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Hello, we´re proud to present a 2024 Repress Edition of the Original V/A - Future/ Primitive Aotearoa 89-91 "Kiwi Animals" ! Same Artwork, Design, Content and Pricing.

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Follow up to the labels previous release - Frank Harris & Maria Marquez 'Echoes' First local NZ dig for Strangelove. For fans of Flying Nun more quirky/ electronic output., contains songs reissued on vinyl for the first time from cult Kiwi bands Blam Blam Blam, Headless Chickens and Chris 'Roger' Knox.

Track list:

A1- Kim Blackburn- Lizards in Love

A2- The Kiwi Animal- Woman & Man Have Balance

A3- Rupert- Soul Brothers

A4- Stiff Herbert- I Could Hit the Ceiling

A5- Drone- Nothing Dominant

A6- Norma O’Malley- Some Tame Gazelle

B1- The Headless Chickens- Throwback

B2- Blam Blam Blam- Respect

B3- Roger Knox- Whole Weird World

B4- Tom Ludvigson & Graeme Gash- Ulläng Jnr

B5- Ballare- Dancing




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Strangelove's personal Inventory of NZ 1980's odd pop; 'Kiwi Animals' recasts the local charts in a parallel universe of misfit melodics, gonzo-tronics & strange waves. Channelling South Pacific voodoo and edge of world melancholia, the album highlights electronic tangents from iconic NZ groups Blam Blam Blam & Headless Chickens. It dredges the cassette revelations of art avante-gardists' Drone & Kim Blackburn, alongside bittersweet moments from Rupert & Norma O'Malley. There's the infectious minimal wave of Ballare and a reprised electro-boogie dance suite (?!) from Tom Ludvigson & Graeme Gash. The furthest depths of Flying Nun's catalog are also plundered- a brilliant earworm from Stiff Herbert and a mysterious "Roger" Knox birthday promo. Mining disparate seams of a local indie label awakening, the various tangents of 'Kiwi Animals' congeal with a future/primitive sensibility and an underlying Antipodean mischievousness…


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12" - Essential Balearic heat beat! Follow up to the labels previous album of Frank & Maria's work 'Echoes' SL104

Tracklist:

Side A
A1- Loveroom - Frankie's Deluxe Mix
A2- Down By The Rio - Frankie's Deluxe Mix

Side B
B1- Down by the Rio - Frakas Mix
B2- Down by the Rio - Julien Dyne Mix

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Deep into lockdown, Frank pulled out Bernie Grundman's original 24 track masters of the "In a Minor Mode" ep, digitizing and exploring the original multi track recordings. Inspired by newly rediscovered parts recovered from the editing floor, what followed was a faithful but full-blown reimagining of 'Loveroom' Strangelove are proud to present this definitive version alongside a deep dive into Echoes LP favourite 'Down By The Rio' Frank's FM friendly take flipped on the B side with Frakas' trippy diced up vibe alongside a bumping beatdown version from New Zealand's finest Julien Dyne. Essential Balearic heat beat!





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Special remarks: 2023 Repress, original Art and Packaging
180gram LP with printed deluxe sleeve, Full size graphic insert

Track list:
A1- Canto Del Pílon
A2- Campesina
A3- Ethnocity
A4- Tonada De Ordeño

B1- Loveroom
B2- Tenderloin
B3- Field Trips
B4- Bein' Green
B5- Down By the Rio

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"Echoes" is the Ethno-Wave love child of collaborators Frank Harris & Maria Marquez. A collection of sublime songs dating back to '85, avante-pop flourishes are married here to the heart strings of a synthetic Amazon- think MFM's "Outro Tempo" meets a tropical Sade. With much contemporary interest in South American electronic music, Echoes is a window into two musicians prescient dreamings of tradition, melody & technology.

Revelling in the embrace of Maria's Venezuelan roots & folklore visions combined with Frank's custom Synclavier synth station, songs such as 'Canto Del Pílon' and 'Tonada de Ordeño' resonate with a charged future/primitive electricity, Maria's song-to-a-siren vocals mainline with Frank's lush sonic alchemy.

Heavy weight 180gram pressing, mastered for vinyl by George Horn @ Fantasy plus 2 sided full size insert

Vital Sales Points:
Follow up to Strangelove's previous releases- Lena d'Água ?- Jardim Zoológico 12" & Arvo - Bikini 12"
Big support from the usual cult suspects, Zaltan Antinote, Antal Rushour, Charlie Bones NTS, Dekmantel Crew, Test Pressing Blog, Tim Sweeney & Lovefingers.

A portion of 'Echoes' profits will go to Venezuelan charity https://www.cuatroporvenezuela.org/



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A short sharp 3 track jolt into the trio's cult 80's catalog.

Tracklist:

Romie Singh- Dancing to Forget E.P

A1 Dancing to Forget
B1 Future World
B2 Credo

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Proto-future Pop exhumed from '86, Romie Singh's 'Dancing to Forget', could easily be mistaken for an up-to-the minute R&B instrumental from '22. The song's elastic swing reminiscent of a vintage Wally Badarou Compass Point session. Instead masterminded by studio maestros Günther Janssen (more lately of Donna Regina) & Peter Hantke, while Romie's vocals soar above. It's a timeless call to escape life's ill's via the dancefloor.

Collected here on Strangelove the cavernous, dubbed out 'D.T.F.' (12" version) sits alongside the prescient hope/dystopia of LP cut 'Future World' (cue Covid World) and the killer balearic-beat sass of 'Credo' A short sharp 3 track jolt into the trio's cult 80's catalog. Shouts to Basso for the original resuscitation!

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Follow up to the labels forays into new artist material, dancefloor twilight zone of t-woc's "Pantangle" and strangewaves/ Balearic electronics of CCCVVV






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LP ainstakingly transferred and fully remastered from the original tapes, with new liner notes and photography. Mindgames follows Strangelove's previous issue of Sjunne's early singles and soundtrack work on "Childrens Mind" (SL106)

Tracklist:

Sjunne Ferger- Mindgames LP

A1 Reality
A2 Controller
A3 This World
A4 Empty Words
A5 Candlelight
B1 Chinese Dolls
B2 Light Of Love
B3 Fading Away
B4 Reaching Out
B5 Open It Up
B6 Destiny

Occupying its own hinterland within Scandinavia's early 80s electronic/progressive move-ments, 'Mindgames' navigates a lifetime of musical and personal exploration by Sjunne Fer-ger. Child jazz drummer prodigy, arts venue operator, music teacher and Aikido practition-er, a bewildering array of personal & creative influences are distilled into the Örebro native's only long player. Written around a new wave context, his own jazz fusion roots and at times with an unintentionally balearic outcome, Sjunne goes some way to conjuring up a singular sounding album of the time.

Narratives of love and loss, calls to self-empowerment and mindfulness, the new age zeal throughout follows Sjunne's own awakening. Its music caught in meditative reflection one moment before propelling into ecstatic revelation the next, with Sjunne's collective 'Exit' providing electric backing throughout. Propelled by the Drummer's beat, its hard not to be caught up with Sjunne's personal vision of a 'Polymood Music'


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Painstakingly transferred and fully remastered from the original tapes, with new liner notes and photography. Mindgames follows Strangelove's previous issue of Sjunne's early singles and soundtrack work on "Childrens Mind" (SL106)



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Follow up to the labels first forays into new artist material; the strange-waves of Psychedelic Digestion Therapy and dancefloor twilight zone of t-woc's "Pantangle"

Tracklist:

A1 The Harmonist-
A2 Some Velvet Morning
A3 Generationen
A4 Alla Porta Subito
A5 Die Unglücksreligion
B1 Synthwalz
B2 In Cerchio
B3 Bacin Bacetto
B4 Ritmo Denso
B5 Trost Der Massen
B6 Ein Kosmischer Tag

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CCCVVV is the Brussels based duo of Clara Vellin and soFa elsewhere. The first Covid-lockdown drew these two old friends closer and both a love-story and burst of musical creativity followed.

A wide-eyed electronic record wearing its heart on an innersleeve, Curriculum Vitae chases after no real genre, preferring a very personal colour and style of its own. Music and passion entwined, it has resulted in this collection of intimate avant-pop-oddities. The album collects whispers of 60's chanson and psyched out chords, holding a playful spirit throughout.

Through the genre-no-genre approach, Curriculum Vitae distills down to a vital essence, constantly flirting with smartly infused elements from the past/present for the head, heart and feet.

Highlights include a dreamy version of Nancy & Lee's 'Some Velvet Morning' alongside the acidic slow-mo hypnotics of 'Ritmo Denso'. 'Generationen' floats on a pillow of sonic bliss, while 'Alla Porta Subito's vocal and instrument interplay slinks closer to outer-planetary italo-reggae.

C.V.'s production wanders along a retro-futuristic approach throughout, its punkish attitude dancing between an embrace of the modern and a more naive pop-arrangement approach. Along this 37 minute journey the sweet and dark sides of a lifetime are witnessed, light organic harp marries refreshingly to carefully chosen synthesizers. Whimsical lyrics meet with melancholic composition.

Clara Vellin is a classical harp player active in a variety of eclectic musical projects.
soFa, known for his highly acclaimed series of the eclectic "elsewhere" compilations, & productions such as Mameen 3, Nyati Mayi and collab with legendary Turkish drummer Okay Temiz & Houschyar on Music From Memory/Second Circle.


Clara Vellin: Composition, Celtic Harp, Voice, Synths
soFa Elsewhere: Production, Composition, Arrangements, Drum Machines, Voice, Synths
Mixed: Alexander Arpeggio
Mastering: Dan Elleson
Artwork: Gunnar Cushway
Design: Spencer Levine





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Tracklist:

A1 Crazy Bronco
A2 Ci Vi
A3 Kasioso
B1 Midnight Magic
B2 Weirum
B3 Goddy

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A sonic clash of Tropical, On-U and Eastern proportions, t-woc drops 6 tracks of dope sound system bashment for Strangelove. Informed by Mick's musical wanderlust and prolific digging, Pantangle deftly blends a mélange of influences where Caribbean steel drum, Anatolian melodies and the sounds of the Maghreb all float through the mix.

Like his work for Macadam Mambo/ Emotional Response- its a sound hard to pin down and all woven into a heady brew percolating somewhere in the dance-floor twilight zone. With early works created pre-lockdown at an artist residency in The Dock in County Leitrim, the heads down groove of 'Crazy Bronco' & 'Goddy' don't sound out of place with an early 90's Uk bass culture. Elsewhere the deeper cuts rub against a little sunshine as the late night swing of Midnight Magic riffs off Junior Delgado's roots classic.

With killer artwork c/o Marius Houschyar Strangelove is super stoked to release this collection of outernational rhythms from the Irish vinyl wallah, mix engineer and producer

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Tracklist:

A1 Sabbia Calda
A2 Palmtree Calling
A3 Kartoffel Garten
B1 Daytrippin
B2 Amour Fantaisie
B3 Egipcia

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6 melodious pieces applauded by audiences across the country! This music embodies the nonsense of life during crucial times humanity is undergoing. We believe that digestion plays an highly important role in the well being of earthlings and balance; the immortality of sound within the cosmos of abnormal ideas and thoughts. This album says more than can be mentioned, we have no doubt that this record will do its duty in fulfilling its purpose in your mind

While recording these songs, we light-hearted artists were able to combine our digested voices with the exact sentiments depicted in humankind's pivotal moments of loneliness. We hereby create a soothing inner feeling in our listeners. This album says more than can be mentioned, we have no doubt that this record will do its duty in fulfilling its purpose in your mind.

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350 copies only- Follow up to the labels previous exotic waves of Scribble & Sjunne Ferger,


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Sjunne Ferger's Exit- Childrens Mind LP

A1 Awakening
A2 Romance
A3 Night Rituale
B1 Beginners Mind
B2 Childrens Mind
B3 Destiny (Alt.)
B4 Candlelight (Alt.)

Short info: From his 'FAT' Studio near the central Swedish town of Örebro, Sjunne Ferger crafted a small but radical legacy of genre bending music. With an open minded 'anything goes' attitude born from his jazz roots, compiled here are songs charting a transition from fusion beginnings via his debut 7" with group 'Exit' through to a more blissful synthetic sound palette. Across the album's 7 songs Sjunne's heady musical optimism aspired to an aesthetic that moved freely between drum machines & synths to more organic instrumentation with rich arrangements never losing sight of a light ethereal feel.

Hypnotic ambient pieces written for short film swirl amongst the electronic & electrified- unreleased versions of 'Destiny' and 'Candlelight' hint at his sound to come, while the album culminates in the highlights 'Night Rituale' and 'Childrens Mind' -Intoxicating mixes of Sjunne's influences & inspiration, they unknowingly hint at Mkwaju Ensemble and other key Japanese contemporaries, and bear witness to the Swede's deep Eastern philosophical outlook. Retaining his own unique sound throughout, 'Childrens Mind' is a primer for Sjunne Ferger's 'Mindgames' LP reissued on Strangelove later in 2021.

Vital Sales Points:

Follow up to the labels previous globe trotting via the strange-waves of Japan's Viola Renea and the NZ avante-pop compilation "Kiwi Animals" This album release coincides with Scribble's 'Selected Works 82-85' LP


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A1 River
A2 Mother of Pearl
B1 Lowdown
B2 The Party
B3 Mr Calico
B4 B4 (Hysteric Edit)

Short info: Johanna Pigott's Scribble project floated through the airwaves Down Under during the first years of the 80's, gathered here is a succinct collection of her dreamy electronic pop from that era. There's an enigmatic feel woven throughout, songs such as "River" set sail on an imagined Antipodean Balearic vibe, while blissful end-of-nighter "Mother of Pearl" would likely get DJ Harvey in a spin. 'The Party' poignantly mulls missing the big night out, while "Mr Calico' navigates spooked out noir before the eerie synth-waves of "B4" (rearranged by local maestro Hysteric)

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Follow up to the labels previous globe trotting via the strange-waves of Japan's Viola Renea and the NZ avante-pop compilation 'Kiwi Animals' This album release coincides with labels Sjunne Ferger compilation 'Childrens Mind' LP



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Follow up to the labels previous release -NZ 80s compilation 'Kiwi Animals' Syguiria Lady is the first full reissue album for Strangelove. For fans of current Japanese music revival

Tracklist:
A1 Amitoung Ashyljoung
A2 Vimana Beam
A3 Faros Faras Island
B1 Soma Yana
B2 Maya Candra
B3 Samsara
B4 Polaris Line
B5 Chariot Of Palace


Short info:
Strangelove is proud to present the first ever reissue of 'Syguira Lady', an eerie and absorbing ride through the rich imagination of enigmatic Osaka group Viola Renea. While riding the current interest in Japanese music, the album remains an anomaly to much of the local music of the time. Juxtaposing ancient/modern sources of sonic inspiration, North England's new musical movements collide with Eastern European folk rhythms, while oriental scales slide amongst wavey-electronic instrumentation. The resultant musical dreamscapes sought to conjure themes of noir & seduction, recurrent in the period's techno-pop. Kuki Imamura described the album as the sound of unknown memories with aural visions & strange musical loves coalescing around a femme fatale; 'Syguirian Lady'

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Follow up to the labels previous release -NZ 80s compilation 'Kiwi Animals' Syguiria Lady is the first full reissue album for Strangelove. For fans of current Japanese music revival

Tracklist:
1. Amitoung Ashyljoung
2. Vimana Beam
3. Faros Faras Island
4. Soma Yana
5. Maya Candra
6. Samsara
7. Polaris Line
8. Chariot Of Palace



Short info:
Strangelove is proud to present the first ever reissue of 'Syguira Lady', an eerie and absorbing ride through the rich imagination of enigmatic Osaka group Viola Renea. While riding the current interest in Japanese music, the album remains an anomaly to much of the local music of the time. Juxtaposing ancient/modern sources of sonic inspiration, North England's new musical movements collide with Eastern European folk rhythms, while oriental scales slide amongst wavey-electronic instrumentation. The resultant musical dreamscapes sought to conjure themes of noir & seduction, recurrent in the period's techno-pop. Kuki Imamura described the album as the sound of unknown memories with aural visions & strange musical loves coalescing around a femme fatale; 'Syguirian Lady'

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Special remarks: LP with colour innersleeve, 500 copies only released

Tracklist:

DWART- "ELECTRICIDADE ESTÉTICA" LP
A1- Aqua Alta
A2- Mate (Remastered)
A3- Synesthesia (feat. Nuno Rebelo)
A4- Electro Maga (feat. Bernardo Devlin)
B1- Opala (feat. Nuno Rebelo)
B2- Swing da Rocinha (feat. Nuno Rebelo)
B3- Pó das Estrelas (feat. Bernardo Devlin)
B4- Keep in Touch (Far East Mix)
B5- Electro Maga - reprise (feat. Bernardo Devlin)



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Strangelove's latest release turns left somewhere near the edge of the Atlantic, with Electricidade Estética" documenting a vibrant window into the musical landscape of 1980's counter-culture Portugal. Compiling early un-issued works, DWART's organic Ash-Ra Balearics meld with spikey Iberian electronics, coalescing around the floating beauty of 'Mate', reissued for the first time on vinyl.

With emergent music technologies of the era enthusiastically adopted by Lisbon's avante-garde, there was a collective desire by DWART and their contemporaries to push existing sonic boundaries;- Post new wave sounds melded with distinctive local sensibilities. Vítor Rua & Jorge Lima Barreto of the legendary Telectu (whom Antoñio currently tours with) were regular collaborators while composer/ guitarist Nuno Rebelo and guitarist/singer Bernardo Devlin feature throughout.

Antoñio & Manuela Duarte's search for an artistic language melded a continuing curiosity with aural and physical dualities: experimental pop integrated with performance art, mathematics sound-tracked on canvas, organic found sounds at ease alongside synthetic drum machines. The 9 songs found here document the early emergence of their own 'Electricidade Estética'

(Big shouts to Invisible Cities & Steele Bonus- early champions of 'Mate')

Vital Sales Points:

Follow up to the labels previous releases - Frank Harris & Maria Marquez 'Echoes' and previous Portuguese release Lena d'Água ?- Jardim Zoológico


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Special remarks : NZ Import. 12" with printed deluxe sleeve, PLUS lovely 2 sided Full size photo insert
Follow up to the labels previous CULT release- Lena d'Água ?- Jardim Zoológico 12"

Tracklist
A1. Bikini
A2. So Deep
B1. Bikini- Extended mix by Shelter
B2. So Deep- Instrumental mix by Hysteric

Shortinfo:
For its second release, Strangelove resurrects two cuts from the Australian cult synth pop duo, ARVO's, much-mythologised 1984 album "Luna". Having spent time in Europe and with heads & hearts?full of the continent's synth-pop movements, Deborah Gray and Roy Nicolson each returned Down-under to discover?a doggedly rock orientated landscape. Finding solace in Roy's studio and inspired by their musical O.E.'s, the ARVO concept was formed and an album took shape. A glamorous visual/electronic opus, major label misjudgment and local bewilderment left 'Luna' to unjustly slip under the radar.

Rescued here, "Bikini" channels an Ipanema electronic vibe, nostalgically recalling Antipodean beach culture while the synthetic undercurrents of?"So Deep" reflect on the nature of our dreams. Also presented is a reimagined "So Deep'' instrumental from Australia's synth pop scholar-in-chief Hysteric, while French M.O.T.M. Shelter tailors Bikini into an excursion version.


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Repress 12" of this CULT Release with Original Sleeve, NEW cheaper Price, NEW 140g Vinyl Pressing

Tracklist
A1. Jardim Zoológico B1. Tao

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Strangelove Music isdelighted to present its first project, two songs from Lena d'Água, one of Portugal's great musical acts of the early 1980's.

Combining a siren presence and soaringvocalsalong side songwriter Luis Fonseca and backing band Atlântida, they released a series of records that wove through the avante-pop sensibilities of the time.Collected here are two of their more leftfield moments;

'Jardim Zoológico' is a beguiling mix of new wave, post punk and dub into a short sharp pop format, impossible to properly categorize, the dynamic composition sounding as fresh now as it did 35years ago.

On the flipside, the calmer 'Tao' takes Fonseca's keyboards towards more eastern territory, conjuring up a dreamy synthesized new age vibe. Lena's beautiful fado hued notes hang poignantly across bothsongs. Beautifully re-mastered by reissue specialist Peter Beckmann

Vital Sales Points:
- Debuted on Tim Sweeney's Beats in Space radio show & tastemakers Stamp the Wax and Dream Chimney, test pressing distributed among the Balearic mafia, Moonboots/ Phil Mison, Hunee etc
-Support from key tastemaker retailers including Redlight Records, Growing Bin, Organic Japan, Piccadilly etc


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A1. Night Blooming feat pbeatgirl
A2. Someone Stop Me

B1. Svalor Radiosignal (Axel's Dub) feat Joakim Åhlund & Jockum Nordström
B2. Spooky


Blurb:

Mercurial Swede Axel Boman debuts on Aus Music with four spellbinding deep house beauties

Swedish artists pbeatgirl and Joakim Åhlund & Jockum Nordström feature on one track each
Axel Boman has brought playful charm to the underground for nearly two decades. His colourful, emotive sound marries melodic whimsy with warm, cuddly grooves and is underpinned by invention and experimentation in sound design, rhythm and mood. The Studio Barnhus co-founder is an artist who can make you laugh and cry at the same time, as continually shown across more than 20 EPs and four full-length albums on a tasteful array of labels. He strides into 2026 with a first EP for Aus that embodies everything that makes him easy to love and hard to pin down.

First up is 'Night Blooming' feat pbeatgirl - a provocative figure in Sweden's post-pop underground. The sensual late-night lullaby has soft drums and even softer spoken words whispered in your ear. Add in the dreamy synths, and you have perfect house hypnosis. 'Someone Stop Me' slows the tempo but ups the texture with raw, tumbling drum loops, incidental guitar licks and sustained pads that help you zone out and gaze into the distance on a summer's afternoon.

'Svalor Radiosignal (Axel's Dub)' features Joakim Åhlund, who is currently on tour of Australia with his band Les Big Byrd, and is also a guitarist and lead singer in the Caesars band he founded, as well as being a prolific producer. World-renowned multi-disciplinary artist Jockum Nordström works across painting, sculpture and collage and also features. There's a signature Boman innocence and charming naivety to the melodies here. They leave wispy, painterly trails above the smooth, dubby groove and fill you with warmth and comfort. Closer 'Spooky' journeys later into the night with a more rickety, edgy mood, but beautiful, shape-shifting synths are like a tender hand guiding you into darkness.

This is Axel Boman at his most intimate and expressive, a quietly powerful EP for heads-down moments and after-hours warmth.



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Format Notes:

Part of Bobby Caldwell Reissue Campaign, 2023 first time reissue, 140g vinyl


Track List:

A1 Special To Me 4:00
A2 My Flame 3:30
A3 Love Won't Wait 4:00
A4 Can't Say Goodbye 5:20

B1 Come To Me 2:52
B2 What You Won't Do For Love 4:45
B3 Kalimba Song 2:00
B4 Take Me Back To Then 3:30
B5 Down For The Third Time 3:30

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Known principally as a smooth titan of blue-eyed soul, Bobby Caldwell transcended genre tags with consummate ease; he was a musical icon of real class and versatility, cherished the world over. Tragically passing away in March 2023 at the too young age of 71, it still feels as if Bobby's true artistry is profoundly under-appreciated. His double platinum self-titled album from 1978 is a timeless masterpiece of sophisticated jazzy soul brilliance and is strictly canonical. Yes, it's perfect, yet it's been out of press on vinyl for years. We're deeply honoured to present the long-awaited reissue this summer.

Whilst Ned Doheny is known in Japan as "Mr California", native New Yorker Bobby Caldwell has always been "Mr AOR" to his Far-Eastern friends. His distinct charm is an irresistible blend of soul, jazz, and pop influences. He possessed phenomenal songwriting prowess, smooth vocal performances, was both a great soul guitarist and dextrous keyboard player and known for genius chord progressions. It all added up to a multi-layered brilliance entering the studio, and the singular sound he landed on was laced with soulful, sweeping strings and funky horns, touching lightly on disco, while allowing his supple voice to carry the stunning tracks he'd crafted.

String-swept opener "Special To Me" immediately sets the tone with its lush instrumentation, rich harmonies, and Caldwell's velvety-smooth vocals. Next up, a huge one. The infectious, mid-tempo bounce of "My Flame" showcases Caldwell's ability to effortlessly blend catchy pop hooks with soulful arrangements. It's an exquisite, emotive ballad that, at the same time, absolutely SLAPS. Game recognise game, and all that, so, accordingly, Notorious B.I.G. memorably ran with “My Flame” for his 1997 single “Sky’s The Limit”. The rolling, disco-very "Love Won't Wait" is a slick, uptempo track containing heartfelt lyrics intertwined with elegant strings and a horn section to die for. Aching - and achingly cool - single "Can't Say Goodbye" is a real fan favourite, and it's no surprise. It's a laconic, slow-mo jazz-funk stepper, with fantastic, very deliberate playing that closes out the A Side quite exceptionally. "Come To Me" slows proceedings down elegantly to open Side B before the universally agreed-upon masterpiece enters proceedings.

"What You Won't Do for Love," the standout hit that became a classic in its own right, perfectly captured Bobby's ability to infuse a contagious groove with introspective and relatable lyrics. With its instantly recognisable horn riff and Caldwell's soulful delivery, this timeless, chiller anthem continues to captivate audiences and define his musical legacy. He scored huge with the track, taking over the pop and R&B airways with this mellow soul stepper. It has remained a perennial favourite and has been heavily sampled, such is its unique allure; Aaliyah sang over snatches of it on "Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number" and you can hear Caldwell’s vocal sample used for the hook on Tupac’s posthumously released “Do For Love”.

Upon submitting the finished album to his label, they requested more material in hope of a big single. As Bobby remembered to Wax Poetics a few years ago: “Now at this point, I’m mentally exhausted...and bear in mind that I got so close to all the songs I’d written. I gave each song a profound amount of thought, and maybe too much. So, in haste, I went in and cut this song, "What You Won’t Do For Love". Wrote it in a day, cut the rhythm track, overdubbed the horns, I sang the song, and literally turned it in three days after. And lo and behold, the one song I gave the least thought to,” Bobby laughed, “ended up being a national anthem.”

The mysterious, magical "Kalimba Song" is a cosmic, kalimba-driven melodic-funk instrumental - short but oh, so sweet. It's followed by the supreme tear-jerker "Take Me Back To Then", Bobby's otherworldly voice deeply longing for a simpler time, "when life was mellow". I think we can all get behind this sentiment. The final cut is arguably its deepest, its low-key finest moment. For us, it is, anyway. The glorious, driving, effortlessly funky guitar-soul jam "Down For The Third Time" is a huge melancholic Be With favourite and has been played by discerning genre-hopping DJs with significant glee for years. Hypnotic, melodic, beautiful. Like the album it elegantly rounds out.

Bobby sadly passed away on 23rd March 2023, after a long struggle with mitochondrial damage and oxidative stress, due to an adverse effect from a fluoroquinolone antibiotic. The reissue of his wonderful eponymous album will be available on vinyl across the globe, ensuring that fans of his incomparable talent - and soul music enthusiasts worldwide - can radiate in the deep beauty of this seminal album. Meticulously remastered and cut by both Simon Francis and Cicely Balston respectively, it has been pressed to the highest possibly quality at Record Industry in Holland.

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A1 River
A2 Mother of Pearl
B1 Lowdown
B2 The Party
B3 Mr Calico
B4 B4 (Hysteric Edit)

Short info: Johanna Pigott's Scribble project floated through the airwaves Down Under during the first years of the 80's, gathered here is a succinct collection of her dreamy electronic pop from that era. There's an enigmatic feel woven throughout, songs such as "River" set sail on an imagined Antipodean Balearic vibe, while blissful end-of-nighter "Mother of Pearl" would likely get DJ Harvey in a spin. 'The Party' poignantly mulls missing the big night out, while "Mr Calico' navigates spooked out noir before the eerie synth-waves of "B4" (rearranged by local maestro Hysteric)

Vital Sales Points:

Follow up to the labels previous globe trotting via the strange-waves of Japan's Viola Renea and the NZ avante-pop compilation 'Kiwi Animals' This album release coincides with labels Sjunne Ferger compilation 'Childrens Mind' LP



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Follow up to the labels first forays into new artist material; the strange-waves of Psychedelic Digestion Therapy and dancefloor twilight zone of t-woc's "Pantangle"

Tracklist:

A1 The Harmonist-
A2 Some Velvet Morning
A3 Generationen
A4 Alla Porta Subito
A5 Die Unglücksreligion
B1 Synthwalz
B2 In Cerchio
B3 Bacin Bacetto
B4 Ritmo Denso
B5 Trost Der Massen
B6 Ein Kosmischer Tag

Short info:

CCCVVV is the Brussels based duo of Clara Vellin and soFa elsewhere. The first Covid-lockdown drew these two old friends closer and both a love-story and burst of musical creativity followed.

A wide-eyed electronic record wearing its heart on an innersleeve, Curriculum Vitae chases after no real genre, preferring a very personal colour and style of its own. Music and passion entwined, it has resulted in this collection of intimate avant-pop-oddities. The album collects whispers of 60's chanson and psyched out chords, holding a playful spirit throughout.

Through the genre-no-genre approach, Curriculum Vitae distills down to a vital essence, constantly flirting with smartly infused elements from the past/present for the head, heart and feet.

Highlights include a dreamy version of Nancy & Lee's 'Some Velvet Morning' alongside the acidic slow-mo hypnotics of 'Ritmo Denso'. 'Generationen' floats on a pillow of sonic bliss, while 'Alla Porta Subito's vocal and instrument interplay slinks closer to outer-planetary italo-reggae.

C.V.'s production wanders along a retro-futuristic approach throughout, its punkish attitude dancing between an embrace of the modern and a more naive pop-arrangement approach. Along this 37 minute journey the sweet and dark sides of a lifetime are witnessed, light organic harp marries refreshingly to carefully chosen synthesizers. Whimsical lyrics meet with melancholic composition.

Clara Vellin is a classical harp player active in a variety of eclectic musical projects.
soFa, known for his highly acclaimed series of the eclectic "elsewhere" compilations, & productions such as Mameen 3, Nyati Mayi and collab with legendary Turkish drummer Okay Temiz & Houschyar on Music From Memory/Second Circle.


Clara Vellin: Composition, Celtic Harp, Voice, Synths
soFa Elsewhere: Production, Composition, Arrangements, Drum Machines, Voice, Synths
Mixed: Alexander Arpeggio
Mastering: Dan Elleson
Artwork: Gunnar Cushway
Design: Spencer Levine





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12" - Essential Balearic heat beat! Follow up to the labels previous album of Frank & Maria's work 'Echoes' SL104

Tracklist:

Side A
A1- Loveroom - Frankie's Deluxe Mix
A2- Down By The Rio - Frankie's Deluxe Mix

Side B
B1- Down by the Rio - Frakas Mix
B2- Down by the Rio - Julien Dyne Mix

Short info:
Deep into lockdown, Frank pulled out Bernie Grundman's original 24 track masters of the "In a Minor Mode" ep, digitizing and exploring the original multi track recordings. Inspired by newly rediscovered parts recovered from the editing floor, what followed was a faithful but full-blown reimagining of 'Loveroom' Strangelove are proud to present this definitive version alongside a deep dive into Echoes LP favourite 'Down By The Rio' Frank's FM friendly take flipped on the B side with Frakas' trippy diced up vibe alongside a bumping beatdown version from New Zealand's finest Julien Dyne. Essential Balearic heat beat!





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Tracklist:

DWART- "ELECTRICIDADE ESTÉTICA" LP
A1- Aqua Alta
A2- Mate (Remastered)
A3- Synesthesia (feat. Nuno Rebelo)
A4- Electro Maga (feat. Bernardo Devlin)
B1- Opala (feat. Nuno Rebelo)
B2- Swing da Rocinha (feat. Nuno Rebelo)
B3- Pó das Estrelas (feat. Bernardo Devlin)
B4- Keep in Touch (Far East Mix)
B5- Electro Maga - reprise (feat. Bernardo Devlin)



Short info:

Strangelove's latest release turns left somewhere near the edge of the Atlantic, with Electricidade Estética" documenting a vibrant window into the musical landscape of 1980's counter-culture Portugal. Compiling early un-issued works, DWART's organic Ash-Ra Balearics meld with spikey Iberian electronics, coalescing around the floating beauty of 'Mate', reissued for the first time on vinyl.

With emergent music technologies of the era enthusiastically adopted by Lisbon's avante-garde, there was a collective desire by DWART and their contemporaries to push existing sonic boundaries;- Post new wave sounds melded with distinctive local sensibilities. Vítor Rua & Jorge Lima Barreto of the legendary Telectu (whom Antoñio currently tours with) were regular collaborators while composer/ guitarist Nuno Rebelo and guitarist/singer Bernardo Devlin feature throughout.

Antoñio & Manuela Duarte's search for an artistic language melded a continuing curiosity with aural and physical dualities: experimental pop integrated with performance art, mathematics sound-tracked on canvas, organic found sounds at ease alongside synthetic drum machines. The 9 songs found here document the early emergence of their own 'Electricidade Estética'

(Big shouts to Invisible Cities & Steele Bonus- early champions of 'Mate')

Vital Sales Points:

Follow up to the labels previous releases - Frank Harris & Maria Marquez 'Echoes' and previous Portuguese release Lena d'Água ?- Jardim Zoológico


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Hello, we´re proud to present a 2024 Repress Edition of the Original V/A - Future/ Primitive Aotearoa 89-91 "Kiwi Animals" ! Same Artwork, Design, Content and Pricing.

Special remarks:

Follow up to the labels previous release - Frank Harris & Maria Marquez 'Echoes' First local NZ dig for Strangelove. For fans of Flying Nun more quirky/ electronic output., contains songs reissued on vinyl for the first time from cult Kiwi bands Blam Blam Blam, Headless Chickens and Chris 'Roger' Knox.

Track list:

A1- Kim Blackburn- Lizards in Love

A2- The Kiwi Animal- Woman & Man Have Balance

A3- Rupert- Soul Brothers

A4- Stiff Herbert- I Could Hit the Ceiling

A5- Drone- Nothing Dominant

A6- Norma O’Malley- Some Tame Gazelle

B1- The Headless Chickens- Throwback

B2- Blam Blam Blam- Respect

B3- Roger Knox- Whole Weird World

B4- Tom Ludvigson & Graeme Gash- Ulläng Jnr

B5- Ballare- Dancing




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Strangelove's personal Inventory of NZ 1980's odd pop; 'Kiwi Animals' recasts the local charts in a parallel universe of misfit melodics, gonzo-tronics & strange waves. Channelling South Pacific voodoo and edge of world melancholia, the album highlights electronic tangents from iconic NZ groups Blam Blam Blam & Headless Chickens. It dredges the cassette revelations of art avante-gardists' Drone & Kim Blackburn, alongside bittersweet moments from Rupert & Norma O'Malley. There's the infectious minimal wave of Ballare and a reprised electro-boogie dance suite (?!) from Tom Ludvigson & Graeme Gash. The furthest depths of Flying Nun's catalog are also plundered- a brilliant earworm from Stiff Herbert and a mysterious "Roger" Knox birthday promo. Mining disparate seams of a local indie label awakening, the various tangents of 'Kiwi Animals' congeal with a future/primitive sensibility and an underlying Antipodean mischievousness…


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Tracklist:
A
1. Oliver Koletzki feat. HVOB - Bones (Frida Darko & Atric Remix)
2. Oliver Koletzki feat. Fran - Hypnotized (Oliver Koletzki Remix)
3. Oliver Koletzki - Copal (Hidden Empire Remix)

B
1. Oliver Koletzki - Der Mückenschwarm (Andhim Remix)
2. Oliver Koletzki - Der Mückenschwarm (Kaufmann (DE) Remix)
3. Oliver Koletzki - Der Mückenschwarm (Gerd Janson Remix)

Press release:
Stil vor Talent marks the completion of its anniversary remix series with '20 Years Stil vor Talent Remixed'.
The release unites the entire collection of reinterpretations created throughout the year, celebrating the legacy of the label's catalogue and the many artists who have shaped its sound.

From Kaufmann (DE)'s driving take on 'Der Mückenschwarm' to Atric's & Frida Darko's signature interpretation of 'Bones', the compilation spans a wide spectrum of modern house, indie dance and techno. Hidden Empire, Andhim, Gerd Janson and many more contribute their own perspectives, linking past and present in bold and colourful ways. To twenty years of creativity, community and constant evolution.





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2023 repress

Tracklist
A1. Electric Baile (Enzo Elia Vocal Edit)
A2. Electric Baile (Enzo Elia Dub Edit)
A3. Electric Baile (Enzo Elia Bonus Beats)
B1. Pushin’ Too Hard (Gerd Janson Mega mix)
B2. Pushin’ Too Hard (Gerd Janson Instrumix)


Shortinfo:
Master Plan was the Chicago based dance music project of Pepper Gomez and Tom O’Callahan. Spanning from 1984 to 1986, the groups development is in sync with the dance music scene of Chicago during that era. While their first record „Pushin’ Too Hard“ is a Windy City version of the NYC club music of the time and its European cross-pollination, „Electric Baile“ from two years later down the line is almost a quantum jump into house music. With the engineering help of Matt Warren, it bears the marks of Ron Hardy, Chip E, Farley Jackmaster Funk or the WBMX dance party craze, if you will. Here you have remastered and updated versions by Enzo Elia and Gerd Janson. The first ones’ edit attempt of „Electric Baile“ ignited this edition. A custom-tailored main mix is completed by a dub and useful bonus beat version to do, what DJs used to do. Concluded by two edits of „Pushin’ Too Hard“ by GJ, you get two great slices of yesterday that are still major dance music blue prints today.




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Territories: World

Tracklist:

A1 / Night Fantasy
A2 / Just Change
A3 / Dat Tape
A4 / Come On

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Italian producer and DJ Jacy remains one of the stand-out musical characters from a dazzling ensemble of atmosphere builders who were so prevalent during the late 80s and early 90s. His craftsmanship is simply legendary, his music quite simply some of the finest to exude from this period of time, and of which is still making waves in the collective sands now. His dedication to the creation of emotive sweeps, gorgeous rippling tones and easy going, freeing atmospheres has remained a cornerstone of his sound, from the early days through to his excellent work on his imprint Home of House. Jacy’s sound was broadcast to the world once again via Safe Trip’s ‘Welcome To Paradise’ compilations, where his inclusions were something that lingered long in the memory – an essential component of what is known as the ‘Dream House’ sound. It’s difficult to convey into words exactly how a Jacy record can take the listener, but perhaps it’s different for everyone – one thing can be agreed on though, it’s an experience like no other.











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