In a world hyper-focussed on who can play the fastest, who's the most famous, and who's travelled the furthest, maybe it's time to slow down and savour the moment. Future Backup dares to do just that, creating gentle, thoughtful melodies on vibraphones, pad-synths, and ...
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BOOM2112 | BOOMSLANG RECORDS
"Assembled by Pedro Alves Sousa, Má Estrela is a conjuration of ideas and obsessions around dub, leftfield dance phenomena, and the hypnotic potential of urban somnambulance. In a levitating state, not exactly detached from the unease of these end times, Sousa ...
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CREP124 | DISCREPANT
Meeting vulnerability with persistence, Lucerne-based musician Remo Helfenstein presents Spite, his first solo album on Präsens Editionen. Whereas his 2020 debut EP, Comforting Katharina, traced raw, devotional impulses, Spite expands the terrain-balancing psychedelic ...
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PE047 | PRÄSENS EDITIONEN
"Shards" continues the sonic exploration the trio began in 2023 with "Refract", which The New York Times praised for working "across medium and style, with composed elements and prepared loops." "Shards" reflects a deepening and maturation of the group's collaborative ...
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RH1009 | RED HOOK RECORDS
"Als »uncanny« beschreibt das Englische jenes Gefühl des Unheimlichen und latent Bedrohlichen, hinter dem potenziell Abgründe lauern; dem aber zugleich ein Moment des Schrägen und Absonderlichen eigen ist - das in popkultureller Brechung Teil eines medialen Spiels ...
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147 | POSITIONEN
"Sometimes it feels so simple: two of our favorite people in one of our favorite bands release one of our favorite records of all time. 2009's Imaginary Falcons was its own genius slushpile of tape-hissy drift-dub haze anthems, no question, but 936 takes every facet of ...
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WEIRD009CD | DOMINO RECORDS
"Active in Los Angeles' 1980-1986 underground music scene, John Lafia is best known for the hypnotic album Prayers, released through Barry Craig's influential, cassette-only label Trance Port Tapes. "Life Is Short", "A Promise", "Dream", "Hidden Things", "Spaghetti ...
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TRANS-6 | DISCOS TRANSGENERO
COVER HAS SMALL SEAM SPLIT "Vuelo por las Alturas de Alhambra was originally published in 1988 on Discos Esplendor Geométrico and it is a hidden gem in the catalogue of this influential Spanish label. The album unfolds a series of subtle and mesmerizing compositions ...
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TRANS-8 | DISCOS TRANSGENERO
"Idyll is a hell of a beast, leaves conventional Noise Rock patterns behind and opens up to a sinister journey through cathartic, sonic and powerful sounds." (label info)
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MÖSLP009 | MÖRTEL SOUNDS
"Caterina Barbieri & Bendik Giske's At Source resounds music as wellspring, that which is essential and unknowable, and yet utterly primary. It finds two acclaimed composer-musicians building a world together in self-contained collaboration between analogue synthesis ...
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LY009 | LIGHT-YEARS
"Following their 2024 debut La grande accumulation, Anadol (Gözen Atila) and Marie Klock return with Manivelles. Hailed by The Quietus as a duo that pushes each other to "greater heights of oddness," the pair produces an undefinable mix of folk, kraut, and pop nested ...
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PINGIPUNG95 | PINGIPUNG
1976 markiert das Erscheinungsjahr der ersten Punk-Singles - und 50 Jahre später feiern zwei Anthologien dieses Jubiläum mit einem einzigartigen Doppelblick auf die Geschichte des Genres. In Bored Teenagers und Angriff aufs Schlaraffenland wählen über 200 ...
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978-3-95575-257-6 | VENTIL VERLAG
1976 markiert das Erscheinungsjahr der ersten Punk-Singles - und 50 Jahre später feiern zwei Anthologien dieses Jubiläum mit einem einzigartigen Doppelblick auf die Geschichte des Genres. In "Bored Teenagers" Musiker:innen, Autor:innen, Fanzine-Macher:innen, ...
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978-3-95575-258-3 | VENTIL VERLAG
Alexander Hacke became obsessed with classical music at an early age, but ended up dropping out of school and hanging out with punks, squatters, and bohemians in the West Berlin underground scene. After his first music projects under the pseudonym Alexander von Borsig, ...
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9783955752545 | VENTIL VERLAG
