{"title":"Genre - Downtempo","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"mindy-meng-wang-x-tim-shiel-nervous-energy","title":"Mindy Meng Wang x Tim Shiel ‎– Nervous Energy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. Early in 2020, the music community was forced to close its doors, not only to the outside world, but to each other. Creative partnerships were lost, performances cancelled, studio time scrapped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn response to these limitations, as is often the case, innovation and cooperation blossomed. Melbourne’s Music in Exile label, a not-for-profit aimed at profiling musicians from refugee and migrant backgrounds that give the city its world-class reputation in the arts, kick started the new Building Bridges series, aimed at keeping individuals connected and inspired during lockdown. Nervous Energy, a collaborative effort between Chinese\/Australian avant-garde composer Mindy Meng Wang \u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'ＭＳ 明朝';\"\u003e王萌\u003c\/span\u003e, and her Melbourne-based contemporary Tim Shiel, is the first product of this series. Over the course of the year, as COVID restrictions ebbed and flowed, Tim \u0026amp; Mindy worked ceaselessly on developing new material, first recorded by Mindy on her 21-string traditional guzheng, and then shared with Tim via the internet to be reworked into something neither had imagined possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is four compositions that oscillate from breakbeat to minimal house influences and laid-back dub and pop sounds, underpinned throughout by an acoustic instrument almost two metres long and thousands of years old. It is a hymn to the world Mindy inhabits, a place where tradition is forced to adapt with changing values and different cultures. Throughout the record, Mindy’s strong association with visual imagery and traditional Chinese storytelling prevails, conjuring images of “eastern power and beauty” and “a dreamland surrounded by clouds and mist, as if you are floating in the cloud.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Mindy says, “Tim’s music made my blood surge immediately, and I couldn’t help holding my breath; my muscles tightened, like a wild leopard about to jump out from the dark, or balancing on a string up high in the sky. I used the guzheng to create a meditation of tranquility in the chaos, to try calm my emotions and fast heartbeat. The gentle melody brings rational control and pulls everything back to a perfect balance.“ – \u003cu\u003eBandcamp\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/6wfOxfDJ3qZVBPW5Aq4qfX\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: Music In Exile ‎– MIE016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Vinyl, 12\", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, Stereo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry: Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: 12 Mar 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle: Ambient, Downtempo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Music In Exile","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456436674718,"sku":"741813557090","price":25.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/c99e3ac0835d9f035b07c18d9c2d8c105a22a109.jpg?v=1646290393"},{"product_id":"jamie-xx-in-colour","title":"Jamie xx - In Colour (2020 Remaster)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCompared to Jamie xx's impact on music, it's easy to forget that he hasn't released much on his own. The distinctive yet surprisingly versatile blend of indie, R\u0026amp;B, and dance in his work with \u003c\/span\u003ethe xx\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eGil Scott-Heron\u003cspan\u003e, and his remixes helped shape the sound of the late 2000s and 2010s, but his solo discography was limited to a handful of singles, many of which appear on his first full-length, \u003cem\u003eIn Colour\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile one of his best singles, \"All Under One Roof Raving,\" doesn't appear on the album, its balance of the kinetic and the atmospheric -- as well as its reverence for classic U.K. dance music -- is reflected on some of \u003cem\u003eIn Colour\u003c\/em\u003e's brightest highlights. \"Gosh\" is hard-edged yet radiant, its juddering drum'n'bass rhythms and shouted samples adding heft and movement before swelling synths overtake the track like a sunrise after a long night out. For most of the album, Jamie xx uses his considerable gifts for atmosphere to make listeners remember the euphoria of dance music rather than immerse them in it. Despite its brassy flourishes, \"Girl\"'s filtered house is haunting and aloof instead of driving, while its former B-side \"Sleep Sound\" fades in and out like a dream. Given his skills as a collaborator, it's not surprising that some of In Colour's best moments occur when he shares the spotlight. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile his reunion with \u003c\/span\u003exx\u003cspan\u003e bandmate \u003c\/span\u003eOliver Sim\u003cspan\u003e on the implosive \"Stranger in a Room\" is almost too reminiscent of their previous work, \u003c\/span\u003eRomy Madley Croft\u003cspan\u003e remains one of his most inspiring muses. She gives \u003cem\u003eIn Colour\u003c\/em\u003e's nostalgia more humanity on the beautifully blurred \"Seesaw\" and \"Loud Places,\" where a sample of \u003c\/span\u003eIdris Muhammad\u003cspan\u003e's joyous \"Could Heaven Ever Be Like This\" makes the contrast between then and now, and alone and together, all the more poignant. However, the album's most immediate moment belongs to \u003c\/span\u003eYoung Thug\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003ePopcaan\u003cspan\u003e. Inspired by a drive from Manhattan to Brooklyn while listening to Hot 97, the summery \"I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)\" embraces pop, hip-hop, and dancehall in a way that feels evocative and forward-looking. As it moves from reflective to engaging and back again, \u003cem\u003eIn Colour \u003c\/em\u003ecovers the entire spectrum of Jamie xx's music, delivering flashes of brilliance along the way. — (via AllMusic)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4gaNWHu5Caj3ItkYZ5i6uh?utm_source=generator\u0026amp;theme=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Young Turks\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered\u003cbr\u003eCountry: UK\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2020 \/ Original Release: 2015\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Downtempo, UK Garage, House\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Leftfield\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Young Turks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456447684766,"sku":"889030022936","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a1161638012_10.jpg?v=1729086595"},{"product_id":"jon-hopkins-immunity","title":"Jon Hopkins – Immunity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImmunity is the fourth studio album by English musician and producer Jon Hopkins. The electronic album was released on June 4, 2013 by Domino Records to critical acclaim and was nominated for the 2013 Mercury Prize for best album.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eA confident, dramatic record defined by an acute sense of physicality and place,\u003cem\u003e Immunity\u003c\/em\u003e felt and still feels, like the accompaniment to a journey of creativity, a trip inside Hopkins’ mind. It brought together everything he had learnt and experienced already but also paved the way for the evolution of his future records, most recently, 2021’s \u003cem\u003eMusic For Psychedelic Therapy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eImmunity\u003c\/em\u003e was a turning point in Hopkins’ career. On its release in 2013, Immunity announced itself as a powerful, multi-faceted beast, packed with the most aggressively dancefloor-focussed music Hopkins had ever made. However, Immunity was never just about the techno behemoths - of which there were several. Hopkins wanted the album to help people to reach different states of mind. From graceful and mournful piano notes, stirring choral drones, he was always seeking new melodic routes to aid this and his desire to use physical, real-world sounds as the basis for many of the album’s rhythms allowed him to craft one of the most human electronic albums.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"\u003e — (via Label)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=4148971019\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/license_id=3305\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Domino\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eCountry: UK\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2013\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Electro, Tech House, Experimental, Downtempo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Leftfield\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456450175134,"sku":"887828029815","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a1369148854_10.jpg?v=1727593959"},{"product_id":"portishead-third-limited-edition-45rpm","title":"Portishead – Third","description":"\u003cp\u003eTorpor fosters distemper. That's what the decade-long gestation of Portishead's \u003cem\u003eThird\u003c\/em\u003e album suggests from the moment it kicks in. The smoothness of old is supplanted by surface noise on opening track, 'Silence'. Those familiar open guitar chords descend into something more menacing - the only constant, the spidery vocal of Beth Gibbons, still obsessively pacing around her pained and private world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fluidity of Portishead's music was always something of an illusion. Rather, it was painstakingly constructed with a maddening precision. That tensile quality is even more evident on \u003cem\u003eThird\u003c\/em\u003e. Edgy, wary, snarling and dissonant, the music mirrors the morbidity of Beth Gibbon's lyrics, accentuating the unsettling quality of a voice that is closer to the hysteric tones of Sixties free jazz innovator Patty Waters than any conventional pop vocal. Beset by an almost primal sense of insecurity, you get the feeling Gibbons is capable of mining misery from bliss. She even admits as much in the opening lines of 'Nylon Smile': 'I'd like to laugh at what you said but I just can't find a smile.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album's first single, 'Machine Gun' takes Portishead's minimalist aesthetic to extremes yet still manages to sound epic, pitting Gibbons's haunted vocal against a metallic beat. There are moments of lightness, but the prevailing mood is of a group who have succumbed to a riptide of dour emotion. Never has a pit of despair sounded so inviting. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2008\/apr\/20\/popandrock.portishead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThird \u003c\/em\u003eis a record that comes from a creativity unleashed as much by listening to the likes of psychedelic doom bass madmen OM as Public Enemy (Geoff Barrow explained as much in a recent interview). Whereas much of Portishead's '90s output had the feel and limitations of a film soundtrack 'All Mine', especially, would have slotted nicely into a Bond flick \" Third is a complete, evocative whole. Final track 'Threads' is surely named for the unfathomably grim 1984 BBC mockumentary about Sheffield in the aftermath of a nuclear attack, and for that alone it's a brilliant way to end the album. Adding to its charm, there's a grim perfection to the deep, menacing, atonal booms that conclude it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf course, a record of unrelenting misery can't succeed as well as one where the mood varies; and Third succeeds precisely because it's an album that flows as well as ebbs. On 'Plastic', a peculiar and unsettling rattle adds tension, while the Silver Apples drive to 'We Carry On' demonstrates how Gibbon's voice (Ophelia singing distractedly to herself on the way to the river) has grown in textural dexterity over the past decade, even if her lyrics, which are often more personal and fixed in matters of the heart rather than in the abstract overarching mood, are perhaps the only weakness in the Portishead armoury. 'Deep Water', ostensibly a sweet torch song with querulous banjo, sounds terrifying in its juxtaposition with the grinding song that precedes it ('We Carry On') and the brilliantly tense one ('Machine Gun') that follows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile \u003cem\u003eThird \u003c\/em\u003eis undoubtedly a dark, unforgiving album, you only have to look at the black-clad thundering legion that packed the Portishead-curated ATP last December to know that while such influences might have shaped this record, this is still a band who wave a scalpel at a very commercial jugular. Burial, say, will give you a more uncomfortable journey around the dark streets of a city at night, Sunn O))) a more stygian gloom, and so on. Still, respect is due: \u003cem\u003eThird \u003c\/em\u003eis an unexpectedly absorbing album from a band who've used ten years of exhaustion and disillusionment to hone what was initially great about them before into something entirely new. It'll leave the Sunday supplement types - with their bulgur wheat, falafels and patio heater angst - a distant memory. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thequietus.com\/quietus-reviews\/portishead-third-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Quietus\u003c\/a\u003e) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4BnNSzOWadogStvyYshJIo?utm_source=generator\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kBOaLjtR4mw?si=fkqQ1-9wHgfbNhYk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zFwPBhKwZLc?si=nUREAy_BR0LWC4b8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Mercury\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2023 \/ Original Release: 2008\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Rock\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Trip Hop, Downtempo, Female Vocals\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Electronic \/\/ Leftfield\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mercury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456461545630,"sku":"602517641044","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/ab67616d0000b2732529c50c11cb07f6f9e3ab29.jpg?v=1727438454"},{"product_id":"massive-attack-blue-lines-2016-reissue","title":"Massive Attack – Blue Lines","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— The Analog Vault \/\/ Essential Listening —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRegarded as one of trip hop’s most crucial albums, this debut by English collective Massive Attack was the blueprint for the genre’s then-emerging style. Although underpinned by hip-hop elements, \u003cem\u003eBlue Lines\u003c\/em\u003e distinguished itself by recontextualising them through the lens of UK’s underground club culture - imbuing elements of electronic music, breakbeat, dub and reggae.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result was a revolutionary LP that came to define the Bristol sound. Stylish, sleek and smooth - Massive Attack balanced diva-led jams and British rap upon a tightrope of groovy, downtempo dance music. What Massive Attack accomplished with Blue Lines remains as sophisticated today as it was over a few decades ago. — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Analog Vault\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first masterpiece of what was only termed trip-hop much later, \u003cem\u003eBlue Lines \u003c\/em\u003efiltered American hip-hop through the lens of British club culture, a stylish, nocturnal sense of scene that encompassed music from rare groove to dub to dance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album balances dark, diva-led club jams along the lines of Soul II Soul with some of the best British rap (vocals and production) heard up to that point, occasionally on the same track. The opener \"Safe from Harm\" is the best example, with diva vocalist Shara Nelson trading off lines with the group's own monotone (yet effective) rapping. Even more than hip-hop or dance, however, dub is the big touchstone on Blue Lines. Most of the productions aren't quite as earthy as you'd expect, but the influence is palpable in the atmospherics of the songs, like the faraway electric piano on \"One Love\" (with beautiful vocals from the near-legendary Horace Andy). One track, \"Five Man Army,\" makes the dub inspiration explicit, with a clattering percussion line, moderate reverb on the guitar and drums, and Andy's exquisite falsetto flitting over the chorus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlue Lines\u003c\/em\u003e isn't all darkness, either - \"Be Thankful for What You've Got\" is quite close to the smooth soul tune conjured by its title, and \"Unfinished Sympathy\" - the group's first classic production - is a tremendously moving fusion of up-tempo hip-hop and dancefloor jam with slow-moving, syrupy strings. Flaunting both their range and their tremendously evocative productions, Massive Attack recorded one of the best dance albums of all time. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/blue-lines-mw0000264743\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAllMusic\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5mAPk4qeNqVLtNydaWbWlf?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Virgin \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180 gram\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2016 \/ Original: 1991\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Trip Hop, Downtempo, Leftfield\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: TAV Essential Listening\u003cbr\u003eFile under: Electronic \/\/  Downtempo\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Virgin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456531636382,"sku":"602557009606","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/5cc581b5df84e7adb390115feeaed313a2588790.jpg?v=1646291638"},{"product_id":"various-lost-in-translation-music-from-the-motion-picture-soundtrack","title":"Various – Lost In Translation (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoundtrack to the 2003 academy award nominated film!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Back in print for Lost in Translation: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack the soundtrack album to the 2003 film Lost in Translation, directed by Sofia Coppola. The soundtrack was supervised by Brian Reitzell and was released on September 9, 2003, through Emperor Norton Records and then for RSD2019. It contains five songs by Kevin Shields, including one from his group My Bloody Valentine. Other artists featured on the soundtrack include Air, Death in Vegas, Squarepusher, Phoenix and the Jesus and Mary Chain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0dZsM7gc8C3TiaQxwFSOpP?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmperor Norton – RR1 317068, Emperor Norton – 603497843510\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVinyl, LP, Reissue, Repress\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUSA \u0026amp; Canada\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 Jan 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElectronic, Rock, Stage \u0026amp; Screen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoundtrack, Downtempo, Post Rock, Indie Rock\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Emperor Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456637640862,"sku":"603497843510","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/975ce8559d647c3d29f8c9f604666b1bcopy.jpg?v=1707835081"},{"product_id":"susumu-yokota-symbol","title":"Susumu Yokota – Symbol","description":"\u003cp\u003e— The Analog Vault \/\/ Essential Listening —\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA distinctive album in Susumu Yokota's discography being primarily composed of samples from classical compositions, accompanied by a gorgeous piece of album cover art that extracts a detail from the beautiful 1896 painting Hylas and the Nymphs by John William Waterhouse – the album cleverly samples various classical tracks including familiar classical pieces by Debussy, Rachmaninov, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Saint-Saëns, alongside modern compositions by John Cage and Meredith Monk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYokota’s swooning 2004 album is a gorgeous tapestry that’s as beautiful as it is idiosyncratic. Using bits and pieces of orchestral inspirations as thread, Symbol weaves patterns that straddle somewhere between electronic and ambient in its austere design - the album emerges a spellbindingly successful collage, one that’s soothing in texture and rich with understated emotion. — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Analog Vault\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0ntm3YaiXVkkGitWl2XASV\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: P-Vine Records\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Remastered, Limited Edition\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Japan\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2021 \/ Original: 2004\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Classical\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Modern Classical, Downtempo, Ambient\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Japanese Electronic\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"P-Vine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456775233694,"sku":"4995879071564","price":70.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/R-19981105-1630169381-9409-jpeg.jpg?v=1646296819"},{"product_id":"kruder-dorfmeister-the-kd-sessions","title":"Kruder \u0026 Dorfmeister – The K\u0026D Sessions™","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— The Analog Vault \/\/ Essential Listening —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompiled and mixed by Vienna-based DJ duo Kruder \u0026amp; Dorfmeister, this 1998 album has indubitably become one of the hallmark albums amongst downtempo and trip hop aficionados. Hailed as one of the most influential electronica releases of all-time, \u003cem\u003eThe K\u0026amp;D Sessions\u003c\/em\u003e is a tour de force of downbeat and dub that flawlessly conjures the perfect kickback mood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album, which set the bar for what compilations could achieve, comprises an array of exceptional original tracks, dubs, and remixes of classics from diverse acts ranging from Bomb the Bass and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, to Roni Size and Rockers Hi-Fi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Austrian pair artfully shapes their sprawling selections into something that goes beyond a DJ mix - this is as complete and cohesive an album as any you’ll ever find. With this 5LP reissue, the album received a long overdue \u003cem\u003edefinitive audiophile LP \u003c\/em\u003eremastering by Bernie Grundman Mastering sixteen years after the album's original release. — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Analog Vault\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Kruder \u0026amp; Dorfmeister remained unwilling to release a \"proper\" album even several years after their breakout, The K\u0026amp;D Sessions is proof positive they're still doing what they do best -- making the most blissfully blunted music the world has ever heard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe [5LP] set is first and foremost a K\u0026amp;D mix album, to add to the two they'd already released. It's also a remix collection, though; each of the 21 tracks are reworkings (by Kruder, Dorfmeister, or both) for artists including Roni Size, Lamb, David Holmes, Bomb the Bass, Depeche Mode, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Sofa Surfers, and Count Basic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs could be expected,\u003cem\u003e The K\u0026amp;D Sessions\u003c\/em\u003e is earthy, downtempo and acid-based, even moreso than previous mix albums by the pair. The pinging vocal samples that echo through the duo's remix of \"Bug Powder Dust\" by Bomb the Bass prove amply that Kruder \u0026amp; Dorfmeister have a better handle on 21st-century dub techniques than any other producers out there, and the impossibly deep beats on almost every track simply couldn't have been recorded by any other act. Yes, it's a bit of a shame that the pair still hadn't released an album of own-productions, but with (re)mix albums this stunning and accomplished, Kruder \u0026amp; Dorfmeister hardly needed one to gain respect. — (via John Bush \/\/ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/the-k-d-sessions-mw0000047051\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAllMusic)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/6mNVqDGJQpknhtx3RjKRst?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: !K7 Records\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 5 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, 20th Anniversary Edition, Trifold Cover, 180g\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2022 onwards \/ Original: 1998\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Downtempo, Dub, Trip Hop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFile under: TAV Essential Listening\u003cbr\u003eFile under:  Electronic \/\/ Downtempo\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"!K7 Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456793714846,"sku":"730003707346","price":98.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a4123514436_10.jpg?v=1732095845"},{"product_id":"gif-hailnothingpre-order","title":".gif - Hail Nothing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— The Analog Vault \/\/ Essential Listening —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Analog Vault is supremely honoured to be working with .gif for their first-ever vinyl release on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/collections\/tav-records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eTAV Records\u003c\/a\u003e.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e.gif have earned critical comparison to the likes of Bjork, Yukimi Nagano, The xx and Portishead, but the illustrious pair have managed to retain a fresh and unique dynamic to their chimerical sound, one that proved so compelling that the pair began filling a void of their own making within the Singaporean music scene. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing the acclaim of their past releases, .gif's sophomore LP \u003cem\u003eHAIL NOTHING\u003c\/em\u003e still showcases the haunting vocals, deft lyricism and obsidian production that has become their distinctive sound. 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The Herbaliser rolls with a crew that is deep with fork-tongued lyricists and a badass horn section to add to the studio genius that is Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba. Tracks like \"Worldwide Connected\", \"24 Carat Blag\" and \"Mr Holmes\" carry the dramatic, mysterious orchestration of a James Bond movie soundtrack. Layers of thick funk instrumentation and rumbling basslines provide the foundation while Lyricists like Iriscience (of Dilated Peoples), MF Doom and Blade fuel the verbal fires. Each MC adds his\/her own character to the personality of the album. Iriscience brings precise lyrical dexterity, Wildflower lives up to her name with her diamond-in-the-rough, heavily accented cockney rhymes and Phi Life Cypher comes with West Indian street wisdom. The whole album sounds like the aural equivalent of a Guy Ritchie movie – irreverent, carefully orchestrated but carried off with a devil-may-care shrug of perfectly stylized musical shoulders, and above all, cool as hell. A dark tone pervades the album, in keeping with its cheeky grin of a title. With Something Wicked This Way Comes the Herbaliser invites you not just to listen, but to step inside its world and meet the characters. – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutjazz.com\/something-wicked-this-way-comes-the-herbaliser-ninja-tune-review-by-aaj-staff.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAll About Jazz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/77DWwA78psmopLe0ZTy6qK\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: Ninja Tune – zen 64\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, 180gm version\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry: UK\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: 6 Aug 2013\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Electronic, Hip Hop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle: Downtempo, Conscious\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Ninja Tune","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456868163742,"sku":"5021392253183","price":42.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/ae5e9be5f4121deb76fc40a53a86b272b80971a5.jpg?v=1646298021"},{"product_id":"junglebacktomine","title":"Jungle ‎– Back To Mine","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5x8fi3qqHSWacxluhUNqW1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Back To Mine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456871702686,"sku":"5053760053439","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/be90aa60fe9dc5b5f4ae4bc6f09480c9d0b523e2.jpg?v=1646298145"},{"product_id":"olafurarnaldsremember","title":"Olafur Arnalds ‎– Re:member","description":"\u003cp\u003eTypically, it is with a careful hand that composer Ólafur Arnalds approaches his music, ambient soundscapes and modern instrumentals evoking achingly beautiful senses of place and being. Over a decade of solo music work has seen him score ballet and film alike. He has laced silver piano reflections with harsh trap beats; he has brought together folk sounds of his native north with Western art stylings and contemporary electronics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn \u003cem\u003eRe:member,\u003c\/em\u003e Arnalds takes a particularly delicate hand in assembling the sounds of live and computer-borne instruments, and the result is seamless. Each track glides on air and light, humanmade projections of an idealized natural world conveyed through a rich variance of human handiwork. Strings rush, keys shine, synths glow, percussion drives some tracks into headier speeds - everything is polished, and even on Arnalds' busiest pieces, serenity overcomes. It stands as the foundation of the opening title track, a slowly building composition of radiant piano notes and strings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piano notes in question make up not only the musical backbone of many of the pieces but also stand out as an important technological feature of the work. Arnalds uses innovative Stratus software across re:member, controlling two \"self-playing, semi-generative playerpianos\" with a central piano that Arnalds plays directly. Developed by Ólafur Arnalds and audio developer Halldór Eldjárn, the Stratus Pianos served as an interactive art installation in Reykjavík before the album; now, wholly in Arnalds' hands, they are flawless. – via Popwire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/6JpQGIi2he6iskzR4aLwPG?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Mercury KX\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2018\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Classical\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Downtempo, Experimental, Modern Classical\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFile under: Ambient \/ Modern Classical\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mercury KX","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456876388510,"sku":"602567701323","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/OA_AlbumCover_title_3000x3000_800x_7689234d-67cb-4347-b3af-46b1b890c8ed.webp?v=1735201177"},{"product_id":"stgermain-tourist","title":"St Germain - Tourist","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the advent of acid jazz in the mid-'80s, the many electronic-jazz hybrids to come down the pipe have steadily grown more mature, closer to a balanced fusion that borrows the spontaneity and emphasis on group interaction of classic jazz while still emphasizing the groove and elastic sound of electronic music. For his second album, French producer Ludovic Navarre expanded the possibilities of his template for jazzy house by recruiting a sextet of musicians to solo over his earthy productions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe opener \"Rose Rouge\" is an immediate highlight, as an understated Marlena Shaw vocal sample (\"I want you to get together\/put your hands together one time\"), trance-state piano lines, and a ride-on-the-rhythm drum program frames solos by trumpeter Pascal Ohse and baritone Claudio de Qeiroz. For \"Montego Bay Spleen,\" Navarre pairs an angular guitar solo by Ernest Ranglin with a deep-groove dub track, complete with phased effects and echoey percussion. \"Land Of...\" moves from a Hammond- and horn-led soul-jazz stomp into Caribbean territory, marked by more hints of dub and the expressive Latin percussion of Carneiro.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOccasionally, Navarre's programming (sampled or otherwise) grows a bit repetitious - even for dance fans, to say nothing of the jazzbo crowd attracted by the album's Blue Note tag. Though it is just another step on the way to a perfect blend of jazz and electronic, \u003cem\u003eTourist\u003c\/em\u003e is an excellent one. – (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/tourist-mw0000619110\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAll Music)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003cbr\u003eOn its 20th anniversary, Andrew Ryce looks back at a landmark in smooth house music:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's 2002, and I'm 12 years old, flipping through the CD collection of my latest step-mom, who had moved into my dad's house so quickly I barely had time to meet her. One night I stayed up late to see what kind of music was in her collection. There was an enormous amount of cool, late-'90s electronic music I had only heard about before. Acid jazz like Medeski, Martin \u0026amp; Wood, stuff like Meat Beat Manifesto. St. Germain's \u003cem\u003eTourist\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the most successful house albums of all time, caught my eye. The bright colours and timetable on the front cover seemed urbane and impossibly cool. When I first put it on, I felt classy listening to it, like I was living some elegant fantasy life far beyond my years and means.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFast forward to 2020 and putting on \u003cem\u003eTourist\u003c\/em\u003e is to transport back what feels like an incredibly specific time. Nightclubs had been chased out of New York by Giuliani's decree, as part of an overall whitewashing of the city, but house music—ever more tasteful, melodic and hip—was everywhere you looked. Not just in New York, but in London, Toronto, Los Angeles and Paris, too. At every nice restaurant, at every cocktail lounge, all over TV shows like Sex \u0026amp; The City. Fusion-restaurant house was ubiquitous, and French producer Ludovic Navarre's second LP was king of them all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's easy to deride this kind of music as derivative. And a lot of it is. But not \u003cem\u003eTourist\u003c\/em\u003e. The album is the  culmination of a successful dance music career, a nearly instrumental album that sold more than four million copies. It laid the foundations for a style that still rules the places where you can sip a $16 martini and lounge on leather cushions, a sound that still signifies some notion of taste and class for a certain subset of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTourist\u003c\/em\u003e is revered and lampooned for the same reason: its unironic sincerity, its knack for going there. This is a record that kicks off with \"Rose Rouge,\" a house tune built around the rhythm section from Dave Brubeck's \"Take Five.\" And why not? \"Take Five,\" after all, is one of the best songs of all time, and the sound of the piano and brushed drums is a shortcut to another era. Complete it with the husky vocal from a 1970s Marlene Shaw performance and a trumpet solo from Pascal Ohsé, and you start to feel like you're at a bar you can't afford, or a party you're not swanky enough to attend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album takes you on a trip through the sixth arrondissement neighbourhood that gave Ludovic Navarre his artist name, and through Paris beyond it. St. Germain was famous for its lively post-war jazz scene: \"Rose Rouge\" was the name of a cabaret; \"Pont Des Arts\" is a bridge that connects the sixth and first arrondissements across the Seine; \"Latin Note\" is a nod to the city's famous Latin Quarter, another cultural hub, next to St. Germain, while \"La Guotte D'or\" refers to an African neighbourhood in the 18th arrondissement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's also, as much of Navarre's career has been, a blend of musical styles. \u003cem\u003eTourist\u003c\/em\u003e is discussed in the context of acid jazz or lounge house, but aside from the choice of instruments, it's much more than that. The LP touches on blues, Chicago house and, particularly, dub, an important part of the album whose influence usually goes overlooked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDub runs through the pulse of the best tracks on the album. \"Land Of...\" is one of Navarre's most accomplished tracks, effortlessly switching tack from dub to jazz rhythms—check out the piano break in the middle, which sounds like Duke Ellington's \"In A Sentimental Mood\"—on top of a relaxed breakbeat. This is turn-of-the-millennium dance music genre alchemy. And the Scientist-sampling \"Montego Bay Spleen\" features the incredible playing from Jamaican guitarist Ernest Ranglin, who plucks and strums in languid circles around Navarre's calm dub beat. It's truly remarkable playing, not just an aesthetic gimmick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe musicianship is another misunderstood part of \u003cem\u003eTourist\u003c\/em\u003e. Navarre isn't simply putting down beats under jazz tracks or cutting up saxophone players from the '60s—most of the tracks feature solos laid down live by contemporary musicians, transforming \u003cem\u003eTourist\u003c\/em\u003e from jazz-hop pastiche to a true jazz record, albeit one with a different kind of rhythm section (It even came out on the legendary jazz label Blue Note, which was dipping its toes into electronic music.) The live musicianship is what gives \u003cem\u003eTourist\u003c\/em\u003e its panache and its most arresting details, like how the vibraphone shimmers across the stereo spectrum in glorious detail on \"Latin Note.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot that Navarre wasn't good at sampling: he takes a '90s-era collaboration between John Lee Hooker and Miles Davis and makes it the foundation for \"Sure Thing,\" a laid-back jam that lets Hooker's guitar and voice do the talking. Hooker's angelic notes glide across the track, sounding almost inhumanly perfect at times, weaving and dipping through melodic figures in a way you'd never get on a quantized grid. Tracks like \"Sure Thing\" remind you that no matter the context, or how it was put together, you can't deny the soul of Tourist, which is more than the sum of its parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoul is what sets \u003cem\u003eTourist\u003c\/em\u003e apart from everything else that sounds like it. It's hard to divorce it from the clichés it helped inspire, but in this album you can hear the groundwork for musical adventures like Mala In Cuba, or the long-running Verve jazz remix series. Navarre took a glossy style often reduced to anonymity and infused it with personality. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore he conquered the world with \u003cem\u003eTourist\u003c\/em\u003e, touring so long that he ended up tired of the music (and not releasing anything else for almost 15 years after), Navarre was a credible club producer. He was first signed to Laurent Garnier's F Communications, and under aliases like Nuages and Deepside, he made earthy house, jacking techno and styles that would hint at the revolution to come with \u003cem\u003eTourist\u003c\/em\u003e. (The Chicago tribute \"Jack On The Groove,\" released as D.S., is an essential track you can hear on the From Detroit To St. Germain compilation.) So when he released \u003cem\u003eTourist\u003c\/em\u003e he wasn't so much cashing in on a trend as fleshing out the jazzy sound he started, standing in opposition to the glitzy disco mania of French house at the time. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnding up a mainstream success and bringing house music to the masses once again, \u003cem\u003eTourist\u003c\/em\u003e was eyed suspiciously by hardcore enthusiasts on either side of the jazz-dance divide. (A notorious Village Voice review called it \"NPR techno.\") But it's a wonderful time capsule with sensibilities that still ring true today: great drum programming, heartfelt jazz playing and a stylistic range palatable to both electronic music haters and club dance floors alike. (\"Pont Des Arts\" is a lost organ house anthem.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNavarre has since moved on to working with West African artists and musical styles, but \u003cem\u003eTourist\u003c\/em\u003e casts a long shadow over everything else under the St. Germain name. Sure, it's not perfect—the dated \"So Flute\" is better forgotten—but \u003cem\u003eTourist\u003c\/em\u003e deserves its place in the house music pantheon, creating a sound that, for a time, seemed to be pretty much everywhere. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/reviews\/25135\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eResident Advisor\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0YqCvOMhp8enM01an9Nntj\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/98sUeR3r5VQ?si=s2P1Fz5a_4JWfdgO\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Parlophone ‎\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 × Vinyl, 12\", Album, Reissue, Remastered, 180gram, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2012 \/ Original: 2000\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Deep House, Future Jazz, Downtempo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Electronic \/\/ Downtempo\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Parlophone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456886251678,"sku":"5099963622010","price":55.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/st.germain.jpg?v=1707820253"},{"product_id":"various-naya-beat-volume-1-south-asian-dance-and-electronic-music-1983-1992","title":"Various – Naya Beat Volume 1: South Asian Dance And Electronic Music 1983 - 1992","description":"\u003cp\u003eSouth Asian dance and electronic music rarities handpicked, remastered and occasionally reworked. Featuring overlooked future classics from India, Pakistan, the U.K., Canada, Guyana and Suriname released between 1983 and 1992. Naya Beat Records is proud to present its first in a series of compilations and full-length album reissues dedicated to uncovering hidden electronic and dance music gems from the overlooked ‘80s and ‘90s South Asian music scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe compilation features future classics from India, Pakistan, the U.K., Canada, Guyana and Suriname released between 1983 and 1992. From East-West’s dancefloor filler \"Can't Face The Night (Club Mix)\" to Remo’s balearic masterpiece \"Jungle Days\" (off his seminal album Bombay City!) to other disco, synth-pop, and balearic dancefloor bangers from artists like Babla \u0026amp; His Orchestra, Sheila Chandra, Bappi Lahiri and Asha Puthli to name a few, this double album includes highly sought after, previously never reissued and otherwise impossible to find grails.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe double album has been mastered by multi Grammy-nominated Frank Merritt at his mastering studio The Carvery and includes some killer reworks by Naya Beat co-founders Turbotito and Ragz. Founded by former Poolside member Filip Nikolic (Turbotito) and DJ and record collector Raghav Mani (Ragz), Naya Beat (loosely translated from Hindi as “New Beat”) is building on the success of seminal South Asian dance and electronic reissues like Rupa Disco Jazz and Charanjit Singh’s iconic Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurbotito and Ragz have spent years digging for records in the most unusual places, from the crowded and dusty markets of New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai to the Guyanese corner shops in Jamaica, Queens, to the Surinamese record stores in Amsterdam and the South Asian communities of London and Birmingham. They have amassed an exceptionally deep treasure trove of dance and groove-based music that has never been reissued. – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/nayabeat.bandcamp.com\/album\/naya-beat-volume-1-south-asian-dance-and-electronic-music-1983-1992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eBandcamp\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3zslYkDdWDDm0Cq6oAG8tm\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: Naya Beat Records – NAYA - 001LP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry: US\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Electronic, Rock, Funk \/ Soul, Pop, Folk, World, \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle: Synth-pop, Disco, New Wave, Chutney, Bhangra, Folk, Funk, Psychedelic, Downtempo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Naya Beat Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456927572126,"sku":"3760179356359","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/3e23bb2724ae584a1d6036ce2570ad980a800242.jpg?v=1646299492"},{"product_id":"nathaniel-merriweather-lovage-music-to-make-love-to-your-old-lady-by","title":"Nathaniel Merriweather - Lovage \/  Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- A TAV Essential Listening Album -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDan \"The Automator\" Nakamura (Dr. Octagonecologyst, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Deltron 3030, Gorillaz), returns with yet another facetious concept album, through yet another pseudonym, Nathaniel Merriweather, with yet another fantastic supergroup, Lovage. Ostensibly sexy but obviously satirical, Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By somehow parodies the quiet storm genre, while simultaneously managing to be the best version of the thing it's parodying. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFilled with tunes that blend downtempo hip-hop beats (laden with hilarious pop culture samples) with mellow trip-hop and sultry vocals from Jennifer Charles and Mike Patton (Faith No More), Lovage walks the fine line between whimsical and seriously seductive. Featuring “sexperts” like Afrikka Bambaata, Maseo, Damon Albarn and Kid Koala (among others), this star-studded album is a romantic, half-ironic honey trap. - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Analog Vault\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3QFwPfYolMmXNNdOrRLLGE?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 60.4867%; height: 116.156px; border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 44.7656px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"width: 22.3941%; height: 44.7656px; border-width: 1px;\"\u003eLabel:\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 77.5543%; height: 44.7656px; border-width: 1px;\"\u003eBulk Recordings\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– BULK020LP\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 23.7969px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"width: 22.3941%; height: 23.7969px; border-width: 1px;\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 77.5543%; height: 23.7969px; border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"format_item_3SAJn\"\u003e2 x\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eVinyl,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLP, Album, Reissue\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 23.7969px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"width: 22.3941%; height: 23.7969px; border-width: 1px;\"\u003eReissued\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 77.5543%; height: 23.7969px; border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003ctime datetime=\"2022-07-15\"\u003e2022 (Original: 2001)\u003c\/time\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 23.7969px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"width: 22.3941%; height: 23.7969px; border-width: 1px;\"\u003eGenre:\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 77.5543%; height: 23.7969px; border-width: 1px;\"\u003eHip Hop,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFunk \/ Soul\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bulk Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41543312572574,"sku":"706091202483","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/Nathan.jpg?v=1648798791"},{"product_id":"tosca-suzuki","title":"Tosca - Suzuki","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— The Analog Vault \/\/ Essential Listening —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eDedicated to Shunryu Suzuki, the Sōtō monk who popularised Buddhism in America, this sophomore album from Austrian electronica duo Tosca is as zen as trip hop gets. Unlike their debut LP, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eOpera\u003c\/i\u003e, which was opulent and sultry - their 2000 effort released via !K7 \/ G-Stone was much more delicate and laidback. \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eSuzuki\u003c\/i\u003e was designed to be a downtempo soundtrack to enlightenment, and it achieves such. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eFrom the funky decelerated pulse of “Annanas” to the chilled out loveliness of “Ocean Beat” - \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eSuzuki\u003c\/i\u003e brims with tranquil warmth and hypnotic grooves. In contrast to much of Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber’s catalogue, this record is notable for being mostly instrumental, featuring only breathy vocal samples that blend seamlessly into the mellow simplicity and light touch of the album’s hypnotic soundscapes. — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Analog Vault\u003c\/a\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e Tosca's second album Suzuki takes a lighter, airier approach to the trip-hop terrain that Opera explored. The spare, shimmering title track's delicate synth textures, minimal beats, mellow rhythms, and breathy vocal samples set the tone for the rest of the album's laid-back tracks. Though \"Orozco,\" \"Bass on the Boat,\" and \"Ocean Beat\" are more immediate variations on Tosca's relaxed sound, for the most part, Suzuki offers a locked groove of hypnotic, deeply chilled-out epics. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/suzuki-mw0000063252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAllMusic\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3mMCQiZaRbwPhn1I3vdFRP?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: !K7 Records, G-Stone Recordings\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2022 \/ Original Release: 2000\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Downtempo, Trip Hop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Downtempo\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"!K7 Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42290573901982,"sku":"730003708510","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/tsa.jpg?v=1670490192"},{"product_id":"coastlines-coastlines-2","title":"Coastlines - Coastlines 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJapanese tropical-fusioneers Coastlines are back with the worldwide vinyl release of \u003cem\u003eCoastlines 2\u003c\/em\u003e. The follow-up to their classic debut, this is the sound of Coastlines's global influences. If the dedication to intricate sonic details is particularly Japanese, the overarching feel captures the sprawling grandeur of the international balearic community. As they put it, \u003cem\u003eCoastlines 2\u003c\/em\u003e presents \"a more precise and beautifully polished magic hour.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCoastlines 2 \u003c\/em\u003ewas painstakingly crafted, across the pandemic, at Masanori's rented place in Tokyo and then brought back to his home studio and worked on slowly and repeatedly. 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Layering the atmospheric textures of trip hop onto their innovative samples and irreverent humour, the pair created a hip-hop classic rife with personality and flair, and to critical acclaim.  - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Analog Vault\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003cbr\u003eThe concept behind Handsome Boy Modeling School - if you separate it from its origins in a Chris Elliott sitcom - can be taken as a subtle parody of hip-hop's player affectations: two geeky producers masquerading as jet-set male models. Given that framework, and the fact that those two producers are eccentric geniuses Prince Paul and Dan the Automator, you might expect \u003cem\u003eSo...How's Your Girl?\u003c\/em\u003e to be a goof from top to bottom. And that isn't the case. 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The finished product does lack some of the sheer craziness one might have anticipated, but the meatiness of the best music also keeps the Elliott-centered comedic interludes from turning the project into a mere novelty. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe DJ cuts - the duo's own \"Rock n' Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This)\" and the DJ Shadow\/DJ Quest team-up \"Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)\" - are some of the most exciting tracks on the album, and of the rappers, Del tha Funkee Homosapien and Brand Nubian's Grand Puba and Sadat X turn in the most memorable performances. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe electronic collaborations range the farthest afield, and provide some of the most intriguing highlights - especially the bluesy trip-hop of \"The Truth,\" featuring Moloko crooner Roisin Murphy. 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Their first two EPs, Sketch on Glass and Maybes, came out on the British dubstep label Hotflush, but didn't sound like much like their peers-- and that's one of the reasons they were so good. No pomp, no anxiety, no apocalyptic drops, no airhorns. In a recent video interview, Dom Maker-- one half of the group-- talked about his appreciation for TV on the Radio and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, which is probably not the way to impress dance-music purists, but it is a way to prove you're creative enough to ignore genre purity. 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These pictures, scenes where the characters are missing or abstracted or metaphoric, would once again feed back into world of the soundtrack for a missing film. These images relate to individual moments and the overall at the same time, \"leaving the spaces as empty as possible was paramount\" so the viewer\/listener can fill them, finish them or re interpret them as they see fit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDealing with themes of loss and love - and in itself representing a kind of absence - \"Ma Fleur\" is fertile ground for Swinscoe's brand of music-making, for while people have talked about what he does in terms of jazz, the truth is that the basis of his music has always been in raw emotion. From the achingly beautiful opener \"To Build A Home\" to the finale, \"Time And Space,\" this is an album which reaches for and finds a truth and honesty far beyond what we would normally expect from such a record, but without losing any of the accessibility which made TCO popular in the first place.\u003cspan\u003e — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cinematicorchestramusic.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eOfficial site\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"700\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5cPHT4yMCfETLRYAoBFcOZ?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Ninja Tune\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2x Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Clear\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2021 \/ Original Release: 2007\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Soul-Jazz, Future Jazz, Downtempo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Electronic \/\/ Downtempo\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ninja Tune","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43226080379038,"sku":"5054429148725","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/a0900538881_10.jpg?v=1708528248"},{"product_id":"portishead-portishead-2017-reissue","title":"Portishead - Portishead","description":"\u003cp\u003ePortishead is the second studio album by the English electronic trip hop\/leftfield music group Portishead, originally released in 1997.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePortishead\u003c\/em\u003e is clearly related to its predecessor, Dummy. The more evident departures of the band’s 2008 third album \u003cem\u003eThird\u003c\/em\u003e and the confluence of songs from both albums on the 1998 live collection \u003cem\u003eRoseland NYC Live\u003c\/em\u003e have made it that much easier to group \u003cem\u003eDummy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePortishead\u003c\/em\u003e together. The parallels run long and deep: breakbeats and thick bass, thoughtful guitar and even more thoughtful singer. Yet the proportions have changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe prevalence of bass notes on \u003cem\u003eDummy \u003c\/em\u003ecreated a sense of permanent suspension in liquid, as if the listener were tunneling through a heart, but with the exception of the gorgeous “Undenied,” Portishead showcases an act that no longer serves bass as it once did. The arrangements are drier, harder, more abrasive and more spare; air and solid are the album’s leading elements. Gibbons’s vocal language, likewise, has shifted: Though she always retains her composure, her tones are combative and bitter, accusatory and defiant. Her subjects are less cloaked in poetic elusiveness; she sings more frankly of concerns and troubles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album makes total sense, but how does it sound? One could argue that Portishead can be more admirable in theory than in practice. Created in direct opposition to the twinned principles of quick profit and easy pleasure, it’s a masterpiece of painful rigor. With the exception of “Undenied,” the album’s exhilarations, though plentiful, are inseparable from its harrowing politics and embattled nature. Utley’s riff on “Cowboys” is fit to saw through steel; Barrow’s beat on “Elysium” counts its measures with an alarming or bomb-adjacent urgency; Gibbons’s voice, shorn of comforting accompaniments, is charged with a kind of grievous purity throughout, reaching heights of agony unheard on \u003cem\u003eDummy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough the fact is obscured by the 11-year gap between albums, it’s certain that Portishead paved the way for the even more deeply disturbed tone of Third (their best album) as much as it marks an extension of the sonics introduced in \u003cem\u003eDummy\u003c\/em\u003e. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2017\/10\/revisiting-portisheads-self-titled-album.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eVulture\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere Portishead’s debut, 1994’s \u003cem\u003eDummy\u003c\/em\u003e, is noirish and lush, even warm, and just as content to be lavished with attention as it is to be played as gauzy background music at a dinner party, the group’s eponymous follow-up insists on being the focus of attention. If possible, the terrain is headier, the edges are sharper, and \u003cem\u003ePortishead\u003c\/em\u003e is, at times, a more arduous listen than its predecessor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeth Gibbons still sings her future-blues like an old torchbearer in a smoky lounge, but this time she does so as if she were cast as Billie Holiday’s evil doppelganger in a David Lynch film. Her voice competes with the sinister electric guitar that traces her vocal melody in “Elysium”—and wins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe single “All Mine,” which first appears to be a “happy” love song (it even employs the old half-step key-change trick of so many drippy pop ballads), descends into a possessive declaration: “From that cloud, number nine\/Danger starts the sharp incline.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCinema is a fitting reference point for a group that got its start by shooting and scoring a short film (1994’s \u003cem\u003eTo Kill a Dead Man\u003c\/em\u003e). Vintage spy movies are still an obvious influence, but there’s a more futuristic sound enveloping the dusty surface noise and jazzy drum fills of Portishead. “Half Day Closing” and “Humming” have a spacey, sci-fi quality, and, like on Dummy, cinematic orchestrations (both original and sampled) underscore Gibbons’s mournful laments. “Seven Months” starts with a rupture, the singer’s vitriol spilling out as if held prisoner for the duration of those titular months (“How can I forget you\/Disregard how I feel?”), Adrian Utley’s guitar seemingly bellowing up from the cavernous belly of a dungeon while Geoff Barrow’s barking synths stand guard like watchdogs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat’s surprising, in retrospect, is how political \u003cem\u003ePortishead\u003c\/em\u003e is—or seemingly political, since Portishead has never been as politically outspoken as, say, Moby or fellow Bristol music pioneers Massive Attack, and Gibbons’s lyrics are often enigmatic at best. The cynical opening track, “Cowboys,” plays uncannily like a prophetic indictment of the looming Bush administration (“Did you feed us tales of deceit\/Conceal the tongues who need to speak\/Subtle lies and a soiled coin\/The truth is sold, the deal is done”), while “Half Day Closing” was “Inspired by: The United States of America,” an alien-like comment on the so-called American Dream. Harder to suss out is “Elysium,” which, with its references to heaven (or, in the mythological Greek underworld, the place where the righteous dwell) and Crusades-old method of tarring and feathering, could very well be a pro-choice anthem—or at least a condemnation of many pro-lifers’ hypocrisies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat’s also notable about \u003cem\u003ePortishead\u003c\/em\u003e is not only how well written the album is, but how well performed and guitar-driven the songs are, which no doubt enamored them to rock critics at the time. Unlike many electronic and trip-hop acts, Portishead was just as spectacular live—a fact best demonstrated on PNYC, the live album that followed a year later—and it was with this very promise that they sadly ventured into obscurity for a full decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmid a plodding hip-hop beat, turntable scratches, and a sample from the Inspector Clouseau soundtrack (one of only two samples on the album—the rest were “original” samples recorded by the group), Utley sneaks in with an incredible Rhodes solo that would go on to be an even bigger highlight on PNYC. On “Undenied,” narrative tension is shaped by solemn piano and a rhythmic bassline that seems to measure the passing seconds as Gibbons strains to reach notes knowingly written outside her vocal range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBass also plays a fundamental function in “Humming”: Beginning as a plucky symphonic flourish before being replaced by a more synthetic instrument by song’s end, the bassline’s upward movement—like a helium balloon rising higher and higher into the sky—mirrors the singer’s sense of being swept away. These are the very things that set Portishead apart from their myriad disciples; there’s meat on \u003cem\u003ePortishead’s\u003c\/em\u003e hard, rigid bones. While other so-called trip-hop acts moved in a more accessible, trip-pop direction in the late 1990s, Portishead became stiffer, sinking more deeply into manic melodrama and the dingy recesses of the macabre. In a sense, a third studio album is essential to validate Portishead’s glorious Middle Child Syndrome. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.slantmagazine.com\/music\/portishead-portishead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eSlant\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3G36754KQVLyGuskraEAVA?utm_source=generator\u0026amp;theme=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FvFY2Stxlzc?si=w1XixcQJYP7rty9Y\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TmDkzVvherk?si=aVyKPt__uH9RkP7F\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Go! 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Nevertheless, Compost Records and Fred und Luna strike out on the path to find the diverse elements of German electronic music of the 1970s and 1980s and their effects on the new German and international music scene. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the immense success of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/future-sounds-of-kraut-vol1-compiled-by-fred-und-luna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eVolume 1\u003c\/a\u003e, a follow-up volume was soon started, tying in stylistically with its predecessor and furthermore as this is one basic principle of the series — expanding the musical spectrum by adding new krauty elements step by step. So now, besides stylistic followings to Volume 1, you will hear some more club oriented and experimental tracks. The collage on the cover like on Volume 1 — was exclusively made by artist Norika Nienstedt from Kraut metropolis Düsseldorf. So what's this all about? Maybe Vol. 2 will bring it to light for you. Get krautified! — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/compostrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/future-sounds-of-kraut-vol-2-compiled-by-fred-und-luna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eCompost Records\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1341245961\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Compost Records\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2x Vinyl, LP, Compilation\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Germany\u003cbr\u003eReleased: Feb 29, 2024\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Rock\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Balearic, Downtempo, Freestyle, Krautrock, Space Rock, Synthwave\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFile under: Electronic \/ Downtempo\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Compost Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43439393800350,"sku":"673794262512","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a4280770775_10.jpg?v=1712134982"},{"product_id":"kruder-dorfmeister-1995-2021-white-limited-edition-180g","title":"Kruder \u0026 Dorfmeister - 1995 (2021 White Limited Edition 180g)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe legendary chillout duo is back after 22-year hiatus, and we couldn't be happier. \u003c\/span\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eK\u0026amp;D Sessions\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ealbum has become something of a legend in the world of chillout and downtempo music. A testament to the genre's viability and a compilation of remixes that lives on in the top ten lists of chillout fans everywhere, and then they were gone. The duo Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister went their separate ways and formed new groups, Tosca and Peace Orchestra, both fantastic in their own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e1995\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis not just an album title, but a moment in time, when the genre of chillout\/downtempo was at its best, and G-Stone Recordings was at the front of the pack releasing stellar tunes from a myriad of talent that still holds up to this day. G-Stone will once again become a lighthouse for those in seek of high quality reclining music with the release of Kruder \u0026amp; Dorfmeister's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e1995\u003c\/em\u003e. After discovering a box of DATS (Digital Audio Tapes) in their old G-Stone studio (or so the story goes), the duo reunited and decided to release a new recording. The origin story here seems a little heavy-handed, but we will forgive them because it's Kruder and fucking Dorfmeister. Was this a lost album recovered from dusty tapes, or is that a metaphor? Who cares - it's here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo what can you expect from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e1995\u003c\/em\u003e? In many ways, this record feels like they genuinely did pick up some old tapes and rework them into an album and bring them up to today's studio standards.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e1995\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an amalgamation of their most pleasing sounds, vibes, and beats for those that love that jazzy, hip hop instrumental, mid-90s trip-hoppy sound. The loops, the bass lines, the samples, the breakbeats, the reverb, it's all here, and it's lovely to hear it again. 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It embodies the culmination of Pimao's long musical journey and his deep thirst for exploring diverse sounds and cultures. From the striking melodies of Southeast Asia to the bass heavy undercurrents of Berlin,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDuangkamol\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eencompasses a rich sonic tapestry. The music flows effortlessly, taking unexpected turns but always remaining tethered to a soulful core. Pimao's sound is both forward-looking and nostalgic, evoking the depth of iconic releases from labels like Ninja Tune and Stones Throw Records.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDuangkamol\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was polished by Blanka at Kasablanka Mastering Studio in France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"\u003eThe album's artwork, crafted by Subwway, features the imposing figure of 'Yaksha,' a protector deity whose calling into ward off malevolent forces. Pimao's 'Duangkamol' is a captivating musical journey, blending traditional influences with contemporary innovation, delivered uncut straight from the heart. — (via Pimao, Bandcamp)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=4187397909\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Ma.Quality\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Europe\u003cbr\u003eReleased: Mar 22, 2024\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Hip Hop, World\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Leftfield, Experimental, Trip Hop, Bass Music, Downtempo, Hip Hop, Instrumental, Mo Lam, Luk Thung, Luk Krung\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Leftfield\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ma.Quality","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43773485121694,"sku":"DKM001LP","price":45.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a1490806046_10.jpg?v=1715071347"},{"product_id":"frank-tony-feat-bob-moses-the-early-years","title":"Frank \u0026 Tony feat. 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Winding things up, \"Marigold\" is another early classic from the same period - a dubbed-out groove with sharp percussion and a killer, signature vocal. An essential release capturing a vital period in both outfits' development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=115110444\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Scissor And Thread\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, 12\"\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Germany\u003cbr\u003eReleased: Sep 30, 2022\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Deep House\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: House \/ Electro \/ Techno\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scissor \u0026 Thread","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43828139098270,"sku":"4250382446590","price":39.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a0864860269_10.jpg?v=1715944846"},{"product_id":"tominori-hosoya-tami-chair-tropical-imagination","title":"Tominori Hosoya \u0026 Tami Chair - Tropical Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe latest transmission from theexquisite Scissor And Thread imprint showcases the many talents of Tokyo’s Tomi Chair aka Tominori Hosoya. The DJ and producer goes by both names, and here presents five tracks of lush, emotional music veering between ambient excursions and dance floor heaters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe original version of title track 'Tropical Imagination' opens the EP, and is a deep and thoughtful dance floor number. Elegant chords set the tone while the percussion adds a silky funkiness that’s impossible to ignore. The 'Dream Version' strips the track down to its pads and atmospheres. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNext up is Tomi Chair’s 'Heat Exhaustion' - an exceptionally beautiful beatless piece that drifts through droney pads and occasional fragments of minor key melody. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUsing the Tominori Hosoya moniker, Side B begins with 'We Are Here' - another powerfully restrained piece that merges woody percussion with low key pads and field recordings to create a magical whole. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrancis Harris adds his touch to 'Heat Exhaustion' with his respectful Reform version, adding skittering percussion and underpinning the piece with a leftfield ambient house edge that builds and builds. Another essential addition to the Scissor And Thread catalog.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1137636633\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Scissor and Thread\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, 12\"\u003cbr\u003eCountry: US\u003cbr\u003eReleased: Feb 2019\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Ambient, Leftfield, Downtempo\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Downtempo\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scissor \u0026 Thread","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43828171669662,"sku":"4250382436980","price":39.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a2803164093_10.jpg?v=1715947112"},{"product_id":"various-artists-hydeout-productions-2nd-collection","title":"Various Artists -  Hydeout Productions  2nd Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe closest a simple collection of songs can get to being a classic album.  The first and most notable difference between this collection and past releases, is that not only does Nujabes (aka Jun Seba) give the Hydeout Collection crew more room to shape the tracks, he isn’t even the producer for a number of tracks. Both Emancipator and Uyama Hiroto are given the limelight and allowed space to craft entire songs on their own. One track is even a remix of a Daisuke Kojima track, with Jun simply shaping the song to fit his bill. This could be considered a risky move, because whilst Nujabes has always been an effort heavy on collaboration, cutting himself out of entire songs is a bit excessive, right? Yet here, it pays off tenfold, adding spice to the album without affecting the core of what makes his music so appealing. Addictive horns, gorgeous string sections, jazz odysseys; they’re all still here, and all entrance just as easily.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnother key shift between \u003ci\u003eModal Soul\u003c\/i\u003e and this album is a greater emphasis on instrumentals. Jun excels at creating the perfect skeleton for rappers to weave their tales over, but left to his own devices, it can be hard to flesh out a full album instrumentally. Jun understands this, and times each alternative production and guest rapper impeccably. Uyama Hiroto’s contributions are driven largely by a varied drum section and rely far less on the simple boom bap skeleton Jun often incorporates, and spacing these pieces out ensures the album never becomes too predictable or repetitive. The relaxed female vocals and choir chants that flow through ‘Imaginary Folklore’ refresh the listener. The piano melody acting as the focal point of ‘Another Reflection’, the crackles throughout closer ‘After Hanabi(Listen To My Beat)’ and the overbearing wall of sound forged in DSK remix ‘Winter Lane’ shake things around, keeping the listener on their toes but without discomforting them, never losing the magic atmosphere that pervades the albums 62 minute runtime. — (via Sputnik Music)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1uFAVpKOz5CBiaMxVnA9UW?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Hyde Out Productions\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Japan\u003cbr\u003eReleased: Feb 26, 2023 \/ Original Release: Nov 11, 2007\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Hip Hop\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Jazzy Hip-Hop, Instrumental, Hip Hop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFile under: Hip-hop 2000 \u0026amp; beyond\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hydeout Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43855990947998,"sku":"4997184172455","price":80.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/71aZDw-DHUL-_UF1000-1000_QL80.jpg?v=1716447841"},{"product_id":"david-holmes-late-night-tales","title":"David Holmes – Late Night Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDJ and producer David Holmes is welcomed to the Late Night Tales fraternity with an evocative collection of personal songs and music, peppered with exclusive new material and rare gems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy now, I think we all know David Holmes, right? There’s acid house Holmes, with bone-rattling Chicago jams and Detroit destroyers; break-digger Holmes responsible for the grittily shaking ‘Let’s Get Killed’ and seminal Essential Mix compilation, and then there’s soundtrack Holmes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis most enduring and vital source of musical inspiration - cinema - plugged into David’s first solo record ‘This Film’s Crap, Let’s Slash the Seats’ and inspired 2000’s ‘Bow Down to the Exit Sign’; created as the soundtrack to a not-yet-made movie. Official soundtracks have been bountiful, including scores for Soderbergh’s Out Of Sight and Ocean’s trilogy, '71, Hunger and Good Vibrations. In a series of personal songs sung by himself, David’s last solo album ‘The Holy Pictures’ explored influences of La Düsseldorf, The Jesus and Mary Chain and early Brian Eno. His Unloved collaboration with Keefus Ciancia and Jade Vincent then took us on a musical journey full of raw 60s pop-noir, psychedelia and French Ye Ye with a contemporary twist. Somehow he’s also found time to produce\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erecords by Primal Scream and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnsurprisingly, for someone au fait with matters cinematic, this Late Night Tales conjures up its own mind-movies. It’s not only packed with the judiciously selected nuggets for which his mixes are noted but also stuffed with original material, including collaborations with BP Fallon and Jon Hopkins and an amazing new reading of 10cc’s ‘I’m Not In Love’ by Holmes-produced Song Sung. In fact, there’s a Celtic thread running through the whole journey with Stephen Rea’s reading of an extract from Seamus Heaney’s AENEID BOOK VI - Elsewhere Anchises. Among the other gems included here are David Crosby’s lush ‘Orleans’, Buddy Holly’s celestial ‘Love Is Strange’ and the Children Of Sunshine’s ‘It’s A Long Way To Heaven’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Holmes loves music. It’s a way of expressing the sometimes inexpressible or the inconsolable; a questing desire to find out just what is over the next hill. It’s no surprise to learn he’s a keen walker. Always on the move, headphones on, lost in some reverie or piece of music; the soundtrack to his life, the stuff that feeds his imagination. “I walk a lot. It’s amazing for listening to music: your phone or your emails aren’t going and you’re just in the forest listening to music. It’s so intimate. Anyway, I was listening to the KLF’s Chill Out album, which still sounds amazing, but it triggered an idea with concrete sounds through travelling and movement. And one of the things I was trying to do was to use this idea not just break up the moods but also as a metaphor for moving through life and arriving in different destinations or arriving at different stages in different parts of your life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMemory, Love, Living, Family, Friendship, Healing, Death and The Afterworld are some of the themes I wanted to explore within this record. Although these strong themes and tracks are personal to me, I also wanted it to be a great listen that was unpredictable yet had a seamless flow - a journey that was personal to me yet to the listener a great compilation of music that they may or may not have heard before. 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They change the lurching and murky formula of the Moritz von Oswald Trio in subtle yet significant ways. For starters, in hiring a jazz drummer as opposed to Vladislav Delay or the Afrobeat legend Tony Allen, von Oswald finally approaches the idea of making music that is clearly, directly jazz-rooted. \"What I wanted to do with this project was not really to give it a club feeling, I wanted to propose something like, I wouldn't say jazz, I don’t like saying it, but I would say with 'jazz forthcoming,' so the recordings are a jam,\" he said in that 2012 interview. While \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDissent: Chapter 1 - 10\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e wouldn't go down so well at Blue Note, tracks like \"Chapter 8\" have a discernible jazz swing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis has plenty to do with Laurel Halo, who spends at least half the record exploring jazz voicings for piano, often acting as a melodic North Star that was totally absent in the rippling experimental dub sound of records like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan href=\"..\/reviews\/11779\" data-tracking-id=\"\/reviews\/11779\" color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 Link__StyledLink-sc-1huefnz-0 laxtuM\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFetch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. But this move towards melody and traditionalism itself doesn't make for the most exciting tracks—this is an experimental record culled from fully improvised sessions, so it follows that some zones feel more inspired than others. To these ears, some of the most inspired of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDissent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's \"Chapters\" are more densely referential than previous MVOT music. The lurching \"Chapter 1\" mixes the air raid synths of the original (and far superior) version of Alice Coltrane's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTuriya Sings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with the mysterious Rhodes exploration of records like Miles Davis's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGet Up With It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. On \"Chapter 4,\" Köbberling goes for a samba-inspired shuffle while Moritz and Laurel kick up a heavy, ominous vibe. Meanwhile, \"Chapter 6\" integrates Halo's jazzy chords and Köbberling's deft snare rolls into a style that makes loose gestures towards Detroit house. But it's within the final few tracks when von Oswald, Köbberling and Halo seem to gel as a unit, flowing into an ecstatic groupthink. \"Chapter 9\" revolves around a trio of optimistic chords, with Köbberling and von Oswald in fine form—a dub bassline underpins von Oswald's bizarre synth leads and Halo's tasteful piano soloing. The following track, \"Chapter 10,\" explores similar dub jazz improv territory with greater emphasis on percussive delays and hanging, hypnotic chords. There are more readily identifiable moods, melodies and emotions on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDissent: Chapter 1 - 10\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e than previous MVOT records, in slight opposition to von Oswald's desire for mysterious and obscure sounds. However, even if this conversation between master musicians is less cloaked than previous versions of the trio, the approach remains the same—to use electroacoustic improv as a tool for hurtling into previously unexplored musical territory. — (via Resident Advisor)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5h7VzBFgpBL9jp0XRTAolC?utm_source=generator\u0026amp;theme=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Modern Recordings\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2x Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eReleased: Aug 6, 2021\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Ambient, Abstract, Broken Beat, Downtempo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFile under: Ambient \/ Experimental \/ IDM\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43906465038494,"sku":"4050538671629","price":55.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/ab67616d0000b2737cd686ddf51a4c556e0676b8.jpg?v=1717076919"},{"product_id":"haruomi-hosono-mixmaster-morris-jonah-sharp-quiet-logic-2024-reissue","title":"Haruomi Hosono, Mixmaster Morris, Jonah Sharp – Quiet Logic (2024 Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 1998 collaborative album brought together a trio of legends from the worlds of ambient and chillout. It’s a placid but playful collection that is like nothing else in their repertoires. Haruomi Hosono was, in his words, “adrift in the sea of ambient music” in the ’90s. The multi-instrumentalist and producer had grown restless with the level of celebrity foisted upon him as one third of synth-pop supergroup Yellow Magic Orchestra and was desperate to take his career in another direction after the band decided to go their separate ways. As Hosono descended deeper into his latest obsessions, it seemed inevitable that he would collide with like-minded icons Mixmaster Morris and Jonah Sharp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe UK producers are legends in their own right. Morris made a name for himself as a prolific DJ, becoming a pioneer of ambient chillout, which gave ravers respite from the fast-paced environment of the main floor. Sharp, recording as Spacetime Continuum, occupied a similar zone—originally influenced by Chicago house and Detroit techno, his sound transformed as he retreated to the chill-out rooms and turned down the tempo. Both shared Hosono’s curiosity for music from all genres and corners of the globe, keeping everything from Balearic beats to atmospheric jazz in their toolkits. The English producers bring their otherworldly ability to bend time to the project.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eBut what makes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuiet Logic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efeel complete are the moments of contrast that Hosono provides on the tracks he co-produced. The walls close in on “Wakarimasen,” heightening the tension with an oppressive throb. Hosono speaks a mix of Japanese and English, coating his voice in a viscous echo as he utters abstract phrases. It would be the least ambient piece on the record if not for the closing track “Dr. Gauss \/ Yakan Hiko (Night Flight),” which releases the relaxing spell with its elastic, unsteady cadence. If Morris and Sharp have the power to effortlessly put you into a trance, Hosono knows best how to snap you out of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuiet Logic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas originally distributed on Hosono’s independent imprint Daisyworld, making few waves in or outside Japan where it was released. For Morris and Sharp, that low profile was an opportunity to toy with sounds outside their repertoire and work in ways neither of them were accustomed to. Hosono was looking for a change too; by the time the three had met at Quiet Lodge, he was already washing ashore from the ambient sea and had an eye to new frontiers.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuiet Logic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecaptures a legendary trio at the top of their game, right before the moment they were set to scatter in different directions. — (via Pitchfork)\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/45NOHmkUKbvSnGpzy4JOv1?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2x Vinyl, LP, Bioplastic, Limited Edition, Remastered\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Switzerland\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2024 \/ Original Release: 1998\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: IDM, Ambient\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Downtempo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRWTFWW Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44054701670558,"sku":"4251804180313","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/wrwtfww-records-mixmaster-morris-jonah-sharp-haruo-copy.jpg?v=1719919396"},{"product_id":"onra-nosthaigia","title":"Onra - Nosthaigia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe genesis of \u003cem\u003eNosthaigia\u003c\/em\u003e is as fascinating as the music itself. Onra spent several years living in Thailand, immersing himself in the vibrant culture and scouring local record shops for rare gems. The result is a collection of Thai songs from various genres, all sourced on 7 inches. These short instrumentals serve as time capsules, transporting listeners to a bygone era filled with nostalgia and longing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduced entirely on the MPC1000 in 2017 and revisited in 2020, \u003cem\u003eNosthaigia\u003c\/em\u003e is a testament to the power of serendipity and artistic evolution. What began as a casual exploration of unfamiliar musical territory blossomed into a deeply personal and meaningful project for Onra. Amidst a series of unfortunate life events, he found solace and inspiration in the beats he had crafted years prior. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach track on \u003cem\u003eNosthaigia\u003c\/em\u003e is a reflection of his journey, a sonic expression of longing and introspection. Onra describes the process of creating the album as a cathartic release, a way of letting go of old memories and embracing the present. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDespite the somber undertones, there is a quiet beauty to \"Nosthaigia\" that is impossible to ignore. Onra's vintage production skills breathe life into each track, infusing them with warmth and depth. From the haunting melodies of \"Until The End\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto the hypnotic rhythms of \"Close Your Eyes And Remember\" every moment feels poignant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the end, \"Nosthaigia\" is more than just an album; it's a testament to the human experience. It's a reminder that even in our darkest moments, there is beauty to be found, if only we're willing to listen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/onra.bandcamp.com\/album\/nosthaigiaa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrench producer Onra has released his latest LP, ‘Nosthaigia’; a vibrant collection of songs that traverse various genres and are infused with Thai samples and sounds, now available through All City Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter spending years in Thailand, Onra immersed himself in the local record shops, amassing a treasure trove of hidden gems. These discoveries became the foundation for \u003cem\u003eNosthaigia\u003c\/em\u003e, as he meticulously sampled and crafted each track using his MPC1000.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat started as a casual exploration of unfamiliar musical landscapes evolved into a deeply personal and meaningful project for Onra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite the sombre undertones, there is a quiet beauty to \u003cem\u003eNosthaigia\u003c\/em\u003e that is impossible to ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album’s vintage production style breathes life into every track, enhancing the record's depth and warmth. The sample work is exceptional, bursting with creativity in each song. Traditional Thai instrumentation and vocals seamlessly blend with the fresh perspectives introduced by Onra and his MPC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s definitely a project worth listening to from start to finish, just to immerse yourself in vintage Thailand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaunting vocals from ‘Hand in Hand’, strange yet captivating production (where the instruments are intriguingly hard to identify) on ‘Purple Flowers’, and the marching band-like percussion on \"The Cost\" all contribute to the album's unique charm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s hard to quantify what this album is, as it forays into so many sounds and styles from Thai culture from past decades, which left us eager to discover which slice of history Onra moulded next. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mixmag.asia\/read\/onra-nosthaigia-vintage-thailand-mpc-all-city-records-new-releases#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eMixMag Asia\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1595172568\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: All City Records\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2024\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Hip Hop, Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Instrumental, Beats, Breaks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Hip Hop\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"All City Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44059535999134,"sku":"ACONOST","price":55.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a0658900420_10.jpg?v=1719989474"},{"product_id":"kiasmos-ii","title":"Kiasmos - II","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eWhen Kiasmos started out in the late 2000s, little did they know that their part-time supergroup would go stratospheric. It was the sound of two old friends from neighbouring islands striking out against the stark piano and electropop music that they were individually celebrated for and effusively sharing their love of Berlin-inspired beats. But their pairing blew up into a world-dominating live act whose music went on to define the decade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKiasmos are returning, renewed and restored, with \u003cem\u003eII\u003c\/em\u003e. It’s the triumphant follow-up to their universally acclaimed self-titled debut in 2014, which re-envisioned minimal techno with orchestral flourishes and weightless production. They’d made most of that album in just two weeks; this time it’s been 10 years. 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Whether she’s presenting, remixing, hosting or DJing, her belief in music’s redemptive properties shines through. And rather than downplay her eclecticism she wears her versatility as a badge of honour, ensuring she is constantly fulfilled creatively.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I’m a music lover, a music curator and a music educator,” she concludes. “It’s about trying to transcend everyday life through music. When people say Balearic Breakfast got them through the pandemic, I think that’s because music has a healing quality. When people are on the dancefloor, I want them to forget about their everyday life. And similarly with Classic Album Sundays, when people are fully immersed listening to an album, it brings them out somewhere else. Those experiences have been very important to me. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe quest is never-ending and that is what motivates me. I never set out to intentionally do any of this – it just happened because of my passion. One thing led to another which fed into another which fed into another. I will never stop discovering music. You always have to be looking ahead, expanding your horizons.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAsk anyone to define Balearic music nowadays and you’re guaranteed to get a different answer each time. Since the concept flew from its original Ibizan home and become a global concern, it has become almost impossible to pigeonhole. Now it’s more of a vibe than a musical style; more a reflection of wide open skies and sunshine on the brain than any particular rhythm track or sonic inflection. That said, if you were after a definitive answer there’s probably no one better placed to give it right now than DJ and broadcaster Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy who has just put together the third volume of her peerless Balearic Breakfast compilation series. This latest collection flies the flag high for that most hazy and hard-to-pin-down genre, gathering up the very best genre-fitting music from around the world, whether from Copenhagen or California, or from the high plains of the desert to deep down in the land of Oz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach track may sound completely different from the one it follows, but the same sun kissed spirit runs deep through them all, whether in Cosmo’s own take on Jacob Gurevitsch’s gentle Spanish guitar picking or in the throbbing dub disco of a long lost Andrew Weatherall remix for Primal Scream from 2008. The ten tracks on \u003cem\u003eBalearic Breakfast Volume 3 \u003c\/em\u003eall add up to create the perfect mixtape for the summer, whatever weather we end up with, whatever time you chose to listen to it. As with each of the other volumes in this essential compilation series, many of the tracks on \u003cem\u003eBalearic Breakfast Volume 3 \u003c\/em\u003eare previously unavailable on vinyl and others are long since out of print and rarely seen outside of the dustier corners of Discogs. 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Laid back yet firing, it was a smoky homage to all things out on the dark side, a multi-textured transformation of rastafarianism, martial arts and fourth world beats. On a spring evening in 1995, over a drink at Washington, DC's Eighteenth Street Lounge, Rob Garza and Eric Hilton decided to combine their production efforts and form Thievery Corporation. After discussing their mutual admiration for Brazilian composers Antonio Carlos Jobim and Joao Gilberto, and their overall disdain for the majority of modern music, the duo embarked on a musical journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile neither considers himself a musician, both members have musical backgrounds. Hilton was playing in a neighbourhood garage rock band at the age of 11. Later, in his teens. Hilton became in awe of early punk rock groups like The Clash, The Jam, and The Sex Pistols. 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De Crecy's influence helped to propagate certain genres, from the good old scratchy filter-house beloved of Daft Punk to the jazzier take on the house genre that St Germain and others gave it, all while establishing France's national identity on the global electronic music market. This is more than just 'fun' music - it's got that classic French Midas touch. Although the track listing lists several artists, the majority of the credited artists are aliases for de Crécy alone or in collaboration. In 1997, \u003ci\u003eQ\u003c\/i\u003e ranked the album in their list of \"The 25 Best Dance Albums Ever\". De Crécy picked the best of France's new breed, including Air and Alex Gopher, to collaborate on this album. Loosely themed around a supermarket, it was a clever and classy introduction to Gallic dance music and each title bears a typical supermarket sales lingo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWriter\/DJ Bill Brewster (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLast Night a DJ Saved My Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and director Dimitri Pailhe have made a short documentary about de Crécy's career and the recent history of dance music in France. In addition to interviews with de Crécy, it also features Alex Gopher, Philippe Zdar, and other collaborators. They discuss the genesis, recording, and design of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSuper Discount\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e releases and the origin of the term \"French Touch\", among other commentary on the electronic music scene in the 90s. — via Label\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7EjBZyVsoSJb8em5wevr47?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JufW0lqNKcU?si=HpfWy2lr7RmHi9C7\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Pixadelic\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eCountry: France\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2022 \/ Original Release: 1997\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: House, Deep House\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: House \/ Techno \/ Electro\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pixadelic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44304209379486,"sku":"3770018072388","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a2071296021_10.jpg?v=1726566677"},{"product_id":"alex-kassian-x-mad-professor-e2e4-a-reference-to-e2e4-by-manuel-gottsching","title":"Alex Kassian x Mad Professor - E2—E4 A Reference To E2—E4 By Manuel Göttsching","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe late great Manuel Göttsching's cosmic Balearic classic lent new sparkle and polish by Alex Kassian, backed with Mad Professor’s brilliant, dubbed-out disco remix. This was previously \u003cspan\u003einterpreted\u003c\/span\u003e and reworked\u003cspan\u003e by Italo house group Sueño Latino with their ambient house classic of the same name.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere Berlin DJ and producer Alex Kassian - co-founder of the Planet Sundae label and half of Opal Sunn with Hiroaki OBA nips and tucks Göttsching’s legendary, durational work ‘E2-E4’ to a 12 minute time frame, limbering up gently to a rolling disco chase after a few minutes, holding it up to the sun for another 9 minutes of blissed out wiggle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe one to check for is Mad Professor’s Quantas Crazy remix: a bit of a dream come true for some, where the original elements - as previously recycled by Carl Craig among many others - are swept up in conga rolls and keys, with  grease in the bass to enhance buoyancy and make one 'dance better'. This is already a summer ’24 anthem, set to score floors for eons to come. — (via Label)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/2iOsnbrjAkUzf7ici1Jb2X?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Test Pressing Recordings\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, 12\", 33 ⅓ RPM, Limited Edition\u003cbr\u003eCountry: UK\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2024\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Balearic, Dub, Downtempo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Electronic \/\/ Downtempo\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Test Pressing Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44304230776990,"sku":"TPR002","price":38.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a0012129474_10.jpg?v=1726569620"},{"product_id":"four-tet-three","title":"Four Tet - Three","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDespite closing out Coachella's main stage and playing open to close at Madison Square Garden last year—both alongside Skrillex and Fred again..— Kieran Hebden, on his 12th studio album as Four Tet, explores atmospheric ambient more thoroughly than he has in more than a decade. His DJ sets may be getting increasingly rowdy, featuring everything from tongue-in-cheek EDM drops to \"O Tannenbaum\" from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Charlie Brown Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, but the music he produces has never succumbed to that kind of instant gratification or gotcha mentality. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the opposite, with its serene sense of calm and drawn-out, meditative excursions that look as far back as Hebden's snug post-rock days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach of these tracks is anchored by a similarly understated drum kit, a subtle mechanism to keep the music in forward motion while the melodies are free to travel as they please. Hebden does, of course, leave room for some driving club tracks. \"Daydream Repeat,\" with its signature crispy drum pattern, delivers an exhilarating rush of feverish noise that does a jaw-dropping 180 into yet another fabulous harp melody and a bubbly bassline. \"31 Bloom\" is more introspective, going darker and sparser with its dubby synth stabs and muted toms. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003cspan variant=\"longform\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C2LD2y4pTmo\/\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C2LD2y4pTmo\/\" target=\"_blank\" color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 Link__StyledLink-sc-1huefnz-0 gwxxDe kdgimZ\"\u003efinishing touch\u003c\/span\u003e on the album is actually the first track, \"Loved.\" It wasn't until Hebden's close friends and collaborators Caribou and Floating Points gifted him a Terra synth that he was able to write the missing piece, creating what sounds like an immediate relative of one of his most beloved tracks, \"Two Thousand and Seventeen.\" The way he calls back to nearly all of his past projects, one could make the mistake that Hebden's best years are behind him. That would be missing the point, though. Regardless of all the attention he's received from his massive performances, he's still looking for new ways to be Four Tet. — (via Resident Advisor)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4pnU9CGKI2YneVwkqK6EIN?utm_source=generator\u0026amp;theme=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Text Records\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eCountry: UK \u0026amp; US\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2024\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Ambient, Downtempo, Experimental\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Downtempo\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Text Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44304235823262,"sku":"5051142068002","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a2168128303_10.jpg?v=1726570127"},{"product_id":"thievery-corporation-it-takes-a-thief-the-very-best-of-thievery-corporation-2024-reissue","title":"Thievery Corporation - It Takes A Thief, The Very Best Of Thievery Corporation (2024 Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter a over decade of Thievery, the band celebrates the their first \u003cem\u003eBest Of \u003c\/em\u003ecompilation with gratitude to the Thieves of the past and to welcome all the Thieves of the future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt Take A Thief \u003c\/em\u003efeatures \"Lebanese Blonde\", the beautiful song used on the Grammy award-winning Garden State Soundtrack, as well as \"Sound the Alarm\", the funk infused track that has become a staple opening track for the band s live shows. We've always been a little hesitant of putting together a retrospective CD, Rob Garza said. But looking back and realizing it s been almost 15 years since we started, we figured maybe now is the time. These tracks are some of our favorite moments. — (via Label)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4D1VpybqdswFG14PWzCyqC?utm_source=generator\u0026amp;theme=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Eighteenth Street Lounge Music, Primary Wave Music\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Worldwide\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2024\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Dub, Latin, Downtempo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Downtempo\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eighteenth Street Lounge Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44332363317406,"sku":"0792755859063","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/71KZt3lByrL-_UF1000-1000_QL80.jpg?v=1727619881"},{"product_id":"soela-dark-portrait","title":"Soela - Dark Portrait","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoela is the DJ and production alias of Elina Shorokhova, a Russia-born Berlin-based experienced pianist and vocalist who has made a hugely impactful transition into electronic music. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHaving released material on such labels as Kompakt, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/search?q=Dial\u0026amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eDial\u003c\/a\u003e, Shall Not Fade, Lost Palms, E-Beamz, Red Ember Records, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/search?q=Sushitech\u0026amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eSushitech\u003c\/a\u003e, and others, Soela joins the ranks of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/search?q=Scissor+%26+Thread\u0026amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eScissor \u0026amp; Thread\u003c\/a\u003e for this exquisite album.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe album opens in a typically understated manner with \"Unsuitable\" - a melancholic trip-hop adjacent track that sets the tone for the next 8 pieces. As Soela explains, “I was dealing with some very complex feelings, so I came up with this album, which helped me not to despair, to work on myself, to grow internally, and to start listening to myself. It helped me to keep sane when my country invaded Ukraine with a full scale war. It absolutely broke my heart, and music was one of my main salvations.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis complex mix of emotions plays out across the album with tracks that utilize her beautiful musicality (\"Through the Windows\" feat. Francis Harris and Philipp Priebe, Drowning feat. Module One) and ear for details with skittering beats, ambient soundscapes (\"Spirits\", \"Lost In The Fog\") and lose-yourself dancefloor moments\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esuch as the collaboration with Lawrence on \"February Is Not Going To Be Forever\". The title track \"Dark Portrait\" combines dubby elements with affecting pads and melodic touches, while the lead single Even If I Ask You Stay delves into multiple feelings around escaping toxic situations, and battling depression. It features a powerful vocal from Soela supported by a deeply affecting arrangement. The closing track \"The Darkest Hour Before Sunrise\" brings a sense of hope and light, balancing subdued keys and strings with ethereal tones and atmospheres.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — (via Label)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/2bFFAhONue2Kdc54OPVOLL?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Scissor and Thread\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Germany\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2024\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Ambient, Deep House, House\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: House \/ Electro \/ Techno\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scissor \u0026 Thread","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44333804814494,"sku":"4250382453338","price":45.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a1078819370_10.jpg?v=1727682951"},{"product_id":"jazzanova-the-remixes-2006-2016","title":"Jazzanova - The Remixes 2006-2016","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis release heralds the start of the 20th anniversary of Jazzanova as internationally renowned remixers. That is to say, it was in the summer of 1997 when the very first remix by Jazzanova was released, the one for United Future Organization's \"Friends... We'll Be“ on Gilles Peterson's founded label Talkin’ Loud. Said remix can be found on the first edition of the by now accumulated to a trilogy compilation series. When the first part covers the early, yeasty years from 1997 to 2000, the second episode pays tribute to the years from 2002 to 2005 and the third sequel takes the last few years, the lapse of time from 2006 to 2016 to task. This decade as well was – as you can hear strongly by listening to this long player – a very prosperous, inspiring productive period for Jazzanova.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eHow fast time flies is displayed by these nine selected tracks from the last ten years. All of them still sound as if they have been released just yesterday. Starting with the remix of “Listen To The Drums” by Outlines, which evolved into a worldwide club hit over the years, also thanks to the edit by Dixon. Most remarkably this work is already ten years old! The remixes of Furry Phreaks' \"All Over The World“ and Heritage Orchestra's \"Skybreaks“ also doesn't really sound like two tunes from 2007. Au contraire, this is the\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etrademark sound of Jazzanova carving itself genre-spanning into eternity. Or who would dare to not declare the 2009 remix for Atjazz' \"Parallels“ as an modern day dance floor classic? And with the reworks of tracks by Hugh Masekela (\"Stimela“) and Joe Bataan (\"Ordinary Guy“) we have two actual funk\/soul evergreens featured on this compilation's wonderful third edition. A must is obviously the inclusion of the remix for “Believer” by Paul Randolph from 2007. It was this remix that was somehow the start of longterm relationship that culminated in Paul becoming the steady guest singer of Jazzanova and with whom they’re touring worldwide since 2009. To top \u003cem\u003eThe Remixes 2006-2016\u003c\/em\u003e off there's the rework of the forgotten, but recently re-issued by Notes On A Journey Spinning Motion's “Naze”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd as a bonus track you are treated with a not yet released remix of “Dimentica Domani“ by young, Italian singer-songwriter Malika Ayane. These are nine state-of-the-art remixes carrying Jazzanova's name deep into the next decade. — (via Label)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3291269367\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Sonar Kollektiv \u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, 12\", Compilation, Red\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Germany\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2017\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Broken Beat, Future Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Downtempo\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonar Kollektiv","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44355992158366,"sku":"821730033010","price":39.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a2906588201_10.jpg?v=1728368727"},{"product_id":"nightmares-on-wax-a-word-of-science","title":"Nightmares On Wax - A Word Of Science","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA group turned solo outlet for founding member George Evelyn, Nightmares on Wax were one of the brightest spots on the post-rave British techno map before they developed into one of the land's premier and longest-running sources of downtempo electronica rooted in dub reggae and hip-hop. NoW's debut album, A Word of Science (1991), was a crucial bridge between the competing influences of New York house and electro, Detroit techno and soul, London rave and acid, and the burgeoning eclecticism of the years to come. Producer and DJ Evelyn has steered the Warp act through three decades of activity, adding to the lengthy NoW discography with touchstones \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/nightmares-on-wax-smokers-delight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSmokers Delight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (1995) and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/nightmares-on-wax-carboot-soul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarboot Soul\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (1999), followed by an increasingly organic series of statements that includes\u003cem\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/nightmares-on-wax-in-a-space-outta-sound\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eIn a Space Outta Sound\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (2006),\u003cem\u003e Feelin' Good\u003c\/em\u003e (2013), and the liberation-oriented \u003cem\u003eShout Out! To Freedom...\u003c\/em\u003e (2021).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne year following the entry of \"Aftermath\" into the British charts, Nightmares on Wax released a first full-length that rivalled any other techno debuts of the time, excepting only its immediate predecessor in the Warp catalog -- \u003c\/span\u003eLFO\u003cspan\u003e's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrequencies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The \"Aftermath\" blueprint (skeletal bleep techno with the dark undercurrents cropping up in much post-rave techno) is in full force on several tracks, like the follow-up club hit \"Dextrous\" and the depth-plumbing bass of \"A Case of Funk.\" Elsewhere, though, NoW expand the sound of bleep in several intriguing directions: \"Coming Down\" represents with paranoid breakbeats wrapped around a minimalist framework; \"Playtime\" sounds reminiscent of \u003c\/span\u003eSoul II Soul\u003cspan\u003e; \"How Ya Doin'\" is a great old-school shout-out track; and \"Mega Donutz\" brings a British spin to playful American hip-hop like \u003c\/span\u003eDe La Soul\u003cspan\u003e. Unjustly relegated to the history bins (and even more of a relic because of its radical differences from the later NoW catalog), \u003cem\u003eA Word of Science\u003c\/em\u003e is much more than just the other great early Warp LP. — (via AllMusic)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7D2Hg8N6JEpdyaUFe26yni?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Warp Records\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2014 \/ Original Release: 1991\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Breaks, Dub, Hip-hop, Trip-hop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Downtempo\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warp Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44411313127582,"sku":"801061000417","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/20355.jpg?v=1729262206"},{"product_id":"jura-soundsystem-transmission-three","title":"Jura Soundsystem - Transmission Three","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe third and concluding edition of the Transmissions compilation series curated by IOJ label boss Kevin Griffiths aka Jura Soundsystem. The LP once again focuses on rarities no longer available on Vinyl and touches upon Reggae \u0026amp; Dub, Ambient House, Downtempo and Leftfield Disco.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMixmaster Morris in his Irresistible Force guise opens the album with the Ambient Electronica of ‘Lotus Position’, a long time favourite that’s been unavailable on Vinyl for nearly 30 years. Full Moon Scientist pick up the Ambient Dub baton with ‘Lunar Base Dub’ segueing into Australia’s Rude Band, featuring Oz radio royalty Doug Mulray on the aptly titled ‘Doug’s Dub’ originally released on Oz Sounds in Australia in 1982, a true Balearic gem recorded long before the genre had been widely discovered. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther highlights include Mary House’s ‘Ambient’, a chuggy slo-mo piano houser originally the last track on a 7 track EP released in 1991 on Italian label Technology, and ‘Do It’, an obscure South African track by Inspiration which covers the music from Sylvester’s ‘I Need Somebody To Love Tonight’ paired with new vocals using the refrain ‘Do It’. Jean-Michel Bertrand gave his blessing to a special Jura Soundsystem version of ‘Dream Reggae’ which features long time collaborator Mike Burn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eadding lead and rhythm guitar to an extended edit of the song. The album closes with some Ambient Tools which should serve to raise a smile at the end of the series. — (via Label)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3147805199\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Isle Of Jura\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2023\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Reggae\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Dub, Ambient, Downtempo, Balearic, Disco\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Reggae \/ Dub\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Isle of Jura Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44411402289310,"sku":"ISLELP010","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a0842701063_10.jpg?v=1729264521"}],"url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/collections\/genre-downtempo.oembed","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}