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The limited box (only 500 copies worldwide) includes five colored vinyl LP’s with over 35 exclusive tracks plus four additional digital bonus tracks (with digital download code), a bonus double CD version exclusively designed by Lorena Assisi, a T-shirt (only size L) and an exclusive documentary about the label – all in a specially designed box by Dave McKean.Only 1 per customer!A journey to the moon that began fifteen years ago now reaches another milestone – 15 years, one and a half decades, over 150 individual releases, many many artists, countless professional relationships but also friendships along the way. Many many stories and shared memories – not all of them good, not all of them bad either. While modern space age technology would make it possible to reach the moon’s surface a lot faster, for us it is not only about moving forward as quickly as possible, but also to turn around, look back and around ourselves and to reflect on everything that happened and is happening. This is why we have such a broad range of artists guesting on our latest compilation. Some that have been part of the voyage from its earliest stages, others that have been with us for major milestones along the way, and even more that might move ahead with us into new and unchartered musical regions.Working with Dave McKean – a true legend, especially for anyone into comic illustrations – wraps up this whole trip in the sweetest way. Not only is it a big honour, but – in a way – it completes the circle, as Dave has been a major influence for the label’s artworks from its earliest beginnings already.Luckily, we have not crashed into any lunar crater with our listeners. We want to thank you for making this long journey possible and we greatly look forward to celebrating this milestone with our partners, musical family and of course with you, our listeners.Since our 10th anniversary the face of one of our founding members who passed away way too early graces our logo. This release is dedicated to her and commemorates the 11th anniversary of her death.Featured on the compilation are such artists as Synkro, Rain Dog, Monsoonsiren, Tom Day, Robot Koch, Flako, 40 Winks, Long Arm, submerse, kidkanevil, 1000 Names, Tendts, Kafuka, Erik Luebs, My Panda Shall Fly, CYNE, Soosh, Nuage, Michał Lewicki, Jilk, Sieren, Olof Melander, KRTS, Deft, Barnaby Carter, Rumpistol, Fau, Button Eyes, Deceptikon, Pavel Dovgal, Memotone, Graciela Maria, Mujuice, Stompy’s Playground, Sina., Sweatson Klank, Senoy, Parra for Cuva, Fybe One, and many more. Artwork by Dave McKean (Dark Horse Comics / DC Comics / Tundra).

LP 180g, beautiful embossed Chess Board Artwork Print, inner sleeve with artist picture and text by David Elliott, Sounds June 16, 1984!

Only 1 copy per customer!LIMITED EDITION VINYL features white scratch-off ink and a 25 cent piece cased in a plastic outer sleeve. Each copy will be unique, as the quarter will move around the plastic sleeve in transit creating its own pattern. This is intentional, so any scratches that appear on the front cover when the vinyl arrives is a result of this. Sirens is the highly anticipated second full-length LP from Nicholas Jaar, the Chilean-born electronic music producer, mixing engineer and DJ, which comes out on October 14, 2016 via Other People/Kobalt. A prolific artist with a wide palette of talents, Jaar spent his teenage years in dance music circles in New York City, where he now resides. In 2011, he released his debut album, the critically-acclaimed Space is Only Noise. In 2012, he was contributed to BBC Radio 1's prestigious ‘Essential Mix' series, winning ‘Essential Mix of the Year'. In 2013, Matador released the debut album from Darkside, Jaar's project with his friend Dave Harrington. The band toured the record with a giant, rotating circular mirror, with key performances at Primavera Sound and Coachella. Other notable projects by Jaar include From Scratch, a live concept first developed for MOMA PS1, Pomegranates, an ambient record and alternate soundtrack to the Armenian film The Colour of Pomegranates, and the original soundtrack for´Dheepan, a thriller by the French filmmaker Jacque Audiard about a family of Sri Lankan refugees living in the suburbs of Paris. Dheepan won the Palme D'Or at Cannes in 2015. Jaar is the founder of the New York based imprint Other People, releasing music and spoken word by a diverse group of artists ranging from Lydia lunch to Ezekiel Honig.

Here's something very special for the heads, limited to 300 copies on black wax.In fall 2015, the Cosmic Compositions crew came up with a beautiful compilation showcasing a range of psychedelic, punk & surf rock from around the globe and we at hhv.de are very pleased to present this quality release on vinyl now. Artists included here are Jitwan, Pacific Yew, Ashes Holland, Anderson Mahalek, Salami Rose Joe Lewis, Christoph El Truento and many more.

Limited edition of 300 copies of D.N. Hürter's (aka DJ Adlib of Hi-Hat Club fame) eclectic "Lew Zealand" album. Expect beautiful beats with lush rhythms combined with dusty sampling. Released on vinyl through Hubert Daviz' "Backstein Ru'let" imprint in collab with the hhv.de Label!

Nice repress in gatefold sleeve with download code!

‘There Be Monsters‘, the sophomore full length effort by Samuel Evans, or Rain Dog, is an auditory exploration into the unchartered regions of his own mind and the edges of experience. Dealing with many personal changes which continuously prolonged the creation process of the album, Evans channelled and processed a variety of experiences into a highly personal album. Essentially coming full circle, ‘There Be Monsters‘ attempts to draw a map for your mind – it is on the fringes of consciousness that the interesting things happen.David Foster Wallace wrote ‘loneliness is not a function of solitude’, paraphrasing Marianne More: ‘the cure for loneliness is solitude’. A common thread throughout the album.After his highly acclaimed debut album “Two Words” in 2014 (BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 3, BBC 6 Music, Boiler Room, Red Bull, Thump, XLR8R) Rain Dog comes back to deliver his sophomore full length ‘There Be Monsters’. Avoiding the plight of the second album and keeping his signature sound while also not repeating himself, the album is the result of years of work, scrapped previous projects and simplifying his writing process and gaining experience by creating soundtracks for Vice Documentaries. The track titled ‘Eyes On The Aether’ is representative of a turning point and each track has particular relevance to a point in Sam Evans life over the last few years.‘There Be Monstes‘ comes out worldwide on limited vinyl (including download code).

Limited edition of 300 copies of a sweet 6-track EP by Hubert Daviz' buddy Kid Slim!Aiming to kick off a second generation of nu jazz, but experiencing miserable relationships with record labels, Kid Slim decided to quit music in 2011 and become a volunteer gardener at the King’s Palace in Bangkok. Backstein Ru’let is proud to make his only ever recorded material available on vinyl. Blending random jazz samples with upbeat live drumming, these highly outdated sounds are just right for the mediocre hhv.de customer’s listening habits. “This is the underground equivalent to electro swing, putting the Glockenbackviertel to a test!” - Kid Slim

For the first release on Raw M.T.'s Jinn Records imprint, Japanese producer Yoshinori Hayashi continues his left-field electronic experiments debuted last year on Going Good with a visually-evocative voyage through ambiguous collages of distorted broken-beat tropes and far-east soundscapes. On the flip, DJ Sotofett provides a stunning 12 min-long oriental reverie to get things even deeper.

Faitiche presents the release of a new album by Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek (faitiche13). Since their debut (Bird, Lake, Objects, faitiche03, 2010) they have played improvised concerts around the world. Japanese vibraphonist Masayoshi Fujita prepares his instrument with various percussion elements as well as metal objects and toys, while Jan Jelinek layers loops made using small-scale electronic devices. Schaum (German for froth, foam) is the duo's second album.

The brand new album from James Blake, exclusively launched on Annie Macs Radio 1 Show in May with a physical release in late July!

A darwīš is a religious monk dedicating his entire existence to the advancement of faith and meditation. Although he believes in Allah, he can be described predominantly as a mystic. Refraining from any form of material wealth and even societal appreciation, holy enlightenment is his true aim.After finishing up their semester at University, Nicolas and Jonas – or Parra for Cuva & Senoy – decided to pack all their gear into their camper and go on a road-trip down to the eastern coast of Spain.The car filled with all kinds of gear, from synths to speakers, guitars, and percussions amongst other tools and toys, three creative weeks ensued, creating music with a view out to the sea.While taking everything in and doing daily trips, the two were able to create enough song ideas in three weeks to spent the rest of the year at home in the studio to finish all arrangements and mixes.Inspired by the Spanish way of life in a small and historically rich port town, a stark contrast to life Berlin, and soaking up diverse musical influences, the individual titles are highly personal and reflect on specific emotions or intimate experiences.During the arrangement of the title-song, the percussion track was accidentally dragged to infinity, which resulted in a trance inducing meditative sound that gave them the idea for the title. Watching turkish dervish dancers while listening should therefore enhance the listening experience.

Remastered by Manuel Göttsching and released on his own label MG ART. Inventions for Electric Guitar is Manuel Göttsching´s first solo album, recorded: July-August 1974.The album was written and performed entirely by Göttsching on electric guitar, hence the title. Manuel played his guitar and used a 4 track TEAC A3340, Revox A77 for echoes, WahWah pedal, volume pedal, Schaller Rotosound and Hawaiian steel bar.

Geschrieben und aufgenommen über eine Zeitspanne von 4 Jahren zwischen Las Vegas und seinem Wohnort in der kalifornischen Wüste, ist "Callus" zweifellos Gonjasufis radikalste, seelenentblössendste und kathartischte Songkollektion, entstanden aus der Verinnerlichung von Schmerz, Verzweiflung und Wut. Oder wie die SPEX schreibt: "Pein und Drangsal und kaputte Trommeln. Gonjasufi spielt mit seinem neuen Album Callus gewohnt kratzbürstig zum Weltuntergang auf." Produziert von Gonjasufi selbst, wurde "Callus" über weite Strecken mit dem ex-The-Cure-Gitarristen Pearl Thompson aufgenommen.

Nine of the densest ambient and meditative music pieces since the dawn of music!! Sounds both extremely of this time, and of no time whatsoever. Monolithic and stark but extremely warm, intensely personal, and for every one in every which way. We are very happy to present to you "For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have), an album by Huerco S.

Only 1 copy per customer!Emotional Response and Golf Channel come together to release a special collaboration between Montezumas Rache's Christian Pannenborg (Record Loft) and Jan Schulte (Muller/ Bufiman) and legendary krautrock guitarist Dominik Von Senger (The Phantom Band / Dunkelziffer).A meeting out of the love of vinyl, where Panneborg hails Von Senger to source Phantom Band rarities and an idea of working together was born. Following the success of the percussive heavy debut Wu Du Wu on Second Circle, the return to the studio for Christian and Jan Schulte and this resultant EP is a true coming together of cross-generational minds.Unfolding across 3 songs of subtly and beauty; mood, structure and atmospherics form in a post-Balearic meets psychedelic haze.Lilting piano start before dub bass and Dominik's refrain melts its way in Rheinfahren. Voids open, minds expand, felds walked, oceans crossed, seas parted, wind pushes against the face, rolling hills, cloudy skies, sun, sand, love, lost, found, deeper and deeper it goes in to your soul.The uber flow continues at a slower pace with Tangerine (Krauter Mix) taking things down but carrying the interplay between artist's continues as if made for each other. Guitar hooks in multiple layers, finger clicks, pots 'n pans vibes gently taking you from Formentara to Tisno, Malibu, Tulum or wherever your heart lies restful.Finally, Guten Morgen Bromio is the (bro)mance to end any affair. Hip Hop roots, Jan's mouth-harp underlaying, Dominik's licks and Christian's dub fx laiden 'Spector' commandments shuffle together until group vocals bring them finally to completion.A wonderful EP bringing together 3 artists and 2 labels for the love of music.

Massive Attack release two brand new songs, “Come Near Me” and “The Spoils”. Both songs are written and produced by Massive Attack’s Daddy G and collaborator Stew Jackson and feature vocals from Ghostpoet (on “Come Near Me”) and Hope Sandoval (on “The Spoils”). These new songs follow January’s release of the “Ritual Spirit” EP, which was written and produced by the band’s Robert Del Naja and collaborator Euan Dickinson. The video for “The Spoils” stars Cate Blanchett and is directed by John Hillcoat, best known for his directorial work on films such as “The Road”, “Lawless” and “The Proposition”.“The Spoils” is pressed onto a beautiful 12" heavyweight ( 180 gm ) Lavender coloured vinyl housed in a black polyline inner hand placed into 3 mm spine sleeve printed 4 colour process and special screen printed 5th colour Yves Klein blue and matt UV varnish designed by Hingston Studios and the man himself, Rob Del Naja. All manufactured, with pride, by The Vinyl Factory Manufacturing Ltd.

Private records proudly presents this deluxe edition of Bernard Fevre's album "Orbit Ceremony 77". Fevre, who is also well known as Black Devil for his Disco excursions, does the best he can, he explores for us the depths of his synthesizers and takes us away to space inside a warm and cosmic synth bubble.This audiophile album has exclusively been mastered and cut with DMM (Direct Metal Mastering). The deluxe edition also includes a poster insert and free download.

Following their release of the Michael Turtle 12-inch last year, Music From Memory now publish “Phantoms of Dreamland”; a compilation of works by the UK musician recorded between 1983-1985. This double LP features tracks drawn from the recording sessions for Turtle’s album “Music From The Living Room” and also collects material Turtle recorded shortly after that, for an album which would never materialise. With three tracks taken from “Music From The Living Room” and the rest of the compilation entirely made up of unreleased tracks, “Phantoms of Dreamland” draws on an illustrious period for Michael. In 1982, at the age of only 22, Michael Turtle set up a portable four track studio in his family’s South London home, over-running his parents' front room with synthesizers, amps and instruments. Here he would create layered and deeply hypnotic tracks that were often built around live jams with musicians he would invite to his home. Although the music can appear to be sample based, all instruments were played live and any voices or sound effects were recorded directly to tape or from tiny cassette loops. Combining electronics with live percussion throughout, “Phantoms Of Dreamland” reflects a deep sense of musical exploration and creates a uniquely other-worldly musical language of its own.

Probably the most anticipated follow up album in music's history featuring Danny Brown, MF DOOM, Father John Misty, Toro Y Moi, Jennifer Herremaof Roayl Trux, Biz Markie and so much more.

Sprung up from his much-fêted clubnight of the same name, Bradley Zero has enlisted fellow Peckham local Al Dobson Jr to inaugurate Rhythm Section International with this: Rye Lane Volume 1, an 11 track mini-LP stuffed to the rafters with summery goodness. The importance of location on Rye Lane Volume 1 appears both tantamount and inconsequential: many of the titles on offer dot specific points of reference on the map (Peru, Grenada, Cameroon, Columbia, Peckham's Rye Lane), but Dobson Jr does his best to melt these heterogeneous influences down into something definably his own.Elliptical funkiness and nimble calypso grooves bob and weave through the melodic, soft-tone jazz stylings, all underpinned by a steady bump. This melange of warm styles mirrors the Peckham streets upon which it was cooked up, teaming with raw energy but quietly confident enough not to shout too loud about it. Tempos shift up and down at will as Dobson Jr shuffles through his strong pack at speed, maxing out the replay value.With it being almost impossible to define the sound of Rhythm Section in one record, Rye Lane Volume 1 perfectly fits the role of inaugural release by the way in which the album encapsulates the sum of Rhythm Section’s influences into one coherent blend of experimental, percussive led jams. This selection of tracks, carefully curated from over 200 never released works, is a concise statement from the Peckham based label as it confidently steps out from it’s humble suburban origins into the international arena.

Massive Attack's third album "Mezzanine" finally gets the reissue treatment. Essential!

Finally back in print with original artwork and seal of approval! Yeah!

Mild High Club founder Alexander Brettin grew up playing flute in the school band and majoring in jazz studies in Chicago. In 2012, a visit to Los Angeles allowed him to connect with the Stones Throw crew. Within a year, after passing the early demos of what would become Timeline onto Peanut Butter Wolf, Brettin made the move out west.“The difference between Timeline and Skiptracing is detail,” Brettin said. “I was stubborn with the process for Timeline, it took almost three years to let go of it.” On Timeline, Brettin resorted to vague lyrics so as to highlight the music itself. But for Skiptracing there’s both a heightened thematic aspect as well as more complex musical arrangements encasing it. In Brettin’s estimation, the album’s story arc is that of a “private investigator attempting to trace the steps of the sound and the spirit of American music.”And in investigating the spirit of American music, Mild High Club re-imagine AM radio hits as blasting in from a parallel universe, the sound of early 70s LA in a smog of sativa. If Todd Rundgren was the primary touchstone for Timeline, Brettin and band now look to the wry, trenchant wit of Steely Dan, gazing deep into the dark underbelly of sun-bright L.A. and coming away with catchy songs underpinned by slippery jazz phrasings.Dig deeper into the lyrics and imagery and that detective story slowly emerges. But it’s no simple whodunit? Instead, think The Long Goodbye, The Late Show, Chinatown, Night Moves or any early 70s inversion of the detective noir genre, where the gumshoe protagonist ultimately winds up investigating himself, navel-gazing so as to solve the ultimate mystery. Skiptracing is Philip Marlowe driving around LA listening to Caetano Veloso or that deleted scene in John Cassavetes’s The Killing of a Chinese Bookie where Cosmo Vitelli reads Cosmic Trigger.In crafting Skiptracing, Mild High Club have made an album that strikes a balance between the known and unknown aspects of art and creation. While Brettin sought to have complete control over the creation of the previous album, in opening up and allowing these creative variables in, he learned a valuable lesson that lies at the heart of Skiptracing itself: “When you wish upon the unknown, you might be surprised by the rewards.”

It is a fundamental part of life that in order for something new to emerge, something old has to pass and give up it’s space and resources. This circulation between life and death is the source of everything beautiful. It is omnipresent in the whole of nature and all cycles of reproduction we know.“Life is finite yet cyclical. It’s beautiful. I am inspired by nature, and of the growth within it, albeit temporary. But for me, as I said before, the finiteness of life is part of it’s beauty. So enjoy the moment.” – Barnaby CarterThe positive melancholy of ‘While It Still Blooms‘ is his testament to acceptance, creativity and simplicity.‘While It Still Blooms‘ comes out worldwide on limited splattered vinyl (including download code).

CHI started in the late punk years in the early eighties. A time of change and mind-blowing albums. We started doing sound experiments in an old farm in Moordrecht (thanks to Jan van Rhee and Kees van der Veer). In the summer, all the doors and windows were open; birds flew in and out. In the distance we saw the highway to Rotterdam. In the winter we sat close together, no heating, only blankets, candles and brandy.We did sessions of 3 days and nights. We brought a full PA-system for every session (thanks to Jurgen and Fijko) to get the right feel. Usually we played from the late morning untill sunrise. Fijko was playing his spacey videos and projecting trippy slideshows. Jurgen was creating all kind of effects and recording everything. We used the Commodore 64 to create sequences. We had two synths (a Juno 60 and JX3P), a few guitars, an old Revox tapedeck for loops (some loops were 7 metres long running past bottles) and a lot of weird handmade instruments, percussion, bamboo flutes; an old, broken piano, a small Philicorda organ and various effects like water, shaken yogurt (Soppin), mouth-sounds, street-noises, etc. Essentially, the music is half electronic, half acoustic. What made it special is that we also performed it live. We brought our personal hifi-sets on stage for easy listening comfort. We carried 7 monitors for the video and had 3 big screens for slideshows. Highlights were our premiere at Lantaren/Venster (Rotterdam, 1986 - 2 nights sold out, thanks to Theo Hensen) and our Paradiso (Amsterdam, 1987) show on the main stage broadcast live on national radio. We ended up with a bunch of punks and freaks, but they really loved it. Our cassette was a collectors item at the legendary Amsterdam based label and record store Staalplaat. They released a CD 15 years later in 2000 on their new label Container Music. Now, 30 years later, Astral Industries (thanks to Ario Farahani) releases an exclusive vinyl limited edition. We’ve added the track 'Hopi', which was previously only released on cassette. It’s a track that I made as a guideline for CHI in 1984, featuring a Hopi elder speaking of Hopi prophecies and the future of the world. Who knows what may happen next....

During the '60s and '70s, three distinguished gentlemen who had built their careers playing French-made exotic jazz (Roger Roger, Nino Nardini and orchestra leader Eddie Warner) met each evening in the Ganaro recording studio. They mainly experimented -or simply played- with keyboards that looked like prototypes of spaceships. Flying high on whimsical and joyful inspiration, the improbable trio used their strange instruments to sketch out the beginnings of something that, at that time, resembled the future of music. This collection presents some of the highlights that resulted from their light-hearted, electronic pop sessions.

From the first glimpses of Henry Laufer's work as Shlohmo, it was clear that the LA native and visual artist turned self-taught musician was onto something. With an effortless grasp on sound design, Laufer combines deceptively simple and emotive melodies, subtle bass drops and swinging slow motion drums. His early work has placed him at the forefront of a new wave of rising talent amongst West Coast producers.

1st studio produced album by the New Zealand group from 2005. The album utilized the band's trademark dub, reggae, soul and funk influenced sound, and has been successful both in terms of sales and of critical reception. 7 times platinum in New Zealand!

Stavroz managed to create a wholesome, comforting soundtrack for a place, which no words can describe. Take a rest, lay down, close your eyes and listen to a story told in an orchestral fashion, with such profession and ear for details like Luise never he

Berlin-based contemporary composer Nils Frahm has built a steady reputation for his intimate, poignant piano recordings, yet they only reveal a fragment of what to expect from a Frahm concert. The artist’s heart lies in improvisation, in the magic of a moment where, inspired by the space and the audience, his fingers create new compositions loosely based around his familiar melodies. Spaces is an ode to the joy of live performance. It expresses Frahm’s love for experimentation and answers the call from his fans for a record that truly reflects what they witness during his concerts. Breaking the convention of a traditional live release, the album was recorded over the course of two years in different locations and on various media, including old portable reel-to-reel recorders and cassette decks. These moments were later pieced together in his Durton Studio for what Frahm refers to as a collage of field recordings rather than a live album. Spaces includes surprises such as the sound of a toilet brush banging on piano strings to create a dub-sounding track. The decision to select takes that include the sounds of people coughing and cell phones ringing make clear that his audience is an integral part of every performance

30 releases strong, Northern Electronics calls to arms for an entire army-strong release. Scandinavian Swords II collects new players next to the regular stable into a 3x12" release, where the labels many facets gets showcased through the hands and minds of its artists. The label stems from Abdulla Rashim's urge to release artists and friends under the same banner. By letting its artists have a solid platform, Northern Electronics has taken them to areas far out of reach for many: from major festivals to heading deep into the wilderness of urban decay and open air parties in forests and castle grounds. Forming its sound as a unity through every release, the coherence of the label lies in influences such as new wave and ambient, tangled together with hypnosis. In this wonderful sonic mixture lies the trademark sound of Northern Electronics, buried deep into the minds of the forward-thinkers.

The Smoke Clears is the abstract ambient project of producer John Daly (One Track/ Secret Sundaze). He debuted this alias with an eponymous LP in 2013 on Further Records and now he presents us the second part. Following up his 2013 LP of the same name, this record builds upon its predecessor's ambient abstractions while adding another layer of nuanced melodic contemplation.

After a string of well received releases on the likes of 22a and Alexander Nut's Hotep, Henry Wu steps forth with his most bold statement to date with ‘Good Morning Peckham' on the Rhythm Section International Imprint.Arguably one of the most hotly-tipped producers in the UK right now, Wu's broken compositions and deep jazzy keys have earned him plaudits from scene veterans as well as peers, all keen to see what Henry will do next.With a refreshing take on rhythm and a virtuosic musicality born out of years of recording and touring as a session player, Henry Wu represents a brightly shining light in the already glowing London community.Equally adept on the keyboard as he is on the MPC, on Good Morning Peckham, we are also given a further insight into the mind of Wu as he takes to the mic - toasting along to the soon-to-be-classic ‘ Croydon Depot' and spitting on the intro to the broken beat inspired ‘Neezy'.A South East Londoner born and bred, Henry's debut on Rhythm Section has been a long time coming and it seems that it was worth the wait as Henry presents 6 tracks of white hot intention. Henry Wu is a name that we're going to hear a lot more of in the future….Good morning Peckham!

Simon Green aka Bonobo returns with his fourth, most eagerly-anticipated and most accomplished album to date, the magnificent Black Sands on Ninjaaa Tune!

A panorama of the pacific coast provides the place & headspace for this installment of RVNG's intergenerational collaboration series.

Regularly hailed as one the most important composers of the late 20th century, John Zorn is comfortable at the helm of an ensemble, as improviser on an array of instruments, and as a bold theorist of collaboration. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the New York artist and operator of the esteemed Tzadik label became known for assembling hardcore-inflected jazz ensembles and for devising “game systems,” or intricate musical conditions intended to force players into new territory. Partnering with Nonesuch in mid-1980s, he released The Big Gundown, which radically reimagines Ennio Morricone scores; and Spillane, which fuses improv and Zorn’s “file-card” system. Such titles brought Zorn critical accolades and the reputation of a provocateur, but none of them prepared audiences for the cataclysm of Naked City. Released in 1990 on Nonesuch, Naked City bears a stark cover photograph by Weegee—noted for his unsparing images of New York crime scenes—and features one of the more staggering “rock” lineups ever assembled: Zorn on alto saxophone, guitarist Bill Frisell, bassist Fred Frith, drummer Joey Baron, keyboardist Wayne Horvitz, and vocalist Yamatsuka Eye. Naked City is a maelstrom of styles, veering recklessly between country, noise, New Orleans R&B, polka, and grindcore, with overtures from detective shows and film noir. In other words, it’s a daring maelstrom of American musical vernacular. It also explodes the rock format’s supposed limitation and retains a wildly intersectional listenership: devotees of punk, free jazz, and harsh noise celebrate Naked City. In short, as one writer put it, Naked City remains a “pinnacle of avant coolness.”

Equiknoxx are one of the hottest, most innovative dancehall squads from Jamaica right now; Bird Sound Power is their debut collective show of strength, packing 12 avant, crooked riddims by core members Gavsborg and Time Cow, plus Bobby Blackbird and Kofi Knoxx, with vocals by Kemikal, Shanique Marie and J.O.E. (R.I.P).The set was parsed and pieced together by Jon K & Demdike Stare , and now thanks to link ups via Swing Ting’s Balraj Samrai (a longtime livicated supporter), it is issued on Demdike’s DDS imprint, replete with Jon K’s sleeve design.Easily identified by the squawking bird idents peppering their cuts, Equiknoxx productions have been big in the dance since Gavin Blair a.k.a. Gavsborg produced Busy Signal’s billboard hit Step Out in 2005, followed by key instrumentals for Beenie Man, Aidonia, Masicka, and T.O.K. - with many released on 7” thru their Equiknoxx Musiq label, and some of which, such as Aidonia’s Negative, are included in this set.Bird Sound Power arguably marks up the most striking riddim album you’ll hear from JA in 2016, weighted with the potential to open up perceptions of current dancehall thanks to the mad character and broad reference points of its producers, encompassing King Jammy’s foundational digi-dub and Dave Kelly’s Mad House sound as much as rugged New York hip hop and the wigged-out, feminine pressure of Virginia Beach’s Timbaland or The Neptunes.The oldest tune inside dates to 2009, but the rest are relatively recent dancehall mutations, including a number of exclusives produced in the last 12 months. Each one reps for Equiknoxx’s unique aspects, such as Jordan Chung a.k.a. Time Cow’s brilliantly bizarre, layered arrangements of film samples, sawn-off hooks and digi-tight beats, whilst also a result of as their distinguished family vibe, Bird Sound Power exists in a paradox, contemporary but classic, and with as much potential to turn new heads onto current JA sounds as Mowax’s Now Thing set back in 2001, which remains a key touchstone for all fwd looking producers..

13 tracks feat. Chali 2na & Soup of Jurassic 5, Double K. of People Under The Stairs, James King, ... hands up!

An obscure tape release discovery by Red Light Radio founder and close friend of the label, Orpheu de Jong, led to Music From Memory’s latest release. This two track 12” highlights the work of electronic music pioneer Joel Graham, a San Francisco based artist who self released two cassettes in 1984/85. Originally recorded and performed live on pre-MIDI analogue equipment in 1982 as an outline for a live performance, these visionary tracks provoke much of the same sensibilities found in both contemporary dance music as well as in works of more established vanguard artists of the time. Slowly unravelling and deeply hypnotic, Joel Graham’s music seems to manifest a doorway to a profound new world and can be seen as a forerunner of what was to come in electronic music.

The likes of Shinehead & Emiliana Torrini join the Corporation on their 3rd album.

Originally released on Def Jux in 2002, this instant classic is now available on RJD2's own imprint!

In the span of just over 5 years, Rob Orme hast released 5 individual EP’s and a full length LP with Project: Mooncircle. Due to high demand and the fact that all of his releases are out of print, we decided to release “works”, a best-of compilation with some of his best and most prominent works, including 4 entirely new and unreleased songs.“A collection of works created between 2011-2016. The tracks sum up where I’ve been at for these last 5 years. It’s a checkpoint. It represents many influences and the way things were for a period of time. For me personally “works” are memories.” – submerse

Emotional Rescue pulls deep from the esoteric well with the first of several avant albums over the coming year. The self-styled “Ethno-Industrial” Vox Populi! present their 1989 Aither album, remastered and repackaged with love nearly 30 years later. Initiated by artist Axel Kyrou in 1982, Vox Populi! was soon joined by long term collaborator Pacific 231 on a series of coldwave/industrial cassette only recordings. Things changed considerably, however, with the meeting of the siblings, Mitra and Arach in 1984. The consequential use of “traditional” instruments and, especially, his wife Mitra’s Persian folklore vocals gave a specific tonality, incorporating the band’s expanding passion for oriental sounds, electronics and psychedelic music.Involving numerous musicians and friends in often-spontaneous studio sessions, the melting pot of varied cultural backgrounds added ethnic, electronic, concrete music, funk, dub and experimental flavours. This feeling of the subjective absence of the artist was achieved via a communal way for making music, but still with an aim to entertain while leading the listener to experience something unique - mind elevating, non-egotistical, ethereal music – all pushing the intellect towards a more artistic transparency. Welcome to Aither.

Massive Attack return with the ‘Ritual Spirit’ EP. The EP features the return of Tricky (on ‘Take It There’) in addition tocollaborations with Young Fathers (‘Voodoo In My Blood’), Roots Manuva (‘Dead Editors’) and newcomer Azekel (‘RitualSpirit’). The EP was written and produced by Massive Attack’s Robert del Naja and long-term studio collaborator Euan Dickinson. A second Massive Attack EP, written and co-produced by Daddy G, will be released in the spring, with an album to follow later in the year.The EP comes as a 12" Heavyweight (180 gm) Mid Grey coloured vinyl with 4 colour centre labels housed in a blackpolylined inner hand placed into 3 mm spine sleeve printed 4 colour process + special screen printed 5th colour orangedesigned by Hingston Studios and the man himself, Rob Del Naja.

Instrumental collection by Five Deez producer fat Jon the ample soul physician!Introducing the vinyl re-release of “Hundred Eight Stars” from beat smith fat jon the ample soul physician, also kown as Maurice Galactica, producer of legendary Hip Hop crew Five Deez, and one half of Rebel Clique amongst others, this album contains rare “vinyl only” releases from fat jon’s expansive catalogue. These tracks were originally compiled onto one CD for the people who weren’t able to get the various vinyl releases: some of which have been discontinued. This will be the only way to get your hands on all of these tracks in one beautifully packaged vinyl collection.“Hundred Eight Stars” comes out worldwide on remastered limited red double vinyl (including download code) and with revised artwork.

Oooohwee! New Bonobo for 2013!incl. download code

Composed, according to Flying Lotus, as “a collage of mystical states, dreams, sleep and lullabies”, Until the Quiet Comes has the distinct feel of this nocturnal trip. From the twitching descent into a subconscious state and the out-of-focus time-ether of the journey that follows, the sound is an unhinged, yet elegant evolution of the melodic and rhythmic interplay that is woven into the DNA of Flying Lotus’ aural personae. All this stylistic mingling and genre-melting has contributed significantly to shift music in a direction that makes intellectual leaps without forsaking the all-important heft of a bassline or unimpeded ‘swing’ of a drum beat – the same way so many masters of soul music have infused their songs for lovers and dancers with brilliant and heady subtext for decades. Until The Quiet Comes follows this tradition while clearing a path distinctly it’s own, which is a mark of a classic. The album features guests Erykah Badu, Laura Darlington, Niki Randa, Thundercat & Thom Yorke!

Signed to Infectious in November 2011, the quartet (pronounced Alt-J) met at Leeds University while studying fine art and have spent the last two years studying and rehearsing in the basement of a small terraced house.The result is something gorgeously unique while also brilliantly, endlessly inventive.

Bonobo's epic "Days To Come" finally gets the reissue treatment, great!

Subtle flowing house and ambient sketches plus a wonderful artwork and poster from Super Quiet

Musiche di L.u.c.a. Produced and written by Francesco De Bellis L.u.c.a. is Francesco De Bellis aka Francisco. Years ago he started putting together some selections for a friend of his: Luca. The intention was to pick songs to be played during car rides, and like any other kind of ritual, this too would come with strict rules. You’d have to go throw the whole selection of 100 tracks without skipping, because every single one was important. Be it the sounds, the arrangement or its creativity, each track was there for a very specific reasons. It quickly became a monthly event which for several years evolved in a deep musical research without genre boundaries: Disco and psychedelic, soundtracks, library music, exotica, electronic and dance music, italo, new wave, pop or prog. Tracks of each and any historical period and provenance had been featured in this special compilations. But it wasn’t always that easy to come up with the right piece and eventually Francesco started producing a few on his own to fill in the gaps. After six tracks, it was quite clear that there was a project developing, one in which he could finally experiment freely, leaving behind the rules that often come with dance tracks. Of course, no name could have been better than the one of his friend that had inspired everything? And so L.u.c.a was born. Now, while preserving the same mind set, L.u.c.a is back with an album that embraces a new-hippie vibe, strongly pervaded by a mystical naturalism. This is a whole new universe in the making, where rumbling magmatic atmospheres evolve gradually in a journey through an idealist new world, celestial interludes revealing a full take over of nature, with a pervasive library feel that dates back to the great Italian masters, carrying on Edizioni Mondo’s legacy.

Ein halbes Jahr nach seinem erfolgreichem Debütalbum "Elaenia", das von Musikliebhabern und Kritikern als eines der besten Alben des Jahres 2015 abgefeiert wurde, veröffentlicht der britische DJ und Produzent Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points die "Kuiper" EP, auf der er auf den beiden, zwischen 14 und 18 1/2 Minuten langen Tracks, seine Fähigkeit auslebt, elektronische und organische Klänge zwischen Laptop und orchestralem Ensemble zu einem perfekten Klangerlebnis aus Jazz, Electronica, Klassik, Soul und Brazil zu verweben, was er auch live in Montreux und beim Melt! Festival präsentieren wird.

19 exklusive Tracks eigens für die erste Compilation auf dem renommierten Label Pampa Records produziert!

Take a deep breathe: Gasoline's instant classic finally gets a proper vinyl release. Essential pick!

What happened when Will C. disappeared? Last year, he was on the marquee alongside everyone from Nas, Tyler The Creator, and 2 Chainz; to Wiz Khalifa, Atmosphere, and Chance the Rapper. Like Brian Wilson in the Sixties, this recluse of a man is becoming more and more known for his elaborate and highly inventive studio work, while shying away from the touring life. Spending the past few years under the wing of genius engineer Steve Desper, the man behind some of Frank Zappa and The Beach Boys' most universally revered works, Will returns with the fully realized LP Everyday Around The Cosmos. An early contender for most aurally exciting and adventurous record of 2015, it is more warm and comforting than abrasive. Almost entirely lacking vocals, the music strikes a chord with the listener and true to the title, brings one on a cosmic journey. Containing no samples, these intricate songs began on piano and turned into living, breathing productions that reward those who brought their good pair of headphones. Limited in quantity, Everyday Around The Cosmos debuts on vinyl LP format, housed in a vintage style tip-on jacket containing a double sided 11x11 insert and full MP3 album download cards.

The profile of French producer Guts has grown steadily in recent years and he is now considered to be one of the leading producers in France and a recognised name on the European beats scene. ‘Hip Hop After All’ features an array of stellar MCs and vocalists, including Grand Puba, Masta Ace and Cody Chestnutt. Double LP gatefold sleeve with insert & download card, exclusive content for the download card.His hit "Brand New Revolution" was played by many radio stations worldwide and was used in Grand Theft Auto V. His compilation series ‘Beach Diggin' is now a reference point for summer and quality music in general.After three instrumental albums, Guts decided to come back to his Hip Hop roots (he created the French rap band Alliance Ethnik in the 90's) and invited quality MCs and singers to join him in the studio. You can find on this album, Hip Hop legends such as Grand Puba, Masta Ace, Bob Power, Rah Digga, plus singers such as Cody Chestnutt, Patrice and a batch of new talent - Leron Thomas, Lorine Chia, Quelle Chris & Denmark Vessey and Dillon Cooper.

Here we go with the vinyl version of another quality instrumental set by Five Deez' very own Fat Jon, "Repaint Tomorrow", on orange wax.