New Arrivals
Solemnities
Finlay Shakespeare is a freak. With this, his second album for Mego Editions, he confirms this. As a one man band it often strikes the listener as bewildering that he can do all this; the programming sits firmly in the realms of genius, the constant punch of melody upon melody leaves a pleasant sting of surprise and as a lyric writer there’s a part of his moniker that seems apt.
Realce
**to be released on 15.05.2020, 180 gram vinyl** Realce is a studio album released by Brazilian singer Gilberto Gil in 1979. It is the last album of Gil's "Re" trilogy, the others being Refazenda (1975) and Refavela (1977)."The end of the military dictatorship in Brazil left the country lost in its references and opened way for a period of wild hedonism. Realce, one of Gilberto Gil's most disco-influenced albums, is a document of that period. Released in LP format in 1979, it had the disco ideol…
O Filho De José e Maria
**to be released on 15.05.2020, 180 gram vinyl** "A sweet '70s set from Odair José – a record that's got a nicely laidback blend of keyboards, guitars, and Odair's excellent vocals – all put together with help from some of the most soulful talents on the scene at the time! The record features keyboards from José Roberto Bertrami, guitars from Jaime Alem and Hyldon, drums from Ivan Mamao Conti, and Fender Rhodes from Robson Jorge – all working together in a blend of the jazziness of Azymuth with …
Flaviola e o Bando do Sol
**to be released on 15.05.2020, 180 gram vinyl** Flavio Lira (aka Flaviola) only recorded one album, which was released on Lula Côrtes' Solar (Rozenblit) imprint. Even now the album sounds astonishingly fresh; full of native acoustic Brazilian instruments, folk guitars… He even crinkled cellophane into the microphone to get a uniquely trippy effect. It is a contemporary sounding album that features the likes of Zé De Flauta, Lula Côrtes and Robertinho de Recife. Flaviola’s music has been compare…
Matança Do Porco
**to be released on 15.05.2020, 180 gram vinyl** Som Imaginário was a famous Brazilian group responsible for support the singer Milton Nascimento. The group released three albums between 1970 and 1973. The band in its original lineup had Wagner Tiso (piano and keyboards), Tavito (vocals and acoustic guitars), Zé Rodrix (vocals, keyboards and flutes), Luiz Alves (bass), Robertinho Silva (drums) and Frederiko (guitars) and their two first records are more folk / psychedelic.In 1973 the band was a …
Som Imaginário
**to be released on 15.05.2020, 180 gram vinyl** An essential psychedelic album and a must for fans of Tropicalia. Som Imaginário released a few albums during the progressive rock era which are also highly recommended but reissues are criminally unavailable.... The powerful grouping was a true academy of sound imagination: Wagner Tiso, Tavito, Luiz Alves, Robertinho Silva, Frederyko, Naná Vasconcelos and Zé Rodrix."An incredible early album by this legendary Brazilian band with a strong late '60…
Muzak Pour Ascenceurs En Panne
Uniting cosmic tones and lovely notes, unique sound collages and electronic noises, Muzak Pour Ascenseurs En Panne ("Muzak for Broken Lifts"), Brigitte Barbu’s first album, explores a dreamy universe, at the crossroads of electronica and the '70s post-tune-in/drop-out, echoing shadows of the peculiar doppelgänger; Pépé Bradock.
Flower Protocol
"On the first 12" - in a package of three - the Taiwanese artist Yutie Lee covers six Chinese folk songs about Flowers. Tuberosa, Rose, Jasmine, Plum Blossom, Orchids & Chamomile all are odes to the beauty of the plant. The flower also being a metaphor for something we are desperately longing for, but can never quite get. However you may want to interpret the songs, they are all telling a story of something pure and indestructible. In the end nature will prevail? Romantic thoughts created in a t…
Premonition
**2020 stock, sold out at the label** LP version. Numbered edition of 1000 copies. The album Premonition is a masterpiece of spiritual jazz, and reflects the spiritual awakening of a natural musical genius, Umlah Sadau Holt. In the 1970s, Holt was involved in all kinds of jazz, reggae, and world music projects in the San Francisco Bay Area. Over time he absorbed the global rhythms that can only come from extensive involvement with a variety of international musicians, and he integrated them into…
Tea With Holger
Smith & Mudd were invited to contribute to KPM’s “Album Shorts” project. The results are predictably wonderful. In classic library record sleeve style, these tracks are collectively described as “Balearic themes including breezy soul, sun-dappled melodies, warm pianos and sweeping strings”. You want to hear this, right?
...The New Humanity
RIYL: Sounds emanating from a dimly lit basement, watching science documentaries on mute, mumbled conversations on a subway train, self-taught circular breathing techniques, etc. Stunning!
Obscure Tape Music Of Japan Vol. 24: Music for Film Genjitsu
Edition Omega Point presents work by legendary Japanese composer Joji Yuasa - Genjitsu was a film created in 1966 by a director Tetsuji Takechi, known as a legend of Showa eroticism. But this film has been hidden somewhere somehow from the public for a long time. The film’s story focuses around a prostitute and has a strong fantasy literature style to it as one may have guessed from its title Genjitsu (Sun dog; an optical phenomenon that consists of a light source alongside of the Sun in rare cl…
Antonin Artaud
**100 copies** In hardbound embossed special package (like previous edition in this series), numbered & signed. The work of Antonin Artaud (1896-1948), the French dramatist, poet, essayist, actor, and theatre director, was a great inspiration and stimulant for me when I started out as a vocal performer. His pioneering writings on theatre gave me the freedom to venture much further into madness on stage, while still being perceived as authentic and powerful. In Artaud’s French writings short frag…
Nach Else Laker-Schülers Tragödie Ich & Ich
**50 copies** In hardbound embossed special package (like previous edition in this series), numbered & signed, with an original work by Hartmut Geerken. DVD with the recording of the radio-play from November 1994
Ali Baba Visits Marrakech
**100 copies** Embossed boards with mounted colour plate on front panel (hardcover), 21,5 x 16,5 cms., a book, stiff wrappers, (24) pp. stitched with 15 colour plates. the sound of marakech. Limited edition of 100 numbered and signed copies each with two original collages by Herman De Vries. Audio-CD by Herman de Vries, Field Recording from Marrakech. Photographs of walls, signs, scenes
KRAAK's 10s & 20s
*200 copies** "Presenting a condensed survey of KRAAK’s recent past and immediate future through a selection of tracks that chart the breadth of the label’s output. The 18 songs contained within this unassuming piece of plastic speak for a generation of artists whose contribution to the legacy of KRAAK is in no way insignificant: the faded melancholia of Ignatz, the cosmic outlook championed by Köhn, the bejeweled exotica of Bear Bones, Lay Low, the brainwave tingling of Floris Van Hoof... All o…
Love
*250 copies** "Yor is a Leipzig outfit formed by artists Nataly, Tony and Susanne. Known in their local scene for their Beach Boys covers and associations with bands like Mosquito Ego, the trio confounded the bleary-eyed audience at KRAAK Festival 2019’s 24-hour experiment with their offbeat no wave that does not shy away from moments of funky reflection or manic free-form detours.On Love, they bounce from energetic bursts of guitar-laden catharses to groovy bass lines designed for a strange int…
Nostalgia Por Mesozóica
Tip! File next to Andrew Pekler's Tristes Tropiques, highly recommended. **100 copies** "After four years of silence that have elapsed since the release of Ode To The Sea LP back in 2016, Muscut is bringing out Nikolaienko’s next collaboration, a duo with Arthur Mine, a Kyiv-based keyboard maestro and an ex-member of the Blacklazer band.Nostalgia Por Mesozóica is an exploration of "experimental exotica" consisted of synthesized tropical attributes — an artificial landscape isolated behind the g…
Mayu 繭
Pale Cocoon’s Mayu (繭) was originally released in 1984 as a cassette box set by Pafe Record in Japan, but sunk into obscurity after its release, only to garner a strong cult following nearly two decades later during the advent of the music blog era.
Mèlange
Amazing find! - Like many of his peers, the work of Marco Maria Tosolini defies an easy first reading. His lone LP, Mèlange, released in 1985, covers vast range of ground, from warbling flirtations with pop and dance music, to moments that display a clear link to minimalism and the avant-garde. Stepping back, this is not as surprising as it might first seem.While Mèlange does stand slightly apart from the larger body of Italian minimalism and avant-garde music from its era, it still retains a nu…