Tracklist EP:

A1. LOUH - junotrancyfancy
A2. LOUH - effectiveradiatepower
A3. LOUH - LOCKED303
B1. LOUH - 808JAMRAW222bleepchaos_ttt
B2. LOUH - deberntchunntjamachtung
B3. LOUH - the excaliburs999




Short info:

Die Gattung Psilocybe (Kahlköpfe)
Psilocybe argentipes
Psilocybe atrobrunnea
Psilocybe aucklandii
Psilocybe australiana
Psilocybe aztecorum var. aztecorum
Psilocybe aztecorum var. bonetii
Psilocybe azurescens [Indigofarbener Kahlkopf]
Psilocybe beaocystis
Psilocybe bohemica
Psilocybe caerulescens [Psilocybe mazatecorum]
Psilocybe caerulescens var. ombrophila
Psilocybe caerulipes [Blue-foot Psilocybe]
Psilocybe caeruloannulata
Psilocybe callosa
Psilocybe collybiodes
Psilocybe coprinifacies
Psilocybe coprophila
Psilocybe cordispora
Psilocybe cubensis [mexikanischer Kahlkopf, San Isidro]
Psilocybe cubensis, B+ strain
Psilocybe cubensis, Gulf coast strain
Psilocybe cubensis, PF strain
Psilocybe cyanescens wakefield [Blaufärbender Kahlkopf]
Psilocybe cyanofibrillosa
Psilocybe eucalypta
Psilocybe fagicola var. fagicola
Psilocybe fimetaria
Psilocybe hoogshagenii var. convexa
Psilocybe hoogshagenii [Heim sensu lato]
Psilocybe kumaenorum
Psilocybe liniformans var. americana
Psilocybe liniformans var. liniformans
Psilocybe mairei
Psilocybe mexicana
Psilocybe natalensis
Psilocybe pelliculosa [The Elf's Stool]
Psilocybe pseudobullacea
Psilocybe quebecensis
Psilocybe samuiensis
Psilocybe semilanceata [Spitzkegliger Kahlkopf, Liberty Cap]
Psilocybe serbica
Psilocybe silvatica
Psilocybe stuntzii
Psilocybe subaeruginascens var. subaeruginascens
Psilocybe subaeruginosa
Psilocybe subcaerulipes
Psilocybe subcubensis
Psilocybe subyungensis
Psilocybe tampanensis
Psilocybe uruguayensis
Psilocybe venenata
Psilocybe wassonii
Psilocybe weilii
Psilocybe yungensis
Psilocybe zapotecorum
Die Gattung Panaeolus (Dunkelsporige Düngerlinge)
Panaeolus africanus
Panaeolus antillarum
Panaeolus ater
Panaeolus cambodginiesis
Panaeolus campanulatus [warai-take, "laughing mushroom"] (nicht psychoaktiv)
Panaeolus cyanescens [Blauender Düngerling]
Panaeolus fimicola
Panaeolus microsporus
Panaeolus olivaceus
Panaeolus retirugis
Panaeolus sphinctrinus (nicht psychoaktiv)
Panaeolus subbalteatus [Gezonter oder Dunkelrandiger Düngerling]
Panaeolus tropicalis [Ola'h]
Die Nebengattungen der Psilocybinpilze
Die Gattung Conocybe (Samthäubchen)
Conocybe cyanopus
Conocybe kuehneriana
Conocybe siligineoides
Conocybe smithii
Die Gattung Gymnopilus (Flämmlinge)
Gymnopilus aeruginosus
Gymnopilus liquiritiae
Gymnopilus luteus
Gymnopilus purpuratus
Gymnopilus spectabilis ("Big Laughing Gyms")
Gymnopilus validipes
Gymnopilus viridans
Die Gattung Inocybe (Risspilze)
Inocybe aeruginescens
Inocybe calamistrata
Inocybe coelestium
Inocybe cordyalina var. cordyalina
Inocybe cordyalina var. erinaceomorpha
Inocybe haemacta
Inocybe tricolor
Die Gattung Pluteus (Dachpilze)
Pluteus atricapillus
Pluteus cyanopus
Pluteus glaucus
Pluteus nigroviridis
Pluteus salicinus [Grauer Drachenpilz]
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12" EP incl. Galaxian Remix + Poster

Tracklist EP (Vinyl + Digital):

a1 - Metalwork
a2 – Metal-Traffic (Galaxian Geno Quantum Remix)
b1 – Top Traffic

Short Info:

As the void stares back at me, I am consumed by the waves of this new sonic transmission. ESP's Goblin Synth reigns supreme, guiding me into the darkest corners of my mind, as the Galaxian remix shatters my being into a thousand pieces. This release is a frenzied piece of IDM, braindance, and DnB, fueled by a chemical fury that leaves my mind in a state of pure ecstasy. The relentless pace and shifting soundscapes of the A-side are the perfect conduit for the raw power of the Galaxian remix, taking me beyond the limits of what I thought was possible.
On the B-side, I am treated to a liquid dnb homage that is no less relentless in its pursuit of sonic intensity. Here, the rhythms are more organic, more fluid, but no less potent in their ability. This is music that demands a total surrender of the self.
The insidious rhythms of ESP's Goblin Synth seize my consciousness like a viral agent, rendering my being porous and open to the twitching, glitching transmissions emanating from the depths of the machine. With each stuttering break and howling, modulated synth line, I am hurled headlong into a world of ravenous, cybernetic abandon - a blackened, dystopian horizon of shattered glass and flickering neon.
As my mind is hijacked by the rushing currents of amphetamine psychosis, I realize that this is no mere exercise in genre or form, but an all-out assault on the very fabric of reality itself. The sonic textures here are hyper-real, beyond the grasp of normal human perception - this is the sound of the post-human, the sound of the inhuman, the sound of a future that is rapidly bearing down upon me, whether I am ready or not.
And yet, amidst the chaos and decay, there is a kind of perverse beauty at work - a beauty that can only be glimpsed through the shattered glass of my own shattered subjectivity. With each burst of static and each crunching bassline, I am hurled deeper into a vortex of metallic, crystalline wonder, a realm of pure, unadulterated sound that is as terrifying as it is sublime.
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LP+7"

Tracklist LP (Vinyl + Digital):

a1 - Never (A Perpetual Transhumanist Curse)
a2 - Demons (Conditioned Noosphere)
a3 - Necropolitics (Loose Remembrance)
a4 - Alucard and Alive Again (Melancholic Rage)
b1 - Sacrificing Your Heart (It Could Be Bloody Marvellous)
b2 – Crossed Conflicts (Drained Vectoralisation)
b3 - Demons II (Wardrums And Noises Of An Attention Crisis)
b4 - Silent Together (Somewhere Alone)
b5 - Necrorose for the illdisciplined Void (Dark Euphoria)

Nicola Kazimir - 9 Eternities In Doom EP (7inch)

c1- Midnight Fury (9 Eternities In Doom)
d1- Maniac (Resentment Of The Alienated)


In Post-Heretic Dracula X Chronicles II the Dracula figure functions as a part fictive and part autobiographical metaphor. Dracula mirrors certain systematic (therefore also internal) conditionings and attributes in its whole ambivalent fluctuations. This character represents the complex relationships of a loving/living person in a neo-liberal capitalist system while oscillating between melancholia & rage, facing the preservation or loss of his love and standing in an alienated position towards the ruling order. The eleven featured compositions and their respective song names (both of them are riddled with references) playfully touch on conflicts between love, life and system-critique, without being too upfront about the subject-matter.

Nicola Kazimir (*28.05.1990 in Zürich, Schweiz)

A DJ, producer, musician, artist, space-owner, record label owner and party organizer, Nicola Kazimir works freely across platforms and communities. For Kazimir, these numerous positions are not static, and they can actfluidly and reciprocally as a whole, or as separate entities. His artistic and acoustic productions are mostly based on topics that include the institutionalization of techno, copyright, dividualism and the human perception of repetitive rhythm patterns mixed with aesthetic codes of b-movie horror movies or occultism. He is one of the founders and still part of the labels Les Points/ Gentrified Underground / Infoline and the offspace Mikro Zürich. Other projects include a supporting role in the organization of Zentralwäscherei Zürich and being part of the Clubbüro-team at Rote Fabrik.

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Special Priced Album/LP

Les Points pay a twisted homage to the early foundations of electronic music where hard to get tapes, dystopia and the sound of the wretched worker where present in genres like post-punk, industrial, minimal synth, new beat and wave.

Tracklist LP:

Tracklist:
A1 It's changing
A2 Worker lost in the woods
A3 Applaud the proletariat
A4 Imagined congregation
A5 Hexachain filtered screaming
B1 Identified as counter-commodity
B2 I loved you Richard
B3 Algorhythmic fights
B4 Tool for post-djs feat. Jack Pryce

It's changing, the worker searched for post-leftist solutions and got lost.
Nine circles applauded the proletariat and imagined how a community
could be congregated, while screams of violence would be filtered by boiling blood.
Exploiters of labor either find themselves rotting away in a never ending icy rain or are dragging their selfish accumulations on their chests for eternity - while the worker slowly identifies himself as a counter-commodity. Algorhythms (fraud) always mislead - once the worker gets past them only Dis will be awaiting her/him.


Circle I: Limbo
Circle II: Lust
Circle III: Gluttony
Circle IV: Greed
Circle V: Anger
Circle VI: Heresy
Circle VII: Violence
Circle VIII: Fraud

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Tracklist EP:

A1. LOUH - junotrancyfancy
A2. LOUH - effectiveradiatepower
A3. LOUH - LOCKED303
B1. LOUH - 808JAMRAW222bleepchaos_ttt
B2. LOUH - deberntchunntjamachtung
B3. LOUH - the excaliburs999




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Die Gattung Psilocybe (Kahlköpfe)
Psilocybe argentipes
Psilocybe atrobrunnea
Psilocybe aucklandii
Psilocybe australiana
Psilocybe aztecorum var. aztecorum
Psilocybe aztecorum var. bonetii
Psilocybe azurescens [Indigofarbener Kahlkopf]
Psilocybe beaocystis
Psilocybe bohemica
Psilocybe caerulescens [Psilocybe mazatecorum]
Psilocybe caerulescens var. ombrophila
Psilocybe caerulipes [Blue-foot Psilocybe]
Psilocybe caeruloannulata
Psilocybe callosa
Psilocybe collybiodes
Psilocybe coprinifacies
Psilocybe coprophila
Psilocybe cordispora
Psilocybe cubensis [mexikanischer Kahlkopf, San Isidro]
Psilocybe cubensis, B+ strain
Psilocybe cubensis, Gulf coast strain
Psilocybe cubensis, PF strain
Psilocybe cyanescens wakefield [Blaufärbender Kahlkopf]
Psilocybe cyanofibrillosa
Psilocybe eucalypta
Psilocybe fagicola var. fagicola
Psilocybe fimetaria
Psilocybe hoogshagenii var. convexa
Psilocybe hoogshagenii [Heim sensu lato]
Psilocybe kumaenorum
Psilocybe liniformans var. americana
Psilocybe liniformans var. liniformans
Psilocybe mairei
Psilocybe mexicana
Psilocybe natalensis
Psilocybe pelliculosa [The Elf's Stool]
Psilocybe pseudobullacea
Psilocybe quebecensis
Psilocybe samuiensis
Psilocybe semilanceata [Spitzkegliger Kahlkopf, Liberty Cap]
Psilocybe serbica
Psilocybe silvatica
Psilocybe stuntzii
Psilocybe subaeruginascens var. subaeruginascens
Psilocybe subaeruginosa
Psilocybe subcaerulipes
Psilocybe subcubensis
Psilocybe subyungensis
Psilocybe tampanensis
Psilocybe uruguayensis
Psilocybe venenata
Psilocybe wassonii
Psilocybe weilii
Psilocybe yungensis
Psilocybe zapotecorum
Die Gattung Panaeolus (Dunkelsporige Düngerlinge)
Panaeolus africanus
Panaeolus antillarum
Panaeolus ater
Panaeolus cambodginiesis
Panaeolus campanulatus [warai-take, "laughing mushroom"] (nicht psychoaktiv)
Panaeolus cyanescens [Blauender Düngerling]
Panaeolus fimicola
Panaeolus microsporus
Panaeolus olivaceus
Panaeolus retirugis
Panaeolus sphinctrinus (nicht psychoaktiv)
Panaeolus subbalteatus [Gezonter oder Dunkelrandiger Düngerling]
Panaeolus tropicalis [Ola'h]
Die Nebengattungen der Psilocybinpilze
Die Gattung Conocybe (Samthäubchen)
Conocybe cyanopus
Conocybe kuehneriana
Conocybe siligineoides
Conocybe smithii
Die Gattung Gymnopilus (Flämmlinge)
Gymnopilus aeruginosus
Gymnopilus liquiritiae
Gymnopilus luteus
Gymnopilus purpuratus
Gymnopilus spectabilis ("Big Laughing Gyms")
Gymnopilus validipes
Gymnopilus viridans
Die Gattung Inocybe (Risspilze)
Inocybe aeruginescens
Inocybe calamistrata
Inocybe coelestium
Inocybe cordyalina var. cordyalina
Inocybe cordyalina var. erinaceomorpha
Inocybe haemacta
Inocybe tricolor
Die Gattung Pluteus (Dachpilze)
Pluteus atricapillus
Pluteus cyanopus
Pluteus glaucus
Pluteus nigroviridis
Pluteus salicinus [Grauer Drachenpilz]
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Metronomy release their third album, 'The English Riviera' on April 11th through Because Music. The follow up to 2008's critically acclaimed 'Nights Out', 'The English Riviera' is a sonic progression of epic proportions and affirms Metronomy front man and producer, Joseph Mount, as a rare British talent.
Since 'Nights Out', the band have swollen to a four piece with new members Anna Prior on drums, Gbenga Adelekan on bass, original member Oscar Cash on keys/sax, and Joe himself on vocals, keys and guitar. This expansion of personnel is reflective of a new record that is mapped by vast soundscapes, incredible depth and warmth, and big pop hooks
Part love letter to the area of Devon coast Mount grew up in and part concept album about his own semi-fictionalised vision of "The English Riviera", the tone for the album is set by the opening sounds of seagulls, distant waves and a Music Hall string quartet. However, any notion of whimsy is swiftly dispelled, as the seismic bass line of 'We Broke Free' shudders and ushers in waves of layered guitars and synths.
Having produced and remixed everyone from Roots Manuva to Kate Nash and the forthcoming album from Nicola Roberts, this is the first Metronomy album that Mount has taken out of his bedroom and recorded in a proper studio. The results are telling.
Characterised throughout with a sense of warmth and richness, 'The English Riviera' is in parts reminiscent of seminal 1970s West Coast studio albums from the likes of Fleetwood Mac and The Eagles, but due to Mount's studio wizardry, the record sounds vibrant and entirely of its time.
Few other albums released this year will so successfully transcend such a plethora of influences and ideas and form such a coherent body of work.

Tracklisting:
Side A:
The English Riviera
We Broke Free
Everything Goes my way
The Look
She Wants
Trouble
Side B:
The Bay
Loving Arm
Corinne
Some Written
Love Underlined
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Tracklist 12":
A1) Orlando Magic, A2) Cabrio Mango
B1) 1981, B2) She Keeps It Good

The Toy Tonics crew is known for being addicted to two things: vintage music machines and old vinyl. 100% music aficionados. On the Tonic Edit series the crew shares some of their favorite old tracks - in a reworked version.

This time COEO get back in time. They destroyed a couple of 1970ies disco jams. Recut & repasted them. And gave them their special COEO touch. Of course it's irresistible!
This release comes on vinyl only first. Later maybe could be out on selected Digital sellers.. not sure yet.
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12” (+ download)

Tracklist
A1) Superior Things
A2) Heatwave
B1) Chappers Said So (Voiski Remix)
B2) Chappers Said So

Infotext

CYRK, the Belgian-German duo of Sammy Goossens and Pascal Hetzel, is giving its debut release on Vakant with three fast-paced no-holds-barred electro jams topped off with a remix by French producer Voiski.

'Superior Things', the eponymous title track, kicks off the EP with driving funk and and acid lead synths, followed by 'Heatwave', another futuristic high-tech-funker. On the flip we have 'Chappers Said So', a sublime homage to classic Detroit electro and last but definitely not least Voiski's remix of the latter, an immersive and trance-inducing techno re-work for you to get lost in.

Artwork by SEO – www.artseo.de
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Special Remarks : 180 gram Vinyl + Downloadcode, 30x30 chrome glossy printed inlay

The new talented Italian producers Sibling and the Russian Artist Heavenchord kicking it off
with Lonesome Landscape EP on FAUXPAS MUSIK. An emotional piece of late night
atmosphere dub techno music full of analogue warmth and heart-warming depth.
Vinyl tastes better...


Tracklist Vinyl:
A1 Lonesome Landscape
A2 Calmness
B1 Overcoming
B2 Slow Sensation More

Space-influenced tracks that bring the listener to the heart of the funk cosmos, Residual's latest serves up a brilliant and dexterous voyage to soundspheres that are well worth getting lost in.

Tracklist:
A1- Rukka- Stellar Radiation 7:08
A2- Teakup-Believe 3:56
B1- Sepehr-Exit Your Body 6:21
B2- Pressure Point- So Far, So Good 5:45

Release info / promo text:
If you've encountered Titonton Duvante's Residual over the years, then you'll be all too aware of their ability to conjure up genuinely thrilling and thought-provoking electronic works. Indeed, while he's best known as a DJ/producer in his own right, Duvante's own A&R skills are impressive, with Residual counting on everyone from Fym to Boo Williams to Garrett David over the years. As with their last V/A (the brilliant Refraction Vol. III), the label owner has done another expert job at rounding up some great troops here, with four emerging producers delivering the goods courtesy of Refraction Vol. IV.

We get underway courtesy of Rukka's 'Stellar Radiation'. Full of zippy, nimble synths and clever cowbell sounds, 'Stellar Radiation' is a brilliantly constructed slice of intergalactic funk that brings the rabbit role in some style. Teakup's 'Believe' is a more stuffy, techno-focused cut, the likes of which has been produced in a unique, urban-influenced vein. Miscellanea I on the Is / Was label, it's another reminder of the Ohio native's undoubted talents.

'Sepehr's 'Exit Your Body' plays out like a vintage cut from The Martian. Loaded with funk and soul motifs and characterised by its 808 sounds, this is techno of a real swagger and panache. Deep but brilliantly catchy, it's indicative of the label at its very best. It's then left to Italian producer Pressure Point to see us out, a task he fulfils in some fashion thanks to 'So Far So Good'. Another track with its roots in classic sounds, it too maintains a sort of contemporary edge. Really fascinating and sumptuous stuff that strays down different paths throughout the course of its almost 6 minutes, it closes the release in truly emphatic fashion.

Space-influenced tracks that bring the listener to the heart of the funk cosmos, Residual's latest serves up a brilliant and dexterous voyage to soundspheres that are well worth getting lost in.

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As one half of the revered duo Zombi and with solo releases under is fake movie soundtrack composer alias Gianni Rossi ( permanent vacation ) or his real name ( Kompakt, L.I.E.S. ) STEVE MOORE has an extensive record of worshiping wholeheartly and toying around with his musical obsessions: glam and prog rock, early spacey synth pop and their manifestations in tv themes and b-movie soundtracks, mainly of the italian kind. Under his new guise LOVELOCK he plunges fearlessly and with verve into the pastel shining, glossy world of Italo Disco and Synth Pop and there couldnt be a niftier choice to remix the first 12" of his upcoming album on Internasjonal than MORGAN GEIST who has been championing disco of the more synth-driven italian variety long before it became the fashionable thing to do again. from the anthemic intro with big piano chords forcefully laying out the main theme in a almost broadway musical style errupting into supercharged, nightprowler-like synth chords to the joyous guitar melody, the sweeping complex synth melodies and the oblivious, longing vocals this record refuses every millisecond to end on the pile of drawn by numbers, safe club-tools. it succesfully aims much higher, cunningly balancing along and avoiding the slope into kitsch along the way into the pantheon of glittering timeless pop music. More

FORMAT 12” 180g, T30 Obi Strip, full printed sleeve, incl. Download Code

TRACKLIST

1./A1 Free Your Body 5:58
2./A2 Mr Kinney 6:05
3./B1 Bipolar 5:46
4./B2 Life 5:00
5./B3 7000 Miles 4:45

Release Note:

Ignore expectations and Free Your Body.
Travel a new path and Free Your Body.
Accept the limitations and Free Your Body.
Free your mind then Free Your Body.
Move to the beat and Free Your Body.
We encourage you to Free Your Body.
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LP,180, 2018 REISSUE - REMASTERED FROM ORIGINAL TAPES, CAREFULLY REPRODUCED ORIGINAL ART

Released in the same year as Synthesis over on KPM, 1974's Synthesizer and Percussion is its essential companion piece. "This record features the many distinctive sounds of the ARP Synthesizer plus percussion in various moods and tempos" is the even more underwhelming than usual library record sales pitch for Alan Hawkshaw and Brian Bennett's second collection of what is basically minimal G-funk, with overtones of primitive acid house. This is ridiculously good.

This is one of Hawkshaw and Bennett's wilder joints and aeons ahead of its time. Bennett's tough drums provide the underpinnings for the prominent bass, keys and bubbling synths high up in the mix, alongside Hawkshaw's deranged clavinet-funk-rock. There are heavenly break loops galore.

Opener "Mon Amour" is ultra-smooth funk, all inter-weaving melodic lines whilst the seminal "Oddball" is an incredible hard electro strut with a knocking break. "Mile High Swinger" is a tranquil Spaghetti Western whistling theme over double tempo rhythmic movement and the pulsating "Auto Pilot" has a percussive groove elevated by electric piano and synthesizer. Check "Driving Force", "Home Run" and "Pacesetter" for electroid prog-funk dripped in acid squelch.

All five final tracks are beatless synth workouts, because they can.

As with all ten re-issues, the audio for Synthesizer and Percussion comes from the original analogue tapes and has been remastered for vinyl by Be With regular Simon Francis. We've taken the same care with the sleeves, handing the reproduction duties over to Richard Robinson, the current custodian of KPM's brand identity.

TRACKLISTING

Mon Amour
Oddball
Daytripper
Mile High Swinger (Vers. A)
Mile High Swinger (Vers. B)
Auto-Pilot
Pacesetter
Home Run
Driving Force
Action Man
Funky Chicken
Jolly Roger
Dumbo
Plain Song
Fanfair

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Format Notes:
140g vinyl, remastered from the original analogue tapes, metallic silver sleeve

Territories:
Worldwide no restrictions

Track List:

A1 : The Now Generation (3:29)
A2 : Panama (2:24)
A3 : Inorganic Matter (3:27)
A4 : African Nightclub (3:18)
A5 : Grease Plant (3:20)
A6 : Southerly (2:15)

B1 : Mechanical Heart (7:22)
B2 : Chemical Threat (3:26)
B3 : Steady Going (3:16)
B4 : Nepal Trek (2:47)

Release Notes:


Release Notes:

They Say: “Documentary and industrial underlays for current themes of modern life”.

We say: Mind-blowing, percussion-heavy, Afro-tinged, cosmic-disco library bomb.

This is the one. An absolutely outstanding record from 1983 and definitely one of the hardest to find on the collectable German library label, Coloursound. The Now Generation (Percussive Underscores) is comfortably one of the very best library records full stop.

The record comes galloping out the gate with a pair of rapid synthy-eurodisco bombs - the title-track and “Panama” - before slowing down to a woozy pace on “Inorganic Matter”. “African Nightclub” sounds like it reads, and is a particular favourite of Prins Thomas. Indeed, it was used to great effect on his seminal Cosmo Galactic Prism mix for Eskimo back in 2007. It’s followed by the dark, druggy, slow motion industrial groove of “Grease Plant” before “Southerly” lifts the tempo to close out side A with its Latin funk strut of bells and melancholic keys.

For us, though, it’s all about the opener to side B: “Mechanical Heart”. Seven minutes of building, mid-tempo disco-funk joy, deceptively explosive, club-ready gear for body and soul. The back cover dryly describes the track as “Guitar and percussion, light industrial underlay”. Hmmm. How about, “after finally emerging from a particularly heavy week jamming in a sunless, lawless German warehouse, Chic warily press record on a wayward, illicit instrumental for basement gatherings”. Just wait for those drums at the 3 minute mark…

The beatless ambience and menacing stabs of the proto-electro “Chemical Threat” follows, before the open drums and incredible fills of the metronomic “Steady Going” and fantastically monotonous funk breaks of “Nepal Trek” round out this sensational set.

This is a library masterpiece in no uncertain terms, full of synth funk, afro beats, exotica, leftfield madness, dance floor dynamite and all-around greatness.

As with our KPM and Themes re-issues, the audio for The Now Generation comes from the original analogue tapes and has been remastered for vinyl by Be With regular Simon Francis. Richard Robinson has brought the original Coloursound sleeve back to life in all its metalic silver glory.
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A. The Hours – B1. Álom – B2. Barak

The story of Bella Boo is not one of overnight success, though of course it might appear as such, if
you haven't been somewhat embedded in the wonderful and weird world of Swedish club culture
over the last 12 years or so, in which case you will know her as one of the most eclectic, informed
and hardworking DJs on the scene.
It wasn't until last year's Studio Barnhus debut, the Fire EP, that the world finally started talking
about Bella's extraordinary production skills – the record's fuzzy r&b harmonics and snappy analog
drums prompted Pitchfork to declare it “the flat-out dreamiest thing to come from the label yet”.
This was followed quickly by boyboy, a universally beloved track on last year's Studio Barnhus
Volym 1 compilation, in which she “[drizzled] bluesy sweet nothings over elliptical scrapes and
squelches, suggesting Matthew Herbert remixing St Germain” (Pitchfork again).
Supervillain is Bella's first solo release of 2019, a perfect three-track thing that sees the currently
London-based artist continue to expertly straddle the fence between enigmatic dreamlands and
groove-locked dance floors. Artwork by Stockholm visual artist and long-time Bella colla-Boo-rator
Alexandra Karpilovski. More

180g vinyl, remastered from the original analogue tapes

Territories:
Worldwide no restrictions


Track List:

A1 : Sweeny Todd (2:06)
A2 : The Heister (1:57)
A3 : Getaway (2:38)
A4 : Speed Run (2:27)
A5 : Pressure Point (2:57)
A6 : Grand Central Station (3:04)
A7 : The Pick-Up (2:11)

B1 : Soul Train (4:29)
B2 : Smokey Joe (2:57)
B3 : Grit Band Reggae (3:49)
B4 : West Coast Horn (4:10)
B5 : Overide (3:31)




Release Notes:


They Say: “Driving brass and sax ensemble over funky rhythm section, playing tracks of various feel and style”.

We say: From the Lincoln Continental that memorably adorns the cover to the tranquil funk contained within, this glowing ode to the grooving force of 70s American soul music is ice cool all over. With brilliant contributions from the Three Key Alans™ (Hawkshaw, Parker, Tew) as well as Mike Moran, Les Hurdle and Keith Roberts, this is driving music for only the vibiest cats.

Originally released in 1976, The All American Powerhouse is one of the very best of the Themes library releases. It’s killer. A feast of dramatic jazz, horizontal, melodic funk and bouncing sunshine-y West-Coast feels throughout, there also lurks an intense injection of the Blaxploitation sound. Understandable, given the subject matter and year it was released.

Highlights include Alan Parker’s confident, horn-heavy wah-wah-fuelled album-opener “Sweeny Todd”, Hawkshaw’s graceful “Getaway” glide and dramatic, breathless “Speed Run”, Mike Moran’s loose, organ-driven propulsive B-Boy classic “The Pick-Up” and Keith Roberts’ percussive tour de force “Overide” that closes out the LP.

Yet, perhaps the most significant track here is Les Hurdle’s long-adored “Soul Train”. A grooving, bass-heavy library classic, it’s all swirling strings, stabbing horns, heavy open drums and melodic funk-rock guitars. Add in the funky clavinet, and the combination works beautifully.

As with all of our other Themes re-issues, the audio for The All American Powerhouse comes from the original analogue tapes and has been remastered for vinyl by Be With regular Simon Francis. We’ve taken the same care with the sleeves, handing the reproduction duties over to Richard Robinson, the current custodian of KPM’s brand identity.
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