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In my view the Kompakt Total series has been a bit shit in recent years after the pretty stellar early ones. Maybe it's just a diminishing returns thing since it tends to showcase the more dancefloor-friendly 4/4 end of their output and that's inevit...view full details.according to our Brian
Oh no. A Witch House compilation. I merely thought this stupidly named genre was the responsibility of some idiot fashionista type working at a Nathan Barley style rag! Yet it seems to have infiltrated the minds of the people who work at Robot...view full details.according to our Ant
Seven tracks here from Canada, Japan and Berlin based artists. The idea is to help the people of Sendai relax and sleep with the aid of music. In troubled times music can be a powerful healer and that is very much evident from the quiet power o...view full details.according to our Dave
Listen to this!! It’s a rare delight!! Part three in a Mississippi Records series that explores the rawest side of gospel music. This is the third part, as it’s the one that...view full details.according to our Phil
The fine Capsule folks from Birmingham have started a label and here's a comp CD called ' Supersonic 06' which is essentially the soundtrack to the previous years Supersonic festival. This features tracks from Zombi, Circle, Modified Toy Orchestra, M...view full details.according to our Clinton
Echocord celebrate their nine (?) year anniversary with this compilation featuring the likes of Deadbeat, Fluxion, Quantec, Fenin and many others. As you may expect its deep dubby techno of a rare quality, as the press release states its suitable...view full details.according to our Phil
I quite like compilations these days. I go through phases with 'em. Sometimes I think they're shit and stupid and wonder why on earth would you ever listen to one. Other times I think their the work of genius and they've just been shat out of gods ar...view full details.according to our Phil
Here's an interesting one. It's a compilation CD on the Room 40 label called Fabrique and it's chocka full of live tracks and exclusives by folks who've played at the Fabrique festival in Brisbane. If (like me) you'd not heard of that particular fest...view full details.according to our Maggie
Have you been following the UNLABEL SERIES where a limited album is released every week for a year. If not then don't worry, here's a great place to dive in with a compilation of artists from the series called HUNDRUM . So what...view full details.according to our Mingus
Various Artists: Monika Barchen Songs For Bruno Knut & Tom (Monika) A fifteen track compilation from Gudrun Gut's pop/electronica imprint that opens with a glacial, gamelan like, serial grid from To Rococo Rot's Robert Lippock. This well...view full details.according to our Clinton
A compilation of various artists courtesy of the record label/gig promoter conglomerate that is One Inch Badge. All artists are from or have a link to Brighton-next-the-sea which for the uninitiated is kind of like a trendy version of ...view full details.according to our Mingus
A Various album now....: "Finders Keepers" presents B-Music Cross Continental Record Raid Road Trip (Finders Keepers). A celebrity DJ and record collectors presentation collecting a trawl of trans-continental beat digging spots. A rather fi...view full details.according to our Ant
A newie 10" on De-Fence which is a various artists thing that features Eyechilds, On The Fly, Con Brio, MC Quake, Clock, On The Fly, WiQwar. It's called 'Ministry Of Defence'! This is kind of melancholy electronica with nice organic sounds. The...view full details.according to our Business Lady
OK, i got this Cuz me Pain compilation LP that appears to be a showcase of the various artists on the label. I don't think I've come across any of this stuff before but it's all interesting, upbeat sounds. AAPS open the LP with a magical steel dru...view full details.according to our Business Lady
NNF offshoot 100% Silk have been wowing the office with their fresh takes on classic House themes and their various stylistic tangents, be it Disco cut-up’s, Acid House, Ambient House, T...view full details.according to our Brian
Some amazing library sounds on a sampler CD from Finders Keepers offshoot Disposable Music who put out that ace Bruno Spoerri LP a couple of weeks ago. I'm not gonna start dissecting tracks, far too busy with various folk off in far flung parts of th...view full details.according to our Mingus
Inside the Binite is a various artist compilation of 10 tracks on Teenage Jesus Records.All the tracks are previously unreleased and include contributions from Gina Birch (ex of The Raincoats), scouse Kraut Rock from Kling Klang, two from two ex Mold...view full details.according to our Clinton
I was thinking just the other day that a musical genre that really doesn't appeal to me is that which intersects rock, country and soul. As if by magic here we have a compilation of the stuff from the remarkably consistent folk at Soul Jazz. If an...view full details.according to our Brett
We had the highly satisfying book of Freedom, Rhythm & Sound in a couple of weeks back, stuffed to the gills with amazing cover art from jazz with an apparently 'revolutionary' bent. How much of that actually comes through in the music, packaged...view full details.according to our Phil
Speaking of reissues Soul Jazz know their onions and here's another of their fine collections. This one is is called 'Can You Dig It? The Music And and Politics of Black Action Films 1968-1975'. You get 2 CDs with a small but fat book thing all wrapp...view full details.according to our Mike
Finders Keepers compilations are always a rewarding and indulgent listen, and this collection of tracks from Bollywood horror film scores is no exception. The spooky edge is totally up my str...view full details.according to our Brett
Columbia: the new Africa. At least in 'Archival Global Music Compilation World' anyway. Fresh off that amazing Palenque Palenque triple LP comes Soundway's next foray into the land of Carlos Valderrama, Cartagena!, which focuses (unsurprisingly) o...view full details.according to our Ant
Why there is a picture of Mary Anne Hobbs wearing a leather suit on the front of the 'Evangeline' compilation on Planet Mu is really beyond me. It's not like she's even mixed the 16 exclusive tracks on this CD/ quadruple wax compilation. No disrespec...view full details.according to our Dave
This is a sweet compilation, kindly put together by messers Jazz Man Gerald and Malcolm Catto from Heliocentrics. The idea of listening to loads of ultra rare 45's made me drool uncontrollably and I almost had to do a little sleep. The sound of these...view full details.according to our Clinton
If you start measuring your life out by these Pop Ambient comps, the years start to roll on by even faster than they normally do which is very fast indeed. I stopped listening to the excellent 2009 compilation only recently and it seems like only...view full details.according to our Dave
Jesus H. Corbett that is one hell of a long title. I felt like I'd gone into the future after typing it out. It was a fairly tedious typing session that almost rendered rational thought impossible and enthusiasm drained from me like blood from a m...view full details.| Next> |