uk born, la based producer and singer/songwriter somni preps for his third full length album “gravity”, filled with unique and melodic songwriting, headnod-inducing rhythms, and swirling electronic production. pressing on red coloured vinyl.

friends of friends presents the second album from afternoon bike ride.

technology embedded with humanity - the new album from deru. limited pressing on milky clear vinyl.

technology embedded with humanity - the new album from deru. regular pressing on black vinyl.

the third solo album from jahcoozi vocalist sasha perera aka perera elsewhere.

reissue of the 2019 shlohmo album on pink coloured double vinyl.

the new album from santpoort aka julien mier on limited blue vinyl.

limited 7 inch, red in black blob coloured.

limited to 500, translucent clear vinyl pressing of the paloma lp from tomas barfod. incredible artwork by boldtron.

special edition clear pressing – limited hand numbered 500.
los angeles producer sweatson klank builds his productions as if they were films, developing a story from start to finish. stylistically, fine lines his debut full length for friends of friends, picks up where his 2017 then i was me’ ep left off, melding forward thinking hip hop and electronics as a back drop for a soulful and sultry journey through a tumultuous love affair, loss of self, and the dark empty spaces in our minds. the songs on fine lines sit in a space occupied by hip hop, future r&b and house, yet the record cleverly transcends any single genre. while much of the production is hard hitting, the album manages to walk a tightrope between heartache and swagger. a meticulous fine line that weaves itself like a thread throughout. sweatson klank enlists a number of features on the album including newcomers ana calvo, sarah saldivia, and annie bass as well as past collaborator, montreal producer ango.

drummer for whomadewho, who also toured with lcd soundsystem & hot chip, unleashed house hits as tomboy, remixed gorillaz, franz ferdinand, bloc party. this ep features remixes by jacob korn and shlohmo. juxtaposes space & beauty with darkness & the macabre.

white vinyl edition.

pressing on transparent green vinyl.

the debut album from canadian trio afternoon bike ride on translucent vinyl, limited to 300 copies.

tranquil layers of lush instrumentation and intimate vocals - the 2nd longplayer from la based beatmaker, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter somni. pressing on translucent light blue vinyl.

atmosphärisch! jahcoozi-sängerin mit hypnotischem hybrid aus folk, trip hop, downbeat und r&b.

friends of friends welcome back the mighty shlohmo with the release of next solo album the end. the double vinyl is housed in a gatefold sleeve.

limited edition of 500 copies on transparent & black splattered double vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve.
deru aka benjamin wynn is an emmy award winning american composer and music producer. deru’s last record, 1979, dealt with individual human emotions. his new project, torn in two, zooms out and deals with human existence as a whole. it finds feelings of frustration, dissociation and anger, but from a high vantage that affords perspective and allows the project to include acceptance, beauty and tranquility. torn in two is set for release on october 19th via friends of friends (anenon, shlohmo, perera elsewhere). the music lives in evolving landscapes of violence and beauty, with compositions that shape-shift, flutter, and decimate one s sense of time and place. the album is a collection of microtonal pieces where the pitches were derived from acoustic instruments, and processed woodwind and brass recordings. both represented new directions for wynn, and the results are pieces that are more dynamic and full-spectrum than his previous body of work. they explode into walls of distortion and recede into quiet acoustics.

limited 2018 repress on smoke blue vinyl.
on the heels of his critically acclaimed debut full-length >bad vibes<, shlohmo embarks deeper into darker realms on his latest venture self-described as night time backyard noises, >vacation< builds on the aesthetic shlohmo established with mixes for fact and fader, in which broken cassette tapes and warped found sounds melded into melodic beats packed with veiled emotion and latent mystery. from >the way u do< verges on r&b pop, to the enigmatic >wen uuu<, which simultaneously pulls at the heartstrings with a quavering vocal sample while churning forward in a passionate, indisputable groove, and the pastoral >rained the whole time<, which takes cues from the ubiquitous burial, this is a poignant set of originals. a stellar cast of remixers: nicholas jaar, teebs, airhead, salva and groundislava, contribute to take >vacation< to the next level.

almost a millennium ago, the italian poet, dante alighieri offered the indelible axiom: “heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from the eternal.” in the centuries since, almost every strain of logic has been upended, save for the inextricable connection tethering beauty and timelessness. anenon’s tongue is a beautiful album. that’s an adjective whose meaning has practically been obliterated by hallmark prose and hyperbolic idiocy. but occasionally, a work of art digs deep enough to excavate the underlying meaning that existed in antiquity and figures to persist until we’re soil and dust. this is beauty materialized through the abstract articulation of love, loss, fear, addiction, confidence, longing, hope, and sadness. at its best, the infinite array of human emotions swirled and distilled into sound. sound becomes melody, harmony, and rhythm. the medium happens to be music, but it could really be anything. pure expression. tools mean nothing more and nothing less than palette and color.
limited edition of 500 copies on translucent vinyl,.

the self-titled 2011 debut album from groundislava back on translucent red vinyl.

third album from indian wells.

after her 2013 debut “everlast”, perera elsewhere finally drops her second album “all of this”, and once again via friends of friends records.

quietly building an enthusiastic following with a steady stream of eps and singles, m.o.o.n.’s debut full-length “clinically blasé” creatively navigates a wide range of emotive synthesizer music deviating from dancegeared tropes in favor of freer arrangements and lush instrumentation. while the rhythms are rooted in variants of house, boogie, and synth-pop clinically blase never tips it’s hand stylistically in any particular direction resulting in a playful balance of retro sounds and futuristic ideas highlighting a deft melodic sensibility.

willkommen zu einer atmosphärisch-harmonischen klangreise rund um los angeles.

2015 repress - from the first glimpses of henry laufers work as shlohmo, it was clear that the la native and visual artist turned self-taught musician was onto something. with an effortless grasp on sound design, laufer combines deceptively simple and emotive melodies, subtle bass drops and swinging slow motion drums. his early work has placed him at the forefront of a new wave of rising talent amongst west coast producers… inspired by the desire to write songs and create a release of full-range instrumentation and vocals all his own, laufer promptly began home-recording >bad vibes<, his proper full-length debut album for the friends of friends label. some might say the songs on >bad vibes< represent the spawn of a new rhythm and blues - one that swings and sways under the backbone of henrys own take on modern electronic music. augmented with delicate slide guitar playing, homemade synth sounds and lilting, tuneful melodies, shlohmos latest output is one that will take you places - specifically the un-paralleled vibes swirling through this young mans head.

jerome lol steps out of the shadow from defunct supergroup lol boys with his first solo release the deleted/fool ep on fof music. no stranger to electronic music he was named faders top djs to watch in 2013 and spent the better part of the year touring with baths, juan atkins and anthony shakir.

sasha perera, die sängerin und songwriterin von bpitch-act jahcoozi, veröffentlicht unter dem namen perera elsewhere ihr solo debüt album *everlast* auf dem amerikanischen label friends of friends. im vorfeld erscheint die *bizarre* ep, die einen vorgeschmack auf das album bietet, flankiert von einem sehenswertem musikvideo. remixe für die auskopplung kommen von nautiluss, kyson, maria minerva und hype williams. manche bezeichnen ihren sound als die weiterentwicklung des neunzigerjahre trip-hops, aber sie weiß vor allem durch den soul in ihrer stimme zu gefallen. die gebürtige londonerin, die inzwischen in berlin ihr zuhause gefunden hat gilt als weibliche geheimwaffe der elektronischen szene. sasha perera spricht auf *everlast* über soziale ungerechtigkeiten, wie geschlechter-diskriminierung, religionszwang und korruption.

experimenting with analog synthesizers and obscure percussion instruments helped kyson create the melancholic atmosphere of >the waters way<, the title of his new lp and first with friends of friends music a reflection of his time living in the long and harsh european winter. the new kyson live show, debuting this fall, is energetic as well as intricate. the three-piece setup incorporates live drums, analog synthesizers, vocals and samplers. accompanied by scott van manen (drums, samplers) and sam rogers (keys, vocals).

emerging from the endless summers of venice, ca to teaming up with shlohmo, jonwayne, d33j, rl grime and more to form the wedidit crew, jasper patterson aka groundislava has transformed from bashful video gamer to full-fledged composer. the son of michael patterson (who directed a-has standout music video >take on me< and paula abduls >opposites attract<), groundislava has roots that draw from 80s nostalgia, tv and pop culture that grow and transform into the 21st century aesthetic of electronic music.

tomas barfod is fascinated with the idyllic wasteland, unveiling >salton sea<, an lp on the friends of friends imprint that draws from the concept of urban decay. the producer and drummer of the popular danish group whomadewho, with a history of solo and collaborative releases for get physical, turbo, gomma, and kompakt, barfods latest full-length balances contrasts. at times bright with delicate pop melodies, >salton sea< boldly submerges into dark, morose rhythms, juxtaposing the graceful and desolate characteristics of the californian lakebed the album shares its name with.

a viral force, this la-via-montreal duo delivers a breezy, 4 tracker, primed for summer. typically fof, this ep offeres skewed takes on pop dance moves with an anenon solo sax cover of 1 track, & shlohmo remix of another. 6 tracks, pic sleeve.

bad vibes, henry laufers latest effort as shlohmo, seems a tad tongue-in-cheek title-wise considering laufers ability to propel listeners into states of blissed-out meditation. the album plays like a sonic symposium, laufer graciously playing host to not only his own thoughts, but those of his listeners as well. what makes vibes such a pleasure is its willingness to mutate in accordance to its listener, although the songs undeniably express laufers distinctive sound, they also regularly encourage you to traverse any of your own ideas that may pop up -- album-as-think piece, if you will.

while working an internship at dublab.com, 19 year old la native shlohmo made a free online release of his original >shlomoshun ep<. being part of the dublab community, it didnt take long for the ep reach the ears of friends of friends, who immediately approached him to combine new and old tracks with an assortment of remixes to create >shlomoshun deluxe<. tip!

tomas barfod is fascinated with the idyllic wasteland, unveiling salton sea, that draws from the concept of urban decay.the producer and drummer of the popular danish group whomadewho, with a history of solo and collaborative releases for get physical, turbo, gomma, and kompakt, barfods latest full-length balances contrasts. at times bright with delicate

perhaps most known for his lucha libre guise as mexicans with guns, san antonios ernest gonzales wears many masks. gonzales doesnt buckle under the weight of multiple personae. rather,he draws inspiration from his multifaceted background, producing a diverse swath of sounds covering various states of introspection.

friends of friends welcome back the mighty shlohmo with the release of next solo album the end.