BACK IN STOCK! The acid mothers dvd "never ending space ritual ‐ history of " is finally complete. A 2 dvd set over 4 1/2 hours long covering the entire history from early days in japan to recent footage, guest appearances, interview with makoto plus other extras. disc 1. traces the band through it's first decade featuring very rare early footage and special guest appearances from members of Ruins, Afrirampo, Guru Guru and others. Disc 2. Includes a historic performance of "La Novia" with ocitan queen of song rosina de peira, pink lady lemonade medley, dark star blues and other AMT epics, an exclusive interview with Kawabata Makoto, live cuts of amt related units ‐ Acid Mother Temple And The Cosmic Inferno, SWR, Guru Guru, and Acid Mothers Gong. Also extra features. Ltd run of 1000.

Recurring Dream And Apocalypse Of Darkness is the by far the heaviest Acid Mothers Temple record yet. So heavy, in fact, that Kawabata Makoto jokingly said "the album is really heavy, maybe a bit like Sunn o))). hahahaha". The limited edition double LP version of Recurring Dream is packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on heavy duty jacket and it contains two bonus tracks rounding out the double LP set. Both the CD & LP feature remarkable art work by Seldon Hunt. LP is limited to 1000. The Acid Mothers Temple will be embarking on a coast to coast tour to support Recurring Dream And Apocalypse Of Darkness.

Recurring Dream And Apocalypse Of Darkness is the by far the heaviest Acid Mothers Temple record yet. So heavy, in fact, that Kawabata Makoto jokingly said "the album is really heavy, maybe a bit like Sunn o))). hahahaha". The limited edition double LP version of Recurring Dream is packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on heavy duty jacket and it contains two bonus tracks rounding out the double LP set. Both the CD & LP feature remarkable art work by Seldon Hunt. LP is limited to 1000. The Acid Mothers Temple will be embarking on a coast to coast tour to support Recurring Dream And Apocalypse Of Darkness.

bACK IN STOCK! First compilation of songs from former Creation Records artists Adorable. Contains tracks from both their albums on Creation released in the early 1990’s, along with non-album singles and B-sides -- all seven singles released by the band. Also included is a new edit of ‘Glorious’ from the debut ‘Against Perfection’, which is exclusive to this release. All tracks included have been deleted & unavailable for several years. Includes a 20-page booklet with exclusive new extensive liner notes from all four band members – especially written for this release – along with photos, classic sleeve images & items from their personal archives. TRACKLIST: 1. SUNSHINE SMILE 2. GLORIOUS (EDIT) 3. SISTINE CHAPEL CEILING 4. VENDETTA 5. A TO FADE IN 6. SUBMARINE 7. SUNBURNT 8. I'LL BE YOUR SAINT 9. MANINA SUITCASE 10. HOMEBOY 11. SUMMERSIDE 12. FEED ME 13. FALLENIDOL 14. CRASH SIGHT 15. CUT #2 16. KANGAROO COURT 17. LETTERGO 18. BREATHLESS

EXCLUSIVE.  A sterling piece of work from Germany based Iranian Amir Baghiri, a proliftic Ambient composer. For this release on Polish label Vivo, Baghiri plays a shopful of Middle Eastern instruments: oud and saz lutes, flutes and the Turkish sipsi reed pipe. But it's in the drums that his heart lies, and a panoply of percussion from Egypt to Azerbaijan is pressed into service to create dense, danceworthy workouds. Like a warmer version of the late Muslimgauze, Baghiri layers and manipulates textures, drones and fragments of voice in his dark-hued, mesmerising tracks. Often it's like listening to the crackle of a beach bonfire laid over drumming. Baghiri's trump card is his deployment of field recordings to thicken the mix, especially a heady desert wind that seems to blow straight out of a Paul Bowles novel set in Morocco. The whole of "Emamzadeh Hashem" is a soup of wind, street noise and distant music, while on "Eshragh" a pondful of frogs get involved with the beats. Baghiri's musical vision is impressive, and by dedicating the album to Ali Asghar Bahari, an early 20th century master of the bowed kemancheh, he unexpectedly underlines his music's place in the Iranian tradition. Clive Bell / The Wire [252].

EXCLUSIVE.  Medard Fischer returns with his rather cryptically-titled third album, “The Goodbye Radio”. Representing a large step forward for Fischer's Arc Lab project, the album is structured as a musical reinterpretation of the sonnet form in which field recordings, organic instrumentation, radio noise, candid male vocals and snippets of old public domain recordings meet with the FM synthesis, female vocals and signature beatwork that made previous Arc Lab efforts so special. Thematic reference points include the Russian space program, relativity, female serial killers, and being separated from a soulmate. This diverse collection of influences gives the album a more personal feel than previous efforts as there are now human stories attached to Fischer's Arc Lab scheme. Genre specific sign-posts or “this-meets-that” descriptors are really of little use in describing “The Goodbye Radio” as Fischer has now taken Arc Lab to places where the synthetic only aid him in the preservation of great music and ideas. But, as the title may allude to, this may be Fischer's final offering. Let's hope not. An artist capable of such alchemy would be a significant loss for all of us. Let's hope the Arc Lab radio stays on and at its full volume.

EXCLUSIVE.  Arca is a french project initiated by Joan Cambon and Sylvain Chauveau at the beginning of the year 2000. Arca is inspired by music, cinema, literature, photographs, every day life sounds. Arca uses "warm" electronic sounds, mixed with organic instruments, rainy guitars and Sylvain’s voice (since the third album) to draw melancholic landscapes not so far from David Sylvian masterpieces. Most of the songs are recorded and mixed at home by Joan Cambon. Sylvain Chauveau made five solo albums : instrumental music based on sweet harmonies of piano and strings. The latest one is "Down to the bone", a record of Depeche Mode covers. He was also part of the former projects Micro:mega and Watermelon Club.

EXCLUSIVE.  Since impressing far and wide with their Beats for Bars project Patrick Bird and Martyn Savigar have now expanded their range of collaborators to weird, wonderful and sometimes audacious effect. In the immediate vicinity, there's former Specimen and Siouxsie & the Banshees guitarist Jon Klein, drummer Chris Bell [also Specimen but a bevy of 80s giants too] and, showing up in the course of this hallucino-genic journey, Billie Holliday, Catatonia, Marc Bolan and even the young John Peel, whose unmistakeable and always welcome tones talk about woodland creatures on 'Deaf Aid' amidst another calming space-shuffle before singer Anna Jacyszyn wafts in. The concept is mash-up taken to diverse extremes creating slow motion symphonies which plant some familiar voices in fields of dreams where the mood is deep, dubbed and drenched in ghosts as Billie Holliday looms in "Trav'lin' Light" to spine-melting effect, "Soul Clapp" creates a new hiphop hybrid, "White Space" is an orchestral treatment of goth-glamsters Specimen and there are tracks like "Deuteronomy" where the players stretch out after the guests have left. This is an opiated aural delight from start to finish, by which time you might be stroking the ceiling like a long-lost friend, satisfied that now the world's a better place and wondering why they don't make them like this any more.

EXCLUSIVE.  Carrie returns with her second album, 1981. This time around, Carrie’s sound is expanded beyond the folkie twee indie-tronica of her first release, Honey Blue Star. Balancing lush and lo-fi sound aesthetics, Carrie’s folksy mannerisms go in between The Postal Service and The Radio Dept. universes, landing in an unique and minimal melodic pop. New member Pelvis joins Carrie and contributes sounds and backing vocals to the album. 1981 was produced by Rubén Tamayo (Fax). TRACKLISTING: 1. Take One 2. Feeding Little Dogs 3. Stumble 4. The Wrong Way 5. Road Season 6. Japanese Coffee 7. 1981 8. Instrumental 9. Srita. Cometa 10. Pollock
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EXCLUSIVE.  Limited edition.

EXCLUSIVE.  Limited edition.

Yep, it's no empty boast...as the Sportsman of the last, this, or any other century does his thang in a hilarious and amazing collection of standup, poetry and rapping, just prior to entering the history books by becoming THE GREATEST EVER heavyweight champ of all time! Well on his way to becoming the idol of boxing fans and kids worldwide, and a role model to millions, the brash young Ali is as hilarious, insightful, and wise as ever; a moment of history captured forever! As a bonus, this CD includes the stunning take on Ben E. King's Stand By Me, an idea conceived by the great Sam Cooke, where Ali shows he could have been a contender in the charts too! In the specially prepared stereo remix done exclusively for the RevOla release, it sounds stunning! ** A stone RevOla classic available for the first time in a decade! ** Beautifully remastered in true RevOla style and with lovely packaging as usual... ** With notes by Paul Gorman, author of the acclaimed bible of pop style, "THE LOOK" ** A must for Boxing fans, comedy fans, rap fans, poetry fans...and everyone who grew up when Muhammed Ali was KING!

Expanded version of the long deleted second Chapterhouse album Blood Music. This is a new version of the album mixed especially for this release. Original album now includes all 4 tracks from the Mesmerise EP, along with 2 additional songs from the We Are The Beautiful single. New booklet features liner notes from Electronica/Ambient DJ/artist Ulrich Schnauss, along with image of related artwork, photos and memorabilia from the bands personal archive, plus lyrics in full. Produced by Ralph Jezzard [Wildhearts/EMF/Terrorvision], Pascal Gabriel [New Order/Kylie Minogue/Dido] and Paul Rabinger. Tracklist: Mesmerise / Precious One / Summer Chill / Then We'll Rise / Frost / Age / Don't Look Now / There's Still Life / We Are The Beautiful / Summer's Gone / Everytime Deli / On The Way To Fly / She's A Vision /Greater Power / Confusion Trip / Love Forever

The Child Readers tread the implied ground that lies somewhere between a music heard far off & a music finally pulled together. They present the seemingly disparate dualities of metaphysical improvisation & meticulous composition in their otherworldly collaboration, an adventurous take on songwriting unheard since the heyday of Cherry Red & 4AD (imagine Eyeless in Gaza or Durutti Column nicking from the Richard Youngs songbook). Presenting music bathed in the beauty of everyday things, The Child Readers offer sonic prayers to country, wastes of sea, songs, drawings, particular times of day & different furs.

Dieter Moebius: synthesizers, objects. H.J. Roedelius: synthesizers, objects. Track listing: Part One, Part Two. Overview: Cluster was formed around 1971 when Roedelius and Moebius left Conrad Schnitzler's group Kluster. Along with Kluster they have had a tremendous influence on the development of contemporary electronic music. Julian Cope has placed 3 Cluster albums in his Krautrock top 50 and The Wire included the first Cluster album in their list of One Hundred Records That Set The World On Fire. Along with Neu! co-founder Michael Rother Cluster formed the remarkable group Harmonia. Between 1976 and 1979 one of Cluster's most frequent collaborator was Brian Eno. Berlin 2007 was a monumental performance for Cluster as it marked the first time that they had peformed live in Berlin since their 12 hour concert in the Galerie Hammer in the Europacenter in 1969. The performance was a massive success as a sold out crowd cheered loudly for Cluster to return to the stage. Fortunately, the concert was preserved for posterity and is proudly presented here on Important Records.

Following the release of their debut When In Rome, Kill Me and 1990 s Elvis Belt compilation (CDMRED355), Leeds indie heroes CUD set to work on their next album for Imaginary Records. Recorded during the Summer of 1990, Leggy Mambo proved to be a step in all the right directions, cementing the sound developed over their previous releases and capitalising on the band s pop sensibilities to provide their most immediately accessible collection of songs to date. Produced by XTCs Dave Gregory and released in October 1990, the album spawned the well received singles Robinson Crusoe and Magic (both of which might have achieved greater success had they been released on a larger label) and generated a huge amount of industry interest, eventually leading to their signing with A & M the following year. This Cherry Red Gold top Copy version of the album features the newly remastered original disc, as well as a collection of demos and alternate versions, all of which have been hand picked by the band themselves. This release (along with two more Cherry Red CUD Reissues) comes hot on the tails of 2006 s Rich and Strange The Anthology compilation and 2007's well received re-issues of two more of the band's albums, all of which reminded the world just how great this band were and generated a well deserved resurgence in interest. A UK tour is scheduled for March to promote this and it's accompanying releases. TRACKS: 1. NOW! 2. HEART 3. HEY, BOOTS 4. LOVE IN A HOLLOW TREE 5. LOVE MANDARIN 6. NOT EXACTLY D.L.E.R.C. 7. ROBINSON CRUSOE 8. EAU WATER 9. CARL'S 115TH COACH TRIP NIGHTMARE 10. MAGIC 11. SYRUP AND SOUR GRAPES 12. BRAIN ON A SLOW TRAIN BONUS TRACKS 13. ROBINSON CRUSOE (PATCHBAY SESSIONS DEMO) 14. NOW! (PATCHBAY SESSIONS DEMO) 15. EAU WATER (PATCHBAY SESSIONS DEMO) 16. L.O.P.H.E. (ROBINSON CRUSOE B-SIDE) 17. LOVE MANDARIN (ALTERNATIVE VERSION) 18. MAGIC (DEMO MIX) 19. ROBINSON CRUSOE (DUNGEON DEMO)

Having departed the independent world and signed with A&M in 1991, CUD proceeded to pursue the commercial success their previous releases had hinted at with 1992's Asquarius. Following this, their first hit album, proved to be the band s longest break between releases (largely the result of some inter-label disharmony), but they eventually emerged in 1994 with Showbiz. Recorded primarily in Scotland (at a studio owned by Fish of Marillion fame, no less), this record saw their sound mature and showcased a broader range of songwriting styles than previous efforts. It was well received on its release in April 1994, garnering favourable reviews, and spawned two UK hit singles in Neurotica and One Giant Love. Sadly, though, the album proved to be the band's last officially released effort as the pressures of life on a major and all that it entails took their toll on the band. This remastered version also includes a number of B-Sides from the album's single releases, as well as some unreleased out-takes and demo versions, including material intended for their next album, which hasn't seen the light of day before now. This release (along with two more Cherry Red CUD Reissues) comes hot on the tails of 2006's Rich and Strange The Anthology compilation and 2007's well received re-issues of two more of the band's albums, all of which reminded the world just how great this band were. A UK tour is also scheduled for March to promote this and it's accompanying releases. TRACKS: 1. SOMEBODY SNATCHED MY ACTION 2. ESP 3. WAVING AND DROWNING 4. STICKS AND STONES 5. MYSTERY DEEPENS 6. SLIP AWAY 7. ONE GIANT LOVE 8. I REEK OF CHIC 9. NOT NECCESSARILY EVIL 10. YOU LEAD ME 11. TOURNIQUET 12. NEUROTICA BONUS TRACKS 13. W.G.S. (NEUROTICA B-SIDE) 14. MY NEED TO HURRY (SHOWBIZ OUTTAKE) 15. SKI BUM (STICKS AND STONES B-SIDE) 16. DOWN THE PLUG (SHOWBIZ OUTTAKE) 17. HERE COME THE OLD FLAMES (POSTSHOWBIZ SESSIONS) 18. LIVING IN YOUR LOVE (POST-SHOWBIZ SESSIONS) 19. LET YOU DOWN (POST-SHOWBIZ SESSIONS) 20. TAKE THE TIME AND READ MY MIND (POST-SHOWBIZ SESSIONS) 21. WANTING ISN'T GETTING (POSTSHOWBIZ SESSIONS)

Ghost Town is the first full-length solo release from Parts & Labor singer/electrician Dan Friel. Characterized by its anthemic melodies, complex electronic arrangements and huge distorted beats, Ghost Town is an indie record the noise kids will love and a noise record that'll inspire the indie kids to pick up some busted electronic gear and strive for immortality. Ghost Town is where everyone can meet in the middle and freak out about how insanely good this record is. Think Wolf Eyes playing In The Aeroplane Over The Sea and you might be on the right track. Dan Friel has been using toy keyboards, guitar effects pedals, walkie talkies and r/c car remotes to make a series of instrumental electronics EPs since 2001. Ostensibly a western, Ghost Town alternates between dense, distorted, beat-driven epiphanies, and haunting solos from a variety of makeshift instruments. Ghost Town also features the eye-popping artwork from renowned print/illustration artist Shawn Reed (Racoo-oo-oon, Night People Records). warning: if you plan on playing this in the record shop you work at during open hours you'd better make sure you've got plenty in stock. This is one of those records you can sell to everyone from the noise-heads in the corner to fitness moms looking for something to work out to. Dan Friel's Ghost Town has universal appeal. selling points: - Dan Friel's Ghost Town record has a rare sort of universal appeal that crosses scenes and generations. -Played shows with: Thurston Moore, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol, Oval, The Evens, Lightning Bolt -Performed in Glenn Branca's Symphony 13: "Hallucination City" -Performed with Damo Suzuki (of Can) - Mr. Friel is a member of the band Parts & Labor "The music he ends up with sounds like little else out there, a heaving mass of static beats, monolithic distortion, and bending, diving tones... I hesitate to throw out the word "experimental" in most cases, but here I think it's warranted, as Friel's music is quite explicitly designed to test the sonic possibilities of a set group of objects and explore as much of that ground as is reasonably possible on an EP. In that, he succeeds beautifully, crafting a unique and uncompromising sound that ultimately transcends its limitations." - Joe Tangari, Pitchfork

The first pressing of this LP is limited to 500 copies with the first 200 copies on transparent red vinyl. Ghost Town is the first full-length solo release from Parts & Labor singer/electrician Dan Friel. Characterized by its anthemic melodies, complex electronic arrangements and huge distorted beats, Ghost Town is an indie record the noise kids will love and a noise record that'll inspire the indie kids to pick up some busted electronic gear and strive for immortality. Ghost Town is where everyone can meet in the middle and freak out about how insanely good this record is. Think Wolf Eyes playing In The Aeroplane Over The Sea and you might be on the right track. Dan Friel has been using toy keyboards, guitar effects pedals, walkie talkies and r/c car remotes to make a series of instrumental electronics EPs since 2001. Ostensibly a western, Ghost Town alternates between dense, distorted, beat-driven epiphanies, and haunting solos from a variety of makeshift instruments. Ghost Town also features the eye-popping artwork from renowned print/illustration artist Shawn Reed (Racoo-oo-oon, Night People Records). warning: if you plan on playing this in the record shop you work at during open hours you'd better make sure you've got plenty in stock. This is one of those records you can sell to everyone from the noise-heads in the corner to fitness moms looking for something to work out to. Dan Friel's Ghost Town has universal appeal. selling points: - Dan Friel's Ghost Town record has a rare sort of universal appeal that crosses scenes and generations. -Played shows with: Thurston Moore, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol, Oval, The Evens, Lightning Bolt -Performed in Glenn Branca's Symphony 13: "Hallucination City" -Performed with Damo Suzuki (of Can) - Mr. Friel is a member of the band Parts & Labor "The music he ends up with sounds like little else out there, a heaving mass of static beats, monolithic distortion, and bending, diving tones... I hesitate to throw out the word "experimental" in most cases, but here I think it's warranted, as Friel's music is quite explicitly designed to test the sonic possibilities of a set group of objects and explore as much of that ground as is reasonably possible on an EP. In that, he succeeds beautifully, crafting a unique and uncompromising sound that ultimately transcends its limitations." - Joe Tangari, Pitchfork "Burning with ideas, he has a knack for making his cheap drum machines, blipping remote controls and preprogrammed toys sound like injured robots stumbling through a raging fire.... Throughout, each track feels both organically real-time and inevitably prefabricated, giving Sunburn an intoxicating friction, lit with the energy of bombed-out machinery and loose-limbed brainpower." - Marc Masters, The Wire "Strange and wonderful, and best of all, unlike anything we can think of" - Mike Wolf, Time Out New York

A year in the making, The Daysleepers return with their full length Clairecords Debut! "Drowned in a Sea of Sound" takes nothing but the best elements of the band's highly acclaimed EP's and blends them with some entirely new experimental soundscapes. The Daysleepers trademark sound of mixing Dreampop, Post-Punk and New Wave styles is still very much present, and at times pushes even beyond those boundaries. Imagine the sounds of the Cure, Cocteau Twins, The Chameleons and Slowdive rolled into one. These 10 tracks touch on a wide variety of sounds and emotions ranging from spacey ethereal drones to blissful up-tempo dreampop beauty. For fans of the early out-of-print EP's, "Hide Your Eyes" and "The Soft Attack", "Drowned in a Sea of Sound" is a must have. It is proof that The Daysleepers have fully matured and discovered their true sound.

"Desolation Wilderness is the musical result of an American middle class spilling out of the suburbs and turning into light." -Aphonia Recordings Desolation Wilderness is Nicolas Zwart. Originally hailing from Marin County and the plastic outskirts of Sacramento, CA, he is now living in Olympia, WA working on a variety of musical projects and interning at world-renouned indie label, K Records. A musician of many disciplines, his solo electronic work took precedence in his late teens after playing with a variety of bands. With a few releases under his belt on various net labels such as Audiotoning, Test Tube, and Aphonia Recordings, we now present Desolation Wilderness's first official CD release on FKDP Records: "Horizon Star". The album "Horizon Star" by Desolation Wilderness offers a melancholy and personal soundscape for the listener. Poetic melodies and electronic tones comfort your soul, while Desolation Wilderness weaves a cozy grey blanket of warm synths and fallen beats for the winter inside.

EXCLUSIVE.  Charles Berberian has already proved his love for music in the recent "Playlist" (Naive) and "Night Buzz" (Nocturne). The duo he's been making with Philippe Dupuy since the mid-80s (they gather their talents for drawings and scenarios, an uncommon distribution of tasks) has become a must in the world of illustration, cartoons and comics, with the "Monsieur Jean" series (Dupuis) but also with odder projects like "Le journal d'un album" (L'association). They took on the Japanese DJ Hide as a partner on this volume. As the "protégé" of his fellow countryman DJ Krush (to be heard on OuMuPo 6 !), he only has a single solo album to his name ; and yet in this mix based on short samples he offers a splendid deconstruction/reconstruction of the numerous tracks he completely appropriates... to eventually create a very personal work.

EXCLUSIVE.  Abtract hip hop japanese master DJ Krush offers a wonderfull opus. Using almost only instrumental parts, progressively introduces his so characteristic own beats, and slowly makes us forget the rules and original songs. He uses the most exotic sounds from the label catalogue (E. Aldéa, Narcophony, T. Belhom, Bästard, D Petitgand) and manages to develop his proper language to offer a record which sounds like his own ones. Freedom by the constraints for our great lessoning pleasure ! The booklet is signed by Killoffer, one of the creators of the independant publisher l'Association and of the OuBaPo. He retranscribes in 64 squares, and the same number of oubapian collages, the chess game between the surrealist Marcel Duchamp and the promoter of the Belgian chess association during the first Belgian championship in 1923.

In these more cynical times, it is easy to see this seminal album in a somewhat ambivalent light...everybody's favourite Geordie hell-raiser, Eric Burdon caught on the cusp between being Britain's Blues-meister supreme and being Hitler out of the producers?! Yet there is so much more here, two international hit singles, garage blues and psychedelic jams to match anyone. Produced by bizarrely unsung dylan/zappa/velvets producer tom wilson. This is as amazing a forgotten gem as the 2 albums them made on tower around the same time! Tracklist: Winds Of Change / Poem By The Sea / Paint It Black / Black Plague / Yes I’mExperienced / San Franciscan Nights / Man Woman / Hotel Hell / Good Times / Anything / It S All Meat- Bonus Tracks - Good Times (Mono Version) / Ain’t That So (Mono Version) / San Franciscan Nights (Mono Version) / Gratefully Dead (Mono Version)

EXCLUSIVE.  Fax delivers his sixth release, Yo Recuerdo. Upgrading the sounds of his previous release, Primario, Fax continues the path into ambient and downtempo electronica. Whereas Primario was marked by a dark undercurrent of sound, Yo Recuerdo is a brighter affair. Yo Recuerdo is dreamier, closer to the sounds of Guthrie and Budd, but retaining the minimal electronic feel Fax is known for. And for those missing Fax dancier techno moments, there is a remix of one of the most memorable tracks on the album “Cuarto Para Tres”. Album mastered by Fernando Corona (Murcof) with guest vocals by Florencia Ruiz and Uriel Villalobos (Perdutto). TRACKLISTING: 1. Intro 2. Cuarto Para Tres 3. Concreto 4. Cielo Rojo 5. Rota 6. Yo Recuerdo (I Remember) 7. Bosque 8. Tormenta de Arena 9. Millas 10. Cuarto Para Tres (Dance Mix)

EXCLUSIVE.  A joint release between Psychonavigation and Canadian label Upstairs Recordings. Seattle based producer Gel-Sol presents his new album entitled "IZ," and in his own words ‘Is an all-ambient adventure I wrote for my niece Izabella, who was born early last year’. Gel-Sol aka Andrew Reichel, whose dichotomous sound spans from ambient soundscapes to complex, rhythmic electronica, creating a dynamic psychedelic universe with heavy emphasis on improvisation. His influences range from 70s prog and kraut rock to electronic and psychedelic. The album’s music showcases Gel-sol’s trademark melodic edge combined with sweeping Synth pads reminiscent of 90’s ambient albums from the likes of Pete Namlook & Global Communication.

Yes indeedy! It's Sweet Gene Vincent! Do we need say more? What else do you need to know? Oh, OK then! Back in the the dear dead days when singers of 30-ish weren't just about to form their first indie band, GENE, the man who had wowed America, challenged Elvis, launched Rock n Roll in Britain and France and inspired a generation, was seen in his native land as a bit of a has-been...his audience was the French arty intelligentsia and UK Teds...but there were still those who believed in Gene...one was Kama Sutra, the New York label who brought us The Lovin' Spoonful and Gene fanatics The Flamin' Groovies (and obliquely The Shangri-Las too, but that's another story...) In 1969 and 1970 they put Gene in their newly acquired LA studio with the cream of young session men to produce an album. Taking a cue from The Band, Bob Dylan, The Sir Douglas Quintet, and possibly fellow not as old as you might think rocker Dale Hawkins (who had just had an amazing album out himself!) Gene rose to the occasion bigtime! Possibly one of the most unexpected and astonishing albums of roots rock and Americana is what we have here...with Gene as on good form as ever! ** Another rediscovered forgotten classic from RevOla! ** Beautifully remastered By the lovely Nick Robbins...in true RevOla style! ** Ditto goes for artwork by Pepperbox! ** A must for anyone who ever had a heart...Gene Vincent! Does it get any better?? TRACKS: 1. SUNSHINE 2. I NEED WOMAN'S LOVE 3. SLOW TIMES COMIN' 4. DANSE COLINDA 5. GEESE 6. 500 MILES 7. LISTEN TO THE MUSIC 8. IF ONLY YOU COULD SEE ME TODAY 9. A MILLION SHADES OF BLUE 10. TUSH HOG 11. HOW I LOVE THEM OLD SONGS 12. HIGH ON LIFE 13. NORTH CAROLINA LINE 14. YOU CAN MAKE IT IF YOU TRY 15. OUR SOULS 16. THERE IS SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND 17. THE DAY THE WORLD TURNED BLUE 18. BOPPIN' THE BLUES 19. LOOKING BACK 20. OH LONESOME ME 21. THE WOMAN IN BLACK

Opening with a nod to Syd Barret's Pink Floyd (Piper at the Gates of Dawn) Take Refuge In Clean Living begins with morse code and drops into one of the heaviest slow-burn grooves in the Grails canon. Sounding something like Hawkwind and Ravi Shankar scoring Bladerunner, it's lysergic and earthy for Grails in a new way. The rest of the record moves from blissful Eno-inspired ambience, to epic Morricone rock hymns, to an unexpected take on a Ventures tune that returns the listener back to the very beginnings of instrumental rock music. 'Take Refuge in Clean Living' sees Grails pulling back their already-wide lens on multiple sonic horizons. Grails often take what seems like it would sound over-ambitious on paper and make it flow sonically in a laid-back style. The band is defined by exploration and they've created a template for themselves where any style or method can be ingested to reap legitimate rewards. 'Take Refuge' seems to suggest that Grails can't run out of ideas. The touring incarnation of Grails in 2006 and 2007 included good friend and drummer Ben Nugent, allowing Emil Amos to switch to 3rd guitar for the band's live instrumentation. The DNA of this 'guitar-dense' line up allowed for new kinds of songs and bigger melodies. In early 2007, the then-5-piece entered Steven Lobdell's (Faust) Audible Alchemy again to document the new songs written with this augmented sound - the resultant sessions make up the record 'Take Refuge in Clean Living'. (The group has since returned to the original 4 members.)

Lp is limited to 1000 copies packaged in a deluxe heavy duty tip-on style jacket with a 5th color spot gloss and bonus poster. First 200 copies are on purple vinyl. Opening with a nod to Syd Barret's Pink Floyd (Piper at the Gates of Dawn) Take Refuge In Clean Living begins with morse code and drops into one of the heaviest slow-burn grooves in the Grails canon. Sounding something like Hawkwind and Ravi Shankar scoring Bladerunner, it's lysergic and earthy for Grails in a new way. The rest of the record moves from blissful Eno-inspired ambience, to epic Morricone rock hymns, to an unexpected take on a Ventures tune that returns the listener back to the very beginnings of instrumental rock music. 'Take Refuge in Clean Living' sees Grails pulling back their already-wide lens on multiple sonic horizons. Grails often take what seems like it would sound over-ambitious on paper and make it flow sonically in a laid-back style. The band is defined by exploration and they've created a template for themselves where any style or method can be ingested to reap legitimate rewards. 'Take Refuge' seems to suggest that Grails can't run out of ideas. The touring incarnation of Grails in 2006 and 2007 included good friend and drummer Ben Nugent, allowing Emil Amos to switch to 3rd guitar for the band's live instrumentation. The DNA of this 'guitar-dense' line up allowed for new kinds of songs and bigger melodies. In early 2007, the then-5-piece entered Steven Lobdell's (Faust) Audible Alchemy again to document the new songs written with this augmented sound - the resultant sessions make up the record 'Take Refuge in Clean Living'. (The group has since returned to the original 4 members.)

For Fans Of: Hefner, The Wave Pictures, Alan Lomax, Leadbelly, Townes Van Zandt. 14 dynamite tracks of East London bluegrass featuring Darren Hayman of Hefner and Dave Tattersall of The Wave Pictures, including covers of songs by Townes Van Zandt and The Mountain Goats along with seven band originals. Hayman, Watkins, Trout and Lee are a country, bluegrass band from East London. They don’t sing in American accents and their songs feature tube trains, Bethnal Green, sick days, flat lemonade and unmade beds. HWT&L perform weary singalongs; fragile and flawed ballads that wipe a tear and force you to smile. Darren Hayman (ex-Hefner) formed the band with Dave Watkins, in 2005, as an antidote to their ‘career’ bands. The idea was that this would be a band with as little ego as possible, with everybody taking vocals, submitting material, leaving and arriving as they wished. The group is as much about playing around Darren’s kitchen table as it is playing on any stage. In fact the original idea was even to avoid the notion of doing records. However when Dave Tattersall (The Wave Pictures) joined in 2007 with a whole repertoire of blues and country songs, as well as his own fantastic ballads, it became obvious that they had something worth preserving. In the spirit of Big Pink, the Basement Tapes and the first McCartney album, it was decided to record the album in two days at Darren’s house, with a bunch of battered microphones, a fresh pot of tea, and some fruitcake. The resultant record features seven band originals (four written by Darren and two by Dave Tattersall) alongside covers of songs by Townes Van Zandt and The Mountain Goats and smattering of traditional numbers. Hayman, Watkins, Trout and Lee let you peer though the cracks of their kitchen, and hit nearly all the right notes in the process. Let them give you a warm handshake. Press : reviews in Q, Mojo, Plan b, Rocksound, Uncut, Articles on The Lipster, Drowned In Sound and SoundsXP to date.

EXCLUSIVE.  Autodidact, I&Fused is a genuine of sound machine. As a musician multi-instrumentalist, singer, author, compositor and producer, David Lavaysse seems not to want to stay or put himself on a particular classification but he keeps on touching all kind of styles with a sure ease. Like in his preceding albums, we finds in slow eater a lot of instruments (clarinet, piano, machines, guitars, percussions...) and compositions alternating between pop and electro, passing by the folk music with some winks to the hip hop... Each title is definitely produced with a smoothness and a rare elegance. I&Fused is a typical example of what the alternative music is still able to offer to us in France... I&Fused reveals us a personal and talented vision of a universal sound, with his thousand and one facets, subtle, light and fine.

EXCLUSIVE.  Le Grand Magistery is proud to present the debut album by Idle Tigers. Idle Tigers is Ross Hawkins. Momus writes "Hawkins seems to be a young man suffused with delicate, carefully-structured lust, a neo-Victorian from Bradford, England who's relocated -- possibly for the purpose of study -- to Toronto, Canada. The world of his songs, though, has stayed rooted in England, or rather, the imaginary, filtered England that rises up in the spirit of an exile, replacing the reality with something more mythical. Here Lewis Carroll meets Brian Eno, and music hall meets the avant garde. Listening to [the song] "The Shadow Falls Across The Fridge, Frank" I was reminded of my first listens to Toog or The Divine Comedy (if they'd listened to a lot more Pierre Schaeffer) or, much further back, The Passage. These songs seemed to come from the odd place where the breezy meets the zany, and it's there we can have adventures in wonderland. "Unlace Me Behind The Hedge" is a touching, absurd account of a sexual encounter which somehow reminds me of Artery's mysterious song "Into the Garden" (a Peel favourite in the 80s, it concerns sibling sex). "I reckon that sex is just special effects," the fey-voiced Hawkins sings against piano arpeggios, "a rite, a performance by the fireworks department". His song "Jonah" could almost be something off my own first album, Circus Maximus." High praise indeed! Get it while it's hot.

MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!! The King of Space-Age Pop, the genius of Mexican composer-arranger Juan Garcia Esquivel lay in his audacious instrumentation; his blending together of exotic sounds from other cultures and experimentation with the new tonal palettes that were becoming available in the mid-fifties period from which these, his earliest commercial recordings, derived. Esquivel has been proclaimed by Brian Wilson and by Simpsons creator Matt Groening, "Who'd have thought that out of a genre as debased as easy listening would come something so mind-curdlingly bizarre and beautiful." This set comprises the first digital release of Esquivel s impossibly rare first album Las Tandas de Juan Garcia Esquivel from 1957 coupled with To Love Again; a collection of singles and 78s recorded in Mexico between 1954-57. Tracklist: Tracklist: Collar De Perlas, Poupurri Curiel, Medley, Goya Universidad, Una Y Otra Vez Sketch Glenn Miller, Tren Nocturno, Nereidas, No Seas Asi, Capullito De Alheli, Bailando Sabras, Politecnico Rock And Roll, To Love Again, Port-Au-Prince, Amor, Moonlight Enchantment, Nightingale, Nocturnal, Jungle Drums, Vereda Tropical, Hornblower's Serenade, Besame Mucho, Siboney, Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You.

Having started out as a skiffle act from Ealing and called The Playboys they then became an R&B combo, The Tomcats. John (Speedy) Keen, (Thunderclap Newman) was in them for a while and then In 1966, The Tomcats went to Spain with a new line-up (one which become the future July one). As Los Tomcats, they got in the charts with four EPs, one of which was all in Spanish! They then returned to the UK in 1968, still basing themselves in Ealing and changed their name to July. As July, they recorded what later became one of the most sought-after British psychedelic sixties albums of all time. One that was originally released in the UK on Major Minor (MMLP/SMLP 29) in 1968 and also issued in USA/Canada on Epic (BN-26416) and even released in Brazil (Musidisc Hi Fi 2.177). The album s main appeal is its haunting brand of psychedelia and Rev-Ola are delighted to announce that this special CD issue has four bonus tracks. The gorgeous package is also enhanced by a quantity of previously unpublished photographs and some highly-informative CD booklet notes by 60s pop-sike expert David Wells. Tony Duhig (guitarist) and John Field (keyboards, flute) went on to be in Jade Warrior and Tom Newman later released solo albums on Virgin and Decca. He also set up Branson's Manor Studios and engineered 'Tubular Bells' I and II! TRACKS: 1. MY CLOWN 2. DANDELION SEEDS 3. JOLLY MARY 4. HALLO TO ME 5. YOU MISSED IT ALL 6. THE WAY 7. TO BE FREE 8. MOVE ON SWEET FLOWER 9. CRYING IS FOR WRITERS 10. I SEE 11. A FRIENDLY MAN 12. A BIRD LIVED BONUS TRACKS 13. MY CLOWN (MAJOR MINOR 45: MM580 1968) 14. DANDELION SEEDS 15. HELLO WHO S THERE (MAJOR MINOR 45: MM568 1968) 16. THE WAY

EXCLUSIVE.  After two magnificent Sending Orbs albums (‘Through Friendly Waters’, ‘My Dogan’), and last year’s acclaimed ambient electronic / jazz / classical hybrid ‘Whisper Me Wishes’ on Clone / DUB, Kettel aka Reimer Eising re-emerges with the first part of the ‘Myam James’ series. Kettel manages to squeeze uplifting, warm, cheerful and enjoyable maximal electronic music out of his kettle and pottery factory, which is sad, melancholic and sensitive all at the same time, characteristic of the paradoxical twist in much of his work : beauty lies in the melancholy. Add to this Kettel's profound knowledge of composition and his passionate love of the roots of the early 90s Warp sound, and we guarantee you'll be chained to your speakers for the next months. ‘Myam James Part 1’ is nine tracks of Kettel ecstasy, including a brilliant remix of ‘My Dogan’s title track by early influencers Phoenecia (Schematic/Warp), and seven minutes of Vangelis-style remix synthesizer-madness by Secede.

EXCLUSIVE.  It was inevitable (and to be hoped) that Jean-Christophe Menu, already responsible for the collection's packaging, participates to one of the volumes as the author. Along with the self-taught Menu - the unforgettabe "Meder" (Futuropolis), the series "Muno Comix" (Cornelius) or autobiographic work like "Livret de Phamille" (L'association), but also the recent lampoon "Plates-Bandes" (L'association) - who would better match as a partner than the former punk-activist Jean-Yves Prieur a.k.a. Kid Loco, who let himself be tempted by hip-hop, reggae and eventually downtempo ? Master of rythm and melody, he affords a great fade-in fade-out overview of almost the entire catalog of Ici d'Ailleurs.

Limited edition. Packaged in a deluxe 4 panel embossed heavy duty gatefold jacket. Admira is sourced from original master recordings discovered by Kluster member, and Tangerine Dream engineer, Klaus Freudigmann. Along with Vulcano, also being released at the same time on Important, Admira is presented here for the first time in this deluxe package. These intense sessions were made with Schnitzler at the helm, as always, after the departure of Mobius and Roedelius from the group. Conrad Schnitzler founded Kluster in 1969 along with Roedelius, Mobius and often Klaus Freudigmann who had multiple roles within the group as a player, engineer and instrument inventor. Eventually Roedelius and Mobius left Kluster and continued on as Cluster while Schnitzler and Freudigmann continued as Kluster often exploring the communal aspects of music by bringing new people into the group. Admira is limited to 1000 copies and is packaged in a deluxe gatefold jacket made to emulate the original die stamped puffy packaging for Kluster's album Klopfzeichen. Very deluxe.

Packaged in a limited edition deluxe heavy duty gatefold jacket with 4 panel embossing. Vulcano is sourced from original master recordings discovered by Kluster member, and Tangerine Dream engineer, Klaus Freudigmann. Along with Admira, also being released at the same time on Important, Vulcano is presented here for the first time in this deluxe package. These intense sessions were made with Schnitzler at the helm, as always, after the departure of Mobius and Roedelius from the group. Conrad Schnitzler founded Kluster in 1969 along with Roedelius, Mobius and often Klaus Freudigmann who had multiple roles within the group as a player, engineer and instrument inventor. Eventually Roedelius and Mobius left Kluster and continued on as Cluster while Schnitzler and Freudigmann continued as Kluster often exploring the communal aspects of music by bringing new people into the group. Vulcano is limited to 1000 copies and is packaged in a deluxe gatefold jacket made to emulate the original die stamped puffy packaging for Kluster's album Klopfzeichen. Very deluxe.

EXCLUSIVE.  Restock. LAST COPIES. This latest release from the Finnish electronica producer is a collection of remixes featuring artists such as Global Goon (Rephlex) and Multiplex (Toytronic). 01. eedl - too few arguments (no arguments at all lacklustermx) (03/11/02) 02. lord fader - chase hq (lackluster caseQQ) (25/09/03) 03. global goon - mithranix (lcklstr shoddymx) (07/06/03) 04. korpi ensemble - rely (unreliable llmx) (03/01/03) 05. proem - standard naming convention (lackluster 80bpmmx) (03/06/02) 06. max waters - dot your eyes (cross your doubleLs) (06/01/04) 07. mantra - dream with the fishes (keep stiLL its your achilles heel) (04/08/02) 08. manta - sitting pretty (lacklustermx) (24/02/03) 09. multiplex - rockrobot (lacklustermx4) (june 2001) 10. (env)itre - nighthiker (lackluster limp) (15/06/03) 11. multiplex - rockrobot (lacklustermx2) (june 2001) 12. sleepytown manufacture - latatoo (laa laa lacklustermx) (29/09/02) 'RemixSelection_One' is the latest release from Finnish electronica producer, Lackluster. Now residing in Dublin, he has decided to team up with Irish label Psychonavigation Records for his latest project. As with his last album 'Showcase' and previous output Lackluster continuosly strives to re-define the traditional boundaries of electronic music. As the name suggests, the album is a collection of remixes featuring artists such as Global Goon (Rephlex) and Multiplex (Toytronic) among others. Three years in the making, 'RemixSelection_One' contains elements of electronica, electro and hip hop, all of which receive an effortless re-working which is uniquely Lackluster, making for an innovative release. With these musical interpretations, he succeeds in creating a fresh perspective on the already accomplished original compositions. This combined with the strong independent spirit of Psychonavigation Records, Remixselection_one should be well received by fans and critics alike. All remixes created between June 2001 and January 2004. All remixes written and produced by Esa Juhani Ruoho, as Lackluster.

EXCLUSIVE.  Probably one of the albums on Ad Noiseam which took the longest to complete. Begun years ago, Mad EP's fourth full length album sees this highly praised musician focus on low frequencies and everything which comes with them. Syncopated beats, guest vocals by Shadow Huntaz, MC Equivalant and others and the multi-instrumentation which has made Mad EP famous are all brought back on this artists's heaviest and most direct album to date.

Based on Nell Dunn's controversial novel, the 1968 film Up The Junction pulled few punches in dealing with contemporary London working class life. With a cast featuring Suzy Kendall and Dennis Waterman, the certificate X movie was also notable for a strong score performed and written by Mike Hugg and Manfred Mann. Not their first foray in film music, it nevertheless remains one of their strongest works of the period and is hugely enjoyable in its own right. Director Peter Collinson was more than pleased with the outcome: The result was incredible; they captured the heart of the picture. Their music belonged to the picture, it was not super imposed. The tunes will exist long after the picture has been forgotten! Up The Junction (Vocal) / Sing Songs Of Love / Walking Round / Up The Junction (Instrumental) / Love Theme (Instrumental) / Up The Junction (Vocal And Instrumental) / Just For Me / Love Theme (Instrumental) / Sheila’s Dance / Belgravia / Wailing Horn / I Need Your Love / Up The Junction (Vocal) / Bonus Track / Sleepy Hollow

EXCLUSIVE.  “Never being where they are expected: this is what seems to be the artistic catch phrase of The Married Monk. Unexpected successor of The Belgian Kick, this fifth album is the music of Elephant People, a pop opera which brings together emblematic figures of monstrosity. For this occasion, the guitarist and singer Christian Quermalet, the bass player Philippe Lebruman, the saxophonist Etienne Jaumet and the new drummer Nicolas Courret (Bed, Headphone), who are playing during representations, have prepared a soundtrack which is alternating exhilarating songs and transitions spoken by the show’s actors. Incomparable french band pop singing in English, they have a strong fan base in Europe.

Marxy (W. David Marx) is an American living in Tokyo, Japan. His second album Forty Years From Now was recorded over the span of three years in Japanese apartments, Tokyo rehearsal spaces, a Manhattan living room, an Astoria, Queens bedroom, and the legendary Brooklyn recording studio Studio G. As in his critically-lauded debut album Kyoshu Nostalgia, Marxy surrounds his catchy pop melodies with musical references to classic sounds refracted through modern musical technology. The songs built around baroque harpsichord riffs ("Broke Into Our Hearts","Slouching Towards Bethlehem") and transistor organ solos ("To Save Ourselves") make Forty Years From Now often reminiscent of The Zombies and other psych pop of the late 1960s, but the digital edits, prominent analog synth lines, pulse bass, and chopped up beats drive the tracks into new territory, where past and future intersect. Forty Years From Now quickly jumps between glitch influenced pop ("See Saw"), lo-tech garage pop ("Cotillion"), campfire sing-a-long ("Dippy Dave"), gritty synth rock ("Tachikogi"), and powerhouse rock anthem ("To Save Ourselves"). The synth-squelch-breakbeat jam of "Cat vs. Mouse" features a guest lead vocal from U.T. - singer of Japanese art-pop girl band Kiiiiiii - and intricate production work by Pandatone.

EXCLUSIVE.  Matt Elliott has rather an atypical course... He used to work under the pseudo third eye foundation - emblematic figure of the English electronic scene recognized for his atypical electro tinted by drum' N bass. Since his first albums: “the mess we made” (domino records) and “drinking song” (Ici d’ailleurs…), Matt Elliott turns to compositions much more folk, forsaking the laptop and the machines - which go until disappearing on “failing songs”, to return to more traditional instruments (guitar, piano, violin...). To succeed to “drinking songs”, because it’s really about songs, “failing songs” turns Matt Elliott into a true songwriter. He assumes completely his voice and sings very personal and dark texts.Songs whose subtle melodies contrast with the hardness of the words because "Failing songs" is a hard failure report. Between despair and cold anger, the texts talk about the liberal military evolution of the world that the author rejects. The Titles are as sublime as melancholic, bitter and sad, impressed by Slavic music, Greek, and besides, sometimes punctuated of Spanish guitars, sometimes close to Dimitri Chostakovitch or Pascal Comelade’s sonorities at his beginnings an artist that Matt however reveals not to know).