Super cosmic Japanese city pop gem with tracks from 1982 – 86 by up-and-coming associate producer and arranger HASEGAWA Joe and keyboardist KATSURAGI Mariko, soaked in mega lush synth layers, awesome drum programming and killer basslines – big tip!
Super nice cover art too, check!
Experimental Deephouse Afro-futurism album by Dub poetry free spirit Jasmine Tutum and OG Jahtari crew disrupt & Rootah as The Other Others, oscillating between spaced out soundscapes, floaty hoovers and heavy movers.
Tokyo-born, grown up in Jamaica and living in Germany (with various stops in-between) Jasmine’s wild biography translates into sonic territory with this LP, drawing inspiration from Grace Jones and Theo Parrish, newworldaquarium and Roger Robinson alike.
Vinyl edition includes all lyrics. Also coming as limited glow-in-the-dark tapes edition!
Repress of this lofi gem by Superstar & Star from 2018, out on Porridge Bullet with Tapes at the controls!
Big tip!
Exceptional, inspired, transdimensional musical tapestry, gatefold cover – Recommended!
(Comes with download code)
“Surf synth acid dancehall rock!!” is how Jackson Bailey aka Tapes / Rezzett describes the A-side of this new release from Osaka’s 7FO.
This 7-inch single, marking 7FO’s return to EM Records, is an homage to both the vinyl single format itself and also to the legendary producer Joe Meek.
“Healing Sword” is the first time 7FO has created a track expressly as a single. On the flip side, “Snake (Live)” is a dubby lo-fi mono travelogue.
The ‘onsen’ (hot spring) artwork is by artist / performer Keisuke Yamao and friends.
Previously unreleased extended mixes of this spaced out Wackie’s crossover classic by Tyrone Evans, mixed for 12″ single at the time but hidden away until now.
Epic reggae/disco/boogie hybrid material with the magic Wackie’s touch. Housed in a proper new Wackie’s disco jacket. Don’t snooze, TIP!
Teenage twins Ruffy & Tuffy deliver an apocalyptic slab of synth drenched Rub a Dub with what could be the first use of Vocoder in Reggae for 1982’s If The 3rd World War Is A Must.
Earl Lindo production with heavy Dub cut… TIP!
At the turn of the 1980s, L.G. Mair, Jr. was coercing young electronic gear into odd new timbres by day and masquerading as a consummate bass guitar hero by night – a regular fixture at the legendary NYC comedy club Catch a Rising Star, where he was the house bass player – regularly performing alongside a host of iconic comedians from the past 40 years inc. Robin Williams, Andy Kaufman and Chris Rock.
Available for the first time on vinyl and presented over two expansive volumes, the Selected Rhythm Tracks 1988-1994 of L.G. Mair, Jr. reveals a hidden archive of introverted electro-minimalist songwriting culled from over 30 years of unreleased cassettes. TIP!
Remastered for 180g heavyweight 2LP vinyl, with sleeve artwork by the internationally acclaimed book designer Luke Bird.
