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(7-inch) With their second vinyl release, 'Hidden Dragon', Shetahr has become part of the KRAAK rooster. Each song is a potential hit combining polished anger with naive childlike rhymes. Be Prepared, If You Dare to Crawl.

With their second vinyl release, 'Hidden Dragon', Shetahr has become part of the KRAAK rooster. Each song is a potential hit combining polished anger with naive childlike rhymes. Be Prepared, If You Dare to Crawl.

This trio is born out of the underbelly of the Bruxhells underground scene, and sound like that hellhole. It's the sound of the big city, raw, fast and wild. With their debut single and the hit song In the Woods of Africa they gave shape to the infamous crap wave revolution. Through their many energetic live shows, which blasted audiences away in Europe, they evolved into a tight unit writing short no wave songs based on poppy hooks. The ghost of Arto Lindsy and DNA is woven through their sound, if he would dance with the Beat Happening. Shetahr are ready to spit in your face on the moment that you find yourself unintended in the moshpit.

'The Heat' was Jesse Malin's second album following his breakout 2002 debut 'The Fine Art Of Self-Destruction' and is re-issued here by One Little Indian as a double CD / double LP deluxe edition. 'The Heat' saw Jesse turning up both the temperature and the volume while retaining the potent rough-edged intimacy of his songs. Enter a more layered approach and lots of electric guitar. The punk rock type of singer-songwriter is still where it's at for me. People like Strummer and Jones, Kurt Cobain or Paul Westerberg,' said Jesse at the time. A r a w e d g e wit h g r e a t s o n g s underneath.' ' The Heat' is all genuine passion, brimming with e n e r g y , a n g e r a n d g r e a t t u n e s s a n d wic h e d between the guitars'

'Night On The Sun' is a mini album by alternative rock band Modest Mouse, originally released in 1999 as a limited edition Japan-only album and again (in slightly different form) in 2000 on four track vinyl in the US and UK. The tracks on the Japanese Rebel Beat Factory label were taken from 'The Moon & Antarctica' demos that the band sent to Epic Records. These four tracks ended up on 2001's 'Everywhere And His Nasty Parlour Tricks' EP. All of the songs on this edition of 'Night On The Sun' are different from the versions on 'The Moon & Antarctica' and 'Everywhere And His Nasty Parlour Tricks'. The versions on this release are generally longer. Pitchfork Media compared the release favourably to the works of The Velvet Underground, noting that the recording contained both characteristics of their earlier work as well as the musical direction taken after their major label debut album, 'The Moon & Antarctica'. Recorded at Jupiter Studio with Phil Ek. Bass on 'You're The Good Things' was played by Ben Blankenship.

Bands müssen sich weiterentwickeln, um zu überleben. Für Bear's Den - deren Name von Maurice Sendaks Kinderbuch-Klassiker "Where The Wild Things Are" inspiriert ist - war dieser Prozess nicht immer frei von Schmerzen. "It's been an amazing three years", sagt Sänger/Gitarrist Andrew Davie (genannt Davie) mit Blick auf die letzten Jahre, in denen die Band pausenlos unterwegs war, um ihre atmosphärische und leidenschaftliche Musik in Europa, Nordamerika und Australien auf die Bühnen zu bringen. "But being on the road so much pushes friendships to the limit, and really affects your relationships outside of it. You get extreme highs and lows". In jedem Fall sind es diese Erfahrungen, all die Höhen und Tiefen, die das zweite Album Red Earth & Pouring Rain prägen.
Red Earth & Pouring Rain ist ein durchdacht komponiertes Album und zugleich ein sehr persönliches. Musikalisch hat die Band eine erstaunliche Wandlung vollzogen. Während die Folk-Wurzeln weiter durchscheinen, orientiert sich der Sound nun insgesamt an der schwelgerischen Alchemie des Mainstream Rocks der 70er und 80er: Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles und insbesondere die mitternächtliche Atmosphäre von Springsteens Darkness "On The Edge Of Town".

Beaty Heart aus London reihen sich musikalisch nahtlos ein die Reihe namenhafter Musiker und Bands wie Animal Collective oder Vampire Weekend. Auch bei ihrem zweiten Album liegt der Fokus auf Drums und Percussion, was auch kein Wunder ist, da zwei von drei Mitgliedern Schlagzeug spielen.

A special pop-up book version of the British alternative rock band's fifth studio album. Features a 64-page hardback pop-up book designed by David A. Carter, the album on both CD and coloured vinyl, stickers and stencils, a colour poster and other exclusive content.

Mit ihrem zweiten Album Bringing Down The Horse', sind The Wallflowers aus der modernen Rock-geschichte nicht mehr wegzudenken. 1989 von Singer-Songwriter Jakob Dylan in LA gegründet, verzeichnete die Band ihre größten Erfolge mit den Hits wie One Headlight , "The Difference" und "6th Avenue Heartache - alle vom 1992 veröffentlichten Album. Das Album wurde vierfach mit Platin ausgezeichnet, erhielt mehrere Grammy Nominierungen und holte zwei Jahre nach Veröffentlichung zwei Grammys später. Heute zählt One Headlight , laut Rolling Stone, immer noch zu den 100 Greatest Pop Songs.

Hämmernde Beats, uferlose Klangkaskaden, facettenreiche Motive und manische Sounds - sie bilden das Gerüst, auf dem sich Camera bewegt. Häufig wird die Berliner Band mit Neu! und La Düsseldorf, den Krautrock-Ikonen der Siebzigerjahre, verglichen. Und man muss sagen: zu Recht! Camera ist tight, vorwärts treibend und dennoch unberechenbar. Michael Drummer und Steffen Kahles verstehen es perfekt, kleine musikalische Nuancen zu Vulkanausbrüchen mutieren zu lassen. "Phantom Of Liberty" ist das dritte Album, das die beiden Musiker als Camera vorlegen. Auf diesem hört man geschickt eingesetzte Soundspielereien. So zum Beispiel Synthie-Klänge, die den Hörer mitten in ein C64-Spiel des Jahres 1984 beamen, oder leicht leiernde Keyboard-Flächen, als hätten Drummer und Kahles die Geschwindigkeit einer alten Bandmaschine bewusst manipuliert. Mit all dem zeigen die Zwei, dass ihr Tribal-Kraut-Beat reifer und vielschichtiger geworden ist, aber glücklicherweise nichts von seiner gewaltigen Energie verloren hat. Explosiv.

Family*5, die Band um Peter Hein, Autor und Sänger der Fehlfarben, und Xaõ Seffcheque ist zurück. Wir erinnern uns: Nach ersten Singles und Mini-LPs veröffentlichten "Eff Fünf" 1985 ihr Debüt "Resistance", das nicht wenige Kritiker bis heute für das gelungenste deutschsprachige Album der frühen Achtziger halten. Danach kamen noch zahlreiche Kleinformate, Sampler-Beiträge und vier Langspieler. Die wurden zwar allesamt mit Lob überhäuft, dennoch schien nach "Wege zum Ruhm" 2004 die Sache erledigt. Schien. Denn 2015 fand man sich - auch für die Beteiligten selbst ganz unerwartet - wieder zusammen, und produzierte Anfang 2016 mit Ekki Maas im Musikkollektiv Eigelstein 13 Songs, die "Was zählt" zum besten Family*5Album seit "Resistance" machen! Meinen zumindest diejenigen, die in die Platte schon mal reinhören durften. "Was zählt" beinhaltet alles, was Family*5 immer schon auszeichnete: Kraft und Tempo des Punk, die Dynamik des Beat, souliges Stilgefühl, musikalische Vielfalt und exquisite deutsche Texte. Hinzu kommt eine bislang ungehörte Reife, die Vergangenes nicht leugnet, aber gleichzeitig die eigenen Grenzen wie auch jene der durch Erwartungshaltungen erstarrten Rezeption sprengt.

From Sufi chants and Shamanic drums to Brian Wilson's attempts to write a teenage hymn to God' and the mass communion of raves, music, magic and mysticism are inextricably bound together. That connection, the divine spark that breathes life into chords, notes and melodies and both transports and transforms the listener is at the heart of The Living Gods of Haiti's music, a powerful fusion of esoteric imagery and ethereal electronic music

01. Perfect Nectar
02. Father
03. Killing Lotus
04. Sweet Tooth
05. The Hunt, The Harvest, The Sea
06. A Winter In Summer
07. Eyes, Lungs & Heart
08. Wormhole
09. Black Sand
10. Bone Dry
11. House In The Sky
12. The Spectactor
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Es ist noch gar nicht so lange her, da hat man aufwendig und wortreich seinem Gegenüber erklären müssen, von welcher Wiener Band man denn hier gerade spricht. Heute genügt eigentlich bloß ein Wort und jeder ist sofort im Bilde: - Amore ! In erstaunlich kurzer Zeit ist es Wanda nicht nur gelungen,
Band und dazugehörige Debüt-Platte in Österreich auf ein Platin-Level hochzuspielen, sondern man hat es ganz nebenbei auch noch geschafft, mit - Amore sein eigenes Schlagwort ins Wörterbuch der deutschsprachigen Popkultur zu zimmern. Und da ist jetzt noch nicht mal über die kollektive Euphorie an der Schwelle Hysterie gesprochen, die Wanda in den über 150 Konzerten der letzten 12 Monate auszulösen vermochten. Nun liegt bereits weniger als ein Jahr nach dem Debüt das zweite Album vor: - Bussi ! Die Atemlosigkeit des letzten Bandjahres findet so auch ihre Entsprechung im Veröffentlichungsintervall. Plattenregal dankt. Ausstattung: Die limitierte Vinyl-Box enthält das Album als Doppel-Vinyl incl. MP3 Code, die Single "Bussi Baby" als farbige Vinyl und außerdem tolle Fan-Schmankerl wie Beutel, Aufkleber, Postkarten und ein Schnapsglas. Die Vinyl beinhaltet einen MP3-Code.

Spanning various US TV and radio appearances from 1992-1995 and tunes from their classic first three albums, Ten, Vs., and Vitalogy, along with an epic cover of The Who's "Baba O'Riley", Not For You is an epic collection of live Pearl Jam material that is essential for any hardcore fan of Eddie Vedder and the rest of the guys.

Reissued on both CD and LIMITED COLOURED VINYL

MERCURY REV'S LANDMARK 1991 DEBUT ALBUM; ON CD and LTD COLOURED VINYL!

LP: 750 COPIES IN ORANGE & YELLOW VINYL, IN FINAL ORIGINAL DISTRESSED SLEEVES

THE CRITIC'S CHOICE:'YIS - a glorious collision between pop & avant garde' - THE TIMES

AN 'UNCUT ALL TIME TOP 100 DEBUT'; REGULARLY PRAISED IN THE PRESS.

MERCURY REV BACK ON TOUR THIS SUMMER 2016, FOLLOWING RECENT BELLA UNION ALBUM



Mercury Rev, led by Jonathon Donohue, stunned the world with their debut album 'Yerself Is Steam' on Mint Films/Jungle Records in '91. Famed for their quirky, haunting, and unique songs, they are beyond easy categories. They built on their reputation with 2 more albums 'Boces' and 'See You On The Other Side' on Beggars Banquet plus tours of UK, Europe and USA, then in 1998 'Deserter's Songs' on V2 achieved massive 'Album Of The Year' critical acclaim, followed by 'All Is Dream' and 'The Secret Migration'. Regular features in publications such as NME, The Guardian, The Observer, Uncut, Mojo, etc, always refer to this landmark 'Yerself Is Steam' album. Now touring to support their new Bella Union album, 'The Light In You'.

Rhyton are the Brooklyn-based trio of Dave Shuford (D. Charles Speer & The Helix, No Neck Blues Band), Jimy SeiTang (Stygian Stride) and Rob Smith (Pigeons). Rhyton take ancestral forms, instrumentation and scales, primarily sourced from Middle Eastern and Greek traditions and incorporate them into the context of scorching improvised rock. On 'Redshift', Rhyton expand their sound and defy expectations by creating a galactic country throwdown, exemplified by the otherworldly cover of Joe Walsh's 'Turn To Stone'. Artwork by legendary New York illustrator Arik Roper (Sleep, High On Fire, Howlin' Rain, Earth, Pig Destroyer). LP version pressed on virgin vinyl with free download card. (Initial copies pressed on clear vinyl.)

Re-release of The District's 2012 debut full length, 'Telephone'. 'Telephone' was originally released in June 2012 independently by The Districts when they were just sophomores in high school in Lititz, PA. The album helped the band garner attention outside of their small town following and eventually caught the ear of a few tastemakers, prominent indie labels and music industry professionals across the nation. The band soon found a home in Fat Possum Records. Includes the tracks 'Funeral Beds' and 'Long Distance'. This vinyl re-release includes nine tracks plus a digital download code for all thirteen of the album's original songs.
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American guitarist and songwriter Derek Trucks had already played with such artists as Bob Dylan, Joe Walsh and Stephen Stills by his twentieth birthday. After performing with The Allman Brothers Band for several years as a guest musician, Trucks became a formal member of the band in 1999 and appeared on 4 of their albums.

Trucks officially formed The Derek Trucks Band in 1996. The album
Joyful Noise features guests including his wife Susan Tedeschi (with who he formed The Tedeschi Trucks Band in 2010), Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and soul artist Solomon Burke. Derek is best known for his slide guitar style and plays an eclectic blend of blues, soul, jazz, rock and
world music. The Derek Trucks Band won an Grammy Award for 'Best
Contemporary Blues Album' for Already Free [MOVLP1395] in 2010.

After a limited self-financed release this self-titled album can be seen as the proper debut by Indigo Girls. The album immediately boosted them up the charts, earning them a Grammy back in 1989, eventually reaching platinum in
1991. Featuring the complementing songwriting of Emily Saliers and Amy Ray and guest vocals by R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, the album is a showcase for jangling folk-rock, beautiful balladry and poetic lyrics.

In the wake of the new acoustic song-based styles of Suzanne Vega, Tracy Chapman and 10,000 Maniacs, Indigo Girls would manage to garner respectable mainstream success and maintain their rabid core following throughout the three decades after this release.

Große Ereignisse werfen ihre Schatten voraus. Mit "The Wound Dresser" soll noch 2016 ein neues Album von Rasmus Kellerman aka Tiger Lou erscheinen. Damit geht für die vielen Fans eine achtjährige Durststrecke zu Ende, denn der letzte Langspieler, "A Partial Print", erschien bereits 2008. Um die Zeit bis dahin etwas zu verkürzen, hat sich das Label Startracks dazu entschlossen, die ersten drei Tiger-Lou-Alben remastert neu zu veröffentlichen. Doch nicht nur das, sondern zudem als 250 Gramm schwere Deluxe-LP mit farbigem Vinyl. Da die Gesamtauflage von "Is My Head Still On" weltweit bei lediglich 300 Exemplaren liegt, und in Deutschland nur 100 der gelben LPs in den Handel kommen, sollte man hier schnell zugreifen. Wer noch eine Entscheidungshilfe benötigt. "Is My Head Still On" ist das Debüt der Einmannband Tiger Lou aus dem Jahr 2004. Es verbindet ausgefeilten Alternative-Pop mit New-Wave-Einflüssen und zeitgemäßem IndieRock zu melancholischen Ohrwürmern.

Angesichts der noch dieses Jahr anstehenden Veröffentlichung von Tiger Lous viertem Album "The Wound Dresser" hat sich Rasmus Kellermans Label Startracks dazu entschlossen, seine ersten drei Alben remastert neu zu veröffentlichen. Doch nicht allein das, sondern zudem als 250 Gramm schwere Deluxe-LP mit farbigem Vinyl. Da die Gesamtauflage von "The Loyal" weltweit bei lediglich 300 Exemplaren liegt, und in Deutschland nur 100 der transparenten LPs in den Handel kommen, ist Eile gefragt. Allen, die nicht so in der Materie drinstecken, sei gesagt: "The Loyal" ist der zweite Langspieler der schwedischen Einmannband von 2005. Obwohl Kellerman zum Zeitpunkt der Veröffentlichung erst 24 Jahre alt war, hatte er sich zuvor mit seinem Debüt "Is My Head Still On" (2004) und unter dem Elektronikpop-Pseudonym ARAKI bereits einen Namen über die Grenzen Schwedens hinaus gemacht. Wie sein Vorgänger bietet auch "The Loyal" wunderschöne Melodien und tiefgründige Texte, selbstbewusst und fröhlich vorgebracht.

2raumwohnung - Im Jahr 2000 in Berlin fing alles an: Mit - Wir trafen uns in einem Garten' und dem
Album - Kommt zusammen'. Seitdem bilden Inga Humpe und Tommi Eckart als Duo den Sound und
das freie Leben in Berlin ab.

Late in 2015, exactly ten years since Finders Keepers Records first liberated Jean Claude Vannier's 1973 French Holy Grail concept LP L'Enfant Assassin Des Mouches, the label was handed a very unexpected anniversary gift in the form of a small clutch of lost Vannier studio master tapes. Having worked closely with Jean Claude to leave no stone unturned both label and artist were shocked and delighted to be given what turned out to be further insights in to the musical ideas and ambitions of the 29-year-old composer during those mythical studio sessions which occurred a few months after the release of his seminal work on Histoire De Melody Nelson.

The original L'Enfant Assassin Des Mouches LP has been the source of inspiration and awe for artists of all disciplines, critics and connoisseurs alike while retaining a firm fixture in many a tome and top ten, accounting for indispensable moments in avant-garde pop and experimental rock music and (with FKs repressing schedule as testimony) continues to gain momentum. The fact that these masters were dubbed to a separate master tape as a proposed aborted major label single indicates that they were the first (and most exciting) tracks to emerge from the flamboyant visionary sessions which eventually trickled out on small independent French label stimulating record collector nirvana in the process.

Including new unheard instrumentation, alternative arrangements and mix board levels, this special limited release comes packaged in authentic 1970's promo bag artwork and marks the first in a series of new vintage Vannier projects extracted from a new vault of genuinely, previously 'lost' materials.

Philippe Chany is a French songwriter, film music composer and producer from the town of Gap in the southeastern region of the Hautes-Alpes. He formed Love International with Philippe Krootchey and Fred Versailles in 1981 and released the #1 boogie disco hit single Dance On The Groove And Do The Funk'. The B-side of this single featured a cover of Dave Brubeck's Unsquare Dance' released as a single in late 1981 credited solely to Chany.

In 1983 Philippe went into Studio O.M. to record songs for his solo project. The album titled Rive Gauche' was released in 1983 by Polydor Records. Philippe was inspired by experimental film composers Michel Magne, Ennio Morricone, Lalo Schifrin. Songs are a fusion of Chanson synth pop, experimental Italo funk, majestic balearic disco and arabesque instrumentals. He enjoyed making blends, combining rhythms with scratches, utilizing a Roland TR-808, Jupiter 8 and various Akai samplers. All the songs are recited in French and English and revolve around themes of love and mysticism plus a passage read from Antonin Artaud's 1925 poem L'ombilic des Limbes'.

All songs have been remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Housed in an exact replica of the original jacket, which features a photo of Philippe by Jean-Baptiste Mondino on the front and a painting of him by Nadia Back on the back. Each copy includes a 11x11 insert with lyrics and archive photo. Fiction talks right to your brain, Never the same...Be different!' (Philippe Chany, 1983)

Ellis Island war in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts das Tor zu Amerika. Mehr als zwölf Millionen Menschen kamen hier vor den Toren New Yorks an und hofften, die USA bald Heimat nennen zu dürfen. Der französische Künstler, Regisseur und Fotograf JR, dessen Identität bis heute unbekannt ist, greift mit seinem 15-minütigen Kurzfilm "Ellis" und der Geschichte eines Migranten diesen Faden auf. Mit Robert de Niro in der Hauptrolle, führt "Ellis" durch die bröckelnden Hallen des verlassenen Krankenhaus-Komplexes von Ellis Island, der heute JRs Kunstinstallation "Unframed" beherbergt. Es ist ein Ort, der die Hoffnungen und Ängste jener, die ihn durchschritten, zurückstrahlt - und deren Echos heute lauter denn je zurückhallen. Verschlungen mit dieser Erzählung ist eine Filmmusik, die von dem französischen Songwriter Yoann Lemoine aka Woodkid komponiert und von Nils Frahm aufgeführt und mitverfasst wurde. Die zarten Klavier-Motive von "Winter Morning I" vollenden sich in einem Crescendo von Streichern, während das schwellende Harmonium von "Winter Morning II" das Fundament für de Niros Geschichte bildet: eine Lobrede auf jene, die das moderne Amerika schufen.

1. Winter Morning I
2. Winter Morning II (with Robert De Niro)

- 'Take Her Up To Monto' is the follow up to Ro´isi´n's critically acclaimed Mercury Prize nominated album 'Hairless Toys' and is billed as her most daring and creative yet.
- Never an artist to stand still, 'Monto' features everything Murphy has always done but seen afresh, boasting disco fancy, dark cabaret, the sonorities of classic house and electronica and the joy and heartbreak of pure pop drama resulting in her most magnificent song structures so far.
- The follow on from Roisin's Mercury Prize nominated 'Hairless Toys' album last year, Ro´isi´n is at her most creative peak yet.
- Released on embossed CD / double LP with digital download .

- 'Take Her Up To Monto' is the follow up to Ro´isi´n's critically acclaimed Mercury Prize nominated album 'Hairless Toys' and is billed as her most daring and creative yet.
- Never an artist to stand still, 'Monto' features everything Murphy has always done but seen afresh, boasting disco fancy, dark cabaret, the sonorities of classic house and electronica and the joy and heartbreak of pure pop drama resulting in her most magnificent song structures so far.
- The follow on from Roisin's Mercury Prize nominated 'Hairless Toys' album last year, Ro´isi´n is at her most creative peak yet.
- Released on embossed CD / double LP with digital download .

- 'Take Her Up To Monto' is the follow up to Ro´isi´n's critically acclaimed Mercury Prize nominated album 'Hairless Toys' and is billed as her most daring and creative yet.
- Never an artist to stand still, 'Monto' features everything Murphy has always done but seen afresh, boasting disco fancy, dark cabaret, the sonorities of classic house and electronica and the joy and heartbreak of pure pop drama resulting in her most magnificent song structures so far.
- The follow on from Roisin's Mercury Prize nominated 'Hairless Toys' album last year, Ro´isi´n is at her most creative peak yet.
- Released on embossed CD / double LP with digital download .

Wymond Miles was raised in the working-class small towns of the American West. On Call by Night, the singer's latest widescreen opus, Miles masterfully evokes that lost landscape, all while grappling with issues of fatherhood, privacy, PTSD, violence, and dissipated romance. The album adds a critical new chapter to the Fresh & Onlys guitarist's story as an artist, and reasserts him as a major voice in contemporary songwriting. Call by Night sees Miles building a noticeably bigger sound than on his previous solo records, while simultaneously standing as his most intimate work.

It's a record explicitly written for the fidelity of the vinyl format, with louder songs beginning each album side and quieter songs at the interior. His attention to sequencing paid off, the album flows like a piece of classic cinema, and sounds like it's splashed across a drive-in screen in 70mm. Recorded using vintage gear by Phil Manley (The Fucking Champs, Trans Am) at El Studio in San Francisco and Miles' Garden Chamber home studio, the record is a treasure of tube-amp warmth, and a landmark in the songwriter's catalog. Miles wrote most of Call by Night on piano, and while the wall-of-sound guitar and cinematic synth playing that helped define his earlier efforts is still present, the beating heart of the songs is left more open thanks to his new method.

Where previous full-lengths were cloaked in distinct aesthetic choices, this record exists outside of any stylistic restraints. Divided in Two,' the lead single, considers dignity, class, honor, and father-son relationships through the devastating lens of PTSD, all set to a sardonic flag-waving waltz, with martial percussive bomb blasts. The title track explores the enduring aesthetic of British psych-folk. Other songs dip into the traditions of gospel music, sea shanties, and even big-box power ballads, using antique instruments and Miles' unique perspective on the modern world to forge a new collection of entries for the American songbook. Miles has said the songs on Call by Night mark his more definitive commitment to seek, listen, and give voice to an enduring muse.' If that's true, then the muse has obviously been singing to him loud and clear.

Wymond Miles was raised in the working-class small towns of the American West. On Call by Night, the singer's latest widescreen opus, Miles masterfully evokes that lost landscape, all while grappling with issues of fatherhood, privacy, PTSD, violence, and dissipated romance. The album adds a critical new chapter to the Fresh & Onlys guitarist's story as an artist, and reasserts him as a major voice in contemporary songwriting. Call by Night sees Miles building a noticeably bigger sound than on his previous solo records, while simultaneously standing as his most intimate work.

It's a record explicitly written for the fidelity of the vinyl format, with louder songs beginning each album side and quieter songs at the interior. His attention to sequencing paid off, the album flows like a piece of classic cinema, and sounds like it's splashed across a drive-in screen in 70mm. Recorded using vintage gear by Phil Manley (The Fucking Champs, Trans Am) at El Studio in San Francisco and Miles' Garden Chamber home studio, the record is a treasure of tube-amp warmth, and a landmark in the songwriter's catalog. Miles wrote most of Call by Night on piano, and while the wall-of-sound guitar and cinematic synth playing that helped define his earlier efforts is still present, the beating heart of the songs is left more open thanks to his new method.

Where previous full-lengths were cloaked in distinct aesthetic choices, this record exists outside of any stylistic restraints. Divided in Two,' the lead single, considers dignity, class, honor, and father-son relationships through the devastating lens of PTSD, all set to a sardonic flag-waving waltz, with martial percussive bomb blasts. The title track explores the enduring aesthetic of British psych-folk. Other songs dip into the traditions of gospel music, sea shanties, and even big-box power ballads, using antique instruments and Miles' unique perspective on the modern world to forge a new collection of entries for the American songbook. Miles has said the songs on Call by Night mark his more definitive commitment to seek, listen, and give voice to an enduring muse.' If that's true, then the muse has obviously been singing to him loud and clear.

El Secreto de las 12 (The Secret of 12 O'clock) / Pipo y las Libelulas (Pipo and the Dragonflies) / El Hichicero (The Wizard) / Dobie Reflejo de la Luna en el Agua (Double Reflection of the Moon on the Water) / Hombres Trueno (Thunder Man) / Ceremonia Magica en el Estanque (Magical Ceremony In the Pond).

The Secret of 12 O'clock is the second Em Records release by Spaniard Juan Alberto Arteche Guel's Finis Africae project. It collects six pieces from three 1980s albums, pieces not released on the Em Records compilation "A Last Discovery". This collection captures Finis Africae in a more spiritual mode, organic and flowing, with drone textures, and featuring flute, hand percussion, guitar, sax, and synths, combined with field recordings in a music which could be heard as a less-chilly and more organic parallel Fifth World to Jon Hassell's Fourth. The title track El Secreto de las 12 is a Balearic classic, a firm favourite of Cafe Del Mar DJ Jose Padilla, who spun the track during his sunset sets on Ibiza. This track has circulated on cassette for years, but is now available again on vinyl and CD.