Limited Indie edition pressed on transparent blue coloured vinyl
Includes a 16 page booklet
Released 9 October 2020
With its iconic Emil Schult sleeve, Kraftwerk released their international breakthrough album. The symphonic title track, an epic ode to the joys of motorway travel, wraps a mesmerising motorik rhythm around a sampled collage of car horns, engine noise, whirring tyres and radio crackle. In edited form, it becomes a revolutionary hit single around the world
Elsewhere, in wordless industrial folk music, the band reveal both their light and dark sides – "Mitternacht" is all creeping midnight shadows, while "Morgenspaziergang" is fresh with morning dew and birdsong. Two versions of "Kometenmelodie", one a starkly gothic prowl, the other a sunny electro boogie, provide further instrumental sound paintings
Pure and strong and bold, Kraftwerk compose cinema for the ears. The pop world falls in love with them
Track list:1. Autobahn (2009 Digital Remaster)2. Kometenmelodie 1 (2009 Digital Remaster)3. Kometenmelodie 2 (2009 Digital Remaster)4. Mitternacht (2009 Digital Remaster)5. Morgenspaziergang (2009 Digital Remaster)
Heavyweight vinyl LP, 2009 digital remaster.
Kraftwerk: Tour de France double LP [2020 Colour Repress]
£34.00
Limited edition double coloured edition pressed on translucent red and blue vinyl
Includes a 20 page 12" x 12" booklet
Released 9 October 2020
The Tour De France was the conceptual starting line for Kraftwerk's first album for over a decade. Although it features an immaculate new version of a 20-year-old former single, the exquisitely graceful Tour De France, pop nostalgia is not on the menu. From the chunky cyber-funk of Vitamin to the restless metallic shimmers of Aro Dynamik, this is emphatically the sound of 21st century techno visionaries
Limited Indie edition pressed on neon yellow vinyl
Includes a 16 page 12" x 12" booklet
Released 9 October 2020
Computer World captured the band right at the moment when its pioneering approach fully broke through in popular music, thanks to the rise of synth pop, hip-hop, and electro
As Arthur Baker sampled Tans-Europe Express for Planet Rock and disciples like Depeche Mode, OMD, and Gary Numan scored major hits, Computer World demonstrated that the old masters still had some last tricks up their collective sleeves. Compared to earlier albums, it fell readily in line with the Man-Machine, eschewing side-long efforts but with even more of an emphasis on shorter tracks mixed with longer but not epic compositions
Limited Indie edition pressed on red vinyl
Includes a 16 page 12" x 12" booklet
Released 9 October 2020
A bold new look, sound and concept for Kraftwerk. Over supple processed rhythms which predate the rise of European techno and trance, they address automation and alienation, space travel and engineering, the seductive allure of urban landscapes and the vacant glamour of celebrity
Clipped and funky, The Robots adds another dimension to Kraftwerk's ultra-dry sense of humour. Behind its intoxicating melodic pulse, The Model is a highly prophetic satire on the beauty industry, so ahead of its time that it only becomes a UK chart-topper by accident three years later. And Neon Lights is Kraftwerk's most achingly romantic song to date, a sci-fi lullaby for cities at twilight. Pure magic
Kraftwerk: The Mix Double LP (2020 Colour Repress)
£34.00
Limited Indie edition pressed on white vinyl
Includes a 20 page 12" x 12" booklet
Released 9 October 2020
Kraftwerk's first fully digital album confirmed their clubland credentials and reworked 11 of their best-loved tunes for a new generation. Painstakingly reconstructed and sequenced in the band's Kling Klang studio, new versions of tracks like The Robots, Trans Europe Express and Home Computer now feature more funky rhythms and cleaned-up, liquid-crystal sounds.
A stark warning about pollution at Sellafield is added to the glistening overhaul of Radioactivity, sparking a war of words with British nuclear fuels. But most of all, The Mix is a career-spanning collection of legendary electro anthems and a classy acknowledgment of the two-way traffic between Kraftwerk and club culture
Though not the earliest entry in the genre (which Eno makes no claim to have invented), ‘Ambient 1 (Music For Airports)’ was the first album ever to be explicitly labelled ‘ambient music’
Eno had previously created similarly quiet, unobtrusive music on albums ‘Evening Star’, ‘Discreet Music’, and Harold Budd's ‘The Pavilion of Dreams’ (which he produced), but this was the first album to give it precedence as a cohesive concept. He gave his explanation of and aspirations for ambient music in this short 1978 essay
Eno conceived the idea for ‘Music For Airports’ while spending several hours waiting at Cologne Bonn Airport, becoming annoyed by the uninspired sound and the atmosphere it created. The recording was designed to be continuously looped as a sound installation, with the intent of defusing the tense, anxious atmosphere of an airport terminal, by avoiding the derivative and familiar elements of typical ‘canned music’
The album features contributions from Robert Wyatt and Rhett Davies
‘Ambient 1 (Music For Airports)’ was followed by Harold Budd and Brian Eno’s ‘Ambient 2 (The Plateaux of Mirror)’ and ‘Ambient 3 (Day Of Radiance)’ by Laraaji, which was also produced by Eno
Disc 11 1/1 (Acoustic and Electric Piano; Synthesizer.) Brian Eno, Rhett Davies, Robert Wyatt 16:302 2/1 (Vocals; Synthesizer.) :20
Disc 21 1/2 (Vocals; Acoustic Piano.) 11:302 2/2 (Synthesizer Only). Lasts 9:38
180 gram Vinyl 2018 Standard Edition. Released 16th November 2018.
Kraftwerk: Trans Europe Express (2020 Colour Repress)
£24.00
Limited Indie edition pressed on clear vinyl
Includes a 16 page 12" x 12" booklet
Released 9 October 2020
Kraftwerk celebrate Europe's romantic past and shimmering future (even more so now post Brexit) with a glistening panorama of elegance and decadence, travel and technology
The infinite vistas of Europe Endless and Endless Endless' bookend the album, which includes the unsettling kafka-esque fable The Hall of Mirrors' and Showroom Dummies - Kraftwerk's elegantly ironic reply to critiques of their deadpan manner. But it is the streamlined rhythmic locomotive of Trans Europe Express' which dominates with its doppler-effect melodic swerves and hypnotic, pneumatic, piston-pumping rhythm. along with its sister track, Metal on Metal', which New York DJ Afrika Bambaataa would re-construct five years later for his own seminal 'planet rock'
This milestone in avant-pop modernism later becomes a crucial influence on the early pioneers of hip-hop and sampling, electro and industrial music. Poetry in motion
"Looking back in hindsight to the activity and accomplishments of Axis is with much pride - to witness the relationship between the music and listener evolving to this point. The Director's Cut reissue project is about manicuring detail. It's about a rare opportunity to enhance what we've done so that the relationship strengthens for the long term." -Jeff Mills
12" single
180g vinyl
Label: Axis UK
Track listing:A. The Bells (original version) taken from “Kat Moda” EP (PM002) (1996)B1. The Bells (Blue Potential version) with Montpellier Philharmonic Orchestra taken from “Blue Potential” DVD+CD (2005) / Classical arrangement by Thomas RousselB2. The Homosapien Sapiens (previously unreleased)
Sweeping soundscapes full of nature, brightness and light this is not. but then Autechre have always specialised in the darker, deeper, flip-side of ambience. They make music for hanging teddy bears to. music for winter
Tri Repetae is packed full of unsettling, skin-crawling music. the most danceable tracks, like Eutow, constantly threaten to fall in on themselves, collapsing under the weight of the twisted sounds and the screeching architecture of their constructions
Gnit sounds like the negative image of a jungle track, silent where there should be thudding drums and filled with noise where there should be quiet. Autechre have moved up from their lo-fi origins, but their sounds are still sticky-fingered, investigating the depths of their machines. Their tampering with noise and texture must drive those little people who live inside of computers and operate them (you remember the numbskulls, don't you?) stark, raving nuts, or as Autechre would probably put it, gnutz
2LP - Widespine sleeve with download card and bonus live set
Brian's ambient album from 1982. Unlike most of Brian Eno's conceptually unified ambient projects, Ambient 4: On Land is something of a patchwork
Recorded in six studios between 1978 and 1982, the eight pieces - ranging between three to nine minutes in length - are a curious mixture of solo works for treated instruments and full-fledged collaborations
Lizard Point is the standout, with the synthesizer, bass, and guitar of material's Michael Beinhorn, Bill Laswell, and Axel Gros providing a denser and more varied musical backing than most of Eno's ambient works. Shadow, a duet with trumpeter Jon Hassell, introduces a world music element similar to their fourth world one: possible musics duet album, and Dunwich Beach, Autumn 1960 introduces guitarist Michael Brook and multi-instrumentalist / co-producer Daniel Lanois, who became one of Eno's most valuable collaborators throughout the '80s
The solo pieces refine ideas first explored on earlier ambient works, though with greater subtlety and increased tonal colour
Standard Version. Cut at Abbey Road Studios at 33RPM and pressed on 180 Gram Black Heavyweight Vinyl and Download.
The Chemical Brothers Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands waste no time on their nuclear-weapon of a second album proving they are masters of the techno groove
Dig Your Own Hole opens with a sampled shout-out by old-school gangsta Schoolly D, a syncopated bass line, and a drum loop that gives credence to the song's title, Block Rockin' Beats. This smorgasbord of sounds - a hallucinatory interweaving of hip-hop, techno, trance and the Chemicals' trademark synthesised guitar loop - builds up and cold-rocks the first five minutes of the record like a tsunami crashing ashore
Unlike most productions in the electronic / dance-music universe, the music on Dig Your Own Hole also has the weight of great rock and roll. What makes Dig Your Own Hole the personification of modern pop music at its chaotic best, and a funky agent of change
Dig Your Own Hole is built on a repetition of beats, samples and skewered sounds, but that doesn't mean it's a repetitive album. Between bass-heavy house tunes like It Doesn't Matter and Elektro Bank, the Chemicals show where their pop-oriented interests lie - in tradition. Whether butting heads with the Beatles (Setting Sun, which features vocals by Oasis' Noel Gallagher), exploring English folk tonalities (Where Do i Begin, featuring Beth Orton) or venturing on sprawling acid-rock voyages (the instrumental Private Psychedelic Reel, with Mercury Rev's Jonathan Donahue), the Chemicals refashion familiar styles with a beat-heavy, electronic gleam
Double 180 Gram Black Vinyl
Track list:Block Rockin' BeatsDig Your Own HoleElektrobankPikuSetting SunIt Doesn't MatterDon't Stop the RockGet Up On It Like ThisLost In the K HoleWhere Do I BeginThe Private Psychedelic Reel
Released: 18/11/2016
Equinoxe was one of the commercial and critical high points in Jarre's illustrious recording career. Its sonic innovations made it an ongoing source of inspiration for later generations of electronic musicians
Jarre created mesmerising soundscapes on Equinoxe, using 13 different types of synthesisers
Inspired by the era's science fiction boom, Equinoxe blended beats, intricate arrangements, and mainstream appeal
Brotherhood' is a compilation album by English electronic dance music duo The Chemical Brothers, originally released in September 2008. It is the second compilation spanning the band's greatest hits, after 2003's 'Singles 93-03'
Track list:1. Galvanize - The Chemical Brothers (4.28)2. Hey Boy Hey Girl - The Chemical Brothers (4.5)3. Block Rockin' Beats - The Chemical Brothers (4.54)4. Do It Again - The Chemical Brothers (3.4)5. Believe - The Chemical Brothers (6.06)6. Star Guitar - The Chemical Brothers (6.1)7. Let Forever Be - The Chemical Brothers (3.42)8. Leave Home - The Chemical Brothers (5.06)9. Keep My Composure - The Chemical Brothers (5.43)10. Saturate - The Chemical Brothers (4.5)11. Out of Control - The Chemical Brothers (7.21)12. Midnight Madness - The Chemical Brothers (3.35)13. The Golden Path - The Chemical Brothers (4.47)14. Setting Sun - The Chemical Brothers (4.01)15. Chemical Beats - The Chemical Brothers (4.04)
Released: 01/08/2008
Few albums were as eagerly anticipated as The Fat of the Land, the Prodigy's long-awaited follow-up to Music for the Jilted Generation. By the time of its release, the group had two number one British singles with "Firestarter" and "Breathe" and had begun to make inroads in America
The Fat of the Land was touted as the album that would bring electronica/techno to a worldwide audience (Of course, in Britain, the group already had a staggeringly large following that was breathlessly awaiting the album.)
The Fat of the Land falls short of masterpiece status, but that isn't because it doesn't deliver. Instead, it delivers exactly what anyone would expect: intense hip-hop-derived rhythms, imaginatively reconstructed samples, and meaningless shouted lyrics from Keith Flint and Maxim
Half of the album does sound quite similar to "Firestarter," especially when Flint is singing. Granted, Liam Howlett is an inventive producer, and he can make empty songs like "Smack My Bitch Up" and "Serial Thrilla" kick with a visceral power, but he is at his best on the funky hip-hop of "Diesel Power" (which is driven by an excellent Kool Keith rap) and "Funky Shit," as well as the mind-bending neo-psychedelia of "Narayan" (featuring guest vocals by Crispian Mills of Kula Shaker) and the blood-curdling cover of L7's "Fuel My Fire," which features vocals by Republica's Saffron
All those guest vocalists mean something -- Howlett is at his best when he's writing for himself or others, not his group's own vocalists. "Firestarter" and all of its rewrites capture the fire of the Prodigy at their peak, and the remaining songs have imagination that give the album weight
LA RESISTANCE! Second of three compilations collecting Stereolab’s 7” and 10” output from the 90s. Originally released in 1995 on Duophonic, Refried Ectoplasm features increased presence of synthesisers and experimental production techniques compared to their early singles
Contains rarities from a number of singles released in collaborations with other artists on various labels, including two collaborations with Nurse With Wound ("Exploding Head Movie" and "Animal or Vegetable”) and rare tracks from split releases with Unrest (“Mountain”) and Spectrum ("Tone Burst”)
Also check out “Lo Boob Oscillator” and “Tempter” (originally released on a Sub Pop 7-inch), and the great “French Disko”
The Switched On series is a great point of entry for anyone looking to explore beyond Laetitia Sadler & co’s studio albums
Official reissue on limited edition clear double vinyl, available for the first time in 23 years. Remastered at Calyx in Berlin and released on the band’s own Duophonic imprint, recommended
Following the release of the Audio Track 5 EP electronic producer and musician Darren Cunningham AKA Actress and the London Contemporary Orchestra (LCO) release a full album of their collaboration on Ninja Tune entitled Lageos
Originally performed at the Barbican in February 2016, the project was curated by Boiler Room and LCO. A synergy between both live electronic and acoustic components, Actress and LCO augmented traditional piano and created sounds from objects as varied as temple bowls and plastic bags
LCO recorded the individual parts as stems which were then sent to Actress to manipulate, delivering some truly unique new pieces as well as reinterpretations of Actress classics N.E.W. and Hubble
For years before the release ofExit Planet Dust, the production duo of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons were cranking out slabs of the biggest sounds around on the label junior boys' own. A key record of the 1990s,Exit Planet Dust invented the big-beat style that dominated British dance music in the second half of the decade, and it still sounds superb in its own right
Skull-crunching hip-hop loops, fuzz guitar, insistently repetitive spoken samples and thunderous basslines make up the blueprint for one of the most instantly energising albums ever recorded
Many of the titles - Chemical Beats, Fuck up Beats, Chico's Groove are fairly self-explanatory. Others show a level of erudite humour; Song to the Siren filches the name of a Tim Buckley ballad for a track more in keeping with the mysteries of a car alarm, while One Too Many Mornings is nothing that Bob Dylan would recognise in a hurry
Collaborations with Beth Orton (Alive Alone) and the Charlatans' Tim Burgess (Life is Sweet) add human voices to the brilliant mechanical formula
Double 180 Gram Vinyl
Track list:Leave HomeIn Dust We TrustSong to the SirenThree Little Birdies Down BeatsFuck Up BeatsChemical BeatsChico's GrooveOne Too Many MorningsLife Is SweetPlayground of a Wedgeless FirmAlive Alone
Released: 28/10/2016
Klaus Schulze / Pete Namlook: Dark Side Of The Moog Vol.8 - Careful with the AKS, Peter (2LP)
£26.00
The collaboration between influential German artists Klaus Schulze and Pete Namlook led to the famous The Dark Side of the Moog series
The eighth part in the series Careful With the AKS Peter features, as the title suggests, the AKS synthesiser in its full glory. The improvisations, soundscapes and ambient music recreates their incredible live experience
This title from the series is entirely performed live in front of a crowd. Samples and vocals are mixed together with feedback from the audience. All together it’s another great story in their collaboration series The Dark Side of the Moog
Raised in the outskirts of Paris, his career has embraced music, fashion and film and established Kiddy as a key figure in Paris's LGBTQ community and the voguing and ballroom scenes. Working as a fashion stylist and club night host, he was asked to develop Balmain's sound identity which led to further collaborations with the likes of Balenciaga and Versace. Two well-received singles Teardrops in The Box and Let A Bitch Know released Defected set the musical template for his first album 'One Trick Pony'
'One Trick Pony' sees Kiddy working with such talents as Rouge Mary (Hercules & Love Affair) Be Honest, Burn The House Down & e Friend and Crookers Dickmatized. Citing gospel and hip-hop, 90s Chicago and Detroit as influences, Kiddy has delivered an album with house DNA at it's core whilst embracing a pop sensibility. It explores intimate, personal topics unrequited love, paternal desertion and acceptance of one's body
"I define myself as a house-music artist. Queer is limiting. My music reflects my everyday life. I talk about me and being black and gay. My songs are about love. They're not political, but my work is
The lead single Dicktamized is about "toxic relationships, the ones you know you would be best to remove yourself but you're almost hypnotised into thinking if the sex is good you should carry ." It's taken from the soundtrack of Gaspar Noe's latest and critically acclaimed movie 'Climax' premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival and also featuring Kiddy
Cinematic Orchestra stalwarts Jason Swinscoe and Dominic Smith have ensnared contributions from Moses Sumney, Roots Manuva, Heidi Vogel, Grey Reverend, Dorian Concept, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Taiwah on an album mixed by Tom ‘I’ve got a Grammy’ Elmhirst
Evocative warm guitar notes float and land gently. Powerful and sorrowful vocals release delicately placed notes and sublime harmonies. Orchestrated strings soar around smooth jazzy moods and electronics to swim in a wondrous sea of glory
Yellow Magic Orchestra: Solid State Survivor (1LP)
£24.00
While Kraftwerk was emerging in Europe and became an influence and inspiration to the Japanese superstars, YMO stayed true to their unique sound
YMO's second album Solid State Survivor was released in 1979, and represented numerous crossover tracks from Techno to New Wave. Solid State Survivor is probably the most sampled YMO album, as over the years several artists performed numerous covers of "Behind The Mask". This extremely popular album peaked at # 1 in several charts all over the world
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