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Ramybe/Autoportretas (grey marbled vinyl 12" in spot-varnished sleeve)
Cat: CON 939LP. Rel: 08 Jan 24
Review: The state51 Conspiracy label comes very much correct early on in the New Year with this two-track grey marbled vinyl 12" in a fancy spot-varnished sleeve. It takes the form of two fresh Santaka reworks of original compositions by Rytis Mazulis and avant-garde choir Melos Collective which were first released back in 2020. Santaka, which means "confluence" in Lithuanian, is the coming together of DJ and producer Manfredas and drummer and producer Marijus Aleksa and here they layer up disembodied vocals and dark jazz melodies on 'Ramybe' and then 'Autoportretas' is a textural ambient exploration packed with fascinating sound designs.
… Read moreGespielt von: Jane Fitz
in stock $27.91
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Review: sTia is the nom de plume of Natia Sartania, a Tbilisi-based musician who runs the CES Records label and is co-founder of the Georgian Music Legacy Collection. For this new seven-track album she lays down her signature piano with electronic ambiance and some squeaky pedal sounds A late hip-hop instrumental also features as do plenty of melancholic melodies and collaborations with Luna Flowers and Sabana, the founding members of key Georgian hip-hop collectives KayaKata, LTFR and Temple Pharmacy. Another promising young star of that scene, Nikala, also features on the flip.
… Read moreout of stock $15.22
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Review: Six years after their fan-favourite album Kites, Submotion Orchestra is back with the equally impressive 'Five Points' EP which was recorded over two months at Taz Modi's new studio in Sussex. If finds the band blend electronica, jazz, soul and ambient music in a fresh and distinctive way. After revisiting their past with Unplugged collections and the vinyl release of their debut album Finest Hour, this project is where the band now moves forward with a refreshed perspective. The EP, which features Ruby Wood's fragile vocals and live instrumentation, explores new sonic landscapes and pushes their sound further than ever before as a great taste of the full length to come.
… Read moreGespielt von: Juno Recommends Downtempo
in stock $23.11
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Elevate (luminous vinyl 7" + MP3 download code limited to 100 copies)
Cat: MC 056. Rel: 14 Feb 23
Review: Producer and multi-instrumentalist Christopher Royal King goes solo as Symbol for this new and experimental 7" on Mystery Circle. King might well be best known as a founding member and lead guitarist of the orchestral-rock ensemble This Will Destroy You, but is also a skilled composer who has written scores for some top films and documentaries. He embraces a world of melody here as he layers up heavenly and sustained chords with rippling synths into intense, dense, powerful ambient music that awakens the mind, body and soul. 'Hyperballad' is more sparse and designed for daydreaming with its sweeping strings and gentle piano keys.
… Read moreout of stock $10.43
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Surfacing (limited 180 gram milky clear marbled vinyl LP)
Cat: AUXLP 008. Rel: 25 Jul 24
Review: Emerging from the ether in July 2024, Surfacing is the third collaborative long player from ASC and Sam KDC. Producers known for their ability to create and set moods with comparatively abstract ambient soundscapes, their latest is no exception. A collection of work which opts for an un-rushed approach to creating big feelings and moments from relatively consistent sounds and noises. Not much seems to happen, until you realise how much has been happening. In many ways, it's a maximalist thing - attempting to pick apart tracks like 'Mirage' and 'Shimmer' reveals the density of these sonics. Walls of sound that are acoustically and melodically light enough to float on air, yet actually so thick they swallow the listener hole, with little hope of escape until the final refrains fade.
… Read moreGespielt von: ASC, Juno Recommends Ambient/Drone
in stock $26.49
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Enemy (Soundtrack) (Deluxe Edition) (limited numbered gatefold 180 gram audiophile translucent yellow vinyl 2xLP)
Cat: MOVATM 315C. Rel: 19 Apr 23
Review: Denis Villeneuve's psychological thriller about a man who sees his doppelganger in a movie, and begins an obsessive search for the look-alike, is a strange, tense, highly stylised dive into a world that's informed by some of the masters of surrealist tension. At times invoking landmark mind-benders such as David Lynch's Lost Highway, albeit with a far less experimental narrative structure, to say its score works hard to set the tone is putting it mildly.
Created by Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans, Enemy's soundtrack is a joy, but also thoroughly trippy. It's unnerving, and yet inviting, laidback while also mournful, and always has this air of the unknown and uncertain about it. Boasting white noise, strings, drones, woodwind, elements of classical, jazz and library sounds are all here, at times invoking space age imagery, in other moments taking use back to the great mysteries of 20th Century cinema.
… Read moreCreated by Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans, Enemy's soundtrack is a joy, but also thoroughly trippy. It's unnerving, and yet inviting, laidback while also mournful, and always has this air of the unknown and uncertain about it. Boasting white noise, strings, drones, woodwind, elements of classical, jazz and library sounds are all here, at times invoking space age imagery, in other moments taking use back to the great mysteries of 20th Century cinema.
out of stock $10.71
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Folded Landscapes (180 gram vinyl LP + insert (indie exclusive))
Cat: 554227 4. Rel: 04 May 23
Review: Erland Cooper has always been concerned with the world around him, the Guardian dubbing him "nature's songwriter" as a result of his focus on trying to interpret Mother Earth through sound. Of course, she's not in the best shape right now, and even stopping to appreciate the smallest details of her mastery can often make us fill with dread and regret.
The fact that it's still not too late to change the future we've been ruining for ourselves over the past 200 or so years is also important to note. And it's this juxtaposition, between hope and hopelessness, dystopia and utopia, that seem to define this incredible collaboration between Cooper and the Scottish Ensemble - a live recording from a concert that really shows off the emotional power of classical strings in their most contemporary form.
… Read moreThe fact that it's still not too late to change the future we've been ruining for ourselves over the past 200 or so years is also important to note. And it's this juxtaposition, between hope and hopelessness, dystopia and utopia, that seem to define this incredible collaboration between Cooper and the Scottish Ensemble - a live recording from a concert that really shows off the emotional power of classical strings in their most contemporary form.
out of stock $33.81
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Warhammer 40 000: Space Marine 2 (Soundtrack) (gatefold 180 gram vinyl 2xLP)
Cat: LMLP 262. Rel: 09 Jan 25
Review: It's the 42nd Millennium and the Era Indomitus, the Age of the Dark Imperium. Humans have launched a galaxy-wide, decade-spanning crusade to win back worlds that were lost to nemeses and save the species, and civilization, from certain doom. We don't know about you, but given current events, we can only hope things make it so far in the real world. Back to video gaming, and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 was rightly praised for its playability, scene setting visuals and score, by Nima Fakhrara and Steve Molitz. Like the third-person shooter itself, the music is thick with atmosphere and dark enough to reach out and touch the density. Moody and apocalyptic, this probably isn't for the dinner party, but there's a time and a place nonetheless.
… Read moreout of stock $55.52
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Orchid Mantis/Breach (LP + MP3 download code)
Cat: SPGRM 013LP. Rel: 15 May 25
in stock $23.66
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Review: Violinist Nils Okland and keyboardist Sigbjorn Apeland have been working togeter on music for 30 years. Their work often explores a place where Norwegian traditional music and improvisation meet and this new album is another exceptional one full of touching and tender moods. Glimmer builds on the folk music traditions of the Haugalandet region of Western Norway and is built around original compositions that range from those written for a film about great Norwegian landscape painter Lars Hertevig, to pieces inspired by modernist composer Fartein Valen. The two musicians find great harmony throughout to ensure this is another moving work from the old friends.
… Read moreout of stock $38.00
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Quiet In A World Full Of Noise (LP + poster)
Cat: MRG 864LP. Rel: 03 Oct 24
Review: Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn reunite for new album Quiet in a World Full of Noise, which is driven by their shared curiosity and desire to defy genre conventions. Following their 2022 collaboration Pigments, this new work together blends atmospheric, orchestral soundscapes with soulful jazz and intimate, confessional vocals and the result is a raw and exposed performance from Richard who delivers stark lyricism that feels both personal and profound. The album redefines the worlds of progressive, avant-garde r&b and jazz with an ethereal yet grounded approach, heavenly melodies and plenty of wide open space in which to luxuriate. By merging the familiar with the unexpected, this fine pair create a sound that makes a lasting impression.
… Read more in stock $32.41
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Minamata (Soundtrack) (limited numbered gatefold 180 gram audiophile marbled vinyl 2xLP + insert)
Cat: MOVATM 316MARBLED. Rel: 11 Aug 21
Review: When considering who should write the score for Minimata, his film about war photographer W. Eugene Smith, Andrew Levitas had one man in mind: Japanese great Ryuichi Sakamoto. Happily, Sakamoto said yes, and the subsequent soundtrack - presented here to coincide with the film's release - proves why Levitas was so keen on getting him involved. Ethereal, emotive and immersive, Sakamoto's compositions are little less than breath-taking. Comprising a mixture of gentle piano pieces, sweeping orchestrated movements, meditative ambient pieces and woozy, slow-burn epics, it's one of the most impressive soundtracks Sakomoto has composed in recent years. Simply stunning.
… Read moreGespielt von: Juno Recommends Leftfield
out of stock $35.51
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Exception (Soundtrack) (limited gatefold red vinyl 2xLP)
Cat: RZJM 77614/5. Rel: 03 Jan 23
Review: Not seen Exception? OK, let's start there. The Netflix series is at the vanguard of new adult animation epics. Setting its scene(s) in the future, we follow a space mission crew desperately searching for a world that can be terraformed in order to sustain life, humans already having been driven from Earth. It's a stark and foreboding journey which resonates almost too much in an age when the climate crisis is just beginning to show us what happens next.
For something like this you need a score of serious standards, so who better to draft than the master himself, Ryuchi Sakamoto. One of Japan's most respected, revered, and iconic musical minds is pretty much capable of creating anything, from curious pop to the kind of atmospheric overtures, strange incidentals, ambient arrangements and nerve-rattling movements that define this soundtrack.
… Read moreFor something like this you need a score of serious standards, so who better to draft than the master himself, Ryuchi Sakamoto. One of Japan's most respected, revered, and iconic musical minds is pretty much capable of creating anything, from curious pop to the kind of atmospheric overtures, strange incidentals, ambient arrangements and nerve-rattling movements that define this soundtrack.
out of stock $64.83
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Monster (Soundtrack) (limited gatefold LP + booklet)
Cat: RZJM 77742. Rel: 05 Jun 23
Review: .It seemed like half the music industry stopped on 28th March 2023, when news broke that Japanese composer, record producer, musician, actor and solo artist Ryuchi Sakamoto had died. Tributes poured in from across the spectrum of sounds and scenes, although perhaps most vocally within electronic circles, indicative of just how influential and groundbreaking his work was. Monster is an aching tribute to that genius. The movie, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, is dedicated to the artist, who delivers one of the most beautiful scores we've heard in some time. A patient thing that largely divides time between pin-drop, candlelit piano sonatas and fuller string movements, it's musically astounding stuff which - even without the back story - would be capable of reaching straight for the heartstrings.
… Read moreout of stock $45.09
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Love After Love (Soundtrack) (limited silver vinyl LP with obi-strip)
Cat: JL 2022. Rel: 02 May 23
Review: With a string of soundtrack credits as long as your proverbial arm, it's no surprise Yellow Magic Orchestra man Ryuichi Sakamoto was top of the list when it came to scoring this "sumptuous romantic melodrama" from director Ann Hui. This is his first score for a Chinese film, however, and he pulls out the emotional stops to betray the tense, tumultuous stirrings going on beneath the surface of tight lipped manners and suppressed feelings. Many of the themes are explored through simple piano playing before returning in the form of complex string arrangements, a clever trick that proves Sakamoto was worthy of his Best Original Film Score prize at the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards for this work.
… Read moreout of stock $39.45
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Review: Ryuichi Sakamoto has penned many soundtracks over the years, but few are as stirring, tender and emotionally laden as his soundtrack to 2021 Chinese movie 'Love After Love'. The film is described as an "erotic romance drama" set in the 1930s, about a young woman who travels to Hong Kong to further her education, but ends up working for her aunt, seducing "rich and powerful men". Sakamoto's score mirrors the unfurling, highly emotive drama, using reverb-laden piano pieces and string-laden orchestral movements to wring maximum emotion from each scene. It's a brilliant score all told and undoubtedly one of the former Yellow Orchestra Man's greatest works for cinema - and that's saying something!
… Read more in stock $23.66
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Better Days Of (gatefold 2xLP with obi-strip)
Cat: HMJY 219/20. Rel: 18 Feb 25
Review: You had us at Sakamoto. Or rather you had us at "excerpts from Ryuichi Sakamoto's time working under Nippon Colombia's label, Better Days. First released in 1992, this 12-track compilation runs from tracks that appeared on the Japanese synth legend's debut album, Thousand Knives, first released in 1978, through to songs written with the iconic session group KYLYN, featuring celebrated guitar great Kazumi Watanabe. Ever the auteur, even if you didn't know this was Sakamoto in proper landmark mode, there's no chance the sounds here could really be confused for anyone or anything else. It's mature and intelligent, yet strangely - and typically - fun, childlike and a little cartoonish, sharing as much in common with experimental electronica that was emerging during the 1970s and 1980s as video game scores from the 1990s.
… Read more in stock $57.21
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A Tribute To Ryuichi Sakamoto: To The Moon & Back (gatefold 2xLP)
Cat: 196587 37981. Rel: 01 Dec 22
Review: Released to coincide with Japanese musical Goliath Ryuichi Sakamoto's 70th birthday, To the Moon & Back was almost inevitable. Even without worrying reports about the maestro's health, there's no way anyone can have such a significant impact on global music for so long and not have people wanting to pay tribute upon reaching septuagenarian years.
And what a tribute it is. Taking elements from a huge back catalogue that stretches back to the mid-1970s, contemporary greats including Thundercat, Alva Noto, Hildur Guonadottir, The Cinematic Orchestra, and David Sylvian offer new versions and remixes of the master's stuff, with each track here chosen by Sakamoto, which is about as significant a seal of approval as you could hope for. Like the man himself, it's widely varied, consistently innovative and just really, really good.
… Read moreAnd what a tribute it is. Taking elements from a huge back catalogue that stretches back to the mid-1970s, contemporary greats including Thundercat, Alva Noto, Hildur Guonadottir, The Cinematic Orchestra, and David Sylvian offer new versions and remixes of the master's stuff, with each track here chosen by Sakamoto, which is about as significant a seal of approval as you could hope for. Like the man himself, it's widely varied, consistently innovative and just really, really good.
in stock $30.72
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A Tribute To Ryuichi Sakamoto: To The Moon & Back (unmixed CD)
Cat: 196587 37982. Rel: 01 Dec 22
Review: Presented as a celebration to mark Ryuichi Sakamoto's 70th birthday, this fantastic collection sees an impressive and eclectic array of artists remix and cover tracks from the Japanese great's vast catalogue. The results are largely impressive, from the slowly shifting, foreboding, dusk-in-the-jungle ambience of Lim Giong's version of 'Walker' and David Sylvian's incredible vocal version of hazy soundacape 'Grains', to Devonte Hynes' Emily Schubert-sporting jazz re-make of 'Choral No. 1' and Cinematic Orchestra's delicious ambient jazz interpretation of 'DNA'. Other highlights include Thundercat's typically soulful, flash-fried 21st century jazz-funk take on 'Thousand Knives' and a masterclass in neo-classical/ambient fusion from regular Sakamoto collaborator Alva Noto. Impeccable!
… Read moreout of stock $14.10
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Mort D'un Pourri (Soundtrack) (remastered) (gatefold LP)
Cat: RGOR 02. Rel: 27 Oct 22
Review: Music Box Records continues to chart some of the greatest French film soundtracks to hit the screens. 'Mort d'un pourri (Death Of A Corrupt Man)' is truly as thrilling as it sounds, conforming to the old but gold trope of a lone man fighting against a shadowy organisation that is trying to stop him (think The Prisoner, The Parallax View, Dark Waters). Philippe Sarde and Edouard Dubois' impeccable score nails our expectations for the genre, bringing an extra solitary wistfulness to film noir through the media of saxophone (courtesy of Stan Getz) and largely stringed contributions by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
… Read moreout of stock $22.84
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Music For Tomato Plants (red vinyl LP limited to 300 copies)
Cat: CTATSU 004. Rel: 18 Sep 23
Review: Glasgow-based, Rome-born Loris S. Sarid, like many during the pandemic, found himself placing his focus in all new places once he was locked down with little to do. As such his close care for a little tomato plant, grown on a windowsill in his flat, gave him an unusual spark of inspiration which led to this album, Music for Tomato Plants. It is his homage to "the unapparent courage of simplicity, and the beauty and lightness of the most ordinary things." In real terms, it is a lush ambient exploration with melodies that are optimistic and hopeful. Sustained chords unfurl like new growth, fresh percussive lines emerge like ripened fruit and the whole thing is beautifully pure and innocent.
… Read more in stock $23.66
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Review: Sasha's latest album was initially created to soundtrack Da Vinci Genius, a unique, immersive, multi-media exhibition celebrating the life and work of the inventor, artist and all-round Renaissance man Leonardo Da Vinci. Crafted in cahoots with a string of contributors to his popular Scene Delete set, the score (and subsequently this album) cannily combines neo-classical music (inspired by both vintage and more contemporary composers), the sweeping grandiosity of movie soundtracks, bubbly electronica, colourful ambient soundscapes, occasional nods to 15th century choral music and Sasha's usual emotive musical motifs. As the set progresses, it eases closer to the dancefloor sound the veteran DJ/producer is most famous for - which will delight his legion of fans - without ever fully committing. This is, after all, an immersive, eyes-closed listening experience first and foremost.
… Read more in stock $13.24
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Godzilla Minus One (Deluxe Edition) (Soundtrack) (gatefold translucent turquoise with gold smoke vinyl + blue with silver marbled vinyl 2xLP + insert)
Cat: WW 202. Rel: 14 Jun 24
Review: Naoki Sato's complete vinyl score for Godzilla Minus One encapsulates the tumultuous aftermath of World War II in Japan. Directed by Takashi Yamazaki, the film delves into profound themes of grief, hope, and resilience amidst chaos. Failed kamikaze pilot Kiochi (Ryunosuke Kamiki) and homeless Noriko (Minami Hamabe) care for an abandoned child as Godzilla emerges. Sato's score, blending mournful elegance with fiery hope, mirrors the characters' emotional journey. Drawing inspiration from Studio Ghibli's animated films and Godzilla's original composer Akira Ifukube, Sato crafts a uniquely powerful soundtrack that underscores the film's despair and grandeur.
… Read moreout of stock $64.83
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Review: Norwegian black metal mainstays, Satyricon, are no strangers to pursuing outlier projects and collaborations with differing artists and ensembles such as Anja Garbarek, Trondheimsolistene, and The Norwegian National Opera Chorus, to name but a few. Their latest endeavour sees an original scoring of arguably Norway's most famous artist, Edvard Munch, and a unique exhibition of his works at the Munch museum in Oslo. One look at Munch's most iconic piece, 'The Scream', should be enough to draw the connections between both artist's meditations on isolation and despair. A singular, 56-minute composition, aural companion-piece that traverses the depths of ambient, folkloric post-black metal in a manner that's been seldom heard from the duo of Satyr and Frost; this is the sound of two equally profound artists and their works coalescing in hideously ethereal abandon.
… Read more in stock $30.42
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Review: British collective, Sault, have made quite the name for themselves since their emergence in 2019. Headed up by producer, Inflo (known for his work with Little Simz, Michael Kiwanuka, Cleo Sol, Jungle and Adele), the collective boast an amorphous sound that encircles r&b, house and disco, and now combined with classical and choral elements too. With an impressive eleven studio albums to their name, the latest edition to the collection, Aiir, is a gloriously stripped-back sequel for their more sumptuous classical companion piece, Air. Nestled somewhere between a sense of paranoia and nostalgia, billowing choral vocals and rising oscillating orchestration give this release an unsettling yet alluringly transportive quality. Despite impressive critical success, Sault is largely a media enigma, featuring an array of mysteriously unnamed collaborators who, as one can imagine, are most likely highly acclaimed artists in their own right.
… Read more in stock $13.81
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Review: You might not have a fixed image of who or what Sault are, given their skill in maintaining a degree of anonymity, but as they notch up their sixth album it's hard to ignore the imposing presence they cut on the experimental fringe of modern UK soul. They started out in 2019 with raw funk and Afrobeat inspired excursions, reflecting on varying perspectives of the Black experience. On Air, the group shake off their previous groove orientation to offer something more orchestrally-inclined, and to their credit they pull it off in remarkable fashion. Lyrically they're focusing on self care and individuality within the Black community, injecting a sense of uplift into their message where they previously reflected on inherited pain and tribulations. Their rapid output doesn't come at the expense of the quality and depth of their expression, making this another essential step forward for one of the most intriguing crews out there right now.
… Read moreGespielt von: Sol Power All-Stars
in stock $27.49
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Review: SAULT's body of work is almost untouchable. The mysterious collective has turned out plenty of it in the last couple of years with no fewer than four fantastic albums. This one is a complete left turn, though, which ditches the edgy alt-rock, sou land jazz for an altogether more subbed and symphonic sound. It is a soaring astral soundtrack with plenty of wide open spaces, grand arrangements and plenty of uplifting and celebratory sounds drawn from hugely spiritual choral music and contemporary classical.
… Read more in stock $13.81
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Review: Featuring material recorded 30 years ago, the 12th volume in the late Klaus Schulze's La Vie Electronique series features two full pieces (one split into three movements over two CDs) that first surfaced on the long-serving electronic experimentalist's 10-disc Silver Edition box set in 1993. 'Picasso Geht Spaziren' ("Picasso Goes For a Walk") holds the title of Schulze's longest released composition - a sublimely spacey, two-and-a-half hour synthesizer exploration that was initially intended to be used as the soundtrack to a German movie. The second piece is 'The Music Box', a warmer and more colourful journey through synthesizer-driven ambient which was named in honour of a Laurel and Hardy movie and was later used by one institution as part of music therapy sessions with serious alcoholics.
… Read moreout of stock $21.70
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Cat: MIG 01380. Rel: 09 Jun 22
Review: The late great Pete Namlook was a master of making spaced out ambient with an array of machines. He has a vast body of work, much of which was done with Move D, but he also worked with others such as Klaus Schulze. Here all four volumes of their The Dark Side of the Moog project is collected across five essential CDs. It is a rich array of experimental electronic sounds and the whole series was a classy and unpretentious affair that is accessible to newcomers as well as hardcore lovers of this vibe.
… Read moreout of stock $29.03
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Review: Deep Valley is a new collaborative work by Australian artists Seaworthy aka Cameron Webb and Matt Rosner and they came together for it during a week-long residency at Bundanon Art Museum in New South Wales. The property which was gifted to the Australian public by artists Arthur and Yvonne Boyd in the 1990s offers a unique landscape along the Shoalhaven River and is surrounded by sandstone cliffs and diverse wildlife. Drawing inspiration from Boyd's belief that "you can't own a landscape," Deep Valley combines the inspiration of that setting with environmental recordings, guitars, piano, and electronic processing all of which aim to highlight the transient nature of ecosystems and encourage you to reconnect with the sounds of nature.
… Read moreGespielt von: Juno Recommends Ambient/Drone
in stock $14.93
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Songs From A Secret Garden (30th Anniversary Edition) (white vinyl LP in spot-varnished die-cut sleeve (indie exclusive))
Cat: 758271 6. Rel: 20 May 25
Review: Secret Garden is the Norwegian-Irish duo of Rolf Lovland and violinist Fionnuala Sherry and here they celebrate the 30th anniversary of their iconic debut, Songs from a Secret Garden. First released in 1995, the album won over global audiences with its blend of classical and folk, laced with Celtic and Norwegian emotion and some subtle new age undertones. It features the Eurovision-winning track 'Nocturne', which helped launch the duo into international acclaim. Elsewhere, there are whimsical melodies, ancient flutes, Lord of the Rings style Middle Age soundscapes, heartfelt emotions and plenty of clean, serene and timeless sounds that still offer great catharsis three decades on.
… Read more in stock $60.59
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Review: Orb offshoot project Sedibus has proved popular with fans for two reasons: it reunites Alex Paterson with Andy Falconer, who worked extensively with the Orb between 1990 and 1994, and the music they make recalls some of the pair's best moments of that period - albeit with a quite different instrumentation. Seti, the pair's sophomore album, has been described by their label, Cooking Vinyl, as "ambient unplugged". That only tells half the story. While it does boast all manner of acoustic instruments - sitar, guitar, piano, tabla and other percussion - it also features Paterson's trademark spoken word snippets and the dreamiest of electronic chords and aural textures. With beautiful, immersive and typically lengthy compositions, it feels and sounds like a grown-up version of the Orb's mightiest early 90s work.
… Read moreGespielt von: Juno Recommends Experimental, Juno Recommends Ambient/Drone
in stock $12.96
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Review: When will Alex Paterson, the Dr, run out of ideas? Here joined by fellow originator of The Orb, Andy Falconer, the pair's Sedibus project takes all of the serenity of the legendary UK electronic act and then walks it up onto the nearest mountainside in the middle of the night, sets up camp, and invites you to join in a stargazing odyssey. You can almost feel the cosmos appearing around you as the work unfolds. Just like the great blanket of stars, energy and matter above, there's complexity here, even if it often feels deceptively simple. Layers, textures, passing noises, background harmonies, all these elements subtly create this deep and incredibly immersive soundscape that pulls you in like a black hole, before showing you what the spread, retreat, and expansion of energy might sound like.
… Read moreout of stock $23.66
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Shabason Krgovich Sage (LP + insert)
Cat: IF 045. Rel: 11 Apr 24
Review: Joseph Shabason, Matthew Sage, and Nicholas Krgovich form a harmonious triangle, both musically and geographically. Hailing from Toronto, Colorado, and Vancouver respectively, they converged at Sage's barn studio nestled at the foot of the Rockies to explore their shared talent for finding beauty in life's mundane moments. Shabason, known for blending late 80s adult-contemporary and smooth jazz aesthetics into ethereal soundscapes, joins forces with Sage, who combines instrumental prowess with synthesis and field recordings to evoke the natural world's whimsy and profundity. Completing the trio is Krgovich, whose observational poetics add a relatable touch to their calm expressionism. Their collaborative album, warmly Shabason, Krgovich, Sage extends the wry and melancholic micro-miracles established in their previous works.
… Read moreGespielt von: Juno Recommends Ambient/Drone
in stock $27.04
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Review: Superbly spiritual sounds on this record will start or end any day right. They are effortlessly world and mystic, with shimmer hang drums, dreamy chords and richly layered instrumental sounds all wooing and caressing your soul and soothing it in the process. This most meditative of records and all its potent musical charms from Shakali mixes up celestial themes with ceremonial Javanese met allophone sounds. Lovers of the likes of Don Cherry or Alice Coltrane are sure to fall for the charms of this one
… Read moreGespielt von: Alexis Le-Tan
out of stock $28.75
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The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (Soundtrack) (limited numbered gatefold 180 gram audiophile translucent green vinyl LP + insert)
Cat: MOVATM 049G. Rel: 08 Aug 24
Review: Ben Stiller directs and stars in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, an adaption James Thurber's classic tale of a daydreamer who escapes his mundane existence through heroic and romantic fantasies. The film's superb soundtrack cones from Theodore Shapiro, who was already renowned for scoring comedy hits like The Devil Wears Prada and Tropic Thunder. Now presented on vinyl and in full, it includes 12 tracks featuring Swedish indie folk artist Jose Gonzalez, the eloquent classical guitarist and poignant vocalist. Gonzalez's music has been featured in TV series such as Scrubs, Bones, House, and Numb3rs, and adds great depth to the film's musical landscape.
… Read moreout of stock $39.18
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Cat: 007559 7899535. Rel: 13 Jun 24
Review: Caroline Shaw and So Percussion collaborate on Rectangles & Circumstance, a superb record that blends Shaw's signature vocal textures with So Percussion's rhythmic ingenuity. Released as part of their innovative repertoire, the album explores geometric motifs through intricate percussive arrangements and Shaw's evocative vocal expressions. With its interplay of structured forms and organic flow, your mind is soon locked into a weaving narrative that transcends the conventional boundaries of contemporary music. In merging complex compositions with emotive resonance, these two serve up some real profundity.
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The Conversation (Soundtrack) (Record Store Day RSD 2023) (limited numbered gatefold red vinyl LP)
Cat: SILLP 1661. Rel: 29 Apr 23
Review: David Shire has one hell of a back catalogue. Active within music since the 1960s, and specifically theatre and film soundtracks in the 1970s, while many of the biggest names behind movie scores have a tendency to explore the same avenues, and therefore wind up creating tunes for relatively similar flicks, in this case that's not really true. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (the original, of course), All The President's Men, and parts of Saturday Night Fever give some idea as to the breadth of his mastery.
The Conversation slips right in there in terms of period and genre, but is, of course, a very different classic to a movie about a New York subway train getting hijacked or social tensions in Brooklyn at the height of the disco era. While largely focused on piano solos, we also get late night dance floor jazz, tense drone, and moody avant-garde, just in case the on-screen action wasn't brooding enough already.
… Read moreThe Conversation slips right in there in terms of period and genre, but is, of course, a very different classic to a movie about a New York subway train getting hijacked or social tensions in Brooklyn at the height of the disco era. While largely focused on piano solos, we also get late night dance floor jazz, tense drone, and moody avant-garde, just in case the on-screen action wasn't brooding enough already.
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Anthology: The Paris Concerts (gatefold 180 gram vinyl 2xLP)
Cat: 486623 7. Rel: 20 Mar 25
Review: Howard Shore is the renowned film composer known for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit soundtracks and now he releases a new album capturing three concerts he performed in Spring 2023 at the Maison de Radio France. Two concerts feature the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, conducted by Ludwig Wicki and Bastien Stil, while the third highlights Shore's experimental works. The performances include soloists such as Olivier Doise and Raphaelle Moreau. Shore, a pioneer in contemporary film music, believes film music offers composers unique freedom for personal expression and backs that up with his work here.
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Professor Balthazar (Soundtrack) (gatefold LP)
Cat: FOX 010LP. Rel: 25 Sep 23
Review: If you're unfamiliar with Yugoslavia-era Croatian animated children's entertainment than where have you been? And, please, allow us some introductions. Produced for 11 years, between 1967 and 1978, Professor Balthazar was a kids show about a benevolent genius scientist (the titular star) who helps those around him overcome various problems, often through the use of invention, using a magical machine to come up with innovative designs to solve any issue. While there is certainly subtext to read into - TV has always been a bastion of propaganda, not least behind the Iron Curtain of yore - trying to pinpoint the location or origin here isn't easy, if you don't already know. No character speaks a discernible language, making this resolutely universal storytelling. Similarly, the soundtrack, by Balkan master Tomislav Simovic, is relentlessly shapeshifting and expressive, and impossible not to fall in love with, no matter where you grew up.
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The Zagreb School Of Animated Film: 1961-1982 (Soundtrack) (gatefold 2xLP)
Cat: FOX 011LP. Rel: 25 Sep 23
Review: Tomislav Simovic was among the most significant musical masters to emerge in post-World War II Yugoslavia. The Croatian artist was a member of several jazz bands over the years, is considered a pioneer of southern European electronic music, a highly respected musical theorist, commentator, and all-round visionary. During his lifetime, he would score 300 films, many of which are lost to the sands of time, and those that did survived, or were recreated by new artists, are considered examples of soundtrack as art. Few answer that call better than this previously unreleased collection of 18 short animated films from the Zagreb school, which positioned itself as an artistic institution concerned with presenting philosophical world views and changing the course of animated history. Simovic's work, even without the visuals, conveys this brilliantly, with a mixture of whimsy, comedy, contemporary songwriting, and grand arrangements.
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Doctor Who: The Sun Makers (Soundtrack) (limited gatefold transparent orange vinyl LP)
Cat: SILLP 1569C. Rel: 15 Aug 23
Review: Dudley Simpson's first contribution to Doctor Who was in 1964 when he wrote the music for Planet of Giants which Dr geeks will know starred William Hartnell as the first Doctor. By the end of the decade, he became the go-to composer for the show and in all he scored 294 episodes up until his last, The Horns of Nimon, in 1979. He scored episodes starring numerous doctors from Tom Baker to Jon Pertwee and 58 stories. It is a fine body of work which he started with a small orchestral setup before progressing to the BBC Radiophonic Workshop on EMS synthesisers for a year and then later adding percussion.
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Lettera Cosmica (LP + booklet)
Cat: BS 080. Rel: 05 Jun 23
Review: Lettera Cosmica by Riccardo Sinigaglia and musician and visual artist Mario De Leo was recorded back in 1981. It has never before been published and is the consolidation of an artistic and human partnership that aims to trace the four seasons in musical form. It has been made using analogue loops, prepared tapes featuring strings and piano, draws on lots of freaky time and pitch shifts and has been filtered with a Teac 3340 4-track recorder. The results seem at once ancient and ritualistic but also futuristic and occult. The volts are unique to the South of Italy and as they harmonise it is hard not to be left spellbound by this accessible yet experimental work. .
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Review: Jimmy Lacy's first missive as Sip, a highly limited cassette put out by Chicagoan "small press" specialists Eye Vybe Records, captured him performing synthesiser soundscapes live on a local radio station. Since then, he has put out a debut studio album - the synth-wave, new-age and Radiophonic Workshop-influenced Leos Naturals - and a collaborative cassette. Here he makes his vinyl bow with another distinctive collection of synth-rooted recordings, Leos Ultras. Like much of his previous work, it seems to exist at the intersection between Stereolab, 1970s new age synthesiser recordings, lo-fi Balearica, experimental movie soundtracks and the vintage synth-powered cheeriness of Plone. It's an enticing, entertaining and pleasingly pure proposition whose occasional nods to jazz surprise and delight in equal measure.
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Cat: EM 1096LP2. Rel: 26 Nov 24
Review: Mustapha Skandrani is a luminary of Algerian music who crafted a unique fusion of Arabo-Andalusian and European styles. His 1965 solo piano album Istikhbars and Improvisations was recorded in Paris and reimagines traditional Algerian istikhbars, which are vocal pieces rooted in Islamic Arabo-Andalusian culture, on a quintessentially European piano. While some purists criticised this approach, Skandrani highlighted the shared European elements within Arabo-Andalusian traditions and demonstrated the Mediterranean as a bridge, not a divide. Alternating between modal istikhbars and piano improvisations, his precise touch evokes comparisons to Bach's Goldberg Variations while retaining strong Arabic/Maghreb influences.
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Review: Renowned for his intricate compositions, Sly5thAve's music is a fusion of hip-hop, soul, r&b and jazz, thereby reflecting his diverse influences. New album Liberation marks his third solo LP, showcasing orchestral arrangements, jazz improvisation, and hip-hop production. With courage and musical conviction, Sly5thAve's inner voice guides him, liberating him from fear as the original orchestrations effortlessly unfold. Collaborating with Ghost Note bandmates and other talented musicians, Sly5thAve breathes new life into classics like Destiny's Child's 'No, No, No Pt. 2' and crafts original tracks like 'Monoxide' and 'Big Brother feat. Daniel Wytanis' which pays homage to his collaborators' contributions and his own musical evolution.
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Review: Polish composer Aleksandra Slyz is back with a second album, a first on Warm Winters, that sees her "finding connections between acoustic and synthetic sounds, creating rich drone structures, slowly but intensely pulsing and resonating within the surrounding space and within each listener." The physicality of the instruments used in the record also defines its sound, from the way fingers press down on bows to the air pressure of each sax note. Across three pieces, it makes for an emotionally impactful record in which you can almost see the musician at work as you listen, such is the palpable playing style.
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Spell Of Remembrance (LP + booklet)
Cat: EC 005LP. Rel: 03 Jan 23
Review: Los Angeles is about far more than billboard lifestyles and Hollywood red carpets these days. The city has slowly built an enviable reputation for its alternative music scenes over the past couple of decades, even if the 'democratisation' of the record industry's low revenue streams threaten to bankrupt the talent in and around the metropolis due to its famously (and ridiculously) high cost of living.
That hotbed spans a multitude of genres, from house and techno to punk and experimental, with Nicolas Snyder falling into the latter, and making a very good case to back up our point. Taking ambient sounds and splicing them together in ways that create sometimes awkward, sometimes infectious, but always enjoyable and tangible rhythms, Spell of Remembrance is both abstract and fully formed, organic yet electronic, and highly, highly original.
… Read moreThat hotbed spans a multitude of genres, from house and techno to punk and experimental, with Nicolas Snyder falling into the latter, and making a very good case to back up our point. Taking ambient sounds and splicing them together in ways that create sometimes awkward, sometimes infectious, but always enjoyable and tangible rhythms, Spell of Remembrance is both abstract and fully formed, organic yet electronic, and highly, highly original.
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Review: Alex Somers has spent much of his hugely successful career either composing music for film and TV or producing other artists. It's for that reason that it's taken him some time to deliver a debut solo album, though to make up for this he's simultaneously releasing two sets - Siblings and Siblings 2 - both of which feature music mostly recorded between 2014 and 2016. Like its' predecessor, Siblings 2 makes extensive use of beguiling orchestration, disconnected vocals, gritty noise, fuzzy samples and experimental electronic sounds, offering an appealing and unearthly fusion of ambient, neo-classical and glitchy electronica that's both masterfully executed and genuinely immersive.
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