MIRRORS, SAUCERS) released It Happened...But Nobody Noticed, a thirteen-track LP documenting the local scene, so close-knit that punk, power-pop, new wave and art rock could peacefully coexist on a single record. Includes a bonus disc with another thirteen tracks by thirteen more bands. Packaged with a 16-page booklet with band pics and member credits for all twenty-sixtracks.

Various Artists - Soundman Shots: The Caribou & Downbeat 78's Story 2CD (Snapper) [SNP9705CD] $16.50
"These are the 78's originally released on the legendary Caribou & Downbeat imprints in Jamaica in 1957/8 now available for the first time ever on 2CDs. The Caribou label featured JA recorded Mento mixed with other music styles from around the Caribbean Gulf, including R'n'B, Cha Cha, Rumba and Meringue. These tracks mark the birth of an urban Jamaican musical style and featured well known Mento artist such as Lord Tanomo, Count Lasher & Count Sticky as well as new boy Laurel Aitken, whose blending of mento with JA Gospel & U.S. R'n'B created a whole new style of Jamaican music: his 'Boogie in my Bones' for Chris Blackwell's fledging Island records was a reworking of his Caribou 'Aitken's Boogie.' The Downbeat label issued Sound Systems classic of U.S. R'n'B cut over the previous few years. This 2CD set features a 24 page booklet packed with great pictures of original DJ's with their crates of 78's previously only known to hard core fans."

Vassilis Tsitsanis - Rembetika 4: The Postwar Years 1946 - 1954 CD Box (JSP Records) [JSP77123CD] $25.75
"Vassilis Tsitsanis was the key figure in Rembetika, the music that is popularly named as 'Greek Blues' - a vibrant and funky folk music of the common man that is for both dancing and rebellion. The previous JSP Rembetika box sets have brought a new standard to the re-issue of this music and brought it to a brand new market. This four CD set presents the complete picture."

Wheedle's Groove - Kearney Barton CD (Light In The Attic) [LITA043-2] $13.25
RELEASE DATE: 09-08-2009
- Featuring new recordings performed by Seattle soul legends Patrinell (Pastor Pat Wright) Staten, Robbie Hill, Ron Buford, Ural Thomas, members of Black On White Affair, Cookin Bag, Cold Bold & Together, and others! - Recorded with legendary NW sound engineer Kearney Barton at his historical studio Audio Recording - CD & LP includes deluxe old school tip-on style jackets - LP release features 180 gram wax and fancy hand-numbered jacket packaged with a BONUS Wheedle's Zine: 32 pages filled with essays, period pictures, band bios, and more!

Things you should know about this album:

1) The name of the band is Wheedle's Groove. 2) The name of the album is Kearney Barton. 3) Most of the performers are in their 60s. 4) It grew out of an urge to recreate magic.

Magic that could only have been seen on a small stage, in a packed theatre, in August of 2004. That was when Light In The Attic released a landmark compilation called Wheedle's Groove: Seattle's Finest In Funk & Soul 1965-75, and to celebrate brought together many of those original Seattle funk and soul artists for a one-night-only reunion concert, led by young blood music director and KEXP DJ Johnny Horn, and featuring Robbie Hill, Overton Berry, Patrinell Staten, Ron Buford, and KYAC's very own #1 boss-jock Robert Nesbitt. The following day, still on a high from the show, LITA, Horn, DJ Mr. Supreme, and lead-producer Dynomite D (Beastie Boys) birthed the idea of cutting a new album -- covers and originals - with some of these local music legends.

So the choice was made to record all analog at the very studio where it all began - Audio Recording - with the man who not only fostered an original Northwest sound but engineered a handful of the original Wheedle's Groove tracks - studio wiz Kearney Barton (The Sonics, The Wailers, Black On White Affair). And now, 5 years later, Light In The Attic is happy to put forth Wheedle's Groove - Kearney Barton, an album of 9 new earth shaking, head nodding grooves, including Patrinell (Pastor Pat Wright) Staten and the Total Experience Gospel Choir's interpretation of Soundgarden's "Jesus Christ Pose," Overton Berry's keyboard led "Humpty Dumpty" (originally recorded by Placebo/Marc Moulin), and the long overdue reunion of Ron Buford with Ural Thomas - the talented pair behind the 1965 local smash "Deep Soul".

Far from retro cash grab rehash, this is a serious funk throw down and original work of art, shaming musicians half their ages in the process. Super sonic Seattle funk and soul, it's time to let the world know the score!

Zoldar & Clark - Ghost Of Way CD (Oxford Circus) [OXF005] $13.25
The progressive group formerly known as JASPER WRATH (MGM-Sunflower/1971), 2008 band-released reissue compiles the best tracks from their two 1977 LP's. "Propelled by a sea of synthesizers, musically the set's firmly entrenched in the progressive camp (check out the extended instrumental 'Luner Progressions'), though tracks such as 'Touch the Sky' and 'The Ghost of Way' are surprisingly accessible. The group certainly had a knack for crafting catchy hooks and whoever handled the lead vocals had a nice and quite commercial voice. In fact with a little bit of editing, several songs would have given bands like Ambrosia, Kansas, Styx and even Yes a run for their FM radio play. Sure, it wasn't the year's most original offering, but give me these guys over Starcastle any day!" (The Acid Archives)

This week's VINYL update contains releases by:

Africa Germany Germany Mexico Turkey Australia * Afternoon Naps * Alva Noto * Anthony Collins * Antony & The Johnsons * Bad Secrets * Balmorhea * Ben Klock * Billy Bao * Black Joker * Black Sheep * Boris Brejcha * Bunnygrunt * BVoice & KHz * Chaim * Christina Carter * Cold Cave * Collections of Colonies of Bees * cv313 * D.A. * Danny Ocean * De Kift * Distinction & Kromestar * DJ W!ld * Duff Mckagan's Loaded * Excision & Endophyte * Fire! * Forbes/Young/Walter * High Places/Soft Circle * Human Skab * Internullo * Jack Sparrow * Jacuzzi Boys * Japandroids * Jay Haze * Jilt van Moorst * John Foxx * John Roberts * Jonas Kopp * Lasse Marhaug * Loco Dice * Luciano & Mirko Loko * Magas * Magnolia Electric Co. * Makam * Makossa & Megablast * Mammut * Micha Klang * Mini * Modeselektor * Modulo 1000 * Motorpsycho * N.E.W. * Oberman Knocks * Olene Kadar * Oliver Huntemann * Owen/Rutabega * Plastique De Reve * Rebolledo * Rich Reason & Fantastic Mr Fox * Rodriguez Jr. * Sascha Braemer * Sebastien San * Shantel * Silk Flowers * Singing Southern Echos of Memphis * Skygreen Leopards, The * Slam/Rejected * Son of Earth * Soul Fantastics/Los Silvertones, The * Speech Debelle * Steve Hillage * Strawberry Window * Subscape * U.V. Race * Vampire Hands * Von Spar * Wheedle's Groove * Wisdom in Chains * Young Widows/My Disco

Africa Germany Germany Mexico Turkey Australia - Africa Germany Germany Mexico Turkey Australia LP (Olde English Spelling Bee) [OESB028LP] $21.50
"Debut release from this mystery industrial-psych unit with triangle points resting in Greenpoint, Bushwick & Ridgewood, NJ. Imagined soundtracks for malaria-induced fever dreams. Full color paste-on covers, limited to 215 numbered copies."

Afternoon Naps - Parade LP (Happy Happy Birthday to Me) [HHBTM111-1] $14.50
RELEASE DATE: 09-22-2009
With nothing more than just 3 minutes, and a "verse-chorus-versechorus- end!" motto, Afternoon Naps are a vibrant indiepop band from Cleveland, Ohio. Like Brian Wilson if re-imagined by Felt or the Primitives, these teenage symphonies are relics from the past; brought back to save the 21st century from complete and utter pop boredom. Influenced by the C86 scene, 60's bubblegum, and sunshine pop act Yellow Balloon, songwriter/guitarist Tom Dechristofaro and keyboardist/arranger Leia Hohenfeld have been happily playing together since 2006. Having no expectations and "Walk away Renee" constantly spinning on the stereo, the duo recruited some close friends to help bring the band to life. A consistently enthusiastic live show that's the equivalent of a 20 minute sugar rush, has helped establish them as one of indiepop's brightest young acts. Their 2007 debut "Sunbeamed", a loving homage to sand and summer, was self-released and modestly well received. The 8 songs clocking in at just a hair under 22 minutes doesn't mean they're short on ideas, just really good at editing! Many swell things have been said about "Sunbeamed"..."It may very well be my favorite album of 2007"(fab UK blog Indie-Mp3) and "the best American group that doesn't use distortion" (some random guy in Sweden...ha!). A quick selling Cloudberry Records single was to follow, along with some nicely played shows at notable festivals like Athens Popfest, NYC Popfest, and the first ever of the popular UK night "Twee as F***" to be held in the united states. Now singing their hearts out to wider audiences, Afternoon Naps signed onto Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records, the cozy Athens, GA label, to release their next batch of fun. "Parade", a new record that's full of ever present now-ness, day-glo reverb, and energetic hooks for kids, and also adult kids, is due just in time for the summer of 2009. Highlights include the "all-things-Cleveland-by-way-of- Morrissey" bombast of "Plum City Fight Song", the Orange Juice future-disco of "Mitten Fingers", and "The Day We Started" featuring Leia's mix of Motown's heartbroken soul and a flirtatious Amelia Fletcher. Do you wanna smile? Sulk over lost love? Cringe at pictures of yourself from school years past when you wore that ONE sweater and the boy in front of you never spoke a word? Well they can't help you there, but one listen to these sparkling tunes and you just might cheer up and be ready to take on the impending dullness that is the near future! Afternoon Naps are a band to listen to if you are doing some or all of the following things: petting animals, hammocking, beach combing, dancing, looking out a window.

Alva Noto - Xerrox Vol. 2 2xLP (Raster-noton) [R-N103LP] $19.75
2x12" gatefold version. Previously-released on CD by Raster-Noton, now released in a 2x12" gatefold version. This is the second volume in the planned 5-volume Xerrox series by Alva Noto (Carsten Nicolai), the follow-up to Xerrox Vol. 1, released in 2007 on Raster-Noton. While Xerrox Vol. 1 referred to the "old world" with its tradition deeply rooted in classical music, Xerrox Vol. 2 tries to access a "new world." It works with samples (from Michael Nyman and Sunn O)))'s Stephen O'Malley) that have been gathered in the U.S.A., the so-called "new world" where the album was largely recorded. Vol. 2 develops an overall, linear aesthetic that refers to musical strategies of film music. Hence there are no implicitly singular pieces, but open musical structures -- a journey without a predetermined target. The eleven tracks on Xerrox Vol. 2 serve as documents of an immediately experienced time or as attempts to unfold in an endless space.

Anthony Collins - Doubts & Shouts Vinyl Sampler 2 12 inch (Freak N' Chic) [FNC042EP] $12.25
Freak n' Chic anticipates Anthony Collins' debut LP Doubts & Shouts with a second vinyl sampler containing remixes from Losoul and Seuil. Losoul retains the melancholic vibe on "Tango Bizarre," but gives it a slightly tweaky, jazz-inflected twist with that classic Losoul groove. Seuil reworked "Prism" -- a 12-minute percussive houser and a real album highlight. Seuil boils the percussion down to a simmering, undulating interpretation where the bass does all the work. Two superb remixes, two superb tracks.

Antony & The Johnsons - Aeon 7 inch (Secretly Canadian) [SC209EP] $7.25
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Bad Secrets - Bad Secrets 10 inch (Robotic Empire) [ROB087] $17.00
The improv duo BAD SECRETS delivers dark, weird, and hypnotic jams on their debut release. The band, comprised of EVAN PATTERSON (YOUNG WIDOWS) and DAN DAVIS (KODAN ARMADA), is built around a guitar-vocal-and-drums foundation. Conceived, recorded, and mixed over three weekends in late 2007, the lo-fi nature of this seven-track mini-album works to Bad Secrets' advantage, setting an overall mood of drunken, haunted desperation. Patterson's unique and twisted guitar twang mixes with distant howls and Davis' rumbling, primal drum work. Bad Secrets successfully channels the energy and soul of blues, the mesmerizing spirit of shoegazer and psychedelia, and the harsher "dropped out of life" elements of desert rock. Seven varied songs (none over three-and-a-half minutes long) are crammed onto this unique nine-inch vinyl record, which comes with an accompanying CD of the same tunes and is housed in a silk-screened jacket hand-made by the band members themselves.

Balmorhea - All Is Wild, All Is Silent Remixes 2xLP (Western Vinyl) [WEST064LP] $18.00
"The idea to release the All is Wild, All is Silent Remixes evolved organically as the band asked a few of their closest friends if they'd like to remix a track. To their surprise 11 of their friends jumped at the opportunity to create remixes of these wordless narratives that have become so meaningful to them. The resulting album is distinctly more experimental than the original album, but no less joyous and haunting. Many of the tracks retain Balmorhea's uniquely American optimism, though some hardly leave a trace of the original's simplicity and restraint. Highlights include remixes by Eluvium, Peter Broderick, Tiny Vipers, Bexar Bexar, and Helios."

Ben Klock - Remixes 12 inch (Ostgut Ton) [OSTGUT026EP] $11.50
Presenting an unbeatable remix package of tracks from Ben Klock's debut album, One. Rob Hood injects a kick-drum, clear synth-stabs and fragments of Elif Biçer's voice into "Godly Sin," turning the original into a massive techno stomper. Regis & Function's rework of "Subzero" (originally released on Klock's Before One EP) is crisp and cold late-night techno in the tradition of Chain Reaction and Downwards. Finally, Kenny Larkin's remix features a bulky beat and dramatic strings caressed by sweet piano patterns.

Billy Bao - Dialectics Of Shit LP (Parts Unknown) [LPBAOBDIAL] $11.00
The first full-length offering from BILLY BAO. Born and raised on the unstable streets of Lagos, Nigeria before relocating to the alleyways of a then-recently freed Bilboa, Spain, Billy Bao is a rough, dangerous, borderline example of society's woes turned against itself, of cultural repression made flesh, as it foments into a madness both gleeful and destructive. Befriended by world-renowned noise guitarist MATTIN, the two men formed a personal alliance through the community of punk rock and the blunt-force politics therein. Every musical action Bao makes is a statement of political and personal intent, of the persecution that boils within him, and yet, across his previous releases any notions of political punk rock of the tired, insipid Anglicized version are brutally choked out. Mattin's musical backdrops swing with the force of Bao's vocal delivery to rattling, devastating effect.

Black Joker - Watch Out! LP (Olde English Spelling Bee) [OESB033LP] $18.00
"Fully re-mastered vinyl edition of what was originally a Europe-only cassette released in an edition of 80 copies from the solo project of Spencer Clark of The Skaters/Vodka Soap/Monopoly Child et al. Spencer describes Black Joker as being more drone-focused and with faster percussion than the recent Monopoly Child sets. Indeed, the percussion is thrifty and up-front, with arcs of criss-crossing time signatures generating maximum space/time confusion. The combination of trance-informed momentum and bubbling electronic sci-fi tones sounds closest to one of the Sun Ra Arkestra's most future-visioned takes on 'Ancient Aethiopia' while expanding on the classic post-Angus MacLise feel of all of the best Skaters material. Comes with pro-printed 80s style 12" maxi-sleeves with liner notes by Fortean authority, itinerant visionary and Skaters road mangler in-absentia Charles Berlitz." "..the drifting of desert sand sculptures appearing within crystaline miraged mountains during a cycle in which the gleaming of sand star sparkled night is blown, floating towards dawn, as the racing of the camels amongst the sunbound mirages expend dimensions of presentation for these sculptures, which, as wind diminishes and returns, a sand is cast to represent the variety of dimensions interacted : as symbold vision, where the atmosphered wind senses the stars amongst the sand, the camel within the mirage, and the mediation of an experiences whole motion of interaction..." -- David Keenan

Black Sheep - Kiss My Sweet Apocalypse 2xLP (Invada) [INV068LP] $33.00
"Kiss My Sweet Apocalypse is the debut double-LP and 2 CD set from Julian Cope's brand new free action group Black Sheep. Black Sheep music is of the moment, beautiful as a princess one minute, hobbling like a smitten ditch-dweller the next. Songs are long and strung out, combining chanting and street protest with ambient meditations on the Culture Heroes of the Past. Eulogies to such revolutionaries as Che Guevara, Ulrike Meinhof, and one of the Cope's long time obsessions Leila Khaled, are offset by chanting and massed drum works outs and tripped out ambulant pieces such as the near-half hour long title track."

Boris Brejcha - Magic Gum 12 inch (Harthouse) [HHMA026EP] $11.50
"A: 'Magic Gum': Another sparkling tune which is full of surprising variations and effects. Deep bass and drums -- pure energy which gets messed up in a magnificent manner. Crackling sounds go against the clear structured beat and the background is peppered with various spheres. B: 'Desire':This sounds like a role model for a b-side track. The break in the middle, stressed by the male voice is like a turning point -- again perfect for dance floor use but also for a long journey by train or plane -- listen and enjoy it!"

Bunnygrunt - Matt Harnish & Other Delights LP (Happy Happy Birthday to Me) [HHBTM110-1] $14.50
RELEASE DATE: 09-15-2009
Bursting into existence during the brief-lived Great Indie Pop Scare of the mid-1990's, Bunnygrunt garnered an unlikely amount of success for a band that never managed to plan any further ahead than their next tour. Over their initial five year run, the St Louis band toured the entire USA a half-dozen times, released two great albums, a million singles & compilation tracks, and then blew out in a blaze of glory with a whirlwind tour of Japan. After pursuing other interests for a few years, main Grunt-ers Karen Ried & Matt Harnish decided to dust off the Bunnygrunt brand name for another go around. An appearance at the Athens Popfest cemented their return to activity, but also marked a broadening in their sound. While the jangling guitars and harmony-filled choruses of 90's indie pop remain, Bunnygrunt's solid Midwestern Classic Rock upbringing is equally represented, as is their love of 70's Power Pop & 60's Nuggets fuzz. This isn't music for blogs, this is shout along live, loud, in the joyful moment Rock-n-Roll.

BVoice & KHz - Courier 12 inch (Pro-tez) [PROTEZ011EP] $10.25
"After excellent and highly regarded releases on Pro-Tez, Treibstoff, Dumb Unit ant THC the duo of Bvoice and Killahertz now returns with their new strike - the Courier EP. All three tracks work clearly for the dancefloor and boost a swift, modern tech-sound now and then revealing deep and glitchy roots. Chasing grooves mix with a stiff portion of fun and make a perfect summer 12". 'Bench Affair' comes as a co-op with Modul (Subotnik, Level Records etc.)."

Chaim - Thrill You 12 inch (Bpitch Control) [BPC197EP] $11.50
Israeli genius Chaim presents three tracks that take liberties with their highly-organized structures. "Thrill You" starts dead-on house-y with slightly lascivious, breathy oohhs and ahhs. The next level features an absolutely compelling mini-melody. "Danceable" boasts sampled saxophone phrases in the wake of house beats, and "We Do" rolls super-house-y, like it was cast from some sort of massive, elastic, synthetic material. The track becomes increasingly condensed until unrecognizably-bent voice samples and rhythmic echo effects are generated. Bulls-eye.

Christina Carter - Lace Heart 2xLP (Root Strata) [LPCARTELACE] $23.25
Double LP reissue of a 2005 CD-R released on CHRISTINA CARTER's own Many Breaths imprint. Six love songs comprised of elliptical bell like guitar phrases, barely there, sometimes even coaxing silence, set behind the extended vowel sounds of voice. Soft gentle performances here, like this whole record was cut very very late at night or in the early hours of the morning. An unhinged 'nowness' is pervasive in Christina's work, and Lace Heart is no exception. There is a very private feeling here, some kinda intimacy that just feels really rare. Lovers of past, present & future all collapse into one. Memories of smells, tastes and textures all channeled into wide open song. No one really does it like this. Three sides of music and an etching of one of Christina's drawings on the fourth side. Red vinyl with maroon splatter. Edition of 500.

Cold Cave - Love Comes Close LP (Heartworm Press) [HEART035LP] $15.25
Love Comes Close is the debut full-length from COLD CAVE. After releasing singles on Hospital Productions, What's Your Rupture?, and Dais Records, as well as a comp of early material, Cold Cave has now released their first realized version of modern pop music through their own Heartworm Press. Balance is one of Cold Cave's more dominant features, laced with equal parts or romance and nihilism. Somewhere in the realms of negative hiss and out-of-body bliss there is a peak awaiting all who enter. WESLEY EISOLD is joined by an orbiting line-up that includes CARALEE MCELROY (XIU XIU), DOMINICK FERNOW (PRURIENT), MAX G. MORTON and J. BENOIT. Cold Cave is a force that has been compared to both Erasure and Whitehouse, a force that just does what it does.

Collections of Colonies of Bees - Birds LP (Table Of The Elements) [TOE818LP] $16.50
"Now available on vinyl! Collections Of Colonies Of Bees sweep in grandly, in billowing swarms of sound, bourn aloft on a thousand wings of minuscule, elegant detail. Guitars chime and soar; deft yet intensely focused percussion propels towards an inevitable dawn; covering it all is a gossamer veil of subtly nuanced electronica. Their CD Birds is joyous, epic minimalism in exquisite registration, a sound that is dazzling - and as sweet as honey taken straight from the comb."

cv313 - Sailingstars 12 inch (Echospace) [ECHOSPACE009EP] $10.75
On Sailingstars, cv313 preach the gospel of deep with a rippling exercise in space and bass. A sort of slow-motion movement in tone and 38 hz sub-frequency which verges on the disturbing -- a sonic threshold hard to achieve on vinyl. The power of repetition brings the listener to an almost hypnotic state within its melodic, spatial groove. Intrusion's reworks are equally as effective, providing low-end throbs, analog spirits and organic textures captured in zero gravity, like sailing among the stars.

D.A. - Odeon LP (Olde English Spelling Bee) [OESB038LP] $19.75
"Debut album by sci-fi oriented vintage synth duo who recently relocated to Los Angeles from Texas. Very outsider in that they were completely unaware of the current synth revival going on in the American underground (Emeralds, OPN, Caboladies, et al). D.A. began recording after being commissioned to make soundtracks for floatation tanks at a new age center in Texas. A chance meeting at a cafe led to the duo handing dozens of hours of these sessions to OESB. This album features some standouts from those early recordings. Their time in Los Angeles has been highlighted by a series of private rooftop concerts that overlook training grounds for the L.A.P.D. riot squads - the scrambling helicopters and practice gun battles below adding to the sinister dystopian vibe of their compositions. Limited numbered run of 400 copies, silkscreened by Monoroid on heavy duty chipboard jackets."

Danny Ocean - Lights In My Dark World/Flashing 12 inch (Desolat) [DESOLAT004EP] $11.50
Originally released in 2008. "Lights In My Dark World" is awash in the kind of fluttering, hissing sea-foam grooves that you have come to expect from Desolat; as well the underhanded drama and subtle retro flourishes befitting the eponymous Frank Sinatra character. Danny Ocean is from Barcelona, with eclectic influences that include the morbid strains of Brazilian thrash metal, the earliest little fluffy clouds of British electronica, as well as the polished bass lines and classic soul of Stevie or Quincy.

Distinction & Kromestar - Zzzapaah 12 inch (Noppa) [NOPPA004EP] $10.25
"Tes La Rok is one of the masters of the dancefloor sound, inspiring movement without the need for cheap tricks, and here invites Distinction and Kromestar to flex their might on his Noppa imprint. Splurting electro synths and raw male 'Zappah' vocals introduce the A, with a choice selection of bass bulges and laser wobbles firing off over the tuff beats and incidental drum edits. Tes himself gets involved on the B, with dread samples fading beneath the militant LFOs and relentless percussion."

DJ W!ld - La Cigogne 12 inch (Love Letters From Oslo) [LLFO010EP] $11.50
"Love Letters From Oslo presents with their 10th release a very special producer. DJ W!LD, who is also owner from Catwash, has a lot of releases and remixes around already. Now with La Cigogne, he starts his contribution to the sublabel from Oslo. On the A-Side we have a house track called 'Goiabada,' which the people will love because of the '80s touch. On the B-Side we have 'La Cigogne' and 'Roumaniaque.' Both tracks are very fine house tools and absolutely dancefloor orientated. Welcome DJ W!ld!"

Duff Mckagan's Loaded - Sick LP (Cockroach Media / Zodiac Killer) [ZKR089] $16.50
RELEASE DATE: 09-15-2009
4 custom colored vinyl pressings + Bonus 2 Track 7". Custom LP only cover art by MEXICAN CHOCOLATE DESIGN.

Loaded is: Duff McKagan: Vocals, Guitar (Guns N' Roses / Velvet Revolver), Geoff Reading: Drums, Vocals (Green Apple Quickstep / New American Shame), Jeff Rouse: Bass, Vocals on Translucent (Alien Crime Syndicate), Mike Squires: Guitar, Vocals (Alien Crime Syndicate).

Excision & Endophyte - Aliens 12 inch (Dubline) [DUBLINE003EP] $10.25
"Dubline is back again after a brief break. And boy do they come correct with this 12 inch single by none other then Rottun Don Excision! 'Aliens' starts quietly as the silence before the storm but after the break you know why we all love Excision. Not bound by the laws of commercialism, Excision breaks it down underground style. It's dirty gritty and gives you a kick in the face to boot! The other side sees Excision take on a somewhat deeper style. Dark and evil, with a whole lotta sub! Excision tackles this release with ease!"

Fire! - You Liked Me Five Minutes Ago LP (Rune Grammofon) [RLP3091LP] $17.25
Vinyl-only format. This is the second full-length release from Norway's Motorpsycho on the Rune Grammofon label. Fans and critics seemed to agree that their last album Little Lucid Moments (RCD 2073CD/RLP 3073LP) showed a band injected with new energy as well as being back to form. Celebrating 20 years as a band, this newfound energy will surely be the envy of many younger groups as they now also sound tighter than ever. Child Of The Future consists of six trademark Motorpsycho high-energy rockers recorded by Steve Albini in his Chicago studio and bearing the classic hallmarks of great riffs, that driving tractor bass, and some truly inspired guitar work. The slightly Zeppelin-esque "The Waiting Game" is of the mellower sort, recorded at home. With 1993's Demon Box, Motorpsycho laid down the blueprint for much of the stoner psychedelia that would spawn a number of bands many years later. Today, it's more difficult to put a tag on Motorpsycho; '70s hard rock comes to mind, there are traces of West Coast psychedelia, Krautrock, punk, improv, prog rock and more, all melting into that special Motorpsycho sound developed through years of recording and touring. Motorpsycho have always been fans of music dating back to the late '60s and the '70s, especially when it comes to production values and presentation. It should not come as a shock to anyone, especially not to the fans, that they have chosen to release this album on vinyl only, at least for the time being. Seeing as it is an analog recording, engineered by Steve Albini and having a distinctly '70s feel, whether it's the hardrock of the early '70s or the punk values of the later '70s, it is only natural to release it on the format that many still consider to be the ultimate sound carrier. Package contains stunning sleeve work by Kim Hiorthøy, featuring two die-cuts with print on the inside, a thick, color inner sleeve, including a 60x60 poster with color print on both sides. Pressed on white 180 gram vinyl. Motorpsycho is: Bent Sæther (bass, vocals, and various instruments), Hans Magnus Ryan (guitar, vocals), and Kenneth Kapstad (drums). Guest musician: Larry Space (piano on "Cornucopia").

Forbes/Young/Walter - American Free LP (ugEXPLODE) [UG36] $8.75
The music is intense, furious and relenting as it is articulate, clear and dynamic. This all-acoustic formation-the former duo hailing from Chicago and the latter from Oakland, California-generates their dense sound with pure sweat and energy (harkening back to the golden eras of Albert Ayler, Cecil Taylor, Peter Brotzmann and Milford Graves) while pushing concepts firmly into the future by adding new structural elements, timbres and techniques to this basic foundation. The group is committed to pushing the limits of sound and fury, bringing blood and guts back to this musical form. MIKE FORBES' brutish tenor sound is large and volcanic but includes a finely focused approach to phrasing that puts him head and shoulders above the "hard blowing free jazz tenor" cliche. At times he reveals a fractured approach to rhythm, spitting out clusters of detailed sonic shards at a rapid interval. His control of harmonics is varied and precise. ANDREW SCOTT YOUNG's bass playing is broad and supportive, harmonically and texturally, maintaining great momentum and gluing the violent outbursts of the trio into a coherent whole. WEASEL WALTER on drums, enough said.

High Places/Soft Circle - Split 12 inch (Post Present Medium) [PPM025EP] $10.25
"Soft Circle and High Places from New York bang out a limited split 12". Good for the club or meditation, two of the most epic music groups in the underground kill it on every level; art, audio and pleasure."

Human Skab - Stay Thirsty LP (Family Vineyard) [FV026LP] $16.00
"Stay Thirsty is one of a half-dozen or so cassette tapes recorded by Human Skab during the mid-1980s and injected into the underground web of cassette traders and freak finders. Now, 23 years later this is the first time any of the Skab's rare recordings have been reissued or even made available outside of dusty, personal collections."

Internullo - Sentimente (Nea Marin Remix) 12 inch (Desolat) [DESOLAT002EP] $11.50
Originally released in 2007. Born in Sicily, now Romania's best-loved DJ, Nea Marin (Rhadoo) presents Desolat's second release -- a remix of Internullo's "Sentimente." Finely-drawn sentiments and metallic hats quietly chip away on top of a rising tide of reverberating pads, engulfing you in an emotion you hardly knew you felt. The original track reflects the ominous fragmentation of our modern times, but Marin's version evokes the memories that might swell up from between those sparse beats.

Jack Sparrow - The Chase/The Fullest 12 inch (Tectonic) [TEC030EP] $10.75
This is the debut Tectonic release for Jack Sparrow. "The Chase" begins with a dissonant chord -- rising, evolving and building the tension slowly before energized hats come crashing in. Raging subs and a tribal conga pattern will have you skanking the moment you hear it. "The Fullest" features Biggins alongside him on the buttons, with a more relaxed vibe, the galloping kick pattern rolling with smooth chords in a deep house style. Breezy dubstep for groovers.

Jacuzzi Boys - Check That Body 12 inch (Below) [BELOW022EP] $11.50
"When two good friends share a passion and have the opportunity to collaborate to realize a dream, the results can only be promising. The DJ duo Jacuzzi Boys, which was founded in the beginning of 2007 by Marc Phillipp and Florian Settele, stands for minimal deep beats with unique mixing skills and an exceptional performance. Since mid 2009, both guys are located in the Rhine-Main area. With their first vinyl release Ramba Zamba on Komplex Audio in January 2009, the Jacuzzi Boys showed a small preview of their impressive musical talent. Their next vinyl Check That Body on Below brings a memorable killer, together with their buddy Jens Peters from the DJ-collective Primitive Visions. B1's fluent vocals gives the impression to taste 'guindillas' picantes. B2 is pure Spanish percussion art with a relaxed attitude."

Japandroids - Post-nothing LP (Polyvinyl) [PRC184] $12.25
JAPANDROIDS (JPNDRDS) is a two piece band from Vancouver, BC. This 'band' started in 2006 as a creative outlet for the post-teenage angst of BRIAN KING and DAVID PROWSE. Originally intending to be a trio, the boys decided to forgo the logistical nightmare of having a 'lead singer' and do it themselves. As a consequence, Japandroids are one guitar, one set of drums, and two vocalizers. They call it garage rock. They don't care what you call it, as long as it's not minimal. Japandroids are maximal-a two piece band trying to sound like a five piece band. These latest gems run the gauntlet of rock 'n' roll sub-genres, with the boys ripping off too many different bands to sound like any other duo making music right now. Best New Music in Pitchfork (8.3 Rating).

Jay Haze - Mama Coca 12 inch (Desolat) [DESOLAT005EP] $11.50
Originally released in 2008, this is U.S. producer Jay Haze's deep and minimal Mama Coca in the original and edit form, also including a remix by SIS.

Jilt van Moorst - Sublimination 12 inch (Caravan) [CVAN009EP] $10.75
Jilt van Moorst presents two cuts for Caravan. "Sublimination Ritual" is a quirky tech-bomb complete with submerged oscillator tones, phat-ass, low-end bass-stabs and super-tight polyrhythms. A new dimension of arranged sounds, all forged together by Jilt finding digital juju ghosts inside his Doepfer Modular synth and analog drum modules. "Pecker" is a harder, darker, faster 4/4 trip -- an intricately-crafted piece of reduced warehouse techno with ever-evolving, flying, steppers polyrhythms -- fans of Sleeparchive and early Plastikman won't be disappointed.

John Foxx - Burning Car/20th Century 12 inch (Metamatic) [meta1201] $9.00
RELEASE DATE: 09-14-2009
Includes free download versions of the tracks -- emailed to you after purchase.

John Foxx has teamed up with Dubterror and Karborn to produce a new ltd edition Burning Car/20th Century vinyl release. Only 500 copies are being pressed up on 12 inch vinyl, featuring Dubterror's new mixes of the tracks and Karborn's artwork on the label.

The records are housed in a black sleeve and feature Karborn's unique visuals on the labels.

John Roberts - Blame 12 inch (Laid) [LAID004EP] $10.25
John Roberts has floored audiences with past releases on Dial. A1 - Blame, B1 - Relate.

Jonas Kopp - Deliric 12 inch (Curle Recordings) [CURLE020EP] $11.50
Jonas Kopp first impressed the DJ league and techno fans worldwide in 2007 with his incredible remix of Plan Tec's "Espias Psiquicos" on Spectral's Death Is Nothing To Fear 2 compilation 12". In the meantime, he has released more amazing records on labels such as Weave, Vinyl Club and CMYK Musik. His debut release on Curle sounds like Brothers' Vibe meets Radio Slave at Berghain. Sounds tempting, doesn't it?

Lasse Marhaug - The Orange Dome Chronicles 2x7 inch (Autofact) [FACT010EP] $12.25
Lasse Marhaug presents The Orange Dome Chronicles -- inspired by 1960s and 1970s occult cinema; from the technicolor-horror of Hammer Studios, Amicus and Mario Bava, to the avant-garde of Donald Cammell's Performance and Kenneth Anger's Lucifer Rising. This release was tailored especially to the exotic 2x7" format, cut for play at 45 rpm in a deluxe heavyweight gatefold sleeve with Håvard Gjelseth's design printed in metallic inks with a fluorescent orange inlay. Pressed in a limited edition of only 666 copies worldwide.

Loco Dice - 7 Dunham Place Remixed Part 1 2x12 inch (Desolat) [7DPRMX001EP] $19.00
Loco Dice asked a select group of artists to remix and re-interpret their favorite track from his album 7 Dunham Place. What resulted for the first volume is a full spectrum of house and techno translations by Cassy, DJ Sneak, Luciano, and Mike Huckaby that perfectly encapsulate the mood of 2008, while anticipating the direction of dance music in 2009. Bound to cause a serious stir on the dancefloor.

Loco Dice - 7 Dunham Place Remixed Part 2 2x12 inch (Desolat) [7DPRMX002EP] $19.00
The Desolat label presents the second volume in a special remix series of tracks off of Loco Dice's 7 Dunham Place album. What resulted in volume 2 is a full spectrum of house and techno translations by Marcel Dettmann, Onur Ä-zer, Marco Carola and Mike Huckaby.

Luciano & Mirko Loko - Family 12 inch (Desolat) [DESOLAT006EP] $11.50
Originally released in 2008. Luciano & Mirko Loko present a family affair. You'll hear them all laughing on "Mousa Big Band" -- an almost-lost track. After listening to this EP, you'll wish you had an uncle who would be able to make a beautiful track for you ("Serena").

Magas - Violent Arp 12 inch (Punch Records) [10526] $23.75
12" mini-LP (45 rpm) + MP3 coupon Transparent Red vinyl in special outfolder/cut cover Limited edition of 333 hand-numbered copies VIOLENT ARP is exactly what the name implies. This 6-song mini LP is crammed with wild and diabolical ARP Odyssey sludge riffs, earth-shaking 808s and tough, surreal vocals all grounded firmly in a hard rocking sensibility. Carelessly welding ultra-minimal techno to vintage hard rock excess, MAGAS comes barreling toward you like some kind of burning train-wreck of Robert Hood and Sir Lord Baltimore. Whether it's the unhinged leads on "Cool American", the howling mid-tempo stomp'n'sway of "Statue" or the re-imaged version of COUCH's "Devil Is Flying", you are guaranteed to hear nothing but VIOLENT ARP. Following in the footsteps of Nic coloPaganini and his demonic violin, MAGAS has unrepentantly claimed the ARP Odyssey 2800 Mk I as his instrument of destruction.

Includes coupon for free mp3 download of entire album ! Yessss friends !!! we comply your dreams of vinyl collectors in this digital era ! This album comes with a coupon packaged together the vinyl with an unique-code that enables you to easily download the complete album in high quality MP3 format So, you can satisfy your vinyl fetishism and also easily enjoy the music in digital way using your CD/mp3 player :)

Magnolia Electric Co. - Josephine LP (Secretly Canadian) [SC185LP] $14.50
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Makam - Deep Loving 12 inch (Sushitech Purple) [SUSHP014EP] $11.50
"Sushitech Purple 14." If you didn't pick up Makam's The Hague Soul on Netherlands-based label So We So, here's another chance to check out Makam's infectiously pumping take on house music.

Makossa & Megablast - Marrakesh 12 inch (International Deejay Gigolo) [GIGOLO253EP] $11.50
Makossa & Megablast let their world travels influence their new sound on Marrakesh -- electronic meets world meets dance; with the styles extending over Afro/ethno, house, dub, disco, broken beats, and hip-hop, all with that celebrated analog feel. Each track has an unmistakable flavor of its own, from the exotic melody and cheeky line of "Marrakesh," to the arped-up melancholy of "Juno Ride." The perfect juxtaposition between intelligence and self-irony, judgement and experimentation, self-awareness and downright discovery.

Micha Klang - Baby I Am For Real 12 inch (Safari) [SAF038EP] $11.50
"First EP on Safari Electronique from Micha Klang from Nuremberg (Germany). He's also the manager of the label Glückskind Schallplatten! This 3 track EP is deep and sensual! Groovy beat with nice melodies and some voices turning around! The powerful remix from Nima Gorji is just the perfect one to make you move! Already supported by: Tobi Neuman, Mathias Kaden, Dyed Soundorom, Someone Else, Anthony Collins, Luciano Esse etc."

Mini - Chronicles Remixes 12 inch (Space Factory) [SFC019EP] $11.50
"Mini's dry vocals, tells a story that turns out unexpectedly and make you travel through the piece. Razor sharp bass and square drums take the lead with a certain melancholic and personnal touch. Airy pads and glitchy rhythms keep you on the edge. Ascii Disko's version brings the deep and floaty side to surface. Remember Kotai? Deep bass, spooky pads progressively bringing the track to it's climax with an 'acid' influenced breakdown. David Carretta's remix arises the dramatic side of the track with a new melody to accompany the lyrics and keep the thrill, while a new beat influenced bassline drives the track to it's full intensity."

Modeselektor - Hello Mom! 2xLP (Bpitch Control) [BPC115LP] $17.25
2005 release, Double LP version.

Motorpsycho - Child Of The Future LP (Rune Grammofon) [RLP2088LP] $20.50
Vinyl-only format. This is the second full-length release from Norway's Motorpsycho on the Rune Grammofon label. Fans and critics seemed to agree that their last album Little Lucid Moments (RCD 2073CD/RLP 3073LP) showed a band injected with new energy as well as being back to form. Celebrating 20 years as a band, this newfound energy will surely be the envy of many younger groups as they now also sound tighter than ever. Child Of The Future consists of six trademark Motorpsycho high-energy rockers recorded by Steve Albini in his Chicago studio and bearing the classic hallmarks of great riffs, that driving tractor bass, and some truly inspired guitar work. The slightly Zeppelin-esque "The Waiting Game" is of the mellower sort, recorded at home. With 1993's Demon Box, Motorpsycho laid down the blueprint for much of the stoner psychedelia that would spawn a number of bands many years later. Today, it's more difficult to put a tag on Motorpsycho; '70s hard rock comes to mind, there are traces of West Coast psychedelia, Krautrock, punk, improv, prog rock and more, all melting into that special Motorpsycho sound developed through years of recording and touring. Motorpsycho have always been fans of music dating back to the late '60s and the '70s, especially when it comes to production values and presentation. It should not come as a shock to anyone, especially not to the fans, that they have chosen to release this album on vinyl only, at least for the time being. Seeing as it is an analog recording, engineered by Steve Albini and having a distinctly '70s feel, whether it's the hardrock of the early '70s or the punk values of the later '70s, it is only natural to release it on the format that many still consider to be the ultimate sound carrier. Package contains stunning sleeve work by Kim Hiorthøy, featuring two die-cuts with print on the inside, a thick, color inner sleeve, including a 60x60 poster with color print on both sides. Pressed on white 180 gram vinyl. Motorpsycho is: Bent Sæther (bass, vocals, and various instruments), Hans Magnus Ryan (guitar, vocals), and Kenneth Kapstad (drums). Guest musician: Larry Space (piano on "Cornucopia").

N.E.W. - NEWtoons LP (Bo Weavil Recordings) [SIDRA001LP] $19.00
This is the third full-length release by N.E.W., the UK jazz power trio of Alex Ward (electric guitar), John Edwards (bass), and Steve Noble (drums/percussion). NEWtoons is the first release in a new series on Bo' Weavil Recordings -- Sidra Edition. Pressed in a limited edition of 300 hand-numbered copies on 180 gram heavyweight vinyl, and housed inside thick, hand-assembled covers. NEWtoons captures the trio in all their live ferocity, potency and inventive group improvisation. Equal measures free improv as avant-rock, these three live tracks reveal the sheer power, attack and total commitment that these musicians have to reaching new heights. As Jazzwise magazine put it, "Ward is phenomenal, all spidery glissandi and slashing chords. Edwards is a dark magus of a bass player thundering against the elements, while Noble is a violent, malevolent presence. If these guys' personalities reflect their playing, you just wouldn't want to find yourself down a darkened alley with them. A white-knuckled ride you'll be glad to take."

Oberman Knocks - 13th Smallest 12 inch (Aperture) [AP001EP] $10.25
12" EP version, heavyweight pressing. Tracklist: A1. Walkers Ret-Ret Hive, A2. Holtzen Anger Mire, B1. Lackey Remand, B2. Beckerton First Draft.

Olene Kadar - Mi Locks Got Longa 12 inch (Mo's Ferry) [MFP045EP] $11.50
Olene Kadar presents a 12" for Mo's Ferry, Mi Locks Got Longa, featuring track "Yipyipyip," which impresses with an extraordinarily addicting ragga vocal and a freaky beat wrapping. Dave Aju's remix is very relaxed, reduced to the bare essentials and garnished with vocals and e-piano chords. On the flip, you'll find the dashing rave monster "Neal Deepersma," bringing Olene Kadar's former releases on Mo's Ferry to mind.

Oliver Huntemann - Shanghai Spinner 12 inch (Ideal) [IDEAL007EP] $12.25
"Shanghai Spinner" is the second single from Oliver Huntemann's H-3 to receive special attention and to get dressed in sexy vinyl. This massive track will make you ecstatic and will spin you round and round. And if this is not enough, the B-side of the 12" is reserved for the legendary Joey Beltram, who gives us his side of the story. In case you haven't bought H-3 yet, you better hop to it, before it's too late.

Owen/Rutabega - Split 12 inch (Polyvinyl) [PRC072] $10.25
MIKE KINSELLA (AMERICAN FOOTBALL, CAP'N JAZZ, JOAN OF ARC) and his nom de guerre is joined by THE RUTABEGA (aka JOSH HENSLEY) on this popular OWEN title that is being released for the first time on vinyl. The Owen side features an alternate version of "Poor Souls" which appears on Owen's second album No Good for No One Now and also includes a solo version of American Football's "Never Meant." Each artist contributes three songs.

Plastique De Reve - Love On The Tape 12 inch (Space Factory) [SFC020EP] $11.50
"Plastique De Rêve's new single on David Carretta's label Space Factory Disques follows up on last year's fantastic release on DFA with 'It's Summer !!,' a perfect techno-pop summer hit with another great feature by vocalist Ghostape, and dives further into the realms of electro-disco, synth-pop and cosmic music. Ultra synthetic and light-hearted, yet dreamy and emotional, the three tracks each capture with authenticity the essence of electronic disco music but pay tribute to it here in a very original, playful and modern way. 'It's Summer !!' is a great follow-up to Plastique De Rêve's previous singles on DFA and Supersoul Recordings, also featuring Ghostape on vocals. This time the music goes even deeper into the worlds of synth-pop and electronic disco, with reminiscences of Vince Clarke's Yazoo, Giorgio Moroder or Kelley Polar. The sunny, laidback, 'pop radio' atmosphere, together with Ghostape's emotional build up of the deliberately simplest lyrics ever written so far, might well keep you smiling, and dancing, all summer. 'Dance On' continues in this 'early Depeche Mode' direction but adds a more romantic and retro touch, this time with Plastique himself using the vocoder's harmonic qualities to create a hypnotic and emotional atmosphere. 'Love On The Tape' is a beautiful track with just a bassline and a vocoded voice that Plastique had recorded in 1999 already, singing along to a Commodore 64 with a Korg Vocoder. It's a very personal, emotional track about love and loss, paralleled with nostalgia for discarded technological music instruments and recording formats: the Commodore 64 computer, the vocoder, the tape recorder... This recently re-worked "rhythm version" creates a more dynamic 'cosmic disco' feel by adding subtle beats, catchy melodic synth lines and deep sweeping sounds to the original."

Rebolledo - Guerrero 12 inch (Comeme) [COMEME004EP] $10.25
New release from Matías Aguayo's label. Rebolledo was previously featured on Comeme 002. Tracklist: A1 Guerrero, A2 Venganza y seducción, B1 Marchante, B2 Raid a la joya.

Rich Reason & Fantastic Mr Fox - Fall 12 inch (Black Acre) [ACRE012EP] $10.25
"Clocking in here for the first time since their warmly received debut on Hemlock, Rich Reason & Fantastic Mr Fox jerk the Black Acre steering wheel sharply left into a murky new trajectory. Fall, an ode to the autumnal onset features the lush sound textures that have become the Manc super team's calling card. Kicking off as a horn blasting bass-lead 130 skanker, 'Fall' proceeds to hoodwink the listener with haunted soul and anomalous artifacts buried deep in the sampledelic mist. A thin line is deftly navigated in combining the muscular low-end with an enriching sound palate, stimulating both body and synapse. 'Lo-Fi-Ve,' walks a longer more arduous path, masquerading initially as a sinuous dose of future garage, the clipped snares and 808 boom will have you on your feet quicker than the ice cream truck. Ever the curve ball pitchers, a Hitchcockian twist abruptly takes us into the obscure. Distant horns and warping bass are bathed in the UV glare of bubbling operatic synth-work climaxing in a cascade of citric sound. Support: Jamie Vex'd, Bobby Friction, TRG, Untold, Geiom, DJ Yoda, Pangaea, Kid Kameleon Reviews: DJ, Mixmag, Wire, IDJ."

Rodriguez Jr. - Tuning #07 12 inch (Boxer Recordings) [BOXER073EP] $11.50
Christian Hilscher and Nico Plagemann aka Kollektiv Turmstrasse remix Rodriguez Jr.'s "Lila." Three minutes before the start: three double signals are flashing at the starting lights. The pilots are strapped into their cockpits with pinpoint accuracy. Windows down, elbows out. The sound system is pushed to the limit, the golden Chevrolet is shimmering -- a real feast for the audience's eyes and ears.

Sascha Braemer - Ghost Hand 12 inch (Stil Vor Talent) [SVT035EP] $11.50
Sascha Braemer is one part of Heinrich & Hirtenfellner, and has topped everybody's DJ charts with his funk-laden, minimal soul piece, "Mamba Drums" on Kindisch Records. Here, he presents three funky, minimal groovers to Oliver Koletzki's imprint. "Ghost Hand" features a dry, minimal loop with a rhythmic vocal sample, "Girl" is a dubby piece of tech-house with soulful vocals and beautiful strings, and "Guitar Man" is a stripped-down loop with an echoed guitar riff and some dark, wobbly bass lines.

Sebastien San - Figure SPC B 12 inch (Figure Spc) [FIGSPCB] $11.50
"A rather talented Frenchman in love with Detroit is the second artist to contribute their music to the SPC catalogue. Sebastien San, who has already released highly received productions with labels like Rush Hour, Planet E and Echochord, provides two wonderful cuts for Figure SPC B. Reminiscent of heroic expeditions into the unknown, both 'Chief Inspector' and 'Midnight Motion' have all the brawn, intelligence and forward-pushing energy of those young and fearless techno pioneers some twenty years past. Full of raw, unadulterated emotions and overwhelming, room-filling waves of kinetic energy, '...Inspector' greets us with an instantly catchy synth hook, rising amongst a strong, classic groove that seeks out the hidden dancer in all of us. Rising and falling through a canyon of synthesisers, a melody of epic proportions fuels this night train's dramatic adventure, freezing time and space in its path."

Shantel - Planet Paprika LP (Essay Recordings) [AY023LP] $16.00
After more than 250 internationally-acclaimed and celebrated live shows throughout 2008 -- from Glastonbury to Roskilde, from Southside to the Hurricane Festival, from east coast to west coast -- renowned German DJ/producer Stefan Hantel aka Shantel and his band of gypsies, the Bucovina Club Orkestar present Planet Paprika -- a chronicle of their slow takeover of the planet via international musical mind-melding. Gathering a host of awards and chart positions along the way, culminating in platinum status in Turkey, Shantel has perfected a Byzantine flurry of brass sounds, disco, Balkan beats and belly-dancing -- a music without frontiers -- a cultural temporary autonomous zone where integration isn't something to be debated at length, but where it actually becomes reality. Planet Paprika has its own set of values: the pursuit of genuinely European pop music where north meets south and east meets west, and they are all equal in the mind of the musician. Limited edition of 1,500 copies worldwide, pressed on 180 gram vinyl. LP jacket printed on 350 gram cardboard, with an insert featuring a high quality photo print.

Silk Flowers - Silk Flowers LP (Post Present Medium) [PPM026LP] $11.25
"Silk Flowers from NYC bring the 4 track mess and blips of pure bliss. Art world messing, samples and singing, drums, keyboard, and super original, think Kraftwerk in a garbage can wearing a trench coat. Be prepared to enter a new world. Minimal and even more minimal."

Singing Southern Echos of Memphis - Somebody Touched Me LP (Big Legal Mess) [BLM0236] $13.50
A reissue of the Somebody Touched Me album from THE SINGING SOUTHERN ECHOS OF MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. Originally released on the legendary DIY gospel label Designer Records, you get eleven tracks of classic gospel sounds. Japandroids - Post-nothing [PRC184:r] Polyvinyl $10.75 ***JAPANDROIDS (JPNDRDS) is a two piece band from Vancouver, BC. This 'band' started in 2006 as a creative outlet for the post-teenage angst of BRIAN KING and DAVID PROWSE. Originally intending to be a trio, the boys decided to forgo the logistical nightmare of having a 'lead singer' and do it themselves. As a consequence, Japandroids are one guitar, one set of drums, and two vocalizers. They call it garage rock. They don't care what you call it, as long as it's not minimal. Japandroids are maximal-a two piece band trying to sound like a five piece band. These latest gems run the gauntlet of rock 'n' roll sub-genres, with the boys ripping off too many different bands to sound like any other duo making music right now. Best New Music in Pitchfork (8.3 Rating).

Skygreen Leopards, The - Gorgeous Johnny LP (Jagjaguwar) [JAG147LP] $14.50
"It's been 8 years since the first The Skygreen Leopards' record was released. Since then the boys have maintained their singular aesthetic while managing to dabble with faux-folk, avant garde pop, reverb-drenched lo-fi psychedelia, plastic country and blurry ballads. This latest effort finds them collaborating with Jason Quever (Papercuts) to create a melancholy world overflowing with itinerant dandies, urban streets, suburban teens, and more girls' names than I care to count, all set to melodic shuffles featuring harmonies, frail piano, and romantic guitars. As always with the Leopards the rhythms refuse to be bridled, the boys resist the urge to jam, and they won't ever learn to sing properly. This will frustrate the expectations of some. Others will find a sweet shadowy hiding place in these songs -- 3 minutes to hang out with girls who race horses, boys who never learned to dance, and a dirty uncle who steals your cigarettes."

Slam/Rejected - Dead Dog Bounce/Peanuts 12 inch (Figure) [FIGURE020EP] $11.50
"The 20th release of Len Faki's Figure label is ready to hit the shelves in the form of a modern electronic powerhouse. Featuring two of the techno scene's most respected production forces, Slam and Rejected provide the goods in this split artist double-header. Figure 20 is truly set to rock! The fabled duo Slam, of Soma records fame, are a household name when it comes to forward thinking, emotional and cutting edge techno. Rocking clubs with their new wave of productions, and their fledgling Paragraph label, the pair look to freakier, darker corners of the dancefloor with their mighty 'Dead Dog Bounce.' Words simply cannot describe the sheer unstoppable energy that flows from this monstrous work...! Surging, hi-tech rhythms drive an intense building rollercoaster of a track that's perfect for the biggest dancefloors. Pitching, climbing, hissing and rolling towards an almighty slab of bass, this is the sound of Slam at their most devastating!"

Son of Earth - Improvements - Amish R/w Series Vol. 1 LP (Amish) [AMI-R/W031] $19.25
The first in Amish Records' new Required Wreckers series featuring artists exploring the intersections of sound, art, improvisation, drone, experimentation and modern composition. Beginning a decade ago, in a Pre-Weird America, SON OF EARTH has traveled a surprisingly linear trajectory through noise and collective improvisation to a simple, quiet, and more considered music. The band's path has led through hundreds of performances and collaborations (including Shackamaxon, which brought together all three members of Son of Earth with Marcia Bassett and Chris Gray of Double Leopards and Pete Nolan of the Magik Markers), but has resulted in only a handful of releases, often handcrafted and released on the group's Apostasy Recordings label. While still being filled with the unease and tension that is their hallmark, Improvements is the first record that also allows the humor and camaraderie between the members of Son of Earth to come to the fore.

Speech Debelle - Speech Therapy 2xLP (Big Dada) [BD137LP] $20.00
"Speech's sound has been received as urban pop, and she's drawn comparisons to Lily Allen and been called the lovechild of Biggie Smalls and Joanna Newsome. The childlike quality of her voice belies her often dark lyrical subject matter. The oldest song on here is called 'Finish This Album.' It was the tune she first played when she visited Big Dada almost five years ago. Speech is both young and old beyond her years. At the age of 25 her fragile voice can make her sound like a teenager, but she's packed in enough experience to last most people forever."

Subscape - Wrong Number 12 inch (Dub Police) [DP029EP] $10.25
"Dub Police only release big big tunes, and this is set to become one of the biggest dance releases of 2009. Spanning many genres, Subscape has made a monster track with 'Nothing Wrong.' If High Contrast made dubstep it might sound like this! 'Wrong Number' is the more aggressive, grinding and pulsating all the way to the run out groove. Supported by Caspa, Annie Mac, Marlow."

U.V. Race - Malaria 7 inch (S-s Records) [SS030EP] $6.00
"In the beginning, the U.V. Race were the product of two rural Australians' imagination. Throughout high school, Al & Marcus had the band but no sound. A few years go by and Al moves to Melbourne and joins Straight Jacket Nation with Daniel -- they play speedy hardcore. Marcus moves to Melbourne and with his pal Al, Daniel, Moses and Emily, U.V. Race made some noise. After some playing around, they released a great single on Aarght! Records and a split tape with pals Eddy Current Suppression Ring. Enter S.S. Records and this new record, Malaria, the U.V. Race's second record. Four songs long, the UVs take their influences (X, Cramps, Electric Eels, VU, etc.) and get loose. While the songs are songs, nothing is too planned out as the band thrives on spontaneity. Captured on tape by Eddy Current guitarist Mikey Young, Malaria is yet another great record to come out of today's Melbourne DIY scene."

Vampire Hands - Hannah In The Mansion LP (St. Ives) [SAINT029LP] $13.50
"Born like a bolt of lightning, Vampire Hands are a quintessential kind of midwestern band. All of the personality and insular weirdness present in so many other Minneapolis groups' music, VH has taken all of their combined winters and created a cold and isolated sound that is hard to pin down but still strangely familiar. Their latest release, Hannah in the Mansion, focuses more on the band's collective obsession with the wilted calypso-cana of Mayo Thompson and the rickety blues of Neil Young than their previous four releases but still maintaining their swirling, modern psychedelic tendencies. Despite recording and touring at a break-neck pace since their inception in 2005, the band shows no signs of slowing down and only expanding exponentially on tapping into their idealized vision of classic American rock."

Various Artists - Searching For The Now Vol. 5 7 inch (Slumberland) [SL94] $4.50
Slumberland's popular split single series returns with two new installments. Searching For The Now 5 is an all-Swedish offering. On the A-side is a track from Gothenburg's LIECHTENSTEIN, a band that marries the angularity of post-punk groups like The Mo-Dettes with the pop appeal of Talulah Gosh or The Aislers Set. The B-side features fellow Gothenburg band THE FAINTEST IDEAS, whose chaotic pop tunes have blazed a singular path through the indie world since their formation as THE JAVELINS in 2003. Influenced by punk rock, caffeine, and perhaps a lager or two, The Faintest Ideas haven't even a whiff of twee about them, their feedback-laced attack finding more in common with The Wedding Present, Bright Lights, and Boyracer than most indie pop bands. The two songs on this single are otherwise unreleased and were recorded by MARKUS GOERSCH (Love Is All) and WYATT CUSICK (The Aislers Set). Pressed on colored vinyl.

Various Artists - Searching For The Now Vol. 6 7 inch (Slumberland) [SL95] $4.50
Searching For The Now 6 continues to fire on all cylinders with an excellent UK pairing. On side one, Welsh pop mavens THE SCHOOL deliver a smashing cover of late Left Banke tune "And Suddenly." Taking their cues from Brian Wilson, sunshine pop, and classic Phil Spector girl-group sounds, The School joins Camera Obscura, Saturday Looks Good To Me, and Lucky Soul in bringing '60s references bang up to date. On side two is GEORGE WASHINGTON BROWN-the latest nom de rock of PETE GOFTON, who got his start in teenage sensations KENICKIE and has also recorded as J XAVERRE. The two songs here are brand new, exclusive, and perfect examples of Gofton's quirky pop vision, full of production twists and surprising turns of melody. Pressed on colored vinyl.

Various Artists - Various Artists Part 2 12 inch (8BIT) [8BIT023EP] $12.25
8Bit releases the second part of their various artists series. This is a strong three-tracker with tracks from Simon Baker, Butch and Ali Kuru. Support from: Karotte, David Squillace, Jay Haze, Audiofly, Tiefschwarz, 2000 And One, Shinedoe, Solomun, Anthony Collins, Kreon, Marc Romboy, Gorge, Nick Curly, and M.A.N.D.Y.

Various Artists - Somero 2009 2x12 inch (Cecille Records) [CECSEASON001EP] $22.00
Cécille Records honors two seasons with a special double vinyl series, starting with Somero 2009 -- tracks chosen for their perfect summertime vibe. With exclusive tracks from DJ Sneak, Reboot, Robert Dietz, Negru vs. Boola, Leon, and Nima Gorji.

Various Artists - Lo-Fi Soundsystem 12 inch (Echospace) [INTRUSION004EP] $10.75
Echospace presents a killer selection of steppa's riddims and tropical grooves. Intrusion's "Velocity In A Minor" is all about being playful with a sequence and splicing. Lo-Fi Soundsystem makes their first 12" appearance on Intrusion with a track given a second lease on life from its scarce 45 release. A mystical midnight groove reworked by Stephen Hitchell. Mildiou crosses into territory comparable to Intrusion's "Tswana Dub" or the atmospheric dub side of Rhythm & Sound, and "Oceanview" paints a picture of oceanic vapor haze.

Various Artists - Kraut Rock LP (Cleopatra) [CLP3015LP] $16.75
Tangerine Dream, Can, Brainticket, Amon Guru. "Limited edition 12" vinyl compilation featuring the pioneers of the Kraut Rock genre - a perfect introduction to this little known but powerfully influential genre."

Von Spar - Hybolt 12 inch (Italic) [ITALIC085EP] $10.25
"Von Spar is a four piece pop group from Cologne, Germany who have already released several 12 inches and two highly acclaimed albums. For their new single HyBoLT (Hypersonic Boundary Layer Transition), Von Spar draw inspiration from the Krautrock of the 1970's and take their love of experimentation to the dance floor with a real disco happening, all refracted psychedelic colour and fluid dreams. Musically, Von Spar's policy of ecstasy has produced a brilliant piece of prog-disco, one that tells of cosmic pop science and combines Can's spirit of discovery with the dance-floor instinct of Giorgio Moroder. But the result is no sentimental reconstruction of musical styles of the past; instead, 'HyBoLT' is a contemporary amalgam from the musical molecular kitchen. As guest and remixer for their new single, Von Spar invited Norwegian new-disco king Prins Thomas (Full Pupp, Internasjonal, Oslo) on board. In his interpretation, Afro-disco percussion meets the melodic grace and dreaminess of La Düsseldorf. On a journey lasting almost 14 minutes, Prins Thomas leads the music through a broad spectrum of aesthetic and stylistic positions and combines them into an electrifying whole an intoxicated disco trip. The second remix is vinyl exclusive and comes from Cologne's ndie house wonder Popnoname aka Jens-Uwe Beyer. His version is very melodic, with strong synths, jangly reverbed guitars and throbbing bass. The new single HyBoLT also serves as a first peek into Von Spar's new album, whose release has been announced for 2010."

Wisdom in Chains - Wisdom In Chains LP (Universal Warning) [UWR025] $15.00
RELEASE DATE: 08-11-2009
We have the limited to 100 clear/splatter color vinyl. The first available release of the long out of print debut recordings of PA hardcore super group, Wisdom In Chains! Featuring newly remastered versions of PA favorites Wisdom In Chains' blistering 2002 debut on side A - plus a ferocious live set recorded in Spring 2009, featuring all the bands most requested takes on side B! In this package you get both ends, the beginning with bands long out of print debut plus the most current live tracks from Eulogy Recordings 2006 release of "Class War" without skipping the break through songs from their 2004 release " Die Young ". This is a must have for any Hardcore fan young and old! Issued on limited edition 12" colored vinyl, the release is issued in collectors fashion at 500 units ( 100 Clear & 400 Orange ) with custom hand numbered insert and bonus sticker.

Young Widows/My Disco - Young Widows Split Series Vol. 4 7 inch (Temporary Residence Limited) [TRR154EP] $5.75
"Following on the heels of their breakthrough Old Wounds album, Young Widows have assembled an all-killer-no-filler split single series, featuring new, unreleased Young Widows jams, split up over four separate 7" singles, accompanied by a handful of their favorite friends and artists on the opposite sides of each single. Those artists include Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Melt-Banana, Pelican, and My Disco. All songs by all artists are brand new and exclusive to this series. Each single is strictly limited to a one-time pressing of 2,000 copies. The artwork for the four singles fits together to form one large,beautiful puzzled image. This fourth and final single in the series features Young Widows and My Disco."

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De Kift - Krankenhaus LP (Domino Sound) [DOMINO025LP] $12.75
"De Kift's second album, Krankenhaus, originally a 1993 compact disc, is released for the first time ever on vinyl. The music on the album is difficult to describe, there simply aren't the reference points to make it easily classifiable. Thematically, Krankenhaus is a guided tour through the terror and tedium of war and its effects. Musically, it does have guitar, bass, and drums, but there is also a brass section, scrappy and heartfelt, making plenty of appearances throughout, and some woodwinds, an accordion, piano, violin, and hand clapping show up here and there. Imagine a scene from a Berlin cabaret of the '30s as written by the New Deal's Federal Theater Project. But, in, well, Dutch. And using World War authors and poets as lyricists, but seen through the lens of the Dutch squatters movement that De Kift and The Ex came up through. If Hanns Eisler had been a collaborator with The Ex, you'd be close, but still not quite there. De Kift sets their music to the stories and poems of authors Jan Arends, Erich M. Remarque and Wolfgang Borchert and comes up with an album that brings a new beauty to the words and a remarkably original amalgamation. This release comes in a tip-on sleeve with original artwork and is accompanied by a 16-page booklet with lyrics in Dutch, English and German."

Mammut - Mammut LP (Long Hair) [LHC077LP] $28.25
"Originally released in 1971, this album is an intense and bombastic hybrid between heavy fuzz acid guitar, instinctive free rock improvisations and some lyrical, classical influenced interludes/fragments. Mammut played in an impressive and convincing manner their conception of an psychedelic rock opera. For that each title includes the name Mammut. The opening track 'Bird Mammut' is a groovy, percussive, crazy psychedelic affair featuring an avalanche of drums, trippy organs, bluesy e-guitar and wistfull flute passages. 'Classical Mammut' delivers a short piano interlude, a pleasant melodic moment. 'Mammut Ecstasy' is a fuzzy heavy psychedelic composition with furious rhythms, an efficient bass guitar leading theme and some nice keyboard moves. 'Foot Machine Mammut' alternates a bluesy pop song with free guitar jams accompanied by Hammond organ. Perhaps parts of the first Embryo album are comparable to this. 'Nähgarn Mammut" is their attempt to be more lyrical and melodic, while the album closes with 14 minutes of 'Mammut Opera,' which show Mammut at their best. Dark sounds with hints of Amon Düül II, heavy blues rock with all sorts of strange, ethnic and gothic touches combined in their music. Altough the band themselves quoted Deep Purple in rock as a major influence, their spirit was purely Krautrock. Their sole album is a legendary rarity. Comes with 1 bonus track, comprehensive insert, digitally remastered. A classic! Don't miss it!"

Modulo 1000 - Nao Fale Com Paredes LP (World In Sound) [RFR004LP] $50.75
2009 repress. Stunning reissue of this obscure Brazilian album from 1970. "Really wild, psychotic, exotic, progressive psychedelic beast from Brasil -- all those attributes in an extreme way! Long freaked-out tracks driven by furious organ and massive fuzz -- wahwah guitar assaults, also added distorted vocals (Portuguese lyrics) that creep deep inside your cranium -- one of the best ever! Comes in usual World In Sound quality with original amazing triple fold out cover that is beyond believe."

Soul Fantastics/Los Silvertones, The - El Mismo/El Baile De La Arana 7 inch (Soundway) [SNDW7007EP] $9.75
The tracks featured on this very rare and limited release offer a glimpse of the unique tropical music created in Panama during the fertile decades of the 1960s and 1970s. Both songs are not included on the Panama!2 compilation and are exclusive to this release. The Soul Fantastics' flute-driven track "El Mismo" is a soul workout with heavy influences from the States, featuring jazz flautist Felix Wilkins. Los Silvertones present an ode to Arana with "El Baile De La Arana" -- a bossa nova/funk-inspired jam, sure to provoke some heavy hustling in the discotecas.

Steve Hillage - Live At Deeply Vale 2xLP (Ozit) [OZIT8007LP] $38.75
"Live At Deeply Vale Festival 1978 transports the listener back to one of the last truly great festivals staged in the UK that decade, a weekend's worth of music that fearlessly ranged across both the traditional rock range and the upcoming punk movement, before climaxing with a Hillage set that the guitarist himself reflects, '...(sounds) as exciting now as Live Herald was back then.' -- Goldmine Magazine USA. A must have for any and all fans of Hillage, Gong, Canterbury, Avant Garde and just good British psych in general."

Strawberry Window - Strawberry Window LP (World In Sound) [RFR031LP] $45.75
"Strawberry Window hailed from the San Francisco Bay Area's East Bay music scene in the mid '60s and were truly one of the 'early birds' and innovators who made their own distinct brand of rock-n-roll. They played in a heavy-psychedelic-garage style, sounding somewhat reminiscent of the Jefferson Airplane, (early) Mad River, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Frumious Bandersnatch. These previously unreleased recordings have survived for the last four decades in a box on a shelf in a band member's closet. Meticulous care and detail has been taken to master these recordings with a fresh, open approach, while ensuring that the sound and integrity of the vintage songs remained intact. The amazing music of this guitar based quartet ranges from catchy electric folk tunes and 'West Coast' garage rock to raw energetic acid jams lasting over 10 minutes. You'll be impressed by the (stereo) sound quality throughout their ten original cuts not to mention their freaky live version of J D Loudermilk's 'Tobacco Road.' It's an out right shame that this talented bunch were not signed to a record deal back then. (In 1968 they switched guitar players, added a girl singer and changed their name to the Dandelion Wine and recorded several songs and also released a private pressing of a 4 song 7 inch EP.) World In Sound presents for the first time ever, the music of and the history behind this talented group of songwriters and wild performers known as the Strawberry Window. The LP-version will be 180g vinyl, handmade extra heavy sleeve, poster and a 3-track 7" EP, in total 60 minutes of intense but melodic performances that will take you on a trip back to the halcyon days of the Summer of Love. Discover it, it's truly a masterpiece from the roots of the legendary SF-Sound!"

Various Artists - A Orillas del Magdalena LP (Domino Sound) [DOMINO024LP] $12.00
Coastal Cumbias from Colombia's Discos Fuentes. "Call and response wailing, percussionists that play a measure then disappear, backwards accordions and a persistent, loping bassline comprise some of the elements that make up the Cumbia. Born on the banks of the Magdalena River in coastal Colombia, this infectious music represents a marriage of African, Spanish, and Indigenous influences. Antonio Fuentes began recording Colombia's music in 1934, founding his country's first record label, Discos Fuentes. These 12 gems -- released between the mid 1950s and the mid '70s -- are lovingly selected from the Discos Fuentes catalogue. Includes tracks by Andres Landero, Los Corraleros de Majagual, Los Guacharacos, and Nafer Duran amongst others. This release comes in a tip-on sleeve."

Wheedle's Groove - Kearney Barton LP (Light In The Attic) [LITA043-1] $16.75
RELEASE DATE: 09-08-2009
- Featuring new recordings performed by Seattle soul legends Patrinell (Pastor Pat Wright) Staten, Robbie Hill, Ron Buford, Ural Thomas, members of Black On White Affair, Cookin Bag, Cold Bold & Together, and others! - Recorded with legendary NW sound engineer Kearney Barton at his historical studio Audio Recording - CD & LP includes deluxe old school tip-on style jackets - LP release features 180 gram wax and fancy hand-numbered jacket packaged with a BONUS Wheedle's Zine: 32 pages filled with essays, period pictures, band bios, and more!

Things you should know about this album:

1) The name of the band is Wheedle's Groove. 2) The name of the album is Kearney Barton. 3) Most of the performers are in their 60s. 4) It grew out of an urge to recreate magic.

Magic that could only have been seen on a small stage, in a packed theatre, in August of 2004. That was when Light In The Attic released a landmark compilation called Wheedle's Groove: Seattle's Finest In Funk & Soul 1965-75, and to celebrate brought together many of those original Seattle funk and soul artists for a one-night-only reunion concert, led by young blood music director and KEXP DJ Johnny Horn, and featuring Robbie Hill, Overton Berry, Patrinell Staten, Ron Buford, and KYAC's very own #1 boss-jock Robert Nesbitt. The following day, still on a high from the show, LITA, Horn, DJ Mr. Supreme, and lead-producer Dynomite D (Beastie Boys) birthed the idea of cutting a new album -- covers and originals - with some of these local music legends.

So the choice was made to record all analog at the very studio where it all began - Audio Recording - with the man who not only fostered an original Northwest sound but engineered a handful of the original Wheedle's Groove tracks - studio wiz Kearney Barton (The Sonics, The Wailers, Black On White Affair). And now, 5 years later, Light In The Attic is happy to put forth Wheedle's Groove - Kearney Barton, an album of 9 new earth shaking, head nodding grooves, including Patrinell (Pastor Pat Wright) Staten and the Total Experience Gospel Choir's interpretation of Soundgarden's "Jesus Christ Pose," Overton Berry's keyboard led "Humpty Dumpty" (originally recorded by Placebo/Marc Moulin), and the long overdue reunion of Ron Buford with Ural Thomas - the talented pair behind the 1965 local smash "Deep Soul".

Far from retro cash grab rehash, this is a serious funk throw down and original work of art, shaming musicians half their ages in the process. Super sonic Seattle funk and soul, it's time to let the world know the score!