Khan Edison - Harlow Gold

Super sized edit of Kim Carnes from Khan Edison entitled Harlow Gold on the US label Downshift records.
Absolutely loving the squigy acid drop and build at approx 1.40mins in.

Gravious- Futurist EP - Highpoint Lowlife 036

Gravious, otherwise known as Alistair Jackson, is one of Glasgow's finest proponents with a fresh take on Dubstep. Having recently returned from his first ever Australian tour, he is full of energy and as he talks about the ideas and sounds behind his latest release, the 'Futurist EP', which is already gaining radio support and exposure from DJ's such as Mary Anne Hobbs and Ikonika (You can find 'Jupiter Jazz' on Ikonika's recent mini-mix for Vice magazine

Ali started making music in 2001 after being shown the basics of DIY production by a friend. After experimenting in a variety of styles, he was converted to the fresh sounds of Dubstep, Dark Garage and Broken Beat after hearing the selections of DJs such as J Da Flex and Femme Fatale in early 2004. From this starting point, he quickly discovered the bass-heavy productions of Kode9, Digital , Horsepower, Skream, Groove Chronicles and Ghost – and was instantly hooked.

Taking inspiration from these sounds, Gravious also brought in elements from his wider musical tastes in both electronic and traditional music to add new perspectives. Artists most inspirational to him include The Sound of London, Boards of Canada, LTJ Bukem, Kyuss, Aphex Twin, and Autechre.

This is Gravious' fifth release, with 4 previous records under his belt through the HotFlush imprint, on both the main label and the Scuba sub-label.

Gravious - Futurist EP
Tracks :
1 Jupiter Jazz
2 Vultures
3 World Of Tomorrow

Audio samples of the tracks can be found on the Gravious myspace page.
Futurist EP is out on the 11th May on Highpoint Lowlife

Spatial - Infra 002

Spatial - Infra 002 : Infrasonics

Bit late on this, the Infrasonics label peeps sent me the files a couple of weeks back but things being as they are we missed a drop on it.

Anyway, its a 3 track EP from Spatial, two I believe available on a 10" from all good music stores and one creative commons track that can be downloaded here
I dont have the blurb / press details for this handy, however all you need know is the EP is a must for any leftfield electronics meets dubstep lovers

Azymuth - Jazz Carnival

Just because...

10-20 : Highpoint Lowlife 034

Artist: 10-20
Title: 10-20
Format: longplayer
Label/Cat: Highpoint Lowlife / hpll034

10-20's self titled album is a claustrophobic hulk of a release, constructed from parts of discarded machinery, short-circuiting currents of krautrock, broken hip hop structures, dense aquatic substreams and spectral elements, all of which are funnelled towards a single cohesive hypnotic pulse.
Based in devon, the coastal and elemental forces of the producer's hometown are evident in the scope of intricate sounds layered and woven into rough shorn textures, where only a filtered ghostly impression of club-land's influence can be discerned within the resultant sound.
Displaying a versatility in composition the album follows an arc from opening track 'miluvs''s vaccum sealed melody, the vertiginous ascent of 'nei'; the viscous sluggishness of 'jjuvxszla', confused machine-funk of 'wdtrhjvelgrad', and the amniotic warmth of 'InB'; culiminating in the post-gravitational trajectory of 'arcadeagle' and dub-soaked pressure of 'sA' before the elegiac closing descent of 'unde'.

Track listing :
1. Milvus
2. Nei
3. JJuvxszla : Download Track
4. Wdtrhjvelgrad
5. InB
6. Arcadeagle
7. sA
8. Unde

10-20 is released on Highpoint Lowlife on March 15th, keep an ear out for it!!

Depeche Mode : SOTU

Debut of the first iTunes Pass with groundbreaking electro legends Depeche Mode. With iTunes Pass, music fans can get new and exclusive singles, remixes, video and other content from their favorite artists over a set period of time, delivered to their libraries as soon as they're available.

The first iTunes Pass debuts today in conjunction with Depeche Mode's forthcoming 12th studio album, "Sounds of the Universe," to be released on April 21 in the US. Fans who sign up starting today get the alternative/dance pioneers' new single, "Wrong," as well as the Black Light Odyssey Dub Remix of the new track "Oh Well." They will also receive the new album on its street date plus great music and video exclusives before and after the album's release over the next fifteen weeks. The Depeche Mode iTunes Pass can be purchased starting today for $18.99.

Also Sounds Of The Universe will be released in a variety of different formats :

Sounds Of The Universe CD

1. In Chains
2. Hole To Feed
3. Wrong
4. Fragile Tension
5. Little Soul
6. In Sympathy
7. Peace
8. Come Back
9. Spacewalker
10. Perfect
11. Miles Away / The Truth Is
12. Jezebel
13. Corrupt

Sounds Of The Universe CD + DVD

CD
1. In Chains
2. Hole To Feed
3. Wrong
4. Fragile Tension
5. Little Soul
6. In Sympathy
7. Peace
8. Come Back
9. Spacewalker
10. Perfect
11. Miles Away / The Truth Is
12. Jezebel
13. Corrupt

DVD
Video
Sounds Of The Universe [A Short Film] (10.05)
Wrong (promo video - 3.16)

Audio
Sounds Of The Universe in 5.1 surround sound
In Chains - Minilogue's Earth Remix
Little Soul - Thomas Fehlmann Flowing Ambient Mix
Jezebel - SixToes Remix

Sounds Of The Universe Deluxe Box Set


CD 1 - Sounds Of The Universe
1. In Chains
2. Hole To Feed
3. Wrong
4. Fragile Tension
5. Little Soul
6. In Sympathy
7. Peace
8. Come Back
9. Spacewalker
10. Perfect
11. Miles Away / The Truth Is
12. Jezebel
13. Corrupt

CD 2
Bonus tracks
1. Light
2. The Sun And The Moon And The Stars
3. Ghost
4. Esque
5. Oh Well

Remixes
6. Corrupt - Efdemin Remix
7. In Chains - Minilogue's Earth Remix
8. Little Soul - Thomas Fehlmann Flowing Ambient Mix
9. Jezebel - SixToes Remix
10. Perfect - Electronic Periodic Dark Drone Mix
11. Wrong - Caspa Remix

CD 3
Demos
1. Little 15
2. Clean
3. Sweetest Perfection
4. Walking In My Shoes
5. I Feel You
6. Judas
7. Surrender
8. Only When I Lose Myself
9. Nothing's Impossible
10. Corrupt
11. Peace
12. Jezebel
13. Come Back
14. In Chains

DVD
Video
Making The Universe / Film (45.23)
Usual Thing, Try And Get The Question In The Answer (55.12)
Sounds Of The Universe [A Short Film] (10.05)
Wrong (promo video - 3.16)
Studio Sessions:
Corrupt (4.08)
Little Soul (3.52)
Stories Of Old (3.24)
Come Back (6.05)

Audio
Sounds Of The Universe plus bonus tracks in 5.1 surround sound
1. In Chains
2. Hole To Feed
3. Wrong
4. Fragile Tension
5. Little Soul
6. In Sympathy
7. Peace
8. Come Back
9. Spacewalker
10. Perfect
11. Miles Away / The Truth Is
12. Jezebel
13. Corrupt

Bonus tracks
1. Light
2. The Sun And The Moon And The Stars
3. Ghost
4. Esque
5. Oh Well

Packaging / additional content:

2 piece custom made box with foil blocking.
2 x 84 page hardback books:
The first featuring the lyrics to all the songs from the Sounds Of The Universe sessions accompanied by exclusive photography by Anton Corbijn.
The second featuring exclusive and candid studio photography by Daniel Miller, Ben Hillier, Luke Smith and Ferg Peterkin.

2 exclusive enamel badges
1 poster
5 artcards, sealed in a collectors envelope
1 certificate of authenticity

Peoples Music Store

Production Unit : Half Of A Hole : Highpoint Lowlife 033

Something new on Highpoint Lowlife by Production Unit, resident DJs at Glasgow's monthly wonky/dubstep/techno night, Numbers, (where Rustie, Jackmaster and that whole crew also stem from), and alongside The Village Orchestra, he's also one of the members of long running art terrorist music makers, The Marcia Blaine School For Girls.

Two distinct tracks woven together through a maximal use of low-end and dancehall derived rhythms and space:
The more technoid attack of 'A Little Hope' comes on with a thundering beat and a snaking synthline, before the wall of bass surges forward and shredded vocal textures create a hypnotic hook, all building toward an epic finale, before finally collapsing into a shimmering pool of syrupy ambience.

'Dem Sirens' on the other hand is a languid and woozy half time steppa, with a slow kick drum pounding out an incessant and skewed, almost hip hop beat, punctuated with finger clicks and tightly locked transparent layers of synth and melody, like a skunk hazed boogie down productions instrumental.

You can listen to full previews over at Last.fm

Trumpett

I have just found, hands down my new favorite label, Trumpett. Maybe known to many of you but this label, which incidentally has been going for 25 years, has up until a couple of weeks ago completely passed me by, and I admit that quite ashamedly. Trumpett has an astonishing back catalogue, squarely in the experimental / synth sound, I urge you to check this label out. Head on over to Trumpettmart for audio samples and to buy the very well priced CDR's. A good start would be with the "Just Paper And Plastic Promo" 9 CDR set or the bumper 144 track mini DVDR "Trumpett MP3 Sampler 1979-2008"

Trumpett
Trumpetmart

End Of Year Top Twenty

Been a strange year musically for me, whilst I have been buying new releases the majority of music purchased this year has been older electro, italo, obscure oddities. But heres a round up of the our fave 20 releases (represses and bootlegs) from 2008

Top Twenty of 2008 (in no order)


1. Conrad Schnitzler - Rare Tracks 1979 - 1982. Erkrankung Durch Musique
An EP collecting four works from Avant Garde musician Conrad Schnitzler including the superb track 4:08 to Paris


2. Dogs Of War - S/T LP Electunes
The Electunes label has unearthed a couple of delights this year and this obscure disco LP from Dogs Of War was the highlight. I believe this was a late 2007 release but did not appear in the shops here until 2008 so i'll sneak it in to the 2008 top twenty.


3. Peter Green - The Darkness : Catalyst CDR
An essential piece of Modern Classical from Peter Green, this release truely blew us away!


4. Zomby - Liquid Dancehall / Strange Fruit - Ramp Recordings
I must admit with the exception of a few Dub Step tunes this genre has pretty much passed me by. This 12" from Zomby however was an essential purchase in 2008 simply for the old skool sounding Bleep meets dub step track Strange Fruit


5. Lovely Jon - Mean Dog Blues : CDR Mix
Our fave mix so far from Lovely Jon / Jigoku. This is an extremely limited edition mix of lowdown biker rock, raw psych, punk, garage, and beyond! Get it!!


6. Carl Craig & Moritz Von Oswald - ReComposed 2LP
Minimal techno meets Classical from the two masters of the game.


7. Mujava - Township Funk
Well deserves a place in the top twenty, one of those tunes that once heard stays with you and musically a complete breath of fresh air


8. Unabombers present Electric Chair RIP EP - Tirk 12"
Again nothing new on this EP just three solid classics. Gave me the chance to get two tracks off my wants list on one 12" with the Joubert Singers sweet Stand On The Word and Daniel Wang's - Like some dream *saved me a few pennies this 12"


9. Zomby - Where Were U In '92?
Zomby Pops up again with Where Were U in 92, an album which fuses killer old skool hardcore / amen breaks with Dub Step. Why was this only released on CD though??


10. Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Angles 2LP - Sunday Best
Hands down our fave hip hop LP of 2008


11. Quiet Village - Silent Movie LP - K7
Drummed our fingers awaiting this release for ages, got it upon release and after numerous listens still not tired of listening to it


12. Andrew Weatherall v The Boardroom - Rotters Golf Club CD
In this top 20 squarely for the inclusion of the ESC track The Legacy mixed by Andrew Weatherall. A brilliant tune, anyone know if this is due to be released on vinyl?


13. Explorer LP - X Records
Only just released but 100% needed to go in here. This 1982 LP from Tony carey under the name Explorer is incredibly rare and hard to find but its just been released (bootlegged?) so snap one up!


14. TC - Wheres My Money : Caspa Mix
Quality tune! Possibly my four year old son's fave tune of the year


15. Ali Renault - Our World Is - Dissident 12"


16. Pocketknife & Cousin Cole - Canyon Dancing EP - Flamin Fowl
Liars, Patti Smith, Silver Apples, Yeasayer, Battles, Six Organs of Admittance, and Soft Circle all receive a Pocketknife & Cousin Cole markover


17. Cutty Ranks - Limb by Limb : Anthology 2LP


18. MIA - Paper Planes : Homeland Security Mixes


19. Galaxy Toobin Gang - Galaxy Toobin - Creme Organization LP
Slow cosmic synth sounds from Elliot Lipp and William T Burnett


20. Ensemble Pittoresque - For This Is Past - Clogsontronics LP + CD
Originally from 1983. Lavishly repackaged for 2008 with a copy of the LP and CD included.

Kanye West : Champion : Cousin Cole Mixes (Flagrant Fowl)

This is a dub version of the “Champion” remix that’s going to be on the next Flagrant Fowl 12″. The 12″ version is an uptempo mainstream house flip on the original Kanye beat with the lyrics intact. For this dub Cousin Cole changed the drum loop, brought up the acid lines, did a new arrangement and reduced the vocals to just a few snippets.

Download links below

http://www.zshare.net/audio/52551805fdcc21b7/

BONUS: the dub at a slower tempo for fans of slow-mo house shit.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/525519514cae3a57/

Radioclit

Hello we are back!! Got a tad lazy there!!
Radioclit just sent us an email with three links. First off two remixes to download (click links below)

Architecture in Helsinki - That Beep - Radioclit mix
DJ Mujava : Township Funk - Radioclit mix

Also they sent us news of a free album download entitled The Very Best from Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit. Get that here or listen to it direct on the rather nifty player below.

Kung Fu Super Sounds

Due for release on the 22nd October, De Wolfe Music Library are putting out a collection of unreleased soundtracks from the Shaw Brothers Kung Fu Movies.
Compiled by Lovely Jon, Cherrystones and Joel Martin (Quiet Village)
Features 43 original cues from: Return To The 26th Chamber, The Bastard Swordsman, Dirty Ho, Invincible Shaolin, The Kung Fu Instructor, House Of Traps , My Young Auntie, Flag Of Iron, Shoalin Mantis, Martial Club etc
Available to pre order at numerous places right now!

Kool DJ Dust : The Disco Opera

Great artwork, great sounds..

Kool DJ Dust has sampled and edited together super obscure material into 19 perfect disco rocks, which he dramaturgically arranges into a galactic drama, visualised as a graphic story: The unbelievable Disco Opera

Out now on Service
Grab a copy direct from Service or Juno who have sound samples of the 19 tracks

Download : Kool DJ Dust : Comin To Get You

Kwaidan

Kwaidan is a one-off project inspired by Masaki Kobayashi's movie of the same name. Mat Ranson, known more for his work under his Fisk Industries guise, turns his hand to a longer format narrative, dispensing with his more usual hip hop styled rhythms for a more fluid darker style of slow burning techno.

Awash with kinetic energy, the music bristles with texture and ghostly treated sound sources, aiming to hint at the eerieness of Kobayashi's original ghost stories. Two tracks, each close to 12 minutes, and wound around a similar trajectory, built upon intricate punchy drum programming, pounding out an incessant rhythm with waves of sawblade synths vying for attention against an aggresive low-end bass, trying to rend and pull apart the forward motion.

Using the longer time frame, themes are able to fully develop and be explored with subtle nuance, slowly building up a sense of dread and claustrophobic foreboding, whilst simultaneously allowing more space for the sound to breathe, and a more natural flow and ebb to the listening experience.

This is the first in Highpoint Lowlife's series of digital 12"s - high quality mastered releases, available exclusively only as FLAC or 320kbps MP3s.

Sound sample for track 2 : Masaki, is available over at the HPLL site here and you can buy the digital EP for only £3.00 here

The Black Dog : UR RA Mix

Resident Advisor have just put online a mix from The Black Dog which pays homage to Detroit's mighty UR / Underground Resistance, you can also enjoy a lengthy interview with the boys!
Get the mix via itunes here

Tracklisting :
01. Underground Resistance - Antimatter - Underground Resistance
02. Voice Of Electrifying Mojo
03. Underground Resistance - Afrogermanic - Underground Resistance
04. Underground Resistance - Mirage - Underground Resistance
05. Underground Resistance - Windchime - Underground Resistance
06. Underground Resistance - Talkin2Z - Underground Resistance
07. Underground Resistance - Final Frontier - Underground Resistance
08. Underground Resistance - In Or Out - Underground Resistance
09. Underground Resistance - Maroon - Underground Resistance
10. Underground Resistance - Death of My Neighbor - Underground Resistance
11. Underground Resistance - Baghdad Express - Underground Resistance
12. Underground Resistance - Inversions - Underground Resistance
13. Underground Resistance - Technology Gap - Underground Resistance
14. Underground Resistance - Antimatter - Underground Resistance
15. Underground Resistance - I Am UR - Underground Resistance
16. Underground Resistance - Tazumal - Underground Resistance
17. Underground Resistance - Hunting the Program - Underground Resistance
18. Underground Resistance - Toxic Broadcast - Underground Resistance
19. Underground Resistance - Detonate - Underground Resistance
20. Underground Resistance - Orbit (Black Dog edit) - Underground Resistance
21. Underground Resistance - Riot - Underground Resistance
22. Underground Resistance - Base Camp Alpha 808 - Underground Resistance
23. Underground Resistance - Entering Quadrant 5 - Underground Resistance
24. Underground Resistance - Adrenalin - Underground Resistance
25. Underground Resistance - Gamma Ray - Underground Resistance
26. Underground Resistance - Ambush - Underground Resistance
27. Underground Resistance - Sea Quake - Underground Resistance
28. Underground Resistance - Kill My Radio Station - Underground Resistance

Cousin Cole & Pocketknife : Party Allez Time Mix

Cousin Cole & Pocketknife have a new mix available to download for free over at the superb Allez Allez
Below is a detailed tracklist below from CC and Pocketknife themselves:

• Apocalyptica - Sad But True
• Apocalyptica did a record of string covers of Metallica songs that was also the soundtrack for Your Friends & Neighbors -- which was a particularly awkward first date movie for me a couple years ago.
• Frank Hebly - De Tuinslangboogie
• A fantastically weird record from a couple years ago that I know absolutely nothing about.
• Rolling Stones - Can't always get what you want (Soulwax Remix)
• Graveleaf - The Crusade
• Graveleaf is Mike B & Omar Doom's joint project and "The Crusade" is a hell of a debut!
• George Kranz - Bass Drum Ma Bass Drum
• I hadn't heard "Cosmic Disco? Cosmic Rock!" yet when I started working on this mix, but Baldelli was definitely an inspiration, especially in this section.
• Axel Bauer - Cargo
• Vastkustska Ryggdunkarsallskapet - Town Out of Order
• An edit of "Stockholm" by Pugh Rogefeldt.
• Sly Mongoose - Bad Pulse
• Dude n Nem - Feet on Fire
• Just the chorus but I had to throw some rap in. Love this song.
• Gang - KKK (dub)
• I only used the drums but this is a really great song.
• Divine Edits - Sermon (Seratonin Edit)
• No idea what the story is on this one, but it somehow makes cut up vocals seem totally 80s.
• Matthew Dear - Sound and Vision
• This version blew me away when I first heard it and I knew I had to figure out how to fit it in here.
• Arbeid Adelt - Death Disco (Todd Terje edit)
• Back to the dancefloor (somewhat). I'm a huge fan of Terje, and I was super psyched when he used my Bruce Springsteen remix in his mix for Resident Advisor.
• Slab! - Mars on Ice
• Photonz - Trembler (Discodeine remix)
• Discodeine is Pilooski and Benjamin Morando. This track is just beautiful.
• Glissandro 70 "End West"
• I like how open this song is at the beginning with the loose animal sounds and polyrhythmic percussion. I love when that hard drum drops in over the tapestry and the afrobeat horns come in just after. I can't help but think that the title is a play on West End Records given that the album artwork is an interpretation of the famed label's cityscape logo. My loose joints are getting looser!
• Yeasayer "Sunrise (Pocketknife's Rise and Shine Remix)" White Label
• Promo alert! All of the Pocketknife remixes that appear in my section of the mix will be on an upcoming EP entitled "Canyon Dancing." This remix keeps the structure of the original, but just adds the right elements to get the beardos & hippie-sters prancing around. I'm a big fan of what this band is doing.
• Soft Circle "Earthed (Pocketknife's Terra Cotta Remix)" White Label
• Hisham Baroocha is that dude. When I heard the bassline of this track it immediately reminded of old Chicago house. I decided to really push those tendencies, but keep the tribal nature of the original. My favourite part is the drum workout in the middle.
• Gang Gang Dance "House Jam (xxxchange Remix)"
• Gang Gang Dance has got a great set of diverse influences and they add up nicely. It's my kind of "world music." When I saw that xxxchange had remixed them I about fell out of my chair. I love his work with Spank Rock and as usual he turns in another great remix.
• Twilight Circus Dub Sound System "Kik"
• It took me awhile to figure out how to get a Twilight track into a mix, but at last here it is. I like the dub update that Twilight has produced and you can still hear some of the industrial music influences the dude was involved with before. Gang Gang has riddim influences, so it seemed great to create that little connection between the two. The transition into this song is my favourite one of the mix.
• Liars "A Visit From Drum (Pocketknife's großer Kessel Remix)" White Label
• These dudes I would sacrifice a lamb or Williamsburg virgin for. They've managed to keep their sound evolving and Drums Not Dead is one of my favourite concept albums. I've wanted to remix a Liars song for a while now and this one had a nice pagan symmetry (with incredibly mic'ed drums!) that allowed for a great reworking.
• Jandek "Your Other Man (Secret Frequency Crew Remix)"
• My man Adrian aka Michna, hooked me up with his crew's Jandek remix. Adrian normally drops classic electro heat, but here he takes the original and adds the right elements to give the song an additional haunting character. The 7" actually comes with a facsimile of the correspondence they had with Jandek who gave the official thumbs up for the remix.
• Gameplayers "Henri Texier" White Label
• I stumbled upon these Belgian dudes while looking for other peeps who had remixed Beirut. Their remix of the Henri Texier song, "Le Piroguier," is minimal, but so effective. The metronomic percussion/claps adds to the overall hypnotic quality of the original and I dig the added sound effects as well.
• Patti Smith "Ghost Dance (Pocketknife's Arms Out Remix)" White Label
• There are a handful of Patti Smith songs that I think are incredible. I don't listen to her music on a regular basis, but she's a pioneer and I respect that. I dug through her catalogue in hopes of finding something with remix potential and this song's ceremonial chants jumped at me. I'd like to think that the Bowery has a lot of ghosts dancing past CBGBs late at night.
• Bat For Lashes "Trophy"
• Natasha Khan is the girl you wanted to roll with in art school. Her entire concept for the band is great (videos, visual identity, and most importantly the music). When I heard her album, it sounded like something that I would have liked to produce. I love handclaps, marching rhythms, harpsichords and tambourines – it's all there in her world. This werewolf would love to steal her gold coins!

Ed Drury & Craig Murphy - A Tree On The Tundra

Ed Drury & Craig Murphy - A Tree On The Tundra

Label - Ambidextrous Records

Format - Digital Download

Release Date - 10th November 2008

Ed Drury is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who writes music for film and television. He plays in the region of 60 instruments including members of the woodwind, brass, strings and percussion sections and in his spare time he performs, teaches and writes about the Australian Didgeridoo. Ed has featured on countless albums over the years by literally hundreds of artists from around the globe.

Craig Murphy is a musician, composer and producer of experimental music and a multimedia artist working with abstract music videos. Having established the rising Herb Recordings imprint in his native Scotland, Murphy's own output resembles that of a musical odyssey. An obsession with Frank Zappa has seen to a fascination with experimentation and Murphy's many projects span several genres. From the mechanistic, yet poignant electronica of Solipsism, his electro-psychedelic band shoosh with Neil Carlill and multi-instrumentalist Ed Drury, to his recent ambient outlet ch.pm. Murphy's distinctive sound is often abstract, yet retains a rich, melodic and emotional edge.

Tracklist

1. A Tree On The Tundra : DOWNLOAD

2. Autumn River Revisited

3. Over Rolling Hills

4. Dark Sun Rising

5. Shadows On The Horizon

Shamanic Technology - Doorways

HERB007CD Shamanic Technology - Doorways

Release Date - 19th January 2009

Shamanic+Technology is the brainchild of Bournemouth based Chris Hare, a former Club DJ turned virtuosic Electronica whiz-kid. His debut record, “Doorways” bears all of the hallmarks one has come to expect of Scotland’s Herb Recordings imprint. It’s fresh, exciting and distinctive. “Doorways” comprises 14 tracks in all, each designed with slide-rule precision without the hindrance such attention to detail often brings to the table.
Textures range from the sinister to the playful, with dynamic twists and euphoric turns occurring on a track by track basis. A lively tapestry of electronic pulses, vacuums of nostalgic synths, intricately placed found sounds and contemporary beatwork, finds Shamanic Technology bracketed by luminaries including Plaid, Boards of Canada and Bola – with particular emphasis placed on the anthemic quality of the latter.

Tracklisting

1. Rites Of Passage
2. Shamanic Technology (Floating in Ayahuasca)
3. Ode To The Machine
4. Strange Glass Feeling
5. Thought Bubble Experiment
6. Phonic Sky
7. Electronic Therapy DOWNLOAD
8. My Shadow Casting
9. Xtractions
10. mIrRoRs
11. Moments Of Reflection
12. Pathseeker
13. Toy Vision
14. Nostalgia

YouTube Electro

For no other reason than I was looking for some LA Dream Team records to buy which in turn lead onto other things and I stumbled across some classic tunes on youtube

LA Dream Team - Rockberry Jam



DJ Unknown and Three D - Beatronic



DXJ & The Bassonlians - Bass It Up



Quadrant six - Body Mechanic



Maggotron - Maggotron's In Your Closet



Key-Matic - Breakin In Space

Erstlaub - I Am The Line Drawn In The Sand Between The Living And The Dead

The Highpoint Lowlife Label continues to push the boundaries of electronic music with their new release by Erstlaub with I Am The Line Drawn In The Sand Between The Living And The Dead. Isolationism / ambient / sweeping atmospheric drones are the order of the day on this release, but if any of that sends you scurrying for your latest Diplo mix CD then fear not, as whilst this release does require a delicate ear, its by no means harsh or sonically aggressive.
I am the line gradually builds and takes the listener on a dark electronic trip across its 46 minute duration. The piece was recording in one take using a Nord G2 engine and a couple of delay units with no overdubs or edits.
Many lovers of experimental music have probably at one time or another sat through a lengthy piece of minimal experimental music, only to have it pass them by and then the CD is promptly ejected and left forgotten in the rack, this on the other hand, I feel, many will come back to again and again.

Erstlaub - I Am The Line Drawn In The Sand Between The Living And The Dead is part of Highpoint Lowlife's limited edition runs with just 100 copies pressed and is available to purchase now on CD (at just £5 which is a bargain) and 320kbps MP3 download via the Highpoint Lowlife website.

Peter Green - The Darkness

Just got our order in for the new Peter Green release The Darkness on Catalyst records. Absolutely stunning music.

From the label : For its second release Cataclyst is extremely proud to present 'The Darkness'. An epic, dark modern classical masterpiece from Rephlex/ Machine Codes recording artist and composer Peter Green.

Only 50 copies of this were produced, pressed on a black CDr hand numbered limited edition in black clamshell case with wraparound 200gsm card sleeve housed in heavy duty PVC wallet.
Sound samples are available on Catalyst site here
Buy your copy from the fine folk at Norman records

Lovely Jon - Mean Dog Blues

Lovely Jon is back with a new mix CD entitled Mean Dog Blues, available exclusively at Sounds Of The Universe. The disc is a promo for the garage/punk/noise/scuzz/trash/biker rock/glam/rockabilly night Jon does in Manchester with B Music's Sean Vinylment.
Extremely limited edition, seriously! Get on over to SOTU and grab a copy sharpish!!

Gulp Communications

Support the independents!! East London based label Gulp Communications sent me a couple of MP3's from Andrew Friendly and The Rivers

Download : Andrew Friendly : Bump & Grind 08 Remix
The track that launched the Friendly career to the next level in the UK is back, with a fresh new mix for 2008. The original was caned by everyone from the Plump DJs, Stanton Warriors, Fatboy Slim (who put it on one of his comps), every self-respecting breaks DJ, through to house and electro DJs, and is considered one of the biggest classics in breaks. It was remixed by Krafty Kuts and Santos. It was always sitting at the housier end of breaks, and it’s now been given a relick to bring it firmly into 2008, and a whole new life. And it’s right on target to become a classic all over again, this time to a whole new audience.

Download : The Rivers : Got Something On me - Andrew Friendly Mix

Andrew Friendly -Bump & Grind 08 vinyl out mid-August, Full release 15th of September

Kingbastard - Bastardize

Kingbastard : Bastardize : Herb Recordings
Ooo now this is good, something brand new from Herb Recordings by Kingbastard.

Bastardize offers up 12 tracks, firmly rooted in IDM / Electronica but it ranges right across the board. You have 8-bit electronics on the tracks Mind That Child, Tripod and Gotmilk Duckstomping, dark and rugged ambience on Goodbye Mr Bendigo, Lo-Fi (with distorted vocals) on Bipolar and some more upbeat IDM on Box Clever and There's a Little Machine In Everyone.
Well worth checking out. Bastardize is out on 22nd September via Digital Download and CD

Track listing
1. Tripod
2. Box Clever
3. Setoperator
4. Parenthesis
5. Mind That Child
6. Data-Rape Function Creep
7. Bipolar
8. Goodbye Mr Bendigo
9. There's A Little Machine In Everyone
10. Follow The Dot
11. Gotmilk Duckstomping
12. EG2 IM

Download MP3 : There's A Little Machine In Everyone

Men and Woman : South America EP

Nice new remix from Cousin Cole on a new EP from Men and Women

Download : Men and Women : South America - Original Version
Download : Men and Woman : South America - Cousin Cole Remix

Men and Women Release South America Digital EP and 12" Vinyl on War and Moon Records

We are proud to announce the release of the South America EP by NYC-based MEN AND WOMEN on War and Moon records on July 22nd on Limited Edition 12" vinyl.

Formed in the late summer of 2006, Men and Women's Jamie Granato and Brad Frost hail from opposite ends of the United States, and met in New York while working in a record store. Both share a passion for music and film and incorporate the two into their live performance, creating a multimedia atmosphere that envelops the audience. They have been playing together regularly and performed a handful of shows ahead of this release, with many more planned in support.

The music on South America is ambient, drone and has a kraut-influenced disco sound, with incredible slow-building ethereal arrangements. On the B-Side, Men and Women invited friends ELIOT LIPP (Mush, Eastern Developments) and COUSIN COLE (Flagrant Fowl) to remix and reinterpret the title track of the EP, to fabulous results.

The South America EP is the first in an ongoing series of Men and Women EPs, available digitally and in limited edition 12" vinyl, on War and Moon. The spirit of future releases will be similar to the South America EP, inviting friends to collaborate and remix

Stupid Nation Radio Podcast #1

Stupid Nation Radio Podcast is live!!
There is no agenda behind Stupid Nation Radio, just fine music, both old and new, from the experimental to more popular club tracks. Think of our radio as nice chunks of music to wack onto your ipod, play once and then destroy.

Stupid Nation Radio Podcast #1 tracklist :
Gino Soccio - Remember - LSB edit
Venus Gang - Evil Ways
Jo Jo - Mind Games
Morton Subotnick - The Wild Bull Part 1
Love Machine - Coming Down
Ennio Morricone - One Upon A Time In America
Goblin - Tenebre
Berlin Express - To Paris
Beyond The Wizards Sleeve - Winter In June
Late Of The Pier - The Bears Are Coming - Beyond The Wizards Sleeve Remix
Moebius Plank Neumayer - Pitch Control
TC - Hello I Love You
Edwards & Armani - Acid Drill
Manic Street Preachers - Rose In The Hospital - Filet O-gang Mix
Fabio Frizzi - Voci Dal Nulla
Radiohead - The Gloaming - DJ Shadow Would You Buy A War From This Man Mix
Radiohead - Skttrbrain - Four Tet Mix
Don Cash - Hey There
George Harrison - My Sweet Lord - Hardkiss mix
69 - My Machines
Craig Armstrong Feat Bono - Stay
Zombie Zombie - Driving This Road Until Death Sets You Free
Venus Gang - Space Woman
Space Art - Axus
Thomas Anderson - Washing Up - Tiga Mix
Trevor Loveys - Organ grinder
Fingerprintz - Wet job
Quiet Village - Cant be Beat
Chemical Brothers - Battle Scars - Beyond The Wizards Sleeve Re-Animation
The Flirts - Passion - Special remix
Dogs Of War - Le Stress

Please subscribe to Stupid Nation Radio as we will have many more shows coming soon.

Get the first podcast here
New podcasts with tracklistings will be available on the Stupid Nation Radio blog at http://stupidnation.blogspot.com/

New items in stock

We have a couple of new items in stock now in our online shop, first up the Peskimo designed toys : Bamboozoo figures. 17 different designs to collect


Also in store now are the second series of Kid Robots Fatcaps
Featuring designs from Sket one, MAD, Shok1, Reach, Flying Fortress, Dalek and Doma amongst others


Fatcaps series 2 HERE
Peskimo Bamboozoo HERE

Ebola : Formaldehyde Blunts Vol 1

Well worth checking out and completely free too, a new mix from Ebola entitled Formaldehyde Blunts Vol 1. With cuts from Ed DMX, Soft Pink Truth, Duranduranduran and Hard Off amongst others

Get yours here

Funckarma : Dubstoned EP1

The Highpoint Lowlife Label are set to drop a brand new EP from Funckarma in the latter part of this month. Made up of two Dutch brothers, Don and Roel Funcken, Funckarma released their first EP in 1999 on the Djak-Up Bitch (DUB) label. Since then they have unleashed a fury of releases on labels from Neo Ouija, n5MD, U-Cover, to Hymen, not including their work under other guises such as Cane, Quench, and their hip hop project with a trio of US MC’s under the name Shadow Huntaz, released on Skam records. We recently heard its five tracks and can confirm that the Funcken brothers have produced a cracking EP, imagine the Funckarma of old with their crunchy electronic wall of sound styled beats, abstract but accessible electronic rhythms and then throw some Dubstep influences into the mix.

There's a preview MP3 sample for those wishing to hear this EP available here

As well as releasing the EP, Funckarma will also be promoting the release of the record with two rare UK appearances, one at Plastic People in London on June 25th and another at Bristol's The Cube Cinema on June 27th. Support from Hyperdub's Ikonika, and Highpoint Lowlife's Fisk Industries.

Mr Scruff Podcast for Bodytonic Music

Interesting Podcast hosted this week on Bodytonic Music from the one and only Mr Scruff.

• Salah ragab ‘Ole’ (Honest Jons 12”)
• Vanessa ??? ‘Better place’ (Map Music 12”)
• Mark V ‘Gone’ (sagport 7”)
• Dennis Mobley & Fresh Taste ‘Superstition’ (P&P 12”)
• Ron Blake ‘Tom Blake (Osunlade Mix)’ (Freestyle 12”)
• Theo Parrish ‘Soul Control’ (Sound Signature LP)
• War ‘Flying Machine’ (MCA LP)
• Sleepwalker ‘Shine (Piranhahead edit)’ (Especial 12”)
• Napihedz ‘Jah Bless’ (Prime Numbers 12”)
• Hughie Isachaar ‘Fever (Mr Scruff Edit)’ (CDR)
• Junior Delgado ‘Herb Eye’ (Big Cat LP)
• Bim Sherman ‘Ghetto Dub’ (Century 900 LP)
• Mulatu Astatke ‘Yegelle Tezeta’ (Ethiopiques CD)

Download Mr Scruff Bodytonic Podcast here

Stivs : Pirate Cutz 2LP

Any ragga jungle lovers would do well to check out the latest release on Death$ucker records from Stivs. Eight cuts spread over two slabs of good old vinyl.

(From Death$ucker) : Stivs is kicking off the summer with his new album "Pirate Cutz" on Death$ucker!!! Packed full of the fattest, heaviest, nitrous-fuelled beats you've ever heard! Guaranteed to get any party stomping! Limited to 300 copies worldwide!
Check out sound samples and grab yourself a copy on DSWAT here

Wild Willy Barrett : Moose Loose Kicking

RA 104 : Quiet Village

Resident Advisor #104 : Quiet Village

Joel Martin and Matt "Radio Slave" Edwards are the two men that make up Quiet Village, but it might be more accurate to say that the records that Martin and Edwards own are Quiet Village. Silent Movie, their debut full-length, is about as sample-heavy as any hip-hop offering, utilizing obscure and not-so-obscure sources to create up 21st century update on loungey exotica. Martin and Edwards aren't so much beat merchants, though, as much as they're interested in vibes. Silent Movie is a voyage into Balearic territory, where '50s eccentricity sits alongside the Chi-Lites and dub matches well with Italian film soundtracks.
The same can be said for the duo's RA podcast. An hour-long home-listening mix, the duo floats along with some of their favourite records in tow, including a healthy dose of dub (Rhythm & Sound, Jackie Mittoo), ambient, downtempo and even a little bit of Led Zeppelin.

Tracklist

01 Quiet Village - Victoria's Secret - !K7
02 Rhythm & Sound - Jah Version - Burial Mix
03 Jackie Mittoo - After Xmas - Soul Jazz
04 Warp 69 - Natural High (Global Communication remix) - Dedicated
05 Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Atlantic Records
06 Stelvio Cipriani - Main Theme from Blindman - Digitmovies
07 Quiet Village - Gold Rush - !K7
08 Sergio Mendes - Crystal Illusions - A&M
09 Celestine Okwu - Okwukwe Na Nchekwube - Soundway
10 US69 - On My Way - Buddah

Quiet Village RA podcast available here

Captain Zorro : Phantasm

Picked up this lil beauty yesterday, its from 1979 from someone called Captain Zorro on the Gem label. Pressed on Blood stained yellow vinyl, its a disco remake of the 1979 movie Phantasm theme.

Download : Captain Zorro - Phantasm

BTWS Live At The Zodiac

Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Live At The Zodiac podcast now added to the Erol Alkan podcast list, choicey!!

Electric Banana (BTWS Edit) - Electric Prunes
Battlescars (BTWS Re-Animation) - The Chemical Brothers
Be There (A BTWS Announcement)
Million Grains Of Sand - Freak Scene
Granny Takes A Trip - The Purple Gang
Mr Pleasant - The Kinks
She’s About A Mover - Sir Douglas Quartet
Kickabout - Teenage Fanclub
Beyond Space - Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve
Time Of The Season - The Zombies
Losing The Will To Survive (BTWS Re-Animation) - Findlay Brown
Happiness (BTWS Re-Animation) - Goldfrapp
Slip Inside This House - Primal Scream
The Bears Are Coming (BTWS Re-Animation) - Late Of The Pier
Hey Bulldog (BTWS Edit) - The Beatles
Paint It Black - The Love Sitars
Number 1 High (A BTWS Annoncement)
I’m A Man - Wynder K. Frog
Gemini - (A BTWS Annoncement)
Talk Talk - The Music Machine
Colour My Love - Petula Clark
Sunshine Superman - Wynder K. Frog
Aquarius - The Fifth Dimension

Details can be found here

www.myspace.com/beyondthewizardssleeve

Radioclit : Hard Working Class Vol 2

Radioclit have offered up their second compilation, Hard Working Class Volume 2, for absolutely free. Includes Radioclits remixes and edits of Mika, Shitdisco, Bonde Do Role and Brodinski amongst others

Get it here

Five Things for Friday

Next five things for Friday and this time thanks to the new Juno Player we have added some samples of the tracks below.


1. South Rakkas Crew : Mad Again Remixes EP - 12" : Mad Decent
The South Rakkas Crew return on the US Mad Decent label with a whole host of mixes of Mad Again. On remix duties are Jokers of the scene, Boy 8 Bit, Drop The Lime and our fave remix Fake Blood.
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2. Les Edits Du Golem : Volume 4
Great two tracker and the latest in the Les Golem disco edits series.
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3. Kluster : Admira CD : Important Records
Recorded in 1971, 'Admira' is sourced from the original master just discovered by Kluster member, and Tangerine Dream engineer, Klaus Freudigman. Amazing stuff, admittedly not for everyone, but for a recording from 1971 just goes to show how far ahead Kluster were in their collective thinking.
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4. DHS : The House Of God Ortin Cam mix : Missile
The pure techno classic House Of God from DHS gets yet another remix, proving once again how important the record actually is. This time its Ortin Cam aka Tom Macoye giving the track a workover, thankfully keeping the twisted cymbol sounds, heavy stomping beats and eerie vocal sample. Personally no mix will ever be as essential as the original but this is still a fine addition.
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5. LIQUID LIQUID - Slip In And Out Of Phenomenon
Liquid Liquid's first three, groundbreaking EPs re-released as part of this great retrospective on Domino, which also compiles a number of previously unreleased and live recordings. The sound of post punk NY and utterly essential

Rough Trade East : Dan Le Sac + Ed banger

If you are in or around London next week then its well worth making trip down to Brick Lane and popping into Rough Trade East.
On Monday 12th Dan Le Sac will be signing copies of his new album and an exclusive 7" picture disc from 7pm and on Tuesday 13th from 6pm till 7 the Ed Banger boys are gracing Rough Trade East with their presence in conjunction with The Stag & Dagger gig crawl. They'll be rocking out for an hour with all the latest Ed Banger rarities & remixes.