Emika (Vinyl 2xLP) Folk & Americana

Emika (Vinyl 2xLP) Folk & AmericanaDebut album from Berlin based, Bristol hailing Emika. Occupy the kohl eyed space between electronic pop, dubstep, techno and minimal house, meaning she's equally at home with the Ostgut Ton crew (whose Funf comp she provided field recordings for) as with Ninja Tune. A darkly sultry edge, perfectly evocative of lost midnight hours in a Kreuzberg basement. At times there are echoes of Emika's West Country forebears Portishead ('Professional Loving'),

and Led Zeppelin when they created this well-produced

this remains a bone-fide classic of the 1960's English Folk revival

Debut solo studio album by Depeche Mode lead singer Dave Gahan

followed by 2015's exploratory "Silver Globe" LP winning her unanimous "record of the year accolades" and hefty measures of radio play-listing Jane Weaver's conceptual trajectory has sent her neo-kosmische penchants to the point of no-return

but their unique blend of visceral energy

again and again

modal and Ethio jazz

producer and musician Al Kooper insisted that Columbia put out the album in the USA

Call Your Girlfriend

Hypnotic organ riffs and breakbeats convey an unknown funk quality in Malian music

Vinyl repress to celebrate 40 Years of Virgin Records

John 'Jellybean' Benitez