Releases – February 2024

The story of the Super Biton of SégouWith the Super Biton de Ségou, we literally go back in time we meet in the sixties and seventies : Louis Armstrong in 1960 and Duke Ellington in 1967 during their African tours which marked and gave vocations to countless musicians, the beginnings of amplified music, Radio-Brazzaville and Congolese music influenced by Cuban percussions or the national artistic and cultural biennials which rewarded the best orchestras in Mali. All these crucial elements have enabled Mali to acquire ...

The story of the Super Biton of SégouWith the Super Biton de Ségou, we literally go back in time we meet in the sixties and seventies : Louis Armstrong in 1960 and Duke Ellington in 1967 during their African tours which marked and gave vocations to countless musicians, the beginnings of amplified music, Radio-Brazzaville and Congolese music influenced by Cuban percussions or the national artistic and cultural biennials which rewarded the best orchestras in Mali. All these crucial elements have enabled Mali to acquire ...

The ProjectTo reveal to the world all the musical riches of Mali, and more particularly the music of the Mandé region, cradle of the great griot families, is the highly laudable purpose of The Lost Maestros Collection. To perpetuate and transmit this ancestral musical history, The Lost Maestros Collection brings together 8 wonders of Mali who have each in their own way managed to develop this tradition towards more modern and electrified countries and associates pioneers of Mandingo music and actors of the young post-independence ...

The ProjectTo reveal to the world all the musical riches of Mali, and more particularly the music of the Mandé region, cradle of the great griot families, is the highly laudable purpose of The Lost Maestros Collection. To perpetuate and transmit this ancestral musical history, The Lost Maestros Collection brings together 8 wonders of Mali who have each in their own way managed to develop this tradition towards more modern and electrified countries and associates pioneers of Mandingo music and ...

Peter Steele once said: “I like to put on hardcore when I have to clean my apartment, which I hate to do, but it’s motivational. I like old heavy metal when I’m outside working on my car. Music has definite functions for me”. Unfortunately, we don’t know what this Jolly Green Giant would say about grindcore, but luckily, we do know how some top representatives of the world’s most extreme scene see Type O Negative.Blast No.1 is a tribute to Type O Negative, in ...

Peter Steele once said: “I like to put on hardcore when I have to clean my apartment, which I hate to do, but it’s motivational. I like old heavy metal when I’m outside working on my car. Music has definite functions for me”. Unfortunately, we don’t know what this Jolly Green Giant would say about grindcore, but luckily, we do know how some top representatives of the world’s most extreme scene see Type O Negative.Blast No.1 is a tribute to Type O Negative, in ...

SOLD OUT In 2019 Cork alt-folk band Boa Morte returned from a 10 year hiatus to release this quiet gem of analbum on Gare du Nord Records. The band fuse elements of folk, electronica, ambience and fieldrecordings – synths, drones, piano, wind, strings and effects combine to produce a rich autumnalcocktail with hints of Smog, Will Oldham, late Talk Talk or a slowcore Beta Band.“There are haunting moments to this album that one doesn’t often find.” – For Folks Sake ...

SOLD OUT In 2019 Cork alt-folk band Boa Morte returned from a 10 year hiatus to release this quiet gem of analbum on Gare du Nord Records. The band fuse elements of folk, electronica, ambience and fieldrecordings – synths, drones, piano, wind, strings and effects combine to produce a rich autumnalcocktail with hints of Smog, Will Oldham, late Talk Talk or a slowcore Beta Band.“There are haunting moments to this album that one doesn’t often find.” – For Folks Sake ...

SOLD OUT Boa Morte’s fourth album, and their second release on Gare du Nord. Produced by Daniel Presleyand in collaboration with modern composer Justin Grounds, there are home-studio, band-room andattic recordings complimenting the main Black Mountain Studio sessions, where drones, repetition,minimalism, melodic interludes and found-sounds weave together seamlessly.“A very layered, intricate album…their best album to date.” – No More Workhorse 2023“At the border where slowcore meets neofolk… Total excellence.” – Norman Records 2023“Moments of quiet magic and hushed beauty” – ...

SOLD OUT Boa Morte’s fourth album, and their second release on Gare du Nord. Produced by Daniel Presleyand in collaboration with modern composer Justin Grounds, there are home-studio, band-room andattic recordings complimenting the main Black Mountain Studio sessions, where drones, repetition,minimalism, melodic interludes and found-sounds weave together seamlessly.“A very layered, intricate album…their best album to date.” – No More Workhorse 2023“At the border where slowcore meets neofolk… Total excellence.” – Norman Records 2023“Moments of quiet magic and hushed beauty” – ...

SOLD OUT Pressing of 100Historian and writer Joad R Wren recruits friends and family in The Unattached for this song cycledealing with loss, grief and loneliness, recounting the tales of lost dogs both real, metaphoric andmythic. Collaborators on the record include Joad’s sister Gwenifer Raymond, uncle Neil White, anddaughter Celia, along with Darren Hayman, Ian Button, John McGrath and Holly Rogers.The songs are at once lush, sensitive, bleak and unflinching – there’s a similar feeling to somethinglike Lou Reed’s Berlin, ...

SOLD OUT Pressing of 100Welcome to Woodberry Down is a collection of songs about the eponymous North London housingestate. Singer/lyricist Ben Brill’s family were among Woodberry Down’s first residents in 1950.Dubbed the estate of the future, and built on land that had previously been the preserve of the wealthy,Woodberry Down’s social homes were emblematic of a new post war optimism.Brill’s family called Woodberry Down home for over 50 years, eventually seeing the estate fall intomanaged decline. Not long after his ...

SOLD OUT Pressing of 50: hyper-limited CDR – numberedTwo unreleased electronic albums recorded in 1993 by a lineup featuring future Death In Vegasalumni Steve Hellier and Ian Button, with underground musician C.V. Edwards.In 1993 Steve Hellier, 2 years before founding Death In Vegas, had just ended his run on two dancelabels – Spare Beat Records (Hardcore) and Discrete Records (House) – releasing a series of nowsought-after 12” singles.Cliff Edwards was quietly honing and self-releasing his own lo-fi garden shed (kraut)rock ...

With one of the band members living in Canada and the rest in Spain, the Imperial Surfers have nothad many chances to play live in recent years. That’s why their annual reunions in Madrid are eagerly awaited by their legion of fans.During the last one in October 2022, they took the opportunity to get together into their PandorasVox cave, under the direction of maestro Frank Wella, and they recorded five new songs, both originals and covers, with a 60’s Northwest wild sound; ...

The WYLDE TRYFLES sound wild and out of control, playing their modern take on ultra‐fuzzedfemale‐fronted 60s garage‐punk, full of snotty garage vocals, screams, back from the grave vibes andhypnotic dangerous beat!So, what do they serve on their third Soundflat Records‐release “Outta Tyme”? You can expect theobvious classic fuzzy 60’s garage‐punk influence; at the same time a great portion of 80’s garagerevival‐legends inspiration like THE PANDORAS or THE CYNICS, and of course the WYLDE TRYFLESunique approach to their own sound.You get ...