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Without a doubt, To Rococo Rot are an exception within the German music landscape. From 1995 until they broke up in 2014, the group around Robert Lippok, Ronald Lippok and Stefan Schneider researched a unique sound between electronica, ambient, post-melancholy and the further development of a new, free music like krautrock. Pitchfork described their sound as "unmistakably digital, yet 100% human" (unverkennbar digital und doch 100% menschlich).
With releases on labels such as Kitty-Yo, City Slang and Mute Records as well as concerts worldwide, the band has built a remarkable reputation. The trio was invited three times by John Peel to record radio sessions in the BBC studios.
Bureau B is pleased to make the recordings from these three sessions from the years 1997 and 1999 available on record for the first time, which, in addition to the live versions of selected album tracks, also contains exclusive, unreleased songs.

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release date: 03.12.2012
To rococo rot's records on City Slang, “veiculo“ (1997), “the amateur view“ (1999) and “music is a hungry ghost“ (2001) have been out of print for a long time. They will see a reissue as a remastered 3 CD boxset named “rocket road“ that comes with extensive linernotes, more than twenty bonus tracks including the two remixes by Four Tet and Daniel Miller as well as an exclusive Mira Calix rework of 'from dream to dusk'. Each album will also be available on vinyl again as 180g pressing, with the original tracklisting and a CD of the album plus bonus tracks.
Tracklisting:
LP:
. Micromanaged 3:27
. He Loves Me 3:58
. Modern Homes 3:28
. Moto 2:17
. Mit Dir In Der Gegend 6:11
. Leggiero 2:32
. Geheimnis Eines Mantels 3:31
. Extra 3:45
. Fach 0:55
. Lips 4:11
. Merano 3:42
. Allover Dezent 2:00
. Lift 6:00
CD:
. Micromanaged 3:27
. He Loves Me 3:58
. Modern Homes 3:28
. Moto 2:17
. Mit Dir In Der Gegend 6:11
. Leggiero 2:32
. Geheimnis Eines Mantels 3:31
. Extra 3:45
. Fach 0:55
. Lips 4:11
. Merano 3:42
. Allover Dezent 2:00
. Lift 6:00
. He Loves Me (Four Tet Remix) 8:04
. Gehöft (Extra Track) 3:42
. Sonde Mit Orgel (Extra Track) 3:33
. Momentmix (Extra Track) 2:50
. Metalpasta (Extra Track) 0:41
. Neukölln Heute (Extra Track) 1:09
. Moewe (Extra Track) 1:00
. Leggiero (Extra Track) 8:50


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release date: 03.12.2012
To celebrate the rerelease of the three classic to rococo rot records on City Slang between 1997 and 2001, we have asked two friends and fans to rework their favourite tracks of these albums.
Four Tet's Kieran Hebden chose the brooding minimal collage 'he loves me' from the bands 1997 archetypal release “veiculo“ and, like a prism in singular beam of light, his remix reveals the songs true glistening content. Mute label founder and longtime to rococo rot afficionado Daniel Miller teamed up with London based producer Gareth Jones to give 'cars', from the bands impeccable second album “the amateur view“, a compassionate modification into a ... well, let's call it a “Krautrock Disco Truck“.
The 12“ will be limited and only available for a short time.
Tracklisting:
a1 he loves me (four tet rmx)
b1 cars (Sunroof Remix by Daniel Miller & Gareth Jones)


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release date: 03.12.2012
To rococo rot's records on City Slang, “veiculo“ (1997), “the amateur view“ (1999) and “music is a hungry ghost“ (2001) have been out of print for a long time. They will see a reissue as a remastered 3 CD boxset named “rocket road“ that comes with extensive linernotes, more than twenty bonus tracks including the two remixes by Four Tet and Daniel Miller as well as an exclusive Mira Calix rework of 'from dream to dusk'. Each album will also be available on vinyl again as 180g pressing, with the original tracklisting and a CD of the album plus bonus tracks.
Tracklisting:
LP:
. A Number Of Things 4:14
. For A Moment 4:31
. How We Never Went To Bed 4:12
. First 2:24
. From Dream To Daylight 4:10
. Your Secrets, A Few Words 3:12
. Along The Route 2:50
. Overhead 4:08
. Koku 0:39
. Pantone 2:56
. Mazda In The Mist 4:18
. She Tended To Forget 2:20
. The Trance Of Travel 4:58
CD:
. A Number Of Things 4:14
. For A Moment 4:31
. How We Never Went To Bed 4:12
. First 2:24
. From Dream To Daylight 4:10
. Your Secrets, A Few Words 3:12
. Along The Route 2:50
. Overhead 4:08
. Koku 0:39
. Pantone 2:56
. Mazda In The Mist 4:18
. She Tended To Forget 2:20
. The Trance Of Travel 4:58
. From Dream To Dusk (Mira Calix Remix) 4:09
. Expo (Extra Track) 2:19
. Rebirth Of Spock (Extra Track) 1:46
. Stefan Funk (Extra Track) 2:06
. Craig Loop (Extra Track) 0:56
. Boss Groove (Extra Track) 2:16
. Attractor (Extra Track) 2:33
. Dub Mix (Extra Track) 4:55
. Mars (Extra Track) 3:12
. Tone Song (Extra Track) 3:10

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Sophia Kennedy, die in Baltimore geborene und in Hamburg lebende Künstlerin, kehrt im Mai mit ihrem neuen Album zurück. Bekannt für ihre genreübergreifende Innovation und ihren unverwechselbaren Gesangsstil, hat sie mit DJ Koze zusammengearbeitet und Lob von The Guardian, Iggy Pop und Resident Advisor erhalten.

Nach ihrem selbstbetitelten Debüt (2017, Pampa Records), einem strahlenden Tanz zwischen dem Glamour des Great American Songbook, elektronischen Texturen und Clubland-Einflüssen, der ihr internationale Anerkennung einbrachte, veröffentlichte Kennedy ihr zweites Album, Monsters (2021, City Slang), und tauchte tiefer in Surrealismus und Transzendenz ein. Jetzt, auf Squeeze Me, skizzieren Kennedy und ihr langjähriger musikalischer Mitarbeiter und Co-Autor Mense Reents einen desillusionierten Kommentar zum Status quo der Welt im Allgemeinen. Die Komplexität zwischenmenschlicher Beziehungen, Fragen der Machtdynamik und das Streben nach Selbstbestimmung - langjährige Themen Kennedys - ziehen sich wie ein roter Faden durch das Album. Squeeze Me ist minimalistischer als ihre früheren Werke und strotzt nur so vor Kennedys Talent für eingängige Melodien mit einem gewissen Pop-Appeal und psychedelischen Nuancen. Die erste Single "Rodeo" besticht durch hypnotische Klavierakkorde, flirrende Synthie-Bässe und schimmernde Chöre. 2025 wird Kennedy wieder in Europa auf Tournee gehen, unterstützt von einer internationalen PR-Kampagne, um ihre globale Präsenz auszubauen. Die Künstlerin ist aktuell in aller Munde und hat nicht nur zwei ihrer eigenen Singles auf Radio Rotationen und Streaming Playlists sondern ist auch mit zwei Gesangseinlagen auf dem aktuellen Album von DJ Koze zu hören.

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Dan Snaith's latest album, "Honey," marks an intriguing new phase for Caribou. Over more than two decades Dan Snaith has had many guises. After putting every ounce of himself into Our Love and Suddenly, for his sixth Caribou album Snaith now pulls himself away a little in search of music that isn’t about any one person and is available to everybody. Huge dancefloor tracks twinkle, shimmer and surprise in a way only Snaith’s productions can but with a freshness that defines an artist who is too excited by music-making to ever truly settle into any one sound.
There’s never been a Caribou record that sounds like the last, so change here is just as comforting as constant. They say expect the unexpected and you’ll never be surprised; well there’s plenty here to be surprised by, but then with a Caribou record you’d never expect anything less. "Honey" captures Snaith's curiosity and joy in music-making, offering a fresh yet quintessential Caribou experience.

Formats:

- CD in digi sleeve with spot gloss
- 140g black vinyl, 350gram heavy cardboard cover sleeve with spot gloss and printed inner sleeve
- Ltd 140g yellow vinyl (Indies only) 350gram heavy cardboard cover sleeve with spot gloss and printed inner sleeve

TRACKLIST:

A1 Broke My Heart
A2 Honey
A3 Volume
A4 Do Without You
A5 Come Find Me
A6 August 20/24
B1 Dear Life
B2 Over Now
B3 Campfire
B4 Climbing
B5 Only You
B6 Got to Change

SOCIALS: TOTAL: 2.99M

Spotify 660.000 follower
Facebook 490.000 follower
Instagram 117.000 follower
Youtube 69.800 follower
Twitter 141.000 follower
Deezer 165.000 follower
Songkick Fans 526,800 follower
Bandsintown Followers 457,500 follower
SoundCloud Followers 366,600 followers

SELLING POINTS

- Caribou’s 6th studio album
- Extended Single Release Campaign: four singles (Honey, Broke My Heart, Volume ….) will build anticipation for the album without fully disclosing its contents
- Caribou Boiler Room - Live Concert confirmed for September + Amsterdam Dance Event in October
- Caribou DJ pop-up events and festival sets throughout the summer, along with extensive touring by the CARIBOU live band across the US and Europe in 2024 and 2025

MARKETING

- Selective Digital and Influencer Partnerships
- Focused PR Campaign - selective media engagement and direct-to-audience communication
- Out of Home poster & Billboard Campaign - London, Paris – Germany
- Digital Marketing Budget across 5 singles and the album campaign
- DJ-Focused Remixes: A series of remixes tailored for DJs will complement the single releases, ensuring the album's tracks become staples in clubs and dance events worldwide
- CARIBOU and DAPHNI remixes of other artists’ work, adding to the creative narrative of the album and expanding our audience reach

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Dan Snaith's latest album, "Honey," marks an intriguing new phase for Caribou. Over more than two decades Dan Snaith has had many guises. After putting every ounce of himself into Our Love and Suddenly, for his sixth Caribou album Snaith now pulls himself away a little in search of music that isn’t about any one person and is available to everybody. Huge dancefloor tracks twinkle, shimmer and surprise in a way only Snaith’s productions can but with a freshness that defines an artist who is too excited by music-making to ever truly settle into any one sound.
There’s never been a Caribou record that sounds like the last, so change here is just as comforting as constant. They say expect the unexpected and you’ll never be surprised; well there’s plenty here to be surprised by, but then with a Caribou record you’d never expect anything less. "Honey" captures Snaith's curiosity and joy in music-making, offering a fresh yet quintessential Caribou experience.

Formats:

- CD in digi sleeve with spot gloss
- 140g black vinyl, 350gram heavy cardboard cover sleeve with spot gloss and printed inner sleeve
- Ltd 140g yellow vinyl (Indies only) 350gram heavy cardboard cover sleeve with spot gloss and printed inner sleeve

TRACKLIST:

A1 Broke My Heart
A2 Honey
A3 Volume
A4 Do Without You
A5 Come Find Me
A6 August 20/24
B1 Dear Life
B2 Over Now
B3 Campfire
B4 Climbing
B5 Only You
B6 Got to Change

SOCIALS: TOTAL: 2.99M

Spotify 660.000 follower
Facebook 490.000 follower
Instagram 117.000 follower
Youtube 69.800 follower
Twitter 141.000 follower
Deezer 165.000 follower
Songkick Fans 526,800 follower
Bandsintown Followers 457,500 follower
SoundCloud Followers 366,600 followers

SELLING POINTS

- Caribou’s 6th studio album
- Extended Single Release Campaign: four singles (Honey, Broke My Heart, Volume ….) will build anticipation for the album without fully disclosing its contents
- Caribou Boiler Room - Live Concert confirmed for September + Amsterdam Dance Event in October
- Caribou DJ pop-up events and festival sets throughout the summer, along with extensive touring by the CARIBOU live band across the US and Europe in 2024 and 2025

MARKETING

- Selective Digital and Influencer Partnerships
- Focused PR Campaign - selective media engagement and direct-to-audience communication
- Out of Home poster & Billboard Campaign - London, Paris – Germany
- Digital Marketing Budget across 5 singles and the album campaign
- DJ-Focused Remixes: A series of remixes tailored for DJs will complement the single releases, ensuring the album's tracks become staples in clubs and dance events worldwide
- CARIBOU and DAPHNI remixes of other artists’ work, adding to the creative narrative of the album and expanding our audience reach

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Ltd Edition!

Caribou classic album "Our Love", originally released on 03.10.2014, is now available for the first time as a coloured vinyl edition in pink!

Format:

- Ltd edition worlwide 2000 copies (750 units for RTD)

TRACKLISTING:

A1. Can't Do Without You A2. Silver A3. All I Ever Need A4. Our Love A5. Dive
B1. Second Chance B2. Julia Brightly B3. Mars B4. Back Home B5. Your Love Will Set You Free

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In November 2022, GOLD PANDA released his long-awaited album "The Work". It includes the two singles "I've Felt Better (Than I Do Now)" & "Plastic Future". These were remixed by Gold Panda's friend and companion Daniel Avery and the one and only Skee Mask respectively.

On Side A, British techno producer Daniel Avery turned "I've Felt Better" on its head. With a perfect balance of light and shadow, it now races at top speed like a techno bullet train through a blizzard and a multitude of barren landscapes, while the listener sits in an empty wagon, safe from the threat of nature just inches away. On Side B, Skee Mask, the enigmatic versatile electronic producer gives 'Plastic Future' a totally new identity. Known for his rolling rhythms combined with electronic soundscapes, Skee Mask slams the breaks on this remix in a big way. It's a magic combination that begs the question how did it take these 2 producers so long to collaborate like this? A match made in heaven!

TRACKLIST:
Side A: I've Felt Better (Daniel Avery Remix)
Side B: Plastic Future (Skee Mask Remix)

LISTEN LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL3htKLsdEE

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A very quiet album in loud times

On October 28th 2022, Canadian duo Junior Boys will release their sixth album, ‘Waiting Game’, on City Slang. Six years since their last album, 2016’s ‘Big Black Coat’. ‘Waiting Game’ finds producers Jeremy Greenspan and Matt Didemus in a tender and contemplative mood; a switch-up from their punchy, R&B-infused dance melodics. The album’s additonal musicians are Canadians, too; Caribou collaborator Colin Fisher performs saxophone throughout and Bonjay frontwoman Alanna Stuart sings alongside Greenspan on the song “Yes 2”. In this, Junior Boys have made an album that reflects the quiet beauty of the world, so long as you’re prepa- red to truly listen. Junior Boys will embark on an extensive 20th anniversary headline tour in January and March 2023

TRACKLIST CD/LP/:

Side A
01: Must Be All the Wrong Things
02: Night Walk
03: It Never Occurred To Me
04: Thinking About You Calms Me Down
05: Yes II
Side B
06: Dum Audio
07: Fidget
08: Samba On Sama
09: Waiting Game

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At Ohio’s Oberlin College in the early '90s, Morgan Geist spent most of his time cloistered in a dorm room studio, crafting what would become his early techno discography. Across the street at the conservatory, Kelley Polar skipped computer science classes to play Philip Glass and Hindemith, practicing eight hours a day and competing in international viola competitions. A handful of chance meetings occurred over the latest 12” arrivals at the college bookstore: Aphex Twin, Underground Resistance, LFO. The two would cross paths doing late-night shows at the college radio station.

After Oberlin, Kelley was living in NYC and attending the Juilliard School. By day, he was the teaching assistant of synthesizer pioneer Michael Czajkowski; nights were spent in an abandoned Williamsburg sweatshop, planning art happenings with his cousin (and future LCD Soundsystem member) Gavilán Russom. Morgan ran his Environ label from New Jersey. Since returning east, he had grown obsessed with tracing modern dance music back to its disco and boogie roots. In search of lush string arrangements to record, he tracked down Kelley, and before long they were creating what were to become some of Metro Area’s most iconic records: "Caught Up," "The Art of Hot," and "Miura." Morgan moved to NYC and co-produced Kelley’s two acclaimed electro-pop albums on Environ, and the pair eventually toured together, planning their itineraries around food destinations rather than festival dates.
While they remained close friends over the subsequent years, their creative endeavors branched off in ways they hadn’t anticipated. By the end of the 2010s, a remix of Morgan’s Storm Queen alias had knocked Rihanna & Eminem from the #1 spot in the UK pop charts. Kelley, now a twenty-year veteran of USIS State Department classical chamber music tours through conflict areas worldwide, has taught at the Moscow Conservatory and performed at the Kennedy Center. Madonna used one of his tracks for her MDNA tour. Perhaps most significantly, Kelley had grown tired of city life and decamped to the woods of New Hampshire. Despite the geographical distance, the pair kept talking about forming a band. Two of each other’s oldest friends, they had still never truly collaborated from scratch—as equal partners, writing new songs together.

That has finally changed. Morgan Geist and Kelley Polar are Au Suisse, a project borne of a long creative friendship, steeped in each member’s traditions, yet simultaneously naïve-sounding and undiscovered. Kelley’s penchant for a maximalist extreme shaped by Morgan’s immaculate production ear; Morgan’s curatorial prowess from years spent record digging and international DJing combined with Kelley’s deep exposure to five hundred years of the Western classical art music tradition. Guest players include friends and labelmates Dan Snaith (Caribou) and Jeremy Greenspan (Junior Boys).

“We had some vague ideas—mainly visual, or perhaps psychological—about what we wanted Au Suisse to be,” says Morgan. “There was a lot of talk about moods and how to establish them, about reverbs and echoes and ‘lonely’ sounds. Ironic, considering we started working just before the onset of the pandemic. But I think a prime motivator was trying to eschew the roles we both fell into in our prior working relationship. I wouldn’t be making things more dancefloor-friendly, and Kelley wouldn’t be doing huge string arrangements.”
This goal is evident in “Control,” the band’s debut single. Kelley’s soft-yet-crisp vocals evoke a lonely actor in the spotlight of an empty stage, the thump of drums absent until the song’s final explosions of sound. The ambiguity of the lyrics may provide the most tangible parallel to his earlier work: “The words are concrete and there’s definitely a narrative,” Kelley says, “but in my mind the story is vague: couple dynamics, or some sci-fi civilizational arc?” “I immediately thought it was about contemporary politics,” adds Morgan. “It's absolutely one of those songs where each listener gets their own read.”

“There’s musically and technically so much crossover between the two of us,” continues Morgan. “We each do the other's thing well enough that it was quite easy working together as partners. We're discovered we’re both capable of doing this stuff on our own, but it's far more inspirational doing it together. Getting the emotional balance right—that was the greatest challenge, and the most fun.”

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"There's a place for us scattered and uprooted peoples," says Sinkane mainman Ahmed Gallab, "a place we can all know as home, with elements of all our homes." That place, as it turns out, is Mars.
On one level, Mars is dense with deep, polyrhythmic grooves that hail directly to Africa; on another level, it's a 21st century party record that acknowledges the global music village in which we all now live. The music of Mars is kinetic, sexy and catchy. But at its core, it's one man's way of working through a very American story.
While elements of Mars come from all over the world, the album is very firmly rooted in a specific place: "This," Gallab says, "is very much a New York album." He met virtually everyone who appears on Mars within his first year of living in the Big Apple. But more to the point, Mars is the sound of someone figuring out how to exist in New York, as a stranger in a strange land - a feeling anyone can relate to anywhere.
That's why the album is called Mars. People use Mars to describe some place alien, weird, foreign, a place they don't understand. "It's where I feel like I am right now," says Gallab, "a desolate, tropical place filled with hope, ambition and love."
A formidable player on guitar, bass, keys and drums, Gallab is a virtual one-man band, playing at least four instruments on every track on Mars. But he enlists some top-flight musicians, like Twin Shadow, Yeasayer bassist Ira Wolf Tuton, former Shai Hulud guitarist Oliver Chapoy, members of Afrobeat band Nomo, and saxophonist/flautist stutzmcgee.
Tracklist:
1.Runnin'
2.Jeeper Creeper
3.Lady, C'Mon
4.Making Time
5.Warm Spell
6.Lovesick
7.Mars
8.Caparundi




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release date: 03.12.2012
To celebrate the rerelease of the three classic to rococo rot records on City Slang between 1997 and 2001, we have asked two friends and fans to rework their favourite tracks of these albums.
Four Tet's Kieran Hebden chose the brooding minimal collage 'he loves me' from the bands 1997 archetypal release “veiculo“ and, like a prism in singular beam of light, his remix reveals the songs true glistening content. Mute label founder and longtime to rococo rot afficionado Daniel Miller teamed up with London based producer Gareth Jones to give 'cars', from the bands impeccable second album “the amateur view“, a compassionate modification into a ... well, let's call it a “Krautrock Disco Truck“.
The 12“ will be limited and only available for a short time.
Tracklisting:
a1 he loves me (four tet rmx)
b1 cars (Sunroof Remix by Daniel Miller & Gareth Jones)


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release date: 03.12.2012
To rococo rot's records on City Slang, “veiculo“ (1997), “the amateur view“ (1999) and “music is a hungry ghost“ (2001) have been out of print for a long time. They will see a reissue as a remastered 3 CD boxset named “rocket road“ that comes with extensive linernotes, more than twenty bonus tracks including the two remixes by Four Tet and Daniel Miller as well as an exclusive Mira Calix rework of 'from dream to dusk'. Each album will also be available on vinyl again as 180g pressing, with the original tracklisting and a CD of the album plus bonus tracks.
Tracklisting:
LP:
. Micromanaged 3:27
. He Loves Me 3:58
. Modern Homes 3:28
. Moto 2:17
. Mit Dir In Der Gegend 6:11
. Leggiero 2:32
. Geheimnis Eines Mantels 3:31
. Extra 3:45
. Fach 0:55
. Lips 4:11
. Merano 3:42
. Allover Dezent 2:00
. Lift 6:00
CD:
. Micromanaged 3:27
. He Loves Me 3:58
. Modern Homes 3:28
. Moto 2:17
. Mit Dir In Der Gegend 6:11
. Leggiero 2:32
. Geheimnis Eines Mantels 3:31
. Extra 3:45
. Fach 0:55
. Lips 4:11
. Merano 3:42
. Allover Dezent 2:00
. Lift 6:00
. He Loves Me (Four Tet Remix) 8:04
. Gehöft (Extra Track) 3:42
. Sonde Mit Orgel (Extra Track) 3:33
. Momentmix (Extra Track) 2:50
. Metalpasta (Extra Track) 0:41
. Neukölln Heute (Extra Track) 1:09
. Moewe (Extra Track) 1:00
. Leggiero (Extra Track) 8:50


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release date: 03.12.2012
To rococo rot's records on City Slang, “veiculo“ (1997), “the amateur view“ (1999) and “music is a hungry ghost“ (2001) have been out of print for a long time. They will see a reissue as a remastered 3 CD boxset named “rocket road“ that comes with extensive linernotes, more than twenty bonus tracks including the two remixes by Four Tet and Daniel Miller as well as an exclusive Mira Calix rework of 'from dream to dusk'. Each album will also be available on vinyl again as 180g pressing, with the original tracklisting and a CD of the album plus bonus tracks.
Tracklisting:
LP:
. A Number Of Things 4:14
. For A Moment 4:31
. How We Never Went To Bed 4:12
. First 2:24
. From Dream To Daylight 4:10
. Your Secrets, A Few Words 3:12
. Along The Route 2:50
. Overhead 4:08
. Koku 0:39
. Pantone 2:56
. Mazda In The Mist 4:18
. She Tended To Forget 2:20
. The Trance Of Travel 4:58
CD:
. A Number Of Things 4:14
. For A Moment 4:31
. How We Never Went To Bed 4:12
. First 2:24
. From Dream To Daylight 4:10
. Your Secrets, A Few Words 3:12
. Along The Route 2:50
. Overhead 4:08
. Koku 0:39
. Pantone 2:56
. Mazda In The Mist 4:18
. She Tended To Forget 2:20
. The Trance Of Travel 4:58
. From Dream To Dusk (Mira Calix Remix) 4:09
. Expo (Extra Track) 2:19
. Rebirth Of Spock (Extra Track) 1:46
. Stefan Funk (Extra Track) 2:06
. Craig Loop (Extra Track) 0:56
. Boss Groove (Extra Track) 2:16
. Attractor (Extra Track) 2:33
. Dub Mix (Extra Track) 4:55
. Mars (Extra Track) 3:12
. Tone Song (Extra Track) 3:10

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Limited 10 year anniversary repress with black/white artwork. In May 2014, Icelandic producer Yagya released his fifth album, Sleepygirls, across three slabs of vinyl on Dutch label Delsin. It's a deep, spacious and dubbed out affair that stays locked at a pleasingly sedentary tempo throughout. Since 2002 Yagya has been crafting lush electronic albums and always manages to find pure bliss and beauty and his simple, nature inspired soundscapes. "I wanted to create an album that's atmospheric, repetitive, and easy to listen to over and over again," says the man himself. "Something that works well in the background (e.g. when concentrating on work), as well as up close in a big sound system. I also wanted to learn how to make my music sound better than before, since I'm a huge sound-nerd, so that was a part of the goal for me personally." The album is a fine fusion of tropes from Yagya's earlier albums, features jazz instrumentalists that improvise beautiful melodies over monotonic, almost drone-like, techno beats and also uses live recordings of Japanese vocals, saxophone and guitar to counter the repetitiveness of the rhythms. Right from the rolling bliss of the opener, you're suspended in a womb like pillow of sound that is soft, warm and serenely beautiful. As tracks roll on, the pace stays the same but themes vary from upright and summery to more elongated and insular. This is natural, organic dub that is a delight and a pleasure to listen to. The vinyl versions of each track have been specially mixed with random LFOs, sonic quirks and unique fingerprints making them the subtly different to the CD version, but overall this is a brain soothing and mind melting album that can soundtrack lazy days, long summer afternoons and warm winter evenings in equal style.

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Mit "Faust IV" veröffentlichte die Krautrock-Formation 1973 ihr zugänglichstes und zugleich widersprüchlichstes Werk. Nach zwei radikal experimentellen Alben und dem surrealen "Faust Tapes"-Sampler wagte die Band den Schritt ins professionelle Studio - und blieb dennoch ihrem anarchischen Geist treu. Entstanden in Virgin Records" "The Manor"-Studio, kombiniert das Album neue Aufnahmen mit Fragmenten früherer Sessions. Der Opener "Krautrock" parodiert den Genrebegriff mit hypnotischem Motorik-Groove und klanglicher Raffinesse. "The Sad Skinhead" überrascht mit Reggae-Anklängen und ironischen Texten, während "Jennifer" als frühes Dream-Pop-Vorbild gilt - schön und verstörend zugleich. Die zweite Albumhälfte zeigt Faust in freier Form: Elektronische Experimente, jazzige Improvisationen und dadaistische Klangcollagen wechseln sich ab. Der Abschluss "It"s A Bit Of A Pain" vereint akustische Melancholie mit elektronischer Störung - ein Sinnbild für Fausts kreative Widersprüche. "Faust IV" ist ein vielschichtiges Dokument einer Band, die sich nie festlegen ließ.

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For "Daughter of a Temple", ganavya invited over 30 artists from various disciplines to a ritual gathering in Houston. Consequently, the album features numerous contributors, including renowned musicians such as esperanza spalding, Vijay Iyer, Shabaka Hutchings, Immanuel Wilkins, and Peter Sellars. The results—an innovative and deeply moving blend of spiritual jazz and South Asian devotional music—were initially recorded by Ryan Renteria and then further edited and mixed by Nils Frahm at LEITER's studio in Berlin in 2024.

All music produced by Ganavya Doraiswamy. Additional production by esperanza spalding, Rajna Swaminathan, Ryan Renteria, Nils Frahm and Felix Grimm. Mixed by Ryan Renteria, additional mixing by esperanza spalding and Nils Frahm. Recorded by Ryan Renteria at Moore’s Opera House, Houston, Texas. Mastered by Zino Mikorey, vinyl cut by Andreas Kauffelt at Schnittstelle.

Tracks 1, 2, 6, 8, 9: Licensed courtesy of Jowcol Music / Universal Music Publishing. Tracks 2, 6 by Swamini Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda. Tracks 1, 8, 9 by John Coltrane. All other tracks published by Manners McDade Music Publishing Ltd. esperanza spalding appears courtesy of Concord Records. Shabaka Hutchings appears courtesy of Impulse! Immanuel Wilkins appears courtesy of Blue Note Records.

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Originally recorded in the Dutch towns of Ureterp and Groningen between 2003 and 2005, 'Through Friendly Waters' marks a pivotal moment in Reimer Eising’s —better known as Kettel— journey through melodic braindance and ambient electronica. With his classical training on piano and a refined sensibility for gentle electronic textures, Kettel weaves together shimmering piano motifs, warm ambient textures, playful breakbeats, and pastoral atmospheres that shimmer with emotional resonance.

First released in 2005 via his own label Sending Orbs, the album soon achieved cult status among IDM fans, celebrated for balancing playful compositional elegance with heartfelt sonic depth. TFW still remains as a timeless soundtrack that perfectly encapsulates why Kettel remains a key figure of electronic music enthusiasts two decades on.

To honour its twentieth anniversary, Lapsus Records presents 'Through Friendly Waters (20th Anniversary Edition)', marking the album’s debut on vinyl within the Perennial Series. This edition has been remastered by Alex Ferrer and redesigned by Basora, resulting in a deluxe version that also includes the tracks "Unistar" and "Toen", which were originally released only on CD by the Timothy Really label back in 2007.

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The first full vinyl pressing of Patrick Holland's (fka Project Pablo) 2015 album "I Want To Believe".

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Altercat proudly presents the definitive reissue of one of the crown jewels of South American jazz. Essentially the brainchild of Argentinian jazz's leading figure Jorge López Ruiz, the project Viejas Raíces marked López Ruiz's departure from the traditional forms of jazz. The trio that recorded this album, consisting of López Ruiz joined by his life-long friend drummer Pocho Lapouble and gifted Chilean pianist Matías Pizarro, created a thrilling blend of jazz and Uruguayan candombe, surrounded by an undeniable cinematic feel spurred by López Ruiz's long experience in the soundtrack field. When read as one element, the cleverly chosen combination of group name and album title (in English: 'Old Roots of the Colonies of the River Plate') readily hints at the kind of sounds the listener will be challenged with when diving into this LP. Recorded in 1976 in the wake of the "Proceso de Reorganización Nacional", the bloodiest period of dictatorship in Argentina, the album was initially frowned upon by critics and public alike, both still firmly rooted in jazz traditionalism and obviously not ready for the new ideas that musicians like López Ruiz were experimenting with. Despite being a commercial flop upon its release, the album has been enjoying a growing reputation over the last two decades, acclaimed by jazz enthusiasts who value it from a different historical perspective and embrace its experimentation during this revolutionary period of change. Fourty-five years after its release, the album receives the Altercat treatment with a much deserved deluxe reissue, with sound direct from the master tapes and an accompanying 12-page booklet with previously unpublished pictures and bilingual liner notes telling everything you ever wanted to know about the album and those who made it possible.

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2000black releases it’s second LP ’27’.
A continuation of the afro futuristic sonic exploration, kept in its raw form. London boogie & house not house working under jazz influences, made for dancers footwork in heavy club grooves all spread over two pieces of vinyl.
Finally a follow up to ‘A Next Set A Rockers’

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