Transversales Disques proudly presents PANORAMA Vol. 2, another deep dive into rare French soundtracks, Library music, and instrumental oddities that have largely remained untouched by reissues or compilations.

This curated selection features 11 forgotten gems recorded between 1968 and 1980. It showcases the brilliance of celebrated maestros like Francis Lai, Karl-Heinz Schäfer, Eric Demarsan and Jean-Claude Petit, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with unsung composers such as Oswald d'Andréa, and Jean-Louis Bucchi.

Embark on a cinematic journey brimming with moody string arrangements, funky flanged drums, signature French basslines, and deeply dramatic atmospheres.

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1. Caravelli - L’étrange Docteur Personne (1977)
A2. Pierre Dutour et son orchestre - The Man From Nowhere (1970)
A3. Jean-Claude Petit - Rocking Chair (1974)
A4. Jean-Louis Bucchi - Nostalgia (1976)
A5. Pierre Cavalli - Un soir chez Norris (1971)
A6. Claude Vasori - Les Calanques (1968)
B1. Francis Lai - Le voyou (1970)
B2. Karl Heinz Schafer - Nous n’irons plus au Labrador (1976)
B3. Yan Tregger - Banana Slush (1975)
B4. Oswald d’Andrea - Thème d’amour (1977)
B5. Eric Demarsan - La trace (1980)

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Transversales Disques proudly presents the first official LP reissue of "Deserted Palace", studio album written & performed by Jean Michel Jarre in 1972, during his work experience at G.R.M. (Groupe de Recherches Musicales).

In 1971, an order was placed with producer Francis Dreyfus to provide sound for public places such as airports and libraries. He decided to pass the project on to Jean-Michel, who had recently been signed by his record company.

These fifteen tracks are made with only two synthesizers (EMS VCS3 & Farfisa organ) in an experimental and very minimal style.

"It was a crazy album, totally homemade, with rhythms that I made in my student room, with a minimum of equipment and at the same time electronic sounds that I stole from the GRM where I went at night after stealing the keys to the studios. It is a pirate record, in every sense of the word, in which we find what I did afterwards.” JMJ

A1. Poltergeist Party
A2. Music Box Concerto
A3. Rain Forest Rap Session
A4. A Love Theme For Gargoyles
A5. Bridge Of Promises
A6. Exasperated Frog
A7. Take Me To Your Leader
A8. Deserted Palace
A9. Pogo Rock
B1. Wind Swept Canyon
B2. The Abominable Snowman
B3. Iraqi Hitch-Hiker
B4. Free Floating Anxiety
B5. Synthetic Jungle
B6. Bee Factory

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Transversales is very glad to announce the release of « Mémoire Magnétique, vol.3 » spanning 1967-1971, revelatory collection of short and secret music by electronic music pioneer Bernard Parmegiani.

The third volume of this compilation allows us to discover some of unreleased rarities from Bernard Parmegiani’s personal archives and unpublished recordings which were composed for the screen or the performing arts.

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A1 Araignelephant I
A2 Narcissus Echo
A3 Sadiquement Votre I
A4 Sables
A5 Sadiquement Votre II
A6 La Ville En Haut De La Colline I
A7 Sadiquement Votre III
A8 Araignelephant II
B1 La Ville En Haut De La Colline II
B2 Araignelephant III
B3 Je, Tu, Elles
B4 Sadiquement Votre IV
B5 Labyrinthe
B6 Sadiquement Votre V
B7 Araignelephant IV

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Transversales is very glad to announce the release of « Unreleased & Rareties » spanning 1972-2002, revelatory collection of short and secret music by electronic music pioneer, Jean SCHWARZ. He served as an engineer at the CNRS in the Ethnomusicology Department of the Musée de l'Homme in Paris, and was a member of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (G.R.M) from 1969 to 1999.

This compilation allows us to discover some of unreleased rarities from Jean Schwarz’s personal archives and unpublished recordings which were composed for the dance, screen or the performing arts.

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A1 - Etude Longue
A2 - Prologue, Maison Rouge
A3 - Kodo
A4 - Keeping Still
A5 - Bouillon de Culture
A6 - Cloches
B1 - Calligraphy
B2 - Histoire d'A
B3 - Regard
B4 - Koening Song
B5 - Awakening
B6 - Feedback
B7 - Sonal France Culture

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Transversales Disques proudly presents the first official reissue of Michel Colombier's cult 1973 soundtrack "L'héritier". The man behind "Psyche Rock" and "Requiem pour un con" delivers an incredibly intense downtempo spacey-prog-funk score with outstanding drums, wah-wah guitars, deep Rhodes chords and superb bass performed by a legendary rhythm section (Jannick Top, Jean Schultheis, Claude Engel). The soundtrack of "L’héritier" is linked with the score of "Tarot", an improbable Spanish giallo that Colombier composed the same year, featuring Nanette Workman on the main theme. It perfectly captures the essence of this thriller with deep drama grooves and electronic experimentations. This 2025 deluxe edition contains 5 unreleased tracks from the '"Tarot" score.

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A1 - L'héritier
A2 - Rêve
A3 - L'usine
A4 - Hôtel Lutetia
A5 - Kidnapping
A6 - L'héritier (Partie 2)
B1 - Blind Date
B2 - Incantation
B3 - Blind Luck
B4 - Doggie Style
B5 - Hearing Aid
B6 - Breakdown
B7 - Reading The Cards
B8 - Tarot

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Transversales Disques proudly presents the first official LP reissue of "Deserted Palace", studio album written & performed by Jean Michel Jarre in 1972, during his work experience at G.R.M. (Groupe de Recherches Musicales).

In 1971, an order was placed with producer Francis Dreyfus to provide sound for public places such as airports and libraries. He decided to pass the project on to Jean-Michel, who had recently been signed by his record company.

These fifteen tracks are made with only two synthesizers (EMS VCS3 & Farfisa organ) in an experimental and very minimal style.

"It was a crazy album, totally homemade, with rhythms that I made in my student room, with a minimum of equipment and at the same time electronic sounds that I stole from the GRM where I went at night after stealing the keys to the studios. It is a pirate record, in every sense of the word, in which we find what I did afterwards.” JMJ

Audio restored & remastered

A1 - Poltergeist Party
A2 - Music Box Concerto
A3 - Rain Forest Rap Session
A4 - A Love Theme For Gargoyles
A5 - Bridge Of Promises
A6 - Exasperated Frog
A7 - Take Me To Your Leader
A8 - Deserted Palace
A9 - Pogo Rock
B1 - Wind Swept Canyon
B2 - The Abominable Snowman
B3 - Iraqi Hitch-Hiker
B4 - Free Floating Anxiety
B5 - Synthetic Jungle
B6 - Bee Factory

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Transversales Disques proudly presents Thelonious Monk / Live in Paris (1966).
LOST ORTF RECORDINGS. A unique pianist and composer, Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) is one of the greatest jazz legends of all time. Thelonious is surrounded by his legendary quartet featuring Charlie Rouse (saxophone ténor), Larry Gales (bass),and Ben Riley (drum).
First ever official release of this lost ORTF recording performed live in Paris at Studio 104, Maison de la Radio.Release with the full permission and cooperation of the National Audiovisual Institute (INA).
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A1 - I Love You (Sweetheart Of All My Dreams)
A2 - Lulu's Back In Town
A3 - Just a Gigolo
B1 - I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
B2 - Crepuscule With Nellie
B3 - Epistrophy

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Transversales Disques proudly presents PANORAMA, an excursion through rare French soundtracks & other rarities mostly never reissued or compiled.
11 forgotten nuggets recorded between 1969 and 1980 by famous masters like Francis Lai, Alain Goraguer and Michel Magne alongside underrated composers like Jean Schwarz, Christian Gaubert or Maurice Lecoeur. A cinematic journey overflowing with moody strings arrangements, funky drum breaks, typical French basslines and psyched atmospheres.

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A1 - Christian Gaubert & Gilbert Becaud - The Organization
A2 - Christophe - Le dernier des mauvais jours
A3 - André Popp - Sweet Mary
A4 - Michel Magne - Prophets (Instrumental)
A5 - Jean Schwarz - FInal Maison Rouge
B1 - Vladimir Cosma - Menuet Spacial
B2 - Francis Lai - Thème de Simon
B3 - Jacky Chalard - L'agonie
B4 - Maurice Lecoeur - Conte au fil de l'eau
B5 - Janko Nilovic - Mouvements aquatiles
B6 - Alain Goraguer - La vie sentimentale

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Transversales Disques proudly presents Alain Goraguer Rare Soundtracks & Lost Tapes.
French composer Alain Goraguer who first made a name for himself as a sideman and arranger for Serge Gainsbourg wrote very few soundtracks, but amongst them, the legendary La Planète Sauvage (1973) is an absolute staple of France’s essential music.

During that same period of time, Goraguer wrote two rare and beautiful scores using the same masterclass arrangements. On L’Affaire Dominici (1975), Alain Goraguer creates a theme of great melodic clarity from a palette of breathy flutes, clavinet D6 baroque textures, wah-wah guitars and slow-paced drums that clearly reminds La Planete Sauvage’s atmosphere. The same can be said about the score of Au delà de la peur (1975) with its descending clavinet melody, twanging bass riff, funky drums and flashes of bended electric guitars. This record also includes never before released tracks found in the vaults of French national radio: beautiful and timeless orchestral compositions recorded at Studio 105, Maison de la radio.

REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES

A1 - L’affaire Dominici
A2 - Enquête
A3 - Thème principal
A4 - Procès
A5 - Thème guitare
A6 - Thème orchestre
A7 - Générique
B1 - Un homme traqué
B2 - Au-delà de la peur
B3 - Nostalgie d’un amour imaginaire
B4 - Rêverie
B5 - Recherche nostalgique

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Transversales Disques proudly presents Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Live in Paris (1970).

Gifted multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk at the height of his powers, backed by his Vibration Society, including long-term cohorts pianist Ron Burton, powerhouse percussionist Joe Habao Texidor, Dick Griffin on trombone, drummer Jerome Cooper and Vernon Martin on Double Bass. First ever official reissue of this rare ORTF recording performed live at studio 104, Maison de la Radio Paris, with the full permission and cooperation of the National Audiovisual Institute (INA).

Deluxe edition, Classic Tip-On jacket, including exclusive liner notes and pictures. Mastered from the original master tapes.

A1 - Sweet Fire
A2 - The Inflated Tear
B1 - Three For The Festival
B2 - My Cherie Amour
B3 - Volunteered Slavery

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Transversales proudly presents the first LP reissue of “Les granges brûlées”, original soundtrack written and performed
by Jean-Michel Jarre shortly after his work experience at G.R.M (Groupe de Recherches Musicales). Probably one the first
ever electronic music score, recorded with very scanty means: a VCS3 synthesizer, a Farsifa organ and three synchronized
Revox tape recorders. Director Jean Chapot, who understood immediately the interest in the gap between this hyper
classical rural thriller and this groundbreaking music, let Jarre absolutely free to compose. Built up around several melodic
leitmotifs, the score of “Les granges brûlées” allowed Jarre to pursue his personal research: to bridge the gap between
experimental music and pop music.
This deluxe reissue also contains the bonus track “Happiness Is a Sad Song” composed during Jarre's time at the G.R.M.
“Aphex Twin

TRACKLIST:
A1. La chanson des granges brûlées
A2. Le pays de Rose
A3. L'hélicoptère
A4. Une morte dans la neige
A5. Le juge
A6. Le car / Le chasse-neige
A7. Thème de l'argent
A8. Rose
A9. Zig-Zag
B1. Hésitation
B2. La perquisition et les paysans
B3. Reconstitution
B4. Les granges brûlées
B5. Descente au village
B6. La vérité
B7. Générique
B8. Happiness Is a Sad Song*

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After more than 45 years forgotten in the personal archives of Jean Schwarz, Transversales Disques is very happy to release this previously unpublished recording which brings together the great Don Cherry and his friend, composer Jean Schwarz, pioneer in electro-acoustic music and member of G.R.M.
This concert was recorded in 1977 at the Paris MIX festival (Théatre Récamier) organised by G.R.M and hosted by director François Bayle. An elegant mix of spiritual jazz and electronic sounds around this astounding quintet made up of JF Jenny Clark, Nana Vasconcelos and Michel Portal.
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A1 - Intro
A2 - Doussn' Gouni - Part 1
A3 - Doussn' Gouni - Part 2
A4 - Bells One
B1 - BellsTwo
B2 - Berimbau
B3 - Whistles
B4 - Theme 1
B5 - Bando
B6 - Tribute to Ornette

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Transversales Disques proudly presents Ahmad Jamal Trio, Live in Paris 1971. Never heard before ORTF recordings performed live at studio 104, Maison de la Radio, Paris. This is the first official release with the full permission and cooperation of the National Audiovisual Institute (INA) coming in a Deluxe Edition - Classic Tip-On Jacket. Including exclusive pictures. Mastered from the original master tapes.

« While be-bop musicians practise one-upmanship in terms of speed, Ahmad Jamal develops a crystal-clear touch and praises silence: "I was an angel among devils! The boppers made notes explode. I let them resonate until the end of their lives".
A reputation as an artist on the fringes perhaps explains this lack of fame he suffered at one time. But despite the great whirlwind that is his life, Ahmad Jamal declares that he is searching for peace: "The quest is that of musical and internal peace. I cannot acknowledge that I am at peace, it would be dangerous to show it. A man at peace with himself doesn't say so".

If you cannot say it, you can hear it, especially during his first concert in Paris in a trio. Here we are transported to the upper echelons of the art of the trio: the master of the piano, in studio 104 of Broadcasting House, is surrounded by brilliant accomplices, Jamil Nasser on double bass and Frank Gant on drums... » (Jérôme Badini, France Musique).

TRACKLIST:

A1. Bogota
B1. Manhattan Reflections
B2. Effendi

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Transversales Disques is very glad to announce the release of Solitude Transit
unpublished archives by electroacoustic music pioneer Luc Ferrari. Music composed for
contemporary dance, choregraphed by Anne-Marie Reynaud.
Affiliated with French Radio’s Groupe de Musique Concrète, co-founder of the GRM with
Pierre Schaeffer in 1958, Luc Ferrari (1929-2005) major figure of musique concrète and
electroacoustic music broke away to pave his own path of individualistic expressions of
minimalist music, musical theater, field recordings, orchestral music and soundtracks…

TRACKLIST:
A1. Roman de Gare
B1. Ligne de Fuite
B2. On Part chez Marie-Christine

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Maurice Lecoeur could be considered as France’s best kept secret composer. Although
hardly known outside of « digging-nerds » circles, he produced an incredible number of
themes for movies, TV programs and commercials. Inspired by his friend and mentor
François de Roubaix, he managed to create his own print, juggling freely with genres,
harmonies, tonalities and string arrangements.
This fine compilation gathers together the cream of his 70s-to-mid-80s work ; a journey
overflowing with pop fantasies, crazy drum-breaks and beautiful orchestral themes.
Most of these magnetic tapes are totally unrealeased and could have burned in the terrible
fire that devastated Lecoeur’s home studio in the early 90’s. For fans of Jean Claude Vannier,
Michel Colombier, François De Roubaix and Janco Nilovic…

TRACKLIST:

A1. Faux suspense
A2. L'Or rouge, richesse Du Zaire
A3. Le soleil qui rit rouge - maquette
A4. Les petites filles modèles
A5. Donne-moi la terre
A6. Lualaba, source d’énergie
A7. Fair Pale Sweet and Nice
A8. Safari au Kivu thème 1
A9. Évocation du Shaba
A10. Bayou
A11. Safari au Kivu thème 2
B1. Sans préméditation
B2. Le ballet inachevé
B3. Les bijoux de famille, thème
B4. Mélodie retrouvée
B5. Tartares
B6. La rage de lire
B7. Le vin des Carpathes
B8. Les bijoux de famille, thème 2
B9. Chili
B10. L'oeil de la nuit
B11. Madame Holle

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Transversales Disques presents KSHATRYA, (The Eye Of The Bird), never released before recording by french avant-garde electronic composer Igor Wakhevitch, who composed a bunch of major experimental albums in the 70’s such as Logos, Docteur Faust, Hathor, Les Fous d'Or, Nagual and Let's Start.
During this 10 years period, Wakhevitch was close to Jean-Michel Jarre, the Pink Floyd, the Soft-Machine, and legendary choreographer Maurice Bejart having with him many conversations around dance and music, human body and soul, spiritual path, collective life, new society, human evolution. As a composer Igor Wakhevitch collaborated with Salvador Dali, Carolyn Carlson, and Terry Riley to name a few. He's considered as one of the first French composer using synthesizers like Synthi AKS, ARP2600 or Moog modular systems.
After spending almost 30 years in India, Igor Wakhevitch dug in his archives this unreleased work recorded in 1999 on his “Mysterious Island 88” system. Esotheric, sacred and cosmic, KSHATRYA, (The Eye Of The Bird) is the logical follow up of Igor’s early works and a monumental piece of electronic music. A must!


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Transversales Disques presents KSHATRYA, (The Eye Of The Bird), never released before recording by french avant-garde electronic composer Igor Wakhevitch, who composed a bunch of major experimental albums in the 70’s such as Logos, Docteur Faust, Hathor, Les Fous d'Or, Nagual and Let's Start.
During this 10 years period, Wakhevitch was close to Jean-Michel Jarre, the Pink Floyd, the Soft-Machine, and legendary choreographer Maurice Bejart having with him many conversations around dance and music, human body and soul, spiritual path, collective life, new society, human evolution. As a composer Igor Wakhevitch collaborated with Salvador Dali, Carolyn Carlson, and Terry Riley to name a few. He's considered as one of the first French composer using synthesizers like Synthi AKS, ARP2600 or Moog modular systems.
After spending almost 30 years in India, Igor Wakhevitch dug in his archives this unreleased work recorded in 1999 on his “Mysterious Island 88” system. Esotheric, sacred and cosmic, KSHATRYA, (The Eye Of The Bird) is the logical follow up of Igor’s early works and a monumental piece of electronic music. A must!


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The newly discovered and unreleased concert from 1975 recorded by the Philip Glass Sextet at La Maison de la Radio, Paris.
The sextet is composed of Philip Glass, Jon Gibson, Dickie Landry, Michael Riesman, Joan La Barbara and Richard Peck.
Music in Twelve Parts is a set of twelve pieces written between 1971 and 1974. This performance in France includes part 1, 2, 3, 11 and 12 on a double LP.
Also included a very rare Philip Glass interview from 1974 in his NYC loft during the rehearsals of this piece, produced for the French radio by Daniel Caux - musicologist and co-founder of Shandar Records.
A never before released –Philip GLASS (1975) live recordings, released in partnership with the National Audiovisual Institute – INA.


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2026 repress, incl. full-tone printed outer & inner sleeve, incl. download

Deaf Center member Otto A Totland’s 2014 debut LP, an intricate work for solo piano.

Otto A Totland's modern compositional elements are most widely recognized as half of the Norwegian duo Deaf Center, where his melancholic, intricate piano work provides haunting relief to the beds of noise and deep strings from Erik K Skodvin. Pinô is the first full-length release by Totland, though his solo work has been released once, as the 5-minute A-side of Sonic Pieces 7inch Harmony From the Past. Otto's previously brief vignettes are now expanded into a fully personal realization of his own style.

Initial track Open fills itself with heavy, knowing pauses that quickly become overwhelmed with the desire to understand what's to come. Each silence leads into quick flutters of keys, preparing the listener for a vast terrain of giddy beauty, bleak depths, and true contentedness. Pinô quickly recalls deep winter; in front of a fireplace for days on end, you lose how far along you've ventured into the 18 tracks without any idea how far is left to go. The experience feels inevitable, with no other option but to curl up somewhere cozy and appreciate the sense of timelessness that Totland has created. His album is a haunting modern compositional treasure, expressed through instrumentals completely unique to Totland and captured masterfully by Nils Frahm at Durton Studios.

With Pinô, Otto A Totland appears out of the Norwegian landscape, sharing an achievement that will provide a relief during the brooding winter darkness. Though a highly personal endeavor, the recognizable continuation of Totland’s compositions will attract fans of Deaf Center, and the cinematic and classical components of his solo work will hold sway for those familiar with Harold Budd or Dustin O’Halloran.

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A delirious cult concept album disguised as pop, first released in 1971, where psychedelic grooves, funk and global rhythms meet phonetic pseudo-Japanese chants, judo-master ritual cries and a children's choir. Sampled by Erykah Badu, Madlib and DopeLemon, and the unlikely spark behind Bananarama's debut. This can only be the fabulous world of Yamasuki.
In the spring of 1971, somewhere between Brussels, Paris and a collective pop fever dream, Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki landed on vinyl. It sounded like nothing else then and it still does not today. More than half a century later, Sdban Records proudly presents a reissue of this singular cult album, available from April 3, 2026 on vinyl.
The album was produced by Jean Kluger and written both by Jean and Daniel Vangarde (aka Bangalter, later the father of Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk), who were already well ahead of their time, long before electronic music rewrote the rules of pop culture.
This new reissue of Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki proves the renewed interest and respect for this cult album, faithful to the original spirit while finally giving it back the physical presence it deserves. In an era obsessed with genres and algorithmic neatness, Yamasuki still laughs, dances and karate-kicks its way past definitions. It reminds us that pop music can be playful without being disposable, strange without being cynical and joyful without explanation. The world of Yamasuki was always fabulous, we are just lucky it found its way back to us!

Tracklist

A1. Yamasuki - Yamasuki
A2. Yamasuki - Aisere I Love You
A3. Yamasuki - Kono Samourai
A4. Yamasuki - Yamamoto Kakapote
A5. Yamasuki - Okawa
A6. Yamasuki - Aieaoa
B1. Yamasuki - Abana Bakana
B2. Yamasuki - Seyu Sayonara
B3. Yamasuki - Yama Yama
B4. Yamasuki - Fudji Yama
B5. Yamasuki - Yokomo
B6. Yamasuki - Kashi Kofima



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Sin Hilo celebrates its 10th anniversary with a special compilation featuring some of the label’s most defining artists.

From melodic and immersive IDM to electro, glitch hop and downtempo, the release captures the essence and evolution of the label through a cohesive yet eclectic journey.

Featuring Imtech, Promising Youngster, Sölna, Jailed Jamie, Lost Twin, Burdeos, SKYGAZE, Strucweird, Atico Corp and Not On Earth.

Ten tracks that celebrate a decade of sound and confirm the strength of Sin Hilo and the electronic scene.

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Tricky"s first album on his brand new False Idols imprint, launched almost a decade ago in 2013. "I was lost for ages" he says, after a 3 year hiatus since his previous album.
Tracklist
1.1Somebody's Sins
1.2Nothing Matters
1.3Valentine
1.4Bonnie & Clyde
1.5Parenthesis
1.6Nothing's Changed
1.7If Only I Knew
1.8Is That Your Life
2.1Tribal Drums
2.2We Don't Die
2.3Chinese Interlude
2.4Does It
2.5I'm Ready
2.6Hey Love
2.7Passion Of The Christ

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REPRESS!!!

Gatefold Double Vinyl
LP Tracklisting;
A1 School, A2 Baby, A3 Harpsichord, A4 Teenage Birdsong, A5 Romantics
B1 Love Salad, B2 Insect Near Piha Beach, B3 Hi Hello, B4 ISTM, B5 Something In The Sadness
C1 1993 Band Practice, C2 Green, C3 Bubbles At Overlook 25th March 2019, C4 4T Recordings,
C5 This Is For You, C6 Mama Teaches Sanskrit


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Skee Mask’s endless search and fascination for fresh music, weed and burgers channeled into his own vision of sound. Enjoy the ride through his second album, a detailed experimental universe of a young dedicated hustler.


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Side 1
01 I Saw You 02 Secret 03 Radio 04 Follow 05 Enough 06 Pause
Side 2
01 Safety 02 Cmon 03 Trying 04 Chest 05 Come On Home

Produced by Brian Eno and Fred Gibson
4th April 2020 - 23rd December 2022
Mastered by Kieran Hebden
Lacquer cut by Bernie Grundman
Artwork by loose
Gatefold photograph by Brian Eno


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An artist who has been soundtracking dancefloors since the early 2000s, Lonemade his production debut in 2008 with “Lemurian”, a hip-hop inspired release before moving into the vibrant future-facing soundscapes we have come to know. His back catalogue ranges through house, rave, ambient and electronica, and on ‘Hyperphantasia’, Cutler sets himself the challenge to bring all of those influences together for one body of work that he describes ‘like an album in my mind’. Referring back to the album title, the definition of hyperphantasia is a condition characterized by exceptionally vivid and detailed mental imagery and for this album he tested himself to see how close he could get the music to sound exactly like what he was hearing in his imagination.

On Hyperphantasia, Lone deepens his relationship with vocals. Having previously relied on vocal samples or more abstract live vocal treatments, this latest album marks a shift toward richer, more pop-leaning sensibilities. Cutler makes a clear lyrical statement, enlisting a diverse and carefully chosen cast of collaborators: London-based artists and fellow Greco-Roman affiliates Ell Murphy and Lou Hayter, Barcelona’s breakthrough singer Bikôkô, cult Nottingham rapper Juga-Naut, and Hong Kong-born, London-based musician Merry Lamb Lamb. Together, they contribute to what stands as a career-defining project.

The end result is a cinematic experience exploding full of colour. You are introduced to the album with an old school rave anthem ‘Life Spark’ and an interlude welcoming you into this musical world. Like chapters in a novel, the album ebbs and flows beautifully between stripped-back melodies ‘Opening A Portal’, ‘Photographs That Don’t Exist’, ‘Sickly, Sweetly, Summer Movie’ and ‘Fruit Rots, Water Floats Downstream’, bubbling feel-good house ‘Affinity (Cloud Four Four Mix)’, ‘Triton’ and ‘ Wemove’, the rap-influenced ‘Throw The Ember’ and epic future-pop tracks ‘Miracle Mile’, ‘Big World’, ‘Scattergun’ and ‘Home’. The album ends with a full circle moment, back to the early hardcore and jungle rave scene, on ‘Ascenscion.png’.

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FUTURE SOUNDS OF JAZZ VOL. 14 - Compiled by Permanent Vacation Benjamin Fröhlich & Tom Bioly!
28 Tracks by Move D, Roman Flügel, Slowdive, Isolée, Cobblestone Jazz, Luke Abbott, remixes by Avalon Emerson, Russ Gabriel, Kassem Mosse, I:Cube a.m.o. including 3 EXCLUSIVE AND PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
Wow, a new chapter of this legendary series. This and the very first time it’s not compiled by Michael Reinboth, rather by Benjamin Fröhlich and Tom Bioly, the founders and masterminds behind Permanent Vacation.
Why? Simply because they both are very close friends of the Compost famlee, with an amazing musical and DJ-like tastefulness, with the knowledge-based trust of music in the vein of vibrant, jazzy electronica hybrids. And they are from Compost Records’ hometown Munich, too.
Maybe Volume 14 differs slightly to what the previous 13 brought up music-wise, but that’s the score, idea and open mindedness of this series, as it was by the compilers, and last but not least a great time for a change, too. So we welcome this, we very much appreciate and like their selection. We are sure, this will convince you.
28 tracks, 3 exclusive tracks. Enjoy!

LP 1 & 2 (compiled by Benjamin Fröhlich)

A1: Basil Hardhaus – Breezin’
A2: JTC – Gallup
A3: The Abstract Eye - I Feel It In My Forehead
A4: Jex Opolis - Mt. Belzoni

B1: Tee Mango - Into The Wild
B2: Claude Rodap – Hiwa
B3: Jose Padilla - Lollipop (I:Cube Casiotone Reprise Mix)

C1: Herzel – Devoid
C2: David Goldberg - Part Bells (Benjamin Fröhlich Remix)
C3: Marvin Horsch – Pace

D1: Matt O'Brien – Flourish
D2: Aubrey – Dot 3 (Russ Gabriel Remix)
D3: Marcellus Pittman - A Mix

LP 3 & 4 (compiled by Tom Bioly)

E1: Move D – Beyond The Machine
E2: Pierre Bastien – Snide Dins
E3: Vanishing Twin – Under The Water
E4: Yussef Kamaal – Ayla
E5: Roman Flügel – Song With Blue
E6: Luke Abbott – Dumb

F1: Machine Woman – I Can Mend Your Broken Heart (Kassem Mosse Remix)
F2: New Jackson – Let The Freak Come Out At Night
F3: Albinos – Palazzo

G1: The Stowaway – A Suspicious Passenger
G2: Isolée – In Our Country
G3: TB – Unskinny Dub

H1: Slowdive – Sugar For The Pill (Avalon Emerson’s Gilded Escalation)
H2: Cobblestone Jazz – Midnight Sun
H3: Sirconical – Jambon Mama

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Recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris and one and a half years after releasing his magnum opus "Music For Animals"—described by PopMatters as “a musical waterfall of monumental proportions”—Nils Frahm shares a new live album, due for release by his LEITER label on December 6. In what’s becoming a tradition, it follows 2013’s "Spaces", a Pitchfork Album of the Year taped at shows over the preceding 18 months, and 2020’s "Tripping With Nils Frahm", also released as a film. "Paris", nonetheless, is Frahm’s first live album from a single night, March 21, 2024, and contains ten tracks over a running time of 84 minutes.

Frahm’s performances have always been known for expanding upon his studio recordings, and "Paris" is no exception. Drawing on his substantial catalogue, the German composer and producer reworks tracks from various albums, and also adds the brand new, luxurious and strangely gripping ‘Opera’ to the track list.

If he leaves the stage to the same uproarious jubilation with which he was initially greeted, "Paris" makes it clear why he’s been so in demand. He’s been booked, frequently for multiple nights, at halls around the world, including Sydney’s Opera House, London’s Barbican and LA’s Orpheum Theatre. Indeed, the LA Times wrote, “Watching him at work, and hearing the audience react, is a little like watching an athlete at the top of his game.” Expect nothing less from Nils Frahm on "Paris", a vital document of this ingenious, gifted musician’s endless pursuit of fresh perspectives.

All tracks written, produced and mixed by Nils Frahm.
Mastered by Zino Mikorey, recorded by Terence Goodchild.
Vinyl cut by Andreas Kauffelt at Schnittstelle.

All tracks published by Manners McDade Music Publishing Ltd.
Cover artwork and design by Studio Torsten Posselt.

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Following some exciting releases from Humble B Flat in 2025, ‘Indigo Blues’ is the premier release on his new imprint Zinnia Records launching this May. Indigo Blues - an 8 track double disk journey through various depths of deep, cosy, warm and blue. Launching the release at the BBE store on the 19th May. Alongside a forthcoming launch of a bespoke sound system - Love Ensemble Soundsystem, birthing this summer. Love to all riding out the journey together.

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