Tri-fold jacket with mirror-board `Chamber of Reflection' interior, poster, full-color booklet, and new liners written by Mac. Pressed on holographic black vinyl. Includes Salad Days Demos. Salad Days is the follow-up to Mac DeMarco's lauded 2012 album 2, which saw the Edmonton local propelled into the limelight. Written and recorded around a relentless tour schedule, Salad Days gives the listener a very personal insight into what it's all about to be Mac amidst the craziness of a rising career in a very public format. In celebration of the 10 year anniversary of DeMarco's career-defining album, this limited edition 2xLP compiles both the original Salad Days and Salad Days Demos into a unique `Chamber Of Reflection' package complete with full color poster, 12-page booklet with DeMarco's Salad Days Tour dates, original rider, previously unpublished photos, and new liners written by Mac.

TRACKLIST
1.1 SALAD DAYS
1.2 BLUE BOY
1.3 BROTHER
1.4 LET HER GO
1.5 GOODBYE WEEKEND
1.6 LET MY BABY STAY
1.7 PASSING OUT PIECES
1.8 TREAT HER BETTER
1.9 CHAMBER OF REFLECTION
1.10 GO EASY
1.11 JONNY'S ODYSSEY
2.1 GOODBYE WEEKEND
2.2 SALAD DAYS
2.3 KEN THE WOLF BOY
2.4 PASSING OUT PIECES OF ME
2.5 ORGAN RONALD DONKEY WATER
2.6 LET MY BABY STAY
2.7 PEPPERONI PLAYBOY
2.8 BROTHER
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2.9 POTATO BOY
2.10 GO EASY
2.11 HORSE HOT WEE WEE WATER
2.12 BLUE BOY
2.13 SLOPPY LAU LAU
2.14 AVOCADO ANDREW More

Limited edition repress on bone vinyl of cult-favorite Captured Tracks release, including bonus flexidisc featuring a rare cover of Free's "All Right Now". SAADA BONAIRE. The fantastic German disco/world music project from Bremen which never was meant to be. Formed by Bremen DJ Ralf Behrendt in 1982, SAADA BONAIRE was a unique concept band centered around two sultry female vocalists (Stefanie Lange and Claudia Hossfeld) and dozens of local musicians culled from the local immigration center. Originally signed to EMI in 1982, their first and only single, "You Could Be More As You Are" was produced by legendary MATUMBI, SLITS and POP GROUP producer Dennis Bovell in KRAFTWERK's studio in Cologne. Its fusion of husky female vocals, Eastern instruments, dub and African music aesthetics, drum computers and synthesizers remains unique to this day. EMI cancelled the project upon its release. SAADA BONAIRE compiles two songs from the original EMI single plus eleven previously unreleased songs recorded between 1982 and 1985. Also included are never before published photos and in depth interviews with band members and a full gate fold cover for those dedicated vinyl buyers. SAADA BONAIRE. A bizarre mix of KRAFTWERK, GRACE JONES, and MARLENE DIETRICH. These lost recordings from the early eighties still sound fresh on today's dance floor.
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Tri-fold jacket with mirror-board `Chamber of Reflection' interior, poster, full-color booklet, and new liners written by Mac. Pressed on holographic black vinyl. Includes Salad Days Demos. Salad Days is the follow-up to Mac DeMarco's lauded 2012 album 2, which saw the Edmonton local propelled into the limelight. Written and recorded around a relentless tour schedule, Salad Days gives the listener a very personal insight into what it's all about to be Mac amidst the craziness of a rising career in a very public format. In celebration of the 10 year anniversary of DeMarco's career-defining album, this limited edition 2xLP compiles both the original Salad Days and Salad Days Demos into a unique `Chamber Of Reflection' package complete with full color poster, 12-page booklet with DeMarco's Salad Days Tour dates, original rider, previously unpublished photos, and new liners written by Mac.

TRACKLIST
1.1 SALAD DAYS
1.2 BLUE BOY
1.3 BROTHER
1.4 LET HER GO
1.5 GOODBYE WEEKEND
1.6 LET MY BABY STAY
1.7 PASSING OUT PIECES
1.8 TREAT HER BETTER
1.9 CHAMBER OF REFLECTION
1.10 GO EASY
1.11 JONNY'S ODYSSEY
2.1 GOODBYE WEEKEND
2.2 SALAD DAYS
2.3 KEN THE WOLF BOY
2.4 PASSING OUT PIECES OF ME
2.5 ORGAN RONALD DONKEY WATER
2.6 LET MY BABY STAY
2.7 PEPPERONI PLAYBOY
2.8 BROTHER
C
No. 31
2.9 POTATO BOY
2.10 GO EASY
2.11 HORSE HOT WEE WEE WATER
2.12 BLUE BOY
2.13 SLOPPY LAU LAU
2.14 AVOCADO ANDREW More

Until recently, it was thought that we had heard all there was to hear from Saâda Bonaire. The German studio project's 1980s recordings had been compiled on the now cult-classic double LP Saâda Bonaire, released by Captured Tracks in 2013. Though the group had continued working until 1994, founder Ralph "von" Richtoven had firmly stated that all of their post-1986 work was lost. Released now for the first time ever, 1992 compiles the band's long-lost early nineties material. Produced between Bremen and New York City, the 12 songs presented here capture the group's attempts at steering their trademark fusion sound (reggae, afro-funk, Eastern music, and sultry German female vocals) into uncharted nu jazz, trip-hop, and house territories. It's no surprise, given both the time lapse and the fluid nature of the project, that these recordings differ sonically from the 1980s material. 1992 finds Saâda Bonaire folding new influences from the time (house, hip-hop, rap) into their eclectic sonic universe. Vocalist Andrea Ebert's soulful voice -the result of a church choir background and an early love of American soul and jazz music- offset Stephanie Lange's laid-back, more German-sounding vocals. This unique interplay bolstered the band's new direction - evident in their inspired takes on James Brown's "Woman" and Syreeta Wright and Stevie Wonder's "To Know You Is To Love You". The American influence was also made literal via contributions by renowned DJ Matthias Heillbronn and rapper Jimmy Lee Patterson, both of whom lent some stardust to the tracks at François Kevorkian's Axis Studios in NYC. Unfortunately, the demo recordings were considered too bizarre for 1990s record label standards, and as a result were never published. As with all things Saâda Bonaire, the discovery of these discarded recordings feels like a sort of magical impossibility. It's been nearly ten years since the release of the last compilation, and thirty since the recordings were originally captured. That they still manage to sound fresh and avant garde is a testament to Saâda Bonaire's flair for creating pop music for past, present, and future outsiders.

TRACKLISTING:

DISC #1:
01. WOMAN
02. TO KNOW YOU IS TO LOVE YOU
03. EXTREMES
04. SO MANY DREAMS
05. RUNNING
06. OKAY IT'S OVER

DISC #2:
01. THAT'S RIGHT
02. LOVELIFE
03. YOUR PRINCE
04. 7TH HOUSE
05. MOVE FROM THE HEART
06. FOLLOW YOUR MIND More

There’s this thing about making art where in order to make it feel exciting for yourself, you have to reinvent yourself each time. You have to keep pushing. Go at it like a beginner. Take a white wall and color it in. Every new thing you make has to feel like a statement, the best new version of yourself. Dance punk royals !!! know the feeling well—they’ve been releasing urgent, obliterative, fuck-you music for 25 years. Music, for !!!, has to be a place where anything can happen. To quote frontman Nic Offer “We’ve always been pushing towards something stranger and weirder. We had to keep pushing on.”

The band’s ninth record, Let it Be Blue, takes that feeling of constant, radical transformation to new, untapped zones. It’s a record of sparse dance music. The kind of stuff you want to put on loud, let loose, go to the bar to get a drink only to abandon your plans because the song that just came on was too good not to dance to.

Let it Be Blue is a computer record, but it doesn’t feel like it. Featuring production from Patrick Ford, Let it Be Blue is the product of file sharing, trading stems, song particles, little ideas on their way to being fully realized dance tracks. It was conceived during the past two years, with dreams of future dancefloors very much on the brain. The resulting 11 songs are some of the band’s most production focused offerings to date. They’re crystalline, full of sub-bass and drums. It evokes visions of clubs where a concoction of Dembow and acid house play at volumes so loud your ears hurt and you forget what day of the week it is. In other words, it’s a !!! album. It makes you freak out a little bit.
Making something sparse was an exciting challenge for the band. “Starting as a band with seven or eight people, we were always crowding everything in and trying to fit as many parts as possible,” says Offer. Let it Be Blue is a departure from that.It’s minimalist, but that doesn’t at all mean that these songs aren’t complicated, self-contained worlds. They are.

“Storm Around the World,” starts out unassuming. Drum machines, bluish synthesizers, Rafael Cohen’s pristine vocals. Then it turns into a hypertrophied, club freakout. Sink Ya Teeth’s Maria Uzor jumps on the track, oscillating between spoken word and mysterious, hypnotic vocal runs. The song feels like a night bus conversation between Uzor and Cohen. It’s an electrifying duet.

“Panama Canal,” comes from file sharing between Rafael Cohen and Mario Andreoni. It started with Andreoni making a beat, and then Cohen getting excited because it sounded like “Plain Jane,” by A$AP Ferg. Featuring vocals from Meah Pace, the song is sweaty and slick, evoking Ferg as well as old Kompakt Records compilations, which Andreoni had been listening to at the time he made the beat for the song.

“This is Pop 2,” has the same glow as a Suicide song. Written by Nic Offer, the song is a slow burn. A drum machine pulses away in the background, while synthesizers grow louder and a guitar at the song’s midpoint makes the whole vibe ecstatic and sensual. “This is pop and it goes in your ears/All that matters is u like it there,” goes the song’s hook.
The record’s cast of collaborators are another !!! signature, another way for the band to feel constantly excited about the discovery process that is making new work. This shift has been in the works for a decade. It started on Thr!!!ler, a record that you might consider a turning point in the band’s expansive discography. In the past decade, the band has collaborated with an exciting rotation of artists. On this record, that desire to experiment alongside other artists feels especially realized. “Those characters stand out more,” says Offer. They feel especially distinct. When Angelica Garcia hops on vocals on “Un Puente,” the scenery changes again. We’re not in the New York City lofts of yore, we’re on a goddamn beach, pupils dilated, bouncing from high BPM.
Let it Be Blue is a record about discovery, uncovering new parts of yourself, going there.

How many dance records start off with an acoustic track? Let it Be Blue does, it’s called “Normal People,” and it’s a Laurel Canyon-esque amuse bouche. If serious in intent, it's cheeky in placement at the beginning of a dance record. It’s like taking a first step in a new place before everything changes in weird and excellent ways. It’s kind of like a Pandora's Box. Open it up, the whole world
shifts and transforms around you. There’s also a sense of melancholy and hope on the record. That’s where the title comes from. Instead of the finality of let it be, blue adds a feeling of acceptance that things will pass, that melancholy and tragedy are temporary. Mostly though, Let it Be Blue will make you really want to get down and dance.


- Specs Black vinyl in printed inner in printed outer. Download card insert.
Tracklist
A1. Normal People
A2. A Little Bit (More)
A3. Storm Around The World (feat. Maria Uzor)
A4. Un Puente (feat. Angelica Garcia)
A5. Here's What I Need To Know
A6. Panama Canal (feat. Meah Pace)
B1. Man On The Moon (feat. Meah Pace)
B2. Let It Be Blue
B3. It's Grey, It's Grey (It's Grey)
B4. Crazy Talk
B5. This Is Pop 2 More

South Street are back with another essential reissue, This time with two heavyweights of the Chicago house scene.In 2015, Soulful house royalty Stacy Kidd joined forces with Peven Everett to release a limited run of this dance floor anthem “Body Jerkin”, and now that these now hard to find records are fetching over £100 it’s time that a remastered, reissue were made available in stores again, and South Street keep growing their label with more essential hits like this.This reissue features 3 essential versions of the hit "Body Jerkin'". The original mix sits on the A side, with a bass and drum groove being joined with strings, a nod to a classic disco hit and Peven’s vocals completing this soulful house groove, the classic spin that has been heard worldwide on dancefloors since it's original issue. The B side features one first time on vinyl mix, the Chicago Mix and then a never before released Disco Mix. The Chicago mix, a smooth and bubbly deep and funky groove and the Disco mix a raw and energetic rework to round off this trio of wicked house cuts. Cut Loud and Proud with a South Street company sleeve. Don't Miss! More

At long last: Andres returns to Mahogani Music with dope new LP with a full picture sleeve. All done with his trademark production finesse, the album feature 8 soul drenched and funk heavy house tracks . More

Transversales Disques proudly presents Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Live in Paris (1970).

Gifted multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk at the height of his powers, backed by his Vibration Society, including long-term cohorts pianist Ron Burton, powerhouse percussionist Joe Habao Texidor, Dick Griffin on trombone, drummer Jerome Cooper and Vernon Martin on Double Bass. First ever official reissue of this rare ORTF recording performed live at studio 104, Maison de la Radio Paris, with the full permission and cooperation of the National Audiovisual Institute (INA).

Deluxe edition, Classic Tip-On jacket, including exclusive liner notes and pictures. Mastered from the original master tapes.

A1 - Sweet Fire
A2 - The Inflated Tear
B1 - Three For The Festival
B2 - My Cherie Amour
B3 - Volunteered Slavery More

Fusing MORODER-esque Italo arpeggios with a stunning vocal performance from the incomparable SWAYLO, alongside his signature deep house style, GLENN returns to his home imprint in top form to close out 2023 with these 2 tracks. Vocal on the A side and instrumental on the flip. More

Repress on Grey / Silver Vinyl!
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The first outing of the new label Way to France records, born in Leipzig and raised in Cologne (including an extra long puberty), comes from none other than Robert Johnson legend Lauer.
The title track Law High heads straight for peak time in classic Lauer style between synth-pop, wave and house. Extraordinary DJ Charlie from Berlin transforms Law High into an analog-sounding EBM-Italo stomper with her first remix ever.
On B1 Lauer shows his other side with Enso: Techno Soul in the melody-man manner. Enso got the remix treatment from Leipzig's highly talented Janthe, who (another remix premiere) pulls off a modern, froggy, timeless version that's playable on any occasion. WTF Records headquarter is more than proud (and happy) to have so much talent on their versatile catalog number 001.

Get the balance right. More

Trumpeter, bandleader and composer Matthew Halsall announces landmark new album "An Ever Changing View", an expansive, immaculately conceived project which presents Halsall’s signature blend of jazz, electronica, global and spiritual jazz influences.
Track Listing:

A1. Tracing Nature
A2. Water Street
B1. An Ever Changing View
B2. Calder Shapes
C1. Mountains, Trees and Seas
C2. Field of Vision
C3. Jewels
D1. Sunlight Reflection
D2. Natural Movement
D3. Triangles in the Sky More