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The state51 Conspiracy - a 21st Century Music Company PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION CATALOGUE www.state51.com Welcome to the 2016 Physical Distribution catalogue from The state51 Conspiracy. We want to make it as easy as possible for you to order from us. So we offer free worldwide shipping and no minimum order on all releases. If you’d like to receive further press info or promo copies for any release just let us know. Ordering is easy, and you can pay however you like - PayPal, bank transfer, cheque, cash... Just send an email to support@state51.com with the catalogue number of the releases you’re interested in and how many you’d like and our team in London will ship ‘em out to you. Or you can pick up the phone and let us know what you’re interested in. If you’re not sure where to start with our catalogue - speak to one of our knowledgable team who’ll be able to offer some advice based on what music your shop sells. If it’s your first order with us, have a record or CD on us, why not. We hope you enjoy our catalogue. All the team at state51 support@state51.com +44 (0) 207 729 43 43 17 Hereford St. London E2 6EX GHOST BOX "Fusing pop concrète, soundtrack and library music with sharp design and a swarm of esoteric pop-cultural references to create a parallel reality built upon memories of a very British past.” Mark Pilkington. WE ARE ALL PAN’S PEOPLE ARTIST: THE FOCUS GROUP CAT NO: GBX008CD GENRE: ALTERNATIVE / AVANT GARDE PRICE: £5.80 FORMAT: CD THE SEANCE AT HOBS LANE ARTIST: MOUNT VERNON ARTS LAB CAT NO: GBX008CD / GBX008LP GENRE: ELECTRONIC / EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: £5.80 / £8.20 FORMAT: CD, LP MIND HOW YOU GO (REVISED ED) ARTIST: THE ADVISORY CIRCLE CAT NO: GBX013CD GENRE: EXPERIMENTAL / ELECTRONIC PRICE: £5.80 FORMAT: CD The Focus Group are back with a kaleidoscope of antique electronics, psyched out jazz, and broken rock Featuring collaboration with the late Jhon Balance of Coil, Adrian Utley of Portishead, Barry 7 of Add N to X and a variety other talented artists. An expanded album length version of the 2006 Advisory Circle EP Mind How You Go, inspired by the world of TV Public Information Films. FROM AN ANCIENT STAR ARTIST: BELBURY POLY CAT NO: GBX011CD GENRE: ALT ELECTRONICA PRICE: £5.80 FORMAT: CD FARMER'S ANGLE REV ED ARTIST: THE FOCUS GROUP CAT NO: GBX014CD GENRE: ELECTRONIC / EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: £3.00 FORMAT: CD THE BELBURY TALES ARTIST: BELBURY POLY CAT NO: GBX016CD GENRE: ALTERNATIVE / HAUNTOLOGY PRICE: £5.80 FORMAT: CD ”...electronica rarely comes as intriguing and atmospheric and laden with weirdly unshakable tunes.” Alexis Petridis A Revised Edition of Belbury Poly's jaunty debut EP Belbury Poly spin some tall tales across a concept album in the tradition of British prog rock SLEEP GAMES ARTIST PYE CORNER AUDIO CAT NO: GBX017CD GENRE: ELECTRONIC / EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: £6.00 FORMAT: CD ELEKTRIK KAROUSEL ARTIST: THE FOCUS GROUP CAT NO: GBX018LP, GBX018CD GENRE: ELECTRONIC / EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: £6.10, £8.20 FORMAT: CD, LP EMPTY AVENUES ARTIST: JOHN FOXX AND THE BELBURY CIRCLE CAT NO: GBX019CD GENRE: ELECTRONICA / HAUNTOLOGY PRICE: £4.95 FORMAT: CD Italo horror soundtracks and a kind of post rave meltdown feature in PCA's submerged disco and spectral electronics Essences of jazz, psychedelia and soundtracks distilled into something utterly unique. Heavyweight vinyl Foxx’s unmistakable voice is elegantly framed by the haunting pastoral electronics of The Belbury Circle ENTROPICALIA ARTIST: THE SOUNDCARRIERS CAT NO: GBX02CD GENRE: ALTERNATIVE / PSYCHEDELIC PRICE: £6.10 FORMAT: CD FROM OUT HERE ARTIST: THE ADVISORY CIRCLE CAT NO: GBX021CD / GBX021LP GENRE: ELECTRONICA / HAUNTOLOGY PRICE: £6.15, £8.45 FORMAT: CD, LP IN A MOMENT... GHOST BOX ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: GBX022CD / GBX022LP GENRE: ALT ELECTRONIC / HAUNTOLOGY PRICE: £8.50, £14.50 FORMAT: 2CD, 2LP New to the world of Ghost Box, their switched on sounds are filmic, fantastic and authentically psychedelic. Darkly melodic electronic magic Marking the labels tenth year, this is a double album of highlights with sleeve notes courtesy of Simon Reynolds STUDY SERIES 10: "MESSAGE AND METHOD" ARTIST: BELBURY POLY AND SPACEDOG CAT NO: GBX710 GENRE: ELECTRONIC / EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: £3.65 FORMAT: 7” VINYL OTHER VOICES 01 ARTIST: BROOKS & O’HAGAN CAT NO: GBX711 GENRE: ELECTRONIC / EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: £3.70 FORMAT: 7” VINYL OTHER VOICES 02 ARTIST: LISTENING CENTER CAT NO: GBX712 GENRE: ELECTRONICA / HAUNTOLOGY PRICE: £3.70 FORMAT: 7” VINYL Two beautiful pieces of gentle sunshine pop, with a rich blend of acoustic guitar, synth and voice. Drawing on the classic library-esque, music for schools and colleges sounds that inspired Ghost Box at its very beginnings. Spooky chamber electronics inspired by early wireless experiments OTHER VOICES 03 THE PATTERN FORMS CAT NO: GBX713 GENRE: ELECTRONICA / HAUNTOLOGY PRICE: £3.70 FORMAT: 7” VINYL OTHER VOICES 04 ARTIST: STEVE MOORE CAT NO: GBX714 GENRE: ELECTRONIC / EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: £3.70 FORMAT: 7” VINYL OTHER VOICES 05 ARTIST: PYE CORNER AUDIO CAT NO: GBX715 GENRE: ELECTRONICA / HAUNTOLOGY PRICE: £3.70 FORMAT: 7” VINYL Featuring Jon Brooks of the Advisory Circle & Friendly Fires. Expertly crafted, dreamy, electronic pop. Steve Moore from Zombi creates two perfectly balanced and paired down science fiction landscape miniatures. Dark dystopian industrial disco on side A with a collaboration with Belbury Poly on the B side. OTHER VOICES 06 ARTIST: CAVERN OF ANTI MATTER CAT NO: GBX716 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE ROCK / ELECTRONICA PRICE: £3.70 FORMAT: 7” VINYL OTHER VOICES 07 ARTIST: TOI TOI TOI CAT NO: GBX717 GENRE: ALT LECTRONIC PRICE: £3.70 FORMAT: 7” VINYL OTHER VOICES 08 ARTIST: BEAUTIFY JUNKYARDS CAT NO: GBX718 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE ROCK / ELECTRONICA PRICE: £3.70 FORMAT: 7” VINYL Tim Gane's low key, elusive & damned near perfect Berlin based band, Cavern of Anti-Matter. Organic, upbeat & expertly crafted… The musical side-project of a well respected conceptual artist who is happy to be subsumed into the anonymity of Ghost Box's imaginary world. A highly accomplished six-piece band that weave a dreamlike blend of pastoral acid folk, tropicalia and electronica, with songs in both Portuguese and English NEW WAYS OUT ARTIST: BELBURY POLY CAT NO: GBX024CD/LP GENRE: ALTERNATIVE / ELECTRONICA PRICE: £6.50 / £8.75 FORMAT: CD / LP APPLE TREE ARTIST: HINTERMASS CAT NO: GBX023 CD / LP GENRE: ALT / PSYCH FOLK PRICE: £6.50 / £8.70 FORMAT: 7” VINYL TEE SHIRT ARTIST: BELBURY POLY CAT NO: GBM010 GENRE: CHILL OUT PRICE: £7.75 FORMAT: MEDIUM / LARGE Tim Gane's low key, elusive & damned near perfect Berlin based band, Cavern of AntiMatter. Organic, upbeat & expertly crafted… Mannered psych-folk embellished with simmering electronics, recalling Super Furry Animals at their most reflective Mannered psych-folk embellished with simmering electronics, recalling Super Furry Animals at their most reflective LOVE LOVE RECORDS UK based Love Love Records are generating worldwide interest by carefully crafting an eclectic sound held together with an appreciation of braintingling electronics. SPEEK YOU LITTLE RE-FACÉÉ ARTIST: ANKELPANTS CAT NO: LOVWAX02 GENRE: ELECTRONIC / DANCE PRICE: £6.00 FORMAT: LP Anklepants is a self perpetuating musical phenomenon that's rapidly grabbing the scene by the balls, brain and feet. A precision blend of techno and conceptual pop. SOCIAL-PATCHING-AND THE PIXEL PAGEANT FACÉD BOY ARTIST: ANKELPANTS CAT NO: LOVLCD1, LOVLP01 GENRE: DANCE / EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: £5.63, £9.00 FORMAT: CD, 2LP His debut album has arrived on Vinyl and CD. Packed with live classics and brimming with his frenetic brand of mutated, electronic, anti-pop HEART ARTIST: SCRASE CAT NO: LOVWAX03D GENRE: ELECTRONIC / DANCE PRICE: £6.00 FORMAT: LP A state-of-the-art rejuvenation of 90s ambient house, paying homage to the past greats of electronica ANOTHER ARTIST: SCRASE CAT NO: LOVWAX04D GENRE: ELECTRONIC / BASS / TECHNO PRICE: £5.00 FORMAT: LP DEATHMASK ARTIST: LAKKER CAT NO: LOVWAX01 GENRE: ELECTRONIC / TECHNO PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: LP CORNBRAIL ACID 2 ARTIST: BEATWIFE CAT NO: LOVCD01 GENRE: ELECTRO / ACID PRICE: £5.80 FORMAT: CD a dark and twisted journey down more alien avenues featuring arcane wooden rhythms and mechanised bass movements. Shrill melancholy with vegged-out techno grooves, providing a sparkling listening experience as well as an excellent DJ tool A contemporary, and more widely palatable, take on psychedelic electronic ideals. BIT PHALANX A fair-trade and non-profit record label and artist management company. Their roster is a diverse mix of esoteric electronic music from artists from around the world. YOGURT ARTIST: COPPE' VS. BIT-PHALANX CAT NO: BITP006CD GENRE: ELECTRONIC / DANCE PRICE: £5.60 FORMAT: CD BLESSING, CLEANING & CUTTING ARTIST: PROTEST CRAYON CAT NO: BITP010CD GENRE: ELECTRONIC / INDIE PRICE: £5.60 FORMAT: CD RETREAT TO SLEEP ARTIST: JILK CAT NO: BITP012CD GENRE: ELECTRONICA / EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: £6.25 FORMAT: CD Deluxe, ltd edition 6 panel digipack. Taken from 2010’s ‘Artificial Insemination’ album, the infectious track ‘Yogurt’ becomes the key ingredient for 14 remixes by the roster and associates of Bit-Phalanx The debut album from Bristol, retro electro-indie, synth-pop duo, Protest Crayon. Featuring the singles 'Soft Engineering' and 'Floorboards. The long awaited debut album from BitPhalanx veteran, Jilk. A 10 track opus of trademark glitch, bass and beats, ambient soundscapes, acoustic and classical instrumentation, and a host of special guest vocalists and musicians. A VERY NEW EVERYTHING ARTIST: KAYLA PAINTER CAT NO: BITPEP026CD GENRE: ELECTRONICA / DUB PRICE: £3.75 FORMAT: CD FI-LAMENTE’ ARTIST: COPPE’ CAT NO: MSR011 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £5.60 FORMAT: CD COPPE' WHO? (ALOHA FROM MARS!) ARTIST: COPPE CAT NO: MSRCOMP001 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £5.60 FORMAT: MCD Soft and budding, a cautious green shoot of supple techno poking its head out of the shiny metal undergrowth. Her sounds single her out as a new hybrid genus. Esoteric songstress Coppe’ is joined by the likes of Addictive TV, Plaid, Atom TM, Kettel and many more for a 20 track masterpiece. 17 track sampler CD compilation from the Coppe' / Mango + Sweetrice archives. CD comes in a card wallet, and includes bonus Sweetrice stickers + badges! Coppe’ releases her 16th full album titled '20rpm' as a stunning super-deluxe, double transparent-red vinyl + DVD collection, alongside a CD+DVD and standard digital editions. Featuring all new collaborations with another star line-up with guest stars: Plaid, Chris., Kettel, Atom TM, Chris Mosdell, Terry D, and many more. Launched in 1995, Mango + Sweetrice Records celebrates twenty years of electronic music's most colourful, diverse and prolific collaborations, thanks to the charm, charisma and passion of one woman: Japanese singer, musician, producer & multi-media artist, Coppe'. The one-time Japanese child-star, MTV VJ and FM Radio DJ decided to turn her back on her native commercial profile to begin recording her own material and forge long-lasting, collaborative relationships with some of the leading names in the emerging 90s IDM / Electronica scene. Limited Edition Deluxe 2 x Transparent-Red Vinyl (Inc. Transparent Gatefold Sleeve, DVD + Download Code) CD Version with Bonus DVD Included Cat No: MSR016LP Price: £18.49 Cat No: MSR016CD Price: £6.49 THE STATE51 CONSPIRACY Since the early 90’s state51 has been integral in the release of thousands of amazing records. The label operates alongside the distribution, e-commerce and publishing arms of the business and features artists including Guillemots, Psapp, Steven James Adams and more. CLASSICAL MUSIC ARTIST: FAMILY FODDER CAT NO: CON147CD GENRE: POP / ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.50 FORMAT: CD HELLO LAND! ARTIST: GUILLEMOTS CAT NO: CON150CD GENRE: ALTERNATIVE / POP PRICE: £4.50 FORMAT: CD Family Fodder are the DIY collective behind the Post Punk classic ‘Dinosaur Sex’ The band are just as cheeky and on form as ever, the record spits out sounds, ideas & influences like there’s no tomorrow. BRIT nominated indie rock band Guillemots album Hello Land! see’s the band explore their experimental origins. AL - LIVE AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL ARTIST: SUSHEELA RAMAN AND THE MIAN MIRI QAWWALS CAT NO: CON155D GENRE: WORLD PRICE: £4.50 FORMAT: CD VARIETY ARTIST: FAMILY FODDER CAT NO: CON156CD GENRE: ALTERNATIVE ROCK PRICE: £5.60 FORMAT: CD WHAT MAKES US GLOW ARTIST: PSAPP CAT NO: CON157CD / CON157LP GENRE: ALTERNATIVE / FOLKTRONICA PRICE: £4.50 / £7.00 FORMAT: CD / LP Variety uncovers more of Alig’s bizarre, mind-bending arrangements, melodies and hook-strewn vocals Orchestrated with home built instruments, What Makes Us Glow is bursting with swampy drones of recorded ambience A simply stunning performance captured beautifully on CD. BLINDSPOT ARTIST: DAN MICHAELSON AND THE COASTGUARDS CAT NO: CON154D GENRE: ALT / SINGER SONGWRITER PRICE: £4.50 FORMAT: CD The fourth album from Dan Michaelson. The focus is Michaelson’s voice, which has drawn obvious comparisons to Leonard Cohen and Bill Callahan. WET SALT ARTIST: PSAPP CAT NO: CON161S GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £3.50 FORMAT: 7” VINYL First single from the album What Makes Us Glow. Written about the yearning for sprawling hills after living in Wood Green for too long. IT'S ALL OVER - THE BEST OF THE BROKEN FAMILY BAND ARTIST: THE BROKEN FAMILY BAND CAT NO: CON170CD GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £10.80 FORMAT: HARDBACK BOOK / CD MY LIFE AS A BEAST AND LOWLY FORM ARTIST: HUMAN HAIR CAT NO: CON174LP GENRE: ROCK PRICE: £8.50 FORMAT: LP Special hardback book & CD featuring the best of the bands catalogue. Critically acclaimed. Debut album from London based DIY rock outfit reminiscent of Pavement, Sonic Youth & The Fall. HOUSE MUSIC ARTIST: STEVEN JAMES ADAMS CAT NO: CON176CD GENRE: ALTERNATIVE / INDIE PRICE: £5.80 FORMAT: CD ALL THE NEW HIGHWAYS ARTIST: RICHARD JAMES CAT NO: CON190CD GENRE: ALT / FOLK / PSYCHEDELIA PRICE: £4.50 FORMAT: CD Featuring Justin Young of The Vaccines among others. Described by The Guardian as simply outstanding. Welsh Music Prize nominated album. Haunting psychedelia sits alongside drone “A miniature masterpiece” The Guardian rock and vocals reminiscent of Nick Drake. DIRECTION OF TRAVEL ARTIST: SHE MAKES WAR CAT NO: CON176CD GENRE: ALTERNATIVE / INDIE PRICE: £4.50 FORMAT: CD MEMORY ARTIST: DAN MICHAELSON AND THE COASTGUARDS CAT NO: CON191CD/LP GENRE: ALT / SINGER SONGWRITER PRICE: £5.00 / £9.00 FORMAT: CD ‘Grungey, tuneful, fragile, bitter, and brilliant…She Makes War has delivered one of the most fulfilling experiences of 2016 so far. ‘ The Digital Fix "These are magical songs, brimming with understated but powerful hooks and the joys of loss lifted and intimacy shared" The Guardian DISTANCE ARTIST: DAN MICHAELSON AND THE COASTGUARDS CAT NO: CON177CD GENRE: ALT / SINGER SONGWRITER PRICE: £5.00 FORMAT: CD RADIO LOVE ARTIST: PLAYER PIANO CAT NO: CON181CD GENRE: ALT / INDIE / ROCK / POP PRICE: £5.60 FORMAT: CD “Evoking…the unfettered creativity of early Bowie and the Walker Brothers…it tugs at the heartstrings and ensnares you with the scope of its ambition.”The Sunday Times HUNDRED ACRE RECORDINGS A record label from Wales concerned with landscape, time and memory. Artists are free to create the music they want to create. The result is a small catalogue of visionary and deeply poignant music. UNDER CUMBRIAN SKY ARTIST: THE LOWLAND HUNDRED CAT NO: HA01 GENRE: EXPERIMENTAL/FOLK PRICE: £5.80 FORMAT: CD THE UNION ARTIST: HALLOCK HILL CAT NO: HA03 GENRE: EXPERIMENTAL/FOLK PRICE: £5.80 FORMAT: CD ADIT ARTIST: THE LOWLAND HUNDRED CAT NO: HA05 GENRE: ALT ROCK / FOLK PRICE: £5.80 FORMAT: CD Haunting vocals floating over a unique blend of seething atmospherics and instrumentation. The album was awarded Disc of The Day by Mojo. Within The Union are voices both near and distant, still and shivering, fragments of memories held close that speak of a dense, glowing and yet often haunted landscape An album which thoroughly encapsulates the labels ethos. This is an album about people in a landscape. People past and present. People near at hand and people far away. People in love. People at peace. People in great danger. KOSLOFF MANSION ARTIST: HALLOCK HILL CAT NO: HA06 GENRE: EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: £8.30 FORMAT: LP ONCE UPON A DIRTY EAR ARTIST: MACGILLIVRAY CAT NO: CON156CD GENRE: EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: £5.80 FORMAT: CD Fluid and gently ecstatic piano floats alongside subtle sonic chambers. Deeply emotive and evocative music. Highland musician and poet MacGillivray draws on a reverberant, melancholic soundscape; an alchemical mix of heavy electronica, toy piano, electric autoharp, grand piano and harmonium DIRTY BINGO RECORDS Limited runs of vinyl feature heavily in the labels catalogue. A focus on rock and indie from a small independent label who manage to find bands before they hit much wider success and critical acclaim. CLOUT! ARTIST: CLOUT! CAT NO: DBR001VL GENRE: HIP HOP PRICE: £4.99 FORMAT: LP Experimental 5-piece CLOUT! are joined by The Horrors Tom Furse in a 7 track EP. SOLITARY TRIP ARTIST: MEN’S ADVENTURES CAT NO: DBR007CD / DBR007VL GENRE: ALT ROCK / POP PRICE: £4.75 / £8.19 FORMAT: CD / LP Men’s Adventures draw inspiration from the imaginative narratives of classic animated fiction and marry these with an emotive take on surf, Western and psychedelic rock. NOTHING LIKE SOMETHING HAPPENS ANYWHERE ARTIST: SHINIES CAT NO: DBR011CD / DBR011VL GENRE: ALT / SHOEGAZE / POP PRICE: £4.75 / £8.19 FORMAT: CD One of the UK’s most hotly tipped bands. SLEEP ARTIST: NIGHT FLOWERS CAT NO: DBR012 GENRE: INDIE PRICE: £3.96 FORMAT: 7” VINYL London-via-Humberside dream-pop perfectionists Night Flowers announce their return with shimmering new single ‘Sleep’.. JENNI / HUMAN ARTIST: WOMAN’S HOUR CAT NO: DBR003VL GENRE: ROCK PRICE: £2.99 FORMAT: 7” VINYL Woman’s House set out to make pop songs in arrangements that highlight sparse and dense sounds offset by electronic drums and have evolved into a truly unique live act TANGLE ARTIST: SHINIES CAT NO: DBR008VL GENRE: ROCK / LO-FI / POP PRICE: £4.99 FORMAT: LP All four tracks are classic, euphoric melody-driven lo-fi pop, demonstrating their ability to balance poppy hooks with swirling guitars and frantic rhythms. RAIL CABLES Seasonal compilations featuring original music inspired by rail travel. Four artists per season pressed on high quality and superbly presented gatefold vinyl. Artists including Benoît Pioulard, This is the Kit, Scanner, Grey Tapes and more were asked to create one side of vinyl representing music inspired by the season and train travel, really sensational stuff. WINTER SELECTION 2015 ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: RC001 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.99 FORMAT: 2XLP SPRING SELECTION 2015 ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: RC002 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.75 FORMAT: 2XLP SUMMER SELECTION 2015 ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: RC003 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £3.96 FORMAT: 2XLP SCANNER, DRU$S, GREG FOX, RAN SLAVIN. Heavyweight 2XLP 12" gatefold vinyl featuring artwork by Dr Me. Edition of 300. Screen printed plastic over bag. BEING, BENOIT PIOLARD, SYMBOL,DEAD VOICES ON AIR. Gatefold 2XLP vinyl with printed inner sleeves. Design by Sean Curtis Patrick. THIS IS THE KIT, JO GILLOT, ALTARS ALTARS, GREY TAPES. Vinyl version with art work printed on reverse board print by Oat Montien. Limited edition of 250. AUTUMN SELECTION 2015 ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: RC004 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £9.00 FORMAT: 2XLP TADAM BETTS,worriedaboutsatan, NEGRA BRANCA, ORCA. 2XLP gatefold vinyl. Printed on reverse board. Featuring art work from Andy McDonnell. AVAILABLE MARCH 2016. SLOWFOOT RECORDS Slowfoot is a south London based label exploring the boundaries between krautrock, jazz, dub and electronica. Artists on the roster include Hello Skinny, The Grip, Prescott, Oren Marshall, Snorkel, Sebastian Rochford amongst others. "...in the last decade Slowfoot's roster of acts and releases has coalesced into an eclectic home for music that might otherwise fall between cracks, but always hits the groove." [The Wire] MOONILIT BANG BANG ARTIST: PHALL FATALE CAT NO: SLOCD028 / SLOLP028 GENRE: EXPERIMENTAL / POP PRICE: £7.00 / £10.50 FORMAT: CD / 2XLP FLESH ARTIST: ROBERT LOGAN CAT NO: SLOCD026 GENRE: ELECTRONIC / EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: £7.00 FORMAT: CD Joana Aderi/Joy Frempong [electronics, vocals], John Edwards/Daniel Sailer [double bass], and drummer Fredy Studer. Bridges the gap between song and improvisation, pop and experimental. Electronic prodigy Robert Logan’s third full-length album. Logan layers technology like a game of skyscraper-high Jenga.... 8/10" [Clash] THE PATTERN FAMILIAR ARTIST: MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO CAT NO: SLOCD025 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE ROCK / EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: £7.00 FORMAT: CD Second album from This Heat drummer Charles Hayward, Pinski Zoo bassist Nick Doyne-Ditmas and the words, voice and textures of singer and sound artist Viv Corringham. CELEBRATE ARTIST: THE GRIP CAT NO: SLOLP024 GENRE: AVANT GARDE JAZZ PRICE: £9.00 FORMAT: LP ONE DID ARTIST: PRESCOTT CAT NO: SLOCD023 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £7.00 FORMAT: CD REVOLUTIONS ARTIST: HELLO SKINNY CAT NO: SLOEP022 GENRE: DANCE PRICE: £8.00 FORMAT: 12” Vinyl EP Their debut album Celebrate takes the group through knotty free-bop, deep blues and Middle Eastern drones in a deft mix of free playing and compositional ingenuity." [The Quietus] Brainchild of former Stump bassist, Kev Hopper. Their debut is all jabbing heteroclite riffs, circular rhythmic patterns, vibrating harmonic clashes, with pockets of beautiful melody. Two new tracks with remixes by Zero 7, Crewdson and Pete Wareham. "...somewhere between a lost Arthur Russell project and latter day, four to the floor Fourtet" - [The Wire]. LEAVING JET TRAILS ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: SLOCD020 GENRE: ELECTRONIC / EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: FREE FORMAT: CD HELLO SKINNY ARTIST: HELLO SKINNY CAT NO: SLOCD019 / SLOLP019 GENRE: ELECTRONIC / EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: £7.00 / £9.00 FORMAT: CD, LP GRAVITY ARTIST: CREWDSON CAT NO: SLOCD016 GENRE: ALT DANCE PRICE: £7.00 FORMAT: CD Label sampler featuring tracks old and new from the Slowfoot roster, including two previously unreleased tracks from Robert Logan and new signing Hello Skinny "...existing in that fertile zone where jazz, dub, techno and avant-pop deliquesce into an exhilarating free-for-all." [Mojo] Debut album following on from his much lauded 'Dust EP'. Crewdson has been hailed as one to watch amongst his postdubstep peers, blowing jazz and glitch into the vessels sails. STOP MACHINE ARTIST: SNORKEL CAT NO: SLOLP015 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE / ELECTRONICA PRICE: £9.00 FORMAT: LP OUCH EVIL SLOW HOP ARTIST: SEB ROCHFORD / PAMELIA KURSTIN CAT NO: SLOCD014 GENRE: ALT / EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: £7.00 FORMAT: CD "...the free rhythms and scorched electronics are more reminiscent of the more outré aspects of the Aphex Twin back catalogue." [Clash] DUST EP ARTIST: CREWDSON CAT NO: SLOEP013 GENRE: ALT. DANCE PRICE: £4.50 FORMAT: 12” VINYL INSCAPE ARTIST: ROBERT LOGAN CAT NO: SLOCD010 GENRE: ALT ELECTRONICA PRICE: £7.00 FORMAT: CD ACCURATE SPIT BOY EP ARTIST: ROBERT LOGAN CAT NO: SLOEP009 GENRE: ALT ELECTRONICA PRICE: £4.50 FORMAT: 12” VINYL "Inscape is a technically impressive piece of work, and a treat for all sets of ears that pine after flamboyant, intricate electronica." [Boomkat] 5 tracks of haunting electronica and deep bass. Logan has drawn comparisons to the likes of Amon Tobin, Massive Attack and Autechre "Possibly the best intellectually deconstructed funk record you'll hear this year." [Rock A Rolla] WHITE WORLD ARTIST: MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO CAT NO: SLOCD012 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE ROCK / EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: £7.00 FORMAT: CD "An utterly impressive début, 'White World' is the exciting sound of three musicians tuned perfectly to each other's sonic free-thinking." [Rock A Rolla] Dust poses the question of what might happen if you threw Polar Bear, Flying Lotus, Aphex Twin and maybe even The Streets in a room together. GRINDER EP ARTIST: ROBERT LOGAN CAT NO: SLOEP008 GENRE: ALT ELECTRONICA PRICE: £4.50 FORMAT: 12” VINYL HEAVY WATER ARTIST: CRACKLE CAT NO: SLOCD007 GENRE: EXPERIMENTAL / ELECTRONICA PRICE: £6.00 FORMAT: CD GLASS DARKLY ARTIST: SNORKEL CAT NO: SLOCD006 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £6.00 FORMAT: CD “When not collaborating with the likes of Eno or Grace Jones, he cranks out cerebral, brain phuck-tronica aimed squarely at your head” [Flux] So varied and fabulous an album... fans of Miles Davis, Augustus Pablo and Isotope 217 alike will fall fast for its ineffable cool." [Time Out] "This debut from the South London sextet is bathed in the rhythmic propulsion of Can, spiky post-punk Moog/guitar interplay, and the dissonance of This Heat" [Uncut]. COGNESSENCE ARTIST: ROBERT LOGAN CAT NO: SLOCD005 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE / ELECTRONICA PRICE: £6.50 FORMAT: CD THE MAN WHO LIKES WATCHING ARTIST: CHARLES STUART CAT NO: SLOCD004 GENRE: ALT-POP PRICE: £6.50 FORMAT: CD "...something of a prodigy...Robert Logan is a man that is already showing a maturity and a musical/textural understanding that many never find" [BBC] Debut solo album by inventive singer and songwriter Charles Stuart plays like a surreal cocktail of Marvin Gaye with Badly Drawn Boy TIME SPENT AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARTIST: OREN MARSHALL & THE CHARMING TRANSPORT BAND CAT NO: SLOCD002 GENRE: EXPERIMENTAL / JAZZ PRICE: £6.00 FORMAT: CD CHARLEY MARLOWE ARTIST: THIS COULD BE YOU EP CAT NO: SLOCD001 GENRE: POP PRICE: £7.00 FORMAT: CD A set of experiments, compositions and improvisations by Oren on the electric/ acoustic tuba and recorders This EP is the only available studio document of folk-hop outfit Charley Marlowe INTRODUCTION TO THE STORY OF SPEDY SPONDA; PT 1: IN A SILENT ROOM ARTIST: OREN MARSHALL CAT NO: SLOCD003 GENRE: ALT. JAZZ PRICE: £6.00 FORMAT: CD Oren Marshall's groundbreaking album for solo electric tuba (SLOLP028) (GBX024LP) LO RECORDINGS Lo recordings mainly specialise in left-field electronic music with artists such as Grimes, Black Devil, Susumu Yokota, Fischerspooner amongst many others. Lo Recordings - Provider of quality esoteric music since 1995" THE SHOW MUST GO ARTIST: THE CHAP CAT NO: LO138CD /LP GENRE: ROCK / ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 £7.00 FORMAT: CD / LP A diatribe on the absolute certainty that rock music has not and will never ever change the world. It’s the sound of despair in the face of awesome idiocy. THE BRIDGE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH ARTIST: ZOON VAN SNOOK CAT NO: LO92CD GENRE: ELECTRONIC / EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD Recorded partly in Iceland, partly in Bristol, featuring 11 tracks of fragile electronica, found sounds, field recordings and collaborations with Icelandic artists including Sin Fang. SEFTEL ARTIST: SEFTEL CAT NO: LO93CD GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD Influenced as much by literature as music, Hackney-based Larry Seftel weaves emotive and poetic lyrics over intricate engaging art-pop backing LUKE VIBERT’S NUGGETS 3 ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: LO103CD / 103LP GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 / £7.00 FORMAT: CD / 2LP WAITING FOR THE SUMMER ARTIST: THE PROPER ORNAMENTS CAT NO: LO100CD GENRE: ALTERNATIVE ROCK PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD KALEIDOSCOPE ARTIST: SUSUMU YOKOTA CAT NO: LCD84 GENRE: ELECTRONIC / AMBIENT PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD Featuring the work of some of the industry’s leading composers, such as Alan Hawkshaw, Brian Bennett and Francis Monkman, ‘Nuggets Vol. 3’ brings together 26 gems Is perfect pop still possible? It’s hard to imagine but the answer is yes and The Proper Ornaments are here to prove it. A timeless beauty that reminds us of The Velvet Underground and The Jesus & Marcy Chain Susumu Yokota is one of the constant innovators in electronic. ‘Kaleidoscope’ will take you somewhere really strange but somewhere you’ve always wanted to go ENTERTAINMENT ARTIST: FISCHERSPOONER CAT NO: LCD76 GENRE: ELECTRONIC / EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD HYENA ARTIST: RED SNAPPER CAT NO: L0114CD GENRE: ELECTRONIC / DANCE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD BLACK MOON WHITE SUN ARTIST: BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB CAT NO: LO104LP GENRE: ALT DANCE PRICE: £7.00 FORMAT: LP Recorded over a two-year period with producer Jeff Saltzman (The Killers, The Sounds) the album has a depth and complexity rarely found in ‘electronic pop’ albums. The album was inspired by the band’s recent soundtrack for cult 70s Senegalese road movie “Touki Bouki” – the first independent African film ever! ‘Black Moon, White Sun’ is your own personal gateway to an altered state of mind. SPACE OF A SECOND ARTIST: NICK NICELY CAT NO: LO108CD GENRE: ALTERNATIVE / ROCK PRICE: £7.00 FORMAT: LP MILKY DISCO III : 'TO THE STARS' ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: LCD80 GENRE: DANCE/ELECTRONIC/DISCO PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: 2CD MEGA BREAKFAST ARTIST: THE CHAP CAT NO: LCD68 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD The Guardian’s Alexis Petrifies hailed Nick as “Unique, almost inexplicable”. Space Of A Second bends influences from across time and space. Featuring well known names such as Soft Rocks, Hatchback, Black Devil Disco Club and In Flagranti Pop – improv – disco – rock – with – strings sound, captured in some crunchy, truly “out there” home production and a furiously rocking live show AN EXPLOSIVE PIECE OF MIND ARTIST: CURSOR MINOR CAT NO: LLP29 / LCD29 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £7.00 FORMAT: LP / CD UNITED MUTATIONS ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: LCD03 GENRE: ALT ELECTRONICA PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD / LP HAIRY BUTTER ARTIST: HAIRY BUTTER CAT NO: LCD21 / LLP21 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 / 7.00 FORMAT: CD / LP This genre busting album fused phat electro, 80′s synths and abstract electronics with psychedelic songs and deadpan vocals. A classic concoction of post rock and electronics with some free jazz, lo fi, easy listening, hip hop, noise and drum and bass too. This is an awesome and inspirational collage of noise, beats and groudbreaking sound processing NOT GONE NOT FORGOTTEN ARTIST: ROTHKO CAT NO: LCD24 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD 28 AFTER ARTIST: BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB CAT NO: LCD58 GENRE: ELECTRONIC / DISCO PRICE: £4.00 £7.00 FORMAT: CD SOGGY MARTYRS ARTIST: RICHARD THOMAS CAT NO: LCD16 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD Live album by the awesome 3 bass phenomenom that is Rothko. Very necessary collection of Rothko at their best. Nearly 30 years after the first album this ‘extremely rare disco masterpiece’, gets a follow up, an epic journey into the deepest electronic disco ‘Black Moon, White Sun’ is your own personal gateway to an altered state of mind. BUILDERS BREW ARTIST: THE CHAP CAT NO: LCD71 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD CIRCUS ARTIST: BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB CAT NO: LCD86 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD FORTY YEARS TO FIND A VOICE ARTIST: ROTHKO CAT NO: LCD17 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD A mini-album entitled Builder’s Brew, a collection of remixes and cover versions plus some new original material. A PSYCHEDELIC GUIDE TO MONSTERISM ISLAND ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: LCD74 GENRE: SOUNDTRACK/ELECTRONIC| EXOTICA/PSYCHEDELIA PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: 2CD Featuring Gruff Rhys, Jerry Dammers, Beyond The Wizards Sleeve Belbury Poly & many more Full of deep, dark delicious thrills, his unique electronic sound once described as being ‘like Joy Division produced by Giorgio Moroder’ FABULOUS SHIT ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: LCD14 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD / LP HOW TO SPELL TOOB ARTIST: TOOB CAT NO: LCD48 GENRE: DANCE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD Action packed journey through the lo back catalogue, mixed by twisted science. Featuring Richard Thomas, Kundalini, David Kristian, Stereolab, Wagon Christ, Mogwai, Four Tet and many more, The debut album by Toob, the new venture from Rich Thair and Jake One of Red Snapper. Toob combine live drums and electronics in a fresh new way CHILD OF A SHOOTING STAR ARTIST: TOM FURSE CAT NO: LO131EP GENRE: ELECTRONIC/ ROCK PRICE: £7.00 FORMAT: LP WE ARE NOBODY ARTIST: THE CHAP CAT NO: LLP81 / LCD89 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £7.00 / £4.00 FORMAT: LP / CD DEEP AND WARM ARTIST: TWISTED SCIENCE CAT NO: LCD15 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD Tom Furse has created four distinct trips into other worlds. His world’s are complex and multi faceted, full of surprising inventions and unusual terrain. Furse has a peculiar disregard for genres. The most unified sounding Chap album to date.11 beautiful statements of loss, dislocation, nostalgia and defeat. The sound of a new electronic psychedelia from Jon Tye. LUKE VIBERT'S FURTHER NUGGETS ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: LLP28 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £7.00 FORMAT: LP EXTREME POSSIBILITIES ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: LLP01 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £7.00 FORMAT: 2XLP MOOG ACID ARTIST: JEAN JAQUES PERREY|LUKE VIBERT CAT NO: LCD17 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD This collection of 26 library music tracks will take you back down memory lane. It’s music made for programme intro’s, talkovers and backgrounds BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB PRESENTS: THE STRANGE NEW WORLD OF BERNARD FEVRE ARTIST: Bernard Fevre CAT NO: LCD78 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD Utterly inventive electronics and haunted melodies 17 tracks from: Bedouin Ascent, Scanner, Omni Trio, David Cunningham, Wagon Christ, Starfungus, David Toop and many more In 2001 Jean Jacques Perrey and Luke Vibert met for the first time to embark on a fantastic journey that would finally yield the remarkable ‘Moog Acid’ EIGHT OH EIGHT ARTIST: BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB CAT NO: LCD69 / LLP69 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 / £7.00 FORMAT: CD / LP MACOSA ARTIST: ECHO PARK CAT NO: LOEP10 GENRE: ELECTRONIC / DISCO PRICE: £6.00 FORMAT: LP Features 6 tracks all with the trademark Black Devil sound but now even more haunting and bizarre. Abstract funk, strings, electro acoustic tones and a bit of dirt rock. REMOTE CONTROL ARTIST: CURSOR MINOR CAT NO: LOEP16 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £6.00 FORMAT: LP RED SNAPPER ARTIST: RED SNAPPPER CAT NO: LLP35 / LCD35 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £7.00 / £4.00 FORMAT: 2LP / CD PALE BLUE DOT ARTIST: RED SNAPPER CAT NO: LCD72 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD Aspects of surreal, thoroughly British humour, today’s fruity electro-nowness, a blatant self-destructive streak and a keen knack for squirreling a handy pop song out of thin air Never has Lo sounded so mellow and groovy but as you know we’re open to all things of quality. So here it is Red Snapper, another Lo Quality product. Afro jazz, krautrock, rockabilly, hip hop and funk all bubble in their dub melting pot. MILKY DISCO ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: LCD62 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD EVERYONE WAS A BIRD ARTIST: GRASSCUT CAT NO: Lo123LPX / LO123CD GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £7.00 / £6.00 FORMAT: LP / CD WE ARE THE BEST ARTIST: THE CHAP CAT NO: LCD88 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD Variously referred to as Nu Disco or Cosmic Disco, it’s an underground scene that’s been getting bigger and stronger in the last couple of years Grasscut’s cinematic and immersive mix of electronica, post-rock and song augmented by live strings, drums, piano and guitar Many of their finest moments and what’s startling about it is, they were right all along, they are the best! VOWELS ARTIST: THE PATTERN PRISM CAT NO: LOAF33 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD THE WAY WE ARE ARTIST: THE PRESENT CAT NO: LOAF25LP / LOAF25 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £7.00 / £4.00 FORMAT: LP / CD WELL DONE EUROPE ARTIST: THE CHAP CAT NO: LCD81 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD The UK’s answer to Jim O’Rourke —The Times The sound of the future -NME Like an audio equivalent of Apocalypse Now, ‘The Way We Are’ is by turns terrifying, enchanting, hallucinatory and sharply focused. A collection of pop classics that constitute their fourth album “Well Done Europe”. Needless to say, it’s another masterpiece LOVE OR DIE ARTIST: SUSUMA YOKOTA CAT NO: LCD66 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £6.00 FORMAT: LP A more distinctly ‘ambient’ sound as found on his classic albums like ‘ Sakura’ and ‘Grinning Cat’ MILKY DISCO II - LETS GO FREAK OUT ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: LCD75 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD Another collection of beats, textures, melodies and vibrations whose influences range from Detroit tech- no to German experimentalism and far beyond MIRACLE KICKER ARTIST: DARK CAPTAIN LIGHT CAPTAIN CAT NO: LOAF18 / LOAF18CD GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD Voted 33rd best album of 2008 by the Guardian. Driven by a quest for a killer vocal harmony Dark Captain Light Captain offer up their much anticipated debut. SOFT RETURN ARTIST: GROVESNOR CAT NO: LCD82 GENRE: POP PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD PROPER ROCK ARTIST: THE CHAP CAT NO: LO0707 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: 7” VINYL ZEUS AND APOLLO ARTIST: HATCHBACK CAT NO: LLP85 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £7.00 FORMAT: 2XLP The troubadour who looks ‘like a teacher but sings like Usher’ – with a soft voice and an aching heart, making the beats to move your feet A truly classic single. It’s infectious, blistering pop music, but all the while something is deliciously wrong… An album full of California sunshine and open space, but this time Hatchback ventures further afield, crafting a widescreen epic DAYLIGHT ARTIST: LEO ABRAHAMS CAT NO: LO141CD GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD DREAMER ARTIST: SUSUMU YOKOTA CAT NO: LCD91 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD FURTHER MUTATIONS ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: LLP05 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £7.00 FORMAT: LP ‘It is,’ says Abrahams, ‘an album of deconstructed songs, although some are more deconstructed than others.’ Eastern flavours permeate many of the tracks, often mixed with free electronic noise to create what John Hassell called ‘fourth world music’ 24 tracks; twisted science,peter kraut, the sycophants, luke vibert, david kristian, cujo, wormhole, burzootie, Robet Wyatt and many more. HALIFAXA ARTIST: GRIMES CAT NO: LCD87 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £6.00 FORMAT: LP WORLD I SEE ARTIST: THE PRESENT CAT NO: LOAF20LP / LOAF20CD GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £7.00 / £4.00 FORMAT: LP / CD CHERRYSTONE’S ROCKS ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: LCD33 GENRE: ALT / PSYCH / ROCK PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD The critically acclaimed second album from Canadian artist Grimes. Beautifully elegant yet emotionally powerful sound of The Present. A collection of incredible psych rock oddities from the 1960s and ’70s brought to you by big-beat mine-digger GARETH GODDARD (aka CHERRYSTONE) AND I WENT TO SLEEP ARTIST: MOTOHIRO NAKASHIMA CAT NO: LCD41 GENRE: POP PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD Reminiscent of Aphex Twin’s selected ambient works v1, Mogwai and Susumu Yokotare. His music is warm, intimate and relaxed. It’s probably just what you need. CURSOR MINER PLAYS GOD ARTIST: CURSOR MINOR CAT NO: LCD42 GENRE: ELECTRONICA / ALT PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD “Verging on proudly plastic genius ****” Q Magazine. “Electronica of a particularly twisted and tongue-in-cheeck type, utterly unaffected by fashion.” Time Out DISTANT SOUNDS OF SUMMER ARTIST: ROTHKO & SUSUMU YOKOTA CAT NO: LCD56 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD If this album doesn’t melt your soul then nothing will. This collaboration with avant rock pioneers Rothko is certainly Yokota’s most accessible album to date NZCA/LINES ARTIST: NZCA/LINES CAT NO: LOAF52 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD THAT FUZZY FEELING ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: LOAF14 GENRE: FESTIVE / ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD ALTERED STATES OF AMERICA ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: LCD07 GENRE: ELECTRONICA PRICE: £7.00 FORMAT: LP Suave, synth-pop sensation that combines pop melodies with R&B beats and lush arrangements with multi layered harmonies. A collection of mostly original christmas songs and carols. Fifteen tracks from a variety of artists and labels each with a new take on the traditional Christmas hymn. Criminally under rated compilation of underground electronica from america (and canada) MAGIC WAVES ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: LCD67 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD THE REVOLUTION OF EVERYDAY LIFE ARTIST: ECHO PARK CAT NO: LCD08 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD A PLACE BETWEEN ARTIST: ROTHKO | CAROLINE ROSS CAT NO: LCD33 GENRE: ALT / PSYCH / ROCK PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD “Sublime, disarming, beautiful, simple, complex, a wonderful record, inspiring.” Jacknife Lee Hip hop meets post rock, not a very original idea now but at the time it was fresh. sometimes dark and at time claustrophobic. {Rothko’s] love affair with the low end is supplemented by Caroline Ross”s acoustic and electric guitars, flute, and most importantly her vocals HAM ARTIST: THE CHAP CAT NO: LCD44 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD G.R.I.P EP ARTIST: VUURWERK CAT NO: RTS002 GENRE: ELECTRONICA / ALT PRICE: £6.00 FORMAT: 10” VINYL DISTANT SOUNDS OF SUMMER ARTIST: ROTHKO & SUSUMU YOKOTA CAT NO: LCD56 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD Indie rock, new wave, glitchy electronics, and touches of about 10 other genres for a release that is always inventive and sometimes downright amazing “The imposing electronics recall Atoms For Peace or even James Holden” CLASH (UK), Feb 2015 If this album doesn’t melt your soul then nothing will. This collaboration with avant rock pioneers Rothko is certainly Yokota’s most accessible album to date BEER OF THE GODS ARTIST: THEY CAME FROM THE STARS (I SAW THEM) CAT NO: LOTEN01 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: 10” VINYL This is the debut single by They Came From The Stars (I Saw Them) and already getting rave reviews… CARD TRICK ARTIST: RED SNAPPER CAT NO: LO109EP GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £6.00 FORMAT: 12” VINYL SKINTONE COLLECTION ARTIST: SUSUMU YOKOTA CAT NO: LCD63 GENRE: ELECTRONIC / ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD Card Trick EP is pressing up this month and sliding into a hand crafted sleeve, warm and orange. It sounds like Snapper alright but newly infused and enthused with a dose of voodoo funk. Compiled by Ben Eshmade from The Chiller Cabinet, Skintone Collection demonstrates perfectly why Susumu Yokota is held in such high regard by so many. THE WHITE ALBUM ARTIST: OMO CAT NO: LOAF32 GENRE: POP / ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD SECULAR WORKS ARTIST: EXTRA LIFE CAT NO: LOAF26LP/ LOAF26CD GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 / £7.00 FORMAT: CD / 2LP IN THE END ARTIST: CHARLIE ALEX MARCH CAT NO: LOAF09 GENRE: ALT POP PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: 7” VINYL Full of spiky little pop gems, sparkling in the sun, like a collaboration between Laurie Anderson and The Young Marble Giants, mixed by Ricardo Villalobos Secular Works is a remarkable and peculiar thing indeed. The hybrid offspring of Charlie Looker (Zs, Dirty Projectors, Zorn, etc.) Limited Edition orange 7″ on 42cmx42cm cardboard with exclusive art-print was available. ARCHITECTS ARTIST: SEFTEL CAT NO: LO709 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: 7” VINYL A wry and twisted tale bent into even more strange shapes by a great selection of remixes. EVEN YOUR FRIEND ARTIST: THE CHAP CAT NO: LO708 GENRE: ELECTRONICA / ALT PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: 7” VINYL It’s the warmest sounding, most catchy record The Chap have ever produced, yet it still expresses their love-hate relationship with pop culture FOUR PIECE EP ARTIST: MANILLA CAT NO: LCD56 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD London based Manilla deliver 4 cheeky slices of quirky easy electronics with snappy beats spread across one sumptuous 7” single. HOW TO LIVE ARTIST: SEELAND CAT NO: LOAF38 GENRE: ELECTRONIC / ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD FORMED FOR FANTASY ARTIST: BEN BUTLER & MOUSEPAD CAT NO: LOAF43 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD SHOES AND RADIOS ATTRACT PAINT ARTIST: RICHARD THOMAS CAT NO: LCD06 GENRE: ELECTRONIC / ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD Seeland’s follow up to their critically acclaimed debut ‘Tomorrow Today’. Neu grooves and soft focus psychedelic electronics Conceptualized by Philip K. Dick’s hallucinatory mind, played by prog-rock legends Magma and Goblin, influenced by the sounds of UK’s emerging wonky pop culture Treated trumpet and saxophone with snatched bits of vocal and found sound, sparse analog electronics, the clanging throws of a disembodied drumkit, and loping bass figures. IW ANT YOU TO LIVE 100 YEARS ARTIST: WARN DEFEVER CAT NO: LCD13 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE / EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD MOTHER ARTIST: SUSUMU YOKOTA CAT NO: LCD73 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD MADE FLESH ARTIST: EXTRA LIFE CAT NO: LOAF37 GENRE: ALT POP PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: 7” VINYL Excellent but misunderstood mixture of lo fi country, film snatches, scratch noise and great songs. YFeaturing the vocal talents of Casper Clausen (Efterklang), Yokota creates an album full of great songs within a mesmerising web of sound made of subtle rhythms and deep tones. The 2nd album by Extra Life. According to Rock-A-Rolla magazine, the album is “darker, harder and bleaker” than its predecessor Secular Works. TOMORROW TODAY ARTIST: SEE LAND CAT NO: LOAF23 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE POP PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD Both aesthetically intriguing and totally accessible almost radio-friendly CIRCLES EP ARTIST: DARK CAPTAIN LIGHT CAPTAIN CAT NO: LOAF17 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD BLOWN ARTIST: TWISTED SCIENCE CAT NO: LCD04 GENRE: ELECTRONIC / EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD The softly psychedelic sound of Dark Captain Light Captain, mesmeric, delicate and slightly twisted. Jon Tye´s debut album as solo artist. mixture of noise and breaks, textures. unwittingly prefigured drill & bass, dhr etc. surprisingly good reception. COLLABORATIONS ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: LCD02 GENRE: ELECTRONIC / ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD OVERSIZED/WELL DONE YOU ARTIST: OME / THE CHAP CAT NO: LOAF43 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: 7” VINYL GABLÉ ARTIST: CUTE HORSE CUT CAT NO: LCD06 GENRE: ALT POP PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD originally intended to be the first release on LO. 12 tracks of diverse musical pairings and unusual and inspired music. A split 7” of unparalleled pop-portions. Warped pop, we got it! “The Chap are both gear and fab” John Peel French art-pop pioneers Gablé have been causing a significant stir of late, captivating audiences with their unique ‘luxury DIY’. DEAD LEGS & ALIBIS ARTIST: DARK CAPTAIN CAT NO: LOAF47 GENRE:ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD HOME / HIDDEN ARTIST: CHARLES ALEX MARCH CAT NO: LCD79 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD ‘Like Aphex Twin having lunch with Vaughn Williams or Delia Deryshire out for a trot with Michael Nyman’. Vice YFeaturing the vocal talents of Casper Clausen (Efterklang), Yokota creates an album full of great songs within a mesmerising web of sound made of subtle rhythms and deep tones. 7 POINT PLAN TO DESTROY ASTROLOGY ARTIST: RICHARD THOMAS & THE WORMHOLES CAT NO: LCD10 GENRE: ALT EXPERIMENTAL PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD Mad mix of rock, jazz, abstract noise, kind of rock concre’te ALTERNATIVE 3 OST ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: LCD19 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE POP PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD RU.ELECTRONIC ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: LOAF17 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD RU.ELECTRONIC TWO ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: LCD04 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD Long lost sessions mostly recorded at the centre of sound (some at the ‘labs studio) with Richard Thomas, Jon Tye, Add N to (X) and Stereolab. A guide to the Russian electronic underground curated by Eu. Wonderful collection of post warp electronica. A Collection of utterly sumptuous chilled electronica comes from the former USSR. Mainstream in its appeal and yet consistently innovative and entertaining. COLORS OF THE SUN ARTIST: HATCHBACK CAT NO: LCD70 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD Anyone for Californian Cosmic Krautrock Disco? Such a perfect summer album that it can make it seem like summer anytime of the year. BACK TO BLACK ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS CAT NO: LCD55 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD Beautifully packaged in a striking gold slipcase with solid black cd case. fascinating collection of black music from the 60’s and 70’s REDIFFUSION ARTIST: KING OF WOOLWORTHS CAT NO: LCD04 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD A fantastic journey through the mind of a madman, a very nice madman but one obsessed with analogue synths, 60’s library music and sublime melodies. A SUMMER SHE HAS NEVER BEEN, A WINTER SHE FEARS ARTIST: THÉODORE CAT NO: LCD47 GENRE:ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD ‘Dark, melancholic and frequently understated… should become a focal point in the field of today’s electronic music. 9/10 ANGRYAPE.COM’ WONDER WALTZ ARTIST: SUSUMU YUKOTA CAT NO: LCD57 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD FALSE STARTS ARTIST: ALEXANDROID CAT NO: LCD43 GENRE: ELECTRONIC PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD Not since the opening kafuffle of “Soft as Snow (But Warm Inside)” has an artist managed to blend dissonance with melody so seamlessly In this album ambient slightly changes into techno, then electro, then brake-bit and ambient again. Harmonious, subtle, magnificent ABSTRACTIONS ARTIST: EUROPA 51 CAT NO: LCD38 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £4.00 FORMAT: CD A new project from Stereolab-ers Andy Ramsay and Simon Johns with musical compadre Steve Russell and a host of guests LO138LP THE BEST OF THE REST We work with labels no matter the size of their catalogue. The following releases are examples of some of those with smaller catalogues but no less amazing music. POSTCARDS FROM JEFF ARTIST: POSTCARDS FROM JEFF CAT NO: AB001CD / AB001EP GENRE: ROCK / INDIE / POP PRICE: £5.18 / £7.05 FORMAT: CD / LP LABEL: ALIEN BOUTIQUE MODERN LANGUAGE ARTIST: POSTCARDS FROM JEFF CAT NO: AB002CD / AB002V GENRE: ROCK / INDIE / POP PRICE: £4.99 / £7.99 FORMAT: CD / LP LABEL: ALIEN BOUTIQUE THE ENTIRE CITY ARTIST: GAZELLE TWIN CAT NO: AGMR003LP GENRE: ELECTRONIC/ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £7.00 FORMAT: LP LABEL: ANTI-GHOST MOON RAY A dreamy ride that gets inside of you in a good way. This is a new type of dreampop, folks. Get on board, take a journey. Lustrous indie pop driving a line somewhere between the dreaminess of Mercury Rev and the vastness of Sigur Ros, by way of kindred spirits The National, Guided By Voices or the exultant cinematic reach of a band like M83. (8/10) "A triumph of art-pop splendour equal parts terror and temerity" - NME (5/5) "Walling is both star and morphing other, warping breathy harmonies and siren miasmas into elegant cyborg operas. A stunning debut" - THE GUARDIAN SATELLITE STREAM ARTIST: ACQUAINTANCE CAT NO: AGMR 011 GENRE: ELECTRONIC/DANCE/SYNTH PRICE: £7.50 FORMAT: LP LABEL: ANTI-GHOST MOON RAY Acquaintance is a producer based in Brighton. His first EP, Parapsychology, released in 2013, featured four tracks that were described by XLR8R as 'infectious excursions into blissful electronics'. CUPID IN ERROR ARTIST: GREAT PAGANS CAT NO: AGMR016LP GENRE: ALTERNATIVE/POP/INDIE PRICE: £7.50 FORMAT: LP LABEL: ANTI-GHOST MOON RAY "Shimmery sadness will soothe your soul" - SPIN "Compelling" - Q Magazine "Moonlit melancholy" - The Line Of Best Fit 8/10 - Uncut Magazine. HOW THINGS ARE MADE ARTIST: BERNHOLZ CAT NO: AGMR017 GENRE: ELECTRONIC/POP/ALT PRICE: £5.80 FORMAT: CD LABEL: ANTI-GHOST MOON RAY Musician, sculptor and film-maker who composes, performs & produces experimental pop using a combination of 4 track, Casio synths, digital samplers & sequencers. WHITE FIELDS & OPEN DEVICES ARTIST: VESSELS CAT NO: CUCK4CD GENRE: ALT ROCK/ELECTRONIC PRICE: £5.00 FORMAT: CD LABEL: CUCKUNDOO SLOW AS AN EYEBALL ARTIST: QUACK QUACK CAT NO: CUCK6CD GENRE: ALT ROCK / JAZZ PRICE: £5.00 FORMAT: CD LABEL: CUCKUNDOO HELISCOPE ARTIST: VESSELS CAT NO: CUCK7CD /CUCK7V GENRE: ALTERNATIVE ROCK PRICE: £5.00 / £8.50 FORMAT: CD / 2LP LABEL: CUCKUNDOO Produced by John Congleton, combining metal guitars and twisted dance beats. A Leeds trio who mesh together the best drum breaks from a Marnie Stern album with synth lines straight out of Mike Patton’s mind. Where its predecessor was a studied exercise in structure which played many a post-rock trump card, this collection sings with a newfound freeness and looseness. TRANSISTER ARTIST: SATELLITI CAT NO: CUCK 8V GENRE: ALTERNATIVE/JAZZ PRICE: £8.50 FORMAT: CD LABEL: CUCKUNDOO SUDDEN FICTION ARTIST: DAN MICHAELSON CAT NO: EDITIONS02 GENRE: ALT / SINGER SONGWRITER PRICE: £4.50 FORMAT: CD LABEL: EDITIONS TOO PRETTY FOR THE CITY ARTIST: THE CROOKED EMPIRE CAT NO: EPTCE001 GENRE: INDIE ROCK PRICE: £5.00 FORMAT: CD LABEL: EMPIRE PUBLISHING A mesmerising combination of jazz, krautrock and rock. Very highly acclaimed album. Spellbinding, genuinely heartbreaking songs... - The Quietus Beautiful and devastatingly direct **** Sunday Times Culture 3 piece indie rock from the Midlands. SOFT POWER ARTIST: AJ HOLMES & THE HACKNEY EMPIRE CAT NO: AJH001 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE/ INDIE PRICE: £8.50 FORMAT: CD LABEL: SINGING DUNE RECORDS Left-field, quirky indie afro pop. BISON ARTIST: BLEEDING HEART NARRATIVE CAT NO: BL49 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £3.50 FORMAT: CD LABEL: BRAINLOVE RECORDS Epic alternative rock. “9.5/10 The Four Oh Five” MARCHING TO ANOTHER BEAT ARTIST: MALKA CAT NO: TANTRUMCD014 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £5.63 FORMAT: CD LABEL: TRANTRUM Former 6 Day Riot vocalist eschews the acoustic understatement of her previous band. KILL LIST - ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK ARTIST: JIM WILLIAMS CAT NO: CUCK4CD GENRE: ALT / ELECTRONIC PRICE: £9.00 FORMAT: 12” VINYL LABEL: ROOK FILMS Ltd edition beautiful heavy-weight etched vinyl for Ben Wheatley’s critically acclaimed film. BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST: TRWBADOR CAT NO: OWLET009VL GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £5.00 FORMAT: 7” VINYL LABEL: OWLET SEVERAL WOLVES ARTIST: TRWBADOR CAT NO: OWLET010CD / OWLET010 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £5.80 / £7.50 FORMAT: CD / LP LABEL: CUCKUNDOO "Enchanting electronics are given some bite by ESSA's spoken word" The Sun “An absolute beauty of an album” ArtRocker 4.5/5 (Album of the week) INNRA ARTIST: ROKKURRO CAT NO:ROM001 / ROM001L GENRE: ROCK / SOUNDSCAPES PRICE: £5.80 / £7.50 FORMAT: CD / LP LABEL: ROKKURRO MUSIC SELECTADISC ARTIST: RONIKA CAT NO: SHOP006CD / SHOP006LP GENRE: ALT POP PRICE: £4.80 / £7.50 FORMAT: CD / LP LABEL: RECORDSHOP ACROBATS ARTIST: LAURA MOODY CAT NO: SLR1CD / SLR1LP GENRE: INDIE ROCK PRICE: £6.63 / £12.00 FORMAT: CD / LP LABEL: SURBITON LAGOON "Inviting like a thermal spring" - NME "High-quality melancholy" – NOISEY “Warm, wonderfully textured” The Guardian Groove-laden basslines and deep soul vocals **** The Guardian "One of 2014’s most exciting debut makers... something almost transcendent" Drowned In Sound MOVES ARTIST: SINGING ADAMS CAT NO: RRR030CD GENRE: INDIE PRICE: £4.50 FORMAT: CD LABEL: RECORDS RECORDS RECORDS RECORDS Never stating the obvious, an album that is as thought-provoking as it is entertaining. WOE ARTIST: WET PAINT CAT NO: RRRC011 GENRE: ALTERNATIVE PRICE: £1.00 FORMAT: CD LABEL: RECORDS RECORDS RECORDS RECORDS Aloof homespun English tones of optimism - NME THE TEMPEST OF OLD ARTIST: GABRIELLE PAPILLON CAT NO: GP004CD GENRE: SINGER SONGWRITER / FOLK PRICE: £5.00 FORMAT: CD LABEL: BIRD SONG RECORDS Critically acclaimed album from Canadian songstress with hints of folk, country, americana and rock. Lovely stuff.