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12"
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LIR 010EP
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$19.00
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RELEASE DATE: 4/5/2024
New York City's Jennifer Vanilla, aka Jennifer Vanilla and Brian Abelson, offered a portal into a colorful world of innovative electronic sound with their 2022 debut album Castle In The Sky, traversing new wave, postpunk, art pop, and experimental R&B. Now Love Injection, the multi-faceted brainchild of Barbie Bertisch and Paul Raffaele comprising a print magazine, radio show, record label, and production duo breathe new life into one of the album's standout tracks Jennifer Pastoral on home turf, in the form of a 12" single alongside two ethereal mixes featuring maestros Dave Darlington on mixing duties and Francois Kevorkian as mastering engineer. Love Injection's earthly mix of "Jennifer Pastoral" is a sublime seven-minute deep house odyssey with neon keys from "Conclave" frontman and close friend Toribio and a sprinkling of organic percussion that harks back to the likes of François K and Pal Joey but with Vanilla's sensuous vocals soaring up top. The duo's celestial mix of "Jennifer Pastoral" is more of a late-night lullaby -- a soothing comedown with widescreen pads and layers of percussion that bubble along on expansive synths. The original version of "Jennifer Pastoral" is a freewheeling electronic rhythm reminiscent of Will Powers with robust drums but funky riffs, lavish pop vocals and cosmic warmth.
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7"
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LIR 009EP
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A command across genres has distinguished Yasushi Ide's work as a DJ and producer since emerging from the multiscene spawning big bang that was Tokyo's highly influential club milieu of the 1980s. His productions draw variously from hip-hop, dub, house, punk, jazz dance, exotica and electronic music -- and at their most expressive, synthesize sensibilities within a single track. The respect Ide's earned is well evident in the impressive roll call of collaborators he's accrued over the years -- Masters At Work, Tom Verlaine, Don Letts, James Chance, DJ Krush, Pharaoh Sanders, U-ROY, and Bongo Herman, just to name a legendary few. Now available for worldwide distribution from Love Injection Records in both digital and 7" 45 vinyl formats, the Yasushi Ide "A Place In the Sun (Kaoru Inoue Remix)" is paired with the equally gorgeous "A Place In the Sun (Dub)." On the former, Inoue's treatment largely strips away the track's beats, anchoring it to a subtle percussion pulse that emphasizes the composition's irresistible melodic qualities. The latter finds Yoko Ota at the controls restoring and pushing reverb-soaked drums to the forefront of the mix, accentuating Ide's affection for the sound system aesthetic while exercising just the right amount of spatial arrangement flourishes to inject some brawn amidst the beauty. These serendipitously rediscovered renditions of a back catalog deep cut are just the latest examples of Yasushi Ide's artistic reach. In addition to recording such acclaimed albums as 2020's Cosmic Suite and its 2022 sequel (for which Love Injection has remixed a track), his work has spanned music supervision of some 200+ compilations for major labels, artist management, his Grand Gallery shop/gallery proprietorship, and books showcasing the depth of his archival sensibilities, including vintage t-shirt and ephemera curation. Perhaps most inspiring, however, is that Ide is still winning new appreciators and collaborators in unexpected ways four decades into a revered career that continues to evolve and expand.
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LP
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LIR 005LP
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Prelude is an introspective record. It explores all of the valences of being and feeling. Some songs are chaotic and choppy. Others are soft and searching. There is rage and innocence, and moments of forced stillness, like capturing the aftermath of panic attacks, as in After The Storm. Barbie Bertisch also focuses on rhythm, bass guitar being her main instrument, and is no stranger to the power of the beat. The record also draws on influences as varied as Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Cocteau Twins, Berlin School, and pioneering producer François Kevorkian. Both sonically and conceptually, Prelude is a portrait of who Bertisch is as a person. "Is This What You Wanted?" is fiery, a pointed provocation to domineering figures from her past. It's full of strobing, strident synths, and heady lines of bass. It gives off the same vibe as a fire alarm, as a big room dance track that subverts your expectations of what it means to dance in a sea of bodies. "28," the record's opening track, is more peaceful. It's all languid keyboard arpeggios with the occasional flourish of a cascading synth effect. Coke bottle clear vinyl. "I love the sounds, very much. The layers and depths. The melting phases and soaring distances." --Anna Domino
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