NO SALES TO JAPAN!- Beautiful 1 LP Edition with 140g Vinyl, Stoughton Tip-On Sleeve, Liner Notes (English & Japanese) by Chee Shimizu, Sticker
Official reissue of diggers' favorite Colored Music available on vinyl and CD or the first time since 1981.

Genre: Electronic, New Wave, Pop, Synth, Experimental

WRWTFWW Records is deliriously happy to announce the reissue of the 1981 self-titled album from cult Japanese duo Colored Music, available on vinyl (housed in a Stoughton tip-on sleeve) and digipack CD, with liner notes by digger, curator, connoisseur, writer and legend Chee Shimizu.

An incredible mix of cosmic new wave, unconventional disco, avant-garde synth pop, and hybrid electronic funk, Colored Music is enchantingly unique, a sort of experimental and magnetizing take on David Bowie's Berlin Trilogy with a psychedelic Haruomi Hosono touch. From the groovy post-punk glam title track to the proto-house dance floor killer "Heartbeat", Ichiko Hashimoto and Atsuo Fujimoto hit all the right (and sometimes not-exactly-right-but-truly-genius) notes to create the odd and beautiful, an unparalleled audio escape to the best elsewhere you can think of.

Also playing on the album are celebrated musicians Mansaku Kimura, Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami (Pacific, KI-Motion by MKWAJU ensemble, collaborations with Jun Fukamachi, Yasuaki Shimizu, Haruomi Hosono…) Kiyohiko Semba, Tamio "Doyo" Kawabata, and Tatsuhiko Hizawa.


Tracklisting LP
A1. Colored Music
A2. Anticipation
A3. Ei Sei Raku
A4. Sanctuary
B1. Too Much Money
B2. Love Hallucination
B3. Third Eye - Clear Light
B4. Heartbeat



- For fans of electronic, new wave, experimental pop, weird disco, hybrid funk, proto-house, Haruomi Hosono, Dip in the Pool, David Bowie, Chee Shimizu, Grauzone, Brian Eno, Jun Fukamachi, Pacific, rare albums, things that are beautiful but hard to describe.



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Genre: Environmental, Ambient, Minimalism, Percussive, Tribal, Experimental

Tracklisting LP
A1. Dawning 5:20
A2. Balasong 4:32
A3. Woods From The Sea 3:43
A4. Madal Sonic 3:44
A5. Anywhere 5:06
B1. Beatsonic 4:48
B2. Madal Sonic # 2 3:20
B3. Ear Dreamin’ 4:41
B4. Urban Kogili 6:47
B5. Beat The Water 2:28

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WRWTFWW Records is thrilled to unveil the limited edition vinyl reissue of Natural Sonic, the groundbreaking 1990 environmental percussion album by Japanese composer and performer Yoshiaki Ochi. Long a hidden gem of the kanky? ongaku movement, Natural Sonic finally returns in its full analog glory, housed in a heavyweight sleeve with obi and carefully remastered from the original archives of Wacoal Art Center / Spiral's visionary NEWSIC label.
Originally released only in Japan at the dawn of the 1990s, Natural Sonic is a mesmerizing exploration of earthly sound and rhythm - a sonic tapestry woven from wood, water, and stone, and skin. Ochi, who at the time was the in-house composer and performer for world-renowned designer Issey Miyake, created a series of elemental pieces that blur the line between avant-garde percussion, ritual music, and environmental sound art. The result is both deeply physical and profoundly meditative - an album that breathes with nature itself.
Echoing the organic minimalism of Midori Takada's Through the Looking Glass and the ecological grandeur of Geinoh Yamashirogumi's Ecophony Gaia, Ochi's compositions open portals into primal landscapes, evoking forests, rivers, and stones in flux. Part of NEWSIC's celebrated experimental catalog - alongside Yoshio Ojima's Une Collection des Chaînons, Motohiko Hamase's #Notes of Forestry, and Satsuki Shibano's Rendez-Vous - Natural Sonic now finds new life for contemporary listeners seeking sound that feels both timeless and vital.
A singular album of resonance and restraint, Natural Sonic is a treasure from the golden age of Japanese environmental music, finally available again over three decades later.

Points of Interest
- Limited edition vinyl reissue of Yoshiaki Ochi's Natural Sonic (1990), a cult Japanese environmental music and percussion masterpiece, housed in heavyweight sleeve with obi.
- Originally released on NEWSIC, the forward-thinking label operated by Wacoal Art Center / Spiral (home to Yoshio Ojima, Motohiko Hamase, Satsuki Shibano, and more).
- A unique blend of earthly percussion (wood, water, stone) and environmental soundscapes, created during Ochi's tenure as in-house composer for Issey Miyake.
- Essential listening for fans of ambient, percussion, kanky? ongaku, experimental sound art, nature recordings, and artists such as Midori Takada, Geinoh Yamashirogumi, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Yoshio Ojima.


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Genre: Techno, Electronic, Ambient, IDM, Soulful, Acid

DLP: Limited Edition, 45rpm Cut, Heavyweight Sleeve, Inside Out Pantone Printing, Sticker

Tracklisting DLP
A1. Arcadia
A2. System For Zodiac
A3. Remains
B1. Stroma
B2. Monochrome Sky
B3. Proxima Scope
C1. Diadem
C2. Ancient Architects
C3. Stroma Trite
D1. The Creation Of Typology
D2. Nostalgia
D3. Last Moment

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WRWTFWW Records is thrilled to announce the first-ever vinyl release of Japanese electronic music producer Virgo’s debut album, Landform Code, a forgotten underground classic from 1998, now finally available as a limited edition 45rpm cut double LP housed in a heavyweight sleeve.
Originally only released on CD by Tokyo-based cult label FORM@ RECORDS, Landform Code is an absolute gem of smooth, melodic Detroit techno infused with brilliant hints of acid, ambient, and IDM. It’s a dreamy, organic, and timeless record that captures the essence of late ‘90s electronic innovation with a deeply soulful touch.
The 12-track album, radiating with lush melodies, hypnotic rhythms, and textural detail, is an essential (hidden) treasure of electronic music history, transporting the listeners back to the pioneering days of Carl Craig, B12, The Black Dog, Ian O'Brien, or Warp’s Artificial Intelligence series, beautifully honoring its influences, while solidly standing on its own as a distinct and emotionally resonant piece from Japan’s underground scene.
Landform Code is released simultaneously with Virgo’s 1999 follow-up album Remnants, both excavated from the vaults of FORM@ RECORDS which has officially supervised the reissue efforts. This marks the first phase of a collaboration between the Swiss and Japanese labels – a project that will continue with forthcoming vinyl releases of FORM@ compilations Art Form I (1997), Art Form 2 (1998), and Re-Form Ver-1.0 (1999).

Points of interests

- For fans of techno, house, ambient, IDM, acid, synth, Detroit, soulful electronic music, Carl Craig, Warp Records, B12, the late 90s, feelings, machines with emotions.

- First ever vinyl release of Japanese soulful techno underground classic Landform Code by Virgo in collaboration with super cult Tokyo label FORM@ RECORDS.



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Genre: Techno, Electronic, Ambient, IDM, Soulful, Electronica, House

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Tracklisting DLP
A1. Falling Seed
A2. Round On Cirque
B1. Utia
B2. Prelude
B3. Mesa
C1. Tower Of the Dual World
C2. Lost In Blue
C3. Ivied Scupltuer
D1. Remnants
D2. Starlight


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WRWTFWW Records is very happy to announce the first-ever vinyl release of Japanese electronic music producer Virgo's unheralded sophomore album, Remnants, a sleeper underground hit from 1999, now finally available as a limited edition 45rpm cut double LP housed in a heavyweight sleeve.
Released only on CD in 1999 by Tokyo-based cult label FORM@ RECORDS, Remnants is a quietly visionary record: mellow ambient techno, fluid electronica, and soul-laced atmospherics with the spirit of Detroit close to the heart. As the follow-up to his essential debut Landform Code, Virgo expands his palette here - working in widescreen textures, warm synth tones, and patient, emotive arrangements that feel both intimate and cinematic. The result is lush, heartfelt, and simply brilliant - a late '90s statement that rewards deep, repeated listening.
Remnants sits comfortably alongside the era's best explorations in soulful techno, ambient, and IDM, recalling the sensibilities of B12, The Black Dog, Ian O'Brien, and the lineage of labels Warp, Likemind and Clear, while remaining distinctly Virgo - subtle, sophisticated, and unexpectedly moving.
The album is released alongside Virgo's Landform Code, also available on vinyl for the first time ever, as part of a collaborative reissue series between WRWTFWW and FORM@. It aslo signals more archival treasures to come : vinyl pressings of FORM@ compilations Art Form I (1997), Art Form 2 (1998), and Re-Form Ver-1.0 (1999).

Points of interests

- For fans of techno, house, ambient, IDM, acid, synth, Detroit, soulful electronic music, emotive electronica, Carl Craig, B12, the Black Dog, labels such as Warp, Likemind, and Clear, the late 90s, feelings, machines with emotions, good sophomore albums, unknown classics, essential Japanese music from the underground.

- First ever vinyl release of Japanese soulful techno underground classic Remnants by Virgo in collaboration with super cult Tokyo label FORM@ RECORDS.



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Genre: Ambient, Electronica, IDM, Electronic, Experimental

LP: Limited Edition of 100, Heavyweight Sleeve, Sticker

Tracklisting LP
A1. They, Spoke
A2. The Soldier
A3. The Poet
A4. P3Alpha Exotoxin
A5. From The Sky
A6. Signs
A7. Spectral Alignment
B1. Meditation
B2. What Does It Want
B3. Journey To The Sphere
B4. Area X
B5. The Gift
B6. Heavy Metal Offerings
B7. As It Is Written

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WRWTFWW Records presents an ultra limited (100 copies !) vinyl edition of Meemo Comma’s Decimation Of I album, originally released digitally in 2024 on Mike Paradinas' Planet Mu label. The collector’s pressing is housed in a heavyweight sleeve.
Decimation Of I is the fifth album by Brighton-based electronic musician Meemo Comma. It's a work based on the Strugatsky brothers‘ 1971 novel Roadside Picnic, a book that was also turned into the Russian cult classic Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky. The inspiration came from reading the book alongside the backdrop of global climate disasters where an environment is rapidly becoming less habitable, all while powerful nations occupy and commit genocide.

The rough story of both film and novel is about a select group of characters exploring a land that has been transformed by alien visitors. We never meet the extraterrestrials, nor is it important to, we only have the artefacts left behind. The environment itself becomes the character, neither wholly Earth-like nor alien, but a surreal blend of both, inviting introspection on our insignificance amidst profound change. Within this land’s rebirth, our characters confront ego death, a necessary step towards the profound revelation, the discovery of one's true desire in the absence of ego.

The album opens with the innocent flutes of ’They, spoke,‘ and the disorienting electronica of ‘The Soldier‘ building towards the Terry Riley like undulating clarinets of ‘The Poet’, whose intertwining synth organ drones set the scene. Nods to the seventies electronica of Wendy Carlos and Eduard Artemyev can be heard with the use of Bach melodies in ‘P3Alpha Exotoxin‘ and ‘Area X,‘ however each of these songs draw the listener to primal noise undercurrents, their disintegrating melodies hinting at humanity's gradual dissolution, unveiling profound revelations beyond our comprehension.

As the album reaches its midpoint, ‘Spectral Alignment‘ paints a hazy morning prairie scene with Aaron Copland style French horn, restful woodwinds, spatial arpeggios and a warm drone culminating in an emotional pitstop as the soldiers wake in the dewy morning of this alien landscape, unaware the last of their humanity remains.

The last sentence in Roadside Picnic “HAPPINESS FOR EVERYBODY, FREE, AND MAY NO ONE BE LEFT BEHIND!” is the inspiration for ‘As It Is Written.’ We can either take from this the total annihilation of self has been filled with propaganda from their homeland, or the epiphany of their own autonomy in the war against a land and its inhabitants.


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LP: Transparent Vinyl, Heavyweight 350gsm Sleeve, Obi

Tracklisting LP
A1 Safari 6:17
A2 The Morning After 5:02
A3 Lonely One In City 5:33
A4 Brass Monkey 5:32
B1 Mr. Gregg 5:27
B2 Day Dream At The Bob's Beach 4:43
B3 All Right In The Night 4:42
B4 Twin Of The Cafe Au Lait 6:45

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WRWTFWW Records is extremely happy to present the official reissue of Safari's self-titled album from 1984. The Japanese jazz-fusion super gem is available now as a limited-edition transparent vinyl LP housed in a heavyweight sleeve with obi.

Originally released on fabled label VAP, Safari is a one-of-a-kind city pop-adjacent summer blend of AOR, smooth jazz, and sun-drenched boogie. The sole album from the all-star outfit was the brainchild of keyboardist Toshiyuki Daitoku and Japan-based Californian jazz-funk-latin-fusion bassist Gregg Lee. Together with a large team of experienced musicians, they created a lush, immaculately-arranged 8-track cruise filled with poolside grooves, breezy rhythms, and feel-good vocal harmonies.

Safari features the well-known title track which acted as the theme song for an 80s sports program on Fuji Television, the night-swim chill music tune "All Right in The Night", and the fan-favorite buoyant vacation hit "The Morning After".

The official reissue is fully licensed and sourced from the original masters, with an audiophile cut by Sidney Meyer at Emil Berliner Studios, ensuring the warm, pristine sound this lost treasure deserves.

Safari is the second release from WRWTFWW's City Pop Series, following Momoko Kikuchi's beach classic Ocean Side, also available on transparent vinyl LP. The series, complete with a visual identity designed by Lopetz/Büro Destruct, also comes with a limited merch capsule, and more sun-soaked gems lined up for the future.


Points of interest

- For fans of Jazz-fusion, AOR, mellow funk, yacht rock, city pop, smooth jazz, chillwave, vaporwave, very endless summers, private press treasures, skinny dipping at night, living life with no worries.
- Super limited edition transparent vinyl LP reissue of Japanese jazz-fusion classic Safari by…Safari!


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LP: Limited Edition, Heavyweight Sleeve, Poster, Sticker

Tracklisting LP
A1. Calyx
A2. Meant to Say
A3. Sonnoh
B1. Chosen Talk
B2. So and So
B3. Clearly Faded
B4. Leave it Out
B5. Lo and Behold


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WRWTFWW Records is happy to announce the self-titled debut from Throwing Shapes, a new collaborative project featuring harpist Méabh McKenna, percussionist Ross Chaney, and label mainstay composer/producer Gareth Quinn Redmond. The immersive electronic meets traditional album is available on limited-edition LP housed in a heavyweight sleeve and including a beautiful mini-poster designed by artwork creator Stina Sandström. It is also available digitally.

A hypnotic, texturally rich exploration in sound led by the striking timbre of the Irish wire strung harp, Throwing Shapes weaves intricate instrumental tapestries with ambitious electronic synthesis and arrangements. The result is an immersive soundscape that feels rooted yet experiential and through which a unique vocabulary emerges - cinematic harp driven avant electronic conjuring lush sonic worlds that evoke both heritage and futurism.

Gareth Quinn Redmond's previous albums, Laistigh Den Ghleo, a ode to the work of Satoshi Ashikawa, Umcheol, mixing ambient with traditional Irish music instruments, his tape loops wonder Ar Ais Arís, and his collaborative effort with Albert Karch, Warszawa, are still available on WRWTFWW Records - complete the collection…again and again!


Points of interests

- For fans of ambient, minimalism, environmental, experimental, electro-acoustic, traditional Irish instruments, synth, cinematic harptronica, Satoshi Ashikawa, Erik Satie, Midori Takada, Albrt Karch, ambient supergroups, mini posters inside record sleeves, heritage, futurism, and meditative journeys.

- Super limited edition vinyl of Méabh McKenna, Ross Chaney, and Gareth Quinn Redmond collaborative effort Throwing Shapes with an artwork by Stina Sandström.


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Genre: City Pop, Funk, Pop, Synth, Soul
LP: Transparent Vinyl, Heavyweight 350gsm Sleeve, Obi

Tracklisting LP
A1 Ocean Side 4:39
A2 Shadow Surfer 3:30
A3 Blind Curve 4:04
A4 Summer Eyes 3:42
A5 Futari No Night Dive 4:20
B1 Seishun No Ijiwaru 4:34
B2 Evening Break 3:49
B3 So Many Dreams 5:29
B4 I Will 6:57


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WRWTFWW Records is very excited to announce the first release from its new City Pop Series with Japanese singer, actress, entertainer, scholar and all-around legend Momoko Kikuchi’s sun-drenched classic Ocean Side album, available now as a limited-edition transparent vinyl LP in a heavyweight sleeve with obi.

A cult classic among Japanese music collectors, Ocean Side was originally released in 1984 by mythical label VAP and features lush compositions and arrangements by J-Pop icon Tetsuji Hayashi (Mariya Takeuchi, Miki Matsubara, Omega Tribe, Junichi Inagaki, Urusei Yatsura anime, soundtrack…). Momoko Kikuchi’s city pop gem is a flawless mix of heartwarming beachside funk, breezy grooves, and silky-smooth vocals - the feel-good music we all need in our life right now.

The 9-track summer-is-forever adventure notably includes the ultra-funky megahit “Blind Curve”, the fan-favorite title song, and the insanely romantic ballad “Futari No Night Drive”. A vibrant reflection of summer in 1980s Japan, Ocean Side masterfully balances nostalgia and elegance, and provides part of the origin story for revered modern music genres such as chillwave, and future funk, and vaporwave.

The official reissue licensed from VAP, Inc. is sourced from the original masters with an audiophile-cut by Sidney Meyer at Emil Berliner Studios.

WRWTFWW’s City Pop Series and its Lopetz/Büro Destruct-designed logo also includes jazz-fusion-AOR-mellow-funk treasure Safari (1984), a limited capsule collection of merch, and much more to come in the near future.


Points of interests

- For fans of city pop, J-pop, funk, soul, chillwave, future funk, vaporwave, the 80s, the summer, 80s summer movies, surfing, swimming, the beach, Mattfoley’s Beach Club™.

- Super limited edition transparent vinyl LP reissue of city pop mega classic Ocean Side by Momoko Kikuchi.


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Genre: Liquid Drum n’ Bass, Electronic, Jungle, Video Game Music

DLP: Limited Edition Double LP with 45RPM Cut, Heavy 350gsm Gatefold Sleeve, Sticker

Tracklisting DLP
A1. Polygon Island
A2. Region Free
B1. Z-buffer
B2. BIOS
C1. Memory Cycles
C2. Collision Detection
D1. Stage Select
D2. Y2K Dreamscape



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WRWTFWW Records is boiling with excitement: Pizza Hotline is back! The UK producer and DJ is following up the already classic Level Select with another liquid drum & bass with a video game music twist beauty: the Polygon Island album, available in a limited edition double LP with a majestic 45rpm cut (for louder, bigger, bolder, deeper earth-shaking bass), packaged in a heavyweight 350gsm gatefold sleeve.

Home of eight all new slices of delicious atmospheric drum & bass, Polygon Island is the perfect artificial paradise beach for Pizza Hotline to deepen his exploration of modern jungle music liquified through the lens of 90s /Y2K video game motifs and seasoned with the soundtrack essence of PS1, PS2, N64, Sega Saturn & Dreamcast adventures.

Bewitching and larger than life, Pizza Hotline’s perfect follow-up to Level Select takes listeners (players?) on an endless summer escapade filled with immaculate vibes, crispy beats, and refashioned homages to, once again, LTJ Bukem, Peshay, the Wipeout OST, and Soichi Terada's Ape Escape. It’s bouncy, it flows, it’s dreamy – something to dance to, something to reminisce to, something to chill to. Pizza Hotline is back and it feels so good.

Press start. Again.


Points of interests

For fans of liquid DNB, video games, ambient, late night vibes, computers and clubs, Soichi Terada's Ape Escape, LTJ Bukem, Peshay, Wipeout OST, Pizza Hotline’s Level Select, good music, good music on video games, playing video games all night and possibly all week. Do that again and again and again.

Super limited edition vinyl of Pizza Hotline’s Polygon Island album redefining liquid drum & bass with a Y2K video game twist again and again and again.



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DCD: Digipack, Stickers, Liner Notes

Tracklisting DCD
CD1
01. Library
02. The other side part 1
03. Deserts
04. Uprising
05. The other side part 2
06. Contrast
CD2
01. Mixture
02. The other side part 3
03. Weed
04. Color
05. The other side part 4
06. Notation

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WRWTFWW Records is very excited to announce its third release from visionary Japanese ambient/experimental/environmental composer/producer Yutaka Hirose, this time with brand new album Voices, available on limited edition heavyweight-sleeved double LP as well as double CD, both with liner notes from the artist.

Voices finds Yutaka Hirose expanding his signature spatial layering into a three-dimensional videography of sound, blending field recordings, electronic manipulations, and abstract narratives. The 12-track album is a journey through a crumbling library where books whisper, history collides, and sonic textures weave new realities. Chaos, memory, and transformation – Hirose’s voices echo throughout the space, creating a fully immersive sonic experience.

The pioneering experimental and abstract electronic piece with deep hints of ambient and IDM is beautifully represented by the original artwork by Koji Shiroshita and Mifuku gracing the double LP and double digipack CD sleeves.

Voices marks Yutaka Hirose’s third full-length release on WRWTFWW Records, following his kankyõ ongaku classics Nova + 4 (an expanded version of his genre defining Soundscape 2: Nova album) and archival compilation TRACE: Sound Design Works 1986-1989, both available in vinyl, CD, and digital formats.


Points of interests

- For fans of abstract, electronic, environmental, ambient, IDM, darkwave, kankyõ ongaku, experimental, three-dimensional sonic landscapes, field recordings, exploring new worlds, the unknown.
- 12 new tracks from master Yutaka Hirose (Soundscape 2: Nova) exploring abstract electronics, available on Double LP and Double CD.









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- Splattered Vinyl Deluxe Edition, Indie Shops only

Special remarks : Gatefold 2LP ( 2x splattered vinyl) + Slipmat + Download code

GENRE/S: Electronica/Indie Dance

TRACKLIST:

A1 Call of the Void
A2 Perfect World

B1 Powerful Play
B2 Avalanche
B3 In My Place

C1 Mesmerized
C2 Promised Land

D1 Beacon
D2 Phoenix
D3 Once I Understood


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The creative visionary behind a remarkable catalogue of widely celebrated releases and two critically acclaimed albums, Monolink returns this fall with his most thought-provoking and introspective project to date. Titled The Beauty Of It All, the multi-faceted German artist's third studio album is slated for worldwide release on September 26, 2025.
Marking a bold new chapter in Monolink's artistic evolution, The Beauty Of It All will dive deep into themes of beauty, impermanence and human connection, blending his signature fusion of live instrumentation, soulful song-writing and electronic innovation. The announcement arrives on the heels of two standout singles already this year - "Mesmerized" (January) and "Powerful Play" (March) - both of which will feature on the new album. With The Beauty Of It All, he builds on the foundations laid by his first two long players, pushing his sound into new, uncharted territory while staying rooted in the organic, humanistic qualities that have defined his career. The album is poised to be his most revealing and boundary-defying release yet; a sonic statement from an artist who continues to redefine what it means to be a modern musician.


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2024 repress

Double Vinyl
Pressed on BioVinyl and packaged in environmental wrapping


To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Plastikman's redefining acid techno masterpiece, Sheet One, has been mastered from the original tapes and reissued on vinyl via Mute and NovaMute.

Released in 1993 on Mute's subsidiary label NovaMute, this record was the debut for Richie Hawtin's alias Plastikman. 30 years on Sheet One is a landmark album in the field of electronic music, it changed the shape of what the genre could be and became.

Introducing one of techno's most recognisable logos, the album achieved a degree of notoriety for its acid blotter-style perforated artwork. Musically it focuses on laser-precise minimalist rhythms to drive a series of echo-box acid lines that gradually acquire power over the course of lengthy album tracks, with frequent use of the Roland TB-303, which gained prominence in the electronic music world as a staple of Chicago's acid house scene. Hawtin once described Sheet One perfectly in an interview with MusicRadar, saying "...It's music for the end of the party as you're melting into the floor, which is exactly what the name Plastikman was made to represent."

This seminal album helped to establish the template for minimal techno, and is a must listen for lovers of electronic music.

Available on double bio vinyl.

TRACKLIST
A1 Drp
A2 Plasticity
A3 Gak
B1 Okx
B2 Helikopter
B3 Glob
C1 Plasticine
C2 Koma
D1 Vokx
D2 Smak
D3 Ovokx



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Packaging: 4 CD + 1 DVD 9 , Hardcover boxset sized 16cmx16cm , slipcase , 24 page booklet (like a book) + special printed panels for CDs/DVD, marketing sticker

FYC40 celebrates 40 years of Fine Young Cannibals, the British trio who stormed the global music scene in the mid-to-late ’80s. Their journey began with the soulful, new wave energy of their 1985 debut Fine Young Cannibals, before reaching new heights with 1989’s The Raw & The Cooked, a worldwide smash that fused rock, funk, and house, all powered by Roland Gift’s unmistakable voice.
Across their career, the band scored eight UK Top 40 hits, two U.S. Billboard #1 singles, multiple Grammy nominations, and two BRIT Awards — cementing their place in pop history.
The Raw & The Cooked delivered enduring anthems like 'She Drives Me Crazy' and 'Good Thing,' both U.S. chart-toppers whose influence still resonates today, from hit shows like The Bear to this year’s Chanel campaign featuring Dua Lipa and BLACKPINK’s Jennie.
FYC40 is out 21.11.25 and available to pre-order now.

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DELUXE 4CD+1DVD BOXSET : Comprehensive visit of Fine Young Cannibals
- Deluxe harcover boxset with heavyweight slipxase, 24 page book, 4 CD + 1 DVD .
- 4CD / 69 tracks + DVD / 11 videos + 15 song 1989 concert + 9 BBC Live performances
- New artwork, 3 essays (by Andrew Harrison, John Earls & Simon Price), new liner notes
- Fully remastered
- CD1 (21 tracks) : Fine Young Cannibals' s/t album plus bonus tracks (including previously unreleased Anne Dudley sessions)
- CD2 (21 tracks) : 'The Raw & The Cooked' plus bonus tracks
- CD3 (14 tracks) : Select remixes 1989-1996 including 2 previously unreleased mixes by Prince Paul (De La Soul) and Juan Atkins
- CD4 (13 tracks) : More remixes 1996-2025 include 4 new 2025 remixes (Flight Facilities / DJ Q / Initial Talk / The Reflex) and 3 remixes on CD for the first time (Cerrone, Dimitri from Paris, Derrick Carter)
- DVD :
1. 11 Restored videos in HD
2. Live at the Paramount (1989) - full concert restored and remastered : 15 songs
3. 9 select BBC performances from The Old Grey Whistle Test, Wogan and Top of The Pops


4CD+1DVD BOXSET

CD1 Fine Young Cannibals + bonus tracks

1. Johnny Come Home 3:35 1985
2. Couldn't Care More 3:30 1985
3. Don't Ask Me to Choose 3:11 1985
4. Funny How Love Is 3:28 1985
5. Suspicious Minds 3:56 1985
6. Blue 3:31 1985
7. Move to Work 3:26 1985
8. On a Promise 3:06 1985
9. Time Isn't Kind 3: 1985
10. Like a Stranger 3:24 1985
11. Love for Sale 2:51 1985 Bonus track
12. Wade in the Water 2:56 Bonus track 1985
13. Motherless Child 2:35 Bonus track 1986
14. Johnny Come Home [Anne Dudley Version] 3:28 unreleased 1985
15. Couldn't Care More [Anne Dudley Version] 3:16 1985
16. Move to Work [Anne Dudley Version] 3:19 unreleased 1985
17. Blue [Version] 3:34 Bonus Track 1985
18 Suspicious Minds [John Luongo U.S. 7" Mix] 3:24 Bonus Track 1986
19. Funny How Love Is [Rerecorded Version] 3:29 Bonus Track 1986
20. Johnny Come Home [Extended Mix] 5:40 Bonus Track 1985
21. Suspicious Minds [Extended Version] 4:34 Bonus Track 1986

CD2 The Raw & the Cooked + bonus tracks

1. She Drives Me Crazy 3:35 1989
2. Good Thing 3:24 1989
3. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be 4:21 1989
4. I'm Not Satisfied 3:50 1989
5. Tell Me What 2:50 1989
6. Don't Look Back 3:39 1989
7. It's OK (It's Alright) 3:32 1989
8. Don't Let It Get You Down 3:23 1989
9. As Hard as It Is 3:14 1989
10. Ever Fallen in Love 3:54 1989
11. Social Security 3:29 Bonus Track 1989
12. You Never Know 4:28 Bonus Track 1989
13. Hold Me [Demo] 3:31 Bonus Track 1989
14. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [Demo Version] 4:42 Bonus Track 1989
15. I'm Not Satisfied [Demo Version] 3:21 Bonus Track 1989
16. Tell Me What [Demo Version] 4:14 Bonus Track 1989
17. As Hard as It Is [Demo Version] 3:22 Bonus Track 1989
18. Race Track [Demo] 1:33 Bonus Track 1989
19. She Drives Me Crazy [Louil Silas Jr. U.S. 7" Mix] 4:53 Bonus Track 1989
20. Good Thing [10" Alternative Mix] 3:24 Bonus Track 1989
21. Ever Fallen in Love [Extended Version] 6:20 Bonus Track 1986

CD3 REMIXES (1989-1996)

1. The Flame [Dave Way Mix]
2. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [Matt Dike Remix]
3. She Drives Me Crazy [The Monie Love Remix]
4. Good Thing [Prince Paul Remix]
5. I'm Not Satisfied [Prince Paul Groovie Organ Mix]
6. It's OK (It's Alright) [Ploeg Club Mix]
7. Ever Fallen in Love [Arthur Baker Club Senseless]
8. Johnny Come Home [Mark Moore 12" Remix]
9. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [Dancin' Danny D Remix]
10. She Drives Me Crazy [The Justin Strauss Mix]
11. I'm Not Satisfied [Matt Dike 12"]
12. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [Juan Atkins Remix]
13. Johnny Come Home [Mousse T Cocktail Mix]
14. Don't Look Back [Luke Mornay Extended Remix]



CD4 REMIXES (1996 - 2025)

1. She Drives Me Crazy [Flight Facilities Remix]
2. Ever Fallen in Love [DJ Q Remix]
3. Johnny Come Home [Initial Talk Remix]
4. She Drives Me Crazy [The Reflex Edit]
5. The Flame [Mario Più & Ricky Le Roy Experience Mix]
6. She Drives Me Crazy [Cerrone Remix]
7. Johnny Come Home [Mousse T Extended Mix]
8. She Drives Me Crazy [Dimitri from Paris Remix]
9. The Flame [Mario Scalambrin Heartbeat Mix]
10. Johnny Come Home [Derrick Carter Remix]
11. She Drives Me Crazy [Roger Sanchez Time & Space Mix]
12. The Flame [Gigi D'Agostino Mix]
13. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [Rollo & Sister Bliss Monster Mix

DVD Promo videos / Interview / Live At The Paramount (1989) / Live at the BBC

1. Johnny Come Home
2. Blue
3. Suspicious Minds
4. Funny How Love Is
5. Ever Fallen in Love
6. She Drives Me Crazy
7. Good Thing
8. Don't Look Back
9. I'm Not The Man I Used To Be
10. I'm Not Satisfied
11. The Flame

+ Live at the Paramount - 21 October 1989

1. Johnny Come Home
2. Like a Stranger
3. Couldn't Care More
4. Good Thing
5. Tell Me What
6. Time Isn't Kind
7. I'm Not Satisfied
8. Funny How Love Is
9. Ever Fallen in Love
10. Don't Look Back
11. Suspicious Minds
12. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be
13. It's OK (It's Alright)
14. My Girl
15. She Drives Me Crazy

+ FYC at the BBC

1. Couldn't Care More [Live at the Haçienda - on The Old Grey Whistle Test]
2. Don't Ask Me to Choose [Live at the Haçienda - on The Old Grey Whistle Test]
3. Johnny Come Home [on Top of the Pops]
4. Suspicious Minds [on Top of the Pops]
5. Funny How Love Is [on Wogan]
6. Ever Fallen in Love [on Top of the Pops]
7. She Drives Me Crazy [on Top of the Pops]
8. Good Thing [on Top of the Pops]
9. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [on Top of the Pops]





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Format Notes: 2023 reissue, 140g vinyl, remastered from the original Vertigo Master Tapes for this edition by Simon Francis, original gatefold die-cut sleeve replicated in fine detail

Territories: Worldwide no restrictions

Track List:

A1 : Song For The Bearded Lady (7:22)
A2 : Sun Child (5:16)
A3 : Lullaby For A Lonely Child (4:21)
A4 : We’ll Talk About It Later (6:13)
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B1 : Oasis (9:44)
B2 : Ballad Of Joe Pimp (3:45)
B3 : Easter 1916 (8:49)

Release Notes:

Their masterpiece? With breaks for dayyyyyys and an almost ambient, heavy jazz atmosphere throughout, *this* is the apex of British jazz-rock fusion. We'll Talk About It Later was first released on Vertigo in 1971 and original copies are now very tricky to score. Like all the Nucleus records, it’s aged ridiculously well and this Be With re-issue, re-mastered from the original analogue tapes, shows off just why this deserves to be back in press.

Genius trumpeter and visionary composer Ian Carr was one of the most respected British musicians of his era. He was a true pioneer and saw the potential in fusing the worlds of jazz with rock, just as Miles Davis and The Tony Williams Lifetime did in the US. In late 1969, following the demise of the Rendell-Carr quintet, and tiring of British jazz, Carr assembled the legendary Nucleus. Regarding music as a continuous process, Nucleus refused to “recognise rigid boundaries” and worked on delivering what they saw as a “total musical experience”. We can get behind that.

Under bandleader Carr, Nucleus existed as a fluid line-up of inventive, skilled musicians. This constant evolution and revolution was all part of the continuous musical exploration and discovery that took jazz to new levels. And the music has kept relevant. To steal a line from a review of our re-issue of Roots, when it comes to anything Nucleus “it’s basically already hip-hop”.

We'll Talk About It Later is arguably Nucleus's best album. Not only that, it's in the top 5 of all fusion albums. By the time Nucleus entered Trident Studios in September 1970 to record Elastic Rock's successor, they had already won a best group award at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Once again presented in a Roger Dean designed die-cut gatefold sleeve it continued to demonstrate the chemistry and interplay that worked so brilliantly on Elastic Rock; Carr's sumptuous trumpet and flügelhorn lines, Karl Jenkins's funk-filled electric keyboards, Chris Spedding's wah-wah guitar, Brian Smith's sax and the rhythmic foundation of drummer John Marshall and bassist Jeff Clyne.

The group work and insane musicianship Nucleus were famed for is in evidence from the off. The intensely funky "Song for the Bearded Lady" is absolute FIRE, blasting out the speakers to leave listeners floored. Counterpoint riffing segues into a spacious groove and a Carr trumpet solo demonstrating the influence of electric Miles from the period. The stop-start funk of "Sun Child" would appeal to Soft Machine devotees whilst the genuinely touching "Lullaby for a Lonely Child" is a lovely downtempo ballad. Featuring an understated, reflective horn line from Carr and Smith and atmospheric, shimmering bouzouki from Spedding, there's an exotic flavour which contributes to the bliss. The ominous, sleazy title track retains a swaggering menace and is not the only track to lend a sort of heavy stoner rock atmosphere. The guitars and bass are deep and low throughout, conjuring heavy psych moments to go with the actual jazz and even funk. To say this album was in conversation with Bitches Brew would not be overstating the sheer brain-frying brilliance.

The Weather Report-adjacent "Oasis" opens Side B, a colossal track featuring nearly 10 minutes of steadily building melodic horns, keys and choppy guitar riffs. So ace, it could easily go on for another 10. Mesmeric. Spedding adds unique vocals to the undeniable groove of "Ballad of Joe Pimp" whilst saxophonist Smith's duet with drummer Marshall at the conclusion of "Easter 1916" - inspired by the Yeats poem about the Irish nationalist uprising in Dublin - adopts the wildness of the most incendiary free jazz.

This Be With edition of We'll Talk About It Later has been re-mastered from the original Vertigo master tapes, Simon Francis’ mastering working together with Cicely Balston's cut at AIR Studios to weave their usual magic with these wonderful recordings. The stunning die-cut sleeve has been restored with the original gatefold window pane depicting the Irish uprising in 1916. Incredible, timeless, guaranteed spine-chills.


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territories : worldwide minus France, Benelux

Genre: Electronic / Club Music
Format: 2LP, stickers

Tracklist

A1. Lego Dave du Shit (5*Kila Hyas DRM) 03:47
A2. RCK JUMEAUX 03:04
A3. Bleast 02:55
A4. A-BIENT 1 00:31
A5. B-BIENT 2 00:34
A6. C-BIENT 3 00:42

B1. Qui A Dub Maman ? 05:41
B2. Îles Nvelles 05:12
B3. D-BIENT 4 00:51
B4. E-BIENT 5 00:51

C1. Which is Good (Prod. by Mad Rey) 03:20
C2. Gagra 04:54
C3. Sa Ronne 03:26
C4. F-BIENT 6 00:48

D1. LAST JAM feat. Mad Rey 06:08
D2. MEZACIDUB III 04:50
D3. H-BIENT 8 00:48
D4. G-BIENT 7 00/44




Lego Dave du Shit, a noble aristocrat from the vallée du Shit, traveled to the RCK JUMEAUX planet to answer the Bleast’s question: “Qui A Dub Maman?”


To do so, he had to explore the Îles Nvlles, inhabited by robots, where he learned the ancestral chant of the Witches of Good: “Which is Good.”
He’s waiting to return to Earth in September to reunite with his friend Loba from Gagra, and to take part in the LAST JAM of October.


That being said, he must also visit in November the guardian Mezacidub III, son of Mezacidub II and Valprius Organo (a clone of the Bilrituel Cyborg of Tarza Y7).


In a few words, APR7S is simply an expression used after the party – or “after” in English.


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180g vinyl LP
Features a 24 pages risograph printed publication and a print with works by Tokyo-based photographer Daisuke Tomizawa

Special remarks: 180g

Tracklist:

A1) Hatsuhinode 06:55 min
A2) Agora 02:39 min
A3) Ostinato 03:56 min
A4) Hibari 04:59 min
B1) Maya 06:55 min
B2) Shizuku 04:40 min
B3) Niwa 04:07 min
B4) Tio 08:04 min

Info:
Pianist Masako Ohta and trumpet player Matthias Lindermayr are back on Squama with 'Nozomi', the follow-up to their 2022 debut 'MMMMH'.
The Japanese title, which translates to ‘hope’, felt fitting, as the album was conceived during a time of personal loss for Ohta, during and after which music proved itself as a beacon of hope.
The music on Nozomi unfolds gently, with Lindermayr’s airy tone and lyrical playing being wrapped in Ohta’s chordal backing that moves from tender to tense and back over the course of the album. While most tunes were written by Lindermayr, the only exception being an interpretation of Ryuichi Sakamoto’s ‘Hibari’, the arrangements are largely improvised, letting the duo’s intuition guide the course and build the form.
Solemn slowness has become a signature trait of the Munich-based duo and it makes listening to their new record a healing retreat from the frantic chatter of the present.




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