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RED AXES

Red Axes (LP + postcard)

Cat: DE 275.

Review: 2020 marks the tenth of collaboration for Red Axes, the Tel Aviv-based duo of Dori Sadovnik and Niv Arzi. Informed by post-punk, new wave, and a plethora of club sounds old and new, they have cleaved a singular path with their hefty discography. To celebrate their anniversary, they reunite with Dark Entries for an eponymous 11 track LP brimming with jagged guitars, spacy arpeggios, and hypnotic vocals. Although Sadovnik and Arzi have previously released LPs on I'm A Cliche and Garzen Records, Red Axes is their first effort written and conceived of as an album-length listening experience. This work flows effortlessly through a variety of stylistic detours, highlighting their ears as both keen listeners and skilled DJs. Opener 'They Game' is a grooving number that unifies the psychedelia of cosmic disco with the early 90s 'baggy' sound. The energy mounts further with "Shelera", a guitar-driven acidic banger, and "Sticks and Stones", a certifiable club hit fueled by sassy vocals courtesy of Adi Bronicki. Launching Side B is "Break the Limit", an EBM-laced number that wouldn't sound out of place on a Razormaid compilation. The following tracks wax moodier, with "Brotherhood (Of the Misunderstanding)" touching on darkwave territory. "Udibaby" and "Arpman" close out the album with their respectively dense and sparse takes on kosmische lysergia. Red Axes was mixed by Steve Dub and mastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios. The album's artwork starkly depicts the project's name in blood-red smear. Also included is a postcard with full credits and album art. It's rare one finds an album that so casually challenges classification while still being firmly rooted on the dancefloor.

Played by: JKriv (Razor-N-Tape)

coming soon $16.71

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DEPECHE MODE

Violator: The 12" Singles (limited numbered 10 x 12" box set + poster + MP3 download code in slip case)

Sony BMG

Cat: 190759 41621. Rel: 17 Jul 20

coming soon TBA

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VOX POPULI!

Myscitismes (140 gram vinyl LP)

Platform 23

Cat: PLA 038.

Trois Gouttes De Sang
Guilane Djane
Be Hedayat I
Avaze Djodayi
Gachtam
Omid
Shamgah
Myscitisme I
Delome
Be Hedayat II
Myscitisme II
Gutta-Percha

Review: Vox Populi!'s cult and highly sought after debut LP is finally reissued here after 30 years. Recorded after their first single - Ectoplasmies (1983) - between 1984 and 1985, the original band of Mitra and her (then) 14 year old brother Arash and Axel Kyrou, evolved from 2 early cassettes and the 7"s' rudimentary, idiosyncratic and improvisational structures to more cohesive edges.

Living together, but with no formal music education, the nature of the disparate elements led to a sparseness of the recordings. Influenced by his mother, the concrete music pioneer, Mireille Kyrou and her work at GRM (State Institute for Musical Research), Axel challenged his creativity by utilising their Vox Man studio as an instrument.

Building on minimal synth, rhythm box, hand percussion and Persian poetry, they experimented with tape manipulation - layering the music with forward, backward and echo simultaneously - creating a leap in the band's development.

The dark nature Myscitismes was reflected in their increasing interest in industrial and ethnic music, with a great fascination for the religious traditional music of Tibet. Ceremonial, gothic, drone-folk, the progression is apparent; onward perceptions.

coming soon TBA

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BOURBONESE QUALK

Preparing For Power (140 gram vinyl LP)

Platform 23

Cat: PLA 033.

Return To Order
Outcry
Boggy Creek
Confrontation
Lies
Soft City
Xenophobica
Born Left Hearted
Is-It-As-It-Was
Backlash
Insurrection

Review: Mannequin and Platform 23 Records reissue what is considered to many the most complete album by perennial anarcho-outsiders Bourbonese Qualk.

The last recorded album at their South London squat, The Ambulance Station on the Old Kent Road, and again released on their own Recloose Organisation, saw the band develop further beyond the limits of the post-punk / industrial scene where genres increasingly became redundant.

Ethno, jazz, funk and EBM are all buried deep in the album as it seeks independence. The title, a critique of the Labour movements ineffective and limited call to arms against the prevailing Thatcherism of the mid-80s, encapsulates this wider oeuvre.

From opening Return To Order, the acoustic gloom is offset by tight musicianship and countering melody. The switch of Outcry precedes psychedelic anthem, Boggy Creek, with its VU remembrance. Blighted pulses Confrontation, Xenophobia, Backlash and closer, Insurrection, sense the darkness, but the ground has shifted forwards with the legendary 1.51 minutes of man'n' machine that is Lies, the enwrapping symphonic dub vocal of Born Left Hearted and incongruously pretty, Is It As It Was?

At times, suffocating, uncomfortable, at others light appears as history progresses. Preparing For Power is BQ at their most uncompromising and essential.

coming soon TBA

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ULTRAVOX

Sleepwalk (2020 Stereo Mix) (clear vinyl 12")

Chrysalis

Cat: CHS 122441. Rel: 27 Jun 20

coming soon TBA

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Naoki ASAI

Aber Heidshci (reissue) (limited LP)

P-Vine Japan

Cat: PLP 6973. Rel: 05 Jun 20

coming soon $34.97

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John FOXX/THE MATHS

Howl (orange vinyl LP)

Metamatic

Cat: META 67LPO. Rel: 24 Jul 20

My Ghost
Howl
Everything Is Happening At The Same Time
Tarzan & Jane Regained
The Dance
New York Times
Last Time I Saw You
Strange Beauty

coming soon $18.50

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Onont KOMBAR

Epitaph Of Ego (12")

Viewlexx Holland

Cat: V 030.

Epitaph Of Ego
Moondust In My Eye
The Last Day Lasts Forever

coming soon $10.28

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IKE YARD

Night After Night (limited red vinyl LP)

Superior Viaduct US

Cat: SV 045. Rel: 27 Jun 20

coming soon $18.26

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ALPHAVILLE

Sounds Like a Melody (180 gram yellow vinyl LP)

WMR Germany

Cat: 5054197 066849.

coming soon TBA

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COLDREAMS

Eyes (reissue) (7" + insert 再プレス)

Camisole France

Cat: CAM 014.

Eyes (5:05)
Morning Rain (5:00)

Played by: LesYeuxOrange

coming soon $13.37

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Alessandro PARISI

Ascensione Progressiva (2xLP)

Medical US

Cat: MR 086.

Canzone Del Tempo
Babilonia
Lento Sacramento
Ottovolante
Tempio Della Danza
Sogno Mediterraneo
Disco Stella
Canzone Dello Spazio

coming soon $26.49

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BLANCMANGE

Mindset (LP)

Blanc Check

Cat: BCR 020LP. Rel: 05 Jun 20

Mindset
Warm Reception
This Is Bliss
Antisocial Media
Clean Your House
Insomniacs Tonight
Sleep With Mannequin
Diagram
Not Really (Virtual Reality)
When

Played by: Adventures in Paradise

coming soon $16.97

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John FOXX/THE MATHS

Howl (LP)

Metamatic

Cat: META 67LP. Rel: 24 Jul 20

My Ghost
Howl
Everything Is Happening At The Same Time
Tarzan & Jane Regained
The Dance
New York Times
Last Time I Saw You
Strange Beauty

coming soon $18.50

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Haruomi HOSONO

Paraiso (remastered) (LP)

Sony Japan

Cat: MHJL 70.

coming soon $58.62

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Harald GROSSKOPF/VARIOUS

Synthesist (40th Anniversary Edition) (2xLP)

Bureau B Germany

Cat: BB 338LP. Rel: 12 Jun 20

So Weit, So Gut (LP 1: Synthesist (1980))
B. Aldrian
Emphasis
Synthesist
1847 - Earth
Trauma
Transcendental Overdrive
Tai Ki
Steve Baltes - "Earth - 1847" (LP 2)
Thorsten Quaeschning - "So Weit, So Gut"
Paul Frick - "Synthesist"
Kreidler - "Earth - 1847"
Pyrolator - "Synthesist"
Love Songs - "Earth - 1847"
Stefan Lewin - "Synthesist"
Camera - "Synthesist"
Tellavision - "Emphasis"

coming soon $35.99

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NEON LIES

Loveless Adventures (LP)

Wave Tension Netherlands

Cat: W 1004.

Drugz
Hideaway
Down
Learn
Insecurity
Loveless
Hands
Alone
Light

coming soon $14.66

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Jake SCHROCK

Omnibus (LP)

Medical US

Cat: MR 085.

Grey Skies
Deep Sea
Gewitter
Home Alone
Wormhole
Patterns

coming soon $21.08

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VARIOUS

Wave Earplug No 4 (LP + insert)

4MG Slovakia

Cat: 4MGLP 17.

Manaysyt & Beta Evers - "Dependency"
Stonewall Cops - "Kiss The Night"
Arsenic Of Jabir - "Moratorium"
End Off…exist Not - "Seq Stepers"
Abstract Deity - "Blessed Flesh"
I Tpame I Tvrame - "Distress"
Projekt203 - "Nevhodny Obsah"
Little Green Bag - "I Wanna Be A Star" (Lost & Found version)
Makina Girgir - "ReX Verz3"
Angaudlinn - "Lalaith"

coming soon $11.82

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BOOTS & LEGS

Vol 2 (12")

Boots & Legs

Cat: BOOT 002. Rel: 19 Jun 20

Tropicana
Heartquake
Eastside
Our Secret

coming soon $10.28

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ALONE IN MY ROOM

Alone In My Room (LP)

Oraculo

Cat: OR 76.

Rain Man
Second Circle
Airplanes
Dead City
Your Touch Is Cheap
How Many Times Do I Have To Tell You
Flashing Lights
Drunk & Alone
Russian Girl
Hiatus

coming soon $31.88

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VARIOUS

Cold Waves Of Color Vol 6 (limited LP + poster)

Color Tapes US

Cat: COLORLP 10.

Berserk In A Hayfield - "After Dusk"
The Lord - "Controversial"
Silicon Valley - "Electro Switch"
Neutron Scientists - "Cabaret Futurama"
Lives Of Angels - "Artificial Ignorance"
Modern Art - "Golden Corridor"
The Lord - "Gonna Dream My Life Away"
Echophase - "Controlled Experiment"
Disintegrators - "Radioactive"
Mystery Plane - "Burning Desire"
Modern Art - "Dimension 2"

coming soon $24.95

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VARIOUS

Rockgarage Compilation 1-4 (2xLP)

Spittle Italy

Cat: SPITTLE 101DLP. Rel: 19 Jun 20

Wops - "Bloody Welfare"
Wops - "Politics"
Ruins - "I Don't Know"
Plastic Host - "Notte Inquisitoria"
Modern Model - "Ice Factory On Strike"
Modern Model - "(The) Days On"
Frigidaire Tango - "Dazed Life"
Death In Venice - "East"
Changeling - "I Am An Open Sea"
Diaframma - "Illusione Ottica"
Qfwfq - "Desideravamo Belve"
Degada Saf - "Tri-Banal"
Funkwagen - "Ebdomeron"
Frigidaire Tango - "Take Over From Me"
Detonazione - "Grigia Miseria"
Detonazione - "I Programmi Agli Inferi"
Diaframma - "Altrove" (demo)
Go Karts - "Windy Nights For The Heroes"
Plasticost - "Panorama"
Degada Saf - "La Rhumba De Shanghai"
Pyramids - "Mouth Of Nilo"
Crepesuzette - "Killing Japanese"
2 Plus 2 Equals 5 - "Oggi E Un Bel Giorno"

coming soon $18.26

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Jeff CARNEY

Imperfect Space Journeys (remastered) (2xLP + booklet)

Lion Productions US

Cat: LIONLP 179.

Cloud # 9
Voyage Of The Filters
Safety Hazard
Toys
Trip
Quark
Wailing Wall
Earth Escape

coming soon $33.93

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POLYPORES

Azure (blue vinyl LP)

Castles In Space

Cat: CIS 055. Rel: 26 Jun 20

coming soon $24.17

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YEARS OF DENIAL

Human Tragedy (180 gram red vinyl 12" limited to 300 copies)

Modular Mind Lebanon

Cat: MM 05. Rel: 16 Jun 20

Life Is A Theater
Shooting Star
L'amour, La Mort
Interfear
Genocide Cheat
Poision Always Tastes Good
Grief

coming soon $15.42

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SASKIA

Eeuwig Op Reis (7")

Stroom

Cat: STR 7042. Rel: 03 Jul 20

My Lips Get Hot (short version)
You Left Your Soul Behind

coming soon $11.06

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Sydney VALETTE

Brothers EP (12")

Oraculo

Cat: OR 73SE.

I
Free
Ambiance Survivaliste
Safety Net
Bells Of January
Brothers

coming soon $17.23

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YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA

Yellow Magic Orchestra (US Version) (Bob Ludwig remaster) (LP)

Sony Japan

Cat: MHJL 56.

coming soon $49.36

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WOO

Arcturian Corridor (LP)

Quindi Italy

Cat: QUI 001. Rel: 19 Jun 20

Arc I
Arc II
Arc III
Arc IV
Arc V
Love On Other Planets (Woo remix)
AC V (Wino Wagon remix)
AC II (Ultramarine remix)

coming soon $15.17

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VELVET KILLS

Bodhi Labyrinth (LP)

Icy Cold

Cat: ICRLP 27.

coming soon $25.97

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XVARR

Unveiled (7")

Twin Womb

Cat: TWIN 03.

Unveiled
Empurpled Sperm
Shadows
A Reverie

coming soon $10.54

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WE ARE NOT BROTHERS

Fuck Work EP (green vinyl 12" limited to 200 copies)

Oraculo

Cat: OR 74SE.

Modern Slavery
Nothing To Scare Of
Self-acting Machine 1
Self-acting Machine 2
5 Ghost Rider (feat Ana Curra - Jose Rodriguez rework)

coming soon $17.23

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PLASTIC ESTATE

This Place (7")

Avant! Italy

Cat: AV! 070. Rel: 19 Jun 20

This Plave
Have You Ever

coming soon $9.52

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WIDDENDREAM

Wave Of Silence (numbered limited clear blue vinyl LP)

Hertz-Schrittmacher/Kernkrach Germany

Cat: HERTZ 061. Rel: 12 Jun 20

coming soon $24.67

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MIND IN A BOX

Dreamweb Trilogy (LP box)

Dependent Germany

Cat: MIND 331.

coming soon $93.60

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Klaus NOMI

Simple Man (reissue) (LP)

Sony EU

Cat: SONI 9750631. Rel: 19 Jun 20

coming soon $31.64

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Maud GEFFRAY/LAVINIA MEIJER

Still Life: A Tribute To Philip Glass (LP)

Pan European France

Cat: PAN 64.

coming soon $28.03

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OPALE

L'Incandescent (12")

We Be Friends

Cat: WBF 016. Rel: 12 Jun 20

Paris TX Sample
Sparkles & Wine
Cutting Edge
Hold You Tight
Delusion
El Oscuro Deseo
Lost Spirits
Les Champs Magnetique
Sparkles & Wine (extended version)
Les Champs Magnetique (Luminous version)

coming soon $17.23

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Anne CLARK

The Law Is An Anagram Of Wealth (LP)

FDA

Cat: AC 0002V. Rel: 05 Jun 20

Introduction: Flight Through Sunlit Clouds
So Quiet Here
At Midnight
Lost To The World
Come In
Fragility
That We Have Been Here
Longing Stilled
If I Could (main mix)
Nightship
Seize The Vivid Sky
The Haunted Road
I Of The Storm

coming soon $21.08

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ATTRAKTORS

Attraktors (140 gram vinyl LP)

Vivod

Cat: VIVOD 024LP. Rel: 03 Jul 20

Future Systems
Math Redux
Heavy Water
Maximum Minimum
She Of Stars
Mensonge Et La Chute
Theme From Unknown
Search Mode
A Nearfield Background
Interlude For Wounded Deer

Review: Attraktors originally surfaced back in 2015 with the Future Systems EP. Made up of members of Six.By.Seven, Bivouac, The Selecter and more besides. Now this eclectic group of coldwave connoisseurs fold that initial EP into a raft of new songs to make up a sterling debut album for Vivod. It's brittle, homespun stuff that opens up a wormhole to the bedroom studio explosion of the 1980s, when lo-fi new wave was king. But there are other dimensions to this record, like the dreamy synth pop of "Mensonge Et La Chute" and the cosmic rock stylings of "Theme From Unknown". For all lovers of the early to mid '80s era, this is an album you won't want to miss.

Played by: Tagwell Woods, Ali Renault

coming soon $14.39

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PUMPKIN WITCH

Final Strike Of The Pumpkin Witch (2xLP limited to 300 copies)

Deathbomb Arc US

Cat: DBA 239DLP. Rel: 26 Jun 20

coming soon $31.64

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MANASYT

Inferior Subjects (cassette)