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Rondo Acapricio

Pre-order at iTunes here: http://georiot.co/williamonyeaborwhat
Follow Mr. Onyebaor on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WilliamOnyeabor

"WHAT?! - William Onyeabor Remixed" will be dropping on vinyl only for Record Store Day, April 19. Made in collaboration with Moog, it features a series of fantastic Onyeabor covers and remixes by Hot Chip, JD Twitch (Optimo), Daphni, Joakim, Justin Strauss, The Vaccines, Scientist and many more.

Side A
Hot Chip - Atomic Bomb (cover)
The Vaccines - Do You Want A Man (Remix: John Hill, Rich Costey. Re-work of Heaven and Hell)

Side B 
Justin Strauss & Bryan Mette - Body and Soul (Whatever/Whatever remix)
Joakim ft. Akwetey (Dragons of Zynth) - Good Name (cover)

Side C
JD Twitch (Optimo) - Why Go To War? (cover)
Daphni - Ye Ye (Re- work of When The Going Is Smooth & Good; Courtesy of Merge Records & Daphni aka Caribou [Dan Snaith]) 
Javelin - Heave and Hell (remix)

Side D 
David Terranova - Body and Soul (remix)
Policy - Something You Will never Forget (remix)
Scientist - Body and Soul (remix)

iTunes Pre-Order

William Onyeabor vs. Hot Chip - Atomic Bomb

Black Label #36

The Way Back

Solomun - The Way Back (Out now on Compost Records!)

Somebody's Story

Solomun - Somebody's Story (Out now on Compost Records!)

!!! These are stripped-down 128mp3 snippets of the original tracks!!!

Artist: Felix Laband
Title: Deaf Safari
Cat No: CPT 470-1 / -2
Format: 2LP incl. cardboard CD / CD / digital
Release: 29th May 2015

TRACKLISTING:

1. The Savage Bush Hotel (6:25)
2. Im So High. I Swear I Could (4:55)
3. Ding Dong Thing (11:59)
4. Righteous Red Berets (9:12)
5. Squeeze The Trigger (9:09)
6. The Devil Threatens Me (12:55)
7. Down The Garden Path (12:28)
8. Getting Old (5:05)
9. Pietermaritzburg (4:47)

ARTIST STATEMENT

Deaf Safari is an audio collage of subjects that interest me and speak of the world I live in.
It is an album composed of sampled recordings from the media landscape that has been the soundtrack to my life over the last ten years.

The most important development in my current music and as can be heard on Deaf Safari has been my understanding of the beauty and power of the spoken word. I have experienced severe indifference to contemporary pop and electronic music as a whole over the last many years, as I have felt that social comment of any relevance has been ignored by music in general.
Deaf Safari attempts to bring sociopolitical comment into my music without taking any specific stand.
Sampled outside of musical influence directly from the news; from preacher sermons or from contemporary African documentaries.
I have finally created a story with sound that I feel accurately conveys my personal experience with the African world I live in.

My musical influences on this album lie mostly with local Kwaito house. Deaf Safari is an experiment within certain boundaries of the 4/4 genre, to create my own South African "house" album.
I am proud and inspired about the South African Kwaito house scene.
However, as with my first three albums, "Thin Shoes In June“ (2001) - "4/4 Down The Stairs“ (2002) and "Dark Days Exit“ (2005), I am still interested in making strange and evocative music.

American Roots music from the earlier periods of the 20th century has deeply resonated with me during the making of this album.
The incredible field recordings by Alan Lomax of Negro prison and chain gang work songs, and the
beautiful early recordings of artists such as Leadbelly have had a major influence on Deaf Safari.

I am truly excited to release this album and to start performing in the music world again. It has been ten years since I released "Dark Days Exit , and although I have been purposefully absent from the music world, I have none the less never stopped making music.
I feel that I have finally arrived at a mature and challenging stage in my pursuit of making emotional music of relevance .

Felix Laband 13=02=2015

Links:

facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Felix-Laband/18041251748
soundcloud: @felix-laband
resident advisor: www.residentadvisor.net/dj/felixlaband

Felix Laband live @ Cape Town Electronic Music Festival 2015:
new.livestream.com/accounts/128788…videos/76528193

Felix Laband live @ Festival au bord de l’eau (Sierre, 2012):
Aubordeleau – Festival-weekend-au-bord-de-10

Deaf Safari

Ding Dong Thing

Felix Laband - Ding Dong Thing

Sofa Surfers - Sofa Rockers (Richard Dorfmeister Remix - Gré Maillard's Morodification Edit)

!!! These are stripped-down 160mp3 snippets of the original tracks!!!

Artist: Marbert Rocel
Title: In The Beginning
Cat No: CPT 474-1 / -2
Format: 2LP incl. cardboard CD / CD / digital

The fourth studio album „In The Beginning“ by the critically acclaimed live band MARBERT ROCEL from Leipzig.

TRACKLISTING:

1. 80 Horses (5:22)
2. Make Me Walk (4:24)
3. Always On My Mind (5:51)
4. Up To You (3:43)
5. Velvet (4:33)
6. Dawn Of The Day (4:21)
7. Unwillingly Close (3:46)
8. Dance Slow (3:54)
9. Bird Of Passage (4:05)
10. Hold On (3:44)
11. Me, Myself And I (4:26) 
12. With Your Love (4:54)

INFO:
A place far away from everything, yet right around the corner. A vision close enough to touch, yet so far away. Surrounded by keys, hatches, pots and small fragmented parts, Marbert Rocel lie down, discuss and dance through the winter of 2015. In this environment, in their studio in Leipzig, the band ties together the songs, which first saw the light of day in a small spot enclosed by woods in the summer of 2014.  Each decision goes through every head, each chord is listened to a hundred times, from font to back and in reverse, each compromise: a triumph for the common cause. Not pompoous string arrangements fuel this album with grandeur, but rather the notion of a consensual nod, which has evolved within Marbert Rocel over the years.  “In the Beginning” is the fourth album by Marbert Rocel, a living utopia and a tart kiss for every purist genre lover. Nothing is hewn raw on here, rather sculptured delicately. Percussion is tickling from synth pads like dew, and the songs welcome you like good friends. Like Tinkerbell, Spunks voice guides through this strange familiar world, moving past big feelings and small gestures, to finally lead to where it all started: “In The Beginning”.

www.marbertrocel.com
facebook: www.facebook.com/marbertrocel 
soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/marbertrocel
booking: www.buki-good.de | info@buki-good.de

In The Beginning

Always On My Mind

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Marbert Rocel - Always On My Mind (snippet)

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Mike Black

!!! These are stripped-down 128mp3 versions of the original tracks!!!

LC 02518
BC: 673794239231
Artist: V.A.
Title: Compost Ambient Selection Vol. 2 – The Quiet Room – Smooth Spheric Noise – compiled and mixed by Rupert & Mennert
Cat No: CPT 392-3/-4
Release Date: March 30th 2012
Format: Download

Tracklisting:

01 Jean Paul Bondy – Monochrome
02 Ennio Morricone - La Ragazza Del Padre (Dan Curtin Viaggio Alle Stelle Remix)
03 Ben Mono – Tired
04 Felix Laband - Minka 
05 Alif Tree - Les 4 Vents
06 Beanfield - Interlude No. 21102
07 Joash - Your Star Still Shines
08 TJ Kong & Nuno Dos Santos - The Quiet Room (Rob Smith Remix)
09 Taran - Death And The Bachelor
10 TJ Kong & Nuno dos Santos - The Emerald Bay
11 The Nova Dream Sequence - Dream 1
12 The Nova Dream Sequence - Dream 11
13 Alif Tree - Melismes Extatiques
14 Four Ears – Interlude
15 Genf - Import Export (Kandis Mix)
16 Alif Tree - Forgotten Places (Felix Laband Remix)
17 Funkstoerung – Inmarsat
18 Kyoto Jazz Massive - M.E. Outroduction
19 T_Mo - Fork Any Hawks
20 TJ Kong & Nuno Dos Santos - Always Forever Now

Info:

After one and a half decade and more than 370 releases, Compost Records bundles some of their finest tunes as Various Artists digital download compilation albums. 
The variety and full spectrum of Compost’s repertoire has never or rarely been presented in form of a musical genre compilation. These releases will be compiled or DJ-mixed by Compost’s artists and are available as digital downloads, except in some rare cases very very limited as 500 CDs.
How to define ambient? In the strictest sense Compost Records hardly offers any of this. But what if you decide to look within tracks and add some darkness and deep beats here and there....? Well, there you have it.
Rupert & Mennert already dug into the big Compost archives to deliver selections of remixes, downbeat, experimental and jazz (vol. 1 & 2). This successor will be their sixth mixed selection. But this one is different... this time they dug so deep into the vault that they were actually lost for several weeks. Luckily they had their record player and laptop with them so they survived! And when they resurfaced, what did they dig up? A great compilation of literally ‘parts of music’. With a total of 20 tracks and loads of snippets, they deliver a mix of 67 minutes which is the ultimate ‘Compost Ambient Experience’! To listen to the tracks on their own is great, but mixed together it’s astonishing.
What to expect? Tracks from Jean Paul Bondy, Dan Curtin, Ben Mono, Felix Laband, Joash, Alif Tree, Taran, TJ Kong & Nuno dos Santos, The Nova Dream Sequence (= King Britt), Four Ears, Genf, KJM and Funkstörung. They also layed their hands on two new exclusive tracks which were never heard before on Compost. An old and rare track from Beanfield and a track from T_Mo (= Timo Garcia).
So please relax and treat yourself to the dark ambient sounds of the Compost cosmos!
Who are Rupert&Mennert?
They reside in Den Helder, The Netherlands. One of the most beautiful cities in the world. From there they send their fine radio show into the wide world. The show is currently re-invented. The Sound of Swound ran for more then 200 shows. But it will be replaced by something even better: “Weird Pigs - not for copycats”. Besides their love for broadcasting they produce music too. Together with Me Raabenstein they released, as Lagerfeltz, an album on Nonine Recordings, Berlin.Together with remix-work for Energie du Verre and Ensemble du Verre (Batterie Records, Hamburg) and Timo Garcia (Compost) their release-roster is building. The cherry on the cake is the selection of one of their remixes on the new Future Sound of Jazz 12 (picked by the Compost head-honcho himself).
And off course you can expect more Compost Selections from their hand too. Currently they are working on a second ‘Remixes Selection ‘and a ‘Female Vocals Selection’.
More information or bookings: www.rupertmennert.nl
Contact them directly through info@rupertmennert.nl



The Compost Selection releases:

V.A. Compost Ambient Selection Vol.1
„Sleeping Beauty“ – Compost Relax Works compiled and mixed by Minus 8  (limited edition CD, Download)
V.A. Compost House Selection Vol. 1
„10.000 Leagues Deeper“ – Compost House Cosmos. compiled and mixed by Thomas Herb (Download)
V.A. Compost HipHop Selection Vol.1
„ 2Hot 2Cold 2Tuff„  - Compost HipHop Hunk compiled and mixed by Sepalot (Download)
V.A. Compost Disco Selection Vol.1
“Astro Boogie„  -  Neo Disco Voltage compiled and mixed by Michael Reinboth (Download)
V.A. Compost Jazz Selection Vol. 1
„See The Sun“ – Compost Jazz Affairs. compiled and mixed by Rupert & Mennert (Download)
V.A. Compost Downbeat Selection Vol. 1
„Ocean Beat“ – Compost Warm Organic Harmony compiled and mixed by Rupert & Mennert (Download)
V.A. Compost House Selection Vol. 2
„Get Slapped Up“ – House Moods compiled and mixed by Shahrokh Dini (Download)
V.A. Compost Downbeat Selection Vol. 2
„One Step Forward“ – Warm Pop And Folky compiled and mixed by Michael Reinboth (Download)
V.A. Compost Jazz Selection Vol. 2
„ Crosswinds“ – Compost Jazz Affairs compiled and mixed by Rupert & Mennert (Download)
V.A. Compost Experimental Selection Vol. 1
„ Crosswinds“ – Compost Jazz Affairs compiled and mixed by Rupert & Mennert (Download)
V.A. Compost Remixes Selection Vol. 1
„ Crosswinds“ – Compost Jazz Affairs compiled and mixed by Rupert & Mennert (Download)


forthcoming Compost Selection releases:

V.A. Compost Brazil Selection compiled and mixed by Tom Burclay
V.A. Compost Drum & Bass  Selection compiled and mixed by Christian Prommer 
V.A. Compost Broken Beat Selection Compiled and mixed by Eddy Ramich (Eddy Meets Yannah)
V.A. Compost Disco Selection Vol. 2
V.A. Compost Remixes Selection Vol.2

16. Alif Tree - Forgotten Places (Felix Laband Remix)

01. 'My Bones' by Tom Williams & The Boat [taken from the new album 'Teenage Blood', out now via The Young And Lost Club]
02. 'Song For You' by Marbert Rocel [taken from the new album 'Small Hours', out now via Compost]


02.  Song For You - Marbert Rocel

Luv N' Haight (Edit Series: Mike James Kirkland), Vol.1

What My Last Girl Put Me Through (There's Nothing I Can Do About It) (Nicolas Jaar Remix)

More than 30 years in business, over 800 catalogue releases, over 8000 songs + remixes and still going strong!! Compost is one of the most prolific, highly acclaimed and in demand indie labels in Europe. Compost and its sublabels Compost Black Label, Compost Disco, Drumpoet Community, Derwin Recordings and rumpelmusig standing for quality music, a sophisticated mixture of electrifying disco, house, techno, soul, jazz and a little bit of pop. XLR8R wrote: "...top address where electronica meets musicality". Besides internationally respected artist like Robert Owens, Trüby Trio, Koop, Beanfield, Christian Prommer, Felix Laband, Karma, Ben Mono, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Marsmobil, Eddy Meets Yannah, Sepalot, Alif Tree, Shahrokh, Wigald Boning a.o. the label is also well known for its praised compilation series V.A. "Elaste" (Vol.1-4), "Future Sounds Of Jazz" (Vol.1-14), "Partykeller" (Vol.1-3) or "Glücklich" (Vol.1-5). Like Gilles Peterson once said: “With great pleasure I pronounce Compost the most consistent and forward thinking record label of continental Europe.“

16. Alif Tree - Forgotten Places (Felix Laband Remix)

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