2x12" 180g black vinyl//re-mastered by Robert Henke//original artwork by Theo Ellsworth.

For AI-41 Astral Industries presents a vinyl reissue of Robert Henke's multifaceted concept album 'Layering Buddha'. An erudite masterclass on sampling and composition, 'Layering Buddha' encapsulates the material process of metamorphosis and a well of nascent, ever-present potentialities. This new edition comes remastered by Henke himself.

Originally released in 2006, 'Layering Buddha' began with a curious encounter with the 'Buddha Machine' - a pocket-sized, battery powered playback device that, over the past two decades, has quietly achieved a cult status around the world. Conceived by the Beijing-based group FM3 (Christiaan Virant, Zhang Jian), the machine takes inspiration from Tibetan Buddhist prayer boxes and consists of nine sound loop compositions of varying length, which can be toggled with a single switch. Due to low production cost and manufacturing imperfections, each Buddha Machine is unique, giving slight variations in sound, pitch and duration.

Using a state of the art A/D converter Henke made high quality recordings from a single machine, providing the source material for the album. Through various processing and arrangement methods, new pieces emerged, most of them all deriving from a single source loop. The pieces were then set up on the computer as generative arrangements, living as continuously permutating structures that could theoretically go on forever - just as the loops do within the Buddha Machines…

The final pieces featured on the album are rendered excerpts of these infinite permutations, and therefore exist as momentary views on a perpetual machinery, as opposed to closed works. Upon initial exploration, it also became a natural development to format the work into an immersive multi-speaker performance - which premiered on January 31, 2007.?
Within the music, subtle artefacts and idiosyncrasies are transmuted into new realms of texture and timbre. Through the extractive hand of subtle augmentations, an array of ethereal dimensions emerge from the vast unseen ocean. Suspended in a sense of timelessness, their undulating rhythms point to a pool of endless mysteries.


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Tracklist:
A1. Arjun Vagale & Oxygeno - Hyperdrive
A2. Arjun Vagale & Oxygeno - Cause And Effect
B1. Arjun Vagale & Oxygeno - Neural Eclipse
B2. Arjun Vagale & Oxygeno - Mind Probe
B3. Arjun Vagale & Oxygeno - Spiral Transmission

Arjun Vagale and Oxygeno join forces on a powerful five-track EP, delivering a futuristic and high-energy statement for the White Series.



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In 2016, a year after the 50th entry in the long-running series, none other but the iconic Detroit artist, DJ and producer Moodymann stepped up to helm the next landmark edition of DJ-Kicks, his first ever multi-artist DJ mix compilation. Following !K7's 40th anniversary, this classic DJ-Kicks mix is now being repressed on coke bottle clear vinyl.
3LP Gatefold Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl incl. lim. DJ-Kicks playing card

LP TRACKLIST
A1 Yaw - Where Will You Be
A2 Flying Lotus feat. Andreya Triana - Tea Leaf Dancers**
A3 Les Sins - Grind**
B1 Noir & Haze - Around (Solomun Vox)**
B2 Julien Dyne feat. Mara TK - Stained Glass Fresh Frozen
B3 Jitwam - Keepyourbusinesstoyourself
C1 Dopehead - Guttah Guttah
C2 Talc - Robot's Return (Modern Sleepover Part 2)**
C3 Peter Digital Orchestra - Jeux De Langues**
C4 Jai Paul - BTSTU**
D1 Beady Belle - When My Anger Starts To Cry**
D2 Daniel Bortz - Cuz You're The One**
D3 Joeski feat. Jesánte - How Do I Go On**
E1 Nightmares On Wax - Les Nuits
E2 SLF & Merkin - Tag Team Triangle**
E3 Lady Alma - It’s House Music
F1 Tirogo - Disco Maniac
F2 Kings Of Tomorrow feat. April - Fall For You (Sandy Rivera's Classic Mix)**
F3 Soulful Session, Lynn Lockamy - Hostile Takeover

**Moodymann Edit

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GIOVANNI DAMICO strikes it hot again with his cult classic "NIGHT TIME" inspired by Italian and Nigerian interpretations of 70s-80s American disco and boogie. DAMICO pulls the band together for major vibes here on STAR CREATURE RECORDS. Vocal on A, Instrumental on B.

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Elias Landberg, operating under his acclaimed Skudge alias, signs a standout new release on Koridor Records. These two meticulously engineered techno tracks showcase his mastery of rhythm and atmosphere, promising heavy rotation and serious dancefloor impact. Essential Techno vinyl for collectors and DJs alike.

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2026 repress of this classic Robert Hood record from 2007!



Tracklist
A1. Robert Hood - And Then We Planned Our Escape
A2. Robert Hood - Needs And Wants
B1. Robert Hood - Strobe Light
B2. Robert Hood - Side Effect


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