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FEX - Subways Of Your Mind (TMMS Version) (7")
EDGE-029
The Outer Edge
7"-Vinyl18.04.202518.APR.25

PopRockRock'n'roll

Imagine having a song go viral for 17 years - without even knowing it. That's exactly what happened to the German 1980s band FEX. And this isn't just any song - it's The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet, a track that puzzled music detectives for decades before finally being identified in November 2024. Now, it has been officially released - twice.

The Story in Brief:
Sometime around 1984, a song was broadcasted on NDR Radio. The name of the song was Subways Of Your Mind - only found out 40 years later in November 2024. Back then, a listener recorded the NDR show on cassette, a common practice at the time. Decades later, the tape resurfaced, but while most songs from the recording were identified, one remained an enigma. On March 18, 2007, the track was uploaded to the internet in an attempt to uncover its origins. Due to its now-iconic opening lyric, it was tentatively titled Like The Wind. Over time, the mystery deepened, and the song was given a nickname: The Most Mysterious Song - or simply TMMS.

Starting in 2019, a dedicated Reddit group, TheMysteriousSong, now boasting over 63,000 members, took up the search. They meticulously documented every lead, hoping to solve the riddle of the song's origins. Then, in 2024, the breakthrough: Reddit user marjin1412 reached out to musician Michael Hädrich after discovering a reference to his band FEX in an old newspaper article. Hädrich, FEX's keyboardist, provided a recording from an old demo cassette which included an alternative version of the song. On November 4, 2024, the mystery was officially solved: FEX was the band, Subways Of Your Mind was the title.

What Happened Next:
Since then, FEX has released two singles - both featuring Subways Of Your Mind - through the Berlin-based independent label The Outer Edge. First, the demo cassette version was pressed onto vinyl, as the original NDR radio recording remained lost (see EDGE-028). The Remastered Demo Mix single instantly topped Bandcamp's global charts, holding the #1 spot for several days. By then, it was clear: this was more than just an internet curiosity. A real fanbase had formed. Enthusiastic comments on the sales page ranged from "best post-punk song to ever exist" to "FEX themselves (are) perhaps the most underrated musicians of all time."

But the story didn't end there. A higher-quality version of the NDR radio recording was rediscovered in late december, remastered, and now sent for a second vinyl pressing: the TMMS Version. This new vinyl 7" is backed with Talking Hands another great and unissued song that was found on the demo cassette.

Fame Comes with a Price
Suddenly, time isn't standing still for FEX. The band had to come to terms with the fact that they had become Lostwave super stars. A FEX fan club quickly formed on Reddit, fan-hosted FEX parties are popping up, and the internet is demanding more - an album, merchandise, live performances. But how does a band prepare for a comeback after a 40-year hiatus?

For now, FEX is carefully considering their next steps. Their demo cassette contains six songs - and a few other recordings have resurfaced which probably could be restored and compiled. But foremost, a brand new re-recording of Subways Of Your Mind is in progress.

One thing is certain: The Most Mysterious Song will continue its unstoppable journey around the world. Don't miss this (second) chance to own a piece of music history!

out of Stock

Last delivered 17 months ago
available to reorder, subject to availability

14,08 €
Amber Run - 5am
  • I Found
  • M.F. (Interlude)
  • Spark
  • Hurricane
  • Noah
  • Pilot
  • Cf (Interlude)
  • 5: am
  • Just My Soul Responding
  • Good Morning
  • Shiver
  • See You Soon
MOVLPY2795
Music On Vinyl
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopRock

Amber Run is a British indie rock band from Nottingham. The band have released three albums and four EPs. They played Reading and Leeds festivals, enjoyed national radio support and had a strong press reaction: "Their vast sound has Coldplay stadium ambitions" (Independent); "Epic tunes that sound destined for arenas" (Daily Star); and "Incredibly effective" (The Sun).

Amber Run recorded their debut album throughout January and February 2014 with Sam Winfield and Brit Award-winning record producer Mike Crossey, who previously produced albums for Arctic Monkeys, The 1975, Twenty One Pilots, Walk the Moon, Foals, Keane, Jake Bugg and Yungblud. With Noah’s Mumford & Sons-like vocal melodies and the wisps of Bastille’s fist-pumping pop on single “Just My Soul Responding”, Amber Run maintains a legitimising rockstar edge.

There are comparisons with Coldplay on the single “I Found”, while the title track has London Grammar’s mellow trip-hop vibes.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of 5 AM, Music On Vinyl in cooperation with Amber Run and Sony Music present a limited, individually numbered 10th anniversary edition on yellow & black marbled vinyl. The package includes an insert with lyrics.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

31,51 €
Ursula - Sereghy Cordial (TAPE)
MONDOJ28CS
MONDOJ
Cassette18.04.202518.APR.25

PopElectronica

On ‘Cordial’, Ursula Sereghy traces the sensation of home; not as a place, but as something fleeting and deeply felt. Comfort appears in glimpses, nestled between moments of dissonance and unraveling structure. There is joy, but it carries the weight of absence, the quiet grief of realizing what was missing all along. A laughter that is both liberating and bittersweet.

Sereghy’s music moves with no fixed center, shedding hierarchies and opening itself to the unknown. Sounds unravel and reform: fragments of voices, reshaped textures, the shimmer of manipulated recordings all bending into semi-familiar contours. In this space, harmony is not a destination but an unfolding process, a web of shifting connections rather than rigid form.

Deeply drawn to natural processes, Sereghy’s music resonates with an elemental force: chemical reactions, unseen currents, the quiet logic of interconnection. Sound becomes a space where trust takes shape, where loss is acknowledged but never final, and where the act of feeling remains, above all, an act of survival. It is music in constant negotiation with itself - dismantling, reshaping, and reaching towards something vast, untethered and luminous.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

13,03 €
Tribunal - In Penitence and Ruin (LP)
  • Incarnadine
  • A Wound Unhealing
  • Angel of Mercy
  • The Sword of the Slain
  • Ruin
  • The Penitent
  • Armoured in Shadow
  • And the Thorn-Choked Flowers Grow
  • Between the Sea and Stars
also available

Neon Violet/Mint Green Merge Vinyl[26,01 €]


SPIN211LP
20 Buck Spin
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopDeath-Metal

Tribunal kehren mit ihrem zweiten Album "In Pentinence and Ruin" zurück, einer Elegie voller Trauer und Verlorenheit, die immer tiefer in den feierlichen Abgrund des Kummers hinabsteigt. Das Debüt "The Weight of Remembrance" von 2023 legte die Messlatte für die Kanadier hoch und wurde zu einer der bemerkenswertesten und am meisten gelobten Doom-Veröffentlichungen des Jahres, was Decibel Mag dazu veranlasste, das neue Album der Band in ihre jährliche Liste der am meisten erwarteten Veröffentlichungen aufzunehmen. Tribunal haben sich Zeit genommen und ein Werk von enormer Tragweite geschaffen, das in längst verlassenen Hallen noch lange nachhallen wird.

In Penitence and Ruin" hat sich zu einer vollwertigen fünfköpfigen Band und Live-Einheit entwickelt und bietet einen größeren Zusammenhalt und eine größere Reife, die das Wehklagen der Witwe mit düsteren Streichern, schaurigen Tasten und Schlagzeug, das wie die eiserne Glocke des Schicksals läutet, miteinander verwebt. Diese Elemente schmücken das monolithische Fundament aus erdrückenden Klageliedern und funeralen Melodien, die aus dem Mark der Trauer selbst gehauen sind. Die Dualität zwischen dem wehmütigen, leidenschaftlichen Gesang des Sängers/Cellisten Soren Morne und den gequälten Knurrlauten des Gitarristen/Sängers Etinne Flinn verbindet sich mit entschlossenem Schritt und schreitet voran in die Dunkelheit, auf einem Pfad, der nur durch das fahle Glühen einer fernen Klage erhellt wird.

Tribunal hath wrought a requiem most dire where beauty and ruin become one and in doing have forged a second album beyond expectations, progressive in its embrace of the penitent and eminently listenable as a scripture of loss. Like ivy upon the tombstone, 'In Penitence And Ruin' winds slowly but inexorably towards spectral grandeur and eternal oblivion.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

26,01 €
Tribunal - In Penitence and Ruin (LP)
SPIN211LPC
20 Buck Spin
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopDeath-Metal

Tribunal kehren mit ihrem zweiten Album "In Pentinence and Ruin" zurück, einer Elegie voller Trauer und Verlorenheit, die immer tiefer in den feierlichen Abgrund des Kummers hinabsteigt. Das Debüt "The Weight of Remembrance" von 2023 legte die Messlatte für die Kanadier hoch und wurde zu einer der bemerkenswertesten und am meisten gelobten Doom-Veröffentlichungen des Jahres, was Decibel Mag dazu veranlasste, das neue Album der Band in ihre jährliche Liste der am meisten erwarteten Veröffentlichungen aufzunehmen. Tribunal haben sich Zeit genommen und ein Werk von enormer Tragweite geschaffen, das in längst verlassenen Hallen noch lange nachhallen wird.

In Penitence and Ruin" hat sich zu einer vollwertigen fünfköpfigen Band und Live-Einheit entwickelt und bietet einen größeren Zusammenhalt und eine größere Reife, die das Wehklagen der Witwe mit düsteren Streichern, schaurigen Tasten und Schlagzeug, das wie die eiserne Glocke des Schicksals läutet, miteinander verwebt. Diese Elemente schmücken das monolithische Fundament aus erdrückenden Klageliedern und funeralen Melodien, die aus dem Mark der Trauer selbst gehauen sind. Die Dualität zwischen dem wehmütigen, leidenschaftlichen Gesang des Sängers/Cellisten Soren Morne und den gequälten Knurrlauten des Gitarristen/Sängers Etinne Flinn verbindet sich mit entschlossenem Schritt und schreitet voran in die Dunkelheit, auf einem Pfad, der nur durch das fahle Glühen einer fernen Klage erhellt wird.

Tribunal hath wrought a requiem most dire where beauty and ruin become one and in doing have forged a second album beyond expectations, progressive in its embrace of the penitent and eminently listenable as a scripture of loss. Like ivy upon the tombstone, 'In Penitence And Ruin' winds slowly but inexorably towards spectral grandeur and eternal oblivion.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

26,01 €
HAWKWIND - THERE IS NO SPACE FOR US LP 2x12"
BRED2LP924
CHERRY RED
2x12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopRock

There Is No Space For Us takes listeners on a cosmic odyssey, from the thunderous synth-laden opener ‘There Is Still Danger There’ to the eerie, expansive ‘Space Continues (Lifeform)’. Highlights include the shape-shifting, acoustic-driven ‘Co-Pilot’, the cinematic title track ‘There Is No Space For Us’, and the theremin-fuelled freak-out of ‘Neutron Stars’. The album culminates in the melancholic yet powerful ‘A Long Long Way From Home’, reflecting on the fragile nature of existence.Featuring Dave Brock, Richard Chadwick, Magnus Martin, Doug MacKinnon and Tim "Thighpaulsandra" Lewis, this release cements Hawkwind’s status as one of the most influential and enduring bands in rock. Side 1:1. There Is Still Danger There2. Space Continues (Lifeform)3. The Co-PilotSide 2:1. Changes (Burning Suns and Frozen Waste)2. There is No Space For Us3. The Outer Region Of The UniverseSide 3:1. Neutron Stars (Pulsating Light)2. A Long Long Way From HomeSide 4:1. Practical Ability2. Second Chance

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

34,41 €
Hawkwind - There Is No Space For Us LP 2x12"
2919241CYR
CHERRY RED
2x12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopRock

Das neue Album nimmt den Hörer mit auf eine kosmische Odyssee, vom donnernden, Synthie lastigen Opener "There Is Still
Danger There" bis zum unheimlichen, ausladenden "Space Continues (Lifeform)". Zu den Höhepunkten gehören das mutierende,
akustische "Co-Pilot", der cineastische Titeltrack und der Theremin-getriebene Freakout "Neutron Stars". Das Album gipfelt in
dem melancholischen und doch kraftvollen "A Long Long Way
From Home", das über die zerbrechliche Natur der Existenz refl ektiert.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

38,61 €
Mayday Parade - Sweet
  • By The Way
  • 4: 000 Days Plus The Ones I Don't Remember
  • Who's Laughing Now
  • This Personied
  • Who We Are
  • Natural
  • Towards You
  • Pretty Good To Feel Something
MISC60
Many Hats
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopAlternative

As they celebrate a remarkable 20 years as a band in 2025, Mayday Parade are set to release perhaps their most aspirational sort yet: SWEET, SAD, SUGAR, a three-part album showcasing their prolific, emotionally resonant songwriting. The first entry, SWEET, arrives April 18, 2025. Across its eight songs, SWEET succinctly showcases just how far Mayday Parade has come in those years: The trademark sound that’s transformed them from genre newcomers to torchbearers for a new generation is still there, but fans will also nd the band continuing to nudge the edges of their sound outward, whether they’re stomping through reactive alt-rock, crafting wryly sardonic pop-punk, standing up shimmering arena rock, or melding muscular, grungy guitars with electro-pop sweetness. Recorded with longtime producers Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount, SWEET, SAD, SUGAR marks Mayday Parade’s first album since 2021’s What It Means To Fall Apart as well as the band’s first self-released collection.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

28,53 €
Hamish Hawk - A Firmer Hand
  • A1: Juliet as Epithet
  • A2: Machiavelli’s Room
  • A3: Big Cat Tattoos
  • A4: Nancy Dearest
  • A5: Autobiography of Spy
  • A6: You Can Film Me
  • B1: Christopher St
  • B2: Men Like Wire
  • B3: Questionable Hit
  • B4: Disingenuous
  • B5: Milk an Ending
  • B6: The Hard Won
SOAKLPF511
So Recordings
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopIndieAlternative

Limited repress of 2024 critically acclaimed album ‘A Firmer Hand’ on Canary Yellow Vinyl

“Writing this album, I opened up my closet, and a skeleton came out.” In a café just around the corner from his Edinburgh flat, Hamish Hawk is contemplating his extraordinary new record, A Firmer Hand. “The thing that links all of the songs is a sense of the unsaid, whether out of guilt, shame, repression, embarrassment, coyness, whatever it might have been. I realised: I am going to say these things, and not all of them are going to make me look good. The album made so many demands, and I just gave myself over to it.”

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

28,36 €
Mannequin Pussy - Romantic
RR2C1
Many Hats
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopAlternative

Joker Marble Vinyl. Romantic is Mannequin Pussy's standout 2016 album. Mannequin Pussy are a beloved rock band from Philadelphia. Their music feels like a resilient and galvanizing shout that demands to be heard; across four albums, the band has made cathartic tunes about despairing times. Romantic is the band's second full-length album, and it was widely critically acclaimed in NPR, Pitchfork, Stereogum, and many many. Stereogum named the title track, "Romantic" the #14 song of the year in 2016.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

31,30 €
SPELLLING - THE TURNING WHEEL
  • LITTLE DEER
  • ALWAYS
  • TURNING WHEEL
  • THE FUTURE
  • AWAKEN
  • EMPEROR WITH AN EGG
  • BOYS AT SCHOOL
  • LEGACY
  • QUEEN OF WANDS
  • MAGIC ACT
  • REVOLUTION
  • SWEET TALK
SBRLPC8243
Sacred Bones Records
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopAlternative

Silver Vinyl. SPELLLING, das Projekt der in der Bay Area lebenden kalifornischen Künstlerin Chrystia Cabral, veröffentlicht mit "The Turning Wheel" den Nachfolger von "Mazy Fly" aus dem Jahr 2019. Das neue Album dreht sich um Themen wie menschliche Einheit, die Zukunft, göttliche Liebe und die rätselhaften Höhen und Tiefen des Karnevals namens Leben. Auf "The Turning Wheel" stellt sich SPELLLING der ehrgeizigen Aufgabe, ein Album mit einem 31-köpfigen Ensemble aus Musikern zu orchestrieren und selbst zu produzieren. Das Ergebnis begeistert mit einer großen Bandbreite an akustischen Klängen, die ihre Arbeit in eine neue, lebendige Dimension überführen. Das Album ist in zwei Hälften, Above und Below, aufgeteilt. Der Above-Teil wird von opulenten Streichern, warmen Banjoklängen und dem Fagott dominiert. Im Verlauf kippt die eher jubilierende, verträumte Stimmung ins Schaurige und Gothic-hafte. Diese Entwicklung wird durch SPELLLINGs Gesangsstil verankert, der das theatralische und folkloristische Herz ihres Songwritings betont. Eröffnet wird der Above-Reigen von der Klavier untermalten Lead-Single "Little Deer", die mit bezaubernden Vocals und 17 verschiedenen Akustikinstrumenten aufwartet. Verzerrte Synthesizerklänge geben dem Track eine skurrile Note, der von dem Frida Kahlo-Gemälde Wounded Deer inspiriert wurde, auf dem sich die Künstlerin selbst als Mischwesen aus Tier und Mensch darstellt.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

31,05 €
INME - OVERGROWN EDEN  LP 2x12"
MOVLPW3736
Music On Vinyl
2x12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopRock

"Overgrown Eden is the debut album from Essex rock band InMe. The album was released in the UK in 2003 and produced four singles: ""Underdose"", ""Firefly"", ""Crushed like Fruit"" and ""Neptune"". The highest UK Album Chart position was No. 15. However, it reached No. 1 in the Rock Album Chart. This version of Overgrown Eden is expanded with an additional bonus LP featuring 10 non-album tracks. Overgrown Eden (Expanded Edition) is available as a limited edition of 666 numbered copies on white coloured vinyl and includes an insert with lyrics."

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

42,44 €
Tony Holiday - Keep Your Head Up
  • She's a Burglar
  • Twist My Fate
  • Woman Named Trouble
  • Good Times
  • Shoulda Known Better
  • Walk On the Water
  • Drive It Home
  • I Can Not Feel the Rain
FBR044LP
Forty Below Records
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopBlues

Tony Holiday has been at the center of a Memphis soul blues revival anchored by a contingent of young, savvy, well-schooled musicians who have a "family-like" attitude and a strong belief in one another. Over the past couple of years, Holiday has been touring hard, taking spells in between to write and record with Producer Eric Corne in Memphis and Los Angeles. The result is Keep Your Head Up, an album that demonstrates an impressive command of styles, as Holiday leads his band fluidly through Texas, Chicago and hill country blues with plenty of Memphis soul and even a touch of Afrobeat. It features a nice array of special guests including Eddie 9V, Kevin Burt, Albert Castiglia and Laura Chavez, last year's Blues Music Award winner for 'Guitarist of the Year’ with Holiday shining throughout on vocals and harmonica.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

26,85 €
Zethson Alex & Johan Jutterstrom - It Could - If I
LPTHT39
Thanatosis Produktion
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopJazz

A collaboration between US label Astral Spirits and Sweden’s Thanatosis Produktion, It could / If I marks the debut album from Stockholm-based duo Johan Jutterström (saxophone) and Alex Zethson (piano). Together, they reinterpret jazz standards and explore an eclectic mix of compositions by Leonard Cohen, Pet Shop Boys, John Lurie, and 19th-century composer Alexander Fesca.

Jutterström and Zethson’s musical partnership dates back to their teenage years, when they bonded over a love for jazz and the struggle to find their own voice within it. Their duo work has always been about navigating that tension—trying to capture jazz, failing, and finding another way forward. This album continues that pursuit, emphasizing not just what is played, but how it is played.

The record’s title reflects their approach: a process of reaching for something just out of grasp. Songs are deconstructed, rearranged, and treated like palimpsests—scrubbed clean and rewritten while allowing traces of the original to shine through. The result is a dynamic and deeply personal exploration of sound, filled with both reverence and reinvention.

Both musicians have extensive backgrounds in jazz, improvisation, and experimental music. Zethson, a prolific pianist and composer, has worked with ensembles like Fire! Orchestra and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, and plays keyboards in ensembles such as Vilhelm Bromander Unfolding Orchestra, Goran Kajfes Tropiques, Vathres, and Angles (current with the jazzopera The Death of Kalypso). Jutterström, a saxophonist with an artistic PhD, has performed internationally and runs the ensemble STHLM svaga, a band who have performed commissioned pieces by jazz legends such as Ron Carter, Archie Shepp and Roscoe Mitchell.

With It could / If I, the duo crafts an intricate, ever-shifting dialogue—an ongoing attempt to "stick jazz music," as they put it, constantly approaching, never quite arriving, and finding beauty in the pursuit.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

30,88 €
Krill - Lucky Leaves
LPEIS141C
Exploding In Sound Records
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopAlternativeIndie

Formed in the same early 2010's scenes that spawned bands such as LVL Up, Ovlov, and Speedy Ortiz, Krill found success doing something completely different. The lyrics on Krill's debut LP "Lucky Leaves" reveal Jonah Furman to be a clear-headed and thoughtful oddball, compulsively considering both sides of every coin. The lyrics are as thought-provoking and endearing as the music is complex and refined. Krill is both a band's band, and a fan's band. Earworms such as 'Theme from Krill' and 'Theme from Krill (Reprise)' get stuck in your head on first listen, and it's no surprise that 2013 showgoers were singing along to these tunes almost immediately after hearing them. Now, with Krill back playing shows as the hilariously named "Krill 2", Exploding in Sound is thrilled to announce that "Lucky Leaves" is back in print! It's a certified EIS classic, and a record close to many people's hearts. Krill forever!

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

30,04 €
Valhalore - Beyond The Stars LP
  • Life
  • Edge of forever
  • The storm
  • Within the fire
  • Dusk
  • Wayfinder
  • Dawn
  • Horizon
  • The world between
  • Aether
  • Heart of the sea
  • A walk among the stars
also available

Black Vinyl[25,63 €]


2973684ANG
ROAR! ROCK OF ANGELS RECORDS IKE
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopHeavy-Metal

Valhalore wurde 2013 von Gitarrist Anthony Willis und Sänger Lachlan Neate gegründet und entwickelte sich schnell zu einer unaufhaltsamen Kraft in der australischen Metalszene, mit einer einzigartigen Mischung aus Melodic Death, Power und Symphonic Metal mit Folk-Einfl üssen. Nach dem VÖ ihres Debüts "Voyage Into Eternity", gefolgt von Tourneen und Shows im Vorprogramm von Blind Guardian, Hammerfall u.a., wird die Band nun im April 2025 mit ihrem zweiten Album "Beyond The Stars" die Welt erobern

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

25,63 €
Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson - What Did The Blackbird Say To The Crow auf LP
  • Rain Crow
  • Brown’s Dream
  • Hook And Line
  • Pumpkin Pie
  • Duck's Eyeball
  • Ryestraw
  • Little Brown Jug
  • Going To Raleigh
  • Country Waltz
  • Molly Put The Kettle On
  • Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
  • John Henry
  • Love Somebody
  • Ebenezer
  • Old Joe Clark
  • Old Molly Hare
  • Marching Jaybird
  • Walkin' In The Parlor
75597896756
NONESUCH
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopFolk

Welcome to our porch

Through our many years of playing together on many stages across the globe, we have been able to share our Carolina roots with lots of people. But our tradition really doesn’t live on the stage; it lives on a back porch of Mebane, in a living room in Morganton and in countless other places wherever a musician might find themselves. We wanted to revisit the sounds, places, and textures at the beginning of our musical journey together and to share that experience with y’all. The rain, the cicadas, and thunder become part of the band, grounding us and the music firmly in the long narrative of the place we call home

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

27,94 €
Various - Coastal:The Soundtrack
93624838777
Reprise Records
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopRock

Coastal is a personal, behind-the-scenes documentary on Neil Young as he cruises the coast on his 2023 solo US tour. The film gives an intimate view of the maverick musician, as he navigates a return to the stage post-Covid. From his everyday observations on the bus to his candid banter with his audience. Coastal is a rare peek behind the curtain of this unguarded iconoclast. The film was shot and directed by Daryl Hannah.Coastal: The Soundtrack features 11 Neil Young songs including "Song X", "Vampire Blues" "Expecting To Fly", "Throw Your Hatred Down", "I Am A Child", and "Prime of Life".

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

26,68 €
Malmin - Med Ashild Vetrhus
KRSLP3101
Diger Distro
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopFolk

Under the Malmin-moniker you’ll hear on “Med Ashild Vetrhus” original organic grooves and timeless tunes from three masters of the quite unheard ‘untamed, hypnotic, raw and chanting’ folk music of Rogaland: Olav Christer Rossebo, Anders Hana (also known from the bands Moha! and Naaljos Ljom) and vocalist Ashild Vetrhus. This record consists of traditional and spiritual music from the Rogaland region in Norway (in the south-west of the country, around the city Stavanger). The album includes upbeat ‘dance’ and nostalgic folk music with a religious touch here and there. The typical national and sometimes even regional instruments used on this record in addition to voice is: hardanger fiddle, langeleik (a zither-like instrument), microtonal mandolin and guitar, mouth harp and fiddle. The performers have learned the music directly from traditional sources, but most of the material on this record has derived from the study of archive recordings from the Ryfylke Museum (in the city of Sand).

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

25,17 €
Alberto Novello & Rob Mazurek - Sun Eaters
HMRLP037
Hive Mind Records
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

BeatsExperimental

"Chicago-based composer, improviser, multi-media artist and underground legend, Rob Mazurek, joins forces with modular-synth maestro and light magician, Alberto Novello for a blacklight invocation that hurls us out into new and uncharted sound-dimensions.

Born of a chance encounter, Alberto Novello and Rob Mazurek's improvised collaboration, Sun Eaters, was recorded in a single afternoon at Dobialab, an experimental artist run space in Northern Italy. Alberto provided a loose rythmic and timbral bedrock over which Rob Mazurek sketched and weaved delicate harmonies with trumpets, adding atmosphere with bells and sampler.

Sun Eaters is a dizzying and disorientating space ritual, a totally out excercise in telepathic collaboration and psychedelic sound."

Modular Synth by Alberto Novello.
Trumpets, sampler, bells by Rob Mazurek.
Produced by Alberto Novello.
Recorded at Dobialab, Italy on 6th February 2024 by Michele Pegan.
Mixed by Alberto Novello at Ni Dieu Ni Maitre Studios Italy & Air Residency Austria.
Mastered by Hrvoje Nikšić, Croatia.
Artwork by Giulia Spanghero.

Dedicated to the memory of Filippo Novello.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

21,64 €
Flora Adams - Fure Fire 7"
  • A1: Fire Fire
  • B1: Dub Music
333026
333
7"-Vinyl18.04.202518.APR.25

Hip-HopReggae

Das DINTE-Sublabel 333 greift erneut in die Archive von Winston Jones' Flames-Label und präsentiert die gefühlvollen Soul-Vocals von Flora Adams von den Nairobi Sisters, aufgenommen Mitte der 70er Jahre in Brooklyn. Basierend auf Tina Charles' Disco-Hit "You Set My Heart On Fire", macht Flora den Track zu ihrem eigenen. Die Flipside enthält das solide, Rocksteady-beeinflusste Instrumental der Rough Riders, effektvoll ergänzt mit verzögerten Bläsereinlagen und Vocalparts.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

18,45 €
Mark de Clive-Lowe - past present (tone poems across time)
  • 1: forgiveness
  • 2: embrace
  • 3: present past
  • 4: compassion
  • 5: reflection
  • 6: past present
  • 7: revelation
  • 8: peace
  • 9: heart
  • 10: gratitude
  • 11: acceptance
BBE803ALP
BBE Music
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopJazzElectronica

past present (tone poems across time)" is Mark de Clive-Lowe's exquisite new solo album and his debut for Greg Boraman's Impressive Collective label in partnership with BBE Music. Previously the pair released the Pharoah Sanders tribute album 'Freedom', and the equally lauded 'Hotel San Claudio' in collaboration with Shigeto & Melanie Charles. A deeply personal sonic exploration by Mark, "past present" is a reflection on family, heritage, and healing which was created in tandem with retracing his late father’s journey across Japan 70 years ago. The project is a collection of ambient jazz, emotional cinematic soundscapes that weave analog synths with field recordings from Japanese sacred sites and nature locations. "past present” partially came into existence thanks to the perseverance of producer, percussionist and Mark’s friend Carlos Niño, who after experiencing Mark's multi-layered motifs in the studio and in live contexts over many years explains, "I kept hearing him make an album like this, I kept telling him that he needed to, and that it would be his best album yet. Subtle, poetic, solo, texturally rhythmic, expressive, full of rippling layers, and arrangements representing such profound thoughts, feelings, relationships, and memories". Mark also took on board Carlos' recommendation of recording the bulk of "past present" at Ken Barrientos’ analog synth studio, 'The Breath' in Pomona, California - where he utilized no less than 22 different keyboards to create the ethereal and engaging soundscapes across all 11 tracks, also intertwining his own field recordings made during a long, explorative stay in Japan. Being such an individual and personal concept, it was only correct that Mark wrote the extensive album liner notes, to fully illustrate the decades-long backstory to this stunning collection. Mark completes the album's presentation using archive images from his family's private photo collection - an entire process he likens to time travel and signs off to the listener by stating that he hopes "it takes you on your own journey of imagination and reflection, leading to unexpected places, just as it has for me

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

34,03 €
Painting - Snapshot Of Pure Attention (LP)
  • A1: AI, Absolutely!
  • A2: White On White
  • A3: WYWAYWG
  • B1: Helping Others
  • B2: Momento
  • B3: Benevolent Dictator
SR111LP
SINNBUS
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopIndie

Das Berliner Avantgarde Pop Trio Painting veröffentlicht sein zweites Album 'Snapshot Of Pure Attention' und gibt darauf der KI eine menschliche Stimme!

Eine atemberaubend unberechenbare Kollision aus Punk-Energie, Math-Rock Taktarten, treibenden Techno-Beats, expressiven Free-Jazz Saxophon-Soli, kraftvollen Synthesizern und sich überschlagendem Call-and-Response-Gesang: 'Snapshot Of Pure Attention' ist das berauschende zweite Album des Berliner Trios Painting. Es ist der zu Recht mit Spannung erwartete Nachfolger des hochgelobten Debütalbums 'Painting Is Dead' von 2022, für das sie vom Rolling Stone als die "tollste neue Band, die man gegenwärtig in der deutschen Pop-Avantgarde findet" gefeiert werden.

Aus einem vielfältigen Spektrum von experimentellem Rock über elektronische Avant-Garde Sounds bis hin zu Leftfield Pop, Techno und Jazz schöpfend, ist die Musik von Painting ein sich ständig veränderndes, erfrischendes Kaleidoskop von Klängen, das aus den engen Grenzen konventionellen Songwritings ausbricht.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

22,65 €
THE MONOCHROME SET - LOST WEEKEND
  • 01: JACOB'S LADDER
  • 02: SUGARPLUM
  • 03: CARGO
  • 04: TAKE FOZ
  • 05: LETTER FROM VIOLA
  • 06: DON'T TOUCH
  • 07: THE TWITCH
  • 08: WALLFLOWER
  • 09: STARRY NOWHERE
  • 10: BOOM BOOM
  • 11: COWBOY COUNTRY
TRLE5931
Tapete
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

Pop

In many ways this is The Monochrome Set"s él Records album. Definitely not a rock album, more eclectic, with influences spanning the 1920"s to the early 1960"s. On this Album Bid is crafting his skills as a songwriter: the minimalist "Cowboy Country" could be a Burt Bacharach song without the orchestra, "Sugarplum" a Hoagy Carmichael song but with a pop group, "Jacob"s Ladder" an early 1960"s twangtastic beat song. There is a tangible Latin influence throughout the album, even a little Flamenco, especially on the songs "Cargo" and "Don"t Touch", all with a feather light touch. The very sparse and light nature of the album probably worked against it commercially in an 80"s world of heavy drums, rock guitar and New Romantic synths. 40 years later the quality of the songwriting shines through.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

26,68 €
AZUZENA - LIBERACION
  • EL OASIS DEL AMOR
  • ROMPERáS SU CORAZóN
  • SUPER STAR
  • UNA PEQUEÑA MOVIDA
  • SALVAJE Y CRUEL
  • A LOS DIOSES DEL METAL
  • DISFRUTA ESTA NOCHE
  • DESFILAN LOS AÑOS
  • NACIDA PARA MATAR
  • SUPER STAR
  • SALVAJE Y CRUEL LIVE '84
BEAT113
Beat Generation
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopHeavy-Metal

Vinyl repress of the sought after second album by Azuzena, queen of Spanish Heavy Metal. A powerful return to her Metal roots originally released in 1989. Originally released in 1989, "Liberación" is the long out of print second album by Metal Queen and ex-Santa frontwoman Azuzena. After a disappointing first effort, "Liberación" meant a return to true Heavy Metal form by Azuzena, a powerful statement and the great, last album by this legendary woman. Includes two bonus tracks, remastered audio, new cover and a foldout inner sleeve with extensive liner notes. Limited edition of 300 copies.












[j] SUPER STAR [VERSIóN JOMEINI]

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

24,79 €
THE SEX ORGANS - INTERGALACTIC SEX TOURISTS
  • FOREPLAY
  • OUTER SPACE
  • TONIGHT
  • LUBRICATON
  • CAMEL TOE TWIST
  • DROWNING
  • I WANNA BE A PUSSY
  • ITCH
  • ORGASMS
  • EARTH BLUES
  • FUCK OFF
VR12198
Voodoo Rhythm
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopRock

Vinyl-Reissue des Sex-Organs Debut! Mit DLC und Insert! PURE & DIRTY SEX'N'ROLL + DIRTY GARAGE FROM OUTER SPACE GESPIELT VON ZWEI GENITALIEN! THIS IS NOT ONLY A RECORD - IT'S A WHOLE RADIO PLAY !!! THE SEX ORGANS durchquerten mutig und zielorientiert zigtausend Lichtjahre, um als intergalaktische Sex-Touristen auf unserem Planeten Erde zu landen und ihre Mission SEX & ROLL unter die Menschen zu bringen! Primitive anarchische Schlagzeug-Beats gepaart mit schreienden verzerrten Gitarren und schamlosen Texten! Dafür haben sie sich als erstes mit ihrem Raumschiff nach Italien ins OUTSIDE INSIDE Studio gebeamt und kurzerhand den famosen Produzenten Matt Bordin genötigt ein Meisterwerk aufzunehmen. Um die Weltherrschaft zu erlangen sind sie damit sogleich in die Schweiz ins VOODOO RHYTHM RECORDS Headquarter gepilgert, wo sie Beat- Man verführt und entführt haben, damit dieser mit seinen internationalen Vertriebszweigen den ganzen Globus mit diesem musikalischen Höhepunkt infiziert. Ein bekannter Journalist, der lieber nicht genannt werden wiil, hat dieses XXL-Genitalien-Duo auf einer ihrer orgastischen Welt-Tourneen begleitet und auf Tonband festgehalten, was die Welt zu dieser Sex-Invasion zu sagen hat... zu hören auf diesem Album! Futuristic Primitive Rock n' Roll Trash Garage Science Mono as Fuck !!!

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

18,70 €
Group Listening - Tell Everyone Everything
PRAH079LP
PRAH RECORDINGS
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

TechnoTechnoExperimental

Following the success of last year’s Walks - their first album of completely original compositions - Group Listening release a new 12” vinyl of Tell Everyone Everything via PRAH Recordings.

The title track and artwork are informed by decay, expiration and musical renewal.

“The title comes from a music festival that happened a few years back in Bristol. A really small DIY festival, called Tell Everyone Everything. I really liked the title - so I stole it. The name stuck in my mind as something very open and positive - a radical action. It could be taken as a proposal for progressive change, or a revolutionary art manifesto,” explains Paul Jones.

“The cover art is a photo that I took a long time ago somewhere on a beach in Sir Benfro (Pembrokeshire). The colours are all weird because it was taken on a very expired roll of Kodachrome. It’s sort of eerie. The bucket and spade had just been left there. It was one of the last ever rolls of Kodachrome to be processed, I snuck it into the developers on the last month they were still open, just before the very last processing plant was shut down forever.”

The release features remixes by both Ancient Plastix (who the duo toured with in 2024) and Loggsplitter. The band were delighted with the results: “I loved watching Ancient Plastix every night and was thrilled when he agreed to remix our song. It turned out great too”, says Stephen. Of the Loggsplitter remix Paul says: “It’s like a hot blast of compressed air travelling across the downs from a ravers airhorn. Lush”

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

18,45 €
THE DELINES - MR. LUCK & MS. DOOM
DECORLP70
Decor
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopRock

Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom is the Delines most realized and strongest album to date, a record of romantic misfits and grifters who live out of suitcases and cars, who can"t seem to settle down, who hope that in the next town or city will be the score that saves them. Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom features the stalwart Delines line up: Amy Boone on vocals, Cory Gray on horns and keyboards, Sean Oldham on drums, Freddy Trujillo on bass, and Willy Vlautin on guitar. The record features Amy Boone"s lush, world worn voice, the cinematic production skills of Askew, and the horn and string arrangement of Delines keyboardist and trumpeter, Cory Gray. This is wide screen, CinemaScope, Delines at their best.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

24,79 €
Chick Corea - Piano Improvisations Vol.1
6523450
ECM Records
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopJazz

ECMs bahnbrechende Präsentation von Soloklaviermusik war eines der genreverändernden Experimente der
frühen 1970er Jahre, und diese wunderschön aufgenommene Session, die Chick Corea im April 1971 im
Osloer Bendiksen Studio aufnahm, markierte den Beginn dieser neuen Entwicklung. Piano Improvisations
Vol. 1 hat längst den Status eines Klassikers erreicht. Es enthält mit ”Sometime Ago” einen Vorgeschmack
auf die reichhaltig melodische und lateinamerikanisch angehauchte Musik, die Chick ein Jahr später in der
ersten Return To Forever-Band einführen sollte, aber die meisten Stücke hier wurden einfach aus dem
Äther gezogen. Corea, so stellte sich heraus, hatte die unheimliche Fähigkeit, in Echtzeit vollwertige
Kompositionen zu formen. Corea: ”Dies war eine intensive Zeit der Entdeckung für mich. Die Aufnahmen
der Piano Improvisations sind spontan im Studio entstanden. Ich nahm die nächste Idee auf, die mir in
den Sinn kam, spielte sie ein und betitelte sie dann später. Das war damals eine neue Art des Schaffens
für mich. Ich war mir nicht sicher, wie das Ergebnis aussehen würde – aber ich hatte einfach Spaß
daran, es auszuprobieren, um zu sehen, was passieren würde…” Diese Begeisterung ist in der von Manfred
Eicher produzierten Aufnahme spürbar. Die Luminessence-Vinyl-Ausgabe von Piano Improvisations Vol.
1 erscheint in einem Gatefold-Klappcover mit Chicks eigenen Anmerkungen sowie einem Text von Neil
Tesser, der die Wirkung der Musik in ihrem historischen Kontext beleuchtet.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

34,03 €
Tony Williams - Civilization
6514971
CM BLUE NOTE
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopJazz

Mit dem Album “Life Time”, nach dem er wenig später seine bahnbrechende Fusion-Band benannte, startete
Tony Williams 1964 seine Solokarriere bei Blue Note. Der damals 18-Jährige präsentierte sich darauf nicht
nur als enorm druckvoller Schlagzeuger, sondern auch als erstaunlich gewiefter Komponist. Zwanzig Jahre
später kehrte er zu dem Label zurück, um mit einem modernen, akustischen Hardbop-Quintett auf Alben
wie “Civilization” wieder dort anzuknüpfen.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

25,63 €
Miles Davis All-Stars - Walkin’
7266258
Craft Recordings
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopJazz

”Walkin’”, 1957 veröffentlicht, vereint Davis’ Aufnahmen, die drei Jahre zuvor als Miles Davis All-Star
Sextet und Miles Davis Quintet eingespielt wurden. Wenig überraschend präsentiert es eine erstklassige
Besetzung, darunter Saxophonist Lucky Thompson, Schlagzeuger Kenny Clarke und Pianist Horace Silver.
Der Titelsong war aus gutem Grund bei Davis’ Live-Auftritten in ständiger Rotation: Es ist ein geschmeidiges, schimmerndes Beispiel für Hard Bop-Blues, der Davis’ Führung folgt. Der nächste Track des Albums,
”Blue ’N’ Boogie”, ist dagegen eine showmäßige, lebhafte Antwort auf die entspannte Leichtigkeit von
”Walkin’”. Und der herausragende letzte Track, ”Love Me or Leave Me”, ist in seiner Frenetik noch entrückter.
”Walkin’” ist besonders interessant, da es Davis’ allmähliche Abkehr von Bebop-Konventionen illustriert.
”Miles Davis’ Album ’Walkin” ist eines jener Alben, die in jeder Jazz-Sammlung zu finden sein sollten”,
bemerkte Jazzwise. ”Hier sind Davis’ Soli der Inbegriff von ’weniger ist mehr’.”
Auf allen Plattformen ab dem 18. April erhältlich!

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

34,03 €
KIPPIE MOKETSI - HARD TOP LP 2x12"
ASA105
AS-SHAMS
2x12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopJazzWorld Music

Limited edition of 500 copies.

Hard Top assembles the previously unreleased 1975 recordings of legendary South African saxophonist Kippie Moketsi (also spelled Moeketsi). The 2LP vinyl edition is presented in a gatefold sleeve featuring artwork by Mafa Ngwenya and comes from As-Shams Archive on the heels of the Tete Mbambisa's previously unreleased African Day album in 2024.

By 1975, at the age of 50, saxophonist Kippie Moketsi had already earned his stripes as a South African jazz figurehead. His tenure with the Jazz Epistles and the cast of the "South African Jazz Opera" King Kong in the late-1950s had not only marked his own rise to fame but also seen him help catalyse the ambitions of a younger generation of iconic artists who would go on to become the defining figures of modern South African jazz. While he didn't enjoy the same international attention as his protégés Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela and Abdullah Ibrahim, his humble and challenging career on the local jazz scene until his death in 1983 saw him forge an enduring legacy.

Owing to the efforts of record producer Rashid Vally, Kippie Moketsi's journey through the 1970s is beautifully documented, most notably on the albums Dollar Brand + 3 (1973), Tshona! (1975) and Blue Stompin' (1977), in which he shares the spotlight with Abdullah Ibrahim, Pat Matshikiza and Hal Singer respectively. As a featured performer on Soul of the City's Diagonal Street (1975) and Dennis Maple's Our Boys are Doing It (1977), Moketsi is seen embracing the popular orientations of South African jazz in 1970s but, having come up in the 1940s and 1950s, he never forgot his roots as a dedicated admirer and scholar of traditional American jazz.

While Moketsi did write some memorable compositions, it was in the role of interpreter that he shone most brightly. With its title derived from a good-natured nickname that nodded to Moketsi's elder status by way of his receding hairline, Hard Top is a covers album that looks back in time to the era of rhythm and blues while also indulging 1970s pop and funk with a decidedly South African vibe. Officially joining Kippie Moketsi's catalogue 50 years after it was recorded, Hard Top provides an opportunity to celebrate the multiple dimensions of a South African jazz legend and reflect on the unwavering support of his fan, producer and friend Rashid Vally, who passed away in December 2024.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

28,36 €
Neil Young - Coastal Soundtrack
  • 01: I’m The Ocean
  • 02: Comes A Time
  • 03: Love Earth
  • 04: Prime Of Life
  • 05: Throw Your Hatred Down
  • Side Two
  • 01: Vampire Blues
  • 02: When I Hold You In My Arms
  • 03: Expecting To Fly
  • 04: Song X
  • 05: I Am A Child
  • 06: Don’t Forget Love
0093624838777
Reprise Records
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopSoundtrack

Neil Young and Reprise Records announce the 18th April release of Coastal: The Soundtrack, featuring 11 live recordings from the tour film of the same name

Coastal is a personal, behind-the-scenes documentary on Neil Young as he cruises the coast on his 2023 solo US tour. The film gives an intimate view of the maverick musician, as he navigates a return to the stage post-Covid. From his everyday observations on the bus to his candid banter with his audience. Coastal is a rare peek behind the curtain of this unguarded iconoclast. The film was shot and directed by Daryl Hannah.
Coastal: The Soundtrack features 11 Neil Young songs including "Song X", "Vampire Blues" "Expecting To Fly", "Throw Your Hatred Down", "I Am A Child", and "Prime of Life". The album is released on black vinyl, limited edition clear vinyl (includes poster), CD and digitally.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

28,99 €
Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson - What Did The Blackbird Say To The Crow
  • 1: Rain Crow
  • 2: Brown’s Dream
  • 3: Hook and Line
  • 4: Pumpkin Pie
  • 5: Duck’s Eyeball
  • 6: Ryestraw
  • 7: Little Brown Jug
  • 8: Going to Raleigh
  • 9: Country Waltz
  • 10: Molly Put the Kettle On
  • 11: Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
  • 12: John Henry
  • 13: Love Somebody
  • 14: Ebenezer
  • 15: Old Joe Clark
  • 16: Old Molly Hare
  • 17: Marching Jaybird
  • 18: Walkin’ in the Parlor
0075597896756
NONESUCH
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopFolk

Rhiannon Giddens reunites with her former Carolina Chocolate Drops bandmate Justin Robinson on What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow, an album of North Carolina fiddle and banjo music. Produced by Giddens and Joseph "joebass" DeJarnette, the album features Giddens on banjo and Robinson on fiddle, with the duo playing eighteen of their favourite North Carolina tunes: a mix of instrumentals and tunes with words.

Many were learned from their late mentor, the legendary North Carolina Piedmont musician Joe Thompson; one is from another musical hero, the late Etta Baker, from whom they also learned by listening to recordings of her playing. Giddens and Robinson recorded the album outdoors and on location at Thompson’s and Baker’s North Carolina homes, as well as the former plantation Mill Prong House. They were accompanied by the sounds of nature, including two different broods of cicadas, which had not emerged simultaneously since 1803, creating a true once-in-a-lifetime soundscape. The duo, along with four other string musicians including the multi-instrumentalist Dirk Powell, will embark on the Rhiannon Giddens & The Old-Time Revue North America tour in April.

“With the assaults on reality going on in the world today, we wanted to offer another kind of record, like walking back onto a gravel or dirt road while a stampede goes the other way,” Giddens says. “With the cicada choir, this record could’ve only happened at a certain time in the last 120 years. We doubled down on place, time, realness, and old-fashioned front porch music. It’s a reminder that another way exists, with music made for your community’s enjoyment and for dancing–not solely for commercial purposes.

“What is the role of music in our society?” she wonders. “How do we de-couple it from unfettered capitalism, where music is a product and musicians are incidental? How do we use the tools and system that we have been bequeathed in a way that reminds us of other ways of being?” Robinson adds, "Recording this album felt like being back in the saddle. Just this time Joe is not here, and his fiddle is under my chin. The album is about home, the cicadas, the storms, the music, and the people who make it feel like home."

Thompson was one of the last musicians of his era and his community to carry on the southern Black string band tradition. He played a crucial role in the lives of Giddens and Robinson, who, along with their Carolina Chocolate Drops bandmate Dom Flemons, spent their formative years learning from Thompson in traditional apprentice/mentor relationships. His influence has guided all of their artistic journeys as well as their mission to keep the legacy of the Black string band tradition alive.

In further tribute to Giddens’ North Carolina roots, What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow will arrive just a week before Biscuits & Banjos, the inaugural edition of her first festival, which highlights the deep roots and enduring legacy of Black music, art, and culture while fostering community and storytelling. The sold-out festival will feature a much-anticipated Carolina Chocolate Drops reunion, their first performance together in more than a decade.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

32,35 €
C'MON TIGRE - C'MON TIGRE LP 2x12"
  • Rabat
  • Federation Tunisienne De Football
  • Fan for a Twenty Years Old Human BeingB
  • A World Of Wonder
  • C'mon Tigre
  • December C
  • Commute
  • Queen In A
  • Life As A Preened Tuxedo JacketD
  • Building Society - The Great Collapse
  • Building Society - Renovation
  • Welcome Back Monkeys
  • Malta (The Bird And The Bear)
CS11
Modulor Records
2x12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopJazz

Drawing inspiration from a wide range of cultures and musical traditions, C"mon Tigre is a dynamic duo that developsits identity into a collective of musicians and artists from all over the world. Along the years, they have collaborated with musicians such as Colin Stetson, Seun Kuti, Arto Lindsay, Xênia França and artists Gianluigi Toccafondo, Harri Peccinotti, Danijel Zezelj and Paolo Pellegrin to name a few. TEN, which stands for Tenth Edition Newness, is an expanded edition of their iconic Self Titled debutalbum, which was initially publishedin 2015 through Africantape on a limitedvinyl pressing. It sold out quickly, was later repressedby the band and sold out again. Today, it finds its chance to be reissued with the Computer Students_äó treatment. Fans will love this remastered version, which sounds substantially better than the original. The album"s expansion features a slightly altered record cover in addition to a 12-page booklet with a number of writings and images. TEN will be offered on double blackvinyl, audiophile quality pressing 180-gram, inside a gatefold cover. The entire package is housed in a unique heat-sealed aluminum Type-2 foil bag, courtesy of Computer Students_äó.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

43,49 €
Merzbow - Collection 001-010 (LP 10x1" Box + Book)
  • Collection 001 - 001 A 23:46
  • Collection 001 - 001 B 23:48
  • Collection 002 - 002 A 18:12
  • Collection 002 - 002 B 20:54
  • Collection 003 - 003 A 22:14
  • Collection 003 - 003 B1 09:33
  • Collection 003 - 003 B2 05:25
  • Collection 004 - 004 A 16:11
  • Collection 004 - 004 B1 07:08
  • Collection 004 - 004 B2 09:52
  • Collection 005 - 005 A1 08:38
  • Collection 005 - 005 A2 08:54
  • Collection 005 - 005 B1 07:14
  • Collection 005 - 005 B2 03:53
  • Collection 005 - 005 B3 03:57
  • Collection 005 - 005 B4 04:03
  • Collection 006 - 006 A1 17:35
  • Collection 006 - 006 A2 05:12
  • Collection 006 - 006 B 23:12
  • Collection 007 - Merzrock B1 + Dubbing 5 11:21
  • Collection 007 - Merzrock A1 + Anemic Pop 1 02:00
  • Collection 007 - Merzrock A1 + Anemic Pop 2 08:32
  • Collection 007 - E-Study #3-1 + Merzsolo 1 15:49
  • Collection 007 - E-Study #3-1 + Merzsolo 2 05:58
  • Collection 008 - Concrete Tape PH#1~ 05:19
  • Collection 008 - E8 A1 + 006 A1 06:03
  • Collection 008 - Merzsolo 10/6.81 A1 10:36
  • Collection 008 - E8 B2/Concrete Tape PH#1~ 06:28
  • Collection 008 - Sans Titre Merz 1 + Tape Loops 04:54
  • Collection 008 E6 A3 + Concrete Tape PH#1~ 06:46
  • Collection 008 - Merzsolo 10/6.81 A5 + Violin 03:21
  • Collection 009 - N.A.M.4 + E-8 06:11
  • Collection 009 - Telecom 1/3 + N.A.M.5 17:32
  • Collection 009 - E-3-1-1 11:24
  • Collection 009 - E-3-1-2 01:50
  • Collection 009 - Tape Loop + Noise 1 (Concrete Tapes) 02:39
  • Collection 009 - Tape Loop + Noise 2 (Concrete Tapes) 04:25
  • Collection 010 - 007 B1 + Ah Corps 11:47
  • Collection 010 - E3 B2 + Ah Corps 11:28
  • Collection 010 - N.A.M.6 With Radio & Tapes 22:47
UMA_X
Urashima
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopElectronica

Carrying on their longstanding dedication to the seminal output of Merzbow, Urashima returns with what is unquestionably their most ambitious release to date: “Collection 001-010”, a deluxe, 10 LP vinyl box set limited to 299 copies, gathering together the entirety of the project’s first ten releases, originally released in 1981. Encountering the band in its early incarnation of the duo of Masami Akita and Kiyoshi Mizutani, raw, exposed and bristling with energy, foreshadowing numerous trajectories they would follow over the coming years, these astounding full lengths - the majority of which have never been released on vinyl - come housed in a beautifully produced, deluxe wooden box, with each LP in its own individual sleeve reproducing the original artwork, and a LP-sized 32-page book containing reproductions of artworls and collages by Masami Akita, an interview conducted by Jim O'Rourke, and liner notes penned by Lasse Marhaug, Thurston Moore, and Akita himself, amounting to what is unquestionably one of the most historically significant releases we’re likely to encounter in 2025.

Deluxe Edition of 299 copies, remastered from the original analog tapes by Masami Akita, each LP comes in its individual sleeve reproducing the original artwork, also includes a LP-sized 32-page book. ** Since its founding during the late 2000s, the Italian imprint, Urashima, has become a definitive voice in the landscape of noise. Bringing forth beautiful limited edition releases, they’ve sculpted a singular vision of one of the most vibrant and revolutionary bodies of experimental sound to have graced the globe. Among the many projects that they have supported over the decades, there has been an undeniable dedication to the output of the seminal Japanese noise outfit, Merzbow, making a significant amount of the project’s out of print back catalog available across a range of formats. Now they return with what is arguably their most stunning and ambitious release dedicated to the project to date: “Collection 001-010”, gathering the entirety of Merzbow’s first ten releases, largely privately released by the band on cassette across 1981, in a deluxe, 10 LP vinyl box set. Representing what is effectively ground zero in Japanese noise and collectively amounting to some of the most sought after releases ever produced within that movement, Urashima’s truly beautiful collection comes fully remastered by Masami Akita himself from the original tapes, presenting all but a small number in their first ever vinyl pressings, with each LP housed in its own individual sleeve reproducing the original artwork, alongside a LP-sized 32-page book containing reproductions of artworks and collages by Masami Akita, an interview conducted by Jim O'Rourke, and liner notes penned by Lasse Marhaug, Thurston Moore and Akita himself. Towering with energy and groundbreaking creative vision, within the realms of noise and experimental music, releases don’t get more monumental or historically important than this!

Merzbow came roaring onto the Tokyo scene in 1979, and remains, to this day, one of the most prolific and aggressively forward-thinking projects in experimental music. Eventually becoming the solo vehicle for the efforts of Masami Akita, in its earliest incarnation the project was the duo of Akita and Kiyoshi Mizutani, taking their name from German artist Kurt Schwitters' pre-war architectural assemblage, The Cathedral of Erotic Misery or Merzbau, and quickly set out to challenge entrenched notions of what music could be. Embracing technology and the machine, even in its earliest iterations, Merzbow pushed toward new territories of the extreme, arriving at a space of pure, unadulterated sonic onslaught that has continued, for over 40 years, to set the pace for the entire genre of noise, and has remained one of the movement’s most important, definitive voices, continuously laying the groundwork for countless artists who have followed in its wake.

When dealing with historical gestures, there’s an invertible aura surrounding original line-ups and early statements, and rightfully so. It is often within a band’s debut that we catch the purest glimpse of the raw energy and creative ferment that made them what they are. This is certainly the case when regarding the coveted early releases of Merzbow, capturing the emergence of the project in its form as the duo of Masami Akita and Kiyoshi Mizutani as they helped set the blue print from the then emerging movement of Japanese noise. Over the course of its nearly five decades of activity, Merzbow has always been noted for how prolific and ambitious the project is. This was no less the case in the very beginning. While they were active for roughly two years prior, in 1981 alone they issued ten self-released cassettes numerically titled “Collection 001-010”, albums which have both individually and collectively become holy grails in the realms of noise, with only two - “Collection 007” and “Collection 009” - ever receiving vinyl reissues prior to now.

As Lasse Marhaug deftly articulates in the newly commissioned liner notes for “Collection 001-010”, despite having been recorded in different location across a span of time, the sum total of Merzbow’s first ten releases might be best regarded as a single release to be listened to in the same, durational sitting, with the material standing well apart from what most came to expect from Merzbow, while foreshadowing numerous trajectories the project would take over the coming years. Not only do these recordings feature a vast array of instrumentation - tapes, acoustic and electric guitar, violin, drums, voice, recorder, organ, found sounds, clarinet, homemade and prepared instruments, a vast arsenal of effects and electronics, and piano, to only begin to scratch the surface - the majority of which would disappear from the project’s active sources of sound generation over the subsequent years, but there is a slow pacing and raw sense of openness and exposure that reveals strong connections to the avant-garde improvisations of groups like AMM, Musica Elettronica Viva, and Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, the psychedelia of groups like Taj Mahal Travellers and Flower Traveling band (both of whom Akita mentions having seen in youth within his interview with Jim O’Rourke), and rock in general - albeit in fully abstracted forms - unspooling as brittle, pointillistic, textural, raw and abrasive forms, that occasionally flirts with unexpected tonal sensibilities. As Marhaug describes it in his excellent liner notes: «Sonically, “Collection” sounds more sparse and stripped. It’s dry sounding, up-front, no reverb, and there’s less heavy low-end grime and thin on the signature frequency sweeps. Viewed in a 1981 context, musically, it’s more akin to what the LAFMS (Los Angeles Free Music Society) pool of artists were doing at that time than what was happening in industrial music... There’s a strong playfulness throughout, like the sound objects are being explored for the first time, without neither restraint nor hurry. Events are allowed to be fully examined before the music moves on, or simply cuts off. To a large degree, the music on “Collection” feels acoustic in nature, although a Electro-Harmonix ring-modulator features prominently throughout.»

Easily described as a rarely encountered revelation into the original and earlier documented studio sound of Merzbow, “Collection 001-010” collectively amounts to an engrossing sonic journey in its own right, while also allowing for important, often overlooked connections drawn from numerous other creative wellsprings, notably free jazz, underground rock, the output of European and Japanese avant-garde music, as well as Dada, Fluxus, and Mail Art, much of which, beyond the illumination made possible by the sounds, Jim O’Rourke’s fantastic interview with Akita, published in the booklet, further explores, offering great insights into the origins of Merzbow and the thinking behind the project, as well as aspects of the earliest days of Japanese noise.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

288,19 €
Rindert Lammers - Thank You Kirin Kiki
  • 01: Summer in Shibuya
  • 02: Opening Credits
  • 03: Thank You Kirin Kiki
  • 04: Thank You Hiroshi Yoshimura
  • 05: Closing Credits
WV281LP
Western Vinyl
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

PopJazzBeatsAmbient

Rindert Lammers' debut album is a heartfelt exploration of gratitude, blending personal narratives with cinematic imagery in a serene and soulful ambient jazz style. Inspired by Japanese cinema and the raw authenticity of YouTube confessions, the album captures a mood of introspection and appreciation. Central to the album is the track "Thank You, Kirin Kiki," which draws from a powerful scene in the film Shopliers. Lammers explains "It's one of my favorites. The Japanese actress Kirin Kiki plays the grandmother of a ‘chosen family’, all of whom have fled or lost their own families in some way. In this scene, one of her last scenes before her (real) death, Kirin Kiki (the grandmother) looks at her family and says, 'Thank You!' twice towards the children and the sea. Kirin Kiki improvised these words on the spot, and it's such a poignant moment in the film, but also indicative of her impending death. I found the gratitude so moving it fit perfectly with the gratitude I found in the voice clip from "Thank You Hiroshi Yoshimura. "The fourth song, "Thank You Hiroshi Yoshimura," opens with a voice clip that acts almost as the protagonist of a film, reflecting on a turbulent time of sleeping in parks and on the streets. This voiceover was inspired by a comment on a Hiroshi Yoshimura video on YouTube that began, “This album reminds me of...” Lammers noticed the deeply personal responses le on these videos, so he recorded various similar YouTube comments from people around the world, initially intending to set them to music. Though much of this idea evolved, this particular voice clip remained a central influence, ultimately inspiring a cinematic journey within the album. "Summer in Shibuya" sets the scene as a trailer, "Opening Credits" introduces the narrative, and "Closing Credits" gently brings it to a close. While there’s a Japanese and Tokyo theme running through the tracks, Lammers doesn’t view the album as a tribute to Japan or Tokyo specifically—he’s never visited and admits to knowing only fragments of the culture. Yet he's drawn to Japanese environmental music and is an avid Murakami reader, seeing Japan as a powerful, visual inspiration in his mind’s eye. In a way, the album is also his “thank you” to the beautiful art that Japan has shared with the world.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

26,68 €
Mamuthones - From Word to Flesh
  • 1: Burn From Inside
  • 2: A Cage Full Of Sins
  • 3: Can't Be Done
  • 4: Before You Leave
  • 5: A Symmetry of Faith
  • 6: Son Of Myself
  • 7: Carry On
LAUNCH388
Rocket Recordings
12inch18.04.202518.APR.25

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How does one approach the morning after a party for the end of the world? This is a question which Mamuthones had to ask themselves, in the wake of their last album for Rocket, 2018's Fear On The Corner. Nonetheless, from the aftermath of this uncertain period has risen the still more flourishing realm of From Word To Flesh - a colourful and multi-faceted creation very much befitting the outsider spirit of Rocket's new Black Hole imprint. “I believe that with this album a circle has been closed” reflects Mamuthones mainman Alessio Gastaldello. “We returned to the atmosphere of the first Mamuthones albums with the skills acquired throughout the journey, with new sounds and with new creative processes. I would say that what remains constant – and at the core of our music – is the obsessive rhythms and the search for a sonic rituality: this is for certain our trademark”. This is clear right from the curtain raiser 'Burn From Inside', which beams the emotive approach of the band through the shamanic prism of Coil's Ape Of Naples. From there, hypnotic repetition marries to abstract abrasion and mournful laments with equal finesse, as redolent of the spiritual zest of Popol Vuh and Ash Ra Tempel as the gnostic folk of Six Organs Of Admittance. Elsewhere, 'A Symmetry Of Faith' summons a union of post-punk and psychically charged folk aligned with the recent work of Bristol's Beak. The Sardinian ritual of the Mamuthones – in which sinister masked figures weighed down with cattle bells conduct a ceremonial procession to ward off evil forces - has gone on for some two thousand years, and it may be that these ghoulish avatars are engaged in a celebration of the endless cycles of death and rebirth, fortifying spirits for a new epoch. Amidst the chaos and tumult of the 2020s, the band of this name has undergone just such a change themselves, and ‘From Word To Flesh’ is the fruit of their struggle. As Alessio says “With this album I think the Mamuthones have never been so unmediated, so naked: all masks gone”

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

24,79 €
Thee Baby Cuffs & Cold Diamond & Mink - There Ain't Enough Roses
  • A1: There Ain’t Enough Roses
  • B2: Instrumental
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Black Vinyl[10,04 €]


TR754C1
Timmion Records
7"-Vinyl18.04.202518.APR.25

Hip-HopR & BSoulPopJazz

Authentic group soul harmony that is guaranteed to appeal to fans of downtempo soul ballads. Accompanied with an instrumental version, where the flute plays the lead vocal melody. A recognizable continuation to the previous collaboration between the singers and the Cold Diamond & Mink band. If there’s a group in this age that faithfully carries the torch of real group soul harmony, it must be these three cats from the US west coast by the name of Thee Baby Cuffs. Currently composed of Joe Narvaez and Reality Jonez, the trio prances on the stage with their new song “There Ain’t Enough Roses”. Produced together with the Timmion house band Cold Diamond & Mink, these gentlemen lay down pure soulful romantics enough to fill a jacuzzi. Even though they seem to be walking out from the candy and flower shop empty handed to meet their lover, they are equipped with lyrics and falsetto flows that can melt any heart. Continuing with their tried and tested downtempo ballad style, Thee Baby Cuffs deliver a soul boulder just as potent as their previous Timmion releases “My My Baby” and “You’re My Reason”, not to forget the brilliant work that they have put out on the Raza Del Soul label from California. So hop on in the passenger’s seat and let Thee Baby Cuffs serenade you all the way to the sunset. In case you’re more for the instrumentals, flip the single over to reveal the flute-led version that’ll send you to that sweet Steve Parks lowrider territory in no time.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

10,88 €
Thee Baby Cuffs & Cold Diamond & Mink - There Ain't Enough Roses
TR754
Timmion Records
7"-Vinyl18.04.202518.APR.25

Hip-HopR & BSoulPopJazz

Authentic group soul harmony that is guaranteed to appeal to fans of downtempo soul ballads. Accompanied with an instrumental version, where the flute plays the lead vocal melody. A recognizable continuation to the previous collaboration between the singers and the Cold Diamond & Mink band. If there’s a group in this age that faithfully carries the torch of real group soul harmony, it must be these three cats from the US west coast by the name of Thee Baby Cuffs. Currently composed of Joe Narvaez and Reality Jonez, the trio prances on the stage with their new song “There Ain’t Enough Roses”. Produced together with the Timmion house band Cold Diamond & Mink, these gentlemen lay down pure soulful romantics enough to fill a jacuzzi. Even though they seem to be walking out from the candy and flower shop empty handed to meet their lover, they are equipped with lyrics and falsetto flows that can melt any heart. Continuing with their tried and tested downtempo ballad style, Thee Baby Cuffs deliver a soul boulder just as potent as their previous Timmion releases “My My Baby” and “You’re My Reason”, not to forget the brilliant work that they have put out on the Raza Del Soul label from California. So hop on in the passenger’s seat and let Thee Baby Cuffs serenade you all the way to the sunset. In case you’re more for the instrumentals, flip the single over to reveal the flute-led version that’ll send you to that sweet Steve Parks lowrider territory in no time.

pre-order now18 Apr 2025

expected to be published on 18 Apr 2025

10,04 €

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