the new album from norwegian musician and novelist jenny hval.

atmospheric new album from the bing & ruth project by ny composer david moore.

produced by detroit underground-legend warren defever aka alive/4ad

zwei jahre nach seinem hochgelobtem debŸtalbum tremors legt der ehemalige wahlšsterreicher sein zweites album vor. mittlerweile lebt sohn in los angeles und dem neuen album hšrt man die wŠrme seiner neuen heimat durchaus an. erneut hat er das album in reinen nachtschichten erarbeitet - dieses mal in einem studio im norden kaliforniens. die 10 songs sind zuversichtlich, direkt und fokussiert. vorsichtig lockert er die beschrŠnkungen auf und baut in jeden track neue musikalische elemente ein, durch die gesang, melodien und rhythmen noch besser zur geltung kommen

limitierte wiederveröffentlichung des 1995er albums als 180g schwere vinyl-edition. nach dem moby über nacht mit seinem track go die techno-szene mit einem der großen hits dieser phase versorgte und schnell zwei compilations mit frühwerken des künstlers auf den markt geworfen wurden, sollte everything is wrong sein erstes richtiges album werden. frisch bei dem label mute unter vertrag, zeigte sich moby musikalisch erstaunlich facettenreich. auf der einen seite stehen dancefloor-hymnen wie das überdrehte -feeling so real oder die single every time you touch me, auf der anderen seite überraschte moby mit ambient und filigranem pop. when its cold id like to die mit gast-sängerin mimi goese klingt ganz so als würde moby die frühwerke des labels 4ad (cocteau twins, dead can dance) außerordentlich schätzen. mit dieser varianz nimmt er seinen weiteren werdegang voraus, bei dem er noch häufiger überraschen sollte.

runddans ist ein 39-minütiges werk von abstruser schönheit und brillianz, das für die doppel-lp auf 45 rpm in seine bestandteile zerlegt wird.die sensation ist zweifellos die teilnahme des classic-rock-veteranen todd rundgren, singer/songwriter, progrocker und produzent in den glorreichen 1970ern, der sich nie scheute, mit musikern jüngerer generationen zusammenzuarbeiten, sei es tame impala, daft punk, nine inch nails oder sogar tyler, the creator. seine beiden mitstreiter sind der norwegische musiker emil nikolaisen, mitglied der psychrock-band serena-maneesh (4ad), sowie (hans-peter) lindstrom, neben prins thomas und todd terje der profilierteste vertreter des typischen cosmic/space-disco-sounds made in norway.

stepping out of the shadows in 2007 when just sixteen years old, jokers stock has risen dramatically since. aided by him releasing defining cuts like >digidesign<, >the vision (let me breathe)< and >tron<, he now finds himself thick in the recent resurgence of british electronic music. bbc radio 1s zane lowe premiered >here come the lights< in late july on his coveted hottest record in the world radio spot. moreover joker premiered most of his new albums tracks at the glastonbury festival this past summer, just one stop during a busy summer of worldwide festival performances. with the world traveled and a deal with 4ad signed, he is finally ready to appease his waiting public and release his debut album, the vision. prior to that though, album tracks >here come the lights< featuring silas of turboweekend and >my trance girl<, are being released on a purple coloured double a-side 12 inch.

limited edition green coloured vinyl.

pixies cover by tkay maidza on 7 inch vinyl.

reissue of the 2006 album from mountain goats.

reissue of the 2004 album from mountain goats.

limited yellow vinyl edition.

coloured vinyl edition.

classic black vinyl edition.

expanded 10th anniversary edition on white and purple coloured triple vinyl, housed in a tri-fold sleeve.

electronic meets classic - british producer and songwriter sohn shares the stage with 54 person-strong grammy-winning metropole orkest.

the 4th album from grimes aka claire boucher.

alles fließt, alles geht: grimes sprengt kompromisslos jede schublade.
die vinyl-lp erscheint im klappcover, inklusive downloadcode und 7 doppelseitigen drucken, gestaltet von grimes.

jokers new single on 12 inch, >on my mind< featuring william cartwright on vocals, gets a full release on december 5th. includes mixes from both goldie and rustie on the a side, with the flipside featuring remixes of his last single, >slaughter house< from tiesto and tc.

this limited transparent yellow vinyl 12 inch takes the hip-hop inspired elements of >gangsta< even further with remixes from legends in the field, adrock (beastie boys) and cut chemist (jurassic 5, ozomatli and dj shadow collaborator). like all good old school records, the 12 inch is completed with not only the original but also with both the instrumental and a cappella versions of the track.

zwischen arcade fire und beirut: grosse gefuehle und grossartiger folkrock im dezember 2006 gruendeten jamie, rory, dave, andy, arne, ian und gill im schottischen edinburgh eine band - broken records. ihr sound verbindet traditionellen europaeischen folk mit modernem alternative rock made in scotland. bereits die erste 7-inch-single if the news makes you sad don?t watch it erschien auf dem coolen londoner label young turks und wurde von den ueblichen verdaechtigen gefeiert - von radio 1 bis nme. letzterer erklaerte broken records zu one of the countrys most exciting new bands. das albumdebut auf 4ad entstand im monnow valley studio in wales, wurde von ian caple produziert und vereint grosse gefuehle mit grossartigem folkrock zwischen arcade fire und beirut.

cool remixes by roman flügel (alter ego), sami koivikko, carsten jost...

phat bassy rockin phreak electro trax /// immer mit scharfen durchblick

heavy phreakin chicago ghettotrax

the absolut classic funk tune!! also playd by jeff mills

"heavy phreakin ghettotrax; wild & sexy sample orgie"

repress - gus gus aus island zählen ganz ohne zweifel zu den wenigen dance-acts, die sich seit mehr als anderthalb jahrzehnten kontinuierlich oben halten konnten. lange zeit waren sie beim legendären indie-label 4ad unter vertrag, nun erscheint ihr zweites album bei der superrenommierten kölner elektronik-plattform kompakt, wo sie im jahr 2009 als trio wieder zu hochform aufliefen. >arabian horse< ist nun zwar nicht minder elektronisch, aber stilistisch zwischen electro, pop, techno und soul deutlich breiter aufgestellt. obendrein markiert >arabian horse< die rückkehr des gus gus-sängers earth. ebenso wieder an bord ist hogni elisson von hjalatin. mit >arabian horse< ist dem isländischen kollektiv ein fantastisches album gelungen, das an eine fast vergessene Ära in den frühen 90er-jahren erinnert, als the beloved mit ihrem dance-pop maßstäbe setzten, klassische house-musik ihren kreativen höhepunkt erreichte und massive attack eine neue urbane soul-musik erschufen

auf cherry red records erscheint jetzt eine exklusive veröffentlichung der indie-rock-formation lost girls. nachdem die beiden musiker patrick fitzgerald (kitchens of destruction) und heidi berry (4ad) aus ihren alten bands ausgestiegen waren, gründeten sie 1997 die band lost girls. die band bestand aus patrick fitzgerald, heidi berry, ashley wood, dave morgan und kim smith. lost girls spielten ende der 1990er einige live-shows und veröffentlichten 1999 die single needle s eye, ein album wurde jedoch bis heute nicht veröffentlicht. mit dem album -lost girls- erscheint nun erstmals das komplette songmaterial der band auf einer 2cd. darunter titel wie all fall away, -hold me down, a reason to live, u.v.a. patrick fitzgerald beschreibt den release wie folgt: -im so glad these songs at last get to be heard - ragged and raw, done and undone, whatever, they were loved and not at all lost after alldefinitv ein must have für alle indie-rock-fans! jetzt erhältlich als limitierte 180 gramm vinyl edition inklusive mp3-download-code (album-tracks + 10 bonus-tracks der 2cd)!

joker has been riding a rocket propelled trajectory with an exponential rise in popularity since he first caught the attention of underground djs and bloggers alike, back in 2007. signed to major player 4ad for his debut lp >the vision<, dropping late last year joker has won the hearts and minds of both respected underground players and pop-loving youth alike. here he returns to his home imprint for a rare excursion away from 4ad with the monstrous, infectious fresh cut rhythm that is our lead track >skitta<. you know it must be a big lead if when you flip for the aa side and find the almighty newham generals featuring in secondary place! >i think you should know< sees footsie and d double roll out a shoulder popping beat in fine style while fans of all things instrumental can also enjoy an extended instrumental version of the same track. huge release all round.

new chain is the debut long-player from new york s small black. richly coloured and thickly layered, it is an absorbing, eclectic and obsessive body of work. the brooklyn group have succeeded in melting together locked and popped drum-shudder, gauzy spirographic synths and subtly contagious, half-remembered melody into ebullient bursts of evocative, subliminal and thoroughly modern pop. the songs are equally informed by the rhythmic bounce and stylistic swagger of more left-leaning contemporary radio rap and r n b as it is the submerged kaleidoscopic swirl of the early 4ad dream factory.
digital download-code included.

ghosts inside stands as ekin fil’s most arresting recordings to date, written during a period of personal despair with an oblique poetry of sadness cascading through the songs. it’s an introspective sound, completely turned in on itself and tuning out the socio-political tumult of her native home in istanbul. in confronting psychic distress, heartache and depression, ekin fil blocks out the rest of the world to concentrate on the immediate issues of human relationships and their many complications. allusions to catharsis flicker through the sullen, narcotized beauty of ghosts inside, updating the mood found on those classic 4ad albums of the 80s (i.e. garlands, it’ll end in tears, lonely is an eyesore, etc.) orbiting the spheres of grouper, lovesliescrushing and stars of the lid.

recorded summer/fall of 2008 and originally released in january 2009 this gem has been open to a only very close circle of people only yet. the main idea was to have a bunch of short tracks with a soundtrack mood and a slight taste of early 4ad and factory records (or as frans de waard noticed alot of les disques du crepuscule and even early human league which i admit i adore). a must for fans of the pop ambient series, max richter or type records. limited coloured vinyl edition.

hercules and love affair is andrew butler with antony, nomi, and kim ann. butler emerged from making music for college based dance projects into a fully fledged recording artist, via the new york art scene. he hooked up with his friends from there and got them to collaborate and sing his songs and hercules and love affair is the result. antony rose to prominence when he won 2005s nationwide mercury music prize and this is a major step into a new area... a disco influenced mix of glamour and melancholy, happiness and clubbing that has sprung out of the mutual worlds of andrew and antony, kim ann and nomi. hercules and love affair is 2008s most exciting dancefloor concoction, an arthouse vision of pure pop by way of futuristic electronica, 4ad records and classic 70s new york disco, where beautiful, bruising harmonies and tensile rhythms collide in resurgent soundscapes and emotive disco workouts. the album is co produced by andrew butler with tim goldsworthy of dfa.

man is a rope is not a band but rather a process developed by new york songwriter / producer / artist, evan t. q. kreeger. using live instrumental and vocal performances with analog effects to make electronic hybrid music rather than employing virtuals, loops or samples, man is a rope creates its own unique dark dynamics and complex churns which invoke elements from no wave, early mute/4ad, rowland s. howard, the cabs, detroit / birmingham techno, a certain ratio, the swans, coil, 70s crimson, and film music. these works are composed in parallel with video treatments and storyboard development. from conception, audio is forever bonded to its symbiotic images.

ejecta ist das neu projekt von leanne macomber (aka neon indian) und joel ford, der mit daniel lopatin (oneothrix point never) das duo games bildete. die 10 ejecta songs verbinden elektronischen dream-pop frueher 4ad-releases von cocteau twins oder this mortal coil mit der disco-coolness eines kavinsky oder der chromatics. limitiertes lp-format.

klute returns with his 7th artist lp called *the draft*. we kick things off here with this 3 track taster featuring 3 different styles of tom withers: *turnaround* is d&b like only klute can do, *birdland* is swirling atmospheres set to a laid back beat and *give it all* is darkly sublime with twinges of 4ad and an immense vocal from new talent naomi pryor. the perfect sampler for the full length album, due to hit stores on 14th october.

mannequin has the dual and parallel aim to unearth hidden or unpublished gems, running along a road that starts from the period of reference for this kind of music (late 70s mid 80s) and comes to nowdays, with a vision deeply influence by factory records / 4ad labels.

mannequin is sincerly proud to announce the second volume of the much acclaimed italian new wave italian compilation. danza meccanica is the latest, unmissable chapter in the story of italian post punk - the less traditionally rock branch. it outlines the approach taken by ten more or less unknown groups who all deserve rediscovery and to be remembered alongside luckier outfits. ten tracks that spell out the manifesto of a scene fascinated by electronic innovation, a scene that used the sounds coming out of english labels like factory, 4ad and mute as a reference point. the grey atmospheres and raincoats of a still-divided berlin, and those of manchester, which along with sheffield produced sounds destined to inspire future generations of musicians and producers. limited edition of 500 copies, 2 inserts

the screen vinyl image / rude 66 split 7 inch takes dark industrial electro sounds and edgy wax trax / 4ad era guitars and pushes them to the outer limits, offering up a heavy dose of new-wave futurism.

streng limitiertes 180g-doppelvinyl im triple-gatefold-sleeve, designt von vaughan oliver (the pixies, cockteau twins, 4ad). hergestellt von the vinyl factory, die bekannt sind für hochwertige sammlereditionen. gepresst auf der legendären emi 1400.
außerdem enthalten:
- exklusiver kunstdruck, unterschrieben von vaughan oliver
- cd mit allen tracks plus bonustrack

since its foundation in the year 1995, reykjaviks gus gus are working hard to make this world a less boring place. initially tagged by the press as the next big icelandic music export after bjoerk, the band swept away all cliche thinking with their highly infectuous metrosexual multimedia pop and secured themselves a deal with the prestiguous 4ad label. &#8233,,,since then a lot of hot water has been ejected by icelands geysers but gus gus miraculously always managed to combine avantgarde with pop, soul and of most prominently - with electronic music. especially with their furious live shows they ve earned themselves a devoted following worldwide. &#8233,,,&#8233,,,this years september will bring us the release of their sixth studio album that goes by the name 24/7. at this point, we dont want to let too much of the cat out of the bag but its certainly right to say that they ve once more reinvented themselves and the result is truely breathtaking. as we re convinced that the world-embracing harmonies and impeccable catchiness of add this song should be heard during this summer season, so we ve decided to already share this with you now. &#8233,,,&#8233,,,the remixes all sound as excellent as their producers: patrick chardronnet, lopazz & zarook and gluteus maximus...