manicured noise were manchesters prime art/post-punk-funk act. originally released as ctrue3 in 2006 on cd, this new restructured edition features superb new original artwork by highly regarded sardinian collagist/artist andrea floris.

reissue des kultsamplers -sex: too fast to live too young to die- mit underground-raritäten und outsider-klassikern, die mitte der 1970er in der jukebox in malcolm mclarens und vivien westwoods legendärer -sex- boutique auf der londoner kings road auf rotation liefen. zusammengestellt von marco pirroni (siouxsie & the banshees), adam & the ants und einigen stammkunden, erschien die original-cd 2003 auf olla records, um jetzt 2020 von stranger than paradise records mit neuem artwork und linernotes von marco pirroni, don letts, jon savage, jordan, paul cook (the sex pistols) und steven walsh (manicured noise) erstmals auch auf vinyl neu aufgelegt zu werden. -blasting out great rock’n’roll, garage / rebel rock, it had to be the coolest jukebox in london at the time and we’d spend hours hanging around, digging the scene and looking cool.- paul cook, the sex pistols format: streng limitierte auflage auf pinkfarbenem doppelvinyl inklusive 7--beilage im gatefold mit geprägtem sex logo. indies-only.

repress! sfire is a duo consisting of jeffrey sfire and his friend from london. jeffrey, one of detroits favorite djs, known for his 80s dance, italo and chicago house sets alongside ultramajic friends mike servito and carlos souffront. sfire is the latest record with two burning hot songs manicured with a drexciya meets pet shop boys tip. one of our most id d tracks of 2015.

the empire line present six cyclonic episodes for confined spaces on their debut album, rave. comprised of posh isolation s christian stadgaard (damien dubrovnik, vanity productions), jonas ronnberg (varg), and with isak hansen (iron sight) on tantrums, the trio s marauding live shows have been translated into a slippery set of pummelling techno works, watermarked with florid noise. rave is a celebration of contemporary rave culture, focused on the everlasting and transcendent as the night slips out past the day. with living-for-the-weekend hedonism irretrievably converted into a manicured, violent cliche, building new worlds and forging new modes of intimacy takes an exceptional sincerity. naming some of the crews closest to the empire line in the album s titles, their spaces are examples of just how rave culture persists as a transgressive stronghold in people s lives. ranging from k-hole anthems to jacking, close-range sessions, rave still bears the traces of the group s experimental background, ensuring the tension is kept up through the catharsis.