Slovenian DJ/producer Marjan Vitorijoski's productions first showed up on our collective radar back in 2019 leading to an appearance on the 1st volume of Dancefloor Detonators on Invisible Inc swiftly followed by an appearance on Curses' Ombra International imprint.  

Three years on and Vitorijoski's sound is even more focussed and refined. His productions more advanced, his roots deeper.  

Expressing a deep passion for ancient Macedonian culture and art, his music often sounds like a bridge between his European homeland and the Orient.  

With an array of hardware and effects processors at his disposal that most producers would be highly envious of, his music also frequently benefits from the inclusion of organic instruments (a theme those familiar with Invisible Inc will be aware of) most notably the Persian daf (a frame drum similar to the Celtic bodhran) which punctuates each song with its hypnotic beat.  

Interspersed with monastic chants that seem to channel the ancestors perfectly, the swirling arpeggiated synths, pulsing bass lines and scything rhythms result in a sonic palette that sounds as rooted in history as it is current. It's also highly hallucinogenic. Close your eyes and you can imagine yourself transported to an ancient Macedonian opium den.  

The three original tracks are complemented by an epic remix from Optimo Music stalwart and Phase Group founder Mr TC who takes the acid and explores the outer limits even further.  

The EP's artwork is based on a pattern from traditional Macedonian costume - originating from a period when opium dens were still very much in existence.
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“Niiice...another killer release" Anatolian Weapons [Beats In Space / Lurid]

"Love both versions of Banica" Leri Ahel [Mutant Disco Radio Show]

Banica EP

INVINC DD11 Vitorijoski - Banica EP [samples] Out 1 July 2022

It's been almost 3 years since the first volume of Dancefloor Detonators enhanced our nocturnal revelries, so it's a pleasure to announce a second volume is in production and is due to hit our turntables by end of July.
As with the first release, Volume 2 follows a similar principle, namely to put on vinyl some of the more popular tracks from the label's digital catalogue alongside some exclusive new cuts. The resultant 5-tracker is nothing short of sublime.
Label regulars Secret Circuit, Sordid Sound System and Bal5000 appear alongside Optimo Music regular Feon and newcomer Wanda Krak.

Follow the artists:
@secret-circuit
@bal5000
@feon
@sordid-sound-system
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DJ / RADIO FEEDBACK:

“Orchid Chips is probably one of my favourite track of [Secret Circuit's] and that Feon track is a monster” Sordid Sound System [Invisible Inc / Optimo Music / Hoga Nord]

“All of these are 100% dynamite” Sean Jonston [Hardway Bros. / A Love From Outer Space]

"I love both B side tracks" Leri Ahel [Mutant Disco Radio Show]

"Nice sounds...I like all of them" Alicia Carrera [Sameheads / Maga Circe]

“Sordid Sound System and Feon for me" Cosmo Vitelli [I'm A Cliché]

Dancefloor Detonators Vol. 2

INVINC 32 Dancefloor Detonators Vol. 2 12" EP [limited to 333 copies] OUT 28 JULY 2022

Puma & The Dolphin make a welcome return to Invisible Inc and once again deliver the goods.

This EP has all come together rather quickly. It actually only just got inserted into the release schedule just over a week ago. It was mastered just 5 nights ago and the artwork started 3 days ago...so it's happening fast. This also means no DJ feedback yet....but since sending out some promo yesterday I'm told the opening track "Golden Coast" will be appearing on Optimo's NTS show next week! So it's off to a good start :)

INVINC DD12 Puma & The Dolphin - Phantom Impulses EP [samples] OUT 2 FEB 2023

Very pleased to announce that after some very long delays the long-awaited double album of new music by Secret Circuit is finally landing next month.

The album is comprised of 21 tracks of new material, 82 minutes of music, all gleaned and distilled down from around 60 demos recorded between 2020 and 2022. 

Some of these demos were sent under the name E Ruscha V, others as Only Thingz, but Invisible Inc wanted to capture a sound of Ruscha's that was outside of these in some way: a sound somewhere between the cosmic, otherworldy music of Secret Circuit and the warmer, earthier music of E Ruscha V and the ambient side of Only Thingz, yet which tried to capture both the more emotive AND more experimental side of this prolific and extremely talented producer. A paradox perhaps but it seems we've managed it. Very rarely do we hear modular synths doing something so human sounding... and when juxtaposed alongside slide guitars, live bass and vocodered vocals, we have something very special indeed. Needless to say, it seemed 100% appropriate to release this music under the Secret Circuit name.

A highpoint for the label in 2023, no doubt.
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The album comes housed in a full colour reverse board sleeve featuring original artwork by Eddie Ruscha and comes with a colour double-sided insert with liner notes (written in reverse so you'll need a mirror to read them, of course) and more of Eddie's drawing.

Vinyl costs are extremely high at the moment, due to materials going up in price, but we will try and have this special package retailing for as low as possible to make this affordable for as many as possible...namely just £24 (you'll see single disc LPs selling for this price these days).

We'll start taking pre-orders on bandcamp on 3 March 2023

Follow @secret-circuit

Green Mirror

INVINC 33 Secret Circuit - Green Mirror 2xLP [clips] OUT 10 APRIL 2023

Invisible Inc is proud to present another unique and remarkable release, this time diving even further into ambient, spiritual and folk-infused psychedelia. 

“Mondo Organico”, as the name suggests, is a concept compilation that captures the “organic” side of the label. The use of non-electronic instrumentation is a familiar theme explored previously with the likes of Komodo Kolektif, Immaculate Rivombo and Peter Power...but this time the instruments and voices, tranquil and meditatively hypnotic in places, display an even deeper spirituality. 

Featuring the talents of Andi Otto and his fello (electronic cello), Anna vs June's ethereal vocals, Tyler Ov Gaia's zoned-out mantra rhythms, Pieter Kock's 8-minute bass and guitar psych odyssey, as well as label favourites Sordid Sound System and Puma & The Dolphin, the record is enthralling and mesmerizing from start to finish. You will want to flip it over when you reach the end...and start all over again. 

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It seemed appropriate to press this album on eco vinyl. Everything from the sleeve and vinyl to the inks themselves are recycled, in an attempt to address some of the environmental issues we face today, albeit fractionally. 

Packaging is 100% carbon neutral and their factory is 99% circular in terms of wastage, recycling and energy usage. 

You can read more about the Deepgrooves pressing plant in the Netherlands here: 
deepgrooves.eu/about/ 

“Mondo Organico” is the future. 
credits

A1 written by Sordid Sound System 
A2 written by Anna vs June 
A3 written by Tyler ov Gaia 
B1 written by Andi Otto 
B2 written by Nikko Names 
B3 written by Pieter Kock.

Mondo Organico

INVINC 34 Mondo Organico vinyl LP [clips] OUT 15 Sept 2023

Part two of the series showcasing the more ambient/downtempo side of Invisible Inc. 92 minutes of bliss.

All profits from this release will be split 50/50: 50% to the artists featured, and the 50% label share will go to Glasgow SE Foodbank who we have worked with in various capacities over the years.

Buy the cassette or digital via the "Buy Now" tab.

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Time, Tone & Texture Two (Side 2)

Time, Tone & Texture Two (Side 1)

It's been 40 years since Michal Turtle released his seminal, ground-breaking album "Music From The Living Room" into the world and promptly disappeared back into the aether. 
An extremely obscure cult classic known only to deep diggers and aficionados of the finest order, it wasn't until Music From Memory reissued some of the tracks from it via retrospective compilations of Turtle's unreleased music almost 30 years later that his name become more widely known and a new generation were able to discover the artist's unique and pioneering style of experimental electronic music production, the majority of it very much ahead of its time, and to this day, still timeless. 
Invisible Inc contacted Turtle in the summer of 2023 about releasing something else by him and it was during this exchange of emails that ideas were expressed about releasing not simply a straightforward reissue of "Music From The Living Room" to mark its 40th anniversary (the album has never been reissued in full) but rather a re-imagined/re-constructed take on the album bringing contemporary techniques, styles and newly recorded vocal and instrument parts into the mix and breathing new life into these wonderful compositions. 
Collaborators old and new were brought into the studio and the songs re-created from the ground up. Familiar songs like "Are You Psychic?" and "Village Voice" get overhauled and echo remnants of their original counterparts but simultaneously sound like completely new tracks. The always mesmerising "Phantoms of Dreamland" is represented through a live recording at Café Oto featuring original album vocalist Lucianne Lasalle and regular collaborator HOVE on electronics. The remaining tracks, however, will be completely new to the ears of most people, never having been reissued or heard in these new forms ever before. 
Regardless, whether in some way familiar or not, these hypnotic and repetitive pieces of beautiful sound art, all very different in style from one another, have an entirely new identity that even diehard devotees of the originals will fall in love with. 

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“Holy shit. This record is amazing. 'Are You Psychic?' is really something” dj_2button [Dummy Hand / Weirdos Inc.] 

“What a record!” Cosmo Vitelli [I'm A Cliché] 

“Amazing release. Probably your best release yet! Does everything an amazing record should and more...” Alexis Le-Tan [Oddity Radio / Full Circle / Offen Music] 

“Will play in my sets for sure” Andi Otto [Pingipung / Multi Culti] 

“Really enjoyed [it]” Hugo Capablanca [Discos Capablancas] 

“Nice project! Props!” Dennis Kane [Siren / Visitors / Disques Sinthomme / Compost] 


A1 written by Flitcroft/Turtle, voice: Nina Bradlin 
A2 written by Turtle/Lassalle, recorded live at Café Oto London 20.01.20, Voice: Lucianne L. Lassalle; live vocal treatment: Michal Turtle; guitar, Ableton, effects: Hove 
B1 written by Lassalle/Turtle, voice: Lucianne L. Lassalle 
B2 written by Turtle 
B3 written by Turtle 
B4 written by Turtle 

All other sounds: Michal Turtle 

Mastered by James Savage at Milk Mastering 

Artwork by Gordon Mackinnon 

Distributed by Rubadub

Same Songs, Different Room

INVINC 35 Michal Turtle - Same Songs, Different Room VINYL LP [clips] OUT 19 Dec 2023

Invisible Inc once again presents another incredible full-length album from the talented Double Geography. Following on from 2020's “The Indoor Gardener”, the new LP “Open Water” is bathed in a similar blissful atmosphere.

Double Geography aka Duncan Thornley (one half of Weird Weather and studio engineer at MAP Studios), following the success of his debut album had sent Invisible Inc demos of his second and third album, which although excellent in their own way, the label reluctantly declined on the basis that the music didn't quite fit into the spectrum of the label's output. However, this fourth studio album fits the bill perfectly. Leaning towards the label's more ambient and laidback output, the album is themed around water, transience and escape and sounds as unshackled and free-flowing as you'd expect...you can almost feel the breeze in the air and the sun on your skin.

There is a noticeable progression in the music from his previous releases, this time featuring several additional musicians to compliment Thornley's electronics with live instrumentation...adding a complexity and depth to each of these compositions and an overall 'organic' quality that makes these new pieces sound like quite a departure from the first album. Fretless bass, clarinet and saxophone decorate the music with refrains and melodies that have been enchanting our imagination even in their absence since first hearing them.

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“I wanted to incorporate some live musicians on this release so called upon some of the talent I'd worked with as an engineer at MAP Studios...that was the main drive behind the music for this release. The tracks are named after things that relate to either leaving behind canal boat living, e.g. Goodbye Great Escape (Great Escape was the name of our boat) or memories from a trip to Hydra, Greece. All sorta water related… On one of our walks around the island we ended up sharing a beach with Pierluigi Collina hence Famous Italian Referee! That track felt like the weirdest of the bunch so it got designated the weirdest name / memory!” (Duncan Thornley, March 2024)

Duncan Thornley - synthesizers, programming, percussion 
Adam Hayes - drum kit, roto-toms (A1, A3, A5)
Pike Ogilvy - congas (A2, A3)
Jasper Osbourne - fretless bass (A1, A3, A5)
Kaidi Akinnibi - tenor and soprano saxophones (A1, A5)
Simeon May - bass clarinet (A2, A3, B2, B4)
Greg Foat - piano (B1)

Recorded and mixed at MAP Studios, London
Mastered by James Savage at Milk Mastering
Cyanotype photography by Lydia Dique
Sleeve layout and design by Gordon Mackinnon

Open Water

PRE-ORDER

INVINC 36 Double Geography - Open Water LP [clips] OUT 1 May 2024

Composed back in 2020, these three pieces have lain in waiting in the Invisible vaults ever since, maturing like a fine wine, and now ready to breathe and be consumed by musical connoisseurs the world over. 

Triptych as the title suggests features three tracks, the opening title track being a Triptych in itself; a musical journey that flows continuously through three interconnected sections that elicit three distinct atmospheres as we weave our way through the full 13 beautiful minutes of its length. 

Touch Air, is a rhythmic odyssey, a trance-like production masterpiece for spiritual enrichment. 

Pythagoras in Japan is an ambient trip to the far east. Drifting on a tanpura-like drone the piece floats off to infinity as waves of sound enmesh one another while spoken-word poetry transports us to Pythagoras' final destination. 
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"All tracks were made around 2020 when I was still living in Berlin. I shared a studio with Marc (Altjira) in Marzahn, an industrial area on the city's outskirts. The building holds around 100 studios, so many musicians are always around. We'd sometimes get together in one of the studios and listen to each other's music. For 'Pythagoras in Japan,' I got help from two of my neighbours. I had made the base of the track but didn't really know how to continue. One of my neighbours suggested adding some spoken word to it, so we browsed YouTube together and immediately found this great poem by Yoko Shibata, which fitted perfectly. My other neighbour played some live synth takes for me. I can still feel the spirit of that night in the song, which gives it extra depth for me." (Sjoerd De Ridder, March 2024)

Triptych EP

INVINC DD13 Sigward - Triptych EP [samples] OUT 3 April 2024

Release date: 1 August 2017 SOLD OUT
Repress coming: 15 December 2017 PRE-ORDERS BEING TAKEN

Previously only available digitally “Awake Into Life” by 'Peter Power & Friends’ finally sees the light of day on vinyl.

Alongside Peter himself, his “friends” are a bunch of well known and not-so-well known collaborators from around the world: Australia’s Bronze Savage (Aficionado Recordings) and Brazil’s Psilosamples (Desmonta/Octave) to name just two. The resulting mystical brew is meditative, hypnotic and indeed deeply psychedelic.....and most certainly well worthy of seeing the light of day as a physical release.

Originally hailing from the emerald isle of Ireland and settling for a while in Berlin, Peter Power now resides in Bahia, Brazil close to where the world famous and free-wheeling Voodoohop collective sprung its roots on the streets and clubs of Sao Paolo. Peter has been a continuing member of the Voodoohop crew for a couple of years and has toured with them extensively as both musician and performer. Respected as a DJ and a producer his unique world-flavoured brand of electronic music has been released on Multi Culti, Kleine Reise, Crime City, Polychrome Sounds and now Invisible, Inc.

His DJ mixes are eclectic, far reaching, transcendent and at times even ritualistic, infused with a deep, dream-like spirituality which has resulted in him acquiring tens of thousands of followers from around the world all avidly keeping an ear out for his unique slant on the “DJ mix”.

Check out his page @Peter-power and you'll be sure to find something special

Limited to 300 copies with download card. Copies come individually hand-numbered.

Buy Vinyl: https://invisible-inc.bandcamp.com/album/awake-into-life
Buy Digital: https://ufordia.bandcamp.com/album/awake-into-life

INVINC 15 LP Peter Power & Friends - Awake Into Life (Sampler) LTD ED VINYL OUT NOW

Marking the 20th release on Invisible, Inc. is this special limited edition double-vinyl gatefold compilation featuring tracks from some of the most highly respected musicians of the last five decades.

The astonishingly diverse palette of styles comes courtesy of renowned ambient innnovator Laraaji, multi-Grammy Award-winning producer and ground-breaking synthesist and sound engineer Malcolm Cecil (in his Tonto's Expanding Head Band guise), Italian 'Cosmic Disco' pioneer and DJ Daniele Baldelli, avantgarde experimentalist K. Leimer, New York electro synth-pop legend Richard Bone (all five of whom have been active since the '70s or earlier) as well as dub techno locked groove aficionados log(m), West Coast psychedelic electronics maestro Secret Circuit, Berlin-based synthesist/composer Eva Geist plus a veritable "who's who" of some of the finest producers of ambient, dub, downtempo, leftfield and experimental electronica ever collected together on a single piece of wax (or two in this case): Baikonour, Sordid Sound System, Causa, Ulysses, Epsilove, Luv*Jam, Higamos Hogamos, Randweg, Bronze Savage, Komodo Kolektif, Bal5000 and Natural Sugars.


Eliciting a distinct sense of musical other-worldlyness, the title is perhaps more than just a nod to Philip K Dick's "Blade Runner" and hints at the idea that if these transmissions 'from beyond' are 'lost' they may in essence be more rooted in our distant past than in some science fiction future.


Putting needle to record, ancient rhythms and hypnotic mantras merge with synthesized soundscapes and deep basslines to propel us upward from the primeval forest floor into steady orbit before engaging the hyperspace drive on a trajectory deep into the Great Mystery. 

Mini bios:

Malcolm Cecil is perhaps the most well known of the 20 artists represented. Born in 1937 he became a respected jazz bassist and session musician before focussing on audio engineering and synthesis and later going on to produce several of Stevie Wonder's Grammy Award-winning albums of the early '70s. Meanwhile he was pursuing the Tonto's Expanding Head Band project with Robert Margouleff. The track featured here, 'Bittersweet' is an example of the 'synthetic funk' created during that period in the '70s and has never before been released on vinyl. You can read a mini bio of Malcolm's 'career highlights' on his website here: http://www.tontostudio.com/malcolm.html

Laraaji first came to wider attention when Brian Eno released his "Day Of Radiance" album as part 3 of his Ambient Series. Specializing in hammered dulcimer, zither and mbira, Laraaji is possibly the least 'electronic' of the artists featured here but, on having received the tripped-out dub treatment of Canadian producers log(m), 'Sunken Forest' is surely one of the most captivating and unique tracks on this compilation.

K. Leimer is another pioneering producer active since the mid '70s. Leimer founded Palace of Lights in 1979. His early work has recently been reissued by Autumn and RVNG, and his early cassette work is in the critically acclaimed Vinyl-On-Demand box set American Cassette Culture. His current catalogue includes seventeen albums and many more collaboratve albums and singles.

Also active since the '70s, Richard Bone is a respected artist whose "Vaulted Visions: Filmworks, Synth Pop, Demos & Experiments 1978-83" retrospective was yet another release that recently saw the light of day (again on Vinyl-On-Demand). He was one of the founders of the New York electronic music scene and formed cult act Shox Lumania in 1981. Here he gets the remix treatment from another veteran pioneer of another style entirely - that of renonwned cosmic 'afro' DJ, Daniele Baldelli (also active since the '70s) assisted by his long-term collaborator Marco Dionigi.

Limited to 500 copies only. Housed in reverse board double gatefold sleeve. Worldwide distribution by RubADub. Digital audio download and streaming from all major digital services.

INVINC 20 Lost Transmissions From The Off-World Territories 2xLP REPRESS [samples] Out May 2022

Very proud to showcase yet another Glasgow-based artist for our second Invisible Inc digital-only release.

As with its predecessor by The Mamba, these releases aim to pack a slightly harder punch than the more psychedelic / cosmic outings the vinyl label is known for.

This time around it's Krokakai aka Kyle Webster at the controls. Some of you may remember Krokakai from our INVINC 17 Cassette compilation in late 2017. 

Ranging from tribal sci-fi rave to new wave electro and then powering onwards to almost industrial sounding slo-mo techno, the machines under Krokakai's control are perfectly tuned for Invisible Inc.'s dark side.

The EP features an amazing extended version of Ardu 1009 which appeared on INVINC 17-CAS that adds an entirely new breakdown complete with distorted (and deranged) saxophone thanks to Jude Thomson that definitely takes the track further than we could have imagined.

However, taking pride of place in pole position is the tribal sci-fi mantra Bodhran Beat: a spoken-word, bleep fuelled, drum-filled odyssey into rhythm and sound that's already been getting praise and plays from Manfredas, Mr TC and Alicia Carrera (Hivern Discs).

The two tracks are complimented on their respective sides by the new wave/synth pop of Mutual Reaction on side A and the hypno-gothic industrial throb of Awaken on the B

Burning Pleasures EP

INVINC DD 02 Krokakai -  Burning Pleasures EP (samples)OUT 22 APRIL 2019

So, finally we gave in to popular demand. With the booming interest in the digital-only tracks which we put out this year and the subsequent demand to have some of them on vinyl, it was decided at INVINC HQ to press up the most requested of these on nice shiny discs and package them in one of our nicely designed sleeves. Just for you. 

To compliment the widely acclaimed 'Bodhran Beat' by Krokakai and 'Trails' by The Mamba, we are proud to feature here Cantillate from the Netherlands whose album "Machines For Emotions" made waves in June and whose previous EPs have had support from Mr TC, Identified Patient, Gamma Intel and more. His slo-mo, sci-fi, tribal techno chugger 'Dust To Dust' is a mesmerising scream from the depths of the psychic abyss. Hailing from Ljubljana in Slovenia, Vitorijoski's 'The Voice Of Bárbaros' with its eastern turbo-gallop instantly reminded us of Simple Symmetry, Mehmet Aslan or something we'd hear on the great Disco Halal. We absolutely HAD TO squeeze it on here, no questions asked. And of course Krokakai and The Mamba you will know from the first two digital-only releases. Both of these tracks have had a huge interest from fans of the label and are the reason Dancefloor Detonators came about in the first place. DJs who have played one or both of these tracks include Andrew Weatherall, Thomas Von Party, Bufi, Cosmo Vitelli, Joakim, DJ Sofa, Ivan Smagghe, Nathan Gregory Wilkins, Vladimir Ivkovic, Myako and more.

All tracks have been (re)mastered especially for this vinyl release.

Comes certified with the "100% guaranteed dancefloor satisfaction" seal of approval.

A1 Krokakai - Bodhrán Beat 
A2 Vitorijoski - The Voice Of Bárbaros
AA1 The Mamba - Trails
AA2 Cantillate - Dust To Dust

Distributed by RubaDub

Follow: 
@krokakai
@vitorijoski
@g-k-machine 
@cantillatemusic

BUY NOW

INVINC 23 Dancefloor Detonators Vol. 1 12" [samples] OUT NOW

Free download of full length track via bandcamp (link above)

Golden Castle re-edit released as a companion/bonus track to Jon Keliehor's "Fables Of Forests And Light" album, also released worldwide today on bandcamp, amazon, spotify, junodownload, beatport and all other digital channels.

Golden Castle was composed, performed and recorded by Jon Keliehor and Signy Jakobsdottir at Luminous Music, summer 1999 and appears in its original form on the 'Create Music' album. 

Battle reinforced with bass and space by GK Machine, summer 2019 

Artwork by Gordon Mackinnon

FREE DOWNLOAD

INVINC LM 002 Jon Keliehor - Golden Castle (GK Machine Reinforcement) FREE DOWNLOAD

Sascha Funke grapples with Sordid Sound System's analogue space adventure and produces a futuristic remix of blistering proportions . 

Taken from the Cape Perpetua mini-LP on Invisible Inc
https://sordidsoundsystem.bandcamp.com/album/cape-perpetua

"Faint background signals of the original remain but are violently ejected from the airlock by the most synthetic, syncopated sounds the human ear has ever been exposed to that result in a peak time techno frenzy"

Cape Perpetua

BUY IT NOW

Sordid Sound System - Cape Perpetua (Sascha Funke Remix)

Compilation LP celebrating 5 years of Invisible Inc limited to 500 copies.

The compilation features some of the artists who made a great impression on me with some amazing releases in 2019: TCB, Puma & The Dolphin, Youkounkoun, Golden Bug & In Fields and Double Discone as well as some more established names and of course Secret Circuit and Sordid Sound System who have been along for the ride since the beginning. Respect goes to all of them. 

A1 Puma & The Dolphin - Nuances
A2 Anatolian Weapons featuring Anna vs June - Athanato Nero (edit)
A3 Sigward & Oliver Sudden - Kailash (edit) 
A4 Double Discone - A Pas Feutrés
B1 Sordid Sound System - Lalo Fonua
B2 Golden Bug & In Fields - La Main Jaune
B3 Youkounkoun - Soixantes Semaines
B4 TCB - Fluency Shaping
B5 Secret Circuit - Electric Garden

Mastered by James Savage at Hottrax

Artwork by Gordon Mackinnon

Distributed by RubaDub

Many thanks to all the artists who have kindly contributed to this release and helped make it happen. Thanks to Gabi at Factor City Records for granting permission to feature an exclusive edited version of 'Kailash' on this compilation and thanks to Antoine at La Belle Records for the license of 'LA Main Jaune' for this compilation. And last but not least, my deepest gratitude goes to all of you reading this who have supported the label over the last 5 years. Invisible, Inc. wouldn't be here without you. Stay strong, burn bright! (GK Machine, March 2020)

Dedicated to Andrew Weatherall, 1963-2020

Follow the artists:
@puma-and-the-dolphin
@anatolianweapons
@anna_in
@sigward
@oliver-sudden
@doublediscone
@sordid-sound-system
@golden-bug
@infieldsmusic
@youkounkoun-music
@tcbffm
@secret-circuit

V Is For Vision

INVINC 25 LP 'V Is For Vision' compilation [samples]

Companion cassette to the Time, Tone & Texture compilation cassette......Beats, Beeps, Bleeps 'n' Bass: dancehall tracks from the Invisible Inc catalogue, past, present and future mixed, manipulated and mutated live in Ableton by @g-k-machine with added loops, samples and FX

Features tracks by Sordid Sound System, Kinophone, Sigward, The Mamba, Secret Circuit, Cantillate, Immaculate Rivombo, Bal5000......as well as a couple of hush-hush-still-to-be-released tracks...... plus some live improvisation using samples, loops and FX with hints of Higamos Hogamos, log(m) & Laraaji, Apiento & Co and Strange Culture thrown into the mix. 

A companion cassette to the Time, Tone & Texture cassette. 

The cassette mix and download was released on "Juneteenth" on bandcamp. Bandcamp donated their revenue share that day to NAACP. Invisible Inc donated 100% of their own share of proceeds ( i.e., all revenue generated, in other words not "profits after deducting costs of cassettes") to the Coalition for Racial Equality & Rights. The amount donated was £469.40

The cassette is now sold out but digital is still available and this will help cover the costs of the cassettes. thank you

Beats Beeps Bleeps 'n' Bass Mix [100% OF SALES GO TO NAACP & CRER]

There is definitely something "afro" inspired about this latest EP from Puma & The Dolphin, certainly in comparison to pretty much everything else the mysterious Bulgarian project has produced, including a great EP for Canadian imprint Chambre Noire and some stellar inclusions on every one of Dj soFa's highly respected "Elsewhere" compilations. 

The story goes that while immersed in domestic life during lockdown in Sofia the music evolved to take in what was happening at home and saw the inclusion of toy instruments, drum playing, the voices of children playing and even the family parrots whistling and squawking in the background. These random ambient insertions when seen in the context of the hypnotic and percussive rhythms and timbres are oddly reminiscent of the late, great Francis Bebey who, although culturally and physically a million miles removed, was also known for recording much of his work at home and who also featured the voices of his children playing. 

In fact, it is as much the music's playfulness and simplicity that give the pieces their distinctive character, at times echoing the repetition and mesmerism of Raymond Scott's "Soothing Sounds For Baby" series. Yet, childrens' music this is not. There is a mysticism and depth on one hand and a willingness to experiment on the other that echoes the pioneering experimentalist K. Leimer's early Eno-inspired tape outings (check "Supermarket" for example). 

I asked Puma & The Dolphin's Nikko Names if he could share the story behind how these six tracks came together. He had this to say: 

"This collection of pieces were created during a monotone period of my life which I have overlaid with colour: a time in which I surrender to the beauty of home life - watching my kids play, feeding the birds - entwining these sounds of my surroundings amongst the rhythmic layers of these pieces. Playing the drums to remind us of the next circle dance for four. There is something mystic to travel only in your head; a shamanic trip inside the body with no concepts and answers."

Indoor Routine

INVINC 28 Puma & The Dolphin - Indoor Routine [samples] 12"/mini-LP OUT NOW

Komodo Kolektif - The Reptile [INVINC KK01]
@komodokolektif

"Back in March Komodo Kolektif were asked for a track for the second volume of the wonderful Bamboo Shows cassette series. 

Two takes were recorded just before we went into complete lockdown. One was rawer whereas the other was developed and refined up until the point we were no longer able to meet up and work with one another due to the restrictions. 

In the end the track chosen for Bamboo Shows was the rawer one, so here, for the first time...and exclusively availabale on bandcamp....is the version that got developed..... and then forgotten, along with the version that appeared on Bamboo Shows. 

We hope you like both. 

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All proceeds of sales from this release will be donated to Glasgow Winter Night Shelter and Glasgow Night Shelter. The weather here in Scotland has been increasingly cold and we are only just at the end of autumn. Winter does not look promising and the conditions potentially life threatening for those who are homeless and living and sleeping on the streets of Glasgow. Glasgow Winter Night Shelter is operated by Glasgow City Mission and provides a bed and roof for anyone living on the streets whereas Glasgow Night Shelter provides beds for destitute asylum seekers who have arrived here with nothing."

INVINC KK01 Komodo Kolektif - The Reptile [samples]

Three years in the making only to be held up almost another year due to COVID and now finally seeing the light of day, is this brooding monster of a record by Brussels based Strapontin, aka multi-disciplinary artist Patrick Belmont.

Clocking in at over 35-minutes the record is almost album length and spans a multitude of depths and moods with elements of techno, new wave, rock 'n' roll, house and tribal…...all glued together with a uniquely sleazy atmosphere.

Add to this a heads-down-no-nonsense darkroom beast of a remix by techno maestro Sascha Funke and the package is complete.

Strapontin provides us with some insight:
“It started with a desire to move away a bit from my 'dancefloor' side and go into more undefined fields, I wanted to work with blurry sensations that I can't understand. I like mixed feelings. Dramatex 300 is made of that ambivalent mood. The voice is saying 'I'm feeling empty' and 'I'm feeling healthy' at the same time. I like that paradox. Eunuque is a song but is also a character I will develop in a short movie (which will act as the 'music video' of the song). The Eunuque is a character full of anger yet he doesn't want to fight nor has he a target to aim at. A restrained aggressivity is boiling inside him/it that has no opportunity to escape from the body and gain release. The song is the fever he feels from these inner battles. I think Le Bain d'Huile and Anti-sceptical have the same slow and angry feeling. I'm proud of these tracks because they are a bit mysterious to me and it feels like they controlled me more than I controlled them.”

Getting plays from Monika Seta, Sascha Funke, Alexis Le-Tan + more


"EP is SICK!!” Thom Roland [Zillas On Acid]

“Like it....particularly Anti-Sceptical” Sean Johnston [A Love From Outer Space / Hardway Bros.] 

“Strong release as usual” Alexis Le-Tan [Full Circle / Bahnsteig 23]

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Eunuque

INVINC 26 Strapontin - Eunuque [samples] [Out 22 Feb 2021]

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