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A globally curated selection of music founded in London by Jean-Francois Goyette and now based in Hong Kong.

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  • February 10, 2015

    Bassaliens
    Sunn O)))


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    Atmospheric heavy metal drones.


    Tags: Drone, Slow-Metal


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  • February 9, 2015

    Witch Hunt (Re-Edit)
    The Mob


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    British anarcho-punk classic revisited by one-half of

    Tags: Post-Punk


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  • February 8, 2015

    Signs Of Dawn
    Klaus Schulze


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    End of world vibrato / arpeggio hymn.


    Tags: Electronic, Experimental


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  • February 7, 2015

    Latin Combo
    Ulysses


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    Unobtrusive neo-disco.


    Tags: Dancy, Disco


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  • February 6, 2015

    So What
    Cudevaso


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    Intense and rapid burst of garage guitar harshness.


    Tags: Garage, Indie Rock


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  • February 5, 2015

    Start No 06
    Semuin


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    Delicate reconstructed guitars with lofi-ness.


    Tags: Acoustic, Delicate, Lo-fi


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  • February 4, 2015

    The Force (SSUK edit)
    The Droids


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    Almost two-step-esque revision of the original French spacy-disco hymn.


    Tags: Dancy, Electronic, Spacy


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  • February 3, 2015

    Liaisons Dangereuses
    Liaisons Dangereuses


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    To think that all this coldness is analog.


    Tags: Electronic, Neue Deutsche Welle


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  • February 2, 2015

    Never Give Up
    Nocturnal Emissions


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    Tribal/military-beat influenced minimal E.B.M.


    Tags: E.B.M., Electronic


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  • February 1, 2015

    From Puberty to Senility
    Nocturnal Emissions


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    Not-quite-harsh industrial noise with spoken manifesto.


    Tags: Drone, Industrial, Noise


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  • January 31, 2015

    Am Abend im Land [...]
    50 Tabletten


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    Schizoid dancy beats at the meeting point between Swiss post-punk and German minimal new wave.


    Tags: Neue Deutsche Welle, Post-Punk


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  • January 30, 2015

    I Am The Fly
    Wire


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    Post-punk hymn of the late seventies.


    Tags: Post-Punk


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  • January 29, 2015

    New Life
    Blackway


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    Epic cold electro italo-disco for stop motion.


    Tags: Electro, Italo-Disco


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  • January 28, 2015

    The Career Saving [...]
    Pierre Crube


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    The quarter-life crisis 3am dance-hit (instrumental mix).


    Tags: Dancy, Electro


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  • January 27, 2015

    Boom Bap Biff
    The Hospitals


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    Screaming, kicking and droning garage sounds.


    Tags: Garage, Indie Rock, Proto Punk


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  • January 26, 2015

    What Do I Do Now
    Metronomy


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    Sad arpegio meets vocoder in rapid autumn bursts of wind.


    Tags: Electronic, Leftfield


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  • January 25, 2015

    Destroying Human Nature
    Mu


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    Tropical mutant disco-pop with a slight e.b.m. vibe.


    Tags: Dancy, E.B.M., Electro


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  • January 24, 2015

    I Ain't Saying [...]
    Tom Vek


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    Hip post-postpunk dancy stuff with guitars et al.


    Tags: Dancy, Indie Rock


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  • January 23, 2015

    Sunday Morning [...]
    Beyond The Wizards [...]


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    Contemplative rework/resample of a sixties unknown psychedelic gem.


    Tags: Acoustic, Psychedelic


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  • January 22, 2015

    No, Nothing, Never
    Dark Day


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    Ex-DNA’s Robin Crutchfield creates the minimalist soundtrack for abandoned inner-cities.


    Tags: Electronic, No Wave


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  • January 21, 2015

    16-16-9-20-1-14-9-7
    Factory Floor


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    Post-minimal post-punk industrial electronic strobe.


    Tags: Minimal, Post-Minimal, Post-Punk


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  • January 21, 2015

    Darling Waltz
    Fairmont


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    Epic late-night driving odyssey.


    Tags: Cosmic, Electro


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  • January 20, 2015

    Two
    The Antlers


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    End film credits indie-pop / sad moments.


    Tags: Indie, Indie Pop, Uplifting


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  • January 19, 2015

    Can't Be Beat
    Quiet Village


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    Slow mutant disco sampled dancing.


    Tags: Dancy, Electronic


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  • January 18, 2015

    Somebody That I (Repaint)
    Gotye


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    Dubby maximalist revival. A Rey and Kjavik Repaint.


    Tags: Dub, Maximalism, Post-Disco


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  • January 18, 2015

    Kasutaneda
    Tenniscoats


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    Sad Japanese indie-pop.


    Tags: Delicate, Indie


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  • January 17, 2015

    Flying Turns
    Crash Course In Science


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    Avoiding the sounds of conventional instrumentation by using toy instruments and kitchen appliances.


    Tags: Electronic, Industrial


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  • January 16, 2015

    Bearded Lady Motorcycle
    Bot'ox


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    If motor-krautrock was made today.


    Tags: Electro, I'm a Cliché


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  • January 15, 2015

    Kavachi (Reconstruction)
    People Get Real


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    An italo-disco take on post-minimal techno. The Countach’s Rotor Reconstruction.


    Tags: Italo-Disco, Post-Disco, Post-Minimal


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  • January 15, 2015

    Holy Jungle
    Ghost Note


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    Tropical disco merges with film score music and world music.


    Tags: Dancy, World


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  • January 14, 2015

    An Evening In Berlin
    Bakterielle Infektion


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    Electronic Body Music kings are always on the lookout for colder-than-cold dystopian references.


    Tags: E.B.M., Electronic


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  • January 13, 2015

    Solo Un Dia
    Joseph Racaille


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    The meeting point between the new-romantics, Joe Dassin and goths? Joseph Racaille: chanteur from 1980s Montmartre.


    Tags: Contemporary, Jazzy


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  • January 12, 2015

    Occpy-WS
    Najem Sworb


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    Outstanding post-minimal acid maximalist hard leftfield electro.


    Tags: Electro, Maximalism, Post-Minimal


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  • January 12, 2015

    Face Of Horror
    Genocide Organ


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    Infamous extremist harsh noise band produce a hauntingly captivating track.


    Tags: Ambient, Industrial


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  • January 11, 2015

    Plastic People
    Four Tet


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    Delicate, catchy samplings in time for the last snowfall.


    Tags: Ambient, Dancy, Delicate


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  • January 10, 2015

    Ikeya-Seki
    Kano - Ikeya-Seki


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    Epic Italo-Disco with all the appropriate Hi-NRG content.


    Tags: Dancy, Italo-Disco


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  • January 9, 2015

    Mongoloid
    Devo


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    No introductions will be necessary.


    Tags: Post-Punk


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  • January 8, 2015

    A Cold Day In Spring
    EL Heat


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    Sad, still and delicate drones with piano melodies.


    Tags: Ambient, Organic


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  • January 7, 2015

    Should have taken acid...
    Neon Indian


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    The 2009 coming-of-age summer anthem that should have been.


    Tags: Electro, Psychedelic


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  • January 6, 2015

    Sowiesoso
    Cluster


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    Eno’s influence is undeniable in the entire album. Anti- climatic dénoument of ambiant electronic meets kosmische musik meets the relics of krautrock.




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  • January 5, 2015

    The Be Colony/Dashing...
    Broadcast & The Focus...


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    This is no chance collaboration. Sixties era library music is sampled and comes to life again but tainted by feel good psychedelia.


    Tags: Experimental, Psychedelic, Warp


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  • January 4, 2015

    Reverberation (Doubt)
    13th Floor Elevators


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    1960s Austin hippies producing garage psychedelic stoner tunes.


    Tags: Garage, Psychedelic


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  • January 3, 2015

    Daft Cheveu
    Cheveu


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    Scruffy Frenchies banging on untuned guitars.


    Tags: Garage, Post-Punk


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  • January 2, 2015

    Gefahr Im Tivoli
    Camilla Motor


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    Proof that 1980s underground German music is not only synonymous with homoerotic industrial dancy music.


    Tags: Electro, Neue Deutsche Welle


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  • January 1, 2015

    Die Matrosen
    Liliput


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    Swiss dada-influenced punk one-hit-wonders.


    Tags: Post-Punk


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  • December 31, 2014

    This Can't Be (Remix)
    Scenic


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    A retake on Madchester early 90’s rave scene meeting immaculate photo session aesthetics. Get A Room Remix.


    Tags: Electro, Maximalism, Tigersushi


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  • December 29, 2014

    Zarasaitis
    Zarasai


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    Kosmische psych drones and acid ambient from Wrocław.


    Tags: Acid, Ambient, Post-Psychedelic, Sangoplamo


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  • December 28, 2014

    La horse
    Serge Gainsbourg


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    Clavecin swinging 60s.


    Tags: French Pop, Swinging, Western


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  • December 28, 2014

    Sun In My Mouth (Andesmas Remix)
    Björk


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    A maximalist electro and heavily layered remix.


    Tags: Dense, Electronic, Maximalism


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  • December 27, 2014

    Gander
    Avant-Avant Mix Tapes


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    A post-minimalist and synthetic Labrador flyover soundtrack.


    Tags: A-A Mix Tapes, Cinematic, Post-Minimal


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