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Bulat teamed-up with friend and collaborator Jim James of My Morning Jacket on the album's production, driving 600 miles from her home in Montreal to La La Land recording studio in James' hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. Bulat originally met James backstage at the Austin City Limits music festival; the two reconnected when she toured with him in the summer of 2013 and became friends. Good Advice is a departure from Bulat's previous work, with her voice backed up by drums, bass, electric guitar and keys. James plays electric guitar, synth, saxophone and bass on the album; further Louisville guests including members of Houndmouth, Twin Limb, Seth Kauffman of Floating Action and more also join Bulat.
'Pop songs can take all those big statements and those big feelings that you have,' Bulat says. 'You don't need to necessarily have everything so detailed because everybody understands. Everybody understands those feelings.' 'Basia has something truly unique,' says James. The duo recorded the album over several visits Bulat made to Kentucky. 'I knew immediately that it was the exact right place to be,' says Bulat. 'To go so far from home, then to find that it felt like home.'
Of the sessions, James recalls, 'The entire process was so amazing. Hearing her voice just exploding out of her soul brought us all to tears in the control room. Watching Basia come out of her shell with great power was an extraordinary thing to witness.'

Good Advice follows Bulat's critically acclaimed Juno and Polaris Music Prize-nominated 2013 release, Tall Tall Shadow, which The Line of Best Fit calls 'a brilliant and engaging pop record' and the Austin Chronicle praises for its 'lovely, spectral musing that balances indulgence with homespun tendencies.' In the two years since, Bulat has played shows across North America and Europe with Sufjan Stevens, Destroyer, Daniel Lanois, Bahamas and more.

Since the release of her debut album, Oh My Darling, Bulat has shared the stage with artists including Arcade Fire, The National, Nick Cave, St. Vincent, Beirut, Andrew Bird, Tune-Yards, Sondre Lerche, The Tallest Man on Earth, The Head and the Heart, Owen Pallett, Devotchka and many more. Known for her talents on little-known instruments including the autoharp and charango, Bulat has also been tapped for tributes to Leonard Cohen and The Band.

The story of Fairport Convention is the story of British folk-rock. Founded in mid 1967 as a British counterpart to Jefferson Airplane, they combined the talents of guitarist Richard Thompson with singers Ian Matthews and Sandy Denny.
After losing their drummer in a fatal motorway crash in 1969, Fairport decided to carry on with a completely different repertoire. 'Liege And Lief' exemplified the electrified folk template they adopted and has since been voted Most Important Folk Album of All Time by listeners to Radio 2.

The parent band has survived innumerable personnel upheavals and play on to this day. They also host the Cropredy Festival in Oxfordshire, an annual fixture of the folk calendar. This performance showcases their longest-lasting line-up to
that date of Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Dave Mattacks, Ric Sanders and Maartin (sic) Allcock, which had just recorded two notable albums in 'Red And Gold' and 'The Four Seasons'.

Solitaire Recordings are proud to announce that Good Morning have premiered their brand new single 'Cad Deg' over at SPIN. The song is one of six tracks to be featured on the band's newly announced 2016 EP Glory, due out February 2016.

'Cad Deg' splendidly displays the growth Good Morning experiences on Glory: it undoes the layers of effects previously heard on Good Morning songs, instead passing a dissonant, yet supremely resonant jangle through little more than hints of delay and reverb. It takes a notably more personal and unguarded approach to dealing with the anxieties that continue to inform the band's lyrics, letting the guitars speak as deftly as the words.

Good Morning have just returned home from a string of 11 CMJ shows and a plethora of praise just as potent. Grammy Pro likewise declared that their show 'brought some chill psychedelic-rock to a very much needed Saturday afternoon,' and DMNDR singled their show out as one of CMJ Day 1's best, complimenting the band's 'groove' and praising their stage presence as 'infectious.' Even before CMJ began, NME suggested that everyone would be talking about the band after the festival's end, and described their 'Time to Try Again' video as 'a total paean to the 90s, even if the song harks back to something more organic.'

Glory follows the band's two 7' singles, A Vessel/Radiovoice and On the Street/You, from earlier this year, as well as last year's Shawcross EP. The band is set to support The Murlocs on their Melbourne leg and play Paradise Festival in November.

Holy Forest is the brainchild of musician and filmmaker Jon Fine (Herbie Hancock's "Possibilities"/ Bill Wither's "Still Bill"). Wearing a number of hats on this record as producer, instrumentalist and songwriter, Fine enlisted friends and collaborators to play on a genre-blending project which includes members of Antibalas, singer's Morley Kamen, Seraphim, Sparlha Swa, Ed 'Preachermann' Holley, Gambian griot Tata Din Din Jobarteh (aka the Jimi Hendrix of the Kora) and Grammy nominated Kora master Youssoupha Sidibe.



The recording sessions, spanning 3 years were inspired by a trip to the Gambia's Makasutu forest, a lush green riverine wilderness of mangrove swamps. The 11 track self-titled debut album 'Holy Forest' was recorded in Gambia, New York, Woodstock and San Francisco.

Limited Edition Vinyl with album cover artwork by Andrew Zuckerman

Gilles Peterson has been supporting the release since receiving a copy at the tail end of 2015 and the cut 'Africa Calling' was featured in his best of 2015 radio show at the end of the year.

John Wardle, alias Jah Wobble, came to fame in the late Seventies at the age of 20 as bass player for John Lydon's first post-Sex Pistols outfit, Public Image Limited, following this with a series of collaborations with members of German avant gardists
Can and U2 guitarist the Edge. He plays on today.

He quit the biz and spent time in the Eighties driving trains on the London Underground. Happily, creativity won out and this show from 1992 is from one of a series of charity shows co-ordinated by New Musical Express at London's Town & Country Club under the banner Viva Eight. Highlights include 'Visions Of You' from
1991's classic 'Rising Above Bedlam' album, 'How Much Are They' and the iconic 'Invaders Of The Heart' from which his group take their name. The performance includes percussion and exotic dancing, and is an audible treat.

In 1972, Lindisfarne topped the UK chart with the classic 'Fog On The Tyne' album. This 1990 performance in Central TV's Nottingham studios catches the Newcastle folk-rock band just before the departure of singer, mandolin and harmonica-player Ray 'Jacka' Jackson, who also played on Rod Stewart's
mega-hit 'Maggie May'.

The original line-up of Jackson, Alan Hull, Rod Clements, Ray Laidlaw and Simon Cowe from 1968 was augmented by multi-instrumentalist Marty Craggs and bass-player Steve Cunningham. They had just recorded their best album for
some years in 'Amigos', represented here alongside earlier hits like 'Lady Eleanor', 'Meet Me On The Corner', 'Clear White Light' and the crowd-pleasing 'Fog On The Tyne', shortly to be re-recorded with footballer Paul 'Gazza' Gascoigne. Songwriter Hull's death in 1995 was the beginning of the end for
Lindisfarne, but this is the band in their element - live and loud.

After playing over 150 gigs around the UK in the past 3 years and supporting the likes of Cerebral Ballzy, Slaves, and God Damn, garage rockers Love Buzzard are finally ready to unleash their debut album. Available on special edition vinyl, via Sean McClusky's legendary punk label 1-2-3-4 Records, home of The Buzzcocks, Arrows Of Love and Bad For Lazarus amongst others.

Love Buzzard have taken their fuzz laden, catchy-as-hell guitar lines, screeching vocals and soul splitting drums to the next level with 'Antifistamines', merging disco beats with garage-surf riffs and the pop sensibilities that come so easily to frontman Kevin Lennon.

After founding Fluffer Records, drummer Al Brown has been responsible some of the liveliest, loudest and most ambitious events and releases East London has seen, and that do or die DIY ethic was what first caught the attention of Sean McClusky at 1-2-3-4 Records. Thankfully for us, these two forces have now collided to give us one of the rawest and most exciting debuts to emerge out of the DIY underground in years. A run away steam train of a debut.

The LP is available on limited edition 12' vinyl illustrated by Dalston illustrator Russell Taysom. The release will also feature bonus material not included in the CD version.

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark hit the big time in 1980 when second album 'Organisation' put the northwestern quartet in the UK Top 10. This vital snapshot of the band between the release of their eponymous first and breakthrough second albums shows why they were such an influence on Depeche Mode and others and remain a popular live act today. The early songs showcased here, notably 'Electricity' and 'Enola Gay', remain classics of the electro-pop genre.

Keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman has enjoyed at least three careers - early-Seventies sessionman for Bowie, etc, the Caped Crusader of progressive giants Yes and solo star responsible for such epic albums as 'The Six Wives of Henry VIII', 'Journey To
The Centre Of The Earth' and 'The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table'. He's also written books and become a well-known small-screen personality.

This heavyweight vinyl of the 1990 broadcast in the Bedrock TV series combines many of these facets, featuring titles from all his biggest solo sellers in a virtuoso performance. Backed by Tony Fernandez (drums) and David Paton (bass), Rick gives
his nine-keyboard rig the ultimate workout and clearly enjoys himself: 'It was good fun at the time. Says it all, really!' he says on his website. A must for prog, keyboard and Wakeman fans alike.

Meet Oslo-based Norwegian trio Sauropod. Fiery sonic outbursts melding punk and indie rock - driven by powerful melodic hooks. Direct and forceful, aggressive and sweet at the same time. Lead singer Jonas Røyeng's Cobain-esque growl coupled with bass guitarist Kamilla Waal Larsen's blistering Kim Deal-inspired bass lines make Sauropod sound like they've come directly from the alternative explosion of the early 90's, creating a sound that is both crunching and melodic.

After meeting in high school, Jonas Røyeng (guitar, vocals), Kamillia Waal Larsen (bass, vocals) and Jørgen Natland Apeness (drums) all moved to Norway's capital Oslo, which is where Sauropod was formed. It's music that has the power of the West coast US punk scene with inspirations such as Mudhoney, Nirvana and Green River and more recent additions such as FIDLAR, with a distinguishable Norwegian charm. The band have built quite a fan base over the last year across Norway due to their explosive energy on stage and this reputation led to an impressive slot on this year's Øya festival line up & Norwegian label Riot Factory signing the band.
Speaking about how they chose their name, Sauropod commented that it was a 'happy accident' as it sounded right for them. It also just so happens that 'sauropod' dinosaur is a big-long necked herbivorous creature & the band is made up of three vegetarians wanted to make a sizeable name for themselves with their powerful grunge punk sounds.

Inspired by everything from early rock'n'roll to classical composers, electronica & hip-hop, the band get the ideas for what music to make from a variety of places. All of these inspirations are ever so apparent on the diversity of 'Roaring At The Storm'. From the fast catchy riffs of 'Headphones' to the more laid-back twinkly tones of 'Running Song' to the metal heavy growling of 'Fugue', this is certainly an album that clearly shows what this Norwegian trio are capable of. Sauropod's forthcoming debut record 'Roaring at The Storm' was produced by Hasse Rosbach who was impressed by the band's live show at by:larm festival, the album was record was recorded at the late Albatross studo in Oslo. Making songs is an organic process for Sauropod, with the band saying 'We've never made songs in the studio or at the computer like a lot of songwriters do, we try to make them work immediately in the room we're playing in. Of course that's probably what any rock band does'. There's a spontaneity and freedom to the way they record, which keeps the album fresh throughout.

'Roaring At The Storm' is a debut that has all the elements of 90s grunge mixed with modern pop-punk to create a record that simultaneously manages to be aggressive and sweet. The pounding riffs are direct and powerful grabbing your attention from the album opener 'You and Me Should Leave Together Tonight'. In the band's own words, the album is 'noisy melodic, frantic & europhic' and we're definitely not going to argue with that.

Uriah Heep were pioneers in taking music to the rock-starved former Iron Curtain countries. And where better to start than in the heart of the Soviet Union The band wowed Moscow's Olympic Stadium in December 1987, playing ten consecutive nights and proving Mick Box's merry men - still active today - rank alongside
Zeppelin, Purple and Sabbath as global hard-rock trailblazers.

The twin lead guitar sound of Wishbone Ash influenced bands from Thin Lizzy to Iron Maiden and beyond, their third album 'Argus' a Seventies classic. The year of 1987 saw a reunion of the original Ash line-up and this 20th anniversary concert was
staged at the Colston Hall, Bristol, two years later. Drummer Steve Upton, bassist Martin Turner and guitarists Ted Turner and Andy Powell attack a mix of well-loved early tracks and new material with equal panache, celebrating the first 20 years of a British rock institution that continues today.

After an extended absence, You Say Party has returned with their most thoughtful record to date. Recorded over the previous four years, this album represents themes of introspection, loss and uncertainty. The decision to step back, and to see what happens when you give something space, permitted the songs to evolve over a long stretch of time. This allowed for the emergence of an immersive album that builds a dream-like space, song by song.

Eliot Sumner präsentiert ihr erstes Solo-Album "Information"! Nach vier Jahren des Schreibens, Tourens und Erwachsenwerdens meldet sich die ehemalige I Blame Coco-Frontfrau jetzt als
Solokünstlerin unter ihrem bürgerlichen Namen Eliot Sumner zurück. - Ich bin stolz auf die Musik, die ich mache, und jetzt ist es an der Zeit, auch mit meinem echten Namen dafür zu stehen so Eliot. Die Tochter von Sting hat sich für ihr erstes Solo-Album - Information" genug Zeit gelassen um erwachsen
zu werden, zu experimentieren und ihren eigenen Sound zu finden. Fündig wurde Eliot im Lake District, dorthin zog sie sich für fünf Monate zurück und arbeitete in totaler Isolation an ihrem neuen Album - Information . Die neuen Songs sind viel organischer, frisch und voller Energie. Beeinflussen
ließ sich die Sängerin u.a. auch von ihrer Lieblings-Band aus Teenagerzeiten den Bad Seeds. Die erste Single - Information ist ein Song mit Synthesizern und Strings der von Duncan Mills (The
Vaccines, Spector, Crocodiles) produziert und in den Strongroom-Studios in London aufgenommen wurde. Zusammen mit ihrer Band I Blame Coco veröffentlichte sie 2010 ihr Debütalbum - The Constant . Das Album verkaufte sich in Deutschland rund 40.000 Mal.

The stunning 45s from the Brasilerio box set now available for individual sale !
When Greg Caz and Deano Sounds teamed up to create The Brasileiro Treasure Box Of Funk & Soul they created a collection of vintage Brazilian music that stretches across the scope of funk, soul, and psychedelic.

Co-compiler and Brazilian music aficionado, Greg Caz says: Without necessarily having a central theme other than funky nuggets from the first half of the 70s, we believe this compilation displays its own particular sense of logic, and that these songs ultimately all sound fantastic together. Regardless of one's familiarity, or lack thereof, with artists like Antonio Carlos & Jocafi, Os Incríveis, Toni Tornado or Celia, the material on these 45s speaks its own truth and justifies their inclusion here. Many of these were originally available as singles, while others were taken from albums, but all are guaranteed to find their way into many DJ boxes and playlists.'The stunning 45s from the Brasilerio box set now available for individual sale !
When Greg Caz and Deano Sounds teamed up to create The Brasileiro Treasure Box Of Funk & Soul they created a collection of vintage Brazilian music that stretches across the scope of funk, soul, and psychedelic.

Co-compiler and Brazilian music aficionado, Greg Caz says: Without necessarily having a central theme other than funky nuggets from the first half of the 70s, we believe this compilation displays its own particular sense of logic, and that these songs ultimately all sound fantastic together. Regardless of one's familiarity, or lack thereof, with artists like Antonio Carlos & Jocafi, Os Incríveis, Toni Tornado or Celia, the material on these 45s speaks its own truth and justifies their inclusion here. Many of these were originally available as singles, while others were taken from albums, but all are guaranteed to find their way into many DJ boxes and playlists.

'Lam San Ra', arranged by Maft Sai and Chris Menist As a precursor to their forthcoming LP in 2016, the Paradise Bangkok crew let fly with this latest molam disco excursion, that was written on last year's tour !
Spaced out khaen and trippy phin lines fly over the heaviest of grooves, continuing the 21st Century Molam project in fine style.
Side B 'Version' Dub by Nick Manasseh With Nick Manasseh back on dub duties, the tough bass and drums come to the fore, peppered with dashes of echoed out phin and percussion. A next level session for the more discerning dancefloor!

[aO] CD 1-15 | Castle In The Snow - The Avener, Kadebostany





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Deep Purple
Who Do We Think We Are (180g LP)
Woman From Tokyo . Mary Long . Super
Trouper . Smooth Dancer . Rat Bat Blue .
Place In Line . Our Lady .

Ebo Taylor is one of Ghana's fnest producer/arrangers. Taylor
was heavily infuental in the unique sound that emerged from the country in the 70's; a combinaton of traditonal Ghanaian with Af-
ro-beat, jazz, and funk rhythms.He worked with bands including Stargazers Band, Broadway Dance Band, Black Star Highlife Band (with Teddy Osei and Sol Amarfo who later joined Osibisa), Apagya Show Band and fellow musicians C.K. Mann, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley and the legendary Pat Thomas.2016 see's Ebo celebrate his 80th birthday - stll touring! - and we are very proud to release two of his stand-out, classic albums - MY LOVE AND MUSIC and TWER NYAME, following on from the EBO TAYLOR
and CONFLICT re-issues.TWER NYAME (Trust in God') was originally released in 1978 on Philips-West African-Records. Classic highlife sounds; uptempo grooves, vocals, tons of percussion, guitar, horns and organ lines.
Featuring the stand-out Atwer Abroba'.

Ebo Taylor is one of Ghana's fnest producer/arrangers. Taylor
was heavily infuental in the unique sound that emerged from the country in the 70's; a combinaton of traditonal Ghanaian with Af-
ro-beat, jazz, and funk rhythms.He worked with bands including Stargazers Band, Broadway Dance Band, Black Star Highlife Band (with Teddy Osei and Sol Amarfo who later joined Osibisa), Apagya Show Band and fellow musicians C.K. Mann, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley and the legendary Pat Thomas.2016 see's Ebo celebrate his 80th birthday - stll touring! - and we are very proud to release two of his stand-out, classic albums - MY LOVE AND MUSIC and TWER NYAME, following on from the EBO TAYLOR
and CONFLICT re-issues.TWER NYAME (Trust in God') was originally released in 1978 on Philips-West African-Records. Classic highlife sounds; uptempo grooves, vocals, tons of percussion, guitar, horns and organ lines.
Featuring the stand-out Atwer Abroba'.

Ebo Taylor is one of Ghana's fnest producer/arrangers. Taylor was heavily infuental in the unique sound that emerged from the country in the 70's; a combinaton of traditonal Ghanaian with Af-
ro-beat, jazz, and funk rhythms.
He worked with bands including Stargazers Band, Broadway Dance Band, Black Star Highlife Band (with Teddy Osei and Sol Amarfo who later joined Osibisa), Apagya Show Band and fellow musicians C.K. Mann, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley and the legendary Pat Thomas.
2016 see's Ebo celebrate his 80th birthday - stll touring! - and we are very proud to release two of his stand-out, classic albums - MY LOVE AND MUSIC and TWER NYAME, following on from the EBO TAYLORand CONFLICT re-issues.
MY LOVE AND MUSIC was originally released in 1975 on Gapophone Records, George Prah's label, hailing from Ghana. Only available in very limited quantty (reportedly 500 copies) due to the musical.

Ebo Taylor is one of Ghana's fnest producer/arrangers. Taylor was heavily infuental in the unique sound that emerged from the country in the 70's; a combinaton of traditonal Ghanaian with Af-
ro-beat, jazz, and funk rhythms.
He worked with bands including Stargazers Band, Broadway Dance Band, Black Star Highlife Band (with Teddy Osei and Sol Amarfo who later joined Osibisa), Apagya Show Band and fellow musicians C.K. Mann, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley and the legendary Pat Thomas.
2016 see's Ebo celebrate his 80th birthday - stll touring! - and we are very proud to release two of his stand-out, classic albums - MY LOVE AND MUSIC and TWER NYAME, following on from the EBO TAYLORand CONFLICT re-issues.
MY LOVE AND MUSIC was originally released in 1975 on Gapophone Records, George Prah's label, hailing from Ghana. Only available in very limited quantty (reportedly 500 copies) due to the musical.

Eine sanfte, reduzierte und melodiöse Wendung nach innen: Idan Raichel zieht am Klavier Bilanz.

Nach den Beweggründen für das Album "At The Edge Of The Beginning" gefragt, gab der israelische Pianist,
Texter, Songwriter und Produzent zur Antwort: "Manchmal muss man zu den einfachen Dingen des Lebens
zurückkehren." Diese Rückbesinnung ist deutlich vernehmbar. Raichels vorherige Projekte waren aufwändig
und nahmen Jahre in Anspruch. Nicht zuletzt weil zahlreiche Gastmusiker aus verschiedenen Ländern mit
unterschiedlichen kulturellen Wurzeln und musikalischen Einflüssen beteiligt waren. Auf "At The Edge Of The
Beginning" ist alles anders, denn hier handelt es sich um eine Solo-Arbeit. Das Album wurde im Keller von
Idans Eltern in nur drei Monaten aufgenommen und bietet Klaviermusik, das heißt überwiegend sanfte Lieder
mit unaufdringlichen Melodien und Arrangements. Ohne viel Aufwand, ganz allein mit seinem Piano, erzählt
Idan musikalische Geschichten. Damit vollzieht der Musiker eine Wendung nach innen und zieht Bilanz mit
der Vergangenheit. Er denkt über die Liebe, das Leben und die Familie nach und reflektiert, was in den
nächsten Jahren wirklich wichtig für ihn sein wird. Klingt nicht nur erwachsen, sondern auch richtig gut.

An Selbstbewusstsein mangelt es dem 23-jährigen Jeremih Felton definitiv nicht. Der Sänger, Rapper,
Produzent und Multi-Instrumentalist ist R'n'B Hörern weltweit längst kein Unbekannter mehr. Seine
ersten beiden Singles hat er noch über einen lokalen Radiosender promotet und die 2. Single Birthday
Sex wurde dann auch direkt von Def Jam veröffentlicht und stieg auf #4 der US Singlecharts und
sogar #1 der R&B Charts. Auch sein Debütalbum Jeremih schoss auf #1 der R&B Charts und in die
Top 10 der Albumcharts. Es folgten diverse erfolgreiche Collabos, u.a. - Down on me' ft 50 Cent oder
- Dont Tell em'. Lange warten seine Anhänger schon auf ein neues Album, nun ist es endlich soweit.
Auf dem Album werden unter anderem die Tracks 'Don't Tell Em feat. YG', 'Planez feat. J.Cole' und
'oui' vertreten sein. So lässt es sich der 28-jährige nicht nehmen sein neues Material seinen
deutschen Fans erstmalig live zu präsentieren Im Januar und Februar 2016 kommt Jeremih für 3
Konzerte nach Deutschland in Frankfurt, Düsseldorf und Berlin.

Die JUNIOR BOYS haben seit über einer Dekade mit ihrem Sound irgendwo zwischen R&B und
Techno, die moderne elektronische Popmusik entscheidend mitgeprägt und veröffentlichen im Februar
ihr neues Album. Es heisst - Big Black Coat' und hat den typischen Junior Boys Signature Sound, und
das so üppig und unmittelbar wie seit ihrem Album "So This Is Goodbye" (2006) nicht mehr. - Junior
Boys haben zur freien Leichtigkeit gefunden [...]' urteilt die Groove in ihrer aktuellen Ausgabe (2
Seiten Story) und das Album glänzt nicht zuletzt auch durch die Exkursionen in neue Gefilde. Da wird
sich auch mal vornehm zurückgenommen, zugunsten von Raum und Fläche, sowie Energie und
Spannung. Elemente aus Industrial-Pop, Techno und Dubstep fügen sich unmerklich in den neuen
Gesamtsound ein, so minimal, aber auch effektiv wie möglich. Die Berlin Show im Berghain ist kurz
vor ausverkauft und auch sonst zeigt sich, dass es wieder an der Zeit war für die Junior Boys und ein
neues Album.

Third album from Circle/Pharaoh Overlord mastermind Jussi Lehtisalo. SIGE Records/Ektro Records 2015. Edition of 50 copies. Custom oversized tape box packaging, hand assembled & numbered.

What a great atmosphere on this album! Brilliant compositions and lyrics. The soundscapes and textures are just wonderful, and so are the mixes. Unresistable, yet savagely melancholic groove throughout the record. Intense dynamics in the long song structures... Damn I'm good! -Jussi Lehtisalo

This disc offers two approaches to an ancient instrument called a santur.

The first - the eastern - by the Iranian master musician Hossein Malek, his improvised pieces were recorded by Leo in the 80 (they are a unique and valuable archive).

The second is the Western approach of his friend Leo Kupper, a student of the first; but here goes through the filter of undetectable electronic.

Pharaoh Overlord's Circle is bound to annul all expectations you ever held for these once avant-stoners. What's clear is that Circle marks the fusion of Pharaoh Overlord with the namesake of this album.

It is a wild card you foresaw. Their no-nonsense self-referentiality, oddly enough, inverses the paradox of the red queen: with the building blocks standing still, the friction with the ever-accelerating external realities gives the impression of expanding horizons in the standstill of tonal landscapes of the body of music that is Pharaoh Overlord's Circle. Synthesizers float like nitrous oxide above the serene pastures of laid-back grooves. This is epic synth pop that would vaporize any pulse or mundane logic into the stream of thin air of upper atmosphere.

On 'Circle', Pharaoh Overlord stand among their bling-blinded subjects as a modestly-clad emperor proud of the newly-discovered self-realization by means of merging with their idols and contestants (that is, Circle) into one abstract entity of sonic flesh. There is no sobriety like loss of identity.

SIGE Records/Ektro Records 2015. Edition of 50 copies. Custom letterpress packaging, hand stamped & numbered.

Saroos fangen auf ihrem vierten Album das Unvorstellbare ein, ohne es seines Geheimnisses zu berauben. Für das feinsinnig verwobene »Tardis« hat die Band mit dem Produzenten Tadklimp neue Möglichkeiten ausgelotet. Mit behutsamen Rhythmen, einem satten modularen Sound-Design und dichten Harmonien beschwört die neue LP von Saroos, für das von Markus & Micha Acher kuratierte Label Alien Transistor die Geister vager Erinnerungen herauf. »Tardis«, gleicht einer Einladung zu einer Reise durch Zeit und relative Dimensionen im Raum.

Über ganz Deutschland verstreut gelingt es dem Trio trotz zahlreicher anderer Projekte (The Notwist. Lali Puna, Driftmachine) von Zeit zu Zeit, sich in ein Studio zu einzuschließen und auf ausgedehnte Touren zu fahren. Saroos fußt auf einer engen Freundschaft zwischen den Musikern. Eine sich stetig wandelnde kreative Kraft, die sich in ihrem
bisher stärksten musikalischen Statement gebündelt hat.

Nachdem sie bereits mit dem Anticon-Artist Alias und
cLOUDDEADs Odd Nosdam zusammengearbeitet haben, öffnete sich das Trio für eine weitere Perspektive. Tadklimp, der unter
anderem auch für Fenster und Slow Steve arbeitet, begleitete die drei Musiker diesmal von Anfang an mit Ideen und Sounds. Während für Saroos bislang die Arbeit mit Samples und das Arrangieren einzelner Elemente der Ausgangspunkt des Kompositionsprozesses war, öffnete die Zusammenarbeit mit Tadklimp neue Räume. »Tad hat uns bei diesen Aufnahmen immer das Gefühl gegeben, es gäbe keine Beschränkungen«, erinnert sich Punktezahl. Das Resultat sind sorgsam durchdachte Kompositionen, die zwischen Pop-Sensibilitäten und der atmosphärischen Dichte instrumenteller Musik changieren.

Darüberhinaus hatten Zimmers Experimente mit Modularen
Synthesizern in seinem Nebenprojekt Driftmachine einen spürbaren Einfluss auf »Tardis«. Saroos nutzen ihre Musik als einen offenen Referenzrahmen. Ob ein selbst eingespieltes Sample aus dem Horror-Klassiker »Rosemary's Baby« oder die Einbeziehung des japanischen Saiteninstrumentes Koto: Alle externen Einflüsse werden erst in neue Formen übertragen und dann zusammengeführt, bis am Ende ein einfallsreiches Ganzes steht, welches versucht das Unwirkliche einzufangen, ohne es je zu erklären. Vom Opener »Weaver's Cave« mit seinen verfremdeten Melodien über die tief in den Mix eingebetteten ätherischen Vocals von »Orange Book« hin zu den
blubbernden Sounds, mit denen »Sleepy White« das Album
abschließt, integriert »Tardis« gekonnt selten Gehörtes in scheinbar vertraute Strukturen.

»Tardis« soll also nicht als Titel eines Dr. Who-Konzeptalbums
gelesen werden, sondern zieht den Begriff aus seinem pophistorischen Zusammenhang und nimmt die Abkürzung »Time And Relative Dimension in Space« wörtlich: Alles auf »Tardis« scheint nahbar und doch weit entfernt in Zeit und Raum verloren. Passenderweise nennt Zimmer auf die Frage hin, von welcher Kollaboration die Band schon immer geträumt hätte, den Namen der verstorbenen Broadcast-Frontfrau Trish Keenan. Ähnlich wie die Musik Broadcasts schaffen Saroos auf »Tardis« weiträumige Schichten, in denen Geister frei wandeln können.

It's a rare thing when a band's name perfectly encapsulates their music. Flip open a dictionary at 'sea fret' and you'll find it's the term for the mist that rolls inshore from the sea. Then pick any one of the Bridlington duo's tracks and breathe in the delicately plucked acoustics, the gentle haze of rippling electronics, whispering strings and melancholy vocals. 
Leaving aside matters of maritime mists for a moment, Seafret followed last year's mesmeric Give Me Something E.P with the release of a second EP, 'Oceans'.  The raw emotional pull of both title tracks may be what took them  to the top of the Hype Machine charts twice. 'Oceans'  alone has racked up almost 7 million streams on Spotify and the accompanying video features  Game Of Thrones' star Maisie Williams and has amassed a whopping 3 million views on VEVO alongside a slew of nominations at this year's European MVAs.
What started with a pared-back, one guitar and one voice set up round the pubs and streets of Yorkshire has grown into a distinctive sound that experiments with electronic textures, which the band has taken on the road, playing well over 60 shows this summer. Memorable sets include Glastonbury and Latitude festivals, support slots for James Bay, Hozier and the headline spot on the Communion Presents: New Faces tour last month (the London date was completely sold out).

01. Missing
02. Give Me Something
03. Wildfire
04. Breathe Oceans
05. Oceans
06. Over
07. Tell Me It's Real
08. Be There
09. Beauty on the Breeze
10. Atlantis
11. Skimming Stones
12. There's a Light
13. To the Sea
14. Out of Nowhere (Deluxe)
15. Overtime (Deluxe)
16. Oceans (BBC Live Version) (Deluxe)

Was hat Tamas mit Body Count und Bob Marley gemeinsam Auf dem ersten Blick erst einmal nichts.
Wenn man genauer hinschaut, stößt man auf das Gerichtsurteil von 2010 welches den Song - Fickt die
Cops mildernd zwischen Marleys - I shot the sheriff und Body Counts - Cop Killer einreiht. Vor
diesem Urteil ging es alles andere als mild zu: Tamas (damals noch Teil von DeineLtan) wurde über
Nacht zum Staatsfeind Nr.1, was wiederum zu einem eher mies gelaunten Sondereinsatzkommando
vor seiner Tür um 06:00 Uhr morgens führte, welches ihn umgehend in eine Zelle beförderte und vor
Gericht zerrte. Tamas hat sich allerdings auch von dem SEK nicht einschüchtern lassen und macht
unbeirrt Musik. Das was jetzt aus Christoph Hesslers Produktionsschmiede auf die Öffentlichkeit
zurollt ist allerdings alles andere als HipHop. Technisch hoch anspruchsvoller Rap gepaart mit heftigen
Metalproduktionen erschaffen wahnsinnige Thriller und Horrorfilme in den Köpfen der Zuhörer und
zeugen von phantasievollen Gedanken, die seines Gleichen suchen. Der in Wedding/Berlin
aufgewachsene Tamas ist eine absolute Legende im Untergrund. Der liebevolle Chaot und absolute
Sympath trinkt nicht nur jeden unter den Tisch, nein er shoutet auch alles in Grund und Boden.

Musikalisch ist Currents die Arbeit eines Künstlers, der auf der Höhe seines Schaffens ist und dabei
noch mal mit einem Extra-Push gesegnet ist. Parker lässt sich führen und leiten von seinen Launen
und Schwelgereien und hat keine Angst davor, für eine gute Idee auch weit hinunter in den
Kaninchenbau zu steigen. Im Ergebnis steht ein Album, das die Produktionsweise zeitgenössischen
Hip Hops genauso im Blick hat wie Thriller, schwülen 70s Funk und die anarchische Spielwiese, die
Daft Punk auf - Discovery' auskundschaftet haben. Schwaden von Future Pop und balladeske
80er-Sounds durchziehen die Sounds, während die ganze Szenerie durch den Filter eines
psychedelischen Dritten Auges läuft. Während Parker auf den vorangehenden Alben hinter Schichten
aus psychedelischen Fuzz-Sounds und Reverbs vieldeutige Lyrics sang, steht seine Stimme auf
Currents im Vordergrund. Mit Currents hat Parker Genre-sprengende Soundscapes entworfen,
gleichermaßen kreiert aus Neugier und Bewusstheit und damit ein wunderbares, neues Territorium für
Tame Impala erschlossen.

Greg Caz and Deano Sounds have teamed up once again to bring you another fine package of vintage Brazilian music. This one stretches across the scope of funk, soul, and psychedelic music from Brazil. Some highlights include: the extremely rare and funky Labirinto' by 2001 & Beto!
Here are some words on the project from co-compiler and Brazilian music aficionado, Greg Caz:
Without necessarily having a central theme other than funky nuggets from the first half of the
70s, we believe this compilation displays its own particular sense of logic, and that these
songs ultimately all sound fantastic together. Regardless of one's familiarity, or lack thereof,
with artists like Antonio Carlos & Jocafi, Os Incríveis, Toni Tornado or Celia, the material on
these 45s speaks its own truth and justifies their inclusion here. Many of these were originally
available as singles, while others were taken from albums, but all are guaranteed to find their
way into many DJ boxes and playlists.'

Greg Caz and Deano Sounds have teamed up once again to bring you another fine package of vintage Brazilian music. This one stretches across the scope of funk, soul, and psychedelic music from Brazil. Some highlights include: the extremely rare and funky Labirinto' by 2001 & Beto!
Here are some words on the project from co-compiler and Brazilian music aficionado, Greg Caz:
Without necessarily having a central theme other than funky nuggets from the first half of the
70s, we believe this compilation displays its own particular sense of logic, and that these
songs ultimately all sound fantastic together. Regardless of one's familiarity, or lack thereof,
with artists like Antonio Carlos & Jocafi, Os Incríveis, Toni Tornado or Celia, the material on
these 45s speaks its own truth and justifies their inclusion here. Many of these were originally
available as singles, while others were taken from albums, but all are guaranteed to find their
way into many DJ boxes and playlists.'

The 45 box set version comes in a durable glossy case with 7 x 45s, a poster containing the
original artwork for the album, a booklet filled with imagery from the original artists and
releases and liner notes by Greg Caz, the Mad Scientist of Brazilian Beats.'

Join the (Dance) Club! Willkommen bei DANCE CLUB: 3 Floors (CDs) randvoll mit topaktuellen Dance
& Club-Hits. Kein langes Warten, 24/7 - 365 Tage im Jahr geöffnet und rein kommt man, bzw. die CD
sowie so. Bei dem, was sich da auf dem DANCE Floor im CLUB so tummelt, mehr als nachvollziehbar.
Ab dem 29. Januar warten aktuelle Chartstürmer und exklusive Hits, die man nur auf DANCE CLUB
zu hören bekommt, auf alle Tanzwütigen. "The Only Way Is Up"! Martin Garrix & Tiesto sind mit ihrem
Clubsmasher zum ersten Mal auf einer Compilation vertreten und in guter Gesellschaft. Shawn
Mendes, EFF; Matt Simons, Chartstürmer Topic mit seiner Hitsingle "Home", Felix Jaehn,
Glasperlenspiel, Gestört aber GeiL, Sam Feldt, Martin Solveig, Axwell / Ingrosso und viele weitere
Stars der Szene lassen den DANCE CLUB zum Highlight aufsteigen. KDA (UK Top 10 Hit) geben die
Richtung vor: "Turn The Music Louder"! DANCE CLUB - mehr geht nicht!

Eyne eynmalyge Kapelle öffnet die Pforten zu einem jahrhundertealten musikalischen Basar.

Die Gruppe Wirbeley besteht aus sechs studierten Musikern, die sich in Dresden zusammengetan haben, um
Musik verschiedener Epochen in ungewöhnlichen Arrangements auf die Bühne und auf CD zu bringen.
"Barrierefreie Volksmusik" nennen sie ihr Konzept - worunter man sich wohl erst etwas vorstellen kann, wenn
man es gehört hat. Ihr Instrumentarium reicht von Flügelhorn und Akkordeon über Gesang, Flöte, Dudelsack,
Saxofon, Viola, Gitarre, Mandola und reichlich Schlagwerk bis zu Schalmei und singender Säge. Der Kundige
wird ob des "y" im großen Wirbel vielleicht auf Mittelaltermusik schließen. Ganz falsch ist das nicht, doch es
greift zu kurz. Das Sextett kümmert sich nämlich in keiner Weise um solche Definitionen, sondern bläst und
trötet auf allem, was sich irgendwie dazu eignet, frischen Wind in alte Gewölbe zu bringen. "Barrierefreie
Volksmusik" ist eine Reise voller Liebe, Sehnsucht und Abenteuer durch eine Welt fantastischer Klänge,
Farben und Stimmungen. Musikantisch und putzmunter werden Grenzen fortgeblasen. Hochkultur mischen
die studierten Spielleute mit Marktmusik, Tradition mit Experiment. Was zu Herzen geht, wird vergeigt,
versungen, verhauen oder verzückend verspielt. In barrierefreier Manier.

Zbigniew Karkowski's last recordings, Sweden, November 2013.

This record should be seen not so much as a tribute to Zbigniew Karkowski than as an ongoing concern to further his work and thinking as they were when he was alive, reacting, and questioning, uncompromisingly. Nevertheless, these are his final recordings, which he made- a homecoming of sorts - in Sweden, at EMS Studios in Stockholm, with his friends Jean-Louis Huhta and Lark Akerlund. Late november 2013. a reminiscence from the 1980s, the creation of the label Radium 226.05 by Carl Michael von Hausswolff, their brotherhood intact. Places where he became what he was. The first recordings and the last ones - after having taken over the world. And from there, again, he decided to head out to sea, to the Amazon, taking control of the final hours of his destiny. And that will be the topic - if our own destiny allows it - of another adventure. For nothing stops and everything carries on under guises none of us could possibly have imagined.

Wer DevilDuck kennt, ist mit dem "About Songs"-Konzept vertraut. Immerhin hat das sympathische Hamburger Label schon drei gleichnamige Kompilationen und eine "About Christmas Songs" veröffentlicht, die von verschiedenen "About Songs"-Live-Formaten in der Hansestadt ergänzt werden. Als wäre das alles noch nicht genug, haben sich DevilDuck und der mairisch Verlag verbündet, um ihre Leidenschaften zusammenzubringen, also Musik und Bücher. Das dazugehörige Ladenbüro heißt "about songs & books", wo es nicht nur die eigenen Bücher und Platten gibt, sondern auch Vinyl der Lieblingslabels Sub Pop, Dead Oceans, Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar und Glitterhouse. Abgerundet wird das Ganze durch Lesungen, Konzerte, Ausstellungen, Vorträge und Veröffentlichungen. Womit wir beim Stichwort wären: Aus aktuellem Anlass erscheint die Vinyl-EP "About Songs & Books Vol. 1". Die Musikseite bietet fünf exklusive Cover-Songs befreundeter Künstler, die zum Großteil extra aufgenommen wurden, so zum Beispiel Cyndi Laupers "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" von Sir Simon; die Buchseite bietet mit Benjamin Maacks Lesung von "Drei" das wahrscheinlich erste Hörbuch auf Vinyl. Klein, aber fein.