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VA	Tresor 30	12X12" BOX	TRESOR	TRESOR 330LP
$230.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/15/2021 Since 1991, Tresor has provided a home for artists to germinate their ideas for advanced new sounds and broadcast them to the world. The pioneers that first traversed the Detroit-Berlin connection and were at the forefront of a new cultural movement gave to Tresor its original and continuing mission: community, resistance and reshaping the world to come. The Tresor 30 compilation represents a major landmark in this continuing history of electronic music. This unique collection of music profiles some of the artists that gave the previous three decades of Tresor its sound and foundation, but it also casts its gaze forward. Writing new postcards from the future, this collection brings new artists who maintain a connection to that original mission to the fore, charting ways in which this ethos can continue to build bridges and break walls in the next 30 years. Bringing together 52 essential tracks -- both classics and exclusive commissions -- each of the 12 records in this box-set charts a unique line of flight from those artists that helped define the shape of this new music to those who continue to pattern its landscape further. The future is bright and it's now. Limited edition boxset, 12x12" 180 gram vinyl; silver pantone + foil on ultra-black board; includes 16-page booklet, download card, and poster double-sided 90x60. Features Underground Resistance, Nomadico, Huey Mnemonic, D. Strange, Speaker Music, AFRODEUTSCHE, Juan Atkins, rRoxymore, Helena Hauff, Paris The Black Fu, Lara Sarkissian, Jeff Mills, K-HAND, Claude Young, Porter Ricks, Basic Channel, Moritz von Oswald, Donato Dozzy, Verraco, KMRU, Surgeon, Regis & James Ruskin present O/V/R, Claudia Anderson, machìna, Robert Hood, Function, LSDXOXO, Sophia Saze, Blake Baxter, SHE Spells Doom, DJ Minx, Whodat, Anthony "Shake" Shakir, Daniel Bell, Bergsonist, Loidis, Drexciya, Russell E.L. Butler, DJ Stingray 313, Jensen Interceptor, Terrence Dixon, Nandele, Roberto Chitsonzo, Jr., Ectomorph, Simulant, TYGAPAW, Joey Beltram, Nene H, FJAAK, Yazzus, Grand River, TV Victor, Carlota, Torus, and Mareena & JakoJako.

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VA	Bodyclock Vol. 2	LP	DARKER THAN WAX	DTW 066LP
$19.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/8/2021 Following the release of their debut Bodyclock series in 2020, Singaporean label Darker Than Wax now unveils the second volume of the series, presenting the identity of the label's sprawling worldwide family. The first volume, a natural extension of the label's DNA, illustrated an attack of nocturnal club sounds, rooted in the culture curated by the pioneers of dancefloor music. Bodyclock Vol. 2 sees the new school of producers push the limits of musical self-discovery. Compiled by DTW label co-founder Dean Chew, Bodyclock Vol. 2 sees Darker Than Wax curating a cross-continental offering, highlighting the work of eight producers living around the world -- dipping into the respective scenes of Vancouver, Osaka and Tokyo, Cape Town, Vienna, Karachi, Amsterdam, and beyond. Bodyclock Vol. 2 takes listeners on a globally diverse and greatly vivid dance journey. Opening with Laza's "WTBWH" (the project's first single) -- the record's pace is quickly set, with intense, driving drum patterns and soulful reverberating keys. Throughout the project, acid laced tracks from label alumni Akio Nagase and newcomer Tollcrane meet left-field ethereal movements from B.Visible and Teo Mattress. Joined by RGL's '80s-esque sleazy sonics and UNOS's two-step drums and oscillating basslines. Bodyclock Vol. 2 is closed out by Tiro!'s "Charcuterie" -- which rolls gently through the ether, supplying ice-y keys and calming frequencies. Another essential slice of worldwide dancefloor action from the Darker Than Wax camp. A diverse compilation of deep dance sounds featuring a global array of artists from the likes of Japan, Pakistan, Belgium, Netherlands, and South Africa A celebration of dance culture and its resilience. From the boogie to the deep house to the broken beats, Bodyclock Vol. 2 continues to bring underrated artists to the fore. For fans of: Apron Records, X-Kalay, Lobstertheremin, Incensio, and Buttersessions.

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VA	Eins und Zwei und Drei und Vier: Deutsche Experimentelle Pop-Musik 1980-86	2LP	BUREAU B	BB 381LP
$35.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/1/2021 Double LP version. Do not adjust your sets. Take a step back from the tracking. This is the sound of Germany's musical youth let loose on cheap synths and pawnshop guitars. A record of a disparate scene of squat pop-stars, art school upstarts and committed non-musicians who redefined German music in the first half of the 1980s. By the dawn of the new decade, punk had burnt out in a frenzy of feedback, reshaping the musical landscape before burrowing back into the underground for a period of reinvention. But the scorched earth it left behind proved to be fertile soil, nurturing a new movement grass-rooting through Germany's major cities. For the first time the country had its own youth culture, spilling out of the squats of Hamburg and West Berlin, occupying the art scene in Düsseldorf and Köln and congregating around independent record shops stocked with angsty import 7"s. Empowered by punk's DIY spirit, these kids valued conviction over competence, opting to ignore the industry and make music for themselves, sung in their own language. Even the cats we now call krautrock, revolutionary though they were, mostly sang in English, adopting the lingua franca of rock n' roll as a shorthand for authenticity for a native crowd who wouldn't have it any other way. This new scene rejected the expected, celebrating freedom of expression above all else. Armed with unconventional instruments, newly affordable electronics and rudimentary recording gear, they worked from the ground up, building basic rhythms and simple melodies into mutant grooves and following their imagination wherever it took them. The result was a genre fluid wave of fusion pop pulled from funk, punk, jazz and reggae; united in attitude rather than aesthetic. Lyrically, the groups explored the serious and silly, embracing the irreverence of dadaism to deliberately displease the earnest alternatives of the older generation. Features Der Plan, Die Partei, P!OFF?, Palais Schaumburg, Dunkelziffer, Populäre Mechanik, Andreas Dorau (Die Doraus & Die Marinas), Pyrolator, Träneninvasion, Deutsche Wertarbeit, Asmus Tietchens, Die Fische, Conrad Schnitzler, Carambolage, Xao Seffcheque, Foyer des Arts, Die Zimmermänner, Östro 430, Die Radierer, and Holger Hiller.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VA	Eins und Zwei und Drei und Vier: Deutsche Experimentelle Pop-Musik 1980-86	CD	BUREAU B	BB 381CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/1/2021 Do not adjust your sets. Take a step back from the tracking. This is the sound of Germany's musical youth let loose on cheap synths and pawnshop guitars. A record of a disparate scene of squat pop-stars, art school upstarts and committed non-musicians who redefined German music in the first half of the 1980s. By the dawn of the new decade, punk had burnt out in a frenzy of feedback, reshaping the musical landscape before burrowing back into the underground for a period of reinvention. But the scorched earth it left behind proved to be fertile soil, nurturing a new movement grass-rooting through Germany's major cities. For the first time the country had its own youth culture, spilling out of the squats of Hamburg and West Berlin, occupying the art scene in Düsseldorf and Köln and congregating around independent record shops stocked with angsty import 7"s. Empowered by punk's DIY spirit, these kids valued conviction over competence, opting to ignore the industry and make music for themselves, sung in their own language. Even the cats we now call krautrock, revolutionary though they were, mostly sang in English, adopting the lingua franca of rock n' roll as a shorthand for authenticity for a native crowd who wouldn't have it any other way. This new scene rejected the expected, celebrating freedom of expression above all else. Armed with unconventional instruments, newly affordable electronics and rudimentary recording gear, they worked from the ground up, building basic rhythms and simple melodies into mutant grooves and following their imagination wherever it took them. The result was a genre fluid wave of fusion pop pulled from funk, punk, jazz and reggae; united in attitude rather than aesthetic. Lyrically, the groups explored the serious and silly, embracing the irreverence of dadaism to deliberately displease the earnest alternatives of the older generation. Features Der Plan, Die Partei, P!OFF?, Palais Schaumburg, Dunkelziffer, Populäre Mechanik, Andreas Dorau (Die Doraus & Die Marinas), Pyrolator, Träneninvasion, Deutsche Wertarbeit, Asmus Tietchens, Die Fische, Conrad Schnitzler, Carambolage, Xao Seffcheque, Foyer des Arts, Die Zimmermänner, Östro 430, Die Radierer, and Holger Hiller.

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VA	Radiant	LP	CONCENTRIC RECORDS	CNTRC 003LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/24/2021 Concentric Records presents Radiant, the third compilation of its introductory release trilogy. Featuring music by ASWA, HOLOVR, Max Loderbauer, Petre Inspirescu, Supply, The Waves, William Selman, the album evokes luminous, iridescent and ethereal sonic spaces -- a journey that overcomes struggles, spinning upward towards the light. The album opens with calm, bright and assertive tonalities, evoking mental spaces prone to exploration and wondering. Molecular textures and real-world sounds bring us closer to an intimate and physical sphere, a voice. Ultimately everything dissolves into a synthetic domain of acid-like washes, in a cinematic sense of departure. 180 gram vinyl; includes UV gloss art insert; edition of 250.

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VA	Total 21	2LP	KOMPAKT	KOM 440LP
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/24/2021 Double LP version. Total turns 21 this year, and Kompakt's venerable compilation series couldn't have asked for a more auspicious coming-of-age collection. If Total 20 was consolidation against the odds, the Kompakt crew producing for a dreamt-of dancefloor in an uncertain future, then Total 21 feels abuzz and alive with possibilities. Significantly, it's the first Total in some time that's streamlined down to a single disc; this makes Total 21 even punchier than usual, a joyous, reflective, and always thrilling 75-minute audio scan of the world according to Kompakt. As with every instalment of Total, there's a deft balancing here of Kompakt regulars and new blood. Of the latter, there's a first appearance by Kollmorgen, remixed by Patrice Bäumel into an astral torch song; Amsterdam's Nicky Elisabeth, offering up Roman Flügel's pulsating, arpeggiated remix of "Celeste"; and Captain Mustache swoops down into view, Play Paul in tow, with the dream-like electro lift-off that is "Everything". Jonathan Kaspar also drops by with a new track, "Von Draussen", a stealthy and lethal floor-hugger with prowling bass. Elsewhere, there's the lead track to Michael Mayer's astonishing recent EP, Brainwave Technology, which not-so-gently spears the tech-futurist babble of AI, transhumanism and posthumanism, soundtracked by one of Mayer's typically lush, glimmering soundscapes. John Tejada reaches back to the heyday of glitch and dub techno with the gorgeous "Spectral Progressions", while the brothers Voigt & Voigt, on "Nicht Mein Job", seem reinvigorated by the interwoven patterns and funky minimalism of the Profan days. Not to be outdone, Jürgen Paape kicks Total 21 with "La Guittara Romantica", a chiming and lilting lullaby for woozy late-night reflection. Throughout, it feels as though Kompakt are taking a moment to both breathe in the dust of the past and look forward to a bright future. Perhaps that's why, on "Fasson", Sascha Funke seems so confident, with pinprick melodies bouncing around a hall of audio mirrors, or why The Bionaut returns with "Blue Sky Motor Lodge", a song so moistly melancholy, so enduringly lovely, it'll make you weep tears of joy. Robag Wruhme gets a little delirious on the ticking, twisting "No", and then Gui Boratto mops everything up with the bubbling, bumping glam-stomp "Wake Up". Double LP version includes two vinyl-only tracks by Michael Mayer and Marc Romboy & C.A.R.; includes download with full CD track list.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VA	Habibi Funk: An Eclectic Selection From The Arab World (Part 2)	2LP	HABIBI FUNK	HAB 015LP
$38.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/24/2021 Double LP version.

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VA	DIALOGUE	2LP	A-TON	ATON 013LP
$33.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/24/2021 DIALOGUE was conceived as a series of musical letters written back and forth between Luke Slater, Anthony Child (aka Surgeon), KMRU, Lady Starlight, Speedy J and harpist Tom Moth (of Florence + the Machine) at the height of the pandemic between 2020 and early 2021. Using the common language of rhythmic ambient electronics, each DIALOGUE features three actors in a sonic conversation of longform improvisation between 15 and 25 minutes in length, with Luke Slater the common denominator. The results are a brooding, psychedelic exchange of melody, texture, bass, oscillation, key changes and volume swells, which organically merge into complete compositions. It's music that both reflects and transcends the artists' common reality of isolation -- a meditative, consciousness-expanding conversion of musical ideas born from necessity. Cosmic but not escapist. And very much of its time.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VA	Total 21	CD	KOMPAKT	KOMP 168CD
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/24/2021 Total turns 21 this year, and Kompakt's venerable compilation series couldn't have asked for a more auspicious coming-of-age collection. If Total 20 was consolidation against the odds, the Kompakt crew producing for a dreamt-of dancefloor in an uncertain future, then Total 21 feels abuzz and alive with possibilities. Significantly, it's the first Total in some time that's streamlined down to a single disc; this makes Total 21 even punchier than usual, a joyous, reflective, and always thrilling 75-minute audio scan of the world according to Kompakt. As with every instalment of Total, there's a deft balancing here of Kompakt regulars and new blood. Of the latter, there's a first appearance by Kollmorgen, remixed by Patrice Bäumel into an astral torch song; Amsterdam's Nicky Elisabeth, offering up Roman Flügel's pulsating, arpeggiated remix of "Celeste"; and Captain Mustache swoops down into view, Play Paul in tow, with the dream-like electro lift-off that is "Everything". Jonathan Kaspar also drops by with a new track, "Von Draussen", a stealthy and lethal floor-hugger with prowling bass. Elsewhere, there's the lead track to Michael Mayer's astonishing recent EP, Brainwave Technology, which not-so-gently spears the tech-futurist babble of AI, transhumanism and posthumanism, soundtracked by one of Mayer's typically lush, glimmering soundscapes. John Tejada reaches back to the heyday of glitch and dub techno with the gorgeous "Spectral Progressions", while the brothers Voigt & Voigt, on "Nicht Mein Job", seem reinvigorated by the interwoven patterns and funky minimalism of the Profan days. Not to be outdone, Jürgen Paape kicks Total 21 with "La Guittara Romantica", a chiming and lilting lullaby for woozy late-night reflection. Throughout, it feels as though Kompakt are taking a moment to both breathe in the dust of the past and look forward to a bright future. Perhaps that's why, on "Fasson", Sascha Funke seems so confident, with pinprick melodies bouncing around a hall of audio mirrors, or why The Bionaut returns with "Blue Sky Motor Lodge", a song so moistly melancholy, so enduringly lovely, it'll make you weep tears of joy. Robag Wruhme gets a little delirious on the ticking, twisting "No", and then Gui Boratto mops everything up with the bubbling, bumping glam-stomp "Wake Up".

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VA	Chill Pill 3	2CD	PUBLIC POSSESSION	PPDISC 004CD
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/10/2021 Chill Pill will help you get in line with nature, enhancing positive feelings through better awareness of one's surroundings. Listening to this music will improve your physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. While consuming Chill Pill, a healthy mix of relaxation and hedonism is recommended. Features Anna, DJ City, Nice Girl, Turzi, Real Ponchos, Martin Brugger, 6 Underground, Sofie & Speckman, Paul Brändle, You're Me, Bell Towers, Mogwaa & Xin Seha, Eden Burns, Avocado Highway (Alex Olson), Andras, Chris Ellis & Babyxaan, Suzanne Kraft, R_R_, Superpitcher, Emmanuelle, Obalski, Popp, Vanessa Worm, Lurie, RIP Swirl, and Aiden Ayers.

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VA	Calypso Treasures	LP	NAKED LUNCH	NAKED 025LP
$21.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/3/2021 Calypso developed into its modern form in Trinidad around the turn of the twentieth century as a primarily English-language topical song associated with pre-Lenten Carnival. By the 1920s, Calypsonians, as the singers and composers were called, performed in "tents" (yards covered by a tarp, union halls, and such) for the people of Trinidad and for tourists. As early as the 1930s, the genre was gaining a following outside of its homeland; for example, the British writer Aldous Huxley visited a tent in 1933 and wrote with admiration about calypso singing: "The Calypsonians of Trinidad live in another 'Zeit'; so the 'Geist' they obey is not the same as ours. In that, it may be, they are fortunate." Calypso Treasures features Lord Invader, Wilmoth Houdini, The Charmer, Young Tiger, Attila The Hun, The Island Champions, Lord Kitchener, Wilmoth Houdini, Duke Of Iron, The Roaring Lion, Mighty Terror, and Lord Melody.

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VA	The Harmonic Series Volume 2	3LP	IMPORTANT RECORDS	IMPREC 500LP
$45.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/27/2021 A collection of long-form works in just intonation by Kali Malone, Duane Pitre, Catherine Lamb, Tashi Wada, Byron Westbrook, and Caterina Barbieri. Each artist occupies an entire side of the collection's three LPs. Curated by Duane Pitre, Important Records returns with its second volume of compiled works in just intonation. The Harmonic Series Volume 2, issued as a triple-LP collection, features a series of long-form compositions by six of the most important emerging voices of contemporary experimental music. Unlike equal temperament, which equally divides an octave into 12 fixed notes, just intonation utilizes intervals of whole number ratios to determine tonal positions. It results in a highly individualized tonal language and holds the potential for more nuanced relationships and striking, sympathetic resonances. Rooted in ideas that trace their way across the last 2500 years, just intonation lays at the foundation for numerous Indian, Persian, and East Asian musical traditions. It was reintroduced into western music during the 20th century by composers like Harry Partch, Ben Johnston, Lou Harrison, James Tenney, Terry Riley, and La Monte Young. An interest in just intonation has continued to swell following the appearance of The Harmonic Series in 2009 inspiring Pitre to curate a second compilation. Kali Malone's "Pipe Inversions" -- played by Malone on a small pipe organ, joined by Isak Hedtjärn on bass clarinet -- belongs to a larger body of microtonal organ works that have increasingly placed the composer at the forefront of contemporary minimalism and drone music. Across the length of Duane Pitre's "Three for Rhodes" -- a chamber piece for "unknown instrumentation" - deconstructed rhythms and melodic fragments swell in a dance of harmonic interplay, rising and falling within the work's engrossing architectural complexity. Catherine Lamb's "inter sum" -- one of a tiny number of available works to encounter the composer and renowned violist working on synthesizer -- endeavors to break the visualization of harmony as a vertical reality, rendering it multidimensionally in space. A canon for eight-violins played by Marc Sabat, Tashi Wada's "Midheaven (Alignment Mix)" -- guided by the internal logic of its tuning system -- shape-shifts into an elegantly poetic form of musical conceptualism. Byron Westbrook's "Memory Phasings" -- composed and recorded on a combination of computer controlled modular synthesizers and a Yamaha TX802 -- employs the ratios of just intonation as harmonic building blocks for texture. Deploying just intonation as a means for psycho-physiological exploration, Caterina Barbieri's "Firmamento" -- composed for synthesizer -- deftly intervenes with the expectations of minimalism, durational music, and drone. Cut at Golden and pressed at RTI for maximum fidelity.

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VA	Tougher Than Tough: Trojan Rude Boy Sounds	2LP	MUSIC ON VINYL	MOV 2717LP
$37.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/27/2021 "Tougher Than Tough: Trojan Rude Boy Sounds is an exclusive release from Music On Vinyl's Trojan compilation series, which celebrates the best works from the legendary reggae label Trojan Records. It was compiled by Laurence Cane-Honeysett, who also wrote the linernotes. Some of the artists featured on this compilation include Stranger Cole, The Pioneers and Alton Ellis. 750 individually numbered copies on orange vinyl. The package also includes exclusive Trojan Records and Music On Vinyl coaster."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VA	Objetos Musicais: Homage To Walter Smetak	LP	BUH RECORDS	BR 146LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/27/2021 Objetos Musicais is a collection of 13 sound pieces created by artists from South America and Switzerland, who work in an intermediate zone among the craft of luthiers, visual arts and experimental music. Their works evoke the visionary ideas of Walter Smetak, a Swiss composer who lived in Salvador, Bahia (Brazil). Smetak was a pioneer of musical experimentation in that country and developed, in the '60s and '70s, a musical poetics that was captured in two seminal albums, Smetak (1974) and Interregno (1980), both of which, after being out-of-print for a long time, have been reissued today, hence the motivation for this tribute. On those two albums, Smetak combined Afro-Brazilian ritual traditions, theosophy, microtonality studies, collective improvisation and the use of unconventional musical instruments, which he called "Plasticas Sonoras". Smetak came to build around 150 acoustic instruments, many of which are true sound sculptures of great visual impact. This latter aspect is the most directly evoked one on this album -- and it so happens that the Smetakian spirit tunes in with a new community of contemporary artists, who relate to the work of the so-called "experimental luthiers", artists who build their own instruments (Marco Scarassatti, Phillipp Laeng, Maria Anália), lead them towards radical extended versions (Ruben Dhers, Claudio Merlet), develop hybrid projects involving instruments and sound sculpture (Javier Bustos, Álvaro Icaza and Verónica Luyo, Juan Pablo Egúsquiza, Edgardo Rudnitzky) or take the exploration towards the building of resonant machines (Nicole L'Huillier, O Grivo, Zimoun, Cod.Act), without these categories being mutually exclusive, but rather tending to mix, thereby opening up new sonic possibilities. This new community of artists has begun to create a whole new field of research and, in a way, a new discipline, understandable within the context of this new paradigm opened by the maker culture, which has pushed creators and developers from all over the world to conceive alternative -- anti-hegemonic and DIY -- forms of production. Therefore, this collection allows the artists to evoke Walter Smetak but also to connect his work to this new scene -- to which it precedes -- a link for this new art that makes its way at some point among the work of experimental luthiers, sound art, experimental music and the DIY ethics. Curated by Luis Alvarado and Chico Dub. Art by René Sánchez. Edition of 300.

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VA	Right On Time: Trojan Rock Steady	2LP	MUSIC ON VINYL	MOV 2718LP
$37.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/27/2021 "Right On Time: Trojan Rock Steady is the second part of the exclusive Music On Vinyl's Trojan compilation series, which celebrates the best works from the legendary reggae label Trojan Records. It was compiled by Laurence Cane Honeysett, who also wrote the linernotes. Some of Trojan's finest are featured on this compilation; as there are The Gladiators, The Melodians, The Gladiators, Ken Boothe, a.o. 750 individually numbered copies on orange vinyl. The package also includes an exclusive Trojan/Music On Vinyl coaster."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VA	Habibi Funk: An Eclectic Selection From The Arab World (Part 2)	CD	HABIBI FUNK	HAB 015CD
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2021 "This compilation of songs is not meant as a historic reflection of popular music of the 'Arab world.' It is a very personal selection of songs we grew to like at Habibi Funk. It is music that historically never existed as a unified musical genre. We think it's important to make this distinction and to have the listener understand that the majority of the music on this compilation does not come from the highly famous names of the musical spectrum of North Africa and the Middle East. Instead, the final body compiled for this record consists of some -- at least for us -- niche-y pearls and often overlooked artists; resulting in a diverse range of styles from Egyptian organ funk, disco sounds from Morocco, an example of the lively reggae scene of Libya, political songs from Lebanon, soundtrack music from Algeria, a musical union between Kenya and Oman, and much more. The photo we chose for this cover somehow could be seen as an allegory of the sounds we feature on the label. It depicts Algerian composer Ahmed Malek at an ice cream bar during his stay in Japan for the World Expo in Osaka, 1970. He later said that his visit to Japan and especially the manga culture left a distinctive mark on the way he created his own compositions. With this in mind, it feels as a suiting visual representation for the music on this compilation. Accordingly, the compilation you are holding in your hands offers a much wider range of music than just funk influenced sounds. Sure, it brings back Fadoul, who we have already dedicated a full-length album to. He was the mystical Moroccan singer who -- influenced by the sounds of James Brown -- created his own musical vision full of energy but also still very intimate. Another artist we have featured before is Ahmed Malek, the grand Algerian soundtrack composer, whose music is largely connected by a distinct feeling of melancholic beauty or Hamid Al Shaeri, the Egyptian hit producer whose track 'Ayonha' was probably the most widely appreciated track off our first compilation. But we have also learned that this format of a compilation can serve as a medium to introduce artists to our audience, who we are planning to dedicate full length releases to in the near future, such as Ibrahim Hesnawi. Hesnawi is the father of reggae music in Libya -- a genre still widely popular in Libya -- and whose presence in the country is commonly connected to the rhythmic similarities of reggae with some form of Libyan folkloric music. Nahib Alhoush is another Libyan artist, whose musical output we will spotlight in the near future. In the 1970s, he was the co-founder of Free Music, one of the first Libyan bands introducing western influences into their music. After the band stopped performing together he started an at least equally successful solo career under his own name. When I got into Arabic music around five or six years ago, I knew pretty much nothing about it. Realistically, I still know very, very little about it and I'm by no means an expert. I just had the opportunity to visit the region frequently, trying to learn about music I might like. Most of the bands, I happen to enjoy, were fairly obscure and therefore a lot of the music on this compilation seems to be largely forgotten. After sharing many of the old records and tapes online through mixes, I have realized that there is a huge disparity between the interest in the music on the one hand and its availability on the other. All tracks on this compilation are fully licensed, most directly from the artist or in the case of artists, who are deceased licensed from the artist's family. There are two exceptions: Hamid Al Shaeri's track was licensed from SLAM! as the label is still active under the name Sonar. Zohra's 'Badala Zamana' from the great Belgian label MTMU, who has reissued this track under license from the producer on 7" format before."

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VA	Kiosque Of Arrows 2: Compiled by Tolouse Low Trax	CD	BUREAU B	BB 380CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2021 Bureau B present a very special release: Kiosque Of Arrows 2 is Detlef Weinrich's (aka Tolouse Low Trax) first compilation for Bureau B. Echoing the spirit of the legendary samplers found on Les Disques Du Crépuscule or Made To Measure, this hybrid journal not only collates unusual pieces of music -- rare and undiscovered pearls from the experimental underground of the early 1980s through to contemporary unreleased recordings -- it also represents a reflective collage of cut-ups, observations and memories in the never-ending search for inexplicable beauty. Eleven tracks of unique pop fusions meander through states of casualness, a nocturnal thirst for adventure, and the intense yearnings of hot, sultry afternoons with an uneven and brittle quality. It all helps to pinpoint Tolouse Low Trax as artist and curator in the grander scheme of things, whilst evoking the spirit of countless nights at the Düsseldorfer Salon des Amateurs. Features Macromassa, The Stupid Set, DsorDNE, Techno Twins, Venus in Furs, Javier Segura, Bassæ, Lydia Tomkiw, Iueke & Lippie, Kaoru Hirose, and Viola Renea.

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VA	Kiosque Of Arrows 2: Compiled by Tolouse Low Trax	LP	BUREAU B	BB 380LP
$22.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/20/2021 LP version. Bureau B present a very special release: Kiosque Of Arrows 2 is Detlef Weinrich's (aka Tolouse Low Trax) first compilation for Bureau B. Echoing the spirit of the legendary samplers found on Les Disques Du Crépuscule or Made To Measure, this hybrid journal not only collates unusual pieces of music -- rare and undiscovered pearls from the experimental underground of the early 1980s through to contemporary unreleased recordings -- it also represents a reflective collage of cut-ups, observations and memories in the never-ending search for inexplicable beauty. Eleven tracks of unique pop fusions meander through states of casualness, a nocturnal thirst for adventure, and the intense yearnings of hot, sultry afternoons with an uneven and brittle quality. It all helps to pinpoint Tolouse Low Trax as artist and curator in the grander scheme of things, whilst evoking the spirit of countless nights at the Düsseldorfer Salon des Amateurs. Features Macromassa, The Stupid Set, DsorDNE, Techno Twins, Venus in Furs, Javier Segura, Bassæ, Lydia Tomkiw, Iueke & Lippie, Kaoru Hirose, and Viola Renea.

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VA	R&B Hipshakers Vol 5. Rocks In Your Head	2LP +7"	VAMPISOUL	VAMPI 207LP
$42.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/13/2021 "... As I put the finishing touches on this fifth and final volume of the R&B Hipshakers series, I think of all the killer sides I've wholeheartedly intended to include but somehow not got around to, and they rip at my heart. Let's not even talk about the pile of unused DeLuxe sides, somehow postponed for a future that now will never be. And how about the concrete factual information about the King family of labels that I've never bothered to communicate -- because I decided to leave the detail work to others better suited to it? Facts, too few and too late: Did you know that most King and Federal singles went from conception to recording to mixing to mastering to pressing to storage to distribution -- the whole shebang -- under the roof of the company HQ at 1540 Brewster Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio? That hillbilly music constituted an equal share of the King output, and that there are country versions of many of the R&B records featured on 'Hipshakers'? . . . You may be aware of the loss of a pantheon of beloved recording artists' master tapes in a fire at Universal Studios in Los Angeles in 2008, a staggering blow to our cultural heritage that remained widely unknown until recently. Well, the fact is that even the masters that do survive are often in a sorry, baffling state. Compilers mining 'masters' often find that what's been saved are alternate mixes, alternate takes, edits. Throughout this series I've attempted to present the recordings as they appeared on released 45s. This has sometimes meant remastering from my own copies of the original records -- although in one instance on this new volume, I've opted for a previously unreleased (as far as I can tell) version of a song, Lulu Reed's 'Your Love Keeps A-Working on Me', because I like the bare-bones, no-backing-vocals recording . . . So here it is, the last batch of your 100 montaditos from the King catalog, 20 final tasty morsels to savor. These hundred 'Hipshakers' tracks barely scratch the surface (not a great expression to use in the context of records, I know!) of King and Federal's incredible output, insane as it may sound..." --Mr Fine Wine, New York City (from WFMU's Downtown Soulville) Features: Johnnie Pate, Cora Woods, Little Esther, Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men, Sonny Thompson, The Tenderfoots, Roy Estrada & The Rocketeers, Albert King, The 5 Royales, Otis Williams & His Charms, Little Willie John, The Zircons, Tonni Kalash, Rosemary, The Fabulous Denos, Dolph Prince, Billy Soul, Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, Kenny Martin, Lulu Reed with Sonny Thompson & His Orchestra.

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VA	Behind The Dykes 1: Beat, Blues And Psychedelic Nuggets From The Lowlands 1964-1972	2LP	MUSIC ON VINYL	MOV 2692LP
$39.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/6/2021 "Behind The Dykes is a 2LP compilation presenting the best bands and artists the Dutch had to offer in the period 1964-1972. The Netherlands were the first non-English speaking country to storm the Billboard Hot 100 with a string of hit singles from bands such as Shocking Blue, Focus, George Baker Selection, Golden Earring and Tee-Set. This 2LP presents the bands that followed closely behind, with singles and albums that internationally have become highly sought-after records. Some bands with a rich discography, others with no more than one or two singles under their belt. Original singles of many of these tracks are currently offered and/or sold for hundreds of Euros on Discogs, and many original pressings were so limited at the original time of release that they are impossible to find. The album is released under the Decca brand with the classic logos and labels. The full color printed inner sleeves contain liner notes about each individual band with the original single artwork, while the inside of the gatefold sleeve contains photos of the artists featured on this album. 180 gram audiophile vinyl. Gatefold sleeve. Printed innersleeves with track-by-track liner notes, photos and credits. Includes rare songs from The Motions, The Sandy Coast, The Outsiders, The Incrowd, The Beat Buddies, The Heralds, The Scarlets, Baldwin, The Counts, Short '66, The Haigs, The Bobby Green Selection, 1-2-3-4-5, The Bumble Bees, Dimitri, Nou&, Indiscrimination, B.Z.N., Dragonfly, The Fool, Pol & Paul, Shocking Blue, The Sound Of Imker, Names And Faces, Popera, Modesty Blaise, The Tykes, Amsterdam, Airport, World, Jug Session, The Freddies, Alligatorman, Holland, Nanda, Painting House, and Supersister."

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VA	Tropicalia: Ou Panis Et Circensis	LP	LILITH	LR 150LP
$23.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/6/2021 Clear vinyl. Originally released in 1969, this album is one of the most significant in Brazilian musical history, spearheading the musical Tropicalia revolution lead by Brazilian legends Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, not to mention Gal Costa and mutant rockers Os Mutantes. Not only were the artists experimenting with the music, they were also making a very strong political statement that spoke out very harshly against the military regime in Brazil at the time. This album helped land Veloso and Gil a brief stint in jail and eventually in political exile in the UK. Also features Nara Leão.

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VA	Asian Disco	LP	ABERRANT RECORDS	ABERRANT 006LP
$25.00 NOT IN STOCK Following the incredible (and successful) compilation Taiwan Disco, the master minds behind Aberrant Records present this delicious record. Subtitled Disco Divas, Funky Queens and Psych Ladies from Asia from the 70s to the Early 90s you don't have to take a wild guess to figure out what you'll find here, a treasure trove filled with exotic jewels from Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and South Korea, from Asian funk to psych-tinged awesomeness, disco madness and much more. Features Chailai & Sawanee, Chantana Kittiyapan, Lei Si Si, Ding Dai, Yasmin, Wong Foong Foong, XYZ, Fatimah Razak, Chen Qiong Mei, Sum Sum & Pan Pan, Grace Simon, and Hit Girls.

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VA	Occhi Miei: 1963-69 Italian Pop	LP	DOGHOUSE & BONE RECORDS	DGREX 010LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 7/30/2021 Italy in the post-war years not only gave us the sweet life... la Dolce Vita... but it was also the center of the euro pop universe. Get with the Italia beat as we groove you through the transformative years of Italo-American music. Beat pop! The old world meets the new in this thrilling compilation. Features Brunetta E I Suoi Balubas, Lola Falana, Isabella Iannetti, Wilma Goich, Luciano Vieri, Rita Pavone, Andrea Tosi, Caterina Caselli Con Gli Amici, Francoise Hardy, I Meteors, Rita Pavone, Neil Sedaka, Nada, and Jimmy Fontana.

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VA	Bondage Games Part 7	3x12"	BONDAGE MUSIC	BOND 12060LP
$49.00 IN STOCK 2006-2021: 15 years Bondage Music -- it is about harnessing those great moments and spiritual experiences from the dancefloor. This compilation features music from artists like Nima Gorji, James Dexter, NTFO, Politics Of Dancing, Steve Bug, Markus Homm, Mihai Popoviciu, Dilby & Pornbugs, Dejbali, Dust Yard, Alex Ranerro, and Sascha Dive. 15 year anniversary edition; vinyl-only release; 180 gram vinyl; heavy gatefold sleeve with spotlack finishing; includes DIN A2 poster of the album artwork.

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VA	DJ Athome Presents Spaced Out	2LP	MUSIQUE POUR LA DANSE	MPD 032LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 7/23/2021 Musique Pour La Danse present Spaced Out!, a compilation curated by Belgian artist and producer DJ Athome (Front de Cadeaux) which focuses on psychedelic dub, space rock, and early electronica created in the UK's festival scene between 1986 and 1996, the result of a life-long passion and 30 years of following artists from the festival scene. It was a loosely organized British musical movement born in the early '80s and focused on free festivals in Stonehenge and other countercultural sites across the country. It represented a continuation of the psychedelic spirit of the '60s, with altered states of consciousness, dub production techniques, non-Western influences as well as instruments featuring heavily, along with a desire to side-step mainstream venues, labels, and attitudes. Musically, it took on many forms, from mind-expanding space rock to third eye-opening electronica to shattering psychedelic dub. Visually, the zines, cassettes, LPs, and CDs created by this scene also displayed heavy influences from 60's psychedelia, updated for the late 80s and early '90s. In the '90s, the zines and cassettes reached the eyes and ears of DJ Athome, then a young DJ living in Liège. After meeting a group of like-minded individuals organizing local gigs which was single-handedly responsible for putting Liège on the map for many British bands, he dived headfirst into the sights and the sounds of this festival scene, gathering as many albums as possible and joining local collectives involved in the organization of events. This compilation is in equal amounts an introduction for newcomers and a confirmation for those who already know that this was without a doubt one of the trippiest and most compelling psychedelic musical movements of the last decades, notable for its hybridity, its sincerity, and above all its wonderfully life-changing effects for listeners and performers alike. Includes printed liner which features a foreword by acclaimed philosopher Timothy Morton, along with liner notes by David Borsu, and illustrations by designer Andrew Beltran. Features Eat Static, Magic Mushroom Band, The Ullulators, Ozric Tentacles, Revolutionary Dub Warriors, Junkwaffel, Divine Soma Experience, and Extremadura.

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