We know you're not supposed to because it's often said to be a cheap marketing gimmick but frankly, we love a good anonymous new producer to get wondering about.
And here we have just that in the form of Skat who we're told is "heavily influenced by East End Edits and Digwah Ltd" and opens a new series with a one-sided 12".
'Skat 01' is a worthy tech cut with minimal drums loops and brushed metal surfaces all wound up into a tight groove and overlaid with some rudely vocal raps. It's the sort of tune that brings a unique character to any set and is sure to get the crowd demanding its ID.
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The sound that swallows jazz rock, mode jazz, and free jazz is serious and profound.
A magnificent concept album that will remain in the history of Japanese jazz with the theme of global anti-war and peace
Hiromasa Suzuki, a rare pianist/composer/arranger who showed his skills in the groups of Terumasa Hino and Akira Ishikawa. Collaborating with Big Soul Media, led by Jiro Inagaki, one of the best jazz rock groups of our time, this work is unusual for a Japanese jazz work, and the concept is based on the theme of “global anti-war and peace.”
The sound that swallows jazz rock, mode jazz, and free jazz is serious and solid, but at the same time, it is full of overwhelming dynamism.
Suzuki’s ability to manage a big band and create a masterpiece sound is also splendid, and Big Soul Media, which listened to Suzuki’s intentions and responded to his request, is also splendid.
Both Suzuki and Inagaki’s activities in the jazz-rock era are at their peak, and this work is also important in that it captures the overlap.
text by Yusuke Ogawa (universounds/Deep Jazz Reality)
Composition/Arrangement/Conductor: Hiromasa Suzuki
Performed by Jiro Inagaki and Big Soul Media
Jiro Inagaki (S.Sax, T.Sax)
Shigeo Suzuki (A.Sax)
Tadayuki Harada (B.Sax)
Takehisa Suzuki (Trumpet)
Tetsuo Fushimi (Trumpet)
Takeshi Nomura (Trumpet)
Shigemichi Domoto (Trombone)
Tadataka Nakazawa (Trombone)
Kazuo Usui (Trombone)
Tsunehide Matsuki (Guitar)
Masaru Imada (Piano, Organ)
Hiromasa Suzuki (Piano, Organ)
Yasuo Arakawa (Bass) / Gen Ishimatsu (Drums)
- A1: Love Me Do
- A2: Please Please Me
- A3: From Me To Yo
- A4: She Loves You
- A5: I Want To Hold Your Hand
- A6: All My Loving
- A7: Can't Buy Me Love
- B1: A Hard Day's Night
- B2: And I Love Her
- B3: Eight Days A Week
- B4: I Feel Fine
- B5: Ticket To Ride
- B6: Yesterday
- C1: Help!
- C2: You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
- C3: We Can Work It Out
- C4: Day Tripper
- C5: Drive My Car
- C6: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (This Bird Has Flown)
- D1: Nowhere Man
- D2: Michelle
- D3: In My Life
- D4: Girl
- D5: Paperback Writer
- E1: I Saw Her Standing There
- E2: Twist & Shout
- E3: This Boy
- E4: Roll Over Beethoven
- E5: You Really Got A Hold On Me
- E6: You Can't Do That
- F1: If I Needed Someone
- F2: Got To Get You Into My Life
- F3: I'm Only Sleeping
- F4: Taxman
- F5: Here, There & Everywhere
- F6: Tomorrow Never Knows
- G1: Strawberry Fields Forever (2015 Mix) From (2017 Mix) – 4’10”
- G2: Penny Lane (2017 Mix) – 3’01”
- G3: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2017 Mix) – 2’03”
- G4: With A Little Help From My Friends (2017 Mix) – 2’46”
- G5: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (2017 Mix) – 3’29”
- G6: A Day In The Life (2017 Mix) – 5’03”
- G7: All You Need Is Love (2015 Mix)– 3’48”
- H1: I Am The Walrus (2023 Mix) – 4’36”
- H2: Hello, Goodbye (2015 Mix)– 3’28”
- H3: The Fool On The Hill (2023 Mix) - 3’00”
- H4: Magical Mystery Tour (2023 Mix) – 2’50”
- H5: Lady Madonna (2015 Mix) From (2023 Mix)– 2’17”
- H6: Hey Jude (2015 Mix) – 7’06”
- H7: Revolution (2023 Mix) – 3’25”
- D6: Eleanor Rigby
- D6: Eleanor Rigby (2022 Mix)– 2’07”
- I1: Back In The U.s.s.r. (2018 Mix) – 2’45”
- I2: While My Guitar Gently Weeps (2018 Mix) – 4’45”
- I3: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (2018 Mix) – 3’09”
- I4: Get Back (2015 Mix) – 3’12”
- I5: Don’t Let Me Down (2021 Mix) – 3’39”
- I6: The Ballad Of John And Yoko (2015 Mix)– 3’00”
- I7: Old Brown Shoe (2023 Mix) – 3’19”
- J1: Here Comes The Sun (2019 Mix) – 3’06”
- J2: Come Together (2019 Mix) – 4’20”
- J3: Something (2019 Mix) – 3’03”
- J4: Octopus’s Garden (2019 Mix) – 2’51”
- J5: Let It Be (2015 Mix) From (2021 Mix) – 3’53”
- J6: Across The Universe (2021 Mix) – 3’49”
- J7: The Long And Winding Road (2021 Mix)– 3’41”
- K1: Now And Then (2023) – 4’05”
- K2: Blackbird (2018 Mix) – 2’19”
- K3: Dear Prudence (2018 Mix) – 3’55”
- K4: Glass Onion (2018 Mix) – 2’18”
- K5: Within You Without You (2017 Mix) – 5’08”
- L1: Hey Bulldog (2023 Mix) – 3’12” –
- L2: Oh! Darling (2019 Mix) – 3’28”
- L3: I Me Mine (2021 Mix) – 2’26”
- L4: I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (2019 Mix) – 7’48”
- D7: Yellow Submarine (2022 Mix)– 2’39”
- D7: Yellow Submarine
The Beatles 1962 – 1966 & The Beatles 1967 – 1970 (2023 Edition) 6LP BLACK
These landmark compilations have introduced generations of fans to the incredible history of the most storied band in music. For its 50th anniversary, the collections have been expanded: ‘Red’ has 12 additional tracks, including for the first time some of George Harrison’s earliest songs and some classic Beatles versions of R&B and rock ‘n’ roll hits that were so influential on the band. ‘Blue’ has 9 additional tracks including “Blackbird” and “Glass Onion” including the last new Beatles song, “Now And Then” for a total of 21 new additions which are all compiled onto the 3rd disc, effectively creating a ‘new’ LP for each set.
Together the 6LP’s contain 75 tracks, 36 of which have new mixes for 2023. The inserts contains new sleeve notes by journalist and author John Harris. For current fans and future generations alike, the new 1962 – 1966 & 1967 - 1970 collections are a joyous celebration of The Beatles’ timeless musical legacy.
Malian and French pair Siraba unveil their much-anticipated self-titled debut LP on Damian Lazarus’ Secret Teachings label, a 10-track odyssey fusing Mali’s rich musical traditions with cutting-edge electronic music.
Malian hunter Boubacar Samake and Damien Vandesande, one half of the French electronic band dOP, have won plenty of plaudits for the early singles taken from their debut album as duo Siraba. Those singles, spanning across the summer months, have found the pair bring the traditional sound of the Wassoulou - a river valley of West Africa - to the electronic world after 20 years of friendship. The music comes with an important underlying message of love and respect and results in spellbinding tracks that move heart, body and soul, finding a perfect home on Secret Teachings - a left-of-centre alternative label to Lazarus’ celebrated and often more club- focused Crosstown Rebels. With the arrival of the full album, the pair exhibit and showcase the emotional breadth and depth of their music, with detailed explorations of organic textures and native sounds merged with future-focused ideas and concepts.
The title track opens with an atmospheric mix of spoken words and spine-tingling chords that bring rich Afro flavours, while ‘Dounoiia’ is a languid groove made from hand drums and pixelated synth leads that cast a fine spell. The slow-blooming ‘Bani’ brings rich Malian blues and melancholic horns, while ‘Komafly’ is a rich mix of acoustic strings and broken beats that transports you to a hot and dusty landscape. A vital component of the sounds of the Wassoulou, the indigenous stringed instrument the Ngoni features again on the rousing ‘Nanse’ as spiritual vocals sung in Bambara rouse the soul.
‘Djandjo’ is another rich infusion of Malian culture with simmering electronics to make for something both ancient sounding yet futuristic, and the hypnotic ‘Ngana Fôlly’ with its rich bass is a song ‘dedicated to those who fight for the well-being of their families, for unity... a song for the people who also fight a great disease, between life and death’. The sublime ‘Toro’ is a wavy groove perfect for sundown - a deep and inviting sound rich in soulful vocals and dreamy melodies, while ‘Tolonawoulile’ is driven by the intense strumming of the Ngoni with busy hand claps and hurried drums and last of all ‘Fo Te Mokobana’ sinks into a heart-warming slow groove with sweeping strings and Malian percussion all overlaid with impassioned vocals.
A rich listening experience, Siraba’s debut album is an immersive journey and absorbing dive into the minds of two artists breaking new grounds while spotlighting native traditions and musical techniques spanning hundreds of years.
A defining album of the 90s, Last Splash by The Breeders turns 30 this year. To celebrate, the band have returned to the original tapes to give it its first-ever remaster, and by doing so have also unearthed two lost tracks that will delight fans. Recorded by the "classic" Breeders line-up of Kim Deal, Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs and Jim Macpherson and featuring singles "Cannonball" and "Divine Hammer", Last Splash was "an alt-rock classic" (Pitchfork"s Top 100 Records of 1990s) on release; a fast seller too, quickly attaining Platinum status in the US. Despite having had the boxset treatment on its 20th birthday, the album was still left to be remastered so 10 years on, the original y" tapes were taken out of the archives and have been lovingly worked on by Kim Deal, Benjamin Mumphrey and Miles Showell (Abbey Road). Never sounding so good, the album for its 30th anniversary, it"s getting the ultimate vinyl pressing. Entitled Last Splash (the 30th Anniversary Original Analog Edition), this new version has been cut at half speed at Abbey Road by Miles Showell, now spanning two LPs and running at 45rpm. A Japanese cd edition will also be available. This edition contains an exclusive, one-sided etched 12" which features two previously unreleased tracks - "Go Man Go" and "Divine Mascis" ("Go Man Go" is a track that Kim co-wrote with Black Francis while "Divine Mascis" is a different version of "Divine Hammer" with Dinosaur Jr."s J Mascis on lead vocals). Both tracks originate from the original sessions and were left forgotten until the sessions were exhumed to create this new master. The attention to detail continues to the album"s art, which equally celebrates Vaughan Oliver"s iconic sleeve. With Vaughan sadly no longer with us, his long-time design partner Chris Bigg has gloriously reimagined the album"s sleeve for this new version.
Dark Red Vinyl. Lambent Material is the debut album by Eluvium , the moniker for composer Matthew Robert Cooper 's sonic experiments and explorations. First released in May of 2003, Lambent Material was immediately recognized as much for its artful simplicity as it was for its deceptive complexity - an album of melodic austerity, alien transmissions, and titanic waves of cathartic noise. Previously only available on vinyl as part of Eluvium 's Life Through Bombardment Vol. 1 box set (a 7xLP collection released in 2008 that has been sold out for well over a decade), Lambent Material - Anniversary Edition finally gets its first standalone vinyl release. Beautifully remastered for vinyl by LUPO at Loop_O Mastering, it is packaged in a full-color jacket and heavyweight inner sleeve with fully restored original artwork.
Standard Sleeve singles & Engraved Wooden Box. Vinyl comes with Download Card & Custom Laser Engraved Wooden Box. Recommend If You Like: Kramer, Jad Fair, Britta Phillips, David Grubbs, Paul Leary, Rob Crow, Danielson, Eerie Wanda. “In 2022, the pandemic seemed to be receding to the point where artists could work together again, literally side by side. So, as a kind of 'follow-up' to my Joyful Noise 2020 Artist-in-Residence box set, I revisited the notion of a limited-edition vinyl box celebrating the joys of collaboration. i thought about it for a good long while, and eventually, it felt good. I then put the idea under a microscope and found that it felt even better when I minimized the project to six 33rpm EP's on 7" vinyl. The borderless landscapes of audio art, tempered by the imaginations of the artists I chose to work with, then cast against the myriad infinities of mysteries betwixt those ageless, spinning rings...those rings that seem to sing, "...listen to us..." Rings of Saturn won't change the world, but the words & music dervishing off these grooves accurately expresses the Love poured into the foundations beneath these Nocturnes (w/ Britta Phillips), Psalms (w/ David Grubbs), Preludes (w/ Eerie Wanda), Elegies (w/ Jad Fair & Danielson), Laments (w/ Paul Leary), and Hymns (w/ Rob Crow). Working with others is my lifeblood. I am nothing without them.” Kramer, 2023.
- A1: Güelcome 00 18
- A2: Ultra-Funk 03 38
- A3: Mi Linda 03 46
- A4: Sexy 03 24
- A5: Las Lycras Del Avila 03 01
- A6: Groupie 04 40
- B1: Otra Vez 06 20
- B2: Cachete A Cachete 04 47
- B3: Baiada De Chusy 03 52
- B4: Asomacho 01 16
- C1: Ponerte En Cuarto 04 32
- C2: Mango Cool 02 54
- C3: Nerio Compra Una Contestadora 00 24
- C4: Quiero Desintegrar A Tu Novio 03 26
- C5: El Disco Anal 06 14
- C6: No Me Pagan 03 20
- D1: Cha-Chaborro 02 44
- D2: Aldemaro En Su Camaro 03 31
- D3: The New Sound Of The Venezuelan Gozadera 12 10
Orange colored vinyl[36,09 €]
Anniversary Edition 2xLP in 25th-Anniversary-Pot-At-The-End-Of-The-Rainbow Gold, in a gatefold jacket.
When Los Amigos Invisibles first released "The New Sound" - exactly a quarter of a century ago!) - it was the ultimate party album. Time has passed, but the party has kept on- and this party music, full of non- stop funked out grooves - traveling through house, funk, acid jazz, and bossa nova, to name a few musical avenues - is a journey deep into the pants of rhythm. (We won"t even mention the old sound of the Venezuelan Gozadera).
blue repress !
Nearly 15 years have passed since the original release with all tracks lovingly remastered for this new remastered edition; which also includes STL's first ever remix and sounds just as beautiful as the day we first heard it!
As Bleep so elegantly stated, "Deep, reduced dub-techno with ethereal production nuances from Stephen Hitchell and Rod Modell. Both original tracks here reveal the duo's obsession with the likes of Maurizio, Basic Channel and Chain Reaction. Features a dreamy, minimal house reduction from STL.
- A1: Tina Turner - The Best (Extended Mighty Mix)
- A2: John Waite - Missing You (Extended Version)
- A3: Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face (Full-Length Version)
- A4: Rick Springfield - Human Touch (Extended Mix)
- B1: Abc - The Look Of Love (Part 3 - Dance Version)
- B2: Visage - Fade To Grey (U.s. 12” Version)
- B3: Blancmange - Blind Vision (Extended Version)
- B4: Fine Young Cannibals - Suspicious Minds (Suspicious Mix)
- C1: Bananarama - Shy Boy (Don’t It Make You Feel Good) (U.s. Extended Version)
- C2: Baltimora - Tarzan Boy (Extended Dance Version)
- C3: Level 42 - The Chinese Way (New York Remix)
- C4: Serge Ponsar - Out In The Night (12” Version)
- D1: Kc & The Sunshine Band - Give It Up (12” Version)
- D2: Dan Hartman Featuring Loleatta Holloway - Relight My Fire (The Historical 1979 Remix)
- D3: Melba Moore - You Stepped Into My Life (John Luongo Remix)
- D4: Patti Labelle - Music Is My Way Of Life (John Luongo Remix)
• Following on from the highly successful first two editions of
Dance Masters featuring the classics mixes from maestros
Shep Pettibone and Arthur Baker, the spotlight turns to
another remix legend, John Luongo.
• Boston born, John is one of the truly legendary DJ's and
remixers of the Disco era. John got his break at Epic by
overdubbing percussion from salt shakers and spoons onto a
promo and then passing them back the tape. This resulted in
him being flown to New York, and put in a studio (of his
choice) to mix and produce Melba Moore`s “You Stepped
Into My Life”. From this point everything he touched was a
hit. He went onto remix Disco classics by Jackie Moore –
“This Time Baby”, Dan Hartman “Vertigo / Relight My Fire”
and Patti Labelle “Music Is My Way Of Life”.
• However, John was not afraid of remixing artists that didn’t
fit into the disco genre and this attitude is borne out by the
tracklisting of this compilation, on which Gladys Knight and
The Pips rub shoulders with Fine Young Cannibals and
Billy Idol, and Baltimora appears alongside Banararama
and Serge Ponsar.
• “…if you played this whole thing, just put it on and didn’t
tell anyone it was me, they’d say ‘boy, what a great group of
songs this is!’” - John Luongo
• This cut down 16 track essential edition in pressed on 140g
black vinyl and features foreword by Arthur Baker and an indepth essay written by Alexis Petridis (Rock and Pop
reviewer for The Guardian).
• All tracks remastered by Nick Robbins at Sound
Mastering
- 01: This Is What It Is (To Be Free) (With Bobby Gillespie)
- 02: Los Angeles (With James Murphy)
- 03: Uh Oh (With Arrow De Wilde And Mark Bowen)
- 04: Ghosted At Home (With Bobby Gillespie)
- 05: Train With No Station (With The Edge)
- 06: Bodies (With Lonnie Holley And Mary Lattimore)
- 07: Everything And Nothing
- 08: Travel Channel (With Pan Amsterdam)
- 09: Country Of The Blind (With Bobby Gillespie)
- 10: The Past (Being Eaten)
- 11: We Got To Move (With Isaac Brock)
- 12: Noche Oscura (With The Edge)
- 13: Skins (With James Murphy)
Zwei der berühmtesten und einfallsreichsten Schlagzeuger der Post-Punk-Ära, Lol Tolhurst von The Cure und Budgie von Siouxsie & The Banshees und The Creatures, sowie der herausragende Produzent und Multiinstrumentalist Garret 'Jacknife' Lee, haben eine der unwahrscheinlichsten Alternative-Supergroups gegründet und die letzten vier Jahre damit verbracht, eines der außergewöhnlichsten Alben für das Jahr 2023 aufzunehmen.
Wenn man die Tracklist mit Gastauftritten von unter anderem James Murphy von LCD Soundsystem, Bobby Gillespie, IDLES Gitarrist Mark Bowen und The Edge von U2 durchstöbert, fragt man sich vielleicht zu Recht, was der 13-Track-Longplayer bereithält. Die Antwort: Eine knallharte und zwanghaft forschende 55-minütige elektronische Gehirnwäsche, die auf unvergleichlicher rhythmischer Kompetenz basiert, mit einem Arsenal an Synthesizern, Gitarren, oft überlagert von Streichern und Bläsern der Spitzenklasse, und dann von Lee universell verdreht, manipuliert und meisterhaft geformt.
- 1: Believe
- 2: The Power
- 3: Runaway
- 4: All Or Nothing
- 5: Strong Enough
- 6: Dov'e L'amore
- 7: Takin' Back My Heart
- 8: Taxi Taxi
- 9: Love Is The Groove
- 10: We All Sleep Alone
- 11: Believe (Almighty Definitive Mix)
- 12: Believe (Club 69 Future Anthem Mix)
- 13: Believe (Phat ?N' Funky Club Mix)
- 14: Strong Enough (Club 69 Phunk Mix)
- 15: Strong Enough (Male Version)
- 16: Strong Enough (Pumpin' Dolls Radio Edit)
- 17: All Or Nothing (Almighty Radio Edit)
- 18: All Or Nothing (Austrian Version Metro Mix)
- 19: All Or Nothing (Danny Tenaglias Inchermental)
- 20: Dov'e L'amore (Emilio Estefan Jr. Extended Mix)
- 21: Dov'e L'amore (Tony Moran's Anthem 7? Mix)
- 22: Dov'e L'amore (Tee's Radio One Instrumental)
- 23: Dov'e L'amore (Ray Roc's Latin Soul Instrumental)
Cher celebrates 25 years of "Believe" : On November 3, the Grammy Award-winning masterpiece will be released in a new, expanded " BELIEVE (Deluxe Edition) " that adds a whopping 13 remastered remixes to the mega-seller's original track listing (11 million worldwide!). The deluxe edition will be released in 3LP/2CD/Download & stream formats via Warner Records. "Believe" was an album full of dancefloor perennials - a fact that the assembled remixes in the new mastering underline once again.
"Tee's Radio One Instrumental? & "Ray Roc's Latin Soul Instrumental" from "Dov'e l'Amore?" are included here in one package for the first time, for example, along with remixes of the empowerment anthem "Strong Enough," "All or Nothing," "Dov'è l'amore" and the title track "Believe," a worldwide smash hit that sold over 10 million copies and reached #1 in 23 countries, including Germany, where it now has 5x gold status.
Cher is one of the most successful artists in history, selling over 100 million records during her unparalleled career. To date, she is the only artist:in to record a #1 single on the Billboard charts in six consecutive decades.
The vinyl edition comes with 6 high-quality lithograph art prints (by UK illustrator Hannah Alice) representing each of the birds on the album, held in a heavy board die-cut gatefold sleeve. This unique packaging is fully interactive - the cover image is interchangeable with any of the prints. Remastered by Brian Pyle from original tapes. Bert Jansch was often quoted as saying "I'm not playing for anyone, just myself" and this feels no more apparent than on 1979's 'Avocet', his beautifully meditative paean to British birds. For fans of Jansch this is often the album that is singled out as his best work. The freedoms of a post-Pentangle career are much in evidence; folk rock and even trad folk give way to an album that is not only without lyrical accompaniment but really quite orchestral, classical even, in its composition. There are surprises in particular in 'Lapwing' (a dirge-like waltz that wouldn't be out of place on a Nils Frahm album) and 'Bittern' (which speaks of Arthur Russell's more experimental pieces). Featuring ex-bandmate Danny Thompson, alongside Martin Jenkins (Dando Shaft, amongst others) with sleeve notes by Jansch aficionado Colin Harper (author of 'Dazzling Stranger: Bert Jansch and the British Folk and Blues revival'). Ltd ART PRINT EDITION, Classic Black vinyl, plus DLC w/ bonus live tracks.
- A1: Queen - A Winter’s Tale
- A2: Elton John - Step Into Christmas
- A3: Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town
- A4: Band Aid - Do They Know It’s Christmas?
- A5: The Waitresses - Christmas
- Wrapping
- A6: Shawn Phillips - A Christmas Song
- A7: Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow
- B1: Paul Mccartney - Wonderful Christmastime
- B2: U2 - I Believe In Father Christmas
- B3: Pearl Jam - Someday At Christmas
- B4: The Teskey Brothers - Dreaming Of A Christmas With You
- B5: Melanie Thornton - Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming)
- B6: Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run
- B7: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love
- C1: The Kinks - Father Christmas
- C2: Amy Winehouse - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
- C3: José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad
- C4: Andy Williams - It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
- C5: Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry
- C6: Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me
- C7: Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock
- C8: Billy Squier - Christmas Is The Time To Say “I Love You”
- C9: Burl Ives - A Holly Jolly Christmas
- D3: The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
- D4: Stevie Wonder - What Christmas Means To Me
- D5: Brenda Lee - Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
- D6: Bryan Adams - Reggae Christmas
- D7: Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
- D8: Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)
- D1: Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
- D2: Mud - Lonely This Christmas
It’s time to deck the halls and put up the Christmas tree as the
yuletide season is upon us. Christmas Collected is the brand-new
compilation with both traditional and modern songs celebrating
the festive season. Artist and groups including Queen, Bruce
Springsteen, Band Aid, Paul McCartney, U2, The Teskey
Brothers, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Amy Winehouse, Ariana
Grande, Mud and many more are featured on the 2LP.
Christmas Collected is available as a limited edition on translucent
green (LP1) and translucent red (LP2) coloured vinyl and includes
an insert.
Foundation Music is proud to present ‘The Flowers EP’ by Foremost Poets aka Johnny Dangerous. Back in the news after being featured on the Grammy winning Alien Superstar from Beyonce’s latest album - but for those that know - he has never gone away as he is always on someone’s dance floor.
Foremost Poets productions and his vocals are simply devastating and label head, Ross Allen, has been a fan since he first heard the Nu Groove classic ‘Reason’s to Be Dismal’ on the reworked Richard Long Edition. It was a record that blew him away then and now, recently played by Pete Tong on Radio One, with Sven Vath including it on his anniversary compilation too. Ross signed this record when he hooked up with Johnny in New York 3 years, but wanted to wait until the time was right. That time is now.
‘Flowers In the Attic’ is no normal dance record, clocking in at thirteen minutes. It’s an epic Johnny D production, falling into that place where funk and house come together in the most magical, danceable way. It’s long but enticing, taking you through different phases and surprises you as it sucks you in, twists you up, and pulls you out.
‘Escape From Dubai’ is almost trance like but with that New York lean that keeps it very much on the right side of the Foundation Music fence. Full of funk, it has a deepness that builds and swells into an epic journey that takes you to another dimension.
The broken beat of ‘Don’t Shut Your Eyes’ closes out and is another piece of New York/ New Jersey up-tempo funk, syncopated and grooving with a repetitive hook, that goes deep via its Hammond organ solo and jazzy vocal.
There was one irrepressible Chicago club act that refused to be replaced by any DJ's sound system. Maxx Traxx (and Third Rail before them) were a scene unto themselves in the early 80s, happening live on-stage five-plus nights a week somewhere in the 312. Their two LPs, both recorded in 1982, are a sheer energy ride almost too explosive to be captured by studio tape. And yet these two stone classics would remain unanswered by a city as it moved determinedly toward the motorik sound of house. Hop the turnstile and move with this complete document of Chicago's last great club band told in detailed text, newly revealed photos, and complete studio recordings painstakingly remastered. AVAILABLE IN LIMITED EDITION LAKE MICHIGAN TEAL VINYL!
- A1: New Song
- A2: What Is Love? (Single Version)
- A3: Pearl In The Shell
- A4: Like To Get To Know You Well
- A5: Things Can Only Get Better
- A6: Look Mama
- B1: Celebrate It Together (Lifelike Radio Edit)
- B2: Angels & Lovers (Single Mix)
- B3: Revolution Of The Heart (Album Version)
- B4: The One To Love You (Howard Jones & Bt Lifelike Uk Radio Remix)
- B5: The Human Touch
- B6: I Don't Hate You
- C1: No One Is To Blame (Single Mix)
- C2: Hide & Seek (Single Version)
- C3: Tears To Tell
- C4: All I Want
- C5: A Little Bit Of Snow
- D1: Life In One Day
- D2: Everlasting Love
- D3: Prisoner
- D4: Lift Me Up
- D5: Igy (What A Beautiful World) (What A Beautiful World)
Anlässlich seines 40-jährigen Künstlerjubiläums wollte Howard eine wirklich einzigartige Werkschau zusammenstellen. "Celebrate It Together" ist die erste Anthologie, die sich mit seinem gesamten Katalog auseinandersetzt, von der Originalversion von "New Song" bis hin zu einem 2023-er Elephant Talk-Remix, der den Song in einen modernen Electronica-Kontext stellt.
Diese "Very Best Of 1983- 2023 - Celebrate It Together" enthält Songs aus seinem klassischen Katalog der Warner Music-Ära, sowie von seinem unabhängigen Dtox-Label.
- A1: Back At The Funny Farm 4:11
- A2: Shine 3:09
- A3: Dancing On Your Grave 4:28
- A4: Rock It 3:55
- A5: One Track Mind 5:54
- B1: Another Perfect Day 5:24
- B2: Marching Off To War 4:09
- B3: I Got Mine 5:23
- B4: Tales Of Glory 2:54
- B5: Die You Bastard 4:22
- C1: Back At The Funny Farm 4:24
- C2: Tales Of Glory 3:23
- C3: Heart Of Stone 3:12
- C4: Shoot You In The Back 3:19
- C5: Marching Off To War 5:15
- D1: Iron Horse / Born To Lose 5:16
- D2: Another Perfect Day 7:58
- D3: Hoochie Coochie Man 5:21
- E1: (Don't Need) Religion 3:29
- E2: One Track Mind 4:05
- E3: Go To Hell 4:42
- E4: America 6:30
- F1: Shine 3:09
- F2: Dancing Onf Your Grave 5:29
- F3: Rock It 5:29
- F4: Bite The Bullet 1:33
- F5: The Chase Is Better Than Thecatch 4:51
orange / yellow LP[27,10 €]
"Another Perfect Day" celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2023 and is the sixth studio album by British rock band Motörhead. It was originally released on June 4, 1983 via Bronze Records and was the band's last full-length album on the label. It is the band's only studio album featuring lead guitarist Brian "Robbo" Robertson, who is best known for his work with Thin Lizzy. The album is now reissued as a luxurious deluxe edition on 2CD, 1LP (colored) as well as 3LP bookpack.
Es ist ein Jahrzehnt her, dass wir das letzte Mal von Marnie Stern gehört haben, aber wenn ihre Gitarre auf „The Comeback Kid“, dem Nachfolger von „The Chronicles of Marnia“ (2013), wie ein Sternenstaubregen hereinbricht, ist es, als wäre keine Zeit vergangen. Aber dies ist kein Nostalgietrip. „The Comeback Kid“ ist ein Statement der Absicht. "I can't keep on moving backwards", wiederholt Stern im hymnischen Eröffnungstrack "Plain Speak", während ihre Finger wütend auf das Griffbrett klopfen und der Song wie eine Rakete mit Warp-Geschwindigkeit vorwärts schießt. Stern verlässt auf „The Comeback Kid“ immer wieder ihre gewohnte Umgebung, ohne sich auf die Klopftechnik zu verlassen, die ihr eintausend Eddie Van Halen-Vergleiche einbrachte. "Til It's Over" ist ein so geradliniger "Alternative Rock"-Song, wie Stern ihn je gemacht hat, und es gibt eine Coverversion von Ennio Morricones "Il Girotondo Della Note". „Es war so toll, wieder ich selbst sein zu können, und wenn ich dachte: "Oh, ist das zu schräg? Dann erinnerte ich mich daran, dass ich tun darf, was ich will! Das ist meins. Das bin ich", sagt Stern über das Schreiben von Songs für „The Comeback Kid“. "Ich versuche, mich gegen diesen Schwachsinn zu wehren, der besagt, dass man, wenn man älter wird, seinen Sinn für guten Geschmack verliert. Ich möchte den Leuten Mut machen, nicht so homogen zu sein und ein bisschen gegen den Strom zu schwimmen. Die Freude an der eigenen Individualität ist die Botschaft von „The Comeback Kid“, ebenso wie die Erkenntnis, dass Musik zu machen, die wirklich widerspiegelt, wer man in all seiner Helligkeit und Schrägheit ist, möglicherweise der Schlüssel zum Glück ist. Bei dieser Platte geht es darum, sich selbst zu versichern, dass es beim Glück nicht darum geht, was für Dinge man hat oder wie viele Dinge man hat oder was man nicht hat - es geht um all die guten Dinge, die man tut", sagt Stern.




















