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Paradise of Bachelors is proud to present the first artist-sanctioned reissues—and first-ever vinyl reissues—of iconoclastic English-born, Rome-based folk and experimental music legend Mike Cooper’s classic trio of early 1970s avant-folk/rock records: Trout Steel (1970), Places I Know (1971), and The Machine Gun Co. with Mike Cooper (1972). The latter two titles are presented for the very first time as the definitive double album, as Cooper originally intended them to be released.

Listening to Cooper’s recordings retrospectively in sequence reveals a rangy narrative of perennial reinvention from document to document through a playful approach to the deconstruction of “folk” musics and all that gross genre signifier implies and denies. By the time the Rolling Stones invited him to join the band in the early ’60s, and he politely declined (true story; Brian Jones took the gig), he had already progressed far beyond the circumscribed bounds of their early, hip-histrionic Albionic blues. By the time he was rumored to have retired from music in the mid ’70s, disappearing from his home in Southern England into Southern Spain to become a fisherman (an amusing fiction; he suffers from seasickness), he had already moved beyond his heady homebrew of progressive, free jazz-framed songcraft into increasingly less conventionally structured frontiers of open improvisation and later, electronic composition.

The Machine Gun Co. band (named for the 1968 Peter Brötzmann album) coalesced around Cooper’s desire to continue the improvisatory path forged on Trout Steel in a more sustainable manner, with a steady core group of likeminded musicians able to buttress its daring, long-form improvisatory vaults with a bedrock foundation. Peter Eden (Donovan, Bill Fay, Clive Palmer) produced the historic sessions, which veered from the impeccable conceptual folk-rock artistry of Places I Know (as Cooper explains, “the secret of the title of this record is that it was meant as a kind of covers record, or an homage to some musicians and songwriters that I liked at the time, the ‘places’ in the title—I was interested in seeing if I could emulate some other people without actually sounding like them”) to the utterly singular “songmaking” deconstructions of the more radical The Machine Gun Co., wherein the band erects lapidary arrangements reminiscent of Tim Buckley, only to dismantle them into virtuosic passages of Beefheartian free-jazz scree and skronk. According to Cooper:

What was initially planned was a double album, with one record played by the Machine Gun Co. and the other with arrangements by Mike Gibbs and his orchestra. Those two records were conceived as a double album aimed at covering the wide range of music I was interested in and gently leading the listener from the more accessible Places I Know, with its Mike Gibbs arrangements, into the more (for the times) extreme areas of The Machine Gun Co. That never happened, and they were released as two separate records a year apart.

Places I Know/The Machine Gun Co. with Mike Cooper is Paradise of Bachelors’ attempt, two years in the making, to correct this historical oversight and offer this masterpiece as it was designed to be experienced, as an extraordinarily ambitious document spanning Cooper’s song-based and improvisation-based styles of the early 1970s.

+ First-ever artist-sanctioned and vinyl reissue
+ Includes 16 pp. chapbook with an essay by Mike Cooper, lyrics, and never published color photos
+ Available on 150g virgin vinyl as a gatefold 2xLP, in a deluxe limited edition, as well as on gatefold CD and digital formats
+ Vinyl edition includes digital download coupon

www.paradiseofbachelors.com/pob-14

ces I Know/The Machine Gun Co. with Mike Cooper

Places I Know/The Machine Gun Co. with Mike Cooper

Mike Cooper - Places I Know/The Machine Gun Co. : "Paper and Smoke" (1971-72/2014, PoB-14)

Single from " A Million Miles Away " 
Artwork by Sarah!
Original Sample: Melrose-Salle Sexuelle

朝起きて
服を着て
いつものバスに乗って
外の景色を眺めて
Driving past things these concrete things
ずっと前ここはジャングル
って思うとIts crazy
人間ってすごいなって
ある意味思うMy day dram

Just remembered its 2014
Do you know what that really means?
待ってたんだ
うれしいな
Its the year of the horse thats running freely
本当は羊年なんだ
別にいいじゃん
内緒だよ
私って変かな？
But can't get this images out of my head

小さい頃テレビで見たんだ
髪を風になびかせて
Running freely these beautiful horses
All together in a field no ending
That summer breeze
忘れられない
Let me run with you
Let me run with you
私も一緒に走らせて
Oh hell yah
I have a really good feeling

どこに行くんだろ
どんな明日が待ってるんだろう
わからないから
おもしろいんだこの人生

So i'm running
Yah i'm running
Finally running
I'm running
running

*nanana bit

Yah so come run with me
Lets be free
Don't look back coz we are not coming back
No ones gonna ever catch me and ride me
Ride me

Yah so come run with me
Lets be free
Don't look back coz we are not coming back
No ones gonna ever catch me and ride me
I'm that horse that I saw on T.V

Idols, Sakura

Horsey (feat. Sarah Bonito)

Artist: @user-260796102
Mastering: @wikett
Format: Digital [Free Download]

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Seatbelts - Rush & MD X-Spress - God Made Me Phunky (RESOLV Edit) [HZRX]

Masayoshi Takanaka - トーキョーレギー 
prod marcus jacob, hugo vilbois, graham ince

masayoshi takanaka - tokyo reggie (flip)

a cover of a beautiful song from the album Seychelles

Masayoshi Takanaka - 憧れのセーシェル諸島

Ruki Vverh-18 Мне Уже (A-Traxx & DJ Dimon Future Remix) (Extended)

カネコアヤノ - ロマンス宣言

Are You Satisfied? - The RAH Band(sped up)

ティアーズ・オブ・ザ・スター CASIOPEA

https://open.spotify.com/track/7G6r0iFNG7W4l3hBMv4rBk?si=wOylH_-jSpSi2vnC1QSNLw

Unslept

a lil mix I made of some of my favourite japanese city pop and disco records from the 80s, heavy on the cheese but a sweet lil' ride. I made it for a radio show but it was rejected. fortunately I was too attached to it to not post it anywhere so here it is :~)

1. Toshiki Kadomatsu - Off Shore
2. Mari Iijima - ひみつの扉 (Himitsu No Tobira)
3. Tatsuro Yamashita - Love Talkin’
4. Hitomi Tohyama - Inspiration
5. Masayoshi Takanaka - Chill Me Out
6. Masayoshi Takanaka - Sexy Dance
7. Soichi Terada & Shinichiro Yokota - Got To Be Real
8. Junko Ohashi - Love Affair
9. Toshiki Kadomatsu - Sky High

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We are happy to welcome Gatica to the Kodai Family with his new EP “Andromeda”. A deep and atmospheric release that showcases his distinctive melodic touch. The EP includes remixes from Fede Archdale, Germán Guerrero, and Seycel, each bringing their own creative vision. With rich textures and hypnotic flow, Andromeda stands out as a stellar addition to Kodai’s evolving sound.

BUY / STREAM: https://www.beatport.com/release/andromeda/5589126

CATALOG: KODAI038
ARTIST: Gatica
REMIX ARTISTS: German Guerrero, Fede Archdale, Seycel
TITLE: “Andromeda” EP incl. Andromeda (Original Mix), Andromeda (German Guerrero Remix), Andromeda (Fede Archdale Remix), Andromeda (Seycel Remix)
RELEASE DATE: 12/19/2025 Exclusively on Beatport and Spotify
All other stores 1/2/2026

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GATICA
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GERMAN GUERRERO
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FEDE ARCHDALE
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SEYCEL
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Andromeda

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Gatica - Andromeda (Fede Archdale Remix) [Kodai]

Weight of Silence

No bigger than my hand • Eräs Gentlemän 

Put on your headphones 🎧 and let yourself be carried away by the best soundtracks of Löunge Music, Deep House and Chill Out. 

Offline Playlist:
Suno: https://suno.com/@loungemusic
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/loungemusics

Allow yourself to relax. Enjoy! 

Cheers, 
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No bigger than my hand

Tropic Birds by Masayoshi Takanaka. Super Studio Live recording. Jazz Rock Fusion.

Tropic Birds - Masayoshi Takanaka HQ

A deep dive (hehe) into the depths of my hard drive. I fished (LOL) out some cool ravey little gems that have laid dormant for the last year or two. I reeled in (xD) the mixes and made them nice n bumpin' for ya. I hope this helps transport yall somewhere special and phantastical while were all trapped inside our homes atm....

You can purchase the EP here (https://machinegirl.bandcamp.com/album/reporpoised-phantasies) or sign up for my patreon (www.patreon.com/machin3gir1) and get the EP along with exclusive Patreon music

RePorpoised Phantasies

Infinite Potentiality

pronounced [rayn·jr]
sounds that tickle ur brain
mgmt: rngrdj@gmail.com

masayoshi takanaka - tokyo reggie (flip)

RNGR

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