impulse records 60th anniversary deluxe 4x12 inch lp box, including booklet and slipmat.

middle eastern edits of the highest order. while there’s the obvious choice of pyramid disco as the official dancefloor slayer, there are plenty of flavors to savor in this thick stew of arabic scales, authentic darbuka breakbeats and psychedelic synth meltdowns.

the third in struts inspiration information studio collaboration series brings together an intriguing pairing between one of africas great bandleaders, mulatu astatke, with the next level musicianship of the heliocentrics collective from the mighty roster of stones throw / now again. known primarily through the successful ethiopiques album series and the film soundtrack to jim jarmuschs ?broken flowers, mulatu astatke is one of ethiopias foremost musical ambassadors. his selfstyled ethio-jazz sound flourished during the swinging addisÑ era of the late 60s as he successfully fused western jazz and funk with traditional ethiopian folk melodies. the heliocentrics have become known as one of the uks foremost free-thinking collectives of musicians, inspired by a wide palette covering sun ra, james brown, david axelrod and all manner of psych, afro and eastern sounds. the collective have featured on records by madlib and dj shadow. now a fixture within the stones throw / now again roster, they forged their own genre-breaking directions in the astral analogue groove on their 2007 debut album, out there. a number of tour dates around the release and headline slots at festivals throughout 2009 have been confirmed.

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david august, produzent aus berlin mit italienischen wurzeln, gründet sein label 99chants und veröffentlicht mit dcxxxix a.c. eine 60-minütige kollektion aus 24 ambient-tracks, entstanden mit der zeit in den vergangenen jahren in berlin, auf island, über dem atlantik und in einer mediterranen kleinstadt. die aneinander gereihten tracks wirken wie ein einziger ausgiebiger atemzug, ein soundtrack für eine bislang unbekannte raumzeit. das album chant1 markiert den beginn einer serie, die mit chant 99 enden soll. schwarzes doppelvinyl in weißen innenhüllen im gatefold. limitierte auflage.

cd kraft digipack, liner notes poster inlay folded to digipack format jun fukamachiÕs 1986 never-officially-released highly sought after rarity nicole lp available for the first time ever on vinyl and cd, and made in cooperation with the artistÕs estate. all new liner notes by masaharu yoshioka aka the soul searcher