Record Store Day Exclusive! Classic 1997 EP from Air reissued on gorgeous splatter vinyl for RSD 2017. Le Soleil Est Pres de Moi followed up the duo s first two singles (95 s Modulator Mix and Casanova 70 from 96), and solidified their position as the premier french electronic band of the moment. This RSD release includes both original versions…
Heineken? Fuck that shit! Pabst! Blue! Ribbon!!! A lot of people love this movie strictly for Isabella Rossellini, but I’m more of a Laura Dern guy myself. Blue Velvet is a prototype of the sort of suburban dread that David Lynch would further explore on Twin Peaks; taking place in a seemingly normal small American town,…
What is the sound of machines breathing? Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow (of Portishead fame) tackle this question with their brilliant soundtrack to the sci-fi film Ex Machina. Filled with long ambient soundscapes, swelling pads, ominous drones, other-worldly melodies, and even a couple krautrock-ish tunes reminiscent of Barrow s BEAK> project, the OST proves to be an impressive piece…
Double colored vinyl pressing of Bjork s seventh album. Volta is your favorite Icelandic songstress 2007 effort and features a completely new style from her previous work. Sporting co-production from Timbaland and guest appearances from Congo ensemble Konono No.1, free folk psych drummer extraordinaire Chris Corsano, Lightning Bolt s Brian Chippendale, Antony Hegarty, and Mark Bell,…
Influential ambient masterpiece from Brian Eno reissued on double LP for the first time! Originally released in 1978, Music For Airports would be the inaugural installment in Eno s four part Ambient series. The album comprises of four long form pieces crafted from layered tape loops, designed to defuse tension at an airport terminal and…
The final installment in Brian Eno s influential ambient series. 1982 s On Land found Eno expanding his sonic palette beyond tape loops and synthesizers to include a complex mix of several non-instruments – from field recordings, found sounds, chains, rocks, sticks, and even unused portions of previous albums recording sessions. The resulting album is notably darker in mood to previous…
Crucial Brian Eno work reissued on double vinyl for the first time. Discreet Music was originally released in 1975 and marked a significant stylistic shift toward ambient music. Compared to the more traditional rock aesthetic of his previous efforts (Here Come The Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain, and Another Green World), here Eno utilized a minimalist set up of synthesizer and tape delay to create the striking title track…
Special split release from This Heat s Charles Hayward and Italian experimentalist Gigi Masin. Originally released in 1989 on Belgium s Sub Rosa label, Les Nouvelles Musiques De Chambre Vol.2 combines 8 tracks from Masin with a sidelong piece from Hayward. Although the two musicians worked separately their pieces share similar inspiration. The label asked…
“When you turn me off at night, pretend that I’m lying in your arms…” “Camera” originally appeared on the After Dark 2 comp in the form of a feelgood slow-disco roller with heavily autotuned vocals by guitarist Adam Miller. A few years went by before the song appeared again on early rumored tracklists for Dear…
Proper double vinyl version of Chromatics Kill For Love. Kill For Love follows up 2010 s Night Drive and continues the Chromatics journey into lands of emotive, 80 s-inspired rock sounds. Johnny Jewel still handles production duties, and has fine tuned his craft with a careful balance of moody synths, analog drum machines, and melancholy guitars. He s pretty…
Proper double vinyl version of Chromatics Kill For Love. Kill For Love follows up 2010 s Night Drive and continues the Chromatics journey into lands of emotive, 80 s-inspired rock sounds. Johnny Jewel still handles production duties, and has fine tuned his craft with a careful balance of moody synths, analog drum machines, and melancholy guitars….
Limited edition pressing for Record Store Day 2017! Abstract ambient music from France s Colleen. Made up of almost entirely of natural, non-synthetic sounds, Golden Morning Breaks built on the loop based style of her debut. Released by Leaf on limited edition gold vinyl with a digital download. limited to 750 copies gold vinyl pressing…
Booksmart is a raw and hilarious coming-of-age comedy that stars Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, and Jessica Williams, and was directed by Olivia Wilde. Following in the tradition of John Hughes, Superbad, and Juno, the film is one of those that the critics can’t help but heap praise upon, but it’s the target audience that made it…
Hell yeah! The Shenmue soundtrack gets an official vinyl pressing thanks to the good dudes at Data Discs. The game itself was one of the Dreamcast s crown jewels, a ground breaking masterpiece from 1999 that still stands the test of time. Combining elements of action, RPG, and simulation games like no other, Shenmue literally felt like you were…
Final studio album from Australia s Dead Can Dance. Spiritchaser was originally recorded in 1996 and was the band s last album before Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard went their separate ways. The duo employs the world music elements they d become known for while working with collaborators that had appeared on previous albums. You…
Limited edition pressing for Record Store Day 2017! With Groove Is In The Heart Deee-Lite brought New York City club culture to the world. The trio of Lady Miss Keir, Supa Dj Dimitry, and Towa Tei combined elements of Herbie Hancock s Bring Down the Birds and Vernon Burch s Get Up, got a little…