Delights is riding into 2023 with a new cinematic funk double-sider that brings together some of the label's regulars.

Connecting the dots within the Delights' ever-expanding musical universe, Pyrope is a studio collaboration between Paul Osborne (Project Gemini), Paul Elliott (Oregano/Eleven76/The Library Music Film), Yael Lavie ("Silk and Gunpowder"/Leviot) and the label's head confectioner, Markey Funk. On their first 7'', the four are channelling the spirit of the 1960s European thrillers to create two dramatic upbeat cuts - "The Duel" and "Broken Spell" - that blend sinister crime funk with eerie folk horror psychedelia.

Bass, Guitar, Keys - Paul Osborne;
Drums, Percussion, Keys - Paul Elliott;
Keys, Percussion - Markey Funk;
Psalterium - Yael Lavie;

Mixed and produced by Markey Funk for Agitação Popular;
Mastered at MonaTone by Uri "Mixmonster" Wertheim;
Distributed by Kudos.

The Duel/Broken Spell

APDLT023-B: Pyrope - Broken Spell (preview)

APDLT023-A: Pyrope - The Duel (preview)

Delights imprint returns after a long break with a special new treat from the label's head confectioner - Markey Funk!

For his first solo 7'' in four years, Markey has crafted a special blend of cinematic funk, baroque psych and haunted electronica, tightened by the backbeat from his long-time collaborator, Sagi Sachs. The result is two cuts of quintessential Delights sound: sinister floor-killer "Barrier" and the eerie chase theme "Chronoscope" on the flip.

Credits:

Written & produced by Markey Funk;
Drums by Sagi Sachs, recorded by Charles Mathieu at Roy de Rats, Leipzig; 
Mastered by Uri "Mixmonster" Wertheim at MonaTone.

Distributed by Kudos.

An Agitação Popular production.

Barrier/Chronoscope

APDLT026-B: Markey Funk - Chronoscope (preview)

APDLT026-A: Markey Funk - Barrier (preview)

Group Modular breaks the 3-year silence and launches a new series of 7inch releases, powered by Confused Machines and Delights labels. The first title features two familiar tunes, previously available only on short-run (and immediately sold-out) lathe-cut 45s.

"The Tunnel", taken from the 2021 Norman Records' 25th Anniversary split release by Polytechnic Youth, was the duo's first recording since finishing their sophomore album "Time Masters". With its repetitive patterns and slow hypnotic build-up, the track hints at the territory, further explored on Group Modular's Delights double-sider "Per Aspera Ad Astra" a year later.

"Lonely Pylon" was recorded exclusively for the third instalment in Russian Library's "L series" of split 7'' EP's, exploring themes of nature. It finds Mule Driver and Markey Funk departing from the drum-centric sound towards atmospheric soundscapes and hypnagogic patterns. While 2022's "Per Aspera Ad Astra" wrapped a decade of space exploration, "Lonely Pylon" finds the duo discovering the otherworldly in the day-to-day life back on Planet Earth.

GM0NE-B: Group Modular - Lonely Pylon (preview)

The Tunnel/Lonely Pylon

GM0NE-A: Group Modular - The Tunnel (preview)

Psych MIlligan is outta planet on a cosmic journey... co-pilot Jody Moss + Nathan Gregory Wilkins cover with an incredible bunch of selections! 

Bill Plummer ‘Journey To The East’    
Wozard Of Iz ‘I’ve Been Over The Rainbow’ 
Patrice Lamy ‘Laisse Moi Medire Que Je T’aime’ 
Pace Setter ‘Young and in Love’  
Infinity ‘Montreal’ 						
Terry Garthwaite ‘Sacred Within’ 
Psychic TV ‘Snakes’ 
OM ‘Sinai’ 
One ‘Run, Shaker Life’ 
Comus ‘Diana’  
Stelvio Cipriani ‘Telecinesi’ 
Clinic ‘It’s Only Rock and Roll’ 
Geluidshouwerijw ‘Pull The Brakes’ 
Les Poppys ‘Le Tourbillon du Pakistan’ 
Group Modular ‘Black Ray’ 
Louise Forestier ‘From Santa to America’   
Antoine ‘Hot Love’ 
Keith Mievhu ‘The Bad Will Die’ 
Thin Lizzy ‘Gonna Creep Up On You’  
Czerwone ‘Coda’   
Session Sam ‘Disco Man’ 
Abrax ‘Strange’     
Michael Moorcock ‘Fair Dealer’

A Path Through Haze w/ Jody Moss & Nathan Gregory Wilkins: 04 09 2025

Delights: way-out treats for psych+funk lovers.

Independent 7" label curated by Markey Funk, focusing on modern groovy and psychedelic music. All titles are limited editions of 300 copies (unless announced otherwise).

Head designer at Personality Crisis, poster maker, story teller, and former nut seller of Islington... https://www.instagram.com/personality___crisis/ for the day job... first Thursday of the month 7-9pm UK time on Netil Radio / @netilradio for the monthly dose of 'A Path Through Haze...'

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