BEN LUKAS BOYSEN - 'ALTA RIPA'

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• ERATP169LE - LP (COLOURED)

  3700551785926

• ERATP169LP - LP

  3700551785919

• ERATP169CD - CD

  3700551785902

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Ben Lukas Boysen’s new album, Alta Ripa, signifies a seismic shift in his artistic journey. It revisits the foundational impulses of his youth, shaped amidst the serene beauty of rural Germany—a bucolic backdrop where his creative palette flourished. However, it was his move to Berlin in the early 2000s that electrified his sound, infusing it with the city’s pulsating energy and diverse cultural influences. Alta Ripa captures this transformative experience, blending the introspective melodies of his rural beginnings with the bold, experimental tones born from Berlin’s vibrant electronic music scene. This album is a testament to Boysen’s evolution, showcasing how geographical shifts can profoundly shape artistic expression. Boysen’s fourth studio album under his own name, Alta Ripa is a nod to his beginnings as much as a hint to his future, and as a work, it’s almost contradictory in its boldness and humility. He invites the listener on a journey of self-discovery; both for himself and for them, describing the music as “something the 15-year-old in me would have liked to hear but only the grown-up version of myself can write.” His last two albums involved working closely with other musicians, including cellist Anne Müller, flugelhorn player Steffen Zimmer, and drummer Achim Färber. However, inspired in part by a recent return to live performance, Alta Ripa sees Boysen circling back to his passion for pure computer music. For Boysen, the return to his youthful musical language marks a major turning point in his career. It represents a departure from his roots in classical music – his mother was an opera singer and his father an actor with an appreciation for Wagner, Arvo Pärt, Keith Jarrett, and Stockhausen. Although these are still important influences, Alta Ripa encapsulates a new, exploratory interplay between Boysen’s careful craft and his ability to let go of some of the process. The album’s title comes from the original Roman name of the town that Boysen grew up in, Altrip, where he lived until his early twenties. This formative period is central to the ideas behind this album, from Boysen’s parental ‘schooling’ in classical music through to his sonic journeys through drum and bass, Aphex Twin, and Autechre — all of which changed his idea of what music could be. The extreme energy of tracks like ‘Acperience 1’ by Hardfloor, ‘Tracks & Fragment’ by Cari Lekebusch, ‘Focus2 Implan’ by Jiri.Ceiver, and ‘Low On Ice’ by Alec Empire are also pivotal influences. For Boysen, this time of his musical development also involved knocking down the pillars that he previously thought had carried his world. A key moment for Boysen was being given a precious (pre-internet) club cassette at school that featured artists like Source Direct, Photek and Goldie. Excited by this new discovery, he introduced his father to the song ‘Dred Bass’ by Dead Dred. After the song finished, Boysen Sr. turned off the tape and proclaimed it was “the end of all music”. This heated exchange sparked a new, and more mature dialogue between the two that involved them sharing and discussing music on a regular basis. Boysen’s classical and jazz music upbringing might not be easily noticeable from the electronic palette that he uses. But it can be found in its bones; the structure of the tracks and their dynamic shifts. On Alta Ripa, he intentionally embraces a spirit of controlled chaos, churning out sonic ideas to see what sticks. One of Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategy cards contains the phrase “gardening, not architecture”, and the trajectory of Boysen’s creative path reflects this metaphor. In much of his previous work he followed a sort of Brutalist architect’s approach; here, he was fully responsible for the tracks’ austere structures and planned them with deliberate care. But by sacrificing some of that control on Alta Ripa, he sets the right conditions for a dark and unpredictable, organic growth. It’s a push forward into a new world.

Tracks

1. Ours 2. Mass 3. Quasar 4. Alta Ripa 5. Nox 6. Vineta 7. Fama 8. Mere

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Headline show @Fabric 28th November

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cLOUDDEAD - 'cLOUDDEAD'

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• SV200 - 3xLP

  857661008490

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cLOUDDEAD's debut album, compiling six 10" EPs that appeared between 2000-2001, is aurally dense and obscured. A sprawling mass of miniature beat-suites and Dadaist lyrics, this strange and beautiful 3xLP would influence a myriad of sub-genres (cloud rap, hauntology, lo-fi hip-hop, etc.) in the two decades since its initial release. Only the three members of cLOUDDEAD – Why?, Doseone and Odd Nosdam – can speak to the group's origins, but in the context of underground hip-hop towards the end of the 20th century, their arrival makes perfect sense. Cincinnati had a vital scene; home to Scribble Jam, an annual confluence of MCs, DJs, B-boys and graffiti artists. While the trio soon relocated to the Bay Area where they co-founded the Anticon collective, their Midwestern roots – in ramshackle basements of off-campus hovels, as the "cerberus of Southern Ohio" – would remain the atomic heart of their early recordings. As Chris Martins writes in the liner notes, "The only reason we know their names today is because of how loudly and curiously they aired their insularity. They rewrote the entire world as they knew it through their own fucked perspective, and when those mysterious 10-inches started popping up in record shops, it wasn't just a puzzle to investigate: there seemed to be a whole cosmology hidden in those grooves." Each side of the album represents one of those elusive 10-inches, each embodying a universe unto itself. Opening salvo "Apt. A" and "And All You Can Do Is Laugh" are perhaps most emblematic of the cLOUDDEAD experience. Why? and Dose create a new language through boundless non-sequiturs, sing-song non-choruses and call-and-response hooks, while Nosdam's dexterous production shifts from crackling ambience of Flying Saucer Attack to tight Ohio Players drum breaks and oblique film samples. Taken all together, cLOUDDEAD is an original interpretation of hip-hop in the surreal Y2K glow – a bizarre meeting point between William Basinski's Disintegration Loops and MF DOOM's Operation: Doomsday. All it took was a Dr. Sample SP-202, Tascam cassette eight-track and cheap RadioShack mic. There's truly nothing like it. This edition has been faithfully restored by Nosdam. Comes with poster.

Tracks

: 1. Apt. A (1) 2. Apt. A (2) 3. And All You Can Do Is Laugh (1) 4. And All You Can Do Is Laugh (2) 5. I Promise Never To Get Paint On My Glasses Again (1) 6. I Promise Never To Get Paint On My Glasses Again (2) 7. JimmyBreeze (1) 8. JimmyBreeze (2) 9. (Cloud Dead Number Five) (1) 10. (Cloud Dead Number Five) (2) 11. Bike (1) 12. Bike (2)

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First album by experimental hip-hop group cLOUDDEAD
Originally released in 2001 on Mush (Big Dada in UK)
Recommended for fans of El-P, Madvillain and Boards Of Canada
Liner notes by Chris Martins
Comes with poster
First-time reissue

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JULIE BETH NAPOLIN - 'ONLY THE VOID STANDS BETWEEN US'

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• SC59 - LP

  657628449218

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**Black vinyl. Gold foil-printed gatefold jacket** With its ethereal, buzzing acoustic riffs, helix of resonant drones and vocal delivery that often sounds like an ancient form of prayer, Julie Beth Napolin’s Only The Void Stands Between Us sure-footedly takes its place in the post-’70s experimental folk lineage. “This is cosmic folk of the highest caliber. Julie’s vocal melodies grow in your mind like they were planted on the shortest day of the year. An absolute treat for all of us temporal adventurers.” – Ben Chasny (Six Organs Of Admittance)

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1. Only The Void Stands Between Us 2. Sawdust 3. Fire In The City 4. Pray For The Living 5. Time Image 6. In The Dark 7. Heaven And Earth

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Cosmic folk debut from Hudson Valley, For fans of Nico, Kendra Smith, Lungfish & Meg Baird

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SENTRIDOH - 'REALLY INSANE - A LOU BARLOW COMPENDIUM'

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• VB11 - LP

  657628449416

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**ON LTD COKE BOTTLE CLEAR VINYL** Lou Barlow personified home recording’s rise in the late ’80s and was arguably one of the few key players that changed the trajectory of songwriting as the ’90s charted its cultural course. For the 30th anniversary of his Really Insane 7-inch and Winning Losers EP, Emil Amos and Steve Shelley have compiled an overview of Barlow’s best solo work under the name Sentridoh. Based around an even mix of legendary tracks and extra deep cuts, this compilation focuses on Barlow’s arrangement innovations, signature textural explorations, and radical ability to turn psychological upheaval into classic songs.

Tracks

1. Untitled 2. Really Insane 3. Wondinwill 4. Chokechain 5. K-Sensa-My 6. High School 7. Afraid Of Babies 8. Brand New Love (Strumental) 9. Strange Love 10. The Free Man 11. Organ 12. Run To You (Bryan Adams) 13. Losercore 14. Cello 15. Not Nice To Be Nice 16. Heartness Crane 17. No Matter What 18. Untitled Strumental 19. Bells 20. Spoiled (live) 21. End

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HOWLIN RAIN - 'LOST AT SEA: RARITIES, OUTAKES AND OTHER TALES FROM THE DEEP'

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• SC42X - 3xLP

  657628446811

• SC42CD - 2xCDs

  657628446828

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**AVAILABLE ON VERY LTD 'SEA STORM' COLOURED VINYL**Howlin Rain’s grand 3xLP archival statement and untold story, written over nearly two decades in invisible ink between the lines. Features never before heard songs from The Russian Wilds, The Dharma Wheel, The Alligator Bride, Mansion Songs, Live Rain and the lost Ethan Miller Band sessions. With a broad cast of musical characters including Rick Rubin (Producer/American Records), Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars), Scarlet Rivera (Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue), Joel Robinow (Once and Future Band), Isaiah Mitchell (Earthless/ The Black Crowes) and many more. Includes songs by The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, Leon Russell and Neil Merryweather. “I wanted to compile the record so it would have impact like our grandest, wildest, most unabashed studio album. I left out home demos, and songs from quiet corners, sketches, etc, in favor of fully formed, fully finished, studio level tracks from front to back. Lost at Sea is intended to be something that you can pour yourself into and get swept away in.” — Ethan Miller (Founder, bandleader)

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Grand archival statement of psychedelic space rock band led by Ethan Miller (Comets On Fire, Heron Oblivion

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DES DEMONAS - 'APOCALYPTIC BOOM! BOOM!'

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• ITR398 - LP

  657628447016

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Washington, DC’s DES DEMONAS have been hailed as a favorite of Henry Rollins (KCRW FM/Black Flag), Marc Riley (BBC6 Music/The Fall), and Iggy Pop (BBC6 Music/The Stooges) since the release of their debut LP on In The Red Records and their subsequent singles and EP. DES DEMONAS’ much anticipated follow-up LP “APOCALYPTIC BOOM! BOOM!” is out this fall on In The Red Records. The group is made up of some familiar names from the DC punk, garage, and indie scenes. A Kenyan punk-poet-politique Jacky “Cougar” Abok (Foul Swoops, Thee Lolitas) is on vocals & percussion, Mark Cisneros (Hammered Hulls, Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds, The Make-Up) is on guitar, Paul Vivari (Benjy Ferree, DJ Soul Call Paul) is on Farfisa organ and bass machine, and Matt Gatwood (Two Inch Astronaut) is on drums. Des Demonas’ music is a melding of disparate sounds and influences, hitting with a driving pulse and fiery intent. “The sonic fuel of the band is a blend of post punk, punk, funk, blues, psych rock, Afro beat, even bubble gum but the noise you hear is pure Des Demonas.” - Kim Salmon / The Scientists “Dig the Des Demonas. Play it loud. Twist your wig.” - Kid Congo Powers

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Obsession
The Duke Ellington Bridge
Conduit
Fascist Discotheque
Restructuring
Apocalyptic Boom Boom
Angola
Elvis and Nixon
Miles Davis Headwound Blues
Backwards Man
Arthur Lee Bomb Squad
Psychic Bloc
Des Demonas Against Fascism

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JERRY GARCIA BAND - 'ELECTRIC ON THE EEL: AUGUST 29TH 1987'

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• JGFRR1057 - 3xLP

  880882640613

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BLACK FRIDAY RELEASE LTD 300 UK COPIES ON ORANGE SUNSHINE COLOURED VINYL Electric on the Eel: August 29th, 1987 brings the first Eel River show to vinyl. Co-produced by Bill Graham Presents and the Hog Farm, this show lent an air of familiarity not always present in the urban setting Jerry usually played in. With their quintessential band in tow – Gloria Jones, John Kahn, David Kemper, Jacklyn LaBranch, and Melvin Seals – fans traveled across the country to see JGB in the heart of the Emerald Triangle. Limited edition of 4,000 pressed on Orange Sunshine vinyl.

Tracks

Side A
1. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
2. Forever Young
3. Get Out of My Life Woman

Side B
1. Run for The Roses
2. And It Stoned Me
3. My Sisters and Brothers

Side C
1. Deal
2. The Harder They Come

Side D
1. I Shall Be Released
2. Think
3. Evangeline

Side E
1. Gomorrah
2. Let It Rock

Side F
1. That Lucky Old Sun
2. Tangled Up in Blue

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SGT PAPERS - 'FUGA!'

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• ITR397 - LP

  657628449713

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Sgt Papers are a punk rock duo of brothers Ivan and Felipe Garcia from Hermosillo, Sonora, in the heart of the desert in Mexico. They started in 2017 releasing their first album “Sgt. Papers Lonely Psych Punk Band” independently, creating a buzz in the local independent rock scene and the independent scene in the US. They began touring the US playing both clubs and festivals. They followed this with two more albums in 2019 and 2021 while the same time helping grow the rock scene in Hermosillo. Their following grew along with the band. Their approach to recording and touring has been very DIY. The band’s sound is a combination of psych, garage, punk all played with plenty of distortion.

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Tracklist:

1. Un toque o dos 2. Ya no hay papel 3. FUGA! 4. Un día me vas a matar 5. Déjalo para después 6. Pónchate 7. Beso en la mejilla 8. Diosito 9. En las nubes 10. Pérdida total 11. Hacerme wey

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Cult psych/garage/punk band from Hermosillo, Mexico, release their first US-label album

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DERRICK MORGAN - 'DEVELOPMENT'

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• SP1046 - LP

  824247027312

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Development is a classic rocksteady record that barely came out in 1972, Jamaica. One of the rarest of the genre, Development is impossible to find…and even when found impossible to find a good playing copy—the pressing was just flawed. Sutro Park Records is proud to present a newly remastered version of the record, available on vinyl for the first time since it originally came out (probably available for the first time anywhere outside a few record shops in Jamaica). Painstakingly remastered by the great Gary Hobish, over a two-year period of time (there are no tapes, so everything had to be sourced from the best vinyl masters), the resultant vinyl release is a revelation: a must for rocksteady fans, a must for Derrick Morgan fans…an instant classic of the genre. Derrick Morgan was and is (he is still touring) one of the legends of rocksteady music. Bringing the sound from Jamaica internationally, Derrick Morgan had the style, the sound, the songs, the music. Legend has it that his look was the inspiration for The Two-Tone man, a brand made famous by The Specials and other later-period ska mavericks whose sound was inspired by Derrick Morgan.

Tracks

1. Send A Little Rain 2. Who Knows 3. Never See My Baby 4. Standing By You 5. One Morning In May 6. Father Killam 7. Still Around 8. Hold Your Jack 9. It Won't Be This Way 10. Bring In The Guns 11. Me Na Run 12. Festival 10

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ROY HEAD - 'TREAT HER RIGHT'

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• SP1045 - LP

  824247027213

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Treat Her Right is the first ever vinyl compilation of the best tracks Roy Head released on the Backbeat label in the 1960s. They are his finest recordings, including the hit that launched his career, Treat Her Right. With most tracks produced by The Crazy Cajun himself, Huey Meaux (who also scored hits with Doug Sahm, Freddie Fender and so many others), they are the best examples of early southern swampy pop. Come do The Bug with Roy Head. With liner notes by Bill Bently and cover by Jad Fair (of Half Japanese).

Tracks

1. Nobody But Me (Tells My Eagle When To Fly) 2. One More Time 3. Driving Wheel (Roosevelt Sykes) 4. Treat Her Right (R. Head) 5. Apple Of My Eye (R. Head) 6. A Good Man Is Hard To Find (E. Green) 7. Pain (R. K. Head) 8. You?re (Almost) Tuff (G. Kurtz) 9. Don?t Cry No More (D. Malone) 10. My Babe (Willie Dixon) 11. Wigglin? And Gigglin? (Stevenson, Cordae) 12. So Long My Love (T. Montalbono) 13. I Pass The Day (G. Kurtz)

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BELLA & THE BIZARRE - 'BELLA & THE BIZARRE'

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• ITR402 - LP

  657628447115

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Bella and the Bizarre is a high-energy Berlin-based band that blends the raw intensity of garage rock with a silky soulful flow. A wild fusion of garage punk, sixties rock’n roll and a touch of RnB soul, with its own gentle smokiness. Combining a broad spectrum of influences - from Wanda Jackson to the Remains, Eartha Kitt to the Ramones, they are ready to set you in trance! Known for their vibrant stage presence and infectious energy, Bella and the Bizarre deliver performances that are as captivating as they are unpredictable.

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1. Baby It's My Turn 2. Into Your Mind 3. Oh So Many Times 4. No More 5. Inky Waters 6. Unleashed Mind 7. Stop Wasting Time 8. Don't You Wait 9. No Need

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For fans of Wanda Jackson, Eartha Kitt, and the Ramones

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