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Release: 2017 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2CD | 2024 | UK | Original (Shadow World Archive)

Kristen Gallerneaux

The Mcclintic Chorus

24,99 €*

Soul Jazz Records presents

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Tag this as somewhere between “hospital ambient” and “backwoods industrial.”

Shadow World Archive is proud to present The McClintic Chorus, the second full-length LP from Kristen Gallerneaux. The follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut Strung Figures, The McClintic Chorus finds Gallerneaux in world-building mode, crafting a psychogeographic landscape of folkloric Appalachia through sound. Turning her inimitable, idiosyncratic ear to field recordings and sound sources recorded or re-recorded in and around Point Pleasant, West Virginia and the McClintic Wildlife Area's infamous TNT domes, Gallerneaux performs a sort of alchemy, teasing uncanny and unknowable deep-time histories from post-industrial rubble. Transforming the hyper-local and hyper-personal into something that can be universally felt - in your head, heart, and guts. Literally. 'Cause this gear bangs.

The McClintic Chorus is presented as a digital download and as a luxe 2xCD + zine. The second disc includes Where The Whistles Mingle, an album-length longform track only available with the physical release.

But enough from us. Let's hear from Gallerneaux herself: The McClintic Chorus is a 68-minute composition and multimedia performance created from recordings gathered at the McClintic Wildlife Management Area in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. From 1942-1945, this site was known as the West Virginia Ordnance Works or “tnt Area,” in reference to its history as a WWII-era explosives manufacturing facility. Over 720,000 tons of TNT were produced daily on the grounds. A series of concrete “igloo” storage huts were erected and covered with earth to camouflage them from potential enemy aircraft. These structures are the only architectural clues that remain of this landscape’s former life.

In November 1966, the TNT Area received attention in local newspapers as the place where a mysterious 6-foot-tall, winged humanoid with red eyes known as “Mothman” was first spotted. A flood of reports connected to the TNT Area described Mothman’s penchant to silently glide alongside cars and interfere with telephone calls by emitting shrill blasts of tinny static, beeping, and electronic pulses. Today, many paranormal seekers visiting the site believe the cryptid was a “harbinger of doom” who was attracted to the Point Pleasant area to observe or warn of the fatal December 1967 collapse of the town’s Silver Bridge.

The McClintic Chorus is a biography of place—exploring the tenuous collisions between industrial landscapes, ecological redemption, and contemporary legends embedded in rural Appalachia. While producing this work, the complicated oscillations between the bucolic and the vaguely threatening were visibly and audibly palpable. Searching for the overgrown entrances to abandoned ordnance huts—the deafening sounds of bullfrogs, redwing blackbirds, and other wetland wildlife compete with the rattle of gunfire from the nearby range.

Binaural, contact, and stereo microphones were used to capture the powerful echoes from inside and around the TNT domes. Recognizable recordings of these sounds permeate the work, blended with fragments of recordist stomps, gasps, coughs, and voices—which were transformed into several DAW-based drum kits and instruments.

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Breaker's Revenge! Breakdance Classics 1970-84

2CD | 2024 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Prophecy)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Compiled by legendary producer Arthur Baker, "Breakers Revenge" is a near-definitive collection of original Funk, Soul, Latin, Disco and Electro classic tracks from 1970-1984. These tracks, a combination of classics and obscurities, have all since become legendary to Breakdancers everywhere. First played at South Bronx block parties, community halls and park jams in the 1970s and 80s, spun endlessly by the first three major hip-hop DJs - Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa - and found in the record crates of any DJ of note ever since. Seminal funk and soul tracks such as Dennis Coffey"s "Scorpio", The Jimmy Castor Bunch"s "It"s Just Begun", James Brown"s "Get on the Good Foot", The Mohawks" "Champ" sit side-by-side here with the ground-breaking, classic electro of Afrika Bambaataa"s "Planet Rock", and Arthur Baker"s own definitive "Breaker"s Revenge".

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The Vision Bleak

Weird Tales

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 1993 | EU | Reissue (Death Row)

Snoop Doggy Dogg

Doggystyle

Release: 1993 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Orbital (The Green Album)

Orbital

2CD | 1991 | Reissue (London)

Standing On A Giant Shoulders

Release: 1991 / Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Originally released on September 30, 1991, Orbital's eponymous debut album became known as "The Green Album" to distinguish it from their second album (known as "The Brown Album")
The Green Album includes the seminal 'Belfast' and a live version of 'Chime', the landmark dance track that launched their career in 1990

1. The album will be remastered and represented in multiple formats, to be released alongside the band's 'Green Album' UK tour (the band performing Green & Brown albums) starting on 24th April . They've just be announced for Coachella , as well as Miami's Ultra Festival & headline shows in New York & Chicago.
2. Last available on vinyl in 2015 - long time sold out. Back On Double Vinyl editions.
3. First repress on CD for over 20 years ! Back on Double CD - Bonus CD featuring rarities and classic remixes

BIOG / SHORT PR INFOS

Following on from the UK Top 20 success of 2022's 30 Something, and the Top 10 for 2023's Optical Delusion, London Records launch an extensive 2024 campaign for Orbital, revisiting 1991's seminal debut Orbital (aka The Green Album).

The Green Album heralded a brave new world for the UK musical landscape (DJ Mag would later decry that the album "rewrote the rule book for rave"). Brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll eschewed formulas and clichés, choosing to explore wider textures, rhythms and stranger mind spaces within dance music. Their resulting album would enjoy both chart success and an enduring legacy, influencing and inspiring artists from Björk to Bicep, with the Hartnoll brothers going on to collaborate with artists as diverse as Madonna, Ennio Morricone, Kraftwerk, Sleaford Mods and Professor Brian Cox.

33 years since its original release the album is revisited, from black vinyl , limited colored vinyl and CD editions (long out of print), to special Record Store Day double Splatter Lp. In the digital space 'Tonight In Belfast' will be lauched on February 2nd, :a reworking of the band's seminal track 'Belfast', remixed by David Holmes and re-interpolated with new lyrics and vocal by acclaimed street poet Mike Garry.

Orbital will be supporting The Green Album with an extensive headline UK tour this April (performing both their Green and Brown albums). Ahead of that they've just been announced today for Coachella 2024, as well as Miami's Ultra Festival and headline shows in New York and Chicago.

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Seafood Sam

CD | 2024 | US | Original (Drink Sum Wtr)

14,44 €* 16,99 € -15%

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Warner)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Seafood Sam is a futuristic artifact. If that description might sound confusing at first, it matches the eclectic dualities found in true originals. With his effortless cool and timeless style, the North Long Beach native defies convention and exact comparison. He's a virtuosic rapper, a stop-you-in-your tracks singer, and a symphonic producer. Welcome to the lavish life of a laid-back transcontinental man of mystery, rolling in old school Cadillacs, eating caviar with a blade in his pocket, and making plays in vintage Pelle Pelle gear. A blaxploitation icon for the Instagram age, blessed with the bars of a `90s legend and 23rd century swagger. Seafood Sam is a true hero of modernity. On his full-length album debut for up-and-coming label drink sum wtr (Kari Faux, Deem Spencer, Aja Monet) debut, Standing on Giant Shoulders, Sam splits the difference between Snoop Dogg and D' Angelo, Curren$y and David Ruffin. The songs reveal a forward-thinking sensibility rooted in ancestral soul. He creates spiritual hymns for the streets that tap into universal ideals and irrepressible groove. In an era plagued by short-term thinking, his ambitions reveal a crate-digging depth of music history and a meticulous ear for detail. The giant shoulders in the album's title refer to James Brown, Bobby Brown, and Miles Davis - the holy trinity who inspired Sam's process. From the Godfather of Soul, Sam took a perfectionist's rigor and focus. The example of Bobby Brown lent an unshakeable confidence and self-belief. While the constant artistic left turns of the trumpeter that birthed Ccool offered an aspirational archetype. The story starts in the glory days of Long Beach hip-hop. As a young child, the G-Funk era soundtracked rides in Sam's father's car. Some of his earliest memories are trying to memorize Snoop's verse on "Nuthin' But a "G" Thang." Beyond gangsta rap, the LBC has historically doubled as a capital of lowrider soul and carwash oldies. At any intersection, you could hear Dogg Food or Brenton Wood, Warren G or Barbara Lynn. This too was absorbed via osmosis. It also just so happened that the art of performance was always in Sam's blood. So at family functions, he and his sister supplied entertainment by singing karaoke renditions of The Isley Brothers. While his Harlem Shake remains a thing of local lore. Long Beach is a culturally diverse mecca of skate parks and gang life, street fashion and tricky dance moves. This is the place that raised Sam on a diet of Wu-Tang and Nelly Furtado, Lil Bow Wow and Allen Iverson. He was the middle ground between his two older brothers: one who gangbanged, the other who graduated with a master's degree from UC-Santa Barbara. But it wasn't until the end of high school that Sam started to take rap seriously. Alongside long-time collaborators like Huey Briss and Reaper Mook, Sam's name began to make waves on the northside of the city, but he was partially distracted by a modeling career that paid the bills and took him all to way to walk in Paris' fashion week. The first turning point arrived with 2018's "Ramsey," a self-produced, slick-talk anthem with over 10,000,000 streams across all platforms. With each subsequent release, Sam showcased his peerless consistency, building buzz both online and in the city streets. Spin hailed his "smooth and unhurried cadences and understated lyricism_ that sounds like nothing else in Long Beach." Clash raved about Sam's "evolution as an artist, cruising through nostalgic production with slick, witty rhymes." The culmination arrives with Standing on Giant Shoulders. It's the evidence of a master, a young sensei in the model of Quincy Jones. All rhymes, singing, production, and arrangements were handled by Sam - with an assist from his close Long Beach kinsman Tom Kendall from the group Soular System. It's hard-edged and lyrical enough for disciples of Larry June and Roc Marciano, but orchestral and melodic enough for fans of Anderson .Paak and H.E.R.

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Bruce Dickinson

The Mandrake Project

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2008 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

Braille

The Iv Edition

29,99 €*

CD | 2018 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

Release: 2008 / JP – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Great album with an all-star line-up of producers like Marco Polo, Ohmega Watts, The Are, Shuko, 88 Keys, DJ Spinna, Symbolyc One, Oh No, Kno, J-Zone, M-Phazes, K-Murdock and more!

Track 17 is a bonus track and tracks 18 & 19 are Japan only bonus tracks. Released with OBI.

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Antililly & Phoniks

It's Nice Outside

25,49 €* 29,99 € -15%

Release: 2018 / JP – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Blaq Poet, Comet & Astro Vandalist

Smoke EP

CD | 2019 | US | Original (Mad Men Entertainment)

19,54 €* 22,99 € -15%

CD | 2024 | US | Original (Mad Men Entertainment)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Cardboard sleeve edition.

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Comet

Cataclysm

CD | 2024 | US | Original (Mad Men Entertainment)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The 5 year anniversary reissue, cardboard sleeve edition.

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Blaq Poet & Comet

Mad Screwz

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Production by Domingo, Marco Polo, B Dvine , Nickel Plated, SupaDave and more. Back in print 8 years after date, cardboard sleeve edition.

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De Puta Madre

L'intégrale

3CD | US | Original

36,54 €* 42,99 € -15%

CD | 2023 | US | Original

Release: US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Metal case collector 1992 - 2005

(Smimooz, Rayer, Sozyone, Dj Grazzhoppa )

The complete collection of Belgian underground rap group DE Puta Madre, including their two albums: Une ball dans la tête and Technikstonic, plus all previously unreleased tracks from 1992 to 2005. Remastered and produced by Smimooz.

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Dk & Ghettosocks

Listen To The Masters

Vic Spencer & Jamal Gasol

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Professionally manufactured CDr in full color jewel case and plastic wrap.

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The Right Way For Dummies

CD | 2023 | US | Original

Dk Presents Atlantic Rap Vol. 1

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Professionally manufactured CDr in jewel case with full color artwork and sealed in plastic wrap.

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V.A.

CD | 2023 | US | Original

Killy Shoot X Giallo Point

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Professionally manufactured CDr in jewel case with full color artwork and sealed in plastic wrap.

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Main South

Miskeen Haleem & Mute Won

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Professionally manufactured, full color CDr in jewel case & plastic wrap.

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Rare Form: The Genesis

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Professionally manufactured, full color CDr in jewel case & plastic wrap.

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Awol One X Kool Keith

Aponia

Grim Moses X The Premonist

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Professionally manufactured, full color CDr in jewel case & plastic wrap.

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Skeletor

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Professionally manufactured, full color CDr in jewel case and plastic wrap.

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Soek X Grim Moses

Muttley

CD | 2023 | US | Original (Megakut)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Professionally manufactured, full color CDr in jewel case and plastic wrap.

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Big Sammy & DJ Eons One

Miklos Leg

15,29 €* 17,99 € -15%

Z-Man And Tahaj The First

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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West Bay to the Woo connect with grimey life lessons over dusted beats.

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Animal Slavery

CD | 2022 | US | Original

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Riders Of The Storm: The Underwater Album

Boogiemonsters

Jewel Case CD | 2024 | EU | Original (90's Tapes / HHV)

Run-DMC Super Audio CD Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited edition of 300 copies on CD in jewel case.

In 1994, the Boogiemonsters stepped on the scene with their debut "Riders Of The Storm: The Underwater Album". The quartet consisting of Vex, Mondo, Myntric and Yodared, scored with a bright atmosphere throughout the entire album, pairing food for thought with laid-back productions.

Available in a limited run on 2LP+7", CD in jewel case and cassette.

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Run DMC

CD | 1984 | US | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)

50,99 €*

Release: 1984 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2024 | AU | Original (Abc Music)

Dobby

Warrangu: River Story

23,99 €*

Release: 2024 / AU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Cowboy Carter Backcover Variant 4 Cowboy Hat

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Cowboy Carter Backcover Variant 3 Blonde

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Cowboy Carter Backcover Variant 2 Snake Face

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Cowboy Carter Backcover Variant 1 Beads

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Astigmatic)

Uniri

Infinite Reflections

CD | 2024 | UK | Original (Cyclic Law)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Every 20 years or so, certain musical movements come full circle. Young musicians are inspired by genres dating back two decades, channelling them through their modern sensibility. The legendary J Dilla’s Donuts album was released in 2006 and instantly marked a starting point for the work of musicians worldwide, laying the foundations especially for the beat scene in Los Angeles. A whole young generation of musicians brought up on the new, instrumental and abstract hip-hop has carried jazz into a new era. The four London-based musicians who make up Uniri have gone one step further by abandoning the idea of a jazz band and "bedroom production" in favour of collective composing, creating a new look at the new-beat aesthetics, framing it as a road novel set in an unspecified time and space.

Uniri translates as ‘one unified dream’ and is the key driving motto of the project conceived by Chiminyo (Cykada, Maisha), the band's founder and head honcho. The project materialised in his private studio, where he invited fellow jazz musicians Amane Tsuganami (Jorja Smith, Maisha), Al Macsween (Nubya Garcia, Gary Bartz, Kefaya) and Luke Wynter (Nubyan Twist, Golden Mean) to spontaneously compose together. Hence, despite this being the band's first album, it wouldn't be right to call them rookies. The result of Uniri's collaborative work is the psychedelic, rhythmic album Infinite Reflections, packed with cosmic and warm synths, which neatly balances hip-hop beat and jazz composition. It's safe to say this music is even more appealing when played live, although it's equally suited to the club dancefloor.

UK Jazz has become a permanent fixture in the London landscape, but also across Europe and the US. Today, the musicians who shape the new wave of jazz are drawing on more and more genres, reducing solo improvisation for the benefit of composition and increasingly drawing on influences from the beat scene. Among such formations are the British NOK Cultural Ensemble, the Polish Błoto, the Belgian Echt!, and the Dutch Comité Hypnotisé. Uniri is part of this emerging yet already international trend, creating an entirely fresh aesthetic that echoes artists such as Flying Lotus, Samiyam, Dorian Concept, Ras G and Nosaj Things oriented around the Californian 'new beats generation' scene.

The title Infinite Reflections alludes to a phenomenon observable on the open sea or during intercontinental flights. Gazing at the horizon blurs the boundary between the ocean and the sky, forming an infinite palette of blue shades. This inspiration sparked an elusive musical narrative, navigating between a sea voyage and an astral journey, destination unknown.

The album will be released by Astigmatic Records in digital, CD, and LP formats in both standard and limited editions. The pre-sale begins on March 1st on the Bandcamp platform, with the album scheduled for release on March 29, 2024.

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Stars Without Light

Beneath And Before

CD | 2024 | US | Original (Dead Oceans)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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The inaugural offering from composer and dark ambient veteran Harlow MacFarlane (Funerary Call, Sistrenatus, Havan...)’s mysterious, unheard of Stars Without Light provides the score to a yet-to-be discovered, disintegrating film reel of the unknowable. With masterful curation of sound and catharsis, this shadowy entity coaxes the aural observer into a spectral Otherscape. Over the course of the disquieting “Beneath and Before”, we attempt to follow this captivating sonic narrative through an ever-shifting apocalyptic landscape, waiting, hiding behind a thin veil of synthetic scrapings, rhythmic grinding, and hissing surface noise, lest we are discovered by what dwells beyond.

The churn of electronic howls, twitching clatter, and all-out scrap metal assault submerges beneath contrapuntal found sounds and manipulated past echoes, selectively relieved by an occasional eerie calm. An unexplainable agoraphobia begins to take hold within this ebb and flow. With just enough analog textures, decaying tape loops, and perceptible instrumentation to fleetingly ground the listener back to tangible reality, we are cruelly reset for the next bout of formless fear. Unexpected thundering percussion and suffocating sub-abyssal rumblings provide momentary stabs of angular rhythm that tear through the apparitional atmosphere. But, only to hold your attention long enough so as to not lose you completely in the tension swarm.

We cannot help but follow the pull of this entrancing and expertly wrought collage of cacophony. MacFarlane has orchestrated a viscerally affecting hauntology reminiscent of no real place and no real time. As breathtakingly dynamic as it is surreally cinematic, we are left with the soundtrack to a film that should not be.

CD Edition of 300 copies in LP like format with sleeve. 9 Tracks. Running Time 35:53

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Aaron Frazer

Into The Blue

14,99 €*

2CD | 2022 | US | Original (Empire)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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"Into The Blue is the clearest portrait of who I am as an artist. It's me through and through," says multi-instrumentalist Aaron Frazer. A daring blend of soul, psychedelia, spaghetti western, disco, gospel and hip-hop, Into the Blue represents the impressive range of Frazer's sonic talents. Frazer maintains the unmistakable falsetto and classic songwriting he's known for, but plants Into the Blue firmly in the now with a hip-hop mentality at its core, weaving together genres and production techniques to form something new. Into The Blue was conceived, like so many classic records, out of actual heartbreak. Frazer moved cross-country from Brooklyn to Los Angeles and embarked on a journey that's reflected in the album's themes of grief, loneliness, and searching for healing. "Into The Blue really means heading into the unknown. That has been the last year of my life and I'm still in the blue," Frazer explains. "But there are also songs here that celebrate love and the giddiness of a new relationship and all that. That's part of a breakup to me, processing the whole thing, remembering the things that were right as much as the things that were wrong." Frazer wrote on every track and played several live instruments on the album. The title track, "Into The Blue", is a haunting, resolute anthem, combining cinematic strings and tough-as-nails breakbeats as Frazer heads west. "Here I go, to a place where the broken heart knows," he sings. "It's all I can do. Back into the blue." "Payback" is an explosive dancefloor heater, featuring shimmering tambourines and driving bass lines. Northern soul drums meet snarling fuzz guitar, hurdling towards its epic conclusion. The album features moments of towering arrangements, recalling David Axelrod and Ennio Merricone, balanced by rawness, incorporating iPhone recordings and one-take vocals. For Into the Blue, Frazer enlisted Grammy-winner Alex Goose as coproducer, known for his crate-digging samples and collaborations with hip-hop artists like Freddie Gibbs, Madlib and Brockhampton. Frazer also experimented with samples for the first time on a record, drawing from unexpected sources like 90s R&B group Hi-Five. Though Into the Blue is born out of heartbreak, Frazer hopes it leaves listeners with a sense of optimism. "You know, you can still laugh on a day when you're grieving," he says, "there's no peaks without valleys," he says, but Into The Blue sees Aaron Frazer at new heights.

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Berner

From Seed To Sale

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Planet Mu)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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San Francisco native, Gilbert Milam Jr., is better known in the rap game as Berner and the co-founder of Cookies. He independently produced his first album in 2007, and has released several each year since. His 19th album release, Gotti, dropped in 2021. 2021 also saw Milam battling cancer which he successfully fought and is now in remission. A self-made entrepreneur, Berner doesn't stop at music. As founder and partner of several companies ranging from the Cannabis industry to a lifestyle clothing brand, his work ethic and innovative drive are hard to match. The album’s features

include Mozzy, The Jacka, Wiz Khalifa, & Seddy Hendrinx. 2cd/30 Tracks.

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Jlin

Akoma

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Macro)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Jlin’s third album ‘Akoma’ s features guest appearances from Björk, Philip Glass and Kronos Quartet.

Jlin’s detailed and meticulous exploration of rhythm’s inner and outer reaches has made her one of the most distinctive and recognisable voices within both the electronic and classical music worlds. Her compositions are consistently appealing and have an accessibility to them, yet often defy expectations. She exists within her own locus solus - no matter the collaborator, no matter where sounds ultimately lead her. Whatever the situation – from composing the Pulitzer Prize shortlisted ‘Perspective’ for Third Coast Percussion, to ‘Godmother’ her AI-powered collaboration with Holly Herndon, Jlin always expresses her outlook to the fullest. Her new album ‘Akoma’ sets a new benchmark in her personal road map, not only since the album features guest appearances from Björk, Philip Glass and Kronos Quartet but for her continued sonic persistence and resistance. Jlin does what Jlin does and it’s beloved across genres, across scenes and across generations. ‘Akoma’ is a new entry point into her sound and a new approach for both those who have been following diligently and those who are just now entering her world.

So how did she get here? Here’s a rundown for those looking for the facts. She was both a math nerd and a steel factory worker. She got inspired by Footwork and started making tracks with mentorship assistance from RP Boo and DJ Rashad, but her music was far from typical for footwork from the get-go. In 2011, she released her first track ‘Erotic Heat’ on the Planet Mu anthology ‘Bangs & Works Vol.2.’ Fashion designer Rick Owens heard it and invited her to soundtrack his Paris Fashion Week show. Already before an EP or an album Jlin was in new cutting-edge territory. And it hasn’t stopped since. Everyday Jlin wakes up early and clocks into her home studio working hard on new music. Her discipline and craft-like approach means that those who would try to copy her sound simply can’t get to the level she is at. Since ‘Erotic Heat’ she has released two bold albums, 2015’s ‘Dark Energy’ and 2017’s ‘Black Origami.’ She has also released her soundtrack to Company Wayne McGregor’s dance piece ‘Autobiography’ (2018) and most recently (2023) the mini-album ‘Perspective.’ She’s remixed µ-Ziq, Factory Floor, Ben Frost, Max Richter, Björk, Martin Gore and others. She’s collaborated with Holly Herndon and the late Sophie. She’s worked with visual artists Kevin Beasley and Nick Cave. She composed a string quartet for Kronos Quartet and performed with them live in a tribute to Philip Glass. She also recently completed a tribute to Sun Ra with Kronos. ‘Perspective’, her very well received percussion work for Third Coast Percussion has further opened doors for her in classical music. She’s even thinking of one day writing an opera. She had a residency at MassMoca Museum earlier this year (2023). She’s performed live at Pitchfork Festival, Unsound Festival and too many others to mention. She’s also worked with Indian dancers, Company Wayne McGregor and renowned choreographer/MacArthur Fellow Kyle Abraham. There’s more but you get the picture - she’s working in contexts and in ways that few of her peers are able to.

‘Akoma’ is the next step - all these paths have led to this. We encourage you to tune in.

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Stefan Goldmann

Alluvium

CD | 2024 | UK | Original (Text)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Layered asymmetry: With Alluvium, Stefan Goldmann explores new structural paths for machine
rhythm in irregular metres. Throughout the album, different non-binary patterns run simultaneously,
interlocking into twelve offerings of jagged polyrhythmic magic. Such a framework may juxtapose 11
on one axis, against 7 on another and 5 on a third – building stunningly iridescent edifices of
multidimensional time.
This is the third album in a series of "first principles" research of metric asymmetry. Veiki (2019) laid
the foundation for "real broken beat". Then, Vector Rituals (2022) explored the bending of grids in
order to yield idiosyncratic forms of organising time. Alluvium takes these two approaches and
expands them beyond their initial reach: Irregular patterns moving along parallel timelines within one
unifying grid.

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Four Tet

Three

11,99 €*

CD | 2024 | UK | Original (Dadaphonic)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Written and produced by Kieran Hebden. Photography by Jason Evans. Design by Jason Evans and Matthew Cooper.

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Cranes

Fuse

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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CD | 2024 | US | Original (Interscope)

Tierra Whack

World Wide Whack

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Baco)

Peet

A Demain

24,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Raster)

Il Quadro Di Troisi

La Commedia

15,99 €*

CD | 1975 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Il Quadro di Troisi presents La Commedia Everything changes, all things evolve: four years after their eponymous debut, Il Quadro di Troisi return with a new album and a new line-up. The perfect circle traced by Eva Geist (aka Andrea Noce) and Donato Dozzy (aka Donato Scaramuzzi) becomes a triangle with the permanent addition of Pietro Micioni, who collaborated in the previous recordings and had been part of ll Quadro’s live set. Nothing stays the same, and the world is a lot different from what it was in 2020. The global crisis generated by the constant escalation of conflict and by the pandemic was mirrored by a time of individual crisis and personal, often irreversible transformation that underscored the entire period of the album’s composition. The influence of these turbulent times is felt in the writing: La Commedia is about turning a crisis into an opportunity and using change as a catalyst for rebirth. Much like the characters in classic Italian comedies, who are masters in using irony to face life’s hardships, Il Quadro di Troisi explores the vast and unpredictable terrain between the lighter and darker sides of the human experience, matching the magical with the mundane. La Commedia is about the many facets of life: each song is named after an archetype (e.g. the truth, the night, the Earth, the prophet), as though our existence were a tarot deck and its reading an exercise in collective consciousness. La Commedia marks the band’s embrace of a more traditional song form, shaped by a very personal and distinctive musical style. The distinguishing elements of Il Quadro di Troisi’s music – classic Italian songwriting with an electronic spin – meld into a unique mix that is both seductive and eerie, elegant and earthy, contemporary and timeless. La Commedia celebrates the band’s cultural roots while constantly moving into new territory, balancing nostalgia with a forward-thinking approach. La Commedia is a rare gem that confirms Il Quadro di Troisi’s relevance in the international music scene, as demonstrated by the number of top-level artists featured on the album: from Suzanne Ciani, a legend and a pioneer of independent music with a career spanning five decades, to Aimee Portioli, aka Grand River, a Dutch-Italian musician, composer and sound designer based in Berlin, along with Francesca Colombo’s eclectic violin (the de facto “fourth angle” of Il Quadro di Troisi’s frame), Fiona Brice’s strings, cultural agitator and icon of the Roman underground scene Stefano Di Trapani (aka Demented Burrocacao and a member of Trapcoustic and System Hardware Abnormal, among other projects), Maestro Daniele Di Gregorio, an excellent musician and a longtime collaboration of songwriting legend Paolo Conte, and Tommaso Cappellato, whose professional description goes well beyond “drummer” and who has been working with artists like Rabih Beaini and Maurice Louca. The cover of the album, as well as those of the singles, was designed by Francesco Messina, another icon of Italian music. Messina is a longtime Franco Battiato collaborator and co-author, a cult musician (his Prati Bagnati del Monte Analogo, made in collaboration with Roul Lovisoni, is considered a seminal record by the alternative Italian music scene), as well as a photographer, visual artist and the author of legendary record covers.

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Lonnie Smith

Afro-Desia

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Sub Pop)

Release: 1975 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The second in our Mr Bongo series opening the vault on classic recordings from the fabled Groove Merchant Records catalogue. This time the spotlight turns to the Hammond B3 organ maestro Lonnie Smith, as we proudly present a reissue of his cosmic jazz-funk journey, ‘Afro-Desia’.

Originally released in 1975, this much-loved album was produced by Groove Merchant label owner Sonny Lester and features the mysterious 'Compliments Of A Friend' on guitar. Considering Smith was part of George Benson’s quartet in the ‘60s, that not so discreet veil appears to have been lifted on who this ‘friend’ might be. However, presumably due to contractual reasons, Benson had to remain covert for this recording. The lineup doesn’t stop there though, with the likes of legendary bassist Ron Carter and Grammy award winning saxophonist Joe Lavano joining the outfit.

An album of two parts, the first side sees Lonnie Smith in a spaced-out, cosmic jazz funk setting. The opener 'Afrodesia' is a funk flexing, steamy groover. Greg Hopkins and Lavano trading off on trumpet and sax respectively, as that bassline walks its way over fluttering jazz percussion and off-kilter electronics. 'Spirits Free' is an epic 15-minute free-wheeling jazz-funk workout. A mind melting trip that rises and falls, in parts spacey and serene, with Smith’s organ playing complimented by stretched out horns. Before long it opens out into unconstrained fluid sections that do its title proud. Pure ‘70s jazz-funk at its most stellar.

Side B takes a more classic soul-jazz flavour, with touches of Latin spice. 'Straight To The Point' kicks off with a carnival zing, full-frontal horn and organ lines providing a fiery party punch. It’s a swinging jazz cut that used to receive spins by DJs at Russ Dewbury's Jazz Room's sessions in Brighton in the ‘90s.

Finally, 'Favors' and 'The Awakening' close out the release. Two sure shot, quintessential Lonnie Smith firing Hammond grooves. Each conjuring up images of packed out, smokey jazz bar jams, every player letting loose with masterful improv sections to whip the crowd up into a frenzy.

A truly wonderful album, and an archetypal release showcasing the height of jazz musician excellence from this era.

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Shabazz Palaces

Exotic Birds Of Prey

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Duchess Box)

Sofia Portanet

Chasing Dreams

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Sofia Portanet releases her highly anticipated 2nd album "Chasing Dreams" on 8th March 2024 via Duchess Box Records. The album features the top 100 Radio Charted singles Real Face and Unstoppable, as well as the hits Mi Amor, Ballon, and My Time as well as a piano version of Real Face featuring special guest Chilly Gonzales as a bonus track. In December 23, Sofia Portanet will be on tour in Germany as support to Betterov. Sofia has performed all over the world including showcase events such as Sxsw, Eurosonic and Reeperbahn Festival. The new album Chasing Dreams features duets from the likes of Chilly Gonzales and Tobia Bamborschk, better known as lead singer from German indie rock group Isolation Berlin. Sofia Portanet who won Germany's prestigious VUT Award for Best Newcomer in 2021, following her critically acclaimed debut album Freier Geist, released in 2020 has gone on to be Spotify Equal Ambassador and make multiple national TV performances, duet with the likes of Chilly Gonzales and Kreator as well as making live sessions from NPR. Talking about her new album Sofia Portanet explains "Inhaltlich wollte ich ein poppigeres Album machen. Einfach, weil ich Pop Musik liebe und damit aufgewachsen bin. Ich möchte mich nicht auf ein Genre festnageln lassen. Ich werde immer die Musik machen, die ich für den gegebenen Moment fühle und gut finde. Es macht also auch wenig Sinn mich selbst mit meiner eigenen ersten Platte vergleichen zu wollen."

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Nonagon Infinity Live

CD | 2024 | US | Original (Needlejuice)

15,99 €*

CD | 2024 | AT | Original (Dalliance)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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This live compilation attempts to replicate the seamless, infinite loop of the original Nonagon Infinity album.

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Francis Of Delirium

Lighthouse

CD | 2024 | US | Original (Dead Oceans)

Release: 2024 / AT – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Francis of Delirium is the moniker of 22-year old, Luxembourg-based Jana Bahrich. The young artist’s incredible journey up until this point has seen her release 3 critically acclaimed EPs, ‘All Change’, 'Wading’ and ‘The Funhouse’. With praise so far from the likes of Stereogum, FADER, Pitchfork, Line of Best Fit, 6 Music, Radio 1, KEXP and NPR to name but a few, Francis of Delirium is on the precipice of something extremely exciting with debut album ‘Lighthouse’.

The announcement of ‘Lighthouse’ comes following a busy year of touring with the likes of Soccer Mommy, Briston Maroney, Horsegirl, The Districts and hitting Eurosonic, Iceland Airwaves and Tree Fort Fest, as well as opening for The 1975 & Kings of Leon.

Production duties on ‘Lighthouse’ were shared by Catherine Marks (Boygenius, Wolf Alice) and Jana Bahrich/Chris Hewitt. ‘Lighthouse’ was mixed by Jolyon Thomas (U2, Royal Blood).

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Khruangbin

A LA SALA

The 67th Infantry - Stampede Of Equestrianz

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The trio's collective musical DNA, the years spent constructing it in Houston's local-meets-global cultural stew, ensures the band continues to sound like no one but itself. A cascade of crisp melodies emanates from Marko's reverb-heavy electric, dancing gently around Laura Lee's minimalist almost-dub bass triangles, while DJ's drums serve as the tightened-up pocket and unwavering dance-floor on which all this movement takes place. Yet there's a freshness to A La Sala's instrumental interactivity, less concerned with getting further out than going deeper in, a profound desire to celebrate the world's external wonders. Where prior albums strived towards music's polyglot edges, such inquiries now sound like beloved intimacies. Here, Khruangbin's sonic touch-points - whether spaghetti-western film scores (on "Fifteen Fifty-Three"), West African discos (on "Pon Pón"), G-funk fantasias ("Todavía Viva"), living room dancing moments (the first single, "A Love International"), or even ambient found-sounds (on "Farolim de Felgueiras” and throughout the album) - are ingrained characteristics. This is who they are! Unique and huge (and growing), ambitious and driven. Khruangbin's aspirations and commitment to playful creativity even extends to A La Sala's vinyl packages, of which there will be seven distinctive covers and color-sets. Designed by the band using Marko's multitude of travelog photos, the images are windows from the band's living room onto a set of daydreams, scenes of impossible skies, external glances that illuminate what is going on inside. Each cover image comes with a matching color vinyl. These too are all about looking out and looking back, in order to better look ahead.

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Him Lo

CD | 2024 | US | Original (Grilchy Party)

CD | 2023 | US | Original (Imported Goodz)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Once again Grilchy Party is back with more incredible flyness for your ears.This time Da Buze Bruvaz own, HIM LO, steps into the role of executive producer presenting a full length album introducing his team the 67TH INFANTRY..The group consists of the Supreme rhyme writers, Clever 1, his long time BUZE BRUVAZ rhyme partner and the addition of impeccable rhyme catalyst emcee GRAND SCHEME.The album titled: "STAMPEDE OF EQUESTRIANZ" This masterfully well-crafted artwork for your eardrums, sticks to their hardcore script. Da Buze Bruvaz take it up a notch with the inclusion of Grand Scheme, with the usual, rugged ‘n raw, hard hitting, jaw splitting, elegant street talk that we all know and love from the unsober gun holders. It’s an LP full of the barbarian bar rap that their fans expect and appreciate. The project features production from in-house producers such as production Wizard WINO WILLY, High exalted Grand Architect and Master Builder of sound structures GIALLO POINT, the ever elusive Dark ninja of terrorist tracks LORD BEATJITZU...and newest member of the Grilchy Party team, Canadian Sound Sorcerer SENZ BEATS.The album also includes 2 tracks from independent producer STRETCH THE MAD SCIENTIST and is Limited to only one outside feature from the world famous graff writer ENEM SKI. The 67th infantry is getting ready to stampede late March 1 2024.

HIM LO Presents The 67th Infantry
(Stampede of Equestrianz)
Featuring Clever 1 and Grand Scheme

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Siam

Ig-0005 Monkey Edition

29,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Ig-0005 Thai Lady Edition

Siam

CD | 2023 | US | Original (Imported Goodz)

29,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Crimeapple & Big Ghost Ltd

Aguardiente

CD | 2018 | EU | Reissue (Rrc Music)

CD | 2001 | US | Reissue (Rhymesayers)

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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This year marks the 5th anniversary of this classic collaboration by Crimeapple and BIG Ghost LTD and we couldn't let this go unnoticed! Aguardiente is undeniably one of the top 5 records of the last decade as well as a pivotal moment for both artists, a groundbreaking collaboration to say the least, featuring guest appearances by the likes of Benny The Butcher, Vic Spencer, Daniel Son, Lil Eto and Milano Constantine. We have teamed up with them to bring this back on all physical formats for this occasion, with the album being available with a brand new artwork, a new icy pendant cover as well as a revisited version of the OG artwork by Dom Dirtee, and featuring the classic Aguardiente Season Freestyle that started it all. Classic material right here!

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Aesop Rock

Daylight

13,59 €* 16,99 € -20%

Release: 2001 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Discreet Music)

Juho Toivonen

Sisarusten Toistuva Uni

23,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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2CD | 2024 | UK | Original (RCA)

Andre 3000

New Blue Sun

CD | 2024 | US | Original (Black Magic)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Released via RCA Records - If its a triple album of instrumental flute music you've been waiting for, then wait no longer - Andre Benjamin - best known as Andre 3000 - is one of the most celebrated artists of the last three decades, an auteur whose work in music, film, fine arts, and fashion, continues to influence the cultural landscape on a global scale. As one half of Outkast, Andre established a brand new voice within rap that had never been experienced before when the pair emerged in the early '90s. ''This album is the most honest and interesting offering I can give today. I never could have imagined in high school, when I started rapping and doing music that I would be here right now playing wind instruments. Ha. This life ride always surprises me. I'm here for it.' - Andre 3000. Stock is very limited & will be allocated.

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Black Magic

27,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2015 | EU | Original (Rap And Revenge)

Beyond The Grave

Visions Of Mithra

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Rap And Revenge)

Seconde Zone

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2023 | EU | Original (Rap And Revenge)

Un Été Pour Mourir

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2023 | EU | Original (Rap And Revenge)

Crypte

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Dernière Musique Obscure De La Nuit Peinte

CD | 2020 | EU | Original (Rap And Revenge)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2018 | EU | Original (Rap And Revenge)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2017 | EU | Original (Rap And Revenge)

Les Matins Sous La Lune

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2015 | EU | Original (Rap And Revenge)

Eloge De L'Ombre

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2014 | EU | Original (Rap And Revenge)

Culte

Release: 2014 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Inferno Iii (Mémoires D'Outre-Tombe)

CD | 2013 | EU | Original (Rap And Revenge)

Release: 2013 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2024 | UK | Original (High Focus)

Renelle 893

Art Thief

Jewel Case CD | 2024 | EU | Original (90's Tapes / HHV)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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“Talk about a misfit, living in his own world…”

High Focus Records is delighted to announce ‘Art Thief’, the debut album from Renelle 893.

Citing Steve Jobs’ famous use of Picasso’s "Good artists copy, great artists steal” quote as central to the concept, ‘Art Thief’ is the culmination of Renelle’s wide-eyed appreciation of the river of influences that feed into the music he makes. From the trials and tribulations of life in the big smoke, to the grandiose cultural references that contribute to his style, the album is a triple distilled example of taking cues from the world and making them your own.

‘Art Thief’ is also a transformative listen, Renelle embarking on a profoundly personal journey across 14-tracks; addressing love, family, addiction, loyalty, pleasure and pain, each chapter expertly soundtracked by long-time collaborator Bay29. His expert production serving as the glue that binds the deeply personal with the wider narratives amidst a flurry of samples and signature breaks.

With guest appearances from Clbrks, Illiterate and HF’s own Nelson Dialect, ‘Art Thief’ is Renelle’s best attempt (to date) of transcending the rap game; this notion best represented in the album artwork which pays homage to Caravaggio's 'St. Jerome Writing', casting Renelle as both creator and masterpiece.

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Channel Live

Station Identification

Alles Muss Repariert Werden

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited edition of 300 copies in jewel case incl. 3 bonus tracks.

"Station Identification" marked the 1995 debut album by Channel Live with productions mostly handled by KRS-One next to Salaam Remi and Rheji Burrell. The duo comprised of Hakim Green and Tuffy created a certain impact on the scene with tracks like "Mad Izm" or "Sex For The Sport", and also remixes by the likes of Buckwild and Easy Mo Bee made the release a fan favorite amongst Hip Hop heads worldwide.

Available in a limited run on 2LP+7" ("Mad Izm Buckwild Remix b/w Buckwild '95 Remix"), extra 7" of "Mad Izm b/w Reprogram (Easy Mo Bee Remix)" in original sticker sleeve, CD in jewel case and cassette.

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Antilopen Gang

2CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Antilopen Geldwäsche)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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5CD | 2024 | Original (Edition Kymata)

Stefan Goldmann

Expanse

24,99 €*

2CD | 1984 | US | Reissue (Modern Harmonic)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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For its first publication, Edition Kymata has commissioned a five-part long-form work from Stefan
Goldmann. This exposé to an incorporeal spatial structure captures infinite reverb responses to five
carefully designed immersive spaces.
Building on his earlier reverb-only work 'Call and Response' (2022), the capacity of reverberation to
enable the experience of impossible architecture is further explored – possibly in its clearest form to
date. The five zones of intangible aural sensibility compiled in this box set range from soothing to
menacing, inviting to a unique critical listening situation in which the listener's perception is the
dynamic side of the exchange while the stimulus persists in profound permanence.
The properties of the five enclosures – boundless in the time domain, distinct in their spatial
characteristics – reveal themselves completely and can be precisely described in statistical data,
allowing for multiple levels of access: a brief visit, long-term contemplation, exclusive ownership.
Stefan Goldmann is an electronic music composer based in Berlin, Germany.
Edition Kymata is a publishing house for audio arts with a focus on the study of first principles.

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John Fekner City Squad

Idioblast 1983-2004

30,99 €*

CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Vertigo Berlin)

Release: 1984 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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With words as weapons and public infrastructure as his blank slate, John Fekner’s City Squad are always questing for the ineffable, even as they yearn for concrete change. Make no mistake, Idioblast is a serious party where everyone is welcome.

Released in 1984, Idioblast is a lost classic, a future shock narrative ahead of its time, and yet completely of its era, like few artifacts before or since. The cover tips you off from the jump—a crude but effective collage featuring classic Fekner slogans like Toxic Junkie, Growth Decay and Soft Brains Watch The Screen And Buy The Jeans. In an uncanny and tragic coincidence, the very first lyric on the album—“The place to be is on the space shuttle/if you’re brave enough to get on it”—seems to anticipate the Challenger disaster just two years later. But for the most part, the tracks on Idioblast directly reference the concepts that inspired Fekner’s visual art.

Musically, “Rapicasso” utilizes pneumatic pounding with an industrial edge as Fekner equates the great and controversial painter with risk-taking graffiti kids bombing trains and billboards across the city. Art is in a constant state of exploding—forms, paradigms, outdated ideas. Splitting the difference between hip-hop and new wave, the Santaniello-sung “The Beat” is like Thomas Dolby meets Run-DMC and should’ve been a radio staple for at least one sticky summer. It could soundtrack either a couples roller skate or a drug-fueled evening out.

Channeling Fekner’s slogan-stencil aesthetic, “Travelogue The 80’s” is a tour de force reminiscent of Negativland’s experiments in audio culture jamming. As Fekner details, “I grabbed all of the sounds via a shortwave radio picking up transmissions from LaGuardia airport and the TV. I recorded and edited on a Sony Pro Walkman and an Aiwa dual cassette deck.”

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Badmómzjay

Don't Trust Bitches

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Vaughn Smith

Diamondz And Pearlz

CD | 1996 | EU | Reissue

Release: 1996 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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The incredibly rare cassette-only 1996 debut of North Philly's Vaughn Smith has finally been restored on this brand new CD from Dust & Dope Recordings / Hip-Hop Enterprise. Diamondz and Pearlz is a surprisingly mature, understated and jazzy album that sounds better now than it ever has before. Working with Smith, who produced all 14 tracks himself, the original DAT masters were recovered but severely damaged, so this release was remastered by Jee Van Cleef from an original tape. Includes an 8-page booklet with an all-new, exclusive interview by Werner von Wallenrod.⁠

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U.N.L.V.

Mac Melph Calio

CD | 1995 | EU | Reissue

30,99 €*

CD | 2012 | US | Original (Blu Division)

Release: 1995 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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The third album from the 3rd ward trio, Unlv. This album is named for 3 of the projects the 3rd ward of New Orleans is known for: The Magnolia ("Mac"), the Melpomene ("Melph", where Tec-9 is from), and the Calliope ("Calio") projects.

This album features several diss tracks against other local artists including Mystikal and Partners-N-Crime from their rival label, Big Boy Records, as well as DJ Jubilee from Take Fo Records. This album also introduced BG, who at the time went by 'Lil Doogie' or 'Gangsta Dee' and was part of a group called 'The BGz' with a rapper named 'Baby D' (now known as 'Lil Wayne').

This special edition reissue also includes two songs previously only available on cassette: "Scrap Up" and a remix of "Mac, Melph, Calio".

Limited to 300 copies.

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Glasses Malone

Glass House

34,99 €*

Release: 2012 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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DJ MROK

Found Footage

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Handled / Notes Of Impression

Stetsasonic

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Krohme

Legacy

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Dumi RIGHT

Life Is What You Make It

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Red Venom

Stop Actin' / Venomous

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Chuck D & The Spitslam Record Label Group

Summer Of Hamn (The Official Booktrack)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2023 | EU | Original

Stetsasonic

A Stetsasonic Christmas

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2023 | EU | Original (Block Hustle Inc.)

Bossolo

Damaged

37,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Prodigal Sunn (Sunz Of Man)

The Spark

CD | 2017 | EU | Original

37,99 €*

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2001 | EU | Original (Deep Souph Entertainment)

South P.A.W.

Southern Pheva

27,99 €*

Release: 2001 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2002 | EU | Original (Deep Souph Entertainment)

Mr. Wickit

The Life Of A Don

27,99 €*

Release: 2002 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2024 | EU | Original (Far Out)

OPA

Back Home

CD | 2022 | EU | Original (Bloc Hustle Inc.)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Meaning ‘Hi’ in Uruguayan slang, Opa are a South American jazz-funk phenomenon. Fusing Uruguay’s native Candombe rhythms with North American jazz and pop music, Opa’s space-age synthesizers, boisterous grooves and compositional magic expressed a distinctive Afro-Uruguayan voice within the global jazz vernacular: a voice which remains as vital and unique today as when it was recorded, almost half a century ago.

Having migrated to New York from Montevideo in the early seventies, Opa were heard playing in a nightclub by renowned producer and label owner Larry Rosen. At Holly Place Studios between July and August 1975, Rosen oversaw Opa’s first recordings using a four track Teac 3340. The album would become home to some of Opa’s hardest hitting funk jams, with moments of songwriting wonderment and soulful pop and rock progressions combining with the jazz-funk fusion Opa would become known for.

Mysteriously (for reasons unknown to the band), Opa’s debut was shelved and remained so until the mid-1990s. But the Back Home recordings were used as demos, gaining Opa a record deal with Milestone Records and the subsequent release of two cult-favourite albums: Goldenwings (1976) and Magic Time (1977).

Opa would also collaborate with North American titans including bassist Ron Carter, producer Creed Taylor and Brazilian icons Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Hermeto Pascoal and Milton Nascimento. In more recent years Opa’s music has found new audiences after being sampled by Captain Murphy (aka Flying Lotus) and Madlib.

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