"Only Johnny Clarke would come close to challenging Bob Marley & Dennis Brown for reggae's crown, his unequaled run of hit songs, powered by Bunny Lee and King Tubby's aggravating versions, continued without a pause during the mid-70's leading Johnny to twice being ...
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VPRL4220 | VP RECORDS
"The first release from Berceuse Heroique arrived at the Honest Jon's basement the 21st of April, we didn't sell it until the next day, though, 'cause we don't like all that RSD bullshit. This April we wanted to celebrate 5 years since that day, with our 50th release, ...
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BH050 | BERCEUSE HEROIQUE
""What works reliably is to know the raw silk, hold the uncut wood. Need little. Want less. For- get the rules. Be untroubled." Laurel Halo presents six instrumental pieces that form a meditative, cinematic listening ex- perience. Inspired by recent film score work for ...
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LATENCY014 | LATENCY
"At last, the vinyl reissue of this masterwork, adding two hitherto unreleased gems recorded solo for Charles Fox's Radio 3 programme Jazz in Britain, in the same few months of 1980 as the stunning Aida performances. The phrase 'in the moment' is often bandied about ...
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HJRLP205 | HONEST JON'S
"Percussionist Jamie Muir was a member of King Crimson during the recording of Larks' Tongues In Aspic, in 1973. Staying less than a year with Robert Fripp, the Scot had already cut his teeth with another master guitarist, Derek Bailey, as part of the Music ...
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HJRLP206 | HONEST JON'S
"Trans-Sister Radio" is an electroacoustic radio drama about transgenderism and migration originally developed for Hessischer Rundfunk by Terre Thaemlitz. Duration 57 minutes, comes in digi-pack. "When travelling, dressing for the occasion means downplaying our gender ...
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GOS018 | GRAIN OF SOUND
"Geisterfahrer do not really need an introduction, at least not in Germany. Their selftitled 7" on Zickzack Platten as well as their first LP "Schatten Voraus" on Konkurrenz from 1980 are classics of dark and innovative post punk. The LP is one of my all-time favorite ...
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VORFALL01 | BANDSCHEIBEN
"The album title »I am Greek« is a tribute to Melina Mercouri's album »Je Suis Grecque!«, which was released in 1971 when Mercouri was deprived of citizenship by the Greek military junta. Mercouri lived - like Mikis Theodorakis and many other cultural workers - in ...
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12BACH8 | MARTIN HOSSBACH
"Re-release of the two album classics from 1988 and 1989, remastered and combined to a double vinyl and a 2CD-set. Both formats come in a nice packaging including a lovely booklet with new liner notes by renowned british journalist David Toop. These albums were NOT part ...
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LPGRON193 | GRÖNLAND
"Black Truffle is pleased to announce the release of Ichida, the first release from the duo of two important yet often underappreciated musicians, Eiko Ishibashi and Darin Gray. Ishibashi is a singer-songwriter, keyboardist, drummer, and multi-instrumentalist, known in ...
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BT039 | BLACK TRUFFLE RECORDS
"Brought up on the radio shows of such legendary rock 'n' roll DJs as the moondogging Alan Freed, Mad Daddy, and, later, the ghostly Ghoulardi, it was hardly surprising that The Cramps' Lux Interior and Poison Ivy began trawling thrift stores for juvenile delinquent ...
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STAG-O-076 | STAG-O-LEE
