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Anyone who says music was better in the old days is an idiot who should be brutally murdered. Old music is rubbish. 

In an effort to make the world a better place, MoD bought 25 copies of a compilation tape of particularly crap old music - BMG's 'Sentimental Journey' - and have radically repurposed their corporeal vehicles of affected emotion. 

The cassettes have been emptied of their disgusting post-war shmaltz, and are now full to the brim with the best contemporary underground pop music attainable. Slash-and-burn, baby. Slash-and-burn. 

This is the second compilation by MoD to recycle cassettes. A couple of the artists on this one were on the last, albeit in very different forms. Most are new. All are brilliant. 

These cassettes can't hurt people anymore. 


Sentimental Journey [cassette compilation]

Frog of Earth - Falling Down a Well

Berimbau

30 Degrees

Every Morning

Treat Me A Stranger

My Love, Let's Take The Stage Tonight

Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me

Sick Of The Blues

What Do You Mean The Monster?... Hahaha

Everyone Loves You

Ant Mill

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London by-way-of New Zealand producer SDS MAX arrives on excess, armed with 4 imposing leftfield cuts, including a razor sharp collaboration with Bristol MC Grove.

No time for pleasantries, ‘Tun Up’ opens with Grove’s hypnotic vocals layered over rippling drums and high-end synths. The energy builds to a stomping hook while Grove holds court over the swelling bass, conducting and guiding you through. Track 2 ‘Sleep Walker’ resets the levels with dreamy melodies before SDS Max forces you awake with dubby bass and the crack of a snare.

Combining clap shots, metallic sonics and oscillating stop-start bass, ‘Two Holes in Your Umbro Jumper’ gives off the eerie buzz of a rave on an abandoned space station. Imagine walking the endless corridors, with ravers rattling around in zero-g and strobes lighting up the airlock. We’ve not reached the outer solar system yet but SDS MAX knows how to bring the vibe back to Earth. Closing track and EP namesake ‘Murky Water’ features a total onslaught of percussion, bass, and laser gun synths likely to turn the dance on its head and leave the crowd reeling.

With previous releases for the likes of Vief and Hefty Bruises, SDS MAX continues to push forward on this solo EP for excess.

PREMIERE: SDS MAX - Tun Up (feat. Grove)

Here's an old/new piece of Culte (@teencult) perfection, from the upcoming recycled cassette compilation, 'Sentimental Journey', coming out on Memorials of Distinction very soon.

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Only 25 handmade copies.

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Culte - Doused 666 [from Sentimental Journey]

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@JAKEROLLINS - Lord of the perfect song structure, master of the distorted microphone signal, king of the guitar strum - blessed us with two versions of this amazing song. The other version will be a bonus track!

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Jake Rollins - Figure It Out [from Sentimental Journey]

Twisted, jarring psychedelia from some ants in Texas. Tomorrow never knows what the fuck this pizza boy will turn up with.

@ants-ants-ants-ants-ants
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ants - Deadass Kissy Face [from Sentimental Journey]

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FKA @Hany-bany-happy-hour. The booming voice of Belgian goth-gazers @WhisperingSons. I met Fenne when we both lived in Prague in 2014. She showed me this song after a party at her flat and it burrowed right into my chest and laid a bunch of eggs there. Darker than a black hole, with a similarly inescapable field of gravity. I pray every day that she'll make more music.

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Fenne - Ode To the Illusory [from Sentimental Journey]

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An ugly guy called Stephen from Ireland. He makes music to accompany you through the meaningless abyss of existence. This track is so great and moving and speaks to the bit of yourself that knows how much you fucking suck. @AllisonsGate, @S-U-E-P and I were going to do a cover of it but we got busy being useless pieces of shit, quite fittingly, and never did. :'(

handsome eric - save yrself, kill me quickly [from Sentimental Journey]

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The drummer of Soft Cough, hailing from NY state. This dude knows his way around an obscenely catchy post-emo tune or two. Was very hard to decide which of the tracks from his incredible debut release, 'mane braider', to include on this tape, so make sure you check the rest of them out. Opens the door to my cold, cold heart.

Brain Wader - Paperclips [from Sentimental Journey]

Record Label & management.
Spewing morbid noise out into the void.

http://modrecords.co.uk
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Brain Wader - Paperclips [from Sentimental Journey]

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