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IDRIS
ACKAMOOR & THE PYRAMIDS
"Afro futuristic dreams"
Idris Ackamoor
& The Pyramids are back with their first major new studio
album in over 3 years, an epic, sprawling new work exploring the
future, the past and the urgent reality of the present, ‘Afro
Futuristic Dreams’. Recorded between San Francisco and London
and brought together by the genius of Malcolm Catto at his analogue
Quatermass Studio, the new recording represents another bold step
in Ackamoor’s ever-evolving journey in jazz, adding full,
intricate scores including string sections and choral elements
to the Pyramids’ trademark
spiritual Afro-jazz sound.
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file under: jazz xperimental ]
   
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ELLEN
ARKBRO
"Sounds while waiting"
Sounds While
Waiting documents the latest organ works by composer and musician
Ellen Arkbro – following her phenomenal debut, 2017's
For Organ And Brass, and the more recent CHORDS. Recorded at
a centuries-old church in Unnaryd, Sweden in June 2020, these
pieces reveal the enchanting qualities of sustained harmonic
sound, how patterns of listening dissolve and emerge as textured
space. On opening track "Changes," long radiant tones
ebb and flow like divine breaths, while "Leaving Dreaming"
builds with dynamic tension to unlock a subtle, otherworldly
ambience.
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file under: ambient drone ]
   
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BIXIGA
70
"Vapor"
"Key to
Bixiga 70’s style is how the group both breaks ground
and can sling a universally appealing tune...balancing a sense
of modernity with retro brass and hand percussion that draws
on the centuries-old West African-Caribbean connection still
so crucial to Brazilian musical aesthetics today." -- Pop
Matters
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file under: braqzil afrobeat ]
   
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BOYGENIUS
"The rest EP"
The Rest is
the second extended play by American indie rock supergroup Boygenius,
released through Interscope Records on October 13, 2023. A follow-up
to the band's first full-length album The Record, individual
songs were revealed one at a time while on tour, eventually
performing the entire EP.
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file under: alt indie ]
   
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FOREST
SWORDS
"Bolted"
Forest Swords
(aka electronic producer/composer Matthew Barnes) returns with
a new album ‘Bolted’. Having spent the past few
years working as an in-demand composer and sound designer –
writing music for ballet, film and video games – 'Bolted'
was recorded over the past year in a warehouse factory space
in Barnes’ home city of Liverpool. Across its 11 tracks
he dives deeper into his unique sonic vocabulary to weave together
a set of tracks that sounds equally muscular and bleak, haunting
and euphoric.
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file under: electronica ]
   
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MARY
LATTIMORE
"Goodbye,
Hotel Arkada"
Through evocative,
emotionally resonant music, Goodbye, Hotel Arkada, the new LP
from American harpist and composer Mary Lattimore, speaks not
just for its beloved namesake — a hotel in Croatia facing
renovation — but for a universal loss that is shared.
Six sprawling pieces shaped by change; nothing will ever be
the same, and here, the artist, evolving in synthesis, celebrates
and mourns the tragedy and beauty of the ephemeral, all that
is lived and lost to time.
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file under: harp sounds ]
   
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SAMPHA
"Lahai"
Sampha is the
inimitable voice called upon by some of the greatest artists
of our lifetime, from Kendrick Lamar to Stormzy, Drake to Solange,
Frank Ocean to Alicia Keys, and musical releases with the best
of the underground. His work expands across multiple disciplines,
with previous creative partnerships including the fashion designer
Grace Wales Bonner and filmmaker Kahlil Joseph. In 2023, he
returns with new and highly anticipated album LAHAI.
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file under: nu soul r&b. ]
   
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VANISHING
TWIN
"Afternoon X"
Following a
series of line-up changes, Vanishing Twin is now the tightly
honed collective of singer and multi-instrumentalist Cathy Lucas,
drummer Valentina Magaletti (Holy Tongue, Tomaga, Moin) and
bassist Susumu Mukai (Zongamin). Harnessing the diverse touchstones
of its members; Lucas’ left-field song-craft, Magaletti’s
singular approaches to experimental percussion, and Mukai’s
long history in the production of electronic music, the band
has refined a hypnotic sound at the juncture of minimalism,
kosmische, post-punk, and dream-laden, psychedelic pop.
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file under: kosmische lab ]
   
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JUSTIN
WALTER
"Destroyer"
The music of
Justin Walter veers between nebulous and numinous, coaxed from
the translucent tonalities of his signature instrument, the
EVI (Electronic Valve Instrument). Destroyer, his latest, and
third for Kranky, marks his most multifaceted work yet. Inspired
by minimalistic urges (evading grandiosity, condensing scope,
embracing spatial restraint) tempered with the drama of triptychs
(becoming, destruction, aftermath), the album’s 11 tracks
thread a keening suite of aching, opaque beauty, traced in absence
and breath.
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file under: experimental ]
  
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JAMILA
WOODS
"Water made us"
While 2017’s
HEAVN saw Jamila celebrating her community within a lineage
of Black feminist movement organizing, and 2019’s Legacy!
Legacy! reframed her life’s experiences through the storied
personas of iconic Black and brown artists, Water Made Us is
self-revelatory in an entirely new way. The upcoming album reveals
a new side of Jamila never fully shared with her previous work,
making this her most personal album yet.
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file under: nu soul ]
   
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BLONDE
REDHEAD
"Sit down for dinner"
Blonde Redhead
return with ‘Sit Down for Dinner,’ their first album
in nine years and debut for section1. Its title a nod to the often-sacred
communal ritual of sharing a meal with those you love, this immersive,
meticulously crafted album appropriately serves an expression
of persistent togetherness, a testament to the unique internal
logic Blonde Redhead have refined over their three-decade existence.
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CHEMICAL
BROTHERS
"For that beautiful feeling"
Greeting chemical
brothers, sisters & siblings everywhere, We
are thrilled to announce that The Chemical Brothers 10th studio
album, For That Beautiful Feeling will be released on September
8th 2023.For That Beautiful Feeling includes the already released
singles No Reason and The Darkness That You Fear (here presented
via a beautiful new 'Harvest Mix') - and the just released Live
Again, which features vocals from Heavenly Recordings’ artist
Halo Maud. the album also features the return of Beck (previously
heard on The Chemical Brothers’ 2015 single Wide Open) on
the propulsive and dreamy Skipping Like A Stone.
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YUSSUF
DAYES
"Black classical music"
Black Classical
Music is Dayes 19 track debut solo studio album. At every turn,
Dayes distinctive drum licks and Rocco Palladino’s bass
are the sturdy anchors; aided by Charlie Stacey (keys/synths),
Venna (saxophone), Alexander Bourt (percussion), and a whole host
of honourable features including: Chronixx, Masego, Jamilah Barry,
Tom Misch, Elijah Fox, Shabaka Hutchings, Miles James, Sheila
Maurice Grey, Nathaniel Cross, Theon Cross and the Chineke! Orchestra,
the first professional orchestra in Europe to be made up of majority
Black and ethnically diverse musicians.
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file under: cinematic instrumentals ]
   
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BRIAN
ENO
"Top boy (OST)"
Having waited
for the bag to drop since the 2019 airing of the relaunched and
instantly indelible Top Boy series, Brian Eno's original soundtrack
for the UK's answer to The Wire is now finally available. A central
part of this claim staking the series as up there with some of
the greatest of all time is Eno's captivating and beguiling score.
Moving with a subtlety and restraint through the suffocating environs
of each scene in the series, it reveals once again Eno's well
honed mastery.
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file under: original soundtrack ]
   
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MATTHEW
HALSALL
"An ever changing view"
Trumpeter, bandleader
and composer Matthew Halsall announces landmark new album An Ever
Changing View, an expansive, immaculately conceived project which
presents Halsall’s signature blend of jazz, electronica,
global and spiritual jazz influences. Halsall who has been hailed
as one of the leading figures of the UK jazz renaissance has never
seen himself as part of any one sound or scene: he builds his
own sonic universe instead. An Ever Changing View finds him at
his most experimental yet, once again expanding his sound and
production techniques to create his unique brand of deeply meditative
music.
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file under: spiritual jazz ]
   
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LUSINE
"Long light"
Seattle-based
producer Jeff McIlwain, aka Lusine, returns with his 9th full-length
record, Long Light, marking twenty years since he first joined
the Ghostly International roster. A cited influence for myriad
electronic artists including London’s Loraine James and
others, Lusine is known for visceral, kinetically-curious music
that fuses techno, pop, and experimental composition. In recent
years, With Long Light, a laser-focused, process-driven artist
reaches an exceptionally satisfying level of clarity and immediacy.
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file under: electronica ]
   
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JALEN
NGONDA
"Come around and love me"
He explains,
“I love music from the 20th century— I listen to it
all the time, but I'm in this world and the 21st century. ...to
a stranger, I'd describe my music as modern soul and R&B,
while trying to fit in the Beach Boys and the Beatles somewhere
in between.” Come Around and Love Me reveals how he creates
a classic approach that is rooted in the sounds of revered pioneers,
without falling into imitation–leaving no doubt that Jalen
will continue to shine within the superlative, timeless musical
tradition that is Daptone's hallmark.
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file under: retro soul ]
   
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SLOWDIVE
"Everything is alive"
The fifth album
from shoegaze giants Slowdive contains the duality of a familiar
internal language mixed with the exaltation of new beginnings.
everything is alive is transportive, searching and aglow, the
work of a classic band continuing to pitch its unmistakable voice
to the future. Six years after the group’s monumental self-titled
album, everything is alive finds Slowdive—vocalists and
guitarists Rachel Goswell and Neil Halstead, guitarist Christian
Savill, bassist Nick Chaplin, and drummer Simon Scott—locating
evermore contours of its immersive, elemental sound.
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file under: shoegaze ]
   
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TIRZAH
"Trip9love...???"
trip9love…???
is the third album from Tirzah, produced by long-time musical
collaborator Mica Levi. It
was written and recorded at both their homes and various corners
of South East London and Kent.?After several recording sessions
over roughly a year, eventually the music suddenly came into a
sound that they wanted to follow. The tracks were built using
piano loops on top of one beat, distortion added, then romantic
vocal toplines. Poems centre on themes of love, both real and
imagined.?The world the record finds space in is a lazy club fantasy
zone.
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file under: alternative ]
   
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WILCO
0
"Cousin"
After a short
detour back into their country-influenced roots via last year’s
Cruel Country double album, Cousin sees Wilco back in their more
familiar progressive and experimental rock territory. Adding a
unique and new element to the recording process is the attachment
of Welsh singer/songwriter Cate Le Bon as producer—the first
time an outsider has been actively involved in a Wilco recording
session for more than twenty years, since Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
Le Bon brings her unique musical perspective to the band’s
trademark sound, and provided them with an inspiring new challenge
to push their musical boundaries.
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file under: americana ]
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NICOLA
CONTE
"Umoja"
Having released
music with Blue Note, Impulse! and Schema records, Nicola Conte’s
relationship with Far Out began over a shared love of hard-edged
bossa-nova and swinging samba-jazz. Between 2009-2013 Nicola Conte
compiled five volumes of forgotten 60s Brazilian music for his
Viagem series. He then released his critically acclaimed Natural
album: a collaboration with vocalist Stefania Dippiero, featuring
jazz standards alongside covers of lesser known Brazilian gems.
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file under: soul acid jazz ]
   
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RHIANNON
GIDDENS
"You're the one"
The newest album
from Rhiannon Giddens’, You’re the One is her third
solo studio album and her first of all original songs. This collection
of 12 songs written over the course of Giddens’ career bursts
with life-affirming energy, drawing from the folk music that she
knows so deeply, as well as its pop descendants. Produced by Jack
Splash (Solange, Alicia Keys, Valerie June), You’re the
One features some of Giddens’ closest musical collaborators
from the past decade, including multi-instrumentalists Francesco
Turrisi and Dirk Powell, bassist Jason Sypher, and Congolese guitarist
Niwel Tsumbu. The album features electric and upright bass, conga,
Cajun and Piano accordions, guitars, a Western string section,
and Miami horns, among other instruments, capturing the inclusive
spirit that channels through all of her work.
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file under: americana blues ]
   
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JOHN
CARROLL KIRBY
"Blowout"
Blowout sways
between the title’s two definitions – a moment of
destruction and one big party. While writing the album, Kirby
thought of episodes of collective madness or delusion, like Fyre
Festival and the Heaven’s Gate cult. The album imagines
“a festival where everyone gets beamed up to utopia or heaven
instead of starving or dying unfulfilled.” Kirby says, “I’m
trying to use imagination in music to create my own myths, and
keep things playful and funny and not too sanctimonious.”
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file under: exotic electro ]
   
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PENGUIN
CAFE
"Rain before seven..."
A sense of optimism
infuses Penguin Cafe’s fifth studio album Rain Before Seven…
not the braggadocious, overconfident kind, but more a blithe,
self-effacing optimism in keeping with the national character.
Even when all signs point to the contrary, it operates within
the certainty that things are going to be alright. Probably. The
title comes from an old weather proverb with the rhyming prognostication
— fine before eleven — hinting at a happy ending,
irrespective of the science: “I found it in a book and I'd
never heard it before,” says Arthur Jeffes, leader of Penguin
Cafe. “It has faintly optimistic overtones and I quite like
it. It's fallen out of usage recently but it does describe English
weather patterns coming in off the Atlantic.”
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file under: modern classical ]
   
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PHI-PSONICS
"Octava"
Phi-Psonics is
a meditative, deeply soulful, immersive instrumental group from
Los Angeles, led by bassist Seth Ford-Young and featuring Sylvain
Carton on woodwinds, Mitchell Yoshida on electric piano, and Josh
Collazo on drums. Their beautiful music draws on jazz and classical
influences together with Ford-Young’s own musical experiences,
relationships, and his introduction to spirituality, yoga and
philosophy at a young age. Along the way they create something
uniquely their own, sharing beautiful landscapes for your spirit
to roam freely within.
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file under: spiritual jazz ]
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EMERSON
AVALON & THE CHARM
"S/t"
Avalon Emerson
& The Charm is an evolution. Created during an extended break
from the hectic blur of her life as a touring DJ, the album is
a personal statement of intent from an artist who’s long
looked beyond the club for inspiration. It’s also the first
time that Emerson has put herself, her emotions and, most notably,
her voice fully into the spotlight.
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file under: ledftfield electro ]
   
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GREG
FOAT & GIGI MASIN
"Float"
Strut presents
an exclusive new collaboration between UK jazz keyboardist Greg
Foat and Venetian ambient / electronic maestro Gigi Masin on Dolphin.
Recorded remotely during 2021-2022 the album took shape in the
form of mutual compositions, gradually developed and embellished
online. Final recording sessions took place at the majestic Chale
Abbey Studios on the Isle Of Wight with Moses Boyd (drums), Tom
Herbert (bass) and Siobhan Cosgrove (flute, clarinet) adding elements
to several pieces. Tracks include the reflective, wistful single
‘Viento Calido’ and drifting ambient piece Sabena,
a beautiful tribute to Gigi’s wife who sadly passed away
during 2022.
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file under: ambient chill out ]
   
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JAYDA
G
"Guy"
Jayda G, the
Grammy-nominated writer, producer, DJ, environmental toxicologist,
campaigner and broadcaster, is set to return with her new full
length album ‘Guy’. Co-produced with Jack Peñate
(who has previously worked with the likes of SAULT, David Byrne
and Adele), with contributions from Lisa-Kaindé Diaz (of
Ibeyi), Ed Thomas (Stormzy, Nia Archives, Jorja Smith) and more.
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file under: electro house ]
   
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LITTLE
SIMZ
"No thank you"
No Thank You
(stylised in all caps) is the fifth studio album by British rapper
Little Simz. It was released on 12 December 2022 through the independent
label Forever Living Originals after being announced less than
a week prior. No Thank You is a hip hop album containing elements
of gospel, soul, funk, and electronic music. The songs on No Thank
You contain subtle rhythms with orchestral instrumentation, featuring
Simz rapping about her music industry experiences, intrapersonal
communication, and spiritual revelations. Simz worked with longtime
collaborators Inflo (for production) and Cleo Sol (for background
vocals) to create this project.
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file under: nu soul ]
   
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MODERN
COSMOLOGY
"What will you grow now?"
Modern Cosmology,
the musical ensemble composed of Laetitia Sadier (Stereolab) and
Brazil's Mombojó, are not cosmologists or astronomers (although
Felipe S. - who sings and plays the guitar - knows quite a bit
about reading astrological charts) but they are back with What
will you grow now?, the follow up to 2017s bossa-nova, pop, and
psychedelia drenched ‘Summer Long’. Released via Stereolab's
Duophonic Super 45s imprint.
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file under: alt indie pop ]
   
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ME'SHELL
NDEGEOCELLO
"Omnichord real book"
Produced by saxophonist
Josh Johnson, the album showcases some of Ndegeocello’s
frequent collaborators including Johnson, keyboardist Jebin Bruni,
guitarist Chris Bruce, and drummers Abe Rounds and Deantoni Parks.
Also appearing on various songs are an amazing cast of musicians
that includes guitarist Jeff Parker, vibraphonist Joel Ross, trumpeter
Ambrose Akinmusire, harpist Brandee Younger, drummer Mark Guiliana,
bassist Burniss Travis II, keyboardists Julius Rodriguez, Corey
Henry, and Jason Moran, and vocalists Joan As Police Woman, Sanford
Biggers, Hanna Benn, Thandiswa, and the HawtPlates (Justin Hicks,
Kenita-Miller Hicks, and Jade Hicks).
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file under: blue notes ]
   
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ARLO
PARKS
"My soft machine"
"My Soft
Machine is the world through my eyes, it’s a journal, an
exploration of every emotion, character and affecting detail within
my field of vision. At its core, this album is an exercise in
reaching inwards and sharing what I find at the limits of myself."
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file under: alt indie soul ]
   
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HANIA
RANI
"On Giacometti"
Hania Rani announces
On Giacometti a tender meditation on the life and art of Alberto
Giacometti and family. On Giacometti is a collection of beautiful
recordings inspired by the renowned artist and family and features
some of Rani’s most profoundly delicate compositions to
date. Invited by film director Susanna Fanzun, to score her forthcoming
documentary on the legendary artist Alberto Giacometti, Hania
Rani took herself to the Swiss mountains to compose in blissful
isolation.
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file under: modern classical ]
   
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SOUL
SUPREME
"Poetic Justice"
Three years ago,
Dutch multi-instrumentalist and producer Noam Offir unveiled his
debut album as Soul Supreme, a vividly realised fusion of jazz-funk,
jazz-fusion, hip-hop, soul and electrofunk flavours that boasted
impeccable musicianship. Poetic Justice, the rising star's hotly
anticipated follow-up, continues in a similar vein whilst aiming
higher. The musicianship is, if anything, even better, with liberal
use of horns, P-funk synth sounds, Clavinet, warming electric
piano motifs, loose limbed drums. It's basically the same old
super Soul Supreme sound, taken to the next level. As a result,
Poetic Justice is even better than its lauded predecessor.
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file under: nu soul jazz ]
  
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ULTRAMARINE
"Send and return"
The moods and
movements of an English estuary can be heard running through a
stunning and deeply intriguing new album from the electronic duo
Ultramarine. Flowing and mutating as it transitions from an Essex
river into the open sea, the Blackwater Estuary, north of London
inspired this beguiling collection of hypnotic jazz, itching electronica
and softly dazzling ambient shapes.
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file under: electronica ]
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ALVA
NOTO
"Kinder der sonne"
NOTON is pleased
to announce the release of Kinder der Sonne, the new album by
Alva Noto featuring music composed for the score of the theater
piece Komplizen by Simon Stone. The title comes from Maxim Gorky's
play Children of the Sun, written in the context of the 1905 Russian
Revolution. Kinder der Sonne takes the listener into a sonic journey
of emotional tension and release, revealing a particular kind
of sci-fi lust fused with a satisfying suite of modern, minimalist,
minimalist ambient classical.
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BROWN
SPIRITS
"Solitary transmissions"
Brown Spirits
are from Melbourne, Australia. Their stripped down and tight musical
unit is a trio (think Cream or Hendrix!) of raw bass, drums and
shared guitar/keyboards meets the D-I-Y attitude and punk/post-punk
intensity giving them a unique hi-octane sound. With a range of
influences that range from Neu! to Soft Machine, Gang of Four,
Miles Davis, Hendrix, Argent, Lonnie Liston Smith, King Crimson
and beyond, their powerfully progressive hard and hypnotic sound
is truly unforgettable.
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file under: psycho kraut ]
   
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FRED
AGAIN... & BRIAN ENO
"Secret life"
Fred again..
calls Brian Eno his mentor, but the legendary musician and ambient
pioneer sees it as more of a two-way street. Introduced by a friend
of his who happened to be Eno’s neighbour, 16-year-old Fred
Gibson started attending some of Eno’s legendary a capella
performances at his home, going on to become his unofficial protégé.
Across the album – released on Four Tet‘s Text Records
– Eno lets his protégé take the narrative
reins, laying soundscapes behind Fred’s soft-focus storytelling.
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file under: vocal ambient ]
   
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TIM
HECKER
"No highs"
The latest by
Canadian composer Tim Hecker serves as a beacon of unease against
the deluge of false positive corporate ambient currently in vogue.
Whether taken as warning or promise, No Highs delivers –
this is music of austerity and ambiguity, purgatorial and seasick.
A jagged anti-relaxant for our medicated age, rough-hewn and undefined.
Processed electronics shiver and shudder against pitch-shifting
assemblages of crackling voltage, mantric horns (including exquisite
modal sax by Colin Stetson), and cathedral keys.
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file under: contemporary ambient ]
   
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NABIHAH
IQBAL
"Dreamer"
Nabihah Iqbal
returns with Dreamer, her long-awaited new album out 28th April
2023 on Ninja Tune. Five years on since the London-born artist,
curator, broadcaster and lecturer's debut ‘Weighing Of The
Heart’ was released and two years in the making, Dreamer
is Nabihah’s rawest and most reflective work to date.
“For the first time ever, I’ve made music
where I’ve been more patient with it,” she says. “Normally,
when you’re an electronic music producer, you go into the
studio, switch your computer on and start working on Ableton or
Logic and then build up from that.
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file under: alternative ]
   
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KARA
JACKSON
"Why does the earth give us people to love"
Why Does the
Earth Give Us People to Love? is the debut album by Illinois poet
and singer-songwriter Kara Jackson, who formerly served as the
U.S. National Youth Poet Laureate from 2019 to 2020. It was released
on April 14, 2023, through September Recordings. Working in her
childhood bedroom, Kara Jackson began demoing Why's songs during
the early COVID-19 lockdowns. Kaina, Nnamdi and Sen Morimoto would
later join as co-producers to help re-record them for the album.
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file under: spoken word blues ]
   
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OVAL
"Romantiq"
The music of
Markus Popp is endlessly curious. Since the early 90s his pioneering
albums as Oval have continually excavated new spaces in electronic
music, leaving an indelible mark on the landscape. Popp’s
playful and singular approach to sound has continually left critics
and peers alike confounded by his ability to conjure such lithe,
evocative sonics from software. Celebrated collaborations with
Jan St. Werner as Microstoria remain foundational texts in underground
music, while a rare split record with Liturgy exemplifies Popp’s
reach and influence outside electronic spheres.
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file under: electronica ]
   
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OVERMONO
"Good lies"
Highly anticipated
would be an understatement; since their inception Overmono have
purposefully cultivated a fanbase that heralds them as one of
the UK’s most original contemporary live electronic acts.
A run of ground-breaking club EPs between 2020 and 2022 built
momentum and culminated in their breakthrough club single, ‘So
U Kno’, which encapsulated the hearts of clubbers and went
on to become a bonafide phenomenon as dancefloors re-opened; featuring
in end of year lists published by Resident Advisor, Pitchfork,
DJ Mag and Mixmag.
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file under: electro break & beats ]
   
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SZA
"SOS"
SOS is the second
album by American singer-songwriter SZA. It was released through
Top Dawg Entertainment and RCA Records on December 9, 2022. The
album features guest appearances from Don Toliver, Phoebe Bridgers,
Travis Scott, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard. SZA worked with
a variety of record producers and songwriters such as Babyface,
Jeff Bhasker, Benny Blanco, Rodney Jerkins, DJ Dahi, Gabriel Hardeman,
Ant Clemons and Lizzo. It serves as the follow-up to SZA's previous
album Ctrl (2017).
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file under: nu r.&b. ]
   
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JESSIE
WARE
"That! Feels good!"
“I felt
like I was combining all my loves, from musical theatre to soul,
groove, dance and funk to R&B and orchestral moments and group
vocals. I wanted to do ‘Remember Where You Are’, but
with a big old dance beat.” That’s more or less what
you can expect from That! Feels Good!, on which the London singer-songwriter
doubles down on her devotion the dance floor and—after the
varnished opulence of What’s Your Pleasure?—embraces
a looser, louder, more live sound. It’s (almost) all up,
with brass and string arrangements, choruses of voices, very winking
lyrics and, perhaps most surprisingly, rapping à la Blondie
or Tom Tom Club.
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file under: nu disco ]
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ALFA
MIST
"Variables"
This is the journeying
question that underpins Alfa's fifth album, Variables. Traversing
luscious, big band swing, head-nodding boom-bap rhythms and yearning
vocal melodies, the record is expansive, soulful and moving, in
both body and spirit. On Variables, his second release for ANTI-,
Alfa achieves his most fully-realised, expressive musical work
to date, coupling his keen ear for looping, memorably emotive
piano melodies with intuitive grooves and a free-flowing jazz
improvisation.
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FACS
"Still life in decay"
Still Life In
Decay” starts with a squall of white noise before collapsing
into the band already locked into “Constellation”s
lumbering groove, with Case’s guitar a ghostly presence,
appearing & disappearing in washes of gauzy feedback throughout
the track. FACS have never been more solidified as a unit, and
“Still Life In Decay” is a decidedly focused effort.
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FIRE!
ORCHESTRA
"Echoes"
Now in its 14th
year, the unique and constantly evolving Fire! Orchestra is back
with their most ambitious work so far as well as their largest
line-up, counting a mostly Scandinavian cast of no less than 43
members. While the popular and widely praised Arrival is a highlight
in both our and the band´s catalogue, this monumental triple
album ups the ante. Echoes is a two hour work of epic proportions;
full of beauty, energy, haunting passages and stunning musicianship,
embracing progressive rock, contemporary avantgarde, cosmic free
jazz, ethnic experimentalism and more. Making all of this flow
in such a natural way from beginning to end is a brilliant achievement.
The album closes with a guest appearance from the mighty Joe McPhee
on tenor sax and vocals on a vigorous and amusing tribute to one
of the “late, great finger wigglers”.
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GREG
FOAT & ART THEMEN
"Off-piste"
Greg Foat has
always had a great reverence for the musicians that featured on
the records he has collected over the years. Whether they were
players from the great European library catalogs, Italian soundtracks,
American Jazz but most of all British Jazz. One of his all-time
favourites being the beautiful tone of Art Themen's Saxophone.
After Art had played on a few sessions for Greg both were keen
to record an LP together. Plans were hatched during lockdown and
everyone headed to Edinburgh as soon as allowed, to an unassuming
metal door that leads to a renowned studio with a large live room
with a stunning Neve desk. Chamber Studio has a long Edinburgh
heritage, known for recordings from Mogwai to everyone's favourite
The Vaselines.
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GOGO
PENGUIN
"Everything
is going to be ok"
Emotive, break-beat
minimalist trio GoGo Penguin are back, with their brand new album
“Everything Is Going to Be OK”. Bursting with the
optimism of new beginnings, with a new drummer, their new record
label, (Sony Records' electronica and classical imprint XXIM Records),
and a subtly updated and developed sound, the band are ushering
in a more ambient era. “Everything Is Going to Be OK”
is born from a time of turbulence and loss. During an oppressive
grieving period, the studio offered the band a sanctuary from
real life. The resulting project, given such vibrant life here,
draws its strength from a shared understanding and empathy.
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KORWAR
SARATHY
"KAL (Real World)"
The only written
music I had when I came into this session was the KALAK symbol.
We talked in detail about the workings of the KALAK rhythm and
my intention was to imprint this knowledge in the back of everyone's
head so it played out subliminally during our recordings. Apart
from this, the session was fully improvised. The songs on this
album are excerpts from this recording time.
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LONDON
BREW
"S/t"
"It was
a pleasure to record with such a talented group of UK musicians
and friends, and to work with the producers on this amazing project.
It was made more special by the iconic space we were in (Paul
Epworth’s Church Studios). We were all so excited to make
music together again during that time of lockdown. This session
was special in so many ways and we poured all of it into the music.”
- Nubya Garcia
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CAROLINE
POLACHEK
"Desire, I want to turn into you"
After releasing
Pang in late 2019, Polachek was set to tour the record, but was
cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Polachek stayed
in London and began work on Desire, I Want to Turn Into You with
close collaborator Danny L Harle. She considers the album to be
a major partnership with Harle, as the record has "few other
collaborators in the mix." She continued work on the album
in London until mid-2021, where she briefly relocated to Barcelona
alongside Harle and new collaborator Sega Bodega.
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EMMA
TRICCA
"Aspirin sun"
Ask Tricca how
Aspirin Sun feels to her and she’ll describe it as a weird
germination of disparate influences. A “Wim-Wenders-meets-Fellini-8
½” kind of set-up – especially ‘Autumn’s
Fiery Tongue’ which swells and amplifies into a pulsating,
hallucinatory odyssey that came to her in a dream. “You
know when the sun is in the sky and it’s so round it looks
like an aspirin? This record very much depicts that kind of sky,”
Tricca says. It also depicts the discombobulating nature of grief
as overexposed as a blazing ball of gas and light. “I was
blindly finding my way through my grief with music and dreams
that I wrote down in the morning.”
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BRANDEE
YOUNGER
"Brand new life"
This harpist
is known for sharing the stage with Jazz Royalty Jack Dejohnette
& Ravi Coltrane, laying down tracks with Grammy-Winning Rapper
Common & Artist&Producer Ryan Leslie, as well as bringing
to life the Classic Impressionistic work of Maurice Ravel. Her
ability to feature the Harp in genres of music where the instrument
is often absent demonstrates her cross-reaching ability as a musician.
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MUSIC TARGET
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Listening
Wind |
Sounds
& Visions |
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Sabato
pomeriggio |
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ARCHIVIO
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PILLOLE
2023 |
Settembre/Ottobre |
Giugno/Agosto |
Aprile/Maggio |
Febbraio/Marzo |
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PILLOLE
2022 |
Ottobre/Novembre |
Agosto/Settembre |
Maggio/Giugno |
Marzo/Aprile |
Gennaio/Febbraio |
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PILLOLE
2021 |
Dicembre |
Ottobre/Novembre |
Agosto/Settembre |
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2020 |
Ottobre/Novembre |
Agosto/Settembre |
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Aprile/Maggio |
Febbraio/Marzo |
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PILLOLE
2019 |
Novembre |
Settembre/Ottobre |
Giugno/Agosto |
Aprile/Maggio |
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2018 |
Novembre |
Settembre/Ottobre |
Giugno/Agosto |
Aprile/Maggio |
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2017 |
Novembre |
Settembre/Ottobre |
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PILLOLE 2014 |
Novembre/Dicembre
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PILLOLE 2013 |
Novembre
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Novembre*/Dicembre
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PILLOLE 2011 |
Ottobre*/Novembre* |
Agosto*/Settembre* |
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Marzo*/Aprile |
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PILLOLE
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Novembre* |
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PILLOLE
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Novembre/Dicembre |
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Giugno/Luglio |
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PILLOLE
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PILLOLE
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PILLOLE
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MEMORABILIA |
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Boxed
Set |
Canterbury
Classics |
Celebration |
Disco
Discharge: |
Groove
Collection |
History
never repeats |
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DISSONANZE |
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Narrativa |
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ELECTRONIC
"S/t"
Bernard Sumner
and Johnny Marr's debut album as Electronic gets the deluxe
treatment with this expanded 2CD special edition. The release
features the original album (remastered) plus a 2nd disc of
rarities including 8 previously unreleased tracks of alternate
versions, edits & instrumentals.
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file under: madchester ]
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CRISPY
AMBULANCE
"The plateau phase"
Factory Benelux
presents a new CD edition of The Plateau Phase, the debut album
by Manchester postpunk group Crispy Ambulance, originally issued
in March 1982. Recorded at Strawberry 2 with producer Chris
Nagle, this acclaimed album captured Crispy Ambulance at the
peak of their creative powers. Bonus tracks include extended
12"single The Presence Concorde Square, produced by the
legendary Martin Hannett, and farewell single Sexus.
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file under: factory sounds ]

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THE
NAMES
"Swimming"
Factory Benelux
presents a new CD edition of Swimming, the debut album by Belgian
new wave group The Names, originally issued in June 1982. Swimming
has come to be regarded as a European cold wave classic. Bonus
tracks include the popular singles Calcutta and Nightshift (also
produced by Hannett) and the band's John Peel session from February
1982. This new Factory Benelux CD edition also features original
artwork and poster design by Benoit Hennebert.
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file under: factory sounds ]
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RIP
RIG + PANIC
"God"
Named after a
Roland Kirk album, Rip Rig + Panic were one of the most exciting
bandsof the 1980s, fusing funk, jazz, punk and world music influences
into a unique whole. With lead singer Neneh Cherry, the band
recorded three albums for Virgin Records which have never been
legitimately available on Cd. All three LPs are now remastered
from the original master tapes with a raft of bonus tracks taken
from non-album singles. Original band members Gareth Sager (ex-Pop
Group) and Mark Springer are involved with these releases, with
the blessing of Neneh Cherry and (current PiL) drummer Bruce
Smith.
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file under: white jazz funk ]
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ANNETTE
PEACOCK
"I'm the one"
In 2010 Annette
Peacock quietly reissued her 1972 album I'm The One on CD via
her own Ironic label. It was only available via her site or
CDBaby, but now I'm The One is being given a full reissue shakedown
by Light In The Attic. Peacock
collaborated with Salvador Dali, bought a Moog direct from Robert
Moog, was confidant to Timothy Leary, and turned down an offer
to tour with David Bowie, telling him to buy his own synthesizer.
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file under: essential avant-funk ]
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THE
POP GROUP
"For how much longer do we tolerate
mass murder?"
Reissue of The
Pop Group’s ‘For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate
Mass Murder’ - one of the most challenging records of
the post-punk era. Upon its release in 1980, For How Much Longer
received mixed reviews, with publications at the center of post-punk
discourse (such as the NME) dismissing its agit-prop didacticism
in favor of the fevered mysticism of the group's debut album,
Y.
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file under: post-punk ]

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LIZZY
MERCIER DESCLOUX
"One for the soul"
Remastered from
original tapes. Housed in heavyweight, tip on-style gatefold
with essay by Vivian Goldman and download code including 2 bonus
tracks “By the time poet, singer-songwriter, and artist
Lizzy Mercier Descloux recorded 1984’s Zulu Rock, she’d
marked herself out as both a globe trotter with more passport
stamps than Tintin and a musical innovator whose loose, arty
spirit could be applied to styles as varied as no wave, Bavarian
oompa and Soweto jive.
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file under: no wave ]

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VIVIEN
GOLDMAN
"Resolutionary (Songs 1979-1982)"
Vivien Goldman
went from being a musical participant of the early-'80s London-New
York fusion of dub, post-punk, reggae, hip-hop and African sounds
to a keen, informative critic and professor of those genres
in general. This excellent album is the first collection of
Goldman's brief yet vibrant musical explorations. Included among
the various talents are members of the Slits, PiL, the Raincoats,
Robert Wyatt, Steve Beresford, David Toop, and Adrian Sherwood.
These tracks combine a pop sensibility with the avant-dub deconstructionist
mindset that lends her work that rare and special mix of accessibility
and experimentation.
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file under: dub post-punk ]

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25
"Always now"
Factory Benelux
presents a deluxe double disc edition of Always Now, the debut
album by cult Factory Records group Section 25, produced by
legendary sonic architect Martin Hannett in 1981. Recorded as
a trio at Pink Floyd's Britannia Row studio in London, Always
Now combined austere post-punk rhythms with elements of Can,
Krautrock and modern psychedelia. Key tracks include non-albums
singles Charnel Ground, Je Veux Ton Amour and Girls Don’t
Count. This new Factory Benelux 2xCD edition is housed in a
miniature version of the folding pochette wallet designed by
Peter Saville - famously one of the most expensive sleeves produced
by Factory.
[
file under: factory sounds ]
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