Active as a professional DJ in Japan since the late eighties, DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite is also a renowned remixer, compiler and producer. An avid record collector and an expert of the Wamono style, Yoshizawa published the Wamono A to Z records guide book in 2015 which instantly sold-out. The book unveiled a myriad of beautiful…
In the mid-seventies, discotheques were booming in Tokyo and all over Japan. When the Fatback Band topped the 1975 US charts with their infectious “Do The Bus Stop” hit, Japanese label Victor put out the following year the first Japan made Disco tune with “Sexy Bus Stop”, released under the mysterious name Dr. Dragon &…
Following the already classic Wamono A to Z trilogy, 180g presents an exceptional collection of jazz funk rare groove tunes recorded in the mid-seventies at the Nippon Columbia studios by three giants of Japanese music: arranger Kiyoshi Yamaya, koto legend Toshiko Yonekawa and shakuhachi master Kifu Mitsuhashi. Born in 1932 in Tokyo, Kiyoshi Yamaya started…
How Zambia’s Liberation Led To A Rock Revolution. 1972-1977. An overview of the Zamrock scene, from its ascension to its fall to its resurgence, presented as two volumes, both as 2LPs and hardcover book CDs.By the mid 1970s, the Southern African nation known as the Republic of Zambia had fallen on hard times. Though the…
This limited edition compilation LP was curated from the legendary Westbound Records catalog by participating Record Store Day stores, and marks the first installment of the new Westbound Records curated by Record Store Day series. Volume 1 showcases the classic Westbound sound which continues to influence the worlds of soul, R&B, rock, funk and beyond….
Wick Records is pleased to bring you a collection of wigged-out winners sure to rock you deep into the inter-dimensional fray… Dig on track after track of superior sounds: The fuzz-fueled freak-outs of The Mystery Lights, and Mark Sultan; the swirling, mind-altering melodies of Michael Rault; the troglodytic tune-smithery of The Ar-Kaics; the anglophilic grooves…
On the heels of it s overwhelmingly successful reissue campaign of the 20 albums recorded for the legendarily collectible Black Jazz label, Real Gone Music returns with a 2-LP set that includes the extraordinarily rare singles that were cut for the label. This 15-track set serves as both a Black Jazz Best Of and a…
Four years and one pandemic on from Orificial Purge, Vastum, the longest running band on the 20 Buck Spin roster, offers up it s fifth bludgeoning document of psychic malaise and lost faith with Inward To Gethsemane. As before, the abject disgust unsparingly captured in Vastum s unique approach continues to drape the music with…
Four years and one pandemic on from Orificial Purge, Vastum, the longest running band on the 20 Buck Spin roster, offers up its fifth bludgeoning document of psychic malaise and lost faith with Inward To Gethsemane. As before, the abject disgust unsparingly captured in Vastum’s unique approach continues to drape the music with an aura…
Remastered reissue, originally released in 2012. Despite being created over a decade ago for a controversial limited double cassette and then compiled on It Stands To Conceal (2012), this is patient esoteric cold industrial perfectly suitable for our end times. Alternative cover variant. Digital download included.
Remastered reissue, originally released in 2012. What the artist may consider the most formative years for the project and what clubbers may have heard in numerous live sets with the Encryption Nets classic dub track. Despite being created over a decade ago for limited double cassette and then compiled on It Stands To Conceal (2012), this is…
Remastered reissue, originally released in 2012. A cult was built around these this truly ominous original tape with slowed down mega-apocalyptic drone drum contemplations. Despite being created over a decade ago for limited double cassette and then compiled on It Stands To Conceal (2012) this is long form esoteric cold industrial perfectly suitable for our accelerating global…
LP version. The world is already fallen and the temples are all new again. Available for the first time on 12 vinyl with mini poster. Digital download included.
Curated by the documentary s director, Todd Haynes, and music supervisor Randall Poster, this is the official soundtrack for the critically acclaimed Apple Original documentary, The Velvet Underground. Featuring some of VU s most well-known tracks, rarities and songs that influenced them, The Velvet Underground: A Documentary Film By Todd Haynes – Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack serves as…
Live at Max s Kansas City is a live album by the Velvet Underground recorded at the famous nightclub and restaurant at 213 Park Avenue South in New York City. It was originally released on May 30, 1972, by Cotillion, a subsidiary label of Atlantic Records.
Following three highly stylized Andy Warhol-influenced releases on the Verve label, The Velvet Underground signed with Ahmet Ertegun s Atlantic subsidiary Cotillion Records for their fourth and official final full-length, Loaded, a tongue-in-cheek title not about drugs but the label s request that the band produce a record loaded with hits. Released shortly after founder and frontman…