Tuesday, May 24, 2011

NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl - Not Not Fun & Sublime Frequencies, Nite Jewel, Todd Terje, Nite Jewel & more

v/a FOLK & POP SOUNDS OF SUMATRA LP
*** "Selections from Indonesia's largest island include droning beat pop, early Orkes Melayu songs, Batak Tapanuli, traditional Minang music & folk drama soundtracks taken from old cassette tapes. Eccentric artifacts!" On SUBLIME FREQUENCIES.

v/a PRINCESS NICOTINE: Folk And Pop Sounds Of Myanmar (Burma) LP
*** "Here are some of the greatest names from the past 50 years of Burmese musical history from the original recordings featuring Mar Mar Aye, Bo Sein, and the incomparable Tonte Theintan. Listen, and be amazed! Compiled by Alan Bishop (Sun City Girls)." On SUBLIME FREQUENCIES.

AMIINA Puzzle LP+MP3
*** "Sigur Rós' string section is now a sextet with a widened sonic palette, more rhythmically rugged than Amiina's previous work and heavier in their use of electronics. Amiina's long-standing fondness for zero-g melodies and open-minded instrumentation, however, continues."

BEACH BOYS Pet Sounds LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

BOOKER T. JONES The Road From Memphis LP / CD
*** New album! I think The Roots are on it. It's like a throwback, then an ultimate throwback, then like a new thing.

BURIAL Street Halo 12"
*** "This single is a surprise to all and is the first new official solo material from the mysterious dubstep magnate since 2007. Three all new tracks: 'Street Halo,' 'NYC' and 'Stolen Dog'. Their combined length is 20 minutes, 41 seconds."

DEERHUNTER Cryptograms/Fluorescent Grey 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

DISAPPEARS Guider LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

GILLETTE Gillette 12"
*** "Ladies and gentlemen, we're not floating through space, we're riding the Gillette monorail through a black-lit, airbrushed metropolis where 'cussive keys are cold currency. Melancholic yet uplifting, picturesque while bleak." On 100% Silk.

ITAL Culture Clubs 12"
*** "A new smooth, luxury club zone from Daniel Martin-Mccormick of MI AMI and SEX WORKER. Feat. a remix by HIEROGLYPHIC BEING. Check the original jame here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-ZZhXYmmdA

JON MUELLER Alphabet Of Movements LP
*** RECOMMENDED "A radical cloud of snare & gong -- thick, resonant, cavernous drones of buzzing rhythm & near-cacophony. It's hard to emerge with music that could honestly be described as original, but Alphabet Of Movements is a truly singular piece of work." Immense percussion record!

NITE JEWEL It Goes Through Your Head EP+MP3
*** "TEEN STEAM! A restless, infectious R&B beat, a voice you can sing along to, a positive outlook that sympathizes with your troubles and helps you to dance them away. Remixes by DAM-FUNK and THE SAMPS."

NOVELLER / UNFACT Bleached Valentine LP+MP3
*** "Split LP between the excellent Noveller and unFact (David Wm. Sims of the Jesus Lizard). Sound-sculptures, canvases of noise and melody & more. Limited to 500 LPs pressed on a gorgeous b&w marble." Includes MP3s.

PEAKING LIGHTS 936 LP / CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Melodic gold dust, drift-dub haze, cool crate-digger grit, silky soul-jazz keys, tranced vocals, bass loops, drum loops and sneaky dub guitar -- a total groove-wave classic!" Check this groovy video: http://vimeo.com/20580559 On NOT NOT FUN.

POCAHAUNTED Make It Real LP / CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! "Seven jams in 40 minutes: basement body music, garage dub damage, outsider funkadelic sprawl, voodoo rhythm workouts, duo femme soul vocal dynamics, dripping gold sweat, and dream fulfillment." On NOT NOT FUN.

PSYCHIC REALITY Vibrant New Age LP
*** RECOMMENDED "Leyna Noel's New Age is not the '80s redux fad of healing crystals, pastel fades, dolphin consciousness, etc, but a living, electrified awakening. High drama drum machinery; naked, airy avant-pop; stuttery, mechanized power ballad finales!" Ltd. to 600 copies. On NOT NOT FUN.

RADIO DEPT Passive 2xLP
*** NOW ON VINYL!

RADIOHEAD Ok Computer 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

JONAS REINHARDT Tactile Dome LP
*** "Easily the most micro-focus Jonas odyssey to date, Dome is nine technicolor fractals of glittering synthesizer skyways and master-crafted pulsing kosmische kraut terrariums. Heavy headphone communion. Art by Sean Patrick." Ltd. to 650 copies. On NOT NOT FUN.

SALEM King Knight LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

SEX WORKER / PSYCHIC REALITY Bored Fortress 7"
*** BACK IN STOCK! "Farmer’s market zen learner Leyna Noel channels the swaggering lust of Jimi via stumbling drum machines and amplifier howls while her beau Sex Worker mines Debbie Harry’s telephonic anxieties for deeper fears, darker secrets." Out of print!

SUPERSILENT 10 LP
*** "Supersilent moves slightly towards a more acoustic landscape, featuring some of the band's most beautiful and lyrical moments side-by-side with some of their most eerie soundscapes."

TODD TERJE Ragysh 12"
*** "You've been touched by the hand of Todd. Todd Terje, that is. Trans-dance from the Norwegian chief inspector with greatysh hypnotism, properysh beats and a lovelysh Terjerine dream to round it all off."

WET HAIR / PEAKING LIGHTS Bored Fortress 7"
*** "Iowa City silver apple-pickers Wet Hair pitter-patter into yet another picture-perfect futurist synth-pop raga. On the flip, midwestern matrimony team Peaking Lights hotbox a basement of black ark basslines & waterlogged reggae 45s."