SNAKE - 'UNDREAMS'

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• SOS214 - LP

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Heavily distorted guitar. Trashy drums. Filthy ol’ synthesizer. In the beginning of 2014 some noisy shit started to go down in a nuked out cave in Södermalm, Stockholm. And it went fast. Three old friends found each other in a new gang. New melodies, new beats and new noise. The new band turned out to be Snake. A venomous act with it’s roots in the most anti-digital garagepunk underground there is. Dark without being geeky emoish. Raw and hard without turning into a full on hardcore punk assault. It took Snake just a month to secure their first gig. And then the bookings started to poor in from all over Sweden, from Umeå in the North to more southern. In 2014 they’ve shared the stage with obscure acts like the Chinese punk terrorists Fan Zui Xian Fa, as well as hipster media darlings like Bass Drum Of Death. And now it’s 2015 and Snake has just been able to do their first proper recording, produced by Stefan Brändström in his studio “The Dustward”.

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MOCK MEDIA - 'MOCK MEDIA II'

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• MM01 - LP

  5052442025351

• MM010SX2 - LP (COLOURED)

  5061041820328

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**YELLOW/BLACK SPLATTER VINYL REPRESS SHIPPING NOW** Mock Media's (Crack Cloud, N0V3L, Pottery, Painted Fruits) debut LP Mock Media II - out on Meat Machine captures this fire brand four piece's head - on plunge into enthralling existential contradictions: songs that explore the darkest corners of humanity, yet come out at the other end with the unwavering joy that marked their genesis. It's an album of sneaky eclecticism: the high-wired punk rock stylings serve as Mock Media's framework to clad their agog explorations into pop, electronic and world folk music. Mock Media, Canada's new supergroup, contains members: Evan Aasen, Garnet Aronyk Muhammad, Austin Boylan and Bennett Smith. Mock Media originates in Vernon, British Columbia, a small farming town surrounded by blue lakes and majestic mountain ranges. Such wholesome beginnings naturally sparked a heady wanderlust and DIV - spirit with in its founding members. The album's connective tissue is a knack for crafty, tongue-in-cheek pop melodies and the kind of plucky story telling that chronicles the greater complexities of life-chapters where strife and survival are usually rife.

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1. ILL
2. Louis won't break
3. Father of that crime
4. Rambo
5. Modern Visions
6. Madness
7. A Reason
8. Touch the Ground
9. Get on the Ship
10. The Weight is on

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FRANCIS OF DELIRIUM - 'LIGHTHOUSE'

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• DR1077LP - LP

  5070002789109

• DR1077CD - CD

  5070002789123

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*REPRESSED AND BACK IN STOCK ON BLACK VINYL* Francis of Delirium is the moniker of 22-year old, Luxembourg-based Jana Bahrich. The young artist’s incredible journey up until this point has seen her release 3 critically acclaimed EPs, ‘All Change’, 'Wading’ and ‘The Funhouse’. With praise so far from the likes of Stereogum, FADER, Pitchfork, Line of Best Fit, 6 Music, Radio 1, KEXP and NPR to name but a few, Francis of Delirium is on the precipice of something extremely exciting with debut album ‘Lighthouse’. The announcement of ‘Lighthouse’ comes following a busy year of touring with the likes of Soccer Mommy, Briston Maroney, Horsegirl, The Districts and hitting Eurosonic, Iceland Airwaves and Tree Fort Fest, as well as opening for The 1975 & Kings of Leon. Production duties on ‘Lighthouse’ were shared by Catherine Marks (Boygenius, Wolf Alice) and Jana Bahrich/Chris Hewitt. ‘Lighthouse’ was mixed by Jolyon Thomas (U2, Royal Blood).

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01. Ballet Dancers (Never Love Again)
02. Real Love
03. First Touch
04. Want You
05. Blue Tuesday
06. Cliffs
07. Starts To End
08. Alone Tonight
09. Something?s Changed
10. Who You Are
11. Give it Back to Me

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'Tackling big existential questions and turbulent emotions, (Francis of Delirium) throw off promising sparks of brilliance." - Pitchfork

"Wolf Alice?s darker ego? absolute goosebumps." - BBC Radio 1, Future Artists

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THE PILL - 'HOLLYWOOD SMILE'

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• SOS231 - LP

  4260016922314

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Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Desire, an everlasting grip of that youthful energy, that fire and fury you felt playing a style of music that gives you a lifelong addiction and appreciation. If you’ve once been part of that certain something, that became part of your identity, it never lets you go. Drummer Sascha, bassist Jan, guitarists Philipp and Tobias know how it is getting older but still feeling the fire. The four friends shook up the scenes out of Frankfurt in the 90s and 00s. They played in different bands, they toured Europe and the US of A, they were mods, punks, hardcore kids. And they never lost their connection and love for their music. That’s why they got together some years back, rehearsing and writing songs just for the heck of it. Out of pure desperation the four of them were thinking about staying a goddamn instrumental band, maybe working with projections and shit to fog the fact that there was something initial missing: a singer. The road was calling their names, and they wanted to play shows and let you and you and you know what they got... So, they gave it one last try to find somebody to fill the void behind the mic. What helped was a platform – basically Tinder for musicians – to find that certain somebody. They kept it simple and only dropped one thing: #blackflag. On the other side of the screen there is Sam, a mystical, ghostly punkrock fairy. Sam shares that same hashtag, and she wants to sing. So, why not give it a try? Sam takes the offer, shows up in the rehearsal space, and the rest is history. Sam owns it. Sam is prepared. Sam can sing, scream, kick ass and has the lyrics to back it all up! On different occasions they now set stages on fire. They played a sweaty show in a packed Molotow cellar at Reeperbahn Festival, they joined the “Female Fronted Is Not A Genre” festival at legendary SO36 in Berlin and took the place by storm. They are ready. They were born ready. And they have that record to prove it. As any classic hardcore/punk LP it’s almost over before it started. Ten songs in twenty minutes. That’s the way. I Am A God sets the tone: “You think that I’m a girl?”, Sam asks, “Let me tell you I am a god/ And you know that I’m heaven sent.” What else would Sam be? The legendary hashtagged Californian hardcore icons drip out of every note here. This is old-school knowledge, played today. Fast, furious, and packed with energy. But it’s way more than just a bland tribute. It’s a middle-finger that finds its own direction. Salary Man allows itself a certain amount of melody – also carried by Sam who obviously can do more than bellow. Or Somewhere that shows that The Pill is a more dimensional band that can even Hüsker Dü things up if they are willing to. The Bitter Pill presents itself surprisingly angular and kind of melancholic. And What’s New almost makes its way into post-hardcore territory. Inbetween Switch and Off give you all the Greg Ginn vs. Dez Cadena your damaged souls were desperately striving for. The debut album Hollywood Smile will be released on April 5th, 2024 by Hamburg’s Sounds Of Subterrania.

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01. Switch
02. Hollywood Smile
03. What?s New
04. Worms
05. Salaryman
06. Government Whore 07. Somewhere
08. The Bitter Pill
09. Parking Lot
10. Complexe

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DR SURE'S UNUSUAL PRACTICE - 'TOTAL REALITY'

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• ETT-110 - LP

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Total Reality is the sound of a group in constant forward motion, finding new sounds and new ways to express their joy and catharsis in making music together. On album opener 'Slug' the band sing ‘I’m feeling like a slug so I gotta visit the doctor’, and though reliably tongue-in-cheek you get the feeling they mean it - the members using Dr Sure’s Unusual Practice as a vessel to lift each other up while unpacking the collective fatigue of life in late-capitalist society. “A mood like that, you're apt to stay in it, not dial your way out. Despair like that, about total reality, is self-perpetuating." - Philip K Dick On their third LP Total Reality - a title ripped from the classic sci-fi novel ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?’ - Dr Sure's Unusual Practice tackle lofty issues through a hopeful lense, avoiding the often cynical pastiche of modern punk music. Total Reality touches on varied influences - proto-punk to post-punk, new wave to no wave, krautrock to trip-hop - to concieve something fresh and inspired. Beginning in 2018 as a solo project, here Dougal Shaw is joined by an ever-expanding collective. In addition to a core band (Jake Suriano, Miranda Holt, Tali Harding-Hone, Mathias Dowle) the new record features contributions from Jack McCullagh (Cracodile), Stu Patterson (The Empty Threats/Placement), Alannah Sawyer (Babyccino/Mouseatouille), as well as Shaw’s partner Alivia Lester, and baby Blue - who also adorns the album cover. An almost polar approach to the band’s acclaimed second LP ‘Remember The Future? Vol. 2 & 1’, which was tracked live in a recording studio, Shaw refers to Total Reality as a ‘collage album’. There are pieces of pandemic-era demo’s; drum machines coexisting with a live-tracked rhythm section; fresh collaborations; layers of guitars, synths, horns and percussion; collected field recordings and samples - all cut and glued in Shaw’s home studio to realise an expansive and colourful record.

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ROWENA WISE - 'SENSELESS ACTS OF BEAUTY'

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• DR1088LP - LP (COLOURED)

  5070002789130

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**FIRST PRESSING ON LTD BLUE VINYL** Written after a relationship’s end, Rowena Wise’s Senseless Acts of Beauty is a stunning and searingly honest record. A new yet accomplished artist, Rowena grew up in the Western Australian surf town of Margaret River perfoming in her family’s folk band. Now grown up and living in Melbourne, her electric solo live performances of recent years has seen a real word of mouth build around her. A songwriter inspired by the strong storytelling sensibilities of 60s folk icons, Senseless Acts of Beauty delivers on the promise hinted at by her live show. Full of emotional depth, its ten tracks offer heady ruminations on love, loss, and alienation. And by electing to record them all live in the room, often in one take, the kinks and blemishes add weight to the lived experience of Rowena’s lyrics.

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A1. In for the Kill / A2. Nobody?s Saviour / A3. 26 Hours / A4. Forgiving Up / A5. Indifferent / B1. Life of the Party / B2. New Years / B3. Knife / B4. We Are Nothing B5. Gone

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May
16th-18th - The Great Escape
Brighton 21st - The Social
London 25th - Deansgate Mews Festival
Manchester
June
1st - This Must Be The Place Festival
Leeds 18th - Sebright Arms
London ^
July
4th - Phoenix
Exeter * 5th - Minack Theatre
Penzance * 6th - The Tin Music & Arts, Coventry

* ^ w/ Didirri * w/ Lanterns on the Lake

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JESSE - 'COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY'

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• LRR054 - 2xLPs

  5060462853410

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Reissue of the 90’s Hidden Gem originally released on the infamous “Rugger Bugger” Records, featuring Frankie Stubbs of Leatherface. The album is a complete Discography, of all things Jesse on a double album, one unreleased song and everything remastered for its release. “Stubbs seems on the verge of breakdown into sorrowful melancholy on a number of tracks, only with an air of odd defiance, as if he's hurting but knows he'll weather it. He inspires hard empathy instead of irritation. You look forward to Stubbs' lyrics and he never fails, particularly as one experiences them with that gut-wrenching sincerity clutched within that sandpaper-voiced howl.” – Jack Rabbid Remastered – Nigel Walton – The Edit Suite & Graeme Philliskirk Artwork – Cactus Vella

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1. Indestructable / 2. Smarm / 3. Gone Fishing / 4. Everwas / 5. Jack Christ / 6. As Your Mind Closed, Mine Was Opening / 7. Rant / 8. World / 9. A Song About a Dog, That's Not a Dog Anymore / 10. Room / 11. Paradoxical Thing / 12. Handful of Earth / 13. Big Freeze / 14. Truly Beautiful / 15. Rant (7" Singe Mix) / 16. A Song About a Dog, That's Not a Dog Anymore (7" Single Mix) / 17. Indestructable (7" Single Mix) / 18. Room (7" Single Mix) / 19. Handful of Earth (7" Single Mix) / 20. Jack Christ (7" Single Mix) / 21. Paradoxical Thing (7" Single Mix) / 22. Hey Hey

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MEMO PST - 'S/T'

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• ITR387 - LP

  657628444619

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“Memo PST was formed in 2022 by longtime associates Orville Neeley and Chris Shaw. “The band released a self recorded cassette demo and played a handful of shows in California before setting up shop at Discount Mirrors (the neighborhood studio owned by John Dwyer and Eric Bauer) to lay down an LP. “Recorded the first five days in May of 2023, the debut album from Memo PST features twelve blasts of raw and primitive Los Angeles punk rock, with Orville Neeley (Bad Sports, OBN IIIs) handling songwriting duties and Chris Shaw (Ex-Cult, Vile Nation) handling vocals and lyrics. “The debut long player from Memo PST is everything fans have come to expect from the two longtime fixtures in underground rock, but also features some of their most memorable songs yet, including ‘I Used To Be A Pretty Boy’ the debut single from the band that sold out in hours via record label In The Red. “The black and white album cover photo (taken behind the iconic rocker shop Worship) and the stark presentation that Memo PST has thus far deployed is a clear statement that this is punk made for punks, and the band has little to no regard for current trends created and championed by those less informed. “Written, recorded, and released in Los Angeles, this is the latest chapter in the LA transplants discography, and only the beginning of what we can expect to hear from the songwriting duo. “Rounding out the live lineup is life long Los Angeles punk Danny Clodfelter on bass and San Clemente surf punk Jackson Todd on drums. Crumple up your scribblings, this is Memo PST.”

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1. Coming Back From Hell
2. Blue Cellophane
3. Chipped Teeth
4. Dog Meds
5. Best Ones Leave
6. Night Circuit
7. Platform Damage
8. Reptile Zodiac
9. I Used To Be A Pretty Boy
10. Rise Fall Repeat
11. Under Your Chains
12. Your Past Is A Mirror

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Debut album my new group featuring
members of Bad Sports, OBN IIIs, Ex-Cult,
and Vile Nation

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JAQEE NAKIRI - 'FLY HIGH'

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• SOS229 - LP

  4260016922291

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Jaqee's last album with the promising title "Fly High" leads the inclined listener into a sometimes idiosyncratic fermentation of street-ready R'n'B, pop aesthetics, jazz intellect, world music earthiness, chanting Afro soul and sensitivity and softness of classical music and orchestral warmth, which is defined by Jaqee's voice throughout all tracks, but never overridden. Thilo "Teka" Jacks, who produced "Fly High", is looking for musical salvation and the courage to change things up in order to illustrate unity, also in busy, heated, African sub-currents like High Life, but also in European dancefloor stereotypes and even traces of soca and merengue, all of course always only thought of, because the real main actor is and remains Jaqee's sustained singing, her unique intonation and her voice, which sometimes sounds clear and angry, other times fragile and sensitive - that's the way it should be. Despite or precisely because of this immensely expressive character of the album, it is advisable to listen to the work several times: Jaqee makes music with sophistication and expression and a look that also allows for sheer black music entertainment, "Fly High" proves this with lasting effect. "Fly High" is now available on vinyl for the first time.

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01. Hello (It's Me Are You There)
02. Water It
03. Fly High
04. Oh Sister
05. Lullaby
06. Kampala Traffic (Skit)
07. Tambuula
08. Miracle
09. Kalangala (Skit)
10. My Life
11. Perfect World
12. Zola's Dance
13. All In
14. Don't Fuss

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JAQEE NAKIRI - 'YES I AM'

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• SoS228 - LP

  4260016922284

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Jaqee – is rhythm and life ”Places becoming journeys in themselves… Different places where I have lived and learned, places that have made my heart beat, the emotional realms that I have experienced. This is where it all starts, every time. Where I am is where it happens, because I am, there. Here.” She sings. She laughs! And she cries, too. Jaqee cannot tell when music and singing became her life, it has ”just always been there, in my head” she says. Now with the fourth album she has taken a closer look at herself, from every possible angle. No hiding. Different phases, different sides of her personality and musical creativity are all there. All as one. ”I am a diaspora kid, I fell in love with all kinds of music, I let myself embrace it all, because good music, is good music. All the way from Uganda at age 13 to the new home and culture in Sweden, then leaving Sweden as an adult for Berlin – has made me the Jaqee that I am”, says the Ugandan /Swedish artist who also received a Swedish Grammy nomination for her past work. Being on the move is without a doubt an important part of her life. “For me travelling is about being exposed to different perceptions, situations, cultures and extreme emotions, it has always made me grow. How many times have I not thought that: I wouldn’t have experienced this or that, if hadn’t been here. I love that feeling!” Jaqee’s music reflects this constant movement and progress. The album is inspired by places like Berlin, South Africa and Jamaica. The trip to Jamaica resulted in the only collaboration track on “Yes I am” recorded in Kingston with reggae artist Anthony B. Teka, the “Kokoo Girl” and “Yes I am” Producer says: ”This time around, like on the last album, we have worked with our colleagues in different countries. Musicians we love and musicians that are inspiring like Martin Hederos (The Soundtrack of our lives) who arranged the strings on the album. We also had New York drummer Daru Jones of Rusic Records play on some tracks. All these talents enhance the idea and expression that we wanted for “Yes I am”. With the album done, it is again time to hit the road and tour for Jaqee. “Getting out there and meeting the crowd is a high. We laugh, we dance and we get loud together. This is the best part of working with music – having a good time together. Music is a universal language.” On composing music, she admits that this time, more than ever, the words matter. Newly found motherhood has made this album in particular a significant legacy. Every song has a life punctuation of its own she has not limited herself by thinking in genres. Making the tone very straightforward. “The melodies and lyrics are closely intertwined, how I sing a word makes all the difference. Even though I love word play, it has to be very clear. Since I am not educated in reading music, I instead visualize and hear it, it seems to be the way my system works. It is all about rhythm and life, it is “YES I AM“.

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01. Hero (Intro)
02. Yes I Am
03. Does He Love Me
04. Dance
05. Drop Of Water
06. Smile
07. Take A Stand
08. Muziki
09. Docta Martens
10. Bad Mind
11. A Mighty Good Time

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JAQEE NAKIRI - 'KOKOO GIRL'

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• SoS227 - LP

  4260016922277

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For the fourth time now Jaqee introduces herself to the World with her impressive voice and her unique attitude. Born in Kampala, the Capital of Uganda, she began her vagabond like life the moment she was born. During her childhood, she travelled the rural areas of her home country with her parents. This is where she collected her first impressions of the life as a nomad. From birth on, wandering the earth became a part of her destiny. In the early nineties she undertook a huge step and immigrated to Sweden. The City of Gothenburg would become her adopted home from where she was able to access all the different destinies and directions, which were on offer to her. Through all the borders Jaqee crossed, music has always been her steady companion whereas it never was a stereotype thing that let her get down with any special genre, than more like a special feeling. “To do what I want in a particular moment is my motivation. I like to express myself in all kind of sounds.” So above all, she became a true nomad in the world of music. After several successful co-operations with numerous artists, in 2005 Jaqee made an impact with her debut album “Blaqalixious”, which was mainly a Soul and R&B album. “That was my direct contact to the music that a rural community in the Diaspora plays” she explains. But it did not end up there because a nomad like Jaqee does not settle anywhere. After further creative and fruitful collaborations, Jaqee released her second long player “Nouvelle d´ amour” in 2007. This time, the sound was more of a rocking, bluesy vibe. It seemed to be the total opposite to her debut album but for Jaqee it was only the next step on her path in the circle of life. “Everything is possible as long as it is real. I never wonder about things like genre as long as the vibe fits.” One step further on, she encountered the songs of Billie Holiday, which lead to the album “A letter to Billie” recorded together with Bohuslänbigband, a lovely homage to the great American Jazz Singer. Both of her first two albums each received a Swedish Grammy nomination and several appearances in the Swedish national television increased her standing as a passionate and soulful Singer. So Teka, producer and creator of many successful riddims for his co-found German label, Rootdown Records considered her to be part of his new project “Koala Desperados“, which link Caribbean vibes like Cumbia to Reggae, and while working on it a totally new idea was born. Jaqee and Teka decided to combine both their talents into one album. The results of which you can now hear on “Kokoo Girl” a refreshing mix of Old School Reggae sounds from the seventies combined with up-to-date Beats, electronic twists and turns and of course the amazing voice of Jaqee. For her, this means that she has achieved some of her ambitions. “I grew up with African Gospel, in sad and turbulent environment, so for me, this means I grasp and totally understand the reggae and its non ending struggle for the common man.” No sooner said than done and “Kokoo Girl” will become Jaqee’s fourth and newest release. All the paths she followed, countries she crossed and influences she absorbed are a part of this album. She sings with the freedom of spirit of the travelling people. The word “Kokoo” is the only memory that remains everlasting. It is just a word but its impact is so huge that Jaqee does not really like to explain it. “It implies irony and seriousness as well as sarcasm and fun.” It is more than a gimmick. “Kokoo” is a very special feeling and a clear view of the world from an artist who has seen more of it than all the people that have settled down. 

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01. Natty Dread
02. Pink Drunken Elephant
03. Moonshine
04. Kokoo Girl
05. Land Of The Free
06. Take It Or Leave It
07. Take A Walk With Me
08. Take The Train
09. Voodoo Elephant
10. Letter To Samson
11. The Day B4 Last
12. Healing Waters

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JAQEE NAKIRI - 'NALUBAALE'

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• SOS243 - LP

  4260016922437

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Love, Love, Love, Love will make you walk a thousandcmiles to be with her. She is the wisdomcyou long to have, the courage you nevercthought you had. Love is peace, she is patient, she is Kind. Love will heal that infected wound that you long gave up on to heal, more powerful than any weapon of mass destruction. Cuddled up in her grasp, her tears will roll down your face. She’s the real deal. She will fight for you, she will carry the sword for you, She will walk a thousand miles for you. She is sweet, very sweet. Welcome to Jaqee 6th and final album, a closure of a chapter in my artistry so far. This is not the end, it’s just a crossroad that is proudly and lovingly directing me into an unpredictable future. I felt a strong need for healing on this album, so I made way for Vulnerability. I have opened doors that are to be obediently followed as I dig deeper in the understanding of the one thing that we humans yearn so much for. Love is King.

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JANE SHELDON - 'I AM A TREE, I AM A MOUTH'

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• BING204 - CD

  600197020425

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Having carved out a niche performing groundbreaking chamber opera around the world, Australian singer Jane Sheldon’s first solo album finds a path through the combination of Rainer Maria Rilke (a German poet dead for almost a century), her voice, and seven gongs. On I Am A Tree, I Am A Mouth, working with one gong for each song, Sheldon launches herself into experiments with layered voices, electronic processing, and super-slowed-down fragments of sonic resonance, where she skirts the edge of avant rock to find her true singular voice. It’s an album that’s viscerally human, earnestly sensual and passionately transcending, drawing inspiration from Sarah Davachi, Hildegard von Bingen, Maryanne Amacher and Lhasa de Sela. Long a critical darling of modern music (called “riveting” by The New York Times, “stunning” by The Washington Post, and “a voice of penetrating beauty, precision and variegated colors” by the Sydney Morning Herald), she’s premiered new operas at Holland Festival with ASKO|Schönberg and Sydney Chamber Opera and toured the world with John Zorn. But Sheldon goes minimal on I Am A Tree, I Am A Mouth. She started recording gongs, slowing them down, singing along, seeing how the interaction sounded, and soon realized it embodied all she was looking to achieve. Not one breath hides, and as one listens one is made aware of one’s own breathing, one’s heartbeat, the flow of one’s blood. Sheldon completed the album at the tail end of the pandemic, and she released the album to streaming with almost zero promotion. She was surprised when The New Yorker and Bandcamp praised its unique vision, as well as when New York’s MATA Festival programmed the first live performance of the work. Sheldon’s discipline involves utter focus and emotional engagement and I Am A Tree, I Am A Mouth is an enrapturing work by a newcomer to mainstream audiences who has been kicking at the edges for years. “It’s like little else I’ve heard this year.” —Peter Margasak, Bandcamp Daily

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1. I Am 2. Through Massive Mountains 3. My Life Is Not This Steep Hour 4. Now The Hour Bends Down 5. In The Deep Nights I Dig For You 6. Put My Eyes Out: I Can See You 7. I Find You In All Things 8. Gong Coda

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