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The Rest
The Rest (CD single)
Cat: 582713 24. Rel: 12 Oct 23
 
Indie/Alternative
Black Hole
Afraid Of Heights
Voyager
Powers
Review: Being a 'supergroup' - as Boygenius trio Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus are commonly described - has its pitfalls, one of which is finding time to record and promote your music. It was for this reason that it took the threesome almost five years to record their debut album, The Record, which was released to critical acclaim (the NME called it an 'instant indie classic') earlier this year. The fact that 'The Rest', an EP of unheard songs (literally - no previews were available online prior to release), has followed so quickly suggests that it was recorded at the same time. Either way, it was produced by the band alongside a team of six producers) and delivers more memorable songs in their now familiar American indie-rock style. A treat for fans, all told.
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An Object In Motion
Cat: DAIS 205CD. Rel: 12 Oct 23
 
Coldwave/Synth
Vanity (feat Rachel Goswell)
Cape Perpetua
The Skin & The Glove
Yield To Force
Review: Described by their label, Dais, as "a stirring new chapter" in their musical story, 'An object of Motion' has its roots in a coastal break main man Deb Demure made back in 2021. It was material recorded there, largely using a vintage, bowl-shaped 12-string guitar, that formed the basis of the four-track mini-album. These recordings were then expanded on with help from collaborators Rachel Goswell (Slowdive), Justin Meldal-Johnsen and Ben Greenberg. It's a decidedly psychedelic set all told, with Demure and company blurring the boundaries between neo-folk, psychedelia, the Cure, shoegaze and the sort of saucer-eyed, turn-of-the-90s bagginess associated with the Stone Roses. Most impressive of all, though, is 'Yield To Force', an undeniably cosmic, layered and effects-laden instrumental that ebbs and flows over 15 magical minutes.
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Atlas EP
Atlas EP (CD Single)
Cat: SM 2401CD. Rel: 18 Jul 24
 
Ambient/Drone
Atlas
Metropol
Without A Word
La Perigrina
Review: Robin Guthrie's Atlas is a four-track EP showcasing new instrumentals that gently reintroduce listeners to his distinctive world. Known for shaping genres with his production and signature guitar sounds, Guthrie famously co-founded and produced for Cocteau Twins. With over four decades of musical influence, he's produced, remixed, and collaborated across various projects, from instrumental albums to movie soundtracks and Atlas serves as a tantalising preview of what's to follow later this year, namely more of Guthrie's evocative sounds that will no doubt continue his legacy of pushing boundaries.
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Astoria EP
Astoria EP (CD single)
Cat: SM 2402CD. Rel: 07 Nov 24
 
Ambient/Drone
A Most Remarkable Woman
Starting Fires
Jura
Smoulder
Review: Cocteau Twins' musical mastermind Robin Guthrie has produced some terrific solo records over the course of his career, frequently delivering material that joins the dots between ambient, ethereal soundscapes, shoegaze and the more immersive end of the soundtrack spectrum. 'Astoria' is the latest volume in the Scottish multi-instrumentalist and producer's ongoing EP series (its predecessor, 'Mountain', dropped in September). It's another typically gorgeous and enveloping affair in which effects-laden guitar motifs, gaseous ambient chords, gentle rhythms, ghostly aural textures and slowly shifting melodies combine to create instrumental sound worlds of rare beauty (if not sonic clarity - Guthrie's use of reverb and delay is liberal, which adds to its atmospheric nature but adds extra layers of attractively wide-eyed haziness).
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Careless Whisper (40th Anniversary Edition)
Cat: 198028 33772. Rel: 18 Oct 24
 
Pop
Careless Whisper
Careless Whisper (extended mix)
Careless Whisper (live At Madison Square Garden, July 2008)
Careless Whisper (instrumental)
Review: George Michael's Careless Whisper 40th Anniversary Edition on CD is a nostalgic treasure for fans of one of pop's quintessential anthems. Released in 1984, the track's lush saxophone riff and Michael's emotive vocals made it an instant classic, topping charts worldwide and becoming a (slow) dancefloor staple. This commemorative CD presents four versions of the iconic song: the newly remastered original, an extended mix that amplifies its steamy appeal, a previously unreleased live performance from Madison Square Garden capturing its live charm and an instrumental version that highlights its exquisite musicality. While Michael himself was critical of the track's lyrical simplicity, viewing it as a minor achievement compared to his other work, the song's enduring appeal remains undeniable. This edition celebrates its lasting impact with a collection that offers fans both a trip down memory lane and a deeper appreciation of its musical legacy.
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6 Underground: Rewired
Cat: CUP 023CDM. Rel: 19 Mar 24
 
Balearic/Downtempo
6 Underground (Two Lone Swordsmen vocal mix)
6 Underground (Nelle Hooper's dub)
6 Underground (Two Lone Swordsmen instrumental mix)
6 Underground (Fila Brazillias Samba)
Review: Second time around for Sneaker Pimps' Six Underground, the lesser-celebrated follow-up to the duo's renowned 'Spin Spin Sugar' single (famous, of course, because of Armand Van Helden's influential 'Dark Garage' remix). While the revisions included here - all initially released in 1996 - did not make as big an impression, all four have stood the test of time impressively. The headline attraction is a pair of Two Lone Swordsmen rubs, which are amongst the earliest reworks Weatherall and Tenniswood laid down under the alias. The vocal and instrumental takes are low slung trip-hop tracks overlaid with heady electronic elements. Elsewhere, Nellee Hooper channels the spirit (and sound) of his work with Massive Attack, and Hull boys Fila Brazillia lay down a typically deep, dubby and slowly evolving downtempo workout.
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Hot Sun Cool Shroud EP
Cat: 051497 45470. Rel: 17 Jan 25
 
Indie/Alternative
Hot Sun
Livid
Ice Cream
Annihilation
Inside The Bell Bones
Say You Love Me
Review: First released on streaming platforms last summer, Wilco's 'Hot Sun Cool Shroud' EP was uniformly praised by critics. Much more than a stop gap between albums (it arrived roughly 12 months after the outfit's lauded 13th studio full-length, Cousin), the six-track set bristles with inventiveness while flitting between styles and tempos. So, opener 'Hot Sun', a sticky slab of Americana-tinged jangly indie brilliance, is followed by the reverb and solo-laden alt-rock squall of 'Livid' and the gentle, string-laden swoon of 'Ice Cream'. And so it continues, with the fuzzy positivity and weary vocals of 'Annihilation' being joined by the pleasant, impossible-to-pigeonhole experimentalism of 'Inside The Bell Bones' and the twinkling, heartfelt melancholia of 'Say You Love Me'.
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December Skies (Deluxe Edition)
Cat: TRANSM 421CD. Rel: 05 Dec 24
 
Progressive Rock
December Skies (3:36)
December Skies (instrumental) (3:36)
Review: Former Porcupine Tree founder member Steven Wilson has packed a lot into his career since the early 1990s - not least being a leading light of the post-progressive movement - but until last year he had never written or recorded a Christmas song. He was challenged to do that by a friend and, with a little help from collaborator Randy McStine, conjured up 'December Skies' - a suitably nostalgic, dreamy, progressive rock-tinged affair that touches on some of the usual Christmas single tropes while steadfastly refusing to revert to cliches. It has a pleasingly timeless feel, sounding like a largely cheese-free echo of the mid 1970s. On this limited-edition 'deluxe' CD single, you get both vocal and instrumental versions and a trio of Christmas cards based on the song's animated video.
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Vien Plus
WIR aka WIRE
Vien Plus (CD single)
Cat: PF 15CD. Rel: 05 Jun 25
 
Indie/Alternative
The First Letter (16:13)
Sexy & Rich (Janet) (8:26)
So & Slow It Grows (4:18)
Review: After Robert Grey's 1990 exit, Wire morphed into WIR, a project designed to wrap up their Mute Records contract with a stripped-down, sequencer-led approach. Graham Lewis took lead vocals while the band reworked their own back catalogue. A chance to reflect on what had been, as opposed to what was yet to be, WIR's lifespan was brief, with only a handful of shows and two conceptual events dubbed I Saw You In Clapham (April 1992) and Vienna (February 1993) rolled into the ensuing campaign. On the Vienna trip, they recorded a sprawling 25-minute session for Austria's ORF, curated by Peter Rehberg of MEGO fame, released by Touch in 1996. This 2025 remaster adds a fresh take on their darkest pop moment, 'So & Slow', reimagined in a live-inspired arrangement with a nod to Taylor Swift's re-recording style.
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アルバム
Being Funny In A Foreign Language
Cat: DH 1504. Rel: 13 Oct 22
 
Indie/Alternative
The 1975
Happiness
Looking For Somebody (To Love)
Part Of The Band
Oh Caroline
I'm In Love With You
All I Need To Hear
Wintering
Human Too
About You
When We Are Together
Review: The 1975's last two albums were, by their standards, quite experimental, with the band taking the opportunity that fame and success afforded has afforded them to try their hand at all manner of styles - many of them a bit more overtly dancefloor-centric than diehard fans were expected. There's no such widescreen vision on 'Being Funny in A Foreign Language'; instead, they've gone back to basics and turned in a set of strong, addictive, singalong songs that sounds like radio anthems in the making. For proof, check the glossy AOR synth-pop cheeriness of 'Happiness', the fragile, eyes-closed Americana of 'Part of the Band', the indie power-pop bounce of 'I'm In Love With You' and the sparse, slo-mo, lo-fi fuzz of 'All I Need To Hear'.
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As Heard On Radio Soulwax Part 2
2 MANY DJs / VARIOUS
Cat: PIASB 065CDR. Rel: 16 Dec 22
 
Funky/Club House
Emerson, Lake & Palmer/Basement Jaxx - "Peter Gunn/Where's Your Head At (Head-a-pella)" (live)
Peaches - "Fuck The Pain Away"
Velvet Underground - "I'm Waiting For The Man"
Polyester/Sly & The Family Stone/Ready For The World - "J'aime Regarder Les Mecs/Dance To The Music/Oh Sheila"
Dakar & Grinser - "I Wanna Be Your Dog"
Ural 13 Diktators - "Disko Kings"
Bobby Orlando/Felix Da Housecat - "The 'o' Medley/Silverscreen Shower Scene"
The Stooges/Salt N Pepa - "No Fun/Push It"
Hanayo with Jurgen Paape/The Jets - "Joe Le Taxi/Crush On You"
Funkacise Gang/Soul Grabber/Lil Louis & The World - "Funkacise/Motorcross Madness/French Kiss"
Zongamin - "Serious Trouble"
Garbage - "Androgyny" (Felix Da Housecat - Thee Glitz mix)
Frank Delour/The Residents - "Disc Jockey's Delight Vol 2/Kaw-liga" (Prairie mix)
Carlos Morgan - "Shake Your Body"
Alphawezen - "Into The Stars" (Firebirds remix)
Interstellar/Nena - "Concepts/99 Luftballons"
Destiny's Child/10cc - "Independent Women Part 1/Dreadlock Holiday"
Dolly Parton/Royksopp - "9 To 5/Eple"
Arbeid Adelt - "Death Disco"
Jeans Team Feat MJ Lan - "Keine Melodien"
Skee Lo/Maurice Fulton Presents Stress/The Breeders - "I Wish/My Gigolo/Cannonball"
The Cramps - "Human Fly"
The Wildbunch - "Danger! High Voltage"
Op:l Bastards - "Don't Bring Me Down"
Adult - "Hand To Phone"
Vitalic - "La Rock 01"
Queen Of Japan - "I Was Made For Loving You"
New Order/Detroit Grand Pubahs - "The Beach/Sandwiches"
Lords Of Acid - "I Sit On Acid"
Streamer - "Start Button"
Review: Aside from Coldcut's incredible 'Journeys By DJ' mix, we can think of few mix albums that have been quite as celebrated as Soulwax's 2002 outing as 2ManyDJs, 'As Heard on Radio Soulwax Part 2'. While of its time in terms of some of the track selections - it was the era of fuzzy electro-house and electroclash - the album's genius lies in its' breathlessly brilliant eclecticism and the no-holds-barred, party-starting insanity that marked out the Belgian duo's DJ sets at the time. Out of print for many years but now back in stores in limited quantities to mark its 20th birthday, the mix remains a peerless advert for creative DJing, with the Dewaele brothers giddily mashing together acapellas, tracks, grooves and song snippets in a breathlessly brilliant, endlessly entertaining way. If you missed it first time around, you need this edition in your life.
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Holy Black Mountain Side
Cat: RH 003CD. Rel: 29 May 25
 
Psych/Garage Rock
Santa Maria (17:43)
From Planet Orb With Love (9:44)
Good-Bye Mrs Uranus (10:44)
Review: Pioneering Japanese psychedelic rock Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. (AMT) were formed in 1995. Their relentless output has spawned various offshoots over the years, such as Acid Mothers Temple & the Cosmic Inferno and Acid Mothers Temple SWR, synthesising and alien cosmo-grammar in sound, one that perhaps only the most acid-casualtied tongues can interpret or speak. Now present through Rolling Heads comes their latest album for 2025: Holy Black Mountain Side comprises three psychedelic pieces, reticulating a series of recording sessions held down between 2021 and 2023, at one point reinterpreting a traditional folk song, and throughout enlisting guest bass from Taigen Kawabe of Bo Ningen. Each record comes wrapped in unique artwork by lead improvisor Kashiwagi Ten, adding an extra layer of veiled mystery to each: no two records are visually alike.
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RIP
RIP (CD)
Cat: HJRCD 60. Rel: 23 Apr 12
 
Experimental/Electronic
RIP
Ascending
Holy Water
Marble Plexus
Uriel's Black Harp
Jardin
Serpent
Shadow From Tartarus
Tree Of Knowledge
Raven
Glint
Caves Of Paradise
The Lord's Graffiti
IWAAD
NEW
Review: "It's like painting with button and sliders... Melting and dripping, seeping yourself liquid into the machinery." So said Darren Cunningham when discussing the creation of R.I.P, his long awaited follow up to Splazsh. It's a compelling image that works in practice too. R.I.P creates microcosmic sound worlds within each track: "Holy Water" for instance tumbles in on itself in a melange of shimmering sine wave droplets, while the pitch shifted waves of "Tree Of Knowledge" seem to inhale and exhale like a living being, crumpling inwards on itself to repeat the same motion ad infinitum. And although it uses much the same, occasionally abrasive sonic building blocks as Cunningham's been developing for many years, the pastoral tones of "Uriel's Black Harp" and the Alva Noto styles of "Jardin" make R.I.P a surprisingly graceful album. It may not be techno as many will know it, but Cunningham has never made techno in the traditional sense anyway - and it's clear on listening to R.I.P that he's only just beginning to realise the musical forms that have been swarming inside his brain for years.
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Changes
Changes (CD)
Cat: PAXAM 084CD. Rel: 12 Jun 25
 
Indie/Alternative
Powderfinger
Panic
Aching To Be
Don't You (Forget About Me)
Changes
Headshrinker
The Man In Me
Candy Says
Runaway Train
Queen Of Hearts
Sympathy For The Devil
Harvest Moon
After The Gold Rush
Atlantic City
Living On A Prayer
Nutshell
Monkey Gone To Heaven
The Crystal Ship
When Doves Cry
True Love Will Find You In The End
Review: Having celebrated his 50th birthday late last year, Ryan Adams has naturally been in an introspective mood. It makes sense, then, that the long-serving rock/country fusionist should offer up an album made up entirely of covers of songs by other artists that have in some way inspired him over the years. Generally gentle, with string-laden, largely acoustic arrangements, Changes features some genuinely brilliant interpretations - as well as some surprise ones. For proof, check his piano-and-strings wander through 'Panic' by the Smiths, a wonderfully heartfelt rendition of 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' by Simple Minds, a country-folk take on the Rolling Stones 'Sympathy For The Devil' and a lilting, poignant Prince cover ('When Doves Cry', which comes complete with extended harmonica solos and some genuinely lilting strings).
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Cut To Black
Cat: BAICD 1. Rel: 09 May 24
 
Indie/Alternative
The Last Words Of Sam Cooke
Demon Lover
Cut To Black
Manhattan Satin
These Would Be Blues
Please Don't Call On Me
Amen White Jesus
One Last Midnight
Was It A Dream?
Waiting For The End Of Time
Review: 2024 ushers in a brand new Barry Adamson album, Cut To Black, marking an exciting new shift in direction for the utterly singular Nick Cave associate and experimental blues-pop musician. Cut To Black, led by the swaggeringly roomy 'Demon Lover' (perhaps nodding to the great corporate espionage film of the same name, in due keeping with Adamson's love for spy thriller soundtracks, and his incorporation of their sound into his music), the record embraces his trademark genre-hopping proclivity, spanning pop, soul, jazz, hip-hop and gospel. A totally unique LP for the present era, Adamson's latest oeuvre topup is a must-have for fans of all things Cinematic Soul, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Post Punk, Massive Attack, Unloved and more.
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Black Hole Superette
Cat: RSE 411CD. Rel: 29 May 25
 
Hip Hop/R&B
Secret Knock (3:31)
Checkers (3:53)
Movie Night (3:21)
EWR - Terminal A, Gate 20 (3:44)
1010WINS (3:54)
So Be It (3:40)
Send Help (3:30)
John Something (4:19)
Ice Sold Here (2:18)
Costco (3:13)
Bird School (3:43)
Snail Zero (3:19)
Charlie Horse (6:03)
Steel Wool (3:01)
Black Plums (3:25)
The Red Phone (4:14)
Himalayan Yak Chew (4:02)
Unbelievable Shenanigans (4:00)
Review: Aesop Rock has long thrived on twisting the ordinary into the uncanny, and his latest full-length after 2023's irony-packed Integrated Tech Solutions hears him deepen that fascination. Examining the unseen mechanisms that guide daily life - dream logic, half-formed memories, fleeting emotions - he now blurs the lines between perception and reality with densely packed verses and meticulous self-produced beats. A brooding, cinephilic album recalling the atmospheric street wiles of filmmakers like Wong Kar Wai, the playful 'Send Help', contemplative 'Movie Night' and dusky 'Black Plums' chart strange emotional terrain, brought to life through warped sonic forensic architectures and sharp lyrical precision. Joined by Lupe Fiasco, Armand Hammer, Hanni El Khatib, Open Mike Eagle and Homeboy Sandman, the album pivots constantly, driven by intuition but grounded in detail Speaking on the record's emphasis on public bareness, Rock remarks on 'Checkers', a song "about the neighborhood outside your home being the great leveller. You can't show up feeling one way because the world will show you otherwise."
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Vulture Prince (Deluxe Edition)
Cat: 454278 5. Rel: 24 Jun 22
 
Folk/Americana
Baghon Main (feat Darian Donovan Thomas)
Biya Hai (feat Badi Assad)
Inayaat
Last Night
Mohabbat
Saans Low
Suroor
Udhero Na (feat Anoushka Shankar)
Review: Grief can be intensely painful, overwhelming and hard to process, but also provide inspiration for those who make creative expression their life. For Pakistani-born, Brooklyn-based artist Arooj Afhab, the death of her beloved brother provided the inspiration for what some reviewers have called her greatest work yet: beautiful, poignant and soul-aching 2021 set Vulture Prince, which here returns to stores via a deluxe edition that boasts an extra track (the stunning 'Udhero Na'). Deeply emotional, the set pushes her weighty, emotionally inspiring vocals to the fore, with Afthab swapping experimental electronics and leftfield beats for a mixture of acoustic guitars, heavenly string arrangements (harp, violin, uptight bass) and traditional Pakistani instruments. The results are rarely less than stunning.

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A Paradise In The Hold
Cat: ALNCD 77. Rel: 27 Feb 25
 
Jazz
She Stands On The Shore
A Paradise In The Hold
Mermaids' Tears
Her Light
Al Naddaha
Dancing Barefoot
Into The Night
Though My Eyes Go To Sleep My Heart Does Not Forget You
To The Lonely Sea
Waiting For The Dawn
Review: British-Bahrani composer and trumpeter Yazz Ahmed has long been one of the most unique artists within the UK jazz scene, frequently producing music that draws on the Arabic side of her heritage (she even went as far as commissioning a unique 'quarter-tone' flugelhorn in order to play 'blue notes' not found in Western jazz and classical music). Even so, A Paradise In The Hold - her first studio album for nearly six years - is a startling concoction. Drawing influence from ambient, dub and electronica as well as jazz and Arabic music, it features Ahmed's first compositions for voice. Frequently haunting, immersive, and quietly exotic, the album sits in a unique sonic space that's never less than beguiling and intoxicating. Award nominations await!

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Mirror Mirror
Cat: WJCD 75. Rel: 16 May 24
 
Jazz
Mirror Mirror
Paint It Blue
For Dizzy & Lionel
A House In Montagnola
The Opening Game
Rhythm & Rhymes
The Redwood Story
Bedtime Snack
Review: Given that Olli Avhenlahti released his debut album way back in 1975, you'd forgive the Finnish pianist-composer slowing down a little in his old age. Mirror Mirror, his latest gorgeous and thoroughly entertaining full-length excursion, arrives some seven years after its' predecessor, Gilles Peterson favourite Thinking, Whistling. Beginning with the gorgeously warm and sun-kissed title track, Avhenlahti and his trusted band of players lay down a series of killer cuts that invariably join the dots between contemporary jazz, jazz-dance and jazz-funk. It's a format that offers the perfect platform for Avhenlahti to show his skills on Rhodes electric piano and his trusty Oberheim synthesiser. Naturally he does that, sparring with sax and trumpet soloists over some seriously sumptuous grooves.
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Brute
Brute (CD)
Cat: HDBCD 031. Rel: 01 Mar 16
 
Experimental/Electronic
Endzone (1:51)
Blood Moon (2:00)
Breach (2:00)
Curfew (2:00)
Battery (2:00)
10-34 (2:00)
Oubliette (2:00)
Blows (2:00)
Aftermath (2:00)
Fragmentation (2:00)
Power (2:00)
Review: It has been almost two years since the Fatima Al Qadiri's debut LP dropped on Hyperdub, and we're as excited now for her follow-up as when we'd heard the first one. This is because Qadiri provides us with everything to satisfy our need states; through an awry and granular sound, the artist is able to transmit a whole spectrum of moods and feelings. This makes Brute an album for anyone, and it can be enjoyed both by the party-goers and the moody corner-dwellers. The intro is a detached sort of skit that distances itself form any sort of shape, but so we're dropped in a post-futuristic world of pseudo grime, broken, detuned techno and tropical electronica. To be honest, there would be no other place for it than the mighty Hyperdub. Big release.
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A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole
Cat: IARC 90CD. Rel: 06 Mar 25
 
Jazz
Oh My Actual Days
Thank You My Pain
Invincibility
Form A V
A Paper Man
Who Are You Telling, Gus
Prayer For My Sovereign Dignity
Kuzushi
Salty Road Dogs Victory Anthem
Too True
That Was My Garden
Review: Alabaster DePlume's latest album is a meditation on self-worth and healing, drawing from his poetry book Looking for My Value: Prologue to a Blade, he crafts 11 tracks that feel deeply personal yet universal. His saxophone, sometimes fluid, sometimes jagged, acts as both voice and emphasis on the likes of opener 'Oh My Actual Days' swells with sax and Macie Stewart's ghostly strings, a slow march toward reckoning. 'Thank You My Pain' turns its mantra-like refrain into a rhythmic meditation on discomfort. 'Invincibility' lifts into choral release, a breath after holding under water. The instrumental 'Prayer for My Sovereign Dignity' is an anthem for self-possession, while 'Form a V' channels the discipline of jiu-jitsu, inviting confrontation. Unlike his past, more improvisation-led works, this is tightly composed, arranged and produced by DePlume himself - and the result is direct, unflinching and deeply felt.
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Quixotism (10th Anniversary Edition)
Cat: BT 124CD. Rel: 31 Oct 24
 
Ambient/Drone
Quixotism (part 1)
Quixotism (part 2)
Quixotism (part 3)
Quixotism (part 4)
Quixotism (part 5)
Review: Black Truffle's tenth-anniversary reissue of Oren Ambarchi's Quixotism brings renewed attention to this monumental 2014 release. Originally recorded with collaborators across Europe, Japan, Australia, and the U.S., Quixotism unfolds as a single, long-form piece split into five sections. Anchored by Thomas Brinkmann's steady, double-time electronic percussion, the piece gradually evolves from orchestral depth and subtle piano motifs (courtesy of John Tilbury) to a striking polyrhythmic shuffle, culminating in the final passages with U-zhaan's masterful tabla. Throughout its journey, Ambarchi weaves guitar textures that shift from clipped, sparse tones to lush, reverberated layers, creating an expansive yet cohesive sonic landscape. The interplay of acoustic and electronic elementsiranging from the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra's grandeur to Crys Cole's intimate contact-mic texturesiguides the listener through an otherworldly audio experience. Influenced by Cologne techno, Eliane Radigue's long-form compositions, and the fluidity of improvisation, Quixotism shifts in subtle, dreamlike transitions. Remastered by Joe Talia, this edition offers a clearer perspective on the album's intricate sound design, reaffirming its relevance while pointing forward to Ambarchi's future works like Hubris and Hence.
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We Persuade Ourselves We Are Immortal: Remixes
Cat: CDTOT 78. Rel: 25 Nov 20
 
Experimental/Electronic
Future Children - "The Lutine Bell"
Regal Worm vs The Amorphous Androgynous - "Gunter & His Evil Soul Sacrifice Orchestra Play Back Mass A Gogo"
Cobalt Chapel - "Hymortality" (part 1)
The Amorphous Androgynous - "Physically I'm Here, Mentally Far, Far Away" (Excerpt)
Higher Peaks - "In Madness Reigns"
Cobalt Chapel - "Hymortality" (part 2)
Las Trompas De Falopium - "Somos Inmortales Nos Persuadimosi"
Stoned Freshwaters - "Everything Is Easy With A Little Persuasion"
Atomic Simao - "Gravity Bong"
Richard E Further Out - "Our Dominion"
Steve Cobby’s Sweet Jesus - "The Persuader"
The Amorphous Androgynous - "Synthony On A Theme Of Mortality" (part 2)
The Flying White Dots - "Counting Down The Time" (part 2)
The Cuckoo Clocks - "Tomorrow, Time & Immortality"
Review: This set from the Future Sound of London's psychedelic rock-inspired Amorphous Androgynous project is extremely hard to pin down, thanks in no small part to its' boundary-blurring format. Officially a set of remixes of one song - 'We Persuade Ourselves We Are Immortal' - the album is formatted as a seamless, mixtape style musical journey in which recurring musical themes (think melodies, choral vocals, lyrical phrases and orchestral arrangements) slip in and out of ambient soundscapes, dub-influenced electronic beats, psych-rock workouts, crackly samples, field recordings and Lord knows what else. It features a stunningly epic cast of guest musicians, producers, remixes and obscure psychedelic bands, with the result being a brilliant collaborative work that sounds a little like a 21st century rock opera.
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Luminescent Creatures
Cat: HERM 003CD. Rel: 27 Feb 25
 
Folk/Americana
Coloratura (4:03)
24 3 27 0 N 123 47 7 5 E (1:00)
Mazamun (3:18)
Tower (3:54)
Aurora (2:00)
Flag (4:31)
Cochlea (0:50)
Luciferine (4:56)
Pirsomnia (3:32)
Sonar (2:55)
Wakusei No Namida (2:57)
Review: Japanese folk singer-songwriter Ichiko Aoaba has built up quite a catalogue of albums and singles since making her debut 15 years ago, subtly expanding on her sparse acoustic sound via the use of effects, strings and other instrumentation associated with the British folk revival of the 1960s. On Luminescent Creatures, her first studio album for five years, she continues this quiet expansion of her trademark style, underpinning her gorgeously sweet and emotive, intricately arranged lead vocals with a mix of acoustic guitar, strings, piano, field recordings and traditional Japanese instruments. The results are breathtakingly beautiful and deliciously dreamy, with highlights including 'Flag', the inspired 'Luciferine' and the haunting swell of 'SONAR'.
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Richard D James
Cat: WARPCD 043. Rel: 01 Jan 90
 
Experimental/Electronic
4
Cornish Acid
Peek 824545201
Fingerbib
Corn Mouth
To Cure A Weakling Child
Good Gumpas
Yellow Calx
Girl/Boy Song
Logon Rock Witch
Review: By 1996, Richard D. James, aka Aphex Twin, had a prolific career at 26. He co-ran Rephlex Records, signed with Warp Records, and had multiple releases and MTV-aired music videos. His fame surged with the 1997 Come to Daddy EP and Chris Cunningham-directed music videos. James was constantly creating music, describing his output as endless. The Richard D. James Album marked a turning point, featuring his creepy distorted smile on the cover, solidifying his bizarre persona. Despite his unassuming demeanor, James's music was wildly innovative. Raised in Cornwall, he preferred making music in solitude, viewing himself as "some kid mucking around in his bedroom." Departing from previous methods, the album was entirely computer-made, reflecting recent work. James aimed for accessibility with hidden complexity, making the music engaging yet intricate. The album featured more structured songs with clear melodies, such as 'Girl/Boy Song,' blending orchestral sounds with drum solos. Symphonic elements persisted, creating emotionally resonant moments. Tracks like '4' and 'Fingerbib' showcased his ambient sensibilities and inventive sounds. Vocals, heavily altered, added a unique touch.
The album combined delicate symphonics with intense beats, exploring drill ‘n’ bass. It had a cohesive vision, evident in tracks like 'Cornish Acid' and 'Peek 82454201.' Named after his deceased brother, the album held personal significance, subtly influencing its depth and emotion.
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Cheetah EP
Cat: WAP 391CD. Rel: 08 Jul 16
 
Experimental/Electronic
CHEETAHT2 (LD Spectrum) (2:00)
CHEETAHT7b (2:00)
CHEETA1b ms800 (0:27)
CHEETA2 ms800 (0:37)
CIRKLON3 (Kolkhoznaya mix) (2:00)
CIRKLON 1 (2:00)
2X202-ST5 (2:00)
Review: Some 25 years after delivering his debut 12", Richard D James hasn't lost the ability to thrill or inspire. By his obtuse standards, the material that makes up the surprise Cheetah EP is actually rather laidback and melodious. "Cheetah2 (LD Spectrum)", for example, sounds like a slow house jam written by robots, while the even deeper "Cheetah7B" shuffles along in a metronomic fashion, seemingly oblivious to the increasingly aggressive World at large. Of course, those trademark skittish IDM rhythms are present and the Cornishman has thrown in a couple of hazy ambient cuts for good measure.
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Played by: Lo Shea
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Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (reissue)
Cat: AMB 9322CD. Rel: 06 Jul 18
 
Experimental/Electronic
Xtal
Tha
Pulsewidth
Ageispolis
I
Green Calx
Heliosphan
We Are The Music Makers
Schottkey 7th Path
Ptolemy
Hedphelym
Delphium
Actium
Review: In line with the timely reappraisal of all things R&S related, the resurgent Apollo have seen the opportunity to bring one of their most celebrated records back for another round on CD. Aphex Twin's ambient recordings mature magnificently with age, sounding ever richer and more emotive as the rest of electronic music continues to play catch up all around. From the gentle breakbeats of "Xtal" to the aquatic techno lure of "Tha", the airy rave of "Pulsewidth" to the heartwrenching composition of "Ageispolis", every track is a perennial example of how far ambient techno could reach even back then. It's just that no-one quite had the arm-span of Richard D. James.
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Lungu Boy
Cat: ERE 1069. Rel: 20 Jan 25
 
International
Start
MMS (feat Wizkid)
Mood
My Heart
Worldwide
Active (feat Travis Scott)
Suru (feat Stormzy)
Skating
Wave (feat Central Cee)
Mentally
Uhh Yeahh
I Swear
Ligali
Whine (feat LUDMILLA)
Fuji Vibe (bonus track)
Review: Asake's latest release showcases his signature blend of Afrobeat and contemporary global sounds, delivering a richly layered collection that reflects his artistic growth. Tracks like 'Wave (feat Central Cee)' seamlessly merge Afrobeats with trap influences, while 'Active (feat Travis Scott)' introduces amapiano textures into Asake's distinct soundscape. These collaborations amplify the album's dynamic energy, while Asake's lyrics delve into themes of resilience and ambition. It's a confident step forward, cementing his position as a global force in music.

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タグ: Afrobeat
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Lone
Lone (CD with obi-strip)
Cat: SOMA 017CD. Rel: 11 Apr 24
 
Indie/Alternative
Agenda
Kamitsure No Ookina Mizutamari
Most Children Do
Date
Colchicum
Komish
Land
Review: The latest offering from serial collaborator and cross-genre tastemaker Stephen O'Malley's Ideologic Organ imprint is a tender filigree bureau of acid folk sketches from Tokyo's Ai Aiso. Across seven tracks, she patiently meanders through broken and phased chord progressions, her simultaneously pure and wavering vocal lines forming elegant arcs over sparse beds of instrumentation and washes of room tone. Some tracks are bookended by applause, and it is this ostensibly 'indoorsy' atmosphere which lends the mini LP a great deal of charm; the delicate atmospherics seem to issue from an intimate and isolated space. Indeed, Bandcamp user Everyvillianislemons317 describes it as "The perfect album for a lonely night in the city." We're more than inclined to agree.
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Kairos
Kairos (hand-numbered CD limited to 200 copies)
Cat: PITP 52CD. Rel: 12 Sep 24
 
Post Rock/Experimental
Kairos
Time Stands Still
Burning Bridges
Momentum
Yearning
Ventus
Pulsar
Zeitlos
Review: Berlin trio AUSKLANG are back with Kairos, a second superb album that builds on their last effort, 2020's Chronos, also on Past Inside the Present, 2020. It finds the trio of Fabian Koppri, Benjamin Sohn, and Simon Ansing play with concepts of time and entropy across eight movements that balance melodic post-rock and layered ambient soundscapes. It's a deceptively complex blend of glitching electronics, drums, bass and guitar with classically inspired orchestrations that makes for something as immersive and grand as it is beautiful. As the summer fades and autumn arrives, this richly rewarding album is sure to prove a great companion as we spend more time indoors.
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Hidden Treasures
Cat: WLCD 001. Rel: 29 May 25
 
Indie/Alternative
Citizen Kane
Remembrance Day
Polar Opposites
Marilyn Dreams
Ice
La Lune Lunatique
All Fall Down
Nowhere Girl
Crowds
Beginning To Fade
Remembrance Day (12" version)
Institution Walls
Marilyn Dreams (12" version)
Film Music (part 1)
Nowhere Girl (12" version)
Scare Some Life Into Me
Moles
Review: Mansfield's B-Movie were among a clutch of bands in the early 80s whose members had abandoned their formative thrashy guitar punk influences, and embraced broader, arty, keyboard-laden electronic post-punk. They had a light and catchy, yet brooding Cure-esque hit titled 'Remembrance Day', which shot them up the ranks on the UK gig scene and landed them a record deal. Most of the material they recorded once they got signed was, however, confined to Universal's vaults until very recently because B-Movie had line-up issues that hindered their ability to release an album. Now out of the clutches of contractual obligations, the band have unearthed the album that never was and titled it - quite aptly - Hidden Treasures. Ultimately, they are one of the great 'lost' bands of the early 80s and upon tuning in you can hear that they had in abundance the individuality, style and excellence to have shot them up the charts and made them a household name, had this material been their debut album. Thankfully, they have righted the wrongs of history and they can hold their heads up high forever for having made such brilliant music in their first era.
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BRSB
BRSB (CD)
Cat: BCR 155CD. Rel: 07 Mar 24
 
Funk
In The Crosshairs
How We Do
Hazy Memories
Love For The Sake Of Dub
Hotline Bling
Grilled
Love$ick
Stranger Things Theme
Treasure Quest
Nuthin' But A G Thang
Got My Mind Made Up
The Champions Walk
Nautilus (bonus track)
Gianna Sisters (bonus track)
Murkit Gem (bonus track)
Review: Unfairly labelled as a novel curio when they first emerged, the Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band is a genuine expression of Mighty Mocambos man Bjorn Wagner's love of Trinidadian steel pan music. Their tracks - often, but not always, quirky cover versions - combined authentic funk instrumentation (drums, bass, guitar, horns) with the timeless and distinctive sound of steel drums. BRSB, the combo's fourth album, is another summery and effortlessly entertaining treat. Highlights include the inspired 'Love For The Sake of Dub' (an organic interpretation of Claudja Barry's slo-mo disco classic 'Love For The Sake of Love'), the breaker-friendly cheeriness and heaviness of 'Grilled', a wonderfully woozy and dubbed out stroll through the 'Stranger Things Theme', and the summer sunshine of 'Champion's Walk'.
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Rock The World
Cat: MRR 165. Rel: 02 Feb 24
 
Rock
Another Brick In The Wall
Bad Ass Boy
You Really Knock Me Out
I Like It Like That
Easy On The Eyes
Seventeen
When I'm Dreaming
Triple X Whiskey
24 Hours To Go
Never
Rich Man's Bust
God Is Good
Review: Bad Boy Troy is the musical moniker of one Troy Tipton, whose ambition to make rollicking guitar music extends back to the age of six, at which point he began to take after famous guitarists such as Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck and Paul Rogers. A lifelong stint of touring with the likes of Black Sabbath, Cheap Trick, Whitesnake and Ozark Mountain Daredevils has led up to this moment, at which the headstock heartthrob now releases this globetrotting new album on CD. Huge guitar sludge-waves are heard in full swing on cover versions like 'Another Brick In The Wall' (Pink Floyd) and 'Bad Ass Boy', as the seasoned axe daredevil swears his dread oath to never sleeping, always shredding.
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Mid Spiral
Cat: XL 1450CD. Rel: 24 Oct 24
 
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz/Nu Soul
Eyes On Me (4:36)
Take Me With You (3:12)
Weird & Wonderful (4:37)
Mid Spiral (3:43)
Last Laugh (3:05)
Your Soul & Mine (4:18)
Playgroup (6:54)
Juan's World (4:21)
Taco Taco (2:12)
Setima Regra (5:26)
Sunday Afternoon's Dream (3:35)
Rewind Your Mind (4:44)
First Love (4:47)
Audacia (3:32)
Celestial Hands (5:31)
Ways Of Seeing (5:27)
White Light (3:21)
Review: In early 2024, contemporary jazz cats BADBADNOTGOOD reported that they returned to the studio energised by recent international shows and collaborations with artists like Daniel Caesar, Charlotte Day Wilson and Baby Rose. The Canadian trio of Al Sow, Chester Hansen and Leland Whitty then joined with friends including Felix Fox-Pappas, Kaelin Murphy and Tyler Lott for an intensive recording week at Los Angeles' Valentine Studios. The result was the Mid Spiral series which explores distinct themes of Chaos, Order and Growth. Released initially in three digital parts, this genre-blending project now arrives on CD via XL and is another superb listen that explores how their roots in instrumental jazz fuse with hip-hop, neo-soul and funk.
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When The Dust Settles
Cat: NS 0042CD. Rel: 20 Jul 23
 
International
For Aziz (feat Astronaut Zu)
Anka Tulon
A Prayer For Our Parents
Be Mankan
Red Oil/Beyond Kingdom Come (feat Obongjayar)
When The Dust Settles
There's Nothing Left For Us Here (feat Fassara Sacko)
Suley's Ablution
Golo Kan
Seasons Of Baraka
Review: Two years on from the release of their fantastic debut album, Wolo So, Balimaya Project returns with more inspired fusions of polyrhythms, percussion, heady horns, "virtuosic kora styles", contemporary jazz and traditional Mande music. It's a uniquely sweet, deep and gently sun-soaked sound - all emotive vocals, tapped out tribal rhythms, frazzled solos, dreamy acoustic guitars, glistening highlife-influenced electric guitars and sultry, soulful intent. The London-based collective has long been hard-to-pigeonhole, and it's this impeccably realised but sonically adventurous approach - along with the quality of their musicianship - that's been the key to their success. When The Dust Settles will only enhance their rising reputation - it really is that good!
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タグ: Afro Jazz
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Saci Perere (reissue)
Cat: MOCCD 14418. Rel: 04 Jun 24
 
International
Saci Perere
Miss Cheryl
Melissa
De Onde Vem
Subindo O Morro
Amor Natural
Profissionalismo E Isso Ai
Broto Sexy
Tem Que Ser Agora
Zumbi
Review: By the time they released Saci Perere in 1980, carioca outfit Banda Black Rio were amongst Brazil's biggest dance music stars - an outfit whose blends of samba, jazz, disco, funk and MPB moved the heart and feet of the country's dancers. The set remains a timeless Brazilian classic - hence this much-deserved CD reissue. Highlights come thick and fast throughout, from the leisurely sundown headiness of 'Saci Perere', and horn-heavy jauntiness of 'Melissa', to the funky samba-jazz fusion of 'Subindo O Morro', synth-laden downtempo sunshine of 'Amor Natural' and the atmospheric Latin disco-funk of 'Broto Sexy'. An album that should be in every Brazilian music fan's collection.
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Flying Wig
Cat: MEX 3512. Rel: 21 Sep 23
 
Indie/Alternative
Feelings
Firefiles
Nun
Sight Seer
Sirens
Charger
Flying Wig
Twin
May
The Party
Review: Although it was reportedly recorded in a "cabin in the woods" and fuelled by "nights listening to the Grateful Dead", Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter Devendra Banhart's latest album is a far more drowsy, dreamy and immersive affair than you might expect. Produced by label-mate Cate Le Bon (who also contributed instrumentation), Flying Wig somehow sounds contemporary despite being rooted in a mix of the woozy sound-worlds of Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel's more downbeat mid-80s moments, classic sixties folk-rock and the kind of heart-aching, country-tinged AOR ballads that were once a feature of late-night AM radio. It's beautiful and beguiling, basically, and never wavers from its distinct sonic blueprint.

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September 23rd
Cat: TRR 435CD. Rel: 10 Oct 24
 
Ambient/Drone
September 23rd
Review: September 23rd is the first release in William Basinski's new Arcadia Archive series. Recorded in September 1982 in his first loft in the DUMBO neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, September 23rd is a recently unearthed early entry in what has become a hugely inspirational and influential catalogue. Built from a piano piece that Basinski composed in high school in the mid-1970s, September 23rd quickly evolved into a vastly different work, upon its revisitation. Using the John Giorno and William Burroughs cut-up technique, Basinski fabricated an elaborate Frippertronics and feedback loop tape delay system, resulting in the quiet but dramatic set of sounds and resounds you hear here.
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Global Underground #42: Berlin
Patrice BAUMEL / VARIOUS
Global Underground #42: Berlin (mixed 2xCD in hard-back book sleeve)
Cat: 019029 6913402. Rel: 29 Mar 19
 
Minimal/Tech House
Markus Guentner - "Crystal Castle"
Barker - "Look How Hard I've Tried"
Phil Kieran - "Solar Storm" (Mano Le Tough remix)
The Drifter & Benjamin Frohlich - "Waterville"
Jossie Telch - "Borders" (Eitan Reiter remix)
Rick Pier O'Neil - "Planetary" (RPO part 1)
Eitan Reiter - "Eat You"
Patrice Baumel - "Expanse"
Shlomo - "MUM"
President Bongo - "Tramontana" (Sturm Der Liebe remix)
Ripperton - "Leonor's Lanugo" (Anders Ilar Leonid dub)
FunkForm - "Synthesia"
Diego Azocar - "Natural" (Matias Chilano remix)
Nicolas Rada - "Cumulonimbus"
Guido Schneider & Daniel Dreier - "Little Helper 290-1"
Patrice Baumel - "Grace"
Phil Kieran - "Empty Vessels"
Steve Moore - "Worldbuilding"
Oostil - "Quantic"
HearThuG - "Crossroads"
Pig&Dan - "Lost Another Angel" (dub)
Mango & Gullen - "Manitoba" (SineRider remix)
Shlomo - "Vanished Breath"
Markus Guentner - "Look At Me"
Egbert - "Trip"
Christian Loffler - "Ghost"
Jesse Somfay - "Lying In A Bed Of Myst"
Patrice Baumel - "Collider"
Mehmet Akar - "Roll The Dice" (Matias Chilano remix)
Edit Select - "Undulation"
Ness - "Thought 1"
Swayzak - "So Cheap"
Luigi Tozzi - "Demersal Zone"
Patrice Baumel - "Mutant Voices"
Guy J - "Fallstar" (Rising mix)
Christopher Bissonnette - "Jour Et Nuit"
Chateau Flight - "Cosmic Race"
Fabrizio Lapiana - "Far Away"
Minilogue - "Clouds & Water"
Aris Kindt - "Every New Thing"
Architectural - "A Girl With No Friends"
Musiccargo - "Ich Geh Den Weg Mit Dir"
Model 500 - "Starlight" (Echospace dub)
Sten - "Squares"
Matthew Dear - "Another"
Jayro - "Jungle" (Fideles remix)
Deepbass & Ness - "Distance"
Reeko - "Electrical Phenomena" (Remake)
Adam Port - "Do You Still Think Of Me?"
Review: For the 42nd stop on the decades-long journey through worldwide DJ culture, Global Underground has pitched up in Berlin and handed over the reins to Patrice Baumel, a Dutch DJ/producer with an impressive track record. The resultant two-disc mix-up is staggeringly good, with Baumel choosing to represent a wide variety of techno and tech-house sounds with occasional diversions into more melodious or off-kilter fare. Wisely, the Dutchman has also chosen to offer up tracks that span the decades, contrasting classic material from the likes of Swayzak, Matthew Dear and Chateau Flight (whose brilliant "Cosmic Race" stands out) with newer cuts from such artists as Shlomo, Steve Moore, Adam Port, Ripperton and the ageless Phil Kieran.
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>>>>
>>>> (CD)
Cat: INV 319CD. Rel: 06 Jun 24
 
Post Rock/Experimental
Strawberry Line
The Seal
Windmill Hill
Denim
Hungry Are We
Ah Yeh
Bloody Miles
Secrets
Cellophane
Review: Bristol trio Beak>, like their co-founder Geoff Barrow, have always had a tendency towards the obtuse, choosing to go where they please musically with an air of disenchanted veterans whose faith in the world is waning all the time. This dystopian streak was evident on their 2009 full-length debut, where they consciously avoided overdubs and studio trickery, and it has returned to the fore on their widely acclaimed fourth studio set - a collection of 'head music' that they insist should only be listened to in its entirety. If you do that - and you should - you'll be treated to a delightfully cosmic, psychedelic and otherworldly journey through organ-heavy dream pop ('Strawberry Line'), wide-eyed krautrock-influenced funkiness ('The Seal'), acid-fried soundtrack weirdness ('Windmill Hill'), gentler and more intergalactic excursions ('Bloody Miles') and much more besides.
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Abbey Road (50th Anniversary Edition)
Cat: 800743. Rel: 27 Sep 19
 
Rock
Come Together
Something
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Oh! Darling
Octopus' Garden
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Here Comes The Sun
Because
You Never Give Me Your Money
Sun King
Mean Mr Mustard
Polythene Pam
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
Golden Slumbers
Carry That Weight
The End
Her Majesty
Review: There's a chance this Liverpudlian four piece will be familiar by now. This, their 11th studio outing, first unveiled as the 1960s slipped into the 70s, is a bonafide epic from an outfit that weren't lacking in epics; in many ways a culmination of their time together, marking the end of their active years and beginning of their legacy. By this stage, then, they've emerged from years spent on the inner journey and time on the outer, space cadeting to the hallucinogenic fuelled tones of "Sgt. Peppers" and "Revolver". Of course, there's still plenty of explorations happening, but the gritty blues rock of opening track "Come Together" really sets the tone. Five decades on, it still sounds great and maybe even better than you remember. Even if you own the original, this anniversary edition is worth having.
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Hadsel
Hadsel (CD)
Cat: POMP 011CD. Rel: 09 Nov 23
 
Indie/Alternative
Hadsel
Arctic Forest
Baion
So Many Plans
Melbu
Stokmarknes
Island Life
Spillhaugen
January 18th
Suddeutsches Ton Bild Studio
The Tern
Regulatory
Review: Hadsel, Zach Condon AKA Beirut's first album in four years, is named in honour of the place in which much of it was recorded, a remote Norwegian island that the neo-folk artist stayed in back in 2019. The tranquillity of his surroundings, as well as access to limited instruments (a lo-fi drum machine, a church organ, a basic synthesiser and his trusty acoustic guitar, is reflected in the beauty and slow-burn nature of the music on show, which naturally pushes Condon's distinctive, emotionally charged vocals to the fore and tends towards the atmospheric and musically opaque. The results are genuinely beguiling, with our picks of a very strong bunch including 'The Tern', where Condon's voice sails above sustained organ chords, a tribal-tinged rhythm track, and life-affirming vocal harmonies, and the brass-enhanced warmth of 'So Many Plans'.
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Eternally Frozen
Cat: MDRCD 65. Rel: 06 Jul 23
 
Ambient/Drone
Pastorale
Setteottavi
Exotica
Pulsing
Golden
Review: Eternally Frozen Maple Death sounds like a dramatic way of describing some scientific process of natural mummification, but it's actually the name of this solo album by Italian drummer and composer Andrea Belfi. A tribute to Belfi's late father, who passed away in 2019, the album is composed of four long-form pieces that reflect on the themes of loss, memory, and time, all felt by Belfi in the moments afterwards. Minimal percussion, synthesizers, and tape loops combine across its breadth to form a meditative and melancholic sound, much like the moments of hollow 'frozen' stasis felt in the weeks and months after such an impactful life event.
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Pinball Wanderer
Cat: SCR 300CD. Rel: 27 Feb 25
 
Indie/Alternative
Panic Attack (4:03)
I'm In Love (4:44)
Madder Lake Deep (2:06)
Apple Green Ufo (8:21)
Pinball Wanderer (4:33)
Music Concrete (5:17)
The Notes You Never Hear (1:52)
Space Station Mantra (5:42)
Review: Following a few years spent focusing on his ambient, drone and instrumental shoegaze focused GLOK project, former Ride man Andy Bell has finally got round to recording a new album of songs. Titled Sonic Cathedral, the album is undeniably nostalgic in tone, not only reacalling the jangly and sonically dense days of shoegaze and jangly indie-pop, but also the funkier and more intoxicated indie-dance records of that period (think Weatherall productions and remixes of the period, the Stone Roses and - whisper it quietly - Candy Flip). It's a bold and hugely enjoyable blend, with Bell sashaying between the tactile, Spiritualized-ish 'The Notes You Never Hear', the krautrock-goes-funky flex of 'Space Station Mantra', the Beck-esque 'Music Concrete' and the Tony Allen/Afrobeat-influenced 'Apple Green UFO'.

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Didn't I Blow Your Mind?: The Sound Of Philadelphia Soul 1969-1983
Thom BELL / VARIOUS
Cat: CDTOP 522. Rel: 12 Jun 24
 
Soul
The Delfonics - "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)"
The Chargers - "You Gotta Be A Lady"
Spinners - "The Rubberband Man"
Eloise Laws - "Got You Into My Life"
The Stylistics - "You Are Everything"
Ronnie Dyson - "Give In To Love"
Elton John - "Nice & Slow"
New York City - "Take My Hand"
Deniece Williams - "Silly"
Dionne Warwick & Spinners - "Then Came You"
Lou Rawls - "Will You Kiss Me One More Time"
Little Anthony & The Imperials - "Lazy Susan"
The Stylistics - "Betcha By Golly, Wow"
Nancy Wilson - "Joe"
Johnny Mathis - "Loving You - Losing You"
Jerry Butler - "Walking Around In Teardrops"
Bell & James - "Nobody Knows It"
Phyllis Hyman - "Let Somebody Love Me"
Dee Dee Bridgewater - "One In A Million (Guy)"
The O'Jays - "Brandy"
Review: One of the key record producers and pushers of the 60s-70s Philly Sound - which upended the generic norms of soul and r&b to establish a brasher and more bombastic sound - Thom Bell has gone down in time as the holy son of soul, forming one part of its so-called holy trinity along with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. This new compilation is an exciting retrospective on the man's best works, bringing greater-known groundbreakers - Delfonics' 'Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time', Stylistics' 'Betcha By Golly, Wow' - with lesser-spotted lovables from the likes of Nancy Wilson's 'Joe' to Deniece Williams' 'Silly'. Bell was known for his introduction of the celeste, the French horn and the harpsichord to soul music - all can be heard throughout the comp at various points, testifying his staunch commitment to expanding upon an already established sound.
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My Echo Shadow & Me
Cat: TRCD 12012. Rel: 01 Sep 23
 
Soul
My Echo, Shadow & Me
Playing The Fool
Uncle Sam
Tell Me That You Love Me
Slow Down Girl
Dedicated To You
Somebody Cares
Do What You Wanna Do
Your Last Song
Let's Get Together
Dear Mother & Father
Review: Following a string of singles on Timmion and its lesser-celebrated Stylart Records offshoot, Jonny Benavidez offers up his debut album, My Echo, Shadow & Me. In keeping with Timmion's successful formula, Benavidez is accompanied by the label's sensational (and undeniably authentic-sounding) house band, Cold Diamond & Mink, for a stroll through alternatively loved-up, heartbroken and irresistibly funky soul songs inspired by records from the 1960s. It's a winning formula all told, made even more special and rewarding not by Cold Diamond & Mink's backing and production - which is as good as ever - but the sensationally soulful and sensitive nature of Benavidez's voice.

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Renaissance
Cat: 196587 44502. Rel: 29 Jul 22
 
Pop
I'm That Girl
Cozy
Alien Superstar
Cuff It
Energy
Break My Soul
Church Girl
Plastic Off The Sofa
Virgo's Groove
Move
Heated
Thique
All Up In Your Mind
America Has A Problem
Pure/Honey
Summer Renaissance
Review: Beyonce joins Drake in the house-via-Baltimore club 'renaissance', which has seen to a good deal of major hip-hop & R&B artists working in the styles over the course of entire albums and mixtapes. This being the queen of pop's first album in over six years, some naysayers say songs like 'Break My Soul' (filled with 90s organ and downtempo kicks and snares a-la Robin S) and 'Energy' (packed with batida stylings) are paint-by-numbers, but we beg to differ; for Beyonce, it's a polyglot of reinventory music.
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III: Chroma/Contour
Cat: VISTA 008CD. Rel: 08 Feb 19
 
Ambient/Drone
Serriform
Color In The Six
Lidless Path
Iris
Trumbull
Light By A Thread
Soft Logic
Bright Lands Rising
Memory Resonance
Review: Transatlantic twosome Billow Observatory (AKA Detroit-based Jason Kolb and Copenhagen resident Jonas Munk) tend to take their time over albums, but more often than not the results are worth the wait. "III: Chroma/Contour" definitely fits into this category. The result of two years of work, it bristles with effervescent soundscapes, delay-laden instrumentation, shape-shifting aural textures and gently unfurling compositions. Their particular brand of luxurious ambient music makes great use of Jonny Nash style glistening guitar sounds, the fluid chord progressions of Gigi Masin, the emotion-rich movements of Brian Eno collaborator Mark Shreeve and the synthesizer-fired dreaminess of 1980s new age composers. It's a stylistic blend that not only guarantees great results, but also some of the most beguiling and becalmed ambient music you'll hear all year.
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Shortwave Memories
Cat: BIO 36CD. Rel: 20 Jan 22
 
Coldwave/Synth
Tanss
Interval Signal
Night Shift
Formanta
Shortwave Memories
Infinium
Shruthi-12
Transfigured Express
Review: After a run of reissues and a boundary-blurring fusion of classical music and electronica (January 2021's Angel's Flight), Norwegian ambient veteran Geir Jennsen AKA Biosphere has gone back to basics on Shortwave Memories. Ditching software and computers for analogue synths, drum machines and effects units, Jennsen has delivered album that he claims was inspired by the post-punk era electronics of Daniel Miller and Matin Hannett, but instead sounds like a new, less dancefloor-conscious take on the hybrid ambient/techno sound he was famous for in the early 1990s. The results are uniformly brilliant, making this one of the Norwegian trailblazer's most alluring and sonically comforting albums for decades.
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Forever Howlong
Cat: ZENCD 314. Rel: 04 Apr 25
 
Indie/Alternative
Besties
The Big Spin
Socks
Salem Sisters
Two Horses
Mary
Happy Birthday
For The Cold Country
Nancy Tries To Take The Night
Forever Howlong
Goodbye (Don't Tell Me)
Review: Every once in a while, you get a band emerge from the vibrant London music scene that you notice aren't like all the other bands. You sense they have something a bit special. BC, NR are like that - they offer something so rich musically that it appears immune to any potential threat that could come from changing trends. This third studio album of theirs comes under what looked like difficult circumstances from the outside. Their lead singer and songwriter Isaac Wood left the band shortly before the release of their second album. But they've withstood the pressure incredibly and are on top form here. There's more emphasis than ever on sharing the role of frontperson so the album is like a smorgasbord where you sample different voices and songwriting styles that exist within the group. Lead single 'Besties' is violinist Georgia Ellery's. It thrives off of its dynamism with explosive Phil Spector-esque wall of sound moments set in alongside elegant indie folk. A truly massive chapter awaits.
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