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Artist:  Felix Laband
Album:  The Soft White Hand
Catalog No.:  CPT605-1 / -2 / -3
Format:  2-LP incl. download / CD / digital
Barcode / Format:
673794260518 > 2-LP incl. Download
673794260525 > CD
673794260532 > Digital

Tracklisting:
1. “Dreaming In Johannesburg (04:30) 
2. “Prelude” (04:59)
3. “Derek And Me” (05:49)
4. “Death Of A Pervert” (05:31)
5. “We Know Major Tom's A Junkie” (06:00)
6. “They Call Me Shorty” (06:25)
7. “Go To Sleep Little Baby” (05:46) 
8. “5 Seconds Ago” (04:27)
9. “7 Rise 7 House” (02:40)
10. “Borc Love” (02:55)
11. “Dreams Of Loneliness” (03:39) 
12. “Requiem For The Lord” (03:47) 
13. “Snug Retreat” (06:09)
14. “Death Of A Migrant” (07:20)

Felix Laband’s The Soft White Hand is the masterwork of an artist who expresses himself through musical and artistic collage acting together to reinterpret his sources and to express significant elements of his own personal story.
Released by Munich-based Compost Records, the 14-track album is Laband’s first full-length offering since the critically acclaimed Deaf Safari in 2015.


In The Soft White Hand Laband works with source materials that will be familiar to those who know his previous four records – Thin Shoes in June (2001), 4/4 Down the Stairs (2002), Dark Days Exit (2005) and especially Deaf Safari which reached deep into the South Africa scene and its political culture to inspire its vocal and music sampling. However, the disengagement he felt from his homeland during his latest album’s creation – an abiding sense of untethered-ness to place and space, exquisitely rendered in tracks like “Death of a Migrant” – is perceptible in Laband’s desire to illuminate instead aspects of his own life.
“For this album, my source material became almost autobiographical as opposed to African statements I’ve worked with previously,” says the artist. “I have sampled a lot from documentaries from the 80s crack epidemic in impoverished African American communities and
believe my work speaks unapologetically for the lost and marginalised, for those who are the forgotten casualties of the war on drugs. In the past, I have had my issues with substance abuse, and I know first-hand about the nightmares and fears, what it feels like to be isolated and abandoned.”

LINKS:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Felix-Laband-18041251748/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/felixlaband
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/felix-laband
Bandcamp: https://felixlaband.bandcamp.com/

Felix Laband - Prelude (Snippet)

Yuu Udagawa - Golden Glow EP 
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Label: Compost Records (https://soundcloud.com/compost)
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> Yuu Udagawa (https://soundcloud.com/yuu_udagawa)

After Yuu Udagawa’s highly acclaimed EPs “Ride It” & “Peaceful Dawn” from last year, she’s back again in full effect presenting four classy, sophisticated and timeless jazz-electronica-house hybrid tracks for Compost.

The title track Golden Glow is a electric samba-infused broken beat gem, with joyful vocal melodies and a superfunky bassline creating a truly elevated vibe.

Reverie comes in smooth slow-motion house guise. Yuu's ethereal vocal interludes unfold in interplay with playful piano improvisations, underpinned by an irresistible groove.

The track “One More” seems to come straight out of a smoky jazz club. Jazzy piano sounds meet plucked double bass, underlaid with dreamy synth pads and Yuu's whispers from the twilight zone.

On Velvet City, Yuu unleashes her soulful vocal talent and her flair for wonderfully ambitiously produced deep house. A great, uplifting jam that appeals to both the heart and the dancing leg.

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PREMIERE : Yuu Udagawa - Golden Glow

www.openlab.fm | 106.4FM in Ibiza & Formentera

For the first time since we started, we have handed the entire show to an artist—one who is perhaps South Africa’s most treasured electronic music virtuoso.
To celebrate the announcement of the first Felix Laband European tour since 2018, he has constructed a set composed entirely of original music, exclusively for this show. Some of it you will know—a lot of it you won’t. As always, the show will be shared on the OpenLab archives next week.
With five studio albums to his name and an anthology of singles, EPs, and albums to come—it is here that we look into Felix’s past while contemplating his ever-evolving future as an electronic musician.
With shows across Europe, the centerpiece is taking place in London on 2 August 2025 at 17 Little Portland Street, The Tent at the End of the Universe, where OpenLab, in conjunction with Sub Sahara, will present Felix Laband live in London for the first time ever.
This set is a reflective and forward-thinking journey through 25 years of musical output for Felix Laband—and an unusual gift for fans of electronic music the world over.

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Sub Sahara 24 - Richard Marshall [with Felix Laband]

> Yuu Udagawa (https://soundcloud.com/yuu_udagawa)
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Yuu Udagawa, who studied art and philosophy in high school, has since performed at clubs, festivals and fashion shows and is now a regular in the lounges of five-star hotels like the Park Hyatt Tokyo, showcasing her versatility as a DJ. Drawing on her insights and extensive experience in creating musical atmospheres invarious spaces, she continues expanding her musical creation journey.

In 2010, she composed "Blossom," the main menu BGM for Sony PlayStation 3 (Torne and Vita),captivating gamers. After that, she released several tracks for various projects. In 2021, her music caught the eye of German artist Manuel Tur, leading to her music being released through prestigious labels such as Compost Records in Munich, Germany, Cyphon Recordings in London, founded by Jimpster and Tom Roberts, to the up-and-coming Cosmocities Records in Dijon, France, and the popularRazor-N-Tape in Brooklyn, USA. These collaborations have boosted her international visibility. She was invited by Freerange Records in London to deliver a DJ MIX on Apple Music to celebrate International Women's Day 2024.

LYO#255 / Yuu Udagawa

Val Xalino - Dançá Dançá T'Manchê (Acid Pauli Mixes)

…available as 12” vinyl and digitally via Compost Records
>>> https://CompostRecords.lnk.to/ValXalino-AcidPauliMixes 

Val Xalino - Dançá Dançá T'Manchê (Acid Pauli's Fullmix - Short Edit)

Dançá Dançá T'Manchê (Acid Pauli Mixes)
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Label: Compost Records (https://soundcloud.com/compost)
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> Acid Pauli (https://soundcloud.com/acidpauli)
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A rare and juicy tropical fruit. Acid Pauli conjures up a summer hit here.
The original version was written by Val Xalino (singer, guitarist, percussionist, ukulele player), a legend from the Cape Verde Islands. His albums from the 1980s are extremely rare.
Dançá Dançá!

PREMIERE : Val Xalino - Dançá Dançá T'Manchê (Acid Pauli's Autowah Dub)

Acid Pauli reworks Val Xalino’s 'Dançá Dançá T’Manchê' into a hypnotic, sun-drenched groove blending cultures and generations.

Read More: https://whenwedip.com/2025/08/premiere-acid-pauli-val-xalino-compost/

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Premiere: Val Xalino - Dançá Dançá T'Manchê (Acid Pauli's Fullmix) [Compost]

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Mix info

EG.1040 Acid Pauli

Compost Records founder Michael Reinboth returns with 'Morbus Mütze,' a conceptual release blending depth and analog beauty.

Read More: premiere-michael-reinboth-morbus-mutze

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Premiere: Michael Reinboth - Morbus Mütze (Curable Piano Version) [Compost Records]

The way the leaves moved in sync with the wind, the patterns in the clouds, the gentle hum of the world—it was all connected.

Neurodiversity, wasn’t about fitting in—it was about seeing the world in ways others might never imagine.

He watched as it all whizzed and whirred around him, lines and shapes made sense in a way words sometimes didn’t.

Where others saw chaos, he saw rhythm.

It was simply time to enjoy the dance.

Michael Reinboth releases a new track via Compost – a stellar electronica extravaganza which has us feeling all cosmic and free.

PREMIERE: Michael Reinboth - Neurodiversity [Compost Records]

- The Goldcast 146 -

Goldcap tracklist:

1) Ego Dissolve - Old Time Road (King Ben Remix) 
2) Little D - LAMDA (PAAX Tulum Remix)
3) Tryangle Man - Lemon Squeeze
4) Damian Lazarus - So Low feat. Zoe Kypri (Anthony Middleton Remix)
5) Michael Reinboth - Morbus Mütze (Incurable Version)
6) Ecklectic Mick - Meditation Blues 
7) Steen Thottrup & LouLou - Suivez Moi (Extended Mix)
8) Malek Mhedhbi - Ichiba 
9) Aaron Suiss & Robbie Akbal - Unreal (Nino Tores Remix)
10) Max Wexem - Shamanic Pulse (Extented Mix)
11) Arteforma - Red Lighthouse (Alex Galvan Remix)


Pale Penguin guestmix tracklist:
https://soundcloud.com/pale-penguin

1) ERANOTA: Satyr Dance
2) NADAV DAGON: Springish (DIASS remix)  
3) OLENDO: Sofa Song (KELLIE SAKKAKU remix)      
4) ATMAN: Tzouras 
5) DAN TANEV: Amun        
6) DIASS: Sim Sala Bim    
7) AKSIL: Patakha Guddi 
8) MONOSTONE & TAMER ELDERINI: Gana
9) GEOVHAN: Deepwali 
10) RED CIRCLE: Coria Del Rio
11) HARIS KATE: Mystic Hill

The Goldcast 146 (Oct 10, 2025) with guestmix by Pale Penguin

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.“