Sofie Birch Johan Carøe
Repair Techniques

Vinyl edition of 1994 compilation CD, nicely reissued by Be With records. Some of his best work.

Sky Girl is a sentimental journey through folk-pop, new wave and art music micro presses that spans 1961-1991, pieced together by the elite ears of French collectors DJ Sundae and Julien Dechery. From Warfield Spillers' modern soul to Karen Marks’ icy Oz-wave, the charming DIY storytelling of Italian-American go-getter Joe Tossini and the proto-Sarah Records dream pop of Gary Davenport, it resonates on a wide spectrum historically, geographically and stylistically, uniting in a singular, longing, almost intangible ambience. Enriched with artwork from Perks and Mini mutant Misha Hollenbach, sleeve notes courtesy of Ivan Smagghe and a download code for the road.

When asked about the story behind the tracks of 'Journey Through The Outer Darkness from the Inner Light', Jamal Moss answered with a laconic "No story. No dogma. No Hype". After all, his despise of extra-musical paraphernalia is proportional to his productiveness in the studio. But there's always a story. On April 9, 2016, Hieroglyphic Being played a live show in La Casa Encendida of Madrid within the festival Electronica en Abril. Some days later, the recording of the full set was uploaded to YouTube. When we watched it, we were totally captivated. Those eighty minutes of music had the raw power of all of Jamal's body of work, but with a heightened sense of transcendence. Cosmic, spiritual and intensely beautiful, it sounded like a lysergic reinterpretation of Detroit techno transmitted from a galaxy yet to be discovered. As most of the material was unreleased, we reached Jamal in order to try to press it into vinyl. The result is 'Journey Through The Outer Darkness from the Inner Light', a 12" that reunites eight of the individual tracks that conformed that Madrid performance.When inquired about AUM, the sacred sound all the tracks are labeled after, Jamal referred us to a book by author and naturalist Joseph Bharat Cornell. A book that the author himself presents with these words: 'The sound of the Cosmic Vibration is AUM, and listening to it brings the greatest bliss imaginable. AUM is the Omnipotent Force that propels each soul toward Spirit. It's the sacred, inner fire. As you approach the cosmic blaze, you feel at first its radiant, soothing comfort; then, as you come closer - AUM's liberating flames consume you - and bring you to God". There might be "no story and no dogma", but, suddenly, it all makes sense.

Caribbean Soca version of Sade classic from 1986. Big party record.