Reissues
Soul Folks
The Frank Lowe Quintet with Bertha Hope, Jack Walrath, Steve Neil and Ralph Peterson, recorded in concert for WMUA on February 26, 1998. No More Records, 2001.
Smell Of Female
Released in 1983 after a lengthy court battle with IRS Records, Smell of Female originally contained just the first six songs. These, plus out-of-control ad-lib freakouts “Beautiful Gardens” and “She Said” (previously omitted due to legal restriction…
RockinNReelinInAucklandNewZealandXXX
Featuring an over-the-top live set from Down Under, RockNReelinInAucklandNewZealandXXX was recorded at the 100th show of The Cramps’ 1986 Date With Elvis Tour. The album was originally released incognito in cahoots with Ace Records in 1987 as a fake …
Destiada (Banda Sonora Original)
LP version. The 1984 soundtrack for dance-theater performance Destiada marked Pep Llopis’ debut score for avant-garde Valencian company Ananda Dansa, and initiated a creative partnership that would continue throughout the ensuing decades.The dance is…
Portal
Long overdue reissue of the first Windy & Carl album and first ever vinyl pressing. Originally self-released by the duo as a cassette in 1994, Portal set the template for their singular sonic explorations to come.
“…ethereal soundscapes that will tra…
Your Life Is Worth Nothing
Industrial veterans Satøri (with notable releases on Broken Flag) soundtrack a broken society. The endless attempt to document humanity's failings continue with their third album for Cold Spring. More noise. More anger. Just more.
"They think it. Som…
Postal Pieces 1, 2
** This bundle includes both volumes of James Tenney's "Postal Pieces" on Blume in a green cotton tote bag printed with the names of the suite's eleven dedicatees: - James Tenney "Postal Pieces" (LP, BLUME 022) - James Tenney "Postal Pieces" (LP, BLU…
Postal Pieces 2
Blume returns to James Tenney's "Postal Pieces" with a second volume: three "Swell Pieces" and "Koan", written for Alison Knowles, Pauline Oliveros, La Monte Young and Malcolm Goldstein, on vinyl for the first time from one of the key suites of 20th …
Astral Meditations From a Living Statue (1990–2013)
Big tip! Forty years of cassette releases, pressed for the first time on vinyl. First of two instalments exploring the previously unreleased sonic archives of one of Poland’s most enigmatic living artists - with its first volume focused on his deep l…
Jazz Dari Angkasapuri
Jazz recordings by the Malaysian trumpeter and composer Johari Salleh from the 1970s: modal grooves and jazz funk with Malay folk themes, until now available only on a few dozen locally pressed copies.
Tiga Trombone
First release on Audible Beauty, Habibi Funk's sister label: eleven jazz pieces by the Malaysian pianist and arranger Alfonso Soliano, recorded for Radio Television Malaysia and pressed in only a few dozen copies.
Beirut City Pop
Ten tracks from Lebanon's private press cassette scene of the late 1970s and 1980s, many tied to Ziad Rahbani's Bypass Studio circle: disco, soul, jazz, bossa and AOR, some tapes issued in tiny runs and some never released at all.
Bourj Hammoud Groove
Compilation of Ara Kekedjian, singer born in 1946 in Bourj Hammoud and a central figure of Beirut's Armenian pop scene in the 1960s and 70s: Armenian rhythms, hard drums, funky guitars and organ, compiled with Darone Sassounian.
Habibi Funk: A Selection From Libyan Tapes
Habibi Funk's third compilation, drawn from the Libyan cassette scene of the late 1980s to early 2000s: reggae, synth disco, pop, house and funk, much of it recovered from the TK7 cassette factory in Sousse.
The Father Of Libyan Reggae
Collection of songs by Tripoli singer Ibrahim Hesnawi, credited with making reggae popular in Libya from the late 1970s: Jamaican reggae merged with traditional Libyan rhythms, with funk, jazz and disco touches, sung mostly in Libyan Arabic.
Subhana
Songs from the mid 2000s by Benghazi-born singer and producer Ahmed Ben Ali: heavy Libyan reggae with synthesized grooves, mixing Jamaican rhythms with Libyan folk rhythms and oriental melodies, following his 12" Subhana.
Orkos
The only album by Egyptian singer Maha, vocalist with Salah Ragab's Cairo Jazz Band, recorded in Cairo in 1979 and issued on cassette by Sout El Hob: jazz and Egyptian vocal tradition over funk, Latin and soul, produced with Hany Shenoda.
Oghneya
The 1978 album by Beirut group Ferkat Al Ard, led by singer Issam Hajali with arrangements by Ziad Rahbani: Arabic song, jazz, folk and bossa nova on poems by Mahmoud Darwish and Samih Al Qasem, first issued on cassette, then on vinyl in 1979.
The SLAM! Years (1983-1988)
Songs Libyan-born singer and producer Hamid El Shaeri recorded for the Egyptian cassette label SLAM! between 1983 and 1988, after moving to Cairo via London: synth-heavy Arabic pop and funk, including his track Ayonha.
Chant Amazigh
A selection of works by Algerian-born Amazigh singer Majid Soula: Kabyle music mixed with disco, highlife and funk over synths, driving drums and repetitive guitar lines, with lyrics tied to his defence of Berber culture and Tamazight.