rainbow arabia have been one kompakts most endearing acts to work with us in years. the husband and wife duo danny and tiffany preston started our year out with the genre-defying full length >boys and diamonds< which went on to become one our most acclaimed releases of recent time - the los angeles times went so far as to proclaim >rainbow arabia are l.a.s new electro heroes< in a recent feature. in honor of the exhaustive touring throughout the us and europe the band continues to trail blaze, we found the need to put out another limited edition 7 inch for the fans and collectors out there. the title song >boys and diamonds< combines the sway of >80s pop< with the raw power of cumbia and ethno-dance mayhem. tiffanys vocals are hauntingly powerful and a testament to the sheer will and work this band has put in over the past year. hardmix are a favorite of the band and we here at kompakt were honored have him tackle the song. what we received is melodic techno bliss - a shapeshifting extravagance that uniquely keeps the essence of the original but with a solid bass kick to keep the dance floor well on momentum

boys and diamonds is unmistakably a pop album but also one that comfortably fits in with kompakts long-standing lineage of genre-refracting releases. you will be hard up find another record that cohesively brings to mind siouxsie rubbing elbows with shabba ranks, giorgio moroder sipping daiquiris in bali, desmond dekker envisioned through skittering footwork, tom tom club sitting in with congotronics, even early madonna produced by chris and cosey. unlikely as all of that sounds, rainbow arabia makes it sound easy. mostly recorded at their home studio in echo park, muppet palace, boys and diamonds was written and produced by the couple with help from their friends in los angeles and beyond. drummer/producer extraordinaire butchy fuego (pit er pat, boredoms, mia) contributes arrangements and beats in places, and icy demons dylan ryan plays on the percussion-heavy island shuffle nothin gonna be undone . the album was mixed at the wonderful hobby shop studios in la by mudrock, who also adds some final production touches on the record. the 11 new songs on the album, were also made possible by the encouragement of peers/heroes in la like former ghosts, fool s gold, secret circuit, abe vigoda, and part time punks dj crew. outside of their hometown, they also found support and inspiration from kindred spirits like pictureplane, spoek mathambo, as well as their new home, the ever-illustrious kompakt

averse to any easy classification, rainbow arabias continent-trekking, kaleidoscope pop is rooted in no particular time or place, employing modern technological processes to an array of musical cultures and eras. the los angeles duo began with the purchase of a lebanese casio that played microtonal scales and eastern beats, with which they quickly recorded their propulsive first ep, the basta, synthesizing bossa nova and industrial post-punk with heavy middle eastern vibes. digging deeper for inspiration from the worldly found sounds of sublime frequencies compilations, their follow-up ep, kabukimono, expanded the color palette of their >fourth world< pop with dark, arabic disco-dancehall jams sitting alongside sunnier moments with caribbean and african flourishes...

arriving three years since their mesmerizing new age-tinted synth-pop offering fm sushi, rainbow arabias third full-length album la heartbreak wades through familiar neon waters but even more deliberately, keeping the focus on what distinguishes them from the sea of electronic pop acts out there. danny prestons adventurously exquisite arrangements, sturdy songcraft, and tiffany preston s potent vocal delivery.

zweites album von rainbow arabia. zum hoeren gibts ihren eigenen sound - irgendwo zwischen synthie, melodien, neon, hypnotischer atmosphaere und diversen reminiszenzen.

boys and diamonds is unmistakably a pop album but also one that comfortably fits in with kompakts long-standing lineage of genre-refracting releases. you will be hard up find another record that cohesively brings to mind siouxsie rubbing elbows with shabba ranks, giorgio moroder sipping daiquiris in bali, desmond dekker envisioned through skittering footwork, tom tom club sitting in with congotronics, even early madonna produced by chris and cosey. unlikely as all of that sounds, rainbow arabia makes it sound easy. mostly recorded at their home studio in echo park, muppet palace, boys and diamonds was written and produced by the couple with help from their friends in los angeles and beyond. drummer/producer extraordinaire butchy fuego (pit er pat, boredoms, mia) contributes arrangements and beats in places, and icy demons dylan ryan plays on the percussion-heavy island shuffle nothin gonna be undone . the album was mixed at the wonderful hobby shop studios in la by mudrock, who also adds some final production touches on the record. the 11 new songs on the album, were also made possible by the encouragement of peers/heroes in la like former ghosts, fool s gold, secret circuit, abe vigoda, and part time punks dj crew. outside of their hometown, they also found support and inspiration from kindred spirits like pictureplane, spoek mathambo, as well as their new home, the ever-illustrious kompakt

white coloured vinyl, 2024 rsd edition

the second incarnation of the mythical band of the eighties mod revival, active since 2013 under the leadership of chris pope.

limited cream coloured vinyl.

regular black vinyl.

melodic tech house banger

funk/soul 7 inch, reissue

leon vynehalls beautiful ambient, cinematic race car track now reconstructed for the dancefloor. comes with an unreleased beat version on the a-side and the original version taken from gerd jansons *music for autobahns 2* on the flip.

180g black, single sleeve ,bossa nova

champagne dub is a collective of selected artists who come together to practice psychedelic dub rituals.

top tip

mit der kombination der klassischen jazz-crooner-eleganz von frank sinatra und nat king cole mit der erdigen raffinesse der soul-legenden stevie wonder und donny hathaway setzt merry christmas from josé james die messlatte für ein modernes weihnachtsalbum höher. auf 10 songs, darunter zwei eigenkompositionen, haucht james beliebten weihnachtsklassikern wie the christmas song , white christmas und let it snow neues leben ein. darüber hinaus erkundet der 50 shades darker -sänger auch seine jazz-seite mit einer fröhlichen interpretation von john coltranes my favorite things . begleitet von grammy-preisträgern/nominierten wie ben williams (bass), aaron parks (piano), marcus strickland (sax) und dem aufstrebenden jharis yokely (drums) ist das album ein festtagserlebnis der weltklasse mit einer der grössten lebenden stimmen des jazz auf schwarzem 180g vinyl.

classic black vinyl.

limited gold marbled vinyl.

rainbow coloured vinyl

limited to 500 copies, includes a bifold insert with archival images and detailed liner notes.

seizun welcomes you to taste the rainbow.

indie edition - rainbow

barely disco and hardly jazz, rupa biswas 1982 lp is the halfway point between bollywood and balearic. rainbow coloured vinyl edition.

lift top box with 6 coloured madonna vinyls ! incl all the hits !

rainbow vinyl version - barely disco and hardly jazz, rupa biswas’ 1982 lp is the halfway point between bollywood and balearic, a perfect fusion of east and west.. incl the hit “aaj shanibar.” remastered from original analogue source material and withe permission and blessing of the producers and performers.