thomas p heckmann aka age

after jimmy batt setting the bar very high with his “retrospection” lp, opia records invite two modern day innovators of dance floor energy to create their eleventh release. taking up a side each on the record we have rakya’s idris bena, and slowlife affiliate, paolo mosca - a combination you never realised you needed.

after releasing one of the most memorable records of the year in 2013, the roman dj returns with another amazing piece of work. the age, on the a side, is an ambient track with psychedelic rock and new age music incursions, showing once again his love for downtempo stuff. orion 314, on the b side, is a slow and straight deep techno train that will not disappear all lovers of this kind of sound.

steve wilson remix of the classic 1979 jethro tull album, pressed ona 180 gram black vinyl. includes a 24 page booklet.

elysia crampton’s self-titled album marks her 4th official release. the amerindian musician draws on various andean styles such as kullawada, huayño, tarqueada, quirqui / tundique, khantus, & morenada, together with genres like metal, psychedelic, & jazz fusion, to tell a story of her movement in the world - performing her history, both sonically & corporeally, as a means to gain economic access & agency.

this anthology brings to light the music of robert Æolus myers, featuring recordings from 1982 to 2006 that were previously available only on cassette or cd.
the music within “a retrospective” tells the story of a man whose music elevates its listeners to a place of inspiration and enlightenment. often ethereal, Æolus’ music is driven by synthesizers, melodic flutes, sweeping patterns, and subtle rhythms to seed inspiration from deep within the listener.
one might assume that Æolus carved a new path for electronic music in hawaii, but the islands never quite fully embraced the burgeoning new age scene that Æolus found himself a part of during the 1980s and the early 1990s.
few artists in hawaii have produced a body of work, let alone embarked on a musical journey, such as the one that Æolus has created.
for aloha got soul, this release marks a new chapter of bringing rare and relatively unknown music of hawaii to the surface.