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LUSSURIA - American Babylon (Gatefold Vinyl Edition), HOSPITAL PRODUCTIONS
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LUSSURIA

American Babylon (Gatefold Vinyl Edition)

HOSPITAL PRODUCTIONS

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ELECTRONIC

Cat. Number: HOS-383-LP

*One of the most crucial despatches from the mighty Hospital Productions yet - deluxe gatefold 2LP, initial copies pressed on clear wax with a master and cut by Matt Colton at Alchemy* Hospital Productions present a very necessary vinyl edition for one of the most affective industrial/ambient collections in their catalogue, and one of the label's most sought-after. Over the course of three cassettes (limited to just 99 copies) issued in 2012, Lussuria ("Lust" in Italian) drip fed these eight tracks of opiated, phantasmic SM atmospheres into the musical bloodstream, du… Read more
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UPWARD ARROWS (^^^^) - The Sad Truth, Cotton Goods
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UPWARD ARROWS (^^^^)

The Sad Truth

Cotton Goods

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HOME LISTENING / MODERN CLASSICAL / AMBIENT

Cat. Number: FOLIOFILE001LP

**Hand-numbered edition of 100 copies heralding a new series of releases for Cottong goods. CD packaged in a bespoke oversized fold-over jacket with art insert inside a string-fastened outer** Cotton Goods' new Folio series just rolled in from the hills. Featuring new work from John McCaffrey, aka Part Timer, aka Upward Arrows, it's a perfectly understated yet gorgeous marriage of music and presentation. 'The Sad Truth' revolves four pieces sounding like broken machinery and attempted EVP recordings rubbed to tape and left to dry rot in a Lancashire cottage. 'The Sad Truth About Good Intent… Read more
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KORELESS - Yugen, Young Turks
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KORELESS

Yugen

Young Turks

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Cat. Number: YT088

Koreless returns with his first proper offering of 2013, an EP on Young Turks. Less club-focussed than last year's 12" on Jacques Greene's Vase, the Glaswegian seems determined here to prove there's more to him than nicing up the dance. There are certainly some good moments: opener 'Ivana' affects a nice Vangelis synth-glide but is compromised a little by its glottal, percussive vocal edits, which persist on into 'Sun', another trancey, string-led number which, despite a dressing of sub-footwork drum patter, is effectively beatless. On the EP goes, laying the stargazing synths on thick, never quit… Read more
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KODE 9 - Rinse:22, Rinse
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KODE 9

Rinse:22

Rinse

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DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY

Cat. Number: RINSECD031D

Visionary DJ/selector and sonic theorist Steve Goodman aka Kode 9 mans what is inarguably Rinse's most crucial mix CD to date. With mercurial sleight of hand he blends 37 tracks spanning the rhizome of techy, contemporary, bass-rooted funk and leaves most other selectors for dust. Bridging tempos, styles and patterns from myriad sub-strains of house, garage, hip hop, grime and footwork, he sums his intentions thusly; "This style has emerged out of me trying to fit all the stuff I want to play in a set… Generally these sets start relatively simple rhythmically and then get more f*cked-up as the mi… Read more
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LAUREL HALO - Behind the Green Door EP, Hyperdub
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LAUREL HALO

Behind the Green Door EP

Hyperdub

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TECHNO / HOUSE

Cat. Number: HDB071

**Upfront Exclusive** Deft dancefloor excursions from Laurel Halo, instrumental all the way and taking inspiration from UK club gear, continental techno and digital dancehall. ‘Throw’ sounds like a Bok Bok production routed through Jammy’s studio circa ‘85, irie piano chords peeling off a grimy snare attack, all extraneous crenellations sanded off for maximum club impact. ‘Uhffo’ is on a kind of introspective, quasi-tropical house tip, daubed with glassbowl percussion and deep blue comedown synths; this wouldn’t have sounded out of a place on an Irdial B-side back in the day… Read more
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LAUREL HALO - Behind the Green Door EP, Hyperdub
VARIOUS / 14 TRACKS - 14 tracks: Chamber drift, Boomkat / 14 Tracks

VARIOUS / 14 TRACKS

14 tracks: Chamber drift

Boomkat / 14 Tracks

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14 TRACKS COMPILATIONS

Cat. Number: bundle_250

This week's selection sways from wistful drone pop to gauzy ambient and modern compositions; collecting 14 songs with an elemental, folksy awareness which share a rarified, surreal atmosphere. We've picked those with a timeless sense of romance and an elegant, breezy feel for space, spanning the work of preternaturally gifted vocalists such as Liz Harris aka Grouper, Turkey's Ekin Fil and L.A. nightingale Julia Holter, and boundary-pushing experimenters AGF or Chaines, plus gorgeous, chamber-like pieces from Loren Connors, Lee Noble, and Dirty Beaches alongside the wides… Read more
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VARIOUS / 14 TRACKS - 14 tracks: Chamber drift, Boomkat / 14 Tracks
PEARSON SOUND - REM, PEARSON SOUND
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PEARSON SOUND

REM

PEARSON SOUND

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DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY

Cat. Number: PEARS24

Pearson Sound shares four lean, moody and experimental riddims on his eponymous imprint. Up front he unleashes the strafing, darkside synthlines and fractured steppers flux of 'REM' and a daedly body swerve entitled 'Gridlock' laced with proper subbass pressure and almost Anthony Shakir-style percussive edits. Down town, 'Figment' figures Mr. Kennedy at his most reflective, jettisoning the beats in place of Popol Vuh-style chorales and piquant synth sparkle, and almost acting as an intro for the rugged, filtered 'ardcore tessellations of 'Crimson (Beat Ritual). Really strong twelve...
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CARTER TUTTI - Coolicon, Conspiracy International
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CARTER TUTTI

Coolicon

Conspiracy International

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SYNTHWAVE / ELECTRO

Cat. Number: CTIDD045

Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti have spent the last couple of years absorbed in collaboration (chiefly with Nik Void in Carter Tutti Void) and laying the body/ghost of Throbbing Gristle to rest, so it’s really good to have them back functioning as a self-contained duo, the well-practiced configuration that’s yielded so much distinctive and prophetic material in the past. ‘Coolicon-A’ is brilliant, a dense, Fourth World technoscape that reminds us of late Clock DVA and early 90s, heatsick cyberfunk offerings from Richard H Kirk, Dean Dennis, et al, but rendered in a more sophisticated, in… Read more
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WILLIAM BASINSKI - Nocturnes, Temporary Residence Ltd.
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WILLIAM BASINSKI

Nocturnes

Temporary Residence Ltd.

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HOME LISTENING / MODERN CLASSICAL / AMBIENT

Cat. Number: 2062.1201

'Nocturnes' is William Basinski's first new solo recording release in four years. It comprises two typically sanguine, extended compositions; 'Nocturnes' written between 1979-80 during his post-grad period in San Francisco, and 'The Trail Of Tears' recorded in 2009 for the Robert Wilson opera, 'The Life and Death of Marina Abramovich'. If there's any one way to measure the efficacy of his music, it's by how drowsy one feels after consumption. We could either do with a snooze or a strong coffee after initial listens, and we mean that with the utmost respect. The first piece revolves recording… Read more

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RABIH BEAINI (MORPHOSIS) - Albidaya, ANNIHAYA
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RABIH BEAINI (MORPHOSIS)

Albidaya

ANNIHAYA

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ELECTRONIC

Cat. Number: END07LP

**A killer set from Morphosis, a must for fans of Sun Ra, Dariush Dolat-Shahi, Alice Coltrane** Exploratory Lebanese imprint Annihaya presents a stunning debut album opus by Rabih Beaini (aka Morphosis) under his birth name. As Rabih was born in Lebanon (but now based in Berlin and with strong ties to Venice, Italy) it is fitting he shares 'Albidaya' - meaning "The Beginning" in Arabic - with a label from his home country, who provide acute context for its mixture of electronics, psych rock, folk and jazz with their previous releases from Raed Yassin and noted Arab-o-philes, Sun City … Read more
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VARIOUS / 14 TRACKS - 14 tracks: techno techno techno, Boomkat / 14 Tracks

VARIOUS / 14 TRACKS

14 tracks: techno techno techno

Boomkat / 14 Tracks

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14 TRACKS COMPILATIONS

Cat. Number: bundle_249

We're well up for a techno session this week. Girder-strength pounders to serpentine rollers; 14 pieces that run the gamut of dancefloor techno currents from Marcel Dettmann, Moerbeck, Paula Temple, J. Tijn, Sleeparchive, Mike Parker, Orphx and more. There are new school entries from Untold's new Pennyroyal pickup J. Tijn with the searing 'Jack 2' and a bellicose missile from Parisian producer Marcelus, plus a noisy beast from Scots duo, Clouds, while Berliners, Moerbeck and Xhin impress with more sinuous, lip-bitingly dark and sexy sound design. Experience counts… Read more
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VARIOUS / 14 TRACKS - 14 tracks: techno techno techno, Boomkat / 14 Tracks
THE NATIONAL - Trouble Will Find Me, 4AD

THE NATIONAL

Trouble Will Find Me

4AD

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INDIE / ROCK / ALTERNATIVE

Cat. Number: EAD3315A

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VARIOUS PRODUCTION - Shed, Version Records
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VARIOUS PRODUCTION

Shed

Version Records

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Various Production twyst-up with future junglist torque on this one-off bomb. Flighty quick-step rhythms are subject to a tonne of high pressure atmospheric disturbance, churning up far-away chants, disembodied duppies and splintered breakbeats in its cyclonic force. We never know where Various are going next, but we always wanna go there. Tipped!
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F.C. JUDD / VARIOUS - Interpretations On F.C. Judd, Public Information
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F.C. JUDD / VARIOUS

Interpretations On F.C. Judd

Public Information

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ELECTRONIC

Cat. Number: PUBINF010

**Limited to 500 copies only, pressed on white vinyl. Comes with a free download dropped into your account free of charge on Monday, 20th May** Public Information collect diverse reinterpretations of F.C. Judd's pioneering electronic music from Leyland Kirby, Pye Corner Audio, Chris Carter, Peter Rehberg, Bandshell, Ekoplekz, The Boats, Mordant Music, Holly Herndon and many more. The groundbreaking, experimental originals are chopped, sliced and refried into wonderfully abstract shapes in keeping with F.C. Judd's vision, ranging from instrument builder Ian Helliwell's fra… Read more
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F.C. JUDD / VARIOUS - Interpretations On F.C. Judd, Public Information
DIRTY BEACHES - Drifters / Love Is The Devil, ZOO MUSIC
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DIRTY BEACHES

Drifters / Love Is The Devil

ZOO MUSIC

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Cat. Number: ZM015

Amazing return from Alex Zhang Hungtai's Dirty Beaches; a sprawling double header opus of labyrinthine darkwave pop, knackered electronics and chamber experiments. We're usually impressed by his work but this one is really something else, feeding forward the traces of dilapidated rockabilly, blues and garage that informed his brilliant 'Badlands' into a deeply captivating new sound more akin to Suicide, Andy Stott or Loren Connors. Crafted over the course of winter 2012 while living between Montreal and Berlin, it's leaden with heartbreaking gravity and existential self-r… Read more
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DIRTY BEACHES - Drifters / Love Is The Devil, ZOO MUSIC
MU-ZIQ - XTEP, Planet Mu
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MU-ZIQ

XTEP

Planet Mu

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Cat. Number: ZIQ332

Mike Paradinas, boss of the sprawling Planet Mu imprint, does what he does best with his first new µ-Ziq material in over half a decade. 'XTEP' is flush with the sort of nostalgic melody, rave romance and charm that endeared him to so many in the first place. It's an unashamed return to his roots, from the bubbling pastoral melody and proggy chimes of 'XT' to the happy-as-larry piano house of 'Ritm' and 'Pulsar''s nEuro-electro futurism, while the footwork-style drum flux and swooning, emotional melody of 'Monj2' and the bluer swing of 'New Bimple' concede to current trends but not at the expense of his integrity.
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MALA - Changes (James Blake Harmonimix), Deep Medi Musik
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MALA

Changes (James Blake Harmonimix)

Deep Medi Musik

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Cat. Number: MEDI069

James Blake’s uncommissioned Harmonimix of ‘Changes’ finally gets an official release courtesy of Mala’s own Deep Medi, three years after it first started getting heard and turning heads at dances. It remains one of Blake’s most effective and affecting productions, sticking close to the trudging halfstep lean of the source material but placing most emphasis on the bombastic brass, strings and vocal samples that figure only as scene-setters in the original. What starts out as minimal, discombobulated dancehall, nudged along by eski drum clicks, swells to a rousing, quasi-symphonic,… Read more
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MILES - Unsecured, Modern Love
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MILES

Unsecured

Modern Love

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TECHNO / HOUSE

Cat. Number: Love084

*30 minute EP follow-up to Miles' recent 'Faint Hearted' album for Modern Love, mastered by Matt Colton* An addendum of sorts to his recent 'Faint Hearted' album, Miles' returns with a half-hour EP more squarely aimed at the floor with four darkened, robust variants. 'Blatant Statement' is up first, slowly emerging from a rough alignment of metallic percussion and abrasive stabs not a million miles removed from the kind of racket you'd most likely associate with Vatican Shadow, before the almost-clipped rub of those super-warm bass stabs shifts the perspective to a different kind of environment … Read more
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MILES

Unsecured

Modern Love

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TECHNO / HOUSE

Cat. Number: Love084

*30 minute EP follow-up to Miles' recent 'Faint Hearted' album for Modern Love, mastered and cut by Matt Colton, initial copies on transparent wax* An addendum of sorts to his recent 'Faint Hearted' album, Miles' returns with a half-hour EP more squarely aimed at the floor with four darkened, robust variants. 'Blatant Statement' is up first, slowly emerging from a rough alignment of metallic percussion and abrasive stabs not a million miles removed from the kind of racket you'd most likely associate with Vatican Shadow, before the almost-clipped rub of those super-warm bass stabs shifts the perspect… Read more
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MILES - Unsecured, Modern Love
MALA - Changes (James Blake Harmonimix), Deep Medi Musik
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MALA

Changes (James Blake Harmonimix)

Deep Medi Musik

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DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY

Cat. Number: MEDI069

James Blake’s uncommissioned Harmonimix of ‘Changes’ finally gets an official release courtesy of Mala’s own Deep Medi, three years after it first started getting heard and turning heads at dances. It remains one of Blake’s most effective and affecting productions, sticking close to the trudging halfstep lean of the source material but placing most emphasis on the bombastic brass, strings and vocal samples that figure only as scene-setters in the original. What starts out as minimal, discombobulated dancehall, nudged along by eski drum clicks, swells to a rousing, quasi-sympho… Read more
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GEORGE FITZGERALD - Thinking Of You, Hotflush Recordings
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GEORGE FITZGERALD

Thinking Of You

Hotflush Recordings

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TECHNO / HOUSE

Cat. Number: HF040D

Basement ready house gear from George Fitzgerald for his spiritual home, Hotflush. Both sides are built to move; 'Thinking Of You' following a trancey/dubstep-y course of builds and drops with a chunky tech-house palette; 'Nighttide Lover' working with whirring, bubbling, swinging drums for the shape cutters.
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HEAD HIGH (SHED) - Burning, POWER HOUSE
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HEAD HIGH (SHED)

Burning

POWER HOUSE

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TECHNO / HOUSE

Cat. Number: PH 404

Shed keeps it 'Burning' on an old skool Power House tip with his 3rd Head High single. The title choon comes in rollin' 'Keep Calm Mix' with classy keys for the debonaire raver, and a more rugged 'Keep It… Mix' for the whistle posse, both built to deliver the vibes proper. 'Keep On Talking (Dirt Mix)' is craftier, cutting into that early '90s no mans land between US and UK rave styles nodding to Mark Archer and Kevin Saunderson classics.
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LAUREL HALO - Behind the Green Door EP, Hyperdub
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LAUREL HALO

Behind the Green Door EP

Hyperdub

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TECHNO / HOUSE

Cat. Number: HDB071

Deft dancefloor excursions from Laurel Halo, instrumental all the way and taking inspiration from UK club gear, continental techno and digital dancehall. ‘Throw’ sounds like a Bok Bok production routed through Jammy’s studio circa ‘85, irie piano chords peeling off a grimy snare attack, all extraneous crenellations sanded off for maximum club impact. ‘Uhffo’ is on a kind of introspective, quasi-tropical house tip, daubed with glassbowl percussion and deep blue comedown synths; this wouldn’t have sounded out of a place on an Irdial B-side back in the day, and we mean that as a com… Read more
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LAUREL HALO - Behind the Green Door EP, Hyperdub
SHAMPOO BOY - Licht, BLACKEST EVER BLACK
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SHAMPOO BOY

Licht

BLACKEST EVER BLACK

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DARK AMBIENT / DRONE / METAL

Cat. Number: BLACKEST016

**Mighty side of electro-acoustic guitar doom featuring Peter Rehberg and housed in jacket designed by Stephen O'Malley** Blackest Ever Black's deep furrow of new releases in 2013 hits a huge rock in the soil courtesy of Viennese trio Shampoo Boy's fearsome 'Licht'. Combining the uncompromising talents of Peterlicker's Christian Schachinger and Peter Rehberg (Pita, boss of Editions Mego) with Christina Nemec (Chra/SV Damenkraft), 'Licht' manifests an excoriating blend of nerve-shredding noise and choking doom atmosphere evoking the intensity of Rehberg's aktions in KTL with Stephen O'Malley, or the… Read more
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DIRTY BEACHES - Drifters / Love Is The Devil, ZOO MUSIC
**Includes digital download code redeemable from the label** Amazing return from Alex Zhang Hungtai's Dirty Beaches; a sprawling double header opus of labyrinthine darkwave pop, knackered electronics and chamber experiments. We're usually impressed by his work but this one is really something else, feeding forward the traces of dilapidated rockabilly, blues and garage that informed his brilliant 'Badlands' into a deeply captivating new sound more akin to Suicide, Andy Stott or Loren Connors. Crafted over the course of winter 2012 while living between Montreal and Berlin, it'… Read more
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DIRTY BEACHES - Drifters / Love Is The Devil, ZOO MUSIC
IKE YARD - Remix EP 2 (Tropic Of Cancer), Desire Records
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IKE YARD

Remix EP 2 (Tropic Of Cancer)

Desire Records

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Cat. Number: dsr080

Following last year's one-off hook-up with Blackest Ever Black, which showcased storming versions from Regis and Monoton, Desire Records go it alone on their second volume of Ike Yard remixes. Tropic of Cancer get top billing with their take on the NY post-punk minimalists' 'Half A God': they offer up a cold-to-the-touch, marbled slab of sepulchral, introspective dub, Camella Lobo's phantasmal vocal presence and reverbed guitar beckoning you into a colour-bled zwischenwelt; deadly sparse and unforgiving, at times it sounds like it could be a lost instrumental sketch from Han… Read more
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IKE YARD - Remix EP 2 (Tropic Of Cancer), Desire Records
MU-ZIQ - XTEP, Planet Mu

MU-ZIQ

XTEP

Planet Mu

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ELECTRONIC

Cat. Number: ZIQ332

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THEO PARRISH - Space Station / Going Through Changes, Sound Signature
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THEO PARRISH

Space Station / Going Through Changes

Sound Signature

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TECHNO / HOUSE

Cat. Number: SS035

*An Omar S co-production* Proper head jamming gear from Theo Parrish unleashing one of the most exciting Soul Signature tracks in years on the amazing 'Space Station' backed with a typical Theo soul cut on 'Going Through Changes'. So a little close attention reveals that the mind melting A-side is actually produced in conjunction with Omar-S, who is credited with "Sound Selection Arrangement & Engineering", with the "Written & Produced by" credits going to Theo. It's basically a proper club stunner, riding in with a scene setting intro before deploying a restlessl… Read more
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COLLEEN - The Weighing of the Heart, Second Language Music
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COLLEEN

The Weighing of the Heart

Second Language Music

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Cat. Number: 5052442004240

Each of the French artist’s precious LP offerings have represented a further deepening and refining of her craft, getting closer to some kind of spiritual essence. On a so-so day, she makes music that you feel privileged to hear, and on a good day she makes music that cleaves your heart in two. It’s been a long wait for new material - her last album, Les Ondes Silencieuses, is now six years old - but 'The Weighing Of The Heart' doesn’t disappoint, despite a considerable burden of expectation. The oneiric shimmer of her music has its contemporary analogs in the likes of Grouper a… Read more
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DELTA FUNKTIONEN - Sun Storm / Onkalo (Karenn Remix), Delsin Records
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DELTA FUNKTIONEN

Sun Storm / Onkalo (Karenn Remix)

Delsin Records

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TECHNO / HOUSE

Cat. Number: 99DSR

Delta Funktionen returns to Delsin for the first time since last year’s Traces LP, supported with a remix from the increasingly ubiquitous Karenn. A side ‘Sun Storm’ is solid DJ gear attempting to reconcile the intimate, sweaty basement jack of Larry H’s ‘Washing Machine’ with big-room techno dynamics, while the other Delta original, ‘Challenger’, is moody, night-drive-thru-atlantis electro that nods to Drexciya’s Grava 4. Blawan and Pariah do their Karenn thing on ‘Onkalo’, a properly rough-and-tumble, heavy-industry techno banger that can’t really be argued with - it’s at once their grottiest, most degraded production to date, and the hardest-hitting.
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DELTA FUNKTIONEN - Sun Storm / Onkalo (Karenn Remix), Delsin Records
ROMAN FLüGEL - Even More, Clone Jack For Daze Series
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ROMAN FLüGEL

Even More

Clone Jack For Daze Series

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Cat. Number: CJFD18

Legendary house bod, Herr Flügel gets loose and freaky on two tracky, Chicago-style jams. Up top, 'Even More' carves out a stripped-down and bumpy swing from natty organ hook, silvery cowbells and early Relief-style bass bang, but if you've got a party to fuel look no further than the incredibly pendulous B-side 'More & More & More' for an irresistible combination of infectious vocal, daft melody and booty-churning bass. Sounds like he had a lotta fun making these!
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GEORGE FITZGERALD - Thinking Of You, Hotflush Recordings

GEORGE FITZGERALD

Thinking Of You

Hotflush Recordings

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TECHNO / HOUSE

Cat. Number: HF040D

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AOKI TAKAMASA - RV8, raster-noton
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AOKI TAKAMASA

RV8

raster-noton

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Cat. Number: r-n148

Hard-nosed yet playful experiments with dancefloor rhythm from Japan's Aoki Takamasa, recommended if you like Mark Fell, NHK, etc. Despite its forbidding exterior and opaque, joyless track titles ('Rhythm Variarion 01', 'Rhythm Variation 02', etc), Takamasa's computer constructions are very lush indeed, with luminous, melodically advanced synth patterns and skippy, club-ready rhythms that variously invoke Skam's North-West b-boy roll, Sensate Focus's juddering Chi-house-derivations and, on the awesome 'Rhythm Variation 04', a space somewhere between hip-hop, techno and 2step garage. 'Rhythm Var… Read more
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AOKI TAKAMASA - RV8, raster-noton
JAMES BLAKE - Voyeur (Dub) / And Holy Ghost, 1-800 Dinosaur
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JAMES BLAKE

Voyeur (Dub) / And Holy Ghost

1-800 Dinosaur

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ELECTRONIC

Cat. Number: 1-800-01

**White vinyl in clear poly sleeve** James Blake 'fesses up a steppin' dub and exclusive new tune on 1-800-Dinosaur - the new imprint coined by him and his manager, Dan Foat. His 'Voyeur (Dub)' cuts a sharp line for the 'floor with driving 4/4 rhythm and plush, dramatic harmonic rendering giving way to wobbly electro bass while streamling synthlines light up the sky crimson. The exclusive B-side, 'And Holy Ghost' affords room for Blake's more avant and experimental tendencies - those that we first fell for and which have since been pushed back in favour of pop ambition - dallyin… Read more
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JAMES BLAKE - Voyeur (Dub) / And Holy Ghost, 1-800 Dinosaur
LUBOMYR MELNYK - Corollaries (Special Edition), ERASED TAPES
**Extremely Limited Clear Vinyl Edition - 250 copies only for the world** Erased Tapes illuminate the sorely overlooked work of Continuous Piano Music pioneer, Lubomyr Melnyk, on five pieces in collaboration with the label's stars, Peter Broderick and Nils Frahm. As reputedly the fastest piano player in the world, Melnyk conceived and developed a signature style of rapid notes and note-series, sustaining speeds of over 19.5 notes per second in each hand, and also holds the record for most number of notes played in one hour with 93,650 individual notes. Of course, that's imp… Read more
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LUBOMYR MELNYK - Corollaries (Special Edition), ERASED TAPES
THE FOCUS GROUP - The Elektrik Karousel, Ghost Box
*Includes a download code redeemable from the label* Ghost Box co-convenor Julian House is back to haunt your waking dreams with a new album of imagined library cues, test-tones, telly themes and yellowed sound-postcards from a 70s childhood you may or may not have endured. This is his first solo album as The Focus Group since 2007's We Are All Pan's People, though of course in 2009 there was the magickal, expansive Broadcast collaboration Investigate Witch Cults of The Radio Age. In the best possible sense, it's a return to business as usual: a deviant collector's collage of er… Read more

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RP BOO - Legacy, Planet Mu
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Legacy

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DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY

Cat. Number: ZIQ335

Outstanding debut album from Kevain Wayne Space, aka Footwork's founding father, RP Boo. Originally known as Record Player Boo, RP cut his dancefloor teeth as member of Chicago's House-O-Matics dance crew in the '90s, where, under the tutelage of Ghetto House pioneers DJ Slugo and DJ Deeon, he hatched an accelerated form of Dance Mania's already frenetic styles in order to fuel the city's increasingly demanding competitive dance scene. Armed with a display copy of a Roland-70 drum machine loaded up with beats by the store's previous customers - unnamed producers from Chicago - he coined a hyperacti… Read more
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DIRTY BEACHES - Drifters / Love Is The Devil, ZOO MUSIC

DIRTY BEACHES

Drifters / Love Is The Devil

ZOO MUSIC

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ELECTRONIC

Cat. Number: ZM015

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GEIR JENSSEN (BIOSPHERE) - Stromboli, Touch
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Stromboli

Touch

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ELECTRONIC

Cat. Number: TONE48

Geir Jenssen (aka Biosphere) presents two ultra vivid and dynamic field recordings of the "Lighthouse of the Mediterranean" - an active volcano on the northern coast of Sicily. Made on July 19th 2012 at 9:30pm by the edge of Stromboli's crater, 924m above sea level, both pieces ironically sound as though they were captured underwater, but in fact document the active volcano spitting molten rocks and ash into a night sky against a gentle breeze. This surreal feeling of elemental, geological motion and morphosis is emphasised further in a swirling B-side Dub where the famed sound desig… Read more
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éL-G - La Chimie, SDZ Records
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La Chimie

SDZ Records

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Cat. Number: SDZ016

**Includes download code redeemable from the label** 'La Chimie' sees the return of the mighty él-g, collecting nine avant oddities from rare releases and a radio show . Equal parts rhythmic electronics, vocal lunacy, field recordings, pop and (inner)space music, the logic behind these pieces remains brilliantly elusive and yet instinctually in-touch. Proceeding last year's wonderfully beguiling 'Mil Pluton' LP for Lorenzo Senni's Hundebiss Records, 'La Chimie' collates four tracks from Èl-G's cassette for Newcastle's NO=FI Recordings including the warped, para-dimensional collage 'Good Service', alon… Read more
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PYE CORNER AUDIO - Superstitious Century (Second Pressing), Boomkat Editions
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Superstitious Century (Second Pressing)

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ELECTRONIC

Cat. Number: BKEDIT005

**Second pressing on bright Yellow vinyl - edition of 250 individually numbered copies** The Head Technician cruises up with his first 12" maxi single, presented on our occasional Boomkat Editions series. Since Type's reissue of his 'Black Mill Tapes' last year, PCA has had praise coming from all angles: whether it's for his slick-but-sleazy, Carl Craigian lustre, the BoC-like melodic hooks, or his beautifully full bodied analogue production; he's really hit a collective soft spot dead on. We were keen to hear him attempt something slightly more club-wise, and, … Read more
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PYE CORNER AUDIO - Superstitious Century (Second Pressing), Boomkat Editions
IKE YARD - Remix EP 2 (Tropic Of Cancer), Desire Records
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Remix EP 2 (Tropic Of Cancer)

Desire Records

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SYNTHWAVE / ELECTRO

Cat. Number: DSR080

Following last year's one-off hook-up with Blackest Ever Black, which showcased storming versions from Regis and Monoton, Desire Records go it alone on their second volume of Ike Yard remixes. Tropic of Cancer get top billing with their take on the NY post-punk minimalists' 'Half A God': they offer up a cold-to-the-touch, marbled slab of sepulchral, introspective dub, Camella Lobo's phantasmal vocal presence and reverbed guitar beckoning you into a colour-bled zwischenwelt; deadly sparse and unforgiving, at times it sounds like it could be a lost instrumental sketch from Hannett… Read more
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IKE YARD - Remix EP 2 (Tropic Of Cancer), Desire Records
MR BEATNICK - Savannah EP, DON'T BE AFRAID
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MR BEATNICK

Savannah EP

DON'T BE AFRAID

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TECHNO / HOUSE

Cat. Number: DBA011

Mr Beatnick's back in business with a third EP on Semtek's Don't Be Afraid label, his first since last year's ace Sun Goddess and arguably his best yet. The first half of the 12" comes over like Metro Area made over for London 2013: dubwise, richly melodic disco-boogie retro-futurism, and balm for tired ears. 'Savannah' in particular sounds breezy as anything, but - as with everything on this record - look under the hood and you'll find a surprisingly complex mechanism driving it. 'Symbiosis' is real class, wrought out of heartsore live string sounds, acutely funked-up synth lines and a c… Read more
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KODE 9 - Rinse:22, Rinse
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Rinse:22

Rinse

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DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY

Cat. Number: RINSECD031

Visionary DJ/selector and sonic theorist Steve Goodman aka Kode 9 mans what is inarguably Rinse's most crucial mix CD to date. With mercurial sleight of hand he blends 37 tracks spanning the rhizome of techy, contemporary, bass-rooted funk and leaves most other selectors for dust. Bridging tempos, styles and patterns from myriad sub-strains of house, garage, hip hop, grime and footwork, he sums his intentions thusly; "This style has emerged out of me trying to fit all the stuff I want to play in a set… Generally these sets start relatively simple rhythmically and then get more f*cked-up as the mix goes… Read more
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THE BLACK DOG - Tranklements, Dust Science
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Tranklements

Dust Science

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Cat. Number: DUSTCD038

Regular as clockwork, Yorkshire bleep survivors TBD mount their latest effort in an ongoing crusade against "the bland compliant mainstream." The followup to their recent pair of 'Darkhaus' 12"s for Ostgut's 'Unterton' offshoot and their own Dust Science label revolves 11 tracks intended as unique components in a machine-like body of work connected by five "bolts", in their own words, "small bits of music that help or disrupt the transition between tracks." Collected, it documents the ongoing refinement of their sound rooted in classic Detroit techno and arcane UK synth music in key wi… Read more
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DIRTY BEACHES - Drifters / Love Is The Devil, ZOO MUSIC
Amazing return from Alex Zhang Hungtai's Dirty Beaches; a sprawling double header opus of labyrinthine darkwave pop, knackered electronics and chamber experiments. We're usually impressed by his work but this one is really something else, feeding forward the traces of dilapidated rockabilly, blues and garage that informed his brilliant 'Badlands' into a deeply captivating new sound more akin to Suicide, Andy Stott or Loren Connors. Crafted over the course of winter 2012 while living between Montreal and Berlin, it's leaden with heartbreaking gravity and existential self-reflect… Read more
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KODE 9 - Xingfu Lu / Kan, Hyperdub
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KODE 9

Xingfu Lu / Kan

Hyperdub

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DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY

Cat. Number: HYP0011

Kode 9 returns with his first single in two years, would you believe. We’re a long way from the UKF-inflected house manoeuvres the Hyperdub skipper was making on 2011’s Black Sun; instead lead cut ‘Xingfu Lu’, which fans will know has existed for at least a year, firmly channels footwork through Memories Of The Future's haunted dancehall. Spend even a minute with ‘Xinfu Lu’, though, and you’ll see it’s no ordinary juke pastiche: it’s properly dubwise, its sickened, weasly synthesizer lines and chopped-to-f**k drums seem designed less to mobilise your feet than to stir up the voices in your h… Read more
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LAUREL HALO - Behind the Green Door EP, Hyperdub

LAUREL HALO

Behind the Green Door EP

Hyperdub

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TECHNO / HOUSE

Cat. Number: The Orchard

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