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The musical vortexes of Caterina Barbieri rewire time and space. Listening to the Italian composer and modular synth virtuoso has felt like traveling at light-speed and slow-motion all at once since 2017's breakthrough double-album Patterns Of Consciousness. 2019's acclaimed Ecstatic Computation pushed even further with the lead single "Fantas", where a haunting melody hurtling towards its supernova climax felt like witnessing the life and death of a burning star. Far beyond any new age trope or modern synth trend, her music stands alone in its ecstatic intensity and cataclysmic emotional impact. Marking the debut album on her new label light-years, Barbieri now delivers her most profound work yet - a journey through inner-space as vast as a universe and as intimate as a heartbeat. The Spirit Exit opens and we fall in.

First vinyl release ever of Black So Man's (1997?) cassette only release, includes the standout tunes 'On S'en Fout ' and 'Système du Vampire' amongst other nice tracks.Release text:Clearly, Bingotoma Traore was not trying to get rich, or entertain: he wanted to change the world. And all it took to get there was four cassettes, all recorded between 1994 et 1998.In that time he went from extreme poverty, sellings eggs in the streets and killing pigs at the factory, to being the biggest pop star in his native country, Burkina Faso, and a legend all over Western Africa.Corruption, ill governance, education, colonisation… All his songs were history and philosophical lessons for the ghetto youths, the unemployed, and the many people who could identify themselves with him.He died 20 years ago, mortally wounded after going through a car crash. Today, his videos still ranks millions of views on social network. No one has forgotten him. And his fight is more relevant than ever.Rest In Power Black So Man (1967-2002). Thank you to his son Ange Fela Traore and his ex-wife Adji Sanon (to whom he dedicated the song ‘Adji’ included here) for their trust in us leading this reissue project. Half of the profits from the record goes to them.

Fragile. yet powerful trip-hop experiments.Ingri Høyland is Hôy La. A musical translation from the internal experiences of anguish, anger, and vulnerability, into the sonics through electronic intimacy and organic alienation. Hôy La’s music is an intervention, forcing a shared trauma into the light, and sensuous ecstatic movement into your body. Since “Please” in 2018, and the X​ Head​ EP in2019, Hôy La has been established as an artist whose esoteric aesthetics bring personal pain to the surface. 2021 sees the release of Hôy La’s album, T​ here is a Girl Inside my Brain who Wants to Die.​ An album about tearing down our psychic enclosures.

Praise the boogie!

Danish fast paced LOL-trance. A-side contains a sample from Ofra Haza - Im Nin´ Alu. The sample was never cleared, and the track was never commercially released.