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NORIKI - Dream Cruise
  • A1: You Can Make It; Composed By – H. Nakai*, S. Noriki*
  • A2: On The Street; Composed By – S. Noriki*
  • A3: When Rain Stops; Composed By – S. Noriki*
  • A4: Night Lights; Composed By – M. Imaizumi*, S. Noriki*; Written-By – M. Lee*, Y. Kokubu*
  • B1: Easy Way; Composed By – H. Nakai*
  • B2: Mild Life; Composed By – R. Hisasue*
  • B3: Lasting Note; Composed By – S. Noriki*
  • B4: Uncle Bearcat; Composed By – H. Sakai*, S. Noriki*
  • B5: Epilogue; Composed By – S. Noriki*
PROT-7285
Universal Music Japan
12inch17.06.202517.JUN.25

HouseElectronicaPopJazz

pre-order now17 Jun 2025

expected to be published on 17 Jun 2025

46,01 €
GRUPO NATUREZA - Pode Acreditar (Vers o Vocal) / Pode Acreditar (Vers o Inst)
BRZ45091
Mr Bongo
7"-Vinyl17.06.202517.JUN.25

PopWorld Music

This is certainly both a mysterious one and an elusive one! Who were Grupo Natureza (Nature Group), and why is this release such a rarity? ‘Pode Acreditar’ was pressed on Som Livre Records in 1981 and it is believed very few copies were released into the commercial market. Those familiar with the productions of Lincoln Olivetti and Robson Jorge will no doubt recognise their hallmark sound here and that this single is ‘probably’ the work of the pair or one member at least. They were a regular in-house production team at Som Livre at the time, and there is a definite resemblance to Adriana’s song ‘Sei la Amor’ from 1978 which Lincoln Olivetti was involved in. Very little information is available about this release. A tantalising comment by Brazilian collector ‘bargainvinyl1’ on the original release’s Discogs page suggests ‘Pode Acreditar’ was a reaction to the Baby Consuelo and Pepeu Gomes pro-marijuana song ‘O Mal o Que Sai da Boca do Homem’, which caused controversy with Brazil’s governing military dictatorship at the time. Though condemning marijuana’s use, the word “baseado” (joint) is mentioned in the song, and this could be the reason behind the release being pulled by the heads of Som Livre and consequently it becoming one of the rarest releases on the label. Whilst its backstory is not crystal clear, it is an undeniable sun drenched, laidback boogie groove with AOR touches by the clandestine group. Pure 80s Riovibes, super-catchy and an earworm that sticks with you throughout the day.

- Next installment in BRAZIL45 Series.
- One of the rarest releases on the Som Livre label.
- Pure 80s laid back boogie grooves.

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13,03 €
Quinie - Forefowk, Mind Me LP
UTR171LPX
Upset the Rhythm
12inch17.06.202517.JUN.25

BeatsExperimentalPopFolk

The record is largely sung in Scots language, one of Scotland’s three official languages along with Gaelic and English. “Scots gives me a way of expressing myself which is connected directly with the landscapes I love. It brings the songs alive and it is a fascinating language. The name of the record is in Scots - Forefowk means the people who came before, or ancestors. When we say ‘mind me,’ we can mean a few things- remind, remember, watch over or care for me. The record explores how tradition needs to be constantly reconnected with, built upon, looked after, and shared.”
Quinie sings with a style inspired by Scottish Traveller singers. “I began singing unaccompanied Scots Song in 2015 after hearing Scots Traveller singer Sheila Stewart on the radio. Initially I felt like I shouldn't sing these songs because I'm not a Traveller, and I saw people around me doing that in a way that made me uncomfortable. But on the other hand this music made sense to me and I felt driven to learn. Over the years I have met Traveller friends who taught me that settled people sharing these songs could contribute to raising awareness. Scottish Travellers are marginalised and discriminated against in modern Scotland, despite being custodians of so many of our important traditions. So I started to perform them and tell this story. From there I built on my repertoire and started writing my own songs”.
To develop this record, Quinie travelled across Argyll with her horse. They went on a pilgrimage of sorts through the ancient landscapes of the West of Scotland to explore the interconnected relationships between people, ancestors, animals, and place. The album’s vinyl release is accompanied by a book and film, documenting this unusual research process.
Forefowk, Mind Me was recorded in August 2024 at The Big Shed in Highland Perthshire with support from Creative Scotland. Quinie is accompanied by an ensemble of musicians: Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh (viola), Oliver Pitt (duduk, bouzouki, percussion), Harry Górski-Brown (small pipes, violin), and Stevie Jones (double bass, recording, and mixing). Each of these artists brings their own distinctive voice, bridging contemporary experimental practice with worlds of traditional and early music.

pre-order now17 Jun 2025

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17,61 €
Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force - Khadim
ND-30
NDAGGA
12inch17.06.202517.JUN.25

PopWorld Music

Khadim is a stunning reconfiguration of the Ndagga Rhythm Force sound. The instrumentation is radically pared down. The guitar is gone; the concatenation of sabars; the drum-kit. Each of the four tracks hones in on just one or two drummers; otherwise the sole recorded element is the singing; everything else is programmed. Synths are dialogically locked into the drumming. Tellingly, Ernestus has reached for his beloved Prophet-5, a signature go-to since Basic Channel days, thirty years ago. Texturally, the sound is more dubwise; prickling with effects. There is a new spaciousness, announced at the start by the ambient sounds of Dakar street-life. At the microphone, Mbene Diatta Seck revels in this new openness: mbalax diva, she feelingly turns each of the four songs into a discrete dramatic episode, using different sets of rhetorical techniques. The music throughout is taut, grooving, complex, like before; but more volatile, intuitive and reaching, with turbulent emotional and spiritual expressivity.

Not that Khadim represents any kind of break. Its transformativeness is rooted in the hundreds upon hundreds of hours the Rhythm Force has played together. Nearly a decade has passed since Yermande, the unit's previous album. Every year throughout that period — barring lockdowns — the group has toured extensively, in Europe, the US, and Japan. With improvisation at the core of its music-making, each performance has been evolutionary, as it turns out heading towards Khadim. “I didn’t want to simply continue with the same formula," says Ernestus. “I preferred to wait for a new approach. Playing live so many times, I wanted to capture some of the energy and freedom of those performances.” Though several members of the touring ensemble sit out this recording — sabar drummers, kit-drummer, synth-player — their presence abides in the structure and swing of the music here.

Lamp Fall is a homage to Cheikh Ibra Fall, founder of the Baye Fall spiritual community. The mosque in the city of Touba is known as Lamp Fall, because the main tower resembles a lantern. Soy duggu Touba, moom guey séen / When you enter Touba, he is the one who greets you. After a swift, incantatory start Mbene sings with reflective seriousness. Her voice swirls with reverb, over a tight, funky, propulsive interplay between synth and drums, threaded with one-two jabs of bass. Cheikh Ibra Fall mi may way, mo diayndiou ré, la mu jëndé ko taalibe... Cheikh Ibra Fall amo morome, aboridial / Cheikh Ibra Fall shows the way forward, he gives us strength, he gathers his disciples... Overflowing with grace, Cheikh Ibra Fall has no equal.

Interwoven with Wolof proverbs, Dieuw Bakhul is a recriminatory song about treachery, lies, and back-biting. Over moody, roiling synths and ominous, lean bass, Mbene throws out fluttering scraps of vocal, as if re-running old conversations in her head. The music shadows her despair to the verge of breakdown, at one moment seemingly so lost in thought and memories, that it threatens to disintegrate. Bayilene di wor seen xarit ak seen an da ndo... Dieuw bakhul, dieuw ñaw na / Stop judging your friends and companions... A lie is no good, a lie is ugly.

Khadim is a show-stopper; currently the centrepiece of Ndagga Rhythm Force live performances. The song is dedicated to Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba, aka Khadim, founder of the Mouride Sufi order. Serigne Bamba mi may wayeu / Serigne Bamba is the one who makes me sing. The verses name-check revered members of his family and brotherhood, like Sokhna Diarra, Mame Thierno, and Serigne Bara. Though Islam has been practised in Senegal for a millennium, it wasn’t until the start of the twentieth century that it began to thoroughly permeate ordinary Senegalese society, hand-in-hand with anti-colonialism. The verses here recall Bamba’s banishment by the French to Gabon, and later to Mauritania, in those foundational times. During exile, his captors once introduced a lion to his cell: gaïnde gua waf, dieba lu ci Cheikhoul Khadim / the lion doesn’t budge, it gives itself over to Cheikh Khadim. Deep, surging bass, steady kick-drum, and simple, reverbed chords on the off-beat lend the feel and impetus of steppers reggae. A reed plays snatches of a traditional Baye Fall melody; the dazzling polyrhythmic drumming is by Serigne Mamoune Seck. Mbene compellingly blends percussive vocalese, narrative suspense, exultant praise, introspection, and grievance.

Nimzat is a devotional tribute to Cheikh Sadbou, a contemporary of Bamba, buried in a mausoleum in Nizmat, in southern Mauritania. Way nala, kagne nala... souma danana fata dale / I call upon you and wonder about you... If I am overwhelmed, come to my aid. The town holds special significance for Khadr Sufism. An annual pilgrimage there is conducted to this day. The rhythm is buoyantly funky; the mood is sombre, reined-in, foreboding. Punctuated by peals of thunder, Mbene sings with restrained, intense reverence; huskily confidential, steadfast. Nanu dem ba Nimzat, dé ba sali khina / Let us go to Nimzat, to seal our devotion.

Mbene Diatta Seck: vocals.
Bada Seck: bougarabou, thiol, mbeung mbeung bal, tungune.
Serigne Mamoune Seck: bougarabou, khine, mbeung mbeung, tungune.
Text by Mark Ainley (Honest Jons).
Mastered by Rashad Becker.
Everything else by Mark Ernestus.

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ELLIOTT SMITH - EITHER / OR
  • A1: Speed Trials
  • A2: Alameda; Mixed By – E. Smith*, Joanna Bolme
  • A3: Ballad Of Big Nothing
  • A4: Between The Bars
  • A5: Pictures Of Me
  • A6: No Name No. 5Mixed By – E. Smith*
  • B1: Rose Parade; Mixed By – E. Smith*
  • B2: Punch And Judy
  • B3: Angeles
  • B4: Cupid's Trick
  • B5 2: 45 AM; Mixed By – E. Smith*
  • B6: Say Yes
708857026968
Kill Rock Stars
12inch17.06.202517.JUN.25

PopRock

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31,30 €
ELLIOTT SMITH - EITHER / OR: EXPANDED EDITION
  • A1: Speed Trials
  • A2: Alameda
  • A3: Ballad of Big Nothing
  • A4: Between the Bars
  • A5: Pictures of Me
  • A6: No Name No. 5
  • B1: Rose Parade
  • B2: Punch and Judy
  • B3: Angeles
  • B4: Cupid's Trick
  • B5 2: 45 AM
  • B6: Say Yes
  • C1: My New Freedom (live)
  • C2: Pictures of Me (live)
  • C3: Angeles (live)
  • C4: Some Song (live)
  • C5: Rose Parade (live)
  • D1: New Monkey (keys)
  • D2: I Don't Think I'm Ever Gonna Figure It Out (remixed/remastered)
  • D3: I Figured You Out
  • D4: Bottle Up and Explode! (alternate version)
LP-KRS-620
Kill Rock Stars
2x12inch17.06.202517.JUN.25

PopRock

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expected to be published on 17 Jun 2025

40,80 €
PHISH - EVOLVE
  • A1: Hey Stranger
  • A2: Oblivion
  • A3: Evolve
  • B1: A Wave of Hope
  • B2: Pillow Jets
  • B3: Lonely Trip
  • C1: Life Saving Gun
  • C2: Monsters
  • C3: Ether Edge
  • C4: Human Nature
  • D1: Valdese
  • D2: The Well
  • D3: Mercy
880882627119
JEMP
2x12inch17.06.202517.JUN.25

PopRock

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37,61 €
ADELE - 30
  • A1: Adele (3)– Strangers By Nature; Written-By – Adele Adkins, Ludwig Goransson*
  • A2: Adele (3)– Easy On Me; Written-By – Adele Adkins, Greg Kurstin
  • A3: Adele (3)– My Little Love; Written-By – Adele Adkins, Greg Kurstin
  • A4: Adele (3)– Cry Your Heart Out; Written-By – Adele Adkins, Greg Kurstin
  • A5: Adele (3)– Oh My God; Written-By – Adele Adkins, Greg Kurstin
  • A6: Adele (3)– Can I Get It; Written-By – Adele Adkins, Max Martin, Shellback (2)
  • B1: Adele (3)– I Drink Wine; Written-By – Adele Adkins, Greg Kurstin
  • B2: Adele (3) With Erroll Garner– All Night Parking (Interlude); Written-By – Adele Adkins, Erroll Garner
  • B3: Adele (3)– Woman Like Me; Written-By – Adele Adkins, Dean Josiah Cover
  • B4: Adele (3)– Hold On; Written-By – Adele Adkins, Dean Josiah Cover
  • B5: Adele (3)– To Be Loved; Written-By – Adele Adkins, Tobias Jesso Jr
  • B6: Adele (3)– Love Is A Game; Written-By – Adele Adkins, Dean Josiah Cover
19439949084
Columbia
Cassette17.06.202517.JUN.25

PopJazzBluesHip-HopFunkSoul

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expected to be published on 17 Jun 2025

13,99 €
Eki Shola - Eki Shola Remixed 7"
OD01645
Oonops Drops
7"-Vinyl17.06.202517.JUN.25

Hip-HopHip-HopRap

After meeting vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, & physician Eki Shola through her first vinyl release and playing her on the Oonops Drops show on Brooklyn Radio, Oonops asked her to be featured on the Nautilus single "Why I Came to California" alongside Denise M'Baye.

After this incredible release, a new common project was needed: so he asked Japanese beatmaker Shin-Ski as well as soul pianist, soul producer and soul dj SWING-O 45 a.k.a. 45 from Tokyo who is the head behind the 45trio. Both of them chose their favorites songs from Eki's album "還 (Kaeru)" to create their own vibrant reinterpretation.

Besides the limited black edition, there will be a hand-numbered edition of 50 on golden 7"-vinyl via Oonops Drops.

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MICHAEL NAU - DEMO VERSIONS, 2014 TO 2017
  • THE GLASS (DEMO)
  • FUNNY IN REAL LIFE (DEMO)
  • OH, YOU WANNA BET? (DEMO)
  • A DIAMOND ANYWAY (DEMO)
  • HOW YOU'RE SO FOR REAL (DEMO)
  • LIGHT THAT EVER (DEMO)
  • FUNNY WIND (DEMO)
  • I ROOT (DEMO)
  • CATTER (DEMO)
  • FAR THE FAR (DEMO)
SSQLP178
Suicide Squeeze
12inch16.06.202516.JUN.25

PopAlternative

Michael Nau's solo career began with songs crafted and composed in private moments, later to be shared with musical compatriots and reimagined with auxiliary input on records like Michael Nau & The Mighty Thread, Mowing, The Load EP, and Some Twist. These early drafts were stashed away in the vault as Nau strode forward, but after a taxing spring of touring in support of his latest album Less Ready to Go, and recording and self-releasing the stripped-down informal release So On So On, Nau found himself hunkering down at home and rediscovering old gems in his archives. The search yielded a new digital collection of Nau's initial forays into solo work, bundled together as Demo Versions, 2014 to 2017. In their initial incarnations, these songs were less about the end result and more about the discovery. "They're the seed," Nau says of the material. "These recordings are essentially the writing of the songs_ written and recorded at the same time. There's something exciting about them for that reason. It feels magical any time the start of a song arrives, let alone gets `finished.'" These early drafts don't just serve to shed light on the creative process or expose the malleability of Nau's songwriting approach; they often frame the material in an entirely new context. Demo Versions' opening track "The Glass" is a bare-bones affair of acoustic guitar, bass, and vocals_a breezy Sunday morning song that sounds markedly different than the layered lounge-rock approach that later appeared on Mowing. "Light That Ever," with its wall-of-sound production, serves as a climax to Some Twist, but in its infant stage on this collection, it's a beautiful, intimate folk song. Ultimately, all ten songs off Demo Versions, 2014 to 2017 reveal a new side to these fan favorites, with Nau's lush arrangements and unorthodox accompaniments largely absent, and the simple beauty and grace at the heart of the material at front and center.

pre-order now16 Jun 2025

expected to be published on 16 Jun 2025

23,49 €
BOOTSY COLLINS - The Power Of The One 2X12
  • A1: Funk Formula 1 (Intro) 0:32
  • A2: The Power Of The One Featuring – George Benson, Williams Singers 4:58
  • A3: Slide Eazy Featuring – Ellis Hall, Rod Castro 3:43
  • A4: Creepin' Featuring – Christone "Kingfish" Ingram 4:53
  • B1: Jam On Featuring – Brandon "Taz" Niederauer*, Snoop Dogg 5:02
  • B2: Lips Turn Blue Featuring – Emmaline 4:10
  • B3: Funkship Area-51 Featuring – Brother Nature, Christian McBride 3:59
  • B4: Bewise Featuring – Robert "Bewise" Harding* 4:08
  • C1: Soul Not 4 Sale Featuring – Hollywood Anderson 5:35
  • C2: Club Funkateers Featuring – Branford Marsalis, Danielle René Withers*, Victor Wooten 3:32
  • C3: WantMe2Stay Featuring – Branford Marsalis, Larry Graham, Uché 4:03
  • C4: Funktropolis Featuring – Brother Nature, Johnny Davis 4:59
  • D1: Wishing Well Featuring – Ellis Hall 5:35
  • D2: Bootsy Off Broadway Featuring – Christian McBride, Emmaline, Frankie "Kash" Waddy* 3:22
  • D3: Stargate Featuring – Dr. Cornel West*, Ellis Hall, EmiSunshine, Victor Wooten 6:12
  • D4: Stolen Dreams Featuring – Brother Nature, Henry Invisible*, Rod Castro (2) 3:52
PLP-7834/5
P-Vine Japan
2x12inch16.06.202516.JUN.25

Hip-HopFunkSoul

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expected to be published on 16 Jun 2025

44,50 €
Duvel & Git Hyper - De Rode Draad LP
RED074-DFLP002W
Redrum Recordz
12inch16.06.202516.JUN.25

Hip-HopHip-Hop

DUVEL & GIT HYPER - De Rode Draad

Duvel is een pionier binnen de Nederlandse Rap-scene. Met z'n herkenbare stijl en vooruitstrevende visie heeft hij menig artiest geinspireerd en is zijn naam in steen gehouwen. Dit geldt eveneens voor DJ en producer Git Hyper, wiens naam sinds de 'golden era' van de Rap niet is weggeweest. De samenwerking van Duvel & Git Hyper vormt dan ook een nieuwe HipHop mijlpaal. De solide productie ligt in handen van Duvel en Git Hyper en vormt de fundatie voor de scherpe teksten van Duvel, ondersteund door klinkende namen als $keer&Boo$, Faberyayo, Nosa en Maximilli. Het album wordt uitgebracht door Redrum Recordz, het underground label wat Duvel ooit z'n eerste wapenfeiten bracht. Tezamen met de geschiedenis die hij met Git Hyper heeft, is de muziek het kloppende hart en HipHop 'De Rode Draad'.

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SNOOP DOGG - The Jamaican Episode
  • A1: Murder Was The Case (Death After Visualising Eternity)
  • A2: Tha Shiznit
  • A3: Still A 'G' Thang
  • A4: Wrong Idea
  • A5: Deep Cover
  • A6: Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang
  • A7: Bitch Please
  • A8 2: Of America's Most Wanted
  • A9: Serial Killa
  • A10: Ain't No Fun (If The Homies Can't Have None)
  • B1: Lodi Dodi
  • B2: The Next Episode
  • B3: Pump, Pump
  • B4: Lay Low
  • B5: Gin And Juice
  • B6: Snoop Dogg (What's My Name pt. 2)
  • B7: Who Am I ? (What's My Name)
783794
L.M.L.R.
12inch16.06.202516.JUN.25

Hip-Hop

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27,52 €
ROLLING STONES - Out Of Our Heads (Us)
  • A1: Mercy Mercy; Written-By – Covay*, Miller*
  • A2: Hitch Hike; Written-By – Paul*, Gaye*, Stevenson*
  • A3: The Last Time; Written-By – Jagger, Richards*
  • A4: That's How Strong My Love Is; Written-By – Jamison*
  • A5: Good Times; Written-By – Cooke*
  • A6: I'm All Right; Written-By – Nanker, Phelge*
  • B1: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction; Written-By – Jagger, Richards*
  • B2: Cry To Me; Written-By – Russell*
  • B3: The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man; Written-By – Nanker, Phelge*
  • B4: Play With Fire; Written-By – Jagger, Richards*
  • B5: The Spider And The Fly; Written-By – Jagger, Richards*
  • B6: One More Try
18771221814
ABKCO
12inch16.06.202516.JUN.25

PopRock

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35,92 €
ELIZABETH PARKER - FUTURE PERFECT
JBH103LP
Trunk
12inch16.06.202516.JUN.25

BeatsExperimentalPopSoundtrackElectronica

First ever release of pioneering radiophonic / experimental / electronic / soundtrack composer you may never have heard of but really should have by now. 26 tracks in all.
As we began the mammoth task of whittling down material for this album Elizabeth recalled the time she met Delia Derbyshire. It was during a party for existing and former Radiophonic Workshop composers at BBC Maida Vale in the early 1980s. Delia introduced herself with typical energy and exuberance proclaiming "It's up to you now - I'm passing the baton. Show these men how we get things done". That must have been quite an honour and responsibility for a young, female composer establishing herself within the male-dominated environs at Delaware Road.
Looking back over a musical career spanning almost five decades, it's clear Elizabeth rose to the challenge and made her mark. She was consistently in demand with television and radio producers, composing for an array of ground-breaking, critically acclaimed and popular BBC projects. Whilst Delia's legacy has achieved mythical status with her position as an innovator and feminist icon secured, the majority of Elizabeth's recorded work remains unavailable so her contribution to the output of the Workshop and evolution of British electronic music is somewhat under-appreciated.
Perhaps this record will help start to remedy the situation. Included are early tape experiments, home demos and non-BBC commissions from the early 1970's to the late 2000s. Having listened to 260+ digital audio tapes from Elizabeth's personal archive we have barely scratched the surface but hope to provide an indication of the breadth of her compositional and sound design skills.
Classically trained in cello and piano, Elizabeth graduated from the University of East Anglia with a degree in Music in 1973. She was mentored by Tristram Cary who helped her to become UEA's first recipient of a Masters in Electronic Music and later awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Staffordshire University. Joining the BBC as a studio manager in 1975, Elizabeth transferred to the Radiophonic Workshop in 1978. One of her first tasks was to create special sound effects for Blake's 7 using tape loops, the EMS 100 and trusted VCS3.
Her celebrated score for The Living Planet in 1982 featured early use of the PPG synthesizer and earned an Emmy nomination. Over the following years studio technology evolved rapidly, but Elizabeth transitioned from analogue recording techniques to newer digital platforms with relative ease, using samplers, midi sequencing and computer controlled workstations.
With an incredible 1,400 commissions to her name, she created special sound for The Day Of The Triffids, Lord Of The Rings, countless radio dramas including Iris Murdoch's The Sea, The Sea, Harold Pinter's Moonlight, all of Howard Barker's plays, productions of King Lear, Wordsworth's Prelude and The Pallisers. The success of The Living Planet led to further work for the BBC Natural History Unit followed by numerous commissions for The Natural World. At one point in the late 1980's at least five of her signature tunes were being broadcast every week including Points Of View, Horizon, Doctors To Be and Everyman.
After the closure of the Workshop in 1996 Elizabeth became freelance, arranging Faure's Pavane for the BBC World Cup '98 coverage (reaching no. 9 in the UK singles chart). She wrote additional music for Monty Python's Holy Grail DVD, scored Michael Palin's Full Circle and Sahara TV series, The Lost Gardens Of Heligan and The Human Body with Robert Winston.
Retiring from the music industry in the late 2000's, Elizabeth recently returned to her East Anglian roots and now lives near the coast. She walks daily, listening to all kinds of music, new and old, on her beloved air-pods.

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JasonMartin & DJ Quik - Chupacabra LP
ERE1077
EMPIRE
12inch16.06.202516.JUN.25

Hip-HopRap

DJ Quik & JasonMartin (formerly known as Problem), are back with their second collaborative project, Chupacabra. As can be the fear with fan-favorite follow-ups, Chupacabra refuses to copy the formula laid out on Rosecrans yet shares the same soul, steeped in the cores of West Coast G-Funk, but alive and grown up, in a more sophisticated tone. With an album that is LA to it’s core (sans a few tasteful features from artists that would get the nod despite not being from there), Chupacabra provides the sounds to a golden summer in the city of Angels. Like the chupacabra, JasonMartin & DJ Quik are both enigmatic and mystical figures in the hip-hop space. A star-studded list of features include The Game, Suga Free, Jay Worthy, Larry June, Channel Tres, Bun B, DOM KENNDEY, & more. 1xLP, pressed on Blue Vinyl.










j B1 | TWO HI (WAVES) feat Wiz Khalifa, Channel Tres, Free Nationals & George Clinton

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Ilpo Väisänen - Asuma [2025 Remaster]
EMEGO037V
Editions Mego
12inch16.06.202516.JUN.25

PopElectronicaBeatsExperimentalAbstractTechnoDrone

Editions Mego reissue the 2001 release Asuma by Finnish artist Ilpo Väisänen. Originally released on CD this is the first ever vinyl issue, remastered by Rashad Becker. 2001 is a landmark year for the artist following a wave of success from the notable outfit Väisänen formed alongside Mika Vanio, Pan Sonic (as they were now known then). Following a string of highly acclaimed and influential releases such as “Vakio”, “Kulma”, “A’ and “Aaltopiiri” Pan Sonic had toured the globe extensively leaving a trail of blown expectations and rumours of all manner of objects in venues cracking or falling apart due to the immense sound the duo concocted with their unique instruments.

Taking a break from the ecstatic cacophony of Pan Sonic, Väisänen retreated to work on a solo release which conjured the spirits of the former outfit whilst simultaneously carving out a more personal take on these new electronic forms.

Asuma is a precise study of drones, rhythms, clicks, ambience and gentle confusion. Whilst inhabiting a zone of abstraction the results also move in a natural field as Väisänen’s native Finland permeates these recordings as much as the idea of experimentation itself.

Autioitu 1 opens the album as delicate pinball rhythms bounce across the spectrum as a hairy drone hovers underneath. The mood is both intriguing and unsettling. Tukahduttaja is a delightfully disorientating sound sculpture that is hard to pinpoint what it actually is. Klikki is comparable to a microscopic version of Pink Floyd’s “Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict”. Asumaton is a foreboding miniature acting like a segway to Vallitseva which embraces the icy clicks that punctuates much of the Pan Sonic output. Arvioimaton Ongelma is an audio riddle whilst Jaettu jitters around a dancefloor crawl. Autioitu closes proceedings as a gentle ambient thumper. Asuma is awash with contradiction and mystery. This is time wrapped in twisted turns and rewards a neat payoff for those interested in the absolute fringes of electronic ‘dance’ music.

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NONNA FAB - NATURE IS ENLIGHTENMENT
MVMNT001
MOVEMENT AND SOUL
12inch16.06.202516.JUN.25

HouseDeepJazzy

Movement and Soul Records is the highly-anticipated imprint, founded by Nonna Fab...

The label aims to capture deeper sounds and meditations in rhythm, spanning spiritual jazz, broken-beat and deeper house.
Nature is Enlightenment is the debut release on the label. With flute, keys, bass and drums from Nonna Fab and saxophonefrom Benjamin Ten-Bruggencate.

The B1, 'TROPIC' invites Kali, lyricist, poet and azz influenced vocalist from Sheffield, accompanied on piano/rhodes by Nonna Fab.

The broken-beat focussed B2,'FLOAT' featuring bassist Tom French and an opening poem, that touches on thecosmos, by Kali.

Multi-instrumentalist, producer, band leader, record collector and party'starter, Nonna Fab has launched the label as a platform to push the sound of his own music, working closely with a range of musicians from the North.

"It's come at the right time for me to allow a space to push a very new, organic sound working with a lot of the musicians I play with regularly, interweaving the sound with dance music."

Nonna Fab is behind audiophile party, Apricot Ballroom, which was named in the top 10 nights in the country in TimeOut Magazine as well as being acknowledged for being a pioneer of northern contemporary jazz by BBC for Footprints. As well as this, Nonna Fab is co-owner of Grub Records, which has been written about in DJMag, Mixmag and Resident Advisor.

"The label is a true hybrid of both live sound and electronic dance music and really allows focus on true communication and expression. I have always appreciated more free-form styles of dance music so it really is a space for me to explore the more expressive andspiritual side of my sound"

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L.A. WITCH - DOGGOD
SSQLPC4226
Suicide Squeeze
12inch16.06.202516.JUN.25

PopAlternative

L.A. Witch haben schon immer eine Aura müheloser Coolness ausgestrahlt, sei es in Form des Americana Noir und des lakonischen Back-to-Basics-Rock'n'Roll ihres selbstbetitelten Debüts oder des glühend strengen Abenteurertums ihres zweiten Albums "Play With Fire". Die Band - bestehend aus Sade Sanchez (Gitarre/Gesang), Irita Pai (Bass) und Ellie English (Schlagzeug) - begann als informelle Angelegenheit, aber die schwülen und betörenden, von Hall umhüllten Songs, die sie schufen, fanden beim Publikum Anklang und brachten das Projekt über den isolierten Raum von Freunden und Gleichgesinnten in Südkalifornien hinaus in die weite Welt. Auf ihrem neuesten Album "DOGGOD" geht das Trio über die bisherigen kreativen und geografischen Grenzen hinaus - das Material wurde in Paris produziert und die Tracks im Motorbass Studio in der Rue de Martyrs aufgenommen. "DOGGOD" erkundet ein breiteres klangliches Terrain, setzt ein größeres Arsenal an Sounds ein und erforscht größere existenzielle und kosmische Themen, ohne dabei den für die Band typischen Sinn für das Verbotene, das Verlassene und die Vorahnung zu verlieren. "DOGGOD" ist ein Weg, das universelle Rätsel der spirituellen Natur von Liebe und Hingabe anzugehen. "Ich habe das Gefühl, eine Art Dienerin oder Sklavin der Liebe zu sein", sagt Sanchez. "Ich bin bereit, für die Liebe zu sterben, indem ich ihr diene, für sie leide oder nach ihr suche - so wie ein treuer, ergebener Diensthund es tun würde." Der Titel des Albums ist ein Palindrom, das DOG und GOD zusammenfasst - eine Verherrlichung des Unterwürfigen und eine Subversion des Göttlichen. Es ist eine Anspielung auf die Reinheit von Hunden und eine Anerkennung ihrer bedingungslosen Liebe und ihres beschützenden Wesens, die im Widerspruch zu den verschiedenen abwertenden Assoziationen stehen, die mit dieser Spezies verbunden werden. "Es gibt diese symbolische Verbindung zwischen Frauen und Hunden, die die untergeordnete Stellung der Frau in der Gesellschaft zum Ausdruck bringt", erklärt Sanchez. "Und alles, was solche göttlichen Eigenschaften verkörpert, hat es nicht verdient, als Schimpfwort benutzt zu werden." Diese widersprüchlichen Erkundungen von Liebe und Unterwerfung manifestieren sich in der sanften und rauchigen Garagerock-Alchemie der Band, mit einer neu entdeckten Nutzung der disziplinierten Zurückhaltung und eisigen Instrumentierung des Post-Punk. Der Album-Opener "Icicle" zeigt, wie L.A. Witch aus dem Proto-Punk, der Psychedelia und den düsteren Riffs der 70er Jahre in die von Refrains durchtränkten Gitarren und den verlorenen Minimalismus von Joy Division und den frühen The Cure reist. Es wird eine Parallele zwischen romantischem Selbstmord und Märtyrertum gezogen, die sich im zweiten Song, "Kiss Me Deep", fortsetzt. Hier beschreibt Sanchez eine Liebe, die so rein ist, dass sie die Zeit übersteigt und sich über mehrere Leben erstreckt. Es ist ein Lied über Leidenschaft, vorgetragen mit dem weltlichen und verletzten Stoizismus der frühen Goth-Pioniere. Von dort aus geht die Band zur Leadsingle "777" über, einem Song über Hingabe bis hin zum Tod. Ein treibender Beat, ein treibendes, verzerrtes Riff und Sanchez' ätherischer Gesang vereinen sich zu einem Song, der sowohl düster in seinem Fatalismus als auch sinnlich in seiner treuen Leidenschaft ist. Auf dem gesamten Album "DOGGOD" weichen L.A. Witch nie von ihrer Muse ab. In "I Hunt You Pray" legt Pai einen hypnotischen Basslauf hin, während English einen zyklischen Krautrock-Groove einsetzt und Sanchez das Bild eines verlassenen Hundes am Straßenrand malt, der allein in der Nacht ist und sowohl als Jäger als auch als Gejagter lebt. Auf "Eyes of Love" macht sich die Band die meditativen Mid-Tempo-Wiederholungen, dekonstruierten Akkorde und esoterischen Betrachtungen über Liebe, Tod und Spiritualität zunutze, die Lungfish zu einer so beliebten Band gemacht haben. Es unterstreicht die Parallele zwischen der unerschütterlichen Liebe in den Augen eines Hundes und der Selbstaufopferung eines Erlösers. Auf "The Lines" nimmt die Band den treibenden Puls des Post-Punk und fügt dem Mix eine Extraportion Chorus hinzu. "Chorus ist ein moderner Effekt, der auf der Idee beruht, die leichten Tonhöhenunterschiede eines Chors nachzubilden. Es gibt eine schimmernde Qualität, die uns zurück zu diesem spirituellen, göttlichen Gefühl bringt", erklärt Sanchez. Gepaart mit dem Einsatz von Orgel und einer grüblerischen Moll-Melodie, beschwört der Song gleichzeitig das Heilige und das Sakrileg. Der Titeltrack "DOGGOD" hat vielleicht die größte Ähnlichkeit mit dem Material des Vorgängeralbums "Play With Fire", in den schlanken und gemeinen Gitarren auf eine raue Rhythmusgruppe und verträumten Gesang treffen. Aber während ihr vorheriges Album ein Aufruf war, seinen eigenen Weg zu gehen, bleibt "DOGGOD" dem "Bis dass der Tod uns scheidet"-Thema des Albums treu und geht sogar so weit, ein Maß an Unterwerfung zu beschreiben, das in gefährliche und ungesunde Gefilde übergeht, wobei Sanchez singt "hang me on a leash / `til I wait for my release". Letztendlich ist "DOGGOD" eine perfekte Verkörperung des Ansatzes von L.A. Witch. Es ist gleichzeitig romantisch und bedrohlich, ehrfürchtig und profan, eine Feier und ein Klagelied. Es spannt den Bogen zwischen Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, indem es vertraute Klänge aufgreift und sie für die Jetztzeit aufbereitet. Aber es läutet auch eine neue Ära für die Band ein, die über die Kodachrome-Erinnerungen an das Amerika der Jahrhundertmitte hinausgeht und tiefer in den mittelalterlichen und gotischen Energien von Paris und darüber hinaus gräbt, während sie gleichzeitig ein besudeltes Herz erforscht.

pre-order now16 Jun 2025

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23,49 €
Calum Hood - ORDER chaos ORDER
  • 1: Don’t Forget You Love Me
  • 2: Call Me When You Know Better
  • 3: Sweetdreams
  • 4: I Wanted To Stay
  • 5: Sunsetter
  • 6: All My Affection
  • 7: Endless Ways
  • 8: Streetwise
  • 9: Dark Circles
  • 10: Three Of Swords
7807630
EMI
12inch16.06.202516.JUN.25

Pop

Nach einer 14-jährigen Karriere, in der Calum Hood als Teil der international erfolgreichen Band 5 Second of Summer weltweit Konzerte gab, veröffentlicht er nun sein erstes Soloalbum. Die 10-Track-Sammlun thematisiert den Prozess des Innehaltens und der persönlichen Weiterentwicklung.

Neugierig und introspektiv betrachtet Calum Hood das Wunder in allem: Liebe, Sehnsucht, Trauer, Trauma ein Sonnenuntergang, die komplexe und unvorhersehbare Maschinerie des Lebens. Dieser Ansatz manifestiert sich im Debütalbum ORDER CHAOS ORDER, das einen charakteristischen Stilmix aus beina rauschendem, ursprünglichem Indierock mit einem Hauch Intensität und Emotionalität präsentiert.

Opaque Red Standard LP. Aufgrund des Effekts ist jede Vinyl ein Unikat und kann sich leicht von der Abbildung unterscheiden.

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27,10 €
DJ Ojo - Tongue Tied
PM004
Pain Management
12inch16.06.202516.JUN.25

HouseElectronicaDubTechno

Pain Management welcomes London cult favourite DJ ojo, who arrives on the label with a hazy three tracker of trademark nether zone system music. On his most dubbed out full length to date, ojo span’s the full emotive spectrum of dub sonics with a range of both the eerie and more tender expansions of low end atmospherics, the resulting 12” equally suited for the club and the journey home alike.

‘Tongue Tied’ opens the record, a lysergic offering from the darker edges of dub music. A slippery fugue-state hit of narco-ambience built around a crooning, intelligible vocal refrain and chest shot sub weight. A real nightfall system pusher built to simmer in the early hours. It kicks off the EP on an amorphous, hypnotic note that sustains throughout.‘Oil Dub’ sinks deeper into the fog, melodic kinesis and expansive delays upholding an underworld of feedbacked percussion and tongue in cheek sub motion; a seven minute sound bath of ambiguous dub ASMR.

The B-side balances out the darker strains found on its counterpart with an overtly tender digidub closer. Clocking in at almost ten minutes long ‘Cloud Suck’ is a nebulous bliss of perpetually ascending late-summer warmth. The kind of liminal dream-state embrace that you wish would never end. True to the name, it evokes tender, dusk and dawn hued moments, a quiet ride-home flash of introspection on the way to or from some pursuit of meaning. Pain Management essential right here.

Limited run of 200 hand-stamped 12” records available now.

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14,08 €
Cal-C - Bath Bomb
BPT001
Bar Part Time
12inch16.06.202516.JUN.25

HouseDeepPopLeftfield

2025 Repress

Bar Part Time launches its record label with none other than Toronto UFO hunter, certified bad boy DJ, and good friend Cal-C. Cal comes correct with a ripper of a 4 track EP, Bath Bomb. A deep digger and wild style DJ in his own right, Cal brings you a grip of tracks that a tasteful selector can make use of throughout all points of a night time music party. Title track "Bath Bomb" is a blissed out, downtempo joyride that would make a perfect companion for either sunset or sunrise. "Morning Dew" evokes sounds of all your favorite early 90s Italian records, with a particularly euphoric crescendo. Hey man, did you say this guy was from Toronto or Torino? Either way, molto bene! As we move on, "Blurry Moon" is a slice of dancefloor perfection that sounds like something Jose Padilla would've made if he were from San Pedro instead of San Antonio. And lastly, the aptly named "Wine 69" (nice) is an M1 organ cruiser that's practically begging to be heard in front of an azure sea in balmy temps. Vamos a la playa!

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20,97 €
Sleepdial - RV Lights LP
OUEST082
West Mineral Ltd
12inch16.06.202516.JUN.25

Hip-HopDownbeatBeatsChill-Out

The hypnagogic haze of purling, refractive dub is strong on Sleepdial’s debut for West Mineral, introducing a crafty new name to the scene after a teasing preview on that Peak Oil x NWAQ radio show, delivering a heavy-lidded dose of tattered ambient dub inversions.

Sleepdial chases a frayed thread of thought thru the fractal echo chambers of ‘RV Lights’, only their 2nd full-length under this alias, and first on vinyl. The 9-part album is optimised for getting smudged on sunny daze with its pursuit of elusive dub sprites that connote subaquatic or vaporous etheric themes in their elemental diffusions and world-building ecologies.

In equilibrium of ambient and dub-as-method, they tenderly tease the senses with a fine grasp of deferred gratification, oscillating abstract spatial navigations and ephemeral moments of heart-in-mouth euphoria. Where sometimes this stuff can err to a pleasant mess, the dub ballast here anchors proceedings in a rugged groove that really pushes the right buttons and elevates the whole thing in its own air.

Blessed with a compelling sensuality, tracks follow a course from the compressed contrails of ‘Purview’ to the helical shapes of ‘Dovetailing’ and thru beautifully pill-bellied sensations on ‘Icarus Rising’, into ruggeder, insectoid dub in ‘Blue August’ to short circuit agitated and soothing feels. That fractured sort of duality manifests at its most anxious yet enchanted in the unpicked strings and astral scree of ‘Lightplay’, and in the title and feel of ‘Lean Angst’, gently keeping heads on toes into the swirling pressure system of album sign-off ‘Airtank’.

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FRANCES WAYNE - Warm Sound (Ltd/Reissue Of Wpcr-25018) LP
  • A1: Early Autumn; Bass – Milt Hinton; Drums – Osie Johnson; Flute – Jerome Richardson; Guitar – Billy Mure; Piano – Billy Rowland, Written-By – Johnny Mercer, Ralph Burns, Woody Herman 3:09
  • A2: Round Midnight; Bass – Milt Hinton; Drums – Osie Johnson; Guitar – Billy Mure; Piano – Billy Rowland; Trumpet – Billy Butterfield, Written-By – B. Hanighen*, C. Williams*, Thelonious Monk 2:59
  • A3: Prelude To A Kiss; Bass – Milt Hinton; Drums – Osie Johnson; Guitar – Billy Mure; Piano – Billy Rowland; Trombone – Urbie Green; Written-By – Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills 2:58
  • A4: My One And Only Love; Bass – Wendell Marshall; Drums – Don Lamond; Piano – Hank Jones; Tenor Saxophone – Al Cohn; Written-By – Guy Wood, Robert Mellin 3:28
  • A5: In Other Words; Bass – Wendell Marshall; Drums – Don Lamond; Piano – Hank Jones; Tenor Saxophone – Al Cohn; Written-By – Bart Howard 3:51
  • A6: Two For The Blues; Baritone Saxophone – Jerome Richardson; Bass – Milt Hinton; Drums – Osie Johnson; Guitar – Billy Mure; Piano – Billy Rowland, Written-By – J. Hendricks*, Neal Hefti 2:38
  • B1: Blue And Sentimental; Bass – Milt Hinton; Drums – Osie Johnson; Guitar – Billy Mure; Piano – Billy Rowland; Trombone – Urbie Green, Written-By – Count Basie, Jerry Livingston, Max David* 2:52
  • B2: Speak Low; Bass – Wendell Marshall; Drums – Don Lamond; Piano – Hank Jones; Tenor Saxophone – Al Cohn, Written-By – Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash 3:57
  • B3: Oh What A Night For Love; Bass – Milt Hinton; Drums – Osie Johnson; Guitar – Billy Mure; Piano – Billy Rowland, Written-By – Neal Hefti, Steve Allen (3) 2:55
  • B4: You Go To My Head; Bass – Wendell Marshall; Drums – Don Lamond; Piano – Hank Jones; Tenor Saxophone – Al Cohn, Written-By – Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots 3:04
  • B5: Caravan; Bass – Milt Hinton; Drums – Osie Johnson; Flute – Jerome Richardson; Guitar – Billy Mure; Piano – Billy Rowland, Written-By – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol 3:51
  • B6: Soft Winds; Baritone Saxophone – Jerome Richardson; Bass – Milt Hinton; Drums – Osie Johnson; Guitar – Billy Mure; Piano – Billy Rowlandm, Written-By – Benny Goodman, Fred Royal 2:36
WPJR-10052
WARNER MUSIC/LAWSON (JAPAN)
12inch16.06.202516.JUN.25

PopJazz

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41,13 €
Mulbe - Yoru Ni Naruto Remixes
  • A1: 夜になると
  • A2: 夜になると (Instrumental)
  • A3: 夜になると (Acapella)
  • B1: 夜になると (Bushmind Remix); Remix – Bushmind
  • B2: 夜になると (DJ GQ Remix); Remix – DJ GQ
  • B3: 夜になると (Ruff Remix); Remix – Ruff (19)
P12-7159
P-Vine Japan
12inch16.06.202516.JUN.25

Hip-Hop

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27,10 €
LILY - O Genki Desu Ka
  • A1: So Yo
  • A2: I'm A Lost Time
  • A3: In-visible Time
  • A4: Okiteyo
  • A5: Star World
  • B1: San Fa
  • B2: Auroila
  • B3: Farewell Point
  • C1: Kawarano Hikojo
  • C2: Ogenki Desu Ka
  • C3: Down Town Lights
  • C4: Michishirube
  • D1: Love Letter
  • D2: Cause We've Been Together
  • D3: Ai
  • D4: Tooku Naruhodo
  • D5: ESP
  • D6: Mizukagamino Naka
JBRIRI1
Japan Blues
2x12inch16.06.202516.JUN.25

Hip-HopFunkSoul

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37,61 €
APOLLO BROWN / PLANET ASIA / GENSU DEAN / GUILTY SIMPSON - Stitched Up & Shaken
  • A1: Bar Mitzvah
  • A2: Faces On The Dollar
  • A3: God Hour
  • A4: Chuck Berry; Featuring – Shawn Pen
  • A5: Reflections; Featuring – Rogue Venom*
  • B1: Ink Blotches
  • B2: Potatoes; Featuring – Torae, Yarbrough
  • B3: Nasty; Featuring – Planet Asia
  • B4: Truth Be Told
  • B5: How Will I Go
LPMMG00049C
MELLO MUSIC GROUP
12inch16.06.202516.JUN.25

Hip-Hop

pre-order now16 Jun 2025

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31,98 €
MORRISSEY - Beethoven Was Deaf
  • A1: You're The One For Me, Fatty
  • A2: Certain People I Know
  • A3: National Front Disco
  • A4: November Spawned A Monster
  • A5: Seasick, Yet Still Docked
  • A6: The Loop
  • A7: Sister, I'm A Poet
  • A8: Jack The Ripper
  • B1: Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference
  • B2: I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday
  • B3: We'll Let You Know
  • B4: Suedehead
  • B5: He Knows I'd Love To See Him
  • B6: You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side
  • B7: Glamorous Glue
  • B8: We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful
5054197999895
Parlophone
12inch16.06.202516.JUN.25

PopRock

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31,05 €
Drangsal - Aus keiner meiner Brücken die in Asche liegen ist je ein Phönix emporgestiegen 2x12"
  • 1: Love Will See Us Through This
  • 2: Bergab
  • 3: Die Bestie mit dem brennenden Schweif
  • 4: Ich hab von der Musik geträumt
  • 5: Die satanischen Fersen
  • 6: Mein Eid
  • 7: Pervert The Source
  • 8: FKA M & M 1
  • 9: Wheelgreaser
  • 10: Hab Gnade!
  • 11: Funke & Benzin
  • 12: Your Fears Are Well-Founded
  • 13: Mein Mo(nu)ment (feat. Sophia Blenda)
  • 14: Inkomplett
  • 15: Rosa
  • 16: Nation Of Resignation
  • 17: Ein Haus
7565186
Virgin Music Label And Artist Services
2x12inch13.06.202513.JUN.25

Pop

Man singt und es wird: Im Zuge eines Zusammenbruchs hat Max Gruber den Soloartist Drangsal gekillt und die Band Drangsal gegründet. Am Ende des Tunnels steht das im Juni 2025 erscheinende Album, Aus keiner meiner Brücken die in Asche liegen ist je ein Phönix emporgestiegen.

 Seit über zehn Jahren sichelt Max Gruber mittlerweile die Zick-Zack-Schneise Drangsal durch die deutsche Poplandschaft: Harieschaim aus 2016, Zores aus 2018 und zuletzt Exit Strategy – das ihm 2021 Platz 6 der Albumcharts bescherte – erdachte Gruber größtenteils im Alleingang. Und dann war da noch etwas nach seiner Exit Strategy: Ein Zusammenbruch. Max Gruber wusste nicht mehr, ob und wenn ja, wie er weiter Drangsal machen will, veröffentlichte im Ullstein-Verlag sein literarisches Debüt »Doch«, gründete Die Benjamins, holte so gemeinsam mit Charlotte Brandi, Thomas Götz und Julian Knoth Hans-A-Plast Frontfrau Annette Benjamin aus dem Ruhestand und reaktivierte unlängst das 2016 mit Stella Sommer gegründete Duo Die Mausis.

Und doch, von innen wie von außen, immer wieder die Frage nach einem neuen Drangsal-Album. Wenn es denn überhaupt nochmal eines geben soll, erkannte Gruber, musste er die Arbeitsweise, auf deren Grundlage Drangsal-Songs entstehen, fundamental verändern. Auf alles Ringen folgte, was unvermeidbar war: Der Reset. Max Gruber hat den Soloartist Drangsal gekillt und die dreiköpfige Band Drangsal gegründet – zusammen mit zwei Mitmusikern, die ihn aus seinen Gewohnheiten gelöst haben: Lukas Korn und Marvin Holley.
Erstgenannter ist Gitarrist und Produzent, spielt in der Band Lyschko, produzierte zuletzt das Album silber von Mia Morgan und hat seit 2020 als Bassist an der Drangsal-Liveband partizipiert. Zweiterer studierte Jazz- und klassische Gitarre sowie Komposition in Stuttgart und Wien, stand mit Sam Vance-Law und Fil Bo Riva auf der Bühne und arrangierte für Film und Theater. Lukas Korn und Marvin Holley haben dafür gesorgt, dass sich die zentrale Figur im Kosmos Drangsal dreiteilt.

Das Liedermachen in Bandkonstellation ließ alle Angst platzen: Getragen von Euphorie nahmen Gruber, Holley und Korn ab Ende 2022 etliche Songskizzen und damit den Unterbau eines siebzehnteiligen Albums auf. Nach Kreativurlauben an der polnischen Grenze und Ostsee stand eine von Max Rieger produzierte und von Lukas Korn Co-produzierte vierte Drangsal-LP. Sie trägt den schwergängigen Titel Aus keiner meiner Brücken die in Asche liegen ist je ein Phönix emporgestiegen und erscheint im Juni 2025. Gruber, Holley und Korn haben sich auf das Credo so wenig wie möglich, so viel wie nötig verständigt – und dadurch einen Umbruch im Klangkosmos Drangsals manifestiert, der völlig neue Dynamiken mit sich bringt. Aus keiner meiner Brücken die in Asche liegen ist je ein Phönix emporgestiegen hält Leerstellen aus, in seinem Zentrum stehen, statt Synthesizer, Akustikgitarren, die immer wieder an der Grenze zu Blues und Jazz wandeln. Wo speziell auf Exit Strategy noch überzuckerter Synth-Pop preschte, ist nun Klavier zu hören; Orgel, Klavinet und Cembalo; Xylophon, Violinen und Celli; von Ralph Heidel gespielte Querflöten und Saxophone.

Dazwischen drei Episoden, in denen sich Gospel Chöre und Technobeats breitmachen. Max Rieger hat die drei dazu motiviert, Echtheit, auch Imperfektion im Moment der Aufnahme zuzulassen – und großen Anteil daran, dass »Aus keiner meiner Brücken die in Asche liegen ist je ein Phönix emporgestiegen« ein realistisches Abbild des Trios bietet. Die Stimmung? Dagegen eher ein Wechselbad. Max Gruber singt von Selbstentfremdung, vom Für und Wider des Stillstands, vom Sichhingeben und Sichwegschmeißen – mal auf deutsch, mal auf englisch, mal zart, mal angewidert. Grubers Stimme klingt, nach einer klassischen Gesangsausbildung, die der Einunddreißigjährige angetreten hat, zielbewusster. Umarmungen Marke »Ich hab von der Musik geträumt und Inkomplett treffen auf Gewitterwolken à la Mein Eid und dem Sophia-Blenda-Feature Mein Mo(nu)ment. Entlang rigoroser Entkernung und Hexenjagd geht es Bergab – für dich, für mich, für Max Gruber sowieso. Er ist über weite Teile der Platte hinweg auf der Flucht vor sich selbst, den alten Geistern, dem leidigen Wachzustand: Wär’ ich doch bloß nimmermehr erwacht, ich schliefe in ewigem Glück. Gruber sucht und sucht: Nach innerem Frieden, nach Gnade, nach unverbranntem Boden, nach neuen Versionen seiner Selbst – und das vergeblich. Immerhin scheinen Erinnerungen mit der Zeit zu verschwimmen: Grubers Worte – zu sich und zur Welt – klingen im hinteren Teil der Platte sanfter, vergebender, resümierender. Ein Schlüsselmoment? Das von der Schauspielerin Rosa Lembeck eingesprochene, Monolog artig formulierte Klanggedicht Rosa – Es ist so: Man singt und es wird.

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28,78 €
URBS & CUTEX - On Our Way (LP 2x12"+MP3)
BAD016-1
BEAT ART DEPARTMENT
2x12inch13.06.202513.JUN.25

Hip-HopHip-HopRap

DO call it a comeback! Nach nicht weniger als 22 Jahren veröffentlichen die Wiener Beat-Maestros Urbs & Cutex wie aus heiterem Himmel ihr drittes Album namens "On Our Way". Die beiden Veteranen zeigen sich bestens aufgelegt und schaffen es auf diesem Überraschungspaket mühelos dort anzuschließen, wo sie vor zwei Jahrzehnten aufgehört haben. Sie bleiben sich selbst treu, finden aber auch neue Wege ihren sehr persönlichen Stil weiterzuentwickeln und HipHop und Downtempo auf eigenständige Weise zu verschmelzen. Urbs & Cutex (der auch unter Cut Ex firmiert) sind ein Produzenten-Duo aus Wien, das sich auf entspannte Instrumentalmusik spezialisiert und klassischen East Coast HipHop mit Elementen von Triphop und Downtempo verbindet. Beide begannen Anfang der 90er Jahre als DJs und machten ihre ersten Schritte als Produzenten unabhängig voneinander, um später eine der interessantesten Gruppen der florierenden Wiener Elektronik-Szene zu formen. Zwei gefeierte Alben wurden damals veröffentlicht und noch heute werden ihre Songs von immer neuen Generationen entdeckt, was zu Millionen Aufrufen auf den bekannten Streaming-Plattformen führt. Nach 22 Jahren, diversen Solo-Alben (u.a. Urbs' "Toujours Le Meme Film" und "Geheimland"), unzähligen Singles, Remixes und Kollaborationen, haben sie also beschlossen, wieder zusammenzuarbeiten und dabei ihr Mojo sofort wiedergefunden. Mit charmanter Sturheit produzieren Urbs & Cutex weiterhin Musik, die manche als retro, andere als zeitlos bezeichnen werden. "Wir suchen nach immerwährenden Wahrheiten" bemerken sie dazu achselzuckend. Das Album beginnt daher ganz im Stil ihres letzten Albums "Peace Talks!". Soul- und Jazz-Loops werden mit dopen Beats kombiniert und man wird sogar mit dem ersten Rap-Part überrascht, der es jemals auf ihre Alben geschafft hat: T.R.A.C. aus New York, bekannt als MC von Marc Macs Visioneers, unzähligen Drum&Bass Releases und nicht zuletzt Urbs´ Solo-Alben, glänzt auf der ersten Single "Wherever You Are". Nach einigen Songs lässt sich feststellen, daß Urbs & Cutex ihren Sound aber sehr wohl subtil weiterentwickelt haben. Durch gefinkelte Arrangements und gekonntes Übereinanderschichten von Samples wird eine dichte Atmosphäre geschaffen, die weit über das hinausgeht, was Boombap üblicherweise bietet. Urbs & Cutex schaffen es auf diesen 14 Songs die Fadesse von Chillout, Lofi und Boombap zu umgehen und bauen einen Spannungsbogen, der von uplifting bis deep und hypnotisch reicht.

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