kranky was a bit surprised earlier this year when jessica bailiff contacted us and asked if we wanted to preview her new album for possible release. we had no idea she had even been working on an album, let alone had completed one, and we were rewarded with a listen to her most compelling album to date.

awesome 5 track 12 inch on the neo-chicago tip, comes with contributions by the likes of jack curtu, elec pt. 1, punknown, perseus traxx and lost in the sound. limited to 300 only.

for now is the second ep by brooklyn duo beacon, five songs that continue the bands exploration of the dark spaces under the surface of human relationships. as with the bands debut ep no body, for now is a record that conceals a great deal of depth beneath a melodic veneer— again, there is a stark contrast between thomas mullarneys honeyed vocals and the words he is singing, although this time the mood is perhaps less sinister and more reflective.

transparent blue vinyl pressing.

first new album from the echospace duo since the critically acclaimed >liumin< double album on manchesters beloved modern love imprint. the sonic structure of this album was the basis for what later became >liumin< released on modern love but this exploration is something all together different, left untreated and unprocessed from its original 1/2 inch tape to preserve the natural organic state of the recording.
released as a triple lp set with custom printed, matte finished over sized lp sleeves, black retro inserts all housed in a resealable poly sleeve. pressed on 160 gram, splattered mixed color vinyl. contains the audio cd housed in a gloss finished card stock sleeve. limited edition of 500 copies.

ancient future is the second collaboration between visionary pianist ryuichi sakamoto and electronic pioneer christopher willits. built around a series of piano pieces that sakamoto sent to willits after the release of the duos first record together, 2008s ocean fire, the six tracks that make up ancient future are entirely instrumental—and yet, they speak about the very essence of what it means to be human. as a whole, ancient future functions as a piece about the creation, acceptance and completion of ones fate and all of lifes experiences, following a trajectory through inner conflict, resolution and, ultimately, acceptance.
comes with code for free mp3 download of this release.

in the context of shigetos debut lp lineage, >huron river drive< functions as a respite of sorts, a brief stop on the roadside of a very personal into the past. but as this single release proves, it also stands alone as a pleasantly understated piece of electronic beauty. the track swells slowly from the simple chord sequence of the intro into a lushly textured slice of late-night atmospherics – with more than a hint of jazz to be found in the brushed percussion and quietly tinkling electronic piano – and then receding back into the same sequence as the track draws to a close.

her fantasy is the second single to drop and lead single from beams. >do i feel love like all of the others or is this feeling only mine?< dear sings on the strutting track, later wondering >am i one heartbeat away from receiving a damaging shock to my life?< these are the words of a man with something to lose—love, stability, a burgeoning family. dear is growing up—reluctantly, maybe—and he wears his newfound lyrical maturity with grace.

the deluxe edition! debuet album! plus: 5 track ep, oblangle fizz yall bonus disc

the complete dj mix incl. tracks by holgi star, paul mac, wjh and many more

following on from the recent release of el nino andress wonderful debut album herzegovian label hija de colombia teams up with uber talented, producer stumbleine for the release of collected works under the title >ghosting<.
transparent blue vinyl pressing.

while many of com truises contemporaries mine nostalgia as an end unto itself, the princeton, nj bedroom producer (aka seth haley) recombines older musical forms as a means of expressing something deeper and more ambitious, building a carefully conceived picture of the artists vibrant inner world. the cyanide sisters ep, com truises first official release, was first available as a free download through am discs in june of 2010, ghostlys remastered and extended reissue of cyanide sisters nearly doubles its tracklist, making good on months of blog and music-critic enthusiasm and delving deeper into seth haleys synth-savvy project. with com truises proper full-length on the way, and a string of high-profile remixes for neon indian and twin shadow already in the can, the cyanide sisters ep is an electrifying introduction to a prodigious new talent.

sashas ever growing label last night on earth presents the first in a series of releases from electronic wizards ghosting season. the growth of ghosting season came naturally from their previous project worriedaboutsatan, in their own words: our work was still a network of dark, brooding - yet euphoric - electronica, but there began to appear towering, vibrant, and inescapable moments of dance music

medical records is ecstatic to present the reissue of the essential >novels for the moons< by axxess. originally released in 1983, axxess is the brainchild of french multimedia artist patrick mimran. mr. mimran was co-director of lamborghini motors (along with his brother) at the time and fittingly released the album on the imprint lamborghini records. heavily influenced by german electronic pioneers klaus schulze, tangerine dream, and kraftwerk, mr. mimran commissioned the german engineer andreas bahrdt to build a custom complex synthesizer which eventually materialized into a 16 voice analog synthesizer of genius proportions.
presented on high-quality 180gram yellow vinyl in a limited edition of 1000 hand-numbered copies.

jason little teams up with the mighty svetec for this beast of an ep on the infamous jasons mask imprint. pounding hardtechno is what you want and you will get it! featuring remixes by sandy warez and instigator. not to be missed!

excellent 5 track ep, limited to 350 copies.... grab your copy

hush arbors and arbouretum have each been exploring for years now the intersection of progressive folk and psychedelic rock, albeit filtered through their own distinct sounds. it was only a matter of time before their paths would cross. keith wood and dave heumann met at a show in baltimore and discovered their mutual appreciation for each others music. the two bands planned a joint european tour, and recorded aureola to further showcase and celebrate their complimentary sounds.

shhhh006 will be released on 12 inch vinyl including cd. the vinyl is strictly limited to 190 sales units with each of the records coming with a colored banner-sticker! includes remixes by mathias schaffhäuser, bob humid (aka robert edwin), bluff and matthew adams. at least knowing vinyl is kept alive.

following a busy year of stylistically varied releases under various guises on his own magic + dreams label, ralph cumbers delivers his first long-player for punch drunk. with a title lifted from the lysergic prose of a brian aldiss novel and grooves informed by the loopier, more martian aspects of chi-town jack and detroit techno-soul, reeling skullways marks a subtle, but highly alluring development in the evolution of cumbers primary recording project.

after the immense success of last yearÕs hed kandi world series: miami release, this ever popular hed kandi theme returns in 2012 with its second volume, world series: miami volume ii. floridaÕs art deco gem is without-a-doubt one of the most seductive and chic additions to hed kandiÕs global city roster, and with the hype, excitement and highly anticipated winter music conference and ultra music festival occurring in the month this title is released, world series: miami ii captures the upfront sounds from hed kandiÕs legendary pool and club parties at this prestigious and iconic jet set destination. hed kandi headline djs, eibhlin and carl hanaghan, lay down the mixes over 2 cds titled pool & club, each selecting tracks that define the atmosphere of one of the globeÕs most celebrated dance music capitals.

here the black vinyl edition ..big ep remixes by douglas greed, wareika, dirty doering and marek hemmann for consoles album >herself<!

striking out in june 2011 with his debut ep >in your gut like a knife< - a neat summary of his electronic excursions at that point - the beautifully artworked 12 inch acted as a portal into a world of daydreams, tumbling into shadows and embracing luminescence simultaneously. breeding surreal headphone-friendly landscapes, he struck a peculiar and delicate balance between otherworldly and familiarity, at times sneaking a sly glance towards the dancefloor but mostly conjuring a sense of longing and rye melancholy. ticking with a distinctive bounce and rhythm, it comes as no surprise that gang colours was raised on the bump and grind of uk garage. taking a step back from chopped n screwed rnb vocals and the swing of ukg, >the keychain collection< explores more sombre recesses within gang colours palette. the scattered technicolor synth melodies that characterised his ep are present, but softer, cosier even, weaving betwixt and between forthright piano chords and wills own vocals. >the keychain collection< eloquently captures gang colours first steps on a long road.

the vinyl version also in the cd version

hazylujah is a new talent from italy. his four track ep >too many ghosts< is a fizzing and machine wired world of deep space atmospherics, house beats and techno futurism. it clunks and splutters with analogue details in its own unique way.

with former descent, bas welling (neurobit) is taking his music into a new direction. more than the breakcore, noise and digital hardcore he got know for the last couple of years, you can expect some dancefloor friendly electro experiences, weird dubstep like broken beats, phat acidic basslines and some beautiful ambient to end with. this ep is not for the faint-hearted and shows, once again, that anything could happen on the shipwrec label. highly limited to 200 copies!

after releasing one of this years most highly touted punk rock albums, make do and mend have decided to tone down their driving and blistering post-hardcore sound on the new acoustic ep >part and parcel<.
boasting three acoustic versions of songs from their breakthrough debut full-length end measured mile as well as a touche amore cover, and two brand new songs, part and parcel has been on the bands mind for quite some time. >it s something we have talked about doing for a while,< admits vocalist/guitarist james carroll. >we wanted to explore the versatility of our songs and also explore our boundaries as songwriters.<

the inaugural release on prism comes courtesy of jon phonics, fresh off the back of his debut appearance on vinyl with the essential >bruck out/the one< 7 inch on chakra sounds.
never one to rest on his laurels, jon now presents the >grid games< ep. this instrumental, progressive project is a nod to his more leftfield influences forging elements of electronica, 2 step and bass music.
the vinyl features collaborations with s-type (luckyme), jeeks (civil music), pete cannon and bug alongiside remixes from kidkanevil, ghost mutt and pedestrian.

for the past decade or so, polish musician michal jacaszek has been exploring a new, resolutely modern chapter in eastern europes long, storied love affair with classical music. his creations are painstakingly crafted collages of electronic textures and baroque instrumentation, harpsichords being swarmed by woolly static one minute and pulled apart by billowing wind the next. ambient music - if we can generalize unnecessarily for a second - is rarely so sonically challenging.

for the past decade or so, polish musician michal jacaszek has been exploring a new, resolutely modern chapter in eastern europes long, storied love affair with classical music. his creations are painstakingly crafted collages of electronic textures and baroque instrumentation, harpsichords being swarmed by woolly static one minute and pulled apart by billowing wind the next. ambient music - if we can generalize unnecessarily for a second - is rarely so sonically challenging.
limited to 700 copies, including free download coupon.

other heights brings the debut ep from ghostek, one of the young pioneers in the postdubstep-era. next to his own ?cryon?, it features an intense collaboration with roof light as ghostlight and a remix of his favorite track from th. eerie, deepness and a little blend of darkness straight out of the russian forests marks this first exciting release.

coloured edition other heights brings the debut ep from ghostek, one of the young pioneers in the postdubstep-era. next to his own ?cryon?, it features an intense collaboration with roof light as ghostlight and a remix of his favorite track from th. eerie, deepness and a little blend of darkness straight out of the russian forests marks this first exciting release.

dj cam ist zurueck mit seinem siebten album. die ep swim war der vorbote, dort zeigt chris james, der kopf von stateless, seine faehigkeiten am mikro. inspiriert ist er noch immer von jazz und hiphop, was ihn 1995 zu einem der pioniere der triphop-szene werden lie§. als einer der wichtigsten koepfe des -french touch- hat dj cam bisher sechs alben veroeffentlicht. er hat seine karriere im gleichen zeitraum wie daft punk, air, cassius oder bob sinclar begonnen. seine single summer in paris von 2002 mit anggun hat sich ueber eine millionen mal verkauft und bleibt ein wichtiger tune des pariser -dolce vita-. seven beinhaltet anteile gut gemachten pops sowie folk, anleihen von oldschool electronica und ambient - tunes mit einer sehr bildhaften atmosphaere. saenger chris james von stateless erinnert mit seinem gesang auf dem zweiten stueck swim an radiohead, einem der groe§ten einfluesse des albums.

heavy support from mary anne hobbs (who earmarked >ghosts of eckerville< as her unofficial track of the week) on her xfm show, along with additional dj support from asc, boddika, 2562, goldffinch and more.

what do you call musicians like com truise? he seems easy enough to pin down—throw out some words like nostalgia, synth-wave, eighties, and electro-funk and you will scrape by—but to be truly insightful about his music is tough, because art that is so blatantly referencing certain things in a certain way while also making them weird and new and unique is confusing. how do you classify something that is so obviously both vintage and current but is too fun to call postmodern? awesome is an option. especially when it sounds like you are driving the knight rider car through thick clouds of nitrous oxide, like >fairlight<, the title track from truises new single, which previously appeared on an iso50 comp called dry waves and also has this jarring, falling-all-over-itself middle section that prevents you from trancing out too hard. >beta eyes<, the track that follows, is even more restless, with a drum pattern that is fidgety and clustered, kicks and snares fighting each other like two drum and bass heads arguing over an atari remote. >polyhurt<, a narcotic, almost ballad-like closer that inevitably leaves you thinking, >now, how the hell am i going to describe that to someone?< the vinyl exclusive cut >colorvision< could be truises most dancefloor friendly track yet.
limited to 500 units worldwide (200 in europe).

originally released in 2008, glider is available for the first time on vinyl & includes exclusive remixes from biosphere & pantha du prince.

when talking about the music of com truise (one of the many pseudonyms of new jersey designer/musician seth haley), the nostalgia bit inevitably comes up, so lets get that out of the way. yes, his songs tap classic sci-fi and proto-electro in a way that is distinctly early eighties in scope. but they’re also remarkably weird--stutter-step proggy and intoxicatingly psychedelic, like those classic touchstones got drunk on lava lamp juice inside a pinball machine. after his well-received cyanide sisters ep, a grip of remixes for artists like twin shadow, neon indian, and, uh, daft punk, and a few floating mp3s, truises first lp, galactic melt, will finally enter brainspaces this summer.
code for free download of this album included.

sick new three tracker from ghostleigh and his mate brian barian. not much on info on its provenance, but anyone into the previous ghostleigh 12 inches (and they have all been killer if you ask us), will definitely dig this. not quite techno, not quite dubstep, not quite future garage. just a healthy mixture of all three. limited copies!

ghostley celebrates the 10th release of his imprint with 2 deep & dubby cuts of pure beauty. happy birthday!

inclusive download code.
>gable is the story of two drummers who decided to play the guitar and a girl who learnt to play the keyboard by sticking coloured sticky labels on the keys.< french art-pop pioneers gable have been causing a significant stir of late, captivating audiences with their unique luxury diy. having spent the past year experimenting with a bizarre collection of odds and ends lying round their studio and home, they have created the fabulously eccentric and catchy album >cute horse cut<.

smm: context is the first release in ghostly internationals new yearly compilation series of evocative, open-ended music. the artists on context span the globe, straddling the intersection between classical minimalism, electronic and drone composition, film soundtracks, and fragile imaginary landscapes. in other words, smm: context relies on its listener to fill in the blanks, providing real-world context for its darkly emotional sounds. limited 180 gram vinyl + heavyweight jacket + inner art sleeves. includes some of the most well-established names in the ambient / drone / modern classical / home listening genre.

pale sketcher (aka justin broadrick of jesu/godflesh fame) follows up his ghostly debut >jesu: pale sketches demixed< release with the ep, >seventh heaven<. broadrick covers a large palette of styles, discovering moods and rhythms that further expand the pale sketcher sound. it further solidifies his taste for electronic material that bled into his jesu project and solidifying pale sketcher as yet another legitimate project for this prolific artist. >seventh heaven< includes 4 brand new tracks that highlights a variety of influences from drum n bass and shoegaze to trip hop and dub. the lone remix is a dub meets trip hop sound reminiscent of trickys >maxinquaye< period from the legendary king midas sound. pale sketcher is clearly figuring out his next big step with the >seventh heaven< ep.
limited to 250 copies on swirl vinyl in a clear sleeve.

big with: davide squillace, gregor tresher, konrad black, ray okpara, tim green, joel mull, gel abril, mihai popoviciu, alexi delano, daniel sanchez, marc marzenit, dustin zahn, okain, doomwork, todd bodine, wally lopez, arnaud le texier, daniele papini, jorge savoretti, danny howells, michel de hey and more