mannequin continue to deliver the brutal sound of the italian industrial/ebm electronic band musumeci, this time with 2 killer edits from lee douglas / an-i. limited edition of 250 copies.. mastered by rude 66. graphic design and layout by alessandro adriani.

the slingshots were born in august of 2008 with the idea of recalling and recovering the rhythmic patterns of funk, the warm vocal melodies of soul, the rich instrumental approach of jazz and the energy of rock, from its origins until our times, to offer a danceable rich selection of music and sounds, suitable for everybody, specially those in love with black music. seven men holding many years of experience through a wide and varied musical career form the band.

overdue re-issue of the longplayer from 1982 of this great uk reggae band. lp-vinyl has the original album track order and also for the first time on cd with seven additional tracks including john peel session tracks. the capital letters have reformed in 2013 and perform live again.

ltd nice price -
in 1976, nile rodgers & bernard edwards founded the legendary chic organization ltd. together they wrote and produced many number one hits and very quickly became the biggest hit music factory since motown.
the 12 inch singles collection includes the bands biggest and best-loved hits. cuts like *dance, dance, dance, dance (yowsah, yowsah, yowsah)*, *everybody dance*, and *good times* show why chic are the band who have been getting us on the dancefloor for over 25 years!
the five 12 inches (45 rpm) records are individually cased in disco bags, and housed in a hard slipcase. perfectly packaged for commandeering the dj booth!

2 man synth funk band from leeds influenced by the 80s disco & boogie sounds from nyc. this ep is one for the synth funk freaks, with electro-funk jams, modern synth funk/disco, & sweet electro-bass melodies.

sheik ‘n’ beik are a nyc based cohort specialising in promotion, production and outletting left­of­centre slices of electronic music. with previous releases from family members derek marin, voiski and peter corvaia their 4th release comes courtesy of danny wolfers (a.k.a legowelt) working alongside rush hour regular xosar under their xamiga alias. with this being xamiga’s 3rd release, the pair draw for their trusted arsenal of analogue gear and offer up the ‘bohemian grove’ ep, a woozy brew of foggy textures, gently frazzled hats and detroit­indebted grooves. the title track kicks things off with glassy pads sat atop a long­tailed thud and a sandy shuffle. a distant bass groove wades in ahead of a passage of intricate, band­passed percussion and a circling synth line before ‘cumulus versie’ sets sheets of ethereal vocals and synth strings gently ducking under a taught analogue pulse. ‘midwest’ then sets hissing kicks and frayed hi­hats alongside a rasping bass tone. pitch­bent synth lines then bubble into focus before ‘blizzard’ sets a dystopian tone from the off. a stout kick drum thunders under minor­key chord shifts and a menacing sequence that works to round off another fine addition to the sheik ‘n’ beik series.

as the sun rises a little higher in the sky, above machine emerge from their winter hibernation with the first fruits of their impeccably assembled new release schedule. jonny nash takes on jose manuel s summer wind and, much like the superb melody as truth releases he s penned, sets out a widescreen canvas of tone and melody, as piano and vocal punctuate the sonic plain. twisted tongue take on maricopa s recently unveilied we could maybe feat. nicola kramer. and the result sounds like loose ends operating as in-house band at a speakeasy orbiting a distant nebula the b side has seconds another day beautifully reconfigured for sunrise moments by slo, while b2 has an original slo moment bombora which, much like it s namesake is a gentle balearic breaker washing over the sonic reef... bona fide bottled sunshine people - above machine are back !

thomas leer is an innovative electronic musician who was born in port glasgow, scotland. he began singing for a local band at age 13, and was writing his own music by 18. by 1977, he had moved to london, where he fronted pressure, a clash

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.

electronic emergencies is proud to introduce ceci n est pas, a synth wave project from new york consisting of nico nightingale, pierre klein and jorge socarras. nico nightingale is the man behind neud photo and earlier worked with pierre klein as neud. jorge socarras was singer with synth maestro patrick cowley in the 70s duo catholic, and with 80s cult band indoor life. together, they started ceci n est pas in 2014, and this 7 inch -the last time- is their first release. the title track on the a-side is an irrestisibly melancholic and romantic synth wave pop song, while b-side -the stranger- has a mysterious and yearning feel.

first single from the sly johnson new album the mic buddah. after enjoying success and platinum discs with hip hop french band saïan supa crew in the early 2000s, sly johnson released an album on universal jazz as a soul singer along his carreer of beatbox virtuos

another re-issue on dark entries. this time its a release by joe crow. joe crow is a post-punk musician from birmingham, england. he was a member of legendary brum band the prefects, and hung on long enough after the name-change to appear on a couple of early nightingales singles. in 1981 joe began his solo career and recorded a 2-song demo

rat life returns with the pagan rites on catalog number 4. little is known about the band from sweden, first signals were received in 2010 when they submitted their track 03 to the ifm demo contest. in october last year rat life sent out a submarine to search the swedish coast line for the small hut where the duo records their songs (apologies to the swedish authorities at this point, who confused our research with a russian military threat). all four tracks are packed with bittersweet melancholia, reflecting the neverending darkness of cold scandinavian winter, still the midnight sun is always in sight on the horizon! already recorded between 2008 - 2013, rat life records is very happy to finally make this music available on vinyl.

portion control is a british electronic and industrial band from south london. the trio of john whybrew, ian sharp and dean piavani started out experimenting with electronics in 1980. linking up with in phaze records, they released a number of cassettes and records before signing with illuminated records in 1983. there followed a series of classic 12inch singles: raise the pulse, rough justice and go-talk, which have become underground dancefloor hits. the band classifies their music style as >hard rhythmic electronics< and were a major influence on skinny puppy, front line assembly and depeche mode.

van kaye + ignit is the dutch duo of ed van kasteren (van kaye) and ignatine bekken(ignit), who joined forces in the city of arnhem during early 1980. while at university, van kaye was the singer of the monomen, a local new wave band. by the end of 1979 he had become more interested in the use of electronics and rhythmic industrial patterns. in april 1980 he released a demo cassette with 30 minutes of his own work titled a slight delay.

im beat der tanzenden leoparden: erstes album der schweizer world-beat-band seit 2010. pressung auf neon-grünem vinyl.

the hempolics bringen das echte rootsgefühl zurück in die elektronische musik - und lassen daraus was völlig neues entstehen. der track *warrior sound*, der hier im original und der dubversion (gemixt von grippa) vorliegt, ist die zweite auskopplung vom hempolics-album *kiss, cuddle & torture: volume 1*. die stimme stammt von dan bowskill (dub pistols), geschrieben und produziert hat das ganze hempolics-mastermind grippa laybourne. *die hempolics sind die beste band großbritanniens*, meinte faithless-sänger maxi jazz, *aber leider weiß das niemand.* die 7-inch-single ist limitiert auf 500 stück. für fans von reggae, massive attack, gorillaz.

jaumet is back, but not alone: he asked 3 artists to revise music from his latest album la visite. on the a-side, we have a brand new band from düsseldorf, called die wilde jagd. we know those boys from their previous band der räuber und der prinz, released on desolat, which is a favorite from everyone at versatile. they deliver a surprising mix of la visite, in pure kraut fashion. neu is not that far... on the flip-side, the frenchman low jack turns la visite into a dub marshland, multilayered as is typical for low jack s music. and finally, gilb r delivers his own ambient version of one of the highlights of jaumet s album, midnight man, a tribute to i:cube who used to come to the studio at night.

django django became known from their electric live performances full of energy, and went on to play memorable shows at festivals across the globe including as glastonbury and fuji rock. born under saturn is the work of a band fired up by confidence and experience and propelled way beyond their diy roots. it has all of the imagination of their debut self-titled album but splashed across a larger canvas.

taking one track from each of the under the influence cd compilations, and feat unreleased tracks and an exclusive joey negro edit of sweet talks -do the beat-. dj support: jimmythetwin, pete haigh, faze action, nowicki, mudd (claremont 56), señorlobo (lovemonk), red greg, paul phillips

phillip lauers zweites album klingt als hätte eine band der vergangenheit musik geschaffen, die in weit entfernter zukunft erst gehört wird,... gereift und in bester soundqualität erhalten: borndom!

echte hits gehören auf kleine schwarze scheiben, dachte sich die kölner band die sonne und legt nach ihrem famosen debütalbum, das im august 2014 erschien, eine schöne vinylsingle vor. auf den beiden a-seiten finden sich die lieder *für alle* und *untergehen*. beide liveerprobte smasher, die sich sofort zu band- und publikumslieblingen entwickelten und deshalb so schnell wie möglich auf platte gebannt werden mussten. *für alle* überzeugt mit catchy stadionrock auf metaebene, während der krachige herzensbrecher *untergehen* mit einer satten portion feelings und einem ohrwurmigen gitarrenlick zuschlägt.

today burgeoning band drew x hill announce details of their second stunning ep bullets, dropping on born electric.

after more than a year in the making we are almost ready to release the final chapter in psychemagiks magik series. due to incredible responses from the artists we contacted we ended up with more tracks than we needed for one album so it was decided to release magik sunset in two parts. both albums contain yet more of the long lost and obscure tracks that the previous compilations have presented and part one is now available on double vinyl in gatefold sleeve.

its release time for house is ok! frankfurt based label waited a bit longer than usual for its co-owner marko pelaic aka homeboy to come up with new sounds so it doesnt really surprise theyve decided to let him take over this, one man reign ep, first of that sort for this etiquette. kaprije is not only news for the label but homeboy himself in a way he defined it as writing a new chapter, stepping away from traditional house music, exploring more of the experimental and modern sounds a direction hes interested in continuing.

ein meisterwerk aus dem jahre 1976 wird offiziell als lp-vinyl wiederveröffentlicht. king tubby (bürgerlich osbourne ruddock) ist die lichtgestalt des dub reggae, die tragischerweise am 06.02.1989 im alter von 48 jahren bei einem raubüberfall erschossen wurde. surrounded by the dreads- erschien ursprünglich auf dem wenig bekannten fay music label des produzenten winston edwards und wurde mit den musikern der natty locks band in king tubbys studio eingespielt. auf drei der zwölf stücke sind die stimmen von tony brevett (von den melodians), prince heron und carvin bradford zu hören.

whoever says small labels are getting damaged by record store day havent heard what the belgian deep & soulful house label melodymathics unleashes on april 18th.
some of the countrys finest, from the early and present house scene, are united on this release. raoul belmans also know as dj raoul (swirl people/food club/silo), raffa formerly know from soul and future jazz band sweet coffee and labelowner melodymann bring three feel good house cuts based around a self explanatory vocal motif *keep it coming!* by one of melodymathics residents - alex agore. it is this sort of euphoric house music you can drop anytime in your set and just stand back watching a sea of arms raised in response.

last year we released aaron ahrends first brief embrace ep, which received lots of great feedback. ada (pampa) took newborn and started to do a remix. at the same time she took some larvae as pets and watched their metamorphosis. at the end she released them as butterflies. the tune was highly recommended at here bbqs over the last summer. last year the forgotten birds (karaoke kalk) decided to stop touring as a band. their first and might be last remix at all was created spontaneously in a jam session. enough reason for to be very happy about their awesome gift.

since the last record, the band have embraced creative opportunities, dave (drummer and producer) travelled to mali with damon albarns africa express, and dave and tommy (synthesizer operator) worked on the score for the royal shakespeare companys production of john websters bloodthirsty jacobean tragedy the white devil. dave established his own label, kick and clap, named after the club night he launched when he first moved to dalston and vinnie (singer and guitarist) and jim (bassist) collaborated with award-winning artist haroon mirza at stromboli arts festival last summer, at the foot of the islands volcano.

philippe laurent, a renowned french electro/synth wave pioneer & modern classical music composer who released a numerous amount of tapes during the 80s and a lp vinyl album on the label minimal wave records in 2011. this release joint consist in two tracks by philippe laurent from 1982 unreleased on vinyl yet and exclusively restored from the original tapes by minimal wave records studios in new york in 2014 and a cover by xeno & oaklander a cold wave and synth pop band from the same city.

another recent masterpiece from the rising barcelona label “modern obscure music”. this time the label is introducing a 12’’ with two long lasting analogue jams made from synthesizers like moog voyager and the mythical juno 80 on abstract rhythms created with a powerful roland 909. this is an essential record for collectors of relics focused on the club. to the mysterious, exotic and even tribal vibe, the record label adds a remix by daniel martin-mccormick, best known as ital, who has recently published his 3rd album with mike paradinas (planet mu) apart from also presenting some pieces from his own record company lover’s rock or in the prestigious workshop house. remixes by jmii and pettre, aster’s ex-band components, are also added in the digital version of it.

after three years of irregular visibility but strong pulsations generated by steaua de mare and the great disclosure of rodion g.a., future nuggets unveils its second compilation sounds of the unheard from romania.

fünf jahre ist es her, dass audio88 & yassin mit ihrem lofi-debüt zwei herrengedeck, bitte in einer szene aufschlugen, die nicht unbedingt auf sie gewartet hatte und die sie sich nie ausgesucht hatten. den übrigen deutschen hip hop finden die beiden in berlin lebenden rapper überwiegend wack und darum dreht sich auch ein nicht zu unterschätzender teil ihrer musik. das doppel-vinyl erscheint inklusive cd im klappcover.

impossibly rare sweet soul & funk from the vaults of miami s bold records (a subsidiary of the mighty t.k. disco label). there s scant information on reid inc as a group but the album boasts some gorgeous soulful melodies from the all female personnel and features stellar string & horn arrangements from miami studio stalwart mike lewis (blowfly, kc & the sunshine band, latimore, fern kinney) & is produced by the mighty clarence reid who has written, recorded & produced too many records to list here (betty wright, wilson pickett, dusty springfield, bobby byrd, gwen mccrae) throughout his 50+ year career. this is a real rarity, a record that fetches top, top dollar ($500 plus) on-line among soul, funk & disco aficionados. -what am i gonna do- has been comped numerous times but this is the first time the whole lp has been re-mastered & re-issued on vinyl (having previously only been re-released on cd in japan) brought to you in conjunction & with the permission of t.k. disco / henry stone music, miami usa.

limited edition of 300 copies. official remastered reissue of the original recording with original artwork - full picture sleeve shrink-wrapped.
actually a kirian camera record under the name of simona buja (kirlian cameras singer) because the band was still contracted with italian records, originally released on the one and only release of the label quadrangolo mirabile in 1981.

following their critically acclaimed solo album iii, badbadnotgood return with wu tangs ghostface killah for a full length album including guest spots from mf doom, danny brown, elzhi and soul trap mc tree.
sour soul is the collaborative album from the toronto based jazz/hip-hop band and staten island rap champ ghostface. inspired by 1960s and 70s music – taking inspiration from the recording techniques and production of that era, and eschewing sampling in favour of live instrumentation, bbng with producer frank dukes have created a dramatic, cinematic musical staging for ghostfaces vivid storytelling.
pressing on heavyweight 180 gram black vinyl, cd-copy of the album included.

james freud is not the deceased singer of the australian new wave band the models. james freud is not a young art-school dropout with an affinity for electronic music. james freud does not live in berlin - he seems to come out of the blue and it is hard to say whether his production is analogue or digital, whether it is sampled material or sound design. because of the strange maturity of his work the tracks seem to come from both the past and the future. thanks to the digging-qualities of dj good news (who runs the hamburg poem-label) a selection of james freuds oeuvre is now brought to light through the 12inch 5-track extended play - to cut a long story short: mental futurism is wise optimism.

double vinyl.

the famous electronic band from nyc blondes (rvng intl) revisited by claro intelecto, huerco s & function. jus brilliant

mit seiner band junip veröffentlichte er zwei großartige werke, arbeitete am soundtrack zu the secret life of walter mitty mit und steuerte gerade erst seine version von how we walk on the moon zu master mix: red hot + arthur russell bei. vestiges & claws wurde fast komplett von josé gonzález in eigenregie aufgenommen und produziert. zuhause in göteborg nutze er eigentlich nur computer plug-ins, um die songs aufzunehmen und dadurch einen warmen, analogen sound zu erzeugen. musikalisch führt das album das fort, was die beiden vorgänger schon angefangen haben: gedämpft und feinfühlig wirken die lieder, die die wunderbare stimme gonzález und sein verschachteltes gitarrenspiel in den vordergrund setzen ohne dabei besonders laut oder bombastisch sein zu müssen.

die radio-show, die sich in eine plattenfirma verwandelt klingt wie ein manifest und beschreibt am besten die natur des melodica labels. geboren aus dem geist des radio-dj chris coco, hat das label seit seinem start eine unglaublich heterogene musikalische mischung veröffentlicht, mit releases aus verschiedenen genres wie experimenteller electronica zu slo-mo disco und house musik. die in london ansässige band deekie passt mit ihrem zweiten album solitaire perfekt in die lablephilosophie. das album beinhaltet eine sammlung von zehn ätherischen tracks, die verschiedene genres kreuzen von ambient zu leftfield und dabei eine menge soul des duos zeigen.

armando gallop, the legendary chicago producer & dj whose career was tragically cut short by his death in 1996 left behind a legendary reputation as one of the windy citys finest. having released on seminal labels such as, trax, musique, westbrook and his own warehouse imprint, armando brought his own rough hewn brand of machine funk and acid to the table and the dance music world has been much better off for it since.

neon is not a common name for italian post punk lovers. born in florence, the cradle of peninsulas wave, they were probably the first important post punk gothic band in our country and they are still nowadays one of the most active band in 80s italian new wave time, still marking italian rock history.

a club in the parthenon basement where you cant see in front of you, you lose yourself as the antipodean heat beat surrounds you. this is the latest imagination of melbourne-based band leader nicolaas oogjes. marrying into a greek family (his wife contributes spoken word on two tracks), oogjes became fixated with hellenic culture and its impact on humanity, prompting his rotating cult of collective consciousness musicians no zu to spiral deeper into their celebration of global rhythm and percussion. their even weirder, sparser and more synth driven sound is the result of creative exchanges with home loan records ceo michael ozone, who helped them realise the strange and complete world of medusa music.

for the 1st time the official remastered reissue of the original 1985 recording. 350 limited copies, under license of expanded music srl italy.
kirlian camera are one of the pioneers of the italian electronic scene. active since 1979 under the name suicide commando, the band changed name in 1980 releasing the first demo-tape dawn and the self-titled mini-album in late 1981. the early records contain a mix of synth pop and new wave/dance songs, while towards the end of the 1980s kirlian cameras music became darker, turning into electro-gothic sound. nearly every release since then has explored different fields, from industrial to ambient and trip-hop.

möd3rn is a global project from 3 wellknown artists who wanted to give a side project from their own solo career. it s a band, producing, playing live but it s also a label created only for the trio productions. each releases will propose 3 tracks from the 3 artists. for that first one the famous trio propose 3 huges bombs mö4, mö5 and mö6, 3 huge techno killer using rough skins with raw edit. speech less and listen to that we can call pure techno. while carefully handling their respective careers, postponing then their obvious collaboration, möd3rn trio s members have capitalized its desire and now deliver its mere substance, in the rightest moment, where, simply, all the distant forces converge. the six daring, expert hands merge now into a unique entity, unanimously moving within the same effort towards techno music. of the distinct identities merely remains the ethereal, synthetic essence devoted to the group, and the common musical passion that leads it. the formula is elaborated freely: each one s adjunctions -subtle keys, nervous chords, underground blows, rhythmical uproars- pour into a thick maelstrom, opaque, condensing detroit s grieving sensibilities as well as last decade s bewildering cacophonies. the potion obtained is irresistible, an ecstatic hybrid, prodigiously actual, that renders all the genre s diversity and dynamism. chance intertwined their paths and now the three companions celebrate both the friendship that resulted and the good fortune that has driven it, by improvising live together as one faceless, solid body agitated by the urge of dance and music, composing the material that shall be processed later on to form their eponym label s releases.

-how to be- ep is brought by izhevsk based band, cetranger. the band s name is a combination of french «c etrange» and english «stranger». two deep and emotional songs accompanied by two great remixes. perfect for understanding yourself and strangers

it has been a long time between drinks for german band bambi - and it is something of a triumphant return, too. last time we heard from them, back in 2000, they were a post minimal rock duo comprising of guitarist/vocalist robin van velzen and drummer hans christian fuss. a decade and a half of live improvisation and a multitude of collaborations later, they return as a balearic rock four-piece. the bands newest members, former mountaineer man frank mollena and sofia fuss, were asked to join following a particularly successful series of live collaborations and improvisational jams. through balearic post-rock territory, with van velzens weary, emotional vocals riding a wave of vibrant colours, backwards hazy, intoxicating and evocative, it sounds like a horizontal anthem in the making. one sided, hand numbered, limited to 500 copies.

quite limited double vinyl pressing with full artwork gatefold sleeve!
here is jazzy sports feverish 3 piece dance music band cro-magnon, releasing their long awaited 5th album called *v* some dance music pieces ... like soul, jazz, funk, disco, afro, latin, caribbean reggae / dub … roots musics … and hip hop, house, techno … modern dance grooves ... there are valuable sound pices mixed into original sounds with powerful band sound and dope productions. this was album recorded with vintage instruments and analogue multi tape recordings. they approached their roots with fresh ideas and deliver mellow grooves with fender rhodes and daylight style jazz funk, inspired by african, brazilian, cumbia … so many music styles. you will find the new phase of cro-magnon sound. we love them! and you will love them, too.