OLAFUR ARNALDS - '...AND THEY HAVE ESCAPED THE WEIGHT OF DARKNESS'

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• ERATP022LP - LP

  4050486020104

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Ólafur Arnalds' second full-length album “...And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness” black vinyl repress. With this album, Ólafur Arnalds continued his mission to entice an indie-generation of pop and rock fans into an emotive world of beguiling electronic chamber music and delicate classical arrangements.

Tracks

1. ?? ert s?lin
2. ?? ert j?r?in
3. Tungli?
4. Lofti? ver?ur skyndilega kalt
5. Kjurrt
6. Gleypa okkur
7. H?gt, kemur lj?si?
8. Undan hulu
9. ?au hafa sloppi?
undan ?unga myrkursins

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APRIL MARCH / KELLEY STOLTZ - 'APRIL MARCH SINGS KELLEY STOLTZ'

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• AGIT070 - 12"

  5061041820038

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4 special tracks recorded by April March and Kelley Stoltz, whereby April sings Kelley Stoltz songs in french, and also in english; Music by kelley, vocals by April! A one off meeting of undrground pop legends, and overground garage rock royalty. Mixed / Masterd by Warren DeFever at Third Man. Red colour vinyl version. Ooh La La! C'est Magnifique April March: I was in Nashville with Olivia Jean on a little break from shooting our "Allons Y" video at Third Man. I got in her car and she cranked up her playlist. Out jumped "Double Exposure". I went bananas right there in the passenger seat. "Kelley Stokes!", she smiled wide. It reminded me of something I'd heard in a dream. I went around singing songs from "Double Exposure" for a few weeks zeroing in on "Are You My Love" and "Your Face". I thought to myself cover-wise there's nothing to add here, they're perfect as is but maybe some French versions would be a kick so I asked for an intro. A few months later I was in San Francisco kicking out the Bonne Mamans with Kelley in his studio. Lucky me and thanks to Agitated Records lucky you too. Kelley Stoltz: “Like almost everyone in the world I was dazzled by April March's take on "Chick Habit" back in the late 90s. It was such an up feeling and joyful sound in the music and vocals. At odds with the manly wails and bleak outlooks that were standard song fare of those days. You can develop a crush on the voice in your speakers, you know! I did anyway. I was so pleased to hear from her in person and out of the blue, years later, and find out she wanted to do her own versions of my songs. I soon got to re-recording the music bits, and as she asked, stayed pretty true to their original form… maybe even improving on them just a tad. She appeared at my door one day and we instantly hit it off and laughed and sang and climbed on an elliptical machine. We did some recording and then took a walk and ate tacos. She even gave my daughter her first book. We're just friends, but I'll always have that crush when I hear her voice! I hope you enjoy April March Sings Kelley Stoltz as much as I did working on them.”

Tracks

Side A
1: Are You My Love
2: Your Face
Side B
3: Es-Tu Mon Amour
4: Ton Visage

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THE SPACE LADY - 'THE SPACE LADY'S OTHER HITS'

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• LSSN090 - MLP

  5061041820168

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Originally released as a bonus compact disc to the original The Space Lady's Greatest Hits CD, "Other Hits" is a 6 track E.P. of music never released on vinyl. Culled from the same original 1990 recording sessions that were the source of the original "Greatest Hits," which has gone on to multiple pressings and licenses. First time on limited Clear vinyl, the tracks are amazingly remastered for release by Mikey Young. The Space Lady began her odyssey on the streets of Boston in the late 70s, then San Francisco ten years later, playing versions of contemporary pop music with an accordion and dressed flamboyantly. Following the theft and destruction of her accordion , The Space Lady invested in a then-new Casio keyboard, complete with a phase shifter, delay pedal and headset mic, birthing an otherworldly new dimension to popular song that has captured the imaginations of the underground and its leading exponents ever since. The Space Lady’s Other Hits were recorded as they were played on the street, live, one-take, with Schneider playing, singing and simultaneously manipulating the various effects. Beginning with Elvis Presley’s iconic All Shook Up, the walking bassline underpinning the vocal, phasing in and out of this dimension, providing a fragile, extraterrestrial shadow to Presley’s original lust-driven performance. Slapback Boomerang is an original composition, written by Schneider’s then-husband Joel Dunsany a Rock ’n’ Roll pounder that could have been performed by The Cramps, its tale of relationship turmoil changed into a meditation on the nature of echo and feedback. There are moments where Schneider performs vocal caesuras, swimming in delay and phase for the pleasure of it, a pantomime drama performance that rings out. Closing Side B, Puttin’ On The Ritz is Irving Berlin’s 20s smash hit manipulated into a sombre ballad with its latent class struggle narrative brought to the fore. A staple of The Space Lady’s performances to this day, Golden Earring’s 70s global hit Radar Love retains something of the original’s driving gallop but in The Space Lady’s telling it is shorn of the tight-trousered, taut machismo. The Space Lady coos and reaches up into the heavens away from the road, the phaser waves drenching the composition with transcendence. Schneider’s falsetto performances in the choruses do nothing but lift the spirits ever-arching upwards. Next, The Space Lady emasculated Jim Morrison’s performance in The Doors’ 20th Century Fox. Faithfully playing Ray Manzarek’s keyboard parts on her Casio, Schneider disintegrates Morrison’s lust into waves of echo and delay, creating a Dubbed out version of the song, sounding eroded and decayed in all its ghostly glory. Pioneering Rock ’n’ Roll outfit Pete & The Pirates’ 1960 hot Shakin’ All Over, something of a response to Elvis’ All Shook Up, is blown out in warm fuzz and the celestial hug of The Space Lady’s spirit.

Tracks

1. All Shook Up
2. Slapback Boomerang
3. Puttin' On The Ritz
4. Radar Love
5.20th Century Fox
6. Shakin' All Over

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VARIOUS - 'CRAWLING THE WALLS / MEETS....'

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• AGIT013CD - CD

  5061041820014

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CHEAP PRICE COMPILATION CD of rare, unreleased, forthcoming, and brilliant tracks from the Agitated Label,and friends.. Like a massive bag of pick and mix to have a party with.. features Straight Arrows, Kelley Stoltz, Carlton Melton, oldboy, Headland, Laurel Canyon, Catatonic Suns, Last of Easy Riders, Icarus Line, Blamers, and much more besides.. 500 CD ...cheap...and tasty.. some tracks first time on CD, some exclusive to this release.. its fun! But whats that?..its not just a single CD label comp, its been double bagged with a extra CD, put together as a collection of “Radio Shows” by good friends of Agitated, The Hawk and KBCD radio!!! Heres what they had to say about DISC 2!!!! “CD2: The Agitated Radio Show on KBCD Radio - The Hawk presents a chemical hit of underground medicine all the way from Nixon County... "a repeat of CD1?" you may unreasonably ask - no, friends, it most certainly isn't.” Only 500/.. grab it on RSD 24..

Tracks

Straight Arrows - Fast Product (first time on CD)
Kelley Stoltz - Reni's Car (upcoming June 2024 release)
Laurel Canyon - Madame Hits the Wire (from S/T LP)
Old Boy - Sho Caller (first time on CD)
Catatonic Suns - Fell Off (from S/T 2024 LP)
Blamers - Apple (LP only release in march 2024)
Hoss - Also, Just for You (unreleased remaster, reissued later 2024)
Koolaid (Global Tyranny) - The Process (early Agitated classic! First time on CD)
Icarus Line - Slow Death (first/only time on CD)
Laurel Canyon - M (Unreleased Cover version)
Joel Silbersher - Half a Mind (prev 7" only release)
Kings of the F>>> Sea - I Walk Alone (Live) (from 2021 Live release)
Carlton Melton - Vanquished (from the 2023 release)
Headland - Ode To Death Trip (from the 2019 release)
Old Boy -Proper Sons (from the 2022 LP)
Last of the Easy Riders - Woodland Echoes (from the 2019 album release)
Kelley Stoltz - Plants (prev only on a bonus 7")
Straight Arrows - Carpe Diem (exclusive cover for this comp)

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MOTORPSYCHO - 'SMALL BOATS'

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• NFGS0224 - 2xCDs

  9008798495078

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Motorpsycho has been an ongoing concern for nigh on 35 years, starting out in 1989 just as alternative rock was coming into it’s own, they’ve gone on to expand and evolve organically into a band that over the years has toured most of the world and dabbled in pretty much every musical style you’d care to mention. But also one that never stood still long enough for the general audience to catch up – a mixture of ambition, impatience and lack of commercial nous made sure of that. All of this makes Motorpsycholand an exciting world to visit regularly for the fan, but also a bit of a nightmare to access for the uninitiated. After something like 50 album releases, it’s a huge and a daunting task to take on. To mark the founding of their own label NFGS and its UK distribution with fmd, the band have allowed fmd to create a UK only 2CD release for RSD 2024 to act as a primer /intro. 500 copies only to be made.

Tracks

Disc 1
1. Psychonaut (Trust Us 1998)
2. Uberwagner or A Billion Bubbles in my Mind (It?s A Love Cult 2002)
3. Hotel Daedelus (Yay! 2023)
4. Upstairs-Downstairs (Let Them Eat Cake 2000)
5. The Magpie (The All Is One 2020)
6. The United Debased (Kingdom of Oblivion 2021)
7. The Promise (Behind the Sun 2014)
8. Hell, Pt 1-3 (Still Life With Eggplants 2013)
9. Year Zero [A Damage Report] (Little Lucid Moments 2008)
10. Pills, Powders & Passion Plays w/ Jaga Jazzist Horns (In The Fishtank 2002)
(+ secret track 11 - Hogwash)

Disc 2
1. Psycholab (Neigh! 2024 unreleased)
2. Un Chien d?Espace (Angels and Daemons at Play 1997)
3. Feel (Timothy?s Monster 1994)
4. Sinful, Windborne (Blissard 1996)
5. Sail On (Black Hole/Blank Canvas 2006)
6. Psychotzar (The Crucible 2019)
7. Lacuna/Sunrise (Here Be Monsters 2016)
8. The Bombproof Roll and Beyond (heavy Metal Fruit 2010)
9. For Free (Phanerothyme 2000)
10. The Tower (the Tower 2017)
(+ secret track 11 - Rock Bottom from the recent sold out 7")

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