NATIONAL ALBUM DAY 2024 LIGHT BLUE COLOUR VINYL SHACKs 1999 MASTERPIECE ISSUED FOR THE *FIRST TIME ON VINYL* ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FIRST RELEASE! LIGHT BLUE COLOUR VINYL VERSION (NON-RETURNABLE) plus 180GM BLACK VINYL and CD. ALL FORMATS INCLUDE A NEW 8-PAGE BOOKLET. One of THE most iconic albums to hail from Merseyside. […]
7 CD From the early to mid-1970s saw some of the most adventurous and satisfying work of Weather Reports entire lifespan. Its these recordings – Weather Report, “I Sing the Body Electric”, “Live In Tokyo”, “Sweetnighter”, “Mysterious Traveller” and “Tale Spinnin’” – that established Weather Report as one of the seminal fusion ensembles of the […]
2LP – Black Vinyl. Featuring reworks from Thundercat, David Sylvian, Devonte Hynes, Electric Youth, Alva Noto, the Cinematic Orchestra and more remodelling tracks from the Japanese composer. In celebration of composer Ryuichi Sakamoto’s 70th birthday, Milan Records announces A Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto – To The Moon And Back, a collection of songs from Sakamoto’s […]
The heyday of American baroque pop – or chamber pop – ran from 1966 to the turn of the seventies. It used string quartets, harpsichords and woodwinds to create a summer-into-autumn melancholy that was quite new, and quite far removed from rock’n’roll as Eddie Cochran would have known it. Baroque pop’s musicians often came from […]
On March 24, 2023 Rob Mazurek assembled his endlessly psychedelic and explorative large ensemble Exploding Star Orchestra under the dome of Chicago’s Adler Planetarium to perform material from their recently released album Lightning Dreamers along with a number of new pieces. A digital projection flashed an ever-changing stream of vividly colored, abstract shapes derived from […]
African Voodoo, Manu Dibango’s rare and unknown treasure ! 1971 : Manu Dibango records the precious album African Voodoo in line with its twin Africadelic. Twelve masterful Afro Soul, Jazz, Funk or Latin nuggets without a ripple for more than fifty years, which are taking us deeply into Manu Dibango’s brilliant dicography. The authentic material […]
The fifth solo album from Chris Eckman (The Walkabouts, Dirtmusic, Distance, Light & Sky) is a deep dive into the vagaries of these extraordinary times. Eckmans luminous song- writing navigates loss, disorientation, redemption and the search for home. Recorded raw and direct with a small ensemble, the record is framed by expansive sonic textures: treated […]
