Electro/Ambient

Since the dawn of time, man has been gazing at the night sky - longing, asking, searching and hoping. Are we truly alone in this dark cosmos? What's the meaning of it all? Wars, terror, hunger and pain - the 21st century is not exactly a benefiting epoch for humanity. Gazing outwards, though, is always like gazing inwards, too. "Look Up, I'm Down There". We are right here, in the middle of you. What if we tell you the answers you are looking for are right here, in front of your very nose? What if we tell you there is still hope? The new PROJECT PITCHFORK record is a turning point. The beginning of something new, built on the foundation of an unprecedented career. "Look Up, I'm Down There" is being released as a huge surprise, commemorating the 25th anniversary of this pioneering act. It is rewriting history once again, too. Like never before, Peter Spilles injects the entirety of his vast artistic work into a single release, embracing the myriad of inspirations, visions and sounds that have orbited him since day one. This is an album unique in its musical thickness and yet proves to inspire and surprise every single second of its duration. Thus, a precise musical categorization has become utterly obsolete. Being a project that single-handedly invented, hatched, nursed and boosted dark electro, "Look Up, I'm Down There" is nothing short of an awe-inspiring demonstration of darkly emotional music. Those being familiar with the work of tireless Peter Spilles will be delighted how skillfully he employs tropes of two and a half decades of dark electro history. The crisp EBM beats of the early nineties, voluptuous melodies from the late nineties, the futuristic and pulsating sequences boosting PROJECT PITCHFORK's career in the new millennium, plus a fair share of his biting cynicism coalesce in a visionary new mother-ship of dark electro. It's not about single songs or the occasional club hit - it's about the glorious entirety of the record. The music of "Look Up, I'm Down There" is only half the reason as to why this release reaches new artistic heights. The lyricism reveals Peter Spilles' most personal introspections yet. Ruthless, direct and unfiltered, he is permitting a deep gaze into his inner most life. From its inception, intrigued by space and its infinite possibilities, "Look Up, I'm Down There" combines two sides of mankind's epic history, seen through the eyes of a single individual. War, loss, exploitation of nature, isolation and the cataclysmic triumph of social media all paint the lyrical canvas with dark colors. Hope arrives in shape of a presence that senses good in all of us, imploring that we never to cease to love, ask and feel - "Look Up, I'm Down There". Look up and you will realize that you are not alone - whatever may happen. This is what makes the 17th PROJECT PITCHFORK record perhaps the best, and most certainly the most important and salubrious beacon of their stellar career. Record Label: Trisol Music Group Style: Electro/Rock/Pop

Strictly limited O-Card Slipcase Special Edition of the classic DE-PHAZZ album Record Label: Phazz-a-delic Style: Lounge/Pop

one-sided 10 inch! Moderats Live-Mix of Eating Hooks fades over directly into the Siriusmo remix. B-side etched with an artwork from Siriusmo Record Label: Monkeytown Style: Electronic

remix 12 inch with two absolute highlights: A1: Eating Hooks (Siriusmo Remix - Solomun Edit) B1: Eating Hooks (Nght Drps Remix 2) Record Label: Monkeytown Style: Electronic

Michael Mayer will release his third full-length this October via !K7. As is alluded to in its title, & is a highly collaborative affair, with Mayer teaming up with somebody different on each of its 12 tracks. Having mainly worked in a solo capacity in recent years, the German producer was inspired by a series of back to back performances he made last year. The acts invited on board for the LP come from varied backgrounds and include the likes of Joe Goddard (of Hot Chip), Roman Flügel, Miss Kittin, Prins Thomas, Kölsch, as well as Kompakt stalwarts Jörg Burger, Wolfgang and Reinhard Voigt. On the album, Mayer had this to say: "All of those involved are good friends of mine and not random choices selected from some Top 100 list. These people mean a lot to me—and by that the music we produced together is heart-driven and emotionally powered. I felt we had a mutual privilege to share time together in the studio creating what you hear." Record Label: !K7 Style: Techno

The 3rd album in the ongoing Telephone Explosion X Bruce Haack series (previous releases include "Haackula" & "The Electric Lucifer Book II"). Limited to 1,000 copies. Bruce Haack's "The Electric Lucifer" is rightly considered one of the masterworks of 20th century electronic music. Originally recorded in 1968-69, it's an eminently listenable work where Pop-psychedelia and Moog/musique-concrete sounds coalesce. Acclaimed upon its original release, yet unavailable for over three decades, "The Electric Lucifer" is now available again on LP. Record Label: Telephone Explosion Style: Electronic

Limited Edition: 150 Copies on transparent 180g Vinyl Download-Code Whereas The Eye of Time's previous albums were promising a glimpse of hope ("Acoustic") or pitch-black despair ("ANTI"), this first part of a three album concept series is a synthesis of all his past works Record Label: Denovali Style: Electronic

Downloadcode. Five years into the project, with two acclaimed albums and dozens of triumphant international performances to its name, Yermande announces a thrilling new phase for this Dakar-Berlin collaboration: emphatically a giant step forward. The group of players is boiled down to twelve for recordings, eight for shows; sessions in Dakar become steeply more focussed. ‘This time around I was better able to specify what I wanted right from the initial recording sessions in Dakar,’ says Ernestus, ‘and further in the production process I took more freedom in reducing and editing audio tracks, changing MIDI data, replacing synth sounds and introducing electronic drum samples.’ Right away you hear music-making which has come startlingly into its own. Rather than submitting to the routine, discrete gradations of recording, producing and mixing, the music is tangibly permeated with deadly intent from the off. Lethally it plays a coiled, clipped, percussive venom and thumping bass against the soaring, open-throated spirituality of Mbene Seck’s singing. Plainly expert, drilled and rooted, the drumming is unpredictable, exclamatory, zinging with life. Likewise the production: intuitive and fresh but utterly attentive; limber but hefty; vividly sculpted against a backdrop of cavernous silence. Six chunks of stunning, next-level mbalax, then, funky as anything. Record Label: Ndagga Style: Worldbeat

hot, exciting and exotic latin rhythms from Cuba, that reflect pure joy of life. With the grand voices of Jose Guillermo Puebla-Brizuela, Felicita-Ethel Frias-Pernia and Alfredo Montero-Mojena Record Label: Edel Content Style: Worldmusic

Record Label: SolarLodge Style: Gothic Rock

A fragmented soundtrack to a dystopian sedated world. Franz Kirmann's 3rd album channels crushed textural beats, ghostly synths, chopped vocals and haunted choirs to eschew a black geography of an emotionally alienated consumerist society. Record Label: Denovali Style: Experimental

Five years into the project, with two acclaimed albums and dozens of triumphant international performances to its name, Yermande announces a thrilling new phase for this Dakar-Berlin collaboration: emphatically a giant step forward. The group of players is boiled down to twelve for recordings, eight for shows; sessions in Dakar become steeply more focussed. ‘This time around I was better able to specify what I wanted right from the initial recording sessions in Dakar,’ says Ernestus, ‘and further in the production process I took more freedom in reducing and editing audio tracks, changing MIDI data, replacing synth sounds and introducing electronic drum samples.’ Right away you hear music-making which has come startlingly into its own. Rather than submitting to the routine, discrete gradations of recording, producing and mixing, the music is tangibly permeated with deadly intent from the off. Lethally it plays a coiled, clipped, percussive venom and thumping bass against the soaring, open-throated spirituality of Mbene Seck’s singing. Plainly expert, drilled and rooted, the drumming is unpredictable, exclamatory, zinging with life. Likewise the production: intuitive and fresh but utterly attentive; limber but hefty; vividly sculpted against a backdrop of cavernous silence. Six chunks of stunning, next-level mbalax, then, funky as anything. Record Label: Ndagga Style: Worldbeat

Swing With The Best Big Bands is a striking combination of the best and most famous interpreters that swing had to offer. Enjoy 40 unforgettable pearls by legends like Quincy Jones, Les Elgart, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and many more! Record Label: Zyx/BHM Style: Swing

Artist: DEAD LIGHT Label: Village Green

Artist: Putumayo Presents Label: Putumayo World Music

Artist: OVUM HUM Label: Kowloon

Artist: Springtime Carnivore Label: Autumn Tone Records

Artist: Botany Label: Western Vinyl

Artist: Prins Thomas Label: SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND

Artist: Radian Label: Thrill Jockey