๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ The Lowdown; ๐ด ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘๐‘˜-๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’, ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™-๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘‘, ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘›-๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘˜ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘, ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›-๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข'๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ!



1๏ธโƒฃย Aphex Twin - Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / In a Room7 F760

[๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต] Few artists can manage to make the release of a 4-track EP feel like one of the musical events of the year, but Richard D James has done just that. In possibly his most accessible work in his career (you can actually dance to this one), James demonstrates just why he is an electronic icon. The classic choppy nature of the beats is there but not distracting, thereโ€™s just enough balance of smooth synth to keep the mood up, and thereโ€™s a surprising earwormyness to it all. Just up front, brilliant electronic bleep bloops.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Shop Reaction: โ€œ๐ต๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก, ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก?โ€, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ. ๐‘Š๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™, ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘‘. ๐ด ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž, ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘; ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘’โ€™๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’-๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘–๐‘›, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘ค๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘˜.

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https://recordculture.com/collections/new-releases/products/aphex-twin-blackbox-life-recorder-21f-in-a-room7-f760


2๏ธโƒฃย High Pulp - Days In The Desert

Thereโ€™s been a little bubbling going on for a few weeks now over this one; the second album by contemporary alternative jazz ensemble High Pulp. Jazz is a misnomer in many ways because this album covers so much ground. Soundscapes of trippy psych meet layers of hip-hop beats. Florets of cool neo-soul meet waves of chilled loungey electronica.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Shop Reaction: ๐‘Š๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘, ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘†๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ, ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ฃ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ข๐‘. ๐‘†๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘๐‘˜ (๐‘–๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ, ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘ก?)


โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘› โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆโ€™๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘กโ€ โ€“ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘’.


๐ผ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’-๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘กโ„Ž โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘˜๐‘™๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘’โ€™๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘“ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›.


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https://recordculture.com/collections/new-releases/products/high-pulp-days-in-the-desert



3๏ธโƒฃย Bush Tetras - They Live In My Head

The so-called No Wave punk band from New York City, formed in 1979, return with what is amazingly only their fourth studio album โ€“ the last was in 2012. As you might expect, little of that late 70s fuzzy CBGBs rockness has been lost and the new album is a grooving good time indeed. Given the bandโ€™s standing as one of the old guard at the birth of post-punk, itโ€™s certainly worth of a spin.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Shop Reaction: โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Žโ€, ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘ฆ. ๐‘Œ๐‘’๐‘Žโ„Ž, ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“, ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘…๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐ด๐‘ข ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ , ๐‘ƒ๐‘ฆ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›, ๐ท๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘Ž 5 ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ก.

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https://recordculture.com/collections/new-releases/products/bush-tetras-they-live-in-my-head


4๏ธโƒฃย Beverly Glenn-Copeland - The Ones Ahead

An album given 9/10 in Uncut, 8/10 in Mojo, Pitchfork, and The Wire probably doesnโ€™t need us to say much really. Itโ€™s an incredibly intriguing, and altogether uplifting record. One that is hard to pin down too. An album that is identifiably composer-led, it has the feel of something youโ€™d hear spending the night at a show in the West End, with rich vocals and a big triumphant musical backdrop.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Shop Reaction: ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’: ๐‘–๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘๐‘ข๐‘š ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘…๐ถ, ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘’โ€™๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก. ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘–๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ข๐‘ . ๐ด๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’? ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’. ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘๐‘ข๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก. ๐ผ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’.

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https://recordculture.com/collections/new-releases/products/beverly-glenn-copeland-the-ones-ahead