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Sans Froid - Back Into the Womb LP
  • 1: Go On
  • 2: Pros & Constants
  • 3: Still Thinking
  • 4: Baby Bags
  • 5: Back Into The Womb
  • 6: Sorbet
  • 7: Menorabilia
  • 8: Of The Mother
  • 9: Bags Packed
  • 10: The Exploiter Of Art
  • 11: Thorns
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Temples - Bliss LP

Temples

Bliss LP

12inchVVNL5115LP
V2 Records
26.06.2026
  • 1: Jet Stream Heart
  • 2: Revelations
  • 3: Megalith
  • 4: Glimmer
  • 5: Blue Flame
  • 6: Vendetta
  • 7: Jaguar
  • 8: Horizon
  • 9: Waiting On The Echoes
  • 10: Fantasy Realm
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Tour-Maubourg - Paradis Artificiels LP

2026 Repress.


There is with Tour-Maubourg an eternal desire to translate the feeling of love into music. Sometimes cheerful, sometimes melancholy, always exhilarating, the producer, native of Brussels and expatriate in Paris, has continued for 3 years to attract the praise of his peers and the support of a growing audience. The man who was described by Trax Magazine upon the release of his 1st EP as ‘‘one of the most promising producers of the French house scene’’ has revealed himself in this hyperactive new scene to become one of its best standards.

After several EPs released in France on Pont Neuf, FHUO (ie. Folamour’s label), as well as Happiness Therapy or in England and Germany on FINA and Salin, Tour-Maubourg unveils his first album, Paradis Artificiels. The Parisian producer refers to Charles Baudelaire’s poem, to which he links his melancholy music, who wrote:

‘‘common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist very little, and that the true reality is only in the dreams’’.

If the producer’s first EPs were mainly focused on club music, Paradis Artificiels oscillates between the atmospheres that made the success of these previous releases and those of a studio album. Composed of both house songs and downtempo sound researches, always flirting with the jazz sounds that have made the fame of the producer, this first album invites us on a journey in the lineage of St Germain, Massive Attack or Nicolas Jaar.

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Tour-Maubourg - Spaces Of Silence LP 2x12"

2026 Repress

From spearheading France’s jazz-house and electronica scenes, to amassing millions of streams for lauded tracks such as Ode To Love, Manhattan To Brooklyn and Artifice, Tour-Maubourg is a flag bearer…

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Ian Dury - Lord Upminster LP

Ian Dury

Lord Upminster LP

12inchDEMREC1345
Demon Records
26.06.2026
  • 1: Funky Disco (Pops)
  • 2: Red (Letter)
  • 3: Girls (Watching)
  • 4: Wait (For Me)
  • 5: The (Body Song)
  • 6: Lonely (Town)
  • 7: Trust (Is A Must)
  • 8: Spasticus (Autisticus)
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Kelli Baker - MOTHER LP

Kelli Baker

MOTHER LP

12inchGCRX9074LP
GULF COAST RECORDS
26.06.2026
  • 1: Wasp
  • 2: American Running
  • 3: Black Water
  • 4: Mathematician
  • 5: Madman
  • 6: Enemy
  • 7: Rat's
  • 8: Broken Bones
  • 9: Sawdust & Stones
  • 10: The Pen Is The Gun
  • 11: Addict
  • 12: Hymn
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BABYMETAL - Metal Forth (2x12")
  • A1: From Me To U (Feat. Poppy)
  • A2: Ratatata (Babymetal, Electric Callboy)
  • A3: Song 3 (Babymetal, Slaughter To Prevail)
  • A4: Kon! Kon! (Feat. Bloodywood)
  • A5: Kxaxwxaxixi
  • B1: Sunset Kiss (Feat. Polyphia)
  • B2: My Queen (Feat. Spiritbox)
  • B3: Algorism
  • B4: Metali!! (Feat. Tom Morello)
  • B4: White Flame ー白炎ー
  • C1: From Me To U (Major Lazer Remix)
  • C2: From Me To U (Jordan Fish Remix)
  • D1: From Me To U (Live From The O2)
  • D2: My Queen (Live From Intuit Dome)
  • D3: Algorism (Live From Saitama Super Arena)

"Beyond HEAVY METAL": the deluxe edition is a special 2LP zoetrope vinyl featuring live recordings from arena shows in the UK, US, and Japan, along with “from me to u (feat. Poppy)” Major Lazer Remix and “from me to u (feat. Poppy)” Jordan Fish Remix

Having celebrated its 15th anniversary last year, BABYMETAL presents a new style of heavy metal album created in collaboration with a new generation of friends encountered across the globe. A powerful statement of who the band is today, this album pushes toward what lies "beyond HEAVY METAL" and aims to change the course of history.

Available to own on special edition zoetrope vinyl. Limited quantities, available while stocks last!

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Cromby - Love On Tenderhooks

Cromby

Love On Tenderhooks

12inchPOTENCY009
Potency Records
26.06.2026

Cromby delivers a four-track EP built for the dancefloor, each cut hitting a different shade of club energy. On the A-side, Love on Tenderhooks kicks things off with a high-octane bassline, euphoric builds, driving organ and haunting vocal hook. It's followed by All Night, a deeper, darker roller driven by sub bass, dubby textures and a relentless groove. Flip it over and On Target takes a more trippy turn, riding a warm, bumping bassline with swirling, psychedelic vocals drifting across the mix. Closing things out is The Beat, a percussion-led groover that locks into a hypnotic rhythm and keeps the floor moving.

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The Belle Stars - The Belle Stars LP

The Belle Stars

The Belle Stars LP

Pict-VinylDEMREC1341
Demon Records
26.06.2026
  • 1: Sign Of The Times
  • 2: Ci Ya Ya
  • 3: The Clapping Song
  • 4: Indian Summer
  • 5: Harlem Shuffle
  • 6: The Reason
  • 7: Sweet Memory
  • 8: Iko Iko
  • 9: Baby I'm Yours
  • 10: Mockingbird
  • 11: The Snake
  • 12: Burning
  • 13: Needle In A Haystack
  • 14: The Entertainer
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Angelo D'Onorio & San Proper presents - Sangelo Diproprio - Bick House

After some time, we are back with a new release. This one moves slightly away from our usual sound to make room for a brand-new project by two outstanding artists. Please welcome to the crew the legendary San Proper together with the excellent Angelo D’Onorio. Joining forces under the name SANGELO DIPROPRIO, they deliver three vibrant house tracks designed with the dancefloor in mind. Fresh grooves, playful energy, and unmistakable personality make this EP a strong addition to the catalogue. A meeting of two distinctive styles that results in a dynamic and highly effective club release.

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Synapson - 15 ans à l'Olympia LP 2x12"
  • A1: Intro + Colors (Feat. Nic Hanson) (Live À L'olympia)
  • A2: Love On Me (Feat. Later.) (Live À L'olympia)
  • A3: Tiger Teeth (Feat. Nic Hanson) (Live À L'olympia)
  • B1: Djon Maya Maï (Feat. Victor Démé) + Bensema (Feat. Lass) (Live À L'olympia)
  • B2: Danse (Feat. Sirius Trema) (Live À L'olympia)
  • B3: Nuit Blanche (Feat. Clou) (Live À L'olympia)
  • B4: Les Hommes C'est Pas Des Mecs Bien (Feat. Clou) (Live À L'olympia)
  • C1: Intemporel (Live À L'olympia)
  • C2: Manyé (Avec David Walters)(Synapson Remix)(Live À L'olympia)
  • C3: Toujours (Feat. Tim Dup & Lass) (Live À L'olympia)
  • C4: Breathe (Feat. Thaïs Lona) (Live À L'olympia)
  • C5: Guess What (Feat. Nic Hanson) (Live À L'olympia)
  • D1: All In You (Feat. Anna Kova) (Live À L'olympia) + Going Back To My Roots (Feat. Tessa B) (Live À L'olympia)
  • D2: Between The Lines (Dub Version) (Live À L'olympia)
  • D3: Together (Feat. Beat Assailant) + Superfinal (Feat. Tbow, Thaïs Lona, Sirius Trema, Pierre Mirabeau) (Live À L'olympia)

On October 16, 2025, Synapson took over the Olympia for a sold-out anniversary concert, celebrating 15 years of their career. A symbolic night in an iconic venue, in front of a crowd that came to relive the tracks that shaped their journey.

Today, the duo unveils “15 ans à l’Olympia”, a live album recorded during this unique show, a vibrant testament to their stage energy and the evolution of their project.

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TAIGA ULTAN - SHADE ZERO

TAIGA ULTAN

SHADE ZERO

12inchKOULP9
KOU RECORDS
26.06.2026
 
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,Shade Zero" ist das Debütalbum der Flötistin und Komponistin Taiga Ultan, das sich mit dem Verhältnis zwischen Freiheit und Regeln beim Musizieren auseinandersetzt. Anstatt Strukturen abzulehnen, schuf Ultan strenge, selbst auferlegte Systeme und missbrauchte und zerlegte diese dann bewusst. Das Werk basiert auf der Idee, dass Regeln niemals vollständig verschwinden; selbst in freien Spielformen entstehen sie oft stillschweigend und werden durch Gewohnheit gefestigt. Indem er Regeln explizit machte und gegen sie arbeitete, versuchte Ultan, über vertraute Klangwelten und überlieferte Annahmen über Freiheit hinauszugehen. Das Album entfaltet sich in drei miteinander verbundenen Sätzen, beginnend mit virtuosem, tonalem Flötenspiel, das in der klassischen Disziplin verwurzelt ist, sich zu erweiterten Flötentechniken ausdehnt und mit Poesie und persönlicher Reflexion endet. Aufgenommen, abgemischt und produziert von Randall Dunn, präsentiert ,Shade Zero" ein voll ausgearbeitetes künstlerisches Statement einer aufstrebenden Künstlerin mit umfassender klassischer Ausbildung, die heute im ländlichen Maine lebt und arbeitet und damit eine entscheidende Wende hin zu einer selbstdefinierten, prozessorientierten musikalischen Praxis markiert.

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BORN AT MIDNITE - ETERNAL BAM NATION
  • 112: Bells & A Baby Crying
  • 2: Ur Cool Knife
  • 3: I Haven't Forgotten You
  • 4: Wash You Out
  • 5: My Spell
  • 6: Rock On (Ft. Royal Tusk, April Lawine)
  • 7: Smash
  • 8: Pt. Iii (Ft. Fireball Kid)
  • 9: At Midnite
  • 10: Underground Shopping District
  • 11: This One

Wer ist Born At Midnite und warum sollte dich das interessieren? Born At Midnite sind keine gewöhnlichen Drag-and-Drop-Produzenten, sondern eine vertikal integrierte Songmaschine. Mit Samplern, künstlichen Drums, Tonbandgeräten und hauseigenem Artwork, alles im Homeoffice-Tempo; seit einem halben Jahrzehnt steuert das Duo aus Montreal ganz lässig auf den Status der ,coolsten Band der Szene" zu. Indem sie den allgegenwärtigen Narzissmus und die Selbstverliebtheit unserer Zeit ausspielen - und sich gleichzeitig darüber lustig machen -, flicken die Jungs eine Art ungesponserten ,Product-Placement-Punk" zusammen. Also sag mir, was hat es mit ihrem Debütalbum auf sich? Was ist das Gegenteil eines Wunsches, der mit einem schrecklichen Fluch einhergeht? Es ist etwas, das niemand wollte, das aber vor ewiger Verdammnis schützt; es ist ,Eternal BAM Nation", das lang erwartete und doch schnell zusammengestellte Debütalbum von Born At Midnite. Und du weißt, dass diese elfeinhalb Songs den Kern der Sache treffen.

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EMPEROR X - UNIFIED FIELD
  • 1: Unified Field
  • 2: Feeling Nothing
  • 3: Praise Jesus! Hail Reagan!
  • 4: Superbus
  • 5: Cybertruck A Mouthful Of
  • 6: Increasingly-Dangerous Substances
  • 7: Line Go Up Line Go Down
  • 8: Ostrich Toss
  • 9: I Am A Beached Whale
  • 10: Pissing With The Flashlight On
  • 11: Also Unified Field

Chad R. Matheny veröffentlicht seit 1998 exzentrische, textlich dichte Underground-Popmusik, oft unter dem Namen Emperor X. Nach seinem Studium der Physik, Philosophie und Musikkomposition legte Matheny eine Pause von der akademischen Arbeit ein und verbrachte einen Großteil der letzten zwei Jahrzehnte damit, die Welt mit Bussen und Hochgeschwindigkeitszügen zu durchqueren, um an Orten Musik zu machen, die von einem kleinen, aber vollbesetzten Konzertsaal in Portugal über eine leere Messehalle im Norden des Libanon bis hin zu buchstäblich unterirdischen Metal-Bars in der ganzen Ukraine reichten. Er tourt oft allein mit Gitarre und Synthesizer, teilt sich aber manchmal die Bühne mit Weggefährten wie Ratboys, The Hotelier, The World is a Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die, Foxing, AJJ, The Front Bottoms und Xiu Xiu. Er produzierte das neue Brian-Sella-Album ,Well I Mean", war Co-Produzent des Sub-Pop-Albums ,Bits" der Jangle-Punk-Legenden Oxford Collapse zusammen mit Eric Topalski von Don Caballero und Storm & Stress und komponierte Videoundermusik für gemeinnützige Organisationen wie Planned Parenthood und SEIU. In den Jahren 2011 und 2012 wurde Mathenys Ambient-Werk ,Keeling Curve" in einer Multimedia-Installation des Fotografen Joel Sternfeld verwendet, die im Rahmen einer Retrospektive im Museum Folkwang zu sehen war.

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dgoHn - Tessares

dgoHn

Tessares

12inchZIQ487
Planet Mu Records
26.06.2026
  • A1: Waiting For
  • A2: I Couldn’t Remember So I Made Something Up
  • A3: Bus To Fairlop
  • A4: Orchids
  • B1: Whistling On A Tuesday
  • B2: Electrical Mobility
  • B3: Holly Can Swim But She Doesn’t Really Like It
  • B4: 7 Years Or More

dgoHn (pronounced “John") is the moniker of John Cunnane, who hails from somewhere between London and Essex. ‘Tessares,’ his fourth album but his first for Planet Mu, is playful, unconventional drum & bass that contrasts sparse effects and melodic elements with complex drumfunk and breakcore. He often uses unusual time signatures and head-spinning polyrhythms inspired by jazz and math rock, sometimes within the same track. Somehow he makes it sound effortless, and occasionally pretty as well, keeping a fine balance that never feels punishing; exploratory without getting lost.

He's built a name for himself over the last two decades performing live at festivals and events around the world, while collaborating with fellow artists such as Macc, Nic TVG, Jodey Kendrick and Badun as well as solo releases.


The album opens with ‘Waiting For’ which combines complex breaks with melodic fills, spacey effects and dubbed out vocals that feel like snatches of lost conversations - a combination he uses throughout the album giving it an eerie touch of humanity. Lead single ‘I Couldn't Remember So I Made Something Up’ is in 15/8 time. It feels like a conventional melodic drum & bass track, but the time signature disrupts the listeners’ expectations, while the detuned melody eases its sense of dislocation. ’Whistling On A Tuesday’ opens with a light echoey piano countdown into bass stabs which introduce heavy whirling amen breakbeats that switch between 180 and 120 bpm. ’Holly Can Swim But She Doesn’t Really Like It’ is the most rhythmically challenging track here. It feels hard to hang on to as its knotty breaks play out over bell chimes, like something Autechre might make if jungle was in their DNA. The album ends on the dubbed-out drumfunk of ‘7 Years Or More,’ with an arrangement that builds a filmic, dusty atmosphere of chimes and electric guitar, layering in vocals, vinyl crackle and echoing synth giving way to tough drums, before all that is taken away so that just a voice remains.

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HUGEL, SOLTO - Jamaican (Bam Bam)  10"

With "Jamaican (Bam Bam)," HUGEL and SOLTO breathe new life into Sister Nancy's iconic anthem - a bold, rhythm-charged reinterpretation built for the modern dancefloor. It grips from the first beat: dynamic drumming, crisp claps, and a bassline that rolls deep with sway and sensuality. Layers tighten and unfold, teasing the body as electronic tinctures flicker beneath, building lift and slow, simmering tension. Through it all, Sister Nancy's voice cuts steady and alive, grounding the track in its roots while driving it forward. The energy keeps rising vibrant, climactic, and free. "Jamaican (Bam Bam)" smolders from within, a kinetic force that turns motion into release.

Artwork by Rachael D’Alessandro. Words by Marie Floro. Executive Producer Mimmo Falcone. Distribution by Muting The Noise.

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Jesper Lindell - Royal LP

Jesper Lindell

Royal LP

12inchLPYEP3125C
YEP ROC RECORDS
26.06.2026
  • 1: Wearin' That Loved-On Look
  • 2: King Of The Cowboys
  • 3: Sweeter Tomorrow
  • 4: I Can't Stand The Rain
  • 5: When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
  • 6: The Letter
  • 7: No Easy Way Down
  • 8: Tryin' To Live My Life Without You
  • 9: Wicha Way Did It Go
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Cate Kennan - Shadows LP

Cate Kennan

Shadows LP

12inchKRANK253LP
Kranky Records
26.06.2026
 
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The album was inspired by the dislocation Kennan felt upon returning, after several years
away, to the rustic neighborhood northwest of L.A. where she’d grown up: “Wandering through a place where my life once existed but where everything had quietly shifted with time.”

The music conjures a mood of distance, dust, and dazed emotion, alternately lulling and unraveling. From shuffling tumbleweed vignettes (“The Lone West,” “Romantic Strings”) to sepia-tone torch songs (“Shadows,” “Reverie”) to oblique keyboard meditations (“Moonlight,” “Rain”) , Kennan’s soundworld moves with a muted, murky beauty, like alluring shapes seen through smudged glass. In her hands, haze is a transformative property, liberating melody and memory into landscapes still untraveled.

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D Train - The Best of The 12" Mixes LP 2x12"

2 x LP 180g Vinyl in Picture Sleeve

D Train delivered a run of early-’80s hits, earning multiple chart successes and becoming a staple in iconic clubs like New York’s Paradise Garage. Their influence has endured far beyond the original fanbase—from being sampled by The Notorious B.I.G. in 1997 to appearing in Grand Theft Auto V in 2013. The Best Of The 12" Mixes, which compiles extended 12-inch versions and remixes by legendary producers Paul Hardcastle and François K, was first released on CD in 1992. Now, for the first time and exclusively for Record Store Day, Unidisc presents the collection as a double LP pressed on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl.

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Barrington Levy - Prison Oval Rock LP
  • A1: Prison Oval Rock 03 11
  • A2: Prison Oval Dub 03 31
  • A3: You Say You Love Me 03 05
  • A4: Good Loving 03 58
  • A5: Rip And Run Off 04 00
  • B1: Please Jah Jah 03 28
  • B2: Robber Man 03 24
  • B3: Hammer 03 11
  • B4: Stray Away Girl 03 11
  • B5: Mary Long Tongue 04 10

Die Original Vinyl-LP von 1984 wurde in einer kleinen Auflage neu aufgelegt. Die Songs wurden von Barrington Levy im Channel One Studio eingesungen, mit den Roots Radics als Backing Band, um dann von Soldgie Hamiltion, Scientist und Sylvan Morris im Harry J und Channel One Studio abgemischt zu werden, als Produzent zeichnete Henry "Junjo" Lawes verantwortlich. Das Titelstück "Prison Oval Rock" war als Single bereits 1982 erfolgreich in Jamaika erschienen und ist hier neben dem Original auch in der Dubversion zu hören, und wurde später von Collie Buddz in "Hustle" (2001) und von Mr. Vegas' "Mus Come A Road" (2008) gesampled. Als weitere klassische Reggae Riddims wurden identifiziert "Skylarking" ( Song"Good Loving"), Pressure And Slide (Song "Please Jah Jah") und "Boops" (Song "Rip & Run Off").

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Pedro Capelossi, Aeikus, Federsen, Tm Shuffle, Dubtommy - Opal

Tip! Amazing Dub House and Techno. REFRACTION returns with Opal (Remixes), the label’s second vinyl release, revisiting one of its most refined collaborative projects to date. Following the strong impact of the original EP by Pedro Capelossi and Aeikus, this vinyl edition brings together three reinterpretations by Federsen, Tm Shuffle and Dubtommy, alongside the original version of Opal, expanding the sonic spectrum while preserving the essence of the release.

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Pagenty, Abou Naïm - Eclectic Journey Vol.2

Durite, the label helmed by FaF, unveils the second installment of its Eclectic Journey series, featuring three tracks from French producers Abou Naïm (aka Nils) and Pagenty.

This split draws heavily on Brazilian influences, blending infectious rhythms with baile funk energy and break-driven sounds.

Limited to 300 vinyl copies, it is now available for pre-order.

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Dibek, Lodig - Glass Echoes

Dibek, Lodig

Glass Echoes

12inchPOM52
Pomelo Records
26.06.2026

Lodig / Dibek re-emerge with a new 12”, expertly delivering that analogue machine funk.
On the A-side, Glass Echoes, features two cuts between techno and electro, navigating between darkness and light, rawness and polished brilliance.
Neon Drive comes in two variations on the flip – dark and extra funky electro driven by conversing baselines, followed by a dubbed-out version designed for those moody late-night moments.

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RIZOMAGIC - CUMBIóN PLANETARIO
  • 1: Plutarco
  • 2: Las Esferas
  • 3: Pajarocana
  • 4: Kir
  • 5: Colisionadub
  • 6: Bunbun
  • 7: Cumbia De La Entropia
  • 8: El Sombras

Rizomagic weave Colombian tropical traditions with soundscape textures and electronic processes, drawing on cosmic tuning principles and the pitched down groove of Monterrey"s Cumbia Rebajada. Cumbión Planetario is a journey into Psychotropicolombian Futurism from Bogota"s rich musical underground, recorded at La Becque Artist Residency in the Swiss Alps. Rizomagic are Edgar Marún and Diego Manrique - an electronic music duo from Bogotá, Colombia. Formed while the pair were at University in 2020, the group is influenced as much by contemporary electronic music as by traditional Colombian Rhythms, and have developed a style they call "Psychotropicolombian Futurism", following the path laid by fellow Colombian experimentalists Frente Cumbiero, the Meridian Brothers and las Piranhas but in an altogether more electronic realm. "we weave Colombian tropical traditions with soundscape textures and electronic processes, creating a Pangean-futurist sound where diverse knowledge and cultures coexist without hierarchy"

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FÉLICIA ATKINSON - SANS VISAGE

Atkinson first saw Les yeux sans visage when she was a teenager, around the turn of the century. The film made an impact for its iconic imagery and the way Franju draws on the aesthetics of early filmmaking, from its score that relies on stylistic markers typical of the 1940s or 50s to the decision to shoot in black and white. Even four decades after its first release, it was clear that this was a work that stood outside of the cultural moment that birthed it, speaking through time in ways that were uncanny, but profound.

A quarter-century later, Atkinson was approached by the Belgian cultural center VIERNULVIER to create a new score for Les yeux sans visage for its celebrated Videodroom series, which has seen artists like claire rousay, Mabe Fratti, Lee Renaldo, and many more create new original scores for cult classics and genre cinema. Atkinson's music, with its sublime meditations on space and proximity, its elusive sense of narrative development, mirrors the pacing and mystery at the heart of horror filmmaking. There is a shadow at the heart of her soundtrack to Les yeux sans visage, an ever-shifting wisp and an insinuation of encroaching transfiguration. Echoing a climactic moment in the film, the music obliquely points to "the Beyond," an impossible place of discovery and revelation.

Atkinson envisioned her music as something akin to the air moving throughout and beyond the many cages that appear in the film, unconstrained by the bars and with undefined borders. Those cages hold the victims of a madman surgeon, determined to graft a new face onto his daughter, the protagonist Christiane Génessier, who lost hers in a car accident while he was behind the wheel. Atkinson was reminded of her predecessors at the pioneering French studio the GRM, who approached sound in a less sinister, but similarly surgical manner, and took inspiration from their playful approach to cerebral soundmaking for the electroacoustic topography into which the piano is embedded. As such, Atkinson’s reactions to the larger themes and the minute-by-minute happenings onscreen are both audible simultaneously.

A film about a man who destroys the lives of young women marked by their beauty and similarity to his daughter in a shame-fueled rage has clear, continuous cultural resonance. "Through the music, I decided to bring back their empowerment despite what they endure," says Atkinson. "This is why the record is also dedicated to Gisèle Pelicot, whose trial happened while I was in the process of composing the music and kept thinking of her strength and her decision to share her trial in order to reverse the shame."

This recorded version of the soundtrack is a 34-minute synthesis of the full 90-minute score, presented on LP along with an essay by writer-musician Claire Cronin and drawings by Momo Gordon, together forming a complex reflection on the film's themes. If these sounds move as if the bars of cages are no barrier, they also intimate the freedom and power of those held behind them. Rather than simply mirroring the fear and confinement shown onscreen, Atkinson offers an elusive escape, a beacon for the characters, and the listener, to follow as they reckon with the narrative and move through it.

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