Format: 2x12" Vinyl (Double LP), 45 RPM, 180g black vinyl
Packaging: 350gsm inside-out cardboard sleeve with original artwork
Edition: Limited to 100 copies

Genre: Raw Techno / Ritual Electronics / Experimental / Cinematic / Esoteric

Description:
Possibly one of the best Mental Groove releases to date. Symbols & Sacrifice is raw, beastly, and savage — a cinematic and esoteric journey from the depths of Sindaco’s universe. A masterfully crafted experience across four sides, this release blurs the lines between ritual electronics, hypnotic repetition, and uncompromising raw techno. A powerful and immersive statement, pressed on audiophile-grade vinyl for full heavy sonic impact.

Under the name of Sindaco is hidden a complex yet mysterious project where different styles and cultures live together.Obscure kraut rock, no wave, black metal and Detroit techno collide in what can be considered songs more than simple tracks. All is played by Sindaco with analog equipment without the help of computers. All is driven to create the best soundrack possible. The idea is to avoid all the typical cliches of the contemporary electronic productions and push the boundaries into a new way of tropical futurism. Be involved by the unespected waves of sounds coming from another world!


Tracklist:

1.
Any Sof
2.
Baphomet
3.
Black NY
4.
The Smiling Knife
5.
Thelema
6.
The Name Will Be Adrian
7.
Do The Mussolini (Headkick)
8.
Mega Therion
9.
Leather Mask
10.
Aiwass
11.
Scarlet Woman In Disguise
12.
Suburban Ritual
13.
We Are Stars
14.
Stuck In Malkhut
15.
Triad Of Gods
16.
The Book Of Law
17.
White Stains
18.
Unveiled




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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

File under
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, Limited, Sticker includes link to interactive content

1. RELEASE FORMATS
Catalogue no: MG143
Release:

2. GENRE/S:
Ambient
Techno
Shoegaze

3. TRACKLISTS:
A1 Alpha And Omega 8.26
A2 All Show & No Go 07:26
A3 Ask For The Moon 05:00
B1 All Eyes And Ears 08:24
B2 All Rolled Into One 10:44
B3 Alpha And Omega (Reprise) 02:23

4. SHORT INFO:
A groundbreaking collaboration between British experimental artist Pete Kember aka Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3) and Swiss electronic duo SINNER DC, MAPS blends music, visuals, and interactive gaming (Mac/PC) into a multidimensional experience. Originally conceived for a one off live performances in 2013 in Geneva, MAPS draws inspiration from Borges' meditations on the limits of representation, crafting a surreal auditory and visual journey


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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.

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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

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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.
credits
released December 14, 2019

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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.

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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


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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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.

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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.

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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
as Paleo Festival, Cully Jazz, NIFF Film Festival, Afro Banana Republic Festival and many more.

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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

Info
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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2026 repress

Artwork and Typography by Stefan Marx

Tracklist:
A1 Ways Of Mine
B1 After All
B1 Dimension

We feel like Frank & Tony and Smallville have been on the same musical wave-length since forever. Our musical paths have crossed back and forth over the years and we have always shared a lot of the same values- steadily putting out quality music, that stands the test of time - growing consistently - never stop following our very own way - always not-following trends forever..
Frank & Tony is the collaborative guise of Scissor & Thread co-founders Francis Harris and Anthony Collins aka Grant. Both have long been staples of the underground with material under their own names and numerous other guises shaping the musical landscape of House Techno and beyond since the turn of the millennium. Both lived together in New York and as Frank & Tony the pair have delivered multiple albums and many EP’s on their own label, Tokyo’s Mule Musiq and Pacific Rhythm- now they are warmly welcomed onto the Smallville Records roster with their latest collection of works.
‘Ways Of Mine’ leads on the A-Side and showcases the pairs signature deep hypnotic house style via soft billowing pads cascading metallic chimes psychedelic spoken word and dreamy dubbed out keys floating atop a robust bouncy rhythm
section.To open the flip-side title-track ‘After All’ lays down a subtly blooming chord sequence shuffled drums and bumpy bass stabs at its core all subtly nuanced while the latter half introduces more dynamic rhythmic elements and intertwined melodic touches. ‘Dimension’ then concludes the release diving deeper with saturated ethereal pads and bubbling resonant arpeggio lines alongside heavily swung crisp drums jazzy keys and delayed vocal chants.
After All comes with a full cover artwork by Stefan Marx.

All tracks written & produced by Francis Harris & Anthony Collins
Mastering and Vinyl cut by Helmut Erler at Lathesville

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Rights: Europe (excluding France & UK) + Middle East (including Turkey)

LP+CD edition with black vinyl in sleeve with 3mm spine. CD included.

Tracklist:

A1. Shlon / A2. Shi Tridin / A3. Mawwal
B1. Abou Zilif / B2. 3tini 7obba / B3. Layle

CD features the same tracks in the same order.

Short info:

After the acclaimed "Wenu Wenu" & "Bahdeni Nami" released in 2015 and the success of "To Syria With Love" (2017) followed by collaborations with Björk and Four Tet, Omar Souleyman presents his fourth and new studio album “Shlon”. The album's romantic poetry is the work of Moussa Al Mardood - a long-time collaborator of Omar's who currently lives in Turkey - who wrote the songs in the studio during the recording sessions. 6 tracks are offered to us with Love as the one and only theme. All the tracks are based on techno with an avant-garde sound in the genre and on high-speed Kurdish and Arabic dabkes and styles, except for the track ‘Mawwal’, whose rhythm is traditionally slower.

TOUR DATES
06/12/2019 – The Netherlands – Groningen
01/02/2020 – Portugal - Lisbon
06/02/2020 – UK – London
07/02/2020 – UK – Cambridge
06/03/2020 – Denmark – Aarhus
20/03/2020 – Germany – Berlin
+ more dates announced soon


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Territories: WORLD EXCL USA

Tracklist
A1 Move D - Cycles
A2 Move D / Dman - Innit
B1 Move D - Dots
B2 Magic Mountain High - Tiny Fluffy Spacepods
C1 Move D - Dusted Links
C2 rEAGENZ meet Thomas Fehlmann - One Small Step
D1 Move D & Fred P - Building Bridges
D2 Move D - Perpetual State (featuring the poem 'Alles Ist Eins by Thorn Hoedh)


Move D's 'Building Bridges' is David Moufang's latest studio album. Close friends and long time collaborators, Thomas Fehlmann, Fred P, Juju & Jordash, D-Man & rEAGENZ all feature alongside Benjamin Brunn. Building Bridges was recorded at reSource, Heidelberg between 1999-2019 except "One Small Step..." which was recorded at Thomas Fehlman's Space in Berlin

This album initially started out as an entry for the Inside Out series on Aus - based around the idea of collaborations with his nearest and dearest but when David sent me the music and wrote a few new tracks there was such a cohesive, timeless feel to it as a body of work I decided that it had to be a stand alone artist album. These tracks have been written over a twenty year period and involve 6 people but it sounds like it was written in one sitting. This is testament to David's creative aesthetic and the closeness of the relationship with his collaborators as a common feeling of warmth and smudged soul oozes out of every poor of this record. Will Saul


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2525 REPRESS EDITION

ll star cast from 4 different cosmic corners comes the more electronic side of Hamam. T hink of it as the dorian gray of Frankfurt airport , but instead it's at the hamam in istanbul. Fattish - no stranger to electronic versions of loved and cherished turkish songs, Fattish delivers a monster cinematic piece, strings section...the whole lot...check anything he puts his hands on, this one made it to the wax Kozmonotosman - our man on the moon, he visits regularly so if u need any rocks or bits ask him he will bring u, I got loads of rock so u can ask me alternatively.
My man delivers a super dope and groovy number from a not so well known jam from the 70's . Just get down and boogie on this. Kurt Adam - one of the new faves of the Hamam camp, delivers a taverna cut in a housey affair. Don't be fooled by the electronics, I drink raki to this any day at the drinkery. Hold me down if u can m gonna dance in euphoria, hear the wolfman roarrr.



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1 x 12" LP, spot embossing on the front, printed innersleeves


2. GENRE/S: Electronic, Indie, Techno, Dance, Indiepop


3. TRACKLISTS:

A1 Space Invaders
A2 Double Jam
A3 AOA (The Age Of Anyone)
A4 Planet Rhythm
A5 Inspiration Room Interlude
A6 Golden

B1Starburst
B2 Sirens
B3 House Alarm
B4 Achtung! Optimism
B5 City Of Love
B6 Four Seasons


4. SHORT INFO:
What do we need now more than ever? Exactly, OPTIMISM. This is the place we long for, the solution we need, and also the name of DIGITALISM's new album, which will be released on May 29. German electronic pioneers DIGITALISM spread the urgent energy of OPTIMISM with their upcoming album and live performances all over Europe. A DIY spirit, in-the-moment energy and a low boredom threshold - all have been crucial to Digitalism's practice since they built their first track in a studio inside a WWII bunker in Hamburg, 20 years ago. OPTIMISM is the logical consequence of the band's steady development.




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Territories: Worldwide no restrictions

Format Notes: 2025 first time ever, official vinyl reissue, 140g vinyl

Track List:

A1 Fracas 1:36
A2 Invocation 4:59
A3 Jubilé 5:54
A4 Vaudou 4:09

B1 Parlement 1:40
B2 Waka 3:10
B3 Caraïba (Intro) 1:06
B4 Caraïba 3:47
B5 Chunga Funk 4:23
B6 Bateau La Passé 2:11

Release Notes:


There's iconic. Then there's *iconic*.

A MASSIVE speaker-smashing release, decades overdue. It's been bootlegged - shamefully so, many times over the years - but finally we present the first ever officially licensed reissue of this truly special Afro-disco-not-disco LP from 1979. A favourite of Harvey, Antal, Young Marco and, er, every great DJ to ever play deep records ever, basically. It's not hard to see - or, indeed, *feel* why.

Gem after gem of relentless, irresistibly funky gold, it's an incredibly revelatory album with endlessly complex drum patterns and basslines to dive into, throughout. Truly, this is uniquely FIRE music, unlike anything else you've ever heard, based on Gwo ka music from the gorgeous islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. A thrilling synthesis of primal, hypnotic drums - the most tribal of percussive elements high in the mix throughout - with the loping synth pyrotechnics of, amongst a whole host of other greats, Wally Badarou and bass power of disco funk don Sauveur Mallia (Arpadys, Spatial & Co.)

Originally released on the seminal French label Barclay, you'd be hard pressed to even find an original copy in nice condition anywhere, let alone for a reasonable price, so it's high time an officially licensed, remastered reissue came around. It's just the latest in a long line of Be With reissues where the music sounds like the - drop-dead dazzling - cover. This here is a true drum attack. BUY ON SIGHT!

Tumblack was a short-lived project, produced and arranged by electronic wizard Yves Hayat and it can certainly be regarded as one of the first examples of Zouk, mixing powerful disco-funk arrangements with Gwo ka, traditional music from Guadeloupe. Gwo ka is an Antillean Creole term for "big drum". You can say that again! It refers to both a family of hand drums and the music played with them, which is a major part of Guadeloupean folk music.Whilst the first side is credited to the exceptional Tumblack band, the flip is given over to "Tumblack & Friends". These weren't just any old friends. Oh no, they were the absolute cream of the French scene (think Arpadys, Voyage, Le Club, Giant, CCPP, Synthesis, Swing Family) such as Sauveur Mallia, Wally Badarou, Marc Chantereau on percussion, Slim Pezin on guitar and Jean-Paul Batailley and Pierre Alain-Dahan handling drum duties.

The urgent, frantic "Fracas" gets things moving straight away with a cavalcade of drums and percussive funk before giving way to the stratospheric "Invocation", one of the album's many, many highlights. It's effectively one long heavenly drum break, a really hard, raw, tribal drum workout without a whole lot else going on - and all the better for it! One to make you sweat, no question. Up next, "Jubilé" is announced with a bellowing accapella voice, chanting the titular name before the heaviest of kicks smashes out your system and lulls you into an absolute state of bliss for nearly 6 minutes. Whoooooosh! Rounding out the sensational A-Side, "Vaudou" is a scratchy, funky patterned drum workout which - yep, yet again - absolutely slays your neck muscles, making them snap and contract in extraordinary fashion. TURN IT UP!

Ushering in the B-Side, the brief, fidgety, African chant-funk of "Parlement" segues seamlessly, beautifully into "Waka", an overwhelmingly rich gem of percussive funk. You do not want this to end, once it hits its stride. For maximum heavenly drum pleasure, you'd need to go a long way than the moment "Waka" feels like it's fading out before it kick-drum-blend into the mighty "Caraïba (Intro)". It's just staggeringly good. It's a minute-long layered drum prelude to the gigantic track which follows. Indeed, "Caraïba" is arguably the best loved and most well-known cut off the LP. And with good reason...featuring that Mallia bass, warm Rhodes and clavs, synth magic, memorably alto sax lines and, of course, tribal chanting.

Another mighty super-ahead-of-its-time classic, the bouncing bass heavy synth funk of "Chunga Funk" deploys Mallia and Wally Badarou (on Mini Moog) exceptionally well. I mean, come on, that bassline is just ridiculous. Try not to move to this one. This extraordinary record closes out with the more traditional Gwo ka sounds of "Bateau La Passé", the tribal chorus making the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.

Tumblack really is a gorgeous late-70s disco-not-disco essential. It's an absolute MONSTER that will completely blow you away; and, yes, it's as compelling and trance-inducing as the cover. The audio for Tumblack has been carefully remastered by Be With regular Simon Francis, ensuring it sounds better than ever. Cicely Balston's expert skills have made sure nothing is lost in the cut whilst the records have been pressed to the highest possible standard at Record Industry in Holland. The cover of Tumblack is so iconic and we sought special permission from original artist Hélène Majera to recreate this at Be With HQ. It absolutely zings off the print and serves as the perfect finishing touch to this long overdue re-issue.


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- LP , STICKER, 50TH Anniversary Edition

2024 Recut, Authorised by Manuel Göttsching

180G Black Vinyl

Original 1973 Vinyl Sleeve Reproduction

Overview:
We are thrilled to announce the highly anticipated re-issue of Ash Ra Tempel's legendary 5th Studio Album "Starring Rosi" in our "50th Anniversary Edition". Originally released in 1973, this seminal work remains a cornerstone of the Krautrock and "Kosmische" movement, blending psychedelic rock, ambient soundscapes, and early electronics into a transcendent auditory experience.
The Album has been recorded by Manuel Göttsching in it´s entity, with additional help to come from Producer Dieter Diercks playing bass, percussion, Drummer Harald Grosskopf and of course Rosemarie "Rosi" Müller.
"Starring Rosi" is an essential piece of their continuation of blending cosmic psychedelia, ambient textures, and avant-garde electronic experimentation. Originally released in 1973, this album marked a significant departure for the band, featuring Rosi Müller, who added a lyrical and vocal dimension to the band's typically instrumental soundscapes & Manuel Göttsching background singing.
To many technically Ash Ra Tempel last, yet most accessible, release, although there was the soundtrack to Philippe Garrel´s movie "Le Berceau de Cristal" and there might be some further previously unreleased, music to come out later.

Album Background:
*Starring Rosi* stands out in Ash Ra Tempel's discography for its lighter, more accessible sound, balancing the band's signature cosmic explorations with melodic structures and poetic lyrics.
It marks an unique chapter in Ash Ra Tempel's discography, featuring the ethereal vocals of Rosi Müller alongside Manuel Göttsching's visionary guitar work. The album is a sonic journey that takes listeners through seven distinct tracks, each showcasing Manuel Göttschings pioneering approach to music.
From the dreamy opening track "Laughter Loving" to the meditative "Day-Dream" and the atmospheric "Interplay of Forces," songs that illustrate the band's evolution from their earlier, more intense and improvisational albums, showcasing a more reflective and introspective side .
"The Fairy Dance" is delving into the mystical and meditative, transporting listeners to a dreamlike state.
While "Schizo" sounds like a continuation of the best moments of the previous Ash Ra Tempel records, is the last track "Bring Me Up" an Up-tempo Song that features Manuel as well on vocals.
"Starring Rosi" captivates with its blend of cosmic improvisation and melodic beauty.

Reissue Details:
This reissue of *Starring Rosi* has been introduced and overseen by Manuel Göttsching still, and finalised by his Family exactly to his standards, in which the meticulous approach to his work lives on.
An updated 2024 recut carefully commissioned by Schnittselle in Berlin (who also signs responsible for the previous ART Reissues, likewise, the 2016 E2 E4 Anniversary Edition ensure the warm depth sound while bringing out the rich textures and nuances, all of the original recordings. The reissue is available on 180-gram Black vinyl and a Limited Edition in transparent Pearl Sunrise Vinyl.
Both vinyl editions comes with a replica of the original Vinyl Artwork including it´s original Backside.
The Limited Edition also includes a Poster of the alternate Backside, used later on the CD Editions showing Rosi and Manuel improvising during studio sessions. Also included are prints of previously unreleased Original "The Fairy Dance" Music and "Schizo" Composition Sheets handwritten by Manuel

Tracklisting:
1. Laughter Loving
2. Day-Dream
3. Schizo
4. Cosmic Tango
5. Interplay of Forces
6. The Fairy Dance
7. Bring Me Up

Rediscover the magic of Ash Ra Tempel with this definitive reissue of *Starring Rosi*-a timeless journey through sound that continues to inspire and captivate listeners over five decades later.


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Cat No: SYST0006-6SPECIAL

Special Transparent 12“ Vinyl Edition

GENRE/S: Detroit Techno/House/Acid

TRACKLISTS:
A1) Marc Romboy & Blake Baxter „Freakin´“ (Original)
B1) Marc Romboy & Blake Baxter „Freakin´“ (SID Version)
B2) Marc Romboy & Blake Baxter „Freakin´“ (Robert Babicz Remix)

SHORT INFO:
Perfectly timed for Systematic's 20th birthday, we have this super special collector's item for you. 19 years after its release, the label presents you with a transparent vinyl version of one of the biggest club hits on the label, "Freakin" by Blake Baxter and Marc Romboy.
Blake has previously released tracks on prestigious labels like Underground Resistance and Tresor. This edition is limited to only 300 copies, and in addition to the two versions from 2005, we've pressed an exclusive and brand-new SID version for you, which teleports the track into the pixelated worlds of SID and Commodore C64 sounds. Close your eyes and feel like you're in a video game. Don't miss out before it's too late!

- First repress of an evergreen classic in 19 years!
- Strictly limited vinyl (300 only)
- Just for you: a brand new SID (C64 video game) version of the original

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7” with picture sleeve

Tracklist

A Dub The Farmer's Daughter
B Out On A Limb


Short info:

A double shot of Y2K digi thrillers from Sydney via Bromley electro-dub producer Jeff Dread. Part of the city’s burgeoning network of blunted bass and sound system culture, Dread worked in parallel with the likes of Sheriff Lindo, Andy Rantzen and Ali Omar, issuing two dynamite albums on Creative Vibes in 1999 and 2001.

Utilising the Atari 1020 Ste, Dread would frantically live mix up to 9 tracks direct to CD-R, echoing the same rough and ready low tech intuition as Jamaican trailblazers King Tubby, Scientist and Jack Ruby and their UK-based disciples Jah Shaka, Adrian Sherwood and Mad Professor. While unmarked discs of his indulgently durational sessions litter the archives, this plate showcases versions immortalised by two crucial compilation CDs. Wicked stepper ‘Dub The Farmer’s Daughter’ burrows the ear canal with its addictive melodica and tightly coiled acid synth lines, edited for high impact by Sheriff Lindo for his volume of Dub For the Masses (Dread would curate its successor), while ‘Out On A Limb’ hails from Just Is, a double album sequenced by legendary Sydney queer party crew Club Kooky. A bass bin creeper that was extended with horns for his second longplayer Return From Alpha One, it’s this unembellished work in progress that really stings.

With Dread’s allegiance to local sound system heavyweights Firehouse, these totally brained studio jams are tried and tested weapons, finally blasting on the sacred 7” format.




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GENRE/S: Disco / Funk / Boogie

TRACKLISTS:

Side A
Trip To Your Mind (DJ Friction Rework)

Side B
Trip To Your Mind (DJ Friction Dub Rework)


Special remarks:

- Essential Disco Funk masterpiece -finally back on 7”
- Exclusive DJ Friction single reworks
- First ever 7“ picture sleeve release of Trip To Your Mind with new artwork
- Fully Licenced from composer Reginald Hudson
- Comes with hype sticker
- Quality lacquer cut by SST

SHORT INFO:

Following the success of the 12” “Trip To Your Mind (The Reworks)”—where Delfonic and LTJ Xperience both brought their own magic to Hudson People’s disco/jazz-funk anthem—we’re back with a fresh twist: DJ Friction steps in for an official 7” rework, breathing new life into this cult classic in his own unmistakable style.

For those who’ve been following the story, you know “Trip To Your Mind” is a true favorite among DJs and collectors since decades, from its creative inception by the writer Reginald Hudson with the GI funk band Body Heat, to the original recording taking place in the late 70s in London that eventually paved the way for disco lovers to produce this recent string of reworks.

Where the 12” reworks stretched out the groove with extended intros and club-friendly builds, Friction’s version keeps things tight and energetic. He adds his own drums, claps, synth touches, and some new vocal layers—combining the standout parts from both the original mix and the classic UK remix. The result is a punchy new take that’s perfect for DJs who want maximum impact in a short format, but still want all the funk and psychedelic flavor that’s made this song a dancefloor staple for decades.

And for collectors? The original 7” of “Trip To Your Mind” is notoriously hard to find—and pricey when it turns up. This new release finally makes it easy to spin a fresh, fully licensed version on 7” wax, expertly mastered for today’s systems.

Whether you were hooked by the Delfonic or LTJ Xperience edits, or you’re just discovering this tune for the first time, DJ Friction’s rework is a natural next step in the ongoing journey of “Trip To Your Mind.


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Tracklist:
A1. Cromby, Niki K - I’m Coming Back
A2. Cromby, Niki K, Known Artist - I’m Coming Back (Known Artist Remix)
B1. Cromby - One More Time

Life and Death is thrilled to unleash the electrifying debut EP from rising Irish producer Cromby, marking a bold new chapter on DJ Tennis’ genre-defying label. Packed with highvoltage energy, emotional depth, and razor-sharp house production. At its heart is “I’m Coming Back”—a radiant, hands-in-the-air anthem co-crafted with NiKi K. The track also receives a powerful rework from the enigmatic Known Artist, who transforms it into a hypnotic late-night weapon—fusing atmospheric textures with raw emotional drive. Cromby finally concludes with “One More Time”— a colorful house thumper of pure peak time energy, right
on cue for the summer festival season ahead.



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TRACKLIST 12” Vinyl
A - DJ Koze - Buschtaxi (Extended Version) 08:37
AA - DJ Koze feat. Marley Waters - Brushcutter 05:19


Info:
A-Side: Buschtaxi (Extended Version) - DJ Koze
Like an unleashed Tarzan, crashing through the skull directly into consciousness with his vine, Koze with Buschtaxi tears through the jungle.

With his unique recipe of psychedelic madness and spiritual potency, he picks up all the lost rave souls and drives them to a place no one knew existed.

Buschtaxi hits differently.



AA-Side: Brushcutter – DJ Koze feat. Marley Waters
A track like a displacement activity.

A deranged DJ Koze with a spinning brush cutter, alone in the desert – nothing to cut, just pure, unleashed power. The fight against nothingness.

Brushcutter isn’t music; it’s a trail burned straight through your consciousness.
It cuts deeper. Harder. Until the bigger picture comes into view again.

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Original Tracks written and produced by Stefan Kozalla / Published by Kosikos Publishing
“Brushcutter” contains elements from “Onto You” written and composed by Brendon Allyn Waters. Published by Marley Waters Publishing/Sony Sonata. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Mastering by Hans Frage @ Deinklang
Cover Paintings: Gepa Hinrichsen
Artwork by Lilli Scheuerlein & Jonas Vogt

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