7.23 & 7.30 New Release Book

LOS LOBOS NATIVE SONS

RELEASE DATES: 7.23.21/7.30.21 | ORDERS DUE BY 7.02.21/7.09.21

NEW WEST RECORDS

SUN RA | ERIKA DE CASIER | JIM LAUDERDALE

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BACK IN STOCK Artist:

Josh Johnson Album Title:

Freedom Exercise Catalog #: NS 133 Release Date: 07/23/21 Standard Black Vinyl LP: 634457032132 Indie Exclusive “Dark Pink Red” Vinyl LP: 309272738506 RIYL: Jeff Parker, Herbie Hancock, Makaya McCraven, Wayne Shorter, Sam Gendal, Nubya Garcia, Shabaka Hutchings

Select Press Coverage for Freedom Exercise: “a gem that seems to have been plucked from the same pocket as Makaya McCraven and Jeff Parker’s recent work” –Giovanni Russonello, New York Times

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hicago-area native Josh Johnson’s vital presence in the vanguard of new jazz music is evident by his features on countless critically-acclaimed projects like Jeff Parker’s Suite for Max Brown and Makaya McCraven’s Universal Beings. When he moved to L.A. eight years ago, he thought his stay would be temporary. The saxophonist and keyboardist would spend enough time there to learn from his heroes Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter, but not a complete geographic pivot. But eight years later, Johnson is still in L.A., where he recorded his debut album Freedom Exercise with three “musically omnivorous” friends (the very quality that inspired him to stay on the West Coast). The songs on Freedom Exercise reflect this idea of genreless exploration — a fluid combination of jazz, post-rock and electronic music. Ultimately, Johnson’s compositions are concise yet expansive, like an intimate gathering in a sprawling city.

“One listen makes it clear that he’s a majestic talent in his own right.” –Jes Skolnik, Bandcamp Daily “He’s the kind of artist who really has a bigger picture in mind so you never get a sense that there’s any showing off here.” –Nate Chinen Bandcamp’s Best Jazz of 2020 Rolling Stone’s Best Jazz of 2020 Stereogum’s Best Jazz of 2020

Label Contact: Adam Downey adam@northern-spy.com

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DARKSIDE

Spiral

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Spiral

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Sun Ra

Lanquidity

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Sun Ra

Lanquidity (BOX SET)

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Terry, Sonny & Brownie McGhee

Working Man Blues

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Casier, Erika de

Sensational

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Casier, Erika de

Sensational (CLEAR VINYL)

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Various Artists

Bills & Aches & Blues

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Various Artists

Bills & Aches & Blues

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Zorn, John

Parables

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House of Lull . House of When

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Marshall, Alexis

House of Lull . House of When

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Michael Marcus, Joe McPhee, Jay Rosen, Warren Smith

Blue Reality Quartet!

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PostHuman

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PostHuman

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Blue Stompin’

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Crystal Bullets / King Tears (RED & BLUE VINYL)

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Strange Beauty

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Fun Is Not A Straight Line (LTD CLEAR VINYL)

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Venus (Translucent Green Vinyl)

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Been Here and Gone

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Been Here and Gone (GOLD VINYL, INDIE EXCLUSIVE)

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Roberts, Alasdair og Völvur

Alasdair Roberts og Völvur

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Roberts, Alasdair og Völvur

Alasdair Roberts og Völvur

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Higgins, Gary

Red Hash

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More Shallows, Thee

Dad Jams

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Coolin’ Cal

Bamboo Boy (Clear Cassette)

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van Wyk, Jason

Threads

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Various Artists

Gilles Peterson Presents: MV4 (INDIE EXCLUSIVE, WHITE VINYL)

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CD-SPACE-022

Demon

Night of the Demon (Remastered)

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Demon

Better the Devil You Know (Remastered)

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Demon

Night of the Demon (PICTURE DISC)

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Demon

The Unexpected Guest (Remastered)

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Demon

The Unexpected Guest (Remastered, Blue Vinyl)

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Order Of The Toad

Re-order Of The Toad

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Order Of The Toad

Re-order Of The Toad

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Evans McRae

Only Skin

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SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE

ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH (MAROON VINYL)

Vinyl

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Los Lobos

Native Sons

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Los Lobos

Native Sons

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Native Sons (Indie Exclusive, Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl)

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Kuti, Fela

Open & Close

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Lauderdale, Jim

Hope

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Lauderdale, Jim

Hope

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Soul Jazz Records presents

COLD WAVE #2

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Soul Jazz Records presents

COLD WAVE #2

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Soul Jazz Records presents

COLD WAVE #2 (PURPLE VINYL, INDIE EXCLUSIVE)

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A Letter Home

Have A Good Old Fashioned Christmas

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A Letter Home

Have A Good Old Fashioned Christmas (White Vinyl)

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Awakening, The

Mirage (Remastered)

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Awakening, The

Mirage (Remastered)

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Franklin, Henry

The Skipper at Home (Remastered Edition)

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Franklin, Henry

The Skipper at Home (Remastered)

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Franklin, Henry

The Skipper at Home (Remastered Orange with Black Swirl Vinyl) (Indie Exclusive)

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Various Artists

True Romance--Motion Picture Soundtrack (Blue with Magenta Splatter “Alabama Worley” Vinyl)

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LP-RGM-1258LE

Various Artists

Even More Dazed and Confused--Music from the Motion Picture (White with Red Splatter Vinyl)

Vinyl

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LP-RGM-1257LE

Various Artists

Chicago--Music from the Miramax Motion Picture Picture (2-LP Red with Yellow Streaks “Chicago Fire” Vinyl Edition)

Vinyl

$25.30

$37.99

848064012535

LP-RGM-1253LE

Toomorrow

From the Harry Saltzman-Don Kirshner Film “Toomorrow”—Original Soundtrack Album (Purple Vinyl)

Vinyl

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$26.99

848064013105

LP-RGM-1310LE

Bukowski, Charles

Reads His Poetry (Clear with Black Swirl “Ashtray” Vinyl)

Vinyl

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LP-RGM-1233LE

L7

Hungry for Stink (Red & Yellow “Sunspot” Swirl Vinyl)

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Manzanita y Su Conjunto

Trujillo, Perú 1971 - 1974

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branch, jaimie

FLY or DIE LIVE

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branch, jaimie

FLY or DIE LIVE

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branch, jaimie

FLY or DIE LIVE (METALLIC FALCON VINYL, INDIE EXCLUSIVE)

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Various Artists

Rough Guide To The Best Country Blues You’ve Never Heard (Vol.2)

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LP-RGNET-1405

Various Artists

Rough Guide To Avant-Garde Japan

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Son Lux

Tomorrows

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Son Lux

Tomorrows

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Dark Time Sunshine

LORE

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Dark Time Sunshine

LORE

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Wombo

Blossomlooksdownuponus (Lemon Yellow Color Vinyl)

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Wombo

Keesh Mountain (Bright Pink Cassette)

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Craven Faults

Erratics & Unconformities

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Mehran, Sam

Cold Brew

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Mehran, Sam

Cold Brew (PURPLE VINYL, INDIE EXCLUSIVE)

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Yates, Marcey & XOBOI

Culxr House:Freedom Summer (TRANSPARENT GREEN VINYL)

Vinyl

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SI-WCK-1014

Trokan, Benny

Get it in the End b/w You Don’t Get Me Down

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LP-MD-297LE

Winterlight

Gestural Abstractions (BLUE WITH BLACK SPLATTER VINYL)

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$14.00

$20.99

5060155725420

CD-GDMP-060

Various Artists

The Electric Muse Revisited - The Story Of Folk Into Rock and Beyond

CD

$26.00

$38.99

5060263723295

LP-DISC-8

Mascelli, Ruth

A Night At The Baths

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LP-ADR-26

ZRL

Our Savings

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$19.99

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Aru-2 & Kzyboost

Shooby Dooby / Boost Step

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CD-LAUNCH-233

Holy Family, The

The Holy Family

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LP-LAUNCH-233

Holy Family, The

The Holy Family

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NEW RELEASES Street Date: 7.23.21 | Order Date: 7.02.21

DARKSIDE Spiral SELLING POINTS • THE FIRST NEW ALBUM IN SEVEN YEARS • INCLUDED IN ROLLING STONE’S MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2021 • RECENT PRESS COVERAGE FROM BILLBOARD, PITCHFORK, NME, FADER, RELIX, SPIN, MORE • “LIBERTY BELL” #1 AT SPOTIFY’S POLLEN + ADDED TO APPLE’S NEW MUSIC DAILY • +400k MONTHLY LISTENERS ON SPOTIFY • TOURING PLANNED FOR 2022 (EMBARGOED)

DARKSIDE is an American rock band formed in Providence, Rhode Island in 2011. The group consists of Chilean electronic musician & vocalist Nicolás Jaar and American multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington. Jaar and Harrington first met while studying in Providence through their common friend and saxophonist Will Epstein. In the summer of 2011, they toured Europe and Australia in support of Jaar’s breakthrough debut album Space Is Only Noise.

Upon returning to Providence, they continued to write together, releasing their self-titled EP in 2012 and their critically acclaimed debut album Psychic on Matador Records in October 2013. The album was met with glowing reviews, including a 9.0 from Pitchfork and The New York Times calling it “the soundtrack to a lost David Lynch sci-fi movie.”

In the summer of 2018, Harrington and Jaar rented a small house on Lenni-Lenape territory, which is present-day Flemington, New Jersey. The group spent a week there, making a song a day. While it would take another year and a half to complete their second album, six songs from the band’s new record Spiral were written and recorded during this initial session.

“From the beginning, DARKSIDE has been our jam band. Something we did on days off. When we reconvened, it was because we really couldn’t wait to jam together again,” says Jaar. Harrington echoes this, “It felt like it was time again,” he said. “We do things in this band that we would never do on our own. DARKSIDE is the third being in the room that just kind of occurs when we make music together.”

134 Grand St New York, NY 10013 United States (212) 995-5882

“Enchanting and exotic.”

- Billboard “[Liberty Bell is] A pretty terrific first taste.”

- Brooklyn Vegan “It’s good to have these two back again.”

- Stereogum

TRACKLIST

01. NARROW ROAD 02. THE LIMIT 03. THE QUESTION IS TO SEE IT ALL 04. LAWMAKER 05. I’M THE ECHO 06. SPIRAL 07. LIBERTY BELL 08. INSIDE IS OUT THERE 09. ONLY YOUNG

191401173728

191401173711

RELEASE DATE: JULY 23, 2021 NON EXPORTABLE

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Black 2xLP OLE-1737-LP

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SUN RA - LANQUIDITY “Enter the sober, tranquil chambers of the next moment. Soft angles of lights into space, chords of blue and gold. Melting impressions of liquid dreams.”

Michael Ray, Sun Ra Arkestra Strut present the definitive edition of Sun Ra’s classic ‘Lanquidity’ album from 1978 with brand new 4LP box set and 2CD editions.

Recorded overnight at Bob Bank’s Blank Tapes on 17th July 1978 after the Arkestra had appeared on Saturday Night Live, the album is unique in the Ra catalogue.

“Most critics felt that it was more of a fusion-inspired record,” explains Michael Ray. “As the name suggests, the album is liquid and languid.” Bob Blank continues, “Musically, it was very ad hoc and freeform. There were horn charts but most tracks came out of improvised jams. Sun Ra just did his thing.”

Comprising five effortlessly fluid pieces, the album eases in with Lanquidity. Danny Ray Thompson remembers, “This was one of Sun Ra’s on-the-spot compositions. It is almost like an Ancient Egyptian Stargazing Ceremony, mapping out the stars and the planets.” Where Pathways Meet is “Sun Ra’s funky version of an Egyptian march. Pharaoh is sending his troops off to fight and this is his pep-talk!” continues Thompson. “The music seems to take different pathways but still converges.” The loping groove of That’s How I Feel, features the reflective trumpet lines of Eddie Gale with solos by John Gilmore and Marshall Allen: “Marshall comes in with that snake charming oboe.” Says Thompson. The funky Twin Stars Of Thence weaves around Richard Williams celebrated elastic bassline while the haunting closer, There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of), is pure “space music.” The poet Mama Nzinga described it as ‘The essence of light. Spirit takes a ride inside the deep dark A1 Lanquidity (8.19) space of just being.”

B1 Where Pathways Meet (6.30) The new box set edition of ‘Lanquidity’ features the widely distributed version of the B2 That’s How I Feel (8:03) album alongside alternative mixes by Bob Blank originally released in limited

4 LP TRACKLIST

quantities for a 1978 Arkestra gig at Georgia Tech. Both versions of the album are cut loud at 45 rpm over 2LPs each.

Housed in a silver foil box, both LP sets reflect the original Phlly Jazz artwork. The first comes in a foil / magenta sleeve while the second features 2 x yellow A4 sheets pasted onto a white sleeve. Also included is a 12-page over-sized booklet featuring unseen photos by Veryl Oakland and liner notes by Tom Buchler (Philly Jazz), Michael Ray and Danny Ray Thompson (Sun Ra Arkestra) and Bob Blank. The 2CD version is housed in a foil digipak.

KEY POINTS

Definitive official edition of Sun Ra’s classic album, recorded in New York, 1978 Remastered versions of main album and alternative versions cut at 45 across 4 x LP Includes unseen photos and extensive sleeve notes by Bob Blank, Michael Ray and Danny Ray Thompson of Sun Ra Arkestra and Tom Buchler of Philly Jazz Latest instalment in Strut’s ongoing work with the Sun Ra catalogue

Release Date : 23rd July 2021 Artist: Title:

E1 Lanquidity (Alternate version) (8.17) E2 Where Pathways Meet (Alternate version) (6.27) F1 That’s How I Feel (Alternate version) (12.06)

C1 Twin Stars Of Thence (9:55) D1 There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of) (10.58) G1 Twin Stars Of Thence (Alternate version) (9.49) H1 There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of) (Alternate version) (10.54)

2 CD TRACKLIST CD 1 1. Lanquidity (8.19) 2. Where Pathways Meet (6.30) 3. That’s How I Feel (8:03) 4. Twin Stars Of Thence (9:55) 5. There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of) (10.58) CD 2 1. Lanquidity (Alternate version) (8.17) 2. Where Pathways Meet (Alternate version) (6.27) 3. That’s How I Feel (Alternate version) (12.06) 4. Twin Stars Of Thence (Alternate version) (9.49) 5. There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of) (Alternate version) (10.54)

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ONNY TERRY and Brownie McGhee were performing together since 1939 - probably longer than any working blues or folk duo or group. The brand of blues that Mr. Terry and Mr. McGhee learned to play has been called Piedmont blues after the region in the Southeast. Unlike the blues performers of Mississippi and Texas, many of whom grew up in rigidly segregated societies and played exclusively for blacks, Piedmont bluesmen often lived near whites and learned to play a variety of tunes - ragtime, gospel, ballads, old minstrel show songs, even white hoedown music in addition to blues. Disc One reflects two separate sessions; the first recorded in the late ’50s and represents their acoustic blues. The second session was recorded in one three hour studio booking in German while on tour. Disc Two consists of two live concerts from 1974 previously unreleased.

DISC ONE

Careless Love • Worried Life Blues • I’m Going Down Slow Key To The Highway • That Good Old Jelly Roll • C. C. Rider When The Saints Go Marching In • Don’t Want No Cornbread Crawdad Hole • Raise A Rukus Tonight • I Can’t See Why My Baby Don’t Write To Me • Conversation With The River • I Feel So Good Different Blues • Going To Kansas City • Freight Train • Sweetheart I Got My Eyes On You • I Love You Baby, Please Don’t Go Blues, Blues, Blues • Mean Woman Blues

DISC TWO

Ride and Roll • I Got A Woman • Sonny Recalls “Finian’s Rainbow” Audition • Hootin’ Blues • I Feel Alright Now I Was Born With The Blues • Backwater Blues • One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show • Christina • You Gotta Be A Good Lover • Worry Worry Worry Mama Mama Blues • The Things I Use To Do I Ain’t Going To Do No More C.C. Rider • Burnt Child Afraid Of Fire (Intro) • Burnt Child Afraid Of Fire • Dissatisfied Blues • Gonna Find Me A Woman Change The Locks On The Door • Walk On

10 Tracks Previously Unavailable On CD 18 Live Performances Newly Discovered

$1.00 From Each Record Sold Will Be Donated To Save The Children RELEASE DATE: JUL 23, 2021 ARTIST: SONNY TERRY AND BROWNIE McGHEE TITLE: WORKING MAN BLUES CATALOG #: CD-SBR-7001 UPC: 708535700128 CONFIGURATION: 2 CD FOLDER BOX LOT: 40 UNITS GENRE: BLUES

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ERIKA DE CASIER Sensational Sensational expands the universe of de Casier’s 2019 self-released debut album Essentials. Where Essentials dealt more with the infatuation stages of love, Sensational has more of an attitude, aiming to dismantle the stereotype of single women looking for love, tackling relationship dramas and the toxicity of dating. It was a chance to rewrite scenarios in ways that empowered her, fantasizing about what could’ve been. Sensational was co-produced by de Casier and is a breath of fresh air to anyone with a passion for music in all its genres, as much influenced by Aaliyah and Janet Jackson as house, garage and techno.

With hushed, pillow-soft vocals and production that references turn-of-the-millenium sounds, de Casier’s sound surveys the past while looking to the future.

Tracklist Clear LP 4AD-0354-LP

*vinyl non-returnable

CD 4AD-0354-CD

A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6

Drama Polite Make My Day All You Talk About Insult Me No Butterflies, No Nothing

B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7

Someone to Chill With Acceptance (intermezzo) Better Than That Friendly Secretly Busy Call Me Anytime

Selling Points Best albums of 2019: Essentials - Gorilla v Bear Best albums of the Decade: Essentials - Gorilla v Bear Best albums of 2019: Essentials - Vice Best songs of 2019 “Good Time” - Vice

““Drama” feels like a recording from a time capsule in both form and content...she turns the familiar into something exciting and unrecognizable.” - Rolling Stone “It’s an unabashedly elegant sound that highlights the comparative fragility of de Casier’s own voice, which rarely rises louder than a sigh.” - Pitchfork “A heady, addictive ode to being just a little bit messy — the anthem some of us have been waiting for.” - PAPER “Shadowy and shuffling and immaculately produced, tendrils of guitar and beats flitting around the Copenhagen-based artist’s voice.”

- Stereogum “Erika De Casier makes music that feels timeless. […] the best of the late-’90s and early-aughts pop R&B” - Nylon “a sugary sweet concoction of shimmering sounds and angular beats topped by rhythmic and playful vocals” - MixMag

Available from: July 23rd, 2021 505 Eno Street Hillsborough NC 27278 redeyeworldwide.com 877.733.3931

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Bills & Aches & Blues In 2020, 4AD turned 40. Never one to be on time for a party, the label is commemorating that landmark this year with the release of Bills & Aches & Blues. The compilation features 18 of its current artists covering a song of their choosing from 4AD’s past: a creative experiment rooted in the spirit of collaboration and a snapshot of 4AD, 41 years after its inception.

Bills & Aches & Blues’ 18 recordings contain fascinating connections between artist and track. The earliest song chosen (by U.S. Girls) is The Birthday Party’s ‘Junkyard’, from 1981; the most recent are the two Grimes covers (‘Genesis’ and ‘Oblivion’, respectively by Spencer. and Dry Cleaning) from 2012. Suitably, for the one band that bridges 4AD past and present, The Breeders are all over Bills & Aches & Blues They’re covered three times – ‘Cannonball’ by Tune-Yards, ‘Mountain Battles’ by Bradford Cox of Deerhunter and ‘Off You’ by Big Thief, whilst The Breeders cover ‘The Dirt Eaters’ by their ‘90s contemporaries His Name Is Alive.

Landmark songs such as ‘Cannonball’, ‘Song To The Siren’ and Pixies’ ‘Where is My Mind?’, will feel comfortable to casual fans, however by contrast, much joy can be found in the album’s surprise choices, such as Air Miami’s ‘Seabird’ and the Lush B-side ‘Sunbathing’, covered respectively by new signings Maria Somerville and Jenny Hval.

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Bills & Aches & Blues is named, arguably (as Elizabeth Fraser never published the lyrics) after the opening line of Cocteau Twins ‘Cherry-Coloured Funk’. Perhaps too unique and uncoverable in their own right, their legendary take on Tim Buckley’s ‘Song To The Siren’, under the name This Mortal Coil (along with Buckley’s pre-Starsailor acoustic version) informs SOHN’s cover.

Tracklist Double CD | Double LP

1 | A1 2 | A2 3 | A3 4 | A4 5 | A5

Tkay Maidza - Where Is My Mind? ( Pixies ) U.S. Girls - Junkyard ( The Birthday Party ) Aldous Harding - Revival ( Deerhunter ) The Breeders - Dirt Eaters ( His Name Is Alive ) Maria Somerville - Seabird ( Air Miami )

6 | B1 7 | B2 8 | B3 9 | B4 10 | B5

Tune-Yards - Cannonball ( The Breeders ) Spencer. - Genesis ( Grimes ) Helado - Negro Futurism ( Deerhunter ) Efterklang - Postal ( Piano Magic ) Bing and Ruth - Gigantic ( Pixies )

11 | C1 12 | C2 13 | C3 14 | C4

Future Islands - The Moon Is Blue ( Colourbox ) Jenny Hval - Sunbathing ( Lush ) 13 Dry Cleaning - Oblivion ( Grimes ) Bradford Cox - Mountain Battles ( Breeders )

15 | D1 16 | D2 17 | D3 18 | D4

SOHN - Song To The Siren ( Tim Buckley ) Becky and The Birds - The Wolves Act I and II ( Bon Iver ) Ex:Re - Misery Is a Butterfly ( Blonde Redhead ) Big Thief - Off You ( The Breeders )

Some tracks unearth hitherto hidden shared DNA, such as Future Islands’ and Colourbox’s ‘The Moon Is Blue’; other tracks are more akin to reinvention. Aldous Harding distils the melodic essence of Deerhunter’s ‘Revival’ and recasts it in her own uncanny image. U.S. Girls’ future-disco ‘Junkyard’ and Bing & Ruth’s neo-classical instrumental ‘Gigantic’ are even more radical interpretations. Leading off the album, Tkay Maidza brings both her Art Rap and R&B game, but also an unexpected ‘80s synth pop template, to Pixies’ ‘Where Is My Mind?’, a perfect title for these chaotic times.

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JOHN ZORN PARABLES TZA CD 8381 Bill Frisell, Julian Lage, Gyan Riley.

The Mountain Path * The Broken Window * The Magic Monastery * A Perfumed Scorpion * At The Crossroads * The Boiling Cauldron * The Three Domains * Light Weaving * The Secret of The Locked Room * Caravanary * Hidden Miracles This newest CD of Zorn compositions performed by the remarkable all-star guitar trio of Bill Frisell, Julian Lage and Gyan Riley is inspired by the ancient tradition of story telling as spiritual lesson. Drawing upon Sufic, Hebrew and secular traditions, Parables is a unique collection of compositional miniatures blending folk, classical, jazz, bluegrass, world music and more. Featuring seductive moods, driving rhythms and thought provoking twists and turns, this is a charming and adventurous program of music performed by three of the most distinctive guitarists around.

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Michael Marcus, Joe McPhee, Warren Smith, Jay Rosen

Blue Reality Quartet!

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In 2018, jazz musician extraordinaire Michael Marcus got an invite to bring his duo with drummer Jay Rosen to the Austrian venue Jazzgalerie Nickelsdorf. And when he arrived, the promoter of their show sprung a novel idea on them: performing their set with fellow reedsman Joe McPhee and another drummer. “It was a great concept,” Marcus remembers. “And the chemistry was really good.”

So much so that Marcus wanted to capture the sound of this unusual group—two horns and two percussionists improvising without a bass player or a piano or any other chordal instruments—on record. But with the drummer they played with in Austria unavailable to travel, Marcus, Rosen, and McPhee called on their friend and collaborator Warren Smith. And the Blue Reality Quartet was born.

The name of this project has a little history behind it and multiple layers of meaning.

20 years ago, Marcus and Rosen recorded an album called Blue Reality as part of a trio with bassist Tarus Matteen. It was another one of those magical sessions with the right mix of players and energy that Marcus always wanted to revisit. But with Mateen busy working alongside pianist Jason Moran, that reunion has been put on the back burner.

At the same time, Marcus wanted to use the name of this group to acknowledge the time and circumstances in which the album was recorded. As the front cover should tell you - pictures of each player, their faces covered by a mask, the four men met up in a New York studio in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic. So Blue Reality is a nod to a terrible time in our collective history that had an incalculable impact on the music industry and resulted in the deaths of thousands of people worldwide. to hear Marcus tell it, the chemistry that this group had was so potent that they’re all ready to get back together for another hit. “I think there’s a real mutual love within the group,” he says. “I think there’s a real potential there. It’s really special and really unique and I don’t think there’s anything quite like it out there.” We couldn’t agree more.

Michael Marcus – Woodwinds Joe McPhee – Woodwinds Jay Rosen – Percussion Warren Smith – Percussion

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Love Exists Everywhere Chartreuse Tulips Joe’s Train Coney Island Funk Bluer Than Blue East Side Dilemma Warren’s Theme

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Ripatti Fun Is Not A Straight Line LABEL:

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LTD. CLEAR VINYL LP: ZIQ432.

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Finnish producer Sasu Ripatti has been torching the fringes of electronic music since the mid 1990s, a process that's found him melting a wide spectrum of musical innovation into his cult brand of experimental minimalism. From the skeletal jazz deconstructions of his 1997 Vladislav Delay debut "The Kind of Blue EP" to the blurred dub techno variations of 2000's "Multila" and 2012's "Kuopio", Ripatti has betrayed a restless, voracious passion for sound. "Fun is Not A Straight Line" builds on this impressive legacy, retaining his sonic signature and adding a playfulness that harks back to his beloved deep house smash, Luomo's "Vocalcity".

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01 filthyfresh 02 monolith 03 motherfuckyou 04 speedmemories 05 flowers

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06 everyday 07 90 dreams 08 wants interlude 09 videophonekitty 10 movathat 11 girl is hip

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After becoming frustrated by the inflexibility of the 4/4 house idiom, Ripatti found solace in rap and bass music's rhythmic complexity and anarchic structures. "I bought Nas's 'Illmatic' when it came out in '94 and have more or less been listening to rap since," he explains. "I'm not really sure why now, but that rap influence wanted to come through." Chopped rap vocals, booming subs and gritty, neck-snapping beats are the primary colors of "Fun is Not A Straight Line", painted into the foreground and blended into an immediately recognizable rhythmic palette.

The tracks cross into the same continuum as Chicago footwork, with stuttering samples that build thick walls of bass and flurries of wordless rhymes amid a narcotic haze of beats. On 'monolith', Ripatti's love of New York rap is in full focus as he obscures chipmunked vocals with tight, crackling percussion that disintegrates into rolling kicks; 'speedmemories' is even more upfront, channeling the raw sunshine energy of So So Def electro into rhythms that are powerfully skeletal. Elsewhere, syrupy Southern-fried TR-808 bass womps are tangled with molasses-slow vocals on 'videophonekitty', fuzzed into textured, dissociated ambience.

Since the beginning, Ripatti has tried to find a balance between his experimental urges and drive to create more universal music. As his more recent albums have traveled into darker, more extreme realms, he has craved something different for balance. By drawing a crooked line between DJ Premier, DJ Screw and DJ Rashad, Sasu Ripatti has emerged with the most accessible and unashamedly enjoyable album he's produced in years.

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Upper Wilds Venus

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GENRE : Rock / Alternative FILE UNDER : i.e. “U”UpperWilds, “F” Friel, Dan, RELEASE DATE : July 23, 2021 NO EXPORT (S. AMERICA EXPORT OK) TRACK LISTING:

LISTEN HERE Multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Dan Friel is unrivaled in his capacity to inject blistering noise and energy into ferocious pop songs. A champion and mainstay of the NYC underground, Friel the has played alongside the likes of Lightning Bolt and Black Dice as well collaborated with acclaimed string quartet ETHEL. Upper Wilds channels Friel’s unbreakably ebullient spirit into mountainous rock music dripping with molten fuzz. The trio’s exploration of the interstellar expands in parallel to their increasing levels of bombast and precision. Venus synthesizes the experimentation of debut Guitar Module 2017 and the thunder of 2018’s Mars into ten lean chunks of cosmic rock laden with scorching hooks.

On Venus, Upper Wilds rocket lovestruck anthems centered around the planet named for the Roman goddess of love at full tilt from the moment “Love Song #1” makes liftoff. The album’s incendiary opening trilogy crashes with a relentless vigor and addictive melodies. The rhythm section of bassist Jason Binnick (who also mixed the album) and drummer Jeff Ottenbacher tear through off-kilter riffs that pound with meteoric impact.

Friel’s guitar sputters and froths beneath his voice before soaring into frenetic leads that pack every moment with powerful melody. Alien croons and glitching spasms spill out of Friel’s wild, filtered humming, amplified into oblivion. Venus’ few moments of respite lay bare the raw efficiency and beauty of Friel’s songwriting, like transmissions home to loved ones thousands of miles away slipping through the crackle and chaos of space.

Venus traverses the havoc, mystery, and joy of humanity’s countless follies in both space and love. Both cosmic and human, Venus is a deeply affecting celebration of the wonders of what is beyond comprehension internally and externally. Upper Wilds’ Venus is an exhilarating odyssey of tremendous exuberance and a testament to human resilience in the face of the unknown.

ALSO AVAILABLE FROM UPPER WILDS: Guitar Module 2017 LP (Thrill 448) • Mars CD/LP (Thrill 472) ALSO AVAILABLE FROM DAN FRIEL: Valedictorian/Exoskeleton 12”EP (12.51) Total Folklore CD/LP (Thrill 324) • Life CD/LP (Thrill 405)

1. Love Song #1 2. Love Song #2 3. Love Song #3 4. Love Song #4 5. Love Song #5

6. Love Song #6 7. Love Song #7 8. Love Song #8 9. Love Song #9 10. Love Song #10

SALES POINTS Upper Wilds is Dan Friel, Jason Binnick, Jeff Ottenbacher Dan Friel is a pillar of the NYC underground and arts scenes, having performed alongside Lightning Bolt and Black Dice, as well as collaborating with string quartet ETHEL and indie game Bleep Space.

Mastered by Sarah Register who has mastered Grammynominated records for The Shins, David Bowie, Meshell Ndegeocello, among others.

Venus is pressed on virgin translucent green vinyl packaged with download code.

Album art and design by Nolen Strals whose previously designed covers for Future Islands, Time Magazine, John Legend & The Roots, and The Washington Post.

Venus continues Upper Wilds’ series dedicated to exploring the cosmos, following 2018’s explosive Mars and 2017’s staggering Guitar Module 2017.

“In a world riddled and ruled by the stark raving average, we need the likes of Upper Wilds now more than ever.” - Tiny Mix Tapes “As frontman for the late, great Parts & Labor, Brooklyn’s Dan Friel cultivated an ear for melody; as a prolific solo artist, he’s embraced breakneck velocity. Those tendencies collide ferociously in Upper Wilds” - Bandcamp “The catchiest of space-rock melodies and anthems drenched in gnarly noise” - Brooklyn Rail

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Thalia Zedek Been Here & Gone Thrill - 544

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GENRE : Rock / Alternative FILE UNDER : i.e. “Z” Zedek, Thalia RELEASE DATE : July 23rd, 2021 NO EXPORT (S. AMERICA EXPORT OK)

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the release legendary singer/ guitarist Thalia Zedek’s Been Here and Gone, Thrill Jockey is proud to present the album unlike it has ever been heard before: on vinyl, re-mastered by Sarah Register.

Thalia Zedek has been one of the most enduring rock musicians of the past four decades. From her auspicious beginnings in bands Uzi, Live Skull, and Dangerous Birds to her wider recognition in Come, Zedek established herself as a singular voice accruing accolades from critics and contemporaries including J. Mascis, Kurt Cobain, and Bob Mould. Been Here and Gone, her debut solo release originally released on Matador in 2001 on CD, marked a turning point in Zedek’s music. As Come was coming to a close, Zedek began exploring writing and performing as a solo artist, eventually backed by violist David Curry, pianist Mel Lederman (both of which went on to perform with Zedek for two decades), as well as former Come bandmates Chris Brokaw and Daniel Coughlin. The idiosyncrasies of her voice were laid bare for the first time, revealing an even greater depth to her unique songwriting.

The more spacious and rich arrangements sprawl and whisper with powerful vulnerability.

“There was definitely something magical about the making of Been Here and Gone,” says Zedek. “I’m not sure if it was because it was made at a studio called Higher Power in a recently desanctified church in Stuyvesant, NY, or if it was because it was the end of a century, not to mention a millennium, the end of a decade of being in Come, the longest running band I’d had up to that point, and the end of 5 years of unhappy breakups and tumultuous relationships in my personal life.” The eleven tracks that comprise Been Here and Gone embody that tension of uncertainty with a hopeful edge of renewal. Zedek’s indelible resilience lifts even the somberest laments into triumphs. Even on the album’s three cover tunes, including a haunting rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Dance Me to the End of Love,” Zedek’s voice and guitar color every note with raw emotion, making each passing gesture personal. Been Here and Gone channels the thunder and roar of Zedek’s past into a fragile magnificence.

ALSO AVAILABLE : Trust Not Those In Whom Without Some Touch of Madness CD (Thrill 148) Liars and Prayers CD (Thrill 196) • Via CD/LP (Thrill 325) Eve CD (Thrill 409) • Fighting Season CD/LP (Thrill 471) OUT AUGUST 2021: Perfect Vision CD/LP (Thrill 547)

TRACK LISTING: 1. Excommunications (Everybody Knows) 2. Back to School 3. Strong 4. Temporary Guest 5. Treacherous Thing

6. 1926 7. Dance Me to the End of Love 8. Desanctified (Full Circle) 9. Somebody Else 10. 10th Lament 11. Manha de Carnaval

SALES POINTS Features Daniel Coughlin (Come), Chris Brokaw (Come, Codeine), David Michael Curry (Boxhead Ensemble, Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble, Willard Grant Conspiracy), Mel Lederman (Victory at Sea), and Beth Heinberg (Come).

First time on LP, Been Here and Gone comes in deluxe package with photos from the recording session, packaged with download coupon.

Thalia Zedek has been a force in the independent music scene for over 30 years as a songwriter and front worman of her band as well as Come she was also a member of the influential Live Skull, and Uzi. Originally engineered & mixed by Bryce Goggins (Swans, The Ramones, Pavement, Sebadoh, Phish, Band of Susans, among many others). Remastered by Sarah Register, who has mastered Grammy-nominated records for The Shins, David Bowie, Meshell Ndegeocello, among others.

Been Here and Gone will be followed on August 27th with a new album from Thalia Zedek, Perfect Vision (Thrill 547) Ms. Zedek’s songs {are }..more hard-nosed, delivered .. in a raspy voice that backed by the band’s folk-rock, sounded surprisingly like Bob Dylan’s. - NY TImes “I always loved Thalia, her singing and songs are amazing. I hope more people will get to hear her.” - J Mascis, Dinosaur Jr. A long way from her days spent with Come, Uzi, and Live Skull, Been Here and Gone seems the mature..like .. Joni Mitchell’s Both Sides Now or Neil Young’s Harvest Moon. - Pitchfork 8.5 she’s almost the Bowery Nick Cave - the Guardian Thalia’s low pitched growl lingers over every syllable of these torch songs with simmer fury - Spin 8/10

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Track Listing Hymn of Welcome / Orison of Union / Nu rinner Solen opp / Song Composed in August / The Green Chapel / The Tender Hour / Sweet William’s Ghost / Nu Solen Går Ned DC788 In January 2019, at the invitation of fiddler phone and metallic bowed guitar drones, now LP/CD Hans Kjorstad, Alasdair Roberts travelled fashioned into baroque folk arrangements. In Street Date: July 23, 2021 No Export to Europe, Japan & Australia; Safe River Passage Allowed in All Other Territories

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from his home in Glasgow, Scotland to Oslo, Norway, where the two men convened with five additional Scandinavian musicians at Riksscenen, Oslo’s centre for Norwegian traditional arts and music. Thus newly-formed, the group worked on arrangements of songs — self-written and traditional — from Alasdair’s back catalogue, in preparation for performances at Riksscenen as well as at ALICE in Copenhagen, Denmark and the bucolic western Danish island of Fanø. The group was named Völvur (The Seeresses), a reference to the ancient Icelandic apocalyptic text Völuspa (The Prophecy of the Seeress).

In January 2020, Völvur visited England and Scotland, to perform with Alasdair Roberts at Cecil Sharp House, London and at Platform, Glasgow, the latter as part of Celtic Connections festival. The group had new material — freshly written songs by Alasdair and several traditional Norwegian songs sung

by Marthe Lea — and over a couple days at Sam and Rachel’s Studio, Hackney, laid down the music which now flows forth as The Old Fabled River.

The musicians who make up Völvur — Marthe Lea, saxophone, clarinet and voice, Fredrik Rasten, guitars and voice, Andreas Hoem Røysum, clarinet, Egil Kalman, bass and electronics, Jan Martin Gismervik, drums, percussion and the aforementioned initiator of the project, Hans Kjorstad on fiddle — are a busy and artistically inquisitive group, involved in a diverse range of projects with a wide variety of musical interests, from folk and jazz to free music, modular synthesis, microtonality and beyond. They make an ideal pairing for such voyages in the alchemical world as Alasdair pursues in his own music.

On The Old Fabled River, Alasdair Roberts og Völvur meld their worlds: fiddle and vocal styles formed in the Norwegian valleys blending now with exploratory clarinet, saxo-

one case, instrumental accompaniment is laid aside, as three voices locate a questing fullness harmonizing together.

A word about the four “traditional” tracks on this collection. “Song Composed in August,” sung unaccompanied, was written by the well-known Scottish poet Robert Burns; it has been described by the great Scottish singer Dick Gaughan as a song “about everything.”

Fredrik Rasten suggested they record it; the arrangement is heavily indebted to that by the group The Voice Squad. “Sweet William’s Ghost” is a traditional night visiting song, or revenant ballad. Alasdair recorded it once before, over a decade and a half ago, in a solo arrangement; but sometimes the ghosts don’t leave, and so there arose a feeling to resummon the song. The two Norwegian songs, sung by Marthe Lea, are spiritual pieces respectively about the sun coming up and the sun going down. They put traditional Norwegian melodies to sets of lyrics from two 17th-century Scandinavian hymnists, Thomas Kingo (of Denmark) and Samuel Olsen Bruun (of Norway).

A word about Alasdair’s four self-written songs on this collection. All are love songs of sorts, as most directly exemplified by “Orison of Union” and “The Tender Hour.” “Hymn of Welcome” is a song imagining the passing on of a candle-flame; one at life’s end offering a benediction to one at its beginning. “The Green Chapel” touches upon the ancient notion in Celtic culture of “the three noble strains” of music: geantraí, goltraí and suantraí (the strains of joy, lamentation and sleep).

These are the three intertwining threads from which the fabric of a music is woven. In “The Green Chapel” the three knot together, like wind, wave and wood, to form a syncretically co-existing wholeness — a fulfilling distillation of the deep nature of collaboration among Alasdair Roberts og Völvur.

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GARY HIGGINS RED HASH

DC295  LP + 7” single STREET DATE  JULY 23, 2021 NO EXPORT TO EUROPE — ALL OTHER EXPORT IS GOOD FOR THE PLANET

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THICKER THAN A SMOKEY IT DIDN’T TAKE TOO LONG WINDY CHILD TELEGRAPH TOWERS I CAN”T SLEEP AT NIGHT CUCKOO I PICK NOTES FROM THE SKY STABLE THE SPUDS DOWN ON THE FARM UNABLE TO FLY LOOKING FOR JUNE 7” single: DON’T YA KNOW LAST GREAT SPERM WHALE MORE MUSIC from GARY HIGGINS

1973: Connecticut native Gary Higgins and his friends record RED HASH and release it on Gary’s own Nufusmoon Records. Following the release, legal issues halt all promotion and sales, rendering the small pressing of RED HASH a hotly-rumored and much sought-after “lost” album of rock and roll lore.

2005: Drag City is honored to present the first-ever authorized reissue of Gary Higgins’ acid-folk gem RED HASH — mastered from the original master tapes with two previously unheard bonus tracks.

The reviews are glowing: the haunting sound of Gary’s meticulously arranged folk-pop is a sound that everyone can relate to, and RED HASH makes many year-end lists around the world as Top Reissue.

2007: What do you mean, we forgot to make a vinyl version of RED HASH in 2005? Really? Well, let’s not wait another minute, we might forget again…

2021: Whaddya mean it’s been literal years since we’ve had copies of RED HASH for sale? Oh yeah, whoops — you're right. Spaced it! Okay, here’s more vinyl, complete with the tip-on sleeve, lyric insert and 7" single featuring the CD bonus tracks “Don't Ya Know” and “Last Great Sperm Whale.”

This is your chance to score a letter perfect reproduction of the early 70s acid-folk classic as it was reissued WAY back in the early 20-somethings! Don't blow it, dude.

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 RED HASH — mastered from the original 1973 master tapes — is back on LP for the first time since 2016.  This limited edition LP of RED HASH includes a 7” single featuring two songs only previously available on the CD.  RED HASH original vinyls are now topping $300 for a nice copy. And the pressings from 2008–16 are three figures now as well. Eff that. These are just as good, and only $25 (list) a pop!  This isn't an official reissue, just a repressing, so there's no press happening or anything like that — just the cool underground vibe of being in the know as a pressing of some hundreds of copies hits the market.

A DREAM A WHILE BACK DC464 12”EP/CDEP

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Thee More Shallows - Dad Jams

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Three-piece US experimental indie-rock band Thee More Shallows released three albums and a couple of EPs back in the early 00’s, garnering widespread critical acclaim and a cult following before the band disbanded. Each of the members moved into new phases of their lives. Now, frontman Dee Kesler has emerged from the wilderness working under the Thee More Shallows moniker again with the help of some previous band members and some new musicians. ‘Dad Jams’ is an indie-pop ode to waking up middle aged with kids. Musically, it retains the adventurous, experimental edge of previous Thee More Shallows albums, but it is also rooted in a stronger pop sensibility, with plenty of bouncy, hooky melodies that burrow into the mind for days. First single ‘Ancient Baby’ rockets the album open with an invigorating blast of psychedelic hippy-infused pop, its weaving flute refrain becoming more and more embedded in the mind with each return. ‘Boogie Woogie’ builds around a restrained synth groove that surprises and delights with crystalline harmonies in the sort of way bands like Foster The People and The Temper Trap combine sensitive emotive themes in a tightly packed indie formula. Elsewhere on the album the catchy warped acoustic melodies of ‘Drinking Tang’ expand into bubbly synths and ice-cream sweet reflective heart-tugging goodness, and ‘Hey, Come On!’ moves more sparsely with a distant drum machine underpinning melancholic lyrics. Each track on this record unfurls in its own way, with more and more sonic gems to find on each listen. ‘Dad Jams’ is probably the coolest album anyone’s ever written about fatherhood. The album’s playful melting pot of sounds combines eccentric experimentation with perfect epic pop moments, achieving the mysterious feat of merging electronic, experimental and indie rock genres seamlessly for an intriguing set of incredibly engaging earworms.

1. Ancient Baby 2. A Mummy At The Lake 3. Boogie Woogie 4. Cold Picture 5. Copy Body 6. Drinking Tang 7. Little Brave Friends 8. Hey, Come On! 9. Hocus Pocus 10. A Strobelight On A Dumb Dancefloor 11. Wizard Wednesdays

COOLIN CAL BIOGRAPHY

WHEN A BAMBOO SEED IS PLANTED, IT CAN TAKE OVER FIVE YEARS FOR THAT PLANT TO GROW UNDERGROUND BEFORE IT BREAKS THROUGH THE SURFACE. BUT ONCE IT DOES, A BAMBOO TREE CAN GROW UP TO 30 FEET IN JUST THREE MONTHS. THIS IS THE STORY OF COOLIN CAL. AFTER COOLIN CAL PLANTED THE SEEDS OF HIS CAREER WITH HIS BREAKTHROUGH HIT “TIRED BOY”, AMASSING OVER 3 MILLION PLAYS ON STREAMING PLATFORMS, CAL’S FANS HAVE BEEN WAITING EAGERLY FOR HIS DEBUT PROJECT. NOW THAT CAL HAS PUT IN THE WORK AND BEGAN TO APPROACH THE SURFACE OF STARDOM, MANY EXPECT HIS CAREER TO SHOOT UP LIKE A BAMBOO TREE WITH THE ARRIVAL OF HIS DEBUT MIXTAPE “BAMBOO BOY”.

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RECRUITING DC NATIVE XANMAN, WHO’S FOLLOWING SKYROCKETED TO OVER 300K FANS ON INSTAGRAM WITHOUT DROPPING ANY OFFICIAL RELEASES IN OVER A YEAR, COOLIN CAL’S “BAMBOO BOY” IS POISED TO BE ONE OF THE ANTICIPATED MIXTAPES OF SUMMER 2021.

IN A GAME CROWDED WITH UP AND COMING ARTISTS DROPPING MIXTAPE AFTER MIXTAPE, COOLIN CAL’S DEBUT STANDS APART AS THE ONLY MIXTAPE AT THIS LEVEL OF ANTICIPATION TO BE PRESSED EXCLUSIVELY AS A LIMITED EDITION CASSETTE. SNEAKERHEADS, MUSICAL CONNOISSEURS, AND COLLECTORS ALIKE ARE TURNING THEIR ATTENTION TO THIS CLASSIC ANALOG FORM OF MUSIC CONSUMPTION. WE’RE EVEN STARTING TO SEE CASSETTES TRADED AND SOLD ON PLATFORMS LIKE STOCKX, SO DON’T BE SURPRISED TO SEE LINES OUTSIDE RECORD STORES ON THE DAY “BAMBOO BOY” DROPS. SONICALLY, “BAMBOO BOY” IS THE PERFECT FIT FOR A CASSETTE. COOLIN CAL’S EIGHT TRACK DEBUT BLENDS A UNIQUE FUSION OF CLASSIC HIP HOP STORYTELLING AND MODERN TRAP LOFI PRODUCTION. THROUGHOUT THIS RECORD, CAL SHARES STORIES OF HIS GROWTH THROUGH THE TRIALS HE’S FACED AS A BAMBOO SEED – CONSISTENTLY GROWING IN SILENCE WHILE ADAMANTLY DEVELOPING UNDERGROUND BEFORE BURSTING THROUGH TO THE SURFACE. COOLIN CAL HOPES TO EDUCATE OTHERS ON HOW TO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES HE DID AND CANDIDLY ADDRESSES THE LESSONS HE HAD TO LEARN IN “THE HARD WAY” WITH FEATURE SUPPORT FROM XANMAN AND FELLOW CONCEPT COLLECTIVE MEMBER TRE SAVELS.

STREET DATE: : 7/23/2021 LABEL: BABE CITY RECORDS CATALOG # BCDC-044 TRACKS: 8

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“BAMBOO BOY” IS A STORY OF THIS GROWTH. THE UNRULY TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF LIFE. THE VIBRANT SUCCESS THAT CAN BE FOUND ON THE OTHER SIDE. AN UNAPOLOGETIC DEPICTION OF THE JOYOUS STRUGGLE THAT WE CALL LIFE.

FOR FANS OF: ANDERSON .PAAK, GOLDLINK, KOTA THE FRIEND, BLXST, CHOKER

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Jason van Wyk

Threads

Street Date: 07/23/2021 Catalog #: MD291 Label: n5MD Format: LP Box lot: LP - 20 File under: ambient, experimental, drone

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TRACKLISTING A1 Retention A2 Amidst A3 Sun Florescent A4 Light Burns Out B1 Partial Dawn B2 Where To End B3 Subdued B4 Near Dark

Threads is the 4th solo full length from Cape Town, South Africa based composer Jason van Wyk and his debut album for n5MD. Previously known for his progressive trance works, van Wyk has spent a lot of his time as of late composing for the film industry. In 2013, his solo output switched to more pastoral forms of neo-classical leaning ambient with his first full-length Days You Remember, before moving into more piano-based composition for Attachment (2016) and Opacity (2017). Threads does reflect some of his previous ambient works; however, the album shows van Wyk composing music for (and of) current times. There is a much-welcomed underlying beauty to Threads, but there are also threads of anxiousness and unwavering intensity throughout its forty-minute run-time. It's an engaging listen full of texture where each piece takes you on an engrossingly escapist journey.

HIGHLIGHTS • 4th full length from South African composer Jason van Wyk • Limited edition LP with download card

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Various Artists - Gilles Peterson Presents: MV4 Limited Edition White Vinyl BWOOD0218LPW UPC: 5060180 324834 23/06/21

Gilles Peterson presents a time capsule of musical magic on this exclusive. Taken from a day of live sessions in London's legendary Maida Vale Studios - studio MV4 to be exact, it was originally intended just for Peterson's BBC radio show broadcast on 20th October 2018. Struck by what a special moment the sessions captured, Peterson has decided to mark the results with a release proper on his Brownswood imprint.

It features a diverse, all-star cast of some of the acts celebrated by Peterson in recent years, in a series of freewheeling and off-the-cuff recordings, several of the tracks backed by the group of Brownswood signee, Joe Armon-Jones. Featuring Dylan Jones, James Mollison, Mutale Chashi, and Marijus Aleksa as well as guest turns from Fatima, Asheber, Nubya Garcia, Hak Baker, and Oscar Jerome, plus a double track special from Bristol based collective, Ishmael Ensemble.

This is a white vinyl pressing of this seminal compilation limited to 500 units.

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NIGHT OF THE DEMON,(Slight edit at towards the end) 2. INTO THE NIGHTMARE and 3. ONE HELLUVA NIGHT. The 3 bonus tracks have never been available in REMIXED FORM so something extra for the fans and a never before Full Moon, Night of The Demon, Into The Nightmare, Father of Time , Decisions, Liar, Big Love, Ride The Wind, Fool To Play The Hard Way, One Helluva Night. Bonus Tracks: Night of The Demon, Into The Nightmare ,One Helluva Night.

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Remastered, gatefold sleeve, 180g vinyl.. Another album that was lacking body in original form is now remastered with 2 remixed tracks (“Better The Devil You Know” and “Standing On The Edge” replacing the original versions from the 2005 CD release. Now sounding better than the original CD release. Never been available on vinyl until now.

Better The Devil You Know, Dead of The Night, Standing On The Edge of The World, TakingOn The World, Temptation, Warriors, Live Again, Obsession, Change.

Demon - Night of the Demon (Picture Disc) LP

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Picture disc of the classic debut album by Demon originally released in 1981 By Clay/Carrere Records. It has never before been in picture disc form since its initial release and has been especially mastered for vinyl.

Full Moon, Night of The Demon, Into The Nightmare, Father of Time, Decisions, Liar, Big Love, Ride The Wind, Fool To Play The Hard Way, One Helluva Night

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Gatefold sleeve, 180g blue vinyl. Remastered digipack CD. TOTALLY REMIXED (except the for the INTRO) to add more BASS end and BODY. A genuinely great album and now sounds like it should have when originally released in 1982.

Intro - An Observation, Don’t Break The Circle, The Spell, Total Possession, Sign of A Madman, Victim of Fortune, Have We Been Here Before, Strange Institution, The Grand Illusion, Beyond The Gates, Deliver Us From Evil, Outro

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Formed of Gemma Fleet (The Wharves), Robert Sotelo (Upset the Rhythm), and Christopher Taylor the band are quite unlike anything else around. Order of the Toad sits somewhere between Baroque and Psyche, with touches of Country and Pop thrown in too. It makes for a rich soundscape full of surprises and delights. Melodically, Order of the Toad have something of a medieval fixation, filtered through late 60s influences which end up sounding something like Jefferson Airplane - not least in vocalist Gemma "The Wharves" Fleet's powerful lung-force - mixed with British psyche heat.. think Kaleidoscope or even Syd Barrett drug-damaged whimsy. There's no other band doing this in the UK that we know of, a musically rich tapestry woven from strands outside current trends” Monorail Music… The band’s self-titled debut album was released via Cusp in 2018 and has been described as “Laurel Canyon hippiedom x medieval inflection + early REM spareness = OOTT. Except nothing like that". Their forthcoming second album - Re -Order of the Toad - picks up on these themes and is unique in sound, exploratory and wholesome in approach. The single and album release is a first collaboration between Gringo Records and Reckless Yes. Album and single artwork designed by Raissa Pardini.

Ladys Mantle, Just Because, Rabbets, Brintons Marrakech, Fabulator, Slow Ballad 44, Do It With Feeling, Lindow Woman, Toads Theme, Mend It, A Pittance, Cruise Control.

Evans McRae – Only Skin E&M Records CD

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Evans McRae is the new venture of seasoned songwriters Lowri Evans and Tom McRae. Both successful solo artists, this new collaboration sees them join forces (and voices) on a stunning suite of songs. Having met on a songwriters’ retreat organised by McRae’s friend and fellow Mercury Prize nominee, Kathryn Williams, the two found they shared a love of crafted but emotionally powerful songs. After many trips between Pembrokeshire and McRae’s West Country home, the pair realised they weren’t writing songs for other artists, they’d actually written an album for themselves. Lowri and her partner (multi-instrumentalist Lee Mason) decamped to Studio Owz, a beautiful converted chapel deep in the Pembrokeshire countryside, and together with McRae and his long-serving band, recorded the album in the pre-pandemic summer of 2019. A permanent feature on Welsh radio, and favourite of Bob Harris and Janice Long, Lowri has built a large and loyal audience for her brand of beautiful songwriting. Mercury and Brit Award nominee, Tom has proved an enduring talent over his 8 solo albums. His touring success in Europe and use of his songs on film and tv continues to broaden his fan base outside of the UK. Says McRae: “We sat down and wrote with no agenda. Some songs are heartbroken ballads, some big cinematic soundscapes, and some are good old pop songs. We’ve both been doing this a long time. When you put aside egos and selfish ambition, you realise that the only thing that matters is the quality of the songs. In the end they told us

1 Say What You Mean 2 Only Skin 3 Careful 4 High and Lonesome 5 Love's a Loaded Gun 6 Sleep with One Eye Open 7 Hold On 8 Merry Christmas My Darling (Drink up) 9 Stays the Same 10 Eddie 11 Just Falls Apart

NEW RELEASES Street Date: 7.30.21 | Order Date: 7.09.21

LOS LOBOS NATIVE SONS July 30, 2021

TRACK LISTING Love Special Delivery Misery Bluebird / For What It’s Worth Los Chucos Suaves Jamaica Say You Will Never No More Native Son Farmer John Dichoso Sail On, Sailor The World Is A Ghetto Flat Top Joint Where Lovers Go Los Angeles based band, Los Lobos, have always been inspired by their surroundings and the place they call home. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, zydeco, folk, R&B, blues, brown-eyed soul, and traditional music such as cumbia, boleros and norteños. With Native Sons the band set out to showcase all of these influences with their own take on the songs of Los Angeles from some of the cities greatest songwriters. Native Sons features 13-songs from well known LA artists such as Buffalo Springfield, WAR, Jackson Browne and The Beach Boys as well as deep cuts from The Jaguars, The Basters and The Premiers. The album title track is the sole original composition written by the band.

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KEY SELLING POINTS * 50th Anniversary black vinyl edition of the classic Fela album * The 2021 releases are the first vinyl represses of this classic of Afrobeat since the 80’s * Fela recently came in 2nd place, behind Tina Turner, for the fan vote for the Rock ’n Roll Hall of Fame nominations and received great press coverage in NY Times, Rolling Stone, The Ringer, Uproxx, and Vulture INFO Side A Open & Close Side B Swegbe & Pako Gbagada Gbagada Gbogodo Gbogodo INFO * Artist: Fela Kuti * Title: Open & Close * Street Date: July 30th 2021 * Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria

DETAILS * Catalog # LP-KFR-2005 * UPC - 720841206514

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ela Kuti (1938-1997) was a Nigerian musician, producer, arranger, political radical, outlaw and the originator of Afrobeat. A titanic musical and sociopolitical voice, Fela’s legacy spans, decades and genres, touching on jazz, pop, funk, hip-hop, rock and beyond.

This is the 50th anniversary, black vinyl edition of Fela Kuti’s classic “Open & Close”. If you didn’t get a chance to get the Record Store Day version on red and yellow butterfly vinyl you now have another opportunity! This year’s 50th Anniversary pressings are the first represses of this Fela classic since the 1980’s. This album is typical of Fela’s early 70’s albums: 10 minute plus long songs with deeply grounded grooves, raucous horn blowing and ferocious percussion, courtesy of the drumming legend, Tony Allen.

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1. The Opportunity to Help Somebody Through It 2. Sister Horizon 3. The Brighter Side of Lonely 4. Mushrooms Are Growing After the Rain 5. Memory 6. Breathe Real Slow 7. Brave One 8. Don’t You Dream Anymore?

9. We Fade in We Fade Out 10. It’s Almost More Than All the Joy 11. Here’s to Hoping 12. When Searching for Answers 13. Joyful Noise

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JIM LAUDERDALE HOPE WORLDWIDE RELEASE DATE CD/LP: JULY 30,2021 Jim Lauderdale has never been content to sit still in any one musical place for long, effortlessly cycling through a wide range of country, rock, and bluegrass shades of Americana. But Hope, album number 34 in the two-time GRAMMY® award-winning singer-songwriter’s distinguished career, nevertheless stands out stylistically as well as thematically. After a year of locked-down isolation, Hope finds Lauderdale breaking out with wide-open arrangements along the lines of Neil Young, The Grateful Dead and Little Feat.

“I wanted to get a musical message out there during this time of what we’ve all been going through, about the hope for better days ahead without seeming sanctimonious or preachy,” Lauderdale says. “What I wanted to achieve was music to somehow help us all get through trying times and give comfort. The past year has been so difficult for everybody. If we can find any glimmers of hope, that really helps get you through another day.”

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Hope was co-produced by Lauderdale with his long-time collaborator Jay Weaver, who played a similar role on 2019’s From Another World and 2018’s Time Flies.

Along with the usual A-list support cast, including guitarists Chris Scruggs and Kenny Vaughan, the album features Russ Paul, Craig Smith, Will Van Horn, Micah Hulscher, Dave Racine, Pat Hubert, Wes L’Annglois, and sibling harmonies from Lillie Mae and Frank Rische. Recorded at Nashville’s fabled Blackbird Studios, the bulk of the album’s tracks were engineered by Blackbird Academy students. is as talented and consistent as he is prolific”—AllMusic ❝ Lauderdale new album from Lauderdale is always a treat since we get to listen to him explore ❝ Adifferent musical styles and stretch out on lyrics that reveal his restless and creative genius.” —No Depression

❝ As always, his diversity is impressive.”—Relix HIGHLIGHTS: ☛ Guests include Chris Scruggs, Kenny Vaughn, Will Van Horn, Lillie Mae and Frank Rische

☛ Brad Paul managing AAA, Americana, Non-Comm radio campaign ☛ Lauderdale will be hitting the road soon

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Soul Jazz Records Presents

COLD WAVE #2 30th July 2021

Soul Jazz Records new ‘Cold Wave’ is a new collection of current electronic artists who have all been shaped by the early European cold wave artists of the late 70s and early 80s.

1. Lena Willikens – Howlin Lupus (5:11)

This second edition Cold Wave #2 comes in two vinyl editions – a one-off pressing purple coloured vinyl edition and a black vinyl edition. Both come as heavyweight double vinyl housed in bespoke individual inner sleeves and the limited edition first pressing of this album comes with its own free pull-out fanzine on the groups featured. The CD edition comes with artist booklet/fanzine and slipcase. All editions are printed in special dayglo colour finish.

2. Beta Evers – Hiding (4:41)

These first artists created new electronic musical landscapes as well as pursuing a stubborn D-I-Y aesthetic, often releasing material on cassette and pioneering use of lo-fi technology, primitive drum machines and home-recording techniques. As part of this continued evolution today many of the artists featured here also self-release their own material, run labels, publish fanzines, or are part of wider musical collectives.

Aside from the first electronic, no wave, and post-punk artists cited as influences – Suicide, Patrick Cowley, The Normal, Martin Hannett, Laurie Anderson, Public Image – this new generation of artists also show an exquisitely open source of electronic and disparate influences, everything from Underground Resistance to Purcell, from Scientist to New Beat and more besides.

Most of the featured artists are based in Europe and include Krikor from France, Beta Evers and L.F.T. from Germany, Lena Willikens, Job Sifre and De Ambassade from the Netherlands, Toulouse Low Trax from Germany, Dave I.D. and Broken English Club from the UK, and V.C.V.S from Georgia.

All of the bands featured here make distinctive contemporary music out of the 80s roots of the first cold wave movement.

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4. Job Sifre – At Least We Try (9:16) 5. De Ambassade – Niet Van Mij (4:01) 6. Toulouse Low Trax – Rushing Into Water (9:01) 7. V.C.V.S. – Hum (3:52) 8. Dave I.D. – Help Starts (3:45) 9. Broken English Club – Vacant Cars (3:36) 10. Krikor Kouchian – Deserver Dub (4:01)

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Artist: A Letter Home Title: Have A Good Old Fashioned Christmas White Vinyl LP / CD Box lot quantity: 30 LP / 60 CD File Under: Anything but xmas!

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WTF?!

WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU MIX ABOUT A DOZEN MUSICIANS (INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE ANIMALS & THE POLICE) WITH A LOT OF DRUGS?

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An acid psych opus! What do you get when you package it in a prefab jacket with stock christmas art and a festive title? Total confusion! We hypothesize that if you take enough drugs you may think this private press treasure is a holiday album...but we’re not so sure.

Little is known about the group A Letter Home and their home-studio recorded, private press release. The title, as well as the cover and its stock vintage holiday card design, indicate that this album is some sort of ode to Christmas past, but upon listening there is no sign of Yuletide joy, nary a jingle or jangle nor mention of sugar plums, reindeer sleighs, or figgy pudding.

With an ever shifting lineup of musicians and singers that differ from song to song, it’s likely that these recording sessions were more about sharing in an experience and communal bonding than they were about releasing an actual album. No reason for press photos or an advertising campaign. Just music for the sake of - and the love of - creating music.

• ON SNOW WHITE VINYL WITH A GREETING CARD FULL OF LINER NOTES! • FIRST EVER REISSUE OF THIS OUTSIDER ODDITY!

FUTURE, PAST, PRESENT CHILD IN QUESTION IN THE U.S.A. THE QUESTION RIVER TYNE I BELIEVE WHO ARE YOU? LISTEN TRY! RELAX

• FEATURING BARRY JENKINS, HILTON VALENTINE, (THE ANIMALS), & ANDY SUMMERS (THE POLICE)!

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• The Oakland-Based Black Jazz Label Emerged from the Late-‘60s/ Early-‘70s Movement That Led to a Number of Black-Run Artist Collectives Such as the AACM (Artists Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians) • Founded by Ovation Records Owner Dick Schory and Pianist Gene Russell, Who Produced All the Black Jazz Releases • Reputed to Be the First Jazz Label Started by an African- American Since 1921, Black Jazz’s Mission Statement Was “to Promote the Talents of Young African American Jazz Musicians and Singers” • The Label Released 20 Albums During Its Brief (1971-1975) Existence, and Then Faded into Obscurity • But a New Generation of Crate Diggers and DJ’s Discovered the Label’s Amazing Array of Modal, Soul, Funk, and Free Jazz, Much of It Imbued with the Political and Spiritual Concerns of the Day • The Result Was That Black Jazz Is Among the Most Collectible Labels in Existence, with Original LPs Selling for Hundreds of Dollars • The Label Was Reissued on CD in Japan During the ‘90s and Early 2000s, but Virtually None of the Black Jazz Titles Have Been Reissued on LP • Now, Real Gone Music Has Obtained the Rights to Reissue the Entire Black Jazz Catalog on LP and CD • Remastered by Mike Milchner at Sonic Vision • Lacquer Cutting by Clint Holley and Dave Polster at Well Made Music • LPs Pressed at Gotta Groove Records in Black Vinyl • Original Album Art • Added Liner Notes by Pat Thomas, Author of Listen Whitey! The Sounds of Black Power • Produced for Reissue by Real Gone’s Own Gordon Anderson • Real Gone Music Will Donate $500 to the Equal Justice Initiative with Each Black Jazz Release • The Awakening Were the Only Group on the Black Jazz Roster • Their Two Records for Black Jazz Were the Only Ones They Released, and Are Probably the Most Collectible Albums on the Label • 1973’s Mirage Sports the Same Chicago-Based, AACM-Centric Line-Up as Its Predecessor, Hear, Sense and Feel • Also Features Rufus Reid on Bass • A Mesmerizing Blend of Soul Jazz, Spiritual Jazz, Free Jazz, and Fusion Jazz, Mirage Confirms That The Awakening Were One of the Greatest Jazz Ensembles of the Early ‘70s • First Time Vinyl Reissue • Bassist Henry “The Skipper” Franklin Was a Fixture on the Black Jazz Roster, with Two Albums to His Credit and Appearances on Releases by Doug Carn, Gene Russell, Calvin Keys, and More • His First Album, The Skipper, Is One of the Highlights in the Black Jazz Catalog • But 1974’s The Skipper at Home Tops It with Some Astonishing Ensemble Work by Such Players as Oscar Brashear, Charles Owens, Bill Henderson, Kirk Lightsey, Al Hall, Jr., and Leon “Ndugu” Chancler • Rooted in Bop, but Thoroughly Modern, The Skipper at Home Is a Lost Jazz Classic • First Time Reissued on Vinyl Outside of Japan • Available on Black Vinyl or Orange with Black Streaks Vinyl Limited to 750 Copies and Exclusive to Indie Record Stores iBarcoder Trial

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In the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, the art form we call jazz exploded into endless permutations, including free jazz, spiritual jazz, soul jazz, fusion, and funk. At that time, a number of black-run collectives organically sprang up across America, including Watts-based UGMAA (Union of God’s Musicians and Artists Ascension), Chicago’s AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians), Brooklyn’s CBA (Collective Black Artists), and Detroit’s The Tribe.

And from Oakland came Black Jazz Records, founded by pianist Gene Russell and percussionist Dick Schory, with a mission statement “to promote the talents of young African American jazz musicians and singers.”

Under Russell’s artistic direction, the label only put out 20 albums during its short, 4-year (1971-1975) tenure; and then, due to ownership issues and general neglect, the label went underground. Way underground, in fact… but not so far down that a new generation of crate diggers and DJ’s weren’t able to discover the label’s incredible array of modal, soul, funk, and free jazz, much of it imbued with the political and spiritual concerns of the day (and selling for a pretty penny online). Finally, in the ‘90s and early ‘oughts, the Black Jazz catalog emerged on CD in Japan; but for the most part, the entire label’s output was never reissued on vinyl anywhere.

After years of trying, we at Real Gone Music finally were able to connect with the rights-holders in early 2020…right before quarantine and the subsequent events that triggered worldwide protests for racial equality.

Obviously, the release of this politically aware material, originally recorded in an era of similar social and cultural ferment, couldn’t be more timely. But this music succeeds on a deeper level than just a reminder that the struggle against prejudice continues unabated 50 years later. It offers manifold moments of beauty that remind all of us of our common humanity and the love that, if we let it, binds us all. We are very, very proud to present the Black Jazz catalog on LP, remastered by Mike Milchner at Sonic Vision Mastering, and pressed on black vinyl at Gotta Groove Records with lacquer cutting by Clint Holley and Dave Polster at Well Made Music. Produced by Real Gone Music’s own Gordon Anderson, each vinyl reissue features the original black-and-white Black Jazz album artwork, which, on early releases, featured an identical front and back cover, with the back cover turned “upside down,” allowing for the album title to be visible regardless of how the LP was sitting in the record store rack. And, both our vinyl and CD releases will feature added liner notes by Pat Thomas, author of Listen Whitey!

The Sounds of Black Power that draw a straight line between what was happening then…and what is happening right now. Real Gone Music will donate $500 to the Equal Justice Initiative with the release of each Black Jazz album.

THE AWAKENING: Mirage (Remastered CD & Vinyl Edition) STREET DATE: JULY 30, 2021 The only “group” on the Black Jazz roster, The Awakening today should be heralded as one of the great bands in early ‘70s jazz. That they’re not is the result of the Black Jazz label’s distribution woes; witness the fact that original copies of both of their records for the imprint command prices in the hundreds of dollars if you can find them at all. Mirage is their second (1973) album, the last one they made together; it boasts the same Chicago-based, AACM-centric line-up as the first, with the notable addition of bassist Rufus Reid on a couple of tracks. Spiritual jazz, free jazz, soul jazz, fusion jazz, you name it—The Awakening take all those threads common to early ‘70s African-American music and, like any great ensemble, weave them into a beautiful sonic garment that’s greater than the sum of its parts.

The Mirage is a bit less political/pan-African than Hear, Sense and Feel, its predecessor, which definitely owed some of its feel to the band’s Art Ensemble of Chicago/AACM roots; this record is a little more abstract, a little more varied in its moods and textural coloring, yet no less powerful and transporting. Our Real Gone release represents the first time Mirage has been reissued on LP; it comes newly remastered (by Mike Milchner at Sonic Vision) and with new liner notes by Pat Thomas. A record to discover, savor, and treasure.

LP Side One 1. Mode for D.D. 2. The Ultimate Frontier 3. Just a Little Peace LP Side Two 1. Slinky 2. Mirage 3. Glory to the Sun 4. March On CD 1. Mode for D.D. 2. The Ultimate Frontier 3. Just a Little Peace 4. Slinky 5. Mirage 6. Glory to the Sun 7. March On

HENRY FRANKLIN: The Skipper At Home (Remastered CD & Vinyl Edition)

STREET DATE: JULY 30, 2021 Bassist Henry Franklin’s 1972 release for Black Jazz, The Skipper, is one of the highlights in a label catalog full of many, and his 1974 follow-up, The Skipper at Home (“The Skipper” is Franklin’s nickname), lives up to its predecessor’s high standard and might even surpass it. Which is no surprise given that a lot of the same players are on it, including trumpeter/flugelhornist Oscar Brashear, tenor/soprano saxophonist Charles Owens, and pianist Bill Henderson (here billed as Kemang Sunduza). But The Skipper at Home also boasts ace talents like keyboardist Kirk Lightsey (memorably featured on the Roland Haynes Black Jazz release 2nd Wave), trombonist Al Hall, Jr. (who appeared on Black Jazz releases from Doug Carn, Chester Thompson, and Calvin Keys), and drummer Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, who’s played with everyone from Miles Davis to Joe Henderson. The result is an album that, like The Skipper, is rooted in bop but one that nods to some of the currents that were swirling in jazz at the time; it’s a little freer, a little more electric. And, as is true of just about every Black Jazz release, the ensemble work is remarkably intuitive and swinging, driven by Franklin’s melodic, inventive bass playing. The Skipper at Home has never been reissued on vinyl outside of Japan, and it’s never sounded better thanks to Mike Milchner’s remastering. Pat Thomas’ liner notes complete the package. A beautiful record.

LP Side One 1. Blue Lights 2. What Was 3. Soft Spirit LP Side Two 1. The Magic Boy 2. Venus Fly Trap 3. Waltz for Boobuss CD 1. Blue Lights 2. What Was 3. Soft Spirit 4. The Magic Boy 5. Venus Fly Trap 6. Waltz for Boobuss

SELLING POINTS • Richard Linklater’s 1993 film Dazed and Confused Is One of the Best Coming-of-Age Movies Ever Made • Beloved by Each Succeeding Generation of High Schoolers for Its Depiction of Age-Old Adolescent Themes Like Rebellion Vs. Conformity, Jocks Vs. Nerds, Etc. • Takes Place on the Last Day of the 1976 School Year in Austin, Texas • The Film Featured a Soundtrack Precisely Calibrated to Capture that Moment in Rock and Roll Time • The Soundtrack Was So Good, in Fact, That It Spawned Not One But Two Releases, of Which Even More Dazed and Confused Is the Second • Features Tracks by The Edgar Winter Group, Alice Cooper, The Steve Miller Band, Head East, War, Seals and Crofts, Dr. John, ZZ Top, Black Oak Arkansas, Foghat, and Peter Frampton • The Perfect ‘70s Rock Mixtape for Summer • Jacket Features Production Stills • Purple with Pink Splatter Vinyl iBarcoder Trial

UPC: 848064012580 FORMAT: Regular Weight White with Red Splatter “Bloodshot Eyes” Vinyl PACKAGING: LP Jacket BOX LOT: 30

SELLING POINTS

• True Romance Is One of the Great Action Flicks of the ‘90s and a Stone-Cold Cult Classic • Though Directed by Tony Scott, the Film Bore All the Earmarks of Its Writer, Quentin Tarantino, from Its Grisly Violence to Its B-Movie Homages to Its Gleeful Amorality • Tarantino’s Influence Carried Over to the Soundtrack, Which Careened from Rockabilly to Grunge to Honky-Tonk to Romantic Machismo • Features Such Artists as Charlie Sexton, Chris Isaak, Soundgarden, Shelby Lynne, and Robert Palmer • Composer Hans Zimmer Also Paid Homage to Another Violent Road Movie, Badlands, with His Carl Orff-Inspired Contribution • Jacket Features Production Stills from the Film • Pressed in Blue with Magenta Splatter “Alabama Worley” Vinyl iBarcoder Trial

UPC: 848064012672 FORMAT:Regular Weight Blue with Magenta Splatter “Alabama Worley” Vinyl PACKAGING: LP Jacket BOX LOT: 30

EVEN MORE DAZED AND CONFUSED MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE (White with Red Splatter “Bloodshot Eyes” Vinyl Edition) STREET DATE: JULY 30, 2021 The subtitle on the album cover reads, “They Found Your Stash…

Again,” and we are happy to report that this particular musical stash is seeds and stems free! Richard Linklater’s 1993 coming-of-age film Dazed and Confused captured the age-old adolescent themes of rebellion vs. conformity, jocks vs. nerds, stoners vs. students, and grown-ups vs. grads so perfectly that it remains a touchstone movie for each succeeding generation of high schoolers. But its events unfold at a very specific time and place; namely, the last day of the 1976 school year in Austin, Texas, a moment in rock and roll time which Linklater and his cohorts unerringly capture with a soundtrack that has spawned not one but two releases, of which this is the second. Pressed on white with red splatter “Bloodshot Eyes” vinyl inside a jacket featuring production stills from the film. Visine not included!

SIDE ONE 1. Free Ride Performed by The Edgar Winter Group 2. No More Mr. Nice Guy Performed by Alice Cooper 3. Living in the USA Performed by The Steve Miller Band 4. Never Been Any Reason Performed by Head East 5. Why Can’t We Be Friends Performed by War 6. Summer Breeze Performed by Seals and Crofts 7. Right Place Wrong Time Performed by Dr. John SIDE TWO 1. Balinese Performed by ZZ Top 2. Lord Have Mercy on My Soul Performed by Black Oak Arkansas 3. I Just Want to Make Love to You Performed by Foghat 4. Show Me the Way Performed by Peter Frampton 5. Do You Feel Like We Do Performed by Peter Frampton

TRUE romance MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK

(BLUE WITH MAGENTA SPLATTER “ALABAMA WORLEY” VINYL EDITION) STREET DATE: JULY 30, 2021

Though it was directed by Tony Scott, the 1993 film True Romance displayed all the signature themes and images of its writer, Quentin Tarantino, from its grisly violence to its B-movie homages to its gleeful amorality. And the same could be said of the soundtrack; alongside composer Hans Zimmer’s riff on Carl Orff (which itself was an homage to another violent road movie, Badlands), True Romance offered a playlist that smacked of Tarantino in its embrace of rockabilly (Charlie Sexton, Chris Isaak), grunge (Soundgarden), honkytonk (Shelby Lynne), and romantic machismo (Robert Palmer’s take on “[Love Is] The Tender Trap”). Vinyl would seem a natural for such a “warped” soundtrack; and, for this reissue, we’ve crafted a custom jacket sporting production stills from the film. What’s more, this release of True Romance comes in blue with magenta splatter “Alabama Worley” vinyl! Consider this a colorful homage to one of the greatest cult classic films of all time.

SIDE CLARENCE 1. You’re So Cool Hans Zimmer 2. Graceland Charlie Sexton 3. In Dreams John Waite 4. Wounded Bird Charles & Eddie 5. I Want Your Body Nymphomania 6. Stars at Dawn Hans Zimmer SIDE ALABAMA 1. I Need a Heart to Come Home to Shelby Lynne 2. Viens Mallika Sous le Dome Edais from “Lakme” Delibes 3. (Love Is) The Tender Trap Robert Palmer 4. Outshined Soundgarden 5. Amid the Chaos of the Day Hans Zimmer 6. Two Hearts Chris Isaak

SELLING POINTS • Director Rob Marshall’s 2002 film Chicago Was the Rare Hollywood Production That Got a Broadway Musical Right • Won Six Academy Awards Including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress (for Catherine Zeta-Jones) • The Soundtrack Was Similarly Decorated, Winning a Grammy and Hitting #2 on the Charts • Now, Real Gone Music Brings Chicago to Vinyl in a Package That Includes All the Songs in the Film and a Few That Were Not • Magnificent Kander-Ebb Songs Sung by the Killer Cast of Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere, John C. Reilly, Queen Latifah, Christine Baranski, and More • Also Includes Score by Danny Elfman • 2-LP Set • Gatefold Jacket Features Credits and Stills from the Film • Red with Yellow Streaks “Chicago Fire” Vinyl Pressing iBarcoder Trial

UPC: 848064012573 FORMAT: Regular Weight Red with Yellow Streaks “Chicago Fire” Vinyl PACKAGING: Gatefold LP Jacket BOX LOT: 30

MUSIC FROM THE MIRAMAX MOTION PICTURE (2-LP RED WITH YELLOW STREAKS “CHICAGO FIRE” VINYL EDITION) STREET DATE: JULY 30, 2021 Hey, vinyl lovers—you had it comin’! Director Rob Marshall’s 2002 film Chicago was the rare Hollywood production that got a Broadway musical right, winning six Academy Awards including Best Picture and a Best Supporting Actress nod for Catherine Zeta-Jones. And its soundtrack album was similarly decorated, winning a Grammy and reaching #2 on the charts. So a release on wax is a natural…we promise you that you’re gonna have a heckuva good time spinning those magnificent Kander & Ebb songs on red with yellow streaks “Chicago Fire”vinyl!

Includes all the tunes that were in the film and a couple that weren’t, featuring that killer cast of ZetaJones, Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere, John C. Reilly, Queen Latifah, Christine Baranski, and more, plus Danny Elfman’s score and all that jazz. Gatefold jacket brings the razzle dazzle with credits and stills from the film. A must!

RECORD ONE Side One 1. Overture/And All That Jazz Catherine Zeta-Jones & Renée Zellweger 2. Funny Honey Renée Zellweger, John C. Reilly & Colm Feore 3. When You’re Good to Mama Queen Latifah 4. Cell Block Tango Catherine Zeta-Jones, Susan Misner, Deidre Goodwin, Denise Faye, Ekaterina Chtchelkanova & Mýa Harrison RECORD ONE Side Two 1. All I Care About Richard Gere 2. We Both Reached for the Gun Richard Gere, Renée Zellweger, Christine Baranski, Cleve Asbury, Shaun Amyot & Rick Negron 3. Roxie Renée Zellweger 4. I Can’t Do It Alone Catherine Zeta-Jones 5. Mister Cellophane John C. Reilly RECORD TWO Side One 1. Razzle Dazzle Richard Gere 2. Class* Catherine Zeta-Jones & Queen Latifah 3. Nowadays (Roxie) Renée Zellweger 4. Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag Renée Zellweger & Catherine Zeta-Jones 5. I Move On Catherine Zeta-Jones & Renée Zellweger RECORD TWO Side Two 1. After Midnight Danny Elfman 2. Roxie’s Suite Danny Elfman 3. Cell Block Tango (He Had It Comin’)*# Performed by Queen Latifah & Lil’ Kim Featuring Macy Gray 4. Love Is a Crime*# Anastacia *Not In Film #Additional Bonus Track Inspired by the Motion Picture, Chicago

SELLING POINTS • The 1970 Sci-Fi Musical Toomorrow Was the Brainchild of Music Impresario Don Kirshner and James Bond Film Co-Producer Harry Saltzman • Kirshner Embarked on a Lengthy Talent Search to Find Members for the Rock Group in the Film Also Entitled Toomorrow, Whom He Envisioned Would Follow the Same Path to Success as Kirshner’s Previous Creations The Monkees and The Archies • But the Film Flopped, Victim of a Lame Script and Concept (Toomorrow Was Going to Save a Race of Aliens Called the Alphoids from an ExistenceThreatening “Sterility of Sound”) • But Kirshner’s Eye for Talent Remained Sharp, Because Toomorrow Included a Budding Girl Singer Named Olivia Newton-John • Also Songs by Mark Barkan, Richie Adams and Hugo Montenegro • As a Result, Original LP Copies of Toomorrow Command Prices from Outer Space • Now, Real Gone Music Is Reissuing Toomorrow on Vinyl for the First Time • Includes Added Liner Notes by Joe Marchese and Photos • Purple Vinyl Pressing • Bubblegum Psych Sounds from the Group That Was Too Much, Too Morrow! iBarcoder Trial

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FROM THE HARRY SALTZMAN-DON KIRSHNER FILM “TOOMORROW”— ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (Purple Vinyl Edition) STREET DATE: JULY 30, 2021 Long before she was Sandy, the good girl of Rydell High, or Kira, the Olympian muse of the roller disco Xanadu, Olivia Newton-John was just plain Livvy, the girl singer with dreams of the big time in the 1970 sci-fi movie musical Toomorrow. This little-known motion picture was the brainchild of music impresario Don Kirshner and Harry Saltzman, best known for co-producing the first nine James Bond films with Albert R. Broccoli.

And Toomorrow wasn’t just the movie’s title. After a lengthy talent search, Kirshner and Saltzman assembled the band Toomorrow, whom the music mogul modestly described as “the best-looking total group that ever existed.” Why the misspelling? As drummer Karl Chambers put it in the film itself, “I dig it! We’re too much, we’re too morrow!” At least Kirshner thought so—he had visions of Toomorrow achieving the success of his previous creations the Monkees and the Archies, and enlisted the aid of songwriters Mark Barkan and Richie Adams (along with composer Hugo Montenegro) for the movie’s bubblegummeets-rock tunes. But, weighed down by legal problems surrounding Saltzman, and a premise—Toomorrow was going to save a race of aliens called the Alphoids from an existence-threatening “sterility of sound”—that was silly even by late-‘60s B-movie standards, the movie went nowhere. The soundtrack, however, boasting the nascent superstar Newton-John, has attained serious cult status over the years, with the original record commanding prices that are truly from outer space. Our Real Gone release marks its first LP reissue, pressed in purple vinyl and featuring notes by Joe Marchese. Like the cover says, “Launch out on a musical cosmic trip with the new ‘Toomorrow’!”

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SELLING POINTS • L7 Wasn’t Just the Best All-Female Band of the Late ‘80s and ‘90s, They Were One of the Best Bands, Period • Donita Sparks, Suzi Gardner, Jennifer Finch, and Dee Plakas Paved the Way for the Grunge and Riot Grrrl Movements with Killer Songs, Crunching Riffs, and Badass Attitude • Their 1994 Album Hungry for Stink Is Arguably Their Best and Most Consistent Record • Includes Such Fan Faves as “Fuel My Fire” and “Andres” • Also Features “Shirley,” Their Tribute to Drag Racer Shirley Muldowney, and “Questioning My Sanity,” Which Unflinchingly Tackles the Subject of Depression • Reissue Features Original Album Art Including Insert with Lyrics • Red and Yellow “Sunspot” Swirl Vinyl Pressing • Limited to 700 Copies iBarcoder Trial

UPC:848064012337

FORMAT:Regular Weight Red & Yellow “Sunspot” Swirl Vinyl PACKAGING: LP Jacket with Insert LIMITED EDITION: 700 Copies BOX LOT: 30

SELLING POINTS • Charles Bukowski Continues to Be a Cult Figure Across Generations, His Unique Voice and Vision Inspiring and Provoking Readers and Writers of All Stripes

L7

HUNgRy FOR STINK

(LIMITED RED & YELLOW “SUNSPOT” SWIRL VINYL EDITION) STREET DATE: JULY 30, 2021 L7 wasn’t just one of the best all-female bands of the late ‘80s and ‘90s; they were one of the best bands, period, paving the way for the grunge and riot grrrl movements with killer songs, crunching riffs, and badass attitude.

And their 1994 masterpiece Hungry for Stink is arguably their best and most consistent record, featuring such fan favorites as “Fuel My Fire” and “Andres,” along with “Shirley,” their tribute to drag racer Shirley Muldowney, and “Questioning My Sanity,” which unflinchingly tackles the subject of depression. Our Real Gone reissue includes the lyric sheet that came with the original (and very rare) LP release, and comes in a red and yellow “sunspot” swirl vinyl pressing limited to 700 copies. Must be played loud or not at all!

• The Album Presents a September 14, 1972 Poetry Reading

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• And Bukowski’s Bemused Air and Self-Deprecating Humor Lend Him an Everyman Quality • Clear with Black Swirl “Ashtray” Vinyl Pressing

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Andres Baggage Can I Run The Bomb Questioning My Sanity Riding with a Movie Star

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READS HIS POETRY (Clear with Black Swirl “Ashtray” Vinyl Pressing)

• Shocking but Life-Affirming at the Same Time, the Material Brings Humanity to Its Transgressive Themes

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• His 1972 Release on John Fahey’s Takoma Label, Charles Bukowski Reads His Poetry, Captures the Essence of the Man and His Art

• Offers Observations and Vignettes Drawn from Life’s Darker Side, Focusing on Perversions, Poverty, Drunkenness, Gambling, and Bodily Functions

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“This is Charles Bukowski. Well, let me just sit here and drink beer.” Thus begins the September 14, 1972 poetry reading from which this 1980 release on John Fahey’s Takoma label is drawn. This is quintessential Bukowski, from the rude ‘n’ crude drawing that adorns the front cover to the belches that punctuate the poems. As for the work itself, it’s not really what you’d commonly conceive of as poetry, but rather observations and vignettes drawn from life’s darker side, focusing on perversions, poverty, drunkenness, gambling, and bodily functions. But Bukowski’s bemused air and self-deprecating humor blunt the shock value of the words and emphasize the universality of the themes. “I want you to hate me,” he says to the audience, but it’s hopeless—he is one of us.

Now, Real Gone is bringing Bukowski to vinyl in a clear with black swirl “Ashtray” edition that’s sure to go as fast as the author would polish off your cigarette butt. EXPLICIT MATERIAL.

Tracks Side One 1. Introduction 2. Creation of the Morning Line 3. Death 4. The Sex Fiends 5. “Love,” He Said 6. Piss and Shit 7. The Death of an Idiot 8. Style Side Two 1. The Worlds Greatest Loser 2. Last Day of the Suicide Kid 3. The Shoe Lace 4. Hot 5. Earthquake 6. The Rat 7. The Best Love Poem

Analog Africa Limited Dance Edition No.13

Trujillo - Perú 1971 - 1974 Street Date 07/30/2021

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Manzanita y Su Conjunto Trujillo, Peru 1971 - 1974 Analog Africa 4260126061477 Cumbia peruana AADE013 LP:12 1xLP/Gatefold LP

Limited Edition LP in Gatefold Cover pressed on 180g high quality virgin vinyl Download for LP from Bandcamp also includes unlimited streaming of *Trujillo, Perú 1971 - 1974* via the free Bandcamp app along with high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more

Berardo Hernández – better known as Manzanita – first surfaced during the psychedelic Cumbia craze. At the head of the scene were the magnificent Los Destellos, whose leader, Enrique Delgado, was such a six-string wizard that other guitarists found it impossible to escape his shadow. But when Manzanita arrived, his electric criollo style sent shockwaves through Lima’s music scene and posed a serious threat to Delgado’s dominance as king of the Peruvian guitar. Starting in 1969, Manzanita y su Conjunto released a steady stream of singles that used Cuban guaracha rhythms as the foundation for dazzling electric guitar lines. After countless 45s and several years on the touring circuit, the band signed to Virrey, an important Peruvian label, and recorded two LPs acknowledged as masterpieces among aficionados of tropical music. Most of the songs on Analog Africa’s new compilation Manzanita y su Conjunto are drawn from those legendary sessions of 1973 and 74.

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1. Shambar 2. La Caihuita 3. La Buenita (con Los Cañeros) 4. La Mazamorrita 5. Manzaneando 6. No Me Marchare 7. Lamentó En La Puna

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8. Un Sábado Por la Noche 9. Salomé 10. Catita 11. Primavera 71 (con Los Cañeros) 12. El Norteño 13. Mama Ocllo 14. Mi Pueblito

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THE ROUGH GUIDE to

THE BEST COUNTRY BLUES YOU’VE NEVER HEARD

MUSIC ROUGH GUIDES

(Vol 2)

The Rough Guide To The Best Country Blues You’ve Never Heard (Vol. 2) Cat No: RGNET1414CD Label: World Music Network Street date: July 30 2021 File Under: Blues Format: CD digipak & digital download Box lot: 55 ct/CD CD UPC: 605633141429 Digital UPC: 605633141436

Marketing points: • A collection of tracks from country blues artists shrouded in mystery • An adventure into some of the more hidden recesses of country blues • A must-have album for blues and guitar enthusiasts

This collection delves yet deeper into the archives of country blues, uncovering hidden gems by artists shrouded in mystery. From classic renditions of blues standards to intriguing novelty songs, this is a must-listen for any blues connoisseur.

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“Hi” Henry Brown Skin Man Blues 02:48 Tommie Bradley When You’re Down And Out 03:07 Skoodle Dum Do & Sheffield Tampa Blues 02:50 Bull City Red Now I’m Talking About You 03:04 “Kid” Prince Moore Mississippi Water 02:49 Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band You Ought To Move Out Of Town 03:16 Walter Vincent Overtime Blues 02:53 Long “Cleve” Reed & Little Harvey Hull Original Stack O’Lee Blues 02:33 Minnie Wallace and her Night Hawks Field Mouse Stomp 03:08 Virgil Childers Travelin’ Man 02:54 Lil McClintock Don’t Think I’m Santa Claus 03:11 Gene Campbell Robbin’ and Stealin’ Blues 02:42 Bogus Ben Covington It’s a Fight Like That 03:03 Lewis Black Gravel Camp Blues 02:58 Lonnie Coleman Wild About My Loving 03:05 Big Boy Cleveland Goin’ To Leave You Blues 02:50 Elijah Jones Stuff Stomp 02:42 Edward Thompson Seven Sisters Blues 02:47 Slim Barton & Eddie Mapp Careless Love 02:58 Will Day Sunrise Blues 02:59 John Henry Barbee God Knows I Can’t Help It 02:27 William McCoy Central Tracks Blues 03:18 The Blue Boys Easy Winner 02:52 Otis Harris You’ll Like My Loving 03:20 T. C. Johnson, Blue Coat Tom Nelson & Porkchop G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again 02:58 Jesse “Babyface” Thomas No Good Woman Blues 02:54 Total playing time: 77:29

• An album which traces the development of country blues during its 1920s/30s heyday • Classic tracks which rank alongside those recorded by the more well-known artists of the time • Rare tracks which offer a unique insight into early country blues • Lovingly remastered using pioneering restoration techniques • Following on from the success of other blues titles in the Rough Guide range • An incredibly diverse selection of tracks from classic songster and hokum tunes to bottleneck guitar and harmonica virtuosity • Introducing the music of long-forgotten country blues artists, whose music deserves to be heard

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THE ROUGH GUIDE to MUSIC ROUGH GUIDES

AVANT-GARDE JAPAN Various Artists The Rough Guide To Avant-Garde Japan Cat No: RGNET1405LP Label: World Music Network Street date: July 30, 2021 File Under: World Format: 1 x Vinyl LP Box lot: 20 ct/LP Note: Item is not returnable

Marketing points: • A unique insight into the richness and diversity of the Japanese avant-garde music scene • Pioneering artists who push the boundaries of Japanese music, whilst at the same time paying respect to their musical heritage

From boundary-pushing koto musicians to experimental jazz virtuosi, Japanese music has long embraced all things avant-garde. This Rough Guide highlights some of today’s key innovators whose individualism challenges the conformist perception of Japan.

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Michiyo Yagi Rouge 05:58 Masanori Oishi Syracuse Blues 03:51 Cockroach Eater Kyogen Qabbalah 05:51 EMiKO VOiCE Sanosa 04:56

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• Featuring tracks by free-spirited Koto players Michiyo Yagi, Karin, as well as koto/ guitar duo tsuMGuito • An album which will appeal to fans of world music, jazz, and alternative music • Following on from the success of other Japanese albums in the Rough Guide series • A vibrant underground scene which draws on myriad influences from free jazz and electronica to Zen budhism • Compiled by the renowned radio presenter, journalist, and Japanese music expert Paul Fisher • An incredibly diverse selection of tracks from key musical innovators who push the boundaries of Japanese music • The Japanese avant-garde scene has developed its own distinct flavours, not replicated in any other country

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Son Lux “TOMORROWS”

Release Date: July 30th 2021 About TOMORROWS: Arriving at a time of considerable uncertainty in the world, Son Lux's multi-album 'Tomorrows' is ambitious in scope and intent. Born of an active, intentional approach to shaping sound, the music reminds us of the necessity of questioning assumptions, and of sitting with the tension.

Artist: Son Lux Album: TOMORROWS Release Date: July 30th 2021 Label: City Slang Genre: Alternative 3xCD Cat #: Slang50315 UPC: 4250506838850 Configuration: Triple CD in 3 panel digi sleeve 3LP Vinyl - Black Cat #: Slang50315LP UPC: 4250506838867 Configuration: 3x 12" black LP, comes in 3 individual LP jackets, 1 download code for all albums, bundled with obi-strip, shrinkwrapped Tomorrows I A1) Dissolve - 1:23 A2) Plans We Made - 3:41 A3) Bending Shadows - 0:35 A4) Only - 4:42 A5) Days Past - 1:25 A6) Honesty - 5:09 B7) Into Wind - 2:30 B8) Last Light - 5:20 B9) Undertow - 5:46 B10) Involution - 4:25 Tomorrows II C1) Warning - 3:02 C2) Molecules - 4:47 C3) Prophecy - 4:49 C4) Leaves - 6:23 D5) Out of Wind - 1:37 D6) Apart - 3:32 D7) Bodies - 2:45 D8) Weight of Your Air - 3:26 D9) Live Another Life - 5:09 D10) Borrowed Eyes - 1:40 Tomorrows III E1) Unbind E2) A Different Kind of Love E3) Upend E4) Plans We Make E5) Glimmer E6) Come Recover F7) Sever F8) The Hour F9) Embrace F10) Vacancy

Ryan Lott, Rafiq Bhatia, and Ian Chang train their sights on volatile principles: imbalance, disruption, collision, redefinition. But for all of its instability, Tomorrows’ exploration of breaking points and sustained frictional places is ultimately in service of something rewarding and necessary: the act of questioning, challenging, tearing down and actively rebuilding one’s own identity.

The band remains audibly indebted to iconoclastic artists in soul, hip-hop, and experimental improvisation who themselves carved new paths forward. Distilling these varied influences, Son Lux searches for equilibrium of raw emotional intimacy and meticulous electronic constructions.

About Son Lux: From the start, Son Lux has operated as something akin to a sonic test kitchen. The band strives to question deeply held assumptions about how music is made and re-construct it from a molecular level. What began as a solo project for founder Ryan Lott expanded in 2014, thanks to a kinship with Ian Chang and Rafiq Bhatia too strong to ignore. The trio strengthened their chemistry and honed their collective intuition while creating, releasing, and touring five recordings, including LPs Bones (2015) and Brighter Wounds (2018). A carefully cultivated musical language rooted in curiosity and balancing opposites largely eschews genre and structural conventions. And yet, the band remains audibly indebted to iconoclastic artists in soul, hip-hop, and experimental improvisation who themselves carved new paths forward. Distilling these varied influences, Son Lux searches for equilibrium of raw emotional intimacy and meticulous electronic constructions.

SELLING POINTS Tomorrows I-III, triple physical album, released previously digitally only Featuring the singles “Plans We Made”, Only, Prophecy, Live Another Life and A Different Kind of Love More than 90 minutes music on 3CD and 3LP TIMELINE / SINGLES FEB 24 - A Different Kind of Love - Single Released / Album Preorder Start MARCH 31 - Vacancy (feat Kiah Victoria) - Single Release APRIL 16 - Tomorrows III – Digital Album Release JULY 30 - Tomorrows CD/Vinyl, Street Date Spring / Summer / Fall plans, tbc: Son Lux podcast series, remixes and alternate versions DIGITAL MARKETING World wide advertising campaign on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook & Google Ads PR / Radio World wide PR campaign and radio promotion via City Slang PR/radio teams SOCIAL MEDIA REACH Total: 652.000 Spotify: 245.000 Fans / 900.000 monthly listeners INSTAGRAM : 47.000 FACEBOOK : 121.000 YOUTUBE : 133.000 Twitter: 18.000 Deezer: 36.000 Soundcloud: 49.000

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CRAVEN FAULTS

ERRATICS & UNCONFORMITIES 2021 REPRESS - second edition double black vinyl LP with revised red sleeve artwork street date: file under: territory:

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Erratics & Unconformities is the first album by Craven Faults.

It follows three EPs: Netherfield Works, Springhead Works and Nunroyd Works. Long-form analogue electronic journeys across decades and continents, and swathes of post-industrial northern Britain.

The journey on Erratics & Unconformities picks up where Netherfield Works left off. We take the canal towpath out of the city. We fork north shortly afterwards. Is this where it started? The terrain gradually becomes more rugged. Familiar. Wild.

Evidence of human activity is less immediate in this glacial landscape. It’s there if you seek it. But easy to ignore. If you listen carefully, you can still hear the weight of the ice-sheet carving its way through the rock.

Everything in its own time. The output from the old textile mill Craven Faults calls home is no longer as linear as it once was. There was no clear start point for the project, rather simply rediscovering the joy in experimentation with no material goals. Some of the recordings that make up Erratics & Unconformities go back almost seven years. Tracks have come and gone in that time. They don’t leave until they’ve undertaken a stringent quality control process. It started slowly, but has picked up momentum in the last eighteen months. Recorded and re-recorded to the correct level of imperfection, and then left to breathe. Mixed and re-mixed. Carefully compiled when the time was right.

• Signed to The Leaf Label following three highly regarded EP releases on the Lowfold Works label, Craven Faults’ debut album was originally released in January 2020 • This new edition is pressed on black vinyl in revised red artwork

• The album hit the heights of number 16 in the Official UK Independent Chart, and number 2 in the Indie Breakers Chart back in January 2020 • An excellent showing in retailers’ end of year lists, with Norman Records making Erratics & Unconformities their Album of the Year, plus inclusions from Bear Tree Records (#13), Love Record Stores (#52), Piccadilly (#42), Pie & Vinyl (Top 25), Resident (#7), South Records (#11) and Stranger Than Paradise • A full-page lead album review in Uncut headed up an impressive list of reviews

• Carefully constructed since day one, Craven Faults’ world draws on the the rural, industrial and geological heritage of the north of England • The identity of the producer behind Craven Faults is a closely guarded secret, though clues litter the landscape if you know where to look…

• Watch the videos for ‘Deipkier’ and ‘Vacca Wall’

The journey is just as important as the destination.

• Support from Kieran Hebden, Mary Anne Hobbs, Demdike Stare, Dan Snaith, Graham Massey, James Holden, Gold Panda, Bill Kouligas, Luke Abbott, Not Waving, Alessandro Cortini, Steve Davis, Stuart Maconie, Resident Advisor, NTS, NPR and Beats In Space

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“Hypnotic and engrossing” NPR “Craven Faults music provides a noirish, introspective ride through Farfisa drones and tape-hiss textures; it’s meditative, patient music for fans of Pye Corner Audio, Demdike Stare and James Holden” XLR8R

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SAM MEHRAN COLD BREW

TRACKLISTING 1. CLASHY 2. COLD BREW 3. BAD RELIGION 4. LOUNGY 5. GROOVY 6. NORMIE 7. STEELSIE 8. 70 9. XYLO 10. 73 11. 66 12. 71 13. 61 14. 74 15. 68 16. SHRED 17. SOAKED

OVERVIEW Curse. Matrix Metals. Flashback Repository. Explorers. Test Icicles. MELT. The Sweethearts.

Yoga. Blues Runner. Intense Dudes. Outer Limits Recordings. Sam E. Dangerr. Sam E. Slaughter. Sam Meringue. 2 X Love. Green Crack. Wingdings.

CATALOG NUMBER: WEIRD142 RELEASE DATE: July 30, 2021 FILE UNDER: Alternative “M”

Over his 15-year career, Sam Mehran started a lot of projects and played in a lot of bands. He released everything from pugnacious dance-punk to mesmeric disco loops; unhinged hip-hop beats to perfectly poised pop songs. He left behind a body of work that’s diverse, but never unfocused. As a songwriter, guitarist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, Sam possessed an instinctive understanding of popular music, able to break down a genre’s formal nuances and stylistic subtleties and remake them in his own image.

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Cold Brew is a posthumous collection of instrumental rock music that Sam recorded in Los Angeles between April and May 2018. Compiled under the guidance of Sam’s father, Abbas Mehran, it’s the first time that Sam’s solo music has been released under his own name.

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Before he died, Sam had recorded over one hundred songs for Cold Brew, a selection of which are presented here as they were recorded, without any additional production or remixing. Sam was usually very critical of his own work, with a tendency to second guess himself. But when speaking with friends, he talked about how freeing it was to make Cold Brew: to keep the songs short, to not dwell on production, to not think about his voice, to simply enjoy himself. With Cold Brew’s release, both longtime fans and newcomers to Sam Mehran’s world can enjoy his whimsical, wonderful legacy, too.

SELLING POINTS • Standard LP comes with download card.

• Deluxe LP comes on yellow vinyl with download card.

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Marcey Yates & XOBOI Culxr House:Freedom Summer July 30th, 2021 • All proceeds go to Culxr House and the artists.

• Limited edition of 300 pressed on transparent dark olive green vinyl.

• LP includes digital download.

On July 30th, Saddle Creek will release a bold new project in the form of Culxr House:Freedom Summer, a collaborative project showcasing a host of talent from Omaha, Nebraska, all of whom are tied to Culxr House: an innovative community hub based in the city that focuses on providing artists and creatives a safe space to grow their talent and obtain access to resources necessary to turn their art into economic opportunities. Culxr House exists to bridge both social and economic gaps through the cultivation of talent and artistry within the inner city.

Culxr House also served as a nerve center for the protests carried out in Omaha beginning in the summer of 2020, aka, Freedom Summer. The Culxr House family helped to pull people together, inspiring the community to talk about what needed to happen in order to evoke both global and local change. The collective family that are showcased on the new album ~ and the songs they created ~ grew from both those meetings and the venue’s open mic nights. The finished album is proof of the magic that can grow from collaboration and from instigating the bonds of community when it’s most needed.

Across its 11 tracks, a host of artists explore the socio-political climate of Omaha through the lens of hip hop. The entire project was spearheaded and produced by Marcey Yates, the founder of Culxr House and a distinct artist in his own right. He appears on almost every song here, alongside rapper Xoboi, with the only exceptions being the tracks ”Believer,” “Walky Tawky,” and Stay Sleep” where they put full creative control into the hands of fellow producers Dex Arbor and Rial Kell.

“My initial idea when Saddle Creek reached out to do the project,” says Yates, “was this seems like the opportunity I have been waiting on. Freedom Summer was inspired by the autumn of 1919, known as the “Red Summer” where white photo by Andre Sessions supremacist terrorism and race riots took place across the U.S. I wanted to share this experience with Artists I know personally and know their level of dedication.

Omaha, Nebraska has incredible hip hop artists and always has, but I also wanted to showcase what I felt was an overlooked group of artists, including myself. As artists we have an incredible platform and reach. Using art for activism is one of the ways us as artists can express how we feel and create awareness for our people and community. Coming out of the pandemic and a very emotional year I hope this record can tell our story.”

Each and every artist represented here brings something unique to the project and as such the album flows through a number of differing sounds and styles. At times the delivery is powerfully raw, elsewhere it is smooth and delicate, a reflection of the ever changing mood of protest. “Believer” is led by the west-coast inspired sound of Kieves, a nod to the golden-era of hip hop, while “Walky Tawky” creates an absorbing mellow atmosphere with deep, introspective, and visceral lyrics.

As with all great compilations, while Culxr House leads with its rich, absorbing sounds it is leant extra weight from the myriad stories and backgrounds which lie within it. The aforementioned Rial Kell is a Sudanese artist with a raw rapping style and delicate singing voice. Buddi da Gawd is the creator of Omaha’s N Houxe Records, and appears on closing song “F’rari Tawk.” He’s joined here by fellow N Houxe representatives Corro Corleone and Sauce Gawd. While Omaha’s rich Hip Hop history is represented by esteemed veterans of the Omaha’s scene, Conny Franko and Mars Black.

A wholly important release in its own right, the record is also a reflection of the strength found in Omaha’s culture and community. Available digitally and via a limited edition vinyl run, 50% of the album’s profits will be shared between the artists involved, with the other 50% donated directly to the Culxr House venue that brought this project to life.

Culxr House partner, community organizer, and contributor to the album JaKeen Fox summed up the impact of the project on the community: “What felt the most special about being a part of this project was hearing the variety of voices from Omaha artists. As a community organizer, I spend a lot of my time trying to convince people with power that my community has an opinion, a point of view. Freedom Summer affirmed my deepest beliefs that we are the best advocates for our own experiences and that we can tell that story beautifully, through art and creative expression. This project has something for everyone. It’s a mood and it’s more than that. It’s a time capsule. It’s a blueprint. It’s a protest. It’s a beginning. I’m just blessed to be a part of it.”

TRACK LISTING 01. Inherit the Earth 02. BUTFL DCY 03. Shitte Dae 04. Believer 05. Fruit SNX 06. Stay Sleep 07. Walky Tawky 08. Ghost Town District 09. BLKDOUT 10. Mona Lisa 11. F'rari Tawk

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Winterlight

Gestural Abstractions Street Date: 07/30/2021 Catalog #: MD297 Label: n5MD Format: Blue with black splatter LP Box lot: LP - 20 File under: post-rock, shoegaze, dream pop

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TRACKLISTING A1 Triptych A2 Memories Are Flotsam A3 Our Bodies Motionless A4 In Solitude B1 Harmonium Drones B2 Half Forgotten B3 Everything Had To Happen This Way

Gestural Abstractions is the third full-length album from post-shoegaze duo Winterlight. After an admittedly difficult gestation for their second album The Longest Sleep Through the Darkest Days, this new album developed organically and somewhat swiftly from the moment the pandemic lock-down was initiated. This mandatory seclusion allowed Tim Ingham to sit with his guitar or at the piano and play uninhibited. With daughter and bassist Bel returning home from university, her presence galvanized the creative process, which resulted in the duo writing their first song together: In Solitude. It is a song in which there is very much an equal display of Tim and Bel's influences and songwriting styles. Gestural Abstractions is a focused dynamic collection of works teeming with expressive confidence; An upliftingly shimmering shoegaze leaning post-rock gem.

HIGHLIGHTS • 3rd full length from father / daughter instrumental post-shoegaze outfit Winterlight • Winterlight has twice been named album of the month from Echoes radio show • Limited edition blue with black splatter LP plus download card

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RUTH MASCELLI A NIGHT AT THE BATHS Debut solo album by Ruth Mascelli of New Orleans no wave/glam/industrial group Special Interest. A Night At The Baths is a progression from their previous work under the Psychic Hotline moniker, as well as the electronic rhythms they supply as part of Special Interest, drawing on techno, acid house and ambient music. An album as journey in the best sense, starting with the late night pulse-racing dancefloor menace of “Sauna” and ending with the melancholy dawn chorus of “Missing Men”, with a strong narrative arc in between, told through a deft use of instrumental textures.

Ruth Mascelli comments: “This album is an audio diary of adventures had at various bathhouses, dark rooms, and gay clubs while on tour with Special Interest and traveling on my own. It was a way of wrapping my head around my own experiences in those very specific surroundings but also an attempt to connect to the current of queer history flowing through those spaces.

Cruising dystopia, libidinal contact, anonymity & risk - rites of passage with a potent lineage.

I was in a particularly dark and cavernous sex club when I heard an unstable melody crackling from down the hall. Instead of a proper sound system this place had the kind of network of tinny intercom speakers you would find in a school. The sound of a degraded pop song several rooms away getting lost amidst the chorus of heavy breathing was the starting point for this project.

I think of each individual track as it’s own room or physical space. Some may be lonely, some crowded, but I tried to leave them open enough to walk around and explore.”

Mastered by Rashad Becker. Cut by Beau Thomas. Artwork by Studio Tape Echo.

Tracklist A1. Sauna A2. Petri Dish A3. One For The Voyeurs B1. Libidinal Surplus B2. Hydrotherapy B3. Circle Of Shit B4. Sunrise B5. Missing Men

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American Dreams Records ZRL OUR SAVINGS

Were you to isolate the je ne sais quoi of Chicago music, you might identify an openness among its musicians to experiment. Chicago trio ZRL (Zachary Good, clarinet, recorder; Ryan Packard, percussion, electronics; Lia Kohl, cello), whose improvised music suggests a striking range of musical idioms, extends this lineage. Individually, their work runs broad and deep, and prioritizes improvisation as a crucial part of their creative practices. The three are highly regarded composers, instrumentalists and arrangers, and have collaborated with artists including International Contemporary Ensemble, Makaya McCraven, Whitney, Circuit des Yeux, and Natural Information Society. Our Savings, their new album and first LP, draws on the spirit of such collaborations, bringing together classical frameworks and sonic explorations, sliding from acoustic ambience to cacophonous clatter to quietly virtuosic displays of musical invention.

ZRL recorded Our Savings during a residency at Edgar Miller’s Glasner Studio in Chicago, and the album draws influence from the space in which it was recorded: a cavernous room, trimmed with stained glass, called the Garden of Paradise. Close considerations reveal Easter eggs throughout: wild creatures living in windows and ceiling beams, scrap

tile lining a fireplace. This freespirited blend is characteristic of Miller, who produced hundreds of commercial commissions, many in Chicago and its environs, and was highly regarded in his time as a master of seemingly any medium: printmaking, painting, woodwork, batik, graphic design, cutlery, stained glass. Like Miller, ZRL works without sketches, synthesizing a broad array of creative lineages and approaches.

Together, the trio’s instruments wash, crash, sprint, glide and divide, darting around and between each other, like they’re playing hide-and-seek.

Even in a space as generative as the Glasner, the challenges of focused group improvisation remained. “Our solution,” says the trio, “was to treat each take as a performance, interspersing recording with crowding in the tiny kitchen to simulate a greenroom and filing out to the ‘stage.’”

The results are playful and textural yet austere, often evoking other sound sources entirely. “Recent Ornithology,” insistent and jarring, evokes bagpipes, sirens, busted windshield wipers. Between “Daylight Savings” and “Remarkable Savings,” Good oscillates between soft drones and piercing, frenetic octaval hurdles, recalling ice cream trucks and baseball cards in bicycle spokes.

RIYL: Arthur Russell, The Necks, Guillaume de Machaut, Ariana Grande

American Dreams Records is a Chicago-based experimental label dedicated to showcasing art inspired by patience, intention, perseverance, hope, and leaving the world a little more beautiful than we found it. Our ethos is rooted in story-telling, inclusivity, community, and cohabitation with the natural world.

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Meanwhile, “Our Savings” conjures Arthur Russell’s Tower of Meaning presented by an outer space ensemble; as Packard’s electronics collide with his bandmates’ chordal drones, Kohl’s bowing quickens and disintegrates, like a rocket on reentry.

The band approached recording with a visual quality: “We were throwing a moment at the wall and seeing what shapes we could make.”

On occasion, their instruments trade roles: on “ATM” or “Butterish,” Kohl’s bowing takes on a percussive quality, while Packard charts melodic movement and Good’s clarinet evokes a cello or synthesized sound wave. ZRL’s music incorporates the sounds of their environment into their considerations: someone power washing the building next door, a flock of birds. There’s a clear parallel between their album and Miller’s work, about which, in 1932, Architecture magazine wrote that “the composition emerges fullblown, with superb finish, from the material itself.” No surprise that Our Savings emerged in much the same way. “We were in our own worlds, often totally in sync, often creating spaces unknown to us at the time, conjuring objects and colors and references that we only hear later, now, with you.”

Label: American Dreams Records Release Date: 7/30/2021 Cat#: 26 ADR Format: LP Barcodes: LP: 727431747112

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ARUU2 & KZYBOOST A. Shooby Dooby B. Booststep

Taste of a brand new collaborative album from well known Japanese producers Aru-2 and Kzyboost This 7" marks the rst time both artists have had an international release together Both producers are underground xtures in the beat tape scene worldwide, earning acclaim with a slew of DIY and collaborative releases over the last few years

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Cat # BJ733 Packaging: 7”white paper sleeve

Bastard Jazz is happy to give a rst look at mainstay Japanese producers Aru-2 & Kzyboost's full length album "Hot Pants" (August 13) with a special 7" showcasing a couple of favorites from the album. On the A side is "Shooby Dooby", a slice of future funk with a bubbling analog synth bassline and Aru-2's signature talkbox vocals, while on the B-Side "Boost Step" takes things a little more downtempo into instrumental hip-hop territory, still rife with funk vibes, and synth solos. ri

The Holy Family - The Holy Family

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The debut album by The Holy Family has arrived to bewitch and delight. The scope of ‘The Holy Family’ is boundless. It’s an intrepid voyage through sound-worlds, as This Heat-esque polyrhythms, spidery zeuhl, oceanic kosmische, blissful Robert Wyatt-via-Talk Talk-esque pastoral and even Lalo Schifrin-esque celluloid-score tension are visited in search of some greater universal truth. Yet all of these stylistic forays are married with relentless dream logic into one unifying kaleidoscopic vision. The aesthetic of The Holy Family evolved naturally via first improvisation and then a very meticulous crafting of the raw material. Recording sessions involved Smith and his cohorts - including longtime collaborators Kavus Torabi, Emmett Elvin, Sam Warren and Michael J. York - retreating to “an old house in the country well stocked with the requisite fine wines and jazz cigarettes” to lay down tracks that were then sculpted into their eventual form by Smith and engineer/mixer Antti Uuismaki, for approval and final overdubs from the rest of the collective. Mercurial and mystical yet charged with primal energy, this is a classic double album as forum for chimerical experimentation - shifting in form and structure every time it travels from the record racks to the stereo, and revealing yet more psychic landscapes with each listen.

01. I Have Seen The Lion Walking 02. Skulls The ....03. Inward Turning Suns 04. Stones To Water 05. Desert Night 06. Wrapped In Dust 07. World You Are Coming To 08. Inner Edge Of Outer Mind 09. A New Euphoria 10.

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