Special remarks : 2CD REISSUE COLLECTOR - TRIPLE GATEFOLD - BOOKLET

Genre: Jazz


Tracklist :


CD1
1. Wersailles (Planeur)
2. La Négacra
3. Les Oursses
4. Les Fleurs
5. RussianKidz (La Ré Fa La)
6. Prologue
7. I lôôôve u sometimes
8. Black Pierrot from Mars
9. U were in love
10. Wersailles (Martial)
11. Wisperfallow
12. Mauriiiice
13. I lôôôôve u sometimes
14. Noise Hanoï
15. Computer Control
16. IndianKidz
17. Time
18. String Fellow Hawke
19. Wersailles (Ending)


CD2
1. Ouverture
2. Les ménagères
3. Mind Food Variation
4. Waltz of the Scary Woman
5. We're leaving
6. Re-Tour du Monde
7. Bons baisers de Neptune
8. Shostakhendrix
9. Touché par la Grace
10. Kraft
11. Scènes d'Humiliation Collective
12. Sunlover
13. Powerplay
14. 12 secondes


Short Info :

Collector reissue of a double CD, X-Pianos is a great way to discover Chassol's work : ultrascore. He harmonizes the reel, meaning that he reveals the musicality of spoken words and random sounds, such as Leonard Bernstein's work, Indian and Russian pupils, or a neighbourg playing the violin.


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Special remarks : CD, 24p booklet + movie download code

Genre: Jazz / Pop

Tracklist :

1 - Ouverture
2 - Les règles
3 - Sirine
4 - Concerto pour batterie et cour de récréation
5 - Savana, Céline, Aya (Pt 1)
6- Savana, Céline, Aya (Pt 2)
7 - Your Hands
8 - Koh & Sam
9 - Mikado Walking
10 - Poltergeist
11 - Esatabemakuru
12 - Tetris Synths
13 - Tetris Crystal
14 - I Think the Game (Pt 1)
15 - I Think the Game (Pt 2)
16 - I Think the Game (Pt 3)
17 - I Think the Game (Pt 4)
18 - Dribbles & Beats
19 - Camarades
20 - Rollercoaster (Pt 1)
21 - Rollercoaster (Pt 2)
22 - On Top
23 - I Love Vertigo
24 - Game Rule
25 - Le jeu de la phrase
26 - Wolf Music
27 - Les Anneaux de Saturne
28 - Wolf Music (Finale)


Short Info :


Christophe Chassol is reshuffling the deck. After making his name worldwide with three magnificent ultrascore compositions (Nola Che?rie in 2011, Indiamore in 2013 and Big Sun in 2015), working with Solange and Frank Ocean, and playing the most prestigious halls, he's taking his quest to arrange reality even further with Ludi, his new project that includes an album, film and show. It's play - an all-important word in music - that underscores this impressive, masterful construction freely inspired by Hermann Hesse's The Glass Bead Game. Everything is part of the melody: a playground or basketball players in the suburbs, an arcade in Tokyo, a roller coaster, singer Crystal Kay and rapper Kohh. Solo musicians were filmed in rehearsal, like flautist Jocelyn Mienniel and the composer's partner, drummer Mathieu Edward, who managed to reprise on stage

Chassol drew from the great German author's utopic book, where music, mathematics, aesthetics and spirituality intermingle, to create a passionate work produced by Bertrand Burgalat's label Tricatel that once again justifies his special place in the musical landscape.

With Ludi, Chassol directs his own round of Hermann Hesse's game, taking on the title of Magister Ludi, master of The Glass Bead Game. With this double album, Chassol realises his ambition: to compose unprecedented music that fills us with joy and prompts reflection.


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Special remarks : 2LP + gatefold + movie and music download code

Genre: Jazz / Pop

Tracklist :

A1 - Ouverture
A2 - Les règles
A3 - Sirine
A4 - Concerto pour batterie et cour de récréation

B1 - Savana, Céline, Aya (Pt 1)
B2- Savana, Céline, Aya (Pt 2)
B3 - Your Hands
B4 - Koh & Sam
B5- Mikado Walking
B6 - Poltergeist
B7 - Esatabemakuru
B8 - Tetris Synths
B9 - Tetris Crystal

C1 - I Think the Game (Pt 1)
C2 - I Think the Game (Pt 2)
C3 - I Think the Game (Pt 3)
C4 - I Think the Game (Pt 4)
C5 - Dribbles & Beats
C6 - Camarades
C7 - Rollercoaster (Pt 1)
C8 - Rollercoaster (Pt 2)

D1 - On Top
D2 - I Love Vertigo
D3 - Game Rule
D4 - Le jeu de la phrase
D5 - Wolf Music
D6 - Les Anneaux de Saturne
D7 - Wolf Music (Finale)
D8 - Générique (Benjamin)

Short Info :


Christophe Chassol is reshuffling the deck. After making his name worldwide with three magnificent ultrascore compositions (Nola Che?rie in 2011, Indiamore in 2013 and Big Sun in 2015), working with Solange and Frank Ocean, and playing the most prestigious halls, he's taking his quest to arrange reality even further with Ludi, his new project that includes an album, film and show. It's play - an all-important word in music - that underscores this impressive, masterful construction freely inspired by Hermann Hesse's The Glass Bead Game. Everything is part of the melody: a playground or basketball players in the suburbs, an arcade in Tokyo, a roller coaster, singer Crystal Kay and rapper Kohh. Solo musicians were filmed in rehearsal, like flautist Jocelyn Mienniel and the composer's partner, drummer Mathieu Edward, who managed to reprise on stage

Chassol drew from the great German author's utopic book, where music, mathematics, aesthetics and spirituality intermingle, to create a passionate work produced by Bertrand Burgalat's label Tricatel that once again justifies his special place in the musical landscape.

With Ludi, Chassol directs his own round of Hermann Hesse's game, taking on the title of Magister Ludi, master of The Glass Bead Game. With this double album, Chassol realises his ambition: to compose unprecedented music that fills us with joy and prompts reflection.


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Genre: Jazz / Pop


Tracklist :

1 - The Big Sun (Introïde)
2 - Birds (pt.2)
3 - Pipornithology (pt.2)
4 - Mario (pt.1 & 2)
5 - Organe Phonatoire
6 - Dominos (pt.3)
7 - Samak
8 - La route de la trace
9 - Bwa Brillé (Alix et Lisa)
10 - Carnaval (pt.3 - Percussions harmoniques)
11 - Carnaval (pt.4 - Keupons)
12 - The Big Sun (Outroïde)
13 - Reich & Darwin
14 - Générique Big Sun


Short Info :


Christophe Chassol's brilliantly-dazzling third album, crowns his trilogy of ultrascores (a method he elaborated for harmonizing, symphonizing real life, the 'here and now'), which started out in Creole-speaking New Orleans (Nola Che?rie, 2011) before pursuing its route through India (Indiamore, 2013).
In March 2014, Christophe Chassol took off for Martinique, his family's birthplace; these West Indies that epitomize everything he dreamt of expressing, from the purely personal to the perfectly panoptic. Hand-in-hand with the production sound mixer Marie-France Barrier and the sound engineer Johann Levasseur, the trio filmed and recorded a myriad of extraordinary encounters, scenes of everyday life, the carnival... a highly-evocative documentary that was to become the matrix of Big Sun.
Back in France, he composed, edited, rehearsed and created the 27 tracks of a 70- minute West Indian space odyssey. Big Sun is a weaveworld of birds' songs and Pipo Gertrude's whistling, Joby Bernabe?s poetry and a te?te-a?-te?te with a lady mountain-dweller, Sissido and Samak's rap, Mario Masse's flute, the Fort de France carnival, conch shell echoes, the ocean's music and the hullabaloo of a game of dominos. And sumptuous pieces of music like La Route de la Trace or Reich & Darwin, which suddenly spring up at a bend in the road and take our breath away.



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Genre: Jazz / Pop


Tracklist :

A1 - The Big Sun (Introïde)
A2 - Birds (pt.2)
A3 - Pipornithology (pt.2)
A4 - Mario (pt.1 & 2)
A5 - Organe Phonatoire
A6 - Dominos (pt.3)
A7 - Samak
B1 - La route de la trace
B2 - Bwa Brillé (Alix et Lisa)
B3 - Carnaval (pt.3 - Percussions harmoniques)
B4 - Carnaval (pt.4 - Keupons)
B5 - The Big Sun (Outroïde)
B6 - Reich & Darwin
B7 - Générique Big Sun


Short Info :


Christophe Chassol's brilliantly-dazzling third album, crowns his trilogy of ultrascores (a method he elaborated for harmonizing, symphonizing real life, the 'here and now'), which started out in Creole-speaking New Orleans (Nola Che?rie, 2011) before pursuing its route through India (Indiamore, 2013).
In March 2014, Christophe Chassol took off for Martinique, his family's birthplace; these West Indies that epitomize everything he dreamt of expressing, from the purely personal to the perfectly panoptic. Hand-in-hand with the production sound mixer Marie-France Barrier and the sound engineer Johann Levasseur, the trio filmed and recorded a myriad of extraordinary encounters, scenes of everyday life, the carnival... a highly-evocative documentary that was to become the matrix of Big Sun.
Back in France, he composed, edited, rehearsed and created the 27 tracks of a 70- minute West Indian space odyssey. Big Sun is a weaveworld of birds' songs and Pipo Gertrude's whistling, Joby Bernabe?s poetry and a te?te-a?-te?te with a lady mountain-dweller, Sissido and Samak's rap, Mario Masse's flute, the Fort de France carnival, conch shell echoes, the ocean's music and the hullabaloo of a game of dominos. And sumptuous pieces of music like La Route de la Trace or Reich & Darwin, which suddenly spring up at a bend in the road and take our breath away.



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Genre: Jazz / Pop


Tracklist :

1 - Two Lines
2 - Little Krishna & the Girls
3 - Dossidomifa (pt. 1)
4 - Dossidomifa (pt. 2)
5 - Ultrathéka n°1 (pt.1)
6 - Ultrathéka n°1 (pt.2)
7 - Din a Din
8 - Fiddler in the Street
9 - Ultrathéka n°2
10 - Ganga
11 - River Song
12 - Our Father
13 - Music is God my Love
14 - Odissi (pt.3 - Farewell)


Short Info :

The first encounters of Chassol with Indian music date from his teenage years where, thanks to John Mc Laughlin and his band Shakti, he could hear ragas, rhythm structures and Indian instruments mixed with jazz.

Then came Ravi Shankar, Hariprasad Chaurasia and the devotional songs.
More recently, the documentaries by Louis Malle (Phantom India) and by Johan van der Keuken (The Eye Above The Well) left their marks on him and after having harmonized New-Orleans in "Nola Cherie", the choice to attempt at an harmonization of life, sounds, motifs, noises and traffic from Northern India quite naturally grew on him.

In Calcutta and Varanasi, India's most ancient city, he went to shoot sitarists, percussionists, singers, dancers, the kids, the Ganga, the city and the apparent chaos of the traffic.

Indiamore spreads over four movements, one same tonal harmonic suite of warm and real pop chords that marries the modal Indian music usually resting on a sole continuous bass line played by the tampura.

In repeating these images, in treating their sound as a music material and in harmonizing the actors' speech with his own harmonic obsessions, he achieves to blend a documentary approach into a


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Genre: Jazz / Pop


Tracklist :

A1 - Two Lines
A2 - Little Krishna & the Girls
A3 - Dossidomifa (pt. 1)
A4 - Dossidomifa (pt. 2)
A5 - Ultrathéka n°1 (pt.1)
A6 - Ultrathéka n°1 (pt.2)
A7 - Din a Din
B1 - Fiddler in the Street
B2 - Ultrathéka n°2
B3 - Ganga
B4 - River Song
B5 - Our Father
B6 - Music is God my Love
B7 - Odissi (pt.3 - Farewell)


Short Info :

The first encounters of Chassol with Indian music date from his teenage years where, thanks to John Mc Laughlin and his band Shakti, he could hear ragas, rhythm structures and Indian instruments mixed with jazz.

Then came Ravi Shankar, Hariprasad Chaurasia and the devotional songs.
More recently, the documentaries by Louis Malle (Phantom India) and by Johan van der Keuken (The Eye Above The Well) left their marks on him and after having harmonized New-Orleans in "Nola Cherie", the choice to attempt at an harmonization of life, sounds, motifs, noises and traffic from Northern India quite naturally grew on him.

In Calcutta and Varanasi, India's most ancient city, he went to shoot sitarists, percussionists, singers, dancers, the kids, the Ganga, the city and the apparent chaos of the traffic.

Indiamore spreads over four movements, one same tonal harmonic suite of warm and real pop chords that marries the modal Indian music usually resting on a sole continuous bass line played by the tampura.

In repeating these images, in treating their sound as a music material and in harmonizing the actors' speech with his own harmonic obsessions, he achieves to blend a documentary approach into a


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Genre: chanson française / pop orchestrale

Tracklist :
1. La proie et l’ombre
2. Délicatesse
3. Sans contact
4. Franky
5. Télévision
6. Sauvons-nous
7. Antichambre
8. Atlas
9. Falaise
10. DictaphonesNew Release Information
11. Tête à tête
12. Coma
13. Première fois

Short Info :
Catastrophe are back in the spotlight with La proie et l’ombre. In the forest of the world, on the lookout,
Catastrophe stalks the light. Born in 2016, the group has never stopped reinventing itself: now with four voices
(Carol, Pierre, Arthur and Blandine), it presents a chiselled, delicate and restless record, which is as much
contemporary pop as it is cinematic fresco. Distributed by their long time label Tricatel, the LP is released with a
beautiful printed innersleeve on September 13th as well as a CD with a 16-page booklet.

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LP
Special remarks : 1 LP – Printed inner sleeve

Genre: chanson française / pop orchestrale

Tracklist :
1. La proie et l’ombre
2. Délicatesse
3. Sans contact
4. Franky
5. Télévision
6. Sauvons-nous
7. Antichambre
8. Atlas
9. Falaise
10. DictaphonesNew Release Information
11. Tête à tête
12. Coma
13. Première fois
Short Info :
Catastrophe are back in the spotlight with La proie et l’ombre. In the forest of the world, on the lookout,
Catastrophe stalks the light. Born in 2016, the group has never stopped reinventing itself: now with four voices
(Carol, Pierre, Arthur and Blandine), it presents a chiselled, delicate and restless record, which is as much
contemporary pop as it is cinematic fresco. Distributed by their long time label Tricatel, the LP is released with a
beautiful printed innersleeve on September 13th as well as a CD with a 16-page booklet

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Special remarks : 1LP + printed innersleeve


Genre: Indie Rock/ Indie Pop


Tracklist :


A1 - My Isle Of Golden Dreams
A2 - Die Trash Area
A3 - Marguerita
A4 - Friend In Need (Pt. 1)
A5 - An Intimate Garden
A6 - One Track Man
A7 - My New Purple Shoes
A8 - Friend In Need (Pt. 2)

B1 - Love Turned Into Wine
B2 - Elza Poppin
B3 - Movies
B4 - End Credits
B5 - Escalator (feat LORD$)
B6 - Hidden In The Gallery (feat LORD$)

Short Info :

Rémi Klein debut studio album, Friend In Need will be released on June 20, 2025 by Tricatel.

Behind his keyboards, between the walls of his bedroom or in studio, Rémi Klein fashions music that is both intimate and generous, instinctive and precise. He is a craftsman who composes, arranges and produces with obsessive meticulousness. Playing with LORD$, Please and now Clara Luciani, he built up a collective experience before recording his own album.

Signed to Tricatel, his first album, Friend In Need, due 20 June, is a plunge into his cinematic universe, where the lush orchestrations of Hollywood's golden age rub shoulders with the best of songwriting. His music and songs, rooted in the present and the future, are visceral and innovative. It's the music of today and tomorrow at its most promising and audacious. There are a million new tracks a week on streaming platforms, no two albums like Friend in Need and no two artists like Rémi Klein.





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Genre: Indie Rock/ Indie Pop


Tracklist :


1 - My Isle Of Golden Dreams
2 - Die Trash Area
3 - Marguerita
4 - Friend In Need (Pt. 1)
5 - An Intimate Garden
6 - One Track Man
7 - My New Purple Shoes
8 - Friend In Need (Pt. 2)

9 - Love Turned Into Wine
10 - Elza Poppin
11 - Movies
12 - End Credits
13 - Escalator (feat LORD$)
14 - Hidden In The Gallery (feat LORD$)

Short Info :

Rémi Klein debut studio album, Friend In Need will be released on June 20, 2025 by Tricatel.

Behind his keyboards, between the walls of his bedroom or in studio, Rémi Klein fashions music that is both intimate and generous, instinctive and precise. He is a craftsman who composes, arranges and produces with obsessive meticulousness. Playing with LORD$, Please and now Clara Luciani, he built up a collective experience before recording his own album.

Signed to Tricatel, his first album, Friend In Need, due 20 June, is a plunge into his cinematic universe, where the lush orchestrations of Hollywood's golden age rub shoulders with the best of songwriting. His music and songs, rooted in the present and the future, are visceral and innovative. It's the music of today and tomorrow at its most promising and audacious. There are a million new tracks a week on streaming platforms, no two albums like Friend in Need and no two artists like Rémi Klein.





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Genre: Bossa

Tracklist :


A1 - As Praias do Norte
A2 - Uma Cancão Francesa
A3 - Venha Comigo
A4 - Estou Louco
A5 - Queridalice
A6 - Sob as Estrelas

B1 - O Fim dos Tempos
B2 - Adeus
B3 - Beto Beto
B4 - Meu Amor
B5 - Feridas Anacronicas
B6 - Chorinho da Chuva

Short Info :

Leo Blomov studio album, Blomovinho will be released on May 23, 2025 by Tricatel.

Leo Blomov releases his third album, Blomovinho, on Tricatel on 23 May, following on from his first two albums, Carpe Noctem and L'Ermitage, on Label Attitude. This album, which sings of wide open spaces, nature and freedom, is a tribute to Música Popular Brasileira.

It's Brazil, and of course it's not Brazil, any more than the great Guy Cabay and Sean O'Hagan are Brazil. As I listen to 'Sob As Estrelas', I also hear the Brian Wilson of 'Busy Doin' Nothin' and the Paddy McAloon of "Cruel".
Louis Philippe, from his liner notes

A record that effortlessly assumes the undeniable beauty of a classic moment.
Sean O'Hagan, extract from his text for Blomovinho








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Genre: Bossa


Tracklist :


1 - As Praias do Norte
2 - Uma Cancao Francesa
3 - Venha Comigo
4 - Estou Louco
5 - Queridalice
6 - Sob as Estrelas

7 - O Fim dos Tempos
8 - Adeus
9 - Beto Beto
10 - Meu Amor
11 - Feridas Anacronicas
12 - Chorinho da Chuva

Short Info :

Leo Blomov studio album, Blomovinho will be released on May 23, 2025 by Tricatel.

Leo Blomov releases his third album, Blomovinho, on Tricatel on 23 May, following on from his first two albums, Carpe Noctem and L'Ermitage, on Label Attitude. This album, which sings of wide open spaces, nature and freedom, is a tribute to Música Popular Brasileira.

It's Brazil, and of course it's not Brazil, any more than the great Guy Cabay and Sean O'Hagan are Brazil. As I listen to 'Sob As Estrelas', I also hear the Brian Wilson of 'Busy Doin' Nothin' and the Paddy McAloon of "Cruel".
Louis Philippe, from his liner notes

A record that effortlessly assumes the undeniable beauty of a classic moment.
Sean O'Hagan, extract from his text for Blomovinho












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Genre: chanson / variété / allemand


Tracklist :

1. Je ne sais pas

2. Nuit de Noël sous les bombes

3. Chaos

4. Heidschi Bumbeidschi

5. Usines

6. Goethe à Sarrebruck

7. Le piano dans les ruines

8. Walt Disney

9. Film à Munich

10. Les vaches et les bars

11. Bouddha poupée

12. Psychanalyse

13. Paris Café Voltaire

14. Le Phoenix

15. Ultimi piaceri

16. 22h23


Short Info :



16 autobiographical songs: Nuit de Noël près de la mer du Nord: la petite fille sous la neige et les bombes, chantant Nuit sacrée; Allergies: je suis malade, je ne dors plus, cécité, psychanalyse...; Le piano trouvé dans les ruines; Premiers pas au cinéma: quelques pas sur le lac gelé; Enfin Paris.

A musical suite sung by Ingrid Caven in her husky voice from the creaking waggon factories of Saarbrucken. Song and film, between illness and melody. Phoenix always rising from its ashes, wild and sophisticated.
Ingrid Caven wrote the lyrics and composed the melodies, in which we sometimes hear hints of tunes that have inhabited her life (Snow White, Bach, Lili Marlène, Lorelei...).
Three of the texts are by Jean-Jacques Schuhl.

The filmmaker behind the project, Albert Serra, and his group of Spanish musicians, Les Molforts, are responsible for the experimental electro-orchestration and staging of a show scheduled for February 22, 2025 at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, which will also be made into a film.

The CD "Heidschi Bumbeidschi, 16 moments de ma vie" will be distributed by Tricatel.






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Genre: OST


Tracklist :


A SIDE
1. Ça, c'est Paris ! Générique long
2. Souvenirs souvenirs
3. Paris 2000
4. Grande épicerie
5. Cœur à cœur
6. Pompier ou serveur ?
7. Les jeux sont faits
8. Nuit bleue
9. Paris-Joigny
10. Rêverie

B SIDE
1. Audition
2. Patience…
3. Un ado complexé
4. Allô Agnieszka
5. Golden Boys
6. C'était perdu d'avance
7. Preshow
8. Vue de dos
9. RER A Station La Défense
10. La femme-bijou

Short Info :

Tricatel is releasing on gatefold vinyl a selection of tracks composed by Bertrand Burgalat for Ça, c'est Paris! the series directed by Marc Fitoussi, starring Alex Lutz, Nicolas Maury and Monica Bellucci.

Marc Fitoussi - extract from the sleeve notes
After collaborating on my film "Les Apparences", I knew he'd be the ideal man for this series. Someone who could make real revue music, like you'd hear at the Paradis Latin or the Alcazar, and who could also be resolutely contemporary, like when the troupe relaxes and dances in a bar to a hit of the moment.

Stéphane Lerouge - extract from the sleeve notes
It's a genre that dates back to the thirties, that of the backstage musical, a genre with well-defined codes: the struggle of a collective, a troupe of singers and dancers, to put on a show that, despite a tsunami of obstacles, will end in triumph and reveal a new star. A broad spectrum of films can be linked to this, from "Quarante-deuxième rue" to "Tous en scène", from "Chorus line" to "Trois places pour le vingt-six". And today, the original link in this long chain is the series "Ça, c'est Paris!", in which Marc Fitoussi strips away this tradition, reenchanting it, making it crackle with new energy. In the end, his mission is almost the same as that of his main character, Gaspard Berthille (Alex Lutz), heir to a cabaret, the Tout-Paris, for whom he must invent a present, or rather, a future. To carry out this delicate task, Gaspard Berthille needed an accomplice, invisible on screen: Bertrand Burgalat. His freedom, the way he juggles harmony and tonality, shines through in every measure, as if Marc Fitoussi's subject had triggered something decisive and essential in him.


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LP

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Genre: Alternative Pop / Indie


Tracklist LP :

A Side
1. Speed It Up
2. Anyway
3. Billy Joel
4. Dick Pic
5. Zablonlove
6. Everybody Knows


B Side
1. Here We Go
2. Josie
3. Dark Interlude
4. I'd Really Like
5. Make It Alright
6. Try Again
7. Fantasy


Short Info :

LORD$'s debut album 'Speed It Up' is out on April 26 via Tricatel. LORD$ is a 5-piece band steeped in references ranging from US rap to 70s soft rock, skateboarding to video games, with Rémi Klein on keyboards and vocals, Jay Adams on bass, Zablon on guitar and vocals, Bastien Bonnefont on drums and Gary Haguenauer on guitar.

These formidable instrumentalists have given a handful of concerts, notably at the Petite Halle de la Villette in Paris, one of the hotbeds of the French jazz revival. The group also competed in the prestigious Tiny Desk series of intimate concerts, delivering a performance that impressed American public radio station NPR.
_Pascal Bertin



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On the occasion of its exceptional evening at the Cabaret Sauvage, Tricatel is releasing a superb vinyl compilation of thirteen tracks, including several previously unreleased ones. It's a collector's item for long-time fans and for those who want to discover the label.

The Tricatel Machine compilation pays tribute to this unique evening, including each artist present at the party. But not only that! Of the thirteen tracks, many are new or unreleased on vinyl.

Tracklist :


Face A


1) Madrigal - Leo Blomov
2) Billy Joel - Lord$
3) Plus vite - Charles Dollé
4) Dream - Comateens
5) Pôve tièsse - Guy Cabay
6) Fallen Snow - Louis Philppe
7) La mémoire des pierres - Catastrophe

Face B

1) Das Macht Dich Heiss - Ingrid Caven
2) Sweet Jesus !!! - Chassol
3) J'n'ai pas bougé d'ici - Stéphane Salvi & Kumisolo
4) Tee Shirt Finisher - A.S Dragon
5) The Girl of September - Bertrand Burgalat
6) Montées infinies - Karol Beffa





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Special remarks : 1 LP + PRINTED INNERSLEEVE
Genre: Bossa/Chanson


Tracklist :


Face A


1) Morrer nos seus braços
2) Île amoureuse
3) Vida nunca terà fim
4) Baby butterfly
5) Esse lugar
6) Mon bel andalou

Face B

1) Ceù azulou
2) Vai meu amor
3) M'en Aller
4) Vem aqui
5) Tout commence





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Tricatel is proud to release for the first time on vinyl the reissue of this album released in 2001. It is a single vinyl with a printed sub-sleeve containing vintage studio photos.
Inspired by Barthes, who wrote that the resistance would probably be one day in the affirmation of happiness, I wanted to write a happy record, so happy that it would be a provocation. So I wanted to sing about love in the naive and poetic language that Portuguese is for me. It is the language of secrecy and modesty, of sensuality and eroticism.
So we recorded Azul in the offices/studios of Tricatel in four days. With the Recyclers (Steve Arguëlles, Benoit Delbecq, Christophe Minck), we created these versions on the spot and on ADAT tape for a budget of thirty thousand francs. It is, until now, my album which travelled the most, and which found the most aficionados.
This reissue for the first time on vinyl, almost 23 years later, fills me with joy. Thanks Boss!


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Genre: Psychedelic rock

Tracklist:

A1 - Follow me C1 - Aux Cyclades Électroniques
A2 - Alsthom C2 - Sugar
A3 - Ma rencontre C3 - Jalousies et tomettes

B1 - Kim D1 - A.S Dragon
B2 - Gris métal D2 - The Tears of a Clown
B3 - O.K Skorpios D3 - Easy Tiger


Short info:

This album, recorded live after the release of Bertrand Burgalat's first album (The Sssound of Mmmusic, 2000), is a unique testimony of a passionate encounter, of explosive concerts and an exceptional musical adventure, a mixture of soulful rhythms, oniric keyboards and songs with chiseled lyrics and harmonies.

Out of stock on vinyl for decades, it will be reissued and published in December 2022, with a text by Philippe Manœuvre. 21 years after its first publication, it has not aged a bit. It includes tribute covers ("Follow Me" by Amanda Lear, "Tears Of A Clown" by Smokey Robinson), and a version of "Easy Tiger", recorded at the same time for Depeche Mode.

"This album brings back the great psychedelic concerts that Bertrand gave at the time. For me, Aux Cyclades électronique is in the running for the title of most beautiful song in the world, I haven't changed my mind."
Philippe Manoeuvre, excerpt from the innersleeve note, April 2022

"A.S Dragon is arguably the best French rock band of today. Nearly an hour of psyche-magnetic madness, the spectacular collision of a Gainsbourg theorist playing his melodies to a Jefferson Airplane from Clignancourt charged with pushing all galactic limits."
Philippe Manoeuvre, Rock & Folk, October 2001

"Bertrand Burgalat meets A.S Dragon could satisfy both French Touch fans and Rock'n'Roll purists. It sounds like the resurrection of a sixties garage rock band, somewhere between Detroit and Combs-la-ville. Burgalat for charity."
Philippe Barbot, Télérama, November 2001

"This is a fantastic remix! It sounds a bit like 70's funk. Bertrand has taken the song and reworked it from top to bottom, re-recording people on every part. It sounds like a James Bond song. It's really one of the best remixes we've ever done. "
Martin Gore (Depeche Mode) on "Easy Tiger", Magic, May 2001

"I wish this song could last my whole life..."
Virginie Despentes, on "Aux Cyclades électronique", "Vernon Subutex




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Special remarks : 20th Anniversary - 1LP LIMITED EDITION - WHITE TRANSPARENT LP + BLACK SLEEVE

Genre: Rock


Tracklist :


A1 - Présence humaine
A2 - Séjour-club
A3 - Paris-Dourdan
A4 - Célibataires
A5 - Les pics de pollution

B1 - On se réveillait tôt
B2 - Plein été
B3 - Playa blanca
B4 - Crépuscule
B5 - Derniers temps



Short Info :

On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of its release, the album "Présence humaine" of Michel Houellebecq, famous French writer, is edited for the first time in a white transparent vinyl - limited edition. The album has been arranged and produced by Bertrand Burgalat. He is also the music composer of the album.




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Special remarks : 2CD REISSUE COLLECTOR - TRIPLE GATEFOLD - BOOKLET

Genre: Jazz


Tracklist :


CD1
1. Wersailles (Planeur)
2. La Négacra
3. Les Oursses
4. Les Fleurs
5. RussianKidz (La Ré Fa La)
6. Prologue
7. I lôôôve u sometimes
8. Black Pierrot from Mars
9. U were in love
10. Wersailles (Martial)
11. Wisperfallow
12. Mauriiiice
13. I lôôôôve u sometimes
14. Noise Hanoï
15. Computer Control
16. IndianKidz
17. Time
18. String Fellow Hawke
19. Wersailles (Ending)


CD2
1. Ouverture
2. Les ménagères
3. Mind Food Variation
4. Waltz of the Scary Woman
5. We're leaving
6. Re-Tour du Monde
7. Bons baisers de Neptune
8. Shostakhendrix
9. Touché par la Grace
10. Kraft
11. Scènes d'Humiliation Collective
12. Sunlover
13. Powerplay
14. 12 secondes


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Collector reissue of a double CD, X-Pianos is a great way to discover Chassol's work : ultrascore. He harmonizes the reel, meaning that he reveals the musicality of spoken words and random sounds, such as Leonard Bernstein's work, Indian and Russian pupils, or a neighbourg playing the violin.


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Special remarks : REISSUE DELUXE EDITION 2LP + Gatefold - RSD 2021

Genre: Pop


Tracklist :


A1 - Pas perdus
A2 - TSOM
A3 - Aux Cyclades Électroniques
A4 - Ma rencontre
A5 - Île de béton

B1 - Attention amiante
B2 - Chaque jour
B3 - 14H
B4 - Nonza
B5 - Ok Skorpios
B6 - Gris metal

C1 - Des yeux roses
C2 - L'observatoire
C3 - Le pays imaginaire
C4 - Cœur inapaisé
C5 - Serpentine
C6 - Les amplis de Mayence

D1 - (Come Potrei) Scordare
D2 - Vision of Love
D3 - Biscarosse
D4 - Kim
D5 - Haute volupté


Short Info :

Bertrand Burgalat's first album 'The Sssound of Mmmusic', also known as TSOM, is released in an expanded reissue, twenty-one years after its first publication, on June 12th 2021 for the Record Store Day. Bertrand Burgalat combines lush arrangements, dreamy atmospheres and pop culture with class and humor.

In 2000, Bertrand Burgalat decided to evolve openly by releasing his first solo album 'The Sssound of Mmmusic' which had been in the works since the creation of the label 5 years earlier. This album, a true melancholic and sensual sonorama, reveals the very essence of Burgalat's art, fragile, nuanced, with a rare humility. Dotted with banjos and club bass, cascades of synthetic strings and soprano saxophone, geisha choirs and unblocked beats, 'The Sssound of Mmmusic' appears as a contrasting work where opposites unite in perfect alchemy.

Accompanied by previously unreleased tracks for the first time on vinyl, the album features songs like 'Gris métal' with a text by Michel Houellebecq, 'Vision of Love' his cover of Mariah Carey, or 'Kim' five minutes of intoxicating music.




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Genre: Pop


Tracklist :


A1 - Flash
A2 - Retrouvailles
A3 - Parallèles
A4 - Du haut du 33e étage
A5 - Spectacle du monde

B1 - L'attente
B2 - Sans accolades
B3 - L'homme idéal
B4 - La chanson européenne

C1 - E Pericoloso Sporgersi
C2 - Vous êtes ici
C3 - Correspondance
C4 - J'ai adoré cette journée
C5 - Rêve capital

D1 - L'homme idéal (Yuksek Radio Edit)
D2 - L'attente (Version instrumentale)
D3 - Du haut du 33e étage (Charles Dollé Cover)
D4 - L'homme idéal (Yuksek Extended)

Short Info :

Bertrand Burgalat's new album, RÊVE CAPITAL, will be released on Friday June 11, 2021 by Tricatel.

How many of Burgalat's songs have accompanied difficult afternoons, happy evenings and lonely mornings? The list is long. And it gets longer with this album, each track of which widens the rift between the plates of space and time.
Jean-Pierre Montal

Burgalat makes crackle what we like most in his universe: the reality of things and their discrepancy, the intimate and the universal.
Stéphane Lerouge

His first record, THE SSSOUND OF MMMUSIC, will be released in a deluxe gatefold double vinyl reissue, for the Record Store Day, on June 12, 2021.







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Genre: Pop

Tracklist :
1 - Flash
2 - Retrouvailles
3 - Parallèles
4 - Du haut du 33e étage
5 - Spectacle du monde
6 - L'attente
7 - Sans accolades
8 - L'homme idéal
9 - La chanson européenne
10 - E Pericoloso Sporgersi
11 - Vous êtes ici
12 - Correspondance
13 - J'ai adoré cette journée
14 - Rêve capital
15 - L'homme idéal (Yuksek Radio Edit)
16 - L'attente (Version instrumentale)
17 - Du haut du 33e étage (Charles Dollé Cover)
18 - L'homme idéal (Yuksek Extended)

Short Info :

Bertrand Burgalat's new album, RÊVE CAPITAL, will be released on Friday June 11, 2021 by Tricatel.

How many of Burgalat's songs have accompanied difficult afternoons, happy evenings and lonely mornings? The list is long. And it gets longer with this album, each track of which widens the rift between the plates of space and time.
Jean-Pierre Montal

Burgalat makes crackle what we like most in his universe: the reality of things and their discrepancy, the intimate and the universal.
Stéphane Lerouge

His first record, THE SSSOUND OF MMMUSIC, will be released in a deluxe gatefold double vinyl reissue, for the Record Store Day, on June 12, 2021.







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2023 repress

Format Notes: remastered, 180g vinyl, expanded to double LP, gatefold sleeve

Track List:
A1 : Intro Lectric Chile Goat (0:56)
A2 : Abierto (3:59)
A3 : Organism (4:07)
A4 : Thank You MK (3:50)

B1 : Tatanka (4:09)
B2 : Interlude Train Of Thought (1:20)
B3 : It Gets Heavy (3:23)
B4 : Thin Brown Layer (4:39)

C1 : Interlude So Many Years Ago (0:45)
C2 : Terra Unfirma (4:05)
C3 : Gettin It Together (3:22)
C4 : Another Brother Gone (2:28)
C5 : Broken Blood (3:47)

D1 : Interlude And The Day Goes By (1:28)
D2 : Lost Unfound (3:32)
D3 : The Color Of Life (3:57)
D4 : Falling Awake (3:56)


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It’s rare that a certain sound is entirely an artist’s own. Although undeniably a stew of impeccable influences – from blues to folk to Latin to dusty funk, soul and hip-hop – one cannot hear a Tommy Guerrero song without immediately recognising it as his - and his only.
The cult skater from San Francisco is globally renowned as one of the original members of the legendary “Bones Brigade” team. And as an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, his laid-back soul is beloved by all who’ve basked in its blissful glow.
There’s something elemental about this music that really stirs the soul. Strikingly beautiful and instantly addictive, it’s a kind of funk-fuelled, melody-driven, groove-based magic. There’s a serenity and heart in the playing that radiates warmth and splendour, as if crafted for endless sunsets. His albums that surfaced on Mo Wax at the turn of the century have been treasured since their release and it’s two of his most vital LPs that we’re honoured to reintroduce.
The originals were quietly pressed on to a single piece of vinyl so we’ve worked closely with Tommy this year to bring you these fresh, limited editions. They have been lovingly remastered, cut nice and loud on to heavyweight double vinyl and presented in deluxe gatefold jackets.
Soul Food Taqueria continued Guerrero’s guitar soul but represented a step forward with its polished production and greater complexity of instrumentation. Denied the promotion it deserved upon release, it flew under the radar. It is now the most wanted record of his wondrous back catalogue.
Guerrero’s atmospheric touch and subtle guitar provide lush, glimmering pieces of musical texture. Within his spacious compositions, uniquely arranged instruments flourish alongside each other to create a languid soundtrack for halcyon days.
As ever, the diversity on display is beguiling. From bossa nova, samba and cumbia rhythms to understated folk, funk and soul grooves, this is another exotic set of mellow gold; perfectly represented by ESPO’s memorable artwork. Furthermore, the title’s hybridity reflects the intoxicating sweep of stylistic flavours served up, reminding us that, however tricky it is to categorise Guerrero’s special blend, it’s always a pleasure to indulge in something so creative and adventurous.
Dubby, bass-heavy instrumentals give way to moody folk-soul – witness “It Gets Heavy”, featuring melancholic vocals from Gresham Taylor – whilst “Thank You MK” is a gentle ode to the tropics, featuring ethereal instrumentation, bright bass and warm, jazzy guitars. The second half in particular contains a number of stunning ambient tracks – check “Lost Unfound”, “Another Brother Gone” and “Broken Blood” - built around minimalist, laid-back grooves and detailed guitar orchestrations which wouldn’t be out of place on the latest Jonny Nash release.
Guerrero closes this flawless set with a moment of true beauty. Restrained and graceful, “Falling Awake” is a pared back piece containing meditative guitar melodies set against melancholic piano arrangements. It brings proceedings to the most peaceful close. Seductively good, it reminds you just how great simplicity can sound.


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2025 Repress

Format Notes: Part of Be With x Tommy Guerrero Reissue Campaign, 2024 first time vinyl reissue with original artwork, 140g vinyl

Track List:

A1 B.W.s Blues
A2 So Blue It's Black
A3 Keep On Keepin On
A4 Azule
A5 Black Sheep Blues
A6 30

B1 Pollo Caliente
B2 Never
B3 Solow
B4 Introspection Section
B5 Gone
B6 In My Head
B7 Soul Miner

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Loose Grooves & Bastard Blues is Tommy Guerrero's sublime debut. Of this beloved masterpiece, the legendary skater himself says: "my 1st album. It was never meant to be released. I was just recording for the fun of it.. still my fave. Oh so naive..." And you know what? It's definitely Be With's fave too. An astonishingly great record. A chill, blissful, deeply moving album, it was rightly garlanded as an instant classic.

A laidback, fusionistic ride replete with loopy drum tracks underpinning Tommy's trademark reflective guitar stylings, Loose Grooves & Bastard Blues remains powerfully evergreen. Originally released in 1997, there's elements of jazz, trip hop, rock and downtempo groove. All shot through with a heavy dose of soul. Thirteen tracks of lo-fi (mostly) instrumental freshness fused with Cuban, Latin and blues, it's a must for fans of Money Mark, J Dilla, RJD2, DJ Shadow and Pete Rock. As ever with Tommy's records, the title sums up the music contained within most aptly. And writing about his songs, his vibes, is one of the trickier things to do, it has to be said. It's just all gorgeous!

A total vibe throughout, to blast Loose Grooves & Bastard Blues is a majestic experience, one that suits a start-to-finish listen and renders the picking out of highlights totally redundant. Featuring nagging, deeply melodic guitar lines - both electric and acoustic - over simple rhythms with such sumptuous elegance, the hypnotic playing against unrushed percussion releases a crystal clear stream of healing frequencies. It's ust divine. This album laid the blueprint from which Tommy Guerrero would subsequently explore further on A Little Bit of Somethin' and Soul Food Taquiera.

Meticulously remastered and cut by both Simon Francis and Cicely Balston respectively, it has been pressed to the highest possibly quality at Record Industry in Holland. The original and iconic sleeve, designed by Natas Kaupas, has been restored here at Be With HQ as the finishing touch to this long overdue re-issue.

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Format Notes: 2020 re-issue, 140g vinyl

Territories: Worldwide no restrictions

Track List:

A1 : After Hours (02:57)
A2 : Heaven On Earth (05:09)
A3 : Just Me ’N’ You (05:40)
A4 : She Called Me (04:42)
A5 : Cute As A Button (03:31)

B1 : Love, Love, Love (03:07)
B2 : I’ll Always Be Your Lover (04:11)
B3 : All Strung Out Over You (03:35)
B4 : Not Too Long Ago (04:08)
B5 : Everything I Want I See In You (03:05)

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A dramatic, string-drenched epic, James Ralph Bailey’s Just Me ’N’ You has been a sought-after soul masterpiece for decades. A lush suite of beautiful songs, it was conceived as a concept album; a sophisticated paean to love.

Originally released by MAM Records in 1974, Just Me ’N’ You is a breathtaking jazzy soul album. It’s similar in style to Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On - particularly the performances, orchestrations and chord progressions - but dealing with a different universal subject matter. If What’s Going On was about romance instead of politics, it would sound like this.

Fans of Marvin, Leon Ware, Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson and Willie Hutch will love this record. Not as well known - this is definitely an underrated gem - the work of James Ralph Bailey is no less mind-blowing. It’s got to be one of the best soul albums of all time.

The original productions were made on a basic home tape machine and enhanced with strings, rhythmic overdubs and a variety of other instrumentation. These are beautiful arrangements of strings and jazzy horns. Rhythm guitars and bouncy bass serve as the groove foundation, congas provide a Latin feel whilst the vibraphone and harmonica add colour. And then of course there’s JR’s voice.

His style recalls Hathaway, with a delivery akin to Marvin at the time. As he scats and sings, accompanying himself in sweet harmonies, there is still a rawness of pain and longing in his voice, the rawness familiar to all deep soul.

As an album, Just Me ’N’ You is no mere collection of songs. The tender, smooth tunes flow perfectly together into a fluid, single artistic statement. This is one where it’s hard to pick out any standouts. You may have heard the soaring title track before, maybe on Gilles Peterson’s Digs America compilation. The opening track “After Hours” sounds as fresh now as it ever was and segues beautifully into the majestic “Heaven On Earth”. Recorded by Hathaway the previous year, Bailey’s original of “Love Love Love” is incredible and arguably the definitive version. The powerful, dreamy, sax-and-harmony-laced “All Strung Out Over You” has echoes of the Chi-Lites, it’s that good. Goosebumps. And we could go on.

Mastered by Simon Francis, cut by Pete Norman and pressed at Record Industry, this Be With edition of Just Me ’N’ You sounds every bit as brilliant as it should. A joyous celebration of love, this album is perfect in every way. If you don’t already own a copy then now is the time.


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180g

Tracklist:

A1) Ronpchi 02:14 min
A2) Honsu 05:48 min
A3) Lian 02:05 min
A4) Benbut 08:18 min
A5) Onyx 04:11 min
B1) Skid 02:27 min
B2) Imber 04:50 min
B3) Nakuku 05:29 min
B4) Ysop 05:40 min
B5) Eyb 01:59 min

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Roots run deep on "Candid', the first LP by Munich-based producer Polygonia and drummer Simon Popp. The record is a perfect blend of their distinct voices, with Popp's drumset and his signature percussion sounds buzzing around Polygonia's bold and blooming productions.
Comprised of live material recorded at Munich's ZIRKA in late 2022 and over several studio sessions in-between touring duties, 'Candid' is a meadow of herbal Electronic, mystic at times, but joyful nonetheless.


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Tracklisting:
A) One Step Ahead
B) I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's Face

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You may know Aretha Franklin's scintillating "One Step Ahead" from its vital role in the Oscar-winning movie Moonlight. You may also know it as providing the beautifully melancholic backdrop for Mos Def's 1999 hit "Ms Fat Booty". The inaugural Be With 7" is a special one indeed, containing the first ever officially licensed reissue of Aretha's all-time deep soul classic. "One Step Ahead" was not included on any of her Columbia studio albums, and remains one of her rarest releases. On the flip, "I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's Face" is a thrilling, goosebump-inducing killer and an unfairly slept-on rendition of this eternal track.

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Format Notes: 140g vinyl, double LP, gatefold sleeve, printed inners

Territories: Worldwide no exceptions

Track List:

A1 : Rainbow Deux (6:57)
A2 : Let Love In (6:14)
A3 : Sigh (4:08)
B1 : The Darkest Night (7:32)
B2 : Surrender Now (6:08)
B3 : Summer Is Her Name (4:37)

C1 : Are You Ready (3:18)
C2 : Streets (Keep Me Runnin’) (7:00)
C3 : Samba Dreams (3:20)
D1 : Let’s Go Deep (5:27)
D2 : We Should Be Laughin’ (3:45)
D3 : Wishful Thinking (4:00)

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The melodically adventurous soul of Leon Ware continues its expression in his final opus Rainbow Deux, released on double vinyl on September 13th. The album features new songs recorded and performed by Leon before his health turned, leading to his transition on February 23rd 2017. Co-produced by Taylor Graves, it has stellar musical contributions from the likes of Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, Ronald Bruner Jr, Rob Bacon and Wayne Linsey.

Taylor Graves came into Leon’s musical family in 2002 when he, his brother Cameron and the Bruner brothers Ronald Jr and Stephen (Thundercat) were playing along with their schoolmate Kamasi at an L.A. jazz club. Taylor, Cameron, Ronald and Stephen became Leon’s band for his debut shows in Japan in 2002 and Taylor continued to work with Leon as his mentor and collaborator over the next 15 years.

“Leon was ALWAYS writing something or developing his musical palette” his wife Carol Ware tells us, so it’s impossible to pinpoint any single moment of Rainbow Deux’s genesis. Six of the songs go back to 2012/2013 and were released in 2014 as part of Sigh, a Japan-only CD collection heavy with Rob Bacon’s tasteful licks and Wayne Linsey’s piano vibes. The rest of the material comes from Leon’s sessions with Taylor.

Describing Leon’s and his process, here’s Taylor: “We’d start by having some great homemade food! Then a glass of wine ‘to slow down time’. After we’d have our fill and smoked our joints we’d go into his studio room to listen and create.”

The album was finished-up around August of 2016 in a back-and-forth between Leon and his go-to mastering engineer Toni Economides in the UK.

Leon worked on Rainbow Deux with life’s greatest challenge looming over him, yet it is one of his most focused and cohesive solo offerings since the 1980s. The entire record is a vibe: mellow, deep and smooth as silk. The lyrical themes are eternal, and the music is elegant, soulful and sensual.

The album opens with the hypnotic throb of “For The Rainbow”, coming on like a percussive, slow-mo house shuffle. Gilles Peterson is a fan. The exotic “Let Love In” follows, with its gradual-build Island Funk, intricate guitar picks and sassy female vocals. It explodes when it hits its stride. “Sigh” is the stylish slow jam close-out to side A. Serene guitars and polished drums create neck snapping funk, with a swaggering finger-snap strut.

Side B opens with the easy-burning broken-beaty “The Darkest Night”, the centrepiece of the album. Kamasi Washington’s lurking sax, restrained and beautiful, unfurls into the dank, sticky atmosphere of Thundercat’s signature creeping bass laid over his brother’s in-the-pocket drums. Leon’s vocals are perfect, a masterclass in seductive sax-soul.

“Surrender Now” conjures waves of vocals to swell and wash over the glossy piano, subtly bumping hip-hop drums and bubbling synth-bass stabs. It’s got the trademark Leon layers. “Summer Is Her Name” has Kamasi’s effortless, melancholic sunshine sax give way to rising tempos and propulsive rhythms.

“Are You Ready” is a total highlight (and we’ve been playing it out for ages). It’s a nimble groove of piano and synth rolling around Theo Croker’s sensual trumpet playing. Digi-soul at its finest. With lush G-Funk sensibilities “Streets (Keep Me Runnin’)” sounds like a lost Dam-Funk produced gem. All tough kicks and snares and street sounds. Leon’s hood pass will be forever intact.

“Samba Dreams” is the first of two tracks that bring a little Rio magic to Rainbow Deux. Leon created a whole body of work in partnership with Brazilian legend Marcos Valle that includes “Rockin’ You Eternally” - a hit for Leon - and “Estrelar” – a hit for Marcos. Leon channels his obvious love of Brazilian music here through more of Croker’s sumptuous trumpet, played over loose percussion. “Let’s Go Deep” is next up. A dreamy between-the-sheets quiet storm anthem and a real showcase for Leon’s vocals.

The dripping, honeyed harp-funk of “We Should Be Laughin’” marks the star turn of the brilliant Kimbra. Leon first met her on-stage to do an impromptu duet of “Inside My Love” during an open-air celebration of Minnie Riperton in July of 2014. Kimbra was working with Taylor on her music and he brought her to Leon’s house to do some writing. This was the result.

Warm synths radiate shuffling samba soul on “Wishful Thinking” as those Brazilian rhythms return to bring Rainbow Deux to a close.

During an apartment move Leon and Carol rediscovered some watercolours Leon had done years ago. One of these paintings had been dubbed “Deux Hearts” and Leon decided it should be on the cover of Rainbow Deux, getting as far as approving a draft concept for the artwork.

Carol has overseen developing that draft into the final gatefold sleeve. It brings together quotes, photographs and tributes in what is a reflection on the music, relationships and philosophy of the sensual minister.

Gerry “the gov” Brown, Leon’s long-time sound engineer, was by his side throughout the project, recording and mixing. The album was mastered by Toni Economides and Simon Francis’ additional sensitive work makes sure this double LP sounds like it should on vinyl.

Be With’s first ever release was Leon’s eponymous LP. Re-issuing that album planted the seed of a relationship that has grown to grant us the privilege of presenting his crowning achievement. We know that Leon’s fans all over the Earth will love Rainbow Deux. But we also hope that this album, the final entry in a phenomenal body of work, will reach new fans and find fresh conduits for the spirit of this oft-unsung hero of Soul.

Leon always said “they will get it when I'm gone.”

He also said that “the spirit never dies”…



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Special Remarks: LP 180 G Vinyl
Remastered by Göttsching, Long deleted Vinyl Reissue.

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

Tracklist:
Echo Waves 17:45, Quasarsphere 06:34, Pluralis 21:36



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Format Notes:

Part of Tele Music Reissue Campaign, 2023 first time reissue, 140g vinyl


Track List:

A1 Mondial Scoop (Number III) 2:04
A2 Phasing Percussions A 2:23
A3 Phasing Percussions B 1:41
A4 Phasing Percussions C 1:27
A5 Phasing Percussions D 1:59
A6 Phasing Leitmotive A 2:40
A7 Phasing Leitmotive B 1:10
A8 Phasing March 2:07

B1 Devil Dance A 2:31
B2 Devil Dance B 2:30
B3 Flower Dance A 2:42
B4 Flower Dance B 1:08
B5 Happy Smith (Number II) 1:14
B6 Phasing Cymbals 1:56
B7 Phasing Winds 0:51
B8 Phasing Suspense A 1:46
B9 Phasing Suspense B 1:23

Release Notes:

Every once in a while, a library record's absurd level of perfection will be enough to throw up your hands and pack it all in. "How will I ever find this record in the wild?!", you may despair. And, yes, up until now, Michel Gonet's Phasing News Volume 2 was such a work of this ridiculous standard. Not just hyper-rare, but hyper-brilliant. Its high points transcend the "library" genre. This is a record that has always been so so hot on secondary markets. And it's easy to hear why! It's a big big French library classic with mad crazy demand.

Opening with "Mondial Scoop (Number III)", it continues on from where the dramatic tracks of Phasing News Volume 1 left off. The group of "Phasing Percussions" get under your skin, sample material for days here. "Phasing Leitmotive A" and "Phasing Leitmotive B" hypnotise with their analogue synth loops. Yet it's "Phasing March", closing out the side, that is absolutely sensational. Timpani drums merge with open breaks making for an irresistible neck-snapping tour de force.

Side B starts with "Devil Dance A", an unbelievably infectious bass instrumental whilst "Devil Dance B" adds more percussion and bass flourishes and is all the more funky for it.

And now for the main event. "Flower Dance A". What can we even say? An instantly captivating, sparkling keys loop and glittering percussion neatly arranged atop a very strong bassline and drums, all lean and potent. The melody was lifted wholesale by The Soulsavers for "Rumblefish" back in 2002 and you can't really blame them. "Flower Dance B" removes the bassline for a lighter feel but that loop still burrows inside your brain. It's perfect.

"Happy Smith (Number II)" was used by Madlib for Erykah's "My People" (!!!) whilst the set closes out with a group of tense, phased workouts.

The audio for Phasing News Volume 2 has been remastered by Be With regular Simon Francis, ensuring this release sounds better than ever. Cicely Balston's expert skills have made sure nothing is lost in the cut whilst the original, iconic Tele Music house sleeve has been restored here at Be With HQ as the finishing touch to this long overdue re-issue.

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Part of Be With x KPM Library Reissue Campaign, 2024 first time vinyl reissue, 140g vinyl


Track List:

A1 The Rub 2:27
A2 Money Runner 2:15
A3 White Elephant Walk 1:24
A4 White Elephant Walk (Link) 0:07
A5 Walking Link 0:18
A6 Master Plan 3:26
A7 Night Watch 2:12
A8 The Fence (Version A) 1:49
A9 The Fence (Version B) 2:11
A10 Surveillance 1:33

B1 Total Silence 1:26
B2 Eyes 0:47
B3 Drama Backcloth (1a) 1:38
B4 Drama Backcloth (1b) 0:17
B5 Drama Backcloth (2) 0:59
B6 Drama Backcloth (3) 0:17
B7 Drama Backcloth (4) 0:24
B8 Scenechange (1) 0:17
B9 Scenechange (2a) 0:10
B10 Scenechange (2b) 0:24
B11 Scenechange (2c) 0:25
B12 Scenechange (3a) 0:17
B13 Scenechange (3b) 0:17
B14 Scenechange (4) 0:15
B15 Scenechange (5) 0:21
B16 Scenechange (6a) 0:25
B17 Scenechange (6b) 0:21
B18 Scenechange (7) 0:10
B19 Scenechange (8a) 0:12
B20 Scenechange (8b) 0:30
B21 Scenechange (9) 0:51
B22 Brass Statement 0:05
B23 Final Statement 0:47

It's the pair you've all been waiting for! FINALLY!

Alan Tew's Drama Suite Part II. What can we really say? Honestly? We guess the first thing that strikes you is how clean the drums are. Almost impossibly slick but dripping so, so heavy with the neck-snapping funk you'd expect from perhaps the most sought-after library funk set of them all! The cheapest on Discogs is, currently, £1300+. Now's your chance to remedy that. If you know, you know. And we think you know...

"The Rub" is a cool, low-slung heavy-funk roller with relaxed brass and alto flute phrases. Up next, "Money Runner" is another edgy funk glider, its easy-tempo moving in harmony with slinky rhythmic riffs and featuring a seemingly ad-libbed electric piano solo. Strutting along after, "White Elephant Walk" is another laconic, deeply stoned walking theme with electric piano and alto flutes. There follows a couple of brief "walking" links before the brilliantly tense "Master Plan" slowly builds. Expectancy grows to the main theme around a minute in and then a melodic theme builds slightly to the 3 minute mark before floating down gradually and elegantly to its climax. It's utterly fantastic. The smoky, after-hours "Night Watch" is a slow, cool gem featuring alto flutes and synths.

Now we're talking, "The Fence (a)" is just sensational and worth buying this album all on its own. It's likely the reason you're here, anyway. Another impossibly funky, slow and easy tempo with a bass riff to die for, dramatic guitar with gorgeous electric piano and alto flute phrases. It was sampled for "Action Satisfaction" by J5, way way back. "The Fence (b)" is a slower, more deliberate version of the previous heater, but it's no less essential. Indeed, it's absolutely jaw-drooping. Closing out this remarkable side, "Surveillance" is another horizontal masterpiece of relaxed yet dramatic jazz-funk. Vibes ad-lib in centre section and give you an idea of how Roy Ayers making library funk in the mid-late 70s might've sounded. Sensational.

Flip over for "Total Silence", a near-beatless and understated scene-setter featuring neat interplay of guitar and synthesizer themes over bass and hi-hats. The slow "Eyes" follows, a brief gem with subdued electric piano solo and a light climax. The fantastic "Drama Backcloth (1a)" is up next, a repetitive piano and bass refrain with guitar figures over the top. Its creeping crime-funk vibe was pilfered for "Outta Town Shit" by Ghostface Killah in 2006. "Drama Backcloth (1b)" is a short, subdued version without the guitar figure. "Drama Backcloth (2)" features an expectant, background marimba figure over light rhythm whilst the cool "Drama Backcloth (3)" centres around a relaxed riff and the angular "Drama Backcloth (4)" presents eerie progressions with piano interjections. It's decidedly non-rhythmic!

We're then onto 14 (!) different half-minute "Scenechanges", all jazzy and funky, some cool and dramatic, some slow and rhythmic. All ace and groove-fuelled. The aptly-titled "Final Statement" closes proceedings, a slow, pensive theme on guitar joined by cool brass and a solo trumpet to its climax.

As with all of our KPM re-issues, the audio for Drama Suite Part II comes from the original analogue tapes and has been remastered for vinyl by Be With regular Simon Francis. And as usual, the sleeve reproduction duties were handed over to Richard Robinson, the current custodian of KPM’s brand identity. We're not quite sure what else to say about this landmark record, other than, GET IT!

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