MSG is a legendary name. After two phenomenal records under the guise of Michael Schenker Fest, a true guitar hero is returning to his roots. By forming Michael Schenker Group (MSG) back in 1979, Michael Schenker laid the foundations for one of hard rock’s most glorious solo careers of all times. And while nobody expected anything less from a former guitarist for Scorpions and UFO, it’s close to impossible mentioning everything Michael has built over the past 50 years, or the countless people he influenced or played with. This, truly, is the stuff that hard rocking myths are made of.
“I never looked back,” is how Michael dryly sums up an extraordinary career. Due to this mindset, he only realised much later what a huge impact his playing had made on the world of metal and hard rock. Very few guitarists can be cited as a primary influence for the likes of James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Dave Mustaine, Dimebag Darrell, Slash or Kerry King. However, to understand Michael Schenker means to understand one primary thing: he’s not here to be worshipped or adored, he’s not here to get rich, he’s here to play. And at 65, he’s doing it with the same swagger, verve and dizzying artistry as always. “I’m still 16 in my head,” he laughs.
Right in time for his 40th anniversary as a solo artist and his 50th birthday as a musician, he resurrects the immortal Michael Schenker Group. “Immortal” is also the name of his new album, recorded by likely the strongest line-up in his long history. Its a lightning bolt of an album that sounds fresh, bloodthirsty and agile. “Immortal” showcases the gargantuan vocal talents of Chilean hard rock prodigy Ronnie Romero (Rainbow), backed by singers Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear), Joe Lynn Turner (ex-Deep Purple) as well as Schenker’s brother in arms, Michael Voss (Mad Max) who again produced the record alongside Michael Schenker – flawlessly, punchy and at full steam as if their very lives depended on it.
Next to Michael Schenker caressing his iconic black and white Dean Flying V, we hear bass player Barry Sparks (Dokken), keyboard player Steve Mann as well as the three drummers Bodo Schopf, Simon Phillips (ex-Toto) and Brian Tichy (ex-Whitesnake) pumping gallons of fresh blood through the tracks. And that’s not all, keyboard wizard extraordinaire Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Black Country Communion) gives the listener a baptism of fire in the blistering, heavy hitting opener “Drilled to Kill”, powered by Ralf Scheepers’ unbelievable vocal tornado.
Michael Schenker doesn’t live to play, he plays to live, and there’s no better way of summing up his relationship to his music than this – now for half a century and counting. The most emblematic representation of this relationship is the monumental closing track “In Search Of The Peace Of Mind”, a new recording of the very first song he ever wrote. “I composed this track in my mother’s kitchen back when I was 15,” he looks back half a century and smiles broadly: “The solo is just so perfect, I wouldn’t change a single note even today. This is the most important song of the last 50 years for me. It’s what started it all.”
When it finally got released in 1972 on the Scorpions’ debut “Lonesome Crow” Schenker had already moved on to UFO. What followed were several decades of pure hard rock ecstasy on and off stage, featuring a rotating cast of stellar players, always pressing the pedal to the metal. Now, in 2020, he reaps what he sowed. Alongside many of his peers, friends and contemporaries, he is celebrating 50 years of hard rock – fittingly with an album that is something like a zeitgeisty reminiscence of everything he’s ever done. The massive midtempo smasher “Don’t Die On Me Now” sees Joe Lynn Turner going all in, Ronnie Romero works his magic in “Knight Of The Dead” while Michael Voss cuts a grand figure before the microphone as well as behind the mixing desk on the furious second single “After The Rain”.
Towering above them all, Michael Schenker and his guitar prove they’re truly and utterly invincible. The celebrated icon pulls out all the stops – including his legendary “howler”, the fabled magnet he’s used on his fingerboard for a while now. And here’s yet another thing that’s just so archetypically Schenker, when bringing up his fiery and dedicated performance on “Immortal” he nonchalantly shrugs it off: “I simply played from the heart, as always.” This, dear Michael, is the understatement of the year – all the more so for a record that is already one of the top contenders for hard rock/metal album of the year.
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- A1: Sylvia's Mother
- A2: The Cover Of "Rolling Stone”
- A3: Carry Me, Carrie
- A4: Only Sixteen
- A5: I Got Stoned And I Missed It
- A6: The Millionaire
- A7: Everybody's Makin' It Big But Me
- A8: More Like The Movies
- A9: A Little Bit More
- B1: Sylvia's Mother
- B2: The Cover Of "Rolling Stone”
- B3: Carry Me, Carrie
- B4: Only Sixteen
- B5: I Got Stoned And I Missed It
- B6: The Millionaire
- B7: Everybody's Makin' It Big But Me
- B8: More Like The Movies
- B9: A Little Bit More
• Demon Records presents Dr. Hook ‘Gold’, the only Dr. Hook compilation you’ll ever need.
• Formed in New Jersey in 1968, Dr. Hook were an American rock band who found international success and became a household name throughout the 70’s and 80’s. Led by Dennis Locorriere and Ray Sawyer, the spirited band of singers and musicians became known for their wide ranging body of work which includes the iconic tongue in cheek ‘The Cover of ‘Rolling Stone’’, the powerfully emotional ‘Carry Me, Carrie’ and the nightlife romance of ‘Sexy Eyes’.
• The group achieved an impressive 6 UK Top 10 singles including ‘Sylvia’s Mother’, ‘A Little Bit More’ and the #1 hit ‘When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman’.
• This new compilation brings 18 of Dr. Hook’s classic tracks together, including songs from across their entire career.
- A1: The Lady Caliph / La Califfa (Titoli) From 'The Lady Caliph' / 'La Califfa
- A2: Encounter / Incontro From 'The Master And Margaret' / 'Il Maestro E Margherita
- A3: You Will See Me Coming Back / Mi Vedrai Tornare (Titoli Di Coda) From 'You Will See Me Coming Back' / 'Mi Vedrai Tornare
- A4: You Die Of Love / Si Muore D'amore From 'For Love One Dies'/ 'D'amore Si Muore
- A5: A Woman To Remember / Una Donna Da Ricordare From 'Maddalena
- B1: This Kind Of Love / Questa Specie D'amore (Titoli) From 'This Kind Of Love' / 'Questa Specie D'amore
- B2: To Lydia / A Lydia From 'Listen, Let's Make Love' / 'Scusi, Facciamo L'amore?
- B3: Down The Ancient Stairs / Per Le Antiche Scale From 'Down The Ancient Stairs' / 'Per Le Antiche Scale
- B4: Children Ask Why / I Bambini Ci Chiedono Perche' (Titoli) From 'Why'/ 'I Bambini Ci Chiedono Perche
- B5: Lullaby For Adulterers / Ninna Nanna Per Adulteri From 'Mother S Heart' / 'Cuore Di Mamma
- B6: Nightmare Castle / Amanti D'oltretomba From 'Nightmare Castle' / 'Amanti D'oltretomba
- C1: The Reason, The Heart, The Love / La Ragione, Il Cuore, L'amore From 'Devil In The Brain' / 'Il Diavolo Nel Cervello
- C2: Veruschka From 'Veruschka, Poetry Of A Woman' / 'Veruschka, Poesia Di Una Donna
- C3: For Love / Per Amore From 'For Love' / 'Per Amore
- C4: Lullaby In Blue / Ninna Nanna In Blu From 'The Cat O' Nine Tails' / 'Il Gatto A Nove Code
- C5: Trip With Anita / Viaggio Con Anita From 'Lovers And Liars' / 'Viaggio Con Anita
- D1: What Have You Done To Solange? / Cosa Avete Fatto A Solange? From 'What Have You Done To Solange?' / 'Cosa Avete Fatto A Solange?
- D2: The Two Seasons Of Life / Le Due Stagioni Della Vita (Titoli) From 'The Two Seasons Of Life' / 'Le Due Stagioni Della Vita
- D3: Maybe That's Enough / Forse Basta From 'Around The World With Peynet's Lovers' / 'Il Giro Del Mondo Degli Innamorati Di Peynet
- D4: Portrait Of An Author / Ritratto D'autore From 'The Invisible Woman' / 'La Donna Invisibile
- D5: Neighbourhood Romance / Romanza Quartiere From 'Neighbourhood' / 'Quartiere
Passion is the fifth and final part of a series of five double vinyl releases that bring together some of Ennio Morricone’s greatest soundtrack music. Each collection centres on a different movie genre, together they allow the listener to rediscover the unmatched genius of the greatest movie composer of all time. Passion once again reminds us that everything in Italian life is approached with gusto, energy and passion.
Passion is available as a limited edition of 3000 individually numbered copies on pink and purple marbled vinyl. The package includes a 4-page insert with liner notes written by Claudio Fuiano. The gatefold sleeve contains a diamond glitter foil spot varnish on the outside and images of iconic movie posters on the inside.
To anyone who has heard the music of Kikagaku Moyo, it should come as no surprise that the band’s origins lie in hours upon hours of late-night jamming, illuminated by nothing more than the geometric patterns playing behind the band’s eyelids, resulting in a natural, free-floating sound, as of-the-earth as it is intergalactic. It may be surprising that the band sharpened their improvisational skills by busking on the streets of their native Tokyo. It may be surprising that the band’s overall sound may owe as much or more to the Incredible String Band as it does to Acid Mother’s Temple.
But what’s perhaps most surprising about Forest of Lost Children, the band’s face-melting, recorded-ritual sophomore album, is how utterly centered and mature the band sounds, especially given their relatively short lifespan as a band. Boundless though they may be, Kikagaku Moyo here sound anything but lost, their child-like wonder manifested in a confident, courageous exploration of sound. Labels – psychedelic, folk, prog-rock, psychedelic-folk-mixed-with-prog-rock – do little to accurately reflect the spectrum of influences on display, let alone the more impactful realization of completeness in Kikagaku Moyo’s songs.
Easily one of the most shimmering crown-jewels in the rapidly expanding BBiB catalog, look for Kikagaku Moyo and Forest of Lost Children to be found taking shape in the expanded minds of listeners everywhere. - Ryan Muldoon
- Rare P-Funk album from 1983 - Funkadelic/Parliament All-Star Line-Up - First ever vinyl reissue - Comes with a repro of the original insert - 180g Black Vinyl Edition - Limited to 500 copies, comes with obi strip // Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey is an American drummer who started performing in the early 1970s with several R&B groups from the likes of The Unifics, The Chambers Brothers and The Five Stairsteps where he developed his unique style and finesse on drums. Later in 1975 he joined George Clinton's P-Funk collective and has appeared on many of Parliament & Funkadelic's most popular recordings (some of which he also co-wrote). Brailey played on classic albums like `Mothership Connection' and `One Nation Under A Groove'. Samples from that body of work (and his drum arrangements) have since then appeared on hundreds of hip hop and contemporary R&B songs by renowned artists such as Kendrick Lamar and Childish Gambino. Jerome Brailey is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (inducted in 1997) and part of their `50 greatest drummers in the Hall' list (stating that his drum style kept Parliament-Funkadelic rooted in the old-school `James Brown-style funk')_next to this achievement, he was proclaimed by Rolling Stone as one of the `100 Greatest Drummers of All Time' for his steady kick drum, shifty hi-hat action and intricately unpredictable snare patterns. Brailey earned numerous Gold and Platinum records with the P-Funk Organization and has worked as a session drummer for many talented artists such as Herbie Hancock, Buddy Miles, Snoop Dogg and Pharoah Sanders. George Clinton's funk empire was not without its disagreements and Jerome Brailey's `Mutiny' project was a direct result of just such a disagreement (as well as one of the more notable offshoots of the P-Funk axis). Mutiny performed in a style not far removed from the classic P-Funk style and with a lot of emphasis on the dual lead guitar work, but what makes them unique compared to their contemporaries is that at times their recordings also emit a darker, more sinister feeling. Besides Brailey on drums (and on most of the lead vocals) Mutiny featured a funk-alumni line-up and released three amazing and collectible albums: `Mutiny On The Mammaship' (CBS, 1979), `Funk Plus The One' (Columbia, 1980) and `A Night Out With the Boys' (J. Romeo, 1983)_these were followed by two comeback albums: `Aftershock' (Rykodisc 1995) and `Funk Road' (Catbone, 2013). The `Mutiny' album we are proudly presenting you today (A Night Out With The Boys) is an underrated gem made by musicians who defined the funk scene of the '70s and '80s! Featuring an all-star line-up that includes Rodney Curtis (Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker), Michael Hampton (Funkadelic-Parliament, Deee-Lite), Kenni Hairston (Cameo) and Maceo Bond of Osiris/Afrika Bambaataa fame! `A Night Out With The Boys' has it all: Jerome's trademark drumbeats, funky bass grooves, driving riffs accented by stinging synth parts, slow spacey (and prominently featured) guitars, top-notch lead vocals and chants that recall Sly Stone's "Loose Booty". The whole album is a hot dance jam with crisp percussion_an extremely infectious, locked-in-the-pocket bass-heavy monster-funk-bomb that any serious self-respecting funk fanatic must have in his/her collection!
- Carry Home
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Brother And Sister
- Run Through The Jungle
- Devil In The Woods
- Texas Serenade
- Watermelon Man
- Bad Indian
- John Hardy
- Fire Of Love
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Mother Of Earth
- Carry Home (Demo)
- Like Calling Up Thunder (Demo)
- Brother And Sister (Demo)
- Run Through The Jungle (Demo)
- Devil In The Woods (Demo)
- Texas Serenade (Demo)
- Watermelon Man (Demo)
- Bad Indian (Demo)
- John Hardy (Demo)
- Fire Of Love (Demo)
- Sleeping In Blood City (Demo)
- Mother Of Earth (Demo)
BLIXA SOUNDS is releasing a Special Edition of Miami, the classic 1982 album by punk rock legends The Gun Club.
This Special Edition not only features a remastered version of the original classic album, but also includes a 2nd disc featuring the Miami demos. The 2LP set features a 2nd LP of demos of the 12 songs on the album and the 2CD set features a 2nd CD of the complete 18 song demos.
This classic 1982 album has been digitally re-mastered and comes in beautiful gatefold packaging with extensive liner notes and archival photos and other collectable images.
The Gun Club recorded a few albums after Miami, but this one with the original band is the one that is considered their masterpiece!
Classic 2nd Gun Club album with a complete 2nd CD & LP of the Miami demos, never before released.
Digitally re-mastered from the original tapes.
2CD & 2LP collections come in high quality gatefold packaging that includes extensive liner notes and archival photos and images.
- A1: Main Title (Theme From "Game Of Thrones")
- A2: Goodbye Brother
- A3: Season 1 Finale
- A4: Warrior Of Light
- A5: Winterfell
- A6: Mother Of Dragons
- A7: A Lannister Always Pays His Debts
- B1: Dracarys
- B2: Mhysa
- B3: Two Swords
- B4: You Are No Son Of Mine
- B5: The Children
- C1: Blood Of The Dragon
- C2: Dance Of Dragons
- C3: Atonement
- C4: Son Of The Harpy
- C5: Khaleesi
- D1: Light Of The Seven
- D2: Winter Has Come
- D3: Hear Me Roar
- D4: The Winds Of Winter
BLACK VINYL[33,32 €]
In 2011 composer Ramin Djawadi was first asked to score a new TV series called Game of Thrones. In its first season much of the music was written for a small string ensemble, and filled out with synthetic pads and percussion. Over the course of the next six seasons the music budget got bigger and bigger to match the ever-increasing viewing figures the show was enjoying. This release celebrates the rich tapestry of music over the six series with the full firepower of an 80-piece symphony orchestra and choir.
Game of Thrones really is a television phenomenon. HBO's epic small screen adaptation of George R.R. Martin's series of fantasy tomes continues to draw in record audiences around the world and shows no signs of slowing down. Indeed some 8.9m people tuned in to the Season Six finale in the US and with repeats, recordings and on-demand viewings taken into consideration, it is estimated that Game of Thrones enjoys an average of 23m viewers per instalment. With a whopping thirty-eight Emmy Awards (and counting), this series remains the darling of prime-time pay TV.
With so much music created for the sixty episodes so far broadcast, this album can of course only take in so much. The particular cues and themes it does highlight, though, lend themselves beautifully to this symphonic re-imagining.
- A1: Ponty Mython - Slippin' Into Darkness (5 35)
- A2: Zhut & Kapote - Afro Rico (2020 Version) (5 24)
- A3: Whomadewho - Keep Me In My Plane (Dj Koze Remix) (7 03)
- B1: Munk - Nigerian Jam (6 20)
- B2: Jad & The - Gervinho (5 05)
- B3: Hyenah Feat Kissey – Fire (6 41)
- C1: The Deadstock 33S - The Circular Path (Asphodells Remix) (5 02)
- C2: Daniel Haaksman Ft Spoek Mathambo - Akabongi (Kapote Remix) (2020 Version) (5 07)
- C3: Daniel Avery & The Deadstock 33S - Eric Zann Revisited (6 06)
- C4: Baldelli - Phobos (2020 Version) (2 28)
- D1: Munk & Rebolledo - Surf Smurf (5 59)
- D2: Auntie Flo Feat Samuel Nalangirla - Kampala Boda Boda Ride (4 51)
- D3: Drrtyhaze - Hey Mama (5 57)
The MUSHROOM HOUSE compilation is a collection of balearic, afro and cosmic tracks that have been released on Toy Tonics EPs over the last 5 years. Original tracks and remixes by friends of the label: Auntie Flo, Rebolledo, Hyenah, Daniel Avery, WhoMadeWho & DJ Koze, Munk … and there is also legendary italian cosmic DJ Baldelli featured.
All these tracks are exclusively produced for Toy Tonics. A few had been already released before on Gomma records. The now sleeping indie-electronica label that was the „mother“ of Toy Tonics. It’s fun to see that these tracks seem not to get old. They sound still fresh and ace. Like the DJ Koze remix of WhoMadeWho or Munk’s Nigerian Jam. Now they all come together on double vinyl. Vinyl comes Including the new 60 page TOY TONICS MAGAZINE no 1.
The pioneering electronic composer Mort Garson (Mother Earth’s Plantasia) • takes on supernatural phenomena with lush synth grooves on The Unexplained, his only release under the name Ataraxia. Subtitled Electronic Musical Impressions of the Occult, the album explores tarot, astral projection, seances, and more with Garson’s signature Moog synthesizer serving as the listener’s tour guide to the paranormal. The exploratory, whimsical spirit of its creator is evident throughout the release, but it also takes its subject matter seriously, making it essential for anyone interested in musical conjurations of the occult. This remastered edition marks the first official reissue of the album since its initial 1975 release, and it includes all the original liner notes.
ABOUT MORT GARSON: Morton S. “Mort” Garson was a Canadian-born composer, arranger, songwriter, and pioneer of electronic music. He is best known for his albums in the 1960s and 1970s that were among the first to feature Moog synthesizers. His bestknown album is Mother Earth’s Plantasia, a 1976 Moog album designed to be played “for plants and the people who love them.”
Sacred Bones Records has undertaken the project of giving official, licensed reissues to key releases from Mort Garson’s catalog, with the intention of bringing these bold masterpieces to a 21st century audience.
- A1: Famous Ward Singers - I'm Getting Richer
- A2: The Harmonizing Five - I Don't Need Nobody But The Lord
- A3: The Sensational Six - Let Freedom Ring
- A4: The Gospel Harmonettes Specials - How Much More
- A5: The Christones - Lord, It's Me
- A6: The Staple Singers - Low Is The Way
- B1: Swindell Brothers - Trouble Of Mine
- B2: The Roberta Martin Singers - I'm Glad I'm A Witness For My Lord
- B3: Jimmy Scott - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
- B4: Shirley Caesar And The Caravans - He First Loved Me
- B5: The Blind Boys Of Alabama - On Some Day
- B6: The Hightower Brothers - He That Believed
- C1: North Philadelphia Juniors - There's Something Within Me
- C2: The Selah Singers - The Wicked Race
- C3: The Ward Singers - Let The Train Roll Easy
- C4: The Stars Of Faith - Mean Old World
- C5: Marion Williams - Get Your Business Right
- C6: The Gospel Cavaliers - Are You Listening
- D1: The Caravans - Mercy
- D2: Eddie Williams And The Crusaders - They Won't Believe In Me
- D3: The Davis Sisters - Earnestly Praying
- D4: The Gospel Chimes - My Jesus Love Just Bubbles Over
- D5: The Angelic Gospel Choir - It's The Holy Ghost
- D6: The Angelic Choir - Wade In The Water
The first of three volumes: stomping, rollicking gospel music, intermingling with raw soul, searing blues, hard-rocking doo-wop and jazz, and storming r&b.
Infused and incandescent with the hurting, surging indignation of the Civil Rights movement, here are twenty-four precious scorchers by giants like the Staple Singers and Jimmy Scott, alongside devastating sides by less celebrated names like the Harmonising Five of Burlington, North Carolina, and teen-group the North Philadelphia Juniors, culminating triumphantly with slamming, sanctified versions of Hit The Road Jack and Wade In The Water.
Gatefold sleeve, with full-size booklet; beautifully designed, with stunning, rare photographs and original Savoy artwork.
- A1: Love Is A Friend
- A2: Spanish Lament
- A3: Somewhere
- B1: Somebody’s Party
- B2: Requiem For My Mother
- B3: Remember
- C1: Vigil
- C2: Blue
- C3: No More Hurt
- C4: Spasmic Fairy
- D1: American View
- D2: Drinking Time
- D3: Woman
- D4: Goodbye
Demon Records presents the first ever vinyl pressing of The Durutti Column’s 2003 studio album “Someone Else’s Party”.
Formed in Manchester in 1978, The Durutti Column were one of the first acts signed to the iconic Factory Records by Tony Wilson. Primarily the project of guitarist and vocalist Vini Reilly, the group have a cult following with notable fans including Brian Eno and John Frusciante.
Recorded after the passing of Reilly’s mother, the melancholic “Someone Else’s Party” explores themes of loss and reflection. Highlights include the trip-hop influenced ‘Vigil’, and ‘Spanish Lament’ which weaves together Reilly’s signature shimmering guitar sounds with a sample from David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive.
Pressed on two 140g clear vinyl, housed in printed inner sleeves.
- A1: Neon - My Blues Is You
- A2: (Pankow) - God's Deneuve
- A3: Le Masque - Mother And Son
- A4: N.o.i.a. - Forbidden Planet
- A5: State Of Art - Your Eyes
- A6: Jeunesse D'ivoire - Days
- B1: Monuments - Oblivious (Edit)
- B2: Rats - C'est Disco
- B3: Fockewulf 190 - We Are Colder
- B4: Luc Orient - Night In Paris
- B5: Illogico - Abilità Motoria
- B6: 2+2=5 - Mathematic'n Logarithm
- B7: La Maison - 40 Secondi
What exactly happened in the Italian underground / post punk scene 30 years ago, is not entirely clear. Therefore, this collection of 13 incredible tunes helps track down the feeling and focuses on the blurry images of a period that was mixing influences from the UK/USA scenes with a more national' approach to new music developments. The damage began in 1977 when a series of urban / suburban musical agitators, whether skilled or complete amateurs, decided to embrace instruments as weapons for a war against sonic stereotypes. Here's the result: a multiform sonic attack that marks the history of a movement that may have remained local in most cases but whose echo reflected the amazing creativity of a generation.
It's been four years since Sweatbox Dynasty, the fourth solo LP from Pennsylvanian experimentalist TOBACCO. In that time, Tom Fec's project has toured with Nine Inch Nails, provided the theme song to HBO series Silicon Valley, and teamed with Aesop Rock for a collaborative album as Malibu Ken. He now returns to Ghostly International for Hot Wet & Sassy, a full-length album oozing with his most playful and approachable songs to date, which, conversely, express notions of antilove, self-hate, and disappointment in others. Pop impulses have always surged beneath the surface of his sound - blown-out bass, analog synths, drum machines, and Fec's unmistakable analog gurgle and hiss - here they've bubbled to the top. "I feel like it's the most I've been able to refine what I'm doing," says Fec. "For the past decade I've had this motherfxcker on my shoulder that makes me pick away at structure and melody. Purposely covering up moments because I can. That really came to a peak on Sweatbox. So I wanted the opposite this time. Write the songs without ripping them in half. I went from 'what would the Butthole Surfers do?' to 'what would Cyndi Lauper do?'" And what would Trent Reznor do? Fec found his answer straight from the source. Their collaborative track, "Babysitter," fuses their voices into one deranged presence: "I'm the new babysitter," they alert, before pivoting into a menacingly saccharine bridge. The track tumbles on a tom fill, then a punishing synth line rips into a cacophony of drums and feedback like a lawnmower gnawing through the living room carpet. "This was new for me, but I wanted to write a song that was everything I am and have been, and then like one notch further. Trent was the notch further," adds Fec. The collaboration is a work of alchemy seamlessly blending TOBACCO's trademarks with Reznor's industrial rust and sonic gore. Downcast, sincere, woozy, "Jinmenken" might be the closest Fec has come to a ballad. "Maybe you can find me down the line," his vocoded delivery bounces along the beat. "It's me trying to write a Jets song," says Fec. Album opener "Centaur Skin" presents the stylistic concoction that has been the TOBACCO MO from the beginning, crossing dreamy melodic shimmer with the sinister tones and slime. This has become easier to digest, but also far more potent. A motorik beat steadies the track's galloping arpeggio, acting as a springboard for Fec's dark ruminations as well as an uncharacteristically crystalline synth solo. "It's my feel good self hate anthem. Don't worry, I'm good. It was fun to write." TOBACCO hasn't been reinvented, but it has been refined and distilled. Brighter, sharper, and far more dangerous because of it. Hot Wet & Sassy is practically staring at the sun without shades and feeling those corneas roast. Everything looks good as your vision fades. The pop-forward structures exert their undeniable hooks with baneful precision, pulling listeners into their clutches; once there, sugary melody rewards submission.
For anyone who can remember, Arca's &&&&& was a moment. Its 25-minute stretch of coiling, contorted grime and glitch; dub and hip hop dropped with the buzz of an impending co-production credit on Kanye West's Yeezus in 2013. It included cuts of sound and beats that were too weird for that pop project, while becoming a piece of experimental art that what would come to define what is by now broadly known as a `post-club' sound. It's music that is as visceral as it is experimental; made as much for the mind, as it is for the body. Released with no warning seven years ago, &&&&& became a bridge between Alejandra Ghersi's time partying and collaborating with her queer peers, while still living in New York to the next stage of her career releasing on Mute in London. She'd go from making beats for rapper Mykki Blanco and fashion label Hood By Air, posting lurching bass reworkings of pop hits on YouTube, and producing her first fluid mixtapes with DIS Magazine, to finishing off this seminal mixtape on the synths in Daniel Miller's studio. After dropping three impressive EPs the year before, &&&&& marked a transition. Continuations and extrapolations of material from Stretch 1 and Stretch 2 appeared in the mangled RnB sampling of "Century" and Arca's signature vocal layering in the pitched flow of "Waste". Along with the fluttering, muted heartbeat of "Obelisk", and the lumbering piano chords of "Mother", fourteen sonic sketches were elegantly woven together into a single, downloadable whole. As Alejandra's course turned toward moving to Europe from the United States, &&&&& became a remarkable challenge to the form of the mixtape, which was a relatively new trend taking hold of the online-oriented underground at the turn of the 2010s. But where many, if not most mixtapes where treated simply as a showcase of individual tracks presaging a more `official' release to come, &&&&& was a complete piece in its own right. "I wanted to make something that was my best work," Alejandra says about a record that has stood the test of time, "I listen to it very fondly today." This reissue of Arca's 2013 debut mixtape &&&&& features an etching on side B of the vinyl.
Vox Populi!'s cult and highly sought after debut LP is finally reissued here after 30 years. Recorded after their first single - Ectoplasmies (1983) - between 1984 and 1985, the original band of Mitra and her (then) 14 year old brother Arash and Axel Kyrou, evolved from 2 early cassettes and the 7"s' rudimentary, idiosyncratic and improvisational structures to more cohesive edges. Living together, but with no formal music education, the nature of the disparate elements led to a sparseness of the recordings. Influenced by his mother, the concrete music pioneer, Mireille Kyrou and her work at GRM (State Institute for Musical Research), Axel challenged his creativity by utilising their Vox Man studio as an instrument. Building on minimal synth, rhythm box, hand percussion and Persian poetry, they experimented with tape manipulation - layering the music with forward, backward and echo simultaneously - creating a leap in the band's development. The dark nature Myscitismes was reflected in their increasing interest in industrial and ethnic music, with a great fascination for the religious traditional music of Tibet. Ceremonial, gothic, drone-folk, the progression is apparent; onward perceptions.
*** Ltd. Edition 300 Copies on RED VINYL with insert! ***
These rare recordings were recorded as part of the legendary prescription label album series in the late 1990's that resulted in the album "Astral Disaster". Coil were invited to record at Sun Dial's studios beneath the London Bridge Hop Exchange. This studio was originally know as Samurai studios that was originally built and owned by Iron Maiden.
The premises in Victorian times was an old debtors prison which had three levels underground, and still had the original chains, manacles and wrought iron doors from the old prison. This caught the attention of John Balance and was very keen to record there.
At Gary Ramon's invitation, Coil spent a number of days recording at the studio during Halloween 1998 and they developed a number of tracks some of which resulted in the "Astral Disaster" album. For various reasons, some of the unissued material and mixes released on this album were omitted from the original Astral Disaster album, and so now is the opportunity to listen to the second volume of "The Astral Disaster sessions".
The album includes all previously unissued mixes and alternative versions, and includes "The Mothership" which was the first version that was later remade in the sessions as "The Mothership and the Fatherland".
Taken from the master tapes and remastered by Denis Blackham.
*** Ltd. Edition 500 Copies on BLACK VINYL with insert!
These rare recordings were recorded as part of the legendary prescription label album series in the late 1990's that resulted in the album "Astral Disaster". Coil were invited to record at Sun Dial's studios beneath the London Bridge Hop Exchange. This studio was originally know as Samurai studios that was originally built and owned by Iron Maiden.
The premises in Victorian times was an old debtors prison which had three levels underground, and still had the original chains, manacles and wrought iron doors from the old prison. This caught the attention of John Balance and was very keen to record there.
At Gary Ramon's invitation, Coil spent a number of days recording at the studio during Halloween 1998 and they developed a number of tracks some of which resulted in the "Astral Disaster" album. For various reasons, some of the unissued material and mixes released on this album were omitted from the original Astral Disaster album, and so now is the opportunity to listen to the second volume of "The Astral Disaster sessions".
The album includes all previously unissued mixes and alternative versions, and includes "The Mothership" which was the first version that was later remade in the sessions as "The Mothership and the Fatherland".
Taken from the master tapes and remastered by Denis Blackham.
- A1: Keep Yourself Alive
- A2: Doing All Right
- A3: Great King Rat
- A4: My Fairy King
- B1: Liar
- B2: The Night Comes Down
- B3: Modern Times Rock'n'roll
- B4: Son And Daughter
- B5: Jesus
- B6: Seven Seas Of Rhye
- C1: Procession
- C2: Father To Son
- C3: White Queen (As It Began)
- C4: Some Day One Day
- C5: The Loser In The End
- D1: Ogre Battle
- D2: The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke
- D3: Nevermore
- D4: The March Of The Black Queen
- D5: Funny How Love Is
- D6: Seven Seas Of Rhye
- E1: Brighton Rock
- E2: Killer Queen
- E3: Tenement Funster
- E4: Flick Of The Wrist
- E5: Lily Of The Valley
- E6: Now I'm Here
- F1: In The Lap Of The Gods
- F2: Stone Cold Crazy
- F3: Dear Friends
- F4: Misfire
- F5: Bring Back That Leroy Brown
- F6: She Makes Me (Stormtrooper In Stilettos)
- F7: In The Lap Of The Gods...revisited
- G1: Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To
- G2: Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon
- G3: I'm In Love With My Car
- G4: You're My Best Friend
- G5: 39
- G6: Sweet Lady
- G7: Seaside Rendezvous
- H1: The Prophet's Song
- H2: Love Of My Life
- H3: Good Company
- H4: Bohemian Rhapsody
- H5: God Save The Queen
- I1: Tie Your Mother Down
- I2: You Take My Breath Away
- I3: Long Away
- I4: The Millionaire Waltz
- I5: You And I
Universal Music are proud to release all hit Queen studio albums sourced from the original master tapes mastered by Bob Ludwig. This 18 vinyl LP box set comes with a lavishly illustrated 12 x 12 inch 108 page hardback book which features introductions to each album, quotes from Queen themselves, hand-written lyrics, rare photograhs, memorabilia, and information on singles and videos. *Re-press
Ramrock Red Records are incredibly excited to present Kameelah Waheed – straight outta New Jersey. Brought to our attention by London DJ/promoter, Barry King, Kameelah immediately delighted us with her direct, no messin’ delivery, compelling, earworm hooks and beautifully crafted lyrics.
Teaming up with Kelly Murray on co-production on the ‘Original Version’, Kameelah unleashes a stripped back, jazzy hip-hop vibe punctuated with a Donald Byrd’ish trumpet riff. The North Street gang take the Donald Byrd flavour a step further with a full on nod to the Mizzell Brothers in the first North Street West dusty funk production. Releasing digitally around April 24th as a five track EP with a further 7” vinyl release around May/June, ‘Holding On’ is set to tick a lot of musical heads boxes.
Growing up in an Islamic household, sneaking snippets of worldly music into her household was close to pulling off a major heist during Kameelah’s teenage years. She was introduced to the world of sound from MTV, rap and house music and the live bands of the 80's courtesy of her older sister, along with tribal and island music that her mother played. Kameelah was encouraged to consider song writing as a career option when she received an opportunity to write for Bunny Sigler of Philadelphia International Records. Heading up the hip-hop rock band band, Gov’t Cheaze in 2000, Kameelah performed at Philadelphia’s Black Lily Film Festival as well as a set at the very first Roots Picnic.
Previous releases have included ‘Traveling’ by Kameelah Waheed & GC, produced by Larry Gold, featured on the ‘Beat Generation Compilation’ released on BBE, making the Top 10 Most Played on UK urban radio stations. In 2011, Kameelah Waheed and Government Cheaze signed with indie label, Philly Through My Ear (PTME) founded by Will Smith Sr. The self-titled CD can be found on iTunes.
Longpigs were the alternative rock band who came to prominence in the 1990s Britpop scene. Fronted by Crispin Hunt, the group also featured guitarist Richard Hawley, Simon Stafford on bass and drummer Dee Boyle. Originally released in 1996 on U2’s Mother label, ‘The Sun Is Often Out’ featured four UK top 40 singles including ‘On And On’ and ‘She Said’. Demon Records is proud to present the first ever vinyl reissue of this cult classic, pressed on 180g heavyweight blue vinyl.




















