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the alps - Le Voyage
*Beautiful new album from The Alps, capturing a sense of pastoral wonder reminiscent of 1970's psychedelia and the widescreen exuberance of Serge Gainsbourg and Jean-Claude Vannier's renowned work together, all offset by experimental vignettes influenced by GRM's musique concrète archive and the Radiophonic Workshop*
Reunited for a fourth full-length together, Tarentel's Jefre Cantu-Ledesma once again joins forces with Alexis Georgopoulos of ARP and Scott Hewicker of Troll. While their last album cemented the trio's position as experts in vintage soundtrack-style instrumentals and updated krautrock rhythms, 'Le Voyage' takes a more psychedelic route, serving up a series of vignettes that could have been plucked straight from the more obscure and experimental regions of late '60s and early '70s music. Previously, The Alps have conjured references to bands like Magma, Goblin and Popol Vuh, and that's a theme carried over here, but more pastoral, minimalist influences shine through as well, lending opener 'Drop In' a similar feel to the pastoral post-rock of Swedish group Tape. The album really kicks in with 'Crossing The Sands', whose fluttering acoustic riffs connect with pattering toms and wah-wah mauled lead lines for a first glimpse at the kind of wild, improv-threatening psych manoeuvres that recurs throughout the album (coming to a head on the title-track's immense ten-minute space-rock epic). The album's centrepiece 'St. Laurent' provides a massive highlight, evoking Serge Gainsbourg and Jean-Claude Vannier's work together, whilst deploying dual fuzz guitars redolent of Brian Eno's 'Another Green World'. The astoundingly crisp production and engineering comes across beautifully, really highlighting how much this record sounds like it's been plucked from another era. Continuing to gaze back forty years or so, a couple of raga-inspired pieces arrive towards the close of the album: 'Black Mountain' throws together sitars, lapsteel slides and meandering modal piano, while last track 'Telepathe' underlines the power of the band's incredible bass tones - somehow capturing that classic prog feel you'd get from Goblin's Fabio Pignatelli or perhaps even Yes' Chris Squire (without the flashy runs of course). One of the very finest aspects of this record is the selection of diversionary miniatures strung between the lengthier, more fully developed compositions. On tracks like 'Marzipan' and 'Petals' the group reveal their love of early electronics and old tape collages: the former captures the mood of a hallucinated grand tour of Europe, piling together string quartet recitals with the flow of Alpine streams, chattering voices and the occasional soaring jet engine - the montage effect of the piece is quite brilliant. 'The Lemon Tree' could have been lifted straight from an old GRM musique concrète archive, layering primordial oscillator tones, tape-skewered percussive edits and spiralling piano flourishes. Le Voyage is a real feast of a record that requires your immediate attention.
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Mindblowing soundtrack where Boards of Canada style incidentals mix with the Radiophonic Workshop - ESSENTIAL.
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**Reissue of this amazing album - one of Fact magazine's top 100 albums of the decade**
Trunk Records
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Genuinely mind-melting retrospective of electronic music pioneer Tristram Cary, founder of EMS.
Gecophonic
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Originally released in 2007, the debut album from Ian Hodgson’s Moon Wiring Club.
Modern Love
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23 track/160 minute triple album including 40 minutes of bonus material exclusive to this release.
PERMANENT RECORDS
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Side project of Expo '70s bass/synth player, with slow and throbbing disco-horror basslines and synthlines.
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Gecophonic
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A beautiful album of Hauntological nostalgia built around hazy VHS samples and smudged beats.
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Absolutely killer recordings of cheap drum machines directly onto tape from the late 80's - ESSENTIAL>
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FAITICHE
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Sparkling and sublime sampleadelic loveliness from Jan Jelinek!
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Limited reissue of this excellent album, includes download card redeemable from the label.
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2nd Edition of The Alps third album, in a special gatefold edition.
Devotion
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Jefre Cantu-Ledesma’s explorations into gritty dream pop are turned up to eleven on this excellent album.
Temporary Residence
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*Featuring members of Tarentel, The Alps, The Drift, lazarus, Jonas Reinhardt and Mi Ami*
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*Featuring members of Tarentel, The Alps, The Drift, lazarus, Jonas Reinhardt and Mi Ami*
Root Strata
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Jefre Cantu-Ledesma's masterpiece from 2007, now with two extra tracks. Highly Recommended.
Type Recordings
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Full-Length edition of this harrowing album for fans of David Lynch, Philip Jeck and Leyland Kirby...
Type Recordings
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Incredible Kosmische variants situated somewhere between the early 70s and the early 10s...
Type Recordings
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Full-Length CD edition of this harrowing album for fans of David Lynch, Philip Jeck and Leyland Kirby...
Type Recordings
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Finally available for digital download...
Type Recordings
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Beautiful cinematic pieces from the magnificent Deaf Center.
Type Recordings
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Killer Kosmische experiments for followers of Emeralds, Radio People, E.M.A.K. or AFX.
Type Recordings
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Beautifully melancholy arrangement of frayed, ambient sounds and dusty pulses - highly recommended.
Type Recordings
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One of the standout debuts of the year, somewhere between Cold Cave, Emeralds and My Bloody valentine.
Mordant Music
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Another bizarre sonic postcard from the Mordant Music Travelogues series
BRUTAL MUSIC
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Three absolute blinders plucked from the impeccable and super obscure crates of Dom Thomas.
Striped Paint For The Last Post
Gecophonic
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‘Stripped Off And Chairs Away’ is the third album from Ian Hodgson’s Moon Wiring Club.
Gecophonic
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The second album from Ian Hodgson’s Moon Wiring Club.
Mind How You Go (Revised Edition)
Ghost Box
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An absolute treasure of British hauntology - do not miss!!!
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Ghost Box
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**Long awaited edition of The Focus Group's amazing psychedelic debut from 2004**
Study Series 04: Familiar Shapes and Noises
Ghost Box
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Absolutely gorgeous 3-track from Broadcast and The Focus Group, new on Ghost Box.
Farmer's Angle (Revised edition)
Ghost Box
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The debut recording from Ghost Box co-founder Jim Jupp now reissued and expanded.
Study Series 03: Welcome to Godalming
Ghost Box
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Includes an amazing guest contribution from Mordant Music alongside Belbury Poly. Essential.
