Written, Produced and Performed by Tammy Lakkis
Recorded in Hamtramck, MI
Mastered by Dietrich Schoenemann at Complete Mastering
Pressed by Archer Record Pressing, Detroit
Design and Layout by Ben Saginaw and Vinnie Massimino
©℗ MMXXI Portage Garage Sounds

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Vinyl/digital: https://lagaffetales.bandcamp.com/album/va-10-years-of-lagaffe-tales

A1. Felix Leifur - Cohen Social Club
A2. Moff & Tarkin - Pure Fury
B1. Jónbjörn - We're Not Alone
B2. Viktor Birgiss - Að Handan


The Lagaffe boys have a special one for you. Lagaffe 10 marks the 10th EP in our vinyl series and serves as a perfect way to end our 10th year in existence. To mark this occasion we are releasing a 4 tracker with our founders and label regulars. 

The EP opens up with Cohen Social Club by Flexi Leifs aka Felix Leifur. Our man Felix lost his drum machines last spring but luckily he found a guitar and some drums. The track starts off with suspicious sounding guitar notes that somehow up as pure beauty, giving hope in the darkest of places. Frodo with the ring stuff, if you know what I mean. Playful reverbs and echos give the tune the classic Felix Leifur feel to it! 

Moff & Tarkin has the next track "Pure Fury", some breakbeats and cheesy disco vocals, why change a winning recipe? 

Next up is "We are not alone " by label boss Jonbjörn. I think this is what Elton John meant when he said "thank god for those electro bangers!" Solid 909 drum work featuring dramatic chords and some original vocal work. If you can spot the sample write us on Soundcloud and you might win a year's worth of LaCafe Tales! 

With "Að handan" Viktor Birgiss comes back to the label in style. Our mastering engineer described it as having the loudest kickdrum in history, imagine that! Lo fi dub sounding drums interlaced with atmospheric chords, made for those late night intimate moments on the dancefloor, again Frodo with the ring stuff, if you know what I mean.



Mastering: Bob 'Macc' Macciochi at Subvert Central Mastering
Artwork: Jónbjörn Finnbogason
Pressing & Distribution: Inch By Inch Distribution

10 Years of Lagaffe Tales

Vinyl/Digital

Viktor Birgiss - Að Handan [10 Years Of Lagaffe Tales]

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@nighttimestorieslabel prepare to release 'low key, low pressure' in November, the anticipated fifth album from legendary German duo Matthias Reiling and Hauke Freer better known as @sessionvictim. Buy a copy: https://orcd.co/lowkey_lowpressure

low key, low pressure

Session Victim - Walk In The Park [Night Time Stories]

Push EP

Push

"Having previously danced "Under the Garage" and "Under The Loft", old pals DJ Sprinkles and Hardrock Striker are now throwing shapes beneath "The Ballroom" on this third and final part of the exclusive vinyl series accompanying their celebratory Skylax House Explosion mix CD. Fittingly, there's a trio of tracks to choose from, beginning with the tactile, loved-out dream house chords, fluttering FM synthesizer melodies and rubbery, retro-futurist Balearic house grooves of Lauer's "Bigs". Octa Octa steals the show with the alternately chiming and dreamily deep "Running" - all eyes-closed synthesizer melodies, elongated chords, cut-up vocals and snappy drum machine percussion - while "Soleil Mauve" by Violence FM and The Underground Soulsavers is an effortlessly good chunk of dreamy, melodious and ultra-deep house."

DJ SPRINKLES & HARDROCK STRIKER aka SKYLAX HOUSE EXPLOSION III  "Under the Ballroom"
A.Lauer "Bigs" 
A2.Octo Octa "Running" 
B.Violence FM & The Underground Soulsavers "Soleil Mauve"
SKYLAX HOUSE EXPLOSION #3 / LAXSHE3

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DJ Sprinkles & Hardrock Striker as S.H.E #3 - B.Violence FM "Soleil Mauve"

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Part of Enisslab's "World Wide Window" charity compilation. All proceeds going to help the Red Cross in their fight against COVID19.

Full album here - https://enisslab.bandcamp.com/

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Good news! Pacific Rhythm is once again connecting game with one of Toronto's most promising young duos, Active Surplus. Active Surplus is the collaborative project from Evan Vincent (AKA Emissive) and Ian Syrett, who also appear on this past winter's fourth volume of Rhythms Of The Pacific.

Their new self-titled EP is their love letter to the house music sound that first sprouted from the West Coast. It's laid-back, groovy and touched with lovely instrumentation, like the plucked strings on "Meera," a heartfelt tribute to a loved one. "Meera" and the billowing groove of "Ambrosia" might remind you of early Pacific Rhythm releases, with dainty arrangements and chords that waft across the rhythm section.

But Active Surplus put their own spin on things. The EP was heavily inspired by the stuttering drum patterns of Baltimore club, which undergird each track in subtle but noticeable ways, making the grooves that much skippier and slippier. "Yeye" calls to mind the feeling of early Walt J material and delivers a devastating earworm that will stick with you long after the lights have come on at the end of a late night Dance Opportunity, while the looped woodwinds and cool-blue keyboards offer a sweet melodic hook on the irresistible "One Beyond." There's a confident, naturalistic quality to these rippling grooves and silky sounds, which the duo credit to an obsession with water. After all, in their words, "we might not live by the ocean, but we're all H20 on the inside."

Thanks for listening!

Active Surplus

Active Surplus - Meera

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House music from New York City, Eamon Harkin of Mister Sunday and Nowadays joins the Coastal Haze roster. Three classic house tracks rounded off with a tripped out dub remix from DJ Sports.

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Eamon Harkin - Querencia

Space Ballad

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