1
Sepalot Quartet - Rainbows
2
Sepalot Quartet - Konzentrat
3
Sepalot Quartet - Hard Rain
4
Sepalot Quartet - Hide & Freak
5
Sepalot Quartet - Follow Me Down
6
Sepalot Quartet - So Down
7
Sepalot Quartet - Can´t Feel Nothing
8
Sepalot Quartet - Tear It Down
LP
- Repress
- First Sepalot Quartet Album
Tracklist LP:
A
Rainbows
Konzentrat
Hard Rain
Hide & Freak
B
Follow Me Down
So Down
Can´t Feel Nothing
Tear It Down
Short Info:
The issue was always: How could I transport my work as a producer and beatmaker on to a stage? How can something, that is happening behind locked doors in the studio, emerge into a live experience?" With this vivacious live quartet, he has found his answer.
Songs from a productive solo career spanning a period of over 10 years, Sepalot has a wide variety of songs to pick and choose from. Even in the live set up, his ove for electronic music remains unaffected and the subtle influence of Hip Hop is un- deniable. Despite this being the initial state of the project, a distinctive sound has evolved from jamming together in dark rehearsal rooms. The different characters compliment each other like a puzzle on stage, though Sepalot's part as producer and svengali is undisputable.
FABIAN FU?SS on the drums - longtime partner on the drum set and the voice behind Sepalot's unmistakable radio hit "Rainbows". ANGELA AUX on the bass and mostly the voice of the quartet is a writer and solo artist in his own right. Having released albums on Millaphone his roots are undeniably in hip hop with a heavy tinge of folk. MATTHIAS LINDERMAYR on the trumpet, who originated from a family of musicians, is highly decorated jazz virtuoso. His very own releases grace modern jazz specialist label Enja Records. ... and finally SEPALOT, bringing them together and making them more than the sum of its parts.
The electronic beats, the pulsating bass, Sepalot's enthusiasm for ambient sound design - all this remains unchanged and is garnished with the element of jazz. A unique, unequalled sound that strives for higher ideals and has immense international potential.
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- Repress
- First Sepalot Quartet Album
Tracklist LP:
A
Rainbows
Konzentrat
Hard Rain
Hide & Freak
B
Follow Me Down
So Down
Can´t Feel Nothing
Tear It Down
Short Info:
The issue was always: How could I transport my work as a producer and beatmaker on to a stage? How can something, that is happening behind locked doors in the studio, emerge into a live experience?" With this vivacious live quartet, he has found his answer.
Songs from a productive solo career spanning a period of over 10 years, Sepalot has a wide variety of songs to pick and choose from. Even in the live set up, his ove for electronic music remains unaffected and the subtle influence of Hip Hop is un- deniable. Despite this being the initial state of the project, a distinctive sound has evolved from jamming together in dark rehearsal rooms. The different characters compliment each other like a puzzle on stage, though Sepalot's part as producer and svengali is undisputable.
FABIAN FU?SS on the drums - longtime partner on the drum set and the voice behind Sepalot's unmistakable radio hit "Rainbows". ANGELA AUX on the bass and mostly the voice of the quartet is a writer and solo artist in his own right. Having released albums on Millaphone his roots are undeniably in hip hop with a heavy tinge of folk. MATTHIAS LINDERMAYR on the trumpet, who originated from a family of musicians, is highly decorated jazz virtuoso. His very own releases grace modern jazz specialist label Enja Records. ... and finally SEPALOT, bringing them together and making them more than the sum of its parts.
The electronic beats, the pulsating bass, Sepalot's enthusiasm for ambient sound design - all this remains unchanged and is garnished with the element of jazz. A unique, unequalled sound that strives for higher ideals and has immense international potential.
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More records from Eskapaden
1
Sepalot - A1: enough
2
Sepalot - A2: who loves you (feat. Johnny Popcorn)
3
Sepalot - A3: follow me down
4
Sepalot - A4: naughty boy
5
Sepalot - A5: black sky (feat. Fab)
6
Sepalot - A6: let´s have some glue
7
Sepalot - A7: march on (ft. Ladi6)
8
Sepalot - B1: I don´t need you anymore
9
Sepalot - B2: can´t stop
10
Sepalot - B3: 3 and 4
11
Sepalot - B4: faithful man (ft. Jesper Munk)
12
Sepalot - B5: feel
13
Sepalot - B6: wolf doll
14
Sepalot - B7: just like you
LP 2026 repress Edition
- Sepalot, former known for founding core member of Blumentopf, also part of Tikhet
2. GENRE/S: Urban; Trip Hop; Indie
3. TRACKLISTS:
A1: enough
A2: who loves you (feat. Johnny Popcorn)
A3: follow me down
A4: naughty boy
A5: black sky (feat. Fab)
A6: let´s have some glue
A7: march on (ft. Ladi6)
B1: I don´t need you anymore
B2: can´t stop
B3: 3 and 4
B4: faithful man (ft. Jesper Munk)
B5: feel
B6: wolf doll
B7: just like you
4. SHORT INFO:
On this album the former "Chasing Clouds" have accumilated into the eponymous "Black Sky"; these drifting soundclouds have swallowed a bulk of Sepalot´s sunny nature; his trademark relaxed attitude gave way to instrumental melancholy and pugnacity. "Before I started recording I listened to lots of The Doors songs. I found the suicidal aspect in their music very exciting. I totally inhaled it." Sepalot reports. "The breakage, the grid, the dirt - that was my inspiration. I was thirsty for the energy of pureness." In order to capture this roughness Sepalots first production steps were drafting soundsketches - often more than 100 in a row. This is then is followed by a sorting procees with many drafts going immediately into the trashcan. The survivors create the first basic draft.
There is something waiting in the wings. Don´t fear the storm, come outside with us... "Black Sky" is here.
Clemens Brentano: "These sounds are a wonderfull living breath of darkness"
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- Sepalot, former known for founding core member of Blumentopf, also part of Tikhet
2. GENRE/S: Urban; Trip Hop; Indie
3. TRACKLISTS:
A1: enough
A2: who loves you (feat. Johnny Popcorn)
A3: follow me down
A4: naughty boy
A5: black sky (feat. Fab)
A6: let´s have some glue
A7: march on (ft. Ladi6)
B1: I don´t need you anymore
B2: can´t stop
B3: 3 and 4
B4: faithful man (ft. Jesper Munk)
B5: feel
B6: wolf doll
B7: just like you
4. SHORT INFO:
On this album the former "Chasing Clouds" have accumilated into the eponymous "Black Sky"; these drifting soundclouds have swallowed a bulk of Sepalot´s sunny nature; his trademark relaxed attitude gave way to instrumental melancholy and pugnacity. "Before I started recording I listened to lots of The Doors songs. I found the suicidal aspect in their music very exciting. I totally inhaled it." Sepalot reports. "The breakage, the grid, the dirt - that was my inspiration. I was thirsty for the energy of pureness." In order to capture this roughness Sepalots first production steps were drafting soundsketches - often more than 100 in a row. This is then is followed by a sorting procees with many drafts going immediately into the trashcan. The survivors create the first basic draft.
There is something waiting in the wings. Don´t fear the storm, come outside with us... "Black Sky" is here.
Clemens Brentano: "These sounds are a wonderfull living breath of darkness"
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Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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LP - 2026 REPRESS EDITION, BLACK VINYL
GENRE/S: Indie; Pop
TRACKLIST:
A1: Das Leben ist schön
A2: 1000km
A3: Letzte Kippe feat. BabyJoy
A4: Fred
A5: Baby Blue
A6: Du Du Du
B1: Weil mein Herz ein Lügner ist
B2: Nichts macht mich kaputt
B3: Ohne mich
B4: Wenn wir groß sind feat. Ami Warning
B5: Mein kleines dummes Herz
B6: Dieses Life
SHORT INFO:
MOLA's music is the unadorned antithesis to a rosy world. She celebrates herself to death, pulls you into her inner chaos and does without the usual romanticising transfiguration of the merciless disorientation that catches up with you on the way home after the last cigarette.
MOLA knows better than anyone that she is a border commuter - and she has never made a secret of it. Perhaps it was fate that the course of events abandoned her shortly after her birth in Erba, Italy, in Germany's most austere metropolis. In Munich, where flying free and falling free are a little more complicated than in the cesspit of Berlin, where one would naturally place Isabella Streifeneder and her music if one didn't know better.
Temporarily reduced to intimacy, then escalating into iconic 80s "Purpel Rain" pathos, MOLA illustrates the emotional chaos that the inner dialogue of left and right brain triggers in her. Unconventional pop music that bundles the nonchalance of great soul anthems, the grace of the Italo-disco of the eighties and the ingenuousness of lascivious hip-hop bangers instead of trying to sound modern by force.
MOLA celebrates defeat, exposes life lies, criticises adulthood, documents radical mood swings. She balances along the abyss in her ball gown, jokes about things you don't joke about, praises and curses intoxication and love - "Vino Bianco no longer tastes like dolce vita, it only tastes like losing".
You can now see MOLA supporting Fatoni, Roy Bianco & the Abbrunzati Boys, Mayberg and Kaffkiez in a flurry of strobe lights after sold-out "nothing breaks me" shows in Munich, Cologne, Berlin & Hamburg. In addition to a festival season that couldn't have been more beautiful, they finally have a big tour of their own coming up for their next album, which will see the light of day in September.
After more than 40 festivals "Snow in Summer" on well-known stages like Lollapalooza Berlin, Rocken am Brocken, Puls Open Air, but also as support for Udo Lindenberg at the Hermann-Hesse-Festival, "Life is Beautiful", the darned second record, sounds almost cynical, ironic or simply naive? In the end, it doesn't matter, because when you are overcome by this spontaneous feeling that is far removed from any rationality, you don't ask any questions. It tastes like the melancholy of a summer in its last breaths, like the last drink of an uncompromisingly insane night.
There is sweating, pogoing and feeling together. Even where it hurts.
You are not just an onlooker or a silent spectator, but part of this empowering feeling of "we".
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Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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GENRE/S: Indie; Pop
TRACKLIST:
A1: Das Leben ist schön
A2: 1000km
A3: Letzte Kippe feat. BabyJoy
A4: Fred
A5: Baby Blue
A6: Du Du Du
B1: Weil mein Herz ein Lügner ist
B2: Nichts macht mich kaputt
B3: Ohne mich
B4: Wenn wir groß sind feat. Ami Warning
B5: Mein kleines dummes Herz
B6: Dieses Life
SHORT INFO:
MOLA's music is the unadorned antithesis to a rosy world. She celebrates herself to death, pulls you into her inner chaos and does without the usual romanticising transfiguration of the merciless disorientation that catches up with you on the way home after the last cigarette.
MOLA knows better than anyone that she is a border commuter - and she has never made a secret of it. Perhaps it was fate that the course of events abandoned her shortly after her birth in Erba, Italy, in Germany's most austere metropolis. In Munich, where flying free and falling free are a little more complicated than in the cesspit of Berlin, where one would naturally place Isabella Streifeneder and her music if one didn't know better.
Temporarily reduced to intimacy, then escalating into iconic 80s "Purpel Rain" pathos, MOLA illustrates the emotional chaos that the inner dialogue of left and right brain triggers in her. Unconventional pop music that bundles the nonchalance of great soul anthems, the grace of the Italo-disco of the eighties and the ingenuousness of lascivious hip-hop bangers instead of trying to sound modern by force.
MOLA celebrates defeat, exposes life lies, criticises adulthood, documents radical mood swings. She balances along the abyss in her ball gown, jokes about things you don't joke about, praises and curses intoxication and love - "Vino Bianco no longer tastes like dolce vita, it only tastes like losing".
You can now see MOLA supporting Fatoni, Roy Bianco & the Abbrunzati Boys, Mayberg and Kaffkiez in a flurry of strobe lights after sold-out "nothing breaks me" shows in Munich, Cologne, Berlin & Hamburg. In addition to a festival season that couldn't have been more beautiful, they finally have a big tour of their own coming up for their next album, which will see the light of day in September.
After more than 40 festivals "Snow in Summer" on well-known stages like Lollapalooza Berlin, Rocken am Brocken, Puls Open Air, but also as support for Udo Lindenberg at the Hermann-Hesse-Festival, "Life is Beautiful", the darned second record, sounds almost cynical, ironic or simply naive? In the end, it doesn't matter, because when you are overcome by this spontaneous feeling that is far removed from any rationality, you don't ask any questions. It tastes like the melancholy of a summer in its last breaths, like the last drink of an uncompromisingly insane night.
There is sweating, pogoing and feeling together. Even where it hurts.
You are not just an onlooker or a silent spectator, but part of this empowering feeling of "we".
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WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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LP - 2026 REPRESS EDITION, BLACK VINYL
GENRE/S: Indie, Pop, Rock, Deutsch
TRACKLIST:
1. Wenn Du Springst
2. Schnee Im Sommer (feat. Haiyti)
3. So Schön Wie Wir
4. All (feat. Fatoni)
5. Secret VIP
6. Vino Bianco (feat. Roy Bianco & die Abbrunzati Boys)
7. Von Allen Süchten
8. Interlude (DaDaDa Für Dich)
9. Google Nennt Das Bipolar
10. Plan B
11. Adieu
SHORT INFO:
Whether crypto-man or crypto-substance, it will be a disastrous affair in any case. Mola's music is the unadorned antithesis to a rosy world. She celebrates herself to death, pulls you into her inner chaos and does without the usual romanticising transfiguration of the merciless disorientation that catches up with you on the way home after the last cigarette.?The album tells a dark yet fragile story of uncompromising autopilot nights that unite and divide us. Temporarily reduced to intimacy, then escalating into iconic 80s "Purpel Rain" pathos, MOLA illustrates the emotional chaos that the inner dialogue of left and right brain triggers in her.
With MOLA, all experiences are suspiciously turned inside out to see what is hidden behind the everyday facade. She turns her inner self inside out and addresses what hurts her - undistorted, not exaggerated, approachable.?MOLA describes her own low blows with defiant self-confidence, without a sentimental glaze. "Snow in Summer" could be an album by an 80s punk rock band with heartbreak, but also by an alternative band from the 90s shortly before their holiday in a Betty Ford clinic.
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GENRE/S: Indie, Pop, Rock, Deutsch
TRACKLIST:
1. Wenn Du Springst
2. Schnee Im Sommer (feat. Haiyti)
3. So Schön Wie Wir
4. All (feat. Fatoni)
5. Secret VIP
6. Vino Bianco (feat. Roy Bianco & die Abbrunzati Boys)
7. Von Allen Süchten
8. Interlude (DaDaDa Für Dich)
9. Google Nennt Das Bipolar
10. Plan B
11. Adieu
SHORT INFO:
Whether crypto-man or crypto-substance, it will be a disastrous affair in any case. Mola's music is the unadorned antithesis to a rosy world. She celebrates herself to death, pulls you into her inner chaos and does without the usual romanticising transfiguration of the merciless disorientation that catches up with you on the way home after the last cigarette.?The album tells a dark yet fragile story of uncompromising autopilot nights that unite and divide us. Temporarily reduced to intimacy, then escalating into iconic 80s "Purpel Rain" pathos, MOLA illustrates the emotional chaos that the inner dialogue of left and right brain triggers in her.
With MOLA, all experiences are suspiciously turned inside out to see what is hidden behind the everyday facade. She turns her inner self inside out and addresses what hurts her - undistorted, not exaggerated, approachable.?MOLA describes her own low blows with defiant self-confidence, without a sentimental glaze. "Snow in Summer" could be an album by an 80s punk rock band with heartbreak, but also by an alternative band from the 90s shortly before their holiday in a Betty Ford clinic.
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Label:Eskapaden
Cat-No:ESK205-V2
Release-Date:27.02.2026
Genre:Indie Rock/Alternative
Configuration:LP Excl
Label:Eskapaden
Cat-No:ESK205-V2
Release-Date:27.02.2026
Genre:Indie Rock/Alternative
Configuration:LP Excl
LP -2026 REPRESS EDITION, BLACK VINYL
GENRE/S: Indie; Rock
TRACKLISTS:
A1: Intro
A2: Liebe Brutal
A3: Ich mach es kaputt
A4: Vielleicht bin ich dumm feat. Saló
A5: Warmes Bier feat. Resi Reiner
A6: Wenn ich untergeh
A7: Immer wenn du trinkst
B1: Mama
B2: Was Liebe ist
B3: Schmetterling feat. MC Windhund
B4: Keine Zeit
B5: Kleiner Stern
B6: Menschen feat. Fatoni
B7: Vom Ende der Einsamkeit
Albumbio:
MOLA - fierce gutter pop, bittersweet ballads and roaring indie anthems oscillating between heartbreak, chaos and radical connection. On Liebe Brutal (out 26.09.2025), raw emotion meets sharp irony, Italo-drama meets pogo energy. Isabella Streifeneder and producer Markus Harbauer deliver their most direct, dynamic and vulnerable record to date - brutally honest, brutally beautiful.
- Third Album of the Band
- 3rd place winner of the Udo Lindenberg Panik Prize in 2021
- Collaborated with artists like Majan, Oehl, Ami Warning, Roy Bianco & die Abbrunzati Boys, among others- Tour - Headline tour planned for November 2025
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GENRE/S: Indie; Rock
TRACKLISTS:
A1: Intro
A2: Liebe Brutal
A3: Ich mach es kaputt
A4: Vielleicht bin ich dumm feat. Saló
A5: Warmes Bier feat. Resi Reiner
A6: Wenn ich untergeh
A7: Immer wenn du trinkst
B1: Mama
B2: Was Liebe ist
B3: Schmetterling feat. MC Windhund
B4: Keine Zeit
B5: Kleiner Stern
B6: Menschen feat. Fatoni
B7: Vom Ende der Einsamkeit
Albumbio:
MOLA - fierce gutter pop, bittersweet ballads and roaring indie anthems oscillating between heartbreak, chaos and radical connection. On Liebe Brutal (out 26.09.2025), raw emotion meets sharp irony, Italo-drama meets pogo energy. Isabella Streifeneder and producer Markus Harbauer deliver their most direct, dynamic and vulnerable record to date - brutally honest, brutally beautiful.
- Third Album of the Band
- 3rd place winner of the Udo Lindenberg Panik Prize in 2021
- Collaborated with artists like Majan, Oehl, Ami Warning, Roy Bianco & die Abbrunzati Boys, among others- Tour - Headline tour planned for November 2025
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Label:Eskapaden
Cat-No:ESK211
Release-Date:30.01.2026
Genre:Indie Rock/Alternative
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Label:Eskapaden
Cat-No:ESK211
Release-Date:30.01.2026
Genre:Indie Rock/Alternative
Configuration:LP Excl
1
Sepalot - In The Hands Of Bosses
2
Sepalot - Quit Running Around
3
Sepalot - Natural Beauty feat Tikhet, Angela Aux
4
Sepalot - Equal
5
Sepalot - My Own Way feat. Illa J
6
Sepalot - Closer
7
Sepalot - Time To Come Together feat. Blu
8
Sepalot - No Other Moment
9
Sepalot - In Heaven
10
Sepalot - Speak Out Loud feat. Elvett
LP
Tracklisting:
01 in the hands of bosses
02 quit running around
03 natural beauty (feat. Tikhet, Angela Aux)
04 equal
05 my own way (feat. Illa J)
06 closer
07 time to come together (feat. Blu)
08 no other moment
09 in heaven
10 speak out loud (feat. Elvett)
“closer” – Sepalot’s soulful mosaic of beats and unity, where hip-hop grit meets human connection.
The second chapter after “neverlost”, “closer” blends samplebased production with classic songwriting – like a sonic mosaic of warmth and groove. Lyrically “hippiesque,” Sepalot explores natural beauty, unity, equality, and self-determination. Guest features shine: Blu delivers sharp lyricism, and Illa J surprises
with soulful vocals on “My Own Way.” For fans of The Avalanches, Caribou, and Madlib – Closer is lush, human, and unforgettable.
Sepalot is one of those rare artists whose sonic palette refuses to be boxed in. His music exists in the fertile space between multi-layered sophistication and playful unpredictability – a quality rooted in his eclectic upbringing. From skate-punk beginnings to soul all-nighters, from obsessive vinyl digging to
deep immersion in hip-hop’s golden era, Sepalot has carried the art of sampling like a badge of honor. His beats are mosaics – meticulously pieced together fragments of sound forming an intricate whole. Beyond the studio, he’s explored these influences as DJ, producer, and live performer, leading the
Sepalot Quartet across Europe’s jazz festivals, and more recently with his experimental band Tikhet alongside Angela Aux
With “closer”, the upcoming second chapter following his 2023 album “neverlost”, Sepalot distills his broad musical world into a sample-based yet song-driven statement. The production feels warm and tactile – think needle-on-vinyl crackle meeting modern songwriting clarity. Lyrically, it’s “hippiesque” in the best
way: themes of natural beauty, unity, democratic awareness, equality, and spiritual introspection weave through the tracklist.
The guest list is just as inspired: legendary wordsmith Blu delivers razor-sharp verses, while Illa J – brother of the late J Dilla – steps away from his signature rap to surprise with soulful vocals on “My Own Way.” Together, they amplify the album’s humanist core, balancing groove-heavy production with
lyrical depth.
Fans of artists like The Avalanches, Caribou, DJ Shadow, or Madlib will find plenty to love here, but Closer carries its own unique fingerprint – a testament to Sepalot’s ability to merge hip-hop grit with songwriting grace. If “Neverlost” was a map, “Closer” is the destination: lush, thoughtful, and deeply human.
Highly recommended for anyone ready to hold hands, open their mind, and let the beat guide them.
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Tracklisting:
01 in the hands of bosses
02 quit running around
03 natural beauty (feat. Tikhet, Angela Aux)
04 equal
05 my own way (feat. Illa J)
06 closer
07 time to come together (feat. Blu)
08 no other moment
09 in heaven
10 speak out loud (feat. Elvett)
“closer” – Sepalot’s soulful mosaic of beats and unity, where hip-hop grit meets human connection.
The second chapter after “neverlost”, “closer” blends samplebased production with classic songwriting – like a sonic mosaic of warmth and groove. Lyrically “hippiesque,” Sepalot explores natural beauty, unity, equality, and self-determination. Guest features shine: Blu delivers sharp lyricism, and Illa J surprises
with soulful vocals on “My Own Way.” For fans of The Avalanches, Caribou, and Madlib – Closer is lush, human, and unforgettable.
Sepalot is one of those rare artists whose sonic palette refuses to be boxed in. His music exists in the fertile space between multi-layered sophistication and playful unpredictability – a quality rooted in his eclectic upbringing. From skate-punk beginnings to soul all-nighters, from obsessive vinyl digging to
deep immersion in hip-hop’s golden era, Sepalot has carried the art of sampling like a badge of honor. His beats are mosaics – meticulously pieced together fragments of sound forming an intricate whole. Beyond the studio, he’s explored these influences as DJ, producer, and live performer, leading the
Sepalot Quartet across Europe’s jazz festivals, and more recently with his experimental band Tikhet alongside Angela Aux
With “closer”, the upcoming second chapter following his 2023 album “neverlost”, Sepalot distills his broad musical world into a sample-based yet song-driven statement. The production feels warm and tactile – think needle-on-vinyl crackle meeting modern songwriting clarity. Lyrically, it’s “hippiesque” in the best
way: themes of natural beauty, unity, democratic awareness, equality, and spiritual introspection weave through the tracklist.
The guest list is just as inspired: legendary wordsmith Blu delivers razor-sharp verses, while Illa J – brother of the late J Dilla – steps away from his signature rap to surprise with soulful vocals on “My Own Way.” Together, they amplify the album’s humanist core, balancing groove-heavy production with
lyrical depth.
Fans of artists like The Avalanches, Caribou, DJ Shadow, or Madlib will find plenty to love here, but Closer carries its own unique fingerprint – a testament to Sepalot’s ability to merge hip-hop grit with songwriting grace. If “Neverlost” was a map, “Closer” is the destination: lush, thoughtful, and deeply human.
Highly recommended for anyone ready to hold hands, open their mind, and let the beat guide them.
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Label:Eskapaden
Cat-No:ESK205-V
Release-Date:26.09.2025
Genre:Indie Rock/Alternative
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Label:Eskapaden
Cat-No:ESK205-V
Release-Date:26.09.2025
Genre:Indie Rock/Alternative
Configuration:LP Excl
1
Mola - A1: Intro
2
Mola - A2: Liebe Brutal
3
Mola - A3: Ich mach es kaputt
4
Mola - A4: Vielleicht bin ich dumm feat. Saló
5
Mola - A5: Warmes Bier feat. Resi Reiner
6
Mola - A6: Wenn ich untergeh
7
Mola - A7: Immer wenn du trinkst
8
Mola - B1: Mama
9
Mola - B2: Was Liebe ist
10
Mola - B3: Schmetterling feat. MC Windhund
11
Mola - B4: Keine Zeit
12
Mola - B5: Kleiner Stern
13
Mola - B6: Menschen feat. Fatoni
14
Mola - B7: Vom Ende der Einsamkeit
LP -Red Vinyl
GENRE/S: Indie; Rock
TRACKLISTS:
A1: Intro
A2: Liebe Brutal
A3: Ich mach es kaputt
A4: Vielleicht bin ich dumm feat. Saló
A5: Warmes Bier feat. Resi Reiner
A6: Wenn ich untergeh
A7: Immer wenn du trinkst
B1: Mama
B2: Was Liebe ist
B3: Schmetterling feat. MC Windhund
B4: Keine Zeit
B5: Kleiner Stern
B6: Menschen feat. Fatoni
B7: Vom Ende der Einsamkeit
Albumbio:
MOLA - fierce gutter pop, bittersweet ballads and roaring indie anthems oscillating between heartbreak, chaos and radical connection. On Liebe Brutal (out 26.09.2025), raw emotion meets sharp irony, Italo-drama meets pogo energy. Isabella Streifeneder and producer Markus Harbauer deliver their most direct, dynamic and vulnerable record to date - brutally honest, brutally beautiful.
- Third Album of the Band
- 3rd place winner of the Udo Lindenberg Panik Prize in 2021
- Collaborated with artists like Majan, Oehl, Ami Warning, Roy Bianco & die Abbrunzati Boys, among others- Tour - Headline tour planned for November 2025
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GENRE/S: Indie; Rock
TRACKLISTS:
A1: Intro
A2: Liebe Brutal
A3: Ich mach es kaputt
A4: Vielleicht bin ich dumm feat. Saló
A5: Warmes Bier feat. Resi Reiner
A6: Wenn ich untergeh
A7: Immer wenn du trinkst
B1: Mama
B2: Was Liebe ist
B3: Schmetterling feat. MC Windhund
B4: Keine Zeit
B5: Kleiner Stern
B6: Menschen feat. Fatoni
B7: Vom Ende der Einsamkeit
Albumbio:
MOLA - fierce gutter pop, bittersweet ballads and roaring indie anthems oscillating between heartbreak, chaos and radical connection. On Liebe Brutal (out 26.09.2025), raw emotion meets sharp irony, Italo-drama meets pogo energy. Isabella Streifeneder and producer Markus Harbauer deliver their most direct, dynamic and vulnerable record to date - brutally honest, brutally beautiful.
- Third Album of the Band
- 3rd place winner of the Udo Lindenberg Panik Prize in 2021
- Collaborated with artists like Majan, Oehl, Ami Warning, Roy Bianco & die Abbrunzati Boys, among others- Tour - Headline tour planned for November 2025
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Mola - Wenn Du Springst
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Mola - Schnee Im Sommer (feat. Haiyti)
3
Mola - So Schön Wie Wir
4
Mola - All (feat. Fatoni)
5
Mola - Secret VIP
6
Mola - Vino Bianco (feat. Roy Bianco & die Abbrunzati Boys)
7
Mola - Von Allen Süchten
8
Mola - Interlude (DaDaDa Für Dich)
9
Mola - Google Nennt Das Bipolar
10
Mola - Plan B
11
Mola - Adieu
LP - 2025 RE in Transparent Orange Vinyl
GENRE/S: Indie, Pop, Rock, Deutsch
TRACKLIST:
1. Wenn Du Springst
2. Schnee Im Sommer (feat. Haiyti)
3. So Schön Wie Wir
4. All (feat. Fatoni)
5. Secret VIP
6. Vino Bianco (feat. Roy Bianco & die Abbrunzati Boys)
7. Von Allen Süchten
8. Interlude (DaDaDa Für Dich)
9. Google Nennt Das Bipolar
10. Plan B
11. Adieu
SHORT INFO:
Whether crypto-man or crypto-substance, it will be a disastrous affair in any case. Mola's music is the unadorned antithesis to a rosy world. She celebrates herself to death, pulls you into her inner chaos and does without the usual romanticising transfiguration of the merciless disorientation that catches up with you on the way home after the last cigarette.?The album tells a dark yet fragile story of uncompromising autopilot nights that unite and divide us. Temporarily reduced to intimacy, then escalating into iconic 80s "Purpel Rain" pathos, MOLA illustrates the emotional chaos that the inner dialogue of left and right brain triggers in her.
With MOLA, all experiences are suspiciously turned inside out to see what is hidden behind the everyday facade. She turns her inner self inside out and addresses what hurts her - undistorted, not exaggerated, approachable.?MOLA describes her own low blows with defiant self-confidence, without a sentimental glaze. "Snow in Summer" could be an album by an 80s punk rock band with heartbreak, but also by an alternative band from the 90s shortly before their holiday in a Betty Ford clinic.
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GENRE/S: Indie, Pop, Rock, Deutsch
TRACKLIST:
1. Wenn Du Springst
2. Schnee Im Sommer (feat. Haiyti)
3. So Schön Wie Wir
4. All (feat. Fatoni)
5. Secret VIP
6. Vino Bianco (feat. Roy Bianco & die Abbrunzati Boys)
7. Von Allen Süchten
8. Interlude (DaDaDa Für Dich)
9. Google Nennt Das Bipolar
10. Plan B
11. Adieu
SHORT INFO:
Whether crypto-man or crypto-substance, it will be a disastrous affair in any case. Mola's music is the unadorned antithesis to a rosy world. She celebrates herself to death, pulls you into her inner chaos and does without the usual romanticising transfiguration of the merciless disorientation that catches up with you on the way home after the last cigarette.?The album tells a dark yet fragile story of uncompromising autopilot nights that unite and divide us. Temporarily reduced to intimacy, then escalating into iconic 80s "Purpel Rain" pathos, MOLA illustrates the emotional chaos that the inner dialogue of left and right brain triggers in her.
With MOLA, all experiences are suspiciously turned inside out to see what is hidden behind the everyday facade. She turns her inner self inside out and addresses what hurts her - undistorted, not exaggerated, approachable.?MOLA describes her own low blows with defiant self-confidence, without a sentimental glaze. "Snow in Summer" could be an album by an 80s punk rock band with heartbreak, but also by an alternative band from the 90s shortly before their holiday in a Betty Ford clinic.
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Mola - A1: Das Leben ist schön
2
Mola - A2: 1000km
3
Mola - A3: Letzte Kippe feat. BabyJoy
4
Mola - A4: Fred
5
Mola - A5: Baby Blue
6
Mola - A6: Du Du Du
7
Mola - B1: Weil mein Herz ein Lügner ist
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Mola - B2: Nichts macht mich kaputt
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Mola - B3: Ohne mich
10
Mola - B4: Wenn wir groß sind feat. Ami Warning
11
Mola - B5: Mein kleines dummes Herz
12
Mola - B6: Dieses Life
LP - Limited , Tranparent Kristall Vinyl, 2025 RE
GENRE/S: Indie; Pop
TRACKLIST:
A1: Das Leben ist schön
A2: 1000km
A3: Letzte Kippe feat. BabyJoy
A4: Fred
A5: Baby Blue
A6: Du Du Du
B1: Weil mein Herz ein Lügner ist
B2: Nichts macht mich kaputt
B3: Ohne mich
B4: Wenn wir groß sind feat. Ami Warning
B5: Mein kleines dummes Herz
B6: Dieses Life
SHORT INFO:
MOLA's music is the unadorned antithesis to a rosy world. She celebrates herself to death, pulls you into her inner chaos and does without the usual romanticising transfiguration of the merciless disorientation that catches up with you on the way home after the last cigarette.
MOLA knows better than anyone that she is a border commuter - and she has never made a secret of it. Perhaps it was fate that the course of events abandoned her shortly after her birth in Erba, Italy, in Germany's most austere metropolis. In Munich, where flying free and falling free are a little more complicated than in the cesspit of Berlin, where one would naturally place Isabella Streifeneder and her music if one didn't know better.
Temporarily reduced to intimacy, then escalating into iconic 80s "Purpel Rain" pathos, MOLA illustrates the emotional chaos that the inner dialogue of left and right brain triggers in her. Unconventional pop music that bundles the nonchalance of great soul anthems, the grace of the Italo-disco of the eighties and the ingenuousness of lascivious hip-hop bangers instead of trying to sound modern by force.
MOLA celebrates defeat, exposes life lies, criticises adulthood, documents radical mood swings. She balances along the abyss in her ball gown, jokes about things you don't joke about, praises and curses intoxication and love - "Vino Bianco no longer tastes like dolce vita, it only tastes like losing".
You can now see MOLA supporting Fatoni, Roy Bianco & the Abbrunzati Boys, Mayberg and Kaffkiez in a flurry of strobe lights after sold-out "nothing breaks me" shows in Munich, Cologne, Berlin & Hamburg. In addition to a festival season that couldn't have been more beautiful, they finally have a big tour of their own coming up for their next album, which will see the light of day in September.
After more than 40 festivals "Snow in Summer" on well-known stages like Lollapalooza Berlin, Rocken am Brocken, Puls Open Air, but also as support for Udo Lindenberg at the Hermann-Hesse-Festival, "Life is Beautiful", the darned second record, sounds almost cynical, ironic or simply naive? In the end, it doesn't matter, because when you are overcome by this spontaneous feeling that is far removed from any rationality, you don't ask any questions. It tastes like the melancholy of a summer in its last breaths, like the last drink of an uncompromisingly insane night.
There is sweating, pogoing and feeling together. Even where it hurts.
You are not just an onlooker or a silent spectator, but part of this empowering feeling of "we".
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GENRE/S: Indie; Pop
TRACKLIST:
A1: Das Leben ist schön
A2: 1000km
A3: Letzte Kippe feat. BabyJoy
A4: Fred
A5: Baby Blue
A6: Du Du Du
B1: Weil mein Herz ein Lügner ist
B2: Nichts macht mich kaputt
B3: Ohne mich
B4: Wenn wir groß sind feat. Ami Warning
B5: Mein kleines dummes Herz
B6: Dieses Life
SHORT INFO:
MOLA's music is the unadorned antithesis to a rosy world. She celebrates herself to death, pulls you into her inner chaos and does without the usual romanticising transfiguration of the merciless disorientation that catches up with you on the way home after the last cigarette.
MOLA knows better than anyone that she is a border commuter - and she has never made a secret of it. Perhaps it was fate that the course of events abandoned her shortly after her birth in Erba, Italy, in Germany's most austere metropolis. In Munich, where flying free and falling free are a little more complicated than in the cesspit of Berlin, where one would naturally place Isabella Streifeneder and her music if one didn't know better.
Temporarily reduced to intimacy, then escalating into iconic 80s "Purpel Rain" pathos, MOLA illustrates the emotional chaos that the inner dialogue of left and right brain triggers in her. Unconventional pop music that bundles the nonchalance of great soul anthems, the grace of the Italo-disco of the eighties and the ingenuousness of lascivious hip-hop bangers instead of trying to sound modern by force.
MOLA celebrates defeat, exposes life lies, criticises adulthood, documents radical mood swings. She balances along the abyss in her ball gown, jokes about things you don't joke about, praises and curses intoxication and love - "Vino Bianco no longer tastes like dolce vita, it only tastes like losing".
You can now see MOLA supporting Fatoni, Roy Bianco & the Abbrunzati Boys, Mayberg and Kaffkiez in a flurry of strobe lights after sold-out "nothing breaks me" shows in Munich, Cologne, Berlin & Hamburg. In addition to a festival season that couldn't have been more beautiful, they finally have a big tour of their own coming up for their next album, which will see the light of day in September.
After more than 40 festivals "Snow in Summer" on well-known stages like Lollapalooza Berlin, Rocken am Brocken, Puls Open Air, but also as support for Udo Lindenberg at the Hermann-Hesse-Festival, "Life is Beautiful", the darned second record, sounds almost cynical, ironic or simply naive? In the end, it doesn't matter, because when you are overcome by this spontaneous feeling that is far removed from any rationality, you don't ask any questions. It tastes like the melancholy of a summer in its last breaths, like the last drink of an uncompromisingly insane night.
There is sweating, pogoing and feeling together. Even where it hurts.
You are not just an onlooker or a silent spectator, but part of this empowering feeling of "we".
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TIKHET - A1: smoke rings
2
TIKHET - A2: so unique
3
TIKHET - A3: tune in and drop out
4
TIKHET - A4: right now I can see (feat. feekind.)
5
TIKHET - A5: I buried my brain in el Segundo
6
TIKHET - B1: smoke rings part II
7
TIKHET - B2: final morning sun
8
TIKHET - B3: almost up in space
9
TIKHET - B4: no filler
10
TIKHET - B5: thoughts per day
LP
2. GENRE/S: Indie; Pop
3. TRACKLISTS:
A1: smoke rings
A2: so unique
A3: tune in and drop out
A4: right now I can see (feat. feekind.)
A5: I buried my brain in el Segundo
B1: smoke rings part II
B2: final morning sun
B3: almost up in space
B4: no filler
B5: thoughts per day
4. SHORT INFO:
TIKHET (Sepalot & Angela Aux)
Each of the ten tracks on "mixtape suite" is likely to evoke such absurd associations in music lovers. The album authentically and unpredictably creates a feeling of total boundlessness with a global approach. Effortlessly uniting an entire record shop within itself. One time you think of Madlib or the Bee Gees, then of Joan Baez or Amon Düül, other times of Beck or Gorillaz. Between boom bap and Krautrock, disco styles, folk references and trip-hop vibes spread out organically. Analogue percussion blurs with 90s sampling sound aesthetics.
TIKHET sounds unplanned and anarchic, with a raw core and some well rounded patina on the outside.
1883 Magazin: "Keep an eye on this emerging act"
Mesmerized: "the project has all the elements needed for a powerful musical output..., an impressive debut for the visionary pair"
Indieshake: "Fucking love this"
B Side Guys: "a project to watch closely in the evolving landscape of genre-bending electronic music."
5. VITAL SALES POINTS:
- "freekind." winner of the MME Awards 2024
- Blog Features -> Music Week UK, Mesmerized, B Side Guys, Wolf in a suit, 1883 Magazin, …
- Tikhet is Sepalot (Blumentopf) and Angela Aux's (Aloha Input) new band.
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2. GENRE/S: Indie; Pop
3. TRACKLISTS:
A1: smoke rings
A2: so unique
A3: tune in and drop out
A4: right now I can see (feat. feekind.)
A5: I buried my brain in el Segundo
B1: smoke rings part II
B2: final morning sun
B3: almost up in space
B4: no filler
B5: thoughts per day
4. SHORT INFO:
TIKHET (Sepalot & Angela Aux)
Each of the ten tracks on "mixtape suite" is likely to evoke such absurd associations in music lovers. The album authentically and unpredictably creates a feeling of total boundlessness with a global approach. Effortlessly uniting an entire record shop within itself. One time you think of Madlib or the Bee Gees, then of Joan Baez or Amon Düül, other times of Beck or Gorillaz. Between boom bap and Krautrock, disco styles, folk references and trip-hop vibes spread out organically. Analogue percussion blurs with 90s sampling sound aesthetics.
TIKHET sounds unplanned and anarchic, with a raw core and some well rounded patina on the outside.
1883 Magazin: "Keep an eye on this emerging act"
Mesmerized: "the project has all the elements needed for a powerful musical output..., an impressive debut for the visionary pair"
Indieshake: "Fucking love this"
B Side Guys: "a project to watch closely in the evolving landscape of genre-bending electronic music."
5. VITAL SALES POINTS:
- "freekind." winner of the MME Awards 2024
- Blog Features -> Music Week UK, Mesmerized, B Side Guys, Wolf in a suit, 1883 Magazin, …
- Tikhet is Sepalot (Blumentopf) and Angela Aux's (Aloha Input) new band.
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Elena Rud - Problem
2
Elena Rud - Verhaftet
3
Elena Rud - Paparazzi feat. SALÒ
4
Elena Rud - Côte d'Azur
5
Elena Rud - Dopamin
6
Elena Rud - Durch die Nacht
7
Elena Rud - Niemand
8
Elena Rud - Fassade
9
Elena Rud - Blaue Augen
10
Elena Rud - Bevor du gehst
LP
GENRE/S: Indie Rock [Rock (Rock / Rockpop)
TRACKLISTS:
1. Problem
2. Verhaftet
3. Paparazzi feat. SALÒ
4. Côte d'Azur
5. Dopamin
6. Durch die Nacht
7. Niemand
8. Fassade
9. Blaue Augen
10. Bevor du gehst
SHORT INFO:
EN:
Chasing dopamine in free fall through a burning world. Looks that make you want to go swimming, even though you know you're going to drown. Where is my value? Who do I want to be? And who do I definitely not want to be?
Mental health, body positivity, queerness, sexualized violence and self-determination: Elena Rud sings about these things, loud and wild. With a voice that sometimes seems on the verge of breaking and then hangs deep in the ear canal again. As raspy as after a handful of cigarettes. So distinctive that you will recognize them again and again from a big bunch of newcomer bands.
Because the songs go through the marrow and bone. Under the skin or into the heart. Maybe left in and right out, but it's good in between. Because you feel that you're no longer quite so alone with yourself and this shitty world.
DE:
Mental Health, Body Positivity, Queerness, sexualisierte Gewalt und Selbstbestimmung:
Elena Rud singt von diesen Dingen, laut und wild. Mit einer Stimme, die mal kurz vorm
Wegbrechen scheint und dann wieder ganz tief im Gehörgang hängt. So kratzig wie nach
einer Handvoll Selbstgedrehten. So markant, dass man sie aus einem großen Haufen
Newcomer-Bands immer und immer wieder erkennen wird.
Mittlerweile hat Elena ein Rudel aus vier Jungs dazu gewonnen. Ein Rudel, das seiner
Frontfrau nicht nur den Rücken stärkt, sondern sich auch gegen die toxischen Ideale wehrt,
an denen sie selbst gemessen werden - für mehr Schwäche, Unsicherheit und GlitzerMakeup statt Dominanz, Unterdrückung und Aggression. Auch in Sachen Sound. Die fünf
Münchner:innen klingen ehrlich, tanzbar und wild. Nach Indie-Rock und Punk. Oder nach
NDW
- Deutschsprachiges Debütalbum
- Support - Tränen
- Support - Deine Cousine
- Gemeinsam Weinen Tour 2024:
27.09.24 Regensburg - Alte Mälzerei
02.10.24 Berlin - Berghain Kantine
03.10.24 Hamburg - Hebebühne
04.10.24 Köln - Helios37
05.10.24 München – Milla
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GENRE/S: Indie Rock [Rock (Rock / Rockpop)
TRACKLISTS:
1. Problem
2. Verhaftet
3. Paparazzi feat. SALÒ
4. Côte d'Azur
5. Dopamin
6. Durch die Nacht
7. Niemand
8. Fassade
9. Blaue Augen
10. Bevor du gehst
SHORT INFO:
EN:
Chasing dopamine in free fall through a burning world. Looks that make you want to go swimming, even though you know you're going to drown. Where is my value? Who do I want to be? And who do I definitely not want to be?
Mental health, body positivity, queerness, sexualized violence and self-determination: Elena Rud sings about these things, loud and wild. With a voice that sometimes seems on the verge of breaking and then hangs deep in the ear canal again. As raspy as after a handful of cigarettes. So distinctive that you will recognize them again and again from a big bunch of newcomer bands.
Because the songs go through the marrow and bone. Under the skin or into the heart. Maybe left in and right out, but it's good in between. Because you feel that you're no longer quite so alone with yourself and this shitty world.
DE:
Mental Health, Body Positivity, Queerness, sexualisierte Gewalt und Selbstbestimmung:
Elena Rud singt von diesen Dingen, laut und wild. Mit einer Stimme, die mal kurz vorm
Wegbrechen scheint und dann wieder ganz tief im Gehörgang hängt. So kratzig wie nach
einer Handvoll Selbstgedrehten. So markant, dass man sie aus einem großen Haufen
Newcomer-Bands immer und immer wieder erkennen wird.
Mittlerweile hat Elena ein Rudel aus vier Jungs dazu gewonnen. Ein Rudel, das seiner
Frontfrau nicht nur den Rücken stärkt, sondern sich auch gegen die toxischen Ideale wehrt,
an denen sie selbst gemessen werden - für mehr Schwäche, Unsicherheit und GlitzerMakeup statt Dominanz, Unterdrückung und Aggression. Auch in Sachen Sound. Die fünf
Münchner:innen klingen ehrlich, tanzbar und wild. Nach Indie-Rock und Punk. Oder nach
NDW
- Deutschsprachiges Debütalbum
- Support - Tränen
- Support - Deine Cousine
- Gemeinsam Weinen Tour 2024:
27.09.24 Regensburg - Alte Mälzerei
02.10.24 Berlin - Berghain Kantine
03.10.24 Hamburg - Hebebühne
04.10.24 Köln - Helios37
05.10.24 München – Milla
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Sepalot - 1. stand by your side
2
Sepalot - 2. visions (feat. Malva)
3
Sepalot - 3. get higher (Main Artist: Temple Haze)
4
Sepalot - 4. i know you can
5
Sepalot - 5. never give up
6
Sepalot - 6. sun upside (Main Artist: Angela Aux)
7
Sepalot - 7. ÄÖ
8
Sepalot - 8. there is a fire in me
9
Sepalot - 9. neverlost (feat.: Fabian Füss)
10
Sepalot - 10. patterns (feat. Matthias Lindermayr)
LP
2. GENRE/S: Trip-Hop, House
3. TRACKLISTS:
1. stand by your side
2. visions (feat. Malva)
3. get higher (Main Artist: Temple Haze)
4. i know you can
5. never give up
6. sun upside (Main Artist: Angela Aux)
7. ÄÖ
8. there is a fire in me
9. neverlost (feat.: Fabian Füss)
10. patterns (feat. Matthias Lindermayr)
4. SHORT INFO:
Sepalot's upcoming studio album neverlost showcases his genre-blending abilities when he seamlessly blends elements of trip-hop, house and a touch of Ennio Morricone to create a unique, innovative and captivating sound.
5. VITAL SALES POINTS:
- Sixth studio album from Sepalot
- Releases on Eskapaden Musik
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2. GENRE/S: Trip-Hop, House
3. TRACKLISTS:
1. stand by your side
2. visions (feat. Malva)
3. get higher (Main Artist: Temple Haze)
4. i know you can
5. never give up
6. sun upside (Main Artist: Angela Aux)
7. ÄÖ
8. there is a fire in me
9. neverlost (feat.: Fabian Füss)
10. patterns (feat. Matthias Lindermayr)
4. SHORT INFO:
Sepalot's upcoming studio album neverlost showcases his genre-blending abilities when he seamlessly blends elements of trip-hop, house and a touch of Ennio Morricone to create a unique, innovative and captivating sound.
5. VITAL SALES POINTS:
- Sixth studio album from Sepalot
- Releases on Eskapaden Musik
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Manni Mono - so_tired
2
Manni Mono - e_need_s
3
Manni Mono - 3_candles
4
Manni Mono - 09.15
5
Manni Mono - sage_scent
6
Manni Mono - that_girl
7
Manni Mono - room_22
8
Manni Mono - three
9
Manni Mono - maury _t
10
Manni Mono - save_O.K
LP - - Second album from Manni Mono aka Schu von Blumentopf - Releases on Wertstoff Musik & Eskapaden Musik
GENRE/S: Instrumental Hip-Hop/LoFi-Beats/Boom Bap
TRACKLISTS:
1. so_tired
2. e_need_s
3. 3_candles
4. 09.15
5. sage_scent
6. that_girl
7. room_22
8. three
9. maury _t
10. save_O.K
SHORT INFO:
Behind Manni Mono hides Schu, he was 1/5 of the band "Blumentopf" and has given the band as a lyricist and rapper several Top10 albums.
He finally exchanged the mic for a sampler.
On "Pension Central" he now celebrates with us his vinyl debut on album length.
Almost infinite samples and set pieces are disassembled down to their molecular structure and put together to a nerdy and yet unique mosaic.
"Pension Central" is a true Frankenstein in the world of beat
Hinter Manni Mono verbirgt sich Schu, er war 1/5 der Band „Blumentopf“ und hat der Band als Texter und Rapper mehrere Top10 Alben beschert.
Das Mic hat er konsequent gegen einen Sampler eingetauscht.
Auf „Pension Central“ feiert er nun mit uns sein Vinyl Debut auf Albumlänge.
Nahezu unendlich viele Samples und Versatzstücke werden bis auf ihre Molekular-Struktur zerlegt und zu einem nerdigen und gleichwohl einzigartigen Mosaik zusammen gesetzt.
„Pension Central“ ist ein wahrer Frankenstein in der Welt der Beats.
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GENRE/S: Instrumental Hip-Hop/LoFi-Beats/Boom Bap
TRACKLISTS:
1. so_tired
2. e_need_s
3. 3_candles
4. 09.15
5. sage_scent
6. that_girl
7. room_22
8. three
9. maury _t
10. save_O.K
SHORT INFO:
Behind Manni Mono hides Schu, he was 1/5 of the band "Blumentopf" and has given the band as a lyricist and rapper several Top10 albums.
He finally exchanged the mic for a sampler.
On "Pension Central" he now celebrates with us his vinyl debut on album length.
Almost infinite samples and set pieces are disassembled down to their molecular structure and put together to a nerdy and yet unique mosaic.
"Pension Central" is a true Frankenstein in the world of beat
Hinter Manni Mono verbirgt sich Schu, er war 1/5 der Band „Blumentopf“ und hat der Band als Texter und Rapper mehrere Top10 Alben beschert.
Das Mic hat er konsequent gegen einen Sampler eingetauscht.
Auf „Pension Central“ feiert er nun mit uns sein Vinyl Debut auf Albumlänge.
Nahezu unendlich viele Samples und Versatzstücke werden bis auf ihre Molekular-Struktur zerlegt und zu einem nerdigen und gleichwohl einzigartigen Mosaik zusammen gesetzt.
„Pension Central“ ist ein wahrer Frankenstein in der Welt der Beats.
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Sepalot - 4 A While
2
Sepalot - Next Door
3
Sepalot - Mule
4
Sepalot - Obscure
5
Sepalot - Out Of Control
6
Sepalot - Red And Yellow
7
Sepalot - I Don´t Care
8
Sepalot - Sleeping Alone
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Sepalot - U Know
10
Sepalot - Job
11
Sepalot - My Hope Is Fading
12
Sepalot - Fernando
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Sepalot - More Flute
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Sepalot - Break Again
15
Sepalot - New Life
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Sepalot - Trouble Dub
17
Sepalot - Everything Is Blue
18
Sepalot - Word´s Don´t Say Much
19
Sepalot - Drunk Again
20
Sepalot - As We
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Sepalot - Babies Laugh
22
Sepalot - For The System
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Sepalot - Get It
24
Sepalot - Pattern Select
25
Sepalot - Ach
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Sepalot - Dream Chaser
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Sepalot - No Title
28
Sepalot - That Easy
29
Sepalot - Till The Sun Comes Up
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Sepalot - Try My Organ
31
Sepalot - Love Ocean
32
Sepalot - Murphy Combo
33
Sepalot - After The Lights
34
Sepalot - Go On
35
Sepalot - Ahahahaha
36
Sepalot - Every Man Has To Carry
37
Sepalot - Kaputtnick
2LP - Digital Audio Tapes 1996 -2002
Genre: Hip-Hop Beats, Boom Bap, Chill Hop
A1
4 A While
Next Door
Mule
Obscure
Out Of Control
Red And Yellow
I Don´t Care
Sleeping Alone
U Know
B1
Job
My Hope Is Fading
Fernando
More Flute
Break Again
New Life
Trouble Dub
Everything Is Blue
A2
Word´s Don´t Say Much
Drunk Again
As We
Babies Laugh
For The System
Get It
Pattern Select
Ach
Dream Chaser
All Good
B2
That Easy
Till The Sun Comes Up
Try My Organ
Love Ocean
Murphy Combo
After The Lights
Go On
Ahahahaha
Every Man Has To Carry
Kaputtnick
4. SHORT INFO:
Lo-Fi was rather an involuntary attribute in the 90s. 90s hip hop instrumentals with the sound aesthetics of old 12-bit samplers are the blueprint for everything that runs under chill and lo-fi beats today. For this double LP, SEPALOT dug deep into his demo box, listened to countless DAT cassettes and dug up 36 pearls from the period 1996 - 2002.
Sepalot: "I had to laugh a lot at times and was sometimes embarrassed, but the innocence of the early days also has an insane power. The best beats demos and sketches from my early days now get their moment."
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Genre: Hip-Hop Beats, Boom Bap, Chill Hop
A1
4 A While
Next Door
Mule
Obscure
Out Of Control
Red And Yellow
I Don´t Care
Sleeping Alone
U Know
B1
Job
My Hope Is Fading
Fernando
More Flute
Break Again
New Life
Trouble Dub
Everything Is Blue
A2
Word´s Don´t Say Much
Drunk Again
As We
Babies Laugh
For The System
Get It
Pattern Select
Ach
Dream Chaser
All Good
B2
That Easy
Till The Sun Comes Up
Try My Organ
Love Ocean
Murphy Combo
After The Lights
Go On
Ahahahaha
Every Man Has To Carry
Kaputtnick
4. SHORT INFO:
Lo-Fi was rather an involuntary attribute in the 90s. 90s hip hop instrumentals with the sound aesthetics of old 12-bit samplers are the blueprint for everything that runs under chill and lo-fi beats today. For this double LP, SEPALOT dug deep into his demo box, listened to countless DAT cassettes and dug up 36 pearls from the period 1996 - 2002.
Sepalot: "I had to laugh a lot at times and was sometimes embarrassed, but the innocence of the early days also has an insane power. The best beats demos and sketches from my early days now get their moment."
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Sepalot - Tocole (05:01)
2
Sepalot - News For You (05:01)
3
Sepalot - Feel Her Again (04:44)
4
Sepalot - Baal On Drum Machine (04:54)
5
Sepalot - Ride In Joy (04:28)
6
Sepalot - 4 Million Lies (04:30)
7
Sepalot - Every Drop Of Rain (06:15)
8
Sepalot - Piece Of Your Heart (03:35)
9
Sepalot - Things Fall Apart (02:18)
Tracklist LP:
Tocole 05:01
News For You 05:01
Feel Her Again 04:44
Baal On Drum Machine 04:54
Ride In Joy 04:28
4 Million Lies 04:30
Every Drop Of Rain 06:15
Piece Of Your Heart 03:35
Things Fall Apart 02:18
Short Info:
NOWNEXT is a voyage from the past to the future, from now to then, from what's behind us to what's waiting for us just around the next corner. In musical terms these are the gaps that appear when you drift between genres and take risks. Strolling far from the well travelled Zeitgeist path. The second album by the Sepalot Quartet floats through this timeless space and fills those cracks with a relaxed fusion of Jazz meets Indie meets Electronica, not once denying Sepalots hip hop roots.
This freedom of expression can also be considered a sign of our times, with a generation coming of age without rivalling youth phenomena. Where a jazz show is held in a techno club with no further explaination needed.
With their first release the Quartet still relied on remakes from the established Sepalot dicography, with their current work they laid the foundation for a truly solid form of musical self discovery.
NOWNEXT is enlivened by this spirit and offers a fascinating and confindent blend of varied sounds spanning time and space.
With all this being said, NOWNEXT is truly an up to date album of international format, feeding from the rich experience of its diverse members (Sepalot, Angela Aux, Fabian Füss, Matthias Lindermayr). Memories, associations and a well carved vision are melted into a masterpiece.
NOWNEXT is the latest offering by SEPALOT and his QUARTET and needs to experienced with all senses.
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Tocole 05:01
News For You 05:01
Feel Her Again 04:44
Baal On Drum Machine 04:54
Ride In Joy 04:28
4 Million Lies 04:30
Every Drop Of Rain 06:15
Piece Of Your Heart 03:35
Things Fall Apart 02:18
Short Info:
NOWNEXT is a voyage from the past to the future, from now to then, from what's behind us to what's waiting for us just around the next corner. In musical terms these are the gaps that appear when you drift between genres and take risks. Strolling far from the well travelled Zeitgeist path. The second album by the Sepalot Quartet floats through this timeless space and fills those cracks with a relaxed fusion of Jazz meets Indie meets Electronica, not once denying Sepalots hip hop roots.
This freedom of expression can also be considered a sign of our times, with a generation coming of age without rivalling youth phenomena. Where a jazz show is held in a techno club with no further explaination needed.
With their first release the Quartet still relied on remakes from the established Sepalot dicography, with their current work they laid the foundation for a truly solid form of musical self discovery.
NOWNEXT is enlivened by this spirit and offers a fascinating and confindent blend of varied sounds spanning time and space.
With all this being said, NOWNEXT is truly an up to date album of international format, feeding from the rich experience of its diverse members (Sepalot, Angela Aux, Fabian Füss, Matthias Lindermayr). Memories, associations and a well carved vision are melted into a masterpiece.
NOWNEXT is the latest offering by SEPALOT and his QUARTET and needs to experienced with all senses.
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Ladi6 - Bang Bang
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Ladi6 - Koeln
3
Ladi6 - Jazmine D.L
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Ladi6 - 98 Til Now
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Ladi6 - Like Water (feat. Sepalot)
6
Ladi6 - Norwest
7
Ladi6 - Burn With Me (feat. Sepalot)
8
Ladi6 - Goodday
9
Ladi6 - Let It Go (feat. Sepalot)
10
Ladi6 - Squid
LP
GENRE/S: Jazzy Hip-Hop / R&B
TRACKLISTS:
1. Bang Bang
2. Köln
3. Jazmine D.L
4. 98 Til Now
5. Like Water (feat. Sepalot)
6. Norwest
7. Burn With Me (feat. Sepalot)
8. Goodday
9. Let It Go (feat. Sepalot)
10. Squid
SHORT INFO:
Ladi6 is a singer with soul. A singer with a hip-hop background and masses of pop-appeal. A singer who first gained attention through her features with the legendary New Zealand export-band Fat Freddy's Drop, but who has also performed alongside such diverse artists as Gil Scott-Heron, Mayer Hawthorne and Mos Def. In short: A singer whose eyes have seen much and whose style is not governed by rules. As if that wasn't enough, her enormous charisma enables her to win her audience over within minutes with full support of her band of Parks and Julien Dyne (BBE).
The 30-year old has always endeavored to use music to tear down barriers and dissolve purported genre-boundaries. With her previous album, "Time Is Not Much" (BBE) which was produced by Parks and Mu (Fat Freddy's Drop), Ladi6 has already taken a perfect shot at her goal, which, combined with the interplay between the many diverse elements of the music, has a highly impressive effect. "The Liberation Of…" has already top the New Zealand independent charts for consecutive weeks and her single "Like Water" is the #1 independent New Zealand song on radio.
Ladi6, a New Zealander of Samoan origin, feels a deep connection to her homeland. And her homeland has suffered some tragic events in recent years: One and a half years ago, the South Sea paradise of Samoa was stuck by a Tsunami. Ladi6, whose real name is Karoline Tamati, was present when the wave of destruction arrived. A few weeks ago an earthquake, measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale, devastated the New Zealand city of Christchurch - the town in which her family lives. Again, Karoline bore witness to a natural catastrophe inflicting deep wounds on the soul of a population.
All the more surprising then, that 'The Liberation Of…' doesn't for one moment sound burdened or melancholy. Quite the contrary, in fact: It is an easygoing, feel-good album. The title of the record, however, suggests both the aim of the songs and the result, which their creation has achieved. For the album is exactly that, which its title suggests: Liberation.
VITAL SALES POINTS:
- Chart Peak position NZ: 6
- 34 weeks in the top 40
- Gold Certification in NZ
- Won Best Urban Album at Pacific Music Awards 2011, as well as best female Artist
- like water got synched al lot in movies and comercials
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GENRE/S: Jazzy Hip-Hop / R&B
TRACKLISTS:
1. Bang Bang
2. Köln
3. Jazmine D.L
4. 98 Til Now
5. Like Water (feat. Sepalot)
6. Norwest
7. Burn With Me (feat. Sepalot)
8. Goodday
9. Let It Go (feat. Sepalot)
10. Squid
SHORT INFO:
Ladi6 is a singer with soul. A singer with a hip-hop background and masses of pop-appeal. A singer who first gained attention through her features with the legendary New Zealand export-band Fat Freddy's Drop, but who has also performed alongside such diverse artists as Gil Scott-Heron, Mayer Hawthorne and Mos Def. In short: A singer whose eyes have seen much and whose style is not governed by rules. As if that wasn't enough, her enormous charisma enables her to win her audience over within minutes with full support of her band of Parks and Julien Dyne (BBE).
The 30-year old has always endeavored to use music to tear down barriers and dissolve purported genre-boundaries. With her previous album, "Time Is Not Much" (BBE) which was produced by Parks and Mu (Fat Freddy's Drop), Ladi6 has already taken a perfect shot at her goal, which, combined with the interplay between the many diverse elements of the music, has a highly impressive effect. "The Liberation Of…" has already top the New Zealand independent charts for consecutive weeks and her single "Like Water" is the #1 independent New Zealand song on radio.
Ladi6, a New Zealander of Samoan origin, feels a deep connection to her homeland. And her homeland has suffered some tragic events in recent years: One and a half years ago, the South Sea paradise of Samoa was stuck by a Tsunami. Ladi6, whose real name is Karoline Tamati, was present when the wave of destruction arrived. A few weeks ago an earthquake, measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale, devastated the New Zealand city of Christchurch - the town in which her family lives. Again, Karoline bore witness to a natural catastrophe inflicting deep wounds on the soul of a population.
All the more surprising then, that 'The Liberation Of…' doesn't for one moment sound burdened or melancholy. Quite the contrary, in fact: It is an easygoing, feel-good album. The title of the record, however, suggests both the aim of the songs and the result, which their creation has achieved. For the album is exactly that, which its title suggests: Liberation.
VITAL SALES POINTS:
- Chart Peak position NZ: 6
- 34 weeks in the top 40
- Gold Certification in NZ
- Won Best Urban Album at Pacific Music Awards 2011, as well as best female Artist
- like water got synched al lot in movies and comercials
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LP
GENRE/S: Jazzy Hip-Hop / R&B
TRACKLISTS:
1. Bang Bang
2. Köln
3. Jazmine D.L
4. 98 Til Now
5. Like Water (feat. Sepalot)
6. Norwest
7. Burn With Me (feat. Sepalot)
8. Goodday
9. Let It Go (feat. Sepalot)
10. Squid
SHORT INFO:
Ladi6 is a singer with soul. A singer with a hip-hop background and masses of pop-appeal. A singer who first gained attention through her features with the legendary New Zealand export-band Fat Freddy's Drop, but who has also performed alongside such diverse artists as Gil Scott-Heron, Mayer Hawthorne and Mos Def. In short: A singer whose eyes have seen much and whose style is not governed by rules. As if that wasn't enough, her enormous charisma enables her to win her audience over within minutes with full support of her band of Parks and Julien Dyne (BBE).
The 30-year old has always endeavored to use music to tear down barriers and dissolve purported genre-boundaries. With her previous album, "Time Is Not Much" (BBE) which was produced by Parks and Mu (Fat Freddy's Drop), Ladi6 has already taken a perfect shot at her goal, which, combined with the interplay between the many diverse elements of the music, has a highly impressive effect. "The Liberation Of…" has already top the New Zealand independent charts for consecutive weeks and her single "Like Water" is the #1 independent New Zealand song on radio.
Ladi6, a New Zealander of Samoan origin, feels a deep connection to her homeland. And her homeland has suffered some tragic events in recent years: One and a half years ago, the South Sea paradise of Samoa was stuck by a Tsunami. Ladi6, whose real name is Karoline Tamati, was present when the wave of destruction arrived. A few weeks ago an earthquake, measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale, devastated the New Zealand city of Christchurch - the town in which her family lives. Again, Karoline bore witness to a natural catastrophe inflicting deep wounds on the soul of a population.
All the more surprising then, that 'The Liberation Of…' doesn't for one moment sound burdened or melancholy. Quite the contrary, in fact: It is an easygoing, feel-good album. The title of the record, however, suggests both the aim of the songs and the result, which their creation has achieved. For the album is exactly that, which its title suggests: Liberation.
VITAL SALES POINTS:
- Chart Peak position NZ: 6
- 34 weeks in the top 40
- Gold Certification in NZ
- Won Best Urban Album at Pacific Music Awards 2011, as well as best female Artist
- like water got synched al lot in movies and comercials
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GENRE/S: Jazzy Hip-Hop / R&B
TRACKLISTS:
1. Bang Bang
2. Köln
3. Jazmine D.L
4. 98 Til Now
5. Like Water (feat. Sepalot)
6. Norwest
7. Burn With Me (feat. Sepalot)
8. Goodday
9. Let It Go (feat. Sepalot)
10. Squid
SHORT INFO:
Ladi6 is a singer with soul. A singer with a hip-hop background and masses of pop-appeal. A singer who first gained attention through her features with the legendary New Zealand export-band Fat Freddy's Drop, but who has also performed alongside such diverse artists as Gil Scott-Heron, Mayer Hawthorne and Mos Def. In short: A singer whose eyes have seen much and whose style is not governed by rules. As if that wasn't enough, her enormous charisma enables her to win her audience over within minutes with full support of her band of Parks and Julien Dyne (BBE).
The 30-year old has always endeavored to use music to tear down barriers and dissolve purported genre-boundaries. With her previous album, "Time Is Not Much" (BBE) which was produced by Parks and Mu (Fat Freddy's Drop), Ladi6 has already taken a perfect shot at her goal, which, combined with the interplay between the many diverse elements of the music, has a highly impressive effect. "The Liberation Of…" has already top the New Zealand independent charts for consecutive weeks and her single "Like Water" is the #1 independent New Zealand song on radio.
Ladi6, a New Zealander of Samoan origin, feels a deep connection to her homeland. And her homeland has suffered some tragic events in recent years: One and a half years ago, the South Sea paradise of Samoa was stuck by a Tsunami. Ladi6, whose real name is Karoline Tamati, was present when the wave of destruction arrived. A few weeks ago an earthquake, measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale, devastated the New Zealand city of Christchurch - the town in which her family lives. Again, Karoline bore witness to a natural catastrophe inflicting deep wounds on the soul of a population.
All the more surprising then, that 'The Liberation Of…' doesn't for one moment sound burdened or melancholy. Quite the contrary, in fact: It is an easygoing, feel-good album. The title of the record, however, suggests both the aim of the songs and the result, which their creation has achieved. For the album is exactly that, which its title suggests: Liberation.
VITAL SALES POINTS:
- Chart Peak position NZ: 6
- 34 weeks in the top 40
- Gold Certification in NZ
- Won Best Urban Album at Pacific Music Awards 2011, as well as best female Artist
- like water got synched al lot in movies and comercials
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Next up in our Cuban Classics series, one of the jewels of record label Areito’s extensive and sought-after catalogue. Ricardo Eddy Martinez’s Expreso Ritmico from 1978 is a prized album fusing funk, disco, and orchestrated influences with Afro-Cuban percussion, Latin breaks, and lush vocal harmonies.
Whilst maintaining its distinctive Cuban identity, Expreso Ritmico is one of the more American / Western-influenced Cuban titles of the time drawing inspiration from jazz funk, disco, and library music. The album was directed, written, and orchestrated by keyboardist and drummer Ricardo Eddy Martinez, who was also the mastermind behind the orchestration of the Los Reyes 73 album (that was recently reissued by Mr Bongo). Martinez would later go on to work with international musicians and singers such as Gloria Estefan, José Feliciano, Chick Corea, and many more, whilst also working as a sound engineer in the US.
Produced by Adolfo Pichardo, who worked on much of Areito’s output, Expreso Ritmico is packed with gold. The opening title track carries a loose, breezy Latin-disco-funk vibe that breaks into a brilliant Afro-Cuban workout. ‘Que La Tristeza Se Fue’ was expertly sampled and looped by Jazzanova on their 2008 song ‘Look What You Are Doing To Me, featuring Phonte from the hip hop group Little Brother. Elsewhere, ‘Tambo Iya’ has an Afro-funk, Soul Makossa-esque groove, while tracks such as ‘Te Quedas’, ‘Mi Conga Es La Que Es’ and ‘La 132’ run with a heavy pulsating Latin-funk sound. Head to the sultry psych funk of ‘Este Tumbao’ for a spacey journey that blends and morphs through genres.
A record that was ahead of its time, Expreso Ritmico is a superb and unique album that merges western influence with Cuban flair. It comes housed in a replica of its original Cuban sleeve design.
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Whilst maintaining its distinctive Cuban identity, Expreso Ritmico is one of the more American / Western-influenced Cuban titles of the time drawing inspiration from jazz funk, disco, and library music. The album was directed, written, and orchestrated by keyboardist and drummer Ricardo Eddy Martinez, who was also the mastermind behind the orchestration of the Los Reyes 73 album (that was recently reissued by Mr Bongo). Martinez would later go on to work with international musicians and singers such as Gloria Estefan, José Feliciano, Chick Corea, and many more, whilst also working as a sound engineer in the US.
Produced by Adolfo Pichardo, who worked on much of Areito’s output, Expreso Ritmico is packed with gold. The opening title track carries a loose, breezy Latin-disco-funk vibe that breaks into a brilliant Afro-Cuban workout. ‘Que La Tristeza Se Fue’ was expertly sampled and looped by Jazzanova on their 2008 song ‘Look What You Are Doing To Me, featuring Phonte from the hip hop group Little Brother. Elsewhere, ‘Tambo Iya’ has an Afro-funk, Soul Makossa-esque groove, while tracks such as ‘Te Quedas’, ‘Mi Conga Es La Que Es’ and ‘La 132’ run with a heavy pulsating Latin-funk sound. Head to the sultry psych funk of ‘Este Tumbao’ for a spacey journey that blends and morphs through genres.
A record that was ahead of its time, Expreso Ritmico is a superb and unique album that merges western influence with Cuban flair. It comes housed in a replica of its original Cuban sleeve design.
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Simon Popp - Hain
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Simon Popp - Birkenschlag
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LP
Special remarks: 180g
Tracklist:
A1) Hain 00:03:42
A2) OiOOiOiiOi 00:03:21
A3) High High Low 00:02:20
A4) Birkenschlag 00:03:53
A5) Awen 00:02:33
B1) Wallride 00:02:07
B2) Powidl 00:03:07
B3) Nonnegative 00:03:47
B4) Eggplant 00:02:51
B5) Derecho 00:03:52
B6) Before All Else 00:04:18
Info:
Simon Popp is back on Squama with his fourth album Trio.
At its heart, Trio is a work about collaboration, playfulness and unification. It is music as a means of coming together, a sonic equivalent to the Japanese philosophy of Kintsugi, in which broken ceramics are repaired with a visible golden lacquer. Rather than hiding the breaks, Kintsugi embraces them, making them part of the story, a form of delicate transformation. Popp and his collaborators Flurin Mück and Sebastian Wolfgruber take a similar approach: three distinct drummers, three different temperaments, three personal styles. Fused together into a single expressive instrument.
The album is a celebration of timbre, texture, and touch, its sound palette drawn from across continents and traditions. Human beings at all points of time, across all cultures and continents have used music to celebrate, mourn, worship and bond. Along with our voices, creating rhythm with our bodies. Clapping, stomping, hitting with sticks. A celebration of rhythm as both a shared human memory and an audible expression of close bonds.
Trio is a reflection of the beauty of imperfection and the timeless pull of rhythm as a shared human force. The cracks are not hidden. They are filled with gold.
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Special remarks: 180g
Tracklist:
A1) Hain 00:03:42
A2) OiOOiOiiOi 00:03:21
A3) High High Low 00:02:20
A4) Birkenschlag 00:03:53
A5) Awen 00:02:33
B1) Wallride 00:02:07
B2) Powidl 00:03:07
B3) Nonnegative 00:03:47
B4) Eggplant 00:02:51
B5) Derecho 00:03:52
B6) Before All Else 00:04:18
Info:
Simon Popp is back on Squama with his fourth album Trio.
At its heart, Trio is a work about collaboration, playfulness and unification. It is music as a means of coming together, a sonic equivalent to the Japanese philosophy of Kintsugi, in which broken ceramics are repaired with a visible golden lacquer. Rather than hiding the breaks, Kintsugi embraces them, making them part of the story, a form of delicate transformation. Popp and his collaborators Flurin Mück and Sebastian Wolfgruber take a similar approach: three distinct drummers, three different temperaments, three personal styles. Fused together into a single expressive instrument.
The album is a celebration of timbre, texture, and touch, its sound palette drawn from across continents and traditions. Human beings at all points of time, across all cultures and continents have used music to celebrate, mourn, worship and bond. Along with our voices, creating rhythm with our bodies. Clapping, stomping, hitting with sticks. A celebration of rhythm as both a shared human memory and an audible expression of close bonds.
Trio is a reflection of the beauty of imperfection and the timeless pull of rhythm as a shared human force. The cracks are not hidden. They are filled with gold.
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Asha Puthli & Say She She - Pawa! (Crazy P Vocal Dub)
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Asha Puthli & Say She She - Pawa! (Crazy P Disco Dub)
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Asha Puthli & Say She She - Pawa! (Boys' Shorts Remix)
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Asha Puthli & Say She She - Pawa! (Crazy P Remix)
Naya Beat is excited to announce 'PAWA!', a soaring disco-funk anthem celebrating feminism and the
power (pawa) of togetherness. It is a mouthwatering collaboration between legendary jazz vocalist and disco
pioneer Asha Puthli and NYC’s punk-chic, discodelic stars Say She She.
A fortuitous and fleeting window between touring schedules allowed Puthli and Say She She’s Nya Gazelle
Brown, Sabrina Cunningham, and Piya Malik to write and record Pawa! with members of the cult funk band
Orgone in the English countryside at Mike Oldfield’s (Tubular Bells) studio. Pawa! is a tribute to female fortitude
and an anthemic call to action for unity and collective action. PAWA TO THE PEOPLE! Asha’s spoken word
bursts into a soaring falsetto while Say She She’s celestial three-part harmonies make for a sublime call
and response between the fabled mentor and her gifted disciples. Throw in a stellar bassline and one of
tightest rhythm sections around, and you have an instant classic. And if that wasn’t enough, four remixes bring
Pawa to the dancefloor! The UK’s legendary Crazy P deliver not one, but three future classics – an epic
house take with a stomping bassline, a stripped-down vocal dub, and a sunshine-ready disco dub. Not to be
outdone, Greece’s favourite dance duo Boys’ Shorts add magical disco touches and reimagine the original
as an eight-minute balearic opus.
Tracklist:
A2. Pawa! (Crazy P Vocal Dub)
A3. Pawa! (Crazy P Disco Dub)
B1. Pawa! (Boys' Shorts Remix)
B2. Pawa! (Crazy P Remix)
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power (pawa) of togetherness. It is a mouthwatering collaboration between legendary jazz vocalist and disco
pioneer Asha Puthli and NYC’s punk-chic, discodelic stars Say She She.
A fortuitous and fleeting window between touring schedules allowed Puthli and Say She She’s Nya Gazelle
Brown, Sabrina Cunningham, and Piya Malik to write and record Pawa! with members of the cult funk band
Orgone in the English countryside at Mike Oldfield’s (Tubular Bells) studio. Pawa! is a tribute to female fortitude
and an anthemic call to action for unity and collective action. PAWA TO THE PEOPLE! Asha’s spoken word
bursts into a soaring falsetto while Say She She’s celestial three-part harmonies make for a sublime call
and response between the fabled mentor and her gifted disciples. Throw in a stellar bassline and one of
tightest rhythm sections around, and you have an instant classic. And if that wasn’t enough, four remixes bring
Pawa to the dancefloor! The UK’s legendary Crazy P deliver not one, but three future classics – an epic
house take with a stomping bassline, a stripped-down vocal dub, and a sunshine-ready disco dub. Not to be
outdone, Greece’s favourite dance duo Boys’ Shorts add magical disco touches and reimagine the original
as an eight-minute balearic opus.
Tracklist:
A2. Pawa! (Crazy P Vocal Dub)
A3. Pawa! (Crazy P Disco Dub)
B1. Pawa! (Boys' Shorts Remix)
B2. Pawa! (Crazy P Remix)
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Imagination - Jazzgang
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Imagination - I'm Always Right
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Imagination - Biting My Time
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Imagination - Himalaya
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Imagination - Love Is Genesis
We are proud to present "I'm Always Right" by Imagination, an unreleased jazz rock LP from 1977. Comprised of five tracks with a playtime of roughly 30 minutes, you will hear one of the finest German late-70s rock-tinged electric jazz albums of the era. The recording is a delightful stand-out with unique compositions, aspiring solo work, and a soulful spirit throughout. Additionally, the album veritably glows with exceptional sound quality, as it has been remastered from original tapes that were cut more than four decades ago at the WDR Funkhaus, Cologne.
Here is the story of how label founder John Raincoatman became aware of these lost tapes:
"I first got in touch with members of Imagination from Düsseldorf (not to be confused with the UK disco band under the same name) in 2017 for licensing the track "Strawberry Wine" from their collectible "Shake It" album from 1980. A couple of months later, when I was speaking with Willi Hövelmann, the guitarist for Imagination, he told me about some recordings the band had made a couple of years before, when they had been invited to to the studio of the WDR, a major German broadcaster. A couple of weeks later, when Hövelmann finally sent me the files that he had requested from the WDR, I could not believe what I heard - not only that the songs were totally different from what I expected, but that they were also very very good! The music wasn't comparable to any other kind of fusion release that I knew of. These five songs were straight forward, tight and soulful electric jazz rock, a combination rarely heard from Germany from that time period."
How come Imagination - at that time a young newcomer band consisting of musicians between 19 and 22 years of age - was able to record at the well-equipped Funkhaus studio of German radio and television? Hövelmann explains: "The WDR got to know us from a newcomer band competition called "Pop am Rhein" (Pop at the Rhine) which was set up to support local bands and was promoted by several bigger newspapers. Imagination was one of the 5 contestants which were picked from 59 bands by a jury of music journalists and our band was invited to play a concert at the Philipshalle in front of about 3500 guests. Although a band called "Accept" won the contest (yes, the heavy metal band that gained international success in the following years!) and Imagination only made 3rd place, we were invited by music host and journalist Wolfgang Neumann to record in a professional studio."
Neumann's broadcasting show at the WDR was called "Rock Studio", and one of his special goals was to help push newcomer bands by giving them airplay. As a side note, Neumann actually compiled a series of three LPs on the Harvest label from 1979-1982, each of them featuring four bands. However, the earlier recordings of Imagination had only been used for broadcasting reasons, they were aired a couple of times but never made it to a vinyl or CD release.
So, on October 10th, 1977, it was time for the band to show up and prove themselves in the studio. The tracks were all recorded in one afternoon, mainly as one takes. In some cases flute, saxophone were overdubbed, as well as the vocals on "Love is Genesis", as Hövelmann remembers.
The first song, "Jazzgang" can probably be seen as Imagination's most characteristic composition out of their early period: heavy bass, saxophone leads and speedy solos by the band members. A genuine, rough, yet funky uptempo jazz rock tune. But it's "I'm Always Right", the second track on the album, that raises the bar as the key track of the release with its 10-minute length. The song starts with a great piano solo by Mario F. Demonte. In fact, "Demonte" was a pseudonym of Ratko Delorko, a classically trained piano virtuoso who is still active today as conductor, composer and performer. At that time, it was simply impossible for him to officially be part in a band like Imagination and hence the alias was invented. Anyway, the speedy intro leads to a very soulful mid-tempo jazz funk groove that offers space and time for the band members to perform a solo. First off is Uwe Ziss with sax and flute combined. The second solo belongs to Willi "Sultan" Hövelmann on electric guitar. For the furious ending the pace is set back to high speed. Delorko serves us with one of the most brilliant uptempo piano solos you may have heard in a while on a jazz record.
The next song stylistically stands out from the rest. "Biting My Time" incorporates a rhythm and blues feel with a 60s soul jazz attitude. The track was composed by Uwe Ziss who leads through the track with aspiring flute solos which feel like an easy summer breeze after the first two rock tinged tunes.
"Himalaya" sees Imagination move away from jazz quite a bit, rather approaching the psychedelic rock genre with a vibe reminiscent of the sound of the early 70s. Again starting with a piano solo by Ratko Delorko the pace is quickly at 150 bpm with the full band laying down an energetic jazz rock sound. Just after a little over one-and-a-half minutes there is a breakdown to a slower tempo with overdubbed mysterious vocals and psyche-y screams which may remind more of the legendary krautrock band Can than what is typically known as "jazz". The mood continues with tense saxophone and guitar solos, just to speed up again towards the end with furious drumming by Andreas Oelschläger.
"Love Is Genesis" concludes the release. It was composed and sung by former bassist Robert Schlickmann. Though most of the band members didn't really like the song at that time it still is a one-of-a-kind soft rock pop ballad which partly reminds of some of the vocal song tracks later to be found on the "Shake It" LP from 1980. The track manifested that Imagination were never really supposed to be solely an instrumental band.
We are now happy to have cleared the exclusive rights for this recording from the WDR and are proud to re-present this amazing collection of songs. It should appeal to fusion, jazz rock and jazz funk aficionados but also to late krautrock collectors. We are also certain that it will also please fans of the "Shake It" album, simply in terms of being such a bright and soulful debut with great music overall.
" VITAL SALES POINTS:
Soulful Jazz Rock album from the WDR Archives. Previously unreleased studios recordings from 1977.
" TRACKLISTS:
Side A
1. Jazzgang
2. I'm Always Right
Side B
1. Biting My Time
2. Himalaya
3. Love Is Genesis
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Here is the story of how label founder John Raincoatman became aware of these lost tapes:
"I first got in touch with members of Imagination from Düsseldorf (not to be confused with the UK disco band under the same name) in 2017 for licensing the track "Strawberry Wine" from their collectible "Shake It" album from 1980. A couple of months later, when I was speaking with Willi Hövelmann, the guitarist for Imagination, he told me about some recordings the band had made a couple of years before, when they had been invited to to the studio of the WDR, a major German broadcaster. A couple of weeks later, when Hövelmann finally sent me the files that he had requested from the WDR, I could not believe what I heard - not only that the songs were totally different from what I expected, but that they were also very very good! The music wasn't comparable to any other kind of fusion release that I knew of. These five songs were straight forward, tight and soulful electric jazz rock, a combination rarely heard from Germany from that time period."
How come Imagination - at that time a young newcomer band consisting of musicians between 19 and 22 years of age - was able to record at the well-equipped Funkhaus studio of German radio and television? Hövelmann explains: "The WDR got to know us from a newcomer band competition called "Pop am Rhein" (Pop at the Rhine) which was set up to support local bands and was promoted by several bigger newspapers. Imagination was one of the 5 contestants which were picked from 59 bands by a jury of music journalists and our band was invited to play a concert at the Philipshalle in front of about 3500 guests. Although a band called "Accept" won the contest (yes, the heavy metal band that gained international success in the following years!) and Imagination only made 3rd place, we were invited by music host and journalist Wolfgang Neumann to record in a professional studio."
Neumann's broadcasting show at the WDR was called "Rock Studio", and one of his special goals was to help push newcomer bands by giving them airplay. As a side note, Neumann actually compiled a series of three LPs on the Harvest label from 1979-1982, each of them featuring four bands. However, the earlier recordings of Imagination had only been used for broadcasting reasons, they were aired a couple of times but never made it to a vinyl or CD release.
So, on October 10th, 1977, it was time for the band to show up and prove themselves in the studio. The tracks were all recorded in one afternoon, mainly as one takes. In some cases flute, saxophone were overdubbed, as well as the vocals on "Love is Genesis", as Hövelmann remembers.
The first song, "Jazzgang" can probably be seen as Imagination's most characteristic composition out of their early period: heavy bass, saxophone leads and speedy solos by the band members. A genuine, rough, yet funky uptempo jazz rock tune. But it's "I'm Always Right", the second track on the album, that raises the bar as the key track of the release with its 10-minute length. The song starts with a great piano solo by Mario F. Demonte. In fact, "Demonte" was a pseudonym of Ratko Delorko, a classically trained piano virtuoso who is still active today as conductor, composer and performer. At that time, it was simply impossible for him to officially be part in a band like Imagination and hence the alias was invented. Anyway, the speedy intro leads to a very soulful mid-tempo jazz funk groove that offers space and time for the band members to perform a solo. First off is Uwe Ziss with sax and flute combined. The second solo belongs to Willi "Sultan" Hövelmann on electric guitar. For the furious ending the pace is set back to high speed. Delorko serves us with one of the most brilliant uptempo piano solos you may have heard in a while on a jazz record.
The next song stylistically stands out from the rest. "Biting My Time" incorporates a rhythm and blues feel with a 60s soul jazz attitude. The track was composed by Uwe Ziss who leads through the track with aspiring flute solos which feel like an easy summer breeze after the first two rock tinged tunes.
"Himalaya" sees Imagination move away from jazz quite a bit, rather approaching the psychedelic rock genre with a vibe reminiscent of the sound of the early 70s. Again starting with a piano solo by Ratko Delorko the pace is quickly at 150 bpm with the full band laying down an energetic jazz rock sound. Just after a little over one-and-a-half minutes there is a breakdown to a slower tempo with overdubbed mysterious vocals and psyche-y screams which may remind more of the legendary krautrock band Can than what is typically known as "jazz". The mood continues with tense saxophone and guitar solos, just to speed up again towards the end with furious drumming by Andreas Oelschläger.
"Love Is Genesis" concludes the release. It was composed and sung by former bassist Robert Schlickmann. Though most of the band members didn't really like the song at that time it still is a one-of-a-kind soft rock pop ballad which partly reminds of some of the vocal song tracks later to be found on the "Shake It" LP from 1980. The track manifested that Imagination were never really supposed to be solely an instrumental band.
We are now happy to have cleared the exclusive rights for this recording from the WDR and are proud to re-present this amazing collection of songs. It should appeal to fusion, jazz rock and jazz funk aficionados but also to late krautrock collectors. We are also certain that it will also please fans of the "Shake It" album, simply in terms of being such a bright and soulful debut with great music overall.
" VITAL SALES POINTS:
Soulful Jazz Rock album from the WDR Archives. Previously unreleased studios recordings from 1977.
" TRACKLISTS:
Side A
1. Jazzgang
2. I'm Always Right
Side B
1. Biting My Time
2. Himalaya
3. Love Is Genesis
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LP, COL (Transparent Vinyl), 180G
Tracklist:
A1) Hungun 03:39 min
A2) Ulbar 04:01 min
A3) Ergelt 02:48 min
A4) Unadag Dugui 02:19 min
A5) Gerhol 04:03 min
A6) Eejiinhee Hairaar 03:30 min
B1) Zuirmegleh 03:25 min
B2) Much 03:02 min
B3) Neke 02:00 min
B4) Old Folks 08:39 min
B5) Bayar Tai 02:28 min
Info:
For a few fleeting moments during a sunset, the sky is cast a vivid shade of amber. A dramatic flare of colour, a moment belonging to both the day and the night. It is within this vibrant, ephemeral world, that Mongolian-born, Munich-based Enji has written her new album Sonor.
Sonor is a reflection of Enji's personal evolution and the complex emotions that accompany living between two worlds. The album's themes revolve around the unplaceable feeling of being between cultures, not as a source of conflict, but as a space for growth and self-discovery. Enji explores how distance from her traditional Mongolian roots has shaped her identity, and how returning home brings a heightened awareness of these changes. Backed by a band of renowned jazz musicians (Elias Stemeseder on piano, Robert Landfermann on bass, Julian Sartorius on drums and co-composer Paul Brändle on guitar), Enji isn't just revisiting tradition, she's distilling the feeling of home, of small joys that reveal their significance only when viewed from afar.
Like a familiar song hummed by a parent, her music captures the essence of belonging, not tied to a single place, but to the emotions and memories that shape us.
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Tracklist:
A1) Hungun 03:39 min
A2) Ulbar 04:01 min
A3) Ergelt 02:48 min
A4) Unadag Dugui 02:19 min
A5) Gerhol 04:03 min
A6) Eejiinhee Hairaar 03:30 min
B1) Zuirmegleh 03:25 min
B2) Much 03:02 min
B3) Neke 02:00 min
B4) Old Folks 08:39 min
B5) Bayar Tai 02:28 min
Info:
For a few fleeting moments during a sunset, the sky is cast a vivid shade of amber. A dramatic flare of colour, a moment belonging to both the day and the night. It is within this vibrant, ephemeral world, that Mongolian-born, Munich-based Enji has written her new album Sonor.
Sonor is a reflection of Enji's personal evolution and the complex emotions that accompany living between two worlds. The album's themes revolve around the unplaceable feeling of being between cultures, not as a source of conflict, but as a space for growth and self-discovery. Enji explores how distance from her traditional Mongolian roots has shaped her identity, and how returning home brings a heightened awareness of these changes. Backed by a band of renowned jazz musicians (Elias Stemeseder on piano, Robert Landfermann on bass, Julian Sartorius on drums and co-composer Paul Brändle on guitar), Enji isn't just revisiting tradition, she's distilling the feeling of home, of small joys that reveal their significance only when viewed from afar.
Like a familiar song hummed by a parent, her music captures the essence of belonging, not tied to a single place, but to the emotions and memories that shape us.
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JKriv - No Great Pretender (JKriv Bedit)
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JKriv - Mukara (JKriv Bedit)
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JKriv - In The Clouds (JKriv Bedit)
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JKriv - Corpo Escultural (JKriv Bedit)
JKriv takes us back to the bed for instalment #2 of his Bedits series, with a 4-track offering of pumping disco, Afro-boogie and breakbeat Brazilian bangers. Made where the magic happens, ready for the floor!
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LJ Simon Feat. Denice Brooks - Givin' Up (Eddie C Disko Mix)
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LJ Simon Feat. Denice Brooks - Givin' Up
Red Motorbike hits the road in '26 with an original production from Berlin's master of boogie funk LJ Simon!
Givin' Up is a soulful modern funk 7" steeped in warm '80s analogue production and classic groove.
The OG version blends vintage synth textures with a deep, understated rhythm section. Known for his love of fat-sounding vintage gear, LJ Simon begins every song with no blueprint, working purely from sound, instinct, and feel, tuning in to receive what the moment brings. The influences are unmistakable, yet the result feels fresh, intuitive and alive.
Vocals are delivered by Denice Brooks, a formidable singer from Austin, Texas, now based in Berlin. Denice built her solo career while performing with an exceptional list of artists including Tina Turner, Roy Ayers, David Bowie, Nancy Wilson, Natalie Cole, and many others. She is notably the only singer to receive Prince's blessing to record an official cover of 'Purple Rain' - a distinction that speaks volumes about her artistry.
Her career has taken her across Germany, Europe, the Middle East, and South Africa, where she even once performed for Nelson Mandela. Her continued experience across stage, studio, television, and musical theatre shines through in a vocal performance rich in depth and soul.
Label head Eddie C offers up his Disko Mix and reframes the track through a '90s street soul lens; stripped-back, dusty, and perfectly tuned for late-night selectors and heads-down dancefloors.
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Givin' Up is a soulful modern funk 7" steeped in warm '80s analogue production and classic groove.
The OG version blends vintage synth textures with a deep, understated rhythm section. Known for his love of fat-sounding vintage gear, LJ Simon begins every song with no blueprint, working purely from sound, instinct, and feel, tuning in to receive what the moment brings. The influences are unmistakable, yet the result feels fresh, intuitive and alive.
Vocals are delivered by Denice Brooks, a formidable singer from Austin, Texas, now based in Berlin. Denice built her solo career while performing with an exceptional list of artists including Tina Turner, Roy Ayers, David Bowie, Nancy Wilson, Natalie Cole, and many others. She is notably the only singer to receive Prince's blessing to record an official cover of 'Purple Rain' - a distinction that speaks volumes about her artistry.
Her career has taken her across Germany, Europe, the Middle East, and South Africa, where she even once performed for Nelson Mandela. Her continued experience across stage, studio, television, and musical theatre shines through in a vocal performance rich in depth and soul.
Label head Eddie C offers up his Disko Mix and reframes the track through a '90s street soul lens; stripped-back, dusty, and perfectly tuned for late-night selectors and heads-down dancefloors.
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Greg Foat & Sokratis Votskos - Flasaki
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Greg Foat & Sokratis Votskos - Ussak-Huseyni
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Greg Foat & Sokratis Votskos - Karsilamas
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Greg Foat & Sokratis Votskos - In the Cave of Pythagoras
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Greg Foat & Sokratis Votskos - The Golden Jackals of Samos
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Greg Foat & Sokratis Votskos - Ode to Potami Beach
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Greg Foat & Sokratis Votskos - Eikosiefta
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Greg Foat & Sokratis Votskos - Liberta
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Greg Foat & Sokratis Votskos - Megalo Seitani Serenade
When most of us go on holiday to Greece, we hang out by the pool, go to the beach and maybe bring home a souvenir or two. Last year Greg went on holiday to Greece and made an album. Synthesizer, Grand Piano and traditional Folk Instruments are blended with Field recordings to create an intriguing album of Authentic Greek Modal Folk-Jazz and soundscapes.
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Reflection - Because
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Ara Pacis - To The Westcoast
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Mainpoint - Frisbee
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Nuages - Strange Weekend
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Austrian Sky - Dieter Heyduk
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Gavin James - River of Laughter
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Top Spin - Bikin
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Jan Pack Band - Cable Dance
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Goldfinger - Walkin' In The Sand
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Major Seven - Silverboat
ONLY Europe! NO rest of WW / UK!
When people think of Yacht Rock-those smooth, sun-drenched sounds that once drifted from Californian radio stations in the late '70s and early '80s-they rarely imagine it echoing through rehearsal rooms in Hamburg or Linz. Yet even far from the Pacific coastline, the appeal of shimmering chords, laid-back grooves, and polished production found fertile ground.
This compilation gathers rare and overlooked tracks from Germany and Austria. These artists embraced West Coast aesthetics with sincerity and subtle twists, resulting in music that feels both familiar and refreshingly new-smooth sounds for cloudy skies. So drop anchor, pour something cool, and enjoy this unexpected cruise through the lesser-charted waters of Euro Yacht Rock.
Our journey begins in Austria, where Reflection's Because (1981) set the tone with blue-eyed soul and analogue warmth-a sunlit blend of Doobie Brothers polish and local charm. Its creator, Dieter Heyduk, reappears with Austrian Sky, a heartfelt nod to his homeland that fuses mountain calm with oceanic longing.
From the North Sea island of Föhr, Ara Pacis dreamed of California on their 1979 self-release To the Westcoast. Inspired by Steely Dan and Lake, they turned German rock precision into breezy, melodic sophistication. Meanwhile, in Düsseldorf, Mainpoint fused funk and jazz-rock on Frisbee, their 1980 single bursting with rhythmic drive and optimism before the tide of the Neue Deutsche Welle swept such grooves aside.
Bremerhaven's Nuages offered the compilation's only instrumental gem, Strange Weekend (1985)-a gentle blend of jazz-funk and rock and largely lost to time. Its cool restraint captures the European interpretation of Californian ease.
Around the same period, British traveler Gavin James recorded River of Laughter in southern Germany, backed by the blues-rock band Black Cat Bone. His acoustic reflections on water and flow mirrored the soft, meditative pulse at Yacht Rock's core.
Berlin's Top Spin kept things playful with Bikin (1985), a funk-fusion snapshot of urban joy that showcased the city's finest session players. From the Ruhr area, the Jan Pack Band is up next. While not a typical Yacht Rock track, Cable Dance is driven by an effortless, groovy '80s vibe.
Peter Seiler's Goldfinger project reimagined Walkin' in the Sand as a relaxed reggae-tinged track, while Munich's Major Seven closed the voyage with Silverboat, a wistful soft rock ballad gliding between melancholy and light.
Across these hidden harbors of German and Austrian pop, the West Coast dream took on new forms-reflected in rivers, skies, and studio lights half a world away from L.A. Under and Above the Clouds celebrates that spirit: the enduring pull of smooth music, wherever it's made.
Special remarks:
- Co-release with Tramp Records
- First ever German Yacht Rock compilation with a selection of extremely rare tunes
- Fully Licenced
- Thick gatefold sleeve with hype sticker and extended liner notes
- Artwork by Chrisse Kunst
- Pressed on BIO VINYL -> Replacement of petroleum in S-PVC by recycling used cooking oil or industrial waste gases
- Manufactured in Germany
Tracklist:
Side A:
Reflection - Because
Ara Pacis - To The Westcoast
Mainpoint - Frisbee
Nuages - Strange Weekend
Dieter Heyduk - Austrian Sky
Side B:
Gavin James - River of Laughter
Top Spin - Bikin
Jan Pack Band - Cable Dance
Goldfinger - Walkin' In The Sand
Major Seven - Silverboat
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When people think of Yacht Rock-those smooth, sun-drenched sounds that once drifted from Californian radio stations in the late '70s and early '80s-they rarely imagine it echoing through rehearsal rooms in Hamburg or Linz. Yet even far from the Pacific coastline, the appeal of shimmering chords, laid-back grooves, and polished production found fertile ground.
This compilation gathers rare and overlooked tracks from Germany and Austria. These artists embraced West Coast aesthetics with sincerity and subtle twists, resulting in music that feels both familiar and refreshingly new-smooth sounds for cloudy skies. So drop anchor, pour something cool, and enjoy this unexpected cruise through the lesser-charted waters of Euro Yacht Rock.
Our journey begins in Austria, where Reflection's Because (1981) set the tone with blue-eyed soul and analogue warmth-a sunlit blend of Doobie Brothers polish and local charm. Its creator, Dieter Heyduk, reappears with Austrian Sky, a heartfelt nod to his homeland that fuses mountain calm with oceanic longing.
From the North Sea island of Föhr, Ara Pacis dreamed of California on their 1979 self-release To the Westcoast. Inspired by Steely Dan and Lake, they turned German rock precision into breezy, melodic sophistication. Meanwhile, in Düsseldorf, Mainpoint fused funk and jazz-rock on Frisbee, their 1980 single bursting with rhythmic drive and optimism before the tide of the Neue Deutsche Welle swept such grooves aside.
Bremerhaven's Nuages offered the compilation's only instrumental gem, Strange Weekend (1985)-a gentle blend of jazz-funk and rock and largely lost to time. Its cool restraint captures the European interpretation of Californian ease.
Around the same period, British traveler Gavin James recorded River of Laughter in southern Germany, backed by the blues-rock band Black Cat Bone. His acoustic reflections on water and flow mirrored the soft, meditative pulse at Yacht Rock's core.
Berlin's Top Spin kept things playful with Bikin (1985), a funk-fusion snapshot of urban joy that showcased the city's finest session players. From the Ruhr area, the Jan Pack Band is up next. While not a typical Yacht Rock track, Cable Dance is driven by an effortless, groovy '80s vibe.
Peter Seiler's Goldfinger project reimagined Walkin' in the Sand as a relaxed reggae-tinged track, while Munich's Major Seven closed the voyage with Silverboat, a wistful soft rock ballad gliding between melancholy and light.
Across these hidden harbors of German and Austrian pop, the West Coast dream took on new forms-reflected in rivers, skies, and studio lights half a world away from L.A. Under and Above the Clouds celebrates that spirit: the enduring pull of smooth music, wherever it's made.
Special remarks:
- Co-release with Tramp Records
- First ever German Yacht Rock compilation with a selection of extremely rare tunes
- Fully Licenced
- Thick gatefold sleeve with hype sticker and extended liner notes
- Artwork by Chrisse Kunst
- Pressed on BIO VINYL -> Replacement of petroleum in S-PVC by recycling used cooking oil or industrial waste gases
- Manufactured in Germany
Tracklist:
Side A:
Reflection - Because
Ara Pacis - To The Westcoast
Mainpoint - Frisbee
Nuages - Strange Weekend
Dieter Heyduk - Austrian Sky
Side B:
Gavin James - River of Laughter
Top Spin - Bikin
Jan Pack Band - Cable Dance
Goldfinger - Walkin' In The Sand
Major Seven - Silverboat
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Germany
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Polygonia, Popp - A1. Ronpchi 02:14 min
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Polygonia, Popp - A2. Honsu 05:48 min
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Polygonia, Popp - A3. Lian 02:05 min
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Polygonia, Popp - A4. Benbut 08:18 min
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Polygonia, Popp - A5. Onyx 04:11 min
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Polygonia, Popp - B1. Skid 02:27 min
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Polygonia, Popp - B2. Imber 04:50 min
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Polygonia, Popp - B3. Nakuku 05:29 min
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Polygonia, Popp - B4. Ysop 05:40 min
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Polygonia, Popp - B5. Eyb 01:59 min
LP
Special remarks:
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
Info:
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.
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
Special remarks:
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
Info:
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.
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
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Elado - I Wanna Dance
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Gee Lane & Dante feat. Jose Barranquero - Rhythm Roots
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Marla Kether - One Time
4
Alma Negra feat. Pat Kalla - Soleil (Extended Version)
5
Musta - Afro Tonic
6
ALOT - Mi Casa (Extended Version)
7
Arpy Brown & Kapote - Drop It Low
8
Daniel Monaco & Bop feat Candy Voice - Sobby
9
Paul Older - Xylo
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Melon Bomb - Galia
2 x 12"
Tracklist:
A1 Elado - I Wanna Dance
A2 Gee Lane & Dante feat. Jose Barranquero - Rhythm Roots
A3 Marla Kether - One Time
B1 Alma Negra feat. Pat Kalla - Soleil (Extended Version)
B2 Musta - Afro Tonic
C1 ALOT - Mi Casa (Extended Version)
C2 Arpy Brown & Kapote - Drop It Low
C3 Daniel Monaco & Bop feat Candy Voice - Sobby
D1 Paul Older - Xylo
D2 Melon Bomb – Galia
A new TOY TONICS compilation!
WILDSTYLE HOUSE is a new compilation series where Toy Tonics invites producers and DJs that have a very special, funky, unique sound to make one new track. The compilation should show the variability and diversity of house and disco TODAY. Like the wild music mix you can hear at the Toy Tonics events and the way Toy Tonics DJs combine many different styles of "4 to the floor" music into one new soulful, multi-style, and warm-sounding blended "genre." It's about the groove, about a new soul sound, the human feel, the organic and Y2K-inspired dance music that is growing and appeals to a new generation of dance music lovers.
This first part of the compilation includes unreleased music by:
Afro-funk and salsa-house producer talents ELADO, MUSTA, and ALMA NEGRA.
Garage house maestros MELON BOMB and Italian musician DANIEL MONACO (known for his New Wave disco and proto-house releases on Rush Hour and his work for Antal).
MARLA KETHER, the London bass player and DJ, who is known for her work with Little Simz, Oscar Jerome, and Loyle Carner, and has now started to release her own tracks.
Argentinian singer, musician, and DJ ALOT, combining proto-house vibes with Spanish rap.
Funk house producer and edit maestro PAUL OLDER, who is starting to become one of the key names of the new soul house scene (supported by DJs like Folamour, David Penn, Seth Troxler, Kirollus, Breakbot...).
And also Toy Tonics' own GEE LANE, KAPOTE, and ARPY BROWN contributed new tracks.
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
Tracklist:
A1 Elado - I Wanna Dance
A2 Gee Lane & Dante feat. Jose Barranquero - Rhythm Roots
A3 Marla Kether - One Time
B1 Alma Negra feat. Pat Kalla - Soleil (Extended Version)
B2 Musta - Afro Tonic
C1 ALOT - Mi Casa (Extended Version)
C2 Arpy Brown & Kapote - Drop It Low
C3 Daniel Monaco & Bop feat Candy Voice - Sobby
D1 Paul Older - Xylo
D2 Melon Bomb – Galia
A new TOY TONICS compilation!
WILDSTYLE HOUSE is a new compilation series where Toy Tonics invites producers and DJs that have a very special, funky, unique sound to make one new track. The compilation should show the variability and diversity of house and disco TODAY. Like the wild music mix you can hear at the Toy Tonics events and the way Toy Tonics DJs combine many different styles of "4 to the floor" music into one new soulful, multi-style, and warm-sounding blended "genre." It's about the groove, about a new soul sound, the human feel, the organic and Y2K-inspired dance music that is growing and appeals to a new generation of dance music lovers.
This first part of the compilation includes unreleased music by:
Afro-funk and salsa-house producer talents ELADO, MUSTA, and ALMA NEGRA.
Garage house maestros MELON BOMB and Italian musician DANIEL MONACO (known for his New Wave disco and proto-house releases on Rush Hour and his work for Antal).
MARLA KETHER, the London bass player and DJ, who is known for her work with Little Simz, Oscar Jerome, and Loyle Carner, and has now started to release her own tracks.
Argentinian singer, musician, and DJ ALOT, combining proto-house vibes with Spanish rap.
Funk house producer and edit maestro PAUL OLDER, who is starting to become one of the key names of the new soul house scene (supported by DJs like Folamour, David Penn, Seth Troxler, Kirollus, Breakbot...).
And also Toy Tonics' own GEE LANE, KAPOTE, and ARPY BROWN contributed new tracks.
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More