"Big Time" entstand mit einem Peitschenhieb in den seltenen, fruchtbaren Momenten, in denen sowohl frische Trauer als auch frische Liebe gleichzeitig auftreten, in denen sich Kummer und Verliebtheit gegenseitig verstärken, verkomplizieren und erklären. Verlust ist schon immer ein Thema in Olsens Songs gewesen, aber nur wenige können Elegien mit einer derart rücksichtslosen Energie schreiben, wie sie. Wenn diese aus allen Nähten platzende, bergab rasende Energie für ihre Arbeit unüberwindbar schien, beweist "Big Time", dass Olsen jetzt von einem verwurzelteren Ort der Klarheit aus schreibt. Dabei arbeitet sie mit einer elastischen Beherrschung ihrer Stimme - sowohl klanglich als auch künstlerisch. In diesen Liedern geht es nicht nur um die Transformation von Trauer, sondern auch darum, Freiheit und Freude in den Entbehrungen zu finden, die diese mit sich bringen. "Big Time" ist ein Album über die expansive Kraft der neuen Liebe, geschrieben in der Zeit, als Angel Olsen sich als queer outete und ihre ersten Erfahrungen mit queerer Liebe und Herzschmerz machte. Aber dieser Glanz und Optimismus wird durch ein tiefes und vielschichtiges Gefühl von Verlust gemildert. Während Olsens Prozess der Auseinandersetzung mit ihrem Queer-Sein und der Konfrontation mit den Traumata, die sie davon abgehalten hatten, sich selbst voll und ganz zu akzeptieren, fühlte sie, dass es an der Zeit war, sich ihren Eltern gegenüber zu outen - eine Hürde, die sie eine Zeit lang vermieden hatte. "Some experiences just make you feel as though you're five years old, no matter how wise or adult you think you are", schreibt sie über diese Zeit. Nach diesem tränenreichen, aber erleichternden Gespräch feierte sie mit ihrem/ihrer Partner*in, ihren Freund*innen, mit Austern und Wein. "Finally, at the ripe age of 34, I was free to be me." Drei Tage später starb ihr Vater, dessen Beerdigung Olsen zum Anlass nahm, den/die Partner*in ihrer Familie vorzustellen. Nur zwei Wochen später erhielt Olsen den Anruf, dass ihre Mutter in der Notaufnahme lag. Eine Zeit im Hospiz kam bald darauf, und eine zweite Beerdigung folgte kurz nach der ersten. Eine weitere Reise zurück nach St. Louis, eine weitere Trauerbewältigung, eine weitere Vertiefung und Intensivierung dieser noch jungen Liebe. Drei Wochen nach der Beerdigung ihrer Mutter war Olsen im Studio, um dieses unglaublich weise und zärtliche neue Album "Big Time" aufzunehmen. Ausgelassene Anspielungen an Tammy Wynette und Kitty Wells tauchen auf "Big Time" ebenso auf wie die komplexen Orchestrationen ihres genreübergreifenden 2019er Albums "All Mirrors". Während jenes Album voller dramatischer Veränderungen und Wendungen war, liegen die Überraschungen hier in ihrer Einfachheit - ein langsames Anschwellen der Streicher, eine Instrumentierung, die wie ein Sturm zyklisch ist, oder funkelnde Hörner in einer lichtdurchfluteten Break-up-Ballade, während kaum ein Synthesizer in Sicht ist. "Big Time" wurde zusammen mit dem Co-Produzenten Jonathan Wilson in seinen Fivestar Studios in Topanga, Kalifornien, aufgenommen und gemischt. Drew Erickson spielte Klavier, Orgel und kümmerte sich um die Streicherarrangements. Olsens langjährige Bandkollegin Emily Elhaj spielte durchgehend den Bass.
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Mint Green is releasing their debut album on Pure Noise Records. “All Girls Go To Heaven” plays with the idea of paradise and perfection, but not in a traditional sense. Rather, it’s about discovering what “paradise” or “heaven” means to the individual. How freedom and peace can be found through introspection. The journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance. How someones idea of safety and wellness can be totally different from your own. In a more literal sense, “All Girls Go To Heaven” means that anyone can achieve this so-called “sacred” destination by simply believing that they belong there. Or rather, creating their own definition of what “heaven” is. The album touches subjects like homophobia, depression, anxiety, isolation, love, heartbreak, family, and religion.“ Expands across genres pop, rock, punk, singer-songwriter, indie, dreamy, 90s alt, funk, electro, dance.
- A1: Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl (Feat Kylie Auldist)
- A2: Leisure - Slipping Away
- A3: (Re Jazz) - Gabrielle (Re:jazz)
- A4: Beady Belle - Self-Fulfilling (Feat India Arie)
- A5: Da Break - Give Your Love
- B1: Tom Misch - It Runs Through Me (Feat De La Soul)
- B2: Terry Callier & Paul Weller - Brother To Brother
- B3: Dublex Inc - Shine (Feat Sandhy Sandoro)
- B4: Normanton Street - Take A Walk With Me
- B5: Aloe Blacc & King Most - With My Friends
- A1: Sankofa (Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Remix)
- A2: Kilode (Carl Craig Remix)
- A3: Awa Nare (Bonde Do Role Remix)
- B1: Ernestus (Mark's Disco Dub)
- B2: Reggae Land (Wareika Hill Sounds Dub)
- B3: Tetsuya's Theme (Newham Generals Remix)
- B4: Samba (Son Palenque De Colombia)
- C1: Fuji Ouija (Diplo Remix)
- C2: One Tree (Terrence Parker Spirit Of Unity Mix)
- C3: Kilode (Wajeed Rework)
- D1: Ole (Salah Ragab Cairo Version)
- D2: Ole (Moritz Von Oswald Remix)
Ex Washington DC native and now Portland Oregon resident Lida Husik has her 1997 album 'Fly Stereophonic' released on vinyl for the first time. Lida Husik's versatile recording career has been graced by a broad pantheon of labels - the likes of Kramer's seminal NYC imprint Shimmy Disc, Caroline Records / Astralwerks, Alias Records and even an appearance on Rough Trade Singles Club with multi instrumentalist Beaumont Hannant. ' Fly Stereophonic ' is Lida Husik's fifth album, another inventive slab with clever twists and turns. Raised on Washington DC's Punk scene, Lida Husik's 90's Indie Rock template has morphed from 1960s Psychedelia with 1970’s SciFi movie scores and even endorsing Electronica with her collaborative efforts with Ambient specialist Beaumont Hannant. This new vinyl version is a welcome format that enhances the breezy and balanced Pop Psychedelia and Folky gem that is ' Fly Stereophonic'. Laced with three solid minute dream pop confections and balanced with addictive melodies and quiet pop sensibilities. Lida Husik's personal stamp is surreal, mature, with catchy trippy hook laden guitar and a great seductive voice to match. A treasure trove - ' Fly Stereophonic ' splendid celestial rhyme; the cosmic wobble of ' Fade Sister Cool '; the panoramic swoon of ' Chocolate City ' and the giddy cover of the Monochrome Set's great masterpiece ' Eine Symphonie des Grauens ' all served with panache. Mastered for vinyl at Abbey Road by Alex Wharton on limited edition 180g clear vinyl. " three-minute confections that sound like pop hits from another galaxy " Salon // " an alluring 34-minute seduction, the songs revealing new layers of wonder with each listen " Chicago Tribune // " as many psychedelicious, bouncing, organ-drenched pop hits as a Stereolab album " Time Out New York
- A1: Dobie Gray - Out On The Floor (02:54)
- A2: The Show Stoppers - Ain't Nothin' But A House Party (02:39)
- A3: Richard Temple - That Beatin' Rhythm' (02:16)
- A4: Billy Butler & The Enchanters - The Right Track (02:30)
- A5: The Valentines - Breakaway (02:31)
- A6: The M.v.p.'s -Turnin' My Heartbeat Up (02:17)
- A7: Melba Moore - Magic Touch (02:25)
- A8: The Seven Souls - I Still Love You (02:23)
- B1: James Barnett - Keep On Talking (02:34)
- B2: The Olympics - Baby Do The Philly Dog (02:20)
- B3: The Hesitations - I'm Not Built That Way (02:42)
- B4: Eddie Parker - I'm Gone (02:46)
- B5: Mary Love - Lay This Burden Down (02:38)
- B6: Maxine Brown - It's Torture (02:33)
- B7: Kim Weston - Helpless (02:53)
- B8: Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time (02:42)
- B9: Earl Van Dyke & The Motown Brass - 6 By 6 (02:19)
- C1: Ann Sexton - You've Been Gone Too Long (02:16)
- C2: Eloise Laws - Love Factory (03:25)
- C3: Barbara Lynn - Movin’ On A Groove (03:17)
- C4: Tommie Young - Hit And Run Lover (02:34)
- C5: The Montclairs - Hung Up On Your Love (03:22)
- C6: Four Below Zero - My Baby's Got Esp (03:32)
- C7: Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (02:55)
- D2: The Chandlers - Your Love Makes Me Lonely (02:25)
- D3: The Monitors - Crying In The Night (03:05)
- D4: Tommy Good - Baby I Miss You (02:58)
- D5: Chuck Jackson - Hand It Over (02:22)
- D6: Frances Nero - Keep On Lovin' Me (02:25)
- D7: Edwin Starr - Headline News (02:33)
- D8: Jimmy Radcliffe - Long After Tonight Is All Over (02:30)
- C8: Just Brothers - Sliced Tomatoes (02:20)
- D1: Al Wilson - The Snake (03:30)
Demon Music is proud to bring together a selection of popular and exciting classic Northern Soul Anthems on a new 2LP thirty-three track collection. These are the original recordings by some familiar names and one or two that may have passed you by.
As the Sixties came to a close and the initial success of labels like Atlantic and Motown began to wane, there remained a dedicated fanbase of Soul devotees who would rather be out on the floor than wearing flowers in their hair. They continued to seek out new and previously overlooked releases, many on small labels that had never enjoyed chart success, making surprise hits of a few in the process.
Northern Soul could easily have passed into music history as a fad, something on the fringes of mainstream popular music; instead its popularity has remained and even grown. It is no longer the preserve of venues in the north of England (who had always attracted coachloads of devotees from across the nation), with Soul clubs opening in Europe, Asia, Australia and even - in perhaps the ultimate example of "coals to Newcastle" – America
Every few years Northern Soul enjoys a resurgence in popularity and welcomes a new generation of younger fans, keepers of the faith. This collection is for those with a passing interest and fans both old and
new - music fashions may change but the quality, the infectious excitement and the urge to get up and dance has endured in these fantastic records.
- A1: Rigmor Gustaffson Feat.nils Landgren - Fever
- A2: Jon Spencer - All Shook Up
- A3: Biréli Lagrène Gypsy Project - Love Me Tender
- A4: John Gill's Jazz Kings - That's All Right
- A5: Bobby Bland - Blue Moon
- A6: Amos Milburn - (Let's Have A) Party
- A7: Ace Cannon - Suspicious Minds
- B1: Larkin Poe - (You're The) Devil In Desguise
- B2: Matthieu Boré - Stuck On You
- B3: The Leiber-Stoller Big Band - Hound Dog
- B4: Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby
- B5: Billy Eckstine - Love Me
- B6: The Three Sounds - It's Now Or Never (O Sole Mio)
- 1: Uma Casa Portuguesa
- 2: 1 Lisboa Nao Sejas Francesa
- 3: 1 Nem As Paredes Confesso
- 4: 1 Foi Deus
- 5: 1 Fado Amalia
- 6: 1 Tudo Isto É Fado
- 7: 1 Coimbra
- 8: 1 Estranha Forma De Vida
- 9: 1 Barco Negro (Mae Preta)
- 10: 1 Lisboa A Noite
- 11: 1 Ai, Mouraria F
- 12: 1 Fadista Louco
- 13: 1 Maria Lisboa
- 14: 1 Povo Que Lavas No Rio
- A1: St Germain - My Mamma Said
- A2: Boogalox - Chez Les Ye-Ye
- A3: Mighty Bop - Too Deep (Feat Duncan Roy)
- A4: Nekta - No Need To Rumble
- A5: Mr Scruff - Get A Move On!
- B1: Ayo - Beautiful
- B2: Herbert - Suddenly
- B3: Reminiscence Quartet - Inspiration
- B4: The Quantic Soul Orchestra - Feeling Good (Feat Alice Russell)
- B5: Waldeck - Make My Day
2022 Repress On Elephantine, Cairo-based Maurice Louca guides a 12-piece ensemble through a 38-minute masterwork that might best be described as panoramic. Elements of free improvisation, Sun Ra's cosmic jazz, gorgeous Arabic melody, trancelike African and Yemeni music and minimalism meet in his wholly unique compositional vision. Louca also makes vital contributions on guitar and piano, and inspires stirring performances from a global lineup.
One of the most gifted, prolific and adventurous figures on Egypt's thriving experimental arts scene, Louca has in recent years garnered a global reputation through two previous solo albums and an expanding, evolving lineup of genre-defying collaborations. The Wire called his 2014 sophomore solo effort, Salute the Parrot, "remarkable music-dense, driven and splashed with colour." In 2017, the self-titled debut by Lekhfa, the trio of Louca and vocalists Maryam Saleh and Tamer Abu Ghazaleh, was praised as an "edgy triumph" in The Guardian and picked by BBC Radio 3's Late Junction as one of the very best 12 albums of 2017.
For Louca, 36, Elephantine serves as both the pinnacle of his wide-ranging experience and a bold next step in his development as a composer, arranger and bandleader. The celebrated Egyptian visual artist Maha Maamoun has created the album cover art, following her contribution to Salute the Parrot. "There was a blessed thing about the process of making this record," Louca says of the sessions, held last year in Stockholm and featuring the leader on guitar and piano. "The dynamic between us musically but also as people ...What these musicians delivered was really more than I could ask for, Everyone played their hearts out on this record."
The music-from its pensive lulls through its stretches of hard-grooving hypnosis and moments of avant-jazz catharsis-testifies to that rapport. Best absorbed as a continuous performance, Elephantine's six individually named tracks nonetheless present striking self-contained landscapes. "The Leper" entrances through a deft use of repetition that Louca gleaned from cosmic jazz, African and Yemeni music and other transcendental modal traditions. (Those who've followed Louca's work might be reminded of the Dwarfs of East Agouza, his mesmeric unit with Shalabi and Sun City Girls' Alan Bishop.)
"Laika" manages to evoke the minimalists, though on the combustible terms of '60s and '70s free jazz; "One More for the Gutter," on which Louca ingeniously pits one half of his ensemble against the other, albeit in a synergistic way, mines similarly fiery terrain. "The Palm of a Ghost" distills the band to a Cairo-rooted core, featuring stirring spontaneous melodies from oud player Natik Awayez, violinist Ayman Asfour and vocalist Nadah El Shazly. The album's title track follows, and it too blurs the border between composition and improvisation with gorgeously atmospheric results. "Al Khawaga," with its colossal ensemble riffs, beautifully dirty swing and impassioned blowing, is an ideal finale.
- 1: Summer Piano Solo (Summer '76 The Piano Sessions)
- 2: Pale Blue Eyes (Summer '76 The Piano Sessions)
- 3: Pale Blue Eyes (China)
- 4: Cry
- 5: I Can Feel It
- 6: Leather Jacket
- 7: Look At You
- 8: Son Of Sam (Crazy Like You) (Crazy Like You)
- 9: Cry
- 10: 3E
- 11: Plane Separation
- 12: Cats
- 13: Don't Be So Sensitive
- 14: 11000 Volts I
- 15: 11000 Volts Ii
- 16: Cats
- 17: 3E Ii
- 18: 11000 Volts Jam
- 19: Helen Forsdale (Lp Take Rough Mix)
- 20: Helen Forsdale (Alt Take)
- 21: Puerto Rican Ghost
- 22: Puerto Rican Ghost (Alt Take)
- 23: Puerto Rican Ghost (Lp Take Rough Mix)
- 24: Hairwaves (Alt Take 1)
- 27: Tunnel (Alt Take)
- 28: Rtmt
- 29: Cairo I
- 30: Cairo Ii
- 31: Scorn
- 32: Tunnel
- 33: Hairwaves
- 34: Outside Africa
- 35: Untitled Mystery (Tape Cuts Off)
- 36: Nn End
- 37: Scorn
- 38: Monopoly
- 39: Mummy Talk Pause
- 40: Monopoly Ii
- 41: Immediate Stages Of The Erotic
- 25: Hairwaves (Alt Take 2)
- 26: Hairwaves (Alt Take 3)
Before No Wave there was China and after China there was MARS. For the first time on vinyl the complete 'Rehearsal Tapes and Alt - Takes NYC 1976 - 1978', an incredible document from this era. The rehearsal tapes are a chronological record of the 3 years of Mars' existence, the first year of which was spent forming their sound and musical identity, starting out with a lineup of upright piano, bass, acoustic guitar and percussion before going electric with guitars, bass and drums. This 3XLP includes the complete: Summer '76 - Piano Sessions, June '77 - China To Mars, December '77 - 11000 Volts, No New York Alt. Takes, July '78 – Scorn, November '78
A new 6-track mini album from a musician with a long list of credits including South African trumpet legend Hugh Masekela, afrobeat co-creator Tony Allen and Ethiopian jazz originator Mulatu Astatke as well as many Brit-jazz and international roots artists. "It's Time" blends spiritual Afro-jazz groove with free improv, spoken poetry and other-worldly atmosphere, with lyrics and titles hinting at unorthodox takes on reality and the times we live in.
Phil Dawson is a top London guitarist who has worked and schooled himself extensively in many different African, Latin and Brazilian music traditions together with styles that more typically cross the radar of someone with a similar British background: roots reggae, punk rock, blues, soul, R'n'B, jazz and funk. As a sideman, he's played with a host of living legends of Afro-fusion music including South African jazz trumpet giant Hugh Masekela, Nigerian afrobeat co-creator Tony Allen, Ethiojazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke, the Algerian "king of rai" Khaled, and London based Ghanaian afro-rock dons Osibisa. Heavy company for sure.
Now he's releasing a new mini 6 track album of original compositions under his own name and band - Phil Dawson ٤-tet - and he's joined by a stellar cast of London's finest players who include Rowland Sutherland (flutes - Airto Moreira, David Murray, Carla Bley), Khadijatou Doyneh (spoken word - The Heliocentrics, Danny Keane), Gaspar Sena (drums - Alfa Mist, Maria Chiara Argiro), Marius Rodrigues (drums - Oriole, Hermeto Hermeto Hermeto), Lekan Babalola (percussion - Cassandra Wilson, Ali Farka Toure) and Matheus Nova (bass - Antonio Forcione, Ed Motta, Jazzinho). Phil himself features on guitars, Fender Rhodes and piano.
'This is great' - Gilles Peterson, BBC Radio 6 (on 'It's Time)
'Beautiful' - Kassin (producer Caetano Veloso, Sonzeira etc) (on 'It's
Time')
'Rapid-fire guitar work with variety and energy' – The Guardian, UK
'A great guitarist' – Tony Allen
'An absolute killer - irresistible' - Snowboy (on 'Gnostic Hilife')
'Phil Dawson and his (quintet) are really smoking at the mo. No wonder the London jazz young guns are ripping it up with bands
like this leading the way. Miss them at your peril' – Russ Jones (Future World Funk)
Jazzwise Review
The British guitarist Phil Dawson is a fixture of a plethora of Brit-jazz bands and international roots outfits; his nuanced stylings have graced the work of A-listers from Ethio-jazz guru Mulatu Astatke to such late African greats as Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela. Like any an in-demand session player worth his chops Dawson also fronts his own trio/quartet/quintet, all of which allow him to stretch out and do his own thing, which – with his quintet - he does to pleasing effect here.
Buoyed by flute, bass and percussion, It's Time is a six-track brew combining free improv and spoken word with Afro-spiritual groove and a far-out esotericism befitting these strangest of times. Opener 'It's Time (Radio Edit)' is a psychedelic romp through a beneficent cosmos where ringing chords and woodwind trills underpin Khaditjatou Doyneh's pathos-laden musings on love and the universe and one of three variations on a theme. Over three minutes longer at 9:34, 'It's Time (aka Ougama)' is a freewheeling instrumental made dazzling by Dawson's silver-fingered guitar work; Doyneh resumes her pronouncing on the more dissonant but equally mind expanding 'It's Time (Fully Spoken)'. Then there's 'Gnostic Hilife', whose three interpretations each juxtapose the structures of this West African lingua franca in ways tight, spacious and inventive
- A1: Child Revolution (Feat Mr Mike)
- A2: Across The Universe (Feat Lolly)
- A3: Voice In Harmony (Feat Csilla - Jtv Remix 2022)
- A4: Children
- B1: Doctor House (Moreno Pezzolato Club Remix)
- B2: Paradise (Cassimm Remix)
- B3: Paradise (Federico Scavo Remix)
- B4: Put Your Hands Up Everybody (With Mr Mike - 2022 Remix)
- C1: Where Is The Man (Feat Eartha Kit - Angelo Ferreri Deep Vocal Remix)
- C2: House Disco Funky Beat (Feat Saturnino)
- C3: Paradise (Jtv Remix 2022)
- C4: Hyper Topaz
- D1: Boom Bigga (Feat Scott Foster & Silvano Delgado)
- D2: Harlem (Angelo Ferreri Remix)
- D3: Across The Universe (Feat Lolly - Reboq Remix Edi)
- D4: Yoga House
“God Is A DJ” is the new full-length by Joe T Vannelli, an album the DJ and producer has been working on for years, 13 to be exact, since his latest LP came out. The album features sixteen unreleased tracks and features huge names from all over the musical scene, both italian and international. God Is A DJ is already a cult musical project, that the house music lovers all around the world have been waiting for for years.
The two LPs take the listener through a musical journey mixing different sounds and styles: the first four tracks on Side A lean towards a melodic house sound, the very same genre that JTV took to the top of the game with his “Live On Tour” series of streaming – 62 streamed gigs from different places in Italy, from April 2020 throughout the pandemic. Fifteen million views with a valuable representation of the italian territory.
Amongst the tracks on Side A, the 2022 remix of “Voice In Harmony”, one of JTV's biggest hits, and the long-awaited new version of “Children”, by Robert Miles, which was taken to the top of the charts by the same Joe T Vannelli in 1996.
Side B features collaborative works with some italian producers fresh off the top of international house charts: Moreno Pezzolato for “Doctor House” and “Paradise” remixed by Federico Scavo e Cassimm, licensed worldwide by Happy Music and Kontor Records.
Side C opens with the Angelo Ferreri remix of “Where Is My Man”, #1 on Traxsource, then moves on to two big featured artists: the first one is Saturnino. His bass is perfect, on this 70s funky style piece which echoes the biggest and boldest productions of music history. The second one is the remix of “Paradise” by Mario Biondi, made by JTV
himself who gives the track a soul/funky mood and an international sound inspired by Alicia Myers, who already worked as a muse for “Thank You” by Busta Rhymes. A song like “Sacrifice” by The Weeknd works along the same lines.
Side D, instead, is pure, distilled Vannelli-sound: house music for house music lovers, led by the afro-house beat by Silvano del Gado for “Booma Beat” and followed by the “Harlem” remix by Angelo Ferreri, and “Across The Universe” reinvented by the young producer from Veneto Reboq. The album closes with “Shavasana”, a meditative yoga number inspiring total relaxation.
- 1: March Of The S.o.d
- 2: Sargent "D" & The S.o.d
- 3: Kill Yourself
- 4: Milano Mosh
- 5: Speak English Or Die
- 6: United Forces
- 7: Chromatic Death
- 8: Pi Alpha Nu
- 9: Anti- Procrastination Song
- 10: What's That Noise
- 11: Freddy Krueger
- 12: Milk
- 13: Premenstrual Princess Blues
- 14: Pussy Whipped
- 15: Fist Banging Mania
- 16: No Turning Back
- 17: Douche Crew
- 18: Fuck The Middle East
- 19: Hey Gordy!
- 20: The Ballad Of Jimi Hendrix
- 21: Diamonds And Rust (Extended Version)
- 22: Identity
- 23: Go
- 24: March Of The Sod (Live)
- 27: Speak English Or Die
- 28: Fuck The Middle East
- 29: Douche Crew
- 30: Not
- 31: Momo
- 32: Taint
- 33: The Camel Boy/ Diamonds & Rust
- 34: Anti-Procrastination Song (Live)
- 35: Milk (Live)
- 36: United Forces (Live)
- 37: United Forces Ii (Live)
- 38: Ram It Up (Live)
- 39: Ram It Up" ((Bonus Studio Track)
- 25: Kill Yourself (Live)
- 26: Milano Mosh (Live)
Clear Vinyl repress
1987... for those lucky enough visiting a decent import shop in that year could have seen a US import record with pink label showing a darts board with small text next to the picture saying "Target records" and "Joe R Lewis". Pretty sure nobody at that time would be alarmed by this... reading further it said....1. Love Of My Own... Written and produced by Joe R Lewis... in even smaller text the label info continued; mixed by Larry Heard! And even that, at that time that would not have ringed a bell, except for maybe a couple of dj's who only just in the last couple months picked up copy of a Mr Fingers record and memorised the writter credits. We're talking the very early days of House music, the pre-internet era where new music and info didnt spread all over the globe within a couple of seconds.... Now more then 30 years later this is a holy grail for worldwide record collectors and house aficionados, still not all info is clear. Rumors go that this record was produced after a recording sessions of Larry Heard and he helped Joe Lewis with the mixdown... but like all good stories there is a cloud of mystery covering up the details!. On the flip side there is one of the best tracks ever produced by Joe Lewis,.... Life Immoreal... a track so elegant and beautiful that it hurts!! Two of the best tracks Chicago House music has to offer in remastered versions taken from the original master tapes on this latest outing of Clone Classic Cuts!!
Remastered Reissue des 2002er Kultdebütalbums der Emo/Post-Hardcore-Band Desaparecidos von Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), der zu einem der beliebtesten und aussagekräftigsten Statements seiner Ära wurde und die Entfremdung derjenigen einfing, die den Kriegsnebel für $$$$ nach dem 11. September durchschauten. 20 Jahre später sind die auf 'Read Music/Speak Spanish' zum Ausdruck gebrachte Angst und Abscheu sogar aktueller als damals, wirken eher prophetisch als paranoid und machen die Botschaft des Albums so notwendig wie seit je.
'Desaparecidos is like finding gold when you're looking for silver.' - Exclaim!
The Mutual Torture pay homage to many of their music heroes from the early 80es. Consequently, their modus operandi is deeply rooted in Post Punk paranoia, alien soundtracks, improvisation, and simulation. Their outcome is coolness that's glowing cold under the red sun, structure and order, and 12 transcendental messages. In the end, there are no more heroes left but just The Mutual Torture.
This band of non-standard humans appears with a conceptual approach to transforming the energy and the boldness of a genre which is known for its pioneering spirit, overwhelming playfulness and a strong desire to experiment. The Mutual Torture are soulmates of those who formed this genre: a German-Chilean band with an attitude and a plan to tour their album live. In particular: Tobias Freund (drum computers and electronics), André Schöne (bass), and Javiera González (vibrantly morphing vocals).
All tracks have been written and produced by Tobias Freund at Non Standard Studios ©2021.
Painting is a new Berlin-based band featuring former Soft Grid members Theresa Stroetges and Christian Hohenbild as well as saxophonist Sophia Trollmann. Drawing on a broad palette ranging from experimental rock, electronic avant-garde sounds, unconventional pop and jazz, their debut album "Painting Is Dead" is a veritable kaleidoscope of sounds that ties in with a virtual room installation by Paula Reissig and a hybrid live show.




















