LP, 2024 Repress - half speed mastering

Amazing and legendary 1994 cult album on the equally amazing and legendary Irdial Disc label, remastered at Emil Berliner Studios in half speed mastering.

Tracklist:

A1 Untitled
A2 Untitled
B1 Untitled
B2 Untitled
B3 Untitled




About The Reviews >>>>


"The 50 best IDM albums of all time"
Pitchfork

"A liquidy headbox of aural shapes, whose forms hardly change yet seem to encompass infinite viscosity within them, like rainbow pools of oil on water"
Wire

"Before IDM became a nation of Aphex and Autechre cosplayers, the genre was less defined by aesthetics than by a shared ideology. Here was a loosely connected axis of post-rave kids, united by little more than a shared willingness to subvert the tools of their techno idols and create sounds that hadn't previously been imagined. No record of the era better embodies this find-a-machine-and-freak-it ethos than Islets in Pink Polypropylene, the otherworldly debut by British producer Anthony Manning."
Pitchfork

"It’s refreshing to hear an all-electronic album that sounds so organic yet so totally alien."
Fact

"One of the UK’s first post-rave ambient records proper; sharing much more in common with Autechre’s Amber or AFX’s Selected Ambient Works Vol. II - which were both released in that same year - than anything else before or around it."
Boomkat

For fans of avant everything innovative and experimental music.




About The Album>>>>

The whole album was composed and realized on the Roland R8 drum machine. It followed the same process as the Elastic Variations pieces, with the major addition of many, many hours of editing.

Each piece was composed as a series of patterns, of varying lengths ( 5,6,7 bars long ). The stock R8 sounds were embellished with one of several ROM sound library cards ( mostly the Dance card, number 10 ).

These patterns were created by tapping out a rhythm, then, in real time, using the Pitch slider as the pattern looped, to create improvised melodies for each of the pattern's voices.

The rough version of each piece was built by stitching the patterns together as a song, listening to each addition over and over, to make sure the melodies flowed into each other in a vaguely coherent manner.

Once this initial rough structure was in place I set about fine tuning every single note.

The R8 doesn't allow you to assign a pitch to a note in the conventional sense. It's not possible to assign a pitch of Middle C to the first note of the first bar. Instead, it assigns a numerical value to a note's pitch, between -4800 and +4800 ( I think those numbers are correct - that little screen is seared into my memory ).

If you restrict all notes within a piece to a multiple of, say, 400, you therefore create the possibility of a sort of scale. For multiples of 400, you have a total number of 24 permissable notes. However, most of the percussive sounds, when pitch shifted, only sounded 'good' over a reduced range.

The first editing step was to go through the entire piece, and change every note's pitch to its nearest multiple of 400.

The second step was to draw out the entire piece on graph paper, the Y axis being pitch, X being time. This drawing gave me a visual sense of a melody's flow. It was easy to see too many notes clustering around too tight a pitch range for instance, or a single note straying way down into the lower register while all others at that point in the melody were in the upper.

Once these first 'clearing-up' edits were complete I could set about re-writing elements that didn't sound right melodically. Often this meant stripping out whole chunks of superfluous notes, to reveal a cleaner melody line, then shifting its shape slightly. If the flow of the line of dots on the graph 'looked' balanced and sweetly sinuous, then often it sounded so.

This entire process took many weeks per piece. Weeks of doing almost nothing else. Listening. Re-drawing. Re-writing. Listening. Round and round and round. When I could hear the whole thing in my head, from beginning to end, and nothing seemed to jar ( too excessively ), I knew it was done, time to move on.

I imagine it's very similar to the process of stop animation. Your days are filled with painfully tiny incremental changes that seem to be getting nowhere. Then, slowly, a shape, narrative, starts to appear. Then, all of a sudden, somehow, it's done.

When all the pieces were complete the R8 was taken into Irdial's studio where some simple effects were added, each voice recorded individually for clarity onto 8-track tape and mastered onto an ex-BBC half-inch tape deck.

Then I slept. And vowed never to do it again.

*****

And the title ?

Soon after finishing the pieces I happened to read a magazine article about Christo's "Surrounded Islands" installation with the music playing in the background.

There was something about a particular cluster of words within a random sentence that seemed pleasing and somehow appropriate.

"Islets in Pink Polypropylene" seemed to make as much sense as anything else. More

LP, cut at 45rpm for deeper basses at Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin

A selection of 8 exclusive Dub cuts (+ 2 digital bonuses*) produced in the legendary Genevan squat “Goulet 25” between 2003 and 2013 and cut at 45rpm for deeper basses at Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin.

Recorded at Addis records studio/Goulet 25
Overdubbed in France, UK, Jamaica and New-York
Mixed at Disciples, Conscious Sound and Vibronics studios.
Mastered by Kassian at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin
Produced and arranged by Gilles Geuggis aka Jil Addis for Addis records in collaboration with Olivier Ducret
Front cover by Stephane Lambercy aka Stuf Addis
Layout by Nicolas Eigenheer

Give thanks to the Creator JAH RASTAFARI to make everything possible

Tracklist:

1.
Restless Dub 05:37

2.
Dubolution 04:47
3.
The Riddim The Rebel 05:30
4.
Diamond And Dub 05:05
5.
I'n I A Dub (Dubplate Mix) 04:43
6.
Dub Haffi Shine 04:16
7.
Drums and Bass Have Taste 03:52
8.
Ghetto Dub 05:11 More

LP, remaster - Includes 24"x24" poster

Dark Wave / Post Punk

Tracklisting
A1 Accident 3:15
A2 Dead End 3:14
A3 Station Balneaire 4:05
A4 Parano A La Campagne 2:29
A5 Acide Nuit 2:47
B1 Saint Raphael 2:26
B2 Matin Matin 4:15
B3 Blattes 2:24
B4 Courir Courir 3:49
B5 57ème Depression 1:56

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Remastered self-titled Swiss Romand sought after Dark Wave / Post Punk album from 1981.
Includes 24"x24" poster & original insert with lyrics.
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LP, silkscreened covers with stamped labels, LTD 100

Krautrock, Folk, Experimental

Tracklist:
A. Magical Stones And Shiny Mud 16:30
B. Spiegel Haus 18:28

Released december 2019 in coproduction with Standard In-Fi and Mental Groove.

In 2015 Tanz Mein Herz welcome a new arrival among its ever-evolving roster of musicians, the self-taught hurdy-gurdy wizard Alexis Degrenier.
With a tour already in the works, the musicians settle on a set consisting of old material (Magical Stones and Shiny Mud) as well as new themes such as Spiegel Haus, both built around the new instrumentation.
The selection presented on Dosses is taken from the very first rehearsals around these themes, as the musicians strive and wander about freely in search of new musical vistas and promising friendship. With Ernest Bergez, Pierre Bujeau, Alexis Degrenier, Pierre-Vincent Fortunier, Guilhem Lacroux, Jeremie Sauvage and Mathieu Tilly.
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LP

Special: plays both 33 and 45 rpm (vinyl and digital)
For fans of France (the band), Tanz Mein Herz, guitar improvisations, electroacoustiks
A Libellule
B Ebouli
New album by Guilhem Lacroux, LIbellule/Ebouli, recorded at the Librairie Pied-de-Biche Marque-Page (43), on 03/13/2020
Sound engineer: Yann Gourdon
Mixing: Guilhem Lacroux
Graphics: Mona Chancogne
Label: Standard-in-Fi, Mental Groove, La Novia


Two guitars heard, one played that listens to the second. Two superimposed timelines that are replayed through the disc.

Libellule: One side with use of drone.
Ébouli: a side where the guitar is detuned as the piece progresses.

Guilhem Lacroux designed this disc so that it could be listened to in 45 rpm and 33 rpm. The 45 rpm, as a version of real time - I live - and the 33 rpm version that of the state of suspension, the invitation to slow time.

French:

Disque de Guilhem Lacroux, LIbellule/Ebouli, enregistré à la Librairie Pied-de-Biche Marque-Page (43), le 13/03/2020
Prise de son : Yann Gourdon
Mixage : Guilhem Lacroux
Graphisme : Mona Chancogne
Label : Standard-in-Fi, Mental Groove, La Nòvia

Deux guitares entendues, une guitare jouée qui écoute la seconde. Deux temps qui furent, se superposent et qui par le disque se rejouent.

Libellule : Une face avec utilisation du bourdon.
Ébouli : une face où la guitare est désaccordée au fur et à mesure de la pièce.

Guilhem Lacroux a pensé ce disque pour qu’il puisse être écouté en 45 tours et 33 tours.
Le 45 tours, comme version du temps réel - je vis - et la version 33 tours celle de l’état de suspension, l’invitation au temps lent. More

LP

Special: sleeve is printed with silver pantone, includes note from composer (insert)
For fans of Generative Music, Neo Classic, Jazz, Experimental
A1 Ero Ayo
A2 Mo Bulu
A3 Irubo
A4 Ninu Meta
B1 Ibaramu
B2 Yipo
B3 Fun IFe
B4 Roro


Info:

Chris Korda is an internationally renowned multimedia artist, whose work spans thirty years and includes electronic music, digital and video art, performance and conceptual art, and culture jamming. Chris pioneered the use of complex polymeter in electronic dance music, and invented a unique MIDI sequencer in order to explore polymeter composition techniques. Chris composes and performs music in a variety of genres, and has released many albums on labels such as Perlon, Mental Groove, and Gigolo Records. Chris also worked as a computer programmer for thirty-five years.

Her new album "Passion For Numbers" is one of the very few album in the world entirely composed in complex polymeter, meaning that each pieces of music uses several prime meters simultaneously. A unique way to compose music with a new generation of musical algorithmic, inside which Korda injects the DNA of neo classical, ambient and jazz music.

This refreshing album will please you whether you are into complex musical composition, experimental music or just seeking for a beautiful, emotional and accessible musical moment. This is a "In your hearts not the charts" album, as Irdial Discs once said.

Pleases read an extract of Chris Korda's letter about Passion For Numbers, included as insert in its entirety in this vinyl release:

This is an album of piano music, but I wrote it without a piano. Not having a piano turned out to be constructive, because I had to rely on my brain instead of my fingers, and particularly on my imagination and inner hearing. The album belongs to a category called phase music, and it’s also algorithmic, or more precisely rules-based generative music.

I don’t write music in the usual sense of the word “write.” I build kinetic sculptures, and the sculptures generate my music. My sculptures are virtual, meaning they’re invisible machines that exist only as data within my home-grown software.
My process is related to the work of a relatively obscure early 20th century artist named Thomas Wilfred. Like me, Wilfred was an engineer-artist, and built machines that generated art from phase shift.

My music is in complex polymeter, meaning it’s not just in odd time, but in multiple odd time signatures, and not one odd time signature after another sequentially, but all of them running concurrently. Most music isn’t constructed this way, which is why I needed to develop custom software in order to compose my music. My software is called The Polymeter MIDI Sequencer, and you can easily find it on the Internet. I also use music set theory, change-ringing and gray code, explanations of which can be found in Wikipedia.

Chris Korda
(extract from "Passion By Numbers" liner notes)
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LP, half speed mastering

350GSM SLEEVE, INSIDE OUT CARDBOARD, LIMITED TO 500, HALF SPEED MASTERING


GENRE/S: CLASSICAL, AMBIENT

TRACKLISTS:
A1 SAKU
A2 TOBIUME
A3 HAGOROMO
B1 GENSHI
B2 KODOMOTACHI
B3 SHINSEN


SHORT INFO:

This is a love-filled tribute to the late japanese techno and ambient pioneer SUSUMU YOKOTA. In 2021, talented classical guitarist AYANE SHINO discovered his impressive works and recorded cover version of tracks from his acclaimed SAKURA album. Those new contemporary musical pieces will please his ever growing fanbase as well as listeners beyond the electronic music scene.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BQlmpNBW9o

VITAL SALES POINTS:

First in a serie (The Timbre Of Guitars) of classical cover versions by japanese guitarist Ayane Shino
For fans of ambient, new classical, electronica japan and Susumu Yokota

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Territory: World (Excluding France)

"Essential techno, essentially militant. A collection of pioneering electronic club hits and classic tech funk cuts with highly eco-political lyrics, produced by Michelle Grinser, DJ Naughty and featuring by Chicks On Speed. Chris Korda, is a transgender artist and tireless environmental activist who denounced 21 years ago the excess of capitalism and consumerism ("Buy", "Buy More"), exposed social inequalities and warned of the dangers of climate change".

Track listing:
FACE A

1.A1 - Buy

Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia

04:10



2.A2 - Six Billion Humans Can't Be Wrong

Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia

06:33



3.A3 - Sex Is Good (With Marilyn)

Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia

04:06



FACE B

1.B1 - Save The Planet Kill Yourself

Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia

06:12



2.B2 - Buy More

Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia

03:41



3.B3 - Sex Is Good

Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia

05:23



2. FACE A



1.C1 - Victim Of Leisure

Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia

07:43



2.C2 - Stencil

Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia

06:51



FACE B

1.D1 - Fleshdance

Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia

06:11



2.D2 - Steel Peas

Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia

07:02
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- Limited old school edition w / stamped white label + 12" Sleeve.
LP & Digital

Neon Pantone printed 350gsm sleeve
4 pages insert
Sticker

Genre: neo classical, ambient, jazz

Tracklist

1 Itumo 4.18
2 Ona Life 4.22
3 Algo Rag 2.18
4 Ominira 4.14
5 Ilopo Ferese 4.09
6 Omioto 4.46
7 Ohi Inu 5.16
8 Sipeli 3.14
9 Atunwi 5.35


Short Info
Chris Korda's new album "Polymeter" is unique as entirely composed in complex polymeter sequences, a unique way to compose music with a new generation of algorithm, inside which Chris injects DNA of neo classical, ambient and jazz music.

This refreshing album will please both those who are into complex musical composition, conceptual music and who are just seeking for a beautiful, emotional and accessible, unique, musical moment.

This is a "In your hearts not the charts" album, as Irdial Discs once said.

Chris Korda is a transgender, vegan and relentless critic of consumerism, leader of The Church of Euthanasia (willing to halt the overpopulation through suicide, sodomy, abortion and cannibalism) and composer/performer of electronic dance music. She has previously released albums on Kevorkian, International Deejay Gigolo Records and Perlon.


Please read below Chris Korda's introduction to his new album "Polymeter":

[Polymeter] is an album of virtual solo instrumental performances. They're mostly piano pieces, along with a couple of guitar pieces. They sound uncannily similar to human performances, but they aren't. On the contrary, they are algorithmic music, pure applied mathematics.


The compositions are generated by elaborate networks of polymeter modulation. This sounds complicated and will need some explaining. But the most important point is that these are compositions I didn't write in any usual sense of the word. I created systems of rules, and the compositions emerged from those rules. The rules that generated these pieces can be conceptualized as kinetic sculptures that produce intricate non-random patterns of musical interference. The resulting patterns repeat themselves over long periods, measured in hours, days, or in some cases years.


In order to create this album, I had to write my own MIDI sequencer from scratch, because commercial MIDI sequencers lack the necessary degrees of freedom. My sequencer is also called Polymeter, and I started writing it in 1994. I used a relatively primitive version of it to create my earlier techno and electro releases, but the rapid evolution of computer technology made my original so ware hopelessly obsolete by the 21st century. Like its immediate predecessor "Akoko Ajeji" (Perlon) this album was created using a much more sophisticated version of my sequencer. It took me many years to learn the programming skills I needed to modernize my sequencer, which is one reason why such a long hiatus occurred between my older and newer releases.


Chris Korda

(extract from "Polymeter" liner notes)
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Single-sided LP limited to 300 copies
Offset printed 350gsm sleeve
Holographic sticker

Genre: drone, rural trance, stoner, psychedelic

Tracklist

A1 Far Out Far West (Live 06.02.2008) 35min37sec


Short Info

The sickest French band, a trio called France, drums, bass and amplified hurdy-gurdy. They only performs live, in the middle of the audience - turned in to face each other - full on smoke machines and strobes. And they play only one ‘song’ for the duration of their hour-long set. And it’s the most transfixing live experience of intense physical and mental focus, and there is something of early rave too, the togetherness, the energy, the euphory. The distorted hurdy gurdy plugs France’s sound into the country’s history of folk music and popular festivities, of communal trance and immersive pleasure. The rhythmic basis is pretty much the same throughout the whole live. One doesn’t need to actually be tripping balls for the auditory illusions to start coming thick and fast.

Those who’ve stayed for the whole duration of their performances know they’ve shared something. However disparate the phantom forms each might have discerned in the midst of the howls and groans. Gigs like this you leave feeling you’re not quite the same person who went in, even though you’d be hard-pressed to pinpoint precisely what has changed.

Far Out Far West was the band's first gig outside of their usual comfortable friendly circle and thus was perceived as a somewhat hostile environment.
This was where they met the fellows of Les Potagers Nature who will later release France's debut untitled album.

One certainty remains at least, that there is still a France we can believe in.
David McKenna (The Quietus).


Sales Points:

- New album from trio France

- All previous releases now sold out and sought after

- For fans of drone, rural trance, stoner, psychedelic

- 131st release on Mental Groove Music, home of WRWTFWW

(extract from "Polymeter" liner notes)
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- For fans of labels like Ocora, Smithsonian Folkways Records, Buda Music, Nonesuch and traditional forms of music, ambient, (ethno)musicology, and children !
New collaboration from Mental Groove Records x Musée d'ethnographie de Genève (Sinner DC, Julien Perez, La Planète Bleue vol. 9) curated by Madeleine Leclair, head of the MEG's department of Ethnomusicology and Olivier Ducret (Mental Groove x WRWTFWW labels, Midori Takada, Donato Dozzy, Kenji Imperial Tiger Orchestra…)

- Opportunity to listen to the original version of the famous Lullaby of the Solomon Islands recorded by Hugo Zemp, sampled and remixed in 1992 by a group of French electro-pop and adapted in 1996 by a Norwegian saxophonist.



Tracklisting

01 Ukraine - Lullaby
02 Taiwan - Lullaby
03 Armenia - Lullaby
04 Lithuania - A-a a-a maz?ulyte ("Ah, ah! My little girl")
05 Portugal - Song To Rock
06 Ireland - An Irish Lullaby
07 Spain - Songs For Cradle
08 Solomon Islands - Lullaby
09 Algeria - Lullabies
10 Haiti - Lullaby
11 Canada - Loving Song Composed For A Child
12 Greece - Come Now An Sleep My Child
13 Canada - Ho Ho Watanay
14 Rwanda - Kamananga
15 United States - Go To Sleep
16 France - Nelli Monti Di Cuscione
17 Georgia - Lullaby
18 Balkans - A La Nana Y A La Buba
19 Romania - Cradle Song


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An inspiring collection of carefully chosen lullabies from all over the world, that will please both young parents and their children, as well as (world) music enthusiastics looking for a peaceful and captivating listening.

Lullabies exist in almost every culture in the world. While they relate to the world of childhood, they also evoke the privileged relationship established through music between an adult and an infant. The lullabies presented here were recorded at different times and come from eighteen countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and America. They share certain musical characteristics that can be identified from one piece to another: simple melodies, a sequence of short patterns repeated several times in succession, an overall melodic contour following a descending line.
All the lullabies presented here come from records published with a copy kept in the Archives internationales de musique populaire (AIMP) of the MEG.
Co-edition MEG et Mental Groove Records
Editor: Madeleine Leclair (MEG)
Supervision: Olivier Ducret (Mental Groove / WRWTFWW)

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1LP - An inspiring collection of carefully chosen lullabies from all over the world, that will please both young parents and their children, as well as (world) music enthusiastics looking for a peaceful and captivating listening.
- For fans of labels like Ocora, Smithsonian Folkways Records, Buda Music, Nonesuch and traditional forms of music, ambient, (ethno)musicology, and children !
New collaboration from Mental Groove Records x Musée d'ethnographie de Genève (Sinner DC, Julien Perez, La Planète Bleue vol. 9) curated by Madeleine Leclair, head of the MEG's department of Ethnomusicology and Olivier Ducret (Mental Groove x WRWTFWW labels, Midori Takada, Donato Dozzy, Kenji Imperial Tiger Orchestra…)

- Opportunity to listen to the original version of the famous Lullaby of the Solomon Islands recorded by Hugo Zemp, sampled and remixed in 1992 by a group of French electro-pop and adapted in 1996 by a Norwegian saxophonist.



Tracklisting

Side A

01 Ukraine - Lullaby
02 Taiwan - Lullaby
03 Armenia - Lullaby
04 Lithuania - A-a a-a maz?ulyte ("Ah, ah! My little girl")
05 Portugal - Song To Rock
06 Ireland - An Irish Lullaby
07 Spain - Songs For Cradle
08 Solomon Islands - Lullaby
09 Algeria - Lullabies
10 Haiti - Lullaby

Side B

01 Canada - Loving Song Composed For A Child
02 Greece - Come Now An Sleep My Child
03 Canada - Ho Ho Watanay
04 Rwanda - Kamananga
05 United States - Go To Sleep
06 France - Nelli Monti Di Cuscione
07 Georgia - Lullaby
08 Balkans - A La Nana Y A La Buba
09 Romania - Cradle Song


Info

An inspiring collection of carefully chosen lullabies from all over the world, that will please both young parents and their children, as well as (world) music enthusiastics looking for a peaceful and captivating listening.

Lullabies exist in almost every culture in the world. While they relate to the world of childhood, they also evoke the privileged relationship established through music between an adult and an infant. The lullabies presented here were recorded at different times and come from eighteen countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and America. They share certain musical characteristics that can be identified from one piece to another: simple melodies, a sequence of short patterns repeated several times in succession, an overall melodic contour following a descending line.
All the lullabies presented here come from records published with a copy kept in the Archives internationales de musique populaire (AIMP) of the MEG.
Co-edition MEG et Mental Groove Records
Editor: Madeleine Leclair (MEG)
Supervision: Olivier Ducret (Mental Groove / WRWTFWW)

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Format: 7inch White vinyl,Inner, Ltd to 100, Genre: Electronic HipHop Dub

Tracklisting:
Side A: Balian Break Side
B: Uch Daikaiju No Ballad
Infos:

The Single >
Side A “BAILAN BREAK” is T.D.O.S. third single featuring Japanese turntablalist DJ TO-RU (Dujada-Goja) is Side B is “UCHU
DAIKAIJU NO BALLAD” (The Ballad Of The Space Monster) featured samples of Gozilla dialogues with a scary soundtrack
mood.on a progressive and experimental beat.

The Artist >
The Dude Of Stratosphear aka T.D.O.S. is Jerome Doudet (Swiss/French artist and bass player based in Bangkok). DJ, vinyl
collector, musician, graphic designer and East Asian music connoisseur, The Dude of Stratosphear was groomed in the vibrant
alternative scene of the very international city of Geneva Switzerland. Growing up in a musical household (His father was a disco
DJ), Growing up in a musical household (His father was a disco
DJ), Jerome was exposed to a wide range of music at very early age, and started playing the 4 strings at the age of 10.
Bass player in the swiss math-core bands Knut for a decade, he toured intensely all around Europe’s biggest venues and
festivals. He also joined the very underground american band Half Japanese for a couple of european tour and recorded the
album Bone Head in 1997. And on top of the list was opening for the mighty KISS with the canadian band Bionic (CA) at Molson
center in Monteal. Also member of various bands such as Imericani (SP/IT/CH), Intercostal (CH), Troll Patrol (CH), Bliscappen Van
Maria (CH-IT), Edison (CH), Polar (CH-FR), Prejudice (CH-FR), Buz (CH), Void (CH), Ultra DB (CH), to name a few.
Aside from the rock scene, he was also part of the multimedia team Ultra Pepita , developer of the today’s world famous VJ
software Modul8.
As a real vinyl junkie since very young age, Jerome has been collecting records and DJing for over 20 years, spinning an eclectic
mixture of underground sounds from around the world, left- field electronic and experimental music. He has also taken his
showcases further afield, to Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Cambodia, Thailand, as well as dropping his dj set in festival such
as Paleo Festival, Cully Jazz, NIFF Film Festival, Afro Banana Republic Festival and many more. More

Format: 7inch Clear/Black Marble vinyl,Inner, Ltd to 100, Genre: Electronic HipHop Dub

Tracklisting:
Side A: Phrakhanong Disorder
Side B: Namba Vibrations

Infos:

The Single >
Side A “PHRAKHANONG DISORDER” is T.D.O.S. second single featuring Japanese turntablalist DJ TO-RU (Dujada-Goja) is a bass battle on
a downtempo hard drum beat, hypnotic and chaotic like Bangkok’s streets. Phra Khanong is a neighbourhood of this megapolis where
hip hop culture meets local traditions. Side B is “NAMBA VIBRATIONS” with DJ TO-RU fine cuts on a dirty digital mish-mash of bass and
dub beats,. Just in tune to get lost in electric downtown Osaka before heading to the dance floor facing a massive sound system.

The Artist >
The Dude Of Stratosphear aka T.D.O.S. is Jerome Doudet (Swiss/French artist and bass player based in Bangkok). DJ, vinyl
collector, musician, graphic designer and East Asian music connoisseur, The Dude of Stratosphear was groomed in the vibrant
alternative scene of the very international city of Geneva Switzerland. Growing up in a musical household (His father was a disco
DJ), Growing up in a musical household (His father was a disco
DJ), Jerome was exposed to a wide range of music at very early age, and started playing the 4 strings at the age of 10.
Bass player in the swiss math-core bands Knut for a decade, he toured intensely all around Europe’s biggest venues and
festivals. He also joined the very underground american band Half Japanese for a couple of european tour and recorded the
album Bone Head in 1997. And on top of the list was opening for the mighty KISS with the canadian band Bionic (CA) at Molson
center in Monteal. Also member of various bands such as Imericani (SP/IT/CH), Intercostal (CH), Troll Patrol (CH), Bliscappen Van
Maria (CH-IT), Edison (CH), Polar (CH-FR), Prejudice (CH-FR), Buz (CH), Void (CH), Ultra DB (CH), to name a few.
Aside from the rock scene, he was also part of the multimedia team Ultra Pepita , developer of the today’s world famous VJ
software Modul8.
As a real vinyl junkie since very young age, Jerome has been collecting records and DJing for over 20 years, spinning an eclectic
mixture of underground sounds from around the world, left- field electronic and experimental music. He has also taken his
showcases further afield, to Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Cambodia, Thailand, as well as dropping his dj set in festival such
as Paleo Festival, Cully Jazz, NIFF Film Festival, Afro Banana Republic Festival and many more. More

Format: 7inch Blue vinyl,Inner, Ltd to 100, Genre: Electronic HipHop Dub

Tracklisting:
A: Parallel Universe Side
B: Wat That Tong

Infos:
The Single >
Side A “PARALLEL UNIVERSE” is T.D.O.S. debut single featuring Thai rapper MC Sinnamon (Dujada-Dubway), is an cosmic trip
between the heat of Chennai’s bazars and Bangkok chaotic streets. Based on a rare indian library sample, Side B is “WAT THAT
TONG” featured samples of Thailand molam queen Yenjit Porntavi with modern dub beat and indian percussions.

The Artist >
The Dude Of Stratosphear aka T.D.O.S. is Jerome Doudet (Swiss/French artist and bass player based in Bangkok). DJ, vinyl
collector, musician, graphic designer and East Asian music connoisseur, The Dude of Stratosphear was groomed in the vibrant
alternative scene of the very international city of Geneva Switzerland. Growing up in a musical household (His father was a disco
DJ), Growing up in a musical household (His father was a disco
DJ), Jerome was exposed to a wide range of music at very early age, and started playing the 4 strings at the age of 10.
Bass player in the swiss math-core bands Knut for a decade, he toured intensely all around Europe’s biggest venues and
festivals. He also joined the very underground american band Half Japanese for a couple of european tour and recorded the
album Bone Head in 1997. And on top of the list was opening for the mighty KISS with the canadian band Bionic (CA) at Molson
center in Monteal. Also member of various bands such as Imericani (SP/IT/CH), Intercostal (CH), Troll Patrol (CH), Bliscappen Van
Maria (CH-IT), Edison (CH), Polar (CH-FR), Prejudice (CH-FR), Buz (CH), Void (CH), Ultra DB (CH), to name a few.
Aside from the rock scene, he was also part of the multimedia team Ultra Pepita , developer of the today’s world famous VJ
software Modul8.
As a real vinyl junkie since very young age, Jerome has been collecting records and DJing for over 20 years, spinning an eclectic
mixture of underground sounds from around the world, left- field electronic and experimental music. He has also taken his
showcases further afield, to Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Cambodia, Thailand, as well as dropping his dj set in festival such
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- Limited old school edition w / stamped white label + 12" Sleeve.
Mental Groove Records is ecstatic to announce the release of a collaborative musical effort between spanish producer extraordinaire ORBE (Hivern Discs / Analog Solutions) and swiss adventurous [Mental Groove] label head OLIVER
for a retro / phuturistic 4-for-the-floor E.P. mixing the science of hypnotic analog grooves with the wickedest sounds technique of the warehouse rave days.

Tracklisting:

Y1 VIRtuaL [loop]
Y2 VIRtuaL [trax]
Y3 ORIENT [loop]
Y4 ORIENT [trax]

X1 POWER [loop 1]
X2 POWER [loop 2]
X3 POWER [trax]
X3 SPICE [loop 1]
X4 SPICE [loop 2]
X5 SPICE [trax]
X6 SAMPLES

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4 pumped up jams for djs to take control - don't hold back, just let go and feel the n·r·gee.
Early support by Eduardo De La Calle, Jennifer Cardini, Andrew Claristidge, Gilb'r, Daniel Kyo, Photonz, Angel Molina…
Points of interests
- Only for the headstrong tripping on strictly undeground massive hits.
- For fans of techno, warehouse, [old school] breaks and bleeps.
- Pure reel-2-real analog recording and extra loud mastering by F.Stader at MMM.
- Features 6 eternal loops and bonus samples for extended dj pleasure.
- 121th release from renowned Swiss Mental Groove Records est. 1989 (Dj Rush, Eduardo De La Calle, Sun Araw, Miss Kittin, Luciano, Brodinski, Donato Dozzy,...), also home of Musique Pour La Danse (Olivier Abbeloos, Frankie Bones, Orlando Voorn, Nate Krafft, Dirk De Saever, Todd Sines…) and We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want (Midori Takada, Michel Legrand, Kenji Kawai, John Carpenter…).
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Tracklisting:
A1,.Asian Psilocybe Foundation - Neo Tokyo
B1. Dj Yogurt & Moja - Reconstruct
B2. Dj Yogurt & Moja - Reconstruct (dub)

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Mental Groove Records is thrilled and honored to announce the follow up to last year Water Vein EP (MG115) by Asian Psilocybe Foundation & Dj Yogurt. Entitled "Daikaku", a Buddhist term for one who has achieved enlightenment.
This second installment smiles on Geinoh Yamashirogumi Akira's Soundtrack.

APF is an eccentric Japanese musician who raised attention from the Detroit. Remixed by Jon Dixon of Underground Resistance's Timeline, APF first EP was released by once legendary producer Orlando Voorn (Fix, Game One, Baruka). On the A side he achieves to capture Akira's spirit with his own organic and floating sound signature within a long, delicate and trippy techno number while on the flipside Dj Yogurt, a regular figure of Tokyo's nightlife who worked at Cisco Records, delivers two straight percussive numbers fueled with traditional Japanese flavor to take the most discerning floors to a Tetsuo state-of-mind.

Mastered by Music Matters Mastering and cut at Emil Berliner Studios, Berlin.


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CD + 54 page booklet . - 9th volume of the legendary radio show CD collection.
- Luxurious packaging with 54 pages booklet in French and English.

Tracklisting:

01 GEINS'T NAI?T & LAURENT PETITGAND - Iroshima
02 THEE CARETAKERS - Crawl
03 NICOLA? CRUZ - Colibria
04 CAT'S EYES - Flashback
05 GEORGE BOE -. Veveve Tagaro a Gobio
06 SINNER DC - MES
07 YANTRA MANDIR - Secondo Manifesto
08 DIMINUTOS - Obligo al Entusiasmo
09 BOMBINO - Yamidinine
10 CHRISTIAN LO?FFLER - Pale Skin
11 LOOMEER - Idea 2015-1 (edit)
12 KEDA - Eobu Nolae (edit)
13 SEQUENTIA LEGENDA - Vibrations (edit)

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Mental Groove Records is thrilled to release the 9th volume of the longlasting and legendary radio show LA PLANETE BLEUE., created by writer, director, independent journalist, activist of extreme music and of non-aligned informations, Yves Blanc.

With a broadcast syndication active since 1995, including Swiss radio Couleur 3 and French Radio Nova, LA PLANETE BLEUE is widely renowned as one of the most ambitious, exceptional and unconventional radio show of all time. In favors of the unexpected, the weekly show opens the doors to other worlds, other sounds and other ways of thinking by breaking geographical borders, eras and genres. LA PLANETE BLEUE invites the audience to experience different ways of observing and understanding our world without feeling settled with conventions.

This 9th volume collects in a continuous mix futuristic and exotic audio gems from Ecuador, Switzerland, Argentina, Niger, Germany, Korea, France, China, United Kingdom, Italy and Vanuatu, ranging from relaxing drone to ethereal pop to ambient trance and field recordings. It also includes several recordings extracted form the monumental Archives Internationales de Musique Populaire (AIMP), courtesy of the Muse?e d'Ethnographie de Gene?ve (MEG).

More about LA PLANETE BLEUE online: https://laplanetebleue.com


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Genre: Techno


Tracklist 12":
A1 Utroit & K.O.S - Oubaitori
A2 Utroit & K.O.S - Motegi
B1 Utroit & K.O.S - Jaga
B2 Utroit & K.O.S - Kamiki




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Detroit flavored, raw and fast paced dub machines.

Mastering & lacquer cut by Kassian Troyer at Dubplates & Mastering Berlin



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12"

Tracklist:

A-Side
A1 Tabu (06:30 min)
A2 Love Cave (05:05 min)

B-Side
B1 Bass in Space (09:42 min)
B2 DJ Drum Tool Edit (04:35 min)
B3 Alto Voltaje (07:30 min)

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As an extension of his highly successful „Big Beat Manifesto“ series on Public
Possession, currently standing at Volume XI, Eden now opens up his garden to invite
some friends. The BBM label will host a series of releases that are close to his heart.
Secret D.J. Tools, meditative seances & more. Kicking of the new label is young
fellow kiwi Colter Carson, delivering 5 stellar dance songs. Already tested &
approved this mix of heavy percussion, quirky baselines and large synths will be just
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Tracklist:

A1. My Heart (90s Mix)
A2. Drift
B1. Back To
B2. Fortune
B3. Roadblocks

With Australia‘s dance music scene being more prolific than ever, it‘s only fitting that one of the continent‘s hottest tickets appears in the Running Back universe. Sam Alfred‘s debut on it’s subsidiary Misfit Melodies melts the old with the new, swings the hips with the hits and unites the past with the future. The man with the adorable underground white label mp3 Shine II Dawn under his belt, is not only a DJ to die for, but also a witty, interesting and most of all enchanting studio talent. Aptly titled Roadblocks, this 5-track-EP once more underlines his appeal: his-speed house and sprinkles of retro rave meet the melodies of tomorrow.
While My Heart and Back To sound like Strictly Rhythm tracks played by UK Garage DJs, Drift and Fortune are prime examples of Sam‘s production powers. last, but not least the title track is the result of a trip to Dekmantel and a nod to the proggy bounce of the 90s. Built with love and made to last.






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Tracklist 12":

A1 – Caravelle
B1 – Esta


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Rico Puestel calls these unreleased tracks from 2017 the "female counterparts to some well-known others from back then" and drops some serious fire!





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Tracklist:

A1) Spinning Stones (06:09 min)
A2) Concrete Riviera (04:46 min)
B1) Surangini (05:24 min)
B2) Theme Of The PCCP (03:36 min)

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ddwy the duo from London is back on Public Possession. Naomi and Ronan aka Nangi and Inner Totality continue to impress with their blend of organic, rhythmic dance music. Mystic vocals intertwine with layers of cosmic melodies. This record is a must for Balearic D.J.s, but will likely also be played out in sleazy dark basements or Pubs in the British countryside. You’ll place it, people will embrace it. That’s a guarantee!

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2024 repress


The First Authorised, Official Re Edition of this Electronic, New Wave, Cold Wave, Pop, Synth, Post-Punk Classic, Personally Overseen by Stephan Eicher, Everything Original: Art, Tracklist, Cut on 45 rpm - Printed on 350 GSM Paperstock incl. Sticker!

WRWTFWW Records is very honored to announce the official reissue of Grauzone’s essential 1981 maxi single with timeless classic "Eisbär", proto-techno beast "FILM 2", and romantic synth ballad "Ich Lieb Sie", just in time for the 40th anniversary of the Swiss band’s formation. The three-track vinyl is sourced from the original reels, cut at 45rpm, and comes with its iconic artwork on a 350gsm sleeve.

Tracklisting:
A1. Eisbär
B1. FILM 2
B2. Ich Lieb Sie

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WRWTFWW Records is very honored to announce the official reissue of Grauzone’s essential 1981 maxi single with timeless classic "Eisbär", proto-techno beast "FILM 2", and romantic synth ballad "Ich Lieb Sie", just in time for the 40th anniversary of the Swiss band’s formation. The three-track vinyl is sourced from the original reels, cut at 45rpm, and comes with its iconic artwork on a 350gsm sleeve.

Ich möchte ein Eisbär sein…Written by Martin Eicher after a nightmare in which he saw talking polar bears on the walls, and with music by the Grauzone crew consisting of Martin and his brother Stephan Eicher, Marco Repetto, Christian "GT" Trüssel, and Claudine Chirac (on saxophone), "Eisbär" is the most recognizable title from the band, a sublime mix of ingredients reflecting the transitional era it comes from - the raw energy of punk music still palpable, combined with the audacity of early electronics, the warm groove of a disco gem, beautifully fragile lyrics, and one of the best basslines ever. It became a mega hit, totally unplanned, but how could you resist such a track?

"FILM 2" is the ultimate b-side monster, a menacing all-instrumental pre-techno masterpiece, slowly building to a magnetizing frenzy. An instant underground favorite, it was famously heard played at both speeds depending on the scenes and DJs you were frequenting, 45rpm as it was first intended, and 33rpm for the cosmic experience (search Daniele Baldelli’s Cosmic C75 1982 mixtape online for a great example of this).

The maxi single ends with "Ich Lieb Sie", a synth-pop meets doo-wop ballad, a true love song oozing with innocence. Simple, stylish, and just right.

At the crossroads of post-punk, new wave, pop, and electronic experimentation, the Eisbär maxi offers three songs that are technically different but hold the same spirit, the perfect embodiment of Grauzone’s music - wild, unpredictable, and youthful, yet sophisticated, catchy, and ingenious. The magic recipe for the good stuff.

Stephan Eicher went on to be, arguably, the most successful Swiss musician ever, with an international career extending from pop chanson to experimental escapades and collaborations with Moondog, artists Sophie Calle and John Armleder, and author Martin Suter among many other luminaries. Marco Repetto flourished as a techno and ambient producer, releasing multiple projects including releases on Aphex Twin’s Rephlex label.

Grauzone and WRWTFWW will continue to collaborate on the band’s 40th anniversary reissue campaign, with numerous projects planned for the year, including a vast selection of music, visuals, and literature never available before.
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12" - Cover Artwork by Stefan Marx

Edward delivers his latest collection of works, the ‘Eddie Green’ EP via Smallville Records this July,
comprised of four originals.

For the past decade and a half, Frankfurt-original Gilles Aiken, better known to most as simply, Edward, has been
unveiling his productions regularly via the likes of his most regular home Giegling, but also Baby Ford & Eon’s
Trelik, White, Die Orakel or DFA, plus teaming up with Ricardo Villalobos in 2020 for their Disordered Rhythm
Metronomy project on Perlon. Here though, we see Edward mark his debut for Smallville Records, a fitting home
for his deep, dynamic and hypnotic style which regularly blurs the lines of House, Techno and beyond.
Up first is ‘Primal Dream’, a raw and reduced journey through modulating synth flutters, squeaky percussive
twitches and a bumpy, robust rhythm section. ‘Blue Glue’ follows and diverges into a more mystical sonic world
with haunting chants, resonant synth licks, meditative chimes and ethereal textures intertwined with crisp, crunchy
drums.

Title-track ‘Eddie Green’ opens the B-side, embracing a more dubbed out, deep techno aesthetic via murky chord
swells, clattering organic percussion, throbbing low end pulsations and vocoded spoken word vocal lines. The
aptly title ‘So Slow’ then rounds out the release, dropping the tempo and shifting focus Edward’s more jazz-tinged
influences with wandering piano melodies and soulful vocal chants uttering the track’s title, underpinned by
shuffled drums and waves of sporadic oscillating synth.

Tracklist:
A1 Primal Dream
A2 Blue Glue
B1 Eddie Green
B2 So Slow
All tracks written & produced by Gilles Aiken
Mastering and Vinyl cut by Helmut Erler @ Lathesville
Cover Artwork by Stefan Marx
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2024 repress with new artwork

Tracklist
A. Neutron Dance
A2. Division Ave
B1. Shockzoid
B2. Moonshake Miner

Shortinfo:

You remember that kung fu kid movie, where he had to wash the motorcycles for years and then…whatever, constant dripping wears away the stone. Dublin-Manchester-NYC'S finest Krystal Klear (Cold Tonic, All City, Tooth Pick) has been honing his skills as a dress man for years and also made a name for himself as an expert in all things (electronic) boogie. "The Division" is his dapper debut EP for Running Back. Custom-made club studies shifting between sound factories, hot haciendas, heavenly lagoons and chrome-plated dance floors: fast, slow, hard and soft.
A love letter to dance music written with pink ink. Oh, and there is "Neutron Dance" on it as well…yes, the euphoric fun one. once again: dance!"

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Vinyl Only / lim. Pressing.

Afrodisco / Afrobeat / Disco Edits

Remember Noema's legendary tribute edit of Ata Kak's “Daa Nyinaa” and the wicked re-rubs of Eddie C, Axel Boman and Soft Rocks? Then I have good news for you: AFRICAN SHAKETOWN is back!!! Coming in hot and rebranded with the letter “T” in the name, the essential Afro Disco series returns with four outstanding remixes and edits of ultra rare gems that without a doubt will make your summer.
On the labelside you'll find two funky Disco tunes, originally played with full band set-up and treated by MAGIC JAMS, while on the flipside NOEMA presents a choice of electronic and cosmic Disco flavors featuring synths and drum computers. David Benjamin aka NOEMA aka MAGIC JAMS is a DJ, Producer, Guitarist and Label Owner from Berlin. In his studio work, he has released one very well received album as well as several EPs, remixes and edits. In this context he collaborated with heavy weights like Apparat, Dj Dixon, and Grammy winners Basement Jaxx as well as electronic music underground heroes such as Lauer, Kalabrese, Shubostar, O/Y, Acid Pauli, Auntie Flo, Dreems, Khidja, Panthera
Krause and Mehmet Aslan.
Looking back at more than 25 years of DJing, David is a true master at the decks. Constantly refining his craft during a former 10-year residency at the legendary Berlin Club institution Wilde Renate, he developed a unique style combining an outstanding selection, ranging from Disco to IndieDance and House, with out-of-this-world mixing skills. While David releases and plays rather electronic, contemporary and psychedelic music under his NOEMA moniker, his MAGIC JAMS alias is all about acoustic sounds and crate digging, with focus on Music of the African diaspora, Cosmic Disco and Balearic Beat.
Furthermore David holds a diploma in classical guitar with focus on music theory, works as a teacher/mentor and runs the highly acclaimed The Magic Movement label and released music by the likes of Nicola Cruz, Axel Boman, Dengue Dengue Dengue, Xique-Xique, Eddie C and many more.

Tracklist:
THIS 1 // The Janja (Magic Jams Remix)
THIS 2 // The Wonder (Magic Jams Edit)
THAT 1 // The Enemy (Noema Remix)
THAT 2 // The Zebra (Noema Remix) More

GENRE/S: House, Dance

[12” vinyl]
A1. Tropicana Thunder
A2. Gester’s Groove
B1. Bakstugan Boogie
B2. Sorrento’s Soul

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Stockholm boys Ari Bald & CJ Scott strike again on Studio Barnhus, following up their much lauded
2023 EP for their hometown label. Once again we're treated to a fabulously fuss-less four-pack of house music
goodness, this time with a special ode to Västertorp, encapsulating the essence and soul of the Stockholm
suburb in this collection heartfelt, club-ready cuts.

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Format Notes:
2020 re-issue, 140g vinyl

Territories:
Worldwide no restrictions

Track List:

A1 : Mamase (05:41)
A2 : Aida (04:01)
A3 : Nomalanga (06:23)
A4 : Moshanyana (04:31)

B1 : Dial Your Number (04:41)
B2 : Matswale (05:44)
B3 : Ndi-Kulindile (03:51)

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Caiphus Semenya, AKA Mr Letta Mbulu, is a South African legend and Streams Today… Rivers Tomorrow, his second solo LP, is perfect. A ten out-of ten album if ever we heard one. It’s also incredibly rare, especially in good condition, so Be With is delighted to present this reissue.

Now a revered composer, musician, and arranger, Caiphus left apartheid South Africa in the 60s for self-imposed exile in Southern California together with his wife, Letta Mbulu. Settling in Los Angeles he started working with the likes of Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba and other exiled and semi-exiled South african artists, as well as, of course, his wife Letta.

Caiphus also found himself working with and composing for a broad range of jazz and pop artists, including Lou Rawls, Nina Simone and Cannonball Adderley. His facility with both jazz and African forms served him well. His LA stay also the beginning of an ongoing collaboration with Quincy Jones, the fruits of which can be tasted in Caiphus’s African compositions for the scores to Roots and Spielberg’s adaptation of The Color Purple.

Originally released in 1984, Streams Today… Rivers Tomorrow is not just a musical masterpiece, it is also the soundtrack to the life of many South Africans - both then and now. Fusing the US-heavy sounds of boogie, disco and funk with Afrobeat and traditional African elements, it’s truly a spectacular listen. Jabu Nkosi handles keyboards on the album, with synths by Caiphus and Craig Harris. Sipho Gumede is on bass and Condry Ziqubu is on guitars.

The Afro-Cuban grooves of “Mamase” open the record. Continuing where Listen To The Wind left off, this is another horn-heavy call-and-response ode to a positive life. Life as an invitation to party, to take part, to “get involved”. But only if you’re willing to let in the transcendent power of music. “There’s gonna be a Mardi Gras, there’s gonna be a carnival; there’s gonna be a jamboree, there’s gonna be a bacchanal”. Who can resist that? Vibrations everywhere.

It’s followed by the joy of “Aida”. Gleeful, dayglow keys and synths *just* on the right side of mid-80s sleaze are accompanied by a killer bassline, slick, skipping drums and proud horns. Infectious funk.

The tempo is taken down a few notches for the powerful “Nomalanga” and the lamentations of a heartbroken man who must leave his wife Nomalanga and their children to join the fight against apartheid. It’s an emotional song, no question, but it doesn’t bring you down. The uplifting music and optimistic vocal delivery from Caiphus and his backing singers in the second half offer hope.

Breezy drums and contemplative keys act as a backdrop for the stunning backing vocal harmonies in the intro of “Moshanyana”. This gives way to stuttering beats, a bassline to die for and Caiphus giving it his all, over guitars, marimba and synth strings. Another slo-mo winner.

Side two opens with “Dial Your Number”, an uptempo English-language boogie-funk workout, complete with mid-song cutaway to a random telephone call. Whether or not this propels the song into “key track” status, we’ll let you decide.

What’s not up for debate is the brilliance of “Matswale”. This was a hit in South Africa in the mid-80s and you can still hear why. It might just be our favourite Caiphus hit. Wow. This is some damn fine breezy, beautiful, emotional pop. The restrained playing, the guitar licks and the gentle keys are out of this world. The beats? Thundering, direct and slick. The singing? It’ll give you goosebumps. As for the sentiment? This is Caiphus singing to his in-laws about their daughter’s adultery, begging them to intervene and help him save his marriage. Not your typical pop single story-telling!

The ferocious “Ndi-Kulindile” closes the set with a nod to the coming sound of the States. The hard-edged, electro-influenced drum patterns and bouncing, elastic bassline are something of a departure from the album’s predominant sound, yet one wonderful constant, Caiphus’s exceptional delivery and his sparring with his backing vocalists, is satisfyingly present and warmly deployed.

With Simon Francis handling the mastering of this Be With edition, you know it sounds as fantastic as ever. The stunning sleeve has been restored, with its painting of a dream-like cosmic vista, as a lone figure takes in a scene that’s part distant planet, part urban sprawl. One listen and you’ll be transported.


Caiphus Semenya, AKA Mr Letta Mbulu, is a South African legend and Streams Today… Rivers Tomorrow, his second solo LP, is perfect. A ten out-of ten album if ever we heard one. It’s also incredibly rare, especially in good condition, so Be With is delighted to present this reissue.

Originally released in 1984, Streams Today… Rivers Tomorrow is not just a musical masterpiece, it is also the soundtrack to the life of many South Africans - both then and now. Fusing the US-heavy sounds of boogie, disco and funk with Afrobeat and traditional African elements, it’s truly a spectacular listen. Jabu Nkosi handles keyboards on the album, with synths by Caiphus and Craig Harris. Sipho Gumede is on bass and Condry Ziqubu is on guitars.

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Long time sought after french post-punk/coldwave 7" finally get an official reissue with remastered sound and artwork. Available on 7" on May 17th. Released by Camisole Records.

Tracklist :

A Eyes
B Morning Rain

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Long time sought after french post-punk/coldwave 7" finally get an official reissue with remastered sound and artwork. Available on 7" on May 17th. Released by Camisole Records.

We all have lost memories and dreams, shattered hopes we hide to people and try to live with. Like the feeling of missing someone you've cherished in the past but who doesn't need you anymore.
This obsessive melancholia infuses the two tracks of this now highly sought after record, while haunting lyrics and subtle production definitely set them apart from their contemporaries.

Coldreams was a french female fronted post-punk band hailing from Clermont-Ferrand. Instead of coldwave we prefer to named their music melancholic pop.

Reissue limited to 500 copies.

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