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Following an outing to Tokyo, our favourite old school pioneer jumps over the channel to knock out four edits to make the floors shake. This EP really cracks up the party vibe a notch, with edits of PRINCE (I Wanna Be Your Lover), THE VELVELETTES (He Was Really Saying Something) ARETHA FRANKLIN (Say A Little Prayer), and THEM (Gloria)
Cor Blimey!

Written and produced by El Perro Del Mar & Jacob Haage, the 10 original songs of 'KoKoro' are her most ambitious and musically adventurous to date, yet no less emotionally direct, covering themes that speak to both big and small matters of the heart.
With the state of the planet - musically, politically, environmentally - on her mind since the birth of her son, Assbring sees 'KoKoro' as not only an album but also as an aesthetic and political movement of sorts. She explains: 'KoKoro' is about the vulnerability and the strength of the heart. What the heart is exposed to, both internally and externally. The heart cannot be protected. Not from pain, not from happiness. Not from love, not from corruption. I've been thinking a lot about issues such as 'who am I if the social norms, expectations and pressures I carry were to be stripped away Hard Soft Or maybe both In a time that seems to go backwards humanistically and morally, seeking to put up walls rather than tearing them down, I realized I wanted to make a borderless album that belongs nowhere but has a universal voice and a universal heart.'

With soundscapes that echo of Thailand, Sumatra, India, Ethiopia, and China, the orchestration of 'KoKoro' is unlike any of El Perro Del Mar's previous releases, a direction only hinted briefly on the 'Pale Fire' LP highlight I Was A Boy.' It features the Chinese string instrument Guzheng, the Japanese Shakuhachi flute, various other Asian flutes, Arabic strings, Dulcimer, and rhythms influenced by Ethiopian music. Assbring explained, One of my absolute clearest aims was to distance myself from the kind of common Western sound of today' in an effort to find a new way to write relevant pop music with references and influences that feel fresh.' 'KoKoro' was inspired by legendary singers like Pakistan's great Sufi exponent Abida Parveen and Nahid Akhtar, India's Asha Bhosle, Ethiopia's Yeshimebet Dubale, Cambodia's Sinn Sisamouth, and South Korea's Kim Jung Mi, as well as Ethiopian musician Enimut Kindie, Javanese gamelan music, and Chinese guzheng music. The album was recorded with multi-instrumentalist Andreas Söderström, bassist Johan Berthling, drummer Mattias Bergqvist, who has collaborated with First Aid Kit, and wind multi-instrumentalist Per Ruskträsk' Johansson, who has collaborated with Robyn, José González, among many others.

The first single Breadandbutter' is about finding a means to communicate and find solidarity among people, while other songs on 'KoKoro' implore for self-reflection and self-improvement across friendships, relationships, and life at large in an effort to reach enlightenment. Capitalism's arguably toxic effect on the human spirit is addressed on Ding Sum,' where El Perro Del Mar sings, Pics of girls and ads of boys / Hit you, hit you as you go / There's a notice for your heart / To want a bit of what they got (Gimme it, gimme all!) / Listen, you got robbed / But it's not your fault.'

Last year, El Perro Del Mar reissued her self-titled, critically acclaimed debut album in celebration of its 10 year anniversary, earning praise from Pitchfork for the way it stripped girl-group pop songs down to their barest essentials and used them to express immense inner sadness.' HBO's 'Girls' featured its single God Only Knows (You Gotta Give To Get)' in the closing credits of an episode in Season 4. More recently, El Perro Del Mar released covers of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Breaking The Girl,' which was recorded for her 2012 album 'Pale Fire' but not included, and Prince's I Would Die 4 U' in honor of what would have been the late legend's 58th birthday. For the former, she partnered with Fred Armisen to direct its music video, who praised her romantic and dreamy music' in an interview with Rolling Stone.

Written and produced by El Perro Del Mar & Jacob Haage, the 10 original songs of 'KoKoro' are her most ambitious and musically adventurous to date, yet no less emotionally direct, covering themes that speak to both big and small matters of the heart. With the state of the planet - musically, politically, environmentally - on her mind since the birth of her son, Assbring sees 'KoKoro' as not only an album but also as an aesthetic and political movement of sorts. She explains: ''KoKoro' is about the vulnerability and the strength of the heart. What the heart is exposed to, both internally and externally. The heart cannot be protected. Not from pain, not from happiness. Not from love, not from corruption. I've been thinking a lot about issues such as 'who am I if the social norms, expectations and pressures I carry were to be stripped away Hard Soft Or maybe both In a time that seems to go backwards humanistically and morally, seeking to put up walls rather than tearing them down, I realized I wanted to make a borderless album that belongs nowhere but has a universal voice and a universal heart.'

With soundscapes that echo of Thailand, Sumatra, India, Ethiopia, and China, the orchestration of 'KoKoro' is unlike any of El Perro Del Mar's previous releases, a direction only hinted briefly on the 'Pale Fire' LP highlight 'I Was A Boy.' It features the Chinese string instrument Guzheng, the Japanese Shakuhachi flute, various other Asian flutes, Arabic strings, Dulcimer, and rhythms influenced by Ethiopian music. Assbring explained, 'One of my absolute clearest aims was to distance myself from the kind of common Western sound of today' in an effort to 'find a new way to write relevant pop music with references and influences that feel fresh.' 'KoKoro' was inspired by legendary singers like Pakistan's great Sufi exponent Abida Parveen and Nahid Akhtar, India's Asha Bhosle, Ethiopia's Yeshimebet Dubale, Cambodia's Sinn Sisamouth, and South Korea's Kim Jung Mi, as well as Ethiopian musician Enimut Kindie, Javanese gamelan music, and Chinese guzheng music. The album was recorded with multi-instrumentalist Andreas Söderström, bassist Johan Berthling, drummer Mattias Bergqvist, who has collaborated with First Aid Kit, and wind multi-instrumentalist Per 'Ruskträsk' Johansson, who has collaborated with Robyn, José González, among many others.

The first single 'Breadandbutter' is about finding a means to communicate and find solidarity among people, while other songs on 'KoKoro' implore for self-reflection and self-improvement across friendships, relationships, and life at large in an effort to reach enlightenment. Capitalism's arguably toxic effect on the human spirit is addressed on 'Ding Sum,' where El Perro Del Mar sings, 'Pics of girls and ads of boys / Hit you, hit you as you go / There's a notice for your heart / To want a bit of what they got (Gimme it, gimme all!) / Listen, you got robbed / But it's not your fault.'

Last year, El Perro Del Mar reissued her self-titled, critically acclaimed debut album in celebration of its 10 year anniversary, earning praise from Pitchfork for 'the way it stripped girl-group pop songs down to their barest essentials and used them to express immense inner sadness.' HBO's 'Girls' featured its single 'God Only Knows (You Gotta Give To Get)' in the closing credits of an episode in Season 4. More recently, El Perro Del Mar released covers of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' 'Breaking The Girl,' which was recorded for her 2012 album 'Pale Fire' but not included, and Prince's 'I Would Die 4 U' in honor of what would have been the late legend's 58th birthday. For the former, she partnered with Fred Armisen to direct its music video, who praised her 'romantic and dreamy music' in an interview with Rolling Stone.

Written and produced by El Perro Del Mar & Jacob Haage, the 10 original songs of 'KoKoro' are her most ambitious and musically adventurous to date, yet no less emotionally direct, covering themes that speak to both big and small matters of the heart. With the state of the planet - musically, politically, environmentally - on her mind since the birth of her son, Assbring sees 'KoKoro' as not only an album but also as an aesthetic and political movement of sorts. She explains: 'KoKoro' is about the vulnerability and the strength of the heart. What the heart is exposed to, both internally and externally. The heart cannot be protected. Not from pain, not from happiness. Not from love, not from corruption. I've been thinking a lot about issues such as 'who am I if the social norms, expectations and pressures I carry were to be stripped away Hard Soft Or maybe both In a time that seems to go backwards humanistically and morally, seeking to put up walls rather than tearing them down, I realized I wanted to make a borderless album that belongs nowhere but has a universal voice and a universal heart.'

With soundscapes that echo of Thailand, Sumatra, India, Ethiopia, and China, the orchestration of 'KoKoro' is unlike any of El Perro Del Mar's previous releases, a direction only hinted briefly on the 'Pale Fire' LP highlight I Was A Boy.' It features the Chinese string instrument Guzheng, the Japanese Shakuhachi flute, various other Asian flutes, Arabic strings, Dulcimer, and rhythms influenced by Ethiopian music. Assbring explained, One of my absolute clearest aims was to distance myself from the kind of common Western sound of today' in an effort to find a new way to write relevant pop music with references and influences that feel fresh.' 'KoKoro' was inspired by legendary singers like Pakistan's great Sufi exponent Abida Parveen and Nahid Akhtar, India's Asha Bhosle, Ethiopia's Yeshimebet Dubale, Cambodia's Sinn Sisamouth, and South Korea's Kim Jung Mi, as well as Ethiopian musician Enimut Kindie, Javanese gamelan music, and Chinese guzheng music. The album was recorded with multi-instrumentalist Andreas Söderström, bassist Johan Berthling, drummer Mattias Bergqvist, who has collaborated with First Aid Kit, and wind multi-instrumentalist Per Ruskträsk' Johansson, who has collaborated with Robyn, José González, among many others.

The first single Breadandbutter' is about finding a means to communicate and find solidarity among people, while other songs on 'KoKoro' implore for self-reflection and self-improvement across friendships, relationships, and life at large in an effort to reach enlightenment. Capitalism's arguably toxic effect on the human spirit is addressed on Ding Sum,' where El Perro Del Mar sings, Pics of girls and ads of boys / Hit you, hit you as you go / There's a notice for your heart / To want a bit of what they got (Gimme it, gimme all!) / Listen, you got robbed / But it's not your fault.'

Last year, El Perro Del Mar reissued her self-titled, critically acclaimed debut album in celebration of its 10 year anniversary, earning praise from Pitchfork for the way it stripped girl-group pop songs down to their barest essentials and used them to express immense inner sadness.' HBO's 'Girls' featured its single God Only Knows (You Gotta Give To Get)' in the closing credits of an episode in Season 4. More recently, El Perro Del Mar released covers of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Breaking The Girl,' which was recorded for her 2012 album 'Pale Fire' but not included, and Prince's I Would Die 4 U' in honor of what would have been the late legend's 58th birthday. For the former, she partnered with Fred Armisen to direct its music video, who praised her romantic and dreamy music' in an interview with Rolling Stone.

Remastered reissue featuring three fantastic hard-to-find classic rump shakers from Hamilton Bohannon. Bohannon was one of the key forces in disco in the seventies and this is him at his best - his instantly recognisable sound is pure uncut boogie mixing riffing guitars, bad-ass funky bass and pounding drum tracks. First up is the super-rare long 12' version of 'Me & The Gang' a superbly funky track popular with everyone from Tony Humphries to Carl Craig with its great chunky beats & a killer piano groove later sampled by Paul Johnson for his hit 'Get Get Down', followed by 'The Groove I Feel' - a monstrously good floor-filling gem unearthed from his '76 album 'Dance Your Ass Off'. On the flip you get the awesome full 12.45 minute version of 'Maybe You Can Dance' another slamming disco-funk stomper only ever available as an elusive 1977 12' promo. Quality stuff!

A classic bit of space vocal disco from the 70s -- four long tracks that are all pretty darn moogy, and pretty darn great!

In the constant search for new, disco-inspired music, File Under Disco go all the way to Kawasaki City, Japan for their latest release by Max Essa's Jardin Studio Orchestra.

Max has been an Englishman living in Japan for many years now and has deeply emersed himself in the Tokyo underground music scene as a popular DJ.
His wide musical knowledge and skill as a multi-instrumentalist make him a perfect addition to the File Under Disco camp.
And for an Englishman living in Tokyo his music is strongly stamped with that authentic New York disco meets new wave flavour.

Arthur Russell meets Chaz Jankel at a Konk party you could say.

On the remix front, current new school favourite JKriv drops an epic dance floor take on Love Beyond with its Chic inspired guitar hooks and big rhythms.
While old school disco don Ray Mang delivers a joyous, dubbed out version of Runnin' Out Of Night, which captures perfectly the essence of all those New York disco flavours. Definitely the ideal soundtrack to many summer days of bliss ahead on Adriatic boat cruises and Ibizan beaches.

Sofrito returns with more heat for your Tropical Discotheque, this time dipping into the mysterious sounds of Nigerian Acid Boogie !

Bonus 7' (Only W/ First 1000 Copies). A legendary, ultra-rare afrobeat killer, restored and presented for the first time in wide release! LP Includes bonus 7' disc featuring the rare 1972 single SON OF THUNDER' b/w ALUPANDU-GBE' limited to 1000 copies. It's 1968 and Fela is in tears. Fela Kuti, the genius of afrobeat. The champion of the people. Fabled for unflinchingly staring down the barrels of state tyranny, enduring beatings within an inch of his life from government stormtroopers and then getting on stage to mock his tormenters in song. Fela the fearless, Fela the invincible. Fela who they call Anikulapo— he who carries death in his pocket.' What insurmountable catastrophe could have reduced this formidable titan of African music to tears Ojo Okeji leaving his band, that's what. From the liner notes, by renowned Nigerian music historian Uchenna Ikonne. In the early years of Fela Kuti's career, well before he would define the genre of afrobeat, and leave an indelible mark on the musical landscape, he was a struggling trumpet player, seeking to redefine the sound of his current group, the art-jazz ensemble Fela Ransome-Kuti Quintet. As he moved his group towards the then-popular genre of highlife in 1963, he lost his bassist in the move towards commercial success, but gained the company of Ojo Okeji, who had a sterling reputation both as a bassist and percussionist in groups like Lagos Cool Cats, Rex Williams' Nigerian Artistes, and Western Toppers Highlife Band, a favorite of Kuti's. Okeji impressed Kuti with his deft jazziness on the bass, so he was in on the spot, and the Fela Ransome-Kuti Quintet became Koola Lobitos. It was Okeji that introduced Kuti to the famed percussionist Tony Allen, (Who would subsequently join Kuti into his greatest years as an artist) as well as conguero Abayomi "Easy" Adio. During his time in Koola Lobitos, Okeji not only contributed deeply melodic, and adeptly rhythmic baselines, but brought his own influence from emerging US soul artists like James Brown & The Famous Flames and Wilson Pickett, heavily pushing Koola Lobitos towards a more soulful direction. This push was often resisted by Kuti, who frequently clashed with Okeji. 1968 proved to be a turning point for the group, as the Nigerian Civil War broke out, and many starving musicians turned to the military for work. Okeji and Adio would leave for the army, while Kuti and Allen kept Koola Lobitos going, where it evolved through different names and iterations and grew into the worldwide afrobeat force that made Kuti an icon during the 70s and 80s. But as Kuti and Allen rose to global recognition, Okeji and Adio would form a new band within the ranks of the 6th Infantry Brigade of the Nigerian Army. Their emblazoned blue jackets earned them the nickname "The Blues', but Okeji preferred the name Shango' after the Yoruba thunder god. Shango took the fundamentals of Kuti's famous afrobeat and brought new layers of guitar and horn arrangements, while often invoking supernatural aesthetics, and maintaining a love for the US soul artists that influenced Okeji so much. Because Shango was an army band however, their records were not readily available to anyone outside of the military so their music, including their eponymous 1974 LP, remained relatively unknown even amongst the people of Nigeria. Decades later Comb & Razor is thrilled to present this long-lost Nigerian gem for the first time to a world-wide audience.

Soul Jazz Records' are releasing Tee Mac's 'Night Illusion', a lost classic Nigerian Afro soul meets disco boogie funk album originally released in Nigeria in 1980 as a private-press release of 1000 copies on the enigmatic artists' own label. Impossibly hard to find, the record remains practically unknown outside of Nigeria.
Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger and features on Soul Jazz Records' recent collection Nigeria Soul Fever - Afro Funk Disco and Boogie alongside Joni Haastrup, Christy Essien and others, as well as on a recent compilation 'Nepa Oh Nepa' (released on Hot Casa earlier this year). The timelessness of this soulful, ground-breaking funk jazz lost masterpiece 'Night Illusion' leads to comparisons with James Mason's legendary lost classic album Rhythm of Life, with his unique individualism and intensity hinting at the boogie funk of groups such as Mass Production and Slave so loved by artists such as Moodyman and Theo Parrish. While Fela Kuti is now a cultural icon of Nigerian music throughout the world, the recent crossover success of William Onyeabor shows just how much undiscovered Nigerian music remains waiting to be explored outside of the country.
Tee Mac was born in Lagos, the son of a Nigerian princess and a Swiss diplomat. He picked up the flute at age 7 and ten years later was studying classical musical in Switzerland under his uncle the composer J.J. Direndirger. Returning to Lagos, Nigeria in 1970 he formed the heavyweight afro rock group Tee Mac and Afro Collection (which included Johnny Haastrup on keyboards and The Lijadu Sisters on vocals). This band was famously joined by the legendary Cream drummer Ginger Baker who came to Nigeria to play with them in 1971 (captured in the film Ginger Baker in Africa).
At age 24, Tee Mac moved to Germany where he co-wrote and recorded the European disco group Silver Convention (whose 'Fly Robin Fly' became number one in the USA charts). This enabled him to return to Nigeria where he formed his own label SKJ Records to release his self-financed album Night Illusion, as well as buying two nightclubs and also investing in a number of mineral mining companies!
Tee Mac continues to live in Lagos today and travels the world as a composer - one of whose pieces is The City of Mer Kailash (2009), a two-hour ballet featuring over 60 dancers and a 100+ piece orchestra.
Soul Jazz Records are releasing this lost classic Nigerian album as a strictly limited-edition 1000 copies worldwide exact-replica artwork reproduction LP (+ sleevenotes + free download), CD and digital album.

Here we have another monster double-sider which not many people might be are aware of. Carmelita is best known for her Northern Soul bomp Rosebud, but what you find on this release is completely different. Mitchie Mitchie Mo-Jo can be filed under latin-funk while the flip side is an easy grooving latin-soul number. This one's superrare and supergood too, well worth to pick up this official re-release.

Another 4 slices of a Hot-Boogie 10inch Pizza EP, right out from the Boogie Butt
Records' oven and cooked with love by DJ Lord Funk!
Back in the day of G&P Funk style, Your Body Next To Mine', with his high bass
synth, got the way to make you dance body to body.... Global Warming' is the track
which gonna bring you in higher degrees, your music forecast today: Hot, Hot,
Hot!!!!!
On the B-Side, Let Me Be The One' is a mid-track with a raw bass synth, which will
move your feet to the beat. For closing this package is another downtempo track
with killer synth waves, get lay next to your doll and do it All Nite'!!

Dear Listener,
Thank you for purchasing this trio of vinyl records.
The music contained within is a delightfully diverse collection that I hope you will find pleasing to your ears. Much like a bowl of goulash, not all the ingredients may be to your liking. It is undeniably more rustic roadside tavern than refined dining but as you have already purchased this release (downloads do not come with liner notes!), I guess you already trust me behind the pots and pans.
I have been spoilt for choice by the many fine ingredients available to me and have become somewhat blinded in compiling the final tracklist. However, the end result has now been tested on my nearest and dearest to approval. And with that I present to you, my own special "Paradise Goulash".
Prins Thomas, 28th of July 2015

STICKER:
This 3LP contains a selection of tracks used in the mix.
Includes tracks by Il Guardiano Del Faro, Gabor Szabo, Claude Speeed, Brian Bennett Band, Young Marco, Actress, C Cat Trance, Mistral, Richard Schneider Jr., Wally Badarou, Jan Akkerman, Siriusmo, Blacknecks, Johanna Billing, Krater & Kurt Vile.

Kid Flicks is the music project started by greek producer and songwriter Nickos Devisis. Highly inuenced by the bright side of contemporary athenian life, multiculturalism and the internet culture, Kid Flicks created a unique sound which draws from various genres and styles. From electronic to sample-based music to psych pop to world music, the album full of upbeat pop melodies, explosive percussion and greek, middle eastern and african music references. Kid Flicks' third album Kid Flicks' and first with an updated 3-piece line up, will be released by Klik Records in Greece and wordandsound in the rest of Europe on late June. On December 2015 they showcased at Glimps Festival in Belgium and their creative process and involvement in the athenian music scene were one of the subjects of CBC Arts documentary series Interrupt This Program". They currently work with Brooklyn-based PR agency Drunken Piano (Carpark, Yep Roc) and booker JJ Pallis (Boogarins).

REPRESSED !!

We don't know much about Domenique Dumont, nor do the guys at Antinote. In fact, they don't seem to care: they just came across the artist's music and decided to release it.
The eponymous track, Comme Ça, sets the tone for a pastel-coloured album with its dreamy French (is it
French) lyrics, steel drums and light reverbed claps. The following track, L'Esprit de l'Escalier, takes us even
deeper into Dumont's lost paradise of never-ending soft rock shows. La Basse et les Shakers is the clubfriendliest
track of the record, yet it doesn't lack the genuine sincerity that makes those tunes almost familiar to
our ears.

La Bataille de Neige and Un Jour Avec Yussef might be the most melancholic tracks on the album, sounding like
revived childhood memories, while the last tune, Le Château de Corail, is both a summary and a conclusion to the LP, a goodbye song that encapsulates all of the emotional shades which sprinkled on the five previous tracks.

There's a pinch of nostalgia throughout Domenique Dumont's record, of a time when a curious idea could turn intoa soon-to-be forgotten (yet-to-be discovered) pop song. Consider it an introduction to your warm summer nights.

Soulwax liefern mit "Heaven Scent" ein modernes Disco-Stück mit klassischem Flair, bei dem Schauspielerin Chloe Sevigny das Gedicht "Prayer To Saint Therese" über einem perkussiven Low-Down-Groove vorträgt. Die B-Side ist aufgrund ihres Titels "DEEWEEDUB" selbsterklärend. A classic in the making!

Nach rund fünfjähriger Pause mal wieder ein neues Album. Sollte es tatsächlich noch Musikfreunde geben, denen 2016 der bürgerliche Name von Portable nicht geläufig ist, spätestens mit der Veröffentlichung von "Alan Abrahams" ist das Geheimnis gelüftet. Wie nicht anders zu erwarten, hat Portable auch dieses Mal wieder im Elektronik-Baukasten gespielt, Gefallen an neuen Genres gefunden und dem latenten Hang zu spiritueller Tanzmusik nachgegeben. Natürlich! Denn eines ist gewiss: bei Portable bleibt alles im Fluss. Aufgewachsen in einem verarmten Township in Kapstadt und von Chicago House sozialisiert. 1997 der Umzug nach London. Gründung des Labels Süd Electronic und erste, noch sehr atmosphärische 12-Inches. Dann die Begegnung mit Dub und Jahre in Berlin. Entwicklung des spezifischen, synkopisch-fließenden Trademark-Sounds, der in Stefan Bethkes (Pole) Label Scape eine kongeniale Heimat fand. Die Hinwendung zu Bass, Dubstep und schließlich afrikanischen Elementen geht mit einem Umzug nach Lissabon einher. Ab hier kommen - in Kombination zum neuen Pseudonym Bodycode - verstärkt akustische Signaturen ins Spiel. Und mit "Alan Abrahams" jetzt auch noch Jazz und klassische Elemente.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has announced she will release her new album Familia on 2nd September which will be preceded by new single Come With Us released on 19th July, both via her own label EBGB's and Red/Essential.
Familia will be Sophie Ellis-Bextor's sixth studio album and follows her #4 charting and silver certified album Wanderlust, which marked a critically acclaimed change in musical direction for Sophie. Released in January 2014, Wanderlust went on to spend 6 months in the UK chart and gave Sophie her first top 10 record since 2007's Trip The Light Fantastic. Wanderlust has gone on the sell in excess of 100,000 copies.
The lead track into the record Come With Us brings with it a touch of Sophie's original disco sound. Upbeat from start to finish, it is an instant disco-pop track that is as modern as it is retro with a completely addictive chorus. Sophie says it is what happens when Ed Harcourt and I write Four on the floor. It is a live disco song about the lure of a cult.
Familia features 11-tracks, which continue to showcase Sophie's newfound lyrical and musical maturity, from the beautiful and emotive unrequited to the synth-laded ballad Death Of Love and the alt-pop buoyant opener Wild Forever.

Rebirth 10 marks the 10th Anniversary of Rebirth Records.
It's a special compilation, spread over 2 CDs, selected and mixed by the legendary Larry Heard Aka Mr. Fingers, including some of the key releases of the label in this first 10 years plus a couple of unreleased tracks.

Established by Daniele 'Shield' Contrini in 2006, Rebirth Records has surely grown up over the years into one of the most respected Italian independent labels. A series of high impact releases alongside a focused and strong promotional work, have helped to enhance the reputation and credibility of Rebirth.
The label owner Shield remembers 'The first release was a record that had been in my bag for years. I just wondered why not resurfacing it again with a new remix and a vocal version and that's what I did. And If 'Finest Dream' feat. Alison Limerick was ready, remixed by Silicone Soul'. Shield continues 'The philosophy behind the label finds its roots in the past, building a link between the soul of a song and the warmth of a melody then combining them with a contemporary sound. I'm always looking for something timeless, something that I can imagine to still listen to in 20 or 40 years time. Collaborations with artists like Shara Nelson, Tracey Thorn, Ben Onono and recently Antena have been essential moments for us. In this first 10 years we released music from established artists like Joey Negro, Michel Cleis, Agoria, Butch, Marc Romboy, Freaks, Rampa and Blond:ish. We had remixes from incredibly names like Motor City Drum Ensemble, Deetron, Radio Slave, Tensnake, Morgain Geist, Henrik Schwarz, Andrès, Joe Claussell, Soul Clap, Jimmy Edgar and Ripperton. And had the pleasure to bring to the attention of the big audience new talents such as NUfrequency, Tevo Howard, Robytek, Trio / Bocca Grande, Alison Marks / Wallflower, Corrado Bucci, Chromatic Filters, James Teej and Villanova'

Talking about the celebratory compilation Shield says 'Who better than Larry Heard could do it for us He delivered a mix that embodies the soul and the different facets of the label. Larry, as well as having remixed three songs for the label, is among the producers who had written the history of a musical genre and one of the names who most have influenced our music. The cover of the CD is designed by Emil Schult, who has created some special images for the occasion. Visiting him in his studio in Dusseldorf and breathing his Kraftwerk experience has been an unforgettable moment. I'm really pleased they both agreed to work on this project'.

Deluxe triple vinyl gatefold edition pressed on colour vinyl with printed inners.

Medium Medium's debut album, The Glitterhouse, was originally released on Cherry Red in October 1981. This reissue also features the Hungry, So Angry,' single version which was produced by Adrian Sherwood at Berry Street Studio in London.

In Sound International magazine Dave Henderson wrote prophetically, It could be one of the most important records of the type to emerge this year and will doubtlessly be revered as a classic after the group have long since departed.'

Also included is a selection of tracks from Cherry Red's 2001 Hungry, So Angry retrospective compilation album, the B-side of the band's debut single on Apt and a previously unreleased demo version of a song from the 1982 Sound-Products EP. It includes a bonus EP featuring previously unreleased tracks from the 2008 Village recording session. All of the various lineups of Medium Medium are represented.

Formed at the end of 1978 Medium Medium's self-described extreme dance music' had reviewers scrambling to draw comparisons with the band's contemporaries and find a label for its post punk sound.

Medium Medium's solid dance rhythms and chaotic, chiming guitar were superficially reminiscent of the Gang of Four and Talking Heads, but Rees's tangential sax playing and Graham's tape and keyboard interjections from the front-of-house mixing desk took Medium Medium in another direction.

Free-blown dubbed-up white funk' was how Max Bell described the sound in England's New Musical Express (NME). At the forefront of the post punk funk movement,' raved Cashbox in the U.S. Billboard magazine opined that this was post punk and post disco dance music.'

The list of musical highlights for Vincent Williams aka DJ Spinna are too numerous to list, from his seminal hip hop duo Jigmastas and DJ sets across the globe, to his iconic solo productions and
remixes. But if you ask him, it's the relationship he's forged with personal hero Stevie Wonder that Spinna considers to be his single greatest achievement. As with most artists of a soulful persuasion, Stevie's music influenced Spinna from the outset,
dictating everything from his approach to writing to his use of Fender Rhodes and Moog bass-lines on his productions. Having gained so much from the great man, Spinna decided to pay tribute in the form of 'Wonderfull', a series of parties celebrating the Wonder of Stevie. This is where the story became somewhat surreal for Spinna, suddenly finding himself joined onstage in
Washington D.C. by none other than Stevie himself, a spine-tingling moment even when viewed on YouTube. An extension of the Wonderfull parties, this album represents a celebration of the life, music and cultural impact of Stevie Wonder. Few compilers can boast Spinna's understanding of Stevie's back catalogue, not to mention the large number of
songs he's written for other artists over the years. Featuring stunning cover versions you may well have never heard before alongside songs many of us had no idea he'd written, Spinna's vast knowledge of and boundless enthusiasm for
Stevie's music shines with every selection. As both a super-fan and a close friend, surely there is nobody better placed to compile this wonderful document of Stevie Wonder's music, inspiration
and influence.

Die "Kings of Electro Swing" präsentieren fulminante House-Cover beliebter Pop-Hits.


Die beiden Pariser DJs und Produzenten Bart & Baker kennen viele als "Kings of Electro Swing". Dass sich die Zwei nicht nur auf die Musik der Zwanziger und folgender Jahrzehnte verstehen, sondern auch auf Grooves und Beats der Gegenwart, zeigt ihre grandiose Auswahl für die Kompilation "Deep House Tribute". Diese bietet auf zwei CDs rund 40 Coverstücke beliebter Pop-Hits, die mit Sicherheit jeden Dancefloor zum Kochen bringen. Mit am Start sind "Sunny" (Booby Hebb) von Umami, "California Dreamin'" (Mama's & Papa's) von Freischwimmer, "West End Girls" (Pet Shop Boys) von Dino Lenny sowie "Pretty Woman" (Roy Orbison) von Chip & Co. Sehr schön: Bart & Baker haben es sich nicht nehmen lassen, selbst auch noch Hand an drei Pop-Hits anzulegen. Auf ihr Konto gehen die Veredelungen der Songs "Femme fatale" (Velvet Underground), "Back To Black" (Amy Winehouse) und "A Forest" (The Cure).

Pets Recordings hit their 59th release, handing the reigns to rising star Adam Port who presents a fresh update on '80s synthtronica, mixed with a smattering of gradual peak-time, bottom-heavy house structure. 'This Time' is the product of a new and fruitful relationship between Adam and vocalist Jennifer Touch, who grabbed Port's attention with her stand out vocals on the Nightstalker EP on Riotvan. The pair connected and began meeting for off the cuff, un-planned sessions at the Keinemusik studio in Stattbad, with Port bringing his knowledge of the dance-floor, Touch her 80's'esque new wave sound and influences. 'It's a very good flow with her' says Adam. 'We're speaking the same music language even when we have a different background". Pets bosses Catz 'n Dogz immediately asked to sign the track after hearing Adam play it out. Full of dark, new wave pop sensibilities and edgy, dance-floor nuance, the original's slow and meandering electronic drum rhythm - permeated by crisp, mechanical snares, cymbal flashes and a guitar-picked loop with deep bassline and chanting background vocal melodies - make way for Jennifer's haunting vocal delivery while melancholy synths drape the track during it's choral bridge. Adam then progressively notches up in tempo as marching beats help to drive the track towards the dance-floor. Sei A delivers a punchy, bassy remix - driven by a thick and pounding kick drum at it's core - while radiating, pulsing synth bass slowly melt into range, before a high tempo organ riff heralds a darker, techno leaning excursion into full force peak-time territory before brutalist saw wave bass lines bring the warehouse vibes on the drop.

When Geraldo Pino rolled into town from Sierra Leone with his Heartbeats, Nigeria had never seen anything quite like them. Slick, tight and playing the latest James Brown-style funk on the very expensive equipment, they soon had the country in their thrall. 'Made me fall right on my ass!' a chastened Fela Kuti remembered in 1982. Fans of Geraldo's disarmingly eloquent enunciation on early albums - re-issued soon by PMG - may shocked the gruff, rawer tones on Boogie Fever. The album starts with a jaunty reggae track extolling the virtues of ganja and, later, 'Dance Fever' sounds like it was recorded down in Trenchtown after Geraldo had taken a toke or two of his own advice. Even the more traditional funk tracks like 'African Hustle' have a darker, more threatening vibe. Not that that is a bad thing. Boogie Fever is the sound of consummate musician letting his hair down. Or in Geraldo's case, letting it grow into a tight afro and not bothering to watch his Ps and Qs anymore. - Peter Moore,

"Geraldo Pino came to Nigeria from Freetown in Sierra Leone in 1968 with his band THE HEARTBEATS and quickly changed the music scene completely. He was the first bandleader that brought sophistication into show business. He owned the best musical equipments, his costumes on stage was fantastic, his musicians were good looking guys with afro hair styles. His drummer then was Francis Foster who later played percussion with Paul Simon. Pino got the title of THE HARDEST WORKING MAN IN SHOW BUSINESS in Nigeria. Girls loved him. I later joined his band with new set of musicians in 1974 as a singer while he based in Kano in the north of Nigeria. To survive in Nigeria those days as a musician you have to be very good on stage and Pino was. His stagecraft was exhilarating, his costumes were dazzling, he command the band and his audience wherever he played with his dancesteps and he became an inspiration to many Musicians. He later moved to Port Harcourt where he lived and died many years ago. Though he is dead, his music lives on through his many songs and this vinyl in your hands. His memory also lived with those who watched him on stage. Ladies and gentle men, this is GERALDO PINO!"
Steve Black

L.u.c.a. is Francesco De Bellis aka Francisco. Years ago he started putting together some selections for a friend of his: Luca. The intention was to pick songs to be played during car rides, and like any other kind of ritual, this too would come with strict rules. You'd have to go throw the whole selection of 100 tracks without skipping, because every single one was important. Be it the sounds, the arrangement or its creativity, each track was there for a very specific reasons. It quickly became a monthly event which for several years evolved in a deep musical research without genre boundaries: Disco and psychedelic, soundtracks, library music, exotica, electronic and dance music, italo, new wave, pop or prog. Tracks of each and any historical period and provenance had been featured in this special compilations. But it wasn't always that easy to come up with the right piece and eventually Francesco started producing a few on his own to fill in the gaps. After six tracks, it was quite clear that there was a project developing, one in which he could finally experiment freely, leaving behind the rules that often come with dance tracks. Of course, no name could have been better than the one of his friend that had inspired everything And so L.u.c.a was born. Now, while preserving the same mind set, L.u.c.a is back with an album that embraces a new-hippie vibe, strongly pervaded by a mystical naturalism. This is a whole new universe in the making, where rumbling magmatic atmospheres evolve gradually in a journey through an idealist new world, celestial interludes revealing a full take over of nature, with a pervasive library feel that dates back to the great Italian masters, carrying on Edizioni Mondo's legacy.

With his project Fred und Luna musician Rainer Buchmüller (Sugar Ray Buckmiller) from Karlsruhe, Germany is paying tribute to his favourite electronic oriented music by using its characteristics like repetition and beautiful melodies, putting them in a contemporary context and preserving their subtle and seductive charm.
Fred und Luna play their self described Elektrokraut (concerning songs that are basically Kraut mixed with electronic elements) and Krautelektro (which is Elektro mixed with Kraut elements).
They live in Karlsruhe which - like Düsseldorf - lies next to the river Rhine. Perhaps Karlsruhe is the NEW (neu) Düsseldorf, with Fred und Luna (as pioneers/vanguard).

Since the release of the album Catapulte' in 2013, media have been used to describing Chevalrex' music as miniature symphonies". For this album, Rémy Poncet, the handyman that plays himself all the instruments, writes his own lyrics and even makes his own cover, has decided to keep the same path but meanwhile, has grown in melodic power and maturity. I finally let my teen life behind, and from now on, offer me some peaks' he sings in Aussi Loin". With this new release, there is reason to wager that Chevalrex will be one of the future pearls that will be used as a reference for those who will venture out on the roads of French Pop.

Reissue of Elias Rahbani & His Orchestra's super rare Arabic Disco holy grail 'Liza Liza' on the original Lebanese 'Voix De L'Orient' label. Recorded pre-Civil War at a time when Beirut was known as the 'Paris of the Middle East', a luxurious holiday destination and flourishing trade centre. The title track is totally out of this world, perfectly blending Eastern & Western vocals, instruments and musical influences with a driving disco bassline to create an irresistible floor filling cosmic odyssey. The flipside features the even more out-there 'From The Moon' a fantastic tripped out psychedelic disco funk monster, followed by the dreamy accordion-led 'Summer Love'. Also boasting one of the sexiest covers in disco history further illustrating the liberal thinking and western influence in Lebanon at the time. Highly recommended!

Top quality reissue of Yellow Power's highly sought after X Records 12" release which features the wonderful extended versions of the cosmic disco classics Hai Samurai and Megawar. Originally released on a limited pressing back in '82, both these tracks are fantastic with driving electro beats and basslines layered with catchy synth riffs and deservedly became huge on the Cosmic scene with Baldelli and Beppe Loda. Due to its scarcity, this 12' has been a highly prized gem ever since.

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Superb new 12' only release from the ever wonderful Balearica camp featuring a mind blowing selection of Balearic obscurities, all lovingly remastered and loud-pressed for maximum impact. First up is a fantastic extended edit of the in-demand original Hot Chocolate version of the sleazy disco classic 'Don't Turn It Off', covered last year by 40 Thieves. Next comes the mega-rare Francois Kervorkian-produced Balearic boogie gem 'Obsession' by Guy Cuevas, a super sexy bubbler with luscious dreamy Spanish vocals. Side B features Georgie Red's killer 'Help The Man', one of the best slo-mo disco records ever made with its dope bass, super lush synths, slick guitar and wicked sax - it's simply got it all. Last up is the awesome 'Hypnodance', a superb low slung groover taken from the uber-rare self titled 1979 LP by French disco band Who's Who which included as a member Daniel Bangalter, the father of Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter. Top Stuff!

Psychemagik are back with a bugged out mix of super psyched out cosmic disco, space funk, holy grails and freaked out club monsters! After the phenomenal success of Magik Cyrkles & Magik Sunrise compilations, they deliver another nugget packed selection of true rarities and sought after gems, this mix comes with beautiful artwork, one mixed and one dj friendly unmixed cd for your listening and dancefloor pleasure. No track id's, just grab it!!

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