Running Back regular Feater aka Daniel Meuzard puts his newly-transplanted studio through its paces for the first time since relocating from Vienna, swapping out the bustle of the city for the fresh mountain breeze of the West Alps. The Positive People EP proves that a change is as good as a rest, as the wide open nature not only had some rejuvenating effects on the creative process - it also gave Feater some room in his head to ponder questions about nature, nurture, and whether our inner morality is externally programmed.
The taut jazz funk of opening track Coding springs into action like the montage music of a lost ‘70s TV show, while the title track Positive People plays on the ambiguity of its title, with cascading synth notes, tastefully dubby 303 stabs, and an afro-cuban drum figure that forms the foundation for a spaced-out dancefloor workout. It's a combo of tracks that should appeal to chat room moderators and serotonin programmers alike.
Expensive Zeit kicks off sounding like grime maverick XTC had been brought up on Murder Capital electro rather than East London garage - before it morphs into a bumpin electrofunk and percussion session, with its sights set firmly on an aquatic worm hole. The EP rounds out with Decline All Cookies, which breaks out of a flanged-out half-time drum 'n' effects intro to reveal a lush chord progression, flipping a soul jazz piano mood into a trippy slice of modern instrumental funk.
Can man be the master of his own destiny? It seems with this change of location and musical direction, Feater might just have figured out the answer.
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- A1: Future Trance United – The Last Flight (We Have Arrived)
- A2: Armin Van Buuren Feat Wrabel – Feel Again (Extended Club Mix)
- A3: Djs@Work – Someday (Dj T H. & Airwalk3R Extended Remix)
- A4: Talla 2Xlc & Roland Klein – Nexus Point (Extended Mix)
- A5: Dj T H. & Gid Sedgwick – Devil's Deal (Extended Mix)
- A6: Richard Durand & Susana – I Matter To You (Xijaro & Pitch Extended Remix)
- B1: Solar Vision – Apollo (Extended Mix)
- B2: Ben Gold – Rest Of Our Lives (Extended Mix)
- B3: Allen Watts – Shadows (Extended Mix)
- B4: Talla 2Xlc & Airwalk3R – Enough For Me (Extended Mix)
- B5: Makeflame – Rave Like An Angel (Extended Mix)
- C1: Mind-X – Nightingale (Rene Ablaze Extended Remix)
- C2: Ilan Bluestone Feat Giuseppe De Luca – Love Is A Drug (Xijaro & Pitch Remix)
- C3: Pulsedriver – Cambodia (Talla 2Xlc Extended Vocal Mix)
- C4: Yoshi & Razner – The Essence (Extended Mix)
- C5: Ciaran Mcauley, Roger P Shah & Hannah Brine – You And I (Extended Mix)
- D1: Rinaly & Natalie Gioia – Without You (Extended Mix)
- D2: Van Der Karsten – Daylight (Extended Mix)
- D3: Satellite Robots – Is This Love (Club Mix)
- D4: Megara Vs Dj Lee – Fight Hard (Extended Mix)
- D5: Nytigen – Target (Extended Mix)
- D6: Klubbingman & Andy Jay Powell – Woman (Extended Mix)
- D7: Paul Van Dyk & Aly & Fila – Shine Ibiza Anthem 2022 (Extended Mix)
- E1: Kernkraft 400 (A Better Day)
- E4: Hot In It
- E5: Belly Dancer
- E6: Nathan Dawe 21 Reasons
- E7: Felix Jaehn Do It Better
- F1: On Repeat
- F2: Havana
- F3: Klaas Take Me Back
- F4: Twocolors Heavy Metal Love
- F5: Worlds On Fire
- F6: On The Move (Can't Let You Go)
- F7: Ritmo (Original Mix)
- G1: Superman
- G2: Italobrothers Summer
- G3: Halo
- G4: Party Shaker
- G5: Guestlist +1
- G6: Crash Test Dummy
- G7: Aquagen Stay Or Be Alone
- H1: Come With Me
- H2: Since U Been Gone
- H3: Supa Dupa Fly
- H4: Scooter Do Not Sit If You Can Dance
- H5: Forever & Always
- H6: Rave Me Loud
- H7: Pulsedriver Place Called Home (Oldschool Flavour Remix)
- E2: Ferrari
- E3: Weekend On A Tuesday
The last flight – we have arrived! Fasten your seatbelt and buckle up – Denn die erfolgreichste Dance- & Trance-Compilation unseres Planeten setzt einmalig zu ihrem letzten Landeanflug an.
Anlässlich des 100. Jubiläums erscheint die beliebte Produktreihe als galaktische Sonderausgabe und Fans dürfen sich neben der 3CD und dem eAlbum auf eine streng limitierte Fan-Box mit 3CD, galaktischem Comic-Poster, Fan-Socken und Schlüsselanhänger freuen. Damit aber noch nicht genug: Diese letzte Ausgabe unserer FUTURE TRANCE erscheint am 25.11.2022 zudem exklusiv als 4LP inkl. Comic-Poster!
Echte Fans werden zudem bei der besonderen Optik ein Flashback erleben – das erste Mal seit der Landung der FUTURE TRANCE Vol. 60 erlebt die Reihe wieder ein Alien-Revival und erscheint in außerirdischem Design.
Die FUTURE TRANCE 100 besticht durch ein randvolles Aufgebot mit den größten Stars der Szene und ihren aktuellen Bangern. Ein letztes Mal zünden wir die Trance-Booster - mit dabei sind z.B. Scooter,
Pulsedriver, Armin van Buuren, Rocco und und und. Abgerundet wird dieser Senkrechtstarter mit einem exklusiven FUTURE TRANCE UNITED Mix „The last flight – we have arrived!“ Hier ist Gänsehaut vorprogrammiert!
'Songs From Planet Earth' is Deux Furieuses' third full length album, the second with Xtra Mile Recordings. Written and recorded during the last two turbulent years, Songs From Planet Earth is a beating heart signal out from this world as we fall spinning into a vortex of pandemic, isolation, avoidable deaths, political corruption, personal mourning and ultimately survival. The album documents the journey from the city to the countryside like refugees in search of sanctuary. 'Bring Down The Government' jumps on the fuzz box to demand a reckoning for all the lives. Deux Furieuses are currently members of Brix Smith (from The Fall) band, playing guitar and drums. They are touring across the UK supporting PiL throughout June; Kendal Calling, Loud Women Festival appearances and further headline and support shows in November and December.
6 face-melting gurners for the 21st Century’s, wilted and jilted generation.
Glasgow’s Lady Neptune follows her New Gorbals Gabber cassette E.P. with her debut vinyl release NOZ. Over the course of 23 bloody fisted minutes, Lady Neptune’s – aka Moema Meade - hyper destructed take on Gabber and Happy Hardcore breaks down the genre tropes before rebuilding them as a new pop music. If 2020’s New Gorbals Gabber showed an artist building their own language from fragments of different genres, 2022’s NOZ goes harder into the cyberpunk-ass future and takes no prisoners. Recorded and mixed at Glasgow’s legendary Green Door Studios and mastered by Rashad Becker, here Lady Neptune evolves into a monster.
With the classic weapons of Dutch Gabber – distorted 909 kick drums, bursts of noise and world-eating Rave-O- Matic hoovering synth riffs, Lady Neptune’s 6 tracks constantly threaten to careen off the speaker into the sweatiest, most gibbering, messy corners of the club. The two years since her debut has seen Meade destroying festival dancefloors, training for the full assault that is NOZ. Live performances have seen foam guns, tequila-pistols, neon stage dancers and a full, maxed-out orgy of fast-as-hell BPM, rave music burning up the cones. The experience reaps rewards from the outset on recorded form here. APOCOLYPS begins with monstrous vocals and the all-consuming kick, pulled back and taut for launch. The arsenal builds; warbling synths and high-pitched synth-strings before dropping into Bald Terror-sized hoovers and stuttering 4/4s. It quickly bleeds into MASTERER, with a looped, pitched up vocal intersecting with the synth riff. The aesthetics might be Happy Hardcore but the dynamic feels like a synthetic, evil Nu Metal-influenced Industrial music. Constantly evolving and twisting with its own natural drama, the drop at 2:15 is pure ecstatic release. fusing Meade’s inclination for pop hooks with the first out-and-out 180BPM (ish, who’s counting?) anthemic melter of the E.P., TELL ME has THE big catchy chorus, used sparingly and sung by Meade with angelic devilishness, coming at you in waves of XTC. It’s a repeater.
It’s then massive fists in the air for the ruthless Side B opener WIT. In the Welsh-Brazilian artist’s adopted home of Glasgow it translates directly as WHAT!? Itt makes sense. g. Sharp, weaponised, rhythmic punishment abounds before OH responds. Pitched up vocals and another mid-frequency synth hook wipes the slate clean. Like the best Gabber, the tension and release dynamic is used to full effect by Meade, with the thunderous low end kick -expertly tweaked in the mastering by Rashad Becker – slipping into the ghostly cavern. Industrialized 4/4 and noise-snares propel onwards to be utterly squashed by that bloody synth, stinging and horribly brilliant. Proving her genius for a ridiculous A-N-T-H-E-M, TIME 2 MAKE U FEEL GOOD closes the 23 minutes of ragged, drugged glory with a festival-slamming chorus built from the wreckage. It’s a song that does that thing we all know and love but can’t put our finger on. Sad, happy, tragedy, ecstasy, joy, horror...There’s big, minor chord changes (yes there’s some CHORDS on this slammer), the kick is submerged in layers of pads and Meade’s actual secret weapon: her vocal and knack for writing a chorus line. In the listener’s mind it’s over before it’s begun, a track destined for the big rewind.
NOZ is a breathless, E-number riddled eternal ecstasy.
Drum Chums Vol. 5 marks the arrival of Captain Attractive, an international man of mystery, head-nod hero and edit expert whose many masterpieces inspired us to pick up the scalpel in the first place.
Last seen leaving Berlin on a world tour, this legend parked the Red Motorbike outside Talking Drums HQ and treated us to a lesson in San Fran sleaze, hippie disco and MPC bump.
The A side opens with the sticky funk of 'It's More Fun 2 Make Love', a pitched-down disco cruiser extended for the tantric dance floor and mastered on an old porno VHS. Sultry, slinky and rated X.
We're always hungry after the act and graciously Captain Attractive is on hand with a donut called 'Memories' to close out the A-side, looping some sweet soul into the kind of hypnotic hip hop as house romper which defined beatdown way back when.
The Captain takes the yacht to the Med on the B1 with the super Balearic groove of 'Dreamer', an astounding combination of dexterous bass, choral vocals and rolling piano, all set to the shimmy of hippie percussion. It could be a Laurel Canyon memory, an Xtian obscurity or something much deeper, but it's definitely twelve minutes of sunset bliss - just wait until my guy flips the script after seven minutes!
The dude drops the curtain with another bitesize portion of MPC mastery, cutting up some thick wax guitar and cool keys over a swung groove for 'Ghana Do It'.
Captain Attractive taking you where you want to go.
100% Drum Fun Guaranteed.
- 1: Signal
- 2: 49
- 3: Inside
- 4: Intercept
- 5: The Box
- 6: Nephyr
- 7: Beacon
- 8: Hypersona
- 9: Juliet
- 10: Dream Window
- 11: Forever
- 12: Track
- 13: Hollow
- 14: Find Me
- 15: Home
- 16: Tunnel
- 17: Geiga
- 18: Ghostfields
- 19: Fiona's Room
- 20: Siren
- 21: Darkroom Distortion
- 22: Equassa
- 23: Freefall Peak
- 24: Arc
- 27: Cocoon
- 28: Susurrus
- 29: Lithea
- 30: Deluge
- 31: Radio
- 32: Reunion
- 33: 1983
- 34: One
- 35: World After April
- 36: Seance
- 37: Dreamscape
- 38: Dayasan
- 39: Broken Toy
- 40: Leviatha
- 41: Levitate
- 42: Saphron
- 43: Saphron
- 44: Another World
- 45: Movarian Fields
- 46: Two Doors
- 47: Vision
- 48: Point Of No Return
- 49: Sine Orphan
- 50: Fressa Fa (Slow Version)
- 25: Lightout
- 26: Clear
Black Vinyl[170,80 €]
UK producer Dennis Huddleston goes by the artist name of 36. He is a much-loved producer with a fine back catalogue which is investigated here with The Box, a new collection of his earliest and perhaps most admired works. They were all written between 2005 and 2012 and are drawn from albums such as 2009's Hypersona, 2010's Hollow and 2012's Lithea. The bumper six vinyl collection also features a bonus album, Orphans, of all new and previously unreleased tracks. There is a real depth of range and emotion to these tracks so it is no wonder the artist says they are some of the most personally cherished works he has written.
- A1: Jesus To A Child - 06:49
- A2: Fastlove, Pt. 1 - 05:27
- A3: Older - 05:32
- B1: Spinning The Wheel - 06:09
- B2: It Doesn't Really Matter - 04:49
- B3: The Strangest Thing - 06:00
- C1: To Be Forgiven - 05:21
- C2: Move On - 04:45
- C3: Star People - 05:15
- D1: You Have Been Loved - 05:27
- D2: Free - 02:59
- A1: Fastlove, Pt. 2 - 04:54
- A2: Spinning The Wheel (Forthright Edit) - 04:41
- A3: Star People ‘97 (Radio Version) - 05:42
- B1: The Strangest Thing ’97 (Radio Version) - 04:41
- B2: You Know That I Want To - 04:37
- B3: Safe - 4:27
- CD1 01: Jesus To A Child - 06:49
- CD1 02: Fastlove, Pt. 1 - 05:27
- CD1 03: Older - 05:32
- CD1 04: Spinning The Wheel - 06:09
- CD1 05: It Doesn't Really Matter - 04:49
- CD1 06: The Strangest Thing - 06:00
- CD1 07: To Be Forgiven - 05:21
- CD1 10: You Have Been Loved - 05:27
- CD1 11: Free - 02:59
- CD2 01: Fastlove, Pt. 2 - 04:54
- CD2 02: Spinning The Wheel (Forthright Edit)
- CD2 03: Star People ‘97 (Radio Version) - 05:42
- CD2 04: The Strangest Thing ’97 (Radio Version) - 04:41
- CD2 05: You Know That I Want To - 04:37
- CD2 06: Safe - 4:27
- CD3 01: Fastlove (A/C Summer Mix) - 04:55
- CD3 02: Star People ‘97 (Radio Edit) - 04:39 *
- CD3 03: Freedom '94 (Live Version) - 06:06
- CD3 04: One More Try (Live Gospel Version) - 5:26
- CD3 05: Star People (Unplugged) - 06:04
- CD3 06: Spinning The Wheel (Radio Edit) - 05:00
- CD3 07: Fastlove (Promo Edit) - 04:43 *
- CD3 08: Jesus To A Child (Special Radio Edit) - 04:20 *
- CD3 09: Spinning The Wheel (Forthright Dub Mix) - 06:48 *
- CD3 10: Star People (Forthright Club Mix) - 09:17
- CD4 01: Fastlove (Forthright Extended 12" Mix) - 09:23
- CD4 02: Star People (Forthright Dub Mix) - 07:40
- CD4 03: I'm Your Man (The Jon Douglas Remix) - 04:04
- CD4 04: Fastlove Part Ii (Fully Extended Mix) - 09:36
- CD4 05: Spinning The Wheel (Forthright Extended 12" Club Mix) - 08:36 *
- CD4 06: Star People (Galaxy Dub Mix) - 07:11
- CD4 07: Fastlove (Forthright Remix 7” Version) - 04:25 *
- CD4 08: I Can't Make You Love Me (Studio Version) - 05:20
- CD1 08: Move On - 04:45
- CD5 01: Desafinado - George Michael With Astrud Gilberto - 03:19
- CD5 02: The Strangest Thing (Live) - 06:00
- CD5 03: Star People (Forthright Radio Edit) - 04:33 *
- CD5 04: The Strangest Thing ‘97 (Loop Ratz Mix) - 08:49
- CD5 05: Fastlove (Forthright Dub Remix) - 08:32 *
- CD5 06: Jesus To A Child (Radio Edit) - 06:07 *
- CD5 07: Spinning The Wheel (The Jon Douglas Remix) – 06:38 **
- CD5 08: Star People (Galaxy Mix) – 08:09
- CD5 09: Older (Instrumental Version) - 05.29
- CD1 09: Star People - 05:15
Standard Edition 2LP[27,94 €]
Originally released in the UK on 13 May 1996 through Virgin Records, ‘Older’, George Michael’s iconic album, reached the pinnacle of chart success, where it remained for three consecutive weeks, spending 35 weeks in the top 10 overall. The album produced six singles, two of which - ‘Fastlove’ and the haunting ‘Jesus To A Child’ - reached No.1, with the other four peaking in the top three.
The album was a huge global commercial success, going 6x platinum in the UK, as well as verified platinum in another 22 countries – an achievement which is unparalleled to this day.
‘Older’ was George’s third album as a solo artist and would see him experimenting with new musical styles and expanding his artistic horizons. Hailed by critics as a triumph, it told the story of an extraordinary period in the life of the man who wrote, recorded and produced it, as he journeyed through one of the most turbulent periods of his professional and personal life. George channeled all his painful life experiences into one of the most personal, heart-felt albums he had ever written.
- E1: Anniversary (Nothing Up My Sleeve)
- G2: Not For The Season (Laminated Cat)
- H2: Not For The Season (Laminated Cat)
- K3: Remember To Remember (Hummingbird)
- N2: Love Will (Let You Down)
- A1: I Am Trying To Break Your Heart (2022 Remaster)
- A2: Kamera (2022 Remaster)
- A3: Radio Cure (2022 Remaster)
- B1: War On War (2022 Remaster)
- B2: Jesus, Etc. (2022 Remaster)
- B3: Ashes Of American Flags (2022 Remaster)
- C1: Heavy Metal Drummer (2022 Remaster) #
- C2: I'm The Man Who Loves You (2022 Remaster) #
- C3: Pot Kettle Black (2022 Remaster) #
- D1: Poor Places (2022 Remaster) #
- D2: Reservations (2022 Remaster) #
- E2: Venus Stopped The Train (American Aquarium Version) *
- E3: Poor Places (American Aquarium Version 1)
- E4: I Am Trying To Break Your Heart (American Aquarium Version) *
- F1: American Aquarium *
- F2: Cars Can't Escape (American Aquarium Version) *
- F3: Kamera (American Aquarium Version) *
- F4: War On War (American Aquarium Version) *
- F5: I'm The Man Who Loves You (American Aquarium Version) *
- G1: Ashes Of American Flags (American Aquarium Version) *
- G3: Shakin' Sugar (American Aquarium Version) * #
- G4: Let Me Come Home (American Aquarium Version) *
- H4: I Am Trying To Break Your Heart (Here Comes Everybody Version) *
- H5: Kamera (Here Comes Everybody Version) *
- K1: Cars Can't Escape (Here Comes Everybody Version) * #
- K2: A Magazine Called Sunset (The Unified Theory Of Everything Version) ** #
- K4: I Am Trying To Break Your Heart (The Unified Theory Of Everything Version)
- L1: Kamera (The Unified Theory Of Everything Version) ** #
- L2: Radio Cure (The Unified Theory Of Everything Version) ** #
- L3: War On War (The Unified Theory Of Everything Version) ** #
- L4: Jesus, Etc. (The Unified Theory Of Everything Version) ** #
- M1: Ashes Of American Flags (Stravinsky Mix) ** #
- M2: Heavy Metal Drummer (The Unified Theory Of Everything Version) ** #
- M3: I'm The Man Who Loves You (The Unified Theory Of Everything Version) **
- M4: Pot Kettle Black (The Unified Theory Of Everything Version) ** #
- M5: Poor Places (The Unified Theory Of Everything Version) ** #
- N1: Reservations (The Unified Theory Of Everything Version) ** #
- N3: Lost Poem Demo (Lonely In The Deep End Version) *
- N4: I’m The Only One Who Lets Her Down (Lonely In The Deep End Version) *
- N5: Has Anybody Seen My Pencil? (Lonely In The Deep End Version) *
- G5: Poor Places (American Aquarium Version 2) *
- H3: Remember To Remember (Hummingbird) (Here Comes Everybody Version)
‘Complex and dangerously catchy, lyrically sophisticated and provocative, noisy and somehow serene… Yankee Hotel Foxtrot… is simply a masterpiece.’ – Pitchfork, 10/10, April 2002
‘The looped chaos and plangent melodies... effectively heralded the birth of a new band, as Jeff Tweedy overhauled his compositional modus operandi. So tender was the emotional core of songs like ‘Jesus, Etc.’ that the record became wrapped up in America’s post-9/11 cultural discourse... Yankee Hotel Foxtrot embedded Wilco’s great American songwriter status.’
– Mojo
‘It's as if the Flying Burrito Brothers suddenly decided to cover Pavement songs. There is a gentle, rootsy beauty here that Wilco has buried in a box of vulnerability and covered with a handful of dirt.’ – New York Times
‘Born out of turmoil, Wilco’s fourth album was a stone-cold classic.’ – Uncut
Nonesuch releases seven special editions of Wilco’s landmark 2002 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. The now-classic record has been remastered and will be available as part of each set. The Super Deluxe version comprises eleven vinyl LPs and one CD – including demos, drafts, and instrumentals, charting the making of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot – plus a live 2002 concert recording and a September 2001 radio performance and interview. That box set includes eighty-two previously unreleased music tracks as well as a new book featuring an interview with singer/songwriter/guitarist Jeff Tweedy, drummer Glenn Kotche, and Jim O’Rourke, who mixed the acclaimed 2002 album; an in-depth essay by journalist/author Bob Mehr; and previously unseen photos of the band making the album in their Chicago studio, The Loft. For the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot recording, Wilco was Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Leroy Bach, Glenn Kotche, and Jay Bennett with Craig Christiansen, Ken Coomer, Jessy Greene, Fred Lonberg-Holm, and Jim O’Rourke.
A live version of ‘Reservations’ from a legendary concert contained on Snoozin’ at The Pageant – Live 7/23/02 at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO – a recording that is part of the Super Deluxe LP and CD sets as well as the Deluxe LP and digital sets – is now available. A limited-edition vinyl 7” with versions of ‘I’m the Man Who Loves You’ and ‘War on War’, from the Super Deluxe box set, is available now from wilcostore.
Wilco marked the anniversary of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot – which was released commercially on April 23, 2002, after a circuitous and storied gestation, including a period of streaming for free on the band’s website – with a performance of the album’s ‘Poor Places’ on April 18’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert, which may be seen here. The band is currently performing Yankee Hotel Foxtrot in its entirety (plus a mix of concert favourites and rarities) in two limited runs at New York City’s United Palace and Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre. The Chicago show on April 23 will be available as a live stream here.
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was widely acclaimed as one of 2002’s best albums, appearing in year-end lists of Mojo, NME, Q, Rolling Stone, and Uncut, among many others. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot also was featured in multiple decade-end lists, with Rolling Stone naming it #3 Album of the 2000s, as well as many Greatest Albums of All Time lists, including in the NME.
Among Yankee’s inspirations was a recording Tweedy bought at Tower Records in the late 1990s, The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations. As Bob Mehr points out in his new album note, the record got “deep under Tweedy’s skin.” Tweedy said in his 2017 memoir, Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back), “It was as fascinating to me as anything being made by actual musicians using actual instruments… I wanted to know why it was so hypnotic to me. Why could I listen to hours of this stuff, even though I had no clue what any of them were saying. That question became the foundation for Yankee Hotel Foxtrot… the way people communicated or ultimately failed to communicate.” The album takes its title from a haunting recording of a woman repeating those words that is included in The Conet Project; that recording is sampled in the penultimate song on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, ‘Poor Places’.
“Conceptually, Tweedy had decided to focus on a big idea for the next album: the state of America. His lyrics – often distilled from scribbled pages of free verse or poetry – became a form of inquiry,” Mehr continues. Tweedy said, in 2004, “I wanted to write about the stuff right in front of my eyes, microscopically looking at America and asking questions about each little thing… How can there be all these good things and things that I love about America, alongside all of these things that I’m ashamed of? And that was an internal question, too; I think I felt that way about myself.”
Mehr says, “Exploring those questions, while weaving in strands of Eastern philosophy and bits of autobiography – Yankee lyrics would be loaded with the pained imagery of someone suffering from migraines and mental health issues – Tweedy would conjure a deep examination of both country and self.”
Describing the uncanny, strangely prescient feeling of the album, which Wilco began offering as a free stream on its website in 2001, Mehr notes: “In the wake of 9/11, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot would be burdened with unintended meaning. The disc had originally been scheduled for a September 11 release. Its cover – a Sam Jones-shot image of Chicago’s twin Marina Towers angled in looming fashion – bore an eerie resemblance to the felled World Trade Center towers. And the songs – with titles like ‘Ashes of American Flags’ and ‘War on War,’ and lyrics about how ‘tall buildings shake, sad voices escape’ – took on a terrible new resonance.”
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was the first Wilco release on Nonesuch Records following the band’s infamous split with Reprise (both labels are part of Warner Music Group). It was also the first release featuring the line-up of drummer Glenn Kotche and multi-instrumentalist Leroy Bach joining founding members Jeff Tweedy and John Stirratt. The 2002 Sam Jones film I Am Trying to Break Your Heart documented the fraught recording and mixing process, personnel changes, and label issues.
The relationship with Nonesuch would last nearly a decade and include three more studio albums – the Grammy Award-winning A ghost is born, Sky Blue Sky, and Wilco (the album) – along with a live album and a live DVD, plus reissues of earlier records, before Wilco began its own label, dBpm. The band’s current lineup of Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Glenn Kotche, Mikael Jorgensen, Patrick Sansone, and Nels Cline has been together for nearly twenty years.
DISC 5: HERE COMES EVERYBODY – BUILDING YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT (PART 2)
Side I: (TRAIN)
1. Radio Cure (Here Comes Everybody Version) *
2. War on War (Here Comes Everybody Version) *
3. Venus Stopped the Train (Here Comes Everybody Version) * #
4. I'm the Man Who Loves You (Here Comes Everybody Version) *
5. The Good Part (Here Comes Everybody Version) * #
Side J: (KETTLE)
1. Pot Kettle Black (Here Comes Everybody Version) *
2. Ashes of American Flags (Here Comes Everybody Version) *
3. Poor Places (Here Comes Everybody Version) *
4. Shakin' Sugar (Here Comes Everybody Version) *
5. Reservations (Here Comes Everybody Version) *
DISC 6: HERE COMES EVERYBODY – BUILDING YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT (PART 2) / THE UNIFIED THEORY OF EVERYTHING – BUILDING YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT (PART 3)
Side K: (ESCAPE)
1. Cars Can't Escape (Here Comes Everybody Version) * #
2. A Magazine Called Sunset (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) ** #
3. Remember to Remember (Hummingbird) The Unified Theory of Everything Version ** #
4. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) ** #
Side L: (WAR)
1. Kamera (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) ** #
2. Radio Cure (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) ** #
3. War on War (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) ** #
4. Jesus, Etc. (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) ** #
DISC 7: THE UNIFIED THEORY OF EVERYTHING – BUILDING YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT (PART 3) / LONELY IN THE DEEP END – DEMOS, DRAFTS, ETC.
Side M: (DRUMMER)
1. Ashes of American Flags (Stravinsky Mix) ** #
2. Heavy Metal Drummer (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) ** #
3. I'm The Man Who Loves You (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) **
4. Pot Kettle Black (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) ** #
5. Poor Places (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) ** #
Side N: (RESERVATIONS)
1. Reservations (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) ** #
2. Love Will (Let You Down) Lonely in the Deep End Version *
3. Lost Poem Demo (Lonely in the Deep End Version) *
4. I’m The Only One Who Lets Her Down (Lonely in the Deep End Version) *
5. Has Anybody Seen My Pencil? (Lonely in the Deep End Version) *
[l] E1. Anniversary (Nothing Up My Sleeve) [American Aquarium Version] *
[v] G2. Not for the Season (Laminated Cat) [American Aquarium Version] *
[y] H2. Not for the Season (Laminated Cat) [Here Comes Everybody Version] * #
[xe] K3. Remember to Remember (Hummingbird) [The Unified Theory of Everything Version] ** #
[xq] N2. Love Will (Let You Down) [Lonely in the Deep End Version] *
‘Complex and dangerously catchy, lyrically sophisticated and provocative, noisy and somehow serene… Yankee Hotel Foxtrot… is simply a masterpiece.’ – Pitchfork, 10/10, April 2002
‘The looped chaos and plangent melodies... effectively heralded the birth of a new band, as Jeff Tweedy overhauled his compositional modus operandi. So tender was the emotional core of songs like ‘Jesus, Etc.’ that the record became wrapped up in America’s post-9/11 cultural discourse... Yankee Hotel Foxtrot embedded Wilco’s great American songwriter status.’
– Mojo
‘It's as if the Flying Burrito Brothers suddenly decided to cover Pavement songs. There is a gentle, rootsy beauty here that Wilco has buried in a box of vulnerability and covered with a handful of dirt.’ – New York Times
‘Born out of turmoil, Wilco’s fourth album was a stone-cold classic.’ – Uncut
Nonesuch releases seven special editions of Wilco’s landmark 2002 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. The now-classic record has been remastered and will be available as part of each set. The Super Deluxe version comprises eleven vinyl LPs and one CD – including demos, drafts, and instrumentals, charting the making of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot – plus a live 2002 concert recording and a September 2001 radio performance and interview. That box set includes eighty-two previously unreleased music tracks as well as a new book featuring an interview with singer/songwriter/guitarist Jeff Tweedy, drummer Glenn Kotche, and Jim O’Rourke, who mixed the acclaimed 2002 album; an in-depth essay by journalist/author Bob Mehr; and previously unseen photos of the band making the album in their Chicago studio, The Loft. For the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot recording, Wilco was Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Leroy Bach, Glenn Kotche, and Jay Bennett with Craig Christiansen, Ken Coomer, Jessy Greene, Fred Lonberg-Holm, and Jim O’Rourke.
A live version of ‘Reservations’ from a legendary concert contained on Snoozin’ at The Pageant – Live 7/23/02 at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO – a recording that is part of the Super Deluxe LP and CD sets as well as the Deluxe LP and digital sets – is now available. A limited-edition vinyl 7” with versions of ‘I’m the Man Who Loves You’ and ‘War on War’, from the Super Deluxe box set, is available now from wilcostore.
Wilco marked the anniversary of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot – which was released commercially on April 23, 2002, after a circuitous and storied gestation, including a period of streaming for free on the band’s website – with a performance of the album’s ‘Poor Places’ on April 18’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert, which may be seen here. The band is currently performing Yankee Hotel Foxtrot in its entirety (plus a mix of concert favourites and rarities) in two limited runs at New York City’s United Palace and Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre. The Chicago show on April 23 will be available as a live stream here.
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was widely acclaimed as one of 2002’s best albums, appearing in year-end lists of Mojo, NME, Q, Rolling Stone, and Uncut, among many others. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot also was featured in multiple decade-end lists, with Rolling Stone naming it #3 Album of the 2000s, as well as many Greatest Albums of All Time lists, including in the NME.
Among Yankee’s inspirations was a recording Tweedy bought at Tower Records in the late 1990s, The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations. As Bob Mehr points out in his new album note, the record got “deep under Tweedy’s skin.” Tweedy said in his 2017 memoir, Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back), “It was as fascinating to me as anything being made by actual musicians using actual instruments… I wanted to know why it was so hypnotic to me. Why could I listen to hours of this stuff, even though I had no clue what any of them were saying. That question became the foundation for Yankee Hotel Foxtrot… the way people communicated or ultimately failed to communicate.” The album takes its title from a haunting recording of a woman repeating those words that is included in The Conet Project; that recording is sampled in the penultimate song on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, ‘Poor Places’.
“Conceptually, Tweedy had decided to focus on a big idea for the next album: the state of America. His lyrics – often distilled from scribbled pages of free verse or poetry – became a form of inquiry,” Mehr continues. Tweedy said, in 2004, “I wanted to write about the stuff right in front of my eyes, microscopically looking at America and asking questions about each little thing… How can there be all these good things and things that I love about America, alongside all of these things that I’m ashamed of? And that was an internal question, too; I think I felt that way about myself.”
Mehr says, “Exploring those questions, while weaving in strands of Eastern philosophy and bits of autobiography – Yankee lyrics would be loaded with the pained imagery of someone suffering from migraines and mental health issues – Tweedy would conjure a deep examination of both country and self.”
Describing the uncanny, strangely prescient feeling of the album, which Wilco began offering as a free stream on its website in 2001, Mehr notes: “In the wake of 9/11, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot would be burdened with unintended meaning. The disc had originally been scheduled for a September 11 release. Its cover – a Sam Jones-shot image of Chicago’s twin Marina Towers angled in looming fashion – bore an eerie resemblance to the felled World Trade Center towers. And the songs – with titles like ‘Ashes of American Flags’ and ‘War on War,’ and lyrics about how ‘tall buildings shake, sad voices escape’ – took on a terrible new resonance.”
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was the first Wilco release on Nonesuch Records following the band’s infamous split with Reprise (both labels are part of Warner Music Group). It was also the first release featuring the line-up of drummer Glenn Kotche and multi-instrumentalist Leroy Bach joining founding members Jeff Tweedy and John Stirratt. The 2002 Sam Jones film I Am Trying to Break Your Heart documented the fraught recording and mixing process, personnel changes, and label issues.
The relationship with Nonesuch would last nearly a decade and include three more studio albums – the Grammy Award-winning A ghost is born, Sky Blue Sky, and Wilco (the album) – along with a live album and a live DVD, plus reissues of earlier records, before Wilco began its own label, dBpm. The band’s current lineup of Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Glenn Kotche, Mikael Jorgensen, Patrick Sansone, and Nels Cline has been together for nearly twenty years.
DISC 5: HERE COMES EVERYBODY – BUILDING YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT (PART 2)
Side I: (TRAIN)
1. Radio Cure (Here Comes Everybody Version) *
2. War on War (Here Comes Everybody Version) *
3. Venus Stopped the Train (Here Comes Everybody Version) * #
4. I'm the Man Who Loves You (Here Comes Everybody Version) *
5. The Good Part (Here Comes Everybody Version) * #
Side J: (KETTLE)
1. Pot Kettle Black (Here Comes Everybody Version) *
2. Ashes of American Flags (Here Comes Everybody Version) *
3. Poor Places (Here Comes Everybody Version) *
4. Shakin' Sugar (Here Comes Everybody Version) *
5. Reservations (Here Comes Everybody Version) *
DISC 6: HERE COMES EVERYBODY – BUILDING YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT (PART 2) / THE UNIFIED THEORY OF EVERYTHING – BUILDING YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT (PART 3)
Side K: (ESCAPE)
1. Cars Can't Escape (Here Comes Everybody Version) * #
2. A Magazine Called Sunset (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) ** #
3. Remember to Remember (Hummingbird) The Unified Theory of Everything Version ** #
4. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) ** #
Side L: (WAR)
1. Kamera (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) ** #
2. Radio Cure (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) ** #
3. War on War (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) ** #
4. Jesus, Etc. (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) ** #
DISC 7: THE UNIFIED THEORY OF EVERYTHING – BUILDING YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT (PART 3) / LONELY IN THE DEEP END – DEMOS, DRAFTS, ETC.
Side M: (DRUMMER)
1. Ashes of American Flags (Stravinsky Mix) ** #
2. Heavy Metal Drummer (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) ** #
3. I'm The Man Who Loves You (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) **
4. Pot Kettle Black (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) ** #
5. Poor Places (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) ** #
Side N: (RESERVATIONS)
1. Reservations (The Unified Theory of Everything Version) ** #
2. Love Will (Let You Down) [Lonely in the Deep End Version] *
3. Lost Poem Demo (Lonely in the Deep End Version) *
4. I’m The Only One Who Lets Her Down (Lonely in the Deep End Version) *
5. Has Anybody Seen My Pencil? (Lonely in the Deep End Version) *
DISC 8: LONELY IN THE DEEP END – DEMOS, DRAFTS, ETC.
Side O: (MAGAZINE)
1. The Good Part (Lonely in the Deep End Version) *
2. A Magazine Called Sunset (Lonely in the Deep End Version) *
3. A Magazine Called Sunset (Backing Track) [Lonely in the Deep End Version] *
4. Anniversary (Nothing Up My Sleeve) (Lonely in the Deep End Version) *
5. Kamera (Lonely in the Deep End Version) *
Side P: (DOOBY)
1. I'm The Man Who Loves You (Lonely in the Deep End Version) *
2. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart (Lonely in the Deep End Version) *
3. Jesus, Etc. (Lonely in the Deep End Version) *
4. Reservations (Backing Track) [Lonely in the Deep End Version] *
5. Let Me Come Home (Synth) [Lonely in the Deep End Version] *
6. Ooby Dooby (Lonely in the Deep End Version) *
DISC 9: SNOOZIN’ AT THE PAGEANT – 7/23/02 THE PAGEANT, ST. LOUIS, MO
Side Q: (SNOOZIN)
1. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02) **
2. I’m the Man Who Loves You (Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02) **
3. War on War (Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02) **
4. Kamera (Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02) **
Side R: (PAGEANT)
1. Radio Cure (Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02) **
2. A Shot in the Arm (Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02) **
3. She’s a Jar (Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02) **
DISC 10: SNOOZIN’ AT THE PAGEANT – 7/23/02 THE PAGEANT, ST. LOUIS, MO
Side S: (RUSTY)
1. I’m Always in Love (Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02) **
2. Sunken Treasure (Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02) **
3. Jesus, Etc. (Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02) **
4. Heavy Metal Drummer (Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02) **
Side T: (SWING)
1. Pot Kettle Black (Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02) **
2. Ashes of American Flags (Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02) **
3. Not for the Season (Laminated Cat) [Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02] **
DISC 11: SNOOZIN’ AT THE PAGEANT – 7/23/02 THE PAGEANT, ST. LOUIS, MO
Side U: (OUTTASITE)
1. Reservations (Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02) **
2. California Stars (Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02) **
3. Red-Eyed and Blue (Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02) **
4. I Got You (At the End of The Century) [Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02] **
Side V: (WHEEL)
1. Misunderstood (Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02) **
2. Far, Far Away (Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02) **
3. Outtasite (Outta Mind) [Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02] **
4. I’m a Wheel (Live at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02) **
BONUS CD: 9/18/01 SOUND OPINIONS WXRT-CHICAGO, IL WITH GREG KOT & JIM DEROGATIS
1. Interview, Pt. 1 **
2. War on War (Live in Studio) **
3. Interview, Pt. 2 **
4. Interview, Pt. 3 **
5. I'm the Man Who Loves You (Live in Studio) **
6. Interview, Pt. 4 **
7. Should've Been in Love (Live in Studio) **
8. Interview, Pt. 5 **
9. She's a Jar (Live in Studio) **
10. Interview, Pt. 6 **
11. Ashes of American Flags (Live in Studio) **
[l] E1. Anniversary (Nothing Up My Sleeve) [American Aquarium Version] *
[v] G2. Not for the Season (Laminated Cat) [American Aquarium Version] *
[y] H2. Not for the Season (Laminated Cat) [Here Comes Everybody Version] * #
[xe] K3. Remember to Remember (Hummingbird) [The Unified Theory of Everything Version] ** #
[xq] N2. Love Will (Let You Down) [Lonely in the Deep End Version] *
- E1: You Turn Me On I’m A Radio (Live)
- E2: Big Yellow Taxi (Live)
- E4: Woodstock (Live)
- F1: Cactus Tree (Live)
- F2: Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire (Live)
- F3: Woman Of Heart And Mind (Live)
- F4: A Case Of You (Live)
- F5: Blue (Live)
- G1: Circle Game (Live)
- G2: People’s Parties (Live)
- G3: All I Want (Live)
- G4: Real Good For Free (Live)
- G5: Both Sides Now (Live)
- H1: Carey (Live)
- H2: The Last Time I Saw Richard (Live)
- H3: Jericho (Live)
- H4: Love Or Money (Live)
- A1: Banquet (2022 Remaster)
- A2: Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire (2022 Remaster)
- A3: Barangrill (2022 Remaster)
- A4: Lesson In Survival (2022 Remaster)
- A5: Let The Wind Carry Me (2022 Remaster)
- A6: For The Roses (2022 Remaster)
- B1: See You Sometime (2022 Remaster)
- B2: Electricity (2022 Remaster)
- B3: You Turn Me On I’m A Radio (2022 Remaster)
- B4: Blonde In The Bleachers (2022 Remaster)
- B5: Woman Of Heart And Mind (2022 Remaster)
- B6: Judgement Of The Moon And Stars (Ludwig’s Tune)
- C1: Court And Spark (2022 Remaster)
- C2: Help Me (2022 Remaster)
- C3: Free Man In Paris (2022 Remaster)
- C4: People’s Parties (2022 Remaster)
- C5: Same Situation (2022 Remaster)
- D1: Car On A Hill (2022 Remaster)
- D2: Down To You (2022 Remaster)
- D3: Just Like This Train (2022 Remaster)
- D4: Raised On Robbery (2022 Remaster)
- D5: Trouble Child (2022 Remaster)
- D6: Twisted (2022 Remaster)
- I1: In France They Kiss On Main Street (2022 Remaster)I
- I2: The Jungle Line (2022 Remaster)
- I3: Edith And The Kingpin (2022 Remaster)
- I4: Don’t Interrupt The Sorrow (2022 Remaster)
- I5: Shades Of Scarlett Conquering (2022 Remaster)
- J1: The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (2022 Remaster)
- J2: The Boho Dance (2022 Remaster)
- J3: Harry’s House/Centerpiece (2022 Remaster)
- J4: Sweet Bird (2022 Remaster)
- J5: Shadows And Light (2022 Remaster)
- E3: Rainy Night House (Live)
Joni Mitchell was at a turning point 50 years ago. After making four acclaimed albums with Reprise Records, including her 1971 masterpiece Blue, she left the label to join the brand-new Asylum Records in 1972. Over the next seven years, Mitchell would record some of the most acclaimed music of her career while changing her musical direction by adding more jazz elements into her song writing. The evolution culminated in 1979 with Mingus, her collaboration with jazz titan Charles Mingus, and her studio last album for Asylum.
The Asylum Albums (1972-1975), the next instalment in the Joni Mitchell archive series, explores the beginning of that prolific era. The collection features newly remastered versions of For The Roses (1972), Court And Spark (1974), the double live album Miles Of Aisles (1974), and The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (1975). All four were recently remastered by Bernie Grundman. The Asylum Albums (1972-1975 will be available on 23rd September on 5-LP 180-gram vinyl (Limited Edition Of 20,000) and as a 4CD set. The cover art for the set features a previously unseen painting by Mitchell. The set also includes an essay by friend and fellow Canadian Neil Young.
The Asylum Albums (1972-1975), follows Mitchell’s musical evolution over four albums as she embraced more jazz-inspired pieces and moved away from the folk and pop of her early years. It includes essential tracks like her first Top 40 hit, “You Turn Me On, I’m A Radio” and her highest-charting (#7) single “Help Me,” plus favourites like “Free Man In Paris,” “Raised On Robbery” and “In France They Kiss On Main Street.” Mitchell has been intimately involved in producing the collection, lending her vision and personal touch to every element.
l b6. Judgement Of The Moon And Stars (Ludwig’s Tune) 2022 Remaster
[x] e1. You Turn Me On I’m A Radio (Live) [2022 Remaster]
[y] e2. Big Yellow Taxi (Live) [2022 Remaster]
[2022 Remaster]
[xa] e4. Woodstock (Live) [2022 Remaster]
[xb] f1. Cactus Tree (Live) [2022 Remaster]
[xc] f2. Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire (Live) [2022 Remaster]
[xd] f3. Woman Of Heart And Mind (Live) [2022 Remaster]
[xe] f4. A Case Of You (Live) [2022 Remaster]
[xf] f5. Blue (Live) [2022 Remaster]
[xg] g1. Circle Game (Live) [2022 Remaster]
[xh] g2. People’s Parties (Live) [2022 Remaster]
[xi] g3. All I Want (Live) [2022 Remaster]
[xj] g4. Real Good For Free (Live) [2022 Remaster]
[xk] g5. Both Sides Now (Live) [2022 Remaster]
[xl] h1. Carey (Live) [2022 Remaster]
[xm] h2. The Last Time I Saw Richard (Live) [2022 Remaster]
[xn] h3. Jericho (Live) [2022 Remaster]
[xo] h4. Love Or Money (Live) [2022 Remaster]
- A1: Smooth Operator 4 57
- A2: Your Love Is King 3 39
- A3: Hang On To Your Love 6 00
- A4: Frankie's First Affair 4 38
- A5: When Am I Going To Make A Living 3 25
- B1: Cherry Pie 6 20
- B2: Sally 5 20
- B3: I Will Be Your Friend 4 43
- B4: Why Can't We Live Together 5 27
- C1: Is It A Crime 6 20
- C2: The Sweetest Taboo 4 36
- C3: War Of The Hearts 6 47
- C4: Jezebel 5 28
- D1: Mr Wrong 2 50
- D2: Never As Good As The First Time 4 59
- D3: Fear 4 09
- D4: Tar Baby 3 57
- D5: Maureen 4 18
- E1: Love Is Stronger Than Pride 4 16
- E2: Paradise 4 01
- E3: Nothing Can Come Between Us 4 21
- E4: Haunt Me 5 50
- E5: Turn My Back On You 6 07
- F1: Keep Looking 5 20
- F3: Give It Up 3 49
- F5: Siempre Hay Esperanza 5 16
- G1: No Ordinary Love 7 19
- G2: Feel No Pain 5 08
- G3: I Couldn't Love You More 3 49
- G4: Like A Tattoo 3 37
- H1: Kiss Of Life 5 49
- H2: Cherish The Day 5 32
- H3: Pearls 4 33
- H4: Bullet Proof Soul 5 24
- H5: Mermaid 4 22
- I1: By Your Side 4 34
- I2: Flow 4 34
- I3: King Of Sorrow 4 53
- I4: Somebody Already Broke My Heart 5 01
- I5: All About Our Love 2 40
- I6: Slave Song 4 12
- J1: The Sweetest Gift 2 18
- J2: Every Word 4 04
- J3: Immigrant 3 48
- J4: Lovers Rock 4 13
- J5: It's Only Love That Gets You Through 3 53
- K1: The Moon And The Sky 4 27
- K2: Soldier Of Love 5 57
- K3: Morning Bird 3 54
- K4: Babyfather 4 39
- F2: Clean Heart 3 59
- K5: Long Hard Road 3 00
- L1: Be That Easy 3 39
- L2: Bring Me Home 4 06
- L3: In Another Time 5 04
- L4: Skin 4 14
- L5: The Safest Place 2 43
- F4: I Never Thought I'd See The Day 4 12
This boxset features remastered versions of all of Sade’s studio albums to date, on pure 180 gram black vinyl the first complete collection of their studio work up to the present day All six of the band’s acclaimed albums Diamond Life 1984 Promise 1985 Stronger Than Pride 1988 Love Deluxe 1992 Lovers Rock 2000 and Solder Of Love 2010 are packaged into the beautifully finished, white case bound box Revisiting the audio, the band worked from high resolution digital transfers of the stereo master mixes, from the original studio recordings, remastered at half speed at Abbey Road Studios The elaborate, half speed mastering process has produced exceptionally clean and detailed audio whilst remaining faithful to the band’s intended sound No additional digital limiting was used in the mastering process, so the six albums benefit from the advantage of extra clarity and pure fidelity, preserving the dynamic range of the original mixes for the very first time The six album sleeves have been meticulously reproduced in exact detail with authentic paper and printing methods, perfectly replicated for the first time since their original release.
Over an exceptional career spanning more than three decades, Sade’s six albums have amassed over 60 million worldwide sales and have been certified platinum 24 times over Producing singles such as ‘Your Love Is King’, ‘Smooth Operator’ and ‘By Your Side’, Sade have gone on to achieve Number 1 albums across the world, collected several Grammys, MTV Video Music Awards, and a BRIT Award along the way, quietly taking their "place in the pantheon of cultural influence” New York Times, October 2017. Their most recent studio album, Soldier Of Love, charted at number one in 15 countries, including the US, upon release in 2010.
- 1: Zadar
- 2: Prasine Coast
- 3: Wild Encounter
- 4: Briçal De Mar
- 5: Windward Fort
- 6: Lady Lottie
- 7: Turquesa
- 8: Nanga
- 9: The Canopath
- 10: Tamer Encounter
- 11: Mokupuni
- 12: Anak Volcano
- 13: Dr. Hamijo
- 14: Giant Banyan
- 15: Wreck Of The Narwhal
- 16: Corrupted Badlands
- 17: Belsoto Encounter
- 18: Mines Of Mictlan
- 19: Quetzal
- 20: Dojo Master
- 21: Kakama Cenote
- 22: Kupeleleza
- 23: Jino Gap
- 24: Vumbi
- 25: Max
- 26: Nuru Lodge
- 27: Tasa Desert
- 28: The Battle Of Uhuru
- 29: General X
- 30: Uhuru
- 31: Neoedo
- 32: Iwaba
- 33: Onsenshima
- 33: Ryokan
- 34: Ku No Hosomichi
- 35: Miyako Village
- 36: Sacred Lake (Feat. Mioune)
- 37: Telobos
- 38: Loch Aduar
- 39: Lochburg
- 40: Meadowdale
- 41: Cromlech
- 42: Properton
- 43: Forest
- 44: Castle
- 45: The Final Encounter
- 46: The Arbury Reel
Black Screen Records is excited to announce that Damián Sánchez' chill and joyful orchestral soundtrack to Crema's massively multiplayer creature-collection adventure Temtem will be available on limited edition 3xLP Picture Disc vinyl. You get 47 songs and the three starters Crystle, Smazee and Houchic in one beautiful trifold set with gorgeous artwork by Alex Muñoz and Cristina Jiménez. The vinyl and CD both come with a download card for the full digital soundtrack including all tracks. ABOUT THE SOUNDTRACK: Temtem's original game soundtrack is a melodic journey through the adventures on the Airborne Archipelago. A mixture of musical styles and flavors ranging from the chill and joyful orchestral sounds from Deniz to the most vivid and chrer-ish celtic dances from Arbury, through the folk and peacefulness of Omninesia, the mysterious glassy mallets of Tucma, the warm drums and flutes of Kisiwa, and the modern-versus-traditional Asian tunes in Cipanku. Discover the traditions of each isle through its instrumental palette and melodies, and vibe with the rhythms of the combat themes while you become the greatest Temtem tamer. The aim of this physical edition it's always been to give our fans not only another way of listening to Temtem's soundtrack, but to make a piece of art they would love to display on their shelves or even hang on a wall. Both teams at Crema and Black Screen Records worked really hard for a long time to cherry-pick the best ideas and come up with these incredibly beautiful editions. We are really proud of these products and we really hope you enjoy them! - Damián Sánchez ABOUT THE GAME: Temtem is a massively multiplayer online adventure where you'll get to explore the colorful and exciting Airborne Archipelago with all your friends and other players! Discover, tame and battle the Temtem that inhabit these islands, and maybe save the Archipelago in the process? Temtem offers a lengthy story campaign in a fully online world, and the possibility of playing the entire adventure in Co-op with a friend; a rich, complex, RNG-free combat experience, and competitively oriented gameplay, with challenges for all play styles; a bustling economy and trading environment; advanced character customization, housing and a myriad of ways to express yourself!
Primetime Entertainment’ is PET NEEDS’ second studio album and is produced by friend and fan Frank Turner. Simultaneously loud and quiet, raucous party anthems sit alongside thought-provoking personal songs; it’s the sound of a band stepping up a gear to match their catapult on the big stages across the world. Having already toured Europe supporting Frank Turner in the first half of 2022, including Germany, Netherlands, France and more – the touring continues joining Frank on his mammoth 50 States in 50 Days tour of the US throughout June and July and then finally across the UK in September and October. ‘Primetime Entertainment’ is released on 9th September and will be available on CD, LP, digital and cassette. Timeline: Track 1 – ‘Get On The Roof’ – released as a single on 24th June ‘22 "After a gruelling 8 hour drive from a gig in South Devon back to Essex, I was reunited with my wonderful partner Lorna. We threw an old mattress out of our bedroom window onto our roof and clambered out, armed with a rucksack full of the remainder of last night's rider. We listened to cinematic theme tunes as the sun set over the chimneys on the horizon. Come early morning, we rolled back into the house. I grabbed my acoustic guitar, pressed "record" on my phone and sung a dizzy, euphoric stream of consciousness to my voice notes. It felt good, but they always do at that time of night, haha. On second listen in the morning, I felt excited about the tune and started to refine it. As soon as it hit the practice room we turned it into a party banger!"
- A1: Heartbreak Hotel
- A2: I Was The One
- A3: I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
- A4: Don't Be Cruel
- A5: Hound Dog
- A6: Love Me Tender
- B1: Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be) (That's How I Will Be)
- B2: Too Much
- B3: Playing For Keeps
- B4: I'm All Shook Up
- B5: That's When Your Heartaches Begin
- B6: Loving You
- C1: (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear (Let Me Be Your)
- C2: Jailhouse Rock
- C3: Treat Me Nice
- C4: I Beg Of You
- C5: Don't
- C6: Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
- C7: Hard Headed Woman
- D1: I Got Stung
- D2: (Now & Then There's) A Fool Such As I (Now & Then There's)
- D3: A Big Hunk O' Love
- D4: Stuck On You
- D5: A Mess Of Blue
- E2: Are You Lonesome Tonight?
- E3: Surrender
- E4: I Feel So Bad
- E5: Little Sister
- E6: Can't Help Falling In Love
- F1: Rock-A-Hula Baby
- F2: Anything That's Part Of You
- F3: Good Luck Charm
- F4: She's Not You
- F5: Return To Sender
- F6: Where Do You Come From
- F7: One Broken Heart For Sale
- G1: (You're The) Devil In Disguise (You're The)
- G2: Bossa Nova Baby
- G3: Kissin' Cousins
- G4: Viva Las Vegas
- G5: Ain't That Loving You Baby
- G6: Wooden Heart
- H1: Crying In The Chapel
- H2: If I Can Dream
- H3: In The Ghetto
- H4: Suspicious Minds
- H5: Don't Cry Daddy
- H6: Kentucky Rain
- H7: Interviews From 'Elvis Sails
- D6: It's Now Or Never
- E1: Gotta Know
• 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
• DELUXE LIFT-OFF BOX SET
• INCLUDES 20-PAGE PHOTO ALBUM
• 4LP SET FEATURING “HEARTBREAK HOTEL”, “HOUND DOG”, “IN THE GHETTO”, “WOODEN HEART” & “VIVA LAS VEGAS”
• LIMITED EDITION OF 2500 INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED COPIES ON GOLD & BLACK MARBLED VINYL
Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits Vol. 1 is a compilation box set by the King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley. This four-album set was originally released in 1970, as his 38th album. The set peaked at #45 on the Billboard 200 and was certified double Platinum not long after its release. Of the 51 tracks that are featured, four made their album debut in this collection back when it was originally released: “Viva Las Vegas”, “Suspicious Minds”, “Don’t Cry Daddy” and “Kentucky Rain”.
Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits Vol. 1 is available as a deluxe lift-off box set containing 4LP’s and a 20-page photo album. It is available as a limited edition of 2500 individually numbered copies on gold & black marbled vinyl.
'Youngest Daughter' is the debut album from folk-pop quartet GUISE. Spear-headed by singer songwriter Jessica Guise, it follows the release of 'The Fun Part' EP released on XMR March 2020. The album is produced and mastered by husband Frank Turner and features guest appearances from Emily Barker, Callum Green and Lukas Drinkwater. Will be released on CD, white vinyl and download. Live shows and festival appearances planned for throughout the year to support the release. As well as shows in Germany in September and main support to Will Varley on his UK tour in May 2022. *Release Timeline: Track 1 ‘Don’t Come Back’ - released as a single + IGT 25th February 2022 First single ‘Don’t Come Back’ isn’t a song about one particular person so much as a string of disastrous decisions. It’s about the brutal transience and sheer depressing turnover of romantic entanglements I found myself in living in London during my 20s, and about crashing headlong into people who just bounce off and bounce along like dodgems. It’s also about sometimes being the dodgem myself, and not giving myself too much of a hard time about it. Featuring Callum Green on drums and dear pal Lukas Drinkwater brought his marvellous upright bass to the party, and a stunning acoustic guitar solo. Track 2 'I Know When You Leave' - 25th March 2022 - IG track I wrote the words to ‘I Know When You Leave’ on a bus in Italy, and the tune came to me later back in London, Separation from the person I love is a pretty normal part of my life, but that doesn’t make it easy all the time; things are generally just a bit worse when we’re apart, and that’s what this is about. Recorded almost completely a cappella, with a subtle measure of floaty keys tumbling in towards its crescendo, ‘I Know When You Leave’’s barren instrumental landscape adds to the sense of longing and isolation at the track’s core. Features Emily Barker on backing vocals.
How We Function' is the debut album from London grunge trio BERRIES. Live shows and festival appearances in the UK planned for throughout the year to support the release, including 2000Trees and Kendal Calling; shows in Germany supporting The Subways in May and at Frank Turner's Lost Evenings V Festival in September. Plus support tour with Jim Bob from Carter in November and their own UK shows in October. RELEASE TIMELINE: TRACK 1 - 'Wall Of Noise' - 11th March 2022 - single Wall of Noise is the latest offering from BERRIES debut album due to be released in July. Lyrically the song gives a nod to self-doubt and how solitude can heighten and affect these feelings. Feeling lost or confused can produce the noisiest thoughts in your mind and that’s what BERRIES wanted to convey in this song. They push dynamics and layers to create the "noise" that so many people are often trying to escape in their own thoughts and the development of that "noise" throughout the song. TRACK 2 - 'We Are Machines' - 13th May 2022 - single + announce of album This single launches the album campaign for BERRIES' debut 'How We Function'. It is a song about struggling in a demanding society and being exploited by people who have little empathy or concern for your well-being. The song touches on how we are forced to become machines, trying to maintain an impossible level of perfection and how we need to fight against this. Admitting we are only human and finding the strength to stand up and push for balance and rights. In turn, becoming a different type of machine.
(Emmanuel Top, Tom Hades, Kony Donales + original remastered) Zolex heads up our next Bonzai Classics vinyl release with his 1993 cut, Time Modulator. New remixes come from Emmanuel Top, Tome Hades and Kony Donales who add their own unique twists to a techno classic.
Zolex heads up our next Bonzai Classics vinyl release with his 1993 cut, Time Modulator. New remixes come from Emmanuel Top, Tome Hades and Kony Donales who add their own unique twists to a techno classic. Back in the mid-nineties, Frank Struyf was churning out top club hits on Dance Opera, Circus, Frank’s own Zolex Records and our very own XTC and Bonzai Records imprints. Despite his busy DJ schedule Frank still found the time to produce his own sounds. Many years of producing quality records followed and he is still twiddling the knobs and spinning sets to this day.
The Original Mix graces the A1 slot, with its dark drums and rolling techno vibe hitting the spot. Moody and twisty, the groove becomes infectious and hypnotic thanks to a combination of blippy, bleepy sounds and relentless strings. The energy levels rise after the break, causing chaotic scenes on the floor, an absolute stomper. French DJ and producer Emmanuel Top takes up the A2 slot, delivering a fine remix with his instantly recognisable signature sound. Responsible for so many acid laden moments throughout his career, Emmanuel Top remains an inspiration to many. On the remix here, the tension mounts as 303 lines fade up alongside a hybrid drum construction and hypnotic FX. The acid effect takes hold, dominating the groove, the perfect set builder to whip up the crowd. Over on the flip, Belgian artist Tom Hades offers up his interpretation, turning the original into a slamming slice of techno for the modern dancefloor. Undoubtedly, Tom is responsible for some of the best techno joints released in recent years. Here, he employs his skills to great effect, using banging beats and minimalistic sounds that drive a solid, dark room techno vibe. This one is a must have, no doubt. To complete the vinyl, we have French artist Kony Donales on remix duties. Kony is the owner of Cayden Records which has churned out top techno tracks since 2011. He is known for his minimal style and he definitely knows how to work a track. The remix here brings the essence of Time Modulator into the 21st century with a strong contemporary groove. Nice pounding kicks and crispy percussions set the rhythm loose as metallic hits join raucous percussions and FX. Top-notch stuff once again.
- A1: Queen & David Bowie - Bohemian Rhapsody
- A2: Queen & Elton John - Another One Bites The Dust
- A3: Queen & David Bowie - Killer Queen
- A4: Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe - Fat Bottomed Girls
- B1: George Michael & Queen - Bicycle Race
- B2: Brian May - You're My Best Friend
- B3: Freddie Mercury - Don't Stop Me Now
- B4: Freddie Mercury - Save Me
- C1: Queen & Wyclef Jean - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
- C2: Somebody To Love
- C3: Now I'm Here
- C4: Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
- D1: Play The Game
- D2: Flash
- D3: Seven Seas Of Rhye
- D4: We Will Rock You
- D5: We Are The Champions
- E1: A Kind Of Magic
- E2: Under Pressure
- E3: Radio Ga Ga
- E4: I Want It All
- E5: I Want To Break Free
- F1: Innuendo
- F2: It's A Hard Life
- G1: Headlong
- G2: The Miracle
- G3: I'm Going Slightly Mad
- G4: The Invisible Man
- H1: Hammer To Fall
- H2: Friends Will Be Friends
- H3: The Show Must Go On
- H4: One Vision
- I1: The Show Must Go On
- I2: Under Pressure (Rah Mix)
- I3: Barcelona
- I4: Too Much Love Will Kill You
- J1: Somebody To Love
- J2: You Don't Fool Me
- J3: Heaven For Everyone
- J4: Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love) (The Words Of Love)
- K1: Driven By You
- K2: Living On My Own
- K3: Let Me Live
- K4: The Great Pretender
- K5: Princes Of The Universe
- L1: Another One Bites The Dust
- L2: No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young) (Only The Good Die Young)
- L3: These Are The Days Of Our Lives
- L4: Thank God It's Christmas
- F3: Breakthru
- F4: Who Wants To Live Forever
Released for the first time on vinyl, Queen’s compilation ‘The Platinum Collection’, featuring all three of their Greatest Hits albums, shows their unrivalled track record of chart-topping, award-winning, record-breaking rock and pop classics. June 17th will see the limited edition 6LP colour vinyl set released in a slipcase with brand new artwork. Each piece of vinyl will be a different colour and come in its own individually designed sleeve. The set also comes with an exclusive 24-page 12″ photo booklet. LIMITED EDITION
- Eye For An Eye
- No Hope = No Fear
- Bleed
- Tribe
- Bumba
- First Commandment
- Bumbklaatt
- Soulfly
- Umbabarauma
- Quilombo
- Fire
- The Song Remains Insane
- No
- Prejudice
- Karmageddon
- Back To The Primitive
- Pain
- Bring It
- Jumpdafuckup
- Mulambo
- Son Song
- Boom
- Terrorist
- The Prophet
- Soulfly Ii
- In Memory Of…
- Flyhigh
- Downstroy
- Seek 'N' Strike
- Enterfaith
- One
- L.o.t.m
- Brasil
- Tree Of Pain
- One Nation
- 9-11: 01
- Call To Arms
- Four Elements
- Soulfly Iii
- Sangue De Bairro
- Zumbi
- Prophecy
- Living Sacrifice
- Execution Style
- Defeat U
- Mars
- I Believe
- Moses
- Born Again Anarchist
- Porrada
- In The Meantime
- Soulfly Iv
- Wings
- Cangaceiro
- Ain't No Feeble Bastard
- Possibility Of Life's Destruction
- Chaos
- Soulfire
- I Will Refuse
- Under The Sun
- Tribe (Tribal Terrorism Mix)
- Quilombo (Zumbi Dub Mix)
- Umbabarauma (World Cup Mix)
- Terrorist (Total Destruction Mix)
- Berimbau Jam
Driven by Max Cavalera's unrelenting energy, unmistakable growl, and instantly recognizable riffage, the earthy tones and motivational rhythmic bounce of Soulfly maintain a gritty spiritual heart while pushing the boundaries of what's possible in metal. Nowhere is that more apparent than on the four triumphant, redemptive, and crucial eclectic offerings presented in this brand new box set, celebrating the first six years of the band career.
Soulfly (1998) was a riotously heavy escalation of the innovation established on Max's final album with Sepultura, launching a brand-new era. Primitive (2000) and 3 (2002) stomp with tribal groove; Prophecy (2004) is as unsettling but evocative as the tombs of the martyrs across Europe. Max introduced metalheads to the berimbau. His music is brutal yet unapologetically transcendent punk-infused extremity. To commune with the burning muse of metal's shamanistic tribal leader is to envelop oneself inside a post-modern sonic sweat lodge. Brutal riffs, trippy esoteric ritual, unrelenting percussion, primal screams; no matter what Cavalera hammers out on his four-string guitar, it always sets souls free.
- A1: He’s Here For Us
- A2: A Long Ride Ahead
- A3: Wobani Imperial Labor Camp
- A4: There Are Spies Everywhere
- A5: The Detention Of Jyn Urso
- A6: Jyn’s Interrogation
- A7: Mission To Jedha
- A8: Trust Goes Both Ways
- B1: When Has Become Now
- B2: Jyn’s Memories Of Childhood
- B3: Jedha Arrival
- B4: Hearts Of Kyber
- B5: Ambush In Jedha City
- B6: Jedha City Ambush
- B7: Let Them Pass In Peace Part 1
- B8: Let Them Pass In Peace Part 2
- B9: No Friends Of The Empire
- B10: Imperial Departure
- B11: Reunion At Saw’s Hideout
- B12: Cassian’s Prison
- B13: Today Of All Days
- C1: Star-Dust
- C2: An Imperial Test Of Power
- C3: Apologies Are In Order
- C6: No Trust Among Rebels
- C7: Jyn’s Path Is Clear
- D1: Confrontation On Eadu
- D2: Krennic’s Aspirations
- D3: Rebellions Are Built On Hope
- D4: A Rebel Change Of Heart
- D5: Rogue One
- E1: Cargo Shuttle Sw608
- E2: Good Luck Little Sister
- E3: What Brings You To Scarif
- E4: Are We Blind
- E5: Scrambling The Rebel Fleet
- E6: At-Act Assault
- E7: Finding A Way Through
- F1: Project Star-Dust
- F2: Entering The Imperial Archives
- F3: Get That Beach Under Control
- F4: The Master Switch
- F5: We Have To Press The Attack
- F6: Antenna Alignment
- G1: Your Father Would Be Proud
- G2: Hope
- G3: Jyn Erso & Hope Suite
- G4: The Imperial Suite
- G5: Guardians Of The Whills Suite
- H1: Jyn Erso & Hope Suite (Alternate Open)
- C4: News From The Ashes
- H2: Guardians Of The Whills Suite (Alternate Ending)
- H3: A Long Ride Ahead (Alternate Ending)
- H4: Jedha City Ambush (Alternate)
- H5: Rebellions Are Built On Hope (Alternate)
- H6: Scariff Antenna Alignment (Alternate)
- C5: Approach To Eadu
Mondo, in partnership with Walt Disney Records and Lucasfilm, are proud to present an all new 4XLP expanded edition soundtrack to 2016's ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY.
In anticipation of its 5th anniversary, Michael Giacchino unearthed nearly over an hour of previously unreleased music and recording sessions from the film.
Featuring all-new original artwork by John Powell, new liner notes by Michael Giacchino, mastered for vinyl, and pressed on 180 gram black vinyl, this collector's set is essential for Star Wars fans.
Composed by Michael Giacchino and John Williams
Artwork by John Powel
- A1: The Perfect Crime
- A2: Smilers Strange Politely
- A3: Material Condition
- A4: Butchering The Punchline
- A5: Up To My Elbows
- B1: I'm In The Water
- B2: Tricks On Everything
- B3: Caveats
- B4: Figure Eights
- B5: The Bell
LTD Clear Vinyl[24,79 €]
RIYL: Guided by Voices, Pavement, The Clean, XTC, Flying Nun. The title of The Stroppies' newest LP, Levity, serves as a creative statement of intent and an acknowledgment of the dichotomy between the music they have made and the conditions in which they were produced. For a group that started over an initial idea to "create open ended music, quickly and haphazardly”, the logistical challenges of creating their second album in the midst of a pandemic, in a city that endured the longest lockdown in the world, created a need to redefine process. Levity, The Stroppies strongest creative statement to date, is the result of this new approach to creative process. Playful yet focused, but broader in scope and experimentation than previous efforts, the ten songs that comprise Levity continue the band's exploration of the pop song as both foil for experimentation and conduit for personal reflection. Whereas the group's debut LP Whoosh! demonstrated their ability to craft clean, concise jangle pop, Levity takes a different route by utilizing a darker pallet of sounds to create its impressionistic whole. Fuzz and distortion are employed to add weight to songs built on tape loops and Motorik drum patterns. Warbling synthesisers and modulated keys add new moods and dimensions to The Stroppies unique brand of pop classicism. Thematically, the band continues their exploration of the personal refracted through the lens of the absurd, though this time around the music feels a few shades darker, a somewhat inevitable consequence of the collective trauma of the past 24 months. While the narrative around the 'lockdown record' is increasingly commonplace, there are unavoidable realities involved in making creative decisions under such circumstances that can't be overlooked, especially for a band that thrives on collaboration. "The restrictions around COVID really informed the way we made the record', says Angus Lord, the band's co-founder and guitarist. "It meant that there was a lot less opportunity to meet and build ideas collaboratively, which is how we’ve worked in the past. Instead, ideas were developed in isolation, then shared digitally, developing slowly over correspondence and only bearing fruit when we were able to be in a room together. I think this had a big effect on the songwriting and execution.” This process even extended to the studio, where The Stroppies found a kindred spirit in John Lee of Phaedra Studios, who mixed the record in isolation, somehow managing to synthesise the band's pop sensibilities with their penchant for studio experimentation. Furthermore, the addition of new member Zoe Monk, known for playing in a diverse array of Melbourne acts (Eggy, Thibault, The Opals) contributed both synthesiser experimentation and rock solid rhythm guitar, a huge addition to the band's developing sound, an infectious combination of the off-kilter 90s US underground, British artpunk ala Wire and a more than generous love of classic Pop songwriting. The Stroppies have managed to craft a record of weight and substance. Through Levity the Stroppies have, at least temporarily, found their feet amongst the chaos
RIYL: Guided by Voices, Pavement, The Clean, XTC, Flying Nun. The title of The Stroppies' newest LP, Levity, serves as a creative statement of intent and an acknowledgment of the dichotomy between the music they have made and the conditions in which they were produced. Levity, The Stroppies strongest creative statement to date, is the result of this new approach to creative process. Playful yet focused, but broader in scope and experimentation than previous efforts, the ten songs that comprise Levity continue the band's exploration of the pop song as both foil for experimentation and conduit for personal reflection. Whereas the group's debut LP Whoosh! demonstrated their ability to craft clean, concise jangle pop, Levity takes a different route by utilizing a darker pallet of sounds to create its impressionistic whole. Fuzz and distortion are employed to add weight to songs built on tape loops and Motorik drum patterns. Warbling synthesisers and modulated keys add new moods and dimensions to The Stroppies unique brand of pop classicism. Thematically, the band continues their exploration of the personal refracted through the lens of the absurd, though this time around the music feels a few shades darker, a somewhat inevitable consequence of the collective trauma of the past 24 months. While the narrative around the 'lockdown record' is increasingly commonplace, there are unavoidable realities involved in making creative decisions under such circumstances that can't be overlooked, especially for a band that thrives on collaboration. "The restrictions around COVID really informed the way we made the record', says Angus Lord, the band's co-founder and guitarist. "It meant that there was a lot less opportunity to meet and build ideas collaboratively, which is how we've worked in the past. Instead, ideas were developed in isolation, then shared digitally, developing slowly over correspondence and only bearing fruit when we were able to be in a room together. I think this had a big effect on the songwriting and execution." This process even extended to the studio, where The Stroppies found a kindred spirit in John Lee of Phaedra Studios, who mixed the record in isolation, somehow managing to synthesise the band's pop sensibilities with their penchant for studio experimentation. Furthermore, the addition of new member Zoe Monk, known for playing in a diverse array of Melbourne acts (Eggy, Thibault, The Opals) contributed both synthesiser experimentation and rock solid rhythm guitar, a huge addition to the band's developing sound, an infectious combination of the off-kilter 90s US underground, British artpunk ala Wire and a more than generous love of classic Pop songwriting. The Stroppies have managed to craft a record of weight and substance. Through Levity the Stroppies have, at least temporarily, found their feet amongst the chaos.
- A1: A Gente Acaba (Vento Em Rosa) (Vento Em Rosa)
- A2: Don't Forget You're Precious
- A3: Fucking Let Them
- A4: The World Is Mine
- A5: The Sound Of My Feet On This Earth Is A Song To Your Spirit
- B1: I'm Gonna Say Seven
- B2: Do You Know A Human Being When You See One?
- B3: Visitors Yt15B - Jerusalem, Palestine
- B4: I'm Good At Not Crying
- B5: Now (Stars Are Lit) (Stars Are Lit)
- B6: Again (Feat Falle Nioke)
- C1: Mrs Calamari
- C2: People What's The Difference?
- C3: Visitors Xt8B - Oak
- C4: Who Is A Fool
- C5: I Will Not Be Safe
- D1: Visitors Yt15 - Krupp Steel Condition Pivot
- D2: Broken Like
- D3: Now (Pink Triangle, Blue Valley) (Pink Triangle, Blue Valley)
LA FAMILIA AUFLAGE!!!
GOLD, the follow-up to Alabaster DePlume's widely-acclaimed, 2020-
released cinematic instrumental LP To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1,
introduces the world to the artist’s truest self.
That is... though DePlume’s now known across the globe as the saxophonist who created that collection of wonderful, wordless music, he’s most known to fervent fans in his home zone of London, UK, as an outspoken poet and orator, beloved for his inspiring words of encouragement and sing-a-long-able songs about vulnerability, humanity, and courage. GOLD is a sprawling double album that finds DePlume expressing both sides of his artistic character beautifully: (1) an articulate singer and songwriter who invokes the melodious crooning of Donovan as much as Devendra Banhart or Syd Barrett, whose tunes are almost like mini-sermons, full of existential comedy and spiritual enlightenment; and (2) a brilliant composer of simple, soothing, and viscerally nourishing instrumental melodies, with a gift for expanding them into intrepid collective improvisations, led by a delicate and distinguished saxophone tone that conjures the fluttery sweetness of the great Ethiopique Getatchew Mekurya.
Packaging specs: Black & 'Eye of the Sun' coloured Vinyl 2xLP in Heavyweight Gatefold Jacket with Gold-Foil Stamp over Reverse-Board print, with Insert Sheet, IA OBI Strip and Dome-Pattern Inner Sleeves
- 1: Resurrection
- 2: Driving Beats
- 3: Amnesia
- 4: Elegance In Violence
- 5: Garden Of The Tiger
- 6: Estrada Da Estrela
- 7: Hiten
- 8: Formless Like Water
- 9: Pink Pop
- 10: Into Nirvana
- 11: I'm Here Now" (Sanodg Remix)
- 12: Sparking
- 13: Massive Stunner
- 14: Moonlit Wilderness
- 15: Snow Castle
- 16: Dancing Fate
- 17: Turbo Electric
- 18: Slide
- 19: Lili’s Ending
- 20: Hall Of Fate - Resurrection
- 21: Streets
- 22: Kazuya's Ending
- 23: Poolside
- 24: Call Of The Inferno
- 25: Conclusion
- 26: Ground Zero Funk
- 27: The Finalizer
- 28: Martial Medicine
- 29: Shattered Dreams
- 30: Street Wise" (Asura Mix)
- 31: Stalking Wolves
- 32: Supercharged
- 33: Sunrise
- 34: Twist & Scream
- 35: Tiamat
- 36: Disco Bowl
- 37: Hall Of Fate - Resurrection
- 38: Armor King’s Ending
- 39: Ka-No-En-Mai
- 40: Who's Afraid Of
- 41: Mode Select - Tekkendr
- 42: Antares
- 43: Frozen Paradise
- 44: Orbital Move
- 45: Dragon's Nest - To Those Who Go
- 46: Martial Symphony Opus 5
- 47: Crimson Sunset
- 48: Lee's Ending
- 49: Law's Ending
- 50: One More
- 51: Give Me Your Name
- 52: Martial Symphony Opus 5
- 53: Around The World
- 54: Aurora Australis
- 55: Baby Don’t Stop
- 56: Gold Rush
- 57: Synthetic Pulse
- 58: Jin's Ending
- 59: Neonatal
- A1: Visitor - Double Life (Kontravoid Remix)V1
- A2: Visitor - Precious Moment (Morah Remix)
- A3: Visitor - Digital Game (Xarah Dion Remix)
- A4: Visitor - It_S All Over (Sarin Remix 07F)
- B1: Xtr Human - Leben Ohne Licht (Qual Remix)
- B2: Xtr Human - Angst (Visiotr Remix)
- B3: Xtr Human - Dark Germany (Filmmaker Remix)
- B4: Xtr Human - Heimat (Oliver Remix)
Split remix record with Visitor strictly limited to 200 copies. Remixers include Kontravoid, Morah, Xarah Dion, Sarin, Qual, Visitor, Filmmaker, and Oliver. Mastering at Dadub Studio Distributed by ReadyMade Distribution Side A Graphic Design by Jean Lorenzo Side B Graphic Design by Nicolas Zupfer Braid Records 2022
- A1: Just Because .. (Lp1 Just Because)
- A2: Sticks In My Brain
- A3: Under Nylon
- A4: Take A Look
- A5: Soft Images
- A6: Brittle Hero
- B1: Dirty Hands
- B2: Willy Nilly
- B3: Lovely Monster
- B4: Welcome To The Dissidents
- B5: Pure Delight
- B6: Mouvement
- B7: Bent At The Window
- C1: You Are My Jail (Lp2 Sleep Is A Luxury)
- C2: It's So
- C3: I Met The Best
- C4: Hidden Inside
- C5: Andrei Roublev
- C6: Doron Doron
- D1: Hunted
- D2: Not Waiting
- D3: Broken Memory
- D4: The Light Goes Through My Mouth
- D5: 24 Love On My Side
- E3: Wagui
- E4: Never Never
- E5: I Love The Lovers
- E6: Other Souvenir
- E7: Unchanged (Version)
- F1: Not Such A Joke
- F2: Without Face
- F3: Meine Liebe
- F4: Shake Your Flowers
- F5: Makes Me Blind
- F6: It's No Use
- G1: Moons & Mouths (Lp4 Hot Paradox)
- G2: Hot Paradox
- G3: My Analyst "Assez
- G4: Pressure
- G5: Berlin Wall
- H1: He Saw The Light
- H2: Inside Out
- H3: I Never Tried
- H4: Where To Find It
- H5: Like A Lion
- I1: 22£ (Lp5 Accident Of Stars)
- I2: No Crying
- I3: He Calls The Sky Hector
- I4: Bit Of Smile
- I5: Lonely In His Farm
- E1: Just Because
- J1: Your Passion
- J2: Position
- J3: Searchin
- J4: Top Of The Pyramids
- J5: Lost & Late
- J6: War Game
- J7: Accident Of Stars
- J8: No Hands
- E2: No Hands
Minimal Wave presents The Complete Collection 1980-1988, a five LP box set by the highly lauded French group Martin Dupont. The band formed in Marseille in 1980 and consisted of Alain Seghir, Brigitte Balian, Beverley Jane Crew, and Catherine Loy. They were immensely talented with a rare dynamic between them that was likely inspired by a combination of their magnetic personalities, creative vision and and the home studio where they recorded. The music they made was colorful, enthusiastic and delicate, but also melancholy and mysterious. A mixture of hot and cold, light and dark. They made electronic music that incorporated guitars and clarinets and are described by many as a New Wave band yet they truly transcended genres. They had some mainstream success finding themselves opening for bands like The Lotus Eaters, The Lounge Lizards and Siouxsie and the Banshees, without any intention of ever being a commercial enterprise. In Beverley Jane Crew’s words, “the songs just tumbled out in a completely organic and spontaneous way and as soon as they were recorded on the four track, they were shared with friends on tapes, openly and excitedly.”
They released three studio albums: Just Because, Sleep Is A Luxury and Hot Paradox, one cassette entitled Inédits 1981-1983 and one 7” single entitled Your Passion. In 2008, Minimal Wave released a compilation of selected tracks entitled Lost And Late. Now one decade later, MW releases its first box set for this phenomenal band.
The Complete Collection 1980-1988 consists of all of Martin Dupont’s recorded material to date in the form of five 180 gram vinyl LPs and spans 60 songs recorded between 1980 and 1988. Along with the five LPs, the box contains a 12 page LP-sized full color booklet featuring previously unpublished photographs of the band, their history, and select song lyrics. The box itself is bound in platinum grey linen, with black foil type and both booklet and box are designed by NYC based artist Peter Miles. All five LPs are pressed on black 180 gram vinyl and feature the original artwork of the French artist Yves Cheynet.
- A1: Vaterunser
- A2: Mensch
- A3: Die Fliege
- A4: Die Zehn Gebote
- B1: Böser Wolf
- B2: Nichts Bleibt Für Die Ewigkeit
- B3: Ewig Währt Am Längsten (Dub)
- B4: Und So Weiter
- B5: Bonnie & Clyde
- C1: Der Froschkönig
- C2: Xtc
- C3: Lügen
- C4: Paradies
- C5: Und Wir Leben
- D1: Er Denkt, Sie Denkt
- D2: Seelentherapie
- D3: Viva La Revolution
- D4: Zehn Kleine Jägermeister
- A1: Uncle Archibald
- A2: Buzz
- A3: Lopes
- B1: Total Space
- B2: Miss Maggie
- C1: Swampfire, Part I
- C2: Swampfire, Part Ii
- D1: La Canal
- D2: Just Call
- D3: Judy
- E1: On More Bass Hit
- E2: Key-Alliance
- E3: To Zbiggi
- F1: Cucu Ear
- F2: Beverly Hills Party
- F3: Sultans Of Jazz
- G1: District 7
- G2: Black Jasmine
- G3: Q 11
- G4: Descendants
- H1: Stereo
- H2: Husky
- H3: A Little Circus
- H4: Shogun
- I1: Concersation One
- I2: Pinocchio's Dream
- I3: Pinocchio's Dance
- J1: Don't Forget
- J2: Choro Do Portina
- J3: Broken City
- K1: Laura
- K2: Fingerprints
- L1: A Strange Sunrise
- L2: X-Ray
- L3: Flip-Flop
- L4: Autumn Leaves
- L5: Dexter's Tune
- M1: Both Sides Now
- M2: Angel Eyes
- M3: Yellow And Blue
- N1: Impulse
- N2: The Second Time
- N3: Train To Norway
- O1: I'm Through With Love
- O2: Conversation Iii
- P1: Mela's Interplay
- P2: Body And Soul
- P3: What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
- H5: Open Windows
- H6: Goodby (For Buddy)
This crazy project brings good vibes... Many generations and loads of smiles ! These 12 tunes have been patiently put aside with musicians who patiently wait for this project to come out. I must thanks them... And to thanks them in addition to the LP comes an insert with a crazy comics by ExpExp and.. on the other size a board game to play (maybe with your exp fenwick dragsters ^^ ) … Ah about the music : it's a full pumpin selecta, with some old school fellow of the genre like X-Tech, Crystal and Fky, some middle ages not-so—old but so-soso like Little Guy, Tournevis … or Matelk and Protokick .. or more fresh like Pandro... Through … this is a bible to me. And I'm really happy to deliver a beautiful project precise in the music, the cut, the mastering, the visual and all that.... Enjoy dancing, partying and stand up straight towards the cops !
- A1: The Moonlight Duel
- A2: Determination: Father's Message
- A3: The Dragon Ninja
- A4: Mysterious Woman
- A5: Bravery: On The Clutches
- A6: Reminiscence
- A7: A Sudden Development
- A8: Like A Howling Gale
- A9: In Hiding: Pursuing The Nightmare
- A10: Eyecatch
- A11: The Cia
- A12: The Sanctuary Of Shadows
- A13: The Amazing Ryu
- A14: Crisis
- A15: Surprise Attack: The Wicked God's Secret Maneuvers
- B1: Malth The Crimson Terror
- B2: The Truth Concealed
- B3: Melancholy Destiny
- B4: Requiem
- B5: The Truth Concealed (Reprise)
- B6: The Menace Of Jaquio
- B7: Showdown: At The Portal Of Death (Battlefield) (Battlefield)
- B8: The Demon's Incantation
- B9: In A Pinch: The Ordeal Of Battle
- B10: At The End Of The Battle
- B11: Irene: Overture Of Dawn (Prelude)
- B12: Credits
- B13: Game Over
- B14: Cinema Display Sound Attack 1
- B15: Cinema Display Sound Attack 2
- B16: Sound Effects
- C1: Insert Coin
- C10: Las Vegas Stage Boss
- C11: Round Clear 3
- C2: Game Start
- C3: La Stage
- C4: La Stage/Grand Canyon Stage Boss
- C5: Round Clear 1
- C6: Ny Stage
- C7: Ny Stage/Transcontinental Railroad Stage Boss
- C8: Round Clear 2
- C9: Las Vegas Stage
- D1: Grand Canyon Stage (Japan) (Japan)
- D2: Grand Canyon Stage (Usa) (Usa)
- D3: Round Clear 4
- D4: Transcontinental Railroad Stage
- D5: Round Clear 5
- D6: Final Stage
- D7: Final Stage Boss
- D8: Time's Up
- D9: Game Over
- D10: Credits
- D11: High Score Screen
- D12: Round Clear 1 (Usa) (Usa)
- D13: Round Clear 2 (Usa) (Usa)
- D14: Round Clear 3 (Usa) (Usa)
- D15: Round Clear 4 (Usa) (Usa)
- D16: Round Clear 5 (Usa) (Usa)
- D17: Game Over (Usa) (Usa)
Ninja Gaiden, of the most iconic and beloved 2D action game series ever created, was first released in the arcades in 1988, while making its console debut on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) later in the same year. At the time of the console release, Ninja Gaiden was renowned not only for its deep storytelling beautifully visualized by TECMO’s unique “cinema scenes,” but also through its legendary chiptune soundtrack, whose unique rock-’n’-roll sound and drum beat instantly became a formative musical experience for players who were only just getting into video games.
Ninja Gaiden: The Definitive Soundtrack is divided into volumes. The first, Ninja Gaiden Vol. 1, features the music of both the NES title and the Arcade game, both titled Ninja Gaiden. These legendary soundtracks have been digitally restored under the supervision of Keiji Yamagishi, one of the original series composers. The booklet includes a comprehensive roundtable discussion among several members of the original development team, including the director, producers, artist and composers; an essay by game historian Ray Barnholt; and original archival artworks.
- A1: Runaways
- A2: Ball And Chain
- A3: Senses Working Overtime
- A4: Jason And The Argonauts
- B1: No Thugs In Our House
- B2: Yacht Dance
- B3: All Of A Sudden (It's Too Late)
- C1: Melt The Guns
- C2: Leisure
- C3: It's Nearly Africa
- C4: Knuckle Down
- D1: Fly On The Wall
- D2: Down In The Cockpit
- D3: English Roundabout
- D4: Snowman
- 1: Luciano – Ulterior Motive
- 2: Sugar Minott – Run Things
- 3: Morgan Heritage – Bubble In The Struggle
- 4: Ini Kamoze - Hot Steppa
- 5: Gregory Isaacs - Make Me Prosper
- 6: Sizzla - Taking Over
- 7: Frankie Paul – Gimme That Portion
- 8: Sanchez – Praise Him
- 9: Cocoa Tea – Good Life
- 10: Capleton – Stand Tall
- 11: Jah Cure – Trod In The Valley
- 12: Beres Hammond - Hold On
In over thirty years of regularly meeting with reggae artists and musicians in the UK and Kingston, I never encountered anything like the feeling of being around the Xterminator camp during the nineties. It wasn’t just the depth of talent that owner Philip “Fatis” Burrell could call upon or even the quality of his productions, but the sense of purpose he instilled in people. At times, it felt as if he and his group of largely Rasta artists had aligned themselves with a higher power - not just in their reasoning sessions, but when someone stepped to the mic and opened their heart, as well as their mouth. If you recorded for Fatis, you went into the studio empty-handed - no lyrics - and put your trust in the Almighty. That was the rule and the artists who passed through Xterminator had to really feel what they were singing or deejaying about.
Pressed on 140g Black Vinyl Including a signed print from Eddie Piller, limited to 750.
Demon are proud to release “Eddie Piller Presents British Mod Sounds Of the 1960s”, the follow up the “The
Mod Revival”. Featuring 100 original tracks across 6LPs, its a deep dive into the Mod scene in '60s Britain.
Including a selection of classic and rare tracks, tracing the scene from its R&B rootsto a soulful finale
Curated by Acid Jazz Records and Modcast founder Eddie Piller, and featuring new sleeve notes from
respected author and broadcaster Paul 'Smiler' Anderson.
As Eddie Piller points out in the forward to the extensive sleeve notes that accompany this collection, he
chose the word 'Sounds' carefully, reflecting the variety of talent contained here, from uncool session
musicians without an ounce of style in them, acts who saw an opportunity to jump on the Mod bandwagon
and bands who whole heartedly embraced Mod way of life.
And so this new collection mixes the Mod mainstays (Small Faces, The High Numbers The Action, The Fleur
De Lys), with a generous selection of future superstars (David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Marc Bolan,
Jeff Beck and Graham Gouldman of 10cc are all represented here), and a few artists so obscure, so rare, that
they never got to release a record in the '60s, but Eddie has tracked down the tapes nonetheless.
"Be in with the In Crowd once more."
Every great youth cult deserves a great soundtrack, and when the '60s Mods adopted classic American R&B,
with a side order of hip Jazz, they undoubtedly found the right music for their exuberant and stylish way of
life. And yet, buying expensive imports, hoping for a local release or praying for a rare visit from overseas
talent was never going to be enough to satisfy British youth with a thirst for the latest sounds. Certainly not
those on the dancefloor and definitely not those with their own musical ambitions.
It was a music scene that began with imitation, before skill and imagination lead curious minds to innovation,
a scene that evolved from average (at best) copies of releases on the Chess, Motown and Stax labels, to
become something more sophisticated,something quite unique, something very British.
All formats are stylishly packaged (of course) and include new sleeve notes by Paul 'Smiler' Anderson, author
of the best-selling and highly regarded books'Mods: The New Religion' and 'Mod Art'.








































