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American Dream
Cat: 196588 20262. Rel: 15 Mar 24
 
Hip Hop/R&B
American Dream
All Of Me
Redrum
nhie (feat Doja Cat)
Sneaky
Pop Ur Shit (feat Young Thug & Metro Boomin)
Letter To My Brudda
Dangerous (feat Lil Durk & Metro Boomin)
Née-nah (feat Travis Scott & Metro Boomin)
See The Real
Prove It (feat Summer Walker)
Should've Wore A Bonnet (feat Brent Faiyaz)
Just Like Me (feat Burna Boy & Metro Boomin)
Red Sky (feat Tommy Newport & Mikky Ekko)
Dark Days (feat Mariah the Scientist)
Review: Fresh from high-profile collaborative sets with Metro Boomin (2020's Savage Mode) and Drake (2022's Her Loss), 21 Savage has finally delivered a new solo set for the first time in six years. We say solo set; as is the way with blockbuster hip-hop and r&b albums, the set contains a strong cast list - Metro Boomin, Doja Cat, Travis Scott and Young Blud included - while thematically it offers insight into the UK-born, Atlanta-based MC's journey across the pond and eventual rise to stardom. His rhymes are more honest and "real" than ever before, while the luxurious and expansive musical backdrops combine punchy trap beats with carefully selected samples, sweeping orchestration, and the kind of big-studio production associated with rap and r&b's most high-profile artists.
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Tenement Symphony (Deluxed Edition) (National Album Day 2023)
Cat: PSFEDX 108. Rel: 13 Dec 23
 
Pop
Prelude (CD1: Tenement Symphony album & B Sides)
Jacky
What Is Love?
Trois Chansons De Bilitis (Extract)
The Days Of Pearly Spencer
My Hand Over My Heart
Meet Me In My Dream
Beautiful Brutal Thing
I've Never Seen Your Face
Vaudeville & Burlesque
Champagne
Bruises
Deadly Serenade
Deep Night (7" mix)
A Love Outgrown
Night & No Morning
Money For Love (Ennio mix)
Jacky (CD2: bonus tracks & remixes - Youth 7" remix)
My Hand Over My Heart (single mix)
The Days Of Pearly Spencer (The German 7" mix)
What Is Love? (7" edit)
Like A Prayer
Jacky (Youth 12" remix)
My Hand Over My Heart (Grit & Glitter mix)
Dancing In A Golden Cage
Deep Night (12" mix)
Money For Love (Fiddle mix)
Jacky (Alpine dub)
My Hand Over My Heart (John Coxon 12" mix)
Dancing In A Golden Cage (Reflection In A Golden Eye)
My Hand Over My Heart (CD3: Tenement Symphony Further Listening - Special radio edit)
What Is Love? (Larrabee 5th mix)
Jacky (12" Phil Harding dub)
Deadly Serenade (acoustic mix)
Beautiful Brutal Thing (7" remix)
Dancing In A Golden Cage (MR B's Supa dub)
My Hand Over My Heart (No Strings)
Champagne (Early version)
Meet Me In My Dream (Rough mix)
What Is Love? (Larrabee Echo mix)
Beautiful Brutal Thing (12" Techno remix)
My Hand Over My Heart (John Coxon dub mix)
Champagne (Backing track with Piano)
Jacky (CD4: Tenement Symphony live 1992 - live At liverpool Philharmonic Hall, 1992)
Meet Me In My Dream
Champagne
Vaudeville & Burlesque (From The As live video Soundtrack Twelve Years Of Tears,1992)
I've Never Seen Your Face
Beautiful Brutal Thing
Champagne
Jacky
The Days Of Pearly Spencer
My Hand Over My Heart
Meet Me In My Dream
Jacky (CD5: Tenement Symphony live & demos - live At The Union Chapel, 2000)
The Days Of Pearly Spencer (live At Leicester Cathedral, 2000)
Champagne (live At Leicester Cathedral, 2000)
Night & No Morning (live At Leicester Cathedral, 2000)
Jacky (live At The Lokerse Festival, 2000)
My Hand Over My Heart (live At The Lokerse Festival, 2000)
The Days Of Pearly Spencer (live At The Lokerse Festival, 2000)
Jacky (live At The Playhouse Theatre, 2016)
The Days Of Pearly Spencer (Cowboy version demo)
What Is Love? (demo)
Jacky (demo)
My Hand Over My Heart (orchestral Sections demo)
The Days Of Pearly Spencer (demo)
What Is Love? (CD6: Tenement dancehall Plus! - 12" Larrabee vocal mix)
Jacky (12" Phil Harding & Ian Curnow remix)
What Is Love? (Moody vocal mix)
Beautiful Brutal Thing (12" remix)
What Is Love? (Moody vocal mix 2)
Jacky (Backing track)
My Hand Over My Heart (Backing track)
The Days Of Pearly Spencer (Backing track)
What Is Love? (Backing track)
Tenement Symphony: Promotional Videos & BBC TV Appearances (CD7: DVD)
Review: Fans of Marc Almost rejoice! Tenement Symphony, the Soft Cell singer's seventh solo album, returns via an impressive box set containing little less than six discs of music. The original 1991 album, a thrilling fusion of synth-pop, strings, piano house motifs and muscular dance grooves produced by the great Trevor Horn, sits on disc one alongside B-sides and seven-inch mixes, with disc two collecting extended versions and further B-sides. The remaining four discs showcase the songs contained on the album in various stages of development, with demos and work-in-progress versions aplenty, alongside live recordings and a swathe of previously released - and a smattering of never-released - club-focused remixes. Throw in a DVD of videos and BBC appearances, and you've got a genuinely brilliant box set.
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Disaster Luud Noma
Disaster Luud Noma (limited CD)
Cat: OMM 290762. Rel: 05 Dec 23
 
Psych/Garage Rock
Drum Things (Erschlagzeugtes)
Asynchron (Verjault Und Zugeredet)
Yea Yea Yea (Zerbeatelt)
Broken (Ofensivitaaten)
Somnium (Trauma)
Frequency (Entzwei)
Autonomes (Entdrei)
Chaoticolour (Entsext)
Expressionidiom (Kapuntterbunt)
Altitude (Quaar Feld Aus)
Impropulsion (Noch'n Lied)
Review: Emerging from Germany's psychedelic and progressive rock underground in the late 1960s, Amon Duul was a freewheeling collective named in honour of the "art commune" in Berlin in which they not only came together, but also recorded their turn-of-the-seventies albums - most notably the 1972 double album Disaster Luud Noma. Here reissued in fully remastered form, the album is highly significant - and not just because it is now counted as one of the earliest expressions of what would become known as krautrock. Built on dense, layered percussion and rhythms beaten out by multiple drummers, its' hard-to-pigeonhole sound drew on fuzzy psychedelic rock, twisted jazz-rock and the collective's own radical experimentation. It remains an utterly insane record, but a brilliant one at that.
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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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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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25 Years Of Aficionado
Cat: REWARM 17CD. Rel: 16 Nov 23
 
Balearic/Downtempo
Held By Trees - "In The Trees (Ambient)"
Stanley Clarke - "Desert Song"
Jan Akkerman - "Ode To Billy Joe"
Alain Debray - "Concierto De Aranjuez"
Hightower Set - "Departure Lounge (Nothing To Declare)"
J Walk - "Cool Bright Northern Morning"
Canyons - "Akasha" (Begin remix)
Waves - "Summer Sunday"
Mudd - "Summer In The Wood"
Trevor Heiron - "Love Chains" (instrumental)
Korallreven - "Honey Mine" (Lissvik remix)
Giorgio Tuma - "Through Your Hands Love Can Shine" (feat Laetita Sadier)
Superimposers - "Seeing Is Believing"
Teacher - "Can't Step Twice (On The Same Piece Of Water)"
Kalima - "Shine" (Gilles Peterson Vibrazonic dub mix)
Review: The traditonal way to start a review of any Micko Westmoreland release - and with as is to point out that he's best known for playing Jack Fairey in the mock glam documentary Velvet Goldmine, but with a second strong album in his new, flanked -by-legends incarnation and some highly memorable video promos featuring a succession of alternativ ecomedy greats, that could well be changing. Expect spiky English podst-punk songwriting a la XTC or even Pulp, with recent singles 'Autosexual' and 'What's In A Name' (which includes guest vocals from Kevin Eldon numbering among the highligths.
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Played by: Marco Gallerani
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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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Equal Strain On All Parts
Cat: 100013 9966. Rel: 21 Dec 23
 
Rock
University Of Bourbon Street (feat Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
Bubbles Up
Audience Of One
My Gummie Just Kicked In
Close Calls
Equal Strain On All Parts
Like My Dog
Ti Punch Cafe (feat Angelique Kidjo)
Portugal Or Pei (feat Lennie Gallant & Will Kimbrough)
Nobody Works On Friday
Fish Porn
Johnny's Rhum
Columbus
Mozambique (feat Emmylou Harris)
Review: Tropical rock and "Island escapism" hero Jimmy Buffett passed away in September, a few weeks after finishing recording on Equal Strain on All Parts, his 32nd and final studio album. As final hurrahs go, it's quietly impressive, with the American singer-songwriter - backed by the Coral Reefer Band and a smattering of high-profile guest performers - delivering a jaunty, All-American blend of horn-sporting blues-rock, psych-country, semi-acoustic sing-alongs and tropical swamp-funk. Highlights include the humid, steel pan-sporting dance-rock of 'My Gummie Just Kicked In' (featuring fellow celebrity stoner and all-round legend Paul McCartney on bass), the fiddle-sporting hoedown that is 'Close Calls', the cheery 'Like My Dog' and Emylou Harris collaboration 'Mozambique'.
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Blockbusta
Cat: 196588 38312. Rel: 24 Nov 23
 
Hip Hop/R&B
The Statement
Remind 'Em (feat Quavo)
Beach Ball (feat BIA)
OK (feat Young Thug)
Could It Be You (feat Blxst & Yung Bleu)
Luxury Life (feat Coi Leray)
Big Everything (feat DaBaby & T-Pain)
Roboshotta (feat Burna Boy)
Tings
The Return Of Mansa Musa (feat Swizz Beatz & Blackway)
Stand Up (feat JNR CHOI)
Open Wide (feat Chris Brown & Shenseea)
Hold Up
The Hive (feat Giggs)
Homage (feat Kodak Black)
Legend (feat Morray)
Slide
Legacy (feat Cie, Trillian & Rai)
If You Don't Know Now You Know (feat Big Tigger - part 2)
Review: As you'd expect given his profile and position within hip-hop, Busta Rhymes eleventh studio album - his first for three years - is something of an all-star affair. The set's panel of executive producers boasts Timbaaland, Swizz Beats and Pharrell Williams, while the impressive roll call of guest MCs, singers and producers includes Giggs, Young Thug, Shenseea, T-Pain and Burna Boy. It has the feel of a celebration of his legacy and work, with s guests delivering hard-hitting lyrics and thoughtful flows over backing tracks that flit between sparse, distorted heaviness (recent single 'Beach Ball'), snappy, horn-sporting post-crunk weightiness ('OK') and G-funk influenced future party jams ('Luxury Life', with its aquatic P-funk bass and dusty, golden era drums).
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Destroyesterday
Destroyesterday (limited CD)
Cat: PITPDT 01/AY052. Rel: 14 Dec 23
 
Ambient/Drone
All The Weight Of The World
Alone In Crimson
Please Let Go & Let Me Hold You
Destroyesterday
Review: Past Inside The Present welcomes the excellent pairing of Brock Van Wey aka Bvdub and vocalists and instrumentalist Lacey Harris aka Inquiri for a brilliantly escapist new ambient EP, Destroyesterday. They combine to majestic effect with 'All The Weight Of The World' a swirling soundtrack with vocals floating amidst the melancholic pads. 'Alone In Crimson' is more textural and suspenseful and 'Please Let Go & Let Me Hold You' then has the spoken word vocals front and centre as intense synth crescendos sweep you up. The title cut is a hypnagogic delight that leaves you adrift in your own dreams.
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Peaky Blinders: Season 5 & 6 (Soundtrack)
Cat: DMNSTK 006CD. Rel: 25 Jan 24
 
Soundtracks
You're Not God (CD1: Peaky Blinders Season 5)
Tommy's Requiem (#1)
Tommy's Plan
Death Is A Kindness
Black Tuesday
I Don't Like The Life
Moseley (#1)
Ruby's Birthday
Grace
There Ain't No Grave
We Don't Like The Life
The Execution
Do What The Voices Tell You
Moseley
Retribution
Reckoning
Tommy's Requiem (#2)
Miquelon (CD2: Peaky Blinders Season 6)
Esme
Under The Maple Tree
Gina
Ain't No Grave
The Sanatorium
Mosley
Where Will You Go
Pledge Your Allegiance
Arthur
Esme's Dream
Ruby Has A Fever
Jail & Perfume
Michael's Plan
Red Right Hand
The Eleventh Hour
Opium
Goodbye Billy
Legacy
Tommy's Final Requiem
Review: .If the aim of any commissioned soundtrack score is to provide music that enhances and emphasises the on-screen action, then Anna Calvi's work on BBC smash Peaky Blinders is up there with the best of them. While Calvi only provided soundtracks to two seasons - five and six, both of which are presented on this limited double-disc release - the distinctive sound worlds she created suited series' dark and stylish visual tone. All low-slung basslines, dystopian effects, snarling riffs and squally, stretched-out guitar solos, the collected instrumentals stand on their own two feet while naturally conjuring up mental glimpses of key scenes for those who watched and loved the award-winning series.
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2 Ruff Vol 1
Cat: EMICD 2107. Rel: 09 Nov 23
 
Drum & Bass / Jungle
Selecta (feat Stefflin Don)
Chase & Status & Hedex - "Liquor & Cigarettes" (feat ArrDee)
Chase & Status & Bou - "Baddadan" (feat IRah & Flowdan & Trigga & Takura)
Massive & Crew
Say The Word (feat Clementine Douglas)
Chase & Status & Mozey - "On The Block" (feat Avo & Horrid1)
2ruff (feat Takura)
Get Got
Tough Talk (feat Kwengface)
20 Man Down (feat MIST & IRah)
Review: Kings of new school drum & bass Chase & Status made another triumphant return with 2 Ruff Viol 1, which is jam packed with fresh new wave jungle anthems for those who like it energetic. The chart topping duo knows a thing or two about crafting big bangers and massive anthems and that's what they do here as they follow up their last album What Came Before with more massive moments. Plenty of guests help them along the way here such as IRah & Flowdan & Trigga & Takura on the massive 'Baddadan' and Avo & Horrid1 on 'On The Block', a collar with Mosey which is also devastatingly large.
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Jazz Dance Fusion Volume 4
Colin CURTIS / VARIOUS
Cat: ZEDDCD 060. Rel: 29 Feb 24
 
Jazz
Bill Ortiz - "Fusion/Noche Cubana" (CD1)
Born 74 & Onj - "Tape Your Beat"
GeeW - "Still In Love"
Mary Greer Mudiku - "Happy Sunrise"
The Sultan's Swing - "46 To Somewhere"
Stefano De Santis - "Unreachable Galaxy"
Charro Band De Emilio Guerrero - "Movin"
Somos Amigos - "Pa'gozar"
Telmo Fernandez & The Latin Soul Beat - "Cuchifrito Pa’ Los Pollos"
Juju - "Cla Samba"
Moreen Meriden - "Caught In A Fever"
Alfredo Dias Gomes - "Samba De Negro"
Alonso Gonzalez & Jazz Latino - "Mr Fool"
Venus Dodson - "Mother Of The Future" (CD2)
Jacques Schwarz Bart - "Mende"
Guinu - "Eletromandinga" (extended version)
Stefano De Santis - "Nova Laze"
GeeW - "Kyoto"
Mary Greer Mudiku - "I Face East"
Alfredo Dias Gomes - "Vaya Mulatto"
Juju - "Wanting Touch" (instrumental)
Nova Vida - "My Only" (GeeMix)
Lifetime - "I'll Bet You Thought I'd Never Find You"
Tres Men - "Samba De-La Cruz"
Miho Nobuzane - "Ponteio"
El Caballo Y Su Orquesta - "Mambo De Papi"
Review: While his immense contribution to UK dancefloors often goes unacknowledged, Colin Curtis continues to delight dancers - and jazz dancers in particular - well over 50 years after making his first appearance behind the decks. More impressively, he continues to dig for new and previously unearthed music, sharing these finds via the ongoing Jazz Dance Fusion series. Volume four - the latest - showcases 26 tracks across two CDs, mixing hot new and recent jazz dance workouts with buried treasure of all kinds. It's naturally heavy on Latin jazz, fusion and percussive jazz-funk, but also touches on samba, salsa and "Latin spoken word". In other words, it's another sublime selection from one of UK dance music culture's true underground heroes.
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Il Viaggio
Il Viaggio (2xCD)
Cat: PIASLL 202CD. Rel: 12 Oct 23
 
Balearic/Downtempo
Lay Your Ear To The Rail
Nonnarina
Il Vento
We Never Kneel To Pray
I'm Looking For
Mi Ricordo Di Te
Chiesa
Now Is Narrow
San Liberatore
The Chaos Azure
Alba
Review: Although her roots lie in jazz, Melanie De Biasio has not made jazz - or at least purist jazz - for many years. Il Viaggio, a vast double album that marks her first studio set for nearly six years, continues this trend, blending field recordings, sound collage, choral music, ambient, the neo-classical darkness of Dead Can Dance, piano works reminiscent of Harold Budd's more contemplative works, and occasional nods towards trip-hop - all arranged as a kind of sonic journey to (and through) Italy by train as a way of rediscovering her distant Italian roots. With plenty of long, immersive tracks and bags of atmosphere, Il Viaggio is a hugely atmospheric and immersive affair that more than delivers on its conceptual premise.
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Just Something
Cat: AJXCD 735. Rel: 21 Mar 24
 
Soul
Back In Time
Don't Forget About Love
Anything
Mountains
How To Love
Be There In The Morning
Walk Away
Everyday Summer
Trojan Horse
For Once In My Life
I Love You
Review: British soul singer Dee C Lee started her career singing backup for Wham and the Style Council, before embarking on a solo career that included an early release on Mo Wax. By the late 90s, she'd pretty much stepped back from music though - making this new album for Acid Jazz a genuine surprise (it's her first new release for over a quarter of a century). It's rather good, too, with Lee's sublime and emotion-rich vocals soaring above 'heritage soul' style tracks that variously offer nods to bossa-nova ('Don't Forget About Love'), disco/jazz-funk fusion ('Be There In The Morning', with its excellent horns and fluttering flutes), and Motown-style stompers (the uplifting excellence of 'Walk Away').
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Don't Take It Personal
Cat: BDR 1CD. Rel: 08 Feb 24
 
Hip Hop/R&B
Stay In Your Lane
How Did I Get So Calm
Sugar & Spice (feat Ill Blu)
London Boy (feat Frisco)
Roll Wit Me (feat Predz UK)
What You Know About That (feat JME & D Double E)
Get Out The Way (feat Backroad Gee)
Here For Now (feat Not3s)
You Can Have Dat
Switch & Explode
Jerk & Jollof
Swerve & Pivot (feat D Double E)
POV
Tell Me About It
Keep That Same Energy (feat P Money & Background Gee)
How Does It Feel
Review: Given how prolific he was earlier in his career, the relative silence of Dizzee Rascal of late has been surprising to say the least - though nobody would begrudge him a break from the music industry treadmill. By the sounds of Don't Take It Personal, officially his eighth album, the four-year break has done him good. He's in prime lyrical form through, skipping between mutations of the grime blueprint he helped draw up and the kind of dancefloor-focused fare that he's periodically served up since the success of 'Bonkers' all those years ago. It's a smart move, meaning that hook-ups with fellow grime stars JME, D Double E, P Road and BackRoad Gee sit side by side with UK garage and bassline-leaning club workouts such as 'How Did I Get So Calm', 'Sugar & Spice' and 'What You Know About That'.
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The Room
The Room (limited CD)
Cat: CDRW 257. Rel: 25 Jan 24
 
Jazz
Foi Boto
Capricho
Astral Flowers
Kwere
Cores
Txera
Ate De Manha
Poeira
Tupi
Daiana
Review: .While Brazilian guitarist Fabiano Do Nascimento and American saxophonist Sam Gendel first met and played together at the dawn of the last decade - at a Los Angeles cafe both used to frequent, fact fans - it was only last year that they decided to collaborate on a release. The Room, the resultant album, was reportedly recorded in two days in a studio in the Californian countryside. It's an undeniably magical and sun-soaked affair, with Gendel teasing fluttering, flute-esque improvisations from his soprano saxophone while Do Nascimento delivers impeccable, finger-picking meditations on his seven-string acoustic guitar. The latter is undoubtedly a virtuoso with his own distinct style - a Brazilian take on classical guitar, incorporating nods to lesser-known regional music - but instinctively knows when to step back and allow Gendel the limelight. Impressive stuff all told.
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Just A Touch: Underground UK Soul Compiled By Sam Don
Sam DON / VARIOUS
Cat: AOTNCD 063. Rel: 12 Oct 23
 
Soul
Bo'vel - "Coming Back"
Sam - "Life" (club mix)
Marcelle Moncrieffe - "Take Me There"
Kofi - "Step By Step"
Pure Silk - "What You Do For Me"
Jenny B - "Sexy Eyes" (club mix)
Sonja Ryshard - "Step Back"
Cavalier - "Don't Touch"
Purely Fizzycal - "Straight To The Top"
Dennis Planeter - "I Still Dream Of You"
Taffy - "Passion"
Weekend In Paris - "Hold Your Head Up"
Review: Having previously shone a light on lovers rock via two volumes of his For The Love of You compilations, dusty-fingered selector Sam Don has turned his attention to 'underground UK soul'. In practice, that largely means - though not uniformly - street soul of the late 80s and 90s. It's a simple idea, executed brilliantly, with Don working tirelessly to get the blessing of all the artists involved. Sweet, synth-heavy and lusciously loved up, the 12 tracks on show are undeniably excellent, with the many highlights including the piano-sporting, breakbeat-driven dancefloor pleasure of Kofi's 'Step By Step', the sax-sporting shuffle of Jenny B's 'Sexy Eyes (Club Mix)', the bubbly 80s soul cheeriness of Cavalier's 'Don't Touch' and the bustling post-boogie brilliance of 'Passion' by Taffy.
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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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Gamma Tag
Gamma Tag (CD limited to 150 copies)
Cat: NE 103. Rel: 21 Feb 24
 
Experimental/Electronic
Amnesiac
Every Voice At One
N3N
Gamma Tag
Tick
Profiteer
Stalking Star
Review: Seven arresting, original new exercises from E-Saggila aka Canadian producer Rita Mikhael. She wears her love of dub on her sleeve - see the slow motion skank of 'Amnesiac' aming others - but not in the usual reassuring, bubbling echoes of dub techno, aiming for something much more angular and alarming. "Breaks remain staccato hammers," says the blurb, with maximum accuracy, "and kicks are cast to negate cardiac systems," while the rhythms veer from off kilter to nailed down and the sonics vary from the lush to the caustic. This territory to the left(field) of electronica is over saturated with identikit productions, but Mikhael does it like you've never quite heard before.
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Voir Dire
Cat: 009362 4849612. Rel: 15 Feb 24
 
Hip Hop/R&B
100 High Street
Vin Skully
Sentry (feat Mike)
Heat Check
Mancala (feat Vince Staples)
27 Braids
Mac Deuce
Sirius Blac
Dead Zone
The Caliphate (feat Vince Staples)
Free The Ruler
My Brother The Wind
Geb
Review: A decade after making his major label with Doris, all all-star affair featuring contributions from the RZA, Frank Ocean and Tyler The Creator, Los Angeles MC Earl Sweatshirt delivers album number six - a two-way hoedown with acclaimed beat-maker, Cypress Hill affiliate and fellow LA resident The Alchemist. It's a musical marriage with great potential, all told, as Earl Sweatshirt delivers distinctively enigmatic lyrical flows in his distinctive timbre over impeccable beats that draw on an impressively diverse range of samples. Compare and contrast, for example, the sparse, bluesy brilliance of 'Vin Skully' and the West Coast synth-funk influenced smoothness of 'Heat Check', or gospel-influenced Vince Staples hook-up 'Mancula' and the slow-motion drowsiness and aural beauty of 'Sirius Blac'.
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Drop Out (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Cat: HVNLP 3CDX. Rel: 11 Jan 24
 
Indie/Alternative
Silver Train
Shipwrecked
Here It Comes
Freeze Out
Circles
When I Wake Tomorrow
Way Back Home
What Kind Of Friend Is This
Black Autumn
Everybody Knows
Her Fathers Son
Precious Diamond Tears
Cubans In The Bluefields
Strawberry Window
Break Your Neck
Kathleen
Back Between Places
Meet The Wife
Vibrato
Here It Comes
Freeze Out
Violin
Barrel Dog
Go & See Him
Review: Although it didn't make huge waves commercially on its initial release in the early 90s, East Village's sole album, Drop Out, has long been considered a cult classic by observers of British indie music in the pre-Britpop era. Listening back three decades on, it's easy to see why. The band's sound was simultaneously nostalgic and contemporary, combining wide-eyed late 60s psychedelic pop flavours, minor chord-heavy 80s alternative jangliness and nods to soul-inspired Mod stompers with the distinctively loose, funky and loved-up MDMA-pop so beloved of indie bands at the turn of the 90s. This anniversary reissue does a great job in celebrating both band and album, with the original ten-track set coming with a bonus disc of singles and alternative versions. Throw in on-point sleeve notes by Jon Savage and you have an irresistible package.
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Get The Message: The Best Of Electronic (reissue)
Cat: 505419 7738074. Rel: 28 Sep 23
 
Indie/Alternative
Forbidden City
Gettiing Away With It
Get The Message
Feel Every Beat
Disappointed
Vivid
Second Nature
All That I Need
Prodigal Song
For You
Imitation Of Life
Out Of My League
Like No Other
Twisted Tenderness
Late At Night
Getting Away With It (vocal remix)
Lucky Bag
Feel Every Beat (Dna remix)
Lean To The Inside
Get The Message (DNA Groove mix)
Free Will
Disappointed (12" remix)
Idiot Country Two
Gangster (FBI mix)
I Feel Alright
A New Religion
Turning Point
Until The End Of Time (Fluffy Dice remix)
King For A Day
Radiation
Review: First released back in 2006, Electronic's on-point 'best of' collection returns in expanded, double-disc form. So, alongside the original collection (CD1), with its mix of singles and cuts plucked from Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr's three collaborative albums, we're treated to a second disc packed with rarities, lesser-known remixes and largely forgotten B-sides. There are some genuine treats to be found, including a swathe of club-focused mixes that showcase the project's dance music roots. Highlights include 808 State's majestic, breakbeat-driven 12" mix of Neil Tennant collaboration 'Disappointed', the piano-rich "peak-time at the Hacienda" 'DNA Groove Mix' of 'Get The Message', Graeme Park and Mike Pickering's similarly superb 'Vocal Remix' of 'Getting Away With It', and 'Idiot Country 2', a rushing club workout remixed by Stereo MCs under their forgotten Ultimatum alias.
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Tales: Live In Copenhagen 1964
Cat: 599044 5. Rel: 13 Dec 23
 
Jazz
Waltz For Debby
My Foolish Heart
How My Heart Sings
Sweet & Lovely
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
Five (Theme)
My Foolish Heart #2
How My Heart Sings #2
Sweet & Lovely #2
Five (Theme) #2
Round Midnight (bonus track)
Review: It's not often that a previous unheard recording of a giant of jazz is found loitering in the depths of someone's personal collection, but that's the case here. These recordings of legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans, laid to high-quality tape in 1964, were discovered last year in the personal archive of jazz musician Ole Matthiessen. Now fully mastered, it's a genuine unheard "Holy grail" - a set of recordings that show the versatility and quality of Evans' playing. Basically, it's a fantastic collection of piano jazz numbers, with Evans either playing solo, or accompanied by little more than a drummer and a double bassist. If you love jazz, you need this in your life.
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The Glorification Of Sadness
Cat: 196588 64672. Rel: 16 Feb 24
 
Pop
Sweatpants
Pressure (feat Kojey Radical)
God In A Dress
How You Leave A Man
There's Nothing More Human Than Failure (interlude)
Bad Woman
Cry On The Dance Floor
Say My Name
Let It Ride
The Big Bang Ending (interlude)
Eat Shit & Die
Divorce
Hate When You're Happy
Enjoy Yourself
I Am Enough
Mirror To Mirror (interlude)
Already Broken
Review: Now firmly in "pop icon" territory after a 15-year career full of successes and commercial highs, Paloma Faith has earned the opportunity to do whatever the hell she likes musically. So, on her sixth album and first for four years, she delivers a set of deeply personal, often stirring pop songs whose lyrics form a narrative of coming back from messy relationship build-ups. Beginning with the Chase & Status produced 'Pressure' featuring Kojey Radical - a sub-heavy slab of punchy post hip-hop heaviness - Faith and lead producer Martin Wave confidently stride between empowering acoustic-meets-electronic dance-pop ('How You Leave a Man'), gospel-influenced anthems-in-the-making ('Bad Woman') and the kind of emphatic electronic pop that the artist has always done so well.
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It's Only A Movie (Expanded Edition)
Cat: ECLEC 22856. Rel: 08 Feb 24
 
Progressive Rock
It's Only A Movie (CD1: remastered)
Leroy
Buffet Tea For Two
Boom Bang
Boots 'n' Roots
Banger
Sweet Desire
Suspicion
Check Out
Stop This Car (B-side Of single - bonus track)
Drink To You (B-side Of single - bonus track)
Boom Bang (Early version - bonus track)
Suspicion (Early version - bonus track)
Stop This Car (Early version - bonus track)
Sat'dy Barfly (BBC radio One In Concert, 26 January 1973 - CD2: BBC Sessions 1973)
Top Of The Hill
My Friend The Sun
Buffet Tea For Two
Children
Glove
Ready To Go
Burlesque
Holding The Compass
Rockin' Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu
Boom Bang (BBC radio One Top Gear Session, 22 May 1973)
Buffet Tea For Two
Check Out
Sweet Desiree
Review: Family's final studio album, It's Only a Movie, celebrated its 50th birthday in late 2023. To mark the occasion, Esoteric has offered up this remastered, expanded edition. Disc one boats the original album, an extended fusion of blues, psychedelic rock, string-laden progressive rock and Country & Western-influenced Americana, as well as a handful of single B-sides, alternate takes and early versions of LP cuts. Over on disc two, we're treated to a mixture of BBC 'in concert' recordings (where their roots in the British blues explosion of the late 1960s are far more evident) and performances captured for BBC Radio One's legendary 'Top Gear' programme (which did much in the 1960s to bring Beatles performances to the masses).
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Scope Neglect
Cat: CDSTUMM 503. Rel: 29 Feb 24
 
Experimental/Electronic
Lamb Shift
Chimera
The River Of Light & Radiation
_1993
Turning The Prism
Load Up On Guns, Bring Your Friends
Tritium Bath
Unreal In The Eyes Of The Dead
Review: While Ben Frost's work has long been marked out by deft-touch dark ambient, experimental instincts and clandestine aural textures, he's always thrown in surprise excursions and drawn on musical inspirations that other like-minded producers would fear to embrace. This latter characteristic comes to the fore on Scope Neglect, his first solo set for six years. Remarkably, it utilises the moodiness, weight and ten-ton guitar licks of metal - played by Car Bombs guitarist Greg Kubacki and bass-slinger Liam Andrews of My Disco fame - as a starting point. Frost naturally puts these through the sonic wringer, combining them with his own skittish, IDM-influenced beats, dark ambient soundscapes and razor-sharp electronics. The results are unusual, impressive and emphatically enjoyable, sitting somewhere between timeless electronica, Nine Inch Nails and experimental metal.
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People Who Aren't There Anymore
Cat: 4AD 0621CD. Rel: 25 Jan 24
 
Indie/Alternative
King Of Sweden
The Tower
Deep In The Night
Say Goodbye
Give Me The Ghost Back
Corner Of My Eye
The Thief
Iris
The Fight
Peach
The Sickness
The Garden Wheel
Review: Four years on from the release of sixth studio album As Long As You Are, American synth-pop/alt-rock fusionists Future Islands return with full-length number seven. People Who Aren't There Any More sees them reunite with regular collaborator Steve Wright and mixer Chris Coady, whose production on 2014's Singles - the band's most polished and arguably greatest album - was widely praised. Lyrically focused on being lovestruck and feeling lovelorn - wearily but forcefully delivered by frontman Samuel T Herring - the songs are strong and memorable. Musically, the sound worlds created - think stylish synths, immersive electronic textures, low-slung basslines and indie-rock guitars - match the disillusioned and emotionally fragile words, giving the set a coherent theme and sonic vision..
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Liam Gallagher John Squire
Cat: 505419 7893995. Rel: 29 Feb 24
 
Indie/Alternative
Raise Your Hands
Mars To Liverpool
One Day At A Time
I'm A Wheel
Just Another Rainbow
Love You Forever
Make It Up As You Go Along
You're Not The Only One
I'm So Bored
Mother Nature's Song
Review: For indie heads of a certain vintage, this album - a first full-length collaboration between Oasis lead singer Liam Gallagher and former Stone Roses guitar-slinger John Squire - is one of the most hotly anticipated of the year. It was recorded in Los Angeles over a three-week period last year, with former Foo Fighters and Gorillaz studio don Greg Kurstin handling production. As you'd expect, the album is undeniably nostalgic, with Squire's variously funky, raw and bluesy guitar licks and Beatles-esque backing tracks providing a fitting vehicle for Gallagher's distinctive lead vocals. For proof, check recent singles 'From Mars To Liverpool' - where Squires' solos towards the end seemingly soar above reverb-laden backing vocals that accurately pay tribute to the Fab Four - and the more psychedelic Roses-meets-Oasis flex of 'Just Another Rainbow'. There are no surprises, but fans will love it.
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On Purpose With Purpose
Cat: 505419 7753411. Rel: 22 Feb 24
 
Dirty Dubstep/Trap/Grime
Intro
Mount Rushmore (feat Kano & Wretch 32)
Double Standards (feat Sampha)
Anakin (Red Saber)
Blood On My Hands (feat Unknown T)
Redrum (feat Infamous12ak)
Laps (feat Moonchild Sanelly)
Twin Sisters (feat Skrapz)
Mine (feat Shakka)
More Than I Required (interlude)
Hallelujah (feat Dexta Daps)
Gbedu (feat Harry Aye)
Tumbi
Blessings (feat Muzi)
Grateful (interlude)
Street Politics (feat Tiggs Da Author)
Jonah's Safety (feat Pip Millet)
Expriy Date (outro)
Review: Ghetts is undoubtedly amongst the top tier of British MCs - a grime legend famed for being a genuinely dextrous lyricist. As On Purpose, With Purpose proves, he's also an artist whose output has evolved considerably since he emerged in the late 2000s. While his raps and rhymes are as sharp as ever, the beats he's working with are far more diverse, polished and - whisper it quietly - deeper than many may expect. For proof, check the r&b and hip-hop-soul influenced of 'Double Standards (featuring Sampha)', the sub-heavy punchiness of 'Laps (featuring Moonchild Sanelly), and the jazzy, head-nodding hip-hop warmth of 'Twin Sisters (featuring Skrapz)'. Throw in nods to Afrobeats and Amapiano, and you've got a set that will surely feature in many 'best of 2024' lists later in the year.
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I Still Can't Believe You're Gone
Bobby GILLESPIE / VARIOUS
Cat: CDCHD 1605. Rel: 25 Oct 23
 
Folk/Americana
Willie Nelson - "I Still Can't Believe You're Gone"
Bob Dylan - "Love Sick"
Donnie Fritts - "We Had It All"
JJ Cale - "Magnolia"
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "By The Time I Get To Phoenix"
Crazy Horse - "I Don't Want To Talk About It"
Ry Cooder - "Dark End Of The Street"
Percy Sledge - "Kind Woman"
Lee Hazlewood - "Wait & See"
Al Green - "Strong As Death (Sweet As Love)"
Thin Lizzy - "Shades Of A Blue Orphanage"
Kate & Anna McGarrigle - "Heart Like A Wheel"
Mott The Hoople - "When My Mind's Gone"
Boz Scaggs - "I'll Be Long Gone"
The Chi Lites - "The Coldest Days Of My Life" (part 1)
Little Feat - "Roll Um Easy"
Grateful Dead - "Brokedown Palace"
Charlie Rich - "I Feel Like Going Home"
Review: .Following the success of his Sunday Morning, Coming Down compilation, Ace Records has asked Bobby Gillespie to put together a follow-up. This time round, the Primal Scream frontman has decided to showcase tracks he turns to "for solace, comfort and empathy" during the Scottish band's various tours. Offering a mix of country, blues, Americana, psychedelia and soul, the selected songs - including inspired efforts by Willie Nelson, Lee Hazelwood, Al Green, the Chi-Lites, Ry Cooder and Kate & Anna McGringle (whose 'Heart Like a Wheel' is a genuinely tender and heart-aching affair) - more than deliver on the album's conceptual premise, offering equal amounts of emotion and entertainment.
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Sustain
Sustain (limited CD)
Cat: GRSCL 35. Rel: 11 Mar 24
 
Ambient/Drone
Sustain 1
Sustain 2
Sustain 3
Sustain 4
Sustain 5
Sustain 6
Sustain 7
Sustain 8
Review: The impeccable Lithuanian label Greyscale is a real leader when it comes to dub techno and already they are racing into 2024 in fine style with a first full-length of the year from label head Grad_U! The sublime and immersive Sustain has eight larges ambient soundscapes that are detailed with field recordings from another planet. Each one is alluringly empty and beautiful, intriguing and unsettling to make for an escapist trip to another dimension. The way the producer manages to conjure up what feel like familiar emotions in such a faraway world is second to none and will leave you wanting to do it all over again the second it ends.
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Eternal Sunshine
Cat: 650814 9. Rel: 11 Mar 24
 
Pop
Intro (End Of The World)
Bye
Don't Wanna Break Up Again
Saturn Returns Interlude
Eternal Sunshine
Supernatural
True Story
This Boy Is Mine
Yes, &?
We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)
I Wish I Hated You
Imperfect For You
Ordinary Things (feat Nonna)
Review: Four years on from her last full-length outing, Ariana Grande returns with her seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine. In keeping with many post-pandemic albums, Grande apparently drew on her own personal experiences during the writing process, keen to deliver something that mixed "vulnerability" with entertainment. Musically, it also follows current and recent pop trends, combining r&b and hip-hop roots with nods to disco ('Bye'), 80s synth-pop ('Supernatural', 'This Boy'), trap ('True Story'), EDM (the house-tinged 'Yes and?' and colourful 'We Can't be Friends (Wait For Your Love') and classic balladeering ('I Wish I Hated You', with its expansive musical palette and intricate instrumental flourishes).
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Tangk
Tangk (CD)
Cat: PTKF 30412. Rel: 15 Feb 24
 
Indie/Alternative
IDEA 01
Gift Horse
Pop Pop Pop
Roy
A Gospel
Dancer
Grace
Hall & Oates
Jungle
Gratitude
Monolith
Review: If the greatest bands evolve over the course of their career, IDLES are clearly on the right track. While the Bristol-band rose to prominence via a raw, noisy and aggressive sound that sat somewhere between post-punk and alt-rock, Tangk - their fifth album and first for three years - represents a genuine (and deliberate) tearing up of their previous trademark sound. Inspired specifically by a desire to "make people dance and make people feel", it feels like a successful attempt to move into the punk-funk/rock-rave territory previously defined by LCD Soundsystem. It's fitting then that James Murphy and company feature on standout (and recent single) 'Dancer'. The nods to the glory years of DFA Records continue throughout, with further highlights including the moody, low-slung brilliance of 'Grace' and the righteous heaviness of 'Gift Horse'.
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Precipice
Cat: NS 0055CD. Rel: 21 Mar 24
 
Jazz
Jellyfish
Don't Be Sad (It's Too Late)
Vespa Crabro
Linus With The Sick Burn
And Then There Were Three
Katabatic
Black Lacquer
Kintsugi
Solenopsis
Alpenglow
Review: Prolific London outfit Ill Considered are a talented bunch, with the vast majority of their tracks starting life as freewheeling improvisations built on quality grooves and memorable melodic themes. Interestingly given their penchant for releasing a new album every few months earlier in the career, Precipice is actually their first new studio set for three years. There's plenty to set the pulse racing throughout, from the wild hard-bop solos and ambidextrous grooves of 'Jellyfish', and the 60s spy-movie jazz of 'Vespa Carbro', to the breathless Afro-jazz of 'Kintsugi', and the exotic, slow-burn delight that is 'Solenopsis'.
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Liminal Rhythms
Liminal Rhythms (hand-numbered 2xCD + MP3 download code limited to 100 copies)
Cat: ECU 009. Rel: 30 Oct 23
 
Electro
Nebulonix (CD1)
Resonance
Solitude
Fleeting
Ethereal
Echoes
Resonance (Futuregrapher remix)
Resonance (Weldroid remix)
Fleeting (Keiss remix)
Fleeting (NYORAI remix)
Echoes (Room Of Wires remix)
Nebulonix (Heft remix)
Nebulonix (Analept remix)
Nebulonix (Energy No13 remix)
Nebulonix (Lokom remix)
Resonance (Bistro Boy remix)
Fleeting (Cyance remix)
Fleeting (Ambidextrous remix)
Fleeting (Nariel remix)
Echoes (Cyan341 remix)
Echoes (Eden Grey Jam remix)
Echoes (Stekri The River remix)
Resonance (Pablo Funk Bass remix)
Review: Russian Ilya Bitekhtin, also known as Illocanblo, has already impressed with previous outings but now steps up his game with new album, Liminal Rhythms. He is a party promoter behind Saint-Petersburg's IDM Nights who also runs the Nenormalizm netlabel as well as producing so really knows what it takes to get the floor going and draws on that here. The record has six tracks of signature electro and seventeen remixes from artists all around the world. 'Nebulonix' kicks off with freewheeling synth lines and cosmic colours, 'Solitude' is a restless and richly layered track of percolating electro-funk and 'Ethereal' is a celestial party starter. The likes of Ambidextrous, Bistro Boy, Cyance and Energy N-13 then step up with the remixes to make this a global release.

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Oxymoreworks
Oxymoreworks (unmixed CD)
Cat: 196588 44112. Rel: 03 Nov 23
 
Techno
Jean-Michel Jarre X Martin Gore - "Brutalism" (take 2)
Jean-Michel Jarre X Brian Eno - "Epica Extension"
Jean-Michel Jarre X Deathpact - "Brutalism" (reprise)
Jean-Michel Jarre X French79 - "Epica" (take 2)
Jean-Michel Jarre X Adiescar Chase - "Synthy Sisters" (take 2)
Jean-Michel Jarre X Armin Van Buuren - "Epica Maxima"
Jean-Michel Jarre X Nina Kraviz - "Sex In The Machine" (take 2)
Jean-Michel Jarre X NSDOS - "Zeitgeist" (take 2)
Jean-Michel Jarre X Irene Dresel - "Zeitgeist Botanica"
Review: Second time around for Jean-Michel Jarre's 2022 album Oxymore, a loving tribute to French composer and 'music concrete' pioneer Pierre Henry. As the title suggests, this version features new remixes of album tracks (all of which feature sounds originally created by Henry) by a disparate group of musical talents. That makes for an interesting mix of interpretations, with armin Van Buuren's sizable trance translation of 'Epica' rubbing shoulders with a trippy, off-kilter electro take on 'Sex In The Machine' by Nina Kraviz, a moody Martin Gore interpretation of 'Brutalism', Irene Dresel's raw techno revision of 'Zeitgeist Botanica', and ambient pioneer Brian Eno putting his spin on 'Epica'.
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Glasgow Eyes
Cat: FC 226CD. Rel: 21 Mar 24
 
Indie/Alternative
Venal Joy
American Born
Mediterranean X Film
Jamcod
Discotheque
Pure Poor
The Eagles & The Beatles
Silver Strings
Chemical Animal
Second Of June
Girl 71
Hey Lou Reid
Review: 40 years after the band's formation, The Jesus & Mary Chain have delivered their eighth studio album, their first full length release of new material for seven years. Admirably, the Reid brothers have refused to rest on their laurels and offer-up something undeniably nostalgic - catnip for long term fans if you will - but instead have fused elements of their familiar sound and style with plenty of fresh ideas. There are audible nods to Suicide, Kraftwerk and the improvisational practices of jazz, but also tons of fuzz, feedback and aural chaos. It's an invigorating mixture that's best exemplified by 'Jamcod', where the pair's red-raw guitars, low-slung bass and acid-fried vocals rise above a skittish electro beat, the slipped shoegaze-goes-dreampop flex of 'Chemical Animal', and the pleasingly spiky and punchy 'Girl 71'.
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Live At The Shaw Theatre London 1972
Cat: AV 201893. Rel: 26 Sep 23
 
Rock
Introduction
Elton Banter
Tiny Dancer
Daniel
Band Introductions
Susie (Dramas)
Your Song
Levon
Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)
I Think I'm Going To Kill Myself
Legs Larry Smith Introduction
Mellow
Can I Put You On
Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters
Honky Cat
Country
Have Mercy On The Criminal
Madman Across The Water
Take Me To The Pilot
Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On
Crowd Noise
Band Introductions
Hercules
Review: With Elton John having played his final gig in the UK - that celebrated appearance at Glastonbury back in June 2023 - there will no doubt be increased interest in the few live albums he has released. This one, which stretches out an entire performance (complete with audience interaction and oddball banter) across two CDs, hails from 1972, when he was just becoming the iconic artist we know and love today. That means a mix of early, glam-rock era favourites as well as a clutch of cuts that still get masses of plays today - think 'Daniel', 'Your Song' and the riotous 'Honky Cat'. There's also a killer cover of 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On' that shows Elton at his barnstorming showman best.
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Visions
Visions (CD)
Cat: 586714 4. Rel: 07 Mar 24
 
Pop
All This Time
Staring At The Wall
Paradise
Queen Of The Sea
Visions
Running
I Just Wanna Dance
I'm Awake
Swept Up In The Night
On My Way
Alone With My Thoughts
That's Life
Review: Despite her superstar status, gained in the years following her 2002 debut, Norah Jones has refused to stick to the same musical script, instead choosing a wide range of collaborators while applying her song writing talents to a variety of genres. On Visions, she's once again evolved her sound further in cahoots with producer Leon Michels - founder of revivalist funk-soul stable Big Crown Records and long-time member of the Dap-Kings. What's on offer is pleasingly fuzzy and nostalgic in tone, with the pair conjuring up songs and sound worlds rooted in late 60s garage-soul, psychedelic dream pop, and a brand of Americana rooted as much in black American music as country. For proof, check superb recent singles 'Running' and 'Staring at the Wall'.
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Orquideas
Cat: 584989 4. Rel: 11 Jan 24
 
Hip Hop/R&B
Como Asi
Me Pongo Loca
Igual Que Un Angel
Pensamientos Intrusivos
Diosa
Te Mata
Perdiste
Young, Rich & In Love
Tu Corazon Es Mio
Munekita
Labios Mordidos
No Hay Ley (part 2)
Heladito
Dame Beso/Muevete
Review: Following the more contemporary r&b, neo-soul and psychedelic funk flavours of 2023's Red Moon in Venus, a set in which she sung almost entirely in English, Colombian American artist Kali Uchis has decided to return to her roots on fourth full-length Orquideas. That not only means vocals in Spanish, but also a varied sound palette that draws on a wide variety of Colombian and wider Latin musical styles - think reggaeton, demblow, bolero, salsa, Brazilian MPB and bossa-nova. It's a superb, expansive and evocative set all told, with a fine supporting cast of high-profile guest performers including Karol G, Peso Pluma, El Alfa and JT.

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The Closest Thing To Silence
Cat: IARC 77CD. Rel: 01 Feb 24
 
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Ten Hour Wave
Breathing In Three Orbits (intro)
Breathing In Three Orbits
The Closest Thing To Silence
Dizzy Ditty
Une Ombre Legere
New Air
Ecoute Au Loin
A Treasure Chest
Stay Centered
Stack Attack
Review: Back in the summer of 2022, BBC Radio 3 asked fourth world legend and all-round avant-garde musical hero Ariel Kalma to pick artists he'd never met to collaborate with. He chose Jeremiah Chu and Marta Sofia Honer. Following the radio broadcast in the autumn of '22, the trio continued making music together and this is the result: a brilliant, impossible-to-pigeonhole affair that combines snatches of improvised performances from each musician with elements of recordings Kalma made in the 1970s, speech samples, droning tones, ambient electronics and much more besides. It's not jazz, ambient, fourth world or abstract electronica, but something that sits in the fuzzy gaps in between. More importantly, it's sonically superb - a coherent and inspired piece of work that gets the most out of its principle cast of characters.
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Not Strictly Soul
Cat: AJXCD 697. Rel: 26 Oct 23
 
Soul
Intro
Midnight Walk
I Really Care
Groovin In Soho
So I Can Free Myself
Only For Me
Round 2am
El Popcorn
Nada Pope Te Parar
Dumia Doman Doman
My Heart Is Burning
Review: .Argentina-based producer-musician Kevin Fingier has delivered a swathe of killer singles for Acid Jazz in recent years, though this is his first attempt at a "proper" album. As the title defiantly states, this is 'Not Strictly Soul', but rather a stylistic melting pot that not only joins the dots between Fingier's favourite sonic styles (think Northern Soul, deep funk, organ-powered Mod workouts, Latin soul and heavy rhythm & blues) but also rattles along at a furious pace. It's naturally nostalgic - Fingier's music has always been rooted in 1960s and '70s musical cultures - but also fresh enough to dispel thoughts of hollow pastiche. There are some killer cuts contained within, too, not least the infectious Latin soul hustle of 'Groovin' In Soho', sweet soul number 'Only For Me (featuring Jo Ann Hamilton)', and the percussion-rich, horn-heavy dancefloor heat of 'El Popcorn'.
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Mordechai
Mordechai (limited CD with obi-strip)
Cat: UVRK 40012. Rel: 16 Oct 23
 
Psych/Garage Rock
First Class
Time (You And I)
Connaissais De Face
Father Bird Mother Bird
If There Is No Question
Pelota
One To Remember
Dearest Alfred
So We Won’t Forget
Shida
Review: Khruangbin has very much become the masters of the downtempo sphere over the last decade. The Texan Thai-funk trio makes spaced-out, star-gazing and gently psychedelic sounds with deep and dubby rhythms, barely-there but alluring vocal hooks and persuasive basslines. Mordechai was their third studio album back in June of 2020 and is an ode to everything that'd done to date. Building on their Thai and Iranian rock roots, they head into new ground with a subtle lyrical freshness and more widescreen world of intercontinental influences all perfectly fused into their own sublime sounds.


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It's Ok B U
It's Ok B U (limited CD)
Cat: STH 2484CD. Rel: 02 Nov 23
 
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
I Could Cry
Panic
My Disorder
Dreamer
High
Falling
I Wish I Wasn’t Me
Head Trip (feat Luke Titus)
Hips
Doomed
August Again
I Was Foolish, I Guess
Glowing (feat Pera Krstajic)
Forgetting U
It’s Ok, B U
I Mean That
Review: Having recently unfurled one synth-laden future jazz-funk classic (John Carroll Kirby's superb Blowout), Stones Throw delivers another fabulous album informed by the intersection between jazz, funk and synth sounds. Of course, Kiefer Shackleford's work has always been far more informed by hip-hop than Kirby's, and that remains a key point of difference on It's OK B U. While Shackleford loves showcasing his own piano and synth work (and it's those elements that frequently catch the ear), the accompanying beats - a mixture of head-nodding, Guru and Dilla style grooves, Flying Lotus style experiments, chopped-up breaks, wayward Dam Funk style affairs and slipped jazz rhythms - are equally as potent.
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Anthology 1982-2024
Anthology 1982-2024 (5xCD box set)
Cat: QCRCD5BOX 157. Rel: 22 Feb 24
 
Indie/Alternative
Last Film (CD1: Naked & bonus tracks)
Frightened In France
Watching Their Eyes
Love Lasts Forever
All For You
Last Film (Hymn version)
Big Man Restless
Desert Song
Broken Body
Maybe This Day
In Awe Of Industry
Mr Blunt
Water In My Eye (bonus track)
Shine (bonus track)
Love Lasts Forever (7" mix - bonus track)
The Last Film (Hymn version - extended - bonus track)
Water In My Eye (extended version - bonus track)
Garden Parties (bonus track)
The Other Side Of Heaven (CD2: What Noise & bonus tracks)
Captain Zero
Victory Parade
Greenham
Each Day In Nine
The Rain It Never Stops
Radio On
Martin
Watching The Tears
Footsteps
Love & Money
What Noise
The Other Side Of Heaven (extended version - bonus track)
Celestial (bonus track)
Footsteps (Black Sash remix - extended version - bonus track)
The Rain It Never Stops (short version - bonus track)
One Step (CD3: Certain Things Are Likely & bonus tracks)
Never Too Late To Love You
Certain Things Are Likely
Dream Dream
No One's On The Same Side
Can You Hear Me
Jones
Identity Card
One Day
I Won't Wait
One Step (7" version - bonus track)
Never Too Late To Love You (7" version - bonus track)
Certain Things Are Likely (Garage remix edit - bonus track)
One Step (Special club remix - bonus track)
Michael (bonus track)
One Step (Media mix - CD4: Re-mixed & extended)
One Step (UK remix)
Never Too Late To Love You (Kissing The mix)
Never Too Late To Love You (extended mix)
Never Too Late To Love You (instrumental dub)
Never Too Late To Love You (New York mix)
Never Too Late To Love You (New York instrumental mix)
Certain Things Are Likely (Garage dub)
Certain Things Are Likely
Certain Things Are Likely (instrumental)
Certain Things Are Likely (Garage 12")
Underage (extended instrumental version)
Water In My Eye (instrumental version)
Stand Up (Get Down) (CD5: remixes & New Recordings)
I Won't Wait (Mixedub)
Stand Up (Phgogomix)
No One's On The Same Side (Mixedub)
Stand Up (Get Down) (12" edited Master)
Stand Up (Hamish McDonald mix)
Spying On Me (New Master)
Imagine Everyone
Satellite
The Last Film (feat Henrikes)
The Last Film (feat Henrikes - instrumental)
One Step (Visnadi & Sirone remix)
One Step (live At W-Fest)
The Last Film (live At W-Fest)
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Prelude To Ecstasy
Cat: 585191 0. Rel: 01 Feb 24
 
Indie/Alternative
Prelude To Ecstasy
Burn Alive
Caesar On A TV Screen
The Feminine Urge
On Your Side
Beautiful Boy
Gjuha
Sinner
My Lady Of Mercy
Portrait Of A Dead Girl
Nothing Matters
Mirror
Review: Given that they warmed up for the Rolling Stones in Hyde Park two years ago and won the 'Rising Stars' award at the 2023 BRITS, it would be fair to say that The Last Dinner Party are one of UK indie-music's most hyped bands. As a result, interest in Prelude to Ecstasy, their debut album, is sky-high. It was produced by James Ford - arguably one of the most in-demand studio knob-twiddlers of recent times - and has a concept of sorts: a musical exploration of the extremes of human emotions, with confessional lyrics written after band-members dug out and re-read their old diaries. They've certainly delivered on that project, creating immersive sound worlds (in part via the use of strings and trippy electronics as well as their usual instruments) that variously draw influence from mid-70s Fleetwood Mac, Kate Bush, funky post-punk rock, art-rock and vintage West Coast AOR.
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Outta Sync
Cat: COOKCD 882. Rel: 28 Sep 23
 
Reggae Classics/Ska
Outta Sync
Something Coming Off (feat Hollie Cook)
The Universe Knows What You've Done
Touch (feat Gaudi)
Crooked Face
Yes
Situationist (feat Zoe Devlin Love)
The Doorman
No Fooling Me (feat Hollie Cook)
Wrong
Civilization (feat Honor Letts)
Present Dilemmas (feat Wayne Coyne)
Review: Given that he's been active musically since the turn-of-the-80s - most famously as part of Big Audio Dynamite - it's rather surprising to find that Outta Sync is Don Letts' debut solo album He's pulled out all the stops for the occasion, not only joining forces with dub artist Gaudi (who co-wrote and produced the album), but also a swathe of guests including reggae vocalist Hollie Cook, his old pal Terry Hall, Zoe Devlin Love and his daughter, Honor Letts. While there are plenty of nods to Letts' varied musical tastes, it is naturally rooted in weighty dub reggae rhythms, with the other constant being Letts' own spoken word vocals, which generally offer reflections on the Black British experience and his fears for the future. It may have taken decades, but he's finally delivered an artist album fitting of his legendary status.
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Spooky (remastered)
Cat: 4AD 0451CD. Rel: 11 Jan 24
 
Indie/Alternative
Stray (2:05)
Nothing Natural (5:52)
Tiny Smiles (4:11)
Covert (3:33)
Ocean (4:50)
For Love (3:28)
Superblast!
Untogether
Fantasy
Take
Laura
Monochrome
Review: Two years on from the release of their debut mini-album, Scar, Lush headed into the studio to record their first full-length proper, the critically acclaimed Spooky. One of the all-time great shoegaze-meets-dream-pop sets, it was notable not only for the immersive nature of the sound and the meditative effect of its hazy, layered guitars and vocals, but also the fact that it was produced by Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins. This reissue, which forms part of a series inaugurated by the band and remastering engineer Kevin Vanberger, offers a neat reminder of the album's timeless qualities, alongside a freshly cleaned and spruced-up sound that allows every single sonic element to shine.

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Split (remastered)
Cat: 4AD 0452CD. Rel: 11 Jan 24
 
Indie/Alternative
Light From A Dead Star
Kiss Chase
Blackout
Hypocrite
Lovelife
Desire Lines
The Invisible Man
Undertow
Never-Never
Lit Up
Starlust
When I Die
Review: Lush's reissue series continues via a painstakingly remastered and sonically spruced-up edition of the band's second studio album, 1994's 'Split'. A very different album to its loose, immersive and shoegaze-fuelled predecessor, it saw the band join forces with producer Mike Hedges (celebrated for his work with The Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees) and opt for a more - in their words - "direct" sound. Of course, it was still Lush, so the layered guitars and vocals remained, albeit amongst a lightly expanded sound palette, more hooky riffs and an early Britpop vibe that delivered a subtle evolution from the band's more wide-eyed, sonically loved-up roots.
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