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  • Factory Floor 'Remix Series 2' (Chris Carter) - Cargo Records UK

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    Factory Floor 'Remix Series 2' (Chris Carter)

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    Ltd to 1000 copies only.

    Second Release in the Factory Floor Remix Series.
    Side A - LYING ' CHRIS CARTER
    Side B - A WOODEN BOX ' FACTORY FLOOR ORiGINAL MIX.

    Chris Carter, best known for his visionary sonic alchemy for Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey.

    His recent remixes have been for Can, Liars, & Brooklyn's future disco kings Excepter.

    (A) A galloping clarion call, with, if you can believe it, added NOISE. !
    (B) All sing along now¦. We won't need a gold chain We just want a wooden box Dig a hole in the ground / Throw us in and let us rot.

    Forthcoming remixes from No Age, Angus Andrew of Liars & Gavin Russom (DFA).

    Tracklisting:
    Side A:
    Lying - Chris Carter

    Side B:
    A Wooden Box - FF
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  • Martin Rev 'Stigmata' - Cargo Records UK

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    First time on vinyl - limited to 500 copies only.

    'Modern Classical masterpiece' RECORD COLLECTOR 'Remarkable electronic musicianship' MOJO 'an uncomfortable listen, but bleedin good' STOOL PIGEON.

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  • Michael Chapman 'LIVE VPRO 1971' - Cargo Records UK

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    LP comes with a Download Code for the whole 90+ min concert.

    For a self confessed journeyman'musician who has spent most of his 50 year career on the road live Michael Chapman albums are curiously rare items and even more rare from his earlier years.

    This one, recorded by dutch 'hippie' radio station VPRO'on 6th May 1971 is the earliest known live recording so far discovered of Michael Chapman after he started releasing records on the legendary UK based Harvest / EMI record label in 1969.

    This period is for Chapman fans the classic period, that more recently has drawn belated media coverage and recognition in response to the more recent kudos bestowed upon Michael from the likes of Thurston Moore, Kurt Vile, Jim O'rouke and the late, great, Jack Rose.

    A beautiful clear, warm and intimate recording of Chapman duetting with long time collaborator Rick Kemp on electric bass and which documents material from all three albums in a free flowing improv inflected style very much in favour at the time.

    It is with this free flowing vibe in mind that we include with both CD & vinyl editions the complete 90 minute concert via a download code card so listeners can experience the whole set. Chapman sounds in a confident, gentle and relaxed mood. The Audience Is Initially Tentative, Possibly Unfamilar With chapman's work but gradually warming to his complex dexterous not folk'playing.

    The recordings make for a fascinating snapshot of the time, with a loose and open approach that offers a rare chance for guitar buffs to evesdrop between songs on some those bespoke Chapman guitar tunings!.

    The set begins with another very rare Chapman item - a cover version - in this case of Tim Hardin's 1965 'A Reason To Believe'. A song which had just reappeared that year as the A side of a Rod Stewart solo single (The B side being Maggie May'!).

    Tracklisting:
    Side A:
    1. Reason To Live
    2. The Aviator
    3. An Old Man Remembers

    Side B:
    4. Not So Much A Garden, More Like A Maze
    5. In The Valley

    Release Date: 23/03/2018
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  • Michael Chapman 'Pachyderm' - Cargo Records UK

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    This album is the second in Chapman's series of his more improvised musical releases.

    The first ,The Resurrection and Revenge of The Clayton Peacock', released in 2011 was Wire magazine's No. 5 Album of The Year, was widely received favourably by press and fans alike as another highpoint in Chapman's late blooming career which has been boosted by the public recognition of his talents by the likes of Thurston Moore, Jack Rose & Will Oldham.

    'Pachyderm'is an LP length minimalist masterpiece, a single chord ambient work quite unlike anything Chapman has done before and equally as surprising and different as Peacock managed to be. The second track is remix of the first side by one Rob Antony, a young Cumbrian neighbour of Michael's.

    Together they form a mellow and gentling shifting work that easily beckons auto repeated plays.

    Chapman is now 71 years old, and playing better than ever, he started out on EMI's legendary 60's Harvest record label, turned down playing in both Elton John then David Bowie's 'Spiders' band, he only goes to show as per the recent rediscovery of the talents of his other contemporaries Roy Harper or John Martyn eventually your time will come.
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  • Michael Chapman 'The Polar Bear' - Cargo Records UK

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    Polar Bear is the third album in Chapman's series of his recent improvised musical series.

    The first being 2011's The Resurrection and Revenge of The Clayton Peacock'which Wire magazine nominated as No. 5 Album of The Year, was widely received favourably by press and fans alike as another highpoint in Chapman's late blooming career which has been boosted by the public recognition of his talents by the likes of Thurston Moore, Jack Rose & Will Oldham.

    The second album, 2012's 'Pachyderm'was a minimalist masterpiece, a single chord ambient work quite unlike anything Chapman had ever done before and gained him further widespread supportive reviews and a sell out UK tour with a solo Thurston Moore. It is from that tour that comes the duo performing the noise epic 'Six Two Thirteen' on this new album 'Polar Bear'.

    The new record also sees Chapman experimenting with cello accompaniment, and some pieces featuring his own atmospheric slide guitar work. Further proof as it were needed of Chapman's still restless search for new musical adventures.

    At 73 years old, he is playing better than ever, having started out on EMI's legendary 60's Harvest record label, he only goes to show that stick with it and eventually your time will come.

    Tracklisting:
    1. Flowers In The Oven
    2. The Polar Bear
    3. Black Dirt On A Hot Day
    4. Razorback Hat
    5. The Old Inertia Reel
    6. To See The Sea In C
    7. Six, Two, Thirteen
    8. Slidey Bit
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  • Mika Vainio 'M.T.V. 15.05.1963 ~ 12.04.2017' Book + CD

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    Mika Vainio 'M.T.V. 15.05.1963 ~ 12.04.2017' Book + CD

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    Blastfirstpetite's 'Psychopomp for M.T.V.'a 260 page, full colour, hardback book. 


    [a psychopomp is a 'guide of souls', whose purpose is to escort deceased souls from Earth to The Afterlife] A Limited Edition of 1,000 copies containing:

    ~ A heart-wrenching collection of photographs from the Vainio family archive.

    ~ A broad range of artistic contributions (text, photographic and visual  remembrances) from Mika's artist friends and collaborators.

    ~ An Updated and exhaustive Mika discography.

    ~ Jennifer Lucy Allen's unedited transcript for her The Wire magazine 2013 'Invisible Jukebox' - one of Mika's most animated media responses.

    ~ A variety of Pansonic ephemera from Paul Smith's own Blast First archives.

    +++ an album length exclusive CD of previously unreleased Pansonic performance recordings - 'Turku Moai - live on Rapa Nui'.

    ( THIS IS NOT A MIKA VAINIO BIOGRAPHY OR MONOGRAPH)

    Release Date: 21/06/2019

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  • Pan Sonic 'Atomin Paluu' - Cargo Records UK

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    These are the final studio recordings made under the name Pansonic (Mika Vainio & Ilpo Vaisanen) recorded as per their usual working methods at Mika's home studio in Berlin from 2005 - 2011 and subsequently edited into this album format by Mika in 2015. Uniquely Pan sonic used selected third-party field recordings from filming at the building site.

    The twelve tracks are simply titled Atomin Paluu Parts 1 to 12 and total just under 67mins of the classic Pansonic sound. The film is a Finnish production; as a film soundtrack these recordings were bound up in a complex series of delays in the release of the film - which documents the building of the first nuclear power plant since the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986 - a project that fell foul of much bureaucratic wrangling and control which manifested itself in the need for over 40 cuts of the the film.

    But it was all worthwhile and during pre-release screenings of the film it won the highly coveted 2015 Nordic Dox Award at the world renowned CPH:DOX festival in Copenhagen. It is scheduled for TV showings via ARTE(France), WDR/ZDF (Germany), YLE (Finland) and the film will be widely distributed in art house cinemas throughout the world.

    The soundtrack itself brought the greatest recognition and went on to win Best Soundtrack at this year's Jussi Awards Festival (known as the Finland's Oscars). In typical Pan sonic style neither member bothered to attend the awards to collect their statuettes.
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  • Primal Scream 'Diamonds Furcoat, Champagne' Vinyl 10

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    Primal Scream 'Diamonds Furcoat, Champagne' Vinyl 10"

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    Primal Scream get all glam-rocked up for this bouncing, sing-a-long led by Bobby "Stardust" Gillespie with the luverly stealth viciousness that is The Miss Kittin. 

    A record that makes us think of Pans People, tight yellow and blue satin shorts and big, big hair. Crossing the time-line at three minutes, and thirty three seconds....the sign of the beast halved, the song freshly un-pickled, just like Damien (Omen or Hirst) would have wanted it served.

    Those boys Primal will be supporting the release with their 17 date UK nationwide NME Rock Riot tour. 

    The B side features a version of Suicide performing "Ghostrider" from an only recently rediscovered demo taping of that first legendary album.......partnered with a slinky, Roxy Music-esque rendition of D.F.C. by Devastations, long tall leader, Mr Conrad Standish

    A late night seduction reprise to the Primal's disco dong waggle.The perfect three course meal served on this very vinyl platter. Sleeve by China's Fang Lujin depicts dare we surmise China dreaming of it's new wealth, OR perhaps of our own up to minute western downfallings....Diamonds, Furcoat, Champagne, indeed.

    Tracklisting:
    Side A:
    1. Primal Scream - Diamonds, Furcoats, Champagne

    Side B:
    2. Suicide - Ghostrider (1976)
    3. Conrad Standish - Diamonds, Furcoats, Champagne
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  • The Horrors 'Shadazz/Suicide ââ'š¬â‚¬œ Radiation +'

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    The Horrors 'Shadazz/Suicide ââ'š¬â‚¬œ Radiation +'

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    A/ The Horrors - Shadazz Specially recorded for this series.An aptly cool song choice, delivered in a twisted dub menace that could well point towards an expanding sound-world for these dark princes !

    B1/ Suicide - Radiation Previously unreleased anywhere,1980's live version from Noo Yoik City!

    B2/ Nik Void - Rocket USA - Nik Void, first ever release in her new persona for ex Kaito frontperson, Nicki Colk. A  propulsive 'tronic floor filler for cool alt/art discos every damm place.

    Edition of 3000, cover image
    Alex Rose
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  • The Klaxons 'Sweetheart' Vinyl 10

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    HEY! Who's party IS this we're at? The Klaxons drop a photo-realist mind bomb upside ya head. Jamie's trips out on Vega's start of the 80's Ballardian ballad - ¦. with a 21st century added sugar high hit. Sticky with lurve, my loves.

    POP FACT:
    Mr Reynolds is no new comer to Vega-world, his very first bedroom band was called ' XXXX' - true thing!

    ART QUOTE :
    Edward Paolozzi 'A good reproduction is worth a thousand poor originals'.

    Meanwhile waaay out on the flipside Suze Oberbeck irons IN the kinks.
    Wears her No Bra on her sleeve - ¦. if you get my drift? A Xerox lovingly re-Xeroxed till it hurts then becomes a thing of beauty all of it's own - ¦ - ¦are you laughing too? T-wist-ed - ¦.. TIGHT!

    Front Cover - Alexander McQueen

    Tracklisting:
    Side A:
    1. The Klaxons - Sweetheart

    Side B:
    2. Alan Vega - Speedway
    3. No Bra - Super Subway Comedian
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