Leon Vynehall
Rare, Forever

Melbourne auteur Andrew Wilson (Andras, A.R.T. Wilson, Wilson Tanner) soils the ‘Australian songbook’ with a collection of fragile, private and deranged songs of parrots, pancakes and gelignite amidst the Victorian Gold Rush of 1850s.Old Gold is filled with fakes and fools, rumbling stomachs and acousmatic terrors - a lonely, self-pitying search evoked by faintly medieval folk music that sounds almost period-perfect but somehow, oddly, wonderfully spoiled.Gut string guitars, water-logged mandolins, bar room banjos and no-fidelity piano all sound perfectly organic - except they’re not. No acoustic instruments were handled in the making of the record, including environmental sounds which were generated during a MESS residency. The reproduction of familiar sounds via inorganic means situates the record in a moonlit, melancholy hole of its own.Old Gold by A.R. Wilson

Next level, deep + tense/ atmospheric downtempo 2LP - with dub + jazz influence - from Melbourne duo on The Trilogy Tapes. Includes poster.

Ultramarine are an English electronic music duo, formed in 1989 by Ian Cooper and Paul Hammond.Cooper and Hammond first worked together in the band A Primary Industry during the mid-1980s. Following the split of that band, they formed Ultramarine and released their debut album 'Folk' in April 1990 on seminal Belgian label Les Disques du Crépuscule. The duo found critical acclaim with their second long player, 'Every Man And Woman Is A Star', initially released in 1991. Over the next decade or so, they recorded two John Peel sessions, collaborated with Robert Wyatt, toured the States with Orbital, then Europe with Björk. After a hiatus, they began recording again in Ian's home studio, overlooking the Blackwater Estuary in Essex.The moods and movements of this English estuary can be heard running through the duo's stunning and deeply intriguing new album 'Send and Return'.Flowing and mutating as it transitions from an Essex river into the open sea, the Blackwater Estuary, north of London, inspired this beguiling collection of hypnotic jazz, itching electronica and softly dazzling ambient shapes.For the 6-track album, Paul and Ian hired a Thames sailing barge moored on the estuary for one day and recorded below deck in the ship's downstairs wooden saloon; the idea was originally inspired by seeing Robin Williamson of The Incredible String Band perform on a similar barge.The duo were joined by jazz musician Greg Heath and accomplished percussionist Ric Elsworth for the day, who added stunning saxophones, alto flute, percussion and vibraphone to the mix. It's a contemplative, ambient record with gentle jazz inflections and softly pulsing electronica.

Volume 1 of classic late 90s dub trilogy from Berlin Dub Techno G Stefan Betke. Essential for Basic Channel, Rhythm & Sound fans.

Tony Allen, Max Loderbauer and Moritz von Oswald; mixed by Ricardo Villalobos.Fans of Rhythm & Sound/ Tony Allen fusion biz. Deep in the groove.