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Premiere: Youkounkoun – A Quoi Tu Danses Quand Tu Penses

December 6, 2018

Though we journey deeper into the winter months, the lazy pleasures of summer a distant memory, we’ve been gifted a ray of sunshine here via the latest slab on Edits Du Plaisir, sub-label of Parisian balearics ...

Concept In Practice: Hysteric’s ‘Sunscreen Tears’ Mix

If-Only

November 28, 2018

He's known as the brains behind Mothball Record, AKA the "Italo connection down under," but Hysteric's tastes extend far beyond the eccentric, synth-fuelled disco sounds of 1970s and '80s Italy. As electronic o...

Premiere: Ruins – Tomorrow

Jess Dymond

November 13, 2018

With a keen focus on the often misunderstood output of 1980s Italy, latest treasure to be excavated from the Mothball Record casket of gems is a full-length album by pioneering artists of the Italian New Wave, ...

If-Only Podcast #15: Jonny 5

If-Only

July 4, 2017

In contrast to his quiet demeanour, Jonny 5's musical exploits are bold, unconventional and brimming with playful eccentricities. Specialising in the cut n' paste, a recent 12" under his Blindsign project stirr...

UnknownmiX – Chew Some More

Michael Sutton

July 4, 2017

Zürich-based label Lux Rec release some native Swiss material with Chew Some More, a refined taster of the band UnknownmiX. The group, who were active from 1983 to 1992, put out five LPs and three EPs of materi...

Dark Entries celebrate Gay Pride with four vinyl releases

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June 14, 2017

Josh Cheon's Dark Entries has established itself as a purveyor of queer culture since its inception in 2013. Considering the close ties with gay San Francisco DJ collective Honey Soundsystem, it was only natura...

Emotional Rescue lines up its next 9 releases

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February 7, 2017

Hardly capitalising on the recent upsurge in reissues, Emotional Rescue – the sister label to Stuart "Chuggy" Leath's Emotional Response – are now celebrating 5 years spent dusting of gems and compiling retrosp...

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