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Singles
Slow Dance
Cat: AOTN 12014. Rel: 23 Sep 21
Slow Dance (4:34)
Slow Dance (Axes) (4:23)
Leave It All Behind (3:32)
Punch (4:35)
Review: It's hard to keep up with the number of releases that Athens Of The North are putting out this month, but you really must try. This one is a gooey and loved up disco 12" from the dream team pairing of Tom Findlay from Groove Armada and James Alexander Bright. They hook up via mutual appreciation over Twitter and worked up a load of new material in the studio as Bright & Findlay. Their first offering 'Slow Dance' is perfection - lush 80s synths, slow-motion boogie beats and drum machines marbled with little guitar riffs and soulful vocals that ate you to a better place. Two further heart melters come on the flip side and we are already in love with this project.
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Back To Bahia Vol 3
Back To Bahia Vol 3 (limited 7")
Cat: MCWR 014. Rel: 10 Aug 23
Lsaura (5:54)
As The Sunsets (6:28)
Review: Detroit's John Beltran can do no wrong if you ask us, and what he does do is always famously varied, from sound design for TV to melodic techno excellence via ambient beauty. Here for MotorCity Wine he revisits his Back To Bahia series with a third volume that finds him flexing his Afro-Brazilian deep house chops. The 7" opens up with the jazzy boogie of Lsaura' which is steeped in Minneapolis funk and will get cultured dancefloors in a spin. 'As The Sunsets' that appears on the flip and is a superbly emotive sound with wispy late night melodies and glowing harmonies and shuffling Latin grooves. Essential.
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Far From Galaxia
Far From Galaxia (limited 12")
Cat: VOYA 006. Rel: 23 Mar 22
Let You Out (5:00)
Known (5:41)
Time Machine (4:56)
Passengers (6:29)
Via Lactea (5:08)
Review: Italian producer Riccardo Buccirossi, owner of Imprints, is back under the Bladymore Galaxy alias for another session in sci-fi themed beats on SMS' Rome-based label Free Voyage. Far From Glaxia is certainly a diverse affair, taking in the sounds of cosmic ('Let You Out'), neon-lit Italo with electro beats ('Known'), alien themed space-funk ('Time Machine') and soulful IDM reminiscent of the early '90s ('Passengers').
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Earthly Tapes 03
Cat: EARTHLY 012. Rel: 20 Apr 22
ORSO - "Comets" (part I & II) (9:01)
Balam - "Ensueno" (5:37)
Mamazu - "Tombi" (6:35)
DJ Raff - "Voces" (2:55)
Ditti - "Poly Party" (5:37)
Kusht - "Small Town Rebellion" (7:26)
Review: The days are drawing out, the temperatures are rising, the sounds we all want to hear are getting much more tropical, exotic and sunny. Enter this fantastic new record from Earthly Tapes after a nearly 2 year gap since the second chapter. This third chapter is packed with brain boggling new musical excursions from six new artists to the label. Jean Dasso AKA Yeahman is Orso on the first tune, a rhythmic cut with UK breaks influences and Afro dance vibes. Balam's 'Ensueno' becomes more dubby and deep and on the flip are highlights from DJ Raff with his conga and tom splattered rhythms and Kusht's slow motion pumper, 'Small Town Rebellion.'
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Travelling Music EP
Cat: FEELI 004. Rel: 17 Jun 22
Travelling Music (8:40)
Chillin' 4 Work (6:55)
Arcade Scene (8:01)
Travelling Music (version reprise) (6:24)
Review: Having spent the last couple of years producing music for other people, International Feel main man Mark Barrott is keen to showcase some new music of his own. The tracks featured on Travelling Music were recorded in the summer of 2020, though this is the first time he's shared them with the public outside of his decidedly Balearic DJ sets. The title track - and its bubbly, sun-bright and utterly gorgeous 'Reprise' mix sibling - is loved-up and sun-soaked in the extreme, with Barrott layering lapping waves of Tangerine Dream style synth lines, kaleidoscopic counter-melodies and hypnotic, trance-inducing drums. Elsewhere, 'Chillin' 4 Work' is the Gentle People jamming with B12 and Vangelis after a fistful of happy pills, while 'Arcade Scene' is Italo-tinged analogue nu-disco.
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The Spiral Island
Cat: ONLY 001. Rel: 14 Jun 22
Baltimore Avenue (6:06)
East Coast Bells (7:40)
Dive (5:44)
The Spiral Island (3:56)
Review: Philadelphia's cultural significance doesn't quite resonate in the same way on the European side of the Atlantic as it does back in the States. Of course we all know about Philly Cheese Steak, Hall & Oates, and The Roots, but the extent to which the biggest city in Pennsylvania acts as a melting pot for creativity, without really shouting about it, is really quite remarkable once you lift the lid. And we've not even mentioned It's Always Sunny... yet.

Cutting to the chase, far too late, Alex Burkat, is a case in point for the talent at work in said metropolis. A producer and DJ who has graced labels like Mister Saturday Night, Permanent Vacation, 100% Silk and Third Ear Recordings in the past, here he turns his well-tuned ear to ambient work, delivering three accomplished drone outings that do as they should - hypnotic, tunnelling, creeping but commanding.
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Baz Bradley Special Editions
Cat: MWSE 009. Rel: 26 Feb 24
Soul Boys (Acetate edit) (7:40)
Super Maxi (5:23)
Flight 207 (Gate One) (5:15)
Burn The Candle (6:24)
Review: Magic Wand welcomes Baz Bradley for a series of Special Editions that keep blissed-out late summer dancing sessions alive and possible even as days shorten and the sun fades away. He opens up with 'Soul Boys' (Acetate edit) which is an 80s disco jaunt with superb vocals and noodling funk rifts. 'Super Maxi' is a more stripped-back and aloof groove with sung-spoke vocals and hook melodies making for a weird yet wonderful vibe. 'Flight 207' (Gate One) is another slow-motion and dubbed-out disco funker then 'Burn The Candle' has a raw percussive twist.
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Gespielt von: Manu Archeo, Rayko, The Owl
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Fool's Gold Vol 1
Cat: TK 01. Rel: 05 Jul 22
Axel Boman - "Oasis" (5:07)
Velmondo - "Echo Welt" (5:24)
MLiR - "I'ts Baby Time" (5:14)
Luisille - "Une Longue Route" (4:52)
Review: New label Taf Kif kicks off with this classy VA package from some cool cats who know how to lay down a slick groove or two. First up on this distinctly 80s-styled package is Axel Boman, who brings some of his signature sparkling melodies to a synth-pop indebted jam entitled 'Oasis'. Meanwhile Velmondo follows up with something a little more trippy and adventurous on 'Echo Welt', before MLiR inaugurates the B-side with the sultry tones of 'It's Baby Time'. Lusille completes the set with the hazy Afro house deviations of 'Une Longue Route', riding a swung groove that offers something different from the everyday cookie cutter house we know so well.
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Ethno Groove
Cat: ERC 140. Rel: 11 Sep 23
Ethno Groove
Ethno Groove (New Age To Bokaye mix)
Ethno Groove (Double Beat Explosion mix)
Ethno Groove (Tribal mix)
Review: As one of the finest and most stylishly eclectic labels out there, you never know where Emotional Rescue will go next. This time out they head into a world of Afro-cosmic, a scene initially pioneered by early and groundbreaking Italian DJ Danielle Baldelli. Boyake's 1990 gem 'Ethno Groove' stands out as a classic of the genre and joins the dots between the early house and techno sounds that were sweeping Italy with new age ideals, Afro drums and chunky tribal percussion next to Balearic synths. It features syncopated analogue beats and live percussion and as well as the original, this 12" features two of the further mixes that came in 1994. All are heady, head-turning and mind-melting pumpers.
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Belabouche EP
Cat: JDP 002. Rel: 09 Feb 23
Brooklyn (feat George Alla Dispari) (5:50)
I Gonna Miss You (6:25)
Ikeja (6:39)
Country Headquarters (6:24)
Review: Italian disco don and funk flexer Belabouche has landed on the likes of DiscoDat, Spare Change Disco and Gimme! Gimme. His edits and remixes are always in hot demand but here he offers up four original jams that show off his studio skills on the JDP Disco label. Flautist George alla Dispari features on 'Brooklyn', the full flavour funk fuelled opener that bustles with joy and good time vibes. 'I Gonna Miss You' is a more spaced out disco cut from the deep and 'Ikeja' then pumps the floor with squelchy bass and astral chords. 'Country Headquarters' lows to a seductive crawl to close things out.
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Heaven Is Over
Heaven Is Over (limited clear vinyl 12" + MP3 download code)
Cat: JAG 376LPC1. Rel: 11 Dec 20
Heaven Is Over (3:45)
Strike A Light (3:43)
Thirty Two (2:31)
Yawn (3:43)
Loving Furlong (2:13)
Review: Bullion is a virtuoso pop producer who brings a different perspective. His 80s tinged poptimism has won him a hardcore fan base. He draws on dusky yacht pop, synth pop, blue eyed soul and fantasy sounds for his inspiration and distils them all into his own unique outlook. Here he makes a classy debut for US indie label Jagjaguwar and sets sail on the lullaby like 'Heaven Is Over. 'Strike A Light' brims with more lush melodies and retro-future sounds with his own vocals drifting up top. A real standout is the closer, 'Loving Furlong,' which is intimate and sincere and shows his songwriting at its best.
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GATT 004
GATT 004 (hand-stamped 7")
Cat: GATT 004. Rel: 16 Sep 22
Think About It (4:25)
Let It Happen (unreleased 7" mix) (4:26)
Review: This is the fourth in a new series of stamped 7" releases from Gatt artist Beatconductor. There is nothing smart about the work on 'sink About It' which simply brings a classic vocal to a big beat. It's an easy way to get any party going. On the flip is 'Let It Happen' (unreleased 7" mix) which his more nuanced and interesting, with funky bass lines, loose limbed percussion and gorgeously twinkling keys all raining down from above.
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Brixia Sonora Remixed
Brokenspiel (Fred P remix) (8:29)
New Try (Pedro Ricardo remix) (5:32)
Paline (K-Lone 4/4 remix) (4:49)
Scent Of An Old Life (Rahaan re-edit) (5:55)
Askja (Bruise remix) (5:52)
Fili (Map.Ache remix) (6:43)
Review: Rebirth kicks off its 2024 with a remix EP that serves as "a tribute to the Brescian music scene in its many facets and declinations." The full original project is a complete 12-track album that brings together many different sounds, scenes and generations, with the best bits now assembled on this new 12". The revered deep house master Fred P opens up with some texture spiritual synth depths, K-Lone brings some nice house swing to his version of 'Paline' and edit maestro Rahsaan also keeps it paired back and late night on his soulful take on 'Scent Of An Old Life'. A great reimagining of some moving musical adventures, then.

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Piano Piano
Cat: TSONYCSG 010. Rel: 29 Jul 22
Piano Piano (original Balearic mix) (12:29)
Piano Piano (DJ Spinna Journey mix) (9:32)
Review: Italian Danilo Braca offers up a superbly summery deep hose single here that is alive with bird calls and beautiful ambiance. There are hooky Balearic guitar riffs stitched into the smooth, shuffling, dusty groove. Breaking waves and seductive sax motifs add further color to the most serene and seductive sounds. After that 12-minute-plus epic on the A-side comes the flip side DJ Spinna Journey mix. It has fleshier drums, and muted acid lines but just as much of an escapist beauty feel. Two classics here that will fit into any open-air set with style.
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Tabu
Tabu (12")
Cat: NUNS 044V. Rel: 09 Aug 22
Tabu (6:39)
Tabu (House remix) (4:33)
Tabu (Ruf Dugs extended Caribbean dub) (9:55)
Review: If you'd danced under the stars at Amnesia in Ibiza in the summer of 1990, there's a fair chance you would have heard Bianca Binky's 'Tabu', which remains a contender for the title 'most Balearic house record ever made'. That's certainly what NuNorthern Soul boss Phil Cooper thinks, because he went to great lengths to do this fully remastered reissue. Wisely, he's chosen to present both the original mix and the acid bass-propelled 'House Mix' on side A, with a brand-new extended edit of the sought-after 'Caribbean Dub' on side B. Created by his pal Ruf Dug, this ten-minute re-dub builds brilliantly, showcases the best elements of the track (the bassline, pianos, beats and synthesizer melodies) while adding trippy effects in all the right places.
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Lowdown Fever EP 1
Cat: BAT 12003. Rel: 14 Jan 21
Simmerdown - "Legitimacy" (4:51)
Black Soyls - "Deep Shit" (part 3) (4:44)
ITO - "Citylights" (5:14)
David Hanke - "Mirrorsides" (4:25)
Review: We're not quite sure about the story behind this EP - Bathurst have not made clear whether it's the first in a series, or whether there's a theme - but the music on show is well-worth checking. Zoe Leonard dons the Simmerdown guise on excellent opener 'Legitimacy', a slowly unfurling affair that craftily combines sun-kissed ambient electronics with cut-up, club-ready beats, gargantuan bass and 140 style vocal cut-ups. David Hanke delivers two contrasting cuts: the shuffling, bass-heavy, spacey-but-sleazy excellence of 'Deep Shit Part 3' as Black Soyls, and the cheerier and bouncier 'Mirrorsides' under his given name. Our favourite though is ITO's 'Citylights', a jazzy, slipped instrumental number full of beautiful piano flourishes and languid bass.
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Summer Selections Four
James Bright - "Amber" (4:42)
Be.Lanuit - "Nana A Leon" (feat Marcos De La Fuente) (6:09)
Cole Odin - "Growing" (5:21)
Gold Suite - "The Cowboy" (6:21)
Norht Of The Island - "I Feel" (5:43)
Residentes Balearicos - "Smoke & Fly" (8:33)
Review: Nunorthern Soul's fourth vinyl outing encourages you to sit back, relax, and sink into some truly horizontal sounds awash with Balearic bliss. James Bright kicks off the session with the warm glow of 'Amber' and its slowly percolating beats and painterly synths. Be.Lanuit's 'Nana A Leon' has a starry eyed charm that will get you gazing off into the night and elsewhere Norht Of The Island's 'I Feel' has a chugging groove and exotic synth work bringing plenty of colour. This is a high class EP of richly detailed downtempo brilliance.
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Tracks Of Love
Tracks Of Love (clear vinyl 7")
Cat: VR 08. Rel: 16 Mar 22
Tracks Of Love (3:56)
Tracks Of Love (dub Guitar) (3:55)
Review: Robert "Dubwise" Browne is a skilled musician who can lay down perfect basslines, lovely keyboard overdubs and excite drum programming. H does all that and more on this super laidback and heartfelt dub for the Japanese label Vortex. 'Tracks of Love' is the sound of a lazy afternoon walk in the park with a new love, without a care in the world and hearts in your eyes. The Balearic guitar solo that rings out midway through is utterly soul melting. The guitar dub makes even more of that aspect of the original.
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Love Has Found Its Way
Love Has Found Its Way (transparent blue vinyl 7")
Cat: VR 06. Rel: 22 Nov 21
Love Has Found Its Way (guitar instrumental version) (4:38)
Love Has Found Its Way (dub guitar) (4:38)
Review: Earlier in the year, Robert 'Dubwise' Browne followed up his superb, soft-focus reggae-soul cover of 'Everybody Loves The Sunshine' with 'Love Has Found Its Way', a fine hook-up with vocalist Maya Hatch that effortlessly joined the dots between samba, lovers rock and sultry downtempo soul. On this "45" he delivers two instrumental revisions of the cut, both of which make superb use of the glistening, fluid jazz guitar solos that only made a brief appearance on the original release. The A-side 'Guitar Instrumental Version' sounds like a future Balearic classic, with his Peter Green-esque solos tumbling down across a shuffling samba rhythm. The flipside 'Dub Guitar' version explores similar sonic territory, amplifying the bass a little while making good use of reverb and delay effects. In a word: gorgeous.
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Ich Traume So Leise Von Dir
Cat: MFM 015. Rel: 17 Nov 16
Mein Tanzlied (5:06)
Dir (4:49)
Der Schnupfen (4:47)
Abends (4:24)
Review: Once again, Music From Memory has dug deep for inspiration. Very few will have come across the original 1987 pressing of Ich Traume So Leise, a long-forgotten collaborative album that brought together trumpet player Heinz Becker, songwriter Karl-Heinz Stegmann, and poet Isabel Zeumer. Predictably, though, the tracks which the Dutch label has chosen to reissue are exceptionally good. "Mein Tanzlied", for example, features Becker's meandering trumpet lines and Zeumer's eyebrow-raising spoken word vocals seemingly drifting over an intoxicatingly funky, mid-80s dancefloor groove, while "Dir" is a seriously atmospheric chunk of beatless jazz poetry. Flip for the Balearic electro-funk of "Der Schnupfen" and the languid, new age ambience of "Abends".
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Alben
Black Sands
Cat: ZENCD 140. Rel: 25 Mar 10
Prelude
Kiara
Kong
Eyesdown (feat Andreya Triana)
El Toro
We Could Forever
1009
All In Forms
The Keeper (feat Andreya Triana)
Stay The Same (feat Andreya Triana)
Animals
Black Sands
Review: Black Sands, the eagerly anticipated fourth album from Simon Green AKA Bonobo, is no revolutionary change from his signature sound but does come with perhaps even more subtlety and complexity than his previous offerings. Having constantly instilled a degree of integrity and value back into chill out music following the influx of Cafe Del Mar and Coffeeshop compilations, Green once again displays a musicianship that sets him apart as a true artist and producer amongst a sea of downtempo and chillout DJs.
His undeniably clear understanding of composition and arrangement of live instruments has enabled Green to make an album that reaches out through diverse styles, taking influence and inspiration from wherever possible. On Black Sands, Green delves into electronic music and bass more than he did across Animal Magic, Dial "M" For Monkey or Days To Come but does so with enough subtlety and finesse to refrain from causing a radical shift in his product. Tracks like "Kiara," "We Could Forever" and "All In Forms" all utilise beats and bass in a more contemporary outlook than we are used to with Bonobo. Of course the instrumental feel is still there for all to see. Title track "Black Sands" takes this position for almost seven minutes of a horn infused waltz whereas "Kong" assumes the traditional soul-jazz Bonobo take and "Animals" lets delicate drum patterns guide us through pleasing tempo shifts.
The instrumental vibe is highlighted further in the album's approach to vocals. Unlike his last album, Days To Come which was littered with vocals, Black Sands houses only three tracks that contain vocals. The breathy vocals of Andreya Triana complete tracks like "Stay the Same" and "The Keeper" turning them in more traditional songs. Black Sands is another loving crafted offering that uses orchestral arrangements but this time merged with more of a dance aesthetic. As he continues to make chillout more credible in his experimental way, it's no wonder that Bonobo is one of the biggest artists to come from the excellent Ninja Tune.
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25 Years Of Aficionado
Cat: REWARM 17CD. Rel: 16 Nov 23
Held By Trees - "In The Trees (Ambient)"
Stanley Clarke - "Desert Song"
Jan Akkerman - "Ode To Billy Joe"
Alain Debray - "Concierto De Aranjuez"
Hightower Set - "Departure Lounge (Nothing To Declare)"
J Walk - "Cool Bright Northern Morning"
Canyons - "Akasha" (Begin remix)
Waves - "Summer Sunday"
Mudd - "Summer In The Wood"
Trevor Heiron - "Love Chains" (instrumental)
Korallreven - "Honey Mine" (Lissvik remix)
Giorgio Tuma - "Through Your Hands Love Can Shine" (feat Laetita Sadier)
Superimposers - "Seeing Is Believing"
Teacher - "Can't Step Twice (On The Same Piece Of Water)"
Kalima - "Shine" (Gilles Peterson Vibrazonic dub mix)
Review: The traditonal way to start a review of any Micko Westmoreland release - and with as is to point out that he's best known for playing Jack Fairey in the mock glam documentary Velvet Goldmine, but with a second strong album in his new, flanked -by-legends incarnation and some highly memorable video promos featuring a succession of alternativ ecomedy greats, that could well be changing. Expect spiky English podst-punk songwriting a la XTC or even Pulp, with recent singles 'Autosexual' and 'What's In A Name' (which includes guest vocals from Kevin Eldon numbering among the highligths.
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Gespielt von: Marco Gallerani
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Fig 1
Fig 1 (LP + MP3 download code limited to 200 copies)
Cat: BRC 01. Rel: 23 Jan 23
(It's) Possible (3:51)
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah (5:15)
A Clear Sky At Night (4:24)
Bird Brain (4:26)
Does Your Dog Bite (5:08)
Earth Music (4:42)
Sea Moss (4:46)
Day Dreaming (6:33)
Review: Fresh, warm and spontaneous - brainwave research center's eight track debut album is everything that electronic music sometimes forgets to be. Recorded and produced in the back of Smith's synthesizer/electronic repair shop, Specs Sales & Repair, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the project is a joint collaboration between NYC-based house/techno producer, Chase Smith (W.T. Records, Apartment, is/Was), & documentary filmmaker, Christa Majoras (School of Visual Arts).
Described as a distillation of influences from experimentalism of Steve Reich, Laurie Spiegel and Black Dice, the 90s ambient techno of The Orb and Pete Namlook/Fax and more motorik flavours like Kraftwerk, Suicide, Manual Gottsching, it's a gentle but lively affair from the Art Of Noise-esque 'ah ah ah ah ah' and bubbling jam 'Bird Brain' to the epic arpeggios v guitar closer 'Day Dreaming'. This is first of four releases that the artist has planned, but there's certainly enough here to get your teeth into for now.

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In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country
Cat: WAP 144R. Rel: 18 Nov 13
Kid For Today
Amo Bishop Roden
In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country
Zoetrope
Review: When it comes to a reissue such as this it can't be understated just how arresting the work of Boards of Canada can be in the right situation. This EP, that came to light in between Music Has The Right To Children and Geogaddi, represents the enigmatic duo at their most powerful, channeling their energy into four long-form tracks that draw on all of their combined strengths. "Kid For Today" is haunting and dark but utterly heartbreaking, whilst "Amo Bishop Roden" heads into more mysterious territory. "In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country" is eerie in its titular invitation to join a cult, and "Zoetrope" tips its hat to Terry Riley et al in its looping phrases, but really there's no describing the magnificence of these gems, pleasingly reissued on vinyl to beat the Discogs chancers.
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Tags: IDM
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Various 3
Various 3 (mini LP)
Cat: FS 003. Rel: 17 Jul 23
The Variable Club - "Biorhythms" (5:05)
Alpine DJ - "Pepe Nony" (6:38)
A Vision Of Panorama - "Kissing The Sun" (4:42)
Pete Bandit - "Many Stories" (6:53)
Common Mode - "Bassface" (5:49)
Body Corp - "Take It Or Leave It" (4:40)
Review: There is a wealth of talent on show on the third EP from the Fusion Sequence label which has put together this six-track deep house sizzler. The Variable Club' 'Biorhythms' is perfectly warm and dynamic for cosy backroom moments and Alpine DJ then brings an old school piano feel to 'Pepe Nony' before A Vision Of Panorama zones you out on lush chords and reverential keys on 'Kissing The Sun.' The flipside offers the more dark and heads-down 'Many Stories' while the blissed-out and feel-good grooves return with Common Mode's 'Bassface.' Body Corp shuts down with the slower, seductive sounds of 'Take It Or Leave It' which rounds out a top-class EP.

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Ola De Novo (The Remixes) (feat Kiko Navarro/Kaidi Tatham/Blair French/Ezel/Cee El Assaad/Chris Coco/John Beltran & John Arnold mixes)
AZTEC 2022 (Kiko Navarro Jazz Suite) (9:31)
Bliss Mode (Kaidi Tatham remix) (4:53)
Pour Le Moment (Blair French Revision) (4:39)
Rythm Of The Sun (Ezel remix) (7:11)
Get Away (Cee ElAssaad remix) (7:25)
Linda Sau Paulo (Chris Coco dub) (4:12)
Rhythm Of Sao Paolo (Beltran & Arnold Brazilian Blend) (5:27)
Review: Having thrown somewhat of a creative curveball with the launch of Latin and soul-centered project Sol Set, John Beltran hands over the Detroit collective's debut album Ola De Novo to a list of impressive global talent for the remix treatment. Kiko Navarro, Kaidi Tatham, Blair Frech, Ezel, Cee ElAssaad, Chris Coco and John Beltram with John Arnold all line up to do their duty, incorporating the sun kissed, percussion-heavy and exotically instrumented vibes into their more house and techno productions. Highlights include Cee ElAssaad's remix of 'Get Away', its gloriously optimistic vocal retained and re-purposed over light and nimble beats, and Chris Coco's dubby slow motion samba take on 'Linda Sau Paulo', but like the label says, it's All Good
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Mosaic
Mosaic (LP + MP3 download code)
Cat: BRC 02. Rel: 25 Sep 23
Silica (5:45)
Brain Drain (4:27)
Ostrich Talk (4:03)
Treading Water (4:55)
Road Runner (5:57)
Guajillo (5:57)
Medecene II (4:29)
Last Song Of Summer (3:50)
Review: Chase Smith aka the W.T. Records and Apartment associate and documentary filmmaker Christa Majoras are back as brainwave research center with their second full length, Mosaic. Once again the sonically inquisitive pair mix up analogue synths with electro-acoustic experiments, epic and adventurous soundscapes and plenty of raw texture, hooky pop melodies and innocent rhythms. Along the way the duo take influence from their heroes including Ennio Morricone, John Carpenter and Kraftwerk on a record that was laid down in the back of Smith's synthesizer repair shop. It's an absorbing listen once more from this increasingly vital pair.
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Various 2
Various 2 (180 gram vinyl mini LP)
Cat: FS 002. Rel: 15 May 23
Vanity Project - "Flamingo Heights" (6:05)
Bobby Bricks - "Things I Remember" (4:39)
Pacific Coliseum - "Dream Island" (4:38)
The Variable Club - "Protofeel" (4:11)
Unknown Mobile - "Dog Taxi Hotel" (5:16)
Laseech - "Space Sunday" (4:51)
Sorcerer - "Just For Love" (4:20)
Review: The Mellophonia label offshoot Fusion Sequence won us over with its well-presented and great-sounding first EP, and now a quick follow-up does the same. This one is another various artists affair that starts with some nice futuristic robot disco from Vanity Project. There is more organic and lush Balearic from Bobby Bricks and Pacific Coliseum follows that spine-tingling Ibiza sunset vibe. On the flip side, there is everything from late-night electronic house to lazy disco via Sorcerer's blissed out 'Just For Love' which would entrance any dance floor. There's as much quality as there is variation on this one, which makes it a useful EP indeed.

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Black Sands
Black Sands (2xLP + MP3 download code)
Cat: ZEN 140. Rel: 30 Mar 10
Prelude
Kiara
Kong
Eyesdown (feat Andreya Triana)
El Toro
We Could Forever
1009
All In Forms
The Keeper (feat Andreya Triana)
Stay The Same (feat Andreya Triana)
Animals
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Days To Come
Cat: ZEN 119. Rel: 28 Sep 06
Intro
Days To Come (feat Bajka)
Between The Lines (feat Bajka)
The Fever
Transmission 94 (Parts 1 & 2)
On Your Marks
Hatoa
Recurring
Nightlite (feat Bajka)
If You Stayed Over (feat Fink)
Walk In The Sky (feat Bajka)
Ketto
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VTC (Soundtrack)
Cat: LRR 001LP. Rel: 09 Feb 22
Evidences Are Bases Of Conclusion (1:30)
Tunnel (3:51)
Half Blind Dog (2:11)
Rooster (1:48)
La Chapelle (2:43)
The Meeting (1:31)
L'Espace (2:50)
This Is A Trap (2:15)
Hald Blind Drive (0:48)
The Liquid Chase (2:09)
Mapesa (2:29)
Walk A Mile In My Mind (4:35)
Les Flammes (3:14)
Review: RECOMMENDED
Radio Nova programmer Max Guiget steps out under his well established Blundetto guise for another masterclass in mechanical dub-funk stuff, this time to provide a soundtrack to Canal+'s series VTC. Centred on a night driver for a ride share company, Nora, and her addiction to amphetamines, the show presents the mess that has become her life in all its vivid and uncomfortable details. Debts, divorce, and a bed on the backseat of the car she uses to pick customers up.

Faced with this kind of quietly disturbing realism, and a world that exists predominantly as a nocturnal realm, Guiget's work is steeped in brooding atmospheres, but rather than simply looking to build feelings through long refrains and deep dive ambience, there's often a slow but definite, forward-motion rhythm to what's here, with tracks like 'La Chapelle' an eerie yet groovy case in point.
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Johatsu
Johatsu (LP + postcard with obi-strip)
Cat: ANJLP 129. Rel: 13 Apr 23
Kyoto (4:12)
Shinrin-Yoku (4:31)
Icarus (4:44)
Kill All Ghosts (6:15)
Luck (4:37)
Yonige-Ya (4:53)
One Friday In September 9 (3:36)
Kamikakushi (5:04)
Review: Drawn from a soundtrack Barrott was commissioned to write for the Japanese documentary Johatsu -The Art of Evaporation, this release explores ideas of living simply and focusing on kindness, grace and gratitude. Opening track, 'Kyoto', ripples into focus, floating through a blue-sky dreamscape and punctuated by hazy choral vocals. Another standout track, 'Icarus', is a jazz-electronic fusion piano piece, merging traditional instrumentation with a softly encompassing clarinet solo. A fantastic release from Barrott, taking contemporary Balearic to the next level.
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Cousin Zaka Vol 2
Cat: LRR 003. Rel: 02 Dec 22
Count Duke (2:48)
Mama Genso (3:46)
La Puce (2:52)
Capuche (3:27)
Les Dumands (3:01)
Doucement (2:42)
Melloguinch (1:20)
West Highland (2:39)
Nanana (1:30)
Les Fleurs De Carole (3:40)
Old Guard In A Yard (2:35)
Review: Max Guiget under his well-established Blundetto guise is one of France's more soulful producers. He dropped a great soundtrack back in February and now returns with the second volume of his superbly emotive dub work. It is infused with all sorts of knowing references from jazz funk and soul to the best of Italian Library music. 'Count Duke' opens with horizontal sounds, 'Mama Genso' is a playful and flute-led jaunt, 'Capuche' has a darker soul to its mellifluous chords and rolling drums and 'West Highland' is the most spaced out of the lot.
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Changes
Changes (LP)
Cat: AOTNLP 066. Rel: 25 Jan 24
Check 4 U (3:48)
It's Not About Me (3:19)
Best Thing (3:28)
Knight In Shining Armour (4:06)
Daydreamer (5:46)
Coming Back (3:51)
Goodbye Farewell (4:32)
Life Changes You (4:24)
Let Down & Liar (4:04)
My Man (4:08)
Review: Athens of the North is back in business this new year with a couple of singles as well as a new album dropping before the end of January. This time it is Bo'vel's Changes album that gets served up on wax having teased the act by including them on a compilation Just A Touch late last year. Their soul sound is distantly UK-centric but with influxes from dub, funk and more. That is well showcased here across ten tracks that were famously made in the mid-90s in Manchester without a big budget or big press campaign but became cult classics all the same.
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Tomorrow's Harvest
Tomorrow's Harvest (gatefold 2xLP)
Cat: WARPLP 257. Rel: 07 Jun 13
Gemini
Reach For The Dead
White Cyclosa
Jacquard Causeway
Telepath
Cold Earth
Transmisiones Ferox
Sick Times
Collapse
Palace Posy
Split Your Infinities
Uritual
Nothing Is Real
Sundown
New Seeds
Come To Dust
Semena Mertvykh
Review: Given that it's been eight years since the last Boards of Canada album, Tomorrow's Harvest should, by rights, push Daft Punk's Random Access Memories in the hype stakes. Certainly, it's a fine set. During their sabbatical, Marcus Eoin and Michael Sandison have lost none of their power to amaze and impress. Chords drone, samples hiss, synths shimmer and beats swing. There are intense ambient moments and intoxicating, post-IDM dreamscapes. It is in turns icy, warm, introspective and blindingly picturesque. Throughout, Tomorrow's Harvest is impeccably atmospheric, conjuring images of windswept Scottish moors, becalmed Cornish bays and maudlin pagan ceremonies. As comeback records go, it's pretty darn good.
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Fragments
Fragments (limited red marbled vinyl 2xLP + MP3 download code)
Cat: ZEN 279D. Rel: 14 Jan 22
Polyghost (feat Miguel Atwood-Ferguson) (1:52)
Shadows (feat Jordan Rakei) (4:43)
Rosewood (4:04)
Otomo (feat O'Flynn) (6:09)
Tides (feat Jamila Woods) (3:46)
From You (feat Joji) (3:30)
Closer (5:09)
Age Of Phase (5:37)
Elysian (2:57)
Counterpart (5:28)
Sapien (3:58)
Day By Day (feat Kadhja Bonet) (3:37)
Review: Simon Greene aka. Bonobo is set to put forth yet another album from his own personal ether; 'Fragments' was born from actual sonic 'fragments' that were later repurposed into twelve full 'sonic affirmations'. A later escape into the wilds of California's deserts formed the bulk of this album's downtempo magnum opi; watch out for collabs with a foray of world-downtempo electronica acts including Jamila Woods, O'Flynn and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. One of his most heartfelt albums, expect all from lilting future garage ('Rosewood') to rave-nostalgic slow builds.
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No Reino Dos Afetos
Cat: FARO 233LP. Rel: 08 Feb 23
Ate Meu Violao (2:52)
Quero Dizer (3:49)
Guardo Em Tuas Maos (0:53)
Beat 1 (2:21)
O Nome Do Meu Amor (2:08)
Som Nyame (2:05)
Virginia Talk (3:06)
So O Amor (1:52)
So Nos Dois (2:05)
Arraiada (2:20)
Sereno (2:07)
E Preciso Ter Amor (2:42)
Review: Serene MPB via lo-fi via neo soul from Bruno Berle, one of Macieo, Brazil's hottest vocal talents. 808s and microtonal future bass sensibilities underlie this stylistically sprawling release, recalling something made by Monte Booker mixed with the songwriting sensibilities of Joao Donato. There's the occasional bit of ambient, dancehall and soft rock in there too, with every part that defines each genre all deftly handled by the instrumentalist.
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Satta (20th Anniversary Edition)
Satta (20th Anniversary Edition) (gatefold 180 gram vinyl 2xLP + insert in embossed sleeve)
Cat: PILOTTON 005. Rel: 26 Nov 21
Yma (6:27)
Camioux (5:07)
Night Over Manaus (6:17)
Divers (5:25)
Bakar (4:41)
Down & Out (6:02)
Yoruba Road (5:42)
Under My Sensi (6:01)
Lava (4:49)
Satta (5:42)
Review: Originally released at a time when Kruder & Dorfmeister reigned supreme and Germany and Austria boasted some of the finest dub-fired downtempo producers around, Bozoo Bajou's debut album, Satta, was something a sleeper hit. As this 25th anniversary reissue proves, it remains a deliciously languid, laidback and glassy-eyed affair that mixes subtly jazzy instrumentation (Rhodes, jazz guitar etc), dubby bass and luscious string arrangements with slow-motion trip-hop beats and dusty samples. The plentiful highlights include 'Night Over Manaus', a samba-soaked shuffler, luscious opener 'YMA', jazzy head-nodder 'Under Mi Sensi' and the exotic, G-Stone style stoned haziness of 'Bakar'.
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BLUNDAR 12
BLUNDAR 12 (numbered heavyweight translucent green vinyl LP + insert limited to 200 copies)
Cat: BLUNDAR 12LP. Rel: 19 Sep 23
Track 1 (3:01)
Track 2 (3:24)
Track 3 (3:03)
Track 4 (5:13)
Track 5 (2:58)
Track 6 (2:54)
Track 7 (2:53)
Track 8 (2:15)
Track 9 (3:47)
Track 10 (2:14)
Track 11 (3:35)
Track 12 (5:09)
Review: Portland-based Kevin Palmer tucks himself away in a shed to make his music, so the myth goes. Wherever he makes it, he has always cooked up something special in the in-between electronic worlds. Now he lands on Blundar with a brand new album on numbered and heavyweight translucent green vinyl that offers up 12 tracks of ambient, dub and downtempo experiments which are at times intriguing and cosmic and others laid back and beautifully lazy. Each one is deftly detailed with myriad synth sounds, and atmospheric motifs and they all add up to a perfectly deep, dreamy and immersive listen.
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Late Night Tales Presents After Dark: Nightshift
Bill BREWSTER / VARIOUS
Late Night Tales Presents After Dark: Nightshift (limited 2xLP + MP3 download code)
Cat: ALNLP 36. Rel: 04 Jul 14
Typesun - "Last Home" (original mix)
The Gino Fontaine - "Revnorev"
Salsoul Invention - "Soul Machine"
General - "Magic"
Day Outside - "Faraway Sensation"
Mugwump - "Boutade" (Miseridub)
Hubbabubbaklubb - "Mopedbart"
Crowdpleaser & St Plomb - "Not Yet Not Yet"
The Grid & Robert Fripp - "A Cabala Sky"
Daniele Patucchi - "People Come In"
Mang Dynasty - "After Dark" (dub)
Detachments - "The Flowers That Fel"
Review: The first installment of Late Night Tales' After Dark was that rarest of things: a DJ mix that retained a smoky sense of early morning, home listening atmosphere while retaining an open-minded focus on the dancefloor. This follow-up - once again compiled and mixed by Bill Brewster - offers more of the same. Musically it's pleasingly varied, moving from the string-drenched downtempo beauty of Typesun's "Last One Home", to the heady Balearic rock of General Lee, via Justus Kohnke, the soulful post-bruk smoothness of As One, and the sprightly analogue electronics of Emperor Machine's remix of Paqua's "Late Train". There's also a bunch of previously unreleased tunes to enjoy, including killer contributions from the Mang Dynasty (AKA Ray Mang), The Gino Fontaine (Chicken Lips man Andrew Meecham) and - most surprising of all - The Grid and Robert Fripp.
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Images & Anthems: Book I (remastered)
Cat: FOV 3. Rel: 30 Dec 22
Dream Of No Return (4:50)
Misogi (7:29)
Pulse (7:48)
Before It Enters My Mind (3:30)
City Of Blind (7:21)
Wayfaring Pt 1 (7:40)
Credo Song Of Praise (6:45)
Review: Images And Anthems - Book I is an album by Lars Bartkuhn from back in 2008. The artist who is also known for his work in Passion Dance Orchestra and as Laurentius is a master of super cool jazz and laid-back lounge electronics that have hints of 80s nostalgia without being too slavish. Originally this one came only on CD and digitally and now it makes its first foray onto vinyl thanks to First on Vinyl out of Japan. Tracks like the lush 'Pulse' are gloriously airy and spring-like montages while there is a little woozy romance to 'Before It Enters My Mind'.
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Bajascillators
Bajascillators (heavyweight vinyl 2xLP)
Cat: DC 781. Rel: 01 Sep 22
Amorpha (9:37)
Geomancy (14:25)
World B Free (11:40)
Quakenbruck (10:39)
Review: Four new amorphous cuts from Bitchin Bajas, a Chicagoan trio active since 2010, and operating in the circle of freeform, longform, largely formless improv electronica. A staple of the North American music circuit, their live show is a mammoth operation involving tapes and guitars, and their music sounds something akin to what would happen if Terry Riley's Buddha on the front cover of 'Shri Camel' were given an extra bionic limb. 'Amorpha', 'Geomancy', 'World B. Free' and 'Quakenbruck' are rhythmic, humble forways through 'waves', 'phases', 'stratospheric arcs' and whatnot, leading to a fantastical musical enlightenment.
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James Blake
James Blake (gatefold 2xLP)
Cat: ATLAS2LP. Rel: 02 Feb 11
Tep & The Logic
Unluck
The Wilhelm Scream
I Never Learnt To Share
Lindisfarne I
Lindisfarne II
Limit To Your Love
Give Me My Month
To Care (Like You)
Why Don't You Call Me?
I Mind
Measurements
You Know Your Youth
Review: James Blake's debut album is undoubtedly one of 2011's most keenly awaited releases, and its arrival via his own (major label funded) Atlas imprint ensures their is no lull in momentum for a producer who enjoyed a watershed 2010 with releases on Hessle Audio and R&S. The results here differ wildly from his previous sonic excursions - gone are the shimmering R&B soaked melodies of "CMYK" and the sheer experimentalism of the Klavierwerke EP, which saw the young Londoner depart from the confines of the dancefloor and enter a realm where there was only a passing reference to rhythm-based music. Instead we are treated to Blake's own yearning, raw voice, delicate pianos and an underlying sense of melancholy. Ubiquitous single "Limit To Your love" and the crackly sonic terrain evoked on "The Wilhelm Scream" are among the most immediately pleasing moments, but there is much to explore here. It's a fascinating opus and surely the catalyst to a long and fruitful career at the top.
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