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7” collector black vinyl in sleeve with 3mm spine with paper inner-sleeve.

Tracklist:

A. One Blood Circle / B. Non Non Rien N’a Changé

Short info:

Taken from the movie ‘Le Bel Été’, written and directed by Pierre Creton, ‘One Blood Circle’ is the main theme of the soundrack and features French pop legend Etienne Daho. The B-side features a cover by The Limiñanas of the all-time French classic ‘Non Non Rien N’a Changé’ from Les Poppys.

Lionel Limiñana about writing this soundtrack:
"We met Pierre during the Shadow People tour, he came to the concert and wrote to us asking for music for his film "Le Bel Été". Pierre sent me the script. I thought I didn't have time to work because of the tour but I took a three-day break to give it a try. I wrote a theme and then two, three...... I had a work base and I was able to continue at the hotel or in the band's van, which explains why the music is very electronic. I invited Ivan Telefunken, Pascal Comelade's Catalan guitarist, to play on some melodies. When we arrived in St Malo for La Route du Rock festival we met Etienne Daho with whom we had wanted to work for a long time. We played the script to Etienne and the demo of "One Blood Circle", the main theme of " Le Bel Été". Etienne worked on the text and quickly returned to the studio in Paris to record his voice and choirs. The O.S.T. was done."




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12” colored white vinyl in sleeve with 3mm spine with paper inner-sleeve.

Tracklist:

A1. One Blood Circle / A2. Dernier dîner de l'été / A3. Simon / A4. De la part des copains / A5. Ocean Kids
B1. Sophie seule sur le ferry / B2. Le Bel Été / B3. One Blood Circle (Feat. Marie) [Version alternative]
B4. L'Atelier / B5. Maria’s Theme / B6. One Blood Circle [Instrumental]

Short info:

Taken from the movie ‘Le Bel Été’, written and directed by Pierre Creton, this new album from The Limiñanas is the first OST written by Lionel Limiñanas. The main theme ‘One Blood Circle’ features French pop legend Etienne Daho.

Lionel Limiñana about writing this soundtrack:
"We met Pierre during the Shadow People tour, he came to the concert and wrote to us asking for music for his film "Le Bel Été". Pierre sent me the script. I thought I didn't have time to work because of the tour but I took a three-day break to give it a try. I wrote a theme and then two, three...... I had a work base and I was able to continue at the hotel or in the band's van, which explains why the music is very electronic. I invited Ivan Telefunken, Pascal Comelade's Catalan guitarist, to play on some melodies. When we arrived in St Malo for La Route du Rock festival we met Etienne Daho with whom we had wanted to work for a long time. We played the script to Etienne and the demo of "One Blood Circle", the main theme of " Le Bel Été". Etienne worked on the text and quickly returned to the studio in Paris to record his voice and choirs. The O.S.T. was done."





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Territories: Worldwide no restrictions
Format Notes: 2019 re-issue, 140g vinyl

Track List:

A1 : My Music (5:45)
A2 : What The World Needs Now Is Love (4:28)
A3 : Sweet Love (2:36)
A4 : Because I Love You (4:10)
A5 : It Ain’t Easy (3:54)

B1 : You (4:12)
B2 : Just Us (3:00)
B3 : Yesterdays And Tomorrow (4:25)
B4 : Thank You Mother Dear (3:00)
B5 : Reason For The Reason (3:03)

Release Notes:

My Music is a stellar spiritual soul / jazz-funk gem, recorded by keyboardist-singer Samuel Jonathan Johnson in 1978. The epitome of a cult classic, it didn't do much upon its release but steadily found an audience over the decades that followed. It eventually worked its way into the culture, and latterly the wantlists, of wave after wave of soul aficionados.

This is music that shares the jazzy R&B DNA of contemporaries like Roy Ayers and is an intoxicating blend of mellow moments and more groove-heavy tracks. Spacey keys and lush production give it a luxurious, enveloping warmth.

My Music opens with the gorgeous title track: an indulgent slow jam opus. Introducing us to Johnson’s compelling musical vision, it features a rich mélange of production techniques. Dripping in strings, horns, backing singers, popping funk bass lines and swooshing synth waves, it’s an unusually structured cosmic two stepper that has an irrepressible groove. Accordingly, it’s been a favourite with the diggers and it was sampled by The Alchemist for Jadakiss’s “We Gonna Make It” (and it was also used on Ras Kass’s “Home Sweet Home”… but that’s a story for another time).

The up-tempo “Sweet Love” bubbles over with joy, its uplifting lyrics backed by infectious bass and jazzy Fender Rhodes lines. It follows a cover of “What the World Need’s Now Is Love”, taken at a funereal pace that transforms it into a heartfelt plea for love and understanding. Essential in these dark days.

After a full-minute-long opening of lush cinematic strings and horns, “Because I Love You” makes space for Samuel’s voice, accompanied by some keys and just a sprinkle of guitar. It builds back up and then mellows its way out to a jazz lounge finish (in all the right ways). The feel-good ebullience of the Stevie Wonder-esque “It Ain’t Easy” closes out the LP’s first side.

The second side bursts open with the heavy bounce and disco-funk basslines of “You”, a slightly off-beat string-laden dancer with insistent horns and a piano-assisted groove. Next up is “Just Us”, a legendary steppers track that could be heard oozing out of deep soul radios and funk sound systems back in the late 80s.

“Yesterdays and Tomorrow” is a moving original ballad that is followed by an exquisite high-stepping paean to mom in the form of “Thank You Mother Dear”. The thumping easy-glide of “Reason For The Reason” brings the album to a close.

Respectfully mastered by Simon Francis and cut by the master Pete Norman, this reissue of Samuel Jonathan Johnson’s sole LP sounds as sumptuous as that scarlet gown on the front cover. The sleeve artwork was lovingly restored by the Be With team. My Music is a luxurious and rare collection of songs that now has an opportunity to reach beyond its cult audience.


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Tracklist
A1. Lento
B1. Lento (Dritta)


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'Lento', the first release of Fangodischi. A slow track, 115 bpm.
An obsessive hammering over a dystopian rhythmic layer that reaches its climax exploding in a drum roll, like a cleansing fire. An industrial sound, whiffs of steam, disturbing metallic noise.
A recall to the core of Fangodischi and the dual vision the artist has of his homeland: Venice, a “Disneyland” for tourists, and Marghera with its industries and poisons. Two faces of the same medal.



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Tracklist:
A1 Woody & Daniel Paul 'vis A vis'
A2 Soulphiction 'Ooze'
B Leafar Legov 'When The Morning Comes'
- Releases on Giegling, Cabinet, Philpot
Special remarks: 12'' LTD, 180g, with MP3 Download code included


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Format : Vinyl 12” (180 gr., Limited Full Cover)

Track list :
A1 Demuir - Werq. Feel. Gruv. Vogue.
A2 Demuir - The 3nity returneth (Dub mix)
B1 Demuir - Philippine sunrise
B2 Demuir - Philippine sunrise (Lady Blacktronika's Sunset mix)

Digi only - Demuir - The 3nity returneth (Instrumental mix)

Release Info:
The next release on Heist is the result of some serious Instagram A&R by yours truly. Canada's number one jackin' house ambassador Demuir drops an EP loaded with that true house energy and it comes topped off with a swirling and twirling trip of a remix by Lady Blacktronika.

It's funny how good music sometimes falls in your lap. It was a random Instagram scrolling session with my mind switched off, when our insta-feed suddenly propelled into a sweet groove. I awoke from the matrix and realized I was looking at Demuir in his studio, who had recorded a little clip of a track he was working on. I immediately texted him and forced him to tell us what that was. His answer? A new unreleased tune by him. A coffee and 2 emails later, we received a mail with that track and a list of others to choose from. This ep is the result of that short online interaction and a mutual love for high energy house music. This record showcases Demuir's knack for rolling grooves and also shows a deeper, more electronic side of his that might surprise you.

The track we're talking about above is 'Werq. Feel. Gruv. Vogue.' A rough sounding, bumping house track that would have worked just as well in any club in the 90's as it will in today's world of clubbing. The 'Vogue' sample has that 'tongue in cheek'-vibe we like so much and the groove is just irresistible. Top that off with some lovely Rhodes loops, a little disco chop here and there and you've got yourself a very original party starter.

We always try to put out diverse EP's on Heist, and with 'the 3nity returneth', Demuir delivers a Detroit-tech inspired steam train of a track. The track represents the confidence an artist needs to make it in the music scene. He lays down the groove with a rough bass, rolling hats and a lovely string sample and adds glimmering electronics for a touch of spirituality.

The B-side has two versions of 'Philippine Sunrise'. The original is a rolling house track with airy synth hits, a Moog-ish rising lead and a freakishly good bass line. The remix comes courtesy of LA native, Berlin based Lady Blacktronika, who turns the trip factor up a notch or two. She chooses to go for a heads down direction with a series of dreamy loops to set the mood, all alongside an endless bassline and a steady house groove.

We hope you'll enjoy the electronic funk in this EP as much as we do.

Yours Sincerely,
Lars & Maarten


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Tracklist:
A1. Cure (Roman Flügel Remix)
A2. Aliens (Anthony Linell Remix)
B1. Self (FaltyDL Remix)
B2. Dreams **

** = vinyl only

Release Info:
A key player in the New York scene and boss of her own Dusk & Haze label, it was Francis Harris' Kingdoms that initially released Sophie Saze's standout two-part album, and that is where this forward looking package of highly original remixes lands. First up is German artist Roman Flügel, who’s responsible for a myriad of musical aliases and just as many different sounds. Here he is in experimental electronic mode and reworks 'Cure' into an elongated groove with twisted synth lines layering up over the shimmer, shadowy beats. It's a ghoulish track with a creepy atmosphere.
Swede Anthony Linell makes tripped out, heady techno on Northern Electronics, always with a stylish aesthetic. That continues here as he reimagines 'Aliens' as an absorbing cosmic soundtrack. Supple, rubbery drums bubble down low while broad pads and astral motifs colour the airways above and sink you into a state of trance. New York beat maker and Blueberry Records boss FaltyDL then steps up with a remix of 'Self'. It is a typically off-kilter groove that seems to float on post-jungle drums while distant synth details make for a dreamy atmosphere. Closing out this killer package is Saze's original track 'Dreams', an intense techno cut where coarse textures peel off the industrial clatter of the drums.




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Tracklist:
1. Planinar, 2. Sofra, 3. Vilayet, 4. Etropolis, 5. Katran, 6. Teghlicci, 7. Makara, 8. Kapan, 9. Teslá


INFO:
Stefan Goldmann's 'Veiki' is a bold foray onto new rhythmic ground for machine-based dance music. While Veiki's sounds appear firmly grounded in contemporary techno, its pulse is neither based on the 4/4 tradition nor on the breakbeat continuum. The metres employed here are distinctly asymmetric – i.e. they never add up to binary entities, but are odd-numbered instead. With patterns of 7, 9 or 11, they offer possibilities for dislocating the center of gravity not available to standard rhythmic fare. Thus this may represent one of the few systematic efforts to move slamming machine techno onto an alternative rhythmic foundation: Real broken beat.

Asymmetric / irregular metres are part of the ancient music tradition of the Eastern Mediterranean as well as of South Eastern Europe. The patterns employed here are also present in the traditional music of Bulgaria with which Stefan Goldmann grew up. Citing no other aspects and using no 'ethnic' samples, these tracks lead a way to resolving the problem of how to bring the tools and traits of cutting edge electronic music to alternative traditions of music, or vice versa. Structure over surface.

Of course irregular metres have been visited for structural exploration for Western musicians of different backgrounds, such as Don Ellis, Steve Coleman or Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit who have all developed highly distinguished and idiosyncratic approaches in relation to these. Thus a reduction of the phenomenon to its core and emergence as a clear-cut and reproducible form appeared imminent for at least two decades. The inexplicable surprise though is that despite the ongoing rhythmic differentiation of breakbeat and techno this obvious step seems to have never been taken decisively. Now here it is.

Vital Sales Points:
- Live premiere from Buenos Aires streamed by MUTEK (full professional video online)
- Recent DJ set at Boiler Room
- Extensive Global Promo by Modern Matters / Macro.
- Upcoming event Feb 2020: Stefan Goldmann curates “Strom Festival” for Philharmonie Berlin, (world-leading classical music institution) featuring Nina Kraviz, KiNK, Robert Henke, Ryoji Ikeda etc.


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Format: CD
Cat.#: PERL124CD

Track list:
1 RIGHT MOMENT
2 LIVE LIKE MUSIC
3 FOREVER FRIENDS
4 BREAKTHROUGH
5 I WANT TO BE A HUMAN BEING
6 WELCOME TO CHAOS
7 THE REASON IS ALWAYS DIFFERENT
8 BIRTH OF THE PERFECT CLUB



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New album by Fumiya Tanaka. Eight fantastic tracks.


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Format: 3x12“ LP

Tracklisting:
A RIGHT MOMENT
B LIVE LIKE MUSIC
C FOREVER FRIENDS
D1 BREAKTHROUGH
D2 I WANT TO BE A HUMAN BEING
E1 WELCOME TO CHAOS
E2 THE REASON IS ALWAYS DIFFERENT
F BIRTH OF THE PERFECT CLUB

Info:
New album by Fumiya Tanaka.
Eight fantastic tracks on triple vinyl.

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Tracklist:
A1. Truncate - Pressure
B1. Truncate - Level Up
B2. Truncate - Pressure (DJ Haus Remix)

Release Info:
The mighty Truncate crash lands on Catz n’ Dogz’ Pets imprint with two outstanding slabs of forthright
techno tension. His first full single for the label, Truncate was last spotted aboard remixing KiNK way
back in 2015. Now he’s making up for lost time, thumping away relentlessly like two old mates who
haven’t caught up with each other in years.
‘Pressure’ takes the lead. Bouncy, stripped-back, pounding and riddled with Ovum-level acidic funk,
once you’re locked into Truncate’s loopy hypnosis, you may never escape. ‘Level Up’ does exactly
what its title suggests, too. Total rolling thunder with builds upon builds, there’s a sense of momentum
that elevates at every twist.
And if that’s not enough, Unknown 2 The Unknown bossman and fusionist king DJ Haus gets involved
with some prime remix real estate. Buckle up friends, the pressure is only just beginning to rise…

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Genre: Downtempo, Downbeat, ChillOut


Tracklist 7":

A. All That's Happened
B1. Eventide
B2. Red Rock (pt. I)
B3. Red Rock (pt. II)


Short Info:

With half a dozen releases under his belt Glo Phase moves into the wax frontier with this fantastic 7" single of downtempo jams.


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A1. Hope
B1. Pulse Code
B2. Dreamscape

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'Pulse Code EP' by Amberflame - Andrei Zakharov's (aka An-2) side project aimed at finding the right balance between organic yet experimental sound - is a selection of top-notch electronica with the flair of old-school disco and everything inbetween. The crafty and meticulous use of a variety of custom analogue hardware give way to keeping an open mind with production and sound design, which varies greatly, but at the same time, shares a coherent quality throughout the EP.

The opening track "Hope" sets the mood with its melancholic airy strings and pulsating arpeggios developing effortlessly until the groovy guitar bass kicks in lighting things up and giving the mix a completely new perspective.

Taking a more experimental edge 'Pulse Code' is a PCM-inspired leftfield electronica piece which goes a new direction with its solid synthwork and fluent drum programming.

The title of the closing cut 'Dreamscape' speaks for itself: it is a meditative electro-focused affair


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Tracklist:
A1 Todh Teri Sampadan 18
A2 AAGUU Sampadan 19
B1 Todh Teri Sampadan 20
B2 Todh Teri Sampadan 21

Short Info:
Deep in India Volume 6 is probably the most intense release by live electronic artist &
Indian disco edit king Todh Teri. It is a definite milestone in his ongoing endeavour of
releasing and (most importantly) representing mysterious disco & house edits - from the
Indian silver screen - on vinyl. He immediately gets down to business with Sampadan 18
as it swoons you down to disco town, providing you quintessential 80s thunder & lightning
for competitive street dancing. In Sampadan 19, he passes the remix baton to AAGUU (his
first release), who further intensifies the dance off with a trippy arpeggiator induced frenzy.
Sampadan 20 is a must have house tool to instantly ignite peak moments on the dance
floor, with it's gliding riffs, South Indian disco chants, & epic instrumental crescendos. And
finally, Sampadan 21 rounds off the energy with a cumbia tinged acid rework - straight
from the Bollywood silver screen of the 60s.
So this fall & winter, if you are looking for some disco wool... Todh Teri will get your record
bags full.

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Tracklist 12":

A1) Kapote – Give It To Me Edit (8:03)
A2) Kapote – Pump It Edit (6:21)
B1) Kapote – Grandmaster Edit (7:20)
B2) Kapote – Pleasure Edit (6:11)

Release Info:
4 secret weapons by maestro Kapote. Rare disco and early hip House tracks from the late 1970ies/early 1980ies reworked for Kapote's own DJ sets. Released due to high demand!









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4LP with gatefold sleeve , 6 page insert, an engraved side and download card. 2CD in a pocket pack with a 12 page booklet.
The American cable-television industry exploded in the 1980s, pushing broadcasts of diverse programming and emissions of low-laying cultures into homes. Community stations piggybacked on the digital developments of the time, extending their existence through telephony and broadcast a iliates. For those growing up in this time, in locations such as New York City, the localized communications beamed into their homes exposed them to an impressionable array of disparate sounds and visions.
Move into the 1990s and New York was filled to the brim of emergent cultures drawing from this ebullition of communication. From Rammellzee's shapeshifting to the late Judy Russell and Frank and Karen Mendez's Nu Groove imprint fusing reggae, poetry and house, nascent ideas emanated from the city walls, from within stores such as Sonic Groove store and on VHS releases such as Stakker's The Evil Acid Baron Show, a legendary technicolor psychedelic trip along the wildest frontiers of acid house. As scenes expanded and identities developed, such individuals weather the events of the visceral now, expressing themselves right into an unpredictable future.
Function's long career has seen him uncover a vast range of sonic identities, a mainstay through house, techno and industrial with collaborations with the likes of Regis, Damon Wild alongside his highly influential Infrastructure imprint. With influences deeply tied to pop art, rave and gay scenes, and early memories of block-parties emitting Kraftwerk and Strafe, he found himself seeking out the undercover illegal nights of the 90s on a quest of sexual unearthing, mixing the ever-yearning escapology mission of disco with the influential DJ sets of Jeff Mills.
For his new album Existenz, he marks a clear step away from the corporeal techno of his recent releases. Pivoting around themes of religion, sexuality, trauma and healing, it is a work expansive and celebratory, a clear liberation from a deeply internalized past. Formed from a collection of recordings made in a period from late 2016 to mid 2019, Existenz takes the form of a creative outburst in reaction to a number of traumas - recent, childhood and throughout Function's life. Life partner Stefanie Parnow assisted the production process in its entirety, providing inspiration, spiritual healing and featuring vocal contributions.
Cosmic synths soar and swoop in 'Pleasure Discipline' through towering stacks of rhythm that stutter and creak to a halt before rebooting, a firm robotic response to human intervention. 'Zahlensender' reflects a spatial tetris of urban life, as digitalization set within an XYZ matrix confronts the sprawling city. Constant arpeggiated meditations echo synaptic transmissions, e ecting a dissolution of boundaries. 'The Approach' recalls the unification of the self, a state of delirium non-subjective and smooth, as all connections and functions give way to simple intensities of feeling, crossing the threshold into spirituality. 'Golden Dawn', featuring Stefanie Parnow, marks a further elevation of dubbed-out euphoria, as once more positive rays emerge. His ode to the effortless short-trip urban navigation 'Kurzstrecke' finds Function in motion, upfront and bold, snapshots of conversation and flickers of light. 'Ertrinken' finds metallic bass jabs swamping snipped synthetic voices, with hidden stores of emotion set as a nod to the history of vocoders as a tool for encrypted military communication. House icon Robert Owens features on 'Growth Cycle' and 'Be', entrenching a celebratory atmosphere over Function's clubwise leanings. Closing track 'Downtown 161' reflects the unmistakeable filtered and squashed interjections of television, and sampled dance vocals - a sound for the curious, dreamers and dancers.
With Existenz, Function reveals an essential body of work, spread over 4LP/2CD - thought experiments on the role of identity and spirituality after a lifetime of upheaval and trauma. Leading up until the release date, Function will undertake an album promo tour with select dates - A/V shows at Berlin Atonal and Rural festival in Japan, and three dates as part of his Bassiani residency.
TRACKLIST: 1. Sagittarius A (Right Ascension) 2. Pleasure Discipline 3. Ertrinken 4. Growth Cycle (feat. Robert Owens) 5. Zahlensender 6. The Approach 7. Nylon Mood 8. Alphabet City 9. Don't Ask, Don't Tell 10. No Entiendes 11. Kurzstrecke 12. Golden Dawn (feat. Stefanie Parnow) 13. Interdimensional Interferenc 14. Distant Paradise 15. Be (feat. Robert Owens) 16. Vampir 17. Downtown 161


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Tresor Records is delighted to welcome Rod Modell to its catalogue, with the release of his new album Captagon.
Rod Modell needs no introduction, his various projects render him a master of techno. In repetition and barely noticeable change, Modell resculptures perceptions. His sound-design echoes cinematic ethereality, where ferric artefacts slam against percussion, rusty delays filter observation - the resulting web is a complex, radiating ambience that etches a natural ebb and flow.
Transformative sounds alight from the outset, "Triangulation" recalls flickering harmonies and grains, a tectonic swipe. Fast-paced dub techno emerges in "Reiki", the disorienting clangs suggesting a step away from his recent ambient excursions. "Ito" crunches the pulse further with insistent noise, into soaring epiphanies of darkened transmissions.
Modell singularly uproots standard sonic hierarchies of techno production, crisp static as forceful as his beats, a provocation of rhythm and noise. Unceasing in its fast tempo, "Jade" is trademark Tresor business - the seismic sub-sonics underpin a momentous drive, with reverberated vocal inflections disfiguring warped, dancing materials. "Scrawler" is upfront and direct, a slamming groove and swaying chords di using ethereality. Enter vast chambers of smeared minimalism.
Where Modell's recent releases had indicated a priority for ambient sounds, this new album extends Modell's essential vision within techno. Closing track "Air-Port" shows Modell at his most crucial best - an ethereal colossus of sub-bass weight and morphing geometry.

TRACKLIST: A1. Triangulation 02:58 A2. Reiki 05:18 B1. ITO 05:55 B2. Riga 05:38 B3. Jade 06:12 C1. Tracer 06:19 C2. Scrawler 05:32 D1. Qurra 05:44 D2. Air-Port 07:41
CD BONUS TRACKS 10 - Jade (DAL Remix) 06.43 11 - Sukra 04.37 12 - Kuu 05:06




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Genre: Synth Pop
Tracklist :

COMATEENS PICTURES ON A STRING DEAL WITH IT
Tracklist :

1 / COMATEENS

A1 - Ghosts
A2 - Late Night City
A3 - One By One
A4 - TVC 15
A5 - All Ways
A6 - Summer in the City
B1 - Nightmare
B2 - Strangler
B3 - Overseas
B4 - The Munsters Theme
B5 - Raceway
B6 - Keep The Pace


2 / PICTURES ON A STRING

C1 - Get Off my Case
C2 - The Late Mistake
C3 - Ice Machine
C4 - Comateens
C5 - Pictures on a String
C6 - Garbanzo
D1 - Uptown
D2 - Cinnamon
D3 - Cold Eyes
D4 - Desert Song
D5 - Donna
D6 - Crime Time


3 / DEAL WITH IT

E1 - Resist Her
E2 - Confessions
E3 - Love Will Follow You
E4 - Satin Hop
E5 - Deal With It
F1 - Nightmare
F2 - Walking Watching
F3 - Don't Come Back
F4 - Jo-Ni
F5 - Ask Yourself


Short Info :
In the fall of 1978, after working with a series of bands, New York-based musician and composer Nick
West became interested in experimenting with minimalism, collaborating with guitarist and songwriter
Ramona Jan and Lyn Byrd. They decided to play pure pop but to substitute a primitive electronic beatbox for a human drummer. The result was Comateens, becoming one of the first groups to discard the
traditional sounds and line-ups used by everyone else in New York City’s downtown music scene of
the late 1970s. In 1980 Nick’s brother Oliver joined them as guitarist, and after going on to release
three major label albums (Comateens, Pictures On A String, and Deal With It), and with some
successful tours and dance-club hits behind them, the band split up following the terribly untimely
death of Oliver in June 1987.
However in 1988 Virgin Records issued another LP entitled West & Byrd, recorded by Nick and Lyn as
a duo, and in 1991 released a retrospective compilation called ‘One By One: Best Of Comateens’, now
a rare and much sought-after record among collectors of new wave music. Acclaimed by Etienne
Daho, the band has made a name for itself with the singles “Late Night City“, “Get Off My Case“ and
“Don't Come Back“

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12", 135g Vinyl , Digital download card included

Tracklist
A1 Salomo - Transform
A2 Rhode & Brown - You & Me
B1 Sofa Talk - ALBA
B2 Dices - See You There

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UKNOWY music is back with a new installment on its more house-leaning "Plastic Garment" vinyl series. This time the EP title is "Midnight Impulse" as every track carries the treats of nocturnal life: it's dark, it's fresh and it's open to all possibilities! Starting with Salomo we have a delivery of a definite club banger with "Transform" - devotees of the likes of Kyle Hall or Steven Julien/Funkineven will definitely get their fancy tickled here. Next comes Italian break-beat maestro Sofa Talk with a rhythmically sophisticated yet deep "ALBA", much in the vein of earlier Plastic Garment releases. Munich house duo Rhode & Brown starts the B side with "You & Me" building intricate synth arpeggios over catchy chords. St. Petersburg's very own Dices closes things off with his more dreamy and at the same time incredibly complex and beautiful "See You There" - a track for the listener or the later hours of the night.



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- DCD: Digipack with selected UV High Gloss Varnish, Liner Notes, Sticker
- Official double album reissue of Yoshio Ojima's monumental full length Une Collection des Chaînons I, originally released in 1988 (on CD only) for sound-designing the Wacoal Art Center in Aoyama (Tokyo).
- Genre: - For fans of ambient, experimental, environmental, minimalism, avant-garde, synth, field recordings, Midori Takada, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Satoshi Ashikawa, Yutaka Hirose, Vanity Records, sound design, architecture, the Metabolist movement, and spirals.

Tracklisting DCD

CD1
01. Entrance6:05
02. Esplanade [LIVE]?8:29
03. Float on 5:41
04. Glass Chattering 5:52
05. Entomology (misfortune) 3:24
06. Flius 9:30
07. Mensis10:23
08. Serene 4:49
09. #1 (11-02) 7:28
10. #4 (11-10) 10:01

CD2
01. Les Trois Grâces 7:51
02. Evocations 7:12
03. Orientate 5:06
04. Pulse at Soothe 9:15
05. Parjanya 11:47
06. Entomology (Let's GO-GO)4:09
07. Atrium 8:27
08. Market 7:08
09. Sealed 5:52
10. Signe (Ambient Mix) 4:48



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WRWTFWW Records is insanely happy to announce the first ever double CD reissue for both volumes of Yoshio Ojima's superb environmental music project Une Collection des Chaînons I and II: Music For Spiral, originally released in 1988. The twenty track opus is sourced from original masters and comes as a double digipack CD with liner notes in English and Japanese. This marks the inaugural release from the ESPLANADE SERIES by WRWTFWW Records which focuses on the works of Yoshio Ojima and friends.

Une Collection des Chaînons I and II gathers selected music pieces conceptualized and produced for sound-designing the Wacoal Art Center in Aoyama (Tokyo) also known as Spiral, a hub for a wide range of sophisticated cultural proposals spanning visual arts, theatre, music, design, fashion, and lifestyle.

Named after its superb curled-shaped structures laid in a vast atrium, Spiral is a monumental work of architecture by Fumihiko Maki, designed according to the principles of Metabolism, a movement advocating the fusion of the notions of megastructures and organic biological growth - in essence, evolving designs and constructions, adapting to human needs naturally.

Evolving, organic, adapting, these are notions that perfectly describe Yoshio Ojima's divinely designed brand of environmental music. Based on a meticulous work on timbres and textures, it approaches sound design in relation to various contexts, sizes, and feelings. CD 1 flows from the eerie and levitating "Entrance" to the quirky "Esplanade (LIVE)", the gentle and reassuring "Flius", and the measured and ravishing escalation of "Mensis". On CD 2, the nanoscopic neoclassical lullaby "Les Trois Grâces" brings attention to the importance of small details, "Pulse at Soothe" starts with the minimalism of a Satoshi Ashikawa piece and slowly drifts into mystical landscapes and cavernous echoes, "Entomology" and its melancholic artificial forest evokes a Twin Peaks mirage, and "Atrium" literally feels like a floating visit of a gigantic open space structure.

Sitting alongside Midori Takada's Through The Looking Glass, Satoshi Ashikawa's Still Way, Hiroshi Yoshimura's Green, or Yutaka Hirose's NOVA, as a pivotal work of Japanese environmental/ambient/minimalist music, Une Collection des Chaînons (which translates as a collection of links) is a delicately laid out sonic landscape connecting space and emotions, architecture and humanity, adjusting and transforming through the ears of the listeners.

A note from Yoshio Ojima: "Please listen to this album at around the same volume as daily life sounds such as air conditioners and refrigerators."




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DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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