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DOUBLE CD: 2 x CD, 22 tracks, 4 page digisleeve remus spine, printed inners, sticker.

GENRE : Electronics

DOUBLE CD
CD 1
1. Time Becomes
2. Planet Of The Shapes
3. Lush 3-1
4. Lush 3-2
5. Impact (The Earth Is Burning)
6. Remind
7. Walk Now…
8. Monday
9. Halcyon + On + On
10. Input Out

CD2
1. Halcyon
2. The Naked And The Dead
3. Sunday
4. The Naked And The Dub
5. Lush 3-3 (Underworld)
6. Lush 3-4 (Warrior Drift) (Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia)


SHORT PRODUCT INFORMATIONS

- DOUBLE CD : 2 x CD, 16 tracks, 4 page digisleeve remus spine, printed inners, sticker . includes a 2nd disc of rarities, including the full 11:09 version of Halycon and the 13-minute Underworld mix of Lush.



SHORT INFOS / KEY POINTS

- Originally released in 1993, 'The Brown Album' marked a significant evolution in Orbital's sound - and was met with widespread critical acclaim. NME awarded it 9/10 in their review, and it was chosen as one of Mixmag's best albums of all time.


- Standout track, "Halcyon + On + On", became an instant classic, known for its ethereal atmosphere and haunting vocal sample from Opus III's It's a Fine Day. The track's dreamy progression and uplifting yet melancholic tone made it a staple in film soundtracks and DJ sets, embodying the emotional depth electronic music could achieve. "Impact (The Earth Is Burning)" is another defining moment, an evolving journey of layered breakbeats and dynamic synth arrangements, reflecting the duo's ability to create both club-ready and introspective music. Meanwhile, "Lush 3-1" and "Lush 3-2" demonstrate Orbital's knack for crafting intricate, evolving grooves, balancing pulsating rhythms with melodic flourishes that keep the listener engaged.


- 'The Brown Album' 2LP reissue has been cut at half speed, to ensure maximum audio fidelity for this landmark release, and is the first time the album has been pressed on vinyl for over ten year

- The Brown Album' 2CD includes a 2nd disc of rarities, including the full 11:09 version of Halycon and the 13-minute Underworld mix of Lush.




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Packaging: 2 x Black Vinyl, Gatefold sleeve, 2x printed inner sleeve, marketing sticker

GENRE : Electronics

TRACKLIST

DOUBLE VINYLS
Side One
1. Time Becomes
2. Planet of the Shapes

Side Two
1. Lush 3-1
2. Lush 3-2
3. Impact (The Earth Is Burning)

Side Three
1. Remind
2. Walk Now…

Side Four
1. Monday
2. Halcyon + On + On
3. Input Out

SHORT PRODUCT INFORMATIONS

- DOUBLE BLACK LP : Double Black 140 grs Vinyl , Gatefold sleeve, printed inners, sticker. Reissue has been cut at half speed, to ensure maximum audio fidelity for this landmark release, and is the first time the album has been pressed on vinyl for over ten year


SHORT INFOS / KEY POINTS

- Originally released in 1993, 'The Brown Album' marked a significant evolution in Orbital's sound - and was met with widespread critical acclaim. NME awarded it 9/10 in their review, and it was chosen as one of Mixmag's best albums of all time.


- Standout track, "Halcyon + On + On", became an instant classic, known for its ethereal atmosphere and haunting vocal sample from Opus III's It's a Fine Day. The track's dreamy progression and uplifting yet melancholic tone made it a staple in film soundtracks and DJ sets, embodying the emotional depth electronic music could achieve. "Impact (The Earth Is Burning)" is another defining moment, an evolving journey of layered breakbeats and dynamic synth arrangements, reflecting the duo's ability to create both club-ready and introspective music. Meanwhile, "Lush 3-1" and "Lush 3-2" demonstrate Orbital's knack for crafting intricate, evolving grooves, balancing pulsating rhythms with melodic flourishes that keep the listener engaged.


- 'The Brown Album' 2LP reissue has been cut at half speed, to ensure maximum audio fidelity for this landmark release, and is the first time the album has been pressed on vinyl for over ten year

- The Brown Album' 2CD includes a 2nd disc of rarities, including the full 11:09 version of Halycon and the 13-minute Underworld mix of Lush.



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Packaging: 1x Gold Vinyl & 1 x Khaki Vinyl Gatefold sleeve, 2x printed inner sleeve, marketing sticker

GENRE : Electronics

TRACKLIST

DOUBLE VINYLS
Side One
1. Time Becomes
2. Planet of the Shapes

Side Two
1. Lush 3-1
2. Lush 3-2
3. Impact (The Earth Is Burning)

Side Three
1. Remind
2. Walk Now…

Side Four
1. Monday
2. Halcyon + On + On
3. Input Out


SHORT PRODUCT INFORMATIONS

- LTD DOUBLE GOLD & KHAKI LP: Limited edition, Double Gold & Khaki Vinyl , Gatefold sleeve, printed inners, sticker. Reissue has been cut at half speed, to ensure maximum audio fidelity for this landmark release, and is the first time the album has been pressed on vinyl for over ten year


SHORT INFOS / KEY POINTS

- Originally released in 1993, 'The Brown Album' marked a significant evolution in Orbital's sound - and was met with widespread critical acclaim. NME awarded it 9/10 in their review, and it was chosen as one of Mixmag's best albums of all time.


- Standout track, "Halcyon + On + On", became an instant classic, known for its ethereal atmosphere and haunting vocal sample from Opus III's It's a Fine Day. The track's dreamy progression and uplifting yet melancholic tone made it a staple in film soundtracks and DJ sets, embodying the emotional depth electronic music could achieve. "Impact (The Earth Is Burning)" is another defining moment, an evolving journey of layered breakbeats and dynamic synth arrangements, reflecting the duo's ability to create both club-ready and introspective music. Meanwhile, "Lush 3-1" and "Lush 3-2" demonstrate Orbital's knack for crafting intricate, evolving grooves, balancing pulsating rhythms with melodic flourishes that keep the listener engaged.


- 'The Brown Album' 2LP reissue has been cut at half speed, to ensure maximum audio fidelity for this landmark release, and is the first time the album has been pressed on vinyl for over ten year

- The Brown Album' 2CD includes a 2nd disc of rarities, including the full 11:09 version of Halycon and the 13-minute Underworld mix of Lush.




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Packaging: 1 x CD, 4 pages digisleeve remus spine, 2 wallets, 12 page booklet, 1 x printed inner, marketing sticker

SHORT BIOG / KEY POINTS

" All Orbital's classic tracks across all albums in one piece of vinyl / 1LP as cult edit versions.
" Extented 1CD edition with 6 additional tracks
" Orbital's own words about "A Beginner's Guide" : " The package you are holding in your hands is your threshold to a transformational psychoacoustic experience. An experience that will take you to spaces familiar, sonic pathways opening different times and different sounds to the chronosonic method of Orbital."

CD
01 Chime (Edit)
02 Halcyon (Edit)
03 Belfast (Edit)
04 Satan (Spawn)
05 The Box (Edit)
06 Lush 3.1 (Edit)
07 Beached (Edit)
08 Are We Here? (Edit)
09 Are You Alive? (feat. Penelope Isles) (Edit)
10 Style (Edit)
11 Dirty Rat (Edit)
12 Funny Break (One Is Enough) (Single Version)
13 Ringa Ringa The Old Pandemic Folk Song - Featuring the Mediaeval Baebes (Edit)
14 Remind
15 Illuminate
16 Doctor?
17 The Girl With The Sun In Her Hair




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Packaging: 1 x140 Grs Black Vinyl, 3mm spine sleeve, printer inner , marketing sticker

SHORT BIOG / KEY POINTS

" All Orbital's classic tracks across all albums in one piece of vinyl / 1LP as cult edit versions.
" Extented 1CD edition with 6 additional tracks
" Orbital's own words about "A Beginner's Guide" : " The package you are holding in your hands is your threshold to a transformational psychoacoustic experience. An experience that will take you to spaces familiar, sonic pathways opening different times and different sounds to the chronosonic method of Orbital."


TRACKLISTING
VINYL
Side 1
01 Chime (Edit)
02 Halcyon (Edit)
03 Belfast (Edit)
04 Satan (Spawn)
05 The Box (Edit)

Side 2
06 Lush 3.1 (Edit)
07 Beached (Edit)
08 Are We Here? (Edit)
09 Are You Alive? (feat. Penelope Isles) (Edit)
10 Style (Edit)
11 Dirty Rat (Edit)



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DOUBLE BLACK LP REPRESS EDITION : 2x 140 Grs Black Vinyl, 5 mm spine sleeve, 2 x Printed Inner sleeve ,marketing sticker

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SHORT INFOS / KEY POINTS

" Originally released on September 30, 1991, Orbital's eponymous debut album became known as "The Green Album" to distinguish it from their second album (known as "The Brown Album")
" The Green Album includes the seminal 'Belfast' and a live version of 'Chime', the landmark dance track that launched their career in 1990
" The album has been remastered and represented in multiple formats, released April 19th alongside the band's 'Green Album' UK tour
" Initial deluxe 2X Black LP & 2x Colored LP sold out & meant as one run/no repress -This new & permanent Double Black Vinyl (Repress edition) to be released August 9th, 2024.





TRACKLIST

DOUBLE VINYL
Disc 1
A SIDE : A1 The Moebius - A2 Speed Freak - A3 Macrohead
B SIDE : B1 Oolaa - B2 Desert Storm
Disc 2
C SIDE : C1 Fahrenheit 303 - C2 Steel Cube Idolatry - C3 High Rise
D SIDE : D1 Chime (Live) - D2 Midnight (Live) - D3 Belfast




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DOUBLE CD: 2 x CD, 22 tracks, 4 page digisleeve remus spine, printed inners, sticker.

TRACKLIST DOUBLE CD

CD 1
1 The Moebius - 2 Speed Freak - 3 Oolaa / Different mix to Vinly (Scream at start)
4 Desert Storm - 5 Fahrenheit 303 - 6 Steel Cube Idolatry - 7 High Rise
8 Chime (Live) - 9 Midnight (Live) - 10 Belfast - 11 I Think Its Disgusting

CD 2
1 Torpedo town (PKA untitled) - 2 Macrohead - 3 Satan - 4 L.C.1
5 Belfast / Wasted (Wasted Vocal Mix) - 6 Crime - 7 Fahrenheit 3D3
8 Open Mind Jam - 9 The Other One - 10 Satan (Rhyme and Reason Vocal Mix)
11 Midnight (Sasha Remix)

SHORT INFOS / KEY POINTS

Originally released on September 30, 1991, Orbital's eponymous debut album became known as "The Green Album" to distinguish it from their second album (known as "The Brown Album")
The Green Album includes the seminal 'Belfast' and a live version of 'Chime', the landmark dance track that launched their career in 1990

1. The album will be remastered and represented in multiple formats, to be released alongside the band's 'Green Album' UK tour (the band performing Green & Brown albums) starting on 24th April . They've just be announced for Coachella , as well as Miami's Ultra Festival & headline shows in New York & Chicago.
2. Last available on vinyl in 2015 - long time sold out. Back On Double Vinyl editions.
3. First repress on CD for over 20 years ! Back on Double CD - Bonus CD featuring rarities and classic remixes

BIOG / SHORT PR INFOS

Following on from the UK Top 20 success of 2022's 30 Something, and the Top 10 for 2023's Optical Delusion, London Records launch an extensive 2024 campaign for Orbital, revisiting 1991's seminal debut Orbital (aka The Green Album).

The Green Album heralded a brave new world for the UK musical landscape (DJ Mag would later decry that the album "rewrote the rule book for rave"). Brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll eschewed formulas and clichés, choosing to explore wider textures, rhythms and stranger mind spaces within dance music. Their resulting album would enjoy both chart success and an enduring legacy, influencing and inspiring artists from Björk to Bicep, with the Hartnoll brothers going on to collaborate with artists as diverse as Madonna, Ennio Morricone, Kraftwerk, Sleaford Mods and Professor Brian Cox.

33 years since its original release the album is revisited, from black vinyl , limited colored vinyl and CD editions (long out of print), to special Record Store Day double Splatter Lp. In the digital space 'Tonight In Belfast' will be lauched on February 2nd, :a reworking of the band's seminal track 'Belfast', remixed by David Holmes and re-interpolated with new lyrics and vocal by acclaimed street poet Mike Garry.

Orbital will be supporting The Green Album with an extensive headline UK tour this April (performing both their Green and Brown albums). Ahead of that they've just been announced today for Coachella 2024, as well as Miami's Ultra Festival and headline shows in New York and Chicago.



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CD : 1 x CD, Gatefold sleeve UV gloss finish + Black Inner sleeve.

TRACKLIST CD:
1. Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song) (feat. The Mediaeval Baebes)
2. Day One (feat. Dina Ipavic)
3. Are You Alive? (feat. Penelope Isles)
4. You Are The Frequency (feat. The Little Pest)
5. The New Abnormal
6. Home (feat. Anna B Savage)
7. Dirty Rat – With Sleaford Mods
8. Requiem For The Pre Apocalypse
9. What A Surprise (feat. The Little Pest)
10. Moon Princess (feat. Coppe)

SHORT INFOS :

Legendary electronic music duo Orbital return Early 2023 with new album “Optical Delusion”, the Hartnoll brothers first studio album since 2018’s Monster’s Exist. Recorded in Orbital’s Brighton studio, “Optical Delusion” includes contributions from Sleaford Mods, Penelope Isles, Anna B Savage, The Little Pest, Dina Ipavic, Coppe, and perhaps most surprisingly, The Medieval Baebes.
Earlier this year, Orbital celebrated their storied history with “30 Something” which, unlike other Best Of’s, contains reworks, remakes, remixes and re-imaginings of landmark Orbital tracks including “Chime”, “Belfast”, “Halcyon”, “Satan”, and “The Box”

SHORT BIOG:

“A human being experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest [of humanity] – a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison…”

You many have seen this quote attributed to Albert Einstein on social media, the archetypal Smartest Guy Ever apparently having an out-of-character religious epiphany. It certainly leapt out at Paul Hartnoll of Orbital who spotted it in Michael Pollan’s 2018 book How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression and Transcendence.

“As soon as I saw ‘optical delusion’ I thought Oh hey, that’s the album title,” says Paul. “It just seemed to say so much about how people construct their own realities, how we see patterns that aren’t there, how we see what we want to see.

“But it’s actually a misquote. He never quite said that. In the German original what he’s really saying is that human experience is as relative as physics. Wouldn’t it be good if we could accept that, and find a kind of universal theory of everything for the human race? Then you look at everything from history to art to your Twitter feed and you think yeah, that’s what we’re all trying to do all of the time…”

Hence ‘Optical Delusion’, the tenth original Orbital album and the latest in a burst of renewed post-pandemic creativity for two brothers who’ve stayed at the top of their game longer than anyone from the post-1988 Class of Acid House.

Now with ‘Optical Delusion’ the Hartnolls dig deeper into the unquiet psyche of our increasingly surreal and disordered world. Sketched out partly during lockdown but fully recorded in the uncertain After Times, the album summons up conflicting emotions and sometimes beguiling images from years when the science fiction doomsdays that the Hartnolls watched on TV as kids finally came true. There are mesmeric tracks with names like ‘The New Abnormal’ and ‘Requiem For The Pre-Apocalypse’ and ‘Day One’. But there are also straight-up bangers and ethereal cosmic dreams, abstract sound wars and deeply human songs of separation and loss.

And it all starts with a bang. Lead single ‘Dirty Rat’, an outright Fall-meets-Front-242 class rant with vocals by Sleaford Mods mob orator Jason Williamson, harks right back to the Hartnolls’ days of politicised anarcho-squatpunk. It began as a remix swap (Orbital did the Sleafords’ ‘I Don’t Rate You’) and morphed into a comic, brutal, bass-driven harangue not so much against our rulers but at the petty, mean-spirited, frightened, Mail-reading voters who put them there: the people who are “blaming everyone in hospital/blaming everyone at the bottom of the English Channel/blaming everyone who doesn’t look like a fried animal.”

Also key to the album is opening track ‘Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song)’ which returns to an Orbital truism, that time always becomes a loop. This chugging, cyclical Orbital groove gives way to an unnerving past-meets-present timeslip fit for ‘Sapphire And Steel’ as goth maenads The Mediaeval Baebes materialise to sing ‘Ring O’Roses’ – the innocent nursery rhyme whose roots are in the Black Death.

“I’ve always liked folk music and mediaeval sounds,” says Paul, himself an occasional Morris dancer. “I had the basis of that track and I wanted to spin it off somehow.” Trawling his archives he stumbled on The Mediaeval Baebes’ version of ‘Ring O’Roses’ “and my hackles just went up. I was like, my God, this is the original pandemic folk song.”

?his being Orbital, there are collaborations galore on the album, the roles once played by Alison Goldfrapp, Lady Leshurr or David Gray now filled by new talents. London singer-songwriter Anna B Savage contributes a compellingly fragile, Anohni-like vocal to ‘Home’, in which nature reclaims the scorched and vacant mega-cities. ‘Day One’ is a pulsing techno track featuring the singer Dina Ipavic. Paul got in touch with her after working on a score for a sculpture show of giant robotic installations by his friend Giles Walker during the pandemic. First Paul cut up his own score and Ipavic’s vocals on the track The Crane, which appears on the deluxe version of the album. Then he thought, Why not work with her for real? The result is school of ‘Belfast’, a bassy dreamscape with vocalised clouds billowing above.

The pensive ‘Are You ?live?’ adds to the Orbital product range of existential questions (‘Are We Here?’, ‘Where Is It Going?’) in collaboration Bella Union signings Penelope Isles, AKA brother and sister act Lily and Jack Wolter. “They’re our studio mates, they work upstairs!” says Paul happily. “And they’ve both got amazing voices.”


But Orbital are Orbital and never far from the dancefloor. “Eventually the more abrasive bits came back into the fold…” ‘You Are The Frequency’, first of two tracks to feature mysterious vocalist The Little Pest, surrounds the listener with warped voices ordering you to the dancefloor (Phil: “we wanted the idea that the music is kind of absorbing you”). And the second, the sinister ‘What A Surprise’, traps you in a paranoid electronic hall of mirrors.

In another nod to Orbital’s resurgent past the cover artwork once again comes from fine art painter John Greenwood, creator of fantastical grotesques for the covers of ‘Snivilisation’, ‘In Sides’ and Orbital’s most recent album, 2018’s ‘Monsters Exist’. Orbital had just had a slick Mark Farrow cover for ‘30 Something’ – this is a return to the overripe and bulbous techno-organic constructions that somehow express Orbital’s own uncontrollably fertile sound.

There are gaps in the future that Orbital are desperate to fill too; there will be tours and festivals and rooms and fields full of people. Those long paralysed months when we had little to look forward to but a Zoom DJ set made Paul and Phil appreciate the things that make life worth living.


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DOUBLE BLACK LP : 2 x 140 G Black Vinyl , Sleeve & 2 x Heavy Weight Printed Inner with UV Gloss Finish

TRACKLIST DOUBLE VINYLS:
A1. Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song) (feat. The Mediaeval Baebes)
A2. Day One (feat. Dina Ipavic)
A3. Are You Alive? (feat. Penelope Isles)

B1. You Are The Frequency (feat. The Little Pest)
B2. The New Abnormal

C1. Home (feat. Anna B Savage)
C2. Dirty Rat
C3. Requiem For The Pre-Apocalypse

D1. What A Surprise (feat. The Little Pest)
D2. Moon Princess (feat. Coppe)

SHORT INFOS :

Legendary electronic music duo Orbital return Early 2023 with new album “Optical Delusion”, the Hartnoll brothers first studio album since 2018’s Monster’s Exist. Recorded in Orbital’s Brighton studio, “Optical Delusion” includes contributions from Sleaford Mods, Penelope Isles, Anna B Savage, The Little Pest, Dina Ipavic, Coppe, and perhaps most surprisingly, The Medieval Baebes.
Earlier this year, Orbital celebrated their storied history with “30 Something” which, unlike other Best Of’s, contains reworks, remakes, remixes and re-imaginings of landmark Orbital tracks including “Chime”, “Belfast”, “Halcyon”, “Satan”, and “The Box”

SHORT BIOG:

“A human being experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest [of humanity] – a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison…”

You many have seen this quote attributed to Albert Einstein on social media, the archetypal Smartest Guy Ever apparently having an out-of-character religious epiphany. It certainly leapt out at Paul Hartnoll of Orbital who spotted it in Michael Pollan’s 2018 book How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression and Transcendence.

“As soon as I saw ‘optical delusion’ I thought Oh hey, that’s the album title,” says Paul. “It just seemed to say so much about how people construct their own realities, how we see patterns that aren’t there, how we see what we want to see.

“But it’s actually a misquote. He never quite said that. In the German original what he’s really saying is that human experience is as relative as physics. Wouldn’t it be good if we could accept that, and find a kind of universal theory of everything for the human race? Then you look at everything from history to art to your Twitter feed and you think yeah, that’s what we’re all trying to do all of the time…”

Hence ‘Optical Delusion’, the tenth original Orbital album and the latest in a burst of renewed post-pandemic creativity for two brothers who’ve stayed at the top of their game longer than anyone from the post-1988 Class of Acid House.

Now with ‘Optical Delusion’ the Hartnolls dig deeper into the unquiet psyche of our increasingly surreal and disordered world. Sketched out partly during lockdown but fully recorded in the uncertain After Times, the album summons up conflicting emotions and sometimes beguiling images from years when the science fiction doomsdays that the Hartnolls watched on TV as kids finally came true. There are mesmeric tracks with names like ‘The New Abnormal’ and ‘Requiem For The Pre-Apocalypse’ and ‘Day One’. But there are also straight-up bangers and ethereal cosmic dreams, abstract sound wars and deeply human songs of separation and loss.

And it all starts with a bang. Lead single ‘Dirty Rat’, an outright Fall-meets-Front-242 class rant with vocals by Sleaford Mods mob orator Jason Williamson, harks right back to the Hartnolls’ days of politicised anarcho-squatpunk. It began as a remix swap (Orbital did the Sleafords’ ‘I Don’t Rate You’) and morphed into a comic, brutal, bass-driven harangue not so much against our rulers but at the petty, mean-spirited, frightened, Mail-reading voters who put them there: the people who are “blaming everyone in hospital/blaming everyone at the bottom of the English Channel/blaming everyone who doesn’t look like a fried animal.”

Also key to the album is opening track ‘Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song)’ which returns to an Orbital truism, that time always becomes a loop. This chugging, cyclical Orbital groove gives way to an unnerving past-meets-present timeslip fit for ‘Sapphire And Steel’ as goth maenads The Mediaeval Baebes materialise to sing ‘Ring O’Roses’ – the innocent nursery rhyme whose roots are in the Black Death.

“I’ve always liked folk music and mediaeval sounds,” says Paul, himself an occasional Morris dancer. “I had the basis of that track and I wanted to spin it off somehow.” Trawling his archives he stumbled on The Mediaeval Baebes’ version of ‘Ring O’Roses’ “and my hackles just went up. I was like, my God, this is the original pandemic folk song.”

?his being Orbital, there are collaborations galore on the album, the roles once played by Alison Goldfrapp, Lady Leshurr or David Gray now filled by new talents. London singer-songwriter Anna B Savage contributes a compellingly fragile, Anohni-like vocal to ‘Home’, in which nature reclaims the scorched and vacant mega-cities. ‘Day One’ is a pulsing techno track featuring the singer Dina Ipavic. Paul got in touch with her after working on a score for a sculpture show of giant robotic installations by his friend Giles Walker during the pandemic. First Paul cut up his own score and Ipavic’s vocals on the track The Crane, which appears on the deluxe version of the album. Then he thought, Why not work with her for real? The result is school of ‘Belfast’, a bassy dreamscape with vocalised clouds billowing above.

The pensive ‘Are You ?live?’ adds to the Orbital product range of existential questions (‘Are We Here?’, ‘Where Is It Going?’) in collaboration Bella Union signings Penelope Isles, AKA brother and sister act Lily and Jack Wolter. “They’re our studio mates, they work upstairs!” says Paul happily. “And they’ve both got amazing voices.”


But Orbital are Orbital and never far from the dancefloor. “Eventually the more abrasive bits came back into the fold…” ‘You Are The Frequency’, first of two tracks to feature mysterious vocalist The Little Pest, surrounds the listener with warped voices ordering you to the dancefloor (Phil: “we wanted the idea that the music is kind of absorbing you”). And the second, the sinister ‘What A Surprise’, traps you in a paranoid electronic hall of mirrors.

In another nod to Orbital’s resurgent past the cover artwork once again comes from fine art painter John Greenwood, creator of fantastical grotesques for the covers of ‘Snivilisation’, ‘In Sides’ and Orbital’s most recent album, 2018’s ‘Monsters Exist’. Orbital had just had a slick Mark Farrow cover for ‘30 Something’ – this is a return to the overripe and bulbous techno-organic constructions that somehow express Orbital’s own uncontrollably fertile sound.

There are gaps in the future that Orbital are desperate to fill too; there will be tours and festivals and rooms and fields full of people. Those long paralysed months when we had little to look forward to but a Zoom DJ set made Paul and Phil appreciate the things that make life worth living.


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2 x Solid White LP, 5mm spine Sleeve UV Gloss Finish, 2x Heavy Weight Printed Inner Sleeve UV Gloss finish, marketing sticker.

TRACKLIST DOUBLE VINYLS:
A1. Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song) (feat. The Mediaeval Baebes)
A2. Day One (feat. Dina Ipavic)
A3. Are You Alive? (feat. Penelope Isles)

B1. You Are The Frequency (feat. The Little Pest)
B2. The New Abnormal

C1. Home (feat. Anna B Savage)
C2. Dirty Rat
C3. Requiem For The Pre-Apocalypse

D1. What A Surprise (feat. The Little Pest)
D2. Moon Princess (feat. Coppe)

SHORT INFOS :

Legendary electronic music duo Orbital return Early 2023 with new album “Optical Delusion”, the Hartnoll brothers first studio album since 2018’s Monster’s Exist. Recorded in Orbital’s Brighton studio, “Optical Delusion” includes contributions from Sleaford Mods, Penelope Isles, Anna B Savage, The Little Pest, Dina Ipavic, Coppe, and perhaps most surprisingly, The Medieval Baebes.
Earlier this year, Orbital celebrated their storied history with “30 Something” which, unlike other Best Of’s, contains reworks, remakes, remixes and re-imaginings of landmark Orbital tracks including “Chime”, “Belfast”, “Halcyon”, “Satan”, and “The Box”

SHORT BIOG:

“A human being experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest [of humanity] – a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison…”

You many have seen this quote attributed to Albert Einstein on social media, the archetypal Smartest Guy Ever apparently having an out-of-character religious epiphany. It certainly leapt out at Paul Hartnoll of Orbital who spotted it in Michael Pollan’s 2018 book How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression and Transcendence.

“As soon as I saw ‘optical delusion’ I thought Oh hey, that’s the album title,” says Paul. “It just seemed to say so much about how people construct their own realities, how we see patterns that aren’t there, how we see what we want to see.

“But it’s actually a misquote. He never quite said that. In the German original what he’s really saying is that human experience is as relative as physics. Wouldn’t it be good if we could accept that, and find a kind of universal theory of everything for the human race? Then you look at everything from history to art to your Twitter feed and you think yeah, that’s what we’re all trying to do all of the time…”

Hence ‘Optical Delusion’, the tenth original Orbital album and the latest in a burst of renewed post-pandemic creativity for two brothers who’ve stayed at the top of their game longer than anyone from the post-1988 Class of Acid House.

Now with ‘Optical Delusion’ the Hartnolls dig deeper into the unquiet psyche of our increasingly surreal and disordered world. Sketched out partly during lockdown but fully recorded in the uncertain After Times, the album summons up conflicting emotions and sometimes beguiling images from years when the science fiction doomsdays that the Hartnolls watched on TV as kids finally came true. There are mesmeric tracks with names like ‘The New Abnormal’ and ‘Requiem For The Pre-Apocalypse’ and ‘Day One’. But there are also straight-up bangers and ethereal cosmic dreams, abstract sound wars and deeply human songs of separation and loss.

And it all starts with a bang. Lead single ‘Dirty Rat’, an outright Fall-meets-Front-242 class rant with vocals by Sleaford Mods mob orator Jason Williamson, harks right back to the Hartnolls’ days of politicised anarcho-squatpunk. It began as a remix swap (Orbital did the Sleafords’ ‘I Don’t Rate You’) and morphed into a comic, brutal, bass-driven harangue not so much against our rulers but at the petty, mean-spirited, frightened, Mail-reading voters who put them there: the people who are “blaming everyone in hospital/blaming everyone at the bottom of the English Channel/blaming everyone who doesn’t look like a fried animal.”

Also key to the album is opening track ‘Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song)’ which returns to an Orbital truism, that time always becomes a loop. This chugging, cyclical Orbital groove gives way to an unnerving past-meets-present timeslip fit for ‘Sapphire And Steel’ as goth maenads The Mediaeval Baebes materialise to sing ‘Ring O’Roses’ – the innocent nursery rhyme whose roots are in the Black Death.

“I’ve always liked folk music and mediaeval sounds,” says Paul, himself an occasional Morris dancer. “I had the basis of that track and I wanted to spin it off somehow.” Trawling his archives he stumbled on The Mediaeval Baebes’ version of ‘Ring O’Roses’ “and my hackles just went up. I was like, my God, this is the original pandemic folk song.”

?his being Orbital, there are collaborations galore on the album, the roles once played by Alison Goldfrapp, Lady Leshurr or David Gray now filled by new talents. London singer-songwriter Anna B Savage contributes a compellingly fragile, Anohni-like vocal to ‘Home’, in which nature reclaims the scorched and vacant mega-cities. ‘Day One’ is a pulsing techno track featuring the singer Dina Ipavic. Paul got in touch with her after working on a score for a sculpture show of giant robotic installations by his friend Giles Walker during the pandemic. First Paul cut up his own score and Ipavic’s vocals on the track The Crane, which appears on the deluxe version of the album. Then he thought, Why not work with her for real? The result is school of ‘Belfast’, a bassy dreamscape with vocalised clouds billowing above.

The pensive ‘Are You ?live?’ adds to the Orbital product range of existential questions (‘Are We Here?’, ‘Where Is It Going?’) in collaboration Bella Union signings Penelope Isles, AKA brother and sister act Lily and Jack Wolter. “They’re our studio mates, they work upstairs!” says Paul happily. “And they’ve both got amazing voices.”


But Orbital are Orbital and never far from the dancefloor. “Eventually the more abrasive bits came back into the fold…” ‘You Are The Frequency’, first of two tracks to feature mysterious vocalist The Little Pest, surrounds the listener with warped voices ordering you to the dancefloor (Phil: “we wanted the idea that the music is kind of absorbing you”). And the second, the sinister ‘What A Surprise’, traps you in a paranoid electronic hall of mirrors.

In another nod to Orbital’s resurgent past the cover artwork once again comes from fine art painter John Greenwood, creator of fantastical grotesques for the covers of ‘Snivilisation’, ‘In Sides’ and Orbital’s most recent album, 2018’s ‘Monsters Exist’. Orbital had just had a slick Mark Farrow cover for ‘30 Something’ – this is a return to the overripe and bulbous techno-organic constructions that somehow express Orbital’s own uncontrollably fertile sound.

There are gaps in the future that Orbital are desperate to fill too; there will be tours and festivals and rooms and fields full of people. Those long paralysed months when we had little to look forward to but a Zoom DJ set made Paul and Phil appreciate the things that make life worth living.


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Deluxe cardboard box cmyk+special panton UV Matt,
4 x 180 G vinyl boxset each in a dedicated vinyl sleeve cmyk+ special panton ,
matt uv. 12’’ x 12’’ fold out booklet with new sleeve notes by Andrew Harrison.
Plus exclusive ’30 Something’ Slip Mat !

SHORT INFORMATION/ SHORT BIOG

Orbital missed their actual thirtieth anniversary due to lockdown, but it gave Paul and Phil pause to think and find a way to celebrate their past that was actually about the future. Unlike other Best Of’s, the ‘30-Something’ album contains reworks, remakes, remixes and re-imaginings of landmark Orbital tracks based on the duo’s unrivalled live show. Satan, The Box, Impact, Belfast and more appear in new 30-something guises, familiar yet new, time reversing, yesterday becoming tomorrow. Plus new track ‘Smiley’ Also including remixes from Yotto, ANNA, Jon Hopkins, Dusky, Joris Voorn, Logo 1000, Eli Brown, Shanti Celeste and more.
Deluxe 4x 180 Grs Vinyl Boxset , with Slip Mat & 12’’x12’’ Booklet. / 2 X CD edition .


TRACKLIST
LP
FACE A
1. Smiley
2. Satan (30 Something Years Later Mix)

FACE B
1. Where Is It Going (feat. Stephen Hawking)
2. Impact (30 Years Later And The Earth Is Still Burning Mix)

FACE C
1. Chime (30 Something Years Later Mix)
2. Halcyon (30 Something Years Later Mix)

FACE D
1. The Box (30 Something Years Later Mix)
2. Belfast (30 Something Years Later Mix)

FACE E
1. The Girl with the Sun in Her Head (Floex Remix)
2. Belfast (David Holmes Remix)

FACE F
1. Halcyon & On (Jon Hopkins Remix)
2. Chime (Eli Brown Remix)

FACE G
1. Impact (John Tejada Remix)
2. Are We Here? (Dusky Remix)

FACE H
1. Belfast (ANNA Techno Remix)
2. The Box (Joris Voorn Remix)
3. Are We Here? (Shanti Celeste Remix)

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including new sleeve notes by Andrew Harrison.Sticker

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Orbital missed their actual thirtieth anniversary due to lockdown, but it gave Paul and Phil pause to think and find a way to celebrate their past that was actually about the future. Unlike other Best Of’s, the ‘30-Something’ album contains reworks, remakes, remixes and re-imaginings of landmark Orbital tracks based on the duo’s unrivalled live show. Satan, The Box, Impact, Belfast and more appear in new 30-something guises, familiar yet new, time reversing, yesterday becoming tomorrow. Plus new track ‘Smiley’ Also including remixes from Yotto, ANNA, Jon Hopkins, Dusky, Joris Voorn, Logo 1000, Eli Brown, Shanti Celeste and more.
Deluxe 4x 180 Grs Vinyl Boxset , with Slip Mat & 12’’x12’’ Booklet. / 2 X CD edition .


TRACKLIST CD

CD1
1. Smiley
2. Acid Horse
3. Where Is It Going? (feat. Stephen Hawking)
4. Impact (30 Years Later And The Earth Is Still Burning Mix)
5. Satan (30 Something Years Later Mix)
6. Chime (30 Something Years Later Mix)
7. Halcyon (30 Something Years Later Mix)
8. Belfast (30 Something Years Later Mix)
9. The Box (30 Something Years Later Mix)
10. Are We Here? (Dusky Remix)
11. The Girl with the Sun in Her Head (Floex Remix)
12. Halcyon & On (Logic 1000 Mix)

CD2
1. Belfast (ANNA Techno Remix)
2. Impact (John Tejada Remix)
3. Chime (Octave One Remix)
4. Halcyon & On (Jon Hopkins Remix)
5. Are We Here? (Shanti Celeste Remix)
6. Belfast (Yotto Remix)
7. The Box (Joris Voorn Remix)
8. The Girl with the Sun in Her Head (Lone Remix)
9. Impact - Rich NxT Remix (Edit)
10. Chime (Eli Brown Remix)
11. Belfast (David Holmes Remix)

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OVERVIEW
" Rufige Kru return with Alpha Omega Remixes, featuring 4 heavyweight re-imaginings of their recent jungle / drum and bass belters.

" One of the most revered names in breakbeat science, Rufige Kru rewired the dancefloor for the first time back in 1992 with hardcore classics such as 'Darkrider', 'Beachdrifta' and 'Terminator', key moments in the evolution of drum n bass.

" Alpha Omega Remixes takes the project's tracks to a new-level, with fresh reworks from Metalheadz residents Phase, Seba & Paradox, Special Request and Rufige Kru's very own Submotive. Each remix twists the raw intensity and deep atmospherics of the originals into something darker, harder, and sharper.

TRACKLISTING:

A1. Goldikus (feat. Cleveland Watkiss) (Phase Remix)
A2. Still The Same (feat. CASISDEAD) (Submotive Remix)

B1. Virgil (Seba & Paradox Remix)
B2. Still The Same (feat. CASISDEAD) (Special Request Remix)






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PRODUCTS INFOS
"The Factory (Best Of) " : all singles & hits released on Factory as 7''/radio edits.
" Remastered + exclusive new artwork.
" First time ever Happy Mondays 's cult remixes as bonus
" 2CD Collector 25 tracks : 14 singles + 11 Remixes
" 2LP editions 17 tracks : 14 singles + the 3 most sought after remixes. Limited Double Yellow & Magenta LP edition also available on Double Black Vinyl that will remain the permanent vinyl edition (with a slightly different frontcover).

SHORT BIOG
2025-2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the Happy Mondays, a milestone celebration of one of Britain's most iconic and era-defining bands.

To celebrate, London Records will launch a series of special anniversary releases, beginning with a fully remastered brand-new compilation: The Factory Singles. This definitive collection captures the band's ground-breaking output from 1985-1992, celebrating their pivotal role in shaping UK music culture. Classic remixes from Paul Oakenfold, Andrew Weatherall, Terry Farley and Jon Carter make up bonus tracks on the 2CD and 2LP.

The release will be available across multiple formats, appealing to collectors and fans alike.

Complementing the physical editions, a series of brand-new digital remixes will be unveiled from world-renowned artists Daniel Avery, Paul Oakenfold, Mella Dee, and Shadow Child and more, bridging the Mondays' legacy with today's electronic innovators, and a revisit from Paul Oakenfold.

This campaign marks the beginning of an extensive celebration of the Happy Mondays' 40-year legacy, bringing their iconic sound to both devoted fans and new generations

Tracklisting:
CD1 TITLE TIMING EDIT
1 Delightful 3:38:00 THE 45 EP
2 Freaky Dancin' 3:42:00
3 Tart Tart 4:18:00
4 24 Hour Party People 3:20:00 Radio Edit
5 Wrote for Luck 3:41:00 7" Edit
6 Lazyitis - One Armed Boxer 3:53:00
7 Hallelujah 3:46:00 Oakenfold 7" Edit
8 Step On 4:20:00 7" Edit
9 Kinky Afro 3:58:00 Radio Edit
10 Loose Fit 3:46:00 Radio Edit
11 Judge Fudge 3:58:00 7" Edit
12 Stinkin' Thinkin' 4:18:00 Hague 7" Edit
13 Sunshine & Love 3:23:00 7" Edit
14 Angel 4:05:00

CD2
1 Tart Tart (The Reflex Revision) 7:16:00 NEW
2 24 Hour Party People (Jon Carter's Main Vocal) 4:29:00
3 W.F.L. (Think About The Future Mix) 7:05:00
4 Hallelujah (Club Mix) 6:29:00
5 Rave On (Club Mix) 5:35:00 Oakenfold / Farley
6 Step On (Twistin' My Melon Mix) 5:55:00
7 Kinky Groovy Afro Remix AKA "Euromix" 7:33:00
8 Loose Fit (Greg Wilson and Ché Wilson Remix) 8:12:00
9 Bob's Yer Uncle (Perfecto Remix) 6:20:00 ROWETTA INTRO
10 Stinkin' Thinkin' (Junior Style) 7:05:00 12" MIX
11 Sunshine & Love (Far Island Mix) 8:24:00


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PRODUCTS INFOS
"The Factory (Best Of) " : all singles & hits released on Factory as 7''/radio edits.
" Remastered + exclusive new artwork.
" First time ever Happy Mondays 's cult remixes as bonus
" 2CD Collector 25 tracks : 14 singles + 11 Remixes
" 2LP editions 17 tracks : 14 singles + the 3 most sought after remixes. Limited Double Yellow & Magenta LP edition also available on Double Black Vinyl that will remain the permanent vinyl edition (with a slightly different frontcover).

SHORT BIOG
2025-2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the Happy Mondays, a milestone celebration of one of Britain's most iconic and era-defining bands.

To celebrate, London Records will launch a series of special anniversary releases, beginning with a fully remastered brand-new compilation: The Factory Singles. This definitive collection captures the band's ground-breaking output from 1985-1992, celebrating their pivotal role in shaping UK music culture. Classic remixes from Paul Oakenfold, Andrew Weatherall, Terry Farley and Jon Carter make up bonus tracks on the 2CD and 2LP.

The release will be available across multiple formats, appealing to collectors and fans alike.

Complementing the physical editions, a series of brand-new digital remixes will be unveiled from world-renowned artists Daniel Avery, Paul Oakenfold, Mella Dee, and Shadow Child and more, bridging the Mondays' legacy with today's electronic innovators, and a revisit from Paul Oakenfold.

This campaign marks the beginning of an extensive celebration of the Happy Mondays' 40-year legacy, bringing their iconic sound to both devoted fans and new generations

Tracklisting:
SIDE SPLIT TITLE TIMING VERSION
A1 Delightful 3:38:00
A2 Freaky Dancin' 3:42:00 7" Edit
A3 Tart Tart 4:18:00
A4 24 Hour Party People 3:20:00 Radio Edit
A5 Wrote for Luck 3:41:00 7" Edit
18:39:00
B1 Lazyitis - One Armed Boxer (with Karl Denver) 3:53:00
B2 Hallelujah 3:46:00 Oakenfold 7" Edit
B3 Step On 4:20:00 7" Edit
B4 Kinky Afro 3:58:00 Radio Edit
B5 Loose Fit 3:46:00 Radio Edit
19:43:00
C1 Judge Fudge 3:58:00 7" Edit
C2 Stinkin' Thinkin' 4:18:00 Hague 7"
C3 Sunshine & Love 3:23:00 7" Edit
C4 Angel 4:05:00 Edit
15:44:00
D1 Hallelujah (Club Mix) 6:29:00
D2 Step On (Twistin' My Melon Mix) 5:55:00
D3 W.F.L. (Think About The Future Mix) 7:05:00
19:29:00



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PRODUCTS INFOS
"The Factory (Best Of) " : all singles & hits released on Factory as 7''/radio edits.
" Remastered + exclusive new artwork.
" First time ever Happy Mondays 's cult remixes as bonus
" 2CD Collector 25 tracks : 14 singles + 11 Remixes
" 2LP editions 17 tracks : 14 singles + the 3 most sought after remixes. Limited Double Yellow & Magenta LP edition also available on Double Black Vinyl that will remain the permanent vinyl edition (with a slightly different frontcover).

SHORT BIOG
2025-2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the Happy Mondays, a milestone celebration of one of Britain's most iconic and era-defining bands.

To celebrate, London Records will launch a series of special anniversary releases, beginning with a fully remastered brand-new compilation: The Factory Singles. This definitive collection captures the band's ground-breaking output from 1985-1992, celebrating their pivotal role in shaping UK music culture. Classic remixes from Paul Oakenfold, Andrew Weatherall, Terry Farley and Jon Carter make up bonus tracks on the 2CD and 2LP.

The release will be available across multiple formats, appealing to collectors and fans alike.

Complementing the physical editions, a series of brand-new digital remixes will be unveiled from world-renowned artists Daniel Avery, Paul Oakenfold, Mella Dee, and Shadow Child and more, bridging the Mondays' legacy with today's electronic innovators, and a revisit from Paul Oakenfold.

This campaign marks the beginning of an extensive celebration of the Happy Mondays' 40-year legacy, bringing their iconic sound to both devoted fans and new generations

Tracklisting:
SIDE SPLIT TITLE TIMING VERSION
A1 Delightful 3:38:00
A2 Freaky Dancin' 3:42:00 7" Edit
A3 Tart Tart 4:18:00
A4 24 Hour Party People 3:20:00 Radio Edit
A5 Wrote for Luck 3:41:00 7" Edit
18:39:00
B1 Lazyitis - One Armed Boxer (with Karl Denver) 3:53:00
B2 Hallelujah 3:46:00 Oakenfold 7" Edit
B3 Step On 4:20:00 7" Edit
B4 Kinky Afro 3:58:00 Radio Edit
B5 Loose Fit 3:46:00 Radio Edit
19:43:00
C1 Judge Fudge 3:58:00 7" Edit
C2 Stinkin' Thinkin' 4:18:00 Hague 7"
C3 Sunshine & Love 3:23:00 7" Edit
C4 Angel 4:05:00 Edit
15:44:00
D1 Hallelujah (Club Mix) 6:29:00
D2 Step On (Twistin' My Melon Mix) 5:55:00
D3 W.F.L. (Think About The Future Mix) 7:05:00
19:29:00



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OVERVIEW
" Originally released in 1995, Jimmy Somerville's Dare To Love stands as a powerful statement of pride, passion, and pop brilliance, carried by one of the most unmistakable voices in modern music.

" Dare To Love embodies Somerville's gift for marrying political conviction with irresistible melodies. Produced by Stephen Hague and other longtime collaborators, the album traverses bass-laden house grooves, slower, dubby reggae numbers and classic pop ballads.

" Featuring the UK Top 30 hits 'Heartbeat' and 'Hurt So Good', along with the poignant 'Safe in These Arms', Dare To Love explores love, loss, and identity, both on and off the dancefloor.

" London Records celebrate 30 years of Dare To Love with a full remaster and expended editions :
1. putting the album on double vinyl for the first time 21 tracks. Features previously unreleased b-sides & rarities. Collector Double LP Crystal Clear Curaçao
2. Collector double CD - 31 tracks. Features previously unreleased b-sides, rarities and remixes from the likes of Todd Terry, The Beatmasters and more.

Tracklisting:
DOUBLE CD EDITION
CD1
1 Heartbeat (2025 Remaster)
2 Hurt So Good (2025 Remaster)
3 Cry (2025 Remaster)
4 Lovething (2025 Remaster)
5 By Your Side (2025 Remaster)
6 Dare To Love (2025 Remaster)
7 Someday We'll Be Together (2025 Remaster)
8 Alright (2025 Remaster)
9 Too Much Of A Good Thing (2025 Remaster)
10 A Dream Gone Wrong (2025 Remaster)
11 Come Lately (2025 Remaster)
12 Safe In These Arms (2025 Remaster)
13 Because Of Him (2025 Remaster)
14 Nature Boy
15 Up And Away
16 Telling Lies
17 Step Inside
18 Nothing Said, Nothing Done
19 Been So Long (Remix)
CD2
1 Do You Wanna Funk? [Original Full Length Mix]
2 Heartbeat (Biff 12" Remix)
3 Safe (DJ Tonka 12 Inch)
4 By Your Side (Miss You Like Crazy Mix)
5 Heartbeat (E-Smoove Downtown Underground)
6 Hurt So Good (12" Beatmasters Lovers Mix)
7 Love You Forever (Remix)
8 Heartbeat II
9 Safe (Todd Terry 7 Inch)
10 Hurt So Good (Sly & Robbie Remix - Version 1)
11 By Your Side (Stripped Mix)
12 Because Of Him (Celtic Version)


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OVERVIEW
" Originally released in 1995, Jimmy Somerville's Dare To Love stands as a powerful statement of pride, passion, and pop brilliance, carried by one of the most unmistakable voices in modern music.

" Dare To Love embodies Somerville's gift for marrying political conviction with irresistible melodies. Produced by Stephen Hague and other longtime collaborators, the album traverses bass-laden house grooves, slower, dubby reggae numbers and classic pop ballads.

" Featuring the UK Top 30 hits 'Heartbeat' and 'Hurt So Good', along with the poignant 'Safe in These Arms', Dare To Love explores love, loss, and identity, both on and off the dancefloor.

" London Records celebrate 30 years of Dare To Love with a full remaster and expended editions :
1. putting the album on double vinyl for the first time 21 tracks. Features previously unreleased b-sides & rarities. Collector Double LP Crystal Clear Curaçao
2. Collector double CD - 31 tracks. Features previously unreleased b-sides, rarities and remixes from the likes of Todd Terry, The Beatmasters and more.

Tracklisting:
DOUBLE VINYL
SIDE A
A1 Heartbeat (2025 Remaster)
A2 Hurt So Good (2025 Remaster)
A3 Cry (2025 Remaster)
A4 Lovething (2025 Remaster)
A5 By Your Side (2025 Remaster)
SIDE B
B1 Dare To Love (2025 Remaster)
B2 Someday We'll Be Together (2025 Remaster)
B3 Alright (2025 Remaster)
B4 Too Much Of A Good Thing (2025 Remaster)
B5 A Dream Gone Wrong (2025 Remaster)
SIDE C
C1 Come Lately (2025 Remaster)
C2 Safe In These Arms (2025 Remaster)
C3 Because Of Him (2025 Remaster)
C4 Nature Boy
C5 Up And Away
C6 Sorrow
SIDE D
D1 Step Inside
D2 Cherish
D3 DJ Of Love
D4 No Suffering
D5 Do You Wanna Funk?



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FYC40 celebrates 40 years of Fine Young Cannibals, the British trio who stormed the global music scene in the mid-to-late ’80s. Their journey began with the soulful, new wave energy of their 1985 debut Fine Young Cannibals, before reaching new heights with 1989’s The Raw & The Cooked, a worldwide smash that fused rock, funk, and house, all powered by Roland Gift’s unmistakable voice.
Across their career, the band scored eight UK Top 40 hits, two U.S. Billboard #1 singles, multiple Grammy nominations, and two BRIT Awards — cementing their place in pop history.
The Raw & The Cooked delivered enduring anthems like 'She Drives Me Crazy' and 'Good Thing,' both U.S. chart-toppers whose influence still resonates today, from hit shows like The Bear to this year’s Chanel campaign featuring Dua Lipa and BLACKPINK’s Jennie.
FYC40 is out 21.11.25 and available to pre-order now.

Infos:
DOUBLE CD - 30 tracks
- CD1 takes in the band's biggest global hits across a decade as well as visiting deeper cuts and other singles : 5 UK Top 10 Hits / 9 UK Top 40 hits / 2 US Billboard # 1 singles
- All versions are single versions where relevant.
- CD2 brings together newly commissioned remixes, plus classic and previously unreleased remixes from the vaults : 4 new 2025 remixes (Flight Facilities / DJ Q / Initial Talk / The Reflex), 4 unreleased remixes from the vault (Mark Kamins / Julian Mendelsohn / Thompson/Barbiero / Frankie Knuckles)
- From their first single 'Jonny Come Home' (1985) up to 'The Flame' (1996) and much more
- New artwork, new liner notes, fully remastered

2CD

Disc 1
1. Johnny Come Home 3:35
2. Blue 3:31
3. Suspicious Minds 3:56
4. Funny How Love Is 3:29 [rerecorded version]
5. Ever Fallen in Love 3:54
6. She Drives Me Crazy 3:35
7. Good Thing 3:24
8. Don't Look Back 3:47 [7" remix]
9. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be 4:21
10. I'm Not Satisfied 3:50
11. It's OK (It's Alright) 3:32
12. The Flame 3:52
13. Love for Sale 2:49 [1990 mix]
14. Wade in the Water 2:56
15. Motherless Child 2:35
16. Couldn't Care More 3:30
17. Tell Me What 2:50
18. Social Security 3:29


Disc 2
1. She Drives Me Crazy [Flight Facilities Remix] 4:37 new remix 2025
2. Ever Fallen in Love [DJ Q Remix] 3:16 new remix 2025
3. Johnny Come Home [Initial Talk Remix] 4:59 new remix 2025
4. She Drives Me Crazy [The Reflex Revision] 7:14 new remix 2025
5. Blue [Mark Kamins Remix] 5:20 unreleased 1985
6. Suspicious Minds [John Luongo Suspicious Mix] 7:54 1986
7. She Drives Me Crazy [Louil Silas Jr. Extended Version / feat. Monie Love] 8:25 1989
8. Good Thing [Julian Mendelsohn Extended Version] 7:30 unreleased 1987
9. Don't Look Back [Thompson/Barbiero Extended Version] 7:08 unreleased 1989
10. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [Cook II Soul Mix] 6:40 1989
11. I'm Not Satisfied [Prince Paul 12" Mix] 6:26 1989
12. Johnny Come Home [Frankie Knuckles Classic Club Feeling] 7:33 unreleased 1990


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FYC40 celebrates 40 years of Fine Young Cannibals, the British trio who stormed the global music scene in the mid-to-late ’80s. Their journey began with the soulful, new wave energy of their 1985 debut Fine Young Cannibals, before reaching new heights with 1989’s The Raw & The Cooked, a worldwide smash that fused rock, funk, and house, all powered by Roland Gift’s unmistakable voice.
Across their career, the band scored eight UK Top 40 hits, two U.S. Billboard #1 singles, multiple Grammy nominations, and two BRIT Awards — cementing their place in pop history.
The Raw & The Cooked delivered enduring anthems like 'She Drives Me Crazy' and 'Good Thing,' both U.S. chart-toppers whose influence still resonates today, from hit shows like The Bear to this year’s Chanel campaign featuring Dua Lipa and BLACKPINK’s Jennie.
FYC40 is out 21.11.25 and available to pre-order now.

Infos:

DELUXE 4CD+1DVD BOXSET : Comprehensive visit of Fine Young Cannibals
- Deluxe harcover boxset with heavyweight slipxase, 24 page book, 4 CD + 1 DVD .
- 4CD / 69 tracks + DVD / 11 videos + 15 song 1989 concert + 9 BBC Live performances
- New artwork, 3 essays (by Andrew Harrison, John Earls & Simon Price), new liner notes
- Fully remastered
- CD1 (21 tracks) : Fine Young Cannibals' s/t album plus bonus tracks (including previously unreleased Anne Dudley sessions)
- CD2 (21 tracks) : 'The Raw & The Cooked' plus bonus tracks
- CD3 (14 tracks) : Select remixes 1989-1996 including 2 previously unreleased mixes by Prince Paul (De La Soul) and Juan Atkins
- CD4 (13 tracks) : More remixes 1996-2025 include 4 new 2025 remixes (Flight Facilities / DJ Q / Initial Talk / The Reflex) and 3 remixes on CD for the first time (Cerrone, Dimitri from Paris, Derrick Carter)
- DVD :
1. 11 Restored videos in HD
2. Live at the Paramount (1989) - full concert restored and remastered : 15 songs
3. 9 select BBC performances from The Old Grey Whistle Test, Wogan and Top of The Pops


4CD+1DVD BOXSET

CD1 Fine Young Cannibals + bonus tracks

1. Johnny Come Home 3:35 1985
2. Couldn't Care More 3:30 1985
3. Don't Ask Me to Choose 3:11 1985
4. Funny How Love Is 3:28 1985
5. Suspicious Minds 3:56 1985
6. Blue 3:31 1985
7. Move to Work 3:26 1985
8. On a Promise 3:06 1985
9. Time Isn't Kind 3: 1985
10. Like a Stranger 3:24 1985
11. Love for Sale 2:51 1985 Bonus track
12. Wade in the Water 2:56 Bonus track 1985
13. Motherless Child 2:35 Bonus track 1986
14. Johnny Come Home [Anne Dudley Version] 3:28 unreleased 1985
15. Couldn't Care More [Anne Dudley Version] 3:16 1985
16. Move to Work [Anne Dudley Version] 3:19 unreleased 1985
17. Blue [Version] 3:34 Bonus Track 1985
18 Suspicious Minds [John Luongo U.S. 7" Mix] 3:24 Bonus Track 1986
19. Funny How Love Is [Rerecorded Version] 3:29 Bonus Track 1986
20. Johnny Come Home [Extended Mix] 5:40 Bonus Track 1985
21. Suspicious Minds [Extended Version] 4:34 Bonus Track 1986

CD2 The Raw & the Cooked + bonus tracks

1. She Drives Me Crazy 3:35 1989
2. Good Thing 3:24 1989
3. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be 4:21 1989
4. I'm Not Satisfied 3:50 1989
5. Tell Me What 2:50 1989
6. Don't Look Back 3:39 1989
7. It's OK (It's Alright) 3:32 1989
8. Don't Let It Get You Down 3:23 1989
9. As Hard as It Is 3:14 1989
10. Ever Fallen in Love 3:54 1989
11. Social Security 3:29 Bonus Track 1989
12. You Never Know 4:28 Bonus Track 1989
13. Hold Me [Demo] 3:31 Bonus Track 1989
14. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [Demo Version] 4:42 Bonus Track 1989
15. I'm Not Satisfied [Demo Version] 3:21 Bonus Track 1989
16. Tell Me What [Demo Version] 4:14 Bonus Track 1989
17. As Hard as It Is [Demo Version] 3:22 Bonus Track 1989
18. Race Track [Demo] 1:33 Bonus Track 1989
19. She Drives Me Crazy [Louil Silas Jr. U.S. 7" Mix] 4:53 Bonus Track 1989
20. Good Thing [10" Alternative Mix] 3:24 Bonus Track 1989
21. Ever Fallen in Love [Extended Version] 6:20 Bonus Track 1986

CD3 REMIXES (1989-1996)

1. The Flame [Dave Way Mix]
2. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [Matt Dike Remix]
3. She Drives Me Crazy [The Monie Love Remix]
4. Good Thing [Prince Paul Remix]
5. I'm Not Satisfied [Prince Paul Groovie Organ Mix]
6. It's OK (It's Alright) [Ploeg Club Mix]
7. Ever Fallen in Love [Arthur Baker Club Senseless]
8. Johnny Come Home [Mark Moore 12" Remix]
9. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [Dancin' Danny D Remix]
10. She Drives Me Crazy [The Justin Strauss Mix]
11. I'm Not Satisfied [Matt Dike 12"]
12. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [Juan Atkins Remix]
13. Johnny Come Home [Mousse T Cocktail Mix]
14. Don't Look Back [Luke Mornay Extended Remix]



CD4 REMIXES (1996 - 2025)

1. She Drives Me Crazy [Flight Facilities Remix]
2. Ever Fallen in Love [DJ Q Remix]
3. Johnny Come Home [Initial Talk Remix]
4. She Drives Me Crazy [The Reflex Edit]
5. The Flame [Mario Più & Ricky Le Roy Experience Mix]
6. She Drives Me Crazy [Cerrone Remix]
7. Johnny Come Home [Mousse T Extended Mix]
8. She Drives Me Crazy [Dimitri from Paris Remix]
9. The Flame [Mario Scalambrin Heartbeat Mix]
10. Johnny Come Home [Derrick Carter Remix]
11. She Drives Me Crazy [Roger Sanchez Time & Space Mix]
12. The Flame [Gigi D'Agostino Mix]
13. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [Rollo & Sister Bliss Monster Mix

DVD Promo videos / Interview / Live At The Paramount (1989) / Live at the BBC

1. Johnny Come Home
2. Blue
3. Suspicious Minds
4. Funny How Love Is
5. Ever Fallen in Love
6. She Drives Me Crazy
7. Good Thing
8. Don't Look Back
9. I'm Not The Man I Used To Be
10. I'm Not Satisfied
11. The Flame

+ Live at the Paramount - 21 October 1989

1. Johnny Come Home
2. Like a Stranger
3. Couldn't Care More
4. Good Thing
5. Tell Me What
6. Time Isn't Kind
7. I'm Not Satisfied
8. Funny How Love Is
9. Ever Fallen in Love
10. Don't Look Back
11. Suspicious Minds
12. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be
13. It's OK (It's Alright)
14. My Girl
15. She Drives Me Crazy

+ FYC at the BBC

1. Couldn't Care More [Live at the Haçienda - on The Old Grey Whistle Test]
2. Don't Ask Me to Choose [Live at the Haçienda - on The Old Grey Whistle Test]
3. Johnny Come Home [on Top of the Pops]
4. Suspicious Minds [on Top of the Pops]
5. Funny How Love Is [on Wogan]
6. Ever Fallen in Love [on Top of the Pops]
7. She Drives Me Crazy [on Top of the Pops]
8. Good Thing [on Top of the Pops]
9. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [on Top of the Pops]





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FYC40 celebrates 40 years of Fine Young Cannibals, the British trio who stormed the global music scene in the mid-to-late ’80s. Their journey began with the soulful, new wave energy of their 1985 debut Fine Young Cannibals, before reaching new heights with 1989’s The Raw & The Cooked, a worldwide smash that fused rock, funk, and house, all powered by Roland Gift’s unmistakable voice.
Across their career, the band scored eight UK Top 40 hits, two U.S. Billboard #1 singles, multiple Grammy nominations, and two BRIT Awards — cementing their place in pop history.
The Raw & The Cooked delivered enduring anthems like 'She Drives Me Crazy' and 'Good Thing,' both U.S. chart-toppers whose influence still resonates today, from hit shows like The Bear to this year’s Chanel campaign featuring Dua Lipa and BLACKPINK’s Jennie.
FYC40 is out 21.11.25 and available to pre-order now.

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COLLECTOR DOUBLE HEAVYWEIGHT BLACK VINYL - 2LP : 24 songs
- LP 1 takes in the band's biggest global hits across a decade : 5 UK Top 10 Hits / 9 UK Top 40 hits / 2 US Billboard # 1 singles
- LP 2 visiting deeper cuts and other singles
- All versions are single versions where relevant
- 2 new 2025 remixes (The Reflex and Luke Mornay)
- 2 unreleased remixes from the vault (Prince Paul (De La Soul), Frankie Knuckles)
- From their first single 'Jonny Come Home' (1985) up to 'The Flame' (1996) and more
- New artwork, new liner notes, fully remastered


2LP Vinyl

A Side
A1. Johnny Come Home 3:35
A2. Blue 3:31
A3. Suspicious Minds 3:56
A4. Funny How Love Is 3:29 [rerecorded version]
A5. Ever Fallen in Love 3:54
A6. She Drives Me Crazy 3:35
B Side
B1. Good Thing 3:24
B2. Don't Look Back 3:47 [7" remix]
B3. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be 4:21
B4. I'm Not Satisfied 3:50
B5. It's OK (It's Alright) 3:32
B6. The Flame 3:52

C Side
C1. Love for Sale 2:49 [1990 mix]
C2. Wade in the Water 2:56
C3. Motherless Child 2:35
C4. Couldn't Care More 3:30
C5. Tell Me What 2:50
C6. Social Security 3:29

D Side
D1. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be [Cook II Soul 7" Mix]
D2. She Drives Me Crazy [The Reflex Edit]
D3. Blue [Version]
D4. I'm Not Satisfied [Prince Paul 7" Mix]
D5. Don't Look Back [Luke Mornay Remix]
D6. Johnny Come Home [Frankie Knuckles Remix]






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FYC40 celebrates 40 years of Fine Young Cannibals, the British trio who stormed the global music scene in the mid-to-late ’80s. Their journey began with the soulful, new wave energy of their 1985 debut Fine Young Cannibals, before reaching new heights with 1989’s The Raw & The Cooked, a worldwide smash that fused rock, funk, and house, all powered by Roland Gift’s unmistakable voice.
Across their career, the band scored eight UK Top 40 hits, two U.S. Billboard #1 singles, multiple Grammy nominations, and two BRIT Awards — cementing their place in pop history.
The Raw & The Cooked delivered enduring anthems like 'She Drives Me Crazy' and 'Good Thing,' both U.S. chart-toppers whose influence still resonates today, from hit shows like The Bear to this year’s Chanel campaign featuring Dua Lipa and BLACKPINK’s Jennie.
FYC40 is out 21.11.25 and available to pre-order now.

Infos:

VINYL - 1LP CRYSTAL CLEAR : 12 songs
" 12 songs. taking in the band's biggest global hits across a decade : 5 UK Top 10 Hits / 9 UK Top 40 hits / 2 US Billboard # 1 singles
" All versions are single versions where relevant
" From their first single 'Jonny Come Home' (1985) up to 'The Flame' (1996)
" New artwork, new liner notes, fully remastered

Tracklisting:
1LP Vinyl
A Side
A1. Johnny Come Home 3:35
A2. Blue 3:31
A3. Suspicious Minds 3:56
A4. Funny How Love Is 3:29 [rerecorded version]
A5. Ever Fallen in Love 3:54
A6. She Drives Me Crazy 3:35
B Side
B1. Good Thing 3:24
B2. Don't Look Back 3:47 [7" remix]
B3. I'm Not the Man I Used to Be 4:21
B4. I'm Not Satisfied 3:50
B5. It's OK (It's Alright) 3:32
B6. The Flame 3:52







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Packaging: 1 x CD , 4/0 Digisleeve, 12 page booklet marketing sticker.

PRODUCT INFORMATIONS
- Following Record Store 2024 Exclusive numbered yellow LP reissue for the first time since release , the album now back on CD too and as Solid Green Vinyl
- Northside were key players in the 'Madchester' / baggy / indie-rave scene of the early 90s
- Top 20 album produced by The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie (Echo & The Bunnymen, Shack, The Coral, Texas)
- Featuring the indie dancefloor fillers 'Take 5', 'Shall We Take A Trip' and 'My Rising Star'
- Vinyl cut from the original Factory Records masters
- Restored artwork by Central Station Design
- Expanded CD edition features 6 bonus tracks : rarities, single edits & 2 remixes by The Reflex & Leo Zero


TRACKLIST
CD
1. Take 5
2. Weight Of Air
3. Funky Munky
4. A Change Is On Its Way
5. Yeah Man
6. Tour De World
7. Wishful Thinking
8. Shall We Take A Trip
9. Who's To Blame
10. Practise Makes Perfect
11. My Rising Star
12. Moody Places
13. Take 5 (7")
14. Tour De World (Edit)
15. Take 5 (The Reflex Revision)
16. Shall We Take A Trip (Leo Zero Remix)


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PRODUCT INFORMATIONS
- Following Record Store 2024 Exclusive numbered yellow LP reissue for the first time since release , the album now back on CD too and as Solid Green Vinyl
- Northside were key players in the 'Madchester' / baggy / indie-rave scene of the early 90s
- Top 20 album produced by The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie (Echo & The Bunnymen, Shack, The Coral, Texas)
- Featuring the indie dancefloor fillers 'Take 5', 'Shall We Take A Trip' and 'My Rising Star'
- Vinyl cut from the original Factory Records masters
- Restored artwork by Central Station Design
- Expanded CD edition features 6 bonus tracks : rarities, single edits & 2 remixes by The Reflex & Leo Zero


TRACKLIST
SOLID GREEN GRASS VINYL

Side A
A1. Take 5
A2. Weight Of Air
A3. Funky Munky
A4. A Change Is On Its Way
A5. Yeah Man

Side B
B1. Tour De World
B2. Wishful Thinking
B3. Shall We Take A Trip
B4. Who's To Blame
B5. Practise Makes Perfect



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Packaging: 1x Black 140 Grs Vinyl, 'Dufy' Sleeve with textured card & gold Pms, printed inner sleeve, marketing sticker. Vinyl cut at half-speed.

COLLECTOR VINYL 1LP,
- Restored "second edition" artwork with textured sleeve
- The exact textured card for the outer sleeve has been accurately sourced. Gold PMS finish, printed inner sleeve, marketing sticker.
- 45th anniversary edition
- Newly remastered from the original source tapes for the first time since 1980
- ½ speed master
- Liner notes by The Durutti Column / Factory Records expert James Nice

VINYL EDITION

Side One (all 2025 remasters)
1. Sketch For Summer
2. Requiem for a Father
3. Katherine
4. Conduct

Side Two (all 2025 remasters)
1. Untitled
2. Beginning
3. Jazz
4. Sketch for Winter
5. Collette
6. In 'D'
7. Lips That Would Kiss
8. Madeleine


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Packaging: 2 x CD, harcover sleeve (like a book) with textured card , dimensions 14,7 cm x 19,6 cm, 48 page booklet , marketing sticker.

OVERVIEW
Alongside Joy Division, The Durutti Column were amongst the first artists to be released by Factory Records. Their debut album, produced by Martin Hannett, showcased the filigree guitar work of Vini Reilly, awash with reverb and early experiments with synthesisers. It would be a first album of a five-decade career, in which The Durutti Column would quietly emerge as one of the most influential acts from the Manchester scene and beyond.

"Essential." The Quietus
"..the most distinctive LP in the Factory canon" Record Collector ?????
"..a perfect meeting of the minds" BBC
".. a quietly stunning debut" All Music ????1/2

To celebrate the album's 45th anniversary, London Records revisits the album with new editions, with audio sourced and remastered from the original tapes, with vinyl cut at ½ speed.


DELUXE DOUBLE CD SET
- 33 tracks
- 45th anniversary edition
- Newly remastered from the original source tapes for the first time since 1980
- 2 Discs including original album, bonus tracks, home and studio demos, and early live tracks. Features two home demos exclusive to this format.
- Housed in a special hardback tall storybook edition (dimensions 147mm (w) x 196mm (h)). 48p page booklet.
- Restored 1985 "cassette edition" artwork with textured "tall book" sleeve
- The exact textured card for the outer sleeve has been accurately sourced.
- 3 essays by The Durutti Column / Factory Records expert James Nice, Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie and MOJO editor Ian Harrison.

TRACKLISTING:

DOUBLE CD EDITION

CD1
1. Sketch For Summer
2. Requiem for a Father
3. Katherine
4. Conduct
5. Untitled
6. Beginning
7. Jazz
8. Sketch for Winter
9. Collette
10. In 'D'
11. Lips That Would Kiss
12. Madeleine




CD2
1. No Communication
2. Thin Ice
3. Won't Look Out (Gammer and His Familiars ft. Vini Reilly)
4. Intervals (Home Recording -1978)
5. Katharine (Home Recording -1978)
6. Untitled (Home Recording -1978)
7. Conduct (Home Recording -1978)
8. I'm a Face (Studio Demo - 1980)
9. Sketch for Summer (Studio Demo - 1980)
10. Requiem for a Father ((Studio Demo - 1980)
11. Madeleine (Studio Demo - 1980)
12. Katharine (Studio Demo - 1980)
13. Lindsay (Studio Demo - 1980)
14. For Belgian Friends (Studio Demo - 1980)
15. Detail for Annik (Live - Leeds Polytechnic 1980)
16. Sketch for Summer (Live - Leeds Polytechnic 1980)
17. Requiem for a Father (Live - Leeds Polytechnic 1980)
18. Conduct (Live - Brussels 1981)
19. Self Portrait (Live - Brussels 1981)
20. For Belgian Friends (Live - Brussels 1981)
21. Sketch for Summer (Live - Brussels 1981)


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SHORT BIOG & KEY POINTS

- Goldie's 1995 debut Timeless is often described as one of the greatest dance music albums of all time. As one of the founders of Metalheadz, one of the most influential drum and bass labels, Goldie helped shape the sound of a generation, and a genre that has spanned over 3 decades.
- "Listening to Timeless is like taking an adventure. If the limits of music are the limits of society, then Timeless is going to create new worlds. It's a record that travels from darkness to light across electronic oceans, across streetsoul, ambience and jazz."

- London Records celebrate 30 years of Timeless with limited edition vinyl formats, re-imagining the original white sleeve and putting the album on double vinyl for the first time since '96, with new liner notes from Tim Carr. Remastered audio.



TRACKLISTING:

A1. Inner City Life
A2. Pressure
A3. Jah

B1. Saint Angel
B2. State Of Mind

C1. Sea Of Tears
C2. Angel

D1. Sensual
D2. Kemistry
D3. You & Me




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2022 repress

Tracklist:
01 Moan (Trentemoller Remix)
02 Moan (Radioslave Remix)

Only released in October 2006, Anders Trentemøller‘s stunning debut-album „The Last Resort“ already evolved into one of the most successful independent albums of the year. Raving reviews all over the place, various elections as „album of the year“ and solid playlists at the radios express the huge interest in the fantastic album. While 2006 has been topped of with a tour through Australia, the first Trentemøller highlight in 2007 will be the release of „Moan“, the second single from the album. For the a-side Trentemøller himself created a brilliant remix of the „Moan“-Vocal Version, which has been released on the Bonus-CD of the limited edition album only. Trentemøller managed to keep the mystic melancholic vibe of the track featuring the vocals of danish talent Ane Trolle, but adds punshy drums, screaming synths and some more guitars to guarantee serious dancefloor-action. Radioslave aka Matt Edwards aka Rekid aka Quite Village, on of the most in demand remix artists at the moment (Moby, Booka Shade, Justice, Peace Division, Pet Shop Boys, Joakim etc) contributed a great remix on the flipside. Slowly building over reduced drumpatterns their mix culminates into a manic wall of sound. While Poker Flat 81 features the vocal versions of both Trentemøller‘s and Radioslve‘s remixes, the instrumental and dub versions will be released simultaneously

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Genre: Electronic

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Tracklist

A1. Oh No
A2. Why Don't You
A3. Makes Me Want You
A4. Rootless

B1. Unquiet
B2. Tomorrow
B3. Earthman
B4. Youth

Like a head resting on a train window, gazing at the horizon without anxiety, Jesper Ryom's debut album breathes a wind of freedom and propels us toward the unknown, to no destination in particular.
Beyond the sensations of movement it evokes, this work is a marvel of unexpected mixtures. Seamlessly transitioning from progressive sounds to genuine French touch inspirations, it sails through the ages while maintaining a dreamlike homogeneity. This long-awaited offering from one of Copenhagen best-kept mysteries invites listeners on a captivating journey.


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SHORT BIOG / KEY POINTS

" All Orbital's classic tracks across all albums in one piece of vinyl / 1LP as cult edit versions.
" Extented 1CD edition with 6 additional tracks
" Orbital's own words about "A Beginner's Guide" : " The package you are holding in your hands is your threshold to a transformational psychoacoustic experience. An experience that will take you to spaces familiar, sonic pathways opening different times and different sounds to the chronosonic method of Orbital."


TRACKLISTING
VINYL
Side 1
01 Chime (Edit)
02 Halcyon (Edit)
03 Belfast (Edit)
04 Satan (Spawn)
05 The Box (Edit)

Side 2
06 Lush 3.1 (Edit)
07 Beached (Edit)
08 Are We Here? (Edit)
09 Are You Alive? (feat. Penelope Isles) (Edit)
10 Style (Edit)
11 Dirty Rat (Edit)



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2LP R&S and Apollo Records present an official vinyl repress of this most classicand timeless album The vinyl uses the 2013 re-masters made from original DAT tapes cut by Matt Colton and presented in original artwork.

All time favourite Aphex Twin Album. Nice and accesible experimental techno. Originally released in 1992. What else could be said here, we finally are stocking copies on arguably the most important and influential electronic album of album time, Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works 85–92. You will always need this!!!

Tracks: A1 Xtal
A2 Tha
A3 Pulsewidth
B1 Ageispolis
B2 i
B3 Green Calx
B4 Heliosphan
C1 We Are The Music Makers
C2 Schottkey 7th Path
C3 Ptolemy
D1 Hedphelym
D2 Delphium
D3 Actium



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Metronomy release their third album, 'The English Riviera' on April 11th through Because Music. The follow up to 2008's critically acclaimed 'Nights Out', 'The English Riviera' is a sonic progression of epic proportions and affirms Metronomy front man and producer, Joseph Mount, as a rare British talent.
Since 'Nights Out', the band have swollen to a four piece with new members Anna Prior on drums, Gbenga Adelekan on bass, original member Oscar Cash on keys/sax, and Joe himself on vocals, keys and guitar. This expansion of personnel is reflective of a new record that is mapped by vast soundscapes, incredible depth and warmth, and big pop hooks
Part love letter to the area of Devon coast Mount grew up in and part concept album about his own semi-fictionalised vision of "The English Riviera", the tone for the album is set by the opening sounds of seagulls, distant waves and a Music Hall string quartet. However, any notion of whimsy is swiftly dispelled, as the seismic bass line of 'We Broke Free' shudders and ushers in waves of layered guitars and synths.
Having produced and remixed everyone from Roots Manuva to Kate Nash and the forthcoming album from Nicola Roberts, this is the first Metronomy album that Mount has taken out of his bedroom and recorded in a proper studio. The results are telling.
Characterised throughout with a sense of warmth and richness, 'The English Riviera' is in parts reminiscent of seminal 1970s West Coast studio albums from the likes of Fleetwood Mac and The Eagles, but due to Mount's studio wizardry, the record sounds vibrant and entirely of its time.
Few other albums released this year will so successfully transcend such a plethora of influences and ideas and form such a coherent body of work.

Tracklisting:
Side A:
The English Riviera
We Broke Free
Everything Goes my way
The Look
She Wants
Trouble
Side B:
The Bay
Loving Arm
Corinne
Some Written
Love Underlined


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Territories: Worldwide no restrictions

Track list:

Track List:

1 A1 - Impulsion (03:02)
2 A2 - Tension Build (00:30)
3 A3 - Fast Action (02:28)
4 A4 - The Chaser (01:57)
5 A5 - Heat On (01:03)
6 A6 - Runaway (02:04)
7 A7 - Power Source (00:30)
8 A8 - Percussion Power (02:51)
9 A9 - Shivers (03:08)
10 A10 - Gathering Storm (02:21)
11 A11 - Drums On Parade (02:16)

12 B1 - Samba Street (a) (03:00)
13 B2 - Samba Street (b) (03:00)
14 B3 - Child’s Theme (a) (01:14)
15 B4 - Child’s Theme (b) (00:40)
16 B5 - Child’s Theme (c) (01:04)
17 B6 - Child’s Theme (d) (01:26)
18 B7 - Child’s Theme (e) (01:25)
19 B8 - Spanner In The Works (02:17)
20 B9 - Tropical Peace (01:45)
21 B10 - Clippity Clop (01:15)
22 B11 - Red Indian Drums (00:35)
23 B12 - Fairy Wand (a) (00:08)
24 B13 - Fairy Wand (b) (00:09)
25 B14 - Fairy Wand (c) (00:12)
26 B15 - Snare Drum Roll (a) (00:12)
27 B16 - Snare Drum Roll (b) (00:07)
28 B17 - Timpani (a) (00:25)
29 B18 - Timpani (b) (00:05)
30 B19 - Timpani (c) (00:05)
31 B20 - Vibraphone (a) (00:15)
32 B21 - Vibraphone (b) (00:15)
33 B22 - Bell Chimes (00:27)
34 B23 - Clock Chimes (00:37)

Release Notes:

They Say: “Exploring the wide range of moods and sounds produced by percussion”.

We say: MPCs at the ready because this does exactly what it says on the tin, to devastating effect. Oh, and the sleeve is stunning.

Originally released in 1979, Percussion Spectrum was produced by the legendary percussionists Barry Morgan and Ray Cooper. With dope beats taking in diverse styles, from funk and soul and jazz through to Latin, Brazilian, samba and Afro-Cuban, this is an amazing sample source filled with killer drum-breaks and percussion flares. Unsurprisingly it’s one of the most sought-after records from the Themes catalogue.

This library LP is a library in itself, with its mix of short themes of single beats, short breaks and some longer, more fully-formed DJ-friendly tracks. Trust us when we say that this is a box full of percussion firework ready to be thrown onto the dancefloor at the just right moment. We don’t have anywhere near enough space to describe all 34 tracks (there isn’t even enough room on the labels to list them all!) so we’ll pick out some favourites.

Favourites like opener “Impulsion”, a percussive masterclass with drum upon drum upon drum making it feel like a neat prototype to the percussive underscores of Peter Lüdemann and Pit Troja’s eternal The Now Generation LP. And the dramatic “Fast Action” is exactly that, racing along on a rapid roll of congas, cymbal crashes and throbbing kicks. “The Chaser” is classic library cop-funk with dilapidated drum figures, and the outrageously funky “Heat On” is the perfect accompaniment to your wild action sequences.

A real highlight is “Runaway”, and not just because it sounds like nothing else on the record. Here are drums and percussion in that tight funk style that just cries out to be sampled. “Percussion Power” is an extended, near-three minute suite of funky drum solo after funky drum solo that just aches to be looped: open drums to die for people! “Shivers” is a tense, apprehensive underscore with shock stabs that builds to a climax whilst “Drums On Parade” is a showcase of head-nod drums and cymbals in march time. Did someone say “funky”?

Side B starts with a stroll down “Samba Street”. With the noise of the crowd in the background, this is riotous, authentically drawn samba that sounds like it’s been beamed straight in from Rio in full flow. Drop this at midnight and watch the cobwebs fly off any dancefloor. Prefer it without the fake crowd? “Samba Street (b)” has you covered.

The simple, innocent “Child’s Themes” (all five of them) provide a nice, sweet respite from all the funk. Nursery sounds tinged with only a touch of melancholy. The gentle marimba solo of “Tropical Peace” only adds to the sense of serenity we get from the relatively calm second side. The album closes out with a veritable toolkit of tom toms, snare drum rolls, timpani, vibraphones and chiming bells.

Percussion Spectrum is a joyous collection of sounds, as bright, beaming and downright funky as the vibrant cover. The Themes series is known for each record having its own particularly striking sleeve, which was unusual for library records at the time, and Percussion Spectrums’s multi-coloured drumsticks make for one of the most eye-catching.

As with all of our other Themes re-issues, the audio for Percussion Spectrum comes from the original analogue tapes and has been remastered for vinyl by Be With regular Simon Francis. As usual Richard Robinson has taken the same care with restoring the original sleeve from archive scans. This is another one ticked off the list of library records that should be out there for anyone who wants a copy.


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Genre: Hardcore Techno


Tracklist 12":

A1 – In Love
B1 – In Love (1994 Tool)


Info:

A record planned for almost 30 years is finally happening!


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GENRE/S: Techno, Progressive House

TRACKLISTS:

A1. The Seven Stars
A2. Moon Turns The Tide
B1. The Seven Stars 2024 (Olav Basoski Mix)
B2. Day-Glo

SHORT INFO:

QUAZAR are pioneers of the first house- and techno-generation of the early 90’s. Formed in Amsterdam by producer Gert van Veen, QUAZAR debuted in 1990 with the 12 inch ‘The Seven Stars/Day-glo’, which became an underground hit all over the world, from the UK and Germany to The USA, Goa and Australia. It’s still considered as one of the ultimate classics of the original rave-scene.
‘The Seven Stars’, a wild and exciting musical voyage, full of instrumental crescendoes and rushes, is a hard hitting techno-track that set dance floors on fire with its fierce energy.
The raw persuasive power of the a side and the acid tinged 'Moon Turns The Tide' is balanced by the gentle, melodic ‘Day-glo’ - a predecessor of the later minimal style and a favourite of Ricardo Villalobos, that unexpectedly became just as popular as ‘The Seven Stars’.
During the Amsterdam Dance Event 2024 ‘The Seven Stars EP'will be rereleased on vinyl, two weeks later followed by the rerelease of the first QUAZAR album ‘Seven Stars’.
‘The Seven Stars EP' 12" presents remastered versions of the three tracks on the original record plus a 2024 QUAZAR remake of ‘The Seven Stars’, mixed by Dutch house legend Olav Basoski.
To celebrate these releases, QUAZAR, still one of the best live-acts in the Netherlands, will do a special hardware-only live-gig at DOKA/The Volkshotel in Amsterdam on Wednesday October 16 2024.







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Territories: World excluding Japan

Genre: Soundtrack, Classical, Ambient, Orchestration, Anime, Emo

LP: Heavyweight 350gsm sleeve, sticker

Tracklisting LP
A1. A Monologue 2:50
A2. Jin-Roh - Main Theme - Opening Version 2:37
A3. Dark Star 2:06
A4. Sting 0:37
A5. Mad Black 0:47
A6. Damp 0:19
A7. Gray Black 0:36
A8. Blue Clouds 3:10
A9. Silence & Wind 1:19
A10. Fragrance Rain 1:09
A11. Latest Flame 3:01
A12. Curse 2:50
A13. Pride 2:51
A14. Unit One 1:57
B1. Long Destiny 0:57
B2. The Force 3:41
B3. Keel 3:12
B4. Angel 1:34
B5. Shadow Of Rainbow 1:36
B6. Seal 2:41
B7. The Top 4:37
B8. Grace ~ Jin-Roh - Main Theme ~ Omega 7:18


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WRWTFWW Records is overjoyed to present the first ever vinyl release for the outstanding soundtrack of 1999 Japanese action-political-thriller anime Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade by Hajime Mizoguchi. The epic full-lenght album is available as a limited-edition LP cut at Emil Berliner Studios and housed in a heavyweight 350gsm sleeve.

Legendary animation film Jin-Roh was penned by Palme d’Or and Leone d’Oro award winning filmmaker, television director and writer Mamoru Oshii whose filmography includes Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor 2: The Movie, and Angel’s Egg – critically acclaimed works praised worldwide, notably by luminaries such as James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and The Wachowskis. The film was directed by leading studio Production I.G. affiliate Hiroyuki Okiura (Record of the Lodoss War, A Letter to Momo…)

The film’s score, courtesy of famed anime and tv score composer, cellist and arranger Hajime Mizoguchi, evokes the dystopian world in which Jin-Roh takes place and captures the Little Red Riding Hood theme that carries the story – a dark, atmospheric, and immensely emotional soundscape that takes you on a grand and immersive journey and stays with you forever. It blends classical, orchestrated ambient, and poignant melodies carried by ominous strings.

This new project by WRWTFWW Records follows previous Japanese soundtracks from the catalogue: Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor 2, Evil Dead Trap, Violent Cop and precedes the upcoming release of Takeshi Kitano’s Sonatine soundtrack by Joe Hisaishi.


Points of interests

For fans of classical, ambient, soundtracks, anime, manga, strings, dark and atmospheric soundscapes, Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor, epic journeys, James Cameron, big emotions, soundtracks that were never released on vinyl until…today!

First ever vinyl release for the soundtrack of acclaimed 1999 anime Jin-Roh!


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