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Artist:	WHY ARE WE BUILDING SUCH A BIG SHIP?
Title:	No Blood, No Blooms
Label:	DOMINO SOUND
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	DOMINO 022LP

"After a return from Hurricane Katrina's exodus, nine folks took their knowledge, or lack thereof, of instruments and put together Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship?. With an accordion and upright bass supporting the musical backbone, a six-piece horn section appears and drops out, playing layered melodies with minimalist percussion as glue. Beautiful, as well as scrappy, six songs measuring in at 37 minutes, wonderfully recorded by Don Godwin in November of 2007. We are happy to put this record out into the world. This pressing of 800 comes in hand silk-screened covers with an insert."

Artist:	VA
Title:	A Orillas del Magdalena
Label:	DOMINO SOUND
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	DOMINO 024LP

Coastal Cumbias from Colombia's Discos Fuentes. "Call and response wailing, percussionists that play a measure then disappear, backwards accordions and a persistent, loping bassline comprise some of the elements that make up the Cumbia. Born on the banks of the Magdalena River in coastal Colombia, this infectious music represents a marriage of African, Spanish, and Indigenous influences. Antonio Fuentes began recording Colombia's music in 1934, founding his country's first record label, Discos Fuentes. These 12 gems -- released between the mid 1950s and the mid '70s -- are lovingly selected from the Discos Fuentes catalogue. Includes tracks by Andres Landero, Los Corraleros de Majagual, Los Guacharacos, and Nafer Duran amongst others. This release comes in a tip-on sleeve."

Artist:	DE KIFT
Title:	Krankenhaus
Label:	DOMINO SOUND
Format:	LP
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	DOMINO 025LP

"De Kift's second album, Krankenhaus, originally a 1993 compact disc, is released for the first time ever on vinyl. The music on the album is difficult to describe, there simply aren't the reference points to make it easily classifiable. Thematically, Krankenhaus is a guided tour through the terror and tedium of war and its effects. Musically, it does have guitar, bass, and drums, but there is also a brass section, scrappy and heartfelt, making plenty of appearances throughout, and some woodwinds, an accordion, piano, violin, and hand clapping show up here and there. Imagine a scene from a Berlin cabaret of the '30s as written by the New Deal's Federal Theater Project. But, in, well, Dutch. And using World War authors and poets as lyricists, but seen through the lens of the Dutch squatters movement that De Kift and The Ex came up through. If Hanns Eisler had been a collaborator with The Ex, you'd be close, but still not quite there. De Kift sets their music to the stories and poems of authors Jan Arends, Erich M. Remarque and Wolfgang Borchert and comes up with an album that brings a new beauty to the words and a remarkably original amalgamation. This release comes in a tip-on sleeve with original artwork and is accompanied by a 16-page booklet with lyrics in Dutch, English and German."

Artist:	ERIS
Title:	The Feasts Of The Appetites Of Eris
Label:	DOMINO SOUND
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	DOMINO 026LP

"Each year, on the Sunday prior to Mardi Gras, a rag tag group of musicians assembles to provide the soundtrack for the progression of the parade of the Krewe of Eris. This past parade, a food based banquet, the sounds of this 62 piece band were captured on cassette and two microphones towering overhead. Brass and percussion working through seven originals and a cover through the streets of New Orleans, with accompaniment of paraders, bottles, sirens, and food. Field recording that sounds just like it sounded. A pressing of 1,000 with an insert and silk screened covers. And then they ate cake..."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Remolino De Oro
Label:	DOMINO SOUND
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	DOMINO 035LP

Subtitled: Coastal Cumbias From Colombia's Discos Fuentes 1961-1973. "A follow up to A Orillas del Magdalena, twelve more cumbias from Colombia's most prolific label, Discos Fuentes. Hailing, by all accounts, from the Northern coast of Colombia, Cumbia is the offspring of the musical melding of three cultures--the Indigenous, Spanish and African. Shaped by bright cymbals, an insistent bass line, eclectic percussion and brilliant accordion playing, these Discos Fuentes recordings remain raw, loose and unpolished. From dance floor hit to nostalgic ode--they come straight from the heart. Housed in a 'tip-on' jacket."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Wedding Songs
Label:	DOMINO SOUND
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	DOMINO 037LP

"Originally released on Philips Ethiopia in 1973, this seemingly impossible to find LP is available once again to the lucky humans of the world. With a mix of modern and traditional instruments these fourteen songs go through the progression of an Ethiopian Amhara wedding sung in Amharic. With the trio of singers, Lemma G. Hiwot, Zenebech Tesfaye, and Selamawit G. Selassie, alternating turns at the microphone, and sharing call and response duties, a relentless frenzy of hand clapping incites dancing and smiles. The consumption of tedj (honeywine) and the swirling love of a wedding was captured in the studio with euphoric energy to take away to play over and over again when the festivities are over. With hand screened covers and an insert of wedding photos accompanying the liner notes, this is the next best thing to an invitation to the real thing. A co-release with Mitmitta Musika of Addis Abeba, Ethiopia."

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