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.

Five Things For Friday

Five things to spend your money on this week :


1. Shitmat & Ladyscraper - Grungecore - 7"
A blend of Breakcore and Grunge meet at last on this 2 track 7" on the brand new Fukdup label. Leading things are Shitmat and Ladyscaper. For any record collector this is a real treat as this release is a limited edition of 500 with each record in an individually sewn flannel sleeve (to properly represent the Grunge!!), all hand stamped and numbered, as well as silk screened. Available from the fine folk at DSWAT
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2. Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip - Angles
Not out until Monday, but this had to go in as we have been eagerly anticipating the first full length release from the duo. Essential
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3. Justice DJ Mix Leur Selection CD
The mix that was rumoured to be the rejected Fabric mix gets a full release, whether this is legit or bootleg. Everything thrown into the pot on this mix, from Frankie Valli to Daft Punk to Rondo Veneziano to Goblin. Been out a couple of weeks now but this one slipped us by until now.
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4. Radio Soulwax : Get ya yoyo's out part 3 : mix CD
Third installment of the Yoyo's mixes from Radio soulwax hits the racks. Brilliantly eclectic as per usual with tracks from Sepultura, Max Romeo & the Upsetters and even Village People. Tracklisting below

1 Village People / Y.M.C.A
2 Crookers / Love To Edit
3 LCD Soundsystem / Get Innocuous (Soulwax remix)
4 Solaris / High Times
5 Prince / Head (Soulwax re edit)
6 Laurent Wolf / The Crow
7 Roxy Music / Love Is The Re Edit.(Soulwax Re Edit)
8 Gloria Gaynor / I Will survive
9 909 D1SCO / Alien Attack
10 Outlander / Vamp
11 Adam Sky feat Marc Stewart / We Are Aall Prostitutes (Crookers remix)
12 Justice / D.A.N.C.E.
13 Daft Punk / Digital Love
14 In Flagranti / Paroli
15 Simian Mobile Disco / It's the Beat
16 Technotronic / Pump Up the Jam
17 Walter Murphy / A Fifth Of Beethoven
18 Midnight Juggernauts / Road to Recovery (D.I.M. remix)
19 Sebastien Tellier / Sexual Sportswear (SebastiAn remix)
20 MC Miker G & DJ Sven / Holiday Rap
21 Switch / A Bit Patchy
22 Led Zeppelin / Trampled Under Foot
23 Brodinski / Bad Runner
24 Eurythmics / Sweet Dreams (Erol Alkan Edit)
25 Bodyrox / Yeah Yeah
26 Mr. Oizo / Flat Beat
27 Frederico Franchi / Cream
28 Led Zeppelin Feat Green Velvet / Green Immigrant
29 Human Recource / Dominato
30 808 State / Cubik
31 DJ Debonair Samir / Samir's Theme
32 Sepultura / Bloody Roots
33 Max Romeo & the Upsetters / I Chase the Devil
34 Prodigy / Out Of Space
35 Fischerspooner / Emerge (Junkie XL remix)
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5. Disco Exotique volume 2
The Disco Exotique team return with five spaced out cosmic disco edits. Available from Juno

1 Escape From New York - "Save Your Love" (DITS dub)
2 The Clash - "The Cool Out" (DITS Taking The Fifth edit)
3 World Famous Lobster All Stars - "Working For Love Again" (DITS dub)
4 Spaceman 3 - "Big City" (DITS edit)
5 No One Is Receiving - "Brian Eno" (DITS edit)