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Auntie Flo - Green City Repress‬

“Track Of The Year”
- DJ History’s coveted ‘Furtive 50

“Track Of The Year”
- Disco Pogo

“Track Of The Year”
- Luke Una


Undoubtedly one of 2024’s Tracks of the Year, Green City by Auntie Flo's (aka Brian d'Souza), has been repressed! With original copies selling out on release day and now going for over £100 on Discogs, we’ve repressed it with another limited 300 copy run.

"A spine tingling spiritual balearic bomb - this is very special, magical, beautiful - it’s just outrageously good” Luke Una

This time, we’ve added a brand new extended version of Aker The Lion God on the b-side, with Auntie Flo applying the Green City extended dub formula to turn this track into a psychedelic balearic monster, in homage to the late-great proto-acid composer Charanjit Singh.

“Pachanga Boys with Soul”
- Ransom Note

Both tracks are taken from Auntie Flo’s acclaimed 2024 album In My Dreams (I’m a Bird and I’m Free). With copies of Green City selling out on release day, don’t sleep on this limited repress.

Catch Auntie Flo play In My Dreams live in London 29th March 2025

A State of Flo supports Earth Percent. 10% of the revenue generated from this release will be paid to environmental charities.

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Sad Lovers & Giants - Singles Collection 1981-1983
  • A1: Imagination (From Clé Ep - 1981 Last Movement Recorded At Pet Sound Studio)
  • A2: When I See You (From Clé Ep - 1981 Last Movement Recorded At Pet Sound Studio)
  • A3: Landslide (From Clé Ep - 1981 Last Movement Recorded At Pet Sound Studio)
  • A4: Colourless Dream (From Colourless Dream 7" - 1981 Last Movement Recorded At Surrey Sound)
  • A5: Things We Never Did (From Colourless Dream 7" - 1981 Last Movement Recorded At Surrey Sound)
  • B1: Lost In A Moment (From 7" Lost In A Moment/The Tightrope Touch 1982 Midnight Music - Recorded At Silo Studios, London)
  • B2: The Tightrope Touch (From 7" Lost In A Moment/The Tightrope Touch1982 Midnight Music - Recorded At Silo Studios, London)
  • B3: Man Of Straw (From 12" Man Of Straw - 1983 Midnight Music Recorded At Spaceward Studios)
  • B4: Cowboys (From 12" Man Of Straw - 1983 Midnight Music Recorded At Spaceward Studios)
  • B5: Close To The Sea (From 12" Man Of Straw - 1983 Midnight Music Recorded At Spaceward Studios)

Exclusive vinyl with the singles released by the Watford post-punk band between 1981 and 1983.

"Before I began to write this piece I listened to some of the tracks and I admit there was a small tear or two as I remembered… Pet Sounds Studios, an 8 track reel to reel studio in a basement under a pet shop in Kennington, South London, our first studio experience as fresh faced 20 year olds. Surrey Sounds, a studio above a milk depot where Siouxsie and The Banshees had recorded singles, we got some studio time through the night when The Professionals (ex Sex Pistols) weren’t recording. Silo Studio in Hammersmith, the engineer was stoned, I smoked at least three packets of cigarettes during the session and having arrived at the studio with a song we believed in, we came out disillusioned and slightly underwhelmed; maybe greatness wasn’t destined to descend upon us at that stage of our career. Spaceward in Cambridgeshire, an old school building turned into a professional recording studio, where we recorded our first album Epic Garden Music over a weekend working through the night with about an hour of sleep. We returned there to record our second album, Feeding The Flame which took two months rather than two days. But my moist eyes are not for the broken dreams, the incredible highs or even the camaraderie with fellow band members, all of whom I may add we are still in touch with. My slight sadness is for my lost youth and the courageous optimism of those early days so viscerally evoked by this collection of songs. The glory of the world fades but in reality Sad Lovers & Giants goes from strength to strength, albeit in a very understated English way mainly because that’s the way we like it. So enjoy these songs which were created with passion and energy over forty years ago but still remain vivid and exciting to a new generation of listeners today." From Garce/Simon Allard's exclusive liner notes (October 2024)

pre-order now03.06.2025

expected to be published on 03.06.2025

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Various - Music to Accompany the Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
  • 1: The Heartwood Institute - The Moon Never Beams
  • 2: The Heartwood Institute - A Kingdom By The Sea
  • 3: Dream Division - The Raven
  • 4: Dream Division - For My Mother
  • 5: Everyday Dust - The Bells
  • 6: Everyday Dust - The City In The Sea
  • 7: Garden Gate - Spirits Of The Dead
  • 8: Garden Gate - Dream Within A Dream
  • 9: Ivan The Tolerable - Dream Land
  • 10: Ivan The Tolerable - Valley Of Unrest
  • 11: Hologram Teen - El Dorado
  • 12: Hologram Teen - The Haunted Palace
  • 13: Klaus Morlock - The Sleeper
  • 14: Klaus Morlock - Bridal Ballad

Library of the Occult Records unviels ‘Music to Accompany the Poems of Edgar Allan Poe’ a haunting double LP that threads the legendary poet’s dark romanticism through the minds of some of the most evocative contemporary electronic artists.
The Library’s ever-expanding circle now united as the Library of the Occult Electronic Orchestra, bring their own haunted visions to Poe’s bleak and beautiful world. Ivan The Tolerable stretches krautrock pulses and experimental noise into something hypnotic and strange, while The Heartwood Institute channels vintage occult nostalgia. Sermons by the Devil drapes everything in a ritualistic haze and Klaus Morlock, ever the maestro of unease, paints in slow-moving shadows, melancholic, cinematic, and tinged with the surreal. It’s a record for twilight listening, flickering candles, and the spaces between.

pre-order now31.05.2025

expected to be published on 31.05.2025

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HASHTRONAUT - NO RETURN LP

Hashtronaut

NO RETURN LP

12inchBFRLPG29
BLUES FUNERAL
30.05.2025

A resiny slab in the grand tradition of weed-fiend odysseys from Sleep, Weedeater and Bongzilla, ready to inebriate the riff-obsessed masses. Red-eyed at the crossroads of thunderous stoner sludge and towering doom, Hashtronaut are ready to daze and inebriate the riff-obsessed masses on this planet and beyond. No Return is a resiny slab In the grand tradition of weed-fiend odysseys from Sleep, Weedeater and Bongzilla, an intoxicating and pummeling journey through time and space infused with a lungful of potent hook-doom. Pummeling and intoxcating stoner metal for fans of Sleep, Bongzilla, Electric Wizard and Monolord LP re-pressed on weedy green vinyl w/ ripple effect!

pre-order now30.05.2025

expected to be published on 30.05.2025

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FOXWARREN - 2

Foxwarren

2

12inch281261
ANTI
30.05.2025
  • Dance
  • Sleeping
  • Say It
  • Listen
  • Quitealot
  • Strange
  • Havana
  • Yvonne
  • Deadhead
  • True
  • Round & Round
  • Dress
  • Wings
  • Serious
  • Again &
also available

Color Vinyl[23,49 €]


pre-order now30.05.2025

expected to be published on 30.05.2025

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FOXWARREN - 2

Foxwarren

2

12inch281263
ANTI
30.05.2025

Foxwarren, the Canadian indie collective fronted by Andy Shauf, returns with their sophomore album "2." Joined by his fellow Canadian childhood friends and close collaborators Dallas Bryson (guitar), Darryl Kissick (bass), Avery Kissick (drums), and Colin Nealis (multi-instrumentalist), the eclectic sound of "2" - weaving genres ranging from folk to psych rock to downtempo - coincides with Shauf"s curiosity and desire to incorporate a Native Instruments Maschine MSK3 sampler into his process. There is something uncanny about the feeling of these songs, the way bits recorded in different rooms amplify your attention, listening for how these layers lock. But their true connective tissue is the generous and gentle ways Shauf and the rest of Foxwarren move with melody.

pre-order now30.05.2025

expected to be published on 30.05.2025

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Demilich - Em9t2ness Of Van2s1ing / V34ish6ng 0f Emptiness LP 2x12"
  • 1: Introduction / Embalmed Beauty Sleep
  • 2: Two Independent Organisms → One Suppurating Deformity
  • 3: And The Slimy Flying Creatures Reproduce In Your Brains
  • 4: The Uncontrollable Regret Of The Rotting Flesh
  • 5: (Within) The Chamber Of Whispering Eyes
  • 6: …And You’ll Remain… (In Pieces In Nothingness)
  • 7: The Cry
  • 8: The Putrefying Road In The Nineteenth Extremity (…Somewhere Inside The Bowels Of Endlessness…)
  • 9: Inherited Bowel Levitation – Reduced Without Any Effort
  • 10: Egassem Neddih A – Ortni
  • 11: The Echo (Replacement)
  • 12: Erecshyrinol
  • 13: The Sixteenth Six-Tooth Son Of Fourteen Four-Regional Dimensions (Still Unnamed)
  • 14: The Cry
  • 15: The Faces Right Below The Skin Of The Earth
  • 16: Emptiness Of Vanishing
  • 17: Vanishing Of Emptiness
  • 18: Uncontrollable Regret Of The Rotting Flesh
also available

Clear/Black Smoke Vinyl[34,41 €]


All Demilich demo material plus recordings from 2006 in a snappy double LP package. Compiled together with the band, this is the ultimate Demilich demo compilation. In the late days of the early life of death metal in the early nineties, the death metal "community" had strayed from an appreciation of the majestic possibilities of sound, and were making a mundane product instead. They wanted the most "brutal" sound so the largest crowd could hear it, consider themselves "extreme," and go back to work with a hangover. This made the music escape its tiny audience, but killed off exploration as well. In addition, it was defensive and under-confident, feeling its chops lagged behind the rock, blues and jazz genres. Stagnation struck even as the genre accelerated. Enter the dark horse, Demilich. These inventive Finns reintroduced amazement at the possibilities of music. Where most people look at a forest and see wood for sale, a death metal fan after Demilich sees an intricate organism in itself, with the smallest details corresponding to the broadest concepts. The labyrinthine riffs of Demilich corresponded to a worldview that saw the connection between details as a design, and a design as conferring a purpose to life, cycling between birth and death as it spelled out the cryptic intricacies of ancient mysteries.

pre-order now30.05.2025

expected to be published on 30.05.2025

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Demilich - Em9t2ness Of Van2s1ing / V34ish6ng 0f Emptiness LP 2x12"
  • 1: Introduction / Embalmed Beauty Sleep
  • 2: Two Independent Organisms → One Suppurating Deformity
  • 3: And The Slimy Flying Creatures Reproduce In Your Brains
  • 4: The Uncontrollable Regret Of The Rotting Flesh
  • 5: (Within) The Chamber Of Whispering Eyes
  • 6: …And You’ll Remain… (In Pieces In Nothingness)
  • 7: The Cry
  • 8: The Putrefying Road In The Nineteenth Extremity (…Somewhere Inside The Bowels Of Endlessness…)
  • 9: Inherited Bowel Levitation – Reduced Without Any Effort
  • 10: Egassem Neddih A – Ortni
  • 11: The Echo (Replacement)
  • 12: Erecshyrinol
  • 13: The Sixteenth Six-Tooth Son Of Fourteen Four-Regional Dimensions (Still Unnamed)
  • 14: The Cry
  • 15: The Faces Right Below The Skin Of The Earth
  • 16: Emptiness Of Vanishing
  • 17: Vanishing Of Emptiness
  • 18: Uncontrollable Regret Of The Rotting Flesh
also available

Black Vinyl[34,41 €]


All Demilich demo material plus recordings from 2006 in a snappy double LP package. Compiled together with the band, this is the ultimate Demilich demo compilation. In the late days of the early life of death metal in the early nineties, the death metal "community" had strayed from an appreciation of the majestic possibilities of sound, and were making a mundane product instead. They wanted the most "brutal" sound so the largest crowd could hear it, consider themselves "extreme," and go back to work with a hangover. This made the music escape its tiny audience, but killed off exploration as well. In addition, it was defensive and under-confident, feeling its chops lagged behind the rock, blues and jazz genres. Stagnation struck even as the genre accelerated. Enter the dark horse, Demilich. These inventive Finns reintroduced amazement at the possibilities of music. Where most people look at a forest and see wood for sale, a death metal fan after Demilich sees an intricate organism in itself, with the smallest details corresponding to the broadest concepts. The labyrinthine riffs of Demilich corresponded to a worldview that saw the connection between details as a design, and a design as conferring a purpose to life, cycling between birth and death as it spelled out the cryptic intricacies of ancient mysteries.

pre-order now30.05.2025

expected to be published on 30.05.2025

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Demilich - Nespithe

Demilich

Nespithe

12inchSRE284LPRE
Svart Records
30.05.2025
  • 1: When The Sun Drank The Weight Of Water
  • 2: The Sixteenth Six-Tooth Son Of Fourteen Four-Regional Dimensions (Still Unnamed)
  • 3: Inherited Rowel Levitation - Reduced Without Any Effort
  • 4: The Echo (Replacement)
  • 5: The Putrefying Road In The Ninteenth Extremity (…Somewhere Inside The Bowels Of Endlessness…)
  • 6: (Within) The Chamber Of Whispering Eyes
  • 7: And You'll Remain… (In Pieces Of Nothingness)
  • 8: Erecshyrinol
  • 9: The Planet That Once Used To Absorb Flesh In Order To Achieve Divinity And Immortality (Suffocate
  • 10: The Cry
  • 11: Raped Embalmed Beauty Sleep
also available

Transparent Red/Black Smoke Vinyl[24,79 €]


This authorised vinyl reissue of the ultimate Finnish death metal cult LP comes with the original cover art and all the lyrics. In the late days of the early life of death metal in the early nineties, the death metal "community" had strayed from an appreciation of the majestic possibilities of sound, and were making a mundane product instead. They wanted the most "brutal" sound so the largest crowd could hear it, consider themselves "extreme," and go back to work with a hangover. This made the music escape its tiny audience, but killed off exploration as well. In addition, it was defensive and under-confident, feeling its chops lagged behind the rock, blues and jazz genres. Stagnation struck even as the genre accelerated. Enter the dark horse, Demilich. These inventive Finns reintroduced amazement at the possibilities of music. Where most people look at a forest and see wood for sale, a death metal fan after Demilich sees an intricate organism in itself, with the smallest details corresponding to the broadest concepts. The labyrinthine riffs of Demilich corresponded to a worldview that saw the connection between details as a design, and a design as conferring a purpose to life, cycling between birth and death as it spelled out the cryptic intricacies of ancient mysteries. Demilich was like finding a submerged city, or discovering a new path through the mountains, or even confronting a glowering enemy on the open plain. It brought risk, uncertainty, ambiguity and a sense of sublime beauty back to death metal, pulling it away from the slump in which it treated itself as a hammer and every listener as a nail.

pre-order now30.05.2025

expected to be published on 30.05.2025

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Demilich - Nespithe

Demilich

Nespithe

12inchSRE284LPREB1
Svart Records
30.05.2025
  • 1: When The Sun Drank The Weight Of Water
  • 2: The Sixteenth Six-Tooth Son Of Fourteen Four-Regional Dimensions (Still Unnamed)
  • 3: Inherited Rowel Levitation - Reduced Without Any Effort
  • 4: The Echo (Replacement)
  • 5: The Putrefying Road In The Ninteenth Extremity (…Somewhere Inside The Bowels Of Endlessness…)
  • 6: (Within) The Chamber Of Whispering Eyes
  • 7: And You'll Remain… (In Pieces Of Nothingness)
  • 8: Erecshyrinol
  • 9: The Planet That Once Used To Absorb Flesh In Order To Achieve Divinity And Immortality (Suffocate
  • 10: The Cry
  • 11: Raped Embalmed Beauty Sleep
also available

Black Vinyl[24,16 €]


This authorised vinyl reissue of the ultimate Finnish death metal cult LP comes with the original cover art and all the lyrics. In the late days of the early life of death metal in the early nineties, the death metal "community" had strayed from an appreciation of the majestic possibilities of sound, and were making a mundane product instead. They wanted the most "brutal" sound so the largest crowd could hear it, consider themselves "extreme," and go back to work with a hangover. This made the music escape its tiny audience, but killed off exploration as well. In addition, it was defensive and under-confident, feeling its chops lagged behind the rock, blues and jazz genres. Stagnation struck even as the genre accelerated. Enter the dark horse, Demilich. These inventive Finns reintroduced amazement at the possibilities of music. Where most people look at a forest and see wood for sale, a death metal fan after Demilich sees an intricate organism in itself, with the smallest details corresponding to the broadest concepts. The labyrinthine riffs of Demilich corresponded to a worldview that saw the connection between details as a design, and a design as conferring a purpose to life, cycling between birth and death as it spelled out the cryptic intricacies of ancient mysteries. Demilich was like finding a submerged city, or discovering a new path through the mountains, or even confronting a glowering enemy on the open plain. It brought risk, uncertainty, ambiguity and a sense of sublime beauty back to death metal, pulling it away from the slump in which it treated itself as a hammer and every listener as a nail.

pre-order now30.05.2025

expected to be published on 30.05.2025

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Stabbing Westward - Wither Blister Burn + Peel

Stabbing Westward's 1996 album Wither Blister Burn + Peel is a defining release in the industrial rock genre. The album features a dark, aggressive sound with intense lyrics exploring themes of pain, heartbreak, and inner turmoil. The standout singles "What Do I Have to Do?" and "Shame" propelled the band into mainstream success, thanks to their haunting melodies and heavy guitar riffs. Produced by John Fryer, known for his work with Nine Inch Nails, Wither Blister Burn + Peel blends harsh electronic elements with raw emotion, creating a brooding atmosphere that resonated with fans of alternative and industrial rock. The album solidified Stabbing Westward’s place in the 90s rock scene, offering a perfect balance of angst and melodic hooks. For fans of industrial rock, Wither Blister Burn + Peel is a must-listen, capturing the dark energy of the era. Wither Blister Burn + Peel is a release on black vinyl.

pre-order now30.05.2025

expected to be published on 30.05.2025

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BLACK SABBATH - Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

12inchRHILP81443
Rhino
30.05.2025
  • A1: Black Sabbath
  • A2: The Wizard
  • A3: Wasp / Behind The Wall Of Sleep / Bassically / N.i.b
  • B1: Wicked World
  • B2: A Bit Of Finger / Sleeping Village / Warning

Rhino is synonymous with high-quality reissues, setting the standard with award-winning audio releases for the past 45 years. Now we're raising the bar with a new premium vinyl series, Rhino High Fidelity. These high-end, limited-edition vinyl reissues of classic albums represent the pinnacle of sound and packaging.

To ensure consistent sonic excellence, Kevin Gray will cut lacquers for all Rhino Hi-Fi releases, and Optimal will press the 180-gram vinyl records. The releases boast high-quality glossy covers and "tip-on" jackets, an old-school aesthetic that evokes the golden age of vinyl.

"Black Sabbath's debut album is the birth of heavy metal as we now know it. Compatriots such as Blue Cheer, Led Zeppelin, and Deep Purple were already setting new standards for volume and heaviness in the realms of psychedelia, blues-rock, and prog rock. Yet of these metal pioneers, Sabbath are the only one whose sound today remains instantly recognizable as heavy metal, even after decades of evolution in the genre. Guitarist Tony Iommi's loss of two fingertips, which required him to play slower and to slacken the strings by tuning his guitar down, created Sabbath's signature style. These qualities set the band apart, but they weren't wholly why this debut album transcends its clear roots in blues-rock and psychedelia to become something more. Sabbath's genius was finding the hidden malevolence in the blues, and then bludgeoning the listener over the head with it." — AllMusic

pre-order now30.05.2025

expected to be published on 30.05.2025

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My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade LP 2x12"

My Chemical Romance

The Black Parade LP 2x12"

2x12inch0093624933595
Bros
30.05.2025

The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance's follow-up to its 2004 platinum major-label debut Three
Cheers For Sweet Revenge, "is way more dramatic, way more theatrical, completely over the top, borderline
psychotic," says Gerard Way. "It's the most pure, intense thing we've ever been involved in." Producer by Rob Cavallo (Green Day), the album is a celebration of love and death and darkness. Join The Black Parade.

pre-order now30.05.2025

expected to be published on 30.05.2025

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JAMMIN' SAM MILLER - DONKEY KONG COUNTRY 1, 2 & 3 OST RECREATED 6x12" LP Boxset
 
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Musique Pour La Danse is proud to present the definitive edition of the highly acclaimed and globally beloved Donkey Kong Country soundtracks, meticulously recreated by composer and producer Jammin' Sam Miller. Released in 1994 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), Donkey Kong Country was celebrated not only for its groundbreaking quasi-3D graphics but also for its exceptional soundtrack.
The soundtrack featured a variety of compositions, and has been highly praised for its diverse and high-quality music, with tracks like "Aquatic Ambiance" and "Fear Factory" standing out as fan favorites. The influence of the Donkey Kong Country soundtrack extends beyond the gaming world, having inspired modern artists and changed the way video game music was perceived.

This limited edition boxset, limited to 500 copies, comes as a triple DLP set, containing Volumes 1, 2, and 3. Pressed on red, green, and blue marbled vinyl, it is housed in a hardboard slipcase featuring new and original artwork by Andrew Beltran.

Don't sleep on this ultimate release-the previous boxset edition has been sold out for a long time, and if you can find it, it's being sold for crazy money.

Using hex SPC data converted to MIDI, Jammin' Sam Miller painstakingly recreated the DKC soundtrack note by note, sourcing the original equipment used to create it. He then translated the MIDI into a modern studio context, incorporating keyboard samples, remixing the sounds with added effects, and mastering the tracks. To learn more about his process, watch the explanatory video here: cutt.ly/ulUHE6J.

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Celestial - I Can Hear The Grass Grow

Ecstatic’s dreamiest cadets bliss out on a new album of acoustic and electric guitar, harmonium and synth tapestries, notably nestling a Romance cameo within a genteel toggle of atmospheric pressure.

Back on (side) road after releasing quietly acclaimed kosmische gem ‘I Had too Much to Dream Last Night’ back in 2021 and the lysergic lushness of ‘Listen to the Sky’ a couple of years later, Celestial suggest a more sublime return to earth with the shine-eyed wonders of ‘I Can Hear the Grass Grow’, an album that soothes to the supine in eight shimmering parts of pearlescent melodic motifs marbling harmonious backdrops intended to tenderly comb nerves straight.

The duo take their role as seductive sandmen with a curious melodic wit that leaves something to the imagination whilst nudging it along the album’s narrative thread. A courtly flamenco lick flickers in opener ‘The Endless Stair’, one of the most restrained recordings we've heard from the childhood friends; blessed with just a little reverb and echo, as if a mic's been lowered into some dimly lit basement while Celestial puzzle out mystifying, interlocking harmonies. It hits a mid-point between John Fahey's raga-inspired Americana and Vini Reilly's rain-soaked Northern blues - the emotion throbs from every note.

Celestial's music is never too polished, giving it the fuzzy, uninhibited flair of a long-lost mail order private press and instilling it with a level of humanity that's rare to discover in the new-new age. Even when mysterious labelmate Romance turns up to ornament 'Mermaid Boulevard' with backmasked electronics, it's their low-slung Ry Cooder-esque guitar/bass that provides the narrative anchor, while the title track and spongiform analog textures of ‘Song For The rainy Season’ dial it right down to a Harmonia-via-BoC pastoral sublime. Vini Reilly and Eno’s influence is most surely felt on the swaying elegance of ‘Sweet Sleep, Angel Mild’, with a central motif that lingers on the mind long after it’s stopped playing, whilst their closing couplet perfectly resolves the cycle with a melancholic kiss-off for the ages.

pre-order now23.05.2025

expected to be published on 23.05.2025

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EARTH - WEM DOMINATOR (Live in London NW1, 2016)
  • Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull (Live In London Nw1, 2016)
  • There Is A Serpent Coming (Live In London Nw1, 2016)
  • Descending Belladonna (Live In London Nw1, 2016)
  • Even Hell Has Its Heroes (Live In London Nw1, 2016)
  • High Command (Live In London Nw1, 2016)

Drone legends Earth, the Seattle group led by Dylan Carlson, ready their first release on Fire Records. Deluxe Ltd edition 'Dark Star' effect vinyl with matte and spot UV sleeve, DL card. Unreleased live recording taken from their show at London's KOKO in 2016. Includes live renditions of fan favourites 'The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull' and 'High Command'. For fans of: Sunn O))), Sleep, Boris, OM, Spacemen 3, Witch, Hawkwind, Boris, Melvins. Seattle drone-rock titans Earth release their latest live document, WEM Dominator (Live in London NW1, 2016), an unrelenting display of the band's seismic force, recorded during their performance at London's KOKO in 2016. Sharing the bill with legendary heavyweights Neurosis, Earth delivered a set of hypnotic intensity, crushing volume, and towering, glacial beauty. For over three decades, Dylan Carlson and his ever-evolving ensemble have been crafting tectonic soundscapes that defy convention, forging a path between meditative drone and colossal doom-laden riffs. WEM Dominator is an album of mesmeric modal patterns, it's a recording that captures the trio's intricate, slowly evolving euphoria in a period when their experimentation swerved through endless possibilities. From the creeping grandeur of "The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull" to the ominous crawl of "Even Hell Has Its Heroes," the album presents Earth at their most immersive and powerful. This record reasserts Earth's mastery of atmosphere and weight, where every note feels tectonic, and silence itself becomes an instrument of crushing tension. It is a hypnotic, stripped down sonic symphony embracing influences as wide ranging as the Velvet Underground, Terry Riley and La Monte Young, a visceral slow-motion reading of the original sound that inspired Sun O))) and the generation that followed. The lineup of this performance was Dylan Carson (guitar), Jodie Cox (baritone guitar) and Adrienne Davis (drums), it was recorded live at KOKO, London on November 7th 2016 and is mixed and mastered by Mell Dettmer at Studio Soli in Seattle.

pre-order now23.05.2025

expected to be published on 23.05.2025

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Pretty V - Destiny of Illusion (TAPE)

Destiny of Illusion is a 24-track full length debut from Pretty V (aka. Voldy Moyo, v7backin2007, #Smokesito), a prolific artist from Wakefield, UK who has been frequently performing and releasing music & videos online for the past 9 years, building notoriety for his unique sound and prolific output and gaining support from artists such as MIKE & King Krule, both of which have brought Voldy out for many shows, and for collaborations.

The album will release on the 24th April 2025, along with a release show the same day at Ormside Projects.

The album is produced entirely by aloisius, a prolific artist & producer, as well as the founder of life is beautiful records). ‘Destiny of Illusion’ is a landmark album for both Pretty V & aloisius, being their first full-run vinyl release. The album will be available exclusively on Vinyl, Cassette & CD.

This album also holds additional historical significance being that it is the first official/ full-run vinyl release for life is beatiful records.

The first pressing of ‘Destiny of Illusion’ will be limited to 397 copies.

pre-order now23.05.2025

expected to be published on 23.05.2025

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Daniel O’Sullivan - Eros (LP)

WOW. Daniel O'Sullivan's transcendent new album, Eros, is one of the greatest things we've ever heard. A simply stunning song cycle of hypnotic, experimental contemporary chamber music composed for a 14-piece ensemble. Combining minimalism, complex syncopation, detailed acoustic textures, weird intervals and samurai precision, this record will elegantly blow your mind. When Daniel first sent us this, he pitched it as “Liquid Swords meets Michael Nyman”. Trust us, he wasn't wrong. A "unique hybrid orchestral music", it presents a confluence of Daniel's longstanding fixations; indeed, there's elements of Nyman, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Magma, Aaron Copland and RZA. But this is wholly O'Sullivan's. Originally commissioned for the Sonoton Music Library in Munich, Eros now receives a deluxe vinyl release courtesy of Be With Records, bringing this meticulously crafted work to a wider audience. Limited to just 500 copies for the world, these are gonna fly.

An English composer and multi-instrumentalist, Daniel O'Sullivan’s career has been marked by versatility and innovation. In addition to his work with Sonoton, he has composed extensively for the legendary KPM music library, contributing to its storied legacy of production music. As a deep virtuoso and collaborator, O'Sullivan has also played in a number of influential projects, including Ulver, Sunn O))), This Is Not This Heat, Grumbling Fur and Miracle (with Steve Moore), leaving an indelible mark on the contemporary experimental music landscape.

O’Sullivan’s first foray into classically informed chamber music, Eros is a culmination of his long-standing fixations and expansive musical influences. The album features arrangements that are as detailed as they are emotionally resonant, showcasing his unparalleled ear for intervals and mastery of counterpoint. The music brims with complex rhythmic syncopation and a sensitivity to texture and space, resulting in a soundscape that is both intoxicating and dauntingly precise.

Recorded June 2023 and February 2024, in Brussels, London and Carmarthenshire, Wales, Eros features members of Echo Collective (Neil Leiter and Margaret Hermant), Thighpaulsandra (from seminal post-industrial band Coil), and jazz pioneer Oren Marshall. Daniel's sonic weapons of choice, in his own inimitable words, were "Big Bad Drum, Pee Anne Oh, Low End Brass, Willowy Winds & Samurai Strings." You get the picture. As a cyclical suite, this is a record that really needs to be heard in its entitreity, from start to finish, to truly appreciate the genius at work here.

A jaw-dropping statement of intent, the minimalist "Golden Verses" sets the tone with its complex cue which has your neck snapping right when it feels like it needs to. Listen and you'll understand. A syncopated tangle of sharp strings, crunchy bass, drums percussion and bright piano and mallets vie for position with French horn and woodwind melody in the most compelling and unexpected ways. Quite simply, it's one of the finest album openers I've ever heard. It's followed by the atmospheric rippling minimalism of "Lyre Lyre", a gorgeous gem with shimmering chimes, bright melody, human percussion and syncopated pizzicato strings. It kinda comes on like a less-abstract Boards Of Canada, bursting with typical wonderment. The piano and string-drenched "Dolorous Stroke" effortlessly builds its warm, pastoral orchestration with flowing piano arpeggio, steadfast drums, expressive string quartet, rich low brass, woodwind and lyrical flute. Just sublime.

The insistent frenetic propulsion of "Plain Paper" is utterly beguiling, featuring a determined string motif, urgent drums and percussion, driving low brass and breathless, energetic flute. The haunting, interweaving string arpeggios that propel "Grapes Draped" presents a claustrophobic minimalism for chaos and darkness, with growling low woodwind and brass, spiky harpsichord, skittering flutes and tight drums. Up next, "Xanix Annum" is a stately minimalist waltz with expressive lyrical string quartet and delicate woodwind, anchored by drums and percussion. "Painting Rose" is a bouncy stop-start track with angular syncopated strings and a piano pulse underneath bright harpsichord and flutes. "Rotunda Garden" presents ethereal textural minimalism for landscapes and reflection with flowing string arpeggios, warm, low woodwind drones, floating choir and cymbal swells. Closing out this extraordinary side of music, the glowing, flowing minimalism of "Flowry Orb" features urgent organ, piano and woodwind arpeggios, half-time drums with shimmering cymbals, a soaring, beautiful violin solo and hypnotic vocal chant.

Side 2 opens with "Theia Mania" a determinedly off-kilter, angular track featuring low wind, brass and drum stomp in dialogue with lively string trio, woodwind and solo horn. The light, airy minimalism of "Painting Percy" is built around an interplay of rhythmic motifs for piano, low brass, bassoon, fluttering flutes, urgent strings, drums and percussion whilst "For Archetypes" is a delicate, gently syncopated chamber cue for nostalgia, nature, reflection and moments of calm, with steady piano motif, intimate woodwind and French horn, and warm, graceful strings. The urgent Ars Memoriae is a propulsive march for progress, processes and industry, underpinned by driving tuba, with determined strings, resolute drums, and vivid, expressive flute, clarinet and French horn.

The syncopated energetic minimalism of "Mirrored Seven" presents layers of melodic and cyclical piano, drums, low brass, harp, flute and strings. "Pure Ornament" follows, a slowly evolving chamber cue with flowing clarinet, string and harp arpeggio, plodding tuba and percussion, fluttering flute and graceful, lyrical solos. Stunning! Up next, "Brave Boy" moves from its tender, warm, lullaby-like intro with lyrical flute, clarinet and strings before opening into a playful backend driven by a bouncy tuba riff and syncopated piano, woodwind, string trio, and drums and percussion. Rounding out this astonishing piece, "Waxen Waned" is a warm, pastoral chamber cue with light lyrical woodwind, tender French horn and subtly pulsing string trio.

The album's title is a reference to Plato’s conception of Eros, which is more than romantic or physical desire. It is a dynamic and creative force that drives individuals to seek perfection whether in art, relationships, philosophy or the pursuit of truth. Wholly appropriate, here, we think. When asked what his influences were in making this astounding record, he answered thusly: "Non-musical: Householding, Pythagoras, Goethe, Grail romances, Hermeticism, Doctrine of Signatures (Parcelsus, Bohme, Pliny), Eric Rohmer, John Stezaker, Yasujiro Ozu. Musical: Duke Ellington (late suites), Smile-era Brian, early RZA, Wagner (Parsifal Overture), Magma, Mancini, Axelrod, YMO, Hildegard, Nyman, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Jobim (Stone Flower), Alessandro Alessandroni, Tavener, Moondog, Orthodox Music, Secular Music." That's some pretty deep shit. Makes you want to dive in, no?

Mastering for this vinyl edition was overseen by Be With regular Simon Francis, and it was cut by the esteemed Cicely Balston at Abbey Road Studios to be pressed in the Netherlands by Record Industry. Truly, Eros is a work of extraordinary depth and sophistication. It invites listeners to immerse themselves in its intricate layers, to lose themselves in its hypnotic rhythms, and to marvel at the precision of its execution. With this release, O’Sullivan reaffirms his position as one of the most inventive and uncompromising voices in contemporary music. Do. Not. Sleep.

pre-order now23.05.2025

expected to be published on 23.05.2025

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Various - They Come From The Lowlands
  • The Krontjong Devils - Toen Viel De Bril Van M'n Neus
  • The Kryng - Crazy For You
  • Les Robots - No Limits
  • Fleur - Wie Kan Me Nog Verstellen
  • Mooon - Keep Myself From Begging
  • The Kryng - El Cordobes
  • Frankie - Haastige Spoed
  • Mooon - I Surrender
  • The Heck - Let Me Sleep
  • Les Robots - Les Robots Party With The Traxman
  • The Heck - Confusion
  • Frankie - Stroomboot
  • Fleur - Mens, Erger Je Niet
  • The Krontjong Devils - It's A Wrap

Welcome to this wild ride of cheese, wooden shoes, green gold and a whole lotta Dutch rock 'n roll attitude! This album is a high-octane compilation where today's garage, beat and rock'n'roll artists pay tribute to the rich history of Nederbeat and pop Each covering a classic Dutch tune with their own twist, companied with their own original. Think of it as a musical time machine with a detour through the gritty, reverbing walls of Studio Teepdek, guided under strict supervision by studio guru Arjan Spies and released by Soundflat Records / Topsy Turvy Records; home of the best contemporary Dutch artists. Buckle up, because you're about to hear the Netherlands' musical past and present collide in a glorious explosion of sound with a shot of cheap adrenaline.Enjoy the ride and to turn it up to 11.

The Krontjong Devils:The Greatest thing to come out of Holland since the Dutch Treat! Playing Surfmusic since 1991 and still going strong! Mooon: This young power trio consists of brothers Tom and Gijs and their cousin Timo. These cats take you to the Golden Age of pop music: the psychedelic boom of the 60's and 70's. The Kryng:Three jinxed no-good guys with an insatiable appetite for great popsongs. Their ace in the hole is singer/ guitarist/ cult- hero Mark ten Hoor, an extraordinary craftsman //when it comes to writing catchy and powerful songs. Fleur:She has the looks, the moves and a voice that sounds like a cool breeze on a hot summer day. The Heck:High pace, hectic, energetic and wild 60's garagepunk outfit all the way from Klazinaveen. Feel free to place them somewhere in between The Sonics and Reigning Sound. Frankie:The young and aspiring talent Frankie from the Eindhoven writes double edged songs like a head in the clouds and roots from your feet. Written like a dream but grounded in reality. Les Robots: Mechanical men from outer space, stationed in Rotterdam, presumably programmed by legendary producer Joe Meek to make astonishing instrumental music.

pre-order now23.05.2025

expected to be published on 23.05.2025

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