Single-sided LP limited to 300 copies
Offset printed 350gsm sleeve
Holographic sticker

Genre: drone, rural trance, stoner, psychedelic

Tracklist

A1 Far Out Far West (Live 06.02.2008) 35min37sec


Short Info

The sickest French band, a trio called France, drums, bass and amplified hurdy-gurdy. They only performs live, in the middle of the audience - turned in to face each other - full on smoke machines and strobes. And they play only one ‘song’ for the duration of their hour-long set. And it’s the most transfixing live experience of intense physical and mental focus, and there is something of early rave too, the togetherness, the energy, the euphory. The distorted hurdy gurdy plugs France’s sound into the country’s history of folk music and popular festivities, of communal trance and immersive pleasure. The rhythmic basis is pretty much the same throughout the whole live. One doesn’t need to actually be tripping balls for the auditory illusions to start coming thick and fast.

Those who’ve stayed for the whole duration of their performances know they’ve shared something. However disparate the phantom forms each might have discerned in the midst of the howls and groans. Gigs like this you leave feeling you’re not quite the same person who went in, even though you’d be hard-pressed to pinpoint precisely what has changed.

Far Out Far West was the band's first gig outside of their usual comfortable friendly circle and thus was perceived as a somewhat hostile environment.
This was where they met the fellows of Les Potagers Nature who will later release France's debut untitled album.

One certainty remains at least, that there is still a France we can believe in.
David McKenna (The Quietus).


Sales Points:

- New album from trio France

- All previous releases now sold out and sought after

- For fans of drone, rural trance, stoner, psychedelic

- 131st release on Mental Groove Music, home of WRWTFWW

(extract from "Polymeter" liner notes)


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LP, remaster - Includes 24"x24" poster

Dark Wave / Post Punk

Tracklisting
A1 Accident 3:15
A2 Dead End 3:14
A3 Station Balneaire 4:05
A4 Parano A La Campagne 2:29
A5 Acide Nuit 2:47
B1 Saint Raphael 2:26
B2 Matin Matin 4:15
B3 Blattes 2:24
B4 Courir Courir 3:49
B5 57ème Depression 1:56

File under
Remastered self-titled Swiss Romand sought after Dark Wave / Post Punk album from 1981.
Includes 24"x24" poster & original insert with lyrics.


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LP, Limited, Sticker includes link to interactive content

1. RELEASE FORMATS
Catalogue no: MG143
Release:

2. GENRE/S:
Ambient
Techno
Shoegaze

3. TRACKLISTS:
A1 Alpha And Omega 8.26
A2 All Show & No Go 07:26
A3 Ask For The Moon 05:00
B1 All Eyes And Ears 08:24
B2 All Rolled Into One 10:44
B3 Alpha And Omega (Reprise) 02:23

4. SHORT INFO:
A groundbreaking collaboration between British experimental artist Pete Kember aka Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3) and Swiss electronic duo SINNER DC, MAPS blends music, visuals, and interactive gaming (Mac/PC) into a multidimensional experience. Originally conceived for a one off live performances in 2013 in Geneva, MAPS draws inspiration from Borges' meditations on the limits of representation, crafting a surreal auditory and visual journey


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LP, 2024 Repress - half speed mastering

Amazing and legendary 1994 cult album on the equally amazing and legendary Irdial Disc label, remastered at Emil Berliner Studios in half speed mastering.

Tracklist:

A1 Untitled
A2 Untitled
B1 Untitled
B2 Untitled
B3 Untitled




About The Reviews >>>>


"The 50 best IDM albums of all time"
Pitchfork

"A liquidy headbox of aural shapes, whose forms hardly change yet seem to encompass infinite viscosity within them, like rainbow pools of oil on water"
Wire

"Before IDM became a nation of Aphex and Autechre cosplayers, the genre was less defined by aesthetics than by a shared ideology. Here was a loosely connected axis of post-rave kids, united by little more than a shared willingness to subvert the tools of their techno idols and create sounds that hadn't previously been imagined. No record of the era better embodies this find-a-machine-and-freak-it ethos than Islets in Pink Polypropylene, the otherworldly debut by British producer Anthony Manning."
Pitchfork

"It’s refreshing to hear an all-electronic album that sounds so organic yet so totally alien."
Fact

"One of the UK’s first post-rave ambient records proper; sharing much more in common with Autechre’s Amber or AFX’s Selected Ambient Works Vol. II - which were both released in that same year - than anything else before or around it."
Boomkat

For fans of avant everything innovative and experimental music.




About The Album>>>>

The whole album was composed and realized on the Roland R8 drum machine. It followed the same process as the Elastic Variations pieces, with the major addition of many, many hours of editing.

Each piece was composed as a series of patterns, of varying lengths ( 5,6,7 bars long ). The stock R8 sounds were embellished with one of several ROM sound library cards ( mostly the Dance card, number 10 ).

These patterns were created by tapping out a rhythm, then, in real time, using the Pitch slider as the pattern looped, to create improvised melodies for each of the pattern's voices.

The rough version of each piece was built by stitching the patterns together as a song, listening to each addition over and over, to make sure the melodies flowed into each other in a vaguely coherent manner.

Once this initial rough structure was in place I set about fine tuning every single note.

The R8 doesn't allow you to assign a pitch to a note in the conventional sense. It's not possible to assign a pitch of Middle C to the first note of the first bar. Instead, it assigns a numerical value to a note's pitch, between -4800 and +4800 ( I think those numbers are correct - that little screen is seared into my memory ).

If you restrict all notes within a piece to a multiple of, say, 400, you therefore create the possibility of a sort of scale. For multiples of 400, you have a total number of 24 permissable notes. However, most of the percussive sounds, when pitch shifted, only sounded 'good' over a reduced range.

The first editing step was to go through the entire piece, and change every note's pitch to its nearest multiple of 400.

The second step was to draw out the entire piece on graph paper, the Y axis being pitch, X being time. This drawing gave me a visual sense of a melody's flow. It was easy to see too many notes clustering around too tight a pitch range for instance, or a single note straying way down into the lower register while all others at that point in the melody were in the upper.

Once these first 'clearing-up' edits were complete I could set about re-writing elements that didn't sound right melodically. Often this meant stripping out whole chunks of superfluous notes, to reveal a cleaner melody line, then shifting its shape slightly. If the flow of the line of dots on the graph 'looked' balanced and sweetly sinuous, then often it sounded so.

This entire process took many weeks per piece. Weeks of doing almost nothing else. Listening. Re-drawing. Re-writing. Listening. Round and round and round. When I could hear the whole thing in my head, from beginning to end, and nothing seemed to jar ( too excessively ), I knew it was done, time to move on.

I imagine it's very similar to the process of stop animation. Your days are filled with painfully tiny incremental changes that seem to be getting nowhere. Then, slowly, a shape, narrative, starts to appear. Then, all of a sudden, somehow, it's done.

When all the pieces were complete the R8 was taken into Irdial's studio where some simple effects were added, each voice recorded individually for clarity onto 8-track tape and mastered onto an ex-BBC half-inch tape deck.

Then I slept. And vowed never to do it again.

*****

And the title ?

Soon after finishing the pieces I happened to read a magazine article about Christo's "Surrounded Islands" installation with the music playing in the background.

There was something about a particular cluster of words within a random sentence that seemed pleasing and somehow appropriate.

"Islets in Pink Polypropylene" seemed to make as much sense as anything else.

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LP, cut at 45rpm for deeper basses at Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin

A selection of 8 exclusive Dub cuts (+ 2 digital bonuses*) produced in the legendary Genevan squat “Goulet 25” between 2003 and 2013 and cut at 45rpm for deeper basses at Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin.

Recorded at Addis records studio/Goulet 25
Overdubbed in France, UK, Jamaica and New-York
Mixed at Disciples, Conscious Sound and Vibronics studios.
Mastered by Kassian at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin
Produced and arranged by Gilles Geuggis aka Jil Addis for Addis records in collaboration with Olivier Ducret
Front cover by Stephane Lambercy aka Stuf Addis
Layout by Nicolas Eigenheer

Give thanks to the Creator JAH RASTAFARI to make everything possible

Tracklist:

1.
Restless Dub 05:37

2.
Dubolution 04:47
3.
The Riddim The Rebel 05:30
4.
Diamond And Dub 05:05
5.
I'n I A Dub (Dubplate Mix) 04:43
6.
Dub Haffi Shine 04:16
7.
Drums and Bass Have Taste 03:52
8.
Ghetto Dub 05:11

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2LP, remaster - Imperial Tiger Orchestra's Mercato [12th years Anniversary Edition] includes the best of both albums Mercato & Addis Abeba remastered with bonuses live recordings in London, Paris, Addis, Tokyo & Cape Town.


Genre Ethiopian Jazz / Funky Groove
For fans of Les Ethiopiques, Mulatu Astatke, The Heliocentrics, Muluqen Melesse, Mahmoud Ahmed

SIDE A
DJEMEREGNE
[Muluqen Melesse]
ETU GELA
[Mahmoud Ahmed]
HARER DIRE DAWA
[Abonesh Adinew]
SELAM TEMAGWET
[Tekle Tesfa Ezghi]

SIDE B
AHA GEDAWO (LIVE CAPE TOWN)
[Getatchew Mehurya]
EMNETE (LIVE ADDIS ABBEBA)
[Mulatu Astatqe]
BATI (LIVE ADDIS ABBEBA)
[Traditional]
ZOMA (LIVE PARIS)
[Martha Ashagani / Zelalem Mekuria]

SIDE C
LALE LALE
[Abrar Abdo / Abrar Abdo]
ANCHI BALE GAME
[Tegenu Balkew / Tegenu Balkew]
YEDAO
[Rahel Yohannes / Yilma Gebereabe]
BEMGNOT ALNOREM
[Bahta Gebre-Metwet]

SIDE D
SHINET
[Tadesse Alemu / Traditional]
DEMAMAYE
[Ephrem Tamru / Akelilu Siyume]
YEFIKIR (LIVE LONDON)
[Tezera Haike-Michael / Tezera Haike-Michael]






Imperial Tiger Orchestra's Mercato [12th years Anniversary Edition] includes the best of both albums Mercato & Addis Abeba remastered with bonuses live recordings in London, Paris, Addis, Tokyo & Cape Town.

Imperial Tiger Orchestra, the finest connoisseurs and grooviest performers of Ethiopian music from the Golden Age.

Back in 2007 in underground Geneva, band leader Raphaël Anker decides to gather musicians for a one off live performance revisiting the golden age of Ethiopian music.
A memorable event that forced all the musicians to carry on.
As Imperial Tiger Orchestra.

Consisting of members with very diverse backgrounds (free jazz, noise experimentations, contemporary music, twisted pop…) the Orchestra soon travels to Addis-Abeba where they perform with local luminaries and deep learn about the large diversity of Ethiopian music.
A life-changing experience which brings them back to the studio and to a plethora of successful gigs around Europe, Eastern Europe, Japan and Africa.

The Tiger's unique sound is a mesmerizing re-interpretation of Ethiopian music's golden age mixed with the digitalized themes that appeared in the 80s and filtered through their eclectic influences, a sort of retro-futuristic and progressive Ethiopian rock. This Anniversary edition brings back thunderous rhythms and feverish hooks, down tempo moments and fast paced epiphanies, electronic sounds and ambient nirvanas.

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LP, silkscreened covers with stamped labels, LTD 100

Krautrock, Folk, Experimental

Tracklist:
A. Magical Stones And Shiny Mud 16:30
B. Spiegel Haus 18:28

Released december 2019 in coproduction with Standard In-Fi and Mental Groove.

In 2015 Tanz Mein Herz welcome a new arrival among its ever-evolving roster of musicians, the self-taught hurdy-gurdy wizard Alexis Degrenier.
With a tour already in the works, the musicians settle on a set consisting of old material (Magical Stones and Shiny Mud) as well as new themes such as Spiegel Haus, both built around the new instrumentation.
The selection presented on Dosses is taken from the very first rehearsals around these themes, as the musicians strive and wander about freely in search of new musical vistas and promising friendship. With Ernest Bergez, Pierre Bujeau, Alexis Degrenier, Pierre-Vincent Fortunier, Guilhem Lacroux, Jeremie Sauvage and Mathieu Tilly.
credits
released December 14, 2019

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LP

Special: plays both 33 and 45 rpm (vinyl and digital)
For fans of France (the band), Tanz Mein Herz, guitar improvisations, electroacoustiks
A Libellule
B Ebouli
New album by Guilhem Lacroux, LIbellule/Ebouli, recorded at the Librairie Pied-de-Biche Marque-Page (43), on 03/13/2020
Sound engineer: Yann Gourdon
Mixing: Guilhem Lacroux
Graphics: Mona Chancogne
Label: Standard-in-Fi, Mental Groove, La Novia


Two guitars heard, one played that listens to the second. Two superimposed timelines that are replayed through the disc.

Libellule: One side with use of drone.
Ébouli: a side where the guitar is detuned as the piece progresses.

Guilhem Lacroux designed this disc so that it could be listened to in 45 rpm and 33 rpm. The 45 rpm, as a version of real time - I live - and the 33 rpm version that of the state of suspension, the invitation to slow time.

French:

Disque de Guilhem Lacroux, LIbellule/Ebouli, enregistré à la Librairie Pied-de-Biche Marque-Page (43), le 13/03/2020
Prise de son : Yann Gourdon
Mixage : Guilhem Lacroux
Graphisme : Mona Chancogne
Label : Standard-in-Fi, Mental Groove, La Nòvia

Deux guitares entendues, une guitare jouée qui écoute la seconde. Deux temps qui furent, se superposent et qui par le disque se rejouent.

Libellule : Une face avec utilisation du bourdon.
Ébouli : une face où la guitare est désaccordée au fur et à mesure de la pièce.

Guilhem Lacroux a pensé ce disque pour qu’il puisse être écouté en 45 tours et 33 tours.
Le 45 tours, comme version du temps réel - je vis - et la version 33 tours celle de l’état de suspension, l’invitation au temps lent.

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LP

Special: sleeve is printed with silver pantone, includes note from composer (insert)
For fans of Generative Music, Neo Classic, Jazz, Experimental
A1 Ero Ayo
A2 Mo Bulu
A3 Irubo
A4 Ninu Meta
B1 Ibaramu
B2 Yipo
B3 Fun IFe
B4 Roro


Info:

Chris Korda is an internationally renowned multimedia artist, whose work spans thirty years and includes electronic music, digital and video art, performance and conceptual art, and culture jamming. Chris pioneered the use of complex polymeter in electronic dance music, and invented a unique MIDI sequencer in order to explore polymeter composition techniques. Chris composes and performs music in a variety of genres, and has released many albums on labels such as Perlon, Mental Groove, and Gigolo Records. Chris also worked as a computer programmer for thirty-five years.

Her new album "Passion For Numbers" is one of the very few album in the world entirely composed in complex polymeter, meaning that each pieces of music uses several prime meters simultaneously. A unique way to compose music with a new generation of musical algorithmic, inside which Korda injects the DNA of neo classical, ambient and jazz music.

This refreshing album will please you whether you are into complex musical composition, experimental music or just seeking for a beautiful, emotional and accessible musical moment. This is a "In your hearts not the charts" album, as Irdial Discs once said.

Pleases read an extract of Chris Korda's letter about Passion For Numbers, included as insert in its entirety in this vinyl release:

This is an album of piano music, but I wrote it without a piano. Not having a piano turned out to be constructive, because I had to rely on my brain instead of my fingers, and particularly on my imagination and inner hearing. The album belongs to a category called phase music, and it’s also algorithmic, or more precisely rules-based generative music.

I don’t write music in the usual sense of the word “write.” I build kinetic sculptures, and the sculptures generate my music. My sculptures are virtual, meaning they’re invisible machines that exist only as data within my home-grown software.
My process is related to the work of a relatively obscure early 20th century artist named Thomas Wilfred. Like me, Wilfred was an engineer-artist, and built machines that generated art from phase shift.

My music is in complex polymeter, meaning it’s not just in odd time, but in multiple odd time signatures, and not one odd time signature after another sequentially, but all of them running concurrently. Most music isn’t constructed this way, which is why I needed to develop custom software in order to compose my music. My software is called The Polymeter MIDI Sequencer, and you can easily find it on the Internet. I also use music set theory, change-ringing and gray code, explanations of which can be found in Wikipedia.

Chris Korda
(extract from "Passion By Numbers" liner notes)


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LP, half speed mastering

350GSM SLEEVE, INSIDE OUT CARDBOARD, LIMITED TO 500, HALF SPEED MASTERING


GENRE/S: CLASSICAL, AMBIENT

TRACKLISTS:
A1 SAKU
A2 TOBIUME
A3 HAGOROMO
B1 GENSHI
B2 KODOMOTACHI
B3 SHINSEN


SHORT INFO:

This is a love-filled tribute to the late japanese techno and ambient pioneer SUSUMU YOKOTA. In 2021, talented classical guitarist AYANE SHINO discovered his impressive works and recorded cover version of tracks from his acclaimed SAKURA album. Those new contemporary musical pieces will please his ever growing fanbase as well as listeners beyond the electronic music scene.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BQlmpNBW9o

VITAL SALES POINTS:

First in a serie (The Timbre Of Guitars) of classical cover versions by japanese guitarist Ayane Shino
For fans of ambient, new classical, electronica japan and Susumu Yokota



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Territory: World (Excluding France)

"Essential techno, essentially militant. A collection of pioneering electronic club hits and classic tech funk cuts with highly eco-political lyrics, produced by Michelle Grinser, DJ Naughty and featuring by Chicks On Speed. Chris Korda, is a transgender artist and tireless environmental activist who denounced 21 years ago the excess of capitalism and consumerism ("Buy", "Buy More"), exposed social inequalities and warned of the dangers of climate change".

Track listing:
FACE A

1.A1 - Buy

Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia

04:10



2.A2 - Six Billion Humans Can't Be Wrong

Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia

06:33



3.A3 - Sex Is Good (With Marilyn)

Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia

04:06



FACE B

1.B1 - Save The Planet Kill Yourself

Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia

06:12



2.B2 - Buy More

Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia

03:41



3.B3 - Sex Is Good

Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia

05:23



2. FACE A



1.C1 - Victim Of Leisure

Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia

07:43



2.C2 - Stencil

Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia

06:51



FACE B

1.D1 - Fleshdance

Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia

06:11



2.D2 - Steel Peas

Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia

07:02


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- Limited old school edition w / stamped white label + 12" Sleeve.
LP & Digital

Neon Pantone printed 350gsm sleeve
4 pages insert
Sticker

Genre: neo classical, ambient, jazz

Tracklist

1 Itumo 4.18
2 Ona Life 4.22
3 Algo Rag 2.18
4 Ominira 4.14
5 Ilopo Ferese 4.09
6 Omioto 4.46
7 Ohi Inu 5.16
8 Sipeli 3.14
9 Atunwi 5.35


Short Info
Chris Korda's new album "Polymeter" is unique as entirely composed in complex polymeter sequences, a unique way to compose music with a new generation of algorithm, inside which Chris injects DNA of neo classical, ambient and jazz music.

This refreshing album will please both those who are into complex musical composition, conceptual music and who are just seeking for a beautiful, emotional and accessible, unique, musical moment.

This is a "In your hearts not the charts" album, as Irdial Discs once said.

Chris Korda is a transgender, vegan and relentless critic of consumerism, leader of The Church of Euthanasia (willing to halt the overpopulation through suicide, sodomy, abortion and cannibalism) and composer/performer of electronic dance music. She has previously released albums on Kevorkian, International Deejay Gigolo Records and Perlon.


Please read below Chris Korda's introduction to his new album "Polymeter":

[Polymeter] is an album of virtual solo instrumental performances. They're mostly piano pieces, along with a couple of guitar pieces. They sound uncannily similar to human performances, but they aren't. On the contrary, they are algorithmic music, pure applied mathematics.


The compositions are generated by elaborate networks of polymeter modulation. This sounds complicated and will need some explaining. But the most important point is that these are compositions I didn't write in any usual sense of the word. I created systems of rules, and the compositions emerged from those rules. The rules that generated these pieces can be conceptualized as kinetic sculptures that produce intricate non-random patterns of musical interference. The resulting patterns repeat themselves over long periods, measured in hours, days, or in some cases years.


In order to create this album, I had to write my own MIDI sequencer from scratch, because commercial MIDI sequencers lack the necessary degrees of freedom. My sequencer is also called Polymeter, and I started writing it in 1994. I used a relatively primitive version of it to create my earlier techno and electro releases, but the rapid evolution of computer technology made my original so ware hopelessly obsolete by the 21st century. Like its immediate predecessor "Akoko Ajeji" (Perlon) this album was created using a much more sophisticated version of my sequencer. It took me many years to learn the programming skills I needed to modernize my sequencer, which is one reason why such a long hiatus occurred between my older and newer releases.


Chris Korda

(extract from "Polymeter" liner notes)


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Single-sided LP limited to 300 copies
Offset printed 350gsm sleeve
Holographic sticker

Genre: drone, rural trance, stoner, psychedelic

Tracklist

A1 Far Out Far West (Live 06.02.2008) 35min37sec


Short Info

The sickest French band, a trio called France, drums, bass and amplified hurdy-gurdy. They only performs live, in the middle of the audience - turned in to face each other - full on smoke machines and strobes. And they play only one ‘song’ for the duration of their hour-long set. And it’s the most transfixing live experience of intense physical and mental focus, and there is something of early rave too, the togetherness, the energy, the euphory. The distorted hurdy gurdy plugs France’s sound into the country’s history of folk music and popular festivities, of communal trance and immersive pleasure. The rhythmic basis is pretty much the same throughout the whole live. One doesn’t need to actually be tripping balls for the auditory illusions to start coming thick and fast.

Those who’ve stayed for the whole duration of their performances know they’ve shared something. However disparate the phantom forms each might have discerned in the midst of the howls and groans. Gigs like this you leave feeling you’re not quite the same person who went in, even though you’d be hard-pressed to pinpoint precisely what has changed.

Far Out Far West was the band's first gig outside of their usual comfortable friendly circle and thus was perceived as a somewhat hostile environment.
This was where they met the fellows of Les Potagers Nature who will later release France's debut untitled album.

One certainty remains at least, that there is still a France we can believe in.
David McKenna (The Quietus).


Sales Points:

- New album from trio France

- All previous releases now sold out and sought after

- For fans of drone, rural trance, stoner, psychedelic

- 131st release on Mental Groove Music, home of WRWTFWW

(extract from "Polymeter" liner notes)


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- For fans of labels like Ocora, Smithsonian Folkways Records, Buda Music, Nonesuch and traditional forms of music, ambient, (ethno)musicology, and children !
New collaboration from Mental Groove Records x Musée d'ethnographie de Genève (Sinner DC, Julien Perez, La Planète Bleue vol. 9) curated by Madeleine Leclair, head of the MEG's department of Ethnomusicology and Olivier Ducret (Mental Groove x WRWTFWW labels, Midori Takada, Donato Dozzy, Kenji Imperial Tiger Orchestra…)

- Opportunity to listen to the original version of the famous Lullaby of the Solomon Islands recorded by Hugo Zemp, sampled and remixed in 1992 by a group of French electro-pop and adapted in 1996 by a Norwegian saxophonist.



Tracklisting

01 Ukraine - Lullaby
02 Taiwan - Lullaby
03 Armenia - Lullaby
04 Lithuania - A-a a-a maz?ulyte ("Ah, ah! My little girl")
05 Portugal - Song To Rock
06 Ireland - An Irish Lullaby
07 Spain - Songs For Cradle
08 Solomon Islands - Lullaby
09 Algeria - Lullabies
10 Haiti - Lullaby
11 Canada - Loving Song Composed For A Child
12 Greece - Come Now An Sleep My Child
13 Canada - Ho Ho Watanay
14 Rwanda - Kamananga
15 United States - Go To Sleep
16 France - Nelli Monti Di Cuscione
17 Georgia - Lullaby
18 Balkans - A La Nana Y A La Buba
19 Romania - Cradle Song


Info

An inspiring collection of carefully chosen lullabies from all over the world, that will please both young parents and their children, as well as (world) music enthusiastics looking for a peaceful and captivating listening.

Lullabies exist in almost every culture in the world. While they relate to the world of childhood, they also evoke the privileged relationship established through music between an adult and an infant. The lullabies presented here were recorded at different times and come from eighteen countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and America. They share certain musical characteristics that can be identified from one piece to another: simple melodies, a sequence of short patterns repeated several times in succession, an overall melodic contour following a descending line.
All the lullabies presented here come from records published with a copy kept in the Archives internationales de musique populaire (AIMP) of the MEG.
Co-edition MEG et Mental Groove Records
Editor: Madeleine Leclair (MEG)
Supervision: Olivier Ducret (Mental Groove / WRWTFWW)



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1LP - An inspiring collection of carefully chosen lullabies from all over the world, that will please both young parents and their children, as well as (world) music enthusiastics looking for a peaceful and captivating listening.
- For fans of labels like Ocora, Smithsonian Folkways Records, Buda Music, Nonesuch and traditional forms of music, ambient, (ethno)musicology, and children !
New collaboration from Mental Groove Records x Musée d'ethnographie de Genève (Sinner DC, Julien Perez, La Planète Bleue vol. 9) curated by Madeleine Leclair, head of the MEG's department of Ethnomusicology and Olivier Ducret (Mental Groove x WRWTFWW labels, Midori Takada, Donato Dozzy, Kenji Imperial Tiger Orchestra…)

- Opportunity to listen to the original version of the famous Lullaby of the Solomon Islands recorded by Hugo Zemp, sampled and remixed in 1992 by a group of French electro-pop and adapted in 1996 by a Norwegian saxophonist.



Tracklisting

Side A

01 Ukraine - Lullaby
02 Taiwan - Lullaby
03 Armenia - Lullaby
04 Lithuania - A-a a-a maz?ulyte ("Ah, ah! My little girl")
05 Portugal - Song To Rock
06 Ireland - An Irish Lullaby
07 Spain - Songs For Cradle
08 Solomon Islands - Lullaby
09 Algeria - Lullabies
10 Haiti - Lullaby

Side B

01 Canada - Loving Song Composed For A Child
02 Greece - Come Now An Sleep My Child
03 Canada - Ho Ho Watanay
04 Rwanda - Kamananga
05 United States - Go To Sleep
06 France - Nelli Monti Di Cuscione
07 Georgia - Lullaby
08 Balkans - A La Nana Y A La Buba
09 Romania - Cradle Song


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An inspiring collection of carefully chosen lullabies from all over the world, that will please both young parents and their children, as well as (world) music enthusiastics looking for a peaceful and captivating listening.

Lullabies exist in almost every culture in the world. While they relate to the world of childhood, they also evoke the privileged relationship established through music between an adult and an infant. The lullabies presented here were recorded at different times and come from eighteen countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and America. They share certain musical characteristics that can be identified from one piece to another: simple melodies, a sequence of short patterns repeated several times in succession, an overall melodic contour following a descending line.
All the lullabies presented here come from records published with a copy kept in the Archives internationales de musique populaire (AIMP) of the MEG.
Co-edition MEG et Mental Groove Records
Editor: Madeleine Leclair (MEG)
Supervision: Olivier Ducret (Mental Groove / WRWTFWW)



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Format: 7inch White vinyl,Inner, Ltd to 100, Genre: Electronic HipHop Dub

Tracklisting:
Side A: Balian Break Side
B: Uch Daikaiju No Ballad
Infos:

The Single >
Side A “BAILAN BREAK” is T.D.O.S. third single featuring Japanese turntablalist DJ TO-RU (Dujada-Goja) is Side B is “UCHU
DAIKAIJU NO BALLAD” (The Ballad Of The Space Monster) featured samples of Gozilla dialogues with a scary soundtrack
mood.on a progressive and experimental beat.

The Artist >
The Dude Of Stratosphear aka T.D.O.S. is Jerome Doudet (Swiss/French artist and bass player based in Bangkok). DJ, vinyl
collector, musician, graphic designer and East Asian music connoisseur, The Dude of Stratosphear was groomed in the vibrant
alternative scene of the very international city of Geneva Switzerland. Growing up in a musical household (His father was a disco
DJ), Growing up in a musical household (His father was a disco
DJ), Jerome was exposed to a wide range of music at very early age, and started playing the 4 strings at the age of 10.
Bass player in the swiss math-core bands Knut for a decade, he toured intensely all around Europe’s biggest venues and
festivals. He also joined the very underground american band Half Japanese for a couple of european tour and recorded the
album Bone Head in 1997. And on top of the list was opening for the mighty KISS with the canadian band Bionic (CA) at Molson
center in Monteal. Also member of various bands such as Imericani (SP/IT/CH), Intercostal (CH), Troll Patrol (CH), Bliscappen Van
Maria (CH-IT), Edison (CH), Polar (CH-FR), Prejudice (CH-FR), Buz (CH), Void (CH), Ultra DB (CH), to name a few.
Aside from the rock scene, he was also part of the multimedia team Ultra Pepita , developer of the today’s world famous VJ
software Modul8.
As a real vinyl junkie since very young age, Jerome has been collecting records and DJing for over 20 years, spinning an eclectic
mixture of underground sounds from around the world, left- field electronic and experimental music. He has also taken his
showcases further afield, to Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Cambodia, Thailand, as well as dropping his dj set in festival such
as Paleo Festival, Cully Jazz, NIFF Film Festival, Afro Banana Republic Festival and many more.

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Format: 7inch Clear/Black Marble vinyl,Inner, Ltd to 100, Genre: Electronic HipHop Dub

Tracklisting:
Side A: Phrakhanong Disorder
Side B: Namba Vibrations

Infos:

The Single >
Side A “PHRAKHANONG DISORDER” is T.D.O.S. second single featuring Japanese turntablalist DJ TO-RU (Dujada-Goja) is a bass battle on
a downtempo hard drum beat, hypnotic and chaotic like Bangkok’s streets. Phra Khanong is a neighbourhood of this megapolis where
hip hop culture meets local traditions. Side B is “NAMBA VIBRATIONS” with DJ TO-RU fine cuts on a dirty digital mish-mash of bass and
dub beats,. Just in tune to get lost in electric downtown Osaka before heading to the dance floor facing a massive sound system.

The Artist >
The Dude Of Stratosphear aka T.D.O.S. is Jerome Doudet (Swiss/French artist and bass player based in Bangkok). DJ, vinyl
collector, musician, graphic designer and East Asian music connoisseur, The Dude of Stratosphear was groomed in the vibrant
alternative scene of the very international city of Geneva Switzerland. Growing up in a musical household (His father was a disco
DJ), Growing up in a musical household (His father was a disco
DJ), Jerome was exposed to a wide range of music at very early age, and started playing the 4 strings at the age of 10.
Bass player in the swiss math-core bands Knut for a decade, he toured intensely all around Europe’s biggest venues and
festivals. He also joined the very underground american band Half Japanese for a couple of european tour and recorded the
album Bone Head in 1997. And on top of the list was opening for the mighty KISS with the canadian band Bionic (CA) at Molson
center in Monteal. Also member of various bands such as Imericani (SP/IT/CH), Intercostal (CH), Troll Patrol (CH), Bliscappen Van
Maria (CH-IT), Edison (CH), Polar (CH-FR), Prejudice (CH-FR), Buz (CH), Void (CH), Ultra DB (CH), to name a few.
Aside from the rock scene, he was also part of the multimedia team Ultra Pepita , developer of the today’s world famous VJ
software Modul8.
As a real vinyl junkie since very young age, Jerome has been collecting records and DJing for over 20 years, spinning an eclectic
mixture of underground sounds from around the world, left- field electronic and experimental music. He has also taken his
showcases further afield, to Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Cambodia, Thailand, as well as dropping his dj set in festival such
as Paleo Festival, Cully Jazz, NIFF Film Festival, Afro Banana Republic Festival and many more.

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Format: 7inch Blue vinyl,Inner, Ltd to 100, Genre: Electronic HipHop Dub

Tracklisting:
A: Parallel Universe Side
B: Wat That Tong

Infos:
The Single >
Side A “PARALLEL UNIVERSE” is T.D.O.S. debut single featuring Thai rapper MC Sinnamon (Dujada-Dubway), is an cosmic trip
between the heat of Chennai’s bazars and Bangkok chaotic streets. Based on a rare indian library sample, Side B is “WAT THAT
TONG” featured samples of Thailand molam queen Yenjit Porntavi with modern dub beat and indian percussions.

The Artist >
The Dude Of Stratosphear aka T.D.O.S. is Jerome Doudet (Swiss/French artist and bass player based in Bangkok). DJ, vinyl
collector, musician, graphic designer and East Asian music connoisseur, The Dude of Stratosphear was groomed in the vibrant
alternative scene of the very international city of Geneva Switzerland. Growing up in a musical household (His father was a disco
DJ), Growing up in a musical household (His father was a disco
DJ), Jerome was exposed to a wide range of music at very early age, and started playing the 4 strings at the age of 10.
Bass player in the swiss math-core bands Knut for a decade, he toured intensely all around Europe’s biggest venues and
festivals. He also joined the very underground american band Half Japanese for a couple of european tour and recorded the
album Bone Head in 1997. And on top of the list was opening for the mighty KISS with the canadian band Bionic (CA) at Molson
center in Monteal. Also member of various bands such as Imericani (SP/IT/CH), Intercostal (CH), Troll Patrol (CH), Bliscappen Van
Maria (CH-IT), Edison (CH), Polar (CH-FR), Prejudice (CH-FR), Buz (CH), Void (CH), Ultra DB (CH), to name a few.
Aside from the rock scene, he was also part of the multimedia team Ultra Pepita , developer of the today’s world famous VJ
software Modul8.
As a real vinyl junkie since very young age, Jerome has been collecting records and DJing for over 20 years, spinning an eclectic
mixture of underground sounds from around the world, left- field electronic and experimental music. He has also taken his
showcases further afield, to Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Cambodia, Thailand, as well as dropping his dj set in festival such
as Paleo Festival, Cully Jazz, NIFF Film Festival, Afro Banana Republic Festival and many more.

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- Limited old school edition w / stamped white label + 12" Sleeve.
Mental Groove Records is ecstatic to announce the release of a collaborative musical effort between spanish producer extraordinaire ORBE (Hivern Discs / Analog Solutions) and swiss adventurous [Mental Groove] label head OLIVER
for a retro / phuturistic 4-for-the-floor E.P. mixing the science of hypnotic analog grooves with the wickedest sounds technique of the warehouse rave days.

Tracklisting:

Y1 VIRtuaL [loop]
Y2 VIRtuaL [trax]
Y3 ORIENT [loop]
Y4 ORIENT [trax]

X1 POWER [loop 1]
X2 POWER [loop 2]
X3 POWER [trax]
X3 SPICE [loop 1]
X4 SPICE [loop 2]
X5 SPICE [trax]
X6 SAMPLES

Info
4 pumped up jams for djs to take control - don't hold back, just let go and feel the n·r·gee.
Early support by Eduardo De La Calle, Jennifer Cardini, Andrew Claristidge, Gilb'r, Daniel Kyo, Photonz, Angel Molina…
Points of interests
- Only for the headstrong tripping on strictly undeground massive hits.
- For fans of techno, warehouse, [old school] breaks and bleeps.
- Pure reel-2-real analog recording and extra loud mastering by F.Stader at MMM.
- Features 6 eternal loops and bonus samples for extended dj pleasure.
- 121th release from renowned Swiss Mental Groove Records est. 1989 (Dj Rush, Eduardo De La Calle, Sun Araw, Miss Kittin, Luciano, Brodinski, Donato Dozzy,...), also home of Musique Pour La Danse (Olivier Abbeloos, Frankie Bones, Orlando Voorn, Nate Krafft, Dirk De Saever, Todd Sines…) and We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want (Midori Takada, Michel Legrand, Kenji Kawai, John Carpenter…).


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Genre: Techno

Tracklist:
Kaiser – Run (Original Mix)
Kaiser – Lupi (Original Mix)
FORUM – Incunabulum (Original Mix)
FORUM – Sartorial (Original Mix)

Short Info:
The second release on the BINÄR-Label is a split between Kaiser and FORUM. The EP starts with a bouncy track, continues with dreamy noises and ends with two massaging and tooly tunes. The tracks are mastered by Nihad Tule.








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Delfonic & Kapote are finally back with the 7th release of their "Illegal Jazz" Series. Four Disco-Jazz Tunes reworked for the dancefloor…

A1 Groove Head Rejam
A2 Power Journey Rejam
B1 Imparable Rejam
B2 I Like Music Rejam


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12" non retournable!

Special remarks:
limited 12" vinyl in screen-printed cover

Genre: Techno, Detroit Techno


Tracklist 12":

A1 - Flow
A2 - Royal S

B1 - Regenerate
B2 - Aerial Scape

Short Info:

Next up on a.r.t.less is Viktor Apo with his Regenerate EP hailing from Skopje, with four tracks of finest Detroit Techno made in Macedonia, needless to say his mentor and fellow music friend Stojche can't be prouder about this debut 12". Enjoy the music! Limited edition in hand-pulled screen-printed cover.


Vital Sales Points:

(add some important short facts as below)

- limited edition
- collectable hand screen-printed cover


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Tracklist 12":
A1) Orlando Magic, A2) Cabrio Mango
B1) 1981, B2) She Keeps It Good

The Toy Tonics crew is known for being addicted to two things: vintage music machines and old vinyl. 100% music aficionados. On the Tonic Edit series the crew shares some of their favorite old tracks - in a reworked version.

This time COEO get back in time. They destroyed a couple of 1970ies disco jams. Recut & repasted them. And gave them their special COEO touch. Of course it's irresistible!
This release comes on vinyl only first. Later maybe could be out on selected Digital sellers.. not sure yet.


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12" EP, - Follow up to Visions of Dance Vol. 1
- Releases on Kalahari Oyster Cult, Superconscious Records and more.


GENRE/S: Electronic, Deep House,

3. TRACKLISTS:
A1. Beyond control
A2 .Hyper.Sonic
B1. Sparticle Boom!
B2. West Coast

SHORT INFO:
Fantastic Man continues to gain momentum as he presents the
second instalment of his series 'Visions of Dance'.
Featuring four new tracks, each a harmonious blend of euphoria, made for use at every stage of your nocturnal journey.




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Territories: World excl. UK + North America

FORMAT 180g. 2LP vinyl w/ download code / Special pantone printed sleeve

2023 repress

TRACKLIST:
A1. Triangulation 02:58
A2. Reiki 05:18
B1. ITO 05:55
B2. Riga 05:38
B3. Jade 06:12
C1. Tracer 06:19
C2. Scrawler 05:32
D1. Qurra 05:44
D2. Air-Port 07:41

Release Info:

Tresor Records is delighted to welcome Rod Modell to its catalogue, with the release of his new album
Captagon.
Rod Modell needs no introduction, his various projects render him a master of techno. In repetition and barely
noticeable change, Modell resculptures perceptions. His sound-design echoes cinematic ethereality, where
ferric artefacts slam against percussion, rusty delays filter observation - the resulting web is a complex,
radiating ambience that etches a natural ebb and flow.
Transformative sounds alight from the outset, “Triangulation” recalls flickering harmonies and grains, a
tectonic swipe. Fast-paced dub techno emerges in “Reiki”, the disorienting clangs suggesting a step away
from his recent ambient excursions. “Ito” crunches the pulse further with insistent noise, into soaring
epiphanies of darkened transmissions.
Modell singularly uproots standard sonic hierarchies of techno production, crisp static as forceful as his
beats, a provocation of rhythm and noise. Unceasing in its fast tempo, “Jade” is trademark Tresor business -
the seismic sub-sonics underpin a momentous drive, with reverberated vocal inflections disfiguring warped,
dancing materials. “Scrawler” is upfront and direct, a slamming groove and swaying chords diusing
ethereality. Enter vast chambers of smeared minimalism.
Where Modell’s recent releases had indicated a priority for ambient sounds, this new album extends Modell’s
essential vision within techno. Closing track “Air-Port” shows Modell at his most crucial best - an ethereal
colossus of sub-bass weight and morphing geometry.


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WORLD EXCL DE, EU, UK

Tracklist:
1. Phase Transition 04:39
2. Age Of Tide 05:41
3. World Line 06:16
4. Plus Operator 05:52
5. Degrees Of Freedom 04:11
6. Fringe 04:43
7. Kepler Mire 06:04
8. From The End To The Beginning 04:50


Release Info:
Nothing is explained in the mysteries around us, but some art touches their soul: last year, Justin Tripp, one half
of the US-American impro electronic duo Georgia and London-based electronic artist Zaheer Gulamhusein man
behind projects like Waswaas and XVARR -joined forces as STRING. Together they went on a virtual vacation and
never came back. As the virtual is fully real due to its virtuality, they created a truly authentic aural hardware
journey, hauntingly adventurous, calm, and surprising.
Without defining the scope, STRING tumbled through a dark musical zone that stretched to the horizon, letting
the sound shape itself while falling discreet into an appealing abstract space. Hovering clockwise shortly above
the ground, they formed impossible geometric musical figures - weightless, fluid clouds, made up of relations
between asymmetrical elements. Like in nature, their collaborative work avoids identical characteristics. In an
expression of respectful admiration, they softly celebrate the irregularities between their specific genetic musical
fingerprints, creating eight light binding clouds of dawn. A meditative musical voyage that transports cosmic
particles of idealistic Berlin school ambient right into the heart of their electronic machines. All tunes swing calm
but constitutive, dancing around synthesized surfaces that form obsessed flaming orbs of fear and hope, of
matter and antimatter.
A shared love for hardware and the ethos of improvisation guided STRING into an experimentation, in which each
party aligns closely to the core ideas of co-operative, in-the-moment electronic music, tied across the eight tracks
in a sequence.
Finding a home with the highly esteemed Hamburg based label V I S, STRING’s debut “Last Index Of…“ will enter
the earth in double vinyl and cassette format, plus tripping on at the digital platforms.
(Text written by Michael Leuffen)

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Double LP: Heavy 350gsm Sleeve, Liner Notes, Sticker
- Official reissue of Grauzone's album with 9 bonus songs including the megahit "Eisbär" and more, straight from the original reels!

Genre: Post-Punk, Electronic, New Wave, Cold Wave, Pop, Synth, Industrial, Experimental

Tracklisting Double LP Album

A1. Film 2
A2. Schlachtet!
A3. Hinter Den Bergen
A4. Maikäfer Flieg
A5. Marmelade Und Himbeereis
B1. Wütendes Glas
B2. Kälte Kriecht
B3. Kunstgewerbe
B4. Der Weg Zu Zweit
B5. In Der Nacht
C1. Eisbär
C2. Ich Lieb Sie
C3. Moskau
C4. Ein Tanz Mit Dem Tod
D1. Traüme Mit Mir
D2. Ich Und Du
D3. Wütendes Glas (Maxi Version)
D4. Raum
D5. Film 1

WRWTFWW Records is very happy to reissue Swiss cult band Grauzone's self-titled album in an expanded 40 Years Anniversary Edition packed with the original 1981 album plus 9 extra songs, as well as extensive liner notes by Swiss music historian Lurker Grand. The 19-track album is available as a double LP vinyl in heavy 350gsm sleeve and a digipack CD, both sourced from the original reels and put together under the supervision of band member and all around legend Stephan Eicher.

The pioneering band from Bern (Switzerland) had a short-lived but highly-regarded career which birthed a cult discography that still fascinates and resonates today. Consisting of core members Martin Eicher, Stephan Eicher, and Marco Repetto, and on-and-off participants Christian GT Trüssel, Claudine Chirac, and Ingrid Berney, the elusive group broke new grounds in the early 80s, experimenting with punk and industrial music, early techno sounds, minimalism, new wave, pop, and various electronics. With an innovative and polished approach to design, visuals, performance, and all around style and philosophy on top of their superb music, the constantly transforming unit developed a whole experience - the Grauzone experience: wild and unpredictable, yet sophisticated and cohesive, or as Swiss music historian Lurker Grand would call it, "an Art band with a Punk attitude".

Completely rejecting the music industry rules and refusing to play the game of promotion, touring, release schedules, and TV appearances even though they had a multi-platinum international hit with the song "Eisbär", the band quickly disintegrated in full convention-defying glory, leaving behind an inspiring music legacy for the world to discover and discover again, one generation after the other.

This extended version of their debut (and only) album beautifully crystallizes the Grauzone miracle/accident - where pop and youthful experimentation meet at (new/cold/no) wave and industrial crossroads, and where classic hits ("Eisbär", "FILM 2", "Raum", "Träume Mit Mir", "Der Weg Zu Zweit"…) flawlessly mesh with unconventional deep cuts ("In Der Nacht", "Film 1", "Maikäfer Flieg"…). Very simply put: GOOD timeless music with an edge.

Stephan Eicher went on to be, arguably, the most successful Swiss musician ever, with an international career extending from pop chanson to experimental escapades and collaborations with Moondog, artists Sophie Calle and Sylvie Fleury, and author Martin Suter among many other luminaries. Marco Repetto flourished as a techno and ambient producer, releasing multiple projects including releases on Aphex Twin's Rephlex label.




Points of interests

- For fans of electronic, post-punk, new wave, cold wave, Swiss wave, no wave, Neue Deutsche Welle (Welle means wave!), synth, pop, industrial, proto-techno, 80s, Stephan Eicher, Marco Repetto, Liaisons Dangereuses, Tristesse Contemporaine, Young Marble Giants, The Cure but weirder, Switzerland, romance, mountains, polar bears, contemporary art, wearing nice (white) shoes in dirty basement squats, and xerox machines.

- New release from WRWTFWW Records (Grauzone's Eisbär and Raum, Midori Takada's Through The Looking Glass, Kenji Kawai's Ghost in the Shell Original Soundtrack, John Carpenter's Dark Star Soundtrack, Ryo Fukui's Scenery, Dominique Guiot's L'Univers de la Mer, Bernard Parmegiani soundtracks and more).


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2020 Re Edition, Recut from Original Tapes + Master

Tracklist
1 Panna Cotta 9:13
2 Passage To The Other Side 11:29

Original Info from 2012:

2012 marks the 10th anniversary of the labels first release "New Identity" with two new tracks pressed especially for you.  Lost in vaults until now "Panna Cotta" resurfaced in Marco Carola's recent sets off of a CD Mathew made for friends in 2003.  After multiple mails and YouTube links sent from Marco's fans it spurred Mathew to look into the old collections and find the masters.  The track was untitled so chances of finding it were at first thought to be slim.  As fate would have it though it would be the first out of hundreds of CD's only labeled "2003" that Mathew picked from the box in his search.  Here at IIWII we believe heavily in synchronicity.  These tracks have found there place in time to be released. To add to the occasion "New Identity" will also be released for the first time digitally for those that didn't get the vinyl years ago.

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For number 03 on the office imprint Christopher Rau comes up with three smooth effective house rollers!


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GENRE/S: Techno, Tribal, Dub

TRACKLISTS:
A1 - Dauwd - The Yuzer
B1 - Dauwd - SpaceSamba
B2 - Dauwd + Sied - Body High


SHORT INFO:
The third release from Psssh completes the trilogy of EPs from label founder Dauwd, with a cameo from Sied. Typically primitive, rhythmically intricate with a tubby feel, Psssh 003 is possibly the best one yet.






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Tracklist:
A1. Santo Antonio B1. Mais Populares B2. Green Door

Shortinfo:
Back on Another Picture after his strong and dubby 'Janeiro EP' in 2017 DJ Honesty delivers new material of a more uplifting but still abstract vibe.

The tracks have a classic feel but tell their own story.. a story of a deep and playful experience - narrated with unparalleled ease and subtle motivation.

DJ Honesty's tracks ooze that fascination for groove, presence and the beauty of detail. They enjoy to be with dancers and listeners at any moment. They go their own, often unexpected, ways but again never miss that elegant flow and natural punch we ever love so much..

The light and electrifying atmospere sparkles like sunlight on the waves at the beaches. Be ready for sophisticated fun, soulful deepness, at times melancholic yet trippy moments.. always dedicated.

Join the experience - get in touch !

(DJ Honesty also appears on Cabinet, Quality Vibe, Eclipse Chaser, Bass Culture and Scenario Rec.)



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